Public Sector Contract Job Trends in County Armagh

Public Sector
Northern Ireland > County Armagh

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies in County Armagh. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 23 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in County Armagh 50.00% - -
As % of the General category 100.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £378 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £385 - -
75th Percentile £393 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Northern Ireland median daily rate £500 - £650
% change year-on-year - - +116.67%

All General Skills
County Armagh

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 County Armagh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in County Armagh 50.00% - 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £378 - £124
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £385 - £128
75th Percentile £393 - £131
90th Percentile - - -
Northern Ireland median daily rate £475 £325 £435
% change year-on-year +46.15% -25.29% -3.33%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in County Armagh

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

Public Sector job vacancy trend in County Armagh

Public Sector
Hourly Rate Trend in County Armagh

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in County Armagh citing Public Sector

Public Sector
Contract Job Locations in County Armagh

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 County Armagh region over the 6 months to 23 January 2026. 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
Craigavon - 1 £385 -
Public Sector
Northern Ireland

Public Sector
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in County Armagh 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 Excel
1 1 (100.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Wireless
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) MPLS
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) SNA
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wireless
1 1 (100.00%) WLAN
General
1 1 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Change Control
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) CCSP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Ansible
1 1 (100.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet