Public Sector Contracts in Hertfordshire

Public Sector
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies in Hertfordshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 50 55
Rank change year-on-year +8 +5 -10
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 4 21 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 1.25% 2.50% 2.76%
As % of the General category 2.06% 4.02% 4.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 20 13
10th Percentile £515 £256 £270
25th Percentile £519 £338 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £375 £475
Median % change year-on-year +46.67% -21.05% +35.71%
75th Percentile £594 £644 £676
90th Percentile £605 £700 £685
East of England median daily rate £350 £375 £563
% change year-on-year -6.67% -33.33% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £18.88
25th Percentile £46.31 - £19.15
Median hourly rate £47.44 £15.10 £19.95
Median % change year-on-year +214.17% -24.31% +33.36%
75th Percentile £48.57 - £20.90
90th Percentile - - £21.26
East of England median hourly rate £20.50 £15.79 £18.90
% change year-on-year +29.83% -16.46% +30.34%

All General Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 194 522 448
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 60.82% 62.14% 56.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 98 146 225
10th Percentile £348 £200 £220
25th Percentile £431 £335 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £419 £520
Median % change year-on-year +31.34% -19.47% +13.04%
75th Percentile £625 £575 £675
90th Percentile £675 £700 £810
East of England median daily rate £500 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +5.26% -2.56% +5.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 45 243 94
10th Percentile £17.45 - £41.80
25th Percentile £36.48 £38.12 £53.56
Median hourly rate £62.50 £46.56 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year +34.25% -22.41% +22.45%
75th Percentile £73.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £81.01 £65.00 £70.00
East of England median hourly rate £30.78 £38.12 £21.00
% change year-on-year -19.25% +81.52% +44.83%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in Hertfordshire

Public Sector
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Public Sector in Hertfordshire.

Daily rate trend for Public Sector in Hertfordshire

Public Sector
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Public Sector in Hertfordshire.

Hourly rate trend for Public Sector in Hertfordshire

Public Sector
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 3 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
Stevenage +24 2 £538 +20.79% 7
Watford +3 1 - - 2
Hitchin - 1 £575 -
Public Sector
East of England

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 (75.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
1 3 (75.00%) Exchange Server 2013
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (75.00%) Skype for Business
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Cohesity
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) IMAP
1 3 (75.00%) SAN
1 3 (75.00%) Skype
1 3 (75.00%) SMTP
General
1 2 (50.00%) Electronics
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
1 2 (50.00%) Manufacturing
1 2 (50.00%) Marketing
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Messaging Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Active Directory Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Exchange Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Mobile Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Active Directory Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Exchange Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior Messaging Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Senior VMware Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) VMware Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Blackberry
2 1 (25.00%) Security Operations Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Digital Marketing
1 2 (50.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (25.00%) Information Security
2 1 (25.00%) Problem Management
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (25.00%) Security Operations
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) DV Cleared
1 3 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (50.00%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (75.00%) NetApp
1 3 (75.00%) VMware
2 2 (50.00%) SAP