Freedom of Information Act Job Trends in the South West

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Freedom of Information Act in permanent job vacancies in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Freedom of Information Act over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 176 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Freedom of Information Act 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.020% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.079% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52,300 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,400 - -
75th Percentile £58,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £43,125 £56,000 £40,191
% change year-on-year -22.99% +39.33% -34.11%

All Generic Skills
South West

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 the South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,272 1,588 1,661
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 25.03% 38.29% 35.00%
Number of salaries quoted 820 755 1,219
10th Percentile £27,250 £10,258 £29,440
25th Percentile £31,250 £34,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £52,750
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -5.21% +0.48%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £82,000 £84,056
England 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 the South West

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

Freedom of Information Act job vacancy trend in the South West

Freedom of Information Act
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Freedom of Information Act.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Freedom of Information Act

Freedom of Information Act
Job Locations in the South West

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 South West region over the 6 months to 14 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
Bristol - 1 £55,400 -
Freedom of Information Act
England

Freedom of Information Act
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
1 1 (100.00%) Tableau
General
1 1 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Coaching
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Data Visualisation
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Visualisation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Verint