Public Sector Contract Job Trends 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 1 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 44 17
Rank change year-on-year +18 -27 -4
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 67 26 56
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 5.30% 3.40% 7.46%
As % of the General category 11.22% 5.57% 13.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 14 30
10th Percentile £266 £289 £245
25th Percentile £427 £372 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £418 £449
Median % change year-on-year +19.76% -7.02% -35.86%
75th Percentile £666 £584 £585
90th Percentile £675 £620 £620
England median daily rate £525 £510 £521
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.16% -3.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 3 8
10th Percentile £13.19 £19.60 £12.45
25th Percentile £16.46 £21.68 £12.75
Median hourly rate £17.50 £25.15 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year -30.42% +86.30% -
75th Percentile £17.97 - £17.48
90th Percentile - - £29.60
England median hourly rate £21.35 £21.95 £24.18
% change year-on-year -2.73% -9.22% +20.30%

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 general skills in the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 597 467 423
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 47.23% 61.13% 56.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 283 321 271
10th Percentile £219 £219 £250
25th Percentile £390 £331 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £402 £450
Median % change year-on-year +23.13% -10.67% -10.00%
75th Percentile £575 £485 £575
90th Percentile £670 £588 £630
England median daily rate £525 £501 £538
% change year-on-year +4.90% -6.88% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 113 36 36
10th Percentile £12.76 £15.71 £12.75
25th Percentile £13.51 £18.34 £14.08
Median hourly rate £18.00 £22.95 £17.66
Median % change year-on-year -21.55% +29.93% -49.59%
75th Percentile £26.90 £25.15 £51.01
90th Percentile £56.25 £33.66 £53.45
England median hourly rate £31.93 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +26.94% -34.02% +38.62%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Public Sector job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Public Sector
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Public Sector.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Public Sector

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 1 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in the East Midlands

Public Sector
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Public Sector.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Public Sector

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 1 September 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
Lincolnshire +9 35 £575 - 12
Nottinghamshire -12 14 £650 +58.54% 18
Leicestershire -4 10 £450 -14.29% 23
Derbyshire -9 4 - - 3
Northamptonshire +5 2 - - 9
Public Sector
England

Public Sector
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 6 (8.96%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (5.97%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (2.99%) ContrOCC
3 1 (1.49%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (1.49%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 13 (19.40%) Azure
2 8 (11.94%) Power Platform
3 4 (5.97%) AWS
3 4 (5.97%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (4.48%) Azure Data Factory
4 3 (4.48%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 3 (4.48%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (4.48%) SaaS
5 2 (2.99%) SuccessFactors
6 1 (1.49%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.99%) DHCP
1 2 (2.99%) DNS
1 2 (2.99%) LAN
2 1 (1.49%) Network Security
2 1 (1.49%) SAN
2 1 (1.49%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.49%) VLAN
2 1 (1.49%) VPN
2 1 (1.49%) WAN
2 1 (1.49%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (1.49%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (11.94%) Power BI
2 4 (5.97%) SQL Server
3 2 (2.99%) Big Data
3 2 (2.99%) Metadata
3 2 (2.99%) Relational Database
3 2 (2.99%) SAP HANA
4 1 (1.49%) Apache Hive
4 1 (1.49%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.49%) Data Warehouse
General
1 17 (25.37%) Social Skills
2 11 (16.42%) Police
3 8 (11.94%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (10.45%) Local Government
5 5 (7.46%) Finance
6 3 (4.48%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (2.99%) Law
8 1 (1.49%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.49%) Fire and Rescue
8 1 (1.49%) Legal
8 1 (1.49%) Military
8 1 (1.49%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (19.40%) Architect
2 9 (13.43%) Cloud Engineer
3 8 (11.94%) Data Architect
4 7 (10.45%) ICT Trainer
4 7 (10.45%) Trainer
5 6 (8.96%) Data Engineer
5 6 (8.96%) Senior
5 6 (8.96%) Senior Manager
6 5 (7.46%) Consultant
6 5 (7.46%) Server Engineer
7 4 (5.97%) Business Intelligence Developer
7 4 (5.97%) Developer
7 4 (5.97%) Project Manager
8 3 (4.48%) IT Manager
8 3 (4.48%) IT Programme Manager
8 3 (4.48%) Programme Manager
8 3 (4.48%) Senior IT Manager
8 3 (4.48%) Senior IT Programme Manager
8 3 (4.48%) Senior Programme Manager
8 3 (4.48%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.49%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (1.49%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.48%) Data Protection Act
1 3 (4.48%) Driving Licence
1 3 (4.48%) Management Information System
1 3 (4.48%) Public Cloud
2 2 (2.99%) Data Structures
2 2 (2.99%) Hybrid Cloud
2 2 (2.99%) Onboarding
2 2 (2.99%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.49%) Freedom of Information
3 1 (1.49%) Freedom of Information Act
3 1 (1.49%) Learning Management System
3 1 (1.49%) Operational Technology
3 1 (1.49%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.48%) Windows
1 3 (4.48%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (23.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 11 (16.42%) Continuous Improvement
2 11 (16.42%) Problem-Solving
2 11 (16.42%) Stakeholder Management
3 10 (14.93%) Data Architecture
3 10 (14.93%) Data Modelling
4 8 (11.94%) Visualisation
5 7 (10.45%) Business Intelligence
5 7 (10.45%) Migration
6 6 (8.96%) Analytics
6 6 (8.96%) Data Migration
6 6 (8.96%) Data Protection
7 5 (7.46%) Agile
7 5 (7.46%) Data Governance
7 5 (7.46%) Data Visualisation
7 5 (7.46%) Decision-Making
7 5 (7.46%) ETL
7 5 (7.46%) Requirements Gathering
7 5 (7.46%) Validation
8 4 (5.97%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 5 (7.46%) SQL
2 2 (2.99%) PowerShell
2 2 (2.99%) Python
2 2 (2.99%) R
3 1 (1.49%) Java
Qualifications
1 18 (26.87%) Security Cleared
2 11 (16.42%) SC Cleared
3 9 (13.43%) Degree
4 3 (4.48%) DBS Check
5 2 (2.99%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.49%) ACCA
6 1 (1.49%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.49%) CIMA
6 1 (1.49%) CIPD
6 1 (1.49%) CIPFA
6 1 (1.49%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.49%) PMP
6 1 (1.49%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.96%) GDPR
2 4 (5.97%) Data Quality
2 4 (5.97%) QA
3 2 (2.99%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 1 (1.49%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.49%) GRC
4 1 (1.49%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (5.97%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.99%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.49%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (2.99%) VxRail
2 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.49%) SCCM
2 1 (1.49%) SCOM
2 1 (1.49%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 14 (20.90%) Microsoft
2 6 (8.96%) SAP
3 5 (7.46%) Oracle
4 2 (2.99%) Liquidlogic
4 2 (2.99%) VMware
5 1 (1.49%) Ariba
5 1 (1.49%) Concur
5 1 (1.49%) SolarWinds