Public Sector Contracts in Birmingham

Public Sector
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Public Sector over the 6 months to 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 17 4 10
Rank change year-on-year -13 +6 +5
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 53 145 146
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 7.12% 16.11% 11.18%
As % of the General category 13.98% 28.88% 19.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 121 118
10th Percentile £396 £363 £166
25th Percentile £400 £463 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £650 £425
Median % change year-on-year -30.77% +52.94% +21.43%
75th Percentile £534 £700 £550
90th Percentile £611 £745 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £540 £456
% change year-on-year -7.41% +18.36% +7.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 9 6
10th Percentile £12.39 £13.05 £12.23
25th Percentile £13.35 £13.31 £14.74
Median hourly rate £15.30 £20.50 £17.70
Median % change year-on-year -25.39% +15.82% -1.67%
75th Percentile £16.88 £27.13 £19.05
90th Percentile £18.45 £28.75 £20.88
West Midlands median hourly rate £19.00 £19.25 £16.20
% change year-on-year -1.30% +18.83% -0.31%

All General Skills
Birmingham

Public Sector is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 379 502 750
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 50.94% 55.78% 57.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 256 329 532
10th Percentile £207 £263 £225
25th Percentile £374 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year -11.90% +10.53% +18.41%
75th Percentile £575 £650 £593
90th Percentile £703 £734 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £523 £491
% change year-on-year -4.31% +6.36% +15.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 29 15
10th Percentile £11.89 £11.80 £12.70
25th Percentile £13.97 £12.50 £13.88
Median hourly rate £24.65 £20.50 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.24% +20.59% -5.56%
75th Percentile £48.75 £28.75 £18.00
90th Percentile £56.25 £71.50 £18.90
West Midlands median hourly rate £19.59 £20.84 £16.75
% change year-on-year -5.99% +24.40% +11.67%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Job postings citing Public Sector as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in Birmingham

Public Sector
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Public Sector in Birmingham.

Daily rate trend for Public Sector in Birmingham

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in Birmingham over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in Birmingham

Public Sector
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Public Sector in Birmingham.

Hourly rate trend for Public Sector in Birmingham

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (3.77%) CMS
1 2 (3.77%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.89%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.89%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 5 (9.43%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (7.55%) Azure
3 2 (3.77%) OCI
4 1 (1.89%) AWS
4 1 (1.89%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.89%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 8 (15.09%) Firewall
2 6 (11.32%) Network Security
3 4 (7.55%) VPN
3 4 (7.55%) WAN
4 3 (5.66%) BGP
4 3 (5.66%) IPsec
4 3 (5.66%) Junos
4 3 (5.66%) MPLS
5 1 (1.89%) 5G
5 1 (1.89%) Internet
5 1 (1.89%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.89%) Data Mining
1 1 (1.89%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 1 (1.89%) Oracle Reports
General
1 13 (24.53%) Social Skills
2 7 (13.21%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (11.32%) Legal
4 5 (9.43%) Finance
5 3 (5.66%) Local Government
6 2 (3.77%) Publishing
7 1 (1.89%) Back Office
7 1 (1.89%) Retail
7 1 (1.89%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 12 (22.64%) 3rd Line Support
2 11 (20.75%) Analyst
3 6 (11.32%) Network Manager
3 6 (11.32%) SOC Analyst
4 5 (9.43%) Lead
5 4 (7.55%) Architect
5 4 (7.55%) Support Engineer
6 3 (5.66%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 3 (5.66%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 3 (5.66%) Service Analyst
6 3 (5.66%) Service Desk Analyst
6 3 (5.66%) WAN Engineer
7 2 (3.77%) Azure Engineer
7 2 (3.77%) Azure Platform Engineer
7 2 (3.77%) Cloud Platform Engineer
7 2 (3.77%) Copywriter
7 2 (3.77%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 2 (3.77%) IT Engineer
7 2 (3.77%) Platform Engineer
7 2 (3.77%) SOC Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.77%) Regular Expression
2 1 (1.89%) Node.js
2 1 (1.89%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.66%) PKI
2 2 (3.77%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (3.77%) Cloud Native
2 2 (3.77%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 2 (3.77%) Handset
2 2 (3.77%) Taxonomies
3 1 (1.89%) CCTV
3 1 (1.89%) Driving Licence
3 1 (1.89%) IoT
3 1 (1.89%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.89%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.89%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 7 (13.21%) Linux
2 6 (11.32%) Mac OS X
3 5 (9.43%) Windows
4 3 (5.66%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (20.75%) Data Analysis
2 9 (16.98%) Cybersecurity
3 8 (15.09%) Incident Management
3 8 (15.09%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 8 (15.09%) Risk Management
3 8 (15.09%) SIEM
4 7 (13.21%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (13.21%) Stakeholder Management
5 6 (11.32%) Computer Forensics
5 6 (11.32%) Malware Reverse Engineering
5 6 (11.32%) Purple Team
5 6 (11.32%) Reverse Engineering
5 6 (11.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 6 (11.32%) Threat Analysis
5 6 (11.32%) Vulnerability Management
6 5 (9.43%) Line Management
7 4 (7.55%) Collaborative Culture
7 4 (7.55%) Incident Response
7 4 (7.55%) Infrastructure Management
7 4 (7.55%) Network Monitoring
Qualifications
1 17 (32.08%) Security Cleared
2 10 (18.87%) SC Cleared
3 5 (9.43%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (7.55%) CCIE
4 4 (7.55%) CCNP
5 2 (3.77%) BC Cleared
5 2 (3.77%) CASP
5 2 (3.77%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (3.77%) GCED
5 2 (3.77%) GIAC
5 2 (3.77%) GSEC
6 1 (1.89%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (1.89%) CISSP
6 1 (1.89%) CRISC
6 1 (1.89%) Oracle Certification
6 1 (1.89%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (1.89%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (13.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (11.32%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 6 (11.32%) GDPR
2 6 (11.32%) HIPAA
2 6 (11.32%) NIST
3 1 (1.89%) ISO 22301
3 1 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 5 (9.43%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.89%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.89%) Virtual Servers
Vendors
1 9 (16.98%) Dell
2 4 (7.55%) Citrix
3 3 (5.66%) Juniper
3 3 (5.66%) Oracle
4 2 (3.77%) LogRhythm
4 2 (3.77%) Microsoft
4 2 (3.77%) Palo Alto
4 2 (3.77%) TippingPoint
4 2 (3.77%) Trend Micro