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 18 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 45 13
Rank change year-on-year +25 -32 -4
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 81 22 79
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 6.98% 2.96% 9.33%
As % of the General category 14.26% 4.91% 17.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 11 47
10th Percentile £289 £260 £150
25th Percentile £427 £359 £254
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £410 £400
Median % change year-on-year +28.05% +2.50% -38.46%
75th Percentile £656 £509 £576
90th Percentile £675 £600 £620
England median daily rate £515 £510 £516
% change year-on-year +0.98% -1.07% -1.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 3 9
10th Percentile £17.50 £19.60 £12.55
25th Percentile £17.62 £21.68 £12.75
Median hourly rate £21.74 £25.15 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.58% +86.30% -38.64%
75th Percentile £25.50 - £24.18
90th Percentile £25.92 - £44.40
England median hourly rate £22.50 £21.90 £27.50
% change year-on-year +2.74% -20.36% +30.95%

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 568 448 456
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 48.92% 60.30% 53.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 304 298 292
10th Percentile £261 £213 £188
25th Percentile £398 £320 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £402 £428
Median % change year-on-year +24.38% -5.96% -10.00%
75th Percentile £575 £488 £550
90th Percentile £669 £553 £627
England median daily rate £525 £513 £530
% change year-on-year +2.44% -3.30% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 85 35 52
10th Percentile £13.51 £15.17 £12.28
25th Percentile £17.20 £18.44 £13.31
Median hourly rate £18.75 £23.00 £15.82
Median % change year-on-year -18.48% +45.43% -56.98%
75th Percentile £28.75 £25.15 £35.00
90th Percentile £61.45 £38.18 £51.91
England median hourly rate £33.99 £26.32 £35.00
% change year-on-year +29.14% -24.80% +14.68%

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 18 July 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 18 July 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 31 £525 - 8
Nottinghamshire +1 26 £638 +55.49% 3
Leicestershire -1 8 £444 -18.95% 2
Northamptonshire +7 7 £444 +18.33% 7
Derbyshire -3 6 £180 +46.34% 1
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 1 (1.23%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 17 (20.99%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (2.47%) ContrOCC
3 1 (1.23%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 14 (17.28%) Azure
2 9 (11.11%) Power Platform
3 7 (8.64%) SuccessFactors
4 6 (7.41%) AWS
5 4 (4.94%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (3.70%) Azure Data Factory
6 3 (3.70%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (3.70%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 3 (3.70%) SaaS
7 1 (1.23%) Azure Functions
7 1 (1.23%) Azure Monitor
7 1 (1.23%) Azure Service Bus
7 1 (1.23%) Azure Storage
7 1 (1.23%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.23%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.17%) Network Security
2 2 (2.47%) DHCP
2 2 (2.47%) DNS
2 2 (2.47%) LAN
3 1 (1.23%) SAN
3 1 (1.23%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.23%) VLAN
3 1 (1.23%) VPN
3 1 (1.23%) WAN
3 1 (1.23%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (1.23%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (9.88%) Power BI
2 3 (3.70%) SQL Server
3 2 (2.47%) Big Data
3 2 (2.47%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (2.47%) Relational Database
3 2 (2.47%) SAP HANA
4 1 (1.23%) Apache Hive
4 1 (1.23%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.23%) Data Lake
4 1 (1.23%) Data Mining
4 1 (1.23%) NoSQL
4 1 (1.23%) Power Query
General
1 22 (27.16%) Social Skills
2 13 (16.05%) Finance
3 10 (12.35%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (12.35%) Local Government
4 7 (8.64%) Police
5 3 (3.70%) Fire and Rescue
6 1 (1.23%) Aerospace
6 1 (1.23%) Banking
6 1 (1.23%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.23%) Marketing
6 1 (1.23%) Military
6 1 (1.23%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.23%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.23%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 17 (20.99%) Architect
2 13 (16.05%) Lead
3 9 (11.11%) Data Architect
4 7 (8.64%) Consultant
4 7 (8.64%) Senior
4 7 (8.64%) Solutions Architect
5 6 (7.41%) Cloud Engineer
5 6 (7.41%) Workstream Lead
6 5 (6.17%) Data Engineer
6 5 (6.17%) ICT Trainer
6 5 (6.17%) SAP Architect
6 5 (6.17%) SAP Consultant
6 5 (6.17%) SAP Solutions Architect
6 5 (6.17%) Senior Manager
6 5 (6.17%) Trainer
7 4 (4.94%) Project Manager
8 3 (3.70%) Developer
8 3 (3.70%) IT Manager
8 3 (3.70%) Programme Manager
8 3 (3.70%) Server Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.94%) Middleware
2 1 (1.23%) J2EE
2 1 (1.23%) Lightning Web Components
2 1 (1.23%) Node.js
2 1 (1.23%) OSGi
2 1 (1.23%) REST
2 1 (1.23%) RESTful
2 1 (1.23%) Software Packaging
2 1 (1.23%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 13 (16.05%) Public Cloud
2 3 (3.70%) Data Protection Act
2 3 (3.70%) Data Structures
3 2 (2.47%) Driving Licence
3 2 (2.47%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (2.47%) Onboarding
3 2 (2.47%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.23%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.23%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (1.23%) Learning Management System
4 1 (1.23%) Mashup
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.94%) Windows
2 3 (3.70%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (28.40%) Stakeholder Management
2 20 (24.69%) Analytics
3 16 (19.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 12 (14.81%) Continuous Improvement
4 12 (14.81%) Data Modelling
4 12 (14.81%) Problem-Solving
5 11 (13.58%) Data Architecture
6 10 (12.35%) User Acceptance Testing
6 10 (12.35%) Validation
7 9 (11.11%) Workshop Facilitation
8 8 (9.88%) Business Intelligence
8 8 (9.88%) System Integration Testing
9 7 (8.64%) Information Governance
9 7 (8.64%) Information Security
9 7 (8.64%) Migration
9 7 (8.64%) Visualisation
10 6 (7.41%) Backlog Prioritisation
10 6 (7.41%) Cybersecurity
10 6 (7.41%) Data Governance
10 6 (7.41%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 8 (9.88%) SQL
2 3 (3.70%) Java
2 3 (3.70%) Python
3 2 (2.47%) PowerShell
3 2 (2.47%) R
4 1 (1.23%) Apex Code
4 1 (1.23%) Bicep
4 1 (1.23%) SOQL
4 1 (1.23%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 22 (27.16%) Security Cleared
2 12 (14.81%) SC Cleared
3 5 (6.17%) Degree
4 3 (3.70%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (3.70%) SAP Certification
5 2 (2.47%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.23%) CIPD
6 1 (1.23%) DBS Check
6 1 (1.23%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.23%) PMP
6 1 (1.23%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (13.58%) GDPR
2 7 (8.64%) QA
3 5 (6.17%) Data Quality
3 5 (6.17%) GRC
4 2 (2.47%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 1 (1.23%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.23%) PMO
System Software
1 9 (11.11%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.47%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.23%) Docker
3 1 (1.23%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 6 (7.41%) Single Sign-On
2 2 (2.47%) VxRail
3 1 (1.23%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.23%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (1.23%) SCCM
3 1 (1.23%) SCOM
3 1 (1.23%) Terraform
Vendors
1 19 (23.46%) SAP
2 12 (14.81%) Microsoft
3 3 (3.70%) Oracle
4 2 (2.47%) Liquidlogic
4 2 (2.47%) VMware
5 1 (1.23%) Adobe
5 1 (1.23%) Ariba
5 1 (1.23%) BT
5 1 (1.23%) Civica
5 1 (1.23%) Concur
5 1 (1.23%) Northgate
5 1 (1.23%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.23%) SolarWinds