Freedom of Information Job Trends, Salaries & Related Skills in Leeds

Freedom of Information (FOI)
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Freedom of Information in permanent job vacancies in Leeds. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Freedom of Information over the 6 months leading up to 30 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 30 Jan 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	-	-	120
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	+61
Permanent jobs citing Freedom of Information	0	0	4
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds	-	-	0.24%
As % of the Miscellaneous category	-	-	0.72%
Number of salaries quoted	0	0	3
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	-	-	£52,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	-	-	£54,000
Median % change year-on-year	-	-	+13.68%
75^th Percentile	-	-	£56,000
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
West Yorkshire median annual salary	-	-	£54,000
% change year-on-year	-	-	+13.68%

All Generic Skills
Leeds

Freedom of Information 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 Leeds.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills	426	326	558
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds	29.08%	32.86%	33.66%
Number of salaries quoted	259	152	412
10^th Percentile	£29,000	£27,025	£31,250
25^th Percentile	£45,000	£45,000	£42,438
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£60,000	£52,500	£60,000
Median % change year-on-year	+14.29%	-12.50%	-
75^th Percentile	£77,500	£73,886	£80,000
90^th Percentile	£98,000	£98,376	£91,934
West Yorkshire median annual salary	£60,000	£52,500	£59,526
% change year-on-year	+14.29%	-11.80%	-

Freedom of Information
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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