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 13 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 1 6
Rank change year-on-year -3 +5 -2
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 139 70 28
As % of all contract jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne 24.65% 32.26% 13.93%
As % of the General category 51.48% 56.00% 26.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 113 59 17
10th Percentile £360 £360 £392
25th Percentile £400 £400 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% -9.52% -2.33%
75th Percentile £580 £531 £588
90th Percentile £640 £605 £663
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £450 £475 £513
% change year-on-year -5.26% -7.32% -4.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £69.50 - -
25th Percentile £69.88 - -
Median hourly rate £72.00 - £20.00
75th Percentile £75.38 - -
90th Percentile £76.50 - -
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £41.60 - £20.00
% change year-on-year - - +2.56%

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 270 125 106
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 47.87% 57.60% 52.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 178 93 62
10th Percentile £313 £204 £376
25th Percentile £393 £363 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -10.00% -11.50%
75th Percentile £550 £525 £598
90th Percentile £629 £585 £649
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £450 £450 £500
% change year-on-year - -10.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 5 15
10th Percentile - £15.65 £16.25
25th Percentile £17.00 £17.00 £19.13
Median hourly rate £65.00 £19.25 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +237.66% -59.47% +84.47%
75th Percentile £69.88 £20.63 £48.75
90th Percentile £70.00 £39.45 £68.75
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £62.50 £17.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year +267.65% -2.86% -32.04%

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 13 June 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 15 (10.79%) Apache
1 15 (10.79%) Apache Spark
2 14 (10.07%) Apache Airflow
3 12 (8.63%) Jupyter
4 4 (2.88%) Confluence
4 4 (2.88%) SAS
Applications
1 1 (0.72%) MS Visio
1 1 (0.72%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 1 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.72%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 47 (33.81%) AWS
2 25 (17.99%) Azure
3 13 (9.35%) Power Platform
4 9 (6.47%) Azure DevOps
4 9 (6.47%) Firebase
4 9 (6.47%) Google Analytics
5 8 (5.76%) Amazon S3
5 8 (5.76%) AWS Lambda
5 8 (5.76%) GitHub
5 8 (5.76%) Serverless
6 6 (4.32%) Amazon CloudWatch
6 6 (4.32%) GitHub Actions
6 6 (4.32%) OCI
7 5 (3.60%) Amazon EMR
8 4 (2.88%) Amazon ECS
8 4 (2.88%) GCP
8 4 (2.88%) Google Play
9 3 (2.16%) Amazon ECR
9 3 (2.16%) Microsoft Copilot
9 3 (2.16%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.32%) BGP
1 6 (4.32%) BIG-IP
1 6 (4.32%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
1 6 (4.32%) Firewall
1 6 (4.32%) OSPF
1 6 (4.32%) VXLAN
2 5 (3.60%) Ethernet VPN
2 5 (3.60%) SD-WAN
3 4 (2.88%) WAN
4 3 (2.16%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (2.16%) WLAN
5 2 (1.44%) VPN
6 1 (0.72%) DNS
6 1 (0.72%) HTTP
6 1 (0.72%) Intranet
6 1 (0.72%) Network Security
6 1 (0.72%) NGFW
6 1 (0.72%) SSL
6 1 (0.72%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.72%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (7.19%) Power BI
2 6 (4.32%) MongoDB
3 4 (2.88%) Looker
4 3 (2.16%) Big Data
4 3 (2.16%) NoSQL
4 3 (2.16%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.44%) Amazon Athena
5 2 (1.44%) Data Lake
5 2 (1.44%) DynamoDB
5 2 (1.44%) Metadata
5 2 (1.44%) Redis
5 2 (1.44%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.44%) SAS Data Integration Studio
5 2 (1.44%) Tableau
6 1 (0.72%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.72%) Db2
6 1 (0.72%) DocumentDB
6 1 (0.72%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.72%) Power Query
6 1 (0.72%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 28 (20.14%) GitLab
2 12 (8.63%) Jenkins
3 8 (5.76%) fastlane
4 7 (5.04%) JIRA
4 7 (5.04%) Selenium
5 6 (4.32%) Cucumber
5 6 (4.32%) REST Assured
6 4 (2.88%) Android Studio
6 4 (2.88%) Crashlytics
6 4 (2.88%) Git
6 4 (2.88%) Gradle
6 4 (2.88%) Xcode
7 2 (1.44%) Serenity BDD
7 2 (1.44%) WebDriver
8 1 (0.72%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.72%) ER Studio
8 1 (0.72%) JUnit
8 1 (0.72%) Postman
8 1 (0.72%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.72%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 35 (25.18%) Social Skills
2 23 (16.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 11 (7.91%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (3.60%) Military
5 4 (2.88%) Finance
5 4 (2.88%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (2.16%) Legal
7 1 (0.72%) Banking
7 1 (0.72%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (0.72%) Financial Institution
7 1 (0.72%) Local Government
7 1 (0.72%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 27 (19.42%) Developer
2 23 (16.55%) Lead
2 23 (16.55%) Senior
3 18 (12.95%) Analyst
4 13 (9.35%) DevOps Engineer
5 9 (6.47%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 9 (6.47%) Performance Analyst
5 9 (6.47%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 8 (5.76%) Architect
6 8 (5.76%) Data Engineer
7 7 (5.04%) Business Analyst
7 7 (5.04%) Test Engineer
8 6 (4.32%) Delivery Manager
8 6 (4.32%) Java Developer
8 6 (4.32%) Software Developer
9 5 (3.60%) Designer
9 5 (3.60%) User Researcher
10 4 (2.88%) Android Developer
10 4 (2.88%) iOS Developer
10 4 (2.88%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (6.47%) Spring
2 8 (5.76%) Node.js
2 8 (5.76%) RESTful
3 6 (4.32%) Kafka
3 6 (4.32%) REST
4 5 (3.60%) Spring Boot
4 5 (3.60%) SwiftUI
5 4 (2.88%) Android Jetpack
5 4 (2.88%) Android SDK
5 4 (2.88%) Core Data
5 4 (2.88%) iOS SDK
5 4 (2.88%) Jetpack Compose
5 4 (2.88%) Playwright
5 4 (2.88%) PySpark
5 4 (2.88%) Retrofit
5 4 (2.88%) UIKit
6 3 (2.16%) Swagger
7 2 (1.44%) Hibernate
7 2 (1.44%) OpenID
7 2 (1.44%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 19 (13.67%) Product Ownership
2 10 (7.19%) Cloud Native
3 9 (6.47%) Mobile App
4 8 (5.76%) Data Centre
5 5 (3.60%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (2.88%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.44%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.44%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.44%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.72%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.72%) Distributed Architecture
8 1 (0.72%) Graphic Design
8 1 (0.72%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.72%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.60%) Android
1 5 (3.60%) Apple iOS
2 2 (1.44%) Linux
2 2 (1.44%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (44.60%) Agile
2 43 (30.94%) CI/CD
3 32 (23.02%) DevOps
4 27 (19.42%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 26 (18.71%) Analytics
5 26 (18.71%) Infrastructure as Code
6 24 (17.27%) Containerisation
7 21 (15.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 21 (15.11%) Test Automation
8 18 (12.95%) Data Engineering
8 18 (12.95%) Stakeholder Management
9 17 (12.23%) Scrum
9 17 (12.23%) TDD
10 16 (11.51%) Mentoring
11 15 (10.79%) Continuous Improvement
11 15 (10.79%) Decision-Making
11 15 (10.79%) Digital Transformation Programme
11 15 (10.79%) User Research
12 13 (9.35%) Kanban
12 13 (9.35%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 30 (21.58%) Python
2 28 (20.14%) Java
3 16 (11.51%) SQL
4 7 (5.04%) Kotlin
5 5 (3.60%) JavaScript
5 5 (3.60%) Swift
5 5 (3.60%) TypeScript
6 3 (2.16%) Scala
7 2 (1.44%) Ruby
8 1 (0.72%) Bash
8 1 (0.72%) Go
8 1 (0.72%) Groovy
8 1 (0.72%) R
8 1 (0.72%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 76 (54.68%) Security Cleared
2 64 (46.04%) SC Cleared
3 12 (8.63%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (1.44%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.72%) CIPD
5 1 (0.72%) Degree
5 1 (0.72%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (12.95%) Accessibility
2 13 (9.35%) WCAG
3 7 (5.04%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.44%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (1.44%) GDPR
4 2 (1.44%) QA
System Software
1 28 (20.14%) Docker
Systems Management
1 29 (20.86%) Terraform
2 11 (7.91%) Kubernetes
3 7 (5.04%) Ansible
4 2 (1.44%) Grafana
4 2 (1.44%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.72%) Consul
5 1 (0.72%) Istio
5 1 (0.72%) Kibana
5 1 (0.72%) Packer
5 1 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.72%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 14 (10.07%) Google
2 10 (7.19%) Dynatrace
3 6 (4.32%) F5
3 6 (4.32%) Palo Alto
3 6 (4.32%) Trend Micro
4 5 (3.60%) Arista
5 4 (2.88%) Apple
5 4 (2.88%) Aruba
6 3 (2.16%) Databricks
7 2 (1.44%) DataFlux
7 2 (1.44%) Microsoft
7 2 (1.44%) Splunk
7 2 (1.44%) Zscaler
8 1 (0.72%) CheckPoint
8 1 (0.72%) Confluent
8 1 (0.72%) IBM
8 1 (0.72%) Oracle
8 1 (0.72%) Pega
8 1 (0.72%) Sage
8 1 (0.72%) ServiceNow