Public Sector Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Public Sector
South East > Berkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies in Berkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 25 24
Rank change year-on-year +4 -1 +4
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 117 125 131
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 8.65% 7.75% 7.37%
As % of the General category 13.68% 13.98% 11.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 94 73 57
10th Percentile £342 £303 £280
25th Percentile £421 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £538 £688 £605
90th Percentile £609 £738 £647
South East median daily rate £500 £550 £518
% change year-on-year -9.09% +6.09% +3.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 12 17
10th Percentile £19.33 £41.25 £55.38
25th Percentile £25.15 £52.83 £59.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £61.28 £65.13
Median % change year-on-year +6.07% -5.91% -
75th Percentile £68.75 £67.26 £72.33
90th Percentile £69.40 £75.35 £77.06
South East median hourly rate £20.71 £42.50 £61.50
% change year-on-year -51.27% -30.89% +207.50%

All General Skills
Berkshire

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 Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 855 894 1,126
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 63.24% 55.42% 63.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 577 429 589
10th Percentile £273 £300 £210
25th Percentile £411 £425 £357
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% -4.43%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £613
90th Percentile £650 £694 £688
South East median daily rate £481 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -3.75% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 42 58
10th Percentile £14.60 £26.18 £18.82
25th Percentile £16.17 £42.60 £37.08
Median hourly rate £22.00 £58.49 £57.53
Median % change year-on-year -62.39% +1.67% +68.24%
75th Percentile £58.00 £63.23 £67.75
90th Percentile £76.80 £85.01 £75.51
South East median hourly rate £20.40 £52.50 £50.53
% change year-on-year -61.14% +3.90% +44.36%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Public Sector relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Public Sector job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Public Sector
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Public Sector.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Public Sector

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in Berkshire over the 6 months to 14 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in Berkshire

Public Sector
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Public Sector.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Public Sector

Public Sector
Hourly Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Public Sector in Berkshire over the 6 months to 14 November 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Public Sector in Berkshire

Public Sector
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

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 Berkshire region over the 6 months to 14 November 2025. 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
Reading +6 60 £500 -23.08% 21
Wokingham - 31 £445 -
Bracknell -14 7 £525 +18.31% 5
Slough - 2 - - 1
Windsor - 2 £475 -
Public Sector
South East

Public Sector
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.71%) Anypoint
1 2 (1.71%) GeoServer
1 2 (1.71%) Smallworld
2 1 (0.85%) Mule
2 1 (0.85%) nginx
2 1 (0.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.71%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.85%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 1 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.85%) Primavera
1 1 (0.85%) Salesforce CRM
1 1 (0.85%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 17 (14.53%) Azure
2 12 (10.26%) AWS
3 9 (7.69%) GCP
4 3 (2.56%) Entra ID
4 3 (2.56%) OpenShift
5 2 (1.71%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (0.85%) Amazon EventBridge
6 1 (0.85%) Amazon SQS
6 1 (0.85%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (0.85%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.85%) Boomi
6 1 (0.85%) GitHub
6 1 (0.85%) IaaS
6 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (0.85%) OneDrive
6 1 (0.85%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.85%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
6 1 (0.85%) Serverless
6 1 (0.85%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.27%) Firewall
2 3 (2.56%) Internet
2 3 (2.56%) SAN
3 2 (1.71%) DWDM
3 2 (1.71%) Network Security
3 2 (1.71%) SDH
3 2 (1.71%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.85%) Broadband
4 1 (0.85%) DHCP
4 1 (0.85%) DNS
4 1 (0.85%) Fibre Channel
4 1 (0.85%) HTTP
4 1 (0.85%) iSCSI
4 1 (0.85%) MPLS
4 1 (0.85%) NAS
4 1 (0.85%) SSL
4 1 (0.85%) VLAN
4 1 (0.85%) VPN
4 1 (0.85%) WAN
4 1 (0.85%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.56%) GIS
1 3 (2.56%) QGIS
2 2 (1.71%) Geospatial Data
2 2 (1.71%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.85%) Data Hub
3 1 (0.85%) Metadata
3 1 (0.85%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.85%) Power BI
3 1 (0.85%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (1.71%) JIRA
1 2 (1.71%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (0.85%) Burp Suite
2 1 (0.85%) Git
2 1 (0.85%) Metasploit
2 1 (0.85%) NeoLoad
General
1 29 (24.79%) Social Skills
2 9 (7.69%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (5.98%) Telecoms
4 6 (5.13%) Finance
5 5 (4.27%) Legal
6 4 (3.42%) Local Government
7 3 (2.56%) Electronics
7 3 (2.56%) Manufacturing
7 3 (2.56%) Marketing
8 2 (1.71%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.71%) Law
9 1 (0.85%) Billing
9 1 (0.85%) Digital Healthcare
9 1 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 34 (29.06%) Consultant
2 32 (27.35%) Network Consultant
3 15 (12.82%) Architect
4 11 (9.40%) Analyst
5 10 (8.55%) Senior
6 7 (5.98%) Lead
7 5 (4.27%) Site Engineer
7 5 (4.27%) Site Reliability Engineer
8 4 (3.42%) Administrator
8 4 (3.42%) Developer
8 4 (3.42%) Project Manager
8 4 (3.42%) SOC Analyst
8 4 (3.42%) Solutions Architect
9 3 (2.56%) Cisco Consultant
9 3 (2.56%) Cisco Network Consultant
9 3 (2.56%) Migration Consultant
9 3 (2.56%) Support Engineer
10 2 (1.71%) Network Architect
10 2 (1.71%) Security Architect
10 2 (1.71%) Storage Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.42%) REST
1 4 (3.42%) SOAP
2 3 (2.56%) Loki
3 2 (1.71%) ADO
3 2 (1.71%) AngularJS
3 2 (1.71%) jQuery
3 2 (1.71%) LDAP
3 2 (1.71%) Node.js
3 2 (1.71%) React
3 2 (1.71%) scikit-learn
3 2 (1.71%) Web Services
4 1 (0.85%) HTML
4 1 (0.85%) JSON
4 1 (0.85%) NumPy
4 1 (0.85%) OAuth
4 1 (0.85%) OAuth2
4 1 (0.85%) Pandas
4 1 (0.85%) RESTful
4 1 (0.85%) SailPoint
4 1 (0.85%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (5.13%) Cloud Native
1 6 (5.13%) Data Centre
1 6 (5.13%) Management Information System
2 5 (4.27%) Security Operations Centre
3 4 (3.42%) Onboarding
4 3 (2.56%) Algorithms
4 3 (2.56%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (2.56%) Virtual Team
5 2 (1.71%) CMDB
5 2 (1.71%) Distributed Systems
5 2 (1.71%) Enterprise Storage
5 2 (1.71%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.71%) Replication
6 1 (0.85%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.85%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.85%) HP Storage
6 1 (0.85%) PMI
6 1 (0.85%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.85%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 14 (11.97%) Linux
2 12 (10.26%) Windows
3 6 (5.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 2 (1.71%) Android
4 2 (1.71%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.71%) Windows 10
4 2 (1.71%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.85%) Kali Linux
5 1 (0.85%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.85%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (33.33%) Migration
1 39 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 38 (32.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 29 (24.79%) Collaborative Working
4 22 (18.80%) Problem-Solving
5 16 (13.68%) Agile
6 14 (11.97%) ITIL
7 12 (10.26%) CI/CD
8 9 (7.69%) DevOps
8 9 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
9 8 (6.84%) Decision-Making
9 8 (6.84%) SIEM
10 7 (5.98%) Risk Management
10 7 (5.98%) Security Operations
11 5 (4.27%) Change Management
11 5 (4.27%) Continuous Improvement
11 5 (4.27%) Cybersecurity
11 5 (4.27%) Data Privacy
11 5 (4.27%) Disaster Recovery
11 5 (4.27%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 20 (17.09%) Python
2 9 (7.69%) PowerShell
3 7 (5.98%) Java
4 4 (3.42%) Bash
4 4 (3.42%) JavaScript
5 3 (2.56%) SQL
6 2 (1.71%) Go
6 2 (1.71%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.85%) C
7 1 (0.85%) C++
7 1 (0.85%) DataWeave
7 1 (0.85%) Kusto Query Language
7 1 (0.85%) R
Qualifications
1 102 (87.18%) Security Cleared
2 61 (52.14%) SC Cleared
3 8 (6.84%) CISSP
4 7 (5.98%) DV Cleared
5 5 (4.27%) GIAC
6 4 (3.42%) CFCE
6 4 (3.42%) GCFA
6 4 (3.42%) GCIA
6 4 (3.42%) GCIH
7 3 (2.56%) Degree
8 2 (1.71%) Azure Certification
8 2 (1.71%) CEH
8 2 (1.71%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (1.71%) CISM
8 2 (1.71%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (1.71%) JNCIA
8 2 (1.71%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (1.71%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 1 (0.85%) OSCP
9 1 (0.85%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (7.69%) GDPR
1 9 (7.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 8 (6.84%) NIST
3 4 (3.42%) HIPAA
4 3 (2.56%) SLA
5 2 (1.71%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.71%) QA
6 1 (0.85%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.85%) EU AI Act
6 1 (0.85%) GRC
6 1 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.85%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.85%) PSD2
System Software
1 8 (6.84%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (5.13%) vSphere
3 3 (2.56%) Active Directory
3 3 (2.56%) Docker
4 1 (0.85%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.85%) NDS
4 1 (0.85%) NetIQ eDirectory
4 1 (0.85%) NFS
4 1 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.85%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.85%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 8 (6.84%) Kubernetes
2 4 (3.42%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
3 3 (2.56%) Argo
3 3 (2.56%) Grafana
3 3 (2.56%) Kustomize
3 3 (2.56%) Prometheus
4 2 (1.71%) SCCM
5 1 (0.85%) Ansible
5 1 (0.85%) CloudHub
5 1 (0.85%) Kibana
5 1 (0.85%) Nessus
5 1 (0.85%) NetBackup
5 1 (0.85%) Nmap
5 1 (0.85%) Red Hat Satellite
5 1 (0.85%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.85%) vRealize
5 1 (0.85%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 41 (35.04%) Cisco
2 33 (28.21%) Aruba
3 10 (8.55%) Microsoft
4 9 (7.69%) VMware
5 8 (6.84%) Juniper
6 6 (5.13%) Red Hat
6 6 (5.13%) Salesforce
7 5 (4.27%) SAP
7 5 (4.27%) Splunk
8 4 (3.42%) ArcSight
8 4 (3.42%) LogRhythm
8 4 (3.42%) NetApp
8 4 (3.42%) ServiceNow
8 4 (3.42%) Virgin Media
9 3 (2.56%) CrowdStrike
9 3 (2.56%) CyberArk
9 3 (2.56%) ESRI
9 3 (2.56%) Palo Alto
10 2 (1.71%) MuleSoft
10 2 (1.71%) Nimble Storage