Freedom of Information Act Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
UK > Work from Home

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

6 months to
6 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 425 584 651
Rank change year-on-year +159 +67 +175
Permanent jobs citing Freedom of Information Act 5 1 8
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.032% 0.003% 0.019%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.081% 0.008% 0.049%
Number of salaries quoted 5 1 6
10th Percentile £59,000 - £32,994
25th Percentile £61,250 £45,025 £41,466
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £47,250 £44,666
Median % change year-on-year +32.28% +5.79% -5.97%
75th Percentile £63,750 £49,475 £60,292
90th Percentile - - £85,000
UK median annual salary £58,750 £34,439 £44,833
% change year-on-year +70.59% -23.18% -25.28%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 6,205 12,005 16,380
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 39.50% 35.53% 38.65%
Number of salaries quoted 3,862 9,227 11,835
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £39,000
25th Percentile £47,231 £42,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £59,300 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.61% -8.77% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £86,250
90th Percentile £122,500 £101,250 £107,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

Freedom of Information Act
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Freedom of Information Act as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Freedom of Information Act trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Freedom of Information Act
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Freedom of Information Act.

Freedom of Information Act salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Freedom of Information Act
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

General
1 5 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (100.00%) Legal
1 5 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Data Governance Analyst
1 5 (100.00%) Data Governance Manager
1 5 (100.00%) Data Manager
1 5 (100.00%) Data Protection Manager
1 5 (100.00%) Governance Manager
1 5 (100.00%) Information Governance Manager
1 5 (100.00%) Information Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
1 5 (100.00%) Freedom of Information
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Data Privacy
1 5 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 5 (100.00%) Data Sharing
1 5 (100.00%) Impact Assessments
1 5 (100.00%) Information Governance
1 5 (100.00%) Information Security
1 5 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 4 (80.00%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 5 (100.00%) GDPR
1 5 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001