Public Sector Contract Job Trends, Contractor Rates & Related Skills in Northumberland

Public Sector
North East > Northumberland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies in Northumberland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 19 Dec 2025	Same period 2024	Same period 2023
Rank	-	6	-
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	-
Contract jobs citing Public Sector	0	2	0
As % of all contract jobs in Northumberland	-	9.52%	-
As % of the General category	-	22.22%	-
Number of daily rates quoted	0	1	0
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	-	£475	-
North East median daily rate	£450	£425	£550
% change year-on-year	+5.88%	-22.73%	-

All General Skills
Northumberland

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 Northumberland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills	5	9	2
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northumberland	100.00%	42.86%	28.57%
Number of daily rates quoted	4	3	2
10^th Percentile	-	£483	£220
25^th Percentile	-	£513	£250
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£550	£575	£300
Median % change year-on-year	-4.35%	+91.67%	-
75^th Percentile	-	£588	£350
90^th Percentile	-	-	£380
North East median daily rate	£442	£473	£475
% change year-on-year	-6.46%	-0.53%	-12.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted	1	2	0
Median hourly rate	£74.26	£46.18	-
Median % change year-on-year	+60.81%	-	-
North East median hourly rate	£19.25	£17.50	£17.50
% change year-on-year	+10.00%	-	+40.00%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Northumberland

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