Public Sector Contracts in Bristol

Public Sector
South West > Bristol

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies in Bristol. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 7 7
Rank change year-on-year +2 0 +1
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 71 134 177
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Bristol 13.22% 12.68% 14.10%
As % of the General category 24.57% 24.19% 29.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 103 136
10th Percentile £349 £333 £294
25th Percentile £375 £450 £473
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -8.70% +21.05%
75th Percentile £575 £619 £656
90th Percentile £672 £650 £710
South West median daily rate £550 £570 £571
% change year-on-year -3.51% -0.18% +20.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 1 4
10th Percentile - - £18.40
25th Percentile £18.13 £11.75 £19.38
Median hourly rate £18.26 £13.50 £55.21
Median % change year-on-year +35.22% -75.55% +232.83%
75th Percentile £27.25 £15.25 £92.16
90th Percentile £33.00 - -
South West median hourly rate £18.51 £16.06 £40.00
% change year-on-year +15.26% -59.85% -37.01%

All General Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 289 554 593
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 53.82% 52.41% 47.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 167 301 416
10th Percentile £213 £225 £278
25th Percentile £340 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £520 £525
Median % change year-on-year -13.46% -0.95% +5.00%
75th Percentile £551 £625 £630
90th Percentile £640 £688 £697
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% +11.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 133 67
10th Percentile £18.13 £36.25 £23.72
25th Percentile £29.82 £43.75 £53.75
Median hourly rate £62.50 £59.50 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year +5.04% -3.25% +89.23%
75th Percentile £69.75 £72.50 £78.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £92.16
South West median hourly rate £60.00 £46.39 £60.35
% change year-on-year +29.34% -23.13% +34.98%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in Bristol

Public Sector
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Daily rate trend for Public Sector in Bristol

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in Bristol

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in Bristol over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in Bristol

Public Sector
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

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

Hourly rate trend for Public Sector in Bristol

Public Sector
Hourly Rate Histogram in Bristol

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Public Sector in Bristol over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Public Sector in Bristol

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bristol 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 (4.23%) Confluence
1 3 (4.23%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.41%) Apache
2 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (2.82%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (2.82%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.41%) Adobe After Effects
2 1 (1.41%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (1.41%) Adobe Premiere
2 1 (1.41%) CATIA
2 1 (1.41%) CINEMA 4D
2 1 (1.41%) Final Cut Pro
2 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.41%) Photoshop
2 1 (1.41%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 1 (1.41%) Misys Midas
Cloud Services
1 19 (26.76%) Azure
2 12 (16.90%) AWS
3 9 (12.68%) GCP
4 7 (9.86%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (7.04%) SaaS
6 3 (4.23%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (2.82%) IaaS
7 2 (2.82%) PaaS
7 2 (2.82%) Power Platform
8 1 (1.41%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (1.41%) Figma
8 1 (1.41%) OCI
8 1 (1.41%) OpenShift
8 1 (1.41%) Smartsheet
8 1 (1.41%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.82%) Firewall
2 1 (1.41%) 2G
2 1 (1.41%) 4G
2 1 (1.41%) 5G
2 1 (1.41%) LAN
2 1 (1.41%) Radio Access Network
2 1 (1.41%) VPN
2 1 (1.41%) WAN
2 1 (1.41%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.82%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (2.82%) MongoDB
1 2 (2.82%) Power BI
2 1 (1.41%) Metadata
2 1 (1.41%) MySQL
2 1 (1.41%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (5.63%) Git
1 4 (5.63%) JIRA
2 1 (1.41%) Cypress.io
2 1 (1.41%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.41%) NUnit
2 1 (1.41%) Postman
2 1 (1.41%) Visual Studio
General
1 24 (33.80%) Finance
1 24 (33.80%) Social Skills
1 24 (33.80%) Telecoms
2 22 (30.99%) Electronics
2 22 (30.99%) Manufacturing
2 22 (30.99%) Marketing
3 5 (7.04%) Military
4 4 (5.63%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (2.82%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (2.82%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.41%) Fire and Rescue
6 1 (1.41%) Italian Language
6 1 (1.41%) Legal
6 1 (1.41%) Local Government
6 1 (1.41%) Police
Job Titles
1 11 (15.49%) Developer
2 10 (14.08%) Architect
3 8 (11.27%) C# Developer
3 8 (11.27%) Support Engineer
4 7 (9.86%) Applications Engineer
4 7 (9.86%) Applications Support
4 7 (9.86%) Applications Support Engineer
4 7 (9.86%) Azure Developer
4 7 (9.86%) Azure Engineer
5 6 (8.45%) Applications Developer
5 6 (8.45%) C# Application Developer
5 6 (8.45%) Lead
5 6 (8.45%) Senior
5 6 (8.45%) Site Reliability Engineer
6 5 (7.04%) IT Support
7 4 (5.63%) Delivery Manager
7 4 (5.63%) Enterprise Architect
8 3 (4.23%) Analyst
8 3 (4.23%) Designer
8 3 (4.23%) Infrastructure Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (12.68%) .NET
2 8 (11.27%) CSS
2 8 (11.27%) HTML
3 3 (4.23%) FastAPI
3 3 (4.23%) OpenID
4 2 (2.82%) AngularJS
4 2 (2.82%) Kafka
5 1 (1.41%) .NET Core
5 1 (1.41%) Angular 2
5 1 (1.41%) HTML5
5 1 (1.41%) LAMP
5 1 (1.41%) Node.js
5 1 (1.41%) Playwright
5 1 (1.41%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 9 (12.68%) Management Information System
2 6 (8.45%) Product Ownership
3 4 (5.63%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.82%) Enterprise Cloud
4 2 (2.82%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (2.82%) NHS
4 2 (2.82%) Social Media
4 2 (2.82%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.41%) Animation
5 1 (1.41%) Cyber Threat
5 1 (1.41%) Graphic Design
5 1 (1.41%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.41%) Motion Graphics
5 1 (1.41%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.41%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.41%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 10 (14.08%) Windows
2 5 (7.04%) Linux
2 5 (7.04%) Windows 7
3 1 (1.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (1.41%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (33.80%) Business Intelligence
2 22 (30.99%) Digital Marketing
2 22 (30.99%) Programme Management
3 18 (25.35%) Agile
4 15 (21.13%) Service Management
5 14 (19.72%) CI/CD
6 12 (16.90%) Project Management
7 11 (15.49%) Continuous Improvement
7 11 (15.49%) Continuous Integration
7 11 (15.49%) Software Delivery
7 11 (15.49%) Test Automation
8 10 (14.08%) Continuous Delivery
8 10 (14.08%) DevOps
8 10 (14.08%) Software Engineering
8 10 (14.08%) Stakeholder Management
9 9 (12.68%) Computer Science
9 9 (12.68%) Service Delivery
9 9 (12.68%) TDD
10 8 (11.27%) User Experience
10 8 (11.27%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 11 (15.49%) C#
2 8 (11.27%) JavaScript
3 6 (8.45%) SQL
4 4 (5.63%) Python
5 3 (4.23%) PowerShell
6 2 (2.82%) PL/SQL
6 2 (2.82%) TypeScript
7 1 (1.41%) Bash
7 1 (1.41%) PHP
Qualifications
1 36 (50.70%) Security Cleared
2 18 (25.35%) SC Cleared
3 10 (14.08%) Degree
3 10 (14.08%) DV Cleared
4 7 (9.86%) Azure Certification
4 7 (9.86%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (2.82%) CISA
5 2 (2.82%) CISM
5 2 (2.82%) CISSP
5 2 (2.82%) PMI Certification
5 2 (2.82%) PMP
6 1 (1.41%) ACCA
6 1 (1.41%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.41%) CIMA
6 1 (1.41%) CRISC
6 1 (1.41%) ISACA
6 1 (1.41%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.23%) Accessibility
1 3 (4.23%) PMO
2 2 (2.82%) Data Quality
2 2 (2.82%) Def Stans
3 1 (1.41%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (1.41%) GRC
3 1 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (1.41%) PMBOK
3 1 (1.41%) WCAG
System Software
1 4 (5.63%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.82%) Docker
2 2 (2.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.41%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (4.23%) MIIS
2 2 (2.82%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.41%) Ansible
3 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.41%) Puppet
3 1 (1.41%) Terraform
Vendors
1 22 (30.99%) SAP
2 14 (19.72%) Microsoft
3 8 (11.27%) Google
4 5 (7.04%) VMware
5 2 (2.82%) Informatica
6 1 (1.41%) Adobe
6 1 (1.41%) Ericsson
6 1 (1.41%) Foundry
6 1 (1.41%) Nokia
6 1 (1.41%) Oracle
6 1 (1.41%) Palantir
6 1 (1.41%) YouTube