Public Sector Contracts in Reading

Public Sector
Berkshire > Reading

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies advertised in Reading. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Public Sector over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 25 17 52
Rank change year-on-year -8 +35 +1
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 79 103 45
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 6.67% 9.89% 3.33%
As % of the General category 10.97% 15.87% 5.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 85 40
10th Percentile £413 £450 £178
25th Percentile £450 £456 £330
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £586 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.39% +17.20% -14.89%
75th Percentile £623 £685 £575
90th Percentile £735 £721 £626
Berkshire median daily rate £470 £586 £500
% change year-on-year -19.80% +17.20% +37.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 1 0
10th Percentile £42.00 - -
25th Percentile £54.58 - -
Median hourly rate £61.60 £65.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -5.23% - -
75th Percentile £87.46 - -
90th Percentile £87.53 - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £61.60 £47.00 -
% change year-on-year +31.06% - -

All General Skills
Reading

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 Reading with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 720 649 764
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 60.81% 62.34% 56.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 341 397 455
10th Percentile £205 £363 £242
25th Percentile £363 £450 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +15.79% +0.21%
75th Percentile £608 £675 £588
90th Percentile £675 £721 £650
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £513 £475
% change year-on-year -2.44% +7.89% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 9 6
10th Percentile £42.00 £39.70 £17.63
25th Percentile £52.90 £52.50 £22.31
Median hourly rate £61.60 £64.68 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.75% +130.98% +1.82%
75th Percentile £76.99 £66.21 £34.38
90th Percentile £87.53 £70.80 £43.75
Berkshire median hourly rate £59.50 £55.00 £21.03
% change year-on-year +8.18% +161.59% -2.48%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in Reading

Public Sector
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for Public Sector in Reading

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in Reading over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in Reading

Public Sector
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Hourly rate trend for Public Sector in Reading

Public Sector
Hourly Rate Histogram in Reading

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Public Sector in Reading over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Public Sector in Reading

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 (3.80%) OpenStack
2 2 (2.53%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.27%) Jadu
3 1 (1.27%) Moodle
Applications
1 3 (3.80%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.53%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (1.27%) 3ds Max
3 1 (1.27%) Blender
3 1 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.27%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 6 (7.59%) Primavera
2 3 (3.80%) SAP EWM
3 2 (2.53%) SAP QM
3 2 (2.53%) Teamcenter
4 1 (1.27%) SAP PLM
4 1 (1.27%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 11 (13.92%) Azure
2 4 (5.06%) Amazon ECS
2 4 (5.06%) Amazon EKS
2 4 (5.06%) AWS
2 4 (5.06%) Serverless
3 2 (2.53%) GitHub
4 1 (1.27%) Adobe Creative Cloud
4 1 (1.27%) Amazon EC2
4 1 (1.27%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 13 (16.46%) Firewall
2 12 (15.19%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (1.27%) LAN
3 1 (1.27%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.06%) PostgreSQL
1 4 (5.06%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Analysis Services
2 1 (1.27%) Oracle Database
2 1 (1.27%) Power BI
2 1 (1.27%) RDBMS
2 1 (1.27%) SAP HANA
2 1 (1.27%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.27%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (1.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (5.06%) Jenkins
1 4 (5.06%) JMeter
1 4 (5.06%) JUnit
2 3 (3.80%) Git
3 2 (2.53%) LoadRunner
4 1 (1.27%) Mockito
General
1 9 (11.39%) Social Skills
2 4 (5.06%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (5.06%) Finance
2 4 (5.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 4 (5.06%) Local Government
2 4 (5.06%) Manufacturing
3 3 (3.80%) Electronics
3 3 (3.80%) Marketing
3 3 (3.80%) Telecoms
4 1 (1.27%) Aviation
4 1 (1.27%) Environmental Health
4 1 (1.27%) French Language
4 1 (1.27%) Italian Language
4 1 (1.27%) Legal
4 1 (1.27%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (1.27%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 19 (24.05%) Senior
2 16 (20.25%) Architect
3 12 (15.19%) Administrator
3 12 (15.19%) Security Architect
3 12 (15.19%) Systems Administrator
4 10 (12.66%) Cybersecurity Architect
4 10 (12.66%) Project Manager
5 9 (11.39%) Consultant
6 8 (10.13%) SAP Consultant
7 7 (8.86%) Developer
7 7 (8.86%) Senior Systems Administrator
8 6 (7.59%) Senior Manager
9 4 (5.06%) Assistant Project Manager
9 4 (5.06%) DV Cleared Project Manager
9 4 (5.06%) Full Stack Developer
9 4 (5.06%) Full Stack Java Developer
9 4 (5.06%) Java Developer
9 4 (5.06%) Performance Tester
9 4 (5.06%) Senior Project Manager
9 4 (5.06%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (8.86%) Itk
2 5 (6.33%) Web Services
3 4 (5.06%) REST
3 4 (5.06%) Spring
3 4 (5.06%) Spring Boot
4 3 (3.80%) AngularJS
4 3 (3.80%) Elastic Stack
4 3 (3.80%) J2EE
4 3 (3.80%) Node.js
4 3 (3.80%) RESTful
4 3 (3.80%) SOAP
5 1 (1.27%) ActiveMQ
5 1 (1.27%) Apache Camel
5 1 (1.27%) Doctrine
5 1 (1.27%) Hibernate
5 1 (1.27%) HTML
5 1 (1.27%) jQuery
5 1 (1.27%) MDX
5 1 (1.27%) SAP Basis
5 1 (1.27%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.06%) Distributed Systems
2 3 (3.80%) Data Centre
2 3 (3.80%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.53%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (2.53%) Operational Technology
3 2 (2.53%) Robotics
4 1 (1.27%) Animation
4 1 (1.27%) Digital Media
4 1 (1.27%) Graphic Design
4 1 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.06%) Windows
1 4 (5.06%) Windows Server
1 4 (5.06%) Windows Server 2016
1 4 (5.06%) Windows Server 2019
2 2 (2.53%) Unix
3 1 (1.27%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (27.85%) DevOps
2 13 (16.46%) Agile
3 12 (15.19%) Security Architecture
4 11 (13.92%) Cybersecurity
5 10 (12.66%) PLM
6 8 (10.13%) Project Management
6 8 (10.13%) Stakeholder Management
7 5 (6.33%) Change Management
7 5 (6.33%) Performance Testing
8 4 (5.06%) BDD
8 4 (5.06%) Business Strategy
8 4 (5.06%) Decision-Making
8 4 (5.06%) Full Stack Development
8 4 (5.06%) Kanban
8 4 (5.06%) Microservices
8 4 (5.06%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (5.06%) Project Delivery
8 4 (5.06%) Scrum
8 4 (5.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 4 (5.06%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 5 (6.33%) C
1 5 (6.33%) JavaScript
2 4 (5.06%) C#
2 4 (5.06%) Java
3 1 (1.27%) C++
3 1 (1.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (1.27%) PHP
3 1 (1.27%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.27%) Python
3 1 (1.27%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 64 (81.01%) Security Cleared
2 46 (58.23%) DV Cleared
3 19 (24.05%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.53%) Degree
5 1 (1.27%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.27%) NCSC
1 1 (1.27%) PMO
1 1 (1.27%) QA
System Software
1 4 (5.06%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (8.86%) Kubernetes
2 3 (3.80%) Ansible
3 2 (2.53%) SCOM
4 1 (1.27%) Kibana
Vendors
1 13 (16.46%) SAP
2 11 (13.92%) Microsoft
3 4 (5.06%) Oracle
4 2 (2.53%) NEC
5 1 (1.27%) Adobe
5 1 (1.27%) Cisco
5 1 (1.27%) Dynatrace
5 1 (1.27%) EMC
5 1 (1.27%) Isilon
5 1 (1.27%) Juniper
5 1 (1.27%) Kenna
5 1 (1.27%) Siemens
5 1 (1.27%) Splunk