Public Sector Contracts in the North West

Public Sector
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 12 7
Rank change year-on-year -6 -5 +2
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 175 271 462
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 8.51% 9.75% 15.19%
As % of the General category 14.46% 18.13% 28.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 167 326
10th Percentile £283 £328 £325
25th Percentile £400 £401 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £493 £513
Median % change year-on-year -5.68% -3.80% +2.50%
75th Percentile £588 £582 £589
90th Percentile £650 £669 £675
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 26 19
10th Percentile £17.86 £14.50 £14.00
25th Percentile £19.05 £15.50 £16.52
Median hourly rate £21.27 £16.50 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +28.91% -13.16% -36.67%
75th Percentile £21.52 £27.00 £25.50
90th Percentile - £35.11 £32.00
England median hourly rate £25.08 £26.00 £21.00
% change year-on-year -3.56% +23.81% +5.00%

All General Skills
North West

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 the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,210 1,495 1,608
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 58.82% 53.80% 52.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 775 884 1,099
10th Percentile £302 £300 £300
25th Percentile £379 £394 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £491 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.85% -1.75% +5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £576 £588
90th Percentile £675 £661 £675
England median daily rate £520 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -2.80% -2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 108 192 85
10th Percentile £12.82 £13.00 £14.79
25th Percentile £13.90 £15.50 £16.85
Median hourly rate £29.54 £22.98 £23.15
Median % change year-on-year +28.55% -0.76% -6.46%
75th Percentile £58.76 £42.88 £35.75
90th Percentile £76.63 £51.79 £55.94
England median hourly rate £27.45 £32.90 £30.00
% change year-on-year -16.55% +9.65% +25.23%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Public Sector as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in the North West

Public Sector
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Public Sector in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Public Sector in the North West

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in the North West over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in the North West

Public Sector
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Public Sector in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for Public Sector in the North West

Public Sector
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 North West region over the 6 months to 2 July 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
Manchester +2 99 £450 -10.00% 388
Cheshire -18 20 £416 +5.05% 74
Merseyside -7 18 £650 +52.94% 47
Cumbria -7 18 £513 +3.96% 11
Lancashire -8 10 £600 +20.00% 97
Public Sector
England

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 6 (3.43%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.29%) Confluence
2 4 (2.29%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.14%) IIS
4 1 (0.57%) CICS
4 1 (0.57%) Documentum
4 1 (0.57%) FileNet
4 1 (0.57%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.57%) SAS
4 1 (0.57%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 8 (4.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.71%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.14%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.14%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.57%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 6 (3.43%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.14%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.57%) SAP HR
3 1 (0.57%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.57%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 22 (12.57%) AWS
2 20 (11.43%) Azure
3 12 (6.86%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (6.86%) Serverless
4 10 (5.71%) Google Workspace
4 10 (5.71%) Power Platform
4 10 (5.71%) SaaS
5 8 (4.57%) Entra ID
6 6 (3.43%) SuccessFactors
7 4 (2.29%) PowerApps
8 3 (1.71%) Azure Data Factory
8 3 (1.71%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (1.71%) Google Sheets
9 2 (1.14%) Azure Machine Learning
9 2 (1.14%) GCP
9 2 (1.14%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.57%) Amazon EC2
10 1 (0.57%) AWS Lambda
10 1 (0.57%) GitHub
10 1 (0.57%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.57%) DHCP
1 8 (4.57%) DNS
1 8 (4.57%) Firewall
2 6 (3.43%) BGP
2 6 (3.43%) IPsec
2 6 (3.43%) OSPF
3 5 (2.86%) EIGRP
3 5 (2.86%) HSRP
3 5 (2.86%) Wi-Fi
4 4 (2.29%) Cisco ASA
4 4 (2.29%) Cisco Firepower
4 4 (2.29%) VPN
4 4 (2.29%) WAN
5 3 (1.71%) Cisco ISE
5 3 (1.71%) DMZ
5 3 (1.71%) NetScaler
6 2 (1.14%) MPLS
6 2 (1.14%) VLAN
6 2 (1.14%) VoIP
7 1 (0.57%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (8.00%) PostgreSQL
2 11 (6.29%) Relational Database
3 8 (4.57%) MongoDB
3 8 (4.57%) Siebel EIM
4 5 (2.86%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (2.86%) Power BI
5 4 (2.29%) Hadoop
5 4 (2.29%) NoSQL
6 3 (1.71%) MySQL
6 3 (1.71%) SQL Server
7 2 (1.14%) Big Data
8 1 (0.57%) Apache Hive
8 1 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.57%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.57%) DB2
8 1 (0.57%) DynamoDB
8 1 (0.57%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.57%) HBase
8 1 (0.57%) Pentaho
8 1 (0.57%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 15 (8.57%) Jenkins
2 10 (5.71%) Gradle
2 10 (5.71%) JUnit
2 10 (5.71%) Liquibase
2 10 (5.71%) Mockito
3 9 (5.14%) GitLab
4 8 (4.57%) Git
5 4 (2.29%) JIRA
6 3 (1.71%) Hudson
7 2 (1.14%) Maven
8 1 (0.57%) Artifactory
8 1 (0.57%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.57%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.57%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.57%) ERwin
8 1 (0.57%) gulp
8 1 (0.57%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.57%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.57%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.57%) WebDriver
General
1 31 (17.71%) Finance
2 30 (17.14%) Social Skills
3 19 (10.86%) Military
4 11 (6.29%) Banking
4 11 (6.29%) Manufacturing
4 11 (6.29%) Marketing
4 11 (6.29%) Telecoms
5 10 (5.71%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (5.71%) Electronics
6 4 (2.29%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (2.29%) Local Government
7 2 (1.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.14%) Law
8 1 (0.57%) Back Office
8 1 (0.57%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.57%) General Ledger
8 1 (0.57%) Legal
8 1 (0.57%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (0.57%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 35 (20.00%) Developer
2 25 (14.29%) Analyst
3 21 (12.00%) Senior
4 17 (9.71%) Architect
5 11 (6.29%) Business Analyst
6 9 (5.14%) Network Engineer
6 9 (5.14%) Software Engineer
7 8 (4.57%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 8 (4.57%) Lead
8 7 (4.00%) Siebel Developer
8 7 (4.00%) Technical Architect
9 6 (3.43%) Consultant
10 5 (2.86%) Deployment Engineer
10 5 (2.86%) Java Developer
10 5 (2.86%) Java Engineer
10 5 (2.86%) Java Software Engineer
10 5 (2.86%) SC Cleared Java Developer
10 5 (2.86%) Service Analyst
10 5 (2.86%) Software Developer
10 5 (2.86%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (8.57%) Kafka
2 14 (8.00%) Node.js
3 13 (7.43%) React
4 11 (6.29%) Spring
4 11 (6.29%) Spring Boot
5 10 (5.71%) OpenAPI
5 10 (5.71%) Swagger
6 9 (5.14%) SOAP
7 8 (4.57%) JMS
7 8 (4.57%) Web Services
8 5 (2.86%) .NET
8 5 (2.86%) PySpark
9 3 (1.71%) 802.1X
9 3 (1.71%) Express.js
10 2 (1.14%) AngularJS
10 2 (1.14%) Microsoft Graph
10 2 (1.14%) RESTful
10 2 (1.14%) Sequelize
11 1 (0.57%) Dropwizard
11 1 (0.57%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 10 (5.71%) Hybrid Cloud
2 5 (2.86%) Onboarding
2 5 (2.86%) Public Cloud
3 4 (2.29%) Enterprise Software
3 4 (2.29%) Management Information System
3 4 (2.29%) Product Ownership
4 3 (1.71%) Data Centre
4 3 (1.71%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (1.71%) Mobile App
4 3 (1.71%) NHS
5 2 (1.14%) Data Structures
5 2 (1.14%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.57%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.57%) CESG
6 1 (0.57%) CMDB
6 1 (0.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (0.57%) Mainframe
6 1 (0.57%) PKI
6 1 (0.57%) Smartphone
6 1 (0.57%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 12 (6.86%) Windows
2 11 (6.29%) Linux
3 9 (5.14%) Windows Server
4 4 (2.29%) Windows 10
5 3 (1.71%) VMS
6 2 (1.14%) Mac OS
6 2 (1.14%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (1.14%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (1.14%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.57%) Android
7 1 (0.57%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.57%) Unix
7 1 (0.57%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (25.71%) Agile
2 30 (17.14%) DevOps
3 24 (13.71%) Migration
4 23 (13.14%) Microservices
5 21 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
6 19 (10.86%) ITIL
7 18 (10.29%) CI/CD
7 18 (10.29%) Software Engineering
8 17 (9.71%) Containerisation
9 16 (9.14%) Business Intelligence
10 14 (8.00%) Data Modelling
10 14 (8.00%) Stakeholder Management
11 12 (6.86%) End-to-End Testing
11 12 (6.86%) Requirements Gathering
11 12 (6.86%) User Experience
12 11 (6.29%) Event-Driven
12 11 (6.29%) Performance Tuning
12 11 (6.29%) SDLC
12 11 (6.29%) TDD
13 10 (5.71%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 29 (16.57%) SQL
2 25 (14.29%) Java
3 10 (5.71%) Python
3 10 (5.71%) TypeScript
4 9 (5.14%) PL/SQL
5 6 (3.43%) JavaScript
6 4 (2.29%) PowerShell
7 2 (1.14%) Bash
8 1 (0.57%) C#
8 1 (0.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.57%) R
8 1 (0.57%) Rust
8 1 (0.57%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.57%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.57%) VB
8 1 (0.57%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 109 (62.29%) Security Cleared
2 80 (45.71%) SC Cleared
3 6 (3.43%) Degree
3 6 (3.43%) ISTQB
4 4 (2.29%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (1.71%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.57%) A+ Certification
6 1 (0.57%) CIPD
6 1 (0.57%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.57%) CTC Cleared
6 1 (0.57%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.57%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (0.57%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.57%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.57%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.86%) SLA
2 4 (2.29%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.14%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (1.14%) NIST
3 2 (1.14%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.57%) COBIT
4 1 (0.57%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 1 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 1 (0.57%) JSP 440
4 1 (0.57%) NCSC
4 1 (0.57%) NIST 800
4 1 (0.57%) QA
4 1 (0.57%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 19 (10.86%) Docker
2 11 (6.29%) Active Directory
3 6 (3.43%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (2.29%) BitLocker
4 4 (2.29%) Hyper-V
5 3 (1.71%) UAG
6 2 (1.14%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (1.14%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.57%) Firmware
7 1 (0.57%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 9 (5.14%) Terraform
2 8 (4.57%) Kubernetes
3 6 (3.43%) Microsoft Intune
4 5 (2.86%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (2.86%) WSUS
5 4 (2.29%) Grafana
6 3 (1.71%) Ansible
7 2 (1.14%) HP ALM
7 2 (1.14%) Microsoft Clustering
7 2 (1.14%) NetApp OnCommand
7 2 (1.14%) vCenter Server
7 2 (1.14%) vMotion
8 1 (0.57%) Graylog
8 1 (0.57%) Packer
8 1 (0.57%) PaperCut
8 1 (0.57%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.57%) Puppet
8 1 (0.57%) SCCM
8 1 (0.57%) VxRail
Vendors
1 36 (20.57%) Microsoft
2 17 (9.71%) Google
3 16 (9.14%) SAP
4 13 (7.43%) Oracle
5 9 (5.14%) Cisco
5 9 (5.14%) VMware
6 8 (4.57%) Siebel
7 7 (4.00%) CheckPoint
7 7 (4.00%) Palo Alto
8 5 (2.86%) Virgin Media
9 4 (2.29%) CyberArk
9 4 (2.29%) Databricks
9 4 (2.29%) ServiceNow
10 3 (1.71%) Citrix
10 3 (1.71%) Meraki
10 3 (1.71%) SolarWinds
10 3 (1.71%) Splunk
10 3 (1.71%) Zscaler
11 2 (1.14%) Adobe
11 2 (1.14%) HP