Public Sector Contract Job Trends in Blackpool

Public Sector
Lancashire > Blackpool

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies in Blackpool. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 13 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 - 2
Rank change year-on-year - - -1
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 1 0 9
As % of all contract jobs in Blackpool 4.00% - 37.50%
As % of the General category 6.25% - 52.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 7
10th Percentile - - £569
25th Percentile - - £654
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 - £720
Median % change year-on-year - - +20.00%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median daily rate £525 £600 £500
% change year-on-year -12.50% +20.00% -13.79%

All General Skills
Blackpool

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 general skills in Blackpool.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 16 0 17
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Blackpool 64.00% - 70.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 9
10th Percentile £263 - £200
25th Percentile £339 - £540
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £390 - £720
Median % change year-on-year - - +30.91%
75th Percentile £453 - -
90th Percentile £541 - -
Lancashire median daily rate £550 £540 £538
% change year-on-year +1.85% +0.47% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £20.82 - -
Median hourly rate £22.27 - £11.00
75th Percentile £23.71 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Lancashire median hourly rate £45.46 £28.75 £16.06
% change year-on-year +58.12% +79.02% -65.09%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Blackpool

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

Public Sector job vacancy trend in Blackpool

Public Sector
Daily Rate Trend in Blackpool

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

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

Public Sector
Hourly Rate Trend in Blackpool

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

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

Public Sector
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Blackpool 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) Google Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Google Tag Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) BigQuery
1 1 (100.00%) Looker
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Performance Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Dashboard Development
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Data Privacy
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Measurement
1 1 (100.00%) Service Design
1 1 (100.00%) Statistical Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) User Research
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (100.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft