Public Sector Contracts in Essex

Public Sector
East of England > Essex

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies advertised in Essex. 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 24 3 6
Rank change year-on-year -21 +3 +15
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 10 46 69
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Essex 4.44% 19.09% 17.60%
As % of the General category 8.33% 32.17% 30.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 32 62
10th Percentile £194 £112 £200
25th Percentile £300 £198 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £333 £495
Median % change year-on-year +57.66% -32.73% -1.00%
75th Percentile £638 £506 £588
90th Percentile £654 £575 £630
East of England median daily rate £388 £550 £450
% change year-on-year -29.55% +22.22% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Median hourly rate £40.31 £87.78 -
Median % change year-on-year -54.08% - -
East of England median hourly rate £15.79 £18.20 £14.50
% change year-on-year -13.24% +25.52% -19.76%

All General Skills
Essex

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 Essex with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 120 143 223
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 53.33% 59.34% 56.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 96 151
10th Percentile £250 £189 £213
25th Percentile £302 £257 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £463 £485
Median % change year-on-year -8.11% -4.64% +7.78%
75th Percentile £584 £531 £575
90th Percentile £639 £613 £631
East of England median daily rate £475 £488 £450
% change year-on-year -2.56% +8.33% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 9 14
10th Percentile £10.42 £20.79 £12.95
25th Percentile £16.63 £22.50 £14.94
Median hourly rate £35.65 £44.53 £20.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.94% +117.22% -11.68%
75th Percentile £64.25 £62.50 £42.20
90th Percentile £76.13 £76.61 £62.30
East of England median hourly rate £38.12 £21.00 £14.50
% change year-on-year +81.52% +44.83% -3.33%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in Essex

Public Sector
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Essex

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

Daily rate trend for Public Sector in Essex

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in Essex

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

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in Essex

Public Sector
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

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

Hourly rate trend for Public Sector in Essex

Public Sector
Contract Job Locations in Essex

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 Essex 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
Saffron Walden - 2 £213 -
Harlow +7 1 £400 - 1
Colchester -3 1 £300 +66.67% 2
Chelmsford -5 1 £550 +57.82%
Public Sector
East of England

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (10.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (20.00%) Azure
3 1 (10.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 3 (30.00%) LAN
1 3 (30.00%) WAN
2 2 (20.00%) SD-WAN
General
1 2 (20.00%) Finance
1 2 (20.00%) Local Government
1 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Architect
2 2 (20.00%) 2nd/3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Programme Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Call Centre Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Configuration Specialist
3 1 (10.00%) Designer
3 1 (10.00%) Enterprise Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Security Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (10.00%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 3 (30.00%) Windows
2 2 (20.00%) Windows 10
2 2 (20.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (20.00%) Configuration Management
2 2 (20.00%) Customer Service
2 2 (20.00%) ITIL
2 2 (20.00%) TOGAF
3 1 (10.00%) Asset Management
3 1 (10.00%) BPMN
3 1 (10.00%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (10.00%) Data Management
3 1 (10.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 1 (10.00%) Enterprise Modelling
3 1 (10.00%) Performance Management
3 1 (10.00%) PLM
3 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2
3 1 (10.00%) Security Architecture
3 1 (10.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (10.00%) Service Management
3 1 (10.00%) Software Testing
3 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (10.00%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (10.00%) A+ Certification
2 1 (10.00%) CISSP
2 1 (10.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 1 (10.00%) MCSE
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (10.00%) Network+ Certification
2 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (10.00%) COBIT
2 1 (10.00%) ISO 22301
2 1 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 1 (10.00%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (10.00%) SCCM
2 1 (10.00%) WSUS
Vendors
1 2 (20.00%) Citrix
1 2 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (20.00%) VMware
2 1 (10.00%) PTC
2 1 (10.00%) Sparx