Public Sector Contracts in Preston

Public Sector
Lancashire > Preston

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies advertised in Preston. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Public Sector over the 6 months to 1 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 11 14 18
Rank change year-on-year +3 +4 -12
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 5 9 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Preston 9.43% 11.54% 6.25%
As % of the General category 10.87% 32.14% 10.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 7 4
10th Percentile - £343 £205
25th Percentile £241 £363 £206
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £375 £271
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +38.25% -25.17%
75th Percentile - £669 £393
90th Percentile £605 £850 £480
Lancashire median daily rate £500 £600 £530
% change year-on-year -16.67% +13.21% +46.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £11.05
25th Percentile - £45.00 £11.90
Median hourly rate - £46.00 £14.16
Median % change year-on-year - +224.86% -34.14%
75th Percentile - £47.00 £16.69
90th Percentile - - £17.69
Lancashire median hourly rate £19.18 £46.00 £14.16
% change year-on-year -58.30% +224.86% -64.60%

All General Skills
Preston

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 Preston with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 46 28 57
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Preston 86.79% 35.90% 59.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 18 16
10th Percentile £274 - £166
25th Percentile £375 £363 £206
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £469 £340
Median % change year-on-year +9.33% +37.87% -15.00%
75th Percentile £748 £703 £486
90th Percentile £924 £850 £519
Lancashire median daily rate £519 £550 £486
% change year-on-year -5.68% +13.29% +21.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 8 30
10th Percentile £11.77 £40.83 £13.48
25th Percentile - £44.13 £17.59
Median hourly rate £16.06 £50.85 £40.54
Median % change year-on-year -68.42% +25.43% +88.56%
75th Percentile - £54.11 £44.03
90th Percentile £46.18 £59.49 £52.58
Lancashire median hourly rate £16.06 £49.57 £40.54
% change year-on-year -67.60% +22.27% +14.20%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in Preston

Public Sector
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Preston

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

Daily rate trend for Public Sector in Preston

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in Preston

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in Preston over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in Preston

Public Sector
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Preston

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

Hourly rate trend for Public Sector in Preston

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Preston 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) Azure
2 2 (40.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) Power BI
General
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Project Manager
2 2 (40.00%) Senior
2 2 (40.00%) Senior Manager
2 2 (40.00%) Senior Project Manager
3 1 (20.00%) Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) IAM Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Operational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) ITIL
1 2 (40.00%) Line Management
1 2 (40.00%) Migration
1 2 (40.00%) Project Management
1 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Identification
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft