Public Sector Contracts in the North of England

Public Sector
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Public Sector over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 10 5 10
Rank change year-on-year -5 +5 -2
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 489 872 887
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 10.42% 15.28% 12.43%
As % of the General category 19.01% 27.58% 24.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 325 650 691
10th Percentile £350 £325 £203
25th Percentile £425 £413 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £485
Median % change year-on-year - +8.25% +2.11%
75th Percentile £620 £619 £560
90th Percentile £723 £700 £650
England median daily rate £525 £538 £505
% change year-on-year -2.33% +6.44% +4.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 29 39
10th Percentile £12.00 £15.73 £14.52
25th Percentile £14.00 £16.85 £15.93
Median hourly rate £16.00 £20.00 £18.70
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +6.95% -16.89%
75th Percentile £20.00 £26.00 £22.69
90th Percentile £27.00 £32.00 £27.10
England median hourly rate £21.50 £20.42 £20.00
% change year-on-year +5.29% +2.10% +8.11%

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,572 3,162 3,616
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 54.81% 55.40% 50.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,507 2,185 2,585
10th Percentile £256 £300 £206
25th Percentile £400 £413 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £501 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.10% +5.37% +7.95%
75th Percentile £584 £600 £560
90th Percentile £669 £688 £650
England median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 313 90 178
10th Percentile £12.13 £14.23 £11.20
25th Percentile £13.31 £16.95 £14.96
Median hourly rate £16.06 £25.50 £18.82
Median % change year-on-year -37.02% +35.51% +1.72%
75th Percentile £33.00 £37.30 £31.00
90th Percentile £48.75 £53.02 £50.98
England median hourly rate £30.50 £32.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -6.15% +51.16% -4.17%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in the North of England

Public Sector
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for Public Sector in the North of England

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in the North of England over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in the North of England

Public Sector
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Hourly rate trend for Public Sector in the North of England

Public Sector
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Public Sector in the North of England over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Public Sector in the North of England

Public Sector
Contract Job Locations in the North 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 8 May 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
North West -2 322 £525 - 122
Yorkshire -8 144 £525 -4.55% 57
North East -2 38 £525 -5.41% 17
Public Sector
England

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North 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 20 (4.09%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.02%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.41%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.41%) ArcGIS
3 2 (0.41%) Confluence
3 2 (0.41%) Mule
3 2 (0.41%) nginx
3 2 (0.41%) Traefik
4 1 (0.20%) Alfresco
4 1 (0.20%) Camunda
4 1 (0.20%) CMS
4 1 (0.20%) SAS
Applications
1 23 (4.70%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (2.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.23%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (1.02%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.82%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.41%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.41%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.41%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.41%) Sketch
7 1 (0.20%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.20%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.20%) Revit
Business Applications
1 3 (0.61%) Aareon QL
2 2 (0.41%) Sage X3
3 1 (0.20%) NEC Housing
3 1 (0.20%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 49 (10.02%) Azure
2 40 (8.18%) AWS
3 27 (5.52%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (2.45%) Power Platform
5 9 (1.84%) GCP
5 9 (1.84%) SaaS
6 8 (1.64%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (1.64%) GitHub
6 8 (1.64%) IaaS
6 8 (1.64%) Serverless
7 7 (1.43%) Azure Functions
7 7 (1.43%) PaaS
8 6 (1.23%) Entra ID
9 5 (1.02%) Amazon EC2
9 5 (1.02%) Azure Service Bus
10 4 (0.82%) Virtual Private Cloud
11 3 (0.61%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 3 (0.61%) AWS CloudFormation
11 3 (0.61%) Snowflake
12 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.45%) Firewall
2 7 (1.43%) DNS
2 7 (1.43%) Wi-Fi
3 6 (1.23%) VPN
4 4 (0.82%) BGP
4 4 (0.82%) Cisco ASA
4 4 (0.82%) Cisco Firepower
4 4 (0.82%) Cisco ISE
4 4 (0.82%) EIGRP
4 4 (0.82%) HSRP
4 4 (0.82%) IPsec
4 4 (0.82%) LAN
4 4 (0.82%) NetScaler
4 4 (0.82%) Network Security
4 4 (0.82%) OSPF
4 4 (0.82%) SNMP
4 4 (0.82%) Spanning Tree
5 3 (0.61%) DHCP
5 3 (0.61%) VLAN
5 3 (0.61%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (4.50%) PostgreSQL
2 17 (3.48%) Relational Database
3 12 (2.45%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (2.25%) Power BI
5 9 (1.84%) Metadata
5 9 (1.84%) MongoDB
6 7 (1.43%) Ingres
7 6 (1.23%) Data Lake
7 6 (1.23%) Snowflake Schema
8 5 (1.02%) InterSystems Cache
8 5 (1.02%) Redis
8 5 (1.02%) Tableau
9 4 (0.82%) GIS
10 3 (0.61%) BigQuery
11 2 (0.41%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (0.41%) Amazon Redshift
11 2 (0.41%) Big Data
11 2 (0.41%) Geospatial Data
11 2 (0.41%) Oracle Reports
11 2 (0.41%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 18 (3.68%) Git
2 12 (2.45%) JUnit
3 9 (1.84%) GitLab
4 8 (1.64%) Jenkins
5 5 (1.02%) JIRA
6 4 (0.82%) ERwin
7 3 (0.61%) Liquibase
8 2 (0.41%) Log4j
8 2 (0.41%) Selenium
8 2 (0.41%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.20%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.20%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.20%) Dreamweaver
9 1 (0.20%) Gradle
9 1 (0.20%) Mocha
9 1 (0.20%) Oracle Forms
9 1 (0.20%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.20%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.20%) WebDriver
General
1 94 (19.22%) Social Skills
2 75 (15.34%) Finance
3 49 (10.02%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (3.89%) Telecoms
5 17 (3.48%) Marketing
6 16 (3.27%) Electronics
6 16 (3.27%) Manufacturing
7 15 (3.07%) Local Government
8 13 (2.66%) Police
9 9 (1.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 8 (1.64%) Legal
11 7 (1.43%) Health Technology
12 6 (1.23%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (1.23%) Military
13 4 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (0.82%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (0.82%) Retail
14 2 (0.41%) Banking
14 2 (0.41%) Fire and Rescue
14 2 (0.41%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 73 (14.93%) Developer
2 61 (12.47%) Architect
3 60 (12.27%) Analyst
4 48 (9.82%) Senior
5 43 (8.79%) Consultant
6 32 (6.54%) Lead
7 29 (5.93%) Project Manager
8 26 (5.32%) Business Analyst
9 23 (4.70%) ServiceNow Developer
10 20 (4.09%) Java Developer
11 17 (3.48%) Service Analyst
11 17 (3.48%) Service Desk Analyst
12 14 (2.86%) Senior Developer
12 14 (2.86%) Senior ServiceNow Developer
13 13 (2.66%) Solutions Architect
14 12 (2.45%) Data Architect
14 12 (2.45%) Data Engineer
14 12 (2.45%) Technical Architect
15 10 (2.04%) Administrator
15 10 (2.04%) DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (5.32%) Node.js
2 20 (4.09%) Spring
3 19 (3.89%) Spring Boot
4 16 (3.27%) REST
5 14 (2.86%) Hibernate
5 14 (2.86%) React
6 12 (2.45%) JPA
7 10 (2.04%) RESTful
8 7 (1.43%) Web Services
9 5 (1.02%) HTML
9 5 (1.02%) OAuth
9 5 (1.02%) OpenID
9 5 (1.02%) SignalR
10 4 (0.82%) CSS
10 4 (0.82%) Jinja
10 4 (0.82%) Kafka
10 4 (0.82%) PySpark
11 3 (0.61%) JSON
11 3 (0.61%) JWT
12 2 (0.41%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 26 (5.32%) NHS
2 18 (3.68%) Management Information System
3 15 (3.07%) Virtual Team
4 13 (2.66%) Product Ownership
5 12 (2.45%) Onboarding
6 9 (1.84%) CMDB
6 9 (1.84%) Public Cloud
7 8 (1.64%) Digital Signage
8 6 (1.23%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (1.23%) Driving Licence
8 6 (1.23%) PKI
9 5 (1.02%) Data Centre
9 5 (1.02%) Data Protection Act
10 4 (0.82%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 4 (0.82%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (0.82%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (0.82%) Mobile App
10 4 (0.82%) Video\Live Streaming
10 4 (0.82%) Wiki
11 3 (0.61%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 35 (7.16%) Windows
2 16 (3.27%) Linux
3 10 (2.04%) Windows Server
4 9 (1.84%) Android
5 8 (1.64%) Apple iOS
6 6 (1.23%) Unix
7 5 (1.02%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.41%) CentOS
8 2 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.20%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.20%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.20%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (19.02%) Agile
2 55 (11.25%) Problem-Solving
3 54 (11.04%) DevOps
4 50 (10.22%) Stakeholder Management
5 46 (9.41%) ITIL
6 44 (9.00%) Mentoring
7 42 (8.59%) Programme Management
8 37 (7.57%) Migration
9 36 (7.36%) Project Management
9 36 (7.36%) Service Management
10 35 (7.16%) Roadmaps
11 33 (6.75%) Change Management
11 33 (6.75%) CI/CD
12 31 (6.34%) Customer Service
13 29 (5.93%) Business Intelligence
14 26 (5.32%) Microservices
15 25 (5.11%) Information Security
16 23 (4.70%) Data Modelling
16 23 (4.70%) Data Protection
16 23 (4.70%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 30 (6.13%) Java
2 24 (4.91%) Python
3 14 (2.86%) SQL
4 12 (2.45%) JavaScript
4 12 (2.45%) TypeScript
5 5 (1.02%) Bash
6 4 (0.82%) Perl
6 4 (0.82%) Ruby
6 4 (0.82%) Tcl
7 3 (0.61%) PowerShell
8 2 (0.41%) C#
8 2 (0.41%) Go
8 2 (0.41%) MATLAB
8 2 (0.41%) Scala
8 2 (0.41%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.20%) Assembly Language
9 1 (0.20%) JCL
9 1 (0.20%) PHP
9 1 (0.20%) Search Processing Language
9 1 (0.20%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 159 (32.52%) Security Cleared
2 107 (21.88%) SC Cleared
3 31 (6.34%) Degree
4 19 (3.89%) DV Cleared
5 16 (3.27%) ITIL Certification
6 7 (1.43%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (1.23%) CCNA
7 6 (1.23%) CISSP
8 5 (1.02%) CISM
8 5 (1.02%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.61%) CCNP
9 3 (0.61%) HNC
9 3 (0.61%) NVQ Level 4
10 2 (0.41%) APMG
10 2 (0.41%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.41%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.41%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 2 (0.41%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 2 (0.41%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (3.48%) Accessibility
1 17 (3.48%) GDPR
2 12 (2.45%) SLA
3 11 (2.25%) Data Quality
4 10 (2.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 8 (1.64%) NIST
6 6 (1.23%) NCSC
7 5 (1.02%) PMO
8 4 (0.82%) Actionable Recommendations
8 4 (0.82%) Government Security Classifications
8 4 (0.82%) NIST 800
9 3 (0.61%) QA
10 1 (0.20%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 17025
10 1 (0.20%) ISO17020
10 1 (0.20%) WCAG
System Software
1 26 (5.32%) Active Directory
2 19 (3.89%) Docker
3 6 (1.23%) Firmware
4 5 (1.02%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.61%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.20%) ACF2
6 1 (0.20%) RACF
6 1 (0.20%) Time Sharing Option
6 1 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.20%) VMware Workstation
6 1 (0.20%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 17 (3.48%) Kubernetes
2 16 (3.27%) Ansible
2 16 (3.27%) Terraform
3 7 (1.43%) Puppet
4 4 (0.82%) Progress Chef
4 4 (0.82%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.61%) Docker Swarm
5 3 (0.61%) NetBackup
5 3 (0.61%) Packer
6 2 (0.41%) CA Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.41%) CFEngine
6 2 (0.41%) Dell DRAC
6 2 (0.41%) EMC NetWorker
6 2 (0.41%) Graphite
6 2 (0.41%) HAProxy
6 2 (0.41%) Istio
6 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.41%) PowerBroker
6 2 (0.41%) SCCM
6 2 (0.41%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 49 (10.02%) Microsoft
2 37 (7.57%) ServiceNow
3 18 (3.68%) SAP
4 9 (1.84%) Brio
5 8 (1.64%) Cisco
5 8 (1.64%) Citrix
6 7 (1.43%) Google
6 7 (1.43%) Sparx
7 6 (1.23%) VMware
8 5 (1.02%) Databricks
8 5 (1.02%) Splunk
9 4 (0.82%) Aruba
9 4 (0.82%) CA
9 4 (0.82%) Logitech
9 4 (0.82%) Meraki
9 4 (0.82%) Northgate
9 4 (0.82%) Palo Alto
9 4 (0.82%) SolarWinds
10 3 (0.61%) Juniper
10 3 (0.61%) Veritas