Public Sector Contracts in Manchester

Public Sector
North West > Manchester

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies in Manchester. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 11 4
Rank change year-on-year +4 -7 +7
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 123 161 310
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 13.28% 10.61% 16.38%
As % of the General category 23.47% 22.02% 33.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 99 204
10th Percentile £347 £350 £325
25th Percentile £419 £431 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £530 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £570 £634 £600
90th Percentile £655 £721 £700
North West median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 10 23
10th Percentile £15.93 - £16.85
25th Percentile £15.98 £12.00 £18.05
Median hourly rate £16.13 £17.71 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.94% -11.46% -11.11%
75th Percentile £16.22 £26.88 £25.00
90th Percentile £16.24 £33.30 £26.00
North West median hourly rate £16.01 £16.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +0.08% -20.00% +12.30%

All General Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 524 731 928
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 56.59% 48.19% 49.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 339 477 647
10th Percentile £250 £313 £304
25th Percentile £375 £388 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% - +2.83%
75th Percentile £558 £588 £588
90th Percentile £676 £675 £659
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 62 39
10th Percentile - £12.27 £14.52
25th Percentile £13.00 £13.31 £19.63
Median hourly rate £19.77 £21.73 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.02% -13.10% +38.89%
75th Percentile £40.31 £31.50 £37.30
90th Percentile £72.75 £59.75 £45.05
North West median hourly rate £28.75 £17.72 £26.00
% change year-on-year +62.25% -31.85% +30.00%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in Manchester

Public Sector
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for Public Sector in Manchester

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in Manchester over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in Manchester

Public Sector
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Hourly rate trend for Public Sector in Manchester

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 14 (11.38%) SharePoint
2 5 (4.07%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.44%) Camunda
3 3 (2.44%) Confluence
4 1 (0.81%) Documentum
4 1 (0.81%) FileNet
4 1 (0.81%) SAS
Applications
1 7 (5.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.63%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.63%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (1.63%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (2.44%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (2.44%) Unit4 Business World
2 2 (1.63%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.81%) SAP HR
3 1 (0.81%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 25 (20.33%) Azure
2 19 (15.45%) Microsoft 365
2 19 (15.45%) Power Platform
3 18 (14.63%) AWS
4 11 (8.94%) PowerApps
5 10 (8.13%) Serverless
6 9 (7.32%) Entra ID
7 8 (6.50%) Power Automate
8 6 (4.88%) SaaS
9 4 (3.25%) Azure Data Factory
9 4 (3.25%) IaaS
10 3 (2.44%) AWS CloudFormation
10 3 (2.44%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (2.44%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (2.44%) Google Workspace
11 2 (1.63%) Amazon ECS
11 2 (1.63%) Azure Functions
11 2 (1.63%) Azure Machine Learning
11 2 (1.63%) PaaS
11 2 (1.63%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.25%) DNS
2 3 (2.44%) DHCP
3 2 (1.63%) Firewall
3 2 (1.63%) Intrusion Detection
3 2 (1.63%) Network Security
3 2 (1.63%) VPN
4 1 (0.81%) Internet
4 1 (0.81%) Intranet
4 1 (0.81%) MPLS
4 1 (0.81%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (0.81%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.81%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.81%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (12.20%) PostgreSQL
2 11 (8.94%) Relational Database
3 10 (8.13%) Power BI
4 6 (4.88%) MongoDB
5 5 (4.07%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (4.07%) MySQL
6 4 (3.25%) SQL Server
7 3 (2.44%) Tableau
8 2 (1.63%) Apache Cassandra
8 2 (1.63%) Big Data
8 2 (1.63%) Data Mining
8 2 (1.63%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.81%) Apache Hive
9 1 (0.81%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.81%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.81%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.81%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.81%) HBase
9 1 (0.81%) Pentaho
9 1 (0.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 16 (13.01%) Jenkins
2 13 (10.57%) GitLab
3 12 (9.76%) JUnit
4 10 (8.13%) Git
4 10 (8.13%) Gradle
4 10 (8.13%) Liquibase
4 10 (8.13%) Mockito
5 5 (4.07%) Cucumber
6 4 (3.25%) Jasmine
6 4 (3.25%) JIRA
7 3 (2.44%) gulp
7 3 (2.44%) Hudson
7 3 (2.44%) Maven
7 3 (2.44%) Selenium
7 3 (2.44%) Visual Studio
8 2 (1.63%) Cypress.io
8 2 (1.63%) Grunt
8 2 (1.63%) Mocha
9 1 (0.81%) Subversion
9 1 (0.81%) WebDriver
General
1 18 (14.63%) Social Skills
2 16 (13.01%) Finance
3 12 (9.76%) Marketing
3 12 (9.76%) Military
3 12 (9.76%) Telecoms
4 10 (8.13%) Electronics
4 10 (8.13%) Manufacturing
5 7 (5.69%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (2.44%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (2.44%) Local Government
7 2 (1.63%) Law
8 1 (0.81%) Back Office
8 1 (0.81%) Legal
8 1 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.81%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 33 (26.83%) Developer
2 23 (18.70%) Senior
3 14 (11.38%) Analyst
4 11 (8.94%) Java Developer
5 10 (8.13%) Architect
5 10 (8.13%) Software Developer
6 8 (6.50%) Business Analyst
6 8 (6.50%) Senior Developer
7 7 (5.69%) Lead
8 6 (4.88%) DevOps Engineer
8 6 (4.88%) Microsoft 365 Developer
8 6 (4.88%) Node.js Developer
9 5 (4.07%) Administrator
9 5 (4.07%) Data Engineer
9 5 (4.07%) Java Engineer
9 5 (4.07%) React Developer
9 5 (4.07%) SC Cleared Java Developer
9 5 (4.07%) SC Cleared Software Engineer
9 5 (4.07%) Senior DevOps
9 5 (4.07%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (12.20%) Node.js
1 15 (12.20%) React
2 13 (10.57%) Kafka
2 13 (10.57%) Spring
2 13 (10.57%) Spring Boot
3 12 (9.76%) OpenAPI
3 12 (9.76%) Swagger
4 8 (6.50%) CSS
4 8 (6.50%) HTML
5 3 (2.44%) cloud-init
5 3 (2.44%) SPFx
6 2 (1.63%) jQuery
6 2 (1.63%) LangChain
6 2 (1.63%) Mustache
6 2 (1.63%) Playwright
6 2 (1.63%) PySpark
6 2 (1.63%) PyTorch
6 2 (1.63%) RESTful
6 2 (1.63%) Spring Security
6 2 (1.63%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 6 (4.88%) Onboarding
2 4 (3.25%) Hybrid Cloud
2 4 (3.25%) Mobile App
2 4 (3.25%) Product Ownership
3 3 (2.44%) Management Information System
3 3 (2.44%) NHS
4 2 (1.63%) Algorithms
4 2 (1.63%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 2 (1.63%) Enterprise Cloud
4 2 (1.63%) Public Cloud
4 2 (1.63%) Security Operations Centre
4 2 (1.63%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.81%) Blog
5 1 (0.81%) BYOD
5 1 (0.81%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (0.81%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.81%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (0.81%) Low-Code
5 1 (0.81%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 9 (7.32%) Windows
2 8 (6.50%) Linux
3 6 (4.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 6 (4.88%) Windows Server
4 5 (4.07%) Unix
5 3 (2.44%) CentOS
6 2 (1.63%) VMS
6 2 (1.63%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.81%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (26.02%) Agile
2 24 (19.51%) DevOps
3 20 (16.26%) Business Intelligence
3 20 (16.26%) CI/CD
3 20 (16.26%) Migration
4 16 (13.01%) Microservices
5 14 (11.38%) Containerisation
5 14 (11.38%) Problem-Solving
5 14 (11.38%) Software Engineering
5 14 (11.38%) TDD
6 11 (8.94%) Continuous Integration
7 10 (8.13%) Digital Marketing
7 10 (8.13%) Programme Management
8 9 (7.32%) Data Modelling
8 9 (7.32%) Project Management
8 9 (7.32%) Test Automation
9 8 (6.50%) Analytics
9 8 (6.50%) Change Management
9 8 (6.50%) Stakeholder Management
10 7 (5.69%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 24 (19.51%) Java
1 24 (19.51%) SQL
2 15 (12.20%) TypeScript
3 11 (8.94%) JavaScript
3 11 (8.94%) Python
4 10 (8.13%) PowerShell
5 6 (4.88%) Bash
6 3 (2.44%) Go
6 3 (2.44%) R
7 2 (1.63%) Kusto Query Language
7 2 (1.63%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.81%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.81%) Rust
8 1 (0.81%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.81%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 44 (35.77%) Security Cleared
2 37 (30.08%) SC Cleared
3 6 (4.88%) Degree
4 3 (2.44%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (2.44%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (1.63%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.81%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.81%) CIPD
6 1 (0.81%) CTC Cleared
6 1 (0.81%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.81%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.81%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.81%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.88%) Accessibility
2 3 (2.44%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.63%) GDPR
3 2 (1.63%) QA
3 2 (1.63%) WCAG
4 1 (0.81%) NCSC
System Software
1 14 (11.38%) Docker
2 9 (7.32%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.63%) BitLocker
3 2 (1.63%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.63%) vSphere
4 1 (0.81%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 9 (7.32%) Terraform
2 7 (5.69%) Kubernetes
3 6 (4.88%) Microsoft Intune
4 4 (3.25%) Packer
5 3 (2.44%) Ansible
5 3 (2.44%) WSUS
6 2 (1.63%) Grafana
6 2 (1.63%) Prometheus
6 2 (1.63%) SCCM
6 2 (1.63%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.81%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.81%) Consul
7 1 (0.81%) Graylog
7 1 (0.81%) Istio
7 1 (0.81%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.81%) linkerd
7 1 (0.81%) Puppet
7 1 (0.81%) Rancher
7 1 (0.81%) VxRail
7 1 (0.81%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 35 (28.46%) Microsoft
2 11 (8.94%) SAP
3 7 (5.69%) Databricks
3 7 (5.69%) Google
3 7 (5.69%) Virgin Media
4 5 (4.07%) VMware
5 3 (2.44%) Informatica
5 3 (2.44%) Oracle
6 2 (1.63%) Brio
6 2 (1.63%) CheckPoint
6 2 (1.63%) Citrix
6 2 (1.63%) CyberArk
6 2 (1.63%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.63%) Tanium
6 2 (1.63%) Zscaler
7 1 (0.81%) Adobe
7 1 (0.81%) Cisco
7 1 (0.81%) Meraki
7 1 (0.81%) Okta
7 1 (0.81%) Splunk