Public Sector Contract Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

Public Sector
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 22 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 2 6
Rank change year-on-year -2 +4 -3
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 187 55 20
As % of all contract jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne 29.82% 28.35% 13.89%
As % of the General category 59.94% 50.46% 26.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 150 44 13
10th Percentile £352 £408 £365
25th Percentile £400 £459 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £520 £425
Median % change year-on-year -13.46% +22.35% -15.00%
75th Percentile £525 £561 £550
90th Percentile £625 £600 £672
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £450 £520 £423
% change year-on-year -13.46% +23.08% -15.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £69.50 - -
25th Percentile £69.88 - -
Median hourly rate £72.00 - -
75th Percentile £75.38 - -
90th Percentile £76.50 - -
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £72.00 - -

All General Skills
Newcastle upon Tyne

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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 312 109 75
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 49.76% 56.19% 52.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 208 74 45
10th Percentile £313 £200 £318
25th Percentile £386 £410 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £441 £480 £450
Median % change year-on-year -8.07% +6.67% -18.18%
75th Percentile £526 £550 £538
90th Percentile £625 £600 £626
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £443 £480 £450
% change year-on-year -7.81% +6.67% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 7 4
10th Percentile £16.85 £13.60 £15.03
25th Percentile £30.48 £15.38 £16.94
Median hourly rate £43.96 £19.25 £19.25
Median % change year-on-year +128.36% - -1.28%
75th Percentile £69.88 £20.63 £21.31
90th Percentile £70.00 £33.18 £22.33
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £43.96 £18.13 £19.25
% change year-on-year +142.54% -5.84% -1.28%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

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

Public Sector job vacancy trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Public Sector
Daily Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Public Sector.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Public Sector

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in Newcastle upon Tyne

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in Newcastle upon Tyne over the 6 months to 22 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in Newcastle upon Tyne

Public Sector
Hourly Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Public Sector.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Public Sector

Public Sector
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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:

Application Platforms
1 19 (10.16%) Apache Spark
2 18 (9.63%) Apache
2 18 (9.63%) Apache Airflow
3 16 (8.56%) Jupyter
4 4 (2.14%) Confluence
4 4 (2.14%) SAS
5 2 (1.07%) CMS
5 2 (1.07%) WordPress
6 1 (0.53%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.53%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 81 (43.32%) AWS
2 38 (20.32%) Azure
3 21 (11.23%) Power Platform
4 19 (10.16%) AWS Lambda
4 19 (10.16%) Serverless
5 17 (9.09%) GitHub
6 16 (8.56%) Amazon S3
6 16 (8.56%) Google Analytics
7 15 (8.02%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 14 (7.49%) Azure DevOps
9 13 (6.95%) Amazon EKS
9 13 (6.95%) GitHub Actions
10 10 (5.35%) GCP
11 9 (4.81%) Firebase
12 8 (4.28%) Amazon ECS
13 7 (3.74%) Amazon SQS
14 6 (3.21%) Kong
14 6 (3.21%) OCI
15 5 (2.67%) Amazon ECR
15 5 (2.67%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 9 (4.81%) Firewall
2 6 (3.21%) BGP
2 6 (3.21%) BIG-IP
2 6 (3.21%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
2 6 (3.21%) OSPF
2 6 (3.21%) VXLAN
3 5 (2.67%) DNS
3 5 (2.67%) Ethernet VPN
3 5 (2.67%) SD-WAN
4 4 (2.14%) Intranet
4 4 (2.14%) WAN
5 3 (1.60%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (1.60%) WLAN
6 2 (1.07%) HTTP
6 2 (1.07%) SSL
6 2 (1.07%) TCP/IP
6 2 (1.07%) VPN
7 1 (0.53%) Network Security
7 1 (0.53%) NGFW
7 1 (0.53%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (8.02%) Power BI
2 13 (6.95%) MongoDB
3 10 (5.35%) Looker
4 5 (2.67%) BigQuery
4 5 (2.67%) DynamoDB
4 5 (2.67%) Metadata
4 5 (2.67%) NoSQL
5 4 (2.14%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (2.14%) Amazon Redshift
5 4 (2.14%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (2.14%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (1.60%) Big Data
6 3 (1.60%) DocumentDB
7 2 (1.07%) Amazon Athena
7 2 (1.07%) Power Query
7 2 (1.07%) Redis
7 2 (1.07%) Relational Database
7 2 (1.07%) SAS Data Integration Studio
8 1 (0.53%) Hadoop
8 1 (0.53%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 43 (22.99%) GitLab
2 14 (7.49%) Jenkins
3 11 (5.88%) Git
4 9 (4.81%) JIRA
5 8 (4.28%) fastlane
6 6 (3.21%) Selenium
7 5 (2.67%) Cucumber
7 5 (2.67%) REST Assured
8 4 (2.14%) Android Studio
8 4 (2.14%) Crashlytics
8 4 (2.14%) Gradle
8 4 (2.14%) Xcode
9 2 (1.07%) Serenity BDD
9 2 (1.07%) Sonatype Nexus
9 2 (1.07%) WebDriver
10 1 (0.53%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.53%) ER Studio
10 1 (0.53%) Mocha
10 1 (0.53%) NeoLoad
10 1 (0.53%) Postman
General
1 51 (27.27%) Social Skills
2 43 (22.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 17 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (4.28%) Finance
5 7 (3.74%) Influencing Skills
5 7 (3.74%) Military
6 4 (2.14%) Legal
6 4 (2.14%) Retail
7 3 (1.60%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.07%) Publishing
9 1 (0.53%) Banking
Job Titles
1 43 (22.99%) Developer
2 32 (17.11%) Senior
3 29 (15.51%) DevOps Engineer
4 27 (14.44%) Lead
5 22 (11.76%) Analyst
6 15 (8.02%) Software Developer
7 14 (7.49%) AWS Engineer
8 13 (6.95%) AWS DevOps
8 13 (6.95%) AWS DevOps Engineer
9 12 (6.42%) Performance Analyst
10 11 (5.88%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 11 (5.88%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
11 10 (5.35%) Business Analyst
12 9 (4.81%) Architect
12 9 (4.81%) Delivery Manager
13 8 (4.28%) Designer
14 7 (3.74%) Data Engineer
14 7 (3.74%) Test Engineer
15 6 (3.21%) Node.js Developer
15 6 (3.21%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (27.27%) Terraform
2 13 (6.95%) Kafka
3 12 (6.42%) Node.js
3 12 (6.42%) RESTful
4 9 (4.81%) REST
5 6 (3.21%) Play Framework
6 5 (2.67%) AngularJS
6 5 (2.67%) Express.js
6 5 (2.67%) Jest
6 5 (2.67%) React
6 5 (2.67%) Spring
6 5 (2.67%) Spring Boot
6 5 (2.67%) SwiftUI
7 4 (2.14%) .NET
7 4 (2.14%) Android Jetpack
7 4 (2.14%) iOS SDK
7 4 (2.14%) Jetpack Compose
7 4 (2.14%) OpenID
7 4 (2.14%) UIKit
7 4 (2.14%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 26 (13.90%) Product Ownership
2 15 (8.02%) Cloud Native
3 9 (4.81%) Mobile App
4 6 (3.21%) Data Centre
5 5 (2.67%) Blog
5 5 (2.67%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (2.14%) Data Structures
6 4 (2.14%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (2.14%) Mainframe
7 2 (1.07%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.07%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.07%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.53%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.53%) Distributed Architecture
8 1 (0.53%) Graphic Design
8 1 (0.53%) PropTech
8 1 (0.53%) Public Cloud
8 1 (0.53%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.74%) Linux
2 5 (2.67%) Android
2 5 (2.67%) Apple iOS
3 4 (2.14%) Unix
4 1 (0.53%) SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 100 (53.48%) Agile
2 65 (34.76%) CI/CD
3 59 (31.55%) DevOps
4 43 (22.99%) Infrastructure as Code
5 41 (21.93%) Containerisation
6 39 (20.86%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 37 (19.79%) Analytics
8 35 (18.72%) Continuous Improvement
8 35 (18.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 35 (18.72%) Stakeholder Management
9 31 (16.58%) Digital Transformation Programme
10 29 (15.51%) Scrum
11 28 (14.97%) Mentoring
11 28 (14.97%) Test Automation
12 27 (14.44%) User Research
13 25 (13.37%) Problem-Solving
14 23 (12.30%) Data Engineering
14 23 (12.30%) Decision-Making
15 21 (11.23%) Kanban
15 21 (11.23%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 42 (22.46%) Python
2 26 (13.90%) SQL
3 23 (12.30%) Java
4 11 (5.88%) JavaScript
5 8 (4.28%) Scala
5 8 (4.28%) TypeScript
6 7 (3.74%) Bash
6 7 (3.74%) Kotlin
7 5 (2.67%) Swift
8 4 (2.14%) C#
9 3 (1.60%) PowerShell
10 2 (1.07%) Go
10 2 (1.07%) Groovy
10 2 (1.07%) PHP
10 2 (1.07%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 99 (52.94%) Security Cleared
2 84 (44.92%) SC Cleared
3 26 (13.90%) BPSS Clearance
4 5 (2.67%) Azure Certification
5 4 (2.14%) AWS Certification
5 4 (2.14%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.53%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (0.53%) CIPD
6 1 (0.53%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.53%) PMP
6 1 (0.53%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (0.53%) SAFe Agilist
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (17.65%) Accessibility
2 21 (11.23%) WCAG
3 11 (5.88%) Data Quality
4 7 (3.74%) QA
5 5 (2.67%) GDPR
6 1 (0.53%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 42 (22.46%) Docker
Systems Management
1 26 (13.90%) Kubernetes
2 15 (8.02%) Grafana
3 11 (5.88%) Ansible
4 9 (4.81%) Prometheus
5 5 (2.67%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (1.60%) Progress Chef
7 2 (1.07%) Consul
7 2 (1.07%) Kibana
7 2 (1.07%) Packer
7 2 (1.07%) ZABBIX
8 1 (0.53%) Istio
Vendors
1 21 (11.23%) Google
2 13 (6.95%) Dynatrace
3 8 (4.28%) Splunk
3 8 (4.28%) Trend Micro
4 6 (3.21%) F5
4 6 (3.21%) Microsoft
4 6 (3.21%) Palo Alto
5 5 (2.67%) Arista
6 4 (2.14%) Apple
6 4 (2.14%) Aruba
6 4 (2.14%) UiPath
7 3 (1.60%) Confluent
7 3 (1.60%) Databricks
8 2 (1.07%) DataFlux
8 2 (1.07%) Zscaler
9 1 (0.53%) CheckPoint
9 1 (0.53%) FIS
9 1 (0.53%) OneLogin
9 1 (0.53%) Oracle
9 1 (0.53%) Pega