Public Sector Contracts in Hertfordshire

Public Sector
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire. 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 55 50 50
Rank change year-on-year -5 0 +11
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 20 22 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 2.37% 2.89% 3.14%
As % of the General category 3.91% 5.35% 5.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 13 19
10th Percentile £289 £270 £163
25th Percentile £350 £350 £209
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £475 £313
Median % change year-on-year +14.74% +52.00% -43.18%
75th Percentile £700 £676 £431
90th Percentile £700 £685 £525
East of England median daily rate £450 £600 £475
% change year-on-year -25.00% +26.32% +15.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 2
10th Percentile - £14.54 £12.93
25th Percentile - £16.10 £13.69
Median hourly rate £15.10 £18.90 £14.96
Median % change year-on-year -20.11% +26.34% -
75th Percentile - £20.30 £16.23
90th Percentile - £21.02 £16.99
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
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 512 411 444
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 60.66% 54.08% 55.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 210 237
10th Percentile £200 £249 £185
25th Percentile £323 £391 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% +5.00% +0.45%
75th Percentile £578 £700 £638
90th Percentile £700 £838 £723
East of England median daily rate £453 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -9.50% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 241 85 58
10th Percentile - £46.50 £17.20
25th Percentile £38.12 £53.75 £35.00
Median hourly rate £50.00 £60.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +20.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £56.00
90th Percentile £65.00 £69.50 £60.00
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 Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in Hertfordshire

Public Sector
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Public Sector in Hertfordshire

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in Hertfordshire

Public Sector
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Public Sector in Hertfordshire

Public Sector
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 2 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
Stevenage -5 9 £545 -19.32%
Watford - 4 £375 - 2
Hemel Hempstead +5 2 £650 +41.30% 3
Hatfield -9 2 £200 -60.00%
Public Sector
East of England

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 1 (5.00%) Confluence
1 1 (5.00%) Exchange Server 2000
1 1 (5.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (5.00%) Exchange Server 2007
1 1 (5.00%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (5.00%) Exchange Server 2013
1 1 (5.00%) IIS
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (5.00%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Lorenzo
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.00%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.00%) DHCP
1 1 (5.00%) DNS
1 1 (5.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (5.00%) VLAN
1 1 (5.00%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) Big Data
1 1 (5.00%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Bitbucket
1 1 (5.00%) Git
1 1 (5.00%) JIRA
1 1 (5.00%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 6 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (25.00%) Finance
3 4 (20.00%) Electronics
3 4 (20.00%) Manufacturing
3 4 (20.00%) Marketing
3 4 (20.00%) Telecoms
4 2 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (10.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
1 2 (10.00%) Analyst
1 2 (10.00%) Developer
1 2 (10.00%) Lead
1 2 (10.00%) Senior
1 2 (10.00%) Senior Analyst
1 2 (10.00%) SOC Analyst
2 1 (5.00%) Applications Support
2 1 (5.00%) Applications Support Engineer
2 1 (5.00%) Coordinator
2 1 (5.00%) Data Manager
2 1 (5.00%) Linux Engineer
2 1 (5.00%) Messaging Engineer
2 1 (5.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (5.00%) Project Coordinator
2 1 (5.00%) Server Engineer
2 1 (5.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (5.00%) Test Manager
2 1 (5.00%) Unix Engineer
2 1 (5.00%) Windows Server Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.00%) CSS
1 1 (5.00%) Elastic Stack
1 1 (5.00%) HTML
1 1 (5.00%) Lightning Web Components
1 1 (5.00%) Node.js
1 1 (5.00%) React
1 1 (5.00%) REST
1 1 (5.00%) Visualforce
1 1 (5.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.00%) Product Ownership
1 1 (5.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (15.00%) Windows
2 2 (10.00%) Linux
2 2 (10.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (5.00%) Solaris
3 1 (5.00%) Unix
3 1 (5.00%) Windows 2000
3 1 (5.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (5.00%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (5.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
1 4 (20.00%) Digital Marketing
1 4 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (20.00%) Programme Management
2 3 (15.00%) Agile
2 3 (15.00%) Change Management
2 3 (15.00%) Cybersecurity
2 3 (15.00%) Incident Response
2 3 (15.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
2 3 (15.00%) Vulnerability Management
3 2 (10.00%) Defect Management
3 2 (10.00%) ITIL
3 2 (10.00%) PRINCE2
3 2 (10.00%) Time Management
4 1 (5.00%) Data Management
4 1 (5.00%) ITSM
4 1 (5.00%) Operations Management
4 1 (5.00%) Project Management
4 1 (5.00%) Service Management
4 1 (5.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (5.00%) Apex Code
2 1 (5.00%) Bash
2 1 (5.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (5.00%) Python
2 1 (5.00%) Ruby
2 1 (5.00%) SQL
2 1 (5.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 14 (70.00%) Security Cleared
2 8 (40.00%) SC Cleared
3 5 (25.00%) DV Cleared
4 1 (5.00%) CCIE
4 1 (5.00%) CCNA
4 1 (5.00%) CCNP
4 1 (5.00%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (5.00%) Degree
4 1 (5.00%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.00%) QA
2 1 (5.00%) Data Quality
2 1 (5.00%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (10.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (10.00%) Hyper-V
1 2 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (5.00%) Docker
2 1 (5.00%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (5.00%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 2 (10.00%) Kubernetes
1 2 (10.00%) Rancher
2 1 (5.00%) Ansible
2 1 (5.00%) Kibana
2 1 (5.00%) logstash
2 1 (5.00%) Red Hat Satellite
2 1 (5.00%) SCCM
2 1 (5.00%) SCOM
2 1 (5.00%) Tivoli Identity Manager
Vendors
1 6 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (20.00%) SAP
3 3 (15.00%) Darktrace
3 3 (15.00%) Varonis
4 2 (10.00%) VMware
5 1 (5.00%) Atlassian
5 1 (5.00%) BT
5 1 (5.00%) Cisco
5 1 (5.00%) Computacenter
5 1 (5.00%) Dell
5 1 (5.00%) HP
5 1 (5.00%) IBM
5 1 (5.00%) Red Hat
5 1 (5.00%) Salesforce
5 1 (5.00%) ServiceNow