Public Sector Contracts in Essex

Public Sector
East of England > Essex

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies advertised in Essex. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Public Sector over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 22 4 6
Rank change year-on-year -18 +2 +16
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 9 39 64
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Essex 4.02% 15.85% 16.04%
As % of the General category 7.63% 28.06% 28.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 28 57
10th Percentile £189 £181 £208
25th Percentile £194 £303 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £244 £475 £495
Median % change year-on-year -48.68% -4.04% -1.00%
75th Percentile £297 £538 £586
90th Percentile £469 £575 £625
East of England median daily rate £450 £600 £475
% change year-on-year -25.00% +26.32% +15.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 0
10th Percentile £17.28 - -
25th Percentile £19.24 £66.25 -
Median hourly rate £23.00 £67.50 -
Median % change year-on-year -65.93% - -
75th Percentile £48.38 £68.75 -
90th Percentile £63.30 - -
East of England median hourly rate £15.79 £17.50 £16.75
% change year-on-year -9.77% +4.48% -36.07%

All General Skills
Essex

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 Essex with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 118 139 226
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 52.68% 56.50% 56.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 97 149
10th Percentile £233 £210 £245
25th Percentile £300 £325 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year -17.50% +1.01% +10.00%
75th Percentile £578 £575 £577
90th Percentile £629 £625 £628
East of England median daily rate £451 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -9.75% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 6 15
10th Percentile £10.42 £31.28 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.17 £42.07 £16.63
Median hourly rate £35.65 £51.02 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -30.12% +137.28% -7.37%
75th Percentile £64.25 £61.56 £60.21
90th Percentile £83.58 £65.63 £71.45
East of England median hourly rate £38.12 £19.81 £15.24
% change year-on-year +92.43% +29.99% +1.60%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in Essex

Public Sector
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Essex

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

Daily rate trend for Public Sector in Essex

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in Essex

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in Essex over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in Essex

Public Sector
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

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

Hourly rate trend for Public Sector in Essex

Public Sector
Hourly Rate Histogram in Essex

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Public Sector in Essex over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Public Sector in Essex

Public Sector
Contract Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Public Sector within the Essex region over the 6 months to 1 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
Basildon 0 3 £193 -61.01% 1
Colchester -1 2 £288 +59.72% 1
Saffron Walden - 2 £213 -
Southend-on-Sea -2 1 - -
Public Sector
East of England

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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 (22.22%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 3 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (11.11%) Azure
2 1 (11.11%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 1 (11.11%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) LAN
1 1 (11.11%) Software-Defined Radio
1 1 (11.11%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (11.11%) MS Access
1 1 (11.11%) Power BI
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
1 1 (11.11%) Visual Studio
General
1 3 (33.33%) Local Government
2 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Electronics
2 1 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (22.22%) 2nd/3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
1 2 (22.22%) 3rd Line Engineer
1 2 (22.22%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
1 2 (22.22%) Call Centre Manager
1 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Data Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Deployment Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Firmware Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) FPGA Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Project Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Windows Deployment Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Windows Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) .NET
1 1 (11.11%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) FPGA
1 1 (11.11%) Verilog
1 1 (11.11%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 3 (33.33%) Windows
1 3 (33.33%) Windows 10
2 2 (22.22%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 2 (22.22%) Capacity Planning
2 2 (22.22%) Coaching
2 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (22.22%) Line Management
2 2 (22.22%) Mentoring
2 2 (22.22%) PRINCE2
2 2 (22.22%) Service Delivery
2 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (11.11%) Agile
3 1 (11.11%) BPMN
3 1 (11.11%) Data Analysis
3 1 (11.11%) Data Management
3 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (11.11%) Performance Management
3 1 (11.11%) Signal Processing
3 1 (11.11%) Software Engineering
3 1 (11.11%) Time Management
3 1 (11.11%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) Python
1 1 (11.11%) R
1 1 (11.11%) SQL
1 1 (11.11%) SystemVerilog
1 1 (11.11%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
1 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) COBIT
1 1 (11.11%) DO-254
1 1 (11.11%) IEC 61508
1 1 (11.11%) ISO 22301
1 1 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 1 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (11.11%) QA
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) Active Directory
2 1 (11.11%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Citrix
1 2 (22.22%) VMware
2 1 (11.11%) Actel
2 1 (11.11%) Lattice Semiconductor
2 1 (11.11%) Microsemi
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) Siemens
2 1 (11.11%) Sparx
2 1 (11.11%) Xilinx