Public Sector Contracts in the East Midlands

Public Sector
England > East Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies in the East Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 15 8
Rank change year-on-year -16 -7 +9
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 22 62 152
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 4.08% 7.98% 14.64%
As % of the General category 6.69% 15.82% 27.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 38 139
10th Percentile £193 £150 £200
25th Percentile £375 £200 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £272 £579
Median % change year-on-year +83.82% -53.02% +55.96%
75th Percentile £530 £585 £700
90th Percentile £602 £633 £745
England median daily rate £525 £525 £540
% change year-on-year - -2.78% +6.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 7 3
10th Percentile - £12.35 -
25th Percentile - £12.75 £18.13
Median hourly rate £25.15 £13.50 £18.75
Median % change year-on-year +86.30% -28.00% +11.94%
75th Percentile - £18.49 £21.19
90th Percentile - £34.24 £22.28
England median hourly rate £22.50 £21.62 £20.10
% change year-on-year +4.09% +7.54% +0.50%

All General Skills
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 329 392 550
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 61.04% 50.45% 52.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 212 260 423
10th Percentile £202 £160 £213
25th Percentile £320 £230 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +9.88% -11.11% +4.65%
75th Percentile £512 £550 £575
90th Percentile £575 £638 £700
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 55 41
10th Percentile £14.45 £12.19 £11.80
25th Percentile £15.68 £13.75 £15.25
Median hourly rate £23.00 £17.00 £21.67
Median % change year-on-year +35.29% -21.55% +0.79%
75th Percentile £30.30 £34.13 £40.25
90th Percentile £37.00 £51.91 £51.50
England median hourly rate £27.50 £30.00 £34.00
% change year-on-year -8.33% -11.76% +58.14%

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 2 May 2025.

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
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 2 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
Nottinghamshire +7 9 £520 +20.44% 21
Leicestershire -3 6 £585 +4.00% 26
Derbyshire -7 4 £175 -12.50% 14
Lincolnshire 0 1 - - 6
Northamptonshire -5 1 £550 +12.59% 14
Public Sector
England

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 (4.55%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 4 (18.18%) SAP HR
1 4 (18.18%) SAP Payroll
2 1 (4.55%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 4 (18.18%) SuccessFactors
2 2 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (4.55%) Azure
3 1 (4.55%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.55%) 3G
1 1 (4.55%) 3GPP
1 1 (4.55%) 4G
1 1 (4.55%) 5G
1 1 (4.55%) DNS
1 1 (4.55%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
1 1 (4.55%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
1 1 (4.55%) Firewall
1 1 (4.55%) IPsec
1 1 (4.55%) LTE
1 1 (4.55%) Network Security
1 1 (4.55%) Radio Access Network
General
1 5 (22.73%) Local Government
2 4 (18.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 4 (18.18%) Law
2 4 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 2 (9.09%) Finance
3 2 (9.09%) Manufacturing
3 2 (9.09%) Telecoms
4 1 (4.55%) Electronics
4 1 (4.55%) Marketing
4 1 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (27.27%) Consultant
2 5 (22.73%) IT Support
3 4 (18.18%) 1st Line Support
3 4 (18.18%) Architect
3 4 (18.18%) HR Consultant
3 4 (18.18%) Payroll Consultant
3 4 (18.18%) SAP Consultant
3 4 (18.18%) SAP HR Consultant
3 4 (18.18%) SAP HR/Payroll Consultant
3 4 (18.18%) SAP Payroll Consultant
4 2 (9.09%) Chief Architect
4 2 (9.09%) Network Architect
5 1 (4.55%) Cisco Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Developer
5 1 (4.55%) IT Support Technician
5 1 (4.55%) Network Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Support Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Team Leader
5 1 (4.55%) Technical Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.55%) CSS
1 1 (4.55%) HTML
1 1 (4.55%) REST
1 1 (4.55%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.55%) Credit Risk
1 1 (4.55%) Housing Association
1 1 (4.55%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (4.55%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.55%) Windows
1 1 (4.55%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (22.73%) Customer Service
2 4 (18.18%) System Testing
3 3 (13.64%) Agile
4 2 (9.09%) Migration
4 2 (9.09%) Project Delivery
4 2 (9.09%) Project Management
5 1 (4.55%) Artificial Intelligence
5 1 (4.55%) Business Strategy
5 1 (4.55%) Change Management
5 1 (4.55%) Computer Science
5 1 (4.55%) Customer Experience
5 1 (4.55%) Data Analysis
5 1 (4.55%) Digital Marketing
5 1 (4.55%) Programme Management
5 1 (4.55%) Risk Management
5 1 (4.55%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (4.55%) Validation
5 1 (4.55%) Web Development
5 1 (4.55%) Workflow
5 1 (4.55%) Workflow Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.55%) Apex Code
1 1 (4.55%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 8 (36.36%) Security Cleared
2 5 (22.73%) SC Cleared
3 4 (18.18%) Degree
4 1 (4.55%) CCNP
4 1 (4.55%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (4.55%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.55%) SLA
Vendors
1 5 (22.73%) SAP
2 2 (9.09%) Cisco
2 2 (9.09%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.55%) Dell
3 1 (4.55%) F5
3 1 (4.55%) HP
3 1 (4.55%) Juniper
3 1 (4.55%) Salesforce
3 1 (4.55%) SolarWinds