Public Sector Contract Job Trends in North Yorkshire

Public Sector
Yorkshire > North Yorkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies in North Yorkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 16 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 10 13
Rank change year-on-year -4 +3 -1
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 5 11 14
As % of all contract jobs in North Yorkshire 4.67% 13.25% 9.66%
As % of the General category 10.64% 20.37% 16.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 7
10th Percentile - £217 £150
25th Percentile £575 £273 £165
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £365 £180
Median % change year-on-year +64.38% +102.78% -61.08%
75th Percentile £625 £458 £350
90th Percentile - £513 £545
Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £456 £540
% change year-on-year +9.59% -15.51% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 4
10th Percentile - - £15.03
25th Percentile - £18.63 £15.81
Median hourly rate £31.86 £18.64 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +70.97% +6.49% -6.67%
75th Percentile - £18.64 £18.75
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median hourly rate £21.30 £23.07 £16.58
% change year-on-year -7.66% +39.11% -11.56%

All General Skills
North Yorkshire

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 North Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 47 54 85
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in North Yorkshire 43.93% 65.06% 58.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 17 64
10th Percentile £120 £252 £150
25th Percentile £302 £300 £181
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £433
Median % change year-on-year - +4.05% -8.95%
75th Percentile £502 £550 £539
90th Percentile £713 £638 £565
Yorkshire median daily rate £491 £486 £500
% change year-on-year +0.98% -2.75% -3.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 4 6
10th Percentile £15.25 £12.05 £12.28
25th Percentile £19.02 £14.75 £13.80
Median hourly rate £31.86 £17.50 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year +82.06% +9.38% -4.86%
75th Percentile £53.50 £18.75 £18.75
90th Percentile £57.25 - -
Yorkshire median hourly rate £21.78 £20.00 £14.50
% change year-on-year +8.91% +37.93% -28.40%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in North Yorkshire

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

Public Sector job vacancy trend in North Yorkshire

Public Sector
Daily Rate Trend in North Yorkshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in North Yorkshire citing Public Sector

Public Sector
Hourly Rate Trend in North Yorkshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in North Yorkshire citing Public Sector

Public Sector
Contract Job Locations in North Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 16 January 2026. 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
York -1 4 £600 +9.09% 4
Middlesbrough - 1 - - 1
Public Sector
Yorkshire

Public Sector
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in North Yorkshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (20.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) GCP
2 1 (20.00%) Google Workspace
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) MS Access
1 2 (40.00%) Power BI
General
1 3 (60.00%) Military
2 1 (20.00%) Local Government
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Data Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Lead
3 1 (20.00%) Senior
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Data Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Service Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Android
1 1 (20.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (20.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Asset Management
1 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) Data Analysis
1 2 (40.00%) Data Management
1 2 (40.00%) Data Visualisation
1 2 (40.00%) Information Architecture
1 2 (40.00%) Information Management
1 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 2 (40.00%) Strategic Planning
1 2 (40.00%) Visualisation
2 1 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (20.00%) ITIL
2 1 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Programme Governance
2 1 (20.00%) Security Architecture
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (20.00%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) PCI DSS
1 1 (20.00%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Salesforce
2 1 (20.00%) Google
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft