Public Sector Contracts in Basingstoke

Public Sector
Hampshire > Basingstoke

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies in Basingstoke. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 3 32 13
Rank change year-on-year +29 -19 -2
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 38 23 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Basingstoke 28.15% 5.37% 12.79%
As % of the General category 50.00% 21.30% 29.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 12 22
10th Percentile £456 £406 £464
25th Percentile £538 £448 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £525 £565
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -7.08% +2.73%
75th Percentile £634 £638 £675
90th Percentile £638 £649 £746
Hampshire median daily rate £563 £507 £525
% change year-on-year +11.00% -3.48% -2.78%

All General Skills
Basingstoke

Public Sector falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in Basingstoke.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 76 108 95
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Basingstoke 56.30% 25.23% 43.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 44 71
10th Percentile £456 £273 £259
25th Percentile £516 £422 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £625 £580
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +7.76% +10.48%
75th Percentile £625 £738 £675
90th Percentile £688 - £725
Hampshire median daily rate £514 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -6.55% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 11 2
10th Percentile - £35.00 £15.54
25th Percentile £27.50 £40.63 £16.03
Median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £17.11
Median % change year-on-year -41.05% +177.70% -47.37%
75th Percentile £28.50 £48.75 £18.43
90th Percentile - - £19.07
Hampshire median hourly rate £56.25 £57.35 £57.50
% change year-on-year -1.92% -0.26% +187.50%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Basingstoke

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

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in Basingstoke

Public Sector
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Basingstoke

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

Daily rate trend for Public Sector in Basingstoke

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in Basingstoke

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in Basingstoke over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in Basingstoke

Public Sector
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Basingstoke

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

Hourly rate trend for Public Sector in Basingstoke

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Basingstoke 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 8 (21.05%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (5.26%) Exchange Server 2003
2 2 (5.26%) Exchange Server 2007
2 2 (5.26%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (5.26%) Exchange Server 2013
2 2 (5.26%) Office Communications Server
2 2 (5.26%) SharePoint
2 2 (5.26%) SharePoint Server
2 2 (5.26%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 2 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (21.05%) AWS
2 7 (18.42%) PaaS
3 6 (15.79%) GCP
3 6 (15.79%) IaaS
3 6 (15.79%) OpenShift
4 2 (5.26%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 16 (42.11%) DNS
2 13 (34.21%) DHCP
3 8 (21.05%) VPN
4 6 (15.79%) Firewall
4 6 (15.79%) SMTP
5 4 (10.53%) Cisco ISE
5 4 (10.53%) SAN
6 3 (7.89%) iSCSI
7 2 (5.26%) BGP
7 2 (5.26%) Cisco ASA
7 2 (5.26%) Cisco Firepower
7 2 (5.26%) DDNS
7 2 (5.26%) DMVPN
7 2 (5.26%) EIGRP
7 2 (5.26%) OSPF
7 2 (5.26%) VLAN
8 1 (2.63%) CATAPAN
8 1 (2.63%) Junos
8 1 (2.63%) LAN
8 1 (2.63%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (15.79%) Amazon RDS
1 6 (15.79%) Big Data
1 6 (15.79%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 1 (2.63%) Jenkins
1 1 (2.63%) JIRA
1 1 (2.63%) SoapUI
General
1 9 (23.68%) Finance
2 6 (15.79%) Electronics
2 6 (15.79%) Manufacturing
2 6 (15.79%) Marketing
2 6 (15.79%) Telecoms
3 3 (7.89%) Social Skills
4 1 (2.63%) Billing
Job Titles
1 9 (23.68%) Architect
2 8 (21.05%) Support Engineer
3 7 (18.42%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 7 (18.42%) 3rd Line Support
3 7 (18.42%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
4 6 (15.79%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
4 6 (15.79%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
4 6 (15.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 6 (15.79%) Infrastructure Support
4 6 (15.79%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
5 4 (10.53%) DevOps Engineer
6 3 (7.89%) Infrastructure Architect
6 3 (7.89%) Integration Engineer
6 3 (7.89%) Network Engineer
6 3 (7.89%) Security Architect
6 3 (7.89%) Senior
7 2 (5.26%) Analyst
7 2 (5.26%) Project Manager
7 2 (5.26%) Senior Manager
7 2 (5.26%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.63%) SOAP
1 1 (2.63%) Web Services
1 1 (2.63%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 9 (23.68%) PKI
2 6 (15.79%) Clustering
2 6 (15.79%) Data Centre
3 2 (5.26%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (5.26%) Management Information System
3 2 (5.26%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 12 (31.58%) Windows
2 7 (18.42%) Linux
3 6 (15.79%) Windows Server
4 3 (7.89%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (26.32%) DevOps
2 8 (21.05%) Business Intelligence
3 6 (15.79%) Artificial Intelligence
3 6 (15.79%) Digital Marketing
3 6 (15.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 6 (15.79%) ITIL
3 6 (15.79%) Machine Learning
3 6 (15.79%) Programme Management
3 6 (15.79%) Risk Assessment
3 6 (15.79%) Software Deployment
4 4 (10.53%) SIEM
5 3 (7.89%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (7.89%) OSINT
5 3 (7.89%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (7.89%) Risk Management
5 3 (7.89%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (7.89%) Technical Leadership
5 3 (7.89%) Vulnerability Management
6 2 (5.26%) Dashboard Development
6 2 (5.26%) Security Operations
Programming Languages
1 8 (21.05%) PowerShell
2 4 (10.53%) Python
3 3 (7.89%) Bash
4 1 (2.63%) SQL
4 1 (2.63%) VB
Qualifications
1 38 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 27 (71.05%) DV Cleared
3 7 (18.42%) Degree
4 6 (15.79%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.63%) CCNA
5 1 (2.63%) CCNP
5 1 (2.63%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (2.63%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.89%) JSP 440
2 1 (2.63%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (36.84%) Active Directory
2 7 (18.42%) VMware ESXi
3 6 (15.79%) BitLocker
3 6 (15.79%) Docker
3 6 (15.79%) Hyper-V
3 6 (15.79%) Microsoft App-V
3 6 (15.79%) Terminal Services
3 6 (15.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (5.26%) Brightmail
4 2 (5.26%) ISA Server
4 2 (5.26%) vSphere
5 1 (2.63%) NFS
5 1 (2.63%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 10 (26.32%) Ansible
2 6 (15.79%) Kubernetes
2 6 (15.79%) Nagios
2 6 (15.79%) Puppet
2 6 (15.79%) vCenter Server
2 6 (15.79%) vMotion
3 3 (7.89%) FortiGate
4 2 (5.26%) Microsoft Clustering
5 1 (2.63%) Terraform
5 1 (2.63%) vRealize
5 1 (2.63%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 8 (21.05%) Cisco
1 8 (21.05%) Microsoft
1 8 (21.05%) VMware
2 7 (18.42%) Citrix
3 6 (15.79%) Google
3 6 (15.79%) HP
3 6 (15.79%) SAP
3 6 (15.79%) Symantec
4 4 (10.53%) F5
5 3 (7.89%) Juniper
5 3 (7.89%) LogRhythm
6 2 (5.26%) Fortinet
6 2 (5.26%) McAfee
7 1 (2.63%) Remedy