Freedom of Information Jobs in the UK excluding London

Freedom of Information (FOI)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Freedom of Information 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 over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 562 716 729
Rank change year-on-year +154 +13 +107
Permanent jobs citing Freedom of Information 17 46 19
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.043% 0.061% 0.033%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.13% 0.19% 0.078%
Number of salaries quoted 8 38 14
10th Percentile £23,174 £30,820 £26,679
25th Percentile £34,856 £37,199 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,295 £54,650 £38,750
Median % change year-on-year -9.80% +41.03% +0.30%
75th Percentile £57,250 £57,369 £47,438
90th Percentile £58,825 £77,500 £61,250
UK median annual salary £44,590 £47,000 £44,666
% change year-on-year -5.13% +5.23% +9.61%

All Generic Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 13,541 24,499 24,363
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 34.12% 32.71% 42.50%
Number of salaries quoted 5,957 15,292 10,888
10th Percentile £28,500 £26,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,925 £35,000 £41,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £68,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £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
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Freedom of Information
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Freedom of Information in the UK excluding London

Freedom of Information
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Freedom of Information in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Freedom of Information in the UK excluding London

Freedom of Information
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 within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 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 +87 14 £54,000 +17.90% 5
North of England +30 2 £49,375 -10.23% 4
South West +98 1 £44,590 +11.48% 2
North West -3 1 £60,000 +9.09% 1
Yorkshire - 1 £38,750 - 1
Freedom of Information
UK

Freedom of Information
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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.76%) Metadata
General
1 9 (52.94%) Social Skills
2 6 (35.29%) Legal
2 6 (35.29%) Publishing
3 3 (17.65%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (11.76%) Finance
4 2 (11.76%) Games
5 1 (5.88%) Billing
5 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (41.18%) Governance Manager
1 7 (41.18%) Information Governance Manager
1 7 (41.18%) Information Manager
2 6 (35.29%) Information Security Manager
2 6 (35.29%) Security Manager
3 2 (11.76%) Records Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Data Governance Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Data Governance Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Data Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Data Protection Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Digital Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Information Governance Officer
4 1 (5.88%) Information Officer
4 1 (5.88%) Lead
4 1 (5.88%) Senior
4 1 (5.88%) Senior Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Supply Chain Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 9 (52.94%) Data Protection Act
1 9 (52.94%) Freedom of Information Act
2 8 (47.06%) Management Information System
3 1 (5.88%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (76.47%) Data Protection
2 8 (47.06%) Information Security
3 7 (41.18%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (41.18%) Incident Management
4 6 (35.29%) Information Security Management
4 6 (35.29%) ISMS
4 6 (35.29%) Psychology
4 6 (35.29%) Security Management
5 4 (23.53%) Information Governance
5 4 (23.53%) Records Management
6 3 (17.65%) Data Privacy
6 3 (17.65%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (17.65%) Risk Management
7 2 (11.76%) Customer Service
7 2 (11.76%) Data Modelling
7 2 (11.76%) Data Sharing
7 2 (11.76%) Information Management
7 2 (11.76%) Line Management
7 2 (11.76%) Service Delivery
8 1 (5.88%) Mentoring
Qualifications
1 6 (35.29%) CISA
1 6 (35.29%) CISM
1 6 (35.29%) CISSP
1 6 (35.29%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
2 3 (17.65%) DBS Check
2 3 (17.65%) DV Cleared
2 3 (17.65%) Security Cleared
3 1 (5.88%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (41.18%) Cyber Essentials
1 7 (41.18%) GDPR
1 7 (41.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (35.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 6 (35.29%) HIPAA
3 2 (11.76%) Data Quality
3 2 (11.76%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (5.88%) Sage