Public Sector Contracts in the North of England

Public Sector
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Public Sector over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 5 10
Rank change year-on-year -5 +5 -2
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 469 851 875
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 10.12% 15.19% 12.23%
As % of the General category 18.42% 27.25% 24.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 310 632 666
10th Percentile £350 £325 £205
25th Percentile £425 £415 £357
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £485
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% +8.25% +2.11%
75th Percentile £625 £625 £560
90th Percentile £721 £700 £650
England median daily rate £525 £538 £510
% change year-on-year -2.33% +5.39% +5.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 28 48
10th Percentile £12.00 £15.60 £15.00
25th Percentile £14.00 £16.85 £15.98
Median hourly rate £16.00 £20.00 £18.70
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +6.95% -20.05%
75th Percentile £20.00 £26.00 £27.00
90th Percentile £27.00 £30.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £21.50 £20.60 £20.00
% change year-on-year +4.37% +3.00% +8.05%

All General Skills
North of England

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 the North of England with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,546 3,123 3,622
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 54.93% 55.74% 50.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,495 2,144 2,567
10th Percentile £270 £300 £208
25th Percentile £400 £413 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% +7.37% +7.95%
75th Percentile £586 £600 £563
90th Percentile £669 £688 £650
England median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 310 94 186
10th Percentile £12.11 £14.08 £11.19
25th Percentile £13.30 £16.85 £14.73
Median hourly rate £16.06 £24.08 £19.12
Median % change year-on-year -33.29% +25.90% +4.27%
75th Percentile £33.91 £35.02 £34.05
90th Percentile £48.75 £53.24 £55.36
England median hourly rate £30.12 £32.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -5.88% +48.84% -2.27%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Public Sector as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in the North of England

Public Sector
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Public Sector in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Public Sector in the North of England

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in the North of England over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in the North of England

Public Sector
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Public Sector in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Public Sector in the North of England

Public Sector
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Public Sector in the North of England over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Public Sector in the North of England

Public Sector
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England region over the 6 months to 18 May 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
North West -2 309 £525 +0.38% 125
Yorkshire -12 138 £525 -4.55% 57
North East -2 36 £538 -2.27% 29
Public Sector
England

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 19 (4.05%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.64%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.64%) Confluence
4 2 (0.43%) ArcGIS
4 2 (0.43%) Mule
4 2 (0.43%) nginx
4 2 (0.43%) Traefik
5 1 (0.21%) Alfresco
5 1 (0.21%) Apache
5 1 (0.21%) Camunda
5 1 (0.21%) CMS
5 1 (0.21%) Mendix
5 1 (0.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.21%) SAS
Applications
1 22 (4.69%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (2.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.28%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (1.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.85%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.43%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.43%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.43%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.43%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.43%) Sketch
7 1 (0.21%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.21%) Revit
Business Applications
1 3 (0.64%) Aareon QL
2 2 (0.43%) Sage X3
3 1 (0.21%) NEC Housing
3 1 (0.21%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.21%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.21%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.21%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 48 (10.23%) Azure
2 38 (8.10%) AWS
3 27 (5.76%) Microsoft 365
4 14 (2.99%) Power Platform
5 10 (2.13%) GCP
6 9 (1.92%) Serverless
7 8 (1.71%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (1.71%) GitHub
7 8 (1.71%) SaaS
8 7 (1.49%) Azure Functions
8 7 (1.49%) IaaS
9 6 (1.28%) Entra ID
9 6 (1.28%) PaaS
10 5 (1.07%) Azure Service Bus
11 4 (0.85%) Amazon EC2
12 3 (0.64%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 3 (0.64%) AWS CloudFormation
12 3 (0.64%) Power Automate
12 3 (0.64%) PowerApps
12 3 (0.64%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.56%) Firewall
2 7 (1.49%) DNS
2 7 (1.49%) Wi-Fi
3 6 (1.28%) VPN
4 4 (0.85%) BGP
4 4 (0.85%) Cisco ASA
4 4 (0.85%) Cisco Firepower
4 4 (0.85%) Cisco ISE
4 4 (0.85%) EIGRP
4 4 (0.85%) HSRP
4 4 (0.85%) IPsec
4 4 (0.85%) LAN
4 4 (0.85%) NetScaler
4 4 (0.85%) Network Security
4 4 (0.85%) OSPF
4 4 (0.85%) SNMP
4 4 (0.85%) Spanning Tree
5 3 (0.64%) DHCP
5 3 (0.64%) VLAN
5 3 (0.64%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (4.69%) PostgreSQL
2 16 (3.41%) Relational Database
3 12 (2.56%) Data Warehouse
3 12 (2.56%) Power BI
4 10 (2.13%) MongoDB
5 7 (1.49%) Data Lake
5 7 (1.49%) Ingres
5 7 (1.49%) Metadata
6 6 (1.28%) Snowflake Schema
7 5 (1.07%) InterSystems Cache
7 5 (1.07%) Redis
7 5 (1.07%) Tableau
8 4 (0.85%) BigQuery
8 4 (0.85%) GIS
9 3 (0.64%) Amazon Redshift
9 3 (0.64%) Big Data
9 3 (0.64%) MySQL
10 2 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
10 2 (0.43%) Data Mining
10 2 (0.43%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 20 (4.26%) Git
2 12 (2.56%) JUnit
3 9 (1.92%) GitLab
4 8 (1.71%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.85%) JIRA
6 3 (0.64%) ERwin
6 3 (0.64%) Liquibase
7 2 (0.43%) Log4j
7 2 (0.43%) Selenium
7 2 (0.43%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.21%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.21%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.21%) Dreamweaver
8 1 (0.21%) Gradle
8 1 (0.21%) Mocha
8 1 (0.21%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.21%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.21%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.21%) WebDriver
General
1 86 (18.34%) Social Skills
2 69 (14.71%) Finance
3 46 (9.81%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (3.41%) Telecoms
5 15 (3.20%) Local Government
6 14 (2.99%) Marketing
7 13 (2.77%) Electronics
7 13 (2.77%) Manufacturing
8 9 (1.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (1.92%) Police
9 7 (1.49%) Health Technology
9 7 (1.49%) Legal
10 6 (1.28%) Military
11 5 (1.07%) Influencing Skills
12 4 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.64%) Banking
13 3 (0.64%) Retail
14 2 (0.43%) Fire and Rescue
14 2 (0.43%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 72 (15.35%) Developer
2 59 (12.58%) Architect
3 56 (11.94%) Analyst
4 47 (10.02%) Senior
5 38 (8.10%) Consultant
6 30 (6.40%) Lead
7 29 (6.18%) Project Manager
8 25 (5.33%) Business Analyst
9 23 (4.90%) ServiceNow Developer
10 20 (4.26%) Java Developer
11 16 (3.41%) Service Analyst
11 16 (3.41%) Service Desk Analyst
11 16 (3.41%) Solutions Architect
12 14 (2.99%) Senior Developer
12 14 (2.99%) Senior ServiceNow Developer
13 12 (2.56%) Data Engineer
14 11 (2.35%) Technical Architect
15 10 (2.13%) Administrator
15 10 (2.13%) DBA
16 9 (1.92%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (5.54%) Node.js
2 21 (4.48%) Spring
3 20 (4.26%) Spring Boot
4 17 (3.62%) REST
5 14 (2.99%) Hibernate
5 14 (2.99%) React
6 12 (2.56%) JPA
7 10 (2.13%) RESTful
8 8 (1.71%) Web Services
9 6 (1.28%) HTML
9 6 (1.28%) Kafka
10 5 (1.07%) CSS
10 5 (1.07%) OAuth
10 5 (1.07%) OpenID
10 5 (1.07%) SignalR
11 4 (0.85%) Jinja
11 4 (0.85%) PySpark
12 3 (0.64%) JSON
12 3 (0.64%) JWT
13 2 (0.43%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 25 (5.33%) NHS
2 17 (3.62%) Management Information System
3 14 (2.99%) Virtual Team
4 12 (2.56%) Product Ownership
5 11 (2.35%) Onboarding
6 9 (1.92%) CMDB
7 8 (1.71%) Digital Signage
8 7 (1.49%) Public Cloud
9 6 (1.28%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (1.28%) Driving Licence
9 6 (1.28%) PKI
10 4 (0.85%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 4 (0.85%) Data Centre
10 4 (0.85%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (0.85%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (0.85%) Mobile App
10 4 (0.85%) Video\Live Streaming
11 3 (0.64%) Freedom of Information
11 3 (0.64%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 31 (6.61%) Windows
2 15 (3.20%) Linux
3 10 (2.13%) Windows Server
4 9 (1.92%) Android
5 8 (1.71%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.85%) Unix
6 4 (0.85%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.43%) CentOS
7 2 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.21%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.21%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.21%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (18.76%) Agile
2 54 (11.51%) DevOps
3 51 (10.87%) Problem-Solving
4 48 (10.23%) Stakeholder Management
5 45 (9.59%) ITIL
6 43 (9.17%) Mentoring
7 38 (8.10%) Programme Management
8 36 (7.68%) Migration
8 36 (7.68%) Project Management
9 35 (7.46%) Roadmaps
10 33 (7.04%) Service Management
11 31 (6.61%) CI/CD
11 31 (6.61%) Customer Service
12 29 (6.18%) Change Management
13 27 (5.76%) Business Intelligence
14 26 (5.54%) Microservices
15 24 (5.12%) Data Modelling
16 22 (4.69%) Project Delivery
17 21 (4.48%) Risk Management
18 20 (4.26%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 33 (7.04%) Java
2 23 (4.90%) Python
3 16 (3.41%) SQL
4 12 (2.56%) JavaScript
4 12 (2.56%) TypeScript
5 5 (1.07%) Bash
6 4 (0.85%) Perl
6 4 (0.85%) Tcl
7 3 (0.64%) PowerShell
7 3 (0.64%) Ruby
8 2 (0.43%) C#
8 2 (0.43%) Go
8 2 (0.43%) Scala
8 2 (0.43%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.21%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.21%) JCL
9 1 (0.21%) MATLAB
9 1 (0.21%) PHP
9 1 (0.21%) R
9 1 (0.21%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 150 (31.98%) Security Cleared
2 101 (21.54%) SC Cleared
3 31 (6.61%) Degree
4 19 (4.05%) DV Cleared
5 16 (3.41%) ITIL Certification
6 7 (1.49%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (1.28%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (1.28%) CCNA
8 5 (1.07%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (0.85%) CISSP
10 3 (0.64%) CCNP
10 3 (0.64%) CISM
10 3 (0.64%) HNC
10 3 (0.64%) NVQ Level 4
11 2 (0.43%) MCP
11 2 (0.43%) MCSE
11 2 (0.43%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.43%) PMP
11 2 (0.43%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 2 (0.43%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (3.62%) Accessibility
2 12 (2.56%) GDPR
3 11 (2.35%) SLA
4 10 (2.13%) Data Quality
5 8 (1.71%) NIST
6 7 (1.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (1.07%) PMO
8 4 (0.85%) NCSC
8 4 (0.85%) NIST 800
9 3 (0.64%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.64%) QA
10 2 (0.43%) Government Security Classifications
11 1 (0.21%) Disclosure Scotland
11 1 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 17025
11 1 (0.21%) ISO17020
11 1 (0.21%) WCAG
System Software
1 25 (5.33%) Active Directory
2 21 (4.48%) Docker
3 5 (1.07%) Firmware
3 5 (1.07%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (1.07%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.43%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.21%) ACF2
5 1 (0.21%) RACF
5 1 (0.21%) Time Sharing Option
5 1 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.21%) VMware Workstation
5 1 (0.21%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 18 (3.84%) Kubernetes
2 16 (3.41%) Terraform
3 15 (3.20%) Ansible
4 6 (1.28%) Puppet
5 5 (1.07%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.64%) Docker Swarm
6 3 (0.64%) NetBackup
6 3 (0.64%) Packer
7 2 (0.43%) CA Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.43%) Consul
7 2 (0.43%) EMC NetWorker
7 2 (0.43%) Graphite
7 2 (0.43%) HAProxy
7 2 (0.43%) Istio
7 2 (0.43%) linkerd
7 2 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.43%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.43%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.43%) SCCM
7 2 (0.43%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 48 (10.23%) Microsoft
2 37 (7.89%) ServiceNow
3 17 (3.62%) SAP
4 9 (1.92%) Brio
5 8 (1.71%) Cisco
5 8 (1.71%) Citrix
5 8 (1.71%) Google
6 5 (1.07%) Databricks
6 5 (1.07%) Sparx
6 5 (1.07%) Splunk
6 5 (1.07%) VMware
7 4 (0.85%) Aruba
7 4 (0.85%) CA
7 4 (0.85%) IBM
7 4 (0.85%) Logitech
7 4 (0.85%) Meraki
7 4 (0.85%) Northgate
7 4 (0.85%) Oracle
7 4 (0.85%) Palo Alto
7 4 (0.85%) SolarWinds