Public Sector Contract Job Trends in Gloucester

Public Sector
Gloucestershire > Gloucester

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies in Gloucester. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 7 24
Rank change year-on-year -12 +17 +9
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 16 15 9
As % of all contract jobs in Gloucester 11.85% 15.96% 7.56%
As % of the General category 29.63% 29.41% 26.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 14 8
10th Percentile £198 £152 £395
25th Percentile £309 £363 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £364 £428 £475
Median % change year-on-year -14.91% -10.00% +142.04%
75th Percentile £438 £480 £609
90th Percentile £463 - £675
Gloucestershire median daily rate £383 £460 £575
% change year-on-year -16.85% -20.00% +4.55%

All General Skills
Gloucester

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 Gloucester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 54 51 34
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucester 40.00% 54.26% 28.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 42 25
10th Percentile £172 £305 £378
25th Percentile £220 £400 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £364 £470 £575
Median % change year-on-year -22.61% -18.26% +43.75%
75th Percentile £438 £547 £738
90th Percentile £545 £750 £790
Gloucestershire median daily rate £475 £500 £575
% change year-on-year -5.00% -13.04% +13.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 2
10th Percentile £27.88 - £20.15
25th Percentile £38.52 £22.50 £22.63
Median hourly rate £57.50 £23.00 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year +150.00% -14.81% -
75th Percentile £64.73 £23.50 £31.13
90th Percentile £68.32 - £33.45
Gloucestershire median hourly rate £15.21 £32.52 £40.25
% change year-on-year -53.24% -19.22% -34.58%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucester

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

Public Sector job vacancy trend in Gloucester

Public Sector
Daily Rate Trend in Gloucester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucester citing Public Sector.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucester citing Public Sector

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in Gloucester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in Gloucester over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in Gloucester

Public Sector
Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucester

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucester citing Public Sector.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucester citing Public Sector

Public Sector
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucester 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 3 (18.75%) SharePoint
2 1 (6.25%) IIS
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (12.50%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 7 (43.75%) Azure
2 4 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (18.75%) AWS
3 3 (18.75%) GitHub
4 2 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (12.50%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (6.25%) Entra ID
5 1 (6.25%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.25%) DHCP
1 1 (6.25%) DNS
1 1 (6.25%) VPN
1 1 (6.25%) WAAS
Development Applications
1 2 (12.50%) JIRA
2 1 (6.25%) Git
2 1 (6.25%) Jenkins
2 1 (6.25%) MSI
General
1 9 (56.25%) Social Skills
2 2 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Finance
3 1 (6.25%) Police
Job Titles
1 3 (18.75%) Analyst
2 2 (12.50%) Support Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) 1st Line Support
3 1 (6.25%) Applications Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Architect
3 1 (6.25%) Business Analyst
3 1 (6.25%) Deployment Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Desktop Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Desktop Support
3 1 (6.25%) Desktop Support Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Enterprise Architect
3 1 (6.25%) Infrastructure Architect
3 1 (6.25%) IT Support
3 1 (6.25%) IT Support Analyst
3 1 (6.25%) Rollout Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Scrum Master
3 1 (6.25%) Service Analyst
3 1 (6.25%) Service Desk Manager
3 1 (6.25%) Service Manager
3 1 (6.25%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (12.50%) ARM Templates
1 2 (12.50%) REST
2 1 (6.25%) AngularJS
2 1 (6.25%) Bootstrap
2 1 (6.25%) CSS
2 1 (6.25%) HTML
2 1 (6.25%) JSON
2 1 (6.25%) SOAP
2 1 (6.25%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.25%) CMDB
1 1 (6.25%) Driving Licence
1 1 (6.25%) iPad
1 1 (6.25%) iPhone
1 1 (6.25%) Product Ownership
1 1 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 11 (68.75%) Windows
2 5 (31.25%) Windows 10
3 3 (18.75%) Windows Server
4 2 (12.50%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (6.25%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (6.25%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (43.75%) Agile
2 5 (31.25%) DevOps
3 4 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 4 (25.00%) ITIL
3 4 (25.00%) Migration
4 3 (18.75%) Customer Service
4 3 (18.75%) High Availability
4 3 (18.75%) ITSM
4 3 (18.75%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (18.75%) Root Cause Analysis
4 3 (18.75%) Scrum
5 2 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (12.50%) Compatibility Testing
5 2 (12.50%) Identity Management
5 2 (12.50%) Patch Management
5 2 (12.50%) Project Delivery
5 2 (12.50%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 2 (12.50%) Service Delivery
5 2 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (6.25%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 7 (43.75%) PowerShell
2 2 (12.50%) JavaScript
2 2 (12.50%) Python
3 1 (6.25%) Bash
3 1 (6.25%) TypeScript
3 1 (6.25%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 12 (75.00%) SC Cleared
1 12 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (6.25%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (37.50%) Active Directory
2 3 (18.75%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (12.50%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (6.25%) Hyper-V
4 1 (6.25%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (6.25%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (6.25%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (18.75%) Terraform
2 1 (6.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (6.25%) CA Single Sign-On
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Clustering
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (6.25%) NetApp OnCommand
2 1 (6.25%) SCCM
2 1 (6.25%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (6.25%) vCenter Server
2 1 (6.25%) vMotion
2 1 (6.25%) WSUS
Vendors
1 8 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (12.50%) IFS
2 2 (12.50%) NetApp
3 1 (6.25%) Dynatrace
3 1 (6.25%) McAfee
3 1 (6.25%) ServiceNow
3 1 (6.25%) Starlink
3 1 (6.25%) VMware