Public Sector Contract Job Trends in Lincolnshire

Public Sector
East Midlands > Lincolnshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies in Lincolnshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 15 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 9 13
Rank change year-on-year +1 +4 -7
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 9 3 5
As % of all contract jobs in Lincolnshire 11.84% 6.98% 7.58%
As % of the General category 21.95% 9.68% 20.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 5
10th Percentile - - £165
25th Percentile £154 £153 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £158 £155 £350
Median % change year-on-year +1.61% -55.71% -30.00%
75th Percentile £161 £158 £550
90th Percentile £319 - £599
East Midlands median daily rate £424 £447 £631
% change year-on-year -5.20% -29.16% +26.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile £19.58 £17.67 -
25th Percentile £21.63 £21.51 -
Median hourly rate £25.08 £28.30 -
Median % change year-on-year -11.40% - -
75th Percentile £25.13 £35.46 -
90th Percentile £25.14 £39.54 -
East Midlands median hourly rate £25.08 £24.18 -
% change year-on-year +3.70% - -

All General Skills
Lincolnshire

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 Lincolnshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 41 31 25
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lincolnshire 53.95% 72.09% 37.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 12 18
10th Percentile £154 £194 £189
25th Percentile £200 £269 £258
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £393 £438
Median % change year-on-year +14.65% -10.29% -2.78%
75th Percentile £550 £484 £561
90th Percentile £708 £797 £672
East Midlands median daily rate £410 £445 £489
% change year-on-year -7.87% -9.00% +2.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 2
10th Percentile £20.95 £16.32 £17.05
25th Percentile £25.04 £18.16 £17.62
Median hourly rate £25.15 £39.68 £19.23
Median % change year-on-year -36.62% +106.37% -1.35%
75th Percentile £37.02 £42.25 £20.19
90th Percentile £38.18 £48.04 £20.38
East Midlands median hourly rate £21.39 £18.32 £27.50
% change year-on-year +16.76% -33.38% +54.93%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Lincolnshire

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

Public Sector job vacancy trend in Lincolnshire

Public Sector
Daily Rate Trend in Lincolnshire

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

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

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in Lincolnshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in Lincolnshire over the 6 months to 15 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in Lincolnshire

Public Sector
Hourly Rate Trend in Lincolnshire

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

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

Public Sector
Contract Job Locations in Lincolnshire

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 Lincolnshire region over the 6 months to 15 October 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
Lincoln -5 1 - -
Public Sector
East Midlands

Public Sector
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lincolnshire 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 4 (44.44%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (11.11%) Azure
2 1 (11.11%) Azure Functions
2 1 (11.11%) Azure Monitor
2 1 (11.11%) Azure Service Bus
2 1 (11.11%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 1 (11.11%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (11.11%) Power Automate
2 1 (11.11%) Power Platform
2 1 (11.11%) PowerApps
2 1 (11.11%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (44.44%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) Electronic Patient Records
General
1 4 (44.44%) Electronics
1 4 (44.44%) Finance
1 4 (44.44%) Manufacturing
1 4 (44.44%) Marketing
1 4 (44.44%) Telecoms
2 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
1 4 (44.44%) 2nd Line Support
1 4 (44.44%) Desktop Support
1 4 (44.44%) IT Support
1 4 (44.44%) SC Cleared Desktop Support
2 1 (11.11%) Deployment Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Developer
2 1 (11.11%) Dynamics 365 Developer
2 1 (11.11%) Integration Developer
2 1 (11.11%) Lead
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Developer
2 1 (11.11%) Support Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Workstream Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) FHIR
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Data Centre
2 1 (11.11%) Data Fabric
Operating Systems
1 4 (44.44%) Android
1 4 (44.44%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Business Intelligence
1 4 (44.44%) Digital Marketing
1 4 (44.44%) Programme Management
2 1 (11.11%) Analytics
2 1 (11.11%) Asset Management
2 1 (11.11%) Log Analytics
2 1 (11.11%) Migration
2 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2
2 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (11.11%) Ticket Management
2 1 (11.11%) Workflow
2 1 (11.11%) Workflow Management
2 1 (11.11%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) SQL
1 1 (11.11%) T-SQL
1 1 (11.11%) X++
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 8 (88.89%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Apple
1 4 (44.44%) Cisco
1 4 (44.44%) Dell
1 4 (44.44%) HP
1 4 (44.44%) SAP
2 1 (11.11%) Computacenter
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft