Public Sector Contracts in the East Midlands

Public Sector
England > East Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies in the East Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 11 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 14 7 15
Rank change year-on-year -7 +8 +15
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 73 138 118
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 8.45% 13.84% 8.56%
As % of the General category 16.15% 25.89% 17.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 123 100
10th Percentile £150 £205 £185
25th Percentile £241 £406 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £396 £600 £420
Median % change year-on-year -34.08% +42.86% +40.00%
75th Percentile £576 £700 £525
90th Percentile £620 £745 £626
England median daily rate £525 £525 £510
% change year-on-year - +2.94% +4.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 2 3
10th Percentile £12.55 £18.41 £15.45
25th Percentile £12.75 £18.84 £16.13
Median hourly rate £13.50 £20.38 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -33.74% +10.14% +23.33%
75th Percentile £24.18 £22.09 £26.75
90th Percentile £44.40 £22.64 £30.95
England median hourly rate £22.25 £20.60 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.01% +3.00% +11.11%

All General Skills
East Midlands

Public Sector falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 452 533 667
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 52.31% 53.46% 48.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 292 414 486
10th Percentile £169 £223 £200
25th Percentile £255 £341 £321
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £416 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -12.53% +5.56% +16.66%
75th Percentile £550 £600 £524
90th Percentile £630 £721 £606
England median daily rate £533 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -3.09% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 34 49
10th Percentile £12.22 £13.16 £9.74
25th Percentile £13.50 £19.02 £16.75
Median hourly rate £17.00 £25.24 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -32.65% +7.40% +84.31%
75th Percentile £28.75 £51.50 £35.00
90th Percentile £51.91 - -
England median hourly rate £31.50 £30.54 £22.50
% change year-on-year +3.14% +35.73% +7.14%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in the East Midlands

Public Sector
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Public Sector in the East Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Public Sector in the East Midlands

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in the East Midlands

Public Sector
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Public Sector in the East Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Public Sector in the East Midlands

Public Sector
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Public Sector in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 11 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Public Sector in the East Midlands

Public Sector
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 East Midlands region over the 6 months to 11 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
Derbyshire +1 22 £200 -60.00% 5
Leicestershire +19 21 £450 +5.88% 6
Northamptonshire -3 14 £450 +100.00% 7
Nottinghamshire -18 11 £104 -85.21% 8
Lincolnshire +3 4 £705 +38.24% 10
Public Sector
England

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 (2.74%) Apache Spark
1 2 (2.74%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.37%) Apache
2 1 (1.37%) SharePoint
Applications
1 14 (19.18%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.74%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.37%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (1.37%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 7 (9.59%) Azure
2 5 (6.85%) AWS
3 3 (4.11%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (2.74%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.37%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 1 (1.37%) Azure Functions
5 1 (1.37%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.37%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.37%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.85%) Internet
1 5 (6.85%) TCP/IP
1 5 (6.85%) VPN
2 3 (4.11%) DHCP
2 3 (4.11%) DNS
2 3 (4.11%) SAN
3 2 (2.74%) Firewall
3 2 (2.74%) WAN
4 1 (1.37%) Fibre Channel
4 1 (1.37%) LAN
4 1 (1.37%) NAS
4 1 (1.37%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (1.37%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (8.22%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.37%) Apache Hive
2 1 (1.37%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (1.37%) Big Data
2 1 (1.37%) Hadoop
2 1 (1.37%) Metadata
2 1 (1.37%) NoSQL
2 1 (1.37%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 3 (4.11%) GitLab
2 2 (2.74%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (1.37%) JIRA
General
1 22 (30.14%) Social Skills
2 12 (16.44%) Finance
3 7 (9.59%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (6.85%) Electronics
4 5 (6.85%) Manufacturing
4 5 (6.85%) Marketing
4 5 (6.85%) Telecoms
5 4 (5.48%) Local Government
6 2 (2.74%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (2.74%) Fire and Rescue
6 2 (2.74%) Social Housing
7 1 (1.37%) Back Office
7 1 (1.37%) Banking
7 1 (1.37%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.37%) Police
7 1 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (9.59%) Analyst
1 7 (9.59%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 6 (8.22%) IT Technician
3 5 (6.85%) Administrator
3 5 (6.85%) Architect
3 5 (6.85%) Developer
3 5 (6.85%) Support Officer
3 5 (6.85%) Technical Support
3 5 (6.85%) Technical Support Officer
4 4 (5.48%) IT Engineer
4 4 (5.48%) Production Manager
4 4 (5.48%) Quality Inspector
4 4 (5.48%) Systems Administrator
5 3 (4.11%) Project Manager
6 2 (2.74%) Business Analyst
6 2 (2.74%) Field Engineer
6 2 (2.74%) Field Service Engineer
6 2 (2.74%) Network Engineer
6 2 (2.74%) Software Developer
6 2 (2.74%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.11%) OAuth
1 3 (4.11%) OpenID
1 3 (4.11%) SAML
2 2 (2.74%) .NET
2 2 (2.74%) .NET Core
2 2 (2.74%) .NET Framework
2 2 (2.74%) CSS
2 2 (2.74%) Entity Framework
2 2 (2.74%) HTML
2 2 (2.74%) jQuery
2 2 (2.74%) LDAP
2 2 (2.74%) React
2 2 (2.74%) RESTful
3 1 (1.37%) Anaconda
3 1 (1.37%) JSON
3 1 (1.37%) Kafka
3 1 (1.37%) OAuth2
3 1 (1.37%) REST
3 1 (1.37%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.22%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (4.11%) Grid Computing
3 2 (2.74%) Virtual Team
4 1 (1.37%) Algorithms
4 1 (1.37%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.37%) Clustering
4 1 (1.37%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.37%) Digital Signage
4 1 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.37%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.37%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.37%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 25 (34.25%) Windows
2 12 (16.44%) Windows 7
3 9 (12.33%) Linux
4 7 (9.59%) Windows Server
4 7 (9.59%) Windows Vista
5 5 (6.85%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (4.11%) Windows 10
7 2 (2.74%) Ubuntu
8 1 (1.37%) AIX
8 1 (1.37%) Mac OS
8 1 (1.37%) Solaris
8 1 (1.37%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (1.37%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (1.37%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (16.44%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (13.70%) Conflict Management
2 10 (13.70%) Time Management
3 8 (10.96%) Technical Leadership
4 7 (9.59%) Business Intelligence
4 7 (9.59%) Business Strategy
4 7 (9.59%) Customer Service
4 7 (9.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 6 (8.22%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (8.22%) Critical Thinking
5 6 (8.22%) Decision-Making
5 6 (8.22%) Migration
5 6 (8.22%) Programme Management
6 5 (6.85%) Asset Management
6 5 (6.85%) DevOps
6 5 (6.85%) Digital Marketing
6 5 (6.85%) Information Security
6 5 (6.85%) People Management
6 5 (6.85%) Performance Tuning
6 5 (6.85%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.48%) Java
2 3 (4.11%) C#
3 2 (2.74%) JavaScript
3 2 (2.74%) PowerShell
3 2 (2.74%) Python
3 2 (2.74%) R
3 2 (2.74%) Scala
3 2 (2.74%) SQL
4 1 (1.37%) ABAP
4 1 (1.37%) Bash
4 1 (1.37%) BeanShell
4 1 (1.37%) Shell Script
4 1 (1.37%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 29 (39.73%) Security Cleared
2 18 (24.66%) SC Cleared
3 12 (16.44%) Degree
4 5 (6.85%) HNC
4 5 (6.85%) HND
4 5 (6.85%) NVQ Level 3
5 2 (2.74%) CBAP
5 2 (2.74%) DV Cleared
5 2 (2.74%) IIBA
5 2 (2.74%) ISEB
6 1 (1.37%) APMP
6 1 (1.37%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.37%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.37%) MCITP
6 1 (1.37%) MCTS
6 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.37%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.96%) QA
2 5 (6.85%) SLA
3 2 (2.74%) GDPR
4 1 (1.37%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.37%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 1 (1.37%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.37%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.37%) Def Stans
4 1 (1.37%) PMO
4 1 (1.37%) WCAG
System Software
1 11 (15.07%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (6.85%) Active Directory
2 5 (6.85%) Virtual Servers
3 3 (4.11%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (1.37%) KVM
4 1 (1.37%) OpenAM
4 1 (1.37%) OpenIDM
4 1 (1.37%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 6 (8.22%) SCOM
2 3 (4.11%) Red Hat Satellite
2 3 (4.11%) SCCM
2 3 (4.11%) SCSM
3 2 (2.74%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (1.37%) EMC NetWorker
4 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 13 (17.81%) Microsoft
2 12 (16.44%) VMware
3 6 (8.22%) SAP
4 5 (6.85%) Red Hat
5 4 (5.48%) Computacenter
5 4 (5.48%) SolarWinds
6 3 (4.11%) Citrix
6 3 (4.11%) ForgeRock
7 1 (1.37%) Aruba
7 1 (1.37%) Brocade
7 1 (1.37%) CheckPoint
7 1 (1.37%) Cisco
7 1 (1.37%) EMC
7 1 (1.37%) HP
7 1 (1.37%) Salesforce