Public Sector Contract Job Trends in Derbyshire

Public Sector
East Midlands > Derbyshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies in Derbyshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 29 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 16 21
Rank change year-on-year -2 +5 0
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 7 10 6
As % of all contract jobs in Derbyshire 4.40% 5.99% 4.08%
As % of the General category 8.43% 11.24% 8.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 2
10th Percentile £485 £173 £163
25th Percentile £603 £253 £216
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 £531 £311
Median % change year-on-year +50.73% +70.52% -2.35%
75th Percentile - £602 £406
90th Percentile - £655 £459
East Midlands median daily rate £419 £485 £550
% change year-on-year -13.66% -11.82% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £19.01 - -
25th Percentile £21.27 - -
Median hourly rate £25.08 - -
75th Percentile £25.13 - -
90th Percentile £25.14 - -
East Midlands median hourly rate £25.00 £28.30 -
% change year-on-year -11.66% - -

All General Skills
Derbyshire

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 Derbyshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 83 89 72
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Derbyshire 52.20% 53.29% 48.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 34 48
10th Percentile £168 £178 £154
25th Percentile £199 £322 £209
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £453 £425
Median % change year-on-year -0.55% +6.47% -
75th Percentile £595 £594 £588
90th Percentile £750 £643 £664
East Midlands median daily rate £416 £440 £450
% change year-on-year -5.40% -2.22% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 7 3
10th Percentile £15.62 - -
25th Percentile £17.84 - £15.25
Median hourly rate £23.67 £17.00 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year +39.24% +9.68% -
75th Percentile £25.79 £36.00 £22.25
90th Percentile £33.28 £55.00 £26.15
East Midlands median hourly rate £22.27 £17.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year +30.97% -38.18% +69.39%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Derbyshire

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

Public Sector job vacancy trend in Derbyshire

Public Sector
Daily Rate Trend in Derbyshire

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

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

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in Derbyshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in Derbyshire over the 6 months to 29 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in Derbyshire

Public Sector
Hourly Rate Trend in Derbyshire

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

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

Public Sector
Contract Job Locations in Derbyshire

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 Derbyshire region over the 6 months to 29 November 2025. 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
Derby 0 7 £800 +41.22% 1
Public Sector
East Midlands

Public Sector
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derbyshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) Azure
2 3 (42.86%) AWS
3 1 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
General
1 3 (42.86%) Influencing Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Electronics
2 2 (28.57%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Manufacturing
2 2 (28.57%) Marketing
2 2 (28.57%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Architect
2 2 (28.57%) Lead
2 2 (28.57%) Lead Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Azure Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Build Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Chief Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Chief Enterprise Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Deployment Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) DevOps Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Hardware Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Technical Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) ADO
1 1 (14.29%) X-Windows
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Agile
1 3 (42.86%) ArchiMate
1 3 (42.86%) Architectural Patterns
1 3 (42.86%) Architecture Governance
1 3 (42.86%) BPMN
1 3 (42.86%) Business Strategy
1 3 (42.86%) Enterprise Architecture
1 3 (42.86%) ITIL
1 3 (42.86%) Service Design
1 3 (42.86%) Service Management
1 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 3 (42.86%) TOGAF
1 3 (42.86%) UML
1 3 (42.86%) Zachman Framework
2 2 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (28.57%) Digital Marketing
2 2 (28.57%) Programme Management
3 1 (14.29%) Break/Fix
3 1 (14.29%) DevOps
3 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) ISO 9001
1 3 (42.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) SAP
2 1 (14.29%) ServiceNow