Freedom of Information Act Job Trends in England

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Freedom of Information Act in permanent job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Freedom of Information Act over the 6 months leading up to 5 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 596 665 662
Rank change year-on-year +69 -3 +280
Permanent jobs citing Freedom of Information Act 6 14 7
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.012% 0.029% 0.015%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.032% 0.077% 0.041%
Number of salaries quoted 2 7 2
10th Percentile £31,870 £45,235 £45,338
25th Percentile £35,275 £50,500 £45,365
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,125 £52,000 £46,950
Median % change year-on-year -17.07% +10.76% -28.32%
75th Percentile £51,900 £63,125 £48,494
90th Percentile £55,860 £63,750 £48,498
UK median annual salary £43,125 £52,000 £46,950
% change year-on-year -17.07% +10.76% -28.32%

All Generic Skills
England

Freedom of Information Act falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 18,516 18,164 17,235
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 35.55% 37.29% 36.80%
Number of salaries quoted 9,329 8,586 12,817
10th Percentile £27,750 £33,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £46,250 £43,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%
75th Percentile £78,500 £83,750 £84,056
90th Percentile £100,000 £111,250 £107,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -7.69%

Freedom of Information Act
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Freedom of Information Act relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Freedom of Information Act job vacancy trend in England

Freedom of Information Act
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Freedom of Information Act.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Freedom of Information Act

Freedom of Information Act
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Freedom of Information Act in England over the 6 months to 5 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Freedom of Information Act in England

Freedom of Information Act
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Freedom of Information Act within the England region over the 6 months to 5 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
East of England - 5 £30,850 -
South West - 1 £55,400 - 1
Freedom of Information Act
UK

Freedom of Information Act
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 5 (83.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 5 (83.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (83.33%) Power BI
1 5 (83.33%) Tableau
General
1 6 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (83.33%) Influencing Skills
2 5 (83.33%) Presentation Skills
3 4 (66.67%) Finance
4 1 (16.67%) Law
4 1 (16.67%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Lead
2 1 (16.67%) Information Governance Officer
2 1 (16.67%) Information Officer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (16.67%) Freedom of Information
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Data Protection
2 5 (83.33%) Analytics
2 5 (83.33%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (83.33%) Coaching
2 5 (83.33%) Data Visualisation
2 5 (83.33%) Requirements Gathering
2 5 (83.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (83.33%) Visualisation
3 4 (66.67%) Customer Service
4 1 (16.67%) Information Governance
4 1 (16.67%) Mathematics
4 1 (16.67%) Performance Management
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (83.33%) GDPR
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Verint
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft