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 2 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 40 22
Rank change year-on-year +13 -18 -6
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 74 34 49
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 5.45% 4.12% 6.41%
As % of the General category 11.25% 6.68% 10.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 20 27
10th Percentile £254 £154 £222
25th Percentile £416 £342 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £411 £449
Median % change year-on-year +9.42% -8.41% -29.90%
75th Percentile £597 £603 £498
90th Percentile £660 £626 £616
England median daily rate £525 £500 £520
% change year-on-year +5.00% -3.85% -5.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 4 6
10th Percentile £15.37 £20.26 £12.25
25th Percentile £16.46 £23.33 £12.75
Median hourly rate £16.98 £25.11 £14.30
Median % change year-on-year -32.38% +75.61% -
75th Percentile £17.97 £25.15 £21.95
90th Percentile £18.00 - £33.22
England median hourly rate £21.35 £22.07 £24.09
% change year-on-year -3.26% -8.37% +14.69%

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 658 509 447
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 48.45% 61.62% 58.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 280 356 264
10th Percentile £213 £221 £257
25th Percentile £361 £350 £355
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £486 £404 £447
Median % change year-on-year +20.40% -9.65% -10.60%
75th Percentile £575 £492 £550
90th Percentile £675 £595 £617
England median daily rate £525 £500 £535
% change year-on-year +5.00% -6.54% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 146 36 28
10th Percentile £12.76 £15.25 £12.75
25th Percentile £13.35 £16.17 £15.08
Median hourly rate £17.50 £21.39 £17.66
Median % change year-on-year -18.19% +21.12% -35.78%
75th Percentile £25.75 £25.15 £44.97
90th Percentile £51.88 £25.83 £55.00
England median hourly rate £29.50 £25.15 £37.50
% change year-on-year +17.30% -32.93% +31.00%

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 2 October 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
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Public Sector in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 2 October 2026.

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 2 October 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 44 £575 +265.08% 12
Leicestershire +4 13 £450 -21.40% 27
Nottinghamshire -17 7 £425 -19.05% 29
Derbyshire -8 5 - - 5
Northamptonshire +6 3 - - 3
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 (1.35%) Tomcat
Applications
1 10 (13.51%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.35%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (1.35%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (1.35%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 13 (17.57%) Azure
2 8 (10.81%) Power Platform
3 4 (5.41%) AWS
3 4 (5.41%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (4.05%) Azure Data Factory
4 3 (4.05%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 3 (4.05%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (2.70%) SaaS
6 1 (1.35%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.35%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.70%) LAN
2 1 (1.35%) DHCP
2 1 (1.35%) DNS
2 1 (1.35%) SAN
2 1 (1.35%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.35%) VPN
2 1 (1.35%) WAN
2 1 (1.35%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (1.35%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (10.81%) Power BI
2 5 (6.76%) SQL Server
3 2 (2.70%) Big Data
3 2 (2.70%) Metadata
3 2 (2.70%) Relational Database
4 1 (1.35%) Apache Hive
4 1 (1.35%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.35%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.35%) MongoDB
4 1 (1.35%) MySQL
4 1 (1.35%) PostgreSQL
General
1 21 (28.38%) Social Skills
2 16 (21.62%) Police
3 8 (10.81%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (5.41%) Local Government
5 3 (4.05%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (2.70%) Fire and Rescue
6 2 (2.70%) Law
7 1 (1.35%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.35%) Finance
7 1 (1.35%) Legal
7 1 (1.35%) Military
7 1 (1.35%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (20.27%) Architect
2 13 (17.57%) Cloud Engineer
2 13 (17.57%) Data Architect
3 9 (12.16%) Data Engineer
4 7 (9.46%) ICT Trainer
4 7 (9.46%) Trainer
5 6 (8.11%) Senior
5 6 (8.11%) Senior Manager
5 6 (8.11%) Server Engineer
6 4 (5.41%) Business Intelligence Developer
6 4 (5.41%) Developer
6 4 (5.41%) Project Manager
7 3 (4.05%) IT Manager
7 3 (4.05%) IT Programme Manager
7 3 (4.05%) Programme Manager
7 3 (4.05%) Senior IT Manager
7 3 (4.05%) Senior IT Programme Manager
7 3 (4.05%) Senior Programme Manager
8 2 (2.70%) Migration Manager
8 2 (2.70%) SaaS Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.35%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (1.35%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.41%) Data Protection Act
1 4 (5.41%) Management Information System
2 3 (4.05%) Driving Licence
3 2 (2.70%) Data Structures
3 2 (2.70%) Freedom of Information
3 2 (2.70%) Freedom of Information Act
3 2 (2.70%) Hybrid Cloud
3 2 (2.70%) Onboarding
3 2 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.35%) CMDB
4 1 (1.35%) Learning Management System
4 1 (1.35%) Operational Technology
4 1 (1.35%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.35%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.41%) Windows
2 2 (2.70%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.35%) Linux
3 1 (1.35%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (20.27%) Data Architecture
1 15 (20.27%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (18.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 11 (14.86%) Continuous Improvement
4 10 (13.51%) Data Modelling
4 10 (13.51%) Stakeholder Management
5 8 (10.81%) Visualisation
6 7 (9.46%) Business Intelligence
6 7 (9.46%) Data Protection
6 7 (9.46%) Migration
7 6 (8.11%) Decision-Making
8 5 (6.76%) Agile
8 5 (6.76%) Analytics
8 5 (6.76%) Data Governance
8 5 (6.76%) Data Migration
8 5 (6.76%) Data Visualisation
8 5 (6.76%) ETL
8 5 (6.76%) Requirements Gathering
9 4 (5.41%) Data Engineering
9 4 (5.41%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 6 (8.11%) SQL
2 2 (2.70%) PowerShell
2 2 (2.70%) Python
2 2 (2.70%) R
3 1 (1.35%) Java
Qualifications
1 18 (24.32%) Security Cleared
2 13 (17.57%) Degree
3 11 (14.86%) SC Cleared
4 7 (9.46%) DBS Check
5 2 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.35%) ACCA
6 1 (1.35%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.35%) CIMA
6 1 (1.35%) CIPD
6 1 (1.35%) CIPFA
6 1 (1.35%) PMI Certification
6 1 (1.35%) PMP
6 1 (1.35%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (9.46%) QA
2 6 (8.11%) GDPR
3 4 (5.41%) Data Quality
4 2 (2.70%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 1 (1.35%) Accessibility
5 1 (1.35%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (4.05%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.35%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (2.70%) SCCM
1 2 (2.70%) VxRail
2 1 (1.35%) Ansible
2 1 (1.35%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.35%) SCOM
Vendors
1 15 (20.27%) Microsoft
2 6 (8.11%) Oracle
3 2 (2.70%) VMware
4 1 (1.35%) Concur
4 1 (1.35%) NetApp
4 1 (1.35%) SAP
4 1 (1.35%) SolarWinds