Freedom of Information Contracts in Scotland

Freedom of Information (FOI)
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Freedom of Information in contract job vacancies in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Freedom of Information over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 109 162 168
Rank change year-on-year +53 +6 -7
Contract jobs citing Freedom of Information 6 2 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.28% 0.075% 0.23%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.88% 0.21% 0.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 8
10th Percentile - £221 £295
25th Percentile £205 £253 £377
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £210 £313 £416
Median % change year-on-year -32.80% -24.92% +44.78%
75th Percentile £271 £378 £453
90th Percentile £371 £414 £484
UK median daily rate £425 £575 £450
% change year-on-year -26.09% +27.78% +6.64%

All Generic Skills
Scotland

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 contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 679 964 1,232
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 31.68% 36.08% 36.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 418 650 856
10th Percentile £205 £209 £300
25th Percentile £363 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £488 £488
Median % change year-on-year -7.08% - +14.71%
75th Percentile £561 £550 £564
90th Percentile £662 £638 £650
UK median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 29 26
10th Percentile £12.68 - £16.56
25th Percentile £15.74 £10.63 £20.25
Median hourly rate £18.13 £14.50 £42.48
Median % change year-on-year +25.03% -65.86% +1.13%
75th Percentile £29.59 £21.67 £54.38
90th Percentile £59.45 £48.93 £57.50
UK median hourly rate £35.65 £22.26 £27.00
% change year-on-year +60.15% -17.56% +8.00%

Freedom of Information
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Freedom of Information as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Freedom of Information in Scotland

Freedom of Information
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Freedom of Information in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for Freedom of Information in Scotland

Freedom of Information
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Freedom of Information in Scotland over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Freedom of Information in Scotland

Freedom of Information
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Freedom of Information within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 12 June 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Glasgow - 3 £210 -
West Lothian - 2 £425 -
Edinburgh +30 1 £210 -32.80%
Freedom of Information
UK

Freedom of Information
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
General
1 6 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Law
3 1 (16.67%) Legal
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Information Officer
2 2 (33.33%) Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) IT Manager
3 1 (16.67%) IT Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Data Protection
2 3 (50.00%) Case Management
3 2 (33.33%) ITIL
3 2 (33.33%) PRINCE
3 2 (33.33%) PRINCE2
3 2 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 2 (33.33%) Project Management
3 2 (33.33%) Resource Management
3 2 (33.33%) Supplier Management
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) COBIT
1 2 (33.33%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (16.67%) GDPR
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft