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 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 32 14
Rank change year-on-year +26 -18 -3
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 34 25 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Basingstoke 26.15% 5.63% 10.68%
As % of the General category 47.89% 23.81% 23.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 15 19
10th Percentile £456 £406 £473
25th Percentile £528 £463 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% -
75th Percentile £634 £644 £669
90th Percentile £638 £665 £755
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +6.80% -1.90% -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 71 105 94
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Basingstoke 54.62% 23.65% 45.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 44 67
10th Percentile £456 £362 £248
25th Percentile £512 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £650 £575
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +13.04% +15.00%
75th Percentile £618 £738 £675
90th Percentile £638 - £725
Hampshire median daily rate £513 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -6.82% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 12 5
10th Percentile - £18.13 £15.08
25th Percentile - £35.00 -
Median hourly rate - £47.50 £15.21
Median % change year-on-year - +212.29% -53.20%
75th Percentile - £48.75 -
90th Percentile - - £17.78
Hampshire median hourly rate £60.00 £57.35 £58.00
% change year-on-year +4.62% -1.12% +190.00%

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 18 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 (23.53%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (5.88%) Exchange Server 2003
2 2 (5.88%) Exchange Server 2007
2 2 (5.88%) Exchange Server 2010
2 2 (5.88%) Exchange Server 2013
2 2 (5.88%) Office Communications Server
2 2 (5.88%) SharePoint
2 2 (5.88%) SharePoint Server
2 2 (5.88%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (23.53%) AWS
2 6 (17.65%) GCP
2 6 (17.65%) IaaS
2 6 (17.65%) OpenShift
2 6 (17.65%) PaaS
3 2 (5.88%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 16 (47.06%) DNS
2 13 (38.24%) DHCP
3 8 (23.53%) VPN
4 6 (17.65%) Firewall
4 6 (17.65%) SMTP
5 4 (11.76%) Cisco ISE
5 4 (11.76%) SAN
6 2 (5.88%) Cisco Firepower
6 2 (5.88%) DDNS
6 2 (5.88%) iSCSI
6 2 (5.88%) VLAN
7 1 (2.94%) CATAPAN
7 1 (2.94%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (2.94%) Junos
7 1 (2.94%) LAN
7 1 (2.94%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (17.65%) Amazon RDS
1 6 (17.65%) Big Data
1 6 (17.65%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 1 (2.94%) Jenkins
1 1 (2.94%) JIRA
1 1 (2.94%) SoapUI
General
1 9 (26.47%) Finance
2 6 (17.65%) Electronics
2 6 (17.65%) Manufacturing
2 6 (17.65%) Marketing
2 6 (17.65%) Telecoms
3 3 (8.82%) Social Skills
4 1 (2.94%) Billing
Job Titles
1 8 (23.53%) Support Engineer
2 7 (20.59%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 7 (20.59%) 3rd Line Support
2 7 (20.59%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
2 7 (20.59%) Architect
3 6 (17.65%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Engineer
3 6 (17.65%) 3rd Line Infrastructure Support
3 6 (17.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 6 (17.65%) Infrastructure Support
3 6 (17.65%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
4 4 (11.76%) Integration Engineer
5 3 (8.82%) DevOps Engineer
5 3 (8.82%) Security Architect
5 3 (8.82%) Senior
6 2 (5.88%) Exchange Engineer
6 2 (5.88%) Exchange Support
6 2 (5.88%) Infrastructure Architect
6 2 (5.88%) Lead
6 2 (5.88%) Project Manager
6 2 (5.88%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.94%) SOAP
1 1 (2.94%) Web Services
1 1 (2.94%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (23.53%) PKI
2 6 (17.65%) Clustering
2 6 (17.65%) Data Centre
3 2 (5.88%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (5.88%) Management Information System
3 2 (5.88%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 12 (35.29%) Windows
2 8 (23.53%) Linux
3 6 (17.65%) Windows Server
4 3 (8.82%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (2.94%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (26.47%) DevOps
2 8 (23.53%) Business Intelligence
3 7 (20.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 6 (17.65%) Artificial Intelligence
4 6 (17.65%) Digital Marketing
4 6 (17.65%) ITIL
4 6 (17.65%) Machine Learning
4 6 (17.65%) Programme Management
4 6 (17.65%) Risk Assessment
4 6 (17.65%) Software Deployment
5 3 (8.82%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (8.82%) OSINT
5 3 (8.82%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (8.82%) Risk Management
5 3 (8.82%) SIEM
5 3 (8.82%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (8.82%) Technical Leadership
5 3 (8.82%) Vulnerability Management
6 2 (5.88%) Collaborative Working
6 2 (5.88%) Enterprise Search
Programming Languages
1 8 (23.53%) PowerShell
2 4 (11.76%) Python
3 3 (8.82%) Bash
4 1 (2.94%) SQL
4 1 (2.94%) VB
Qualifications
1 34 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 22 (64.71%) DV Cleared
3 7 (20.59%) Degree
4 6 (17.65%) SC Cleared
5 1 (2.94%) CCNA
5 1 (2.94%) CCNP
5 1 (2.94%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (2.94%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.82%) JSP 440
2 1 (2.94%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (41.18%) Active Directory
2 7 (20.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (17.65%) BitLocker
3 6 (17.65%) Docker
3 6 (17.65%) Hyper-V
3 6 (17.65%) Microsoft App-V
3 6 (17.65%) Terminal Services
3 6 (17.65%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (5.88%) Brightmail
4 2 (5.88%) ISA Server
4 2 (5.88%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 11 (32.35%) Ansible
2 6 (17.65%) Kubernetes
2 6 (17.65%) Nagios
2 6 (17.65%) Puppet
2 6 (17.65%) vCenter Server
2 6 (17.65%) vMotion
3 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Clustering
4 1 (2.94%) FortiGate
4 1 (2.94%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (23.53%) Microsoft
1 8 (23.53%) VMware
2 7 (20.59%) Citrix
3 6 (17.65%) Cisco
3 6 (17.65%) Google
3 6 (17.65%) HP
3 6 (17.65%) SAP
3 6 (17.65%) Symantec
4 4 (11.76%) F5
5 3 (8.82%) LogRhythm
6 1 (2.94%) Juniper
6 1 (2.94%) Red Hat
6 1 (2.94%) Remedy