Public Sector Contract Job Trends 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 14 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 5 4 -
Rank change year-on-year -1 - -
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 1 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in Northumberland 16.67% 18.75% -
As % of the General category 16.67% 33.33% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £425 £463 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 -
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - -
75th Percentile £475 £488 -
90th Percentile - - -
North East median daily rate £450 £455 £525
% change year-on-year -1.10% -13.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £18.87 -
North East median hourly rate £13.69 £18.87 £17.73
% change year-on-year -27.45% +6.43% -

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 general skills in Northumberland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 6 9 5
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northumberland 100.00% 56.25% 35.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 5
10th Percentile £475 £483 £280
25th Percentile - £513 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £897
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -35.89% +327.12%
75th Percentile - £588 £955
90th Percentile - - -
North East median daily rate £450 £460 £500
% change year-on-year -2.17% -8.00% -5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 0
Median hourly rate £74.26 £11.64 -
Median % change year-on-year +537.97% - -
North East median hourly rate £52.50 £11.64 £17.50
% change year-on-year +351.03% -33.49% -

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.

Public Sector job vacancy trend in Northumberland

Public Sector
Daily Rate Trend in Northumberland

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northumberland citing Public Sector

Public Sector
Hourly Rate Trend in Northumberland

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Northumberland citing Public Sector

Public Sector
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northumberland 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 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Power BI
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) Data Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Data Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Matching
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft