Freedom of Information Act Jobs in the UK excluding London

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Freedom of Information Act in permanent job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Freedom of Information Act over the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 565 757 749
Rank change year-on-year +192 -8 +97
Permanent jobs citing Freedom of Information Act 11 3 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.028% 0.004% 0.012%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.085% 0.012% 0.028%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 5
10th Percentile £54,125 - £45,100
25th Percentile £54,688 £32,083 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £33,383 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +75.99% -33.24% -20.00%
75th Percentile £62,188 £34,682 £65,000
90th Percentile £62,375 - £89,000
UK median annual salary £58,750 £34,439 £44,833
% change year-on-year +70.59% -23.18% -25.28%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 12,965 24,142 25,435
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 33.10% 34.00% 42.28%
Number of salaries quoted 6,104 15,240 11,340
10th Percentile £29,000 £26,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £40,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

Freedom of Information Act
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Freedom of Information Act as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Freedom of Information Act in the UK excluding London

Freedom of Information Act
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Freedom of Information Act in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Freedom of Information Act in the UK excluding London

Freedom of Information Act
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 13 May 2025. 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
South East +106 9 - - 2
South West - 1 £57,500 -
North of England - 1 £60,000 -
North West - 1 £60,000 -
Freedom of Information Act
UK

Freedom of Information Act
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) Metadata
2 1 (9.09%) Power BI
2 1 (9.09%) Tableau
General
1 11 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (63.64%) Publishing
3 3 (27.27%) Legal
4 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Finance
4 1 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (72.73%) Governance Manager
1 8 (72.73%) Information Governance Manager
1 8 (72.73%) Information Manager
2 6 (54.55%) Information Security Manager
2 6 (54.55%) Security Manager
3 2 (18.18%) Records Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Data Governance Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Data Governance Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Data Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Data Protection Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Lead
4 1 (9.09%) Senior
4 1 (9.09%) Senior Manager
Miscellaneous
1 10 (90.91%) Freedom of Information
2 9 (81.82%) Data Protection Act
3 7 (63.64%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) Data Protection
2 8 (72.73%) Information Security
3 7 (63.64%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (63.64%) Incident Management
3 7 (63.64%) Information Security Management
3 7 (63.64%) ISMS
3 7 (63.64%) Psychology
3 7 (63.64%) Security Management
4 3 (27.27%) Customer Service
5 2 (18.18%) Information Governance
5 2 (18.18%) Information Management
5 2 (18.18%) Line Management
5 2 (18.18%) Risk Management
5 2 (18.18%) Service Delivery
6 1 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (9.09%) Coaching
6 1 (9.09%) Data Privacy
6 1 (9.09%) Data Visualisation
6 1 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (9.09%) Visualisation
Qualifications
1 7 (63.64%) CISA
1 7 (63.64%) CISM
1 7 (63.64%) CISSP
1 7 (63.64%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
2 2 (18.18%) DV Cleared
2 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (72.73%) Cyber Essentials
1 8 (72.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (63.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 7 (63.64%) HIPAA
3 2 (18.18%) GDPR
3 2 (18.18%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (9.09%) Verint