Public Sector Contracts in the Midlands

Public Sector
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. 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 14 12 11
Rank change year-on-year -2 -1 -1
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 237 406 604
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 8.69% 11.80% 11.92%
As % of the General category 15.83% 21.15% 21.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 164 351 506
10th Percentile £200 £200 £203
25th Percentile £359 £340 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £513 £450
Median % change year-on-year -12.20% +13.89% +12.50%
75th Percentile £553 £628 £538
90th Percentile £625 £700 £587
England median daily rate £525 £540 £503
% change year-on-year -2.78% +7.30% +5.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 15 23
10th Percentile £12.05 £13.31 £12.30
25th Percentile £12.75 £16.57 £14.13
Median hourly rate £16.80 £18.00 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.69% +5.88% +5.43%
75th Percentile £21.17 £21.88 £19.38
90th Percentile £35.00 £25.78 £21.80
England median hourly rate £21.73 £20.05 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.38% +0.25% +7.90%

All General Skills
Midlands

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 Midlands with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,497 1,920 2,756
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 54.88% 55.81% 54.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,022 1,356 2,054
10th Percentile £206 £214 £220
25th Percentile £350 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £480 £465
Median % change year-on-year +1.56% +3.23% +16.25%
75th Percentile £614 £588 £550
90th Percentile £738 £684 £653
England median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 167 82 105
10th Percentile £11.75 £11.80 £9.74
25th Percentile £13.90 £13.41 £12.75
Median hourly rate £17.50 £20.41 £17.70
Median % change year-on-year -14.26% +15.31% +10.63%
75th Percentile £38.13 £32.19 £24.50
90th Percentile £53.80 £51.50 £35.00
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 Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in the Midlands

Public Sector
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Public Sector in the Midlands

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in the Midlands

Public Sector
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Public Sector in the Midlands

Public Sector
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate histogram for Public Sector in the Midlands

Public Sector
Contract Job Locations in the 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 Midlands 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
West Midlands -5 174 £500 -7.41% 84
East Midlands -6 62 £275 -52.34% 27
Public Sector
England

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the 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 6 (2.53%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.27%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.84%) Apache
3 2 (0.84%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.84%) CICS
3 2 (0.84%) CMS
3 2 (0.84%) SAS
Applications
1 13 (5.49%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.84%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.42%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (0.42%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 19 (8.02%) Azure
2 10 (4.22%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (2.53%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (1.69%) AWS
4 4 (1.69%) Entra ID
5 3 (1.27%) OCI
5 3 (1.27%) PaaS
6 2 (0.84%) Azure App Service
6 2 (0.84%) Azure Functions
6 2 (0.84%) IaaS
6 2 (0.84%) Power Platform
6 2 (0.84%) SaaS
6 2 (0.84%) Serverless
7 1 (0.42%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 1 (0.42%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (0.42%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (0.42%) Azure Service Bus
7 1 (0.42%) Azure Storage
7 1 (0.42%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.42%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 16 (6.75%) WAN
2 13 (5.49%) VPN
3 11 (4.64%) BGP
3 11 (4.64%) Firewall
3 11 (4.64%) IPsec
3 11 (4.64%) MPLS
3 11 (4.64%) Network Security
4 8 (3.38%) TCP/IP
5 7 (2.95%) Internet
5 7 (2.95%) Wireless
6 6 (2.53%) DNS
7 5 (2.11%) DHCP
7 5 (2.11%) Junos
8 4 (1.69%) LAN
9 3 (1.27%) SAN
10 2 (0.84%) 5G
10 2 (0.84%) Intrusion Detection
11 1 (0.42%) CATAPAN
11 1 (0.42%) Cisco Firepower
11 1 (0.42%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.11%) Oracle Reports
2 4 (1.69%) Metadata
3 3 (1.27%) Big Data
3 3 (1.27%) DB2
3 3 (1.27%) RDBMS
3 3 (1.27%) Relational Database
3 3 (1.27%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.84%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (0.84%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.84%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (0.84%) IDMS
5 1 (0.42%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.42%) Apache Hive
5 1 (0.42%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.42%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.42%) MySQL
5 1 (0.42%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 1 (0.42%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.42%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 16 (6.75%) PVCS
1 16 (6.75%) Visual Studio
2 4 (1.69%) Git
2 4 (1.69%) JIRA
3 2 (0.84%) Appium
3 2 (0.84%) UI Automator
3 2 (0.84%) XCUITest
4 1 (0.42%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.42%) GitLab
4 1 (0.42%) Rational DOORS
General
1 55 (23.21%) Social Skills
2 27 (11.39%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (10.55%) Finance
4 9 (3.80%) Telecoms
5 8 (3.38%) Electronics
5 8 (3.38%) Local Government
5 8 (3.38%) Manufacturing
5 8 (3.38%) Marketing
6 7 (2.95%) Police
7 5 (2.11%) Legal
8 3 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (0.84%) Back Office
9 2 (0.84%) Military
9 2 (0.84%) Publishing
10 1 (0.42%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.42%) Law
10 1 (0.42%) Retail
10 1 (0.42%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 25 (10.55%) Analyst
2 19 (8.02%) Senior
3 16 (6.75%) C Programmer
3 16 (6.75%) Programmer
4 15 (6.33%) Architect
4 15 (6.33%) Project Manager
5 14 (5.91%) Network Engineer
6 12 (5.06%) 3rd Line Support
6 12 (5.06%) Lead
7 11 (4.64%) Developer
7 11 (4.64%) Support Engineer
7 11 (4.64%) WAN Engineer
8 10 (4.22%) IT Engineer
8 10 (4.22%) Senior Manager
9 9 (3.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 8 (3.38%) 2nd Line Support
10 8 (3.38%) Senior Project Manager
11 7 (2.95%) Consultant
11 7 (2.95%) Network Support
12 6 (2.53%) Network Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.27%) .NET
1 3 (1.27%) Apache NiFi
1 3 (1.27%) LDAP
1 3 (1.27%) OAuth
1 3 (1.27%) OpenID
1 3 (1.27%) SAML
2 2 (0.84%) AngularJS
2 2 (0.84%) Elastic Stack
2 2 (0.84%) Regular Expression
2 2 (0.84%) REST
3 1 (0.42%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.42%) Entity Framework
3 1 (0.42%) GraphQL
3 1 (0.42%) Kafka
3 1 (0.42%) Node.js
3 1 (0.42%) OAuth2
3 1 (0.42%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.42%) React
3 1 (0.42%) Swagger
3 1 (0.42%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (4.22%) PKI
1 10 (4.22%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (2.95%) Management Information System
3 6 (2.53%) Driving Licence
4 5 (2.11%) Analytical Mindset
4 5 (2.11%) Cyber Defence
4 5 (2.11%) Distributed Applications
5 3 (1.27%) Cloud Native
5 3 (1.27%) Data Structures
5 3 (1.27%) Digital Media
5 3 (1.27%) IBM Mainframe
5 3 (1.27%) Linux Command Line
5 3 (1.27%) Mainframe
5 3 (1.27%) Onboarding
6 2 (0.84%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (0.84%) Handset
6 2 (0.84%) IoT
6 2 (0.84%) Mobile App
6 2 (0.84%) NHS
6 2 (0.84%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 33 (13.92%) Windows
2 17 (7.17%) Linux
3 11 (4.64%) Windows 7
4 7 (2.95%) Windows Vista
5 5 (2.11%) Mac OS X
6 4 (1.69%) Android
6 4 (1.69%) Apple iOS
6 4 (1.69%) Ubuntu
6 4 (1.69%) Windows 10
7 3 (1.27%) Unix
7 3 (1.27%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.84%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.84%) zOS
9 1 (0.42%) AIX
9 1 (0.42%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.42%) Solaris
9 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (12.66%) Problem-Solving
1 30 (12.66%) Stakeholder Management
2 27 (11.39%) Agile
3 20 (8.44%) Cybersecurity
4 18 (7.59%) Decision-Making
4 18 (7.59%) PRINCE2
4 18 (7.59%) Project Management
5 16 (6.75%) Information Security
6 15 (6.33%) Business Intelligence
6 15 (6.33%) Continuous Improvement
6 15 (6.33%) Data Analysis
6 15 (6.33%) ITIL
6 15 (6.33%) SIEM
7 13 (5.49%) Analytics
7 13 (5.49%) Risk Management
7 13 (5.49%) Time Management
8 12 (5.06%) Customer Service
8 12 (5.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 11 (4.64%) DevOps
9 11 (4.64%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 17 (7.17%) PL/SQL
2 16 (6.75%) C
3 8 (3.38%) SQL
4 5 (2.11%) Java
5 4 (1.69%) C#
5 4 (1.69%) Python
5 4 (1.69%) R
6 3 (1.27%) C++
6 3 (1.27%) COBOL
7 2 (0.84%) Bash
7 2 (0.84%) CLIST
7 2 (0.84%) Kotlin
7 2 (0.84%) PowerShell
7 2 (0.84%) REXX
7 2 (0.84%) Scala
7 2 (0.84%) SELCOPY
7 2 (0.84%) Swift
8 1 (0.42%) BeanShell
8 1 (0.42%) Bourne shell
8 1 (0.42%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 101 (42.62%) Security Cleared
2 62 (26.16%) SC Cleared
3 14 (5.91%) DV Cleared
4 13 (5.49%) Degree
5 12 (5.06%) Cisco Certification
6 8 (3.38%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 7 (2.95%) CCNA
8 6 (2.53%) CCNP
9 5 (2.11%) HNC
9 5 (2.11%) HND
9 5 (2.11%) NVQ Level 3
10 4 (1.69%) CCIE
10 4 (1.69%) ISTQB
10 4 (1.69%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 3 (1.27%) CISSP
11 3 (1.27%) GIAC
11 3 (1.27%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 2 (0.84%) CISM
12 2 (0.84%) GCED
12 2 (0.84%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (5.06%) QA
2 9 (3.80%) GDPR
3 8 (3.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (2.95%) SLA
5 6 (2.53%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 5 (2.11%) HIPAA
6 5 (2.11%) NIST
7 3 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 17025
7 3 (1.27%) ISO17020
8 2 (0.84%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.84%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.84%) Government Security Classifications
8 2 (0.84%) NCSC
9 1 (0.42%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.42%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.42%) PMO
9 1 (0.42%) WCAG
System Software
1 13 (5.49%) Active Directory
2 9 (3.80%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (2.53%) Virtual Servers
4 4 (1.69%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.84%) iptables
5 2 (0.84%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.84%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.84%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.42%) KVM
6 1 (0.42%) OpenAM
6 1 (0.42%) OpenIDM
6 1 (0.42%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 4 (1.69%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.27%) Terraform
3 2 (0.84%) Ansible
3 2 (0.84%) FortiGate
3 2 (0.84%) Kibana
3 2 (0.84%) logstash
3 2 (0.84%) SCCM
3 2 (0.84%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.42%) EMC NetWorker
4 1 (0.42%) Grafana
4 1 (0.42%) HP ALM
4 1 (0.42%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.42%) VxRail
Vendors
1 18 (7.59%) Microsoft
2 15 (6.33%) Juniper
3 11 (4.64%) VMware
4 10 (4.22%) Cisco
5 9 (3.80%) Dell
6 8 (3.38%) Oracle
6 8 (3.38%) SAP
7 6 (2.53%) Red Hat
8 5 (2.11%) Citrix
8 5 (2.11%) ServiceNow
9 4 (1.69%) Computacenter
10 3 (1.27%) ForgeRock
10 3 (1.27%) IBM
10 3 (1.27%) LogRhythm
10 3 (1.27%) TippingPoint
11 2 (0.84%) HP
11 2 (0.84%) Palo Alto
11 2 (0.84%) Syncsort
11 2 (0.84%) Trend Micro
12 1 (0.42%) EMC