Public Sector Contracts in Berkshire

Public Sector
South East > Berkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Public Sector over the 6 months to 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 22 22 65
Rank change year-on-year 0 +43 +9
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 153 145 72
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 7.65% 7.93% 2.99%
As % of the General category 13.24% 12.59% 4.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 118 62
10th Percentile £284 £358 £183
25th Percentile £413 £455 £345
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £484 £586 £495
Median % change year-on-year -17.41% +18.38% +52.31%
75th Percentile £600 £680 £575
90th Percentile £648 £721 £637
South East median daily rate £436 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -12.85% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 2 0
10th Percentile £42.00 £30.80 -
25th Percentile £55.00 £36.50 -
Median hourly rate £61.60 £47.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +31.06% - -
75th Percentile £72.33 £56.50 -
90th Percentile £87.47 £61.60 -
South East median hourly rate £58.30 £29.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +101.03% +45.00% -

All General Skills
Berkshire

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 Berkshire with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,156 1,152 1,445
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 57.77% 62.99% 59.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 560 722 841
10th Percentile £205 £325 £250
25th Percentile £325 £406 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £511 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.20% +7.63% +5.56%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £575
90th Percentile £650 £700 £640
South East median daily rate £488 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.50% - +8.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 88 26 28
10th Percentile £23.13 £19.00 £17.00
25th Percentile £42.38 £21.99 £17.50
Median hourly rate £58.65 £50.00 £21.03
Median % change year-on-year +17.30% +137.81% -1.31%
75th Percentile £70.23 £69.05 £27.06
90th Percentile £87.46 £80.25 £40.25
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 Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in Berkshire

Public Sector
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Public Sector in Berkshire

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in Berkshire over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in Berkshire

Public Sector
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Public Sector in Berkshire

Public Sector
Hourly Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Public Sector in Berkshire over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

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 23 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
Reading -12 81 £588 +0.26% 21
Bracknell +1 21 £488 +34.48% 5
Slough +10 4 £328 -15.48% 5
Wokingham -2 1 £493 +56.51% 3
Windsor - 1 - -
Public Sector
South East

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 4 (2.61%) OpenStack
2 3 (1.96%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.65%) Jadu
3 1 (0.65%) JBoss
3 1 (0.65%) Moodle
3 1 (0.65%) Red Hat Fuse
Applications
1 11 (7.19%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (1.96%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (1.31%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.65%) 3ds Max
4 1 (0.65%) Blender
4 1 (0.65%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 14 (9.15%) Primavera
2 5 (3.27%) Teamcenter
3 3 (1.96%) SAP EWM
3 3 (1.96%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (1.31%) SAP QM
5 1 (0.65%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.65%) SAP PLM
Cloud Services
1 15 (9.80%) Azure
2 5 (3.27%) Amazon ECS
2 5 (3.27%) Amazon EKS
2 5 (3.27%) AWS
2 5 (3.27%) Serverless
3 3 (1.96%) Power Platform
4 2 (1.31%) GitHub
4 2 (1.31%) PowerApps
5 1 (0.65%) Adobe Creative Cloud
5 1 (0.65%) Amazon EC2
5 1 (0.65%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (0.65%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (0.65%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (0.65%) OCI
5 1 (0.65%) OpenShift
5 1 (0.65%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 16 (10.46%) Firewall
2 13 (8.50%) WAN
3 12 (7.84%) Intrusion Detection
4 11 (7.19%) LAN
5 2 (1.31%) BGP
5 2 (1.31%) CATAPAN
5 2 (1.31%) VPN
6 1 (0.65%) Cisco Firepower
6 1 (0.65%) DHCP
6 1 (0.65%) DNS
6 1 (0.65%) IPsec
6 1 (0.65%) IPv4
6 1 (0.65%) IPv6
6 1 (0.65%) Junos
6 1 (0.65%) MPLS
6 1 (0.65%) OSPF
6 1 (0.65%) SAN
6 1 (0.65%) VLAN
6 1 (0.65%) VoIP
6 1 (0.65%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (3.92%) PostgreSQL
1 6 (3.92%) Relational Database
2 4 (2.61%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.96%) Oracle Database
3 3 (1.96%) Power BI
3 3 (1.96%) SAP HANA
4 2 (1.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.65%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.65%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.65%) Microsoft Analysis Services
5 1 (0.65%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.65%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (0.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 5 (3.27%) Jenkins
1 5 (3.27%) JUnit
2 4 (2.61%) Git
2 4 (2.61%) JMeter
3 2 (1.31%) LoadRunner
4 1 (0.65%) Mockito
General
1 23 (15.03%) Social Skills
2 11 (7.19%) Finance
3 7 (4.58%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (3.92%) Manufacturing
5 5 (3.27%) Electronics
5 5 (3.27%) Local Government
5 5 (3.27%) Marketing
5 5 (3.27%) Telecoms
6 4 (2.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (1.96%) Aviation
7 3 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (1.31%) Legal
8 2 (1.31%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.31%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.65%) Banking
9 1 (0.65%) French Language
9 1 (0.65%) General Ledger
9 1 (0.65%) Italian Language
9 1 (0.65%) Retail
9 1 (0.65%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 39 (25.49%) Senior
2 34 (22.22%) Architect
3 18 (11.76%) Security Architect
4 17 (11.11%) Administrator
4 17 (11.11%) Systems Administrator
5 14 (9.15%) Project Manager
6 13 (8.50%) Consultant
7 10 (6.54%) Cybersecurity Architect
7 10 (6.54%) SAP Consultant
7 10 (6.54%) Senior Systems Administrator
8 9 (5.88%) Network Architect
9 8 (5.23%) Developer
9 8 (5.23%) Lead
9 8 (5.23%) Senior Manager
10 7 (4.58%) DV Cleared Project Manager
11 6 (3.92%) Analyst
11 6 (3.92%) Network Engineer
11 6 (3.92%) Project Leader
11 6 (3.92%) Senior Architect
11 6 (3.92%) Senior Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (6.54%) Itk
2 7 (4.58%) Web Services
3 5 (3.27%) REST
3 5 (3.27%) Spring
3 5 (3.27%) Spring Boot
4 4 (2.61%) AngularJS
4 4 (2.61%) Elastic Stack
4 4 (2.61%) J2EE
4 4 (2.61%) Node.js
4 4 (2.61%) RESTful
4 4 (2.61%) SOAP
5 3 (1.96%) SAP Basis
6 2 (1.31%) Apache Camel
6 2 (1.31%) HTML
7 1 (0.65%) Doctrine
7 1 (0.65%) Kafka
7 1 (0.65%) SAP Fiori
7 1 (0.65%) Twig
7 1 (0.65%) WireMock
7 1 (0.65%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (3.92%) Data Centre
1 6 (3.92%) Distributed Systems
2 5 (3.27%) Self-Motivation
3 4 (2.61%) Management Information System
4 2 (1.31%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (1.31%) Operational Technology
4 2 (1.31%) PKI
4 2 (1.31%) PMI
4 2 (1.31%) Robotics
5 1 (0.65%) Animation
5 1 (0.65%) Cloud Native
5 1 (0.65%) Data Structures
5 1 (0.65%) Digital Media
5 1 (0.65%) Graphic Design
5 1 (0.65%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.65%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (0.65%) NHS
5 1 (0.65%) Private Cloud
5 1 (0.65%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 9 (5.88%) Windows
2 7 (4.58%) Windows Server
2 7 (4.58%) Windows Server 2016
2 7 (4.58%) Windows Server 2019
3 3 (1.96%) Unix
4 2 (1.31%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.65%) Android
5 1 (0.65%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.65%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (18.30%) DevOps
2 21 (13.73%) Project Management
3 20 (13.07%) Stakeholder Management
4 18 (11.76%) Security Architecture
5 17 (11.11%) Agile
6 14 (9.15%) Project Delivery
7 13 (8.50%) Change Management
7 13 (8.50%) PLM
7 13 (8.50%) Problem-Solving
8 12 (7.84%) Programme Management
9 11 (7.19%) Cybersecurity
10 9 (5.88%) Configuration Management
10 9 (5.88%) Portfolio Management
11 8 (5.23%) Continuous Improvement
11 8 (5.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 6 (3.92%) Business Intelligence
12 6 (3.92%) Community of Practice
12 6 (3.92%) Decision-Making
12 6 (3.92%) Microservices
12 6 (3.92%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 8 (5.23%) C
2 7 (4.58%) JavaScript
3 5 (3.27%) Java
4 4 (2.61%) C#
4 4 (2.61%) C++
5 2 (1.31%) SQL
6 1 (0.65%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.65%) PHP
6 1 (0.65%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.65%) Python
6 1 (0.65%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 129 (84.31%) Security Cleared
2 79 (51.63%) DV Cleared
3 35 (22.88%) SC Cleared
4 11 (7.19%) Degree
5 3 (1.96%) APMP
5 3 (1.96%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.31%) CCNA
6 2 (1.31%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.65%) CCDP
7 1 (0.65%) CCNP
7 1 (0.65%) HNC
7 1 (0.65%) ISEB
7 1 (0.65%) ISEB Practitioner
7 1 (0.65%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.65%) JNCIS
7 1 (0.65%) Network+ Certification
7 1 (0.65%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (0.65%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 1 (0.65%) RIBA
7 1 (0.65%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.31%) PMO
2 1 (0.65%) COBIT
2 1 (0.65%) Data Quality
2 1 (0.65%) ISO 9000
2 1 (0.65%) NCSC
2 1 (0.65%) QA
2 1 (0.65%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (3.27%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (5.88%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.61%) Ansible
3 2 (1.31%) Kibana
3 2 (1.31%) SCOM
4 1 (0.65%) Argo
4 1 (0.65%) Grafana
4 1 (0.65%) Istio
4 1 (0.65%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 20 (13.07%) Microsoft
2 17 (11.11%) SAP
3 9 (5.88%) Oracle
4 7 (4.58%) Juniper
5 6 (3.92%) Cisco
6 2 (1.31%) NEC
7 1 (0.65%) Adobe
7 1 (0.65%) Apple
7 1 (0.65%) Citrix
7 1 (0.65%) Dell
7 1 (0.65%) Dynatrace
7 1 (0.65%) EMC
7 1 (0.65%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.65%) HP
7 1 (0.65%) Isilon
7 1 (0.65%) Kenna
7 1 (0.65%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.65%) Siemens
7 1 (0.65%) Splunk