Public Sector Contracts in the Thames Valley

Public Sector
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 22 27 31
Rank change year-on-year +5 +4 +50
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 196 213 217
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 7.41% 7.40% 6.05%
As % of the General category 13.41% 12.12% 9.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 164 175
10th Percentile £215 £313 £205
25th Percentile £351 £400 £365
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £459 £460
Median % change year-on-year -1.36% -0.27% +3.37%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £544
90th Percentile £663 £687 £631
South East median daily rate £460 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -5.64% -2.50% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 2 5
10th Percentile £47.33 £29.15 £12.78
25th Percentile £53.43 £32.38 £14.51
Median hourly rate £61.60 £39.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +57.95% +85.71% -11.58%
75th Percentile £72.33 £44.88 £48.75
90th Percentile £87.50 £47.65 -
South East median hourly rate £58.30 £39.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +49.49% +95.00% +5.26%

All General Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,462 1,758 2,173
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 55.30% 61.04% 60.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 773 1,131 1,408
10th Percentile £205 £275 £220
25th Percentile £333 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% +2.70%
75th Percentile £600 £613 £575
90th Percentile £650 £700 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +5.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 137 43 67
10th Percentile £17.62 £14.45 £11.12
25th Percentile £22.58 £20.25 £13.00
Median hourly rate £50.00 £28.16 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +77.56% +60.91% -16.86%
75th Percentile £62.50 £62.56 £23.75
90th Percentile £77.19 £75.40 £50.25
South East median hourly rate £45.00 £50.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -10.00% +150.00% -23.08%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in the Thames Valley

Public Sector
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Public Sector in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Public Sector in the Thames Valley

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in the Thames Valley

Public Sector
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Public Sector in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Public Sector in the Thames Valley

Public Sector
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Public Sector in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Public Sector in the Thames Valley

Public Sector
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley 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
Berkshire +9 149 £455 -9.00% 33
Buckinghamshire +3 31 £508 +12.78% 19
Oxfordshire -4 16 £250 -42.03% 12
Public Sector
South East

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 3 (1.53%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.51%) Apache
2 1 (0.51%) Jadu
2 1 (0.51%) Moodle
Applications
1 14 (7.14%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.55%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.53%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.51%) 3ds Max
4 1 (0.51%) Blender
4 1 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.51%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 13 (6.63%) Primavera
2 5 (2.55%) Teamcenter
3 4 (2.04%) SAP EWM
3 4 (2.04%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (1.53%) SAP QM
5 1 (0.51%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.51%) SAP PLM
Cloud Services
1 23 (11.73%) Azure
2 6 (3.06%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (2.55%) AWS
3 5 (2.55%) Power Platform
4 3 (1.53%) OpenShift
5 2 (1.02%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (1.02%) PaaS
5 2 (1.02%) Power Automate
5 2 (1.02%) Slack
5 2 (1.02%) SuccessFactors
6 1 (0.51%) Adobe Creative Cloud
6 1 (0.51%) Amazon EC2
6 1 (0.51%) Amazon ECS
6 1 (0.51%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (0.51%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.51%) GCP
6 1 (0.51%) PowerApps
6 1 (0.51%) SaaS
6 1 (0.51%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 21 (10.71%) Firewall
2 13 (6.63%) WAN
3 12 (6.12%) Intrusion Detection
3 12 (6.12%) LAN
4 3 (1.53%) Network Security
5 2 (1.02%) Cisco ASA
5 2 (1.02%) Cisco ISE
5 2 (1.02%) InfiniBand
5 2 (1.02%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.51%) BGP
6 1 (0.51%) CATAPAN
6 1 (0.51%) Cisco Firepower
6 1 (0.51%) DHCP
6 1 (0.51%) DNS
6 1 (0.51%) IPsec
6 1 (0.51%) Junos
6 1 (0.51%) MPLS
6 1 (0.51%) SAN
6 1 (0.51%) VoIP
6 1 (0.51%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.04%) Oracle Database
1 4 (2.04%) Power BI
1 4 (2.04%) SAP HANA
2 3 (1.53%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (1.02%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.51%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.51%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 1 (0.51%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.51%) MySQL
4 1 (0.51%) Power Query
4 1 (0.51%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.51%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.51%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (0.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (2.04%) JMeter
2 3 (1.53%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.02%) Git
4 1 (0.51%) InstallShield
4 1 (0.51%) JUnit
4 1 (0.51%) Mockito
4 1 (0.51%) MSI
4 1 (0.51%) Serenity BDD
4 1 (0.51%) SpecFlow
General
1 36 (18.37%) Social Skills
2 16 (8.16%) Finance
3 11 (5.61%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (4.59%) Manufacturing
5 8 (4.08%) Electronics
5 8 (4.08%) Marketing
5 8 (4.08%) Telecoms
6 4 (2.04%) Local Government
7 3 (1.53%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.02%) Military
9 1 (0.51%) Aviation
9 1 (0.51%) French Language
9 1 (0.51%) General Ledger
9 1 (0.51%) Italian Language
9 1 (0.51%) Legal
9 1 (0.51%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.51%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.51%) Retail
9 1 (0.51%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 49 (25.00%) Senior
2 35 (17.86%) Architect
3 19 (9.69%) Administrator
3 19 (9.69%) Systems Administrator
4 17 (8.67%) Security Architect
5 16 (8.16%) Analyst
6 14 (7.14%) Consultant
7 13 (6.63%) Project Manager
8 12 (6.12%) Lead
8 12 (6.12%) Senior Systems Administrator
9 11 (5.61%) SAP Consultant
10 10 (5.10%) Cybersecurity Architect
10 10 (5.10%) Network Engineer
11 9 (4.59%) Senior Manager
12 8 (4.08%) Network Architect
13 6 (3.06%) Change Analyst
13 6 (3.06%) Coordinator
13 6 (3.06%) Desktop Engineer
13 6 (3.06%) Developer
14 5 (2.55%) Project Planner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (5.10%) Itk
2 4 (2.04%) SAP Basis
2 4 (2.04%) Web Services
3 3 (1.53%) AngularJS
3 3 (1.53%) HTML
4 2 (1.02%) .NET
4 2 (1.02%) ATL
4 2 (1.02%) CSS
4 2 (1.02%) Fluent Bit
4 2 (1.02%) Loki
4 2 (1.02%) Node.js
5 1 (0.51%) ActiveMQ
5 1 (0.51%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.51%) Hibernate
5 1 (0.51%) jQuery
5 1 (0.51%) MDX
5 1 (0.51%) Spring
5 1 (0.51%) Symfony
5 1 (0.51%) Twig
5 1 (0.51%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (3.57%) Data Centre
2 6 (3.06%) Management Information System
2 6 (3.06%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (1.53%) Operational Technology
3 3 (1.53%) PMI
4 2 (1.02%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (1.02%) Grid Computing
4 2 (1.02%) NHS
4 2 (1.02%) Product Ownership
4 2 (1.02%) Robotics
5 1 (0.51%) Cloud Native
5 1 (0.51%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (0.51%) Data Structures
5 1 (0.51%) Digital Media
5 1 (0.51%) Driving Licence
5 1 (0.51%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (0.51%) Life Science
5 1 (0.51%) Onboarding
5 1 (0.51%) PKI
5 1 (0.51%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 17 (8.67%) Windows
2 8 (4.08%) Linux
2 8 (4.08%) Windows 10
3 7 (3.57%) Windows Server
3 7 (3.57%) Windows Server 2016
3 7 (3.57%) Windows Server 2019
4 2 (1.02%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (1.02%) Unix
5 1 (0.51%) Android
5 1 (0.51%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.51%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (14.80%) Project Management
2 26 (13.27%) DevOps
2 26 (13.27%) Stakeholder Management
3 21 (10.71%) Agile
4 20 (10.20%) Change Management
5 19 (9.69%) Problem-Solving
6 17 (8.67%) Security Architecture
7 15 (7.65%) Programme Management
8 13 (6.63%) PLM
9 12 (6.12%) Configuration Management
9 12 (6.12%) Cybersecurity
9 12 (6.12%) Project Delivery
10 11 (5.61%) Business Intelligence
10 11 (5.61%) Continuous Improvement
11 10 (5.10%) Migration
12 9 (4.59%) Portfolio Management
12 9 (4.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 8 (4.08%) Digital Marketing
14 7 (3.57%) ITIL
14 7 (3.57%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 8 (4.08%) C
2 6 (3.06%) C#
2 6 (3.06%) Python
3 5 (2.55%) PowerShell
4 4 (2.04%) C++
4 4 (2.04%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.02%) Bash
5 2 (1.02%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (1.02%) SQL
6 1 (0.51%) Java
6 1 (0.51%) Perl
6 1 (0.51%) PHP
6 1 (0.51%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 153 (78.06%) Security Cleared
2 86 (43.88%) DV Cleared
3 43 (21.94%) SC Cleared
4 14 (7.14%) Degree
5 5 (2.55%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (2.04%) APMP
7 3 (1.53%) CCNA
7 3 (1.53%) PMI Certification
8 2 (1.02%) Azure Certification
8 2 (1.02%) CCNP
8 2 (1.02%) CTC Cleared
8 2 (1.02%) ISEB
8 2 (1.02%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.51%) ACCA
9 1 (0.51%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.51%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.51%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.51%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (0.51%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (0.51%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.04%) PMO
2 2 (1.02%) QA
2 2 (1.02%) SLA
3 1 (0.51%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.51%) GDPR
3 1 (0.51%) HL7
3 1 (0.51%) NCSC
System Software
1 5 (2.55%) Docker
2 2 (1.02%) Microsoft App-V
2 2 (1.02%) Slurm Workload Manager
3 1 (0.51%) Firmware
3 1 (0.51%) NFS
Systems Management
1 11 (5.61%) Kubernetes
2 7 (3.57%) SCCM
3 5 (2.55%) SCOM
4 3 (1.53%) Ansible
4 3 (1.53%) Argo
4 3 (1.53%) Grafana
4 3 (1.53%) Prometheus
5 2 (1.02%) Kibana
5 2 (1.02%) Kustomize
5 2 (1.02%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (1.02%) Nessus
5 2 (1.02%) SELinux
5 2 (1.02%) Terraform
5 2 (1.02%) yum
6 1 (0.51%) CFEngine
6 1 (0.51%) Istio
6 1 (0.51%) Puppet
6 1 (0.51%) SafeCom
Vendors
1 32 (16.33%) Microsoft
2 21 (10.71%) SAP
3 11 (5.61%) Cisco
4 9 (4.59%) Juniper
5 5 (2.55%) Oracle
6 4 (2.04%) Apple
7 3 (1.53%) ServiceNow
7 3 (1.53%) VMware
8 2 (1.02%) NEC
8 2 (1.02%) Palo Alto
8 2 (1.02%) ScienceLogic
9 1 (0.51%) Adobe
9 1 (0.51%) Cadence
9 1 (0.51%) Dell
9 1 (0.51%) Dynatrace
9 1 (0.51%) EMC
9 1 (0.51%) HP
9 1 (0.51%) Kenna
9 1 (0.51%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.51%) Siemens