Public Sector Contracts in the Thames Valley

Public Sector
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. 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 23 17 33
Rank change year-on-year -6 +16 +30
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 193 254 194
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 7.21% 8.65% 5.56%
As % of the General category 12.91% 13.81% 9.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 212 161
10th Percentile £213 £325 £175
25th Percentile £351 £419 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £488 £468
Median % change year-on-year -6.71% +4.22% +1.46%
75th Percentile £600 £602 £550
90th Percentile £673 £689 £638
South East median daily rate £450 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 3 6
10th Percentile £46.25 £31.30 £13.07
25th Percentile £52.21 £37.75 £16.01
Median hourly rate £61.60 £49.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year +25.71% +104.17% +6.67%
75th Percentile £72.33 £57.25 £43.31
90th Percentile £87.46 £61.90 £48.75
South East median hourly rate £58.30 £29.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +101.03% +45.00% -

All General Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,495 1,839 2,074
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 55.85% 62.61% 59.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 787 1,239 1,313
10th Percentile £205 £304 £205
25th Percentile £325 £400 £365
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £467
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +7.07% +3.78%
75th Percentile £589 £601 £575
90th Percentile £675 £700 £638
South East median daily rate £490 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.00% - +9.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 41 74
10th Percentile £17.89 £18.50 £10.77
25th Percentile £22.86 £22.50 £12.31
Median hourly rate £48.40 £32.30 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +49.85% +84.57% -22.22%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £21.85
90th Percentile £75.77 £75.75 £31.45
South East median hourly rate £45.00 £47.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -5.26% +137.50% -20.00%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in the Thames Valley

Public Sector
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate trend for Public Sector in the Thames Valley

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

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

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in the Thames Valley

Public Sector
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Hourly rate trend for Public Sector in the Thames Valley

Public Sector
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

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

Hourly rate histogram for Public Sector in the Thames Valley

Public Sector
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley 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
Berkshire +4 150 £470 -19.80% 36
Buckinghamshire -9 25 £463 +2.78% 14
Oxfordshire -3 18 £255 -43.44% 12
Public Sector
South East

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (1.55%) OpenStack
1 3 (1.55%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.52%) Exchange Server 2007
2 1 (0.52%) Exchange Server 2013
2 1 (0.52%) Jadu
2 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.52%) Moodle
Applications
1 13 (6.74%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.59%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (1.55%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (1.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.52%) 3ds Max
5 1 (0.52%) Blender
5 1 (0.52%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.52%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 14 (7.25%) Primavera
2 5 (2.59%) Teamcenter
3 3 (1.55%) SAP EWM
3 3 (1.55%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (1.04%) SAP QM
5 1 (0.52%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.52%) SAP PLM
Cloud Services
1 20 (10.36%) Azure
2 6 (3.11%) AWS
3 5 (2.59%) Power Platform
4 4 (2.07%) Amazon ECS
4 4 (2.07%) Amazon EKS
4 4 (2.07%) Serverless
5 2 (1.04%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (1.04%) GitHub
5 2 (1.04%) Power Automate
5 2 (1.04%) PowerApps
5 2 (1.04%) SuccessFactors
6 1 (0.52%) Adobe Creative Cloud
6 1 (0.52%) Amazon EC2
6 1 (0.52%) Amazon S3
6 1 (0.52%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.52%) GCP
6 1 (0.52%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.52%) MinIO
6 1 (0.52%) OCI
6 1 (0.52%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 19 (9.84%) Firewall
2 13 (6.74%) WAN
3 12 (6.22%) Intrusion Detection
4 11 (5.70%) LAN
5 3 (1.55%) DHCP
5 3 (1.55%) DNS
6 2 (1.04%) BGP
6 2 (1.04%) CATAPAN
6 2 (1.04%) Cisco ASA
6 2 (1.04%) Cisco ISE
6 2 (1.04%) InfiniBand
6 2 (1.04%) Network Security
6 2 (1.04%) SAN
6 2 (1.04%) VPN
6 2 (1.04%) Wireless
7 1 (0.52%) Cisco Firepower
7 1 (0.52%) IPsec
7 1 (0.52%) Junos
7 1 (0.52%) MPLS
7 1 (0.52%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.11%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (2.59%) Power BI
2 5 (2.59%) Relational Database
3 4 (2.07%) SQL Server
4 3 (1.55%) Oracle Database
4 3 (1.55%) SAP HANA
5 2 (1.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.52%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.52%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.52%) Microsoft Analysis Services
6 1 (0.52%) Power Query
6 1 (0.52%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.52%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 4 (2.07%) Jenkins
1 4 (2.07%) JMeter
1 4 (2.07%) JUnit
2 3 (1.55%) Git
3 2 (1.04%) LoadRunner
4 1 (0.52%) GitLab
4 1 (0.52%) Mockito
4 1 (0.52%) Serenity BDD
4 1 (0.52%) SpecFlow
General
1 38 (19.69%) Social Skills
2 16 (8.29%) Finance
3 9 (4.66%) Manufacturing
3 9 (4.66%) Telecoms
4 8 (4.15%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (4.15%) Electronics
4 8 (4.15%) Marketing
5 5 (2.59%) Local Government
6 4 (2.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (1.55%) Aviation
8 2 (1.04%) Legal
8 2 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.04%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.52%) Banking
9 1 (0.52%) French Language
9 1 (0.52%) General Ledger
9 1 (0.52%) Italian Language
9 1 (0.52%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.52%) Retail
9 1 (0.52%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 43 (22.28%) Senior
2 37 (19.17%) Architect
3 18 (9.33%) Administrator
3 18 (9.33%) Security Architect
3 18 (9.33%) Systems Administrator
4 14 (7.25%) Project Manager
5 13 (6.74%) Consultant
6 12 (6.22%) Analyst
6 12 (6.22%) Lead
7 10 (5.18%) Cybersecurity Architect
7 10 (5.18%) Developer
7 10 (5.18%) SAP Consultant
7 10 (5.18%) Senior Systems Administrator
8 9 (4.66%) Network Architect
8 9 (4.66%) Network Engineer
9 8 (4.15%) Senior Manager
10 7 (3.63%) DV Cleared Project Manager
11 6 (3.11%) Desktop Engineer
11 6 (3.11%) Project Leader
11 6 (3.11%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (5.18%) Itk
2 7 (3.63%) Web Services
3 4 (2.07%) AngularJS
3 4 (2.07%) REST
3 4 (2.07%) Spring
3 4 (2.07%) Spring Boot
4 3 (1.55%) .NET
4 3 (1.55%) Elastic Stack
4 3 (1.55%) HTML
4 3 (1.55%) J2EE
4 3 (1.55%) Node.js
4 3 (1.55%) RESTful
4 3 (1.55%) SAP Basis
4 3 (1.55%) SOAP
5 2 (1.04%) CSS
6 1 (0.52%) ActiveMQ
6 1 (0.52%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.52%) Hibernate
6 1 (0.52%) LDAP
6 1 (0.52%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (4.15%) Data Centre
1 8 (4.15%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (3.63%) Management Information System
3 5 (2.59%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (1.04%) Cloud Native
4 2 (1.04%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (1.04%) Grid Computing
4 2 (1.04%) NHS
4 2 (1.04%) Operational Technology
4 2 (1.04%) PKI
4 2 (1.04%) PMI
4 2 (1.04%) Robotics
5 1 (0.52%) Data Structures
5 1 (0.52%) Digital Media
5 1 (0.52%) Driving Licence
5 1 (0.52%) Graphic Design
5 1 (0.52%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.52%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (0.52%) Private Cloud
5 1 (0.52%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 15 (7.77%) Windows
2 7 (3.63%) Windows 10
2 7 (3.63%) Windows Server
2 7 (3.63%) Windows Server 2016
2 7 (3.63%) Windows Server 2019
3 5 (2.59%) Linux
4 4 (2.07%) Unix
5 1 (0.52%) Android
5 1 (0.52%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.52%) Debian
5 1 (0.52%) Mac OS X
5 1 (0.52%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.52%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (14.51%) DevOps
1 28 (14.51%) Project Management
2 24 (12.44%) Agile
3 22 (11.40%) Stakeholder Management
4 18 (9.33%) Security Architecture
5 17 (8.81%) Programme Management
6 16 (8.29%) Problem-Solving
7 15 (7.77%) Change Management
7 15 (7.77%) Project Delivery
8 14 (7.25%) Continuous Improvement
9 13 (6.74%) PLM
10 12 (6.22%) Cybersecurity
11 11 (5.70%) Business Intelligence
11 11 (5.70%) Configuration Management
11 11 (5.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 9 (4.66%) Portfolio Management
13 8 (4.15%) Digital Marketing
13 8 (4.15%) ITIL
13 8 (4.15%) Migration
14 7 (3.63%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 8 (4.15%) C
2 7 (3.63%) JavaScript
3 6 (3.11%) C#
4 4 (2.07%) C++
4 4 (2.07%) Java
5 3 (1.55%) Python
5 3 (1.55%) SQL
6 2 (1.04%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.52%) Perl
7 1 (0.52%) PHP
7 1 (0.52%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.52%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 145 (75.13%) Security Cleared
2 81 (41.97%) DV Cleared
3 37 (19.17%) SC Cleared
4 15 (7.77%) Degree
5 5 (2.59%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (2.07%) APMP
7 3 (1.55%) CCNP
8 2 (1.04%) CCNA
8 2 (1.04%) ISEB
8 2 (1.04%) ISTQB
8 2 (1.04%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.52%) CCDP
9 1 (0.52%) CISA
9 1 (0.52%) CISM
9 1 (0.52%) CISSP
9 1 (0.52%) HNC
9 1 (0.52%) JNCIS
9 1 (0.52%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (0.52%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (0.52%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.04%) PMO
1 2 (1.04%) QA
1 2 (1.04%) SLA
2 1 (0.52%) Data Quality
2 1 (0.52%) HL7
2 1 (0.52%) NCSC
System Software
1 7 (3.63%) Docker
2 3 (1.55%) Slurm Workload Manager
3 1 (0.52%) NFS
3 1 (0.52%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (5.70%) Kubernetes
2 7 (3.63%) SCCM
3 5 (2.59%) Ansible
3 5 (2.59%) SCOM
4 2 (1.04%) Grafana
4 2 (1.04%) Kibana
4 2 (1.04%) Nessus
4 2 (1.04%) Prometheus
4 2 (1.04%) Puppet
5 1 (0.52%) AirWatch
5 1 (0.52%) Argo
5 1 (0.52%) CFEngine
5 1 (0.52%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.52%) Istio
Vendors
1 27 (13.99%) Microsoft
2 21 (10.88%) SAP
3 12 (6.22%) Cisco
4 9 (4.66%) Juniper
4 9 (4.66%) Oracle
5 5 (2.59%) VMware
6 3 (1.55%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.04%) Apple
7 2 (1.04%) HP
7 2 (1.04%) NEC
7 2 (1.04%) Palo Alto
7 2 (1.04%) ScienceLogic
8 1 (0.52%) Adobe
8 1 (0.52%) Cadence
8 1 (0.52%) Citrix
8 1 (0.52%) Dell
8 1 (0.52%) EMC
8 1 (0.52%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.52%) Remedy
8 1 (0.52%) Siemens