Public Sector Contracts in the East of England

Public Sector
England > East of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies in the East of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 55 49 12
Rank change year-on-year -6 -37 +22
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 27 64 208
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 2.88% 3.35% 10.07%
As % of the General category 4.56% 5.41% 16.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 45 166
10th Percentile £241 £194 £193
25th Percentile £308 £300 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £375 £563
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% -33.33% +25.00%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £700
90th Percentile £579 £690 £745
England median daily rate £525 £525 £540
% change year-on-year - -2.78% +6.93%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 18 12
10th Percentile £15.04 £14.52 £16.30
25th Percentile £15.33 £15.17 £16.77
Median hourly rate £20.50 £15.79 £18.20
Median % change year-on-year +29.83% -13.24% +25.52%
75th Percentile £20.74 £19.88 £21.08
90th Percentile £37.44 £27.93 £64.01
England median hourly rate £22.27 £22.12 £20.00
% change year-on-year +0.70% +10.58% -

All General Skills
East of England

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 of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 592 1,183 1,249
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 63.11% 61.97% 60.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 321 448 692
10th Percentile £200 £237 £200
25th Percentile £363 £350 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -2.56% +8.33%
75th Percentile £600 £568 £625
90th Percentile £675 £655 £725
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 458 261
10th Percentile £15.62 £14.16 £13.41
25th Percentile £16.95 £15.50 £14.25
Median hourly rate £31.64 £38.12 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.00% +81.52% +44.83%
75th Percentile £65.19 £50.00 £61.25
90th Percentile £76.63 £65.00 £65.00
England median hourly rate £27.50 £30.16 £33.82
% change year-on-year -8.82% -10.82% +57.30%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in the East of England

Public Sector
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

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

Daily rate trend for Public Sector in the East of England

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in the East of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in the East of England

Public Sector
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

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

Hourly rate trend for Public Sector in the East of England

Public Sector
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Public Sector in the East of England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Public Sector in the East of England

Public Sector
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 1 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
Bedfordshire -6 9 £419 -8.47% 6
Cambridgeshire +8 7 £325 +91.18% 10
Hertfordshire +11 4 £550 +46.67% 17
Suffolk -4 4 £210 - 1
Essex +5 2 - - 4
Norfolk -1 1 - - 4
Public Sector
England

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 5 (18.52%) SharePoint
2 3 (11.11%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
2 3 (11.11%) Exchange Server 2013
2 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (11.11%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 9 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 9 (33.33%) Azure
2 5 (18.52%) Entra ID
2 5 (18.52%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (11.11%) Cohesity
Communications & Networking
1 4 (14.81%) VPN
2 3 (11.11%) IMAP
2 3 (11.11%) SAN
2 3 (11.11%) Skype
2 3 (11.11%) SMTP
3 1 (3.70%) DNS
3 1 (3.70%) LAN
3 1 (3.70%) Structured Cabling
3 1 (3.70%) TCP/IP
3 1 (3.70%) WAN
3 1 (3.70%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 2 (7.41%) Jenkins
2 1 (3.70%) JIRA
General
1 14 (51.85%) Social Skills
2 7 (25.93%) Finance
3 5 (18.52%) Local Government
4 4 (14.81%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (14.81%) Electronics
4 4 (14.81%) Manufacturing
4 4 (14.81%) Marketing
4 4 (14.81%) Telecoms
5 1 (3.70%) General Ledger
5 1 (3.70%) German Language
5 1 (3.70%) Legal
5 1 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (18.52%) IT Support
1 5 (18.52%) Support Officer
2 4 (14.81%) Desktop Engineer
2 4 (14.81%) Desktop Support
2 4 (14.81%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 4 (14.81%) Support Engineer
3 3 (11.11%) Messaging Engineer
3 3 (11.11%) Senior
4 2 (7.41%) Analyst
4 2 (7.41%) C++ Developer
4 2 (7.41%) Developer
4 2 (7.41%) Developer in Test
4 2 (7.41%) Engagement Manager
4 2 (7.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (7.41%) Linux Developer
4 2 (7.41%) Production Manager
4 2 (7.41%) Project Manager
4 2 (7.41%) Python Developer
4 2 (7.41%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (3.70%) Active Directory Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (22.22%) Driving Licence
2 4 (14.81%) iPad
2 4 (14.81%) iPhone
2 4 (14.81%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (11.11%) Blackberry
4 2 (7.41%) Virtual Team
5 1 (3.70%) CMDB
5 1 (3.70%) Freedom of Information
5 1 (3.70%) Onboarding
5 1 (3.70%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 7 (25.93%) Windows
2 4 (14.81%) Windows 10
3 2 (7.41%) Linux
3 2 (7.41%) Mac OS
4 1 (3.70%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (48.15%) Problem-Solving
2 6 (22.22%) Programme Management
3 5 (18.52%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (18.52%) Collaborative Working
3 5 (18.52%) Customer Service
3 5 (18.52%) IT Strategy
4 4 (14.81%) Antivirus Management
4 4 (14.81%) Digital Marketing
4 4 (14.81%) Inventory Management
4 4 (14.81%) ITIL
4 4 (14.81%) Root Cause Analysis
4 4 (14.81%) Time Management
5 3 (11.11%) Decision-Making
6 2 (7.41%) API Testing
6 2 (7.41%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 2 (7.41%) Line Management
6 2 (7.41%) Microsoft Office Automation
6 2 (7.41%) Office Automation
6 2 (7.41%) Project Management
6 2 (7.41%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.41%) C++
1 2 (7.41%) Groovy
1 2 (7.41%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (40.74%) Security Cleared
2 6 (22.22%) SC Cleared
3 4 (14.81%) DV Cleared
3 4 (14.81%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (3.70%) Degree
4 1 (3.70%) ECDL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (18.52%) Accessibility
System Software
1 14 (51.85%) Active Directory
2 2 (7.41%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (3.70%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 4 (14.81%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (3.70%) Avamar
2 1 (3.70%) vRealize
2 1 (3.70%) VxRail
Vendors
1 15 (55.56%) Microsoft
2 4 (14.81%) McAfee
2 4 (14.81%) SAP
2 4 (14.81%) VMware
3 3 (11.11%) NetApp
4 2 (7.41%) HP
5 1 (3.70%) Atlassian
5 1 (3.70%) Dell
5 1 (3.70%) LogRhythm
5 1 (3.70%) ServiceNow
5 1 (3.70%) SolarWinds