Public Sector Contract Job Trends in Lincoln

Public Sector
Lincolnshire > Lincoln

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies in Lincoln. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 4 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 2 7 4
Rank change year-on-year +5 -3 0
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 22 1 4
As % of all contract jobs in Lincoln 24.18% 7.14% 33.33%
As % of the General category 46.81% 25.00% 36.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 1
10th Percentile £262 - -
25th Percentile £406 - £653
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - £705
Median % change year-on-year - - +41.00%
75th Percentile £581 - £758
90th Percentile £645 - -
Lincolnshire median daily rate £525 - £705
% change year-on-year - - +41.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 3
10th Percentile - - £25.53
25th Percentile - - £31.24
Median hourly rate £17.50 £25.15 £41.50
Median % change year-on-year -30.42% -39.40% -
75th Percentile £17.97 - £47.63
90th Percentile £22.65 - £50.85
Lincolnshire median hourly rate £17.50 £21.79 £41.50
% change year-on-year -19.70% -47.49% -

All General Skills
Lincoln

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 Lincoln.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 47 4 11
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lincoln 51.65% 28.57% 91.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 1 2
10th Percentile £178 - £670
25th Percentile £372 £506 £696
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £503 £513 £765
Median % change year-on-year -1.95% -33.01% +53.00%
75th Percentile £575 £519 £808
90th Percentile £620 - £818
Lincolnshire median daily rate £505 £382 £675
% change year-on-year +32.37% -43.48% +42.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 3 9
10th Percentile £17.50 £19.74 £21.38
25th Percentile £17.85 £21.77 £40.75
Median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £48.56
Median % change year-on-year +68.99% -48.21% -
75th Percentile £74.00 £32.06 £51.91
90th Percentile - £36.20 £52.12
Lincolnshire median hourly rate £48.52 £30.20 £48.56
% change year-on-year +60.66% -37.81% -

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Lincoln

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

Public Sector job vacancy trend in Lincoln

Public Sector
Daily Rate Trend in Lincoln

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

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

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in Lincoln

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in Lincoln over the 6 months to 4 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in Lincoln

Public Sector
Hourly Rate Trend in Lincoln

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

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

Public Sector
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lincoln 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 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (36.36%) Azure
2 6 (27.27%) Power Platform
3 4 (18.18%) AWS
4 3 (13.64%) Azure Data Factory
4 3 (13.64%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 2 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (27.27%) Power BI
2 2 (9.09%) Big Data
2 2 (9.09%) Relational Database
2 2 (9.09%) SQL Server
3 1 (4.55%) Apache Hive
3 1 (4.55%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
3 1 (4.55%) Data Warehouse
General
1 5 (22.73%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (13.64%) Police
2 3 (13.64%) Social Skills
3 1 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (22.73%) Architect
1 5 (22.73%) Data Architect
2 4 (18.18%) Data Engineer
2 4 (18.18%) ICT Trainer
2 4 (18.18%) Trainer
3 3 (13.64%) Lead
4 2 (9.09%) Business Intelligence Developer
4 2 (9.09%) Cloud Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) Developer
5 1 (4.55%) Business Developer
5 1 (4.55%) IT Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.09%) Data Structures
2 1 (4.55%) Driving Licence
2 1 (4.55%) Learning Management System
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (31.82%) Data Modelling
2 6 (27.27%) Data Architecture
2 6 (27.27%) Visualisation
3 5 (22.73%) Business Intelligence
3 5 (22.73%) Data Visualisation
3 5 (22.73%) ETL
3 5 (22.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 4 (18.18%) Analytics
4 4 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (18.18%) Data Engineering
4 4 (18.18%) Data Governance
4 4 (18.18%) Data Integration
4 4 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (13.64%) Data Pipeline
5 3 (13.64%) Data Security
5 3 (13.64%) Decision-Making
5 3 (13.64%) Information Governance
6 2 (9.09%) Data Management
6 2 (9.09%) DevOps
6 2 (9.09%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 5 (22.73%) SQL
2 2 (9.09%) Python
2 2 (9.09%) R
3 1 (4.55%) Java
Qualifications
1 10 (45.45%) Security Cleared
2 5 (22.73%) SC Cleared
3 3 (13.64%) Degree
4 2 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (4.55%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (18.18%) Data Quality
1 4 (18.18%) GDPR
2 2 (9.09%) California Consumer Privacy Act
Vendors
1 5 (22.73%) Microsoft
2 2 (9.09%) Oracle