Public Sector Contract Job Trends in Harlow

Public Sector
Essex > Harlow

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies in Harlow. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 25 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Harlow 4.76% - -
As % of the General category 11.11% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 - -
Essex median daily rate £375 £413 £234
% change year-on-year -9.09% +76.47% -53.25%

All General Skills
Harlow

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 Harlow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 9 3 2
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Harlow 42.86% 100.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £370 - -
25th Percentile £400 £325 £713
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £330 £725
Median % change year-on-year +43.94% -54.48% +31.82%
75th Percentile £575 £335 £738
90th Percentile £620 - -
Essex median daily rate £505 £400 £400
% change year-on-year +26.25% - -23.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £16.75 - -
Median hourly rate £17.50 - -
75th Percentile £18.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Essex median hourly rate £17.50 £21.75 £50.50
% change year-on-year -19.54% -56.93% -22.31%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Harlow

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

Public Sector job vacancy trend in Harlow

Public Sector
Daily Rate Trend in Harlow

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

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

Public Sector
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Harlow 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Local Government
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Data Cleansing
1 1 (100.00%) Data Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Orchard