Public Sector Contracts in Gloucestershire

Public Sector
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies in Gloucestershire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 20 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 29 17
Rank change year-on-year +14 -12 +5
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Public Sector 23 30 56
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 8.58% 6.70% 11.69%
As % of the General category 15.23% 13.95% 28.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 21 46
10th Percentile £177 £325 £337
25th Percentile £202 £460 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £345 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -31.00% - +66.67%
75th Percentile £475 £625 £669
90th Percentile £586 - £675
South West median daily rate £550 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile £14.93 - -
25th Percentile £15.08 £22.50 -
Median hourly rate £15.31 £23.99 -
Median % change year-on-year -36.18% - -
75th Percentile £21.63 £25.49 -
90th Percentile £25.42 - -
South West median hourly rate £18.26 £15.62 £26.00
% change year-on-year +16.87% -39.92% -59.06%

All General Skills
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 151 215 194
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 56.34% 47.99% 40.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 117 126
10th Percentile £184 £340 £358
25th Percentile £278 £463 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £566 £638 £672
90th Percentile £688 £750 £738
South West median daily rate £490 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -6.67% -0.94% +0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 25 14
10th Percentile - £22.50 £20.23
25th Percentile £13.50 £28.00 £26.06
Median hourly rate £21.30 £33.00 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year -35.47% -7.04% +9.40%
75th Percentile £65.87 £71.50 £43.64
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.63
South West median hourly rate £22.50 £57.50 £55.00
% change year-on-year -60.87% +4.55% +10.00%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

Job postings citing Public Sector as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire.

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in Gloucestershire

Public Sector
Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

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

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in Gloucestershire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 20 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in Gloucestershire

Public Sector
Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

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

Public Sector
Hourly Rate Histogram in Gloucestershire

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Public Sector in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 20 August 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Public Sector in Gloucestershire

Public Sector
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 20 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Gloucester -1 10 £335 -28.72% 6
Filton +8 2 - -
Cheltenham +16 1 £620 +3.33% 10
Public Sector
South West

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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 3 (13.04%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.35%) IIS
2 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (4.35%) assyst
Cloud Services
1 4 (17.39%) Azure
2 3 (13.04%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (4.35%) AWS
3 1 (4.35%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (4.35%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (4.35%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.35%) DHCP
1 1 (4.35%) DNS
1 1 (4.35%) Firewall
1 1 (4.35%) VPN
1 1 (4.35%) WAAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.70%) Big Data
2 1 (4.35%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) MSI
General
1 6 (26.09%) Social Skills
2 2 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (8.70%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (4.35%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (4.35%) Electronics
3 1 (4.35%) Finance
3 1 (4.35%) Manufacturing
3 1 (4.35%) Marketing
3 1 (4.35%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (13.04%) Support Engineer
2 2 (8.70%) Administrator
2 2 (8.70%) Developer
2 2 (8.70%) Information Officer
2 2 (8.70%) Senior
2 2 (8.70%) Senior Developer
2 2 (8.70%) Support Officer
2 2 (8.70%) Systems Administrator
3 1 (4.35%) 1st Line Engineer
3 1 (4.35%) 1st Line Support Engineer
3 1 (4.35%) Applications Engineer
3 1 (4.35%) Digital Innovation Manager
3 1 (4.35%) Enterprise Infrastructure Architect
3 1 (4.35%) Innovation Manager
3 1 (4.35%) IT Analyst
3 1 (4.35%) IT Engineer
3 1 (4.35%) IT Support
3 1 (4.35%) Lead
3 1 (4.35%) SIEM Engineer
3 1 (4.35%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.35%) ARM Templates
1 1 (4.35%) Kafka
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.35%) Cloud Security Posture
1 1 (4.35%) Cyber Defence
1 1 (4.35%) iPad
1 1 (4.35%) iPhone
1 1 (4.35%) Security Posture
1 1 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 10 (43.48%) Windows
2 4 (17.39%) Windows 10
3 3 (13.04%) Windows Server
4 1 (4.35%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (4.35%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (4.35%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (21.74%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (17.39%) ITIL
2 4 (17.39%) Migration
3 3 (13.04%) Agile
3 3 (13.04%) Analytics
3 3 (13.04%) Customer Service
3 3 (13.04%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (13.04%) Root Cause Analysis
4 2 (8.70%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (8.70%) Data Management
4 2 (8.70%) Data Strategy
4 2 (8.70%) High Availability
4 2 (8.70%) ITSM
4 2 (8.70%) Patch Management
4 2 (8.70%) Records Management
4 2 (8.70%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 2 (8.70%) SIEM
4 2 (8.70%) SOAR
4 2 (8.70%) Software Deployment
4 2 (8.70%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 4 (17.39%) PowerShell
2 1 (4.35%) Kusto Query Language
2 1 (4.35%) Python
2 1 (4.35%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 12 (52.17%) Security Cleared
2 11 (47.83%) SC Cleared
3 1 (4.35%) Degree
3 1 (4.35%) DV Cleared
3 1 (4.35%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.35%) Def Stans
1 1 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (4.35%) NIST
1 1 (4.35%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (21.74%) Active Directory
2 2 (8.70%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (8.70%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (4.35%) Hyper-V
3 1 (4.35%) Microsoft App-V
3 1 (4.35%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (4.35%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1 (4.35%) Ansible
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Clustering
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (4.35%) NetApp OnCommand
1 1 (4.35%) QRadar
1 1 (4.35%) SCCM
1 1 (4.35%) Terraform
1 1 (4.35%) vCenter Server
1 1 (4.35%) vMotion
1 1 (4.35%) WSUS
Vendors
1 8 (34.78%) Microsoft
2 2 (8.70%) Splunk
2 2 (8.70%) VMware
3 1 (4.35%) Cisco
3 1 (4.35%) CrowdStrike
3 1 (4.35%) Exabeam
3 1 (4.35%) F5
3 1 (4.35%) IFS
3 1 (4.35%) Infoblox
3 1 (4.35%) Juniper
3 1 (4.35%) McAfee
3 1 (4.35%) NetApp
3 1 (4.35%) NetScout
3 1 (4.35%) Palo Alto
3 1 (4.35%) SAP
3 1 (4.35%) SolarWinds