Job Vacancy Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Hourly Rate Histogram Job Locations Skill Sets
Period
to 25 September 2021

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Public Sector over the 6 months to 25 September 2021 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Public Sector
England > East Midlands
6 months to
25 Sep 2021		 Same period 2020 Same period 2019
Rank 29 32 40
Rank change year-on-year +3 +8 +23
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 78 28 98
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 5.85% 5.29% 4.87%
As % of the General category 11.56% 10.00% 9.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 13 68
10th Percentile £127 £158 £140
25th Percentile £200 £165 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £290 £330 £394
Median % change year-on-year -12.12% -16.19% +5.00%
75th Percentile £388 £475 £498
90th Percentile £444 £601 £586
England median daily rate £497 £475 £463
% change year-on-year +4.72% +2.70% +2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 7 5
10th Percentile £12.00 £11.62 £10.84
25th Percentile £12.19 £11.63 £11.61
Median hourly rate £14.25 £12.73 £14.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.98% -9.11% -13.23%
75th Percentile £17.44 £20.25 £20.95
90th Percentile £22.50 £22.50 £22.93
England median hourly rate £16.21 £21.16 £16.62
% change year-on-year -23.38% +27.32% +4.83%

Public Sector is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands with a requirement for common skills.

All General Skills
East Midlands
Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 675 280 997
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 50.60% 52.93% 49.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 466 157 590
10th Percentile £168 £133 £200
25th Percentile £307 £260 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £375 £400
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -6.25% -
75th Percentile £518 £450 £505
90th Percentile £619 £530 £575
England median daily rate £525 £500 £475
% change year-on-year +5.00% +5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 22 56
10th Percentile £9.00 £10.36 £10.19
25th Percentile £10.50 £11.21 £11.17
Median hourly rate £13.50 £14.72 £14.13
Median % change year-on-year -8.29% +4.18% +8.69%
75th Percentile £16.50 £32.63 £17.50
90th Percentile £23.55 £43.75 £46.63
England median hourly rate £18.94 £22.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year -15.82% +15.38% +8.33%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Job postings citing Public Sector as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in the East Midlands

Public Sector
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Public Sector in the East Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Public Sector in the East Midlands

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 25 September 2021.

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in the East Midlands

Public Sector
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Public Sector in the East Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Public Sector in the East Midlands

Public Sector
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Public Sector in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 25 September 2021.

Hourly rate histogram for Public Sector in the East Midlands

Public Sector
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 East Midlands region over the 6 months to 25 September 2021. 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
Job
Vacancies
Leicestershire -4 20 £300 -33.33% 4
Nottinghamshire -18 19 £200 -33.33% 4
Northamptonshire -2 9 £225 -55.00% 2
Derbyshire -5 7 £220 -66.15% 7
Lincolnshire -1 6 £210 +23.53% 9
Public Sector
England

For the 6 months to 25 September 2021, IT contractor jobs citing Public Sector also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the East Midlands region with a requirement for Public Sector.

1 22 (28.21%) Finance
2 19 (24.36%) Manufacturing
2 19 (24.36%) Microsoft
3 18 (23.08%) Business Intelligence
3 18 (23.08%) Social Skills
4 15 (19.23%) Microsoft 365
5 14 (17.95%) Active Directory
5 14 (17.95%) Telecoms
5 14 (17.95%) Programme Management
6 13 (16.67%) Electronics
6 13 (16.67%) SAP
6 13 (16.67%) Windows
6 13 (16.67%) Data Quality
6 13 (16.67%) Marketing
6 13 (16.67%) Digital Marketing
7 12 (15.38%) SQL
8 11 (14.10%) Oracle
8 11 (14.10%) User Acceptance Testing
9 10 (12.82%) Degree
9 10 (12.82%) Windows 10
9 10 (12.82%) ERP
10 9 (11.54%) Scenario Testing
11 8 (10.26%) Microsoft Office
12 7 (8.97%) SharePoint
12 7 (8.97%) Microsoft Excel
12 7 (8.97%) Project Management
12 7 (8.97%) Migration
12 7 (8.97%) Oracle EBS
12 7 (8.97%) Firewall
12 7 (8.97%) Agile Software Development

Public Sector
Co-occurring IT Skills in the East Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 7 (8.97%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.56%) MS Exchange
3 1 (1.28%) Exchange Server 2010
3 1 (1.28%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 8 (10.26%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (8.97%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (7.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (7.69%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.28%) Adobe Captivate
4 1 (1.28%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (8.97%) iTrent
1 7 (8.97%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (3.85%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (2.56%) Oracle Payroll
Cloud Services
1 15 (19.23%) Microsoft 365
2 6 (7.69%) Dynamics 365
3 4 (5.13%) OneDrive
4 3 (3.85%) Power Platform
5 2 (2.56%) AWS
5 2 (2.56%) Azure
6 1 (1.28%) GitHub
6 1 (1.28%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (8.97%) Firewall
2 2 (2.56%) Cisco IPT
2 2 (2.56%) Intranet
2 2 (2.56%) IP Telephony
2 2 (2.56%) VPN
3 1 (1.28%) DNS
3 1 (1.28%) LAN
3 1 (1.28%) Network Security
3 1 (1.28%) WAN
3 1 (1.28%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.13%) Oracle BI Publisher
2 3 (3.85%) Power BI
3 2 (2.56%) Oracle Database
4 1 (1.28%) Data Lake
4 1 (1.28%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.28%) InterSystems Cache
4 1 (1.28%) MongoDB
4 1 (1.28%) MySQL
4 1 (1.28%) NoSQL
4 1 (1.28%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (1.28%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.28%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.28%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.28%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (1.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (1.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (2.56%) Git (software)
1 2 (2.56%) Jenkins
1 2 (2.56%) JIRA
2 1 (1.28%) Postman
2 1 (1.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 22 (28.21%) Finance
2 19 (24.36%) Manufacturing
3 18 (23.08%) Social Skills
4 14 (17.95%) Telecoms
5 13 (16.67%) Electronics
5 13 (16.67%) Marketing
6 6 (7.69%) Retail
7 5 (6.41%) Organisational Skills
8 4 (5.13%) Analytical Skills
9 3 (3.85%) Local Government
10 2 (2.56%) Banking
11 1 (1.28%) Law
11 1 (1.28%) Military
11 1 (1.28%) Police
Job Titles
1 19 (24.36%) Developer
2 14 (17.95%) Analyst
3 7 (8.97%) Oracle Developer
4 6 (7.69%) Service Analyst
4 6 (7.69%) Service Desk Analyst
5 5 (6.41%) Administrator
5 5 (6.41%) Project Manager
6 4 (5.13%) 1st Line Support
6 4 (5.13%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 4 (5.13%) Data Migration Developer
6 4 (5.13%) Network Engineer
6 4 (5.13%) Support Analyst
6 4 (5.13%) Systems Analyst
6 4 (5.13%) Systems Support
6 4 (5.13%) Systems Support Analyst
7 3 (3.85%) C# Developer
7 3 (3.85%) ERP Support
7 3 (3.85%) IT Administrator
7 3 (3.85%) Microsoft 365 Trainer
7 3 (3.85%) Oracle HRMS Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.41%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (5.13%) .NET
3 2 (2.56%) CSS
3 2 (2.56%) HTML
4 1 (1.28%) Flash
4 1 (1.28%) JSON
4 1 (1.28%) Node.js
4 1 (1.28%) Play Framework
4 1 (1.28%) React
4 1 (1.28%) RESTful
4 1 (1.28%) Velocity
4 1 (1.28%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.13%) Driving Licence
1 4 (5.13%) Greenfield Project
1 4 (5.13%) SCADA
2 3 (3.85%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (3.85%) NHS
3 2 (2.56%) Handset
3 2 (2.56%) Smartphone
4 1 (1.28%) CCTV
4 1 (1.28%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.28%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.28%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 13 (16.67%) Windows
2 10 (12.82%) Windows 10
3 7 (8.97%) Windows 7
4 4 (5.13%) Windows Server
5 2 (2.56%) Linux
6 1 (1.28%) CentOS
6 1 (1.28%) Mac OS
6 1 (1.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (1.28%) Windows Server 2008
6 1 (1.28%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (23.08%) Business Intelligence
2 14 (17.95%) Programme Management
3 13 (16.67%) Digital Marketing
4 11 (14.10%) User Acceptance Testing
5 10 (12.82%) ERP
6 9 (11.54%) Scenario Testing
7 7 (8.97%) Agile Software Development
7 7 (8.97%) Coaching
7 7 (8.97%) Migration
7 7 (8.97%) Project Management
8 6 (7.69%) Computer Science
8 6 (7.69%) Data Migration
8 6 (7.69%) Process Improvement
8 6 (7.69%) Time Management
9 5 (6.41%) Clean Code
9 5 (6.41%) DevOps
9 5 (6.41%) ETL
9 5 (6.41%) Full Stack Development
9 5 (6.41%) ITIL
9 5 (6.41%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 12 (15.38%) SQL
2 5 (6.41%) PL/SQL
3 4 (5.13%) C#
4 2 (2.56%) JavaScript
5 1 (1.28%) Bash Shell
5 1 (1.28%) Go
5 1 (1.28%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.28%) Python
5 1 (1.28%) Ruby
5 1 (1.28%) Scala
5 1 (1.28%) T-SQL
5 1 (1.28%) VB
5 1 (1.28%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 10 (12.82%) Degree
2 3 (3.85%) SC Cleared
2 3 (3.85%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.56%) CCNA
3 2 (2.56%) CCNP
3 2 (2.56%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.28%) MCSE
4 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.28%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (16.67%) Data Quality
2 7 (8.97%) QA
3 2 (2.56%) SLA
4 1 (1.28%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.28%) GDPR
4 1 (1.28%) WCAG
System Software
1 14 (17.95%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.85%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (2.56%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (3.85%) SCCM
2 1 (1.28%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.28%) Opscode Chef
Vendors
1 19 (24.36%) Microsoft
2 13 (16.67%) SAP
3 11 (14.10%) Oracle
4 6 (7.69%) Cisco
5 5 (6.41%) Citrix
6 4 (5.13%) VMware
7 3 (3.85%) Salesforce.com
8 1 (1.28%) Adobe
8 1 (1.28%) InterSystems
8 1 (1.28%) Red Hat
8 1 (1.28%) SonicWALL
8 1 (1.28%) Sophos
8 1 (1.28%) Teradata
8 1 (1.28%) WatchGuard