Public Sector Contracts in Durham

Public Sector
North East > Durham

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies in Durham. 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 7 9 8
Rank change year-on-year +2 -1 -3
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 3 3 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Durham 7.14% 4.17% 10.94%
As % of the General category 10.34% 8.82% 17.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 5
10th Percentile £316 - £114
25th Percentile £355 - £117
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 - £400
Median % change year-on-year - - +171.83%
75th Percentile £566 - £500
90th Percentile £631 - £665
North East median daily rate £463 £525 £555
% change year-on-year -11.90% -5.41% +11.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £15.46 -
North East median hourly rate £18.87 £17.73 -
% change year-on-year +6.43% - -

All General Skills
Durham

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 Durham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 29 34 39
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Durham 69.05% 47.22% 60.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 10 33
10th Percentile £153 - £160
25th Percentile £288 £163 £231
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £473 £203 £400
Median % change year-on-year +133.33% -49.38% +116.22%
75th Percentile £550 £613 £488
90th Percentile £649 £718 £538
North East median daily rate £465 £523 £538
% change year-on-year -11.00% -2.79% +10.54%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 11 0
10th Percentile - £10.64 -
25th Percentile £18.13 £11.29 -
Median hourly rate £18.75 £15.46 -
Median % change year-on-year +21.28% - -
75th Percentile £19.38 £20.77 -
90th Percentile - - -
North East median hourly rate £11.64 £17.50 -
% change year-on-year -33.49% - -

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Durham

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

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in Durham

Public Sector
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Durham

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

Daily rate trend for Public Sector in Durham

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in Durham

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

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in Durham

Public Sector
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Durham

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

Hourly rate trend for Public Sector in Durham

Public Sector
Contract Job Locations in Durham

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 Durham region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Darlington 0 2 £470 -
Public Sector
North East

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Durham 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 1 (33.33%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Radio Access Network
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 1 (33.33%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Business Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Field Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Programme Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector Programme Manager
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Agile
1 1 (33.33%) Business Transformation
1 1 (33.33%) GAP Analysis
1 1 (33.33%) Programme Management
1 1 (33.33%) Project Management
1 1 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
1 1 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Ericsson
1 1 (33.33%) Huawei
1 1 (33.33%) Nokia