Public Sector Contracts in the Home Counties

Public Sector
South East > Home Counties

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies advertised in the Home Counties. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Public Sector over the 6 months to 25 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank - 7 28
Rank change year-on-year - +21 -
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 0 1 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Home Counties - 4.55% 1.71%
As % of the General category - 9.09% 3.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £517
25th Percentile - £408 £533
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £415 £564
Median % change year-on-year - -26.39% -
75th Percentile - £423 £591
90th Percentile - - £605
South East median daily rate £455 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -6.67% -2.50% +5.26%

All General Skills
Home Counties

Public Sector is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Home Counties with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 3 11 55
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Home Counties 37.50% 50.00% 47.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 9 41
10th Percentile - £390 £413
25th Percentile £515 £445 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year +6.00% -9.09% -31.25%
75th Percentile £545 £550 £675
90th Percentile - £680 -
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £495
% change year-on-year - +1.01% +4.76%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in the Home Counties

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

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in the Home Counties

Public Sector
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Home Counties

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Public Sector in the Home Counties.

Daily rate trend for Public Sector in the Home Counties