Public Sector Contract Job Trends in Northamptonshire

Public Sector
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies in Northamptonshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 5 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	29	40	25
Rank change year-on-year	+11	-15	+2
Contract jobs citing Public Sector	6	10	11
As % of all contract jobs in Northamptonshire	2.31%	3.27%	4.70%
As % of the General category	3.80%	4.39%	7.14%
Number of daily rates quoted	2	9	9
10^th Percentile	-	£295	£311
25^th Percentile	-	£355	£375
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£402	£400	£445
Median % change year-on-year	+0.50%	-10.11%	+11.25%
75^th Percentile	-	£438	£500
90^th Percentile	-	£615	£518
East Midlands median daily rate	£444	£415	£449
% change year-on-year	+6.93%	-7.57%	-27.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted	3	0	0
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	-	-	-
Median hourly rate	£18.00	-	-
75^th Percentile	£25.25	-	-
90^th Percentile	£29.60	-	-
East Midlands median hourly rate	£16.46	£25.00	£24.18
% change year-on-year	-34.16%	+3.39%	-

All General Skills
Northamptonshire

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 citing general skills in Northamptonshire.

	6 months to 5 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing general skills	158	228	154
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northamptonshire	60.77%	74.51%	65.81%
Number of daily rates quoted	68	212	107
10^th Percentile	£278	£308	£311
25^th Percentile	£361	£355	£356
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£402	£402	£425
Median % change year-on-year	-	-5.41%	-11.46%
75^th Percentile	£495	£451	£525
90^th Percentile	£566	£550	£600
East Midlands median daily rate	£470	£410	£445
% change year-on-year	+14.63%	-7.87%	-4.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted	35	3	1
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	£12.85	-	£23.10
Median hourly rate	£13.81	£21.39	£24.20
Median % change year-on-year	-35.44%	-11.61%	-52.55%
75^th Percentile	£19.61	-	£25.30
90^th Percentile	£27.99	-	-
East Midlands median hourly rate	£16.37	£21.66	£17.00
% change year-on-year	-24.44%	+27.43%	-38.18%

Public Sector Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

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

Public Sector Daily Rate Trend in Northamptonshire

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

Public Sector Hourly Rate Trend in Northamptonshire

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

Public Sector Hourly Rate Histogram in Northamptonshire

Hourly rate distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in Northamptonshire over the 6 months to 5 November 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Public Sector in Northamptonshire

Public Sector Contract Job Locations in Northamptonshire

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 Northamptonshire region over the 6 months to 5 November 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Northampton	+20	3	£402	+3.74%	1
Public Sector East Midlands

Public Sector Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northamptonshire

For the 6 months to 5 November 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Public Sector also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Northamptonshire region citing Public Sector.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Agile	33.3%	2
1	AI	33.3%	2
1	Case Management	33.3%	2
1	CI/CD	33.3%	2
1	Claude Code	33.3%	2
1	Continuous Improvement	33.3%	2
1	Data Protection	33.3%	2
1	Decision-Making	33.3%	2
1	Deployment Automation	33.3%	2
1	Docker	33.3%	2
1	Event-Driven	33.3%	2
1	GitHub	33.3%	2
1	GitHub Copilot	33.3%	2
1	GitLab	33.3%	2
1	Java	33.3%	2
1	Kafka	33.3%	2
1	Microsoft	33.3%	2
1	Observability	33.3%	2
1	Records Management	33.3%	2
1	Spring	33.3%	2
1	Spring Boot	33.3%	2
1	TDD	33.3%	2
1	Validation	33.3%	2
24	ACCA	16.7%	1
24	Amazon CloudWatch	16.7%	1
24	AWS CloudFormation	16.7%	1
24	BDD	16.7%	1
24	Budget Management	16.7%	1
24	Budgeting	16.7%	1
24	Capacity Planning	16.7%	1

Public Sector Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northamptonshire by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

General

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Finance	50.0%	3
2	Banking	33.3%	2
2	Fire and Rescue	33.3%	2
2	Police	33.3%	2
2	Social Skills	33.3%	2
6	Humanities	16.7%	1
6	Law	16.7%	1
6	Social Science	16.7%	1