Public Sector Contracts in Leicestershire

Public Sector
East Midlands > Leicestershire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies in Leicestershire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 5 27
Rank change year-on-year -15 +22 -7
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 2 18 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leicestershire 1.56% 13.04% 1.16%
As % of the General category 2.82% 32.73% 3.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 11 2
10th Percentile £477 £310 £427
25th Percentile £499 £425 £439
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £450 £469
Median % change year-on-year +21.67% -4.00% +2.46%
75th Percentile £594 £606 £489
90th Percentile £616 £650 £496
East Midlands median daily rate £405 £447 £641
% change year-on-year -9.40% -30.21% +38.49%

All General Skills
Leicestershire

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 Leicestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 71 55 65
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leicestershire 55.47% 39.86% 37.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 42 55
10th Percentile £132 £191 £160
25th Percentile - £292 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 £434 £438
Median % change year-on-year -42.33% -0.91% +2.34%
75th Percentile £488 £525 £550
90th Percentile £528 £623 £642
East Midlands median daily rate £402 £445 £475
% change year-on-year -9.66% -6.32% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 3
10th Percentile £19.03 £13.55 £15.81
25th Percentile £19.81 £16.25 £17.03
Median hourly rate £20.90 £21.50 £20.32
Median % change year-on-year -2.79% +5.81% +9.84%
75th Percentile £22.60 £25.50 £22.67
90th Percentile £24.94 £27.45 £23.32
East Midlands median hourly rate £23.75 £16.82 £44.25
% change year-on-year +41.24% -62.00% +90.32%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in Leicestershire

Public Sector
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Leicestershire

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

Daily rate trend for Public Sector in Leicestershire

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in Leicestershire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in Leicestershire over the 6 months to 26 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in Leicestershire

Public Sector
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Leicestershire

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

Hourly rate trend for Public Sector in Leicestershire

Public Sector
Contract Job Locations in Leicestershire

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 Leicestershire region over the 6 months to 26 July 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
Leicester -9 2 £548 +21.80% 10
Public Sector
East Midlands

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicestershire 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) Firewall
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Network Architect
1 1 (50.00%) Salesforce Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) CSS
1 1 (50.00%) HTML
1 1 (50.00%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (50.00%) Load Balancing
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Apex Code
1 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Salesforce