Public Sector Contracts in Northamptonshire

Public Sector
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies advertised in Northamptonshire. 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 21 22 24
Rank change year-on-year +1 +2 -4
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 13 13 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 5.04% 5.56% 5.57%
As % of the General category 9.15% 9.63% 10.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 12 19
10th Percentile £378 £190 £152
25th Percentile £391 £205 £183
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £225 £225
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% - +4.65%
75th Percentile £588 £352 £288
90th Percentile £620 £444 £464
East Midlands median daily rate £396 £600 £400
% change year-on-year -34.08% +50.00% +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £18.75 -
East Midlands median hourly rate £13.50 £20.38 £18.50
% change year-on-year -33.74% +10.14% +23.33%

All General Skills
Northamptonshire

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 Northamptonshire with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 142 135 209
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 55.04% 57.69% 55.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 110 110 167
10th Percentile £272 £213 £199
25th Percentile £358 £313 £314
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £445 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +11.25% -11.11% +20.00%
75th Percentile £550 £500 £510
90th Percentile £620 £575 £550
East Midlands median daily rate £400 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -15.79% +5.56% +17.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 10 22
10th Percentile - £21.61 £19.28
25th Percentile £14.00 £50.50 £29.66
Median hourly rate £35.00 £51.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.37% +45.71% -
75th Percentile £46.61 £51.50 -
90th Percentile £58.75 - -
East Midlands median hourly rate £17.00 £22.50 £23.25
% change year-on-year -24.44% -3.23% +88.07%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in Northamptonshire

Public Sector
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Northamptonshire

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

Daily rate trend for Public Sector in Northamptonshire

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in Northamptonshire

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

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in Northamptonshire

Public Sector
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Northamptonshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Public Sector in Northamptonshire

Public Sector
Contract Job Locations in Northamptonshire

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 Northamptonshire 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
Northampton 0 13 £450 +63.64% 4
Public Sector
East Midlands

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northamptonshire 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 (7.69%) Apache Spark
1 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (7.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (15.38%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (7.69%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 3 (23.08%) AWS
2 2 (15.38%) Azure
2 2 (15.38%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (7.69%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) DHCP
1 2 (15.38%) DNS
2 1 (7.69%) SAN
2 1 (7.69%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) Big Data
1 1 (7.69%) Hadoop
1 1 (7.69%) QlikView
1 1 (7.69%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) JIRA
General
1 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 3 (23.08%) Finance
3 1 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Banking
3 1 (7.69%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (7.69%) Local Government
3 1 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (23.08%) Architect
2 2 (15.38%) Designer
2 2 (15.38%) Developer
2 2 (15.38%) ForgeRock Architect
3 1 (7.69%) Big Data Developer
3 1 (7.69%) DBA
3 1 (7.69%) Debt Manager
3 1 (7.69%) DevOps Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Exchange Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) ForgeRock Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Hadoop Developer
3 1 (7.69%) IT Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) IT Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (7.69%) IT Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Messaging Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Project Change Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Project Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (7.69%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (23.08%) OAuth
1 3 (23.08%) OpenID
1 3 (23.08%) SAML
2 2 (15.38%) LDAP
3 1 (7.69%) Anaconda
3 1 (7.69%) JSON
3 1 (7.69%) OAuth2
3 1 (7.69%) REST
3 1 (7.69%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Data Centre
1 1 (7.69%) Management Information System
1 1 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (7.69%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (23.08%) Windows
1 3 (23.08%) Windows Server
2 1 (7.69%) Windows 10
2 1 (7.69%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (7.69%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (7.69%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
1 3 (23.08%) Technical Leadership
2 2 (15.38%) Business Strategy
2 2 (15.38%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (15.38%) High Availability
2 2 (15.38%) Identity Access Management
2 2 (15.38%) Identity Management
2 2 (15.38%) Infrastructure Monitoring
2 2 (15.38%) Migration
2 2 (15.38%) Project Management
3 1 (7.69%) Collaborative Culture
3 1 (7.69%) End-to-End Testing
3 1 (7.69%) Incident Response
3 1 (7.69%) Inclusive Design
3 1 (7.69%) Open Source
3 1 (7.69%) Performance Tuning
3 1 (7.69%) Roadmaps
3 1 (7.69%) Technology Strategy
3 1 (7.69%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (23.08%) Java
2 1 (7.69%) ABAP
2 1 (7.69%) BeanShell
2 1 (7.69%) PowerShell
2 1 (7.69%) Python
2 1 (7.69%) R
2 1 (7.69%) Scala
Qualifications
1 4 (30.77%) Security Cleared
2 2 (15.38%) Degree
3 1 (7.69%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (7.69%) MCITP
3 1 (7.69%) MCTS
3 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) Accessibility
1 1 (7.69%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (7.69%) GDPR
1 1 (7.69%) PMO
1 1 (7.69%) WCAG
System Software
1 3 (23.08%) Active Directory
2 2 (15.38%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (15.38%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (7.69%) OpenAM
3 1 (7.69%) OpenIDM
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) SCOM
1 2 (15.38%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (7.69%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
2 3 (23.08%) ForgeRock
3 2 (15.38%) Citrix
3 2 (15.38%) SolarWinds
3 2 (15.38%) VMware
4 1 (7.69%) SAP