Public Sector Contracts in Birmingham

Public Sector
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies in Birmingham. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 21 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 16 5 10
Rank change year-on-year -11 +5 +3
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 51 132 141
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 6.66% 14.85% 10.80%
As % of the General category 13.18% 27.10% 18.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 112 113
10th Percentile £354 £363 £175
25th Percentile £400 £492 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £650 £425
Median % change year-on-year -30.77% +52.94% +21.43%
75th Percentile £528 £700 £575
90th Percentile £619 £745 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £540 £463
% change year-on-year -7.41% +16.76% +8.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 9 6
10th Percentile £12.39 £13.05 £12.23
25th Percentile £13.35 £13.31 £14.74
Median hourly rate £15.30 £20.50 £17.70
Median % change year-on-year -25.39% +15.82% -1.67%
75th Percentile £16.88 £27.13 £19.05
90th Percentile £18.45 £28.75 £20.88
West Midlands median hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £16.20
% change year-on-year -5.00% +23.46% +1.25%

All General Skills
Birmingham

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 Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 387 487 745
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 50.52% 54.78% 57.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 262 323 525
10th Percentile £200 £300 £225
25th Percentile £363 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year -11.90% +10.53% +15.50%
75th Percentile £575 £650 £593
90th Percentile £699 £731 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £525 £495
% change year-on-year -4.76% +6.06% +17.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 30 15
10th Percentile £11.75 £11.90 £12.70
25th Percentile £14.00 £12.50 £13.88
Median hourly rate £24.65 £20.60 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.65% +21.19% +5.43%
75th Percentile £48.75 £28.75 £18.00
90th Percentile £56.25 £68.25 £18.90
West Midlands median hourly rate £19.30 £20.97 £17.00
% change year-on-year -7.99% +23.35% +13.33%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in Birmingham

Public Sector
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Daily rate trend for Public Sector in Birmingham

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in Birmingham over the 6 months to 21 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in Birmingham

Public Sector
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Hourly rate trend for Public Sector in Birmingham

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 2 (3.92%) CMS
1 2 (3.92%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.96%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.96%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 6 (11.76%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (7.84%) Azure
3 2 (3.92%) OCI
4 1 (1.96%) AWS
4 1 (1.96%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.96%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.96%) GCP
4 1 (1.96%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 6 (11.76%) Firewall
2 5 (9.80%) Network Security
3 4 (7.84%) VPN
3 4 (7.84%) WAN
4 3 (5.88%) BGP
4 3 (5.88%) IPsec
4 3 (5.88%) Junos
4 3 (5.88%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.96%) BigQuery
1 1 (1.96%) Data Mining
1 1 (1.96%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 1 (1.96%) Oracle Reports
General
1 12 (23.53%) Social Skills
2 6 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (9.80%) Finance
3 5 (9.80%) Legal
4 3 (5.88%) Local Government
5 2 (3.92%) Publishing
6 1 (1.96%) Back Office
6 1 (1.96%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (23.53%) 3rd Line Support
2 11 (21.57%) Analyst
3 6 (11.76%) Network Manager
4 5 (9.80%) SOC Analyst
4 5 (9.80%) Support Engineer
5 4 (7.84%) Architect
5 4 (7.84%) Lead
6 3 (5.88%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 3 (5.88%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 3 (5.88%) IT Engineer
6 3 (5.88%) Service Analyst
6 3 (5.88%) Service Desk Analyst
6 3 (5.88%) WAN Engineer
7 2 (3.92%) 1st/2nd Line Support
7 2 (3.92%) 1st/2nd Line Support Engineer
7 2 (3.92%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 2 (3.92%) Azure Engineer
7 2 (3.92%) Azure Platform Engineer
7 2 (3.92%) Cloud Platform Engineer
7 2 (3.92%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.96%) Node.js
1 1 (1.96%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (1.96%) Regular Expression
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.88%) PKI
2 2 (3.92%) Handset
3 1 (1.96%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (1.96%) CCTV
3 1 (1.96%) Cloud Native
3 1 (1.96%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 1 (1.96%) Driving Licence
3 1 (1.96%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.96%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.96%) Security Operations Centre
3 1 (1.96%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 6 (11.76%) Linux
2 5 (9.80%) Mac OS X
2 5 (9.80%) Windows
3 3 (5.88%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (19.61%) Data Analysis
2 7 (13.73%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (13.73%) Risk Management
3 6 (11.76%) Incident Management
3 6 (11.76%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 6 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (11.76%) SIEM
3 6 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (9.80%) Computer Forensics
4 5 (9.80%) Malware Reverse Engineering
4 5 (9.80%) Purple Team
4 5 (9.80%) Reverse Engineering
4 5 (9.80%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 5 (9.80%) Threat Analysis
4 5 (9.80%) Vulnerability Management
5 4 (7.84%) Collaborative Culture
5 4 (7.84%) Incident Response
5 4 (7.84%) Infrastructure Management
5 4 (7.84%) Line Management
5 4 (7.84%) Network Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.96%) Python
1 1 (1.96%) R
1 1 (1.96%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (29.41%) Security Cleared
2 8 (15.69%) SC Cleared
3 5 (9.80%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (7.84%) CCIE
4 4 (7.84%) CCNP
5 1 (1.96%) (ISC)2 CCSP
5 1 (1.96%) BC Cleared
5 1 (1.96%) CASP
5 1 (1.96%) CISSP
5 1 (1.96%) CompTIA Security+
5 1 (1.96%) CRISC
5 1 (1.96%) GCED
5 1 (1.96%) GIAC
5 1 (1.96%) GSEC
5 1 (1.96%) Oracle Certification
5 1 (1.96%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (1.96%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (11.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (9.80%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 5 (9.80%) GDPR
2 5 (9.80%) HIPAA
2 5 (9.80%) NIST
3 1 (1.96%) ISO 22301
3 1 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 6 (11.76%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.96%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.96%) Virtual Servers
Vendors
1 9 (17.65%) Dell
2 4 (7.84%) Citrix
3 3 (5.88%) Juniper
3 3 (5.88%) Oracle
4 2 (3.92%) Microsoft
5 1 (1.96%) Google
5 1 (1.96%) Kenna
5 1 (1.96%) LogRhythm
5 1 (1.96%) Palo Alto
5 1 (1.96%) TippingPoint
5 1 (1.96%) Trend Micro