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 advertised in Birmingham. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Public Sector over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 12 4 7
Rank change year-on-year -8 +3 +5
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 74 149 164
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 9.66% 16.59% 12.43%
As % of the General category 18.23% 28.06% 22.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 126 129
10th Percentile £238 £305 £163
25th Percentile £400 £450 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £600 £450
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +33.33% +28.57%
75th Percentile £538 £700 £538
90th Percentile £588 £745 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £540 £450
% change year-on-year -7.41% +20.00% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 7 9
10th Percentile £12.18 £12.79 £11.74
25th Percentile £12.82 £13.31 £13.75
Median hourly rate £14.59 £16.29 £17.70
Median % change year-on-year -10.41% -7.99% -1.67%
75th Percentile £17.40 £22.25 -
90th Percentile £18.66 £25.10 £23.05
West Midlands median hourly rate £19.00 £17.70 £17.00
% change year-on-year +7.34% +4.12% -2.86%

All General Skills
Birmingham

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 Birmingham with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 406 531 740
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 53.00% 59.13% 56.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 278 357 534
10th Percentile £210 £263 £205
25th Percentile £373 £388 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £513 £463
Median % change year-on-year -12.20% +10.81% +15.63%
75th Percentile £575 £638 £575
90th Percentile £688 £700 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £511 £500 £475
% change year-on-year +2.20% +5.32% +17.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 28 19
10th Percentile £11.78 £11.00 £12.40
25th Percentile £13.73 £12.50 £13.88
Median hourly rate £25.33 £17.39 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +45.61% +2.31% -5.56%
75th Percentile £48.75 £29.12 £17.88
90th Percentile £56.25 £74.75 £18.85
West Midlands median hourly rate £19.59 £17.85 £17.00
% change year-on-year +9.75% +5.00% -

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 26 April 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 3 (4.05%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.70%) CMS
3 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (1.35%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 10 (13.51%) Azure
2 8 (10.81%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (4.05%) Entra ID
4 2 (2.70%) AWS
4 2 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (2.70%) OCI
5 1 (1.35%) Azure App Service
5 1 (1.35%) Azure Event Grid
5 1 (1.35%) Azure Functions
5 1 (1.35%) Azure Storage
5 1 (1.35%) IaaS
5 1 (1.35%) PaaS
5 1 (1.35%) SaaS
5 1 (1.35%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 7 (9.46%) Firewall
1 7 (9.46%) Network Security
2 5 (6.76%) VPN
2 5 (6.76%) WAN
3 3 (4.05%) BGP
3 3 (4.05%) IPsec
3 3 (4.05%) Junos
3 3 (4.05%) MPLS
4 2 (2.70%) 5G
4 2 (2.70%) Internet
4 2 (2.70%) Wireless
5 1 (1.35%) DHCP
5 1 (1.35%) DNS
5 1 (1.35%) FTP
5 1 (1.35%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.70%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (1.35%) Data Lake
2 1 (1.35%) Data Mining
2 1 (1.35%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.35%) Metadata
2 1 (1.35%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 1 (1.35%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (1.35%) Git
1 1 (1.35%) JIRA
General
1 19 (25.68%) Social Skills
2 8 (10.81%) Finance
3 7 (9.46%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (6.76%) Legal
4 5 (6.76%) Police
5 4 (5.41%) Telecoms
6 3 (4.05%) Local Government
7 2 (2.70%) Electronics
7 2 (2.70%) Manufacturing
7 2 (2.70%) Marketing
7 2 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (2.70%) Publishing
8 1 (1.35%) Back Office
8 1 (1.35%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (16.22%) 3rd Line Support
2 10 (13.51%) Analyst
3 6 (8.11%) IT Engineer
3 6 (8.11%) Network Manager
4 5 (6.76%) Consultant
4 5 (6.76%) Lead
4 5 (6.76%) SOC Analyst
4 5 (6.76%) Support Engineer
5 4 (5.41%) Architect
5 4 (5.41%) Azure Engineer
6 3 (4.05%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 3 (4.05%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 3 (4.05%) Data Consultant
6 3 (4.05%) Data Protection Consultant
6 3 (4.05%) Developer
6 3 (4.05%) Operations Engineer
6 3 (4.05%) WAN Engineer
7 2 (2.70%) Copywriter
7 2 (2.70%) Database Engineer
7 2 (2.70%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.70%) Regular Expression
2 1 (1.35%) .NET
2 1 (1.35%) .NET Framework
2 1 (1.35%) AngularJS
2 1 (1.35%) Entity Framework
2 1 (1.35%) GraphQL
2 1 (1.35%) LDAP
2 1 (1.35%) Node.js
2 1 (1.35%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.35%) Swagger
2 1 (1.35%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.05%) Cloud Native
1 3 (4.05%) PKI
2 2 (2.70%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (2.70%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 2 (2.70%) Handset
2 2 (2.70%) IoT
2 2 (2.70%) Taxonomies
3 1 (1.35%) CCTV
3 1 (1.35%) Driving Licence
3 1 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.35%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.35%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.35%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 6 (8.11%) Linux
2 5 (6.76%) Mac OS X
2 5 (6.76%) Windows
3 2 (2.70%) Windows 10
3 2 (2.70%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (17.57%) Cybersecurity
2 12 (16.22%) Data Analysis
3 10 (13.51%) ITIL
3 10 (13.51%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (12.16%) Stakeholder Management
5 8 (10.81%) Incident Management
5 8 (10.81%) Risk Management
6 7 (9.46%) Information Security
6 7 (9.46%) MITRE ATT&CK
6 7 (9.46%) SIEM
7 6 (8.11%) Line Management
7 6 (8.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 5 (6.76%) Capacity Planning
8 5 (6.76%) Computer Forensics
8 5 (6.76%) Data Protection
8 5 (6.76%) Malware Reverse Engineering
8 5 (6.76%) Purple Team
8 5 (6.76%) Reverse Engineering
8 5 (6.76%) Threat Analysis
8 5 (6.76%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.35%) C#
1 1 (1.35%) C++
1 1 (1.35%) PowerShell
1 1 (1.35%) Python
Qualifications
1 22 (29.73%) Security Cleared
2 11 (14.86%) SC Cleared
3 5 (6.76%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (5.41%) CCIE
4 4 (5.41%) CCNP
4 4 (5.41%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 3 (4.05%) CISSP
6 2 (2.70%) Azure Certification
6 2 (2.70%) BC Cleared
6 2 (2.70%) CASP
6 2 (2.70%) CISM
6 2 (2.70%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (2.70%) GCED
6 2 (2.70%) GIAC
6 2 (2.70%) GSEC
7 1 (1.35%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (1.35%) CRISC
7 1 (1.35%) ISTQB
7 1 (1.35%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
7 1 (1.35%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.81%) GDPR
1 8 (10.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (6.76%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 5 (6.76%) HIPAA
2 5 (6.76%) NIST
3 2 (2.70%) Government Security Classifications
3 2 (2.70%) NCSC
4 1 (1.35%) ISO 22301
4 1 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 7 (9.46%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.70%) Hyper-V
2 2 (2.70%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (1.35%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.35%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (1.35%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (5.41%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.35%) HP ALM
2 1 (1.35%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (12.16%) Dell
2 8 (10.81%) Microsoft
3 5 (6.76%) Citrix
4 4 (5.41%) Oracle
5 3 (4.05%) Juniper
6 2 (2.70%) LogRhythm
6 2 (2.70%) Palo Alto
6 2 (2.70%) SAP
6 2 (2.70%) TippingPoint
6 2 (2.70%) Trend Micro
7 1 (1.35%) HP
7 1 (1.35%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.35%) VMware