Public Sector Contracts in the East of England

Public Sector
England > East of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Public Sector over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 50 13 33
Rank change year-on-year -37 +20 +9
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 65 210 170
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 3.43% 10.11% 6.61%
As % of the General category 5.54% 16.75% 11.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 165 138
10th Percentile £194 £193 £148
25th Percentile £300 £313 £222
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £550 £450
Median % change year-on-year -29.55% +22.22% +12.50%
75th Percentile £547 £700 £540
90th Percentile £688 £745 £612
England median daily rate £525 £540 £503
% change year-on-year -2.78% +7.30% +5.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 12 8
10th Percentile £14.52 £16.30 £10.98
25th Percentile £15.17 £16.77 £12.38
Median hourly rate £15.79 £18.20 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.24% +25.52% -19.76%
75th Percentile £19.88 £21.08 £18.13
90th Percentile £27.93 £64.01 £20.23
England median hourly rate £21.73 £20.05 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.38% +0.25% +7.90%

All General Skills
East 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 East of England with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,174 1,254 1,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 61.92% 60.38% 59.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 452 692 781
10th Percentile £239 £200 £161
25th Percentile £350 £300 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% +8.33% +5.88%
75th Percentile £563 £626 £550
90th Percentile £650 £725 £638
England median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 451 265 331
10th Percentile £14.16 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.50 £14.25 £13.25
Median hourly rate £38.12 £21.00 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year +81.52% +44.83% -3.33%
75th Percentile £50.00 £61.25 £22.00
90th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £56.00
England median hourly rate £30.00 £34.31 £21.30
% change year-on-year -12.56% +61.08% -5.33%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in the East of England

Public Sector
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

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

Daily rate trend for Public Sector in the East of England

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in the East of England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in the East of England

Public Sector
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

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

Hourly rate trend for Public Sector in the East of England

Public Sector
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Public Sector in the East of England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Public Sector in the East of England

Public Sector
Contract Job Locations in the East 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 East of England region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Hertfordshire +1 21 £375 -21.05% 31
Bedfordshire +1 17 £458 -22.13% 8
Essex -21 10 £525 +57.66% 8
Cambridgeshire -18 9 £170 -28.42% 19
Norfolk 0 6 £292 +29.56% 3
Suffolk -12 1 £210 -70.00% 5
Public Sector
England

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East 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 3 (4.62%) Confluence
1 3 (4.62%) IIS
1 3 (4.62%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (3.08%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.54%) Exchange Server 2000
3 1 (1.54%) Exchange Server 2003
3 1 (1.54%) Exchange Server 2007
3 1 (1.54%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (1.54%) Exchange Server 2013
3 1 (1.54%) Tomcat
Applications
1 8 (12.31%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (3.08%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.54%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 2 (3.08%) Teamcenter
2 1 (1.54%) Primavera
2 1 (1.54%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 5 (7.69%) Azure
1 5 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (1.54%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (1.54%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.62%) LAN
1 3 (4.62%) WAN
2 2 (3.08%) SD-WAN
2 2 (3.08%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (1.54%) Firewall
3 1 (1.54%) Network Security
3 1 (1.54%) Structured Cabling
3 1 (1.54%) VoIP
3 1 (1.54%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.08%) MariaDB
1 2 (3.08%) MySQL
1 2 (3.08%) Relational Database
1 2 (3.08%) SQL Server
1 2 (3.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (1.54%) Electronic Patient Records
Development Applications
1 3 (4.62%) JIRA
2 1 (1.54%) LabVIEW
2 1 (1.54%) Rational DOORS
General
1 19 (29.23%) Finance
2 16 (24.62%) Social Skills
3 14 (21.54%) Electronics
4 13 (20.00%) Manufacturing
4 13 (20.00%) Marketing
4 13 (20.00%) Telecoms
5 12 (18.46%) Local Government
6 2 (3.08%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.54%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.54%) Games
7 1 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (18.46%) Analyst
2 7 (10.77%) Lead
2 7 (10.77%) Performance Analyst
3 6 (9.23%) Senior
4 5 (7.69%) Developer
4 5 (7.69%) Support Engineer
5 4 (6.15%) 3rd Line Engineer
5 4 (6.15%) IT Engineer
6 3 (4.62%) Architect
6 3 (4.62%) Defect Manager
6 3 (4.62%) IT Support
6 3 (4.62%) IT Support Engineer
6 3 (4.62%) Network Engineer
6 3 (4.62%) Service Analyst
7 2 (3.08%) Applications Developer
7 2 (3.08%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (3.08%) Senior Analyst
7 2 (3.08%) Senior Applications Developer
7 2 (3.08%) Senior Developer
7 2 (3.08%) Service Desk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.62%) CSS
1 3 (4.62%) HTML
2 2 (3.08%) .NET
3 1 (1.54%) Lightning Web Components
3 1 (1.54%) NumPy
3 1 (1.54%) REST
3 1 (1.54%) Software Packaging
3 1 (1.54%) Visualforce
3 1 (1.54%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 9 (13.85%) Management Information System
2 7 (10.77%) Legacy Systems
3 5 (7.69%) NHS
4 2 (3.08%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.54%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.54%) Fibre Optics
5 1 (1.54%) iPad
5 1 (1.54%) iPhone
5 1 (1.54%) Product Ownership
5 1 (1.54%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 9 (13.85%) Windows
2 5 (7.69%) Windows 10
3 3 (4.62%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.54%) Windows 2000
4 1 (1.54%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
1 13 (20.00%) Digital Marketing
1 13 (20.00%) Programme Management
2 8 (12.31%) Data Protection
2 8 (12.31%) Mathematics
2 8 (12.31%) Performance Management
2 8 (12.31%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (10.77%) Agile
3 7 (10.77%) Benchmarking
3 7 (10.77%) Customer Service
3 7 (10.77%) Data Collection
3 7 (10.77%) Statistics
4 5 (7.69%) Defect Management
4 5 (7.69%) PRINCE2
5 4 (6.15%) Change Management
5 4 (6.15%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (6.15%) ITIL
5 4 (6.15%) Project Management
6 3 (4.62%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (4.62%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.62%) C#
1 3 (4.62%) JavaScript
1 3 (4.62%) SQL
2 2 (3.08%) C
2 2 (3.08%) C++
2 2 (3.08%) Python
3 1 (1.54%) Apex Code
3 1 (1.54%) Java
3 1 (1.54%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 22 (33.85%) Security Cleared
2 16 (24.62%) SC Cleared
3 7 (10.77%) Degree
4 4 (6.15%) Master's Degree
5 3 (4.62%) CCNP
5 3 (4.62%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (3.08%) CCNA
6 2 (3.08%) DV Cleared
7 1 (1.54%) A+ Certification
7 1 (1.54%) CCIE
7 1 (1.54%) CISSP
7 1 (1.54%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (1.54%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (1.54%) MCP
7 1 (1.54%) MCSE
7 1 (1.54%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.54%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (1.54%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (10.77%) Data Quality
2 2 (3.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (3.08%) PMO
2 2 (3.08%) QA
3 1 (1.54%) COBIT
3 1 (1.54%) ISO 22301
3 1 (1.54%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 1 (1.54%) NIST
System Software
1 4 (6.15%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.54%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (4.62%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (3.08%) SCCM
3 1 (1.54%) WSUS
Vendors
1 13 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 13 (20.00%) SAP
2 3 (4.62%) Cisco
2 3 (4.62%) Darktrace
2 3 (4.62%) Varonis
3 2 (3.08%) Citrix
3 2 (3.08%) VMware
4 1 (1.54%) Computacenter
4 1 (1.54%) Extreme Networks
4 1 (1.54%) Fortinet
4 1 (1.54%) Juniper
4 1 (1.54%) McAfee
4 1 (1.54%) PTC
4 1 (1.54%) Remedy
4 1 (1.54%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.54%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.54%) Siemens
4 1 (1.54%) Sparx