Public Sector Contract Job Trends in Nottingham

Public Sector
Nottinghamshire > Nottingham

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies in Nottingham. 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 8 14 4
Rank change year-on-year +6 -10 -3
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 18 8 19
As % of all contract jobs in Nottingham 11.11% 6.15% 12.67%
As % of the General category 18.18% 9.41% 26.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 5 18
10th Percentile £405 - £540
25th Percentile £408 £463 £650
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £700
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -28.57% +16.67%
75th Percentile £625 £530 £745
90th Percentile £636 - -
Nottinghamshire median daily rate £525 £500 £700
% change year-on-year +5.00% -28.57% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £15.41 - -
25th Percentile £15.53 - -
Median hourly rate £15.93 - -
75th Percentile £16.20 - -
90th Percentile £16.24 - -
Nottinghamshire median hourly rate £15.93 - -

All General Skills
Nottingham

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 Nottingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 99 85 71
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Nottingham 61.11% 65.38% 47.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 51 55
10th Percentile £191 £319 £247
25th Percentile £317 £450 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.50% - -13.04%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £700
90th Percentile £638 £600 £748
Nottinghamshire median daily rate £426 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -14.75% +5.26% -17.39%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 3 8
10th Percentile £16.10 £13.27 £10.76
25th Percentile £16.17 £13.79 £13.38
Median hourly rate £16.34 £14.80 £16.36
Median % change year-on-year +10.37% -9.51% +67.92%
75th Percentile £25.15 £15.03 £38.72
90th Percentile - £15.07 £88.75
Nottinghamshire median hourly rate £16.42 £15.10 £16.36
% change year-on-year +8.73% -7.67% +67.92%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Nottingham

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

Public Sector job vacancy trend in Nottingham

Public Sector
Daily Rate Trend in Nottingham

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

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

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in Nottingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in Nottingham over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in Nottingham

Public Sector
Hourly Rate Trend in Nottingham

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

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

Public Sector
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Nottingham 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (11.11%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (11.11%) SAP ERP
1 2 (11.11%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (16.67%) Azure
2 2 (11.11%) Power Platform
3 1 (5.56%) Azure AKS
3 1 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (5.56%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.11%) Power BI
2 1 (5.56%) Amazon Redshift
2 1 (5.56%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (11.11%) JIRA
2 1 (5.56%) Artifactory
2 1 (5.56%) Bitbucket
2 1 (5.56%) Git
2 1 (5.56%) Jenkins
2 1 (5.56%) SonarQube
2 1 (5.56%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 9 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (16.67%) Finance
3 2 (11.11%) Legal
3 2 (11.11%) Marketing
4 1 (5.56%) Electronics
4 1 (5.56%) Manufacturing
4 1 (5.56%) Retail
4 1 (5.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (22.22%) Architect
2 3 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (16.67%) IT Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Analyst
3 2 (11.11%) Category Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Programme Manager
3 2 (11.11%) SAP Manager
3 2 (11.11%) SAP Programme Manager
3 2 (11.11%) Senior
3 2 (11.11%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (5.56%) Applications Specialist
4 1 (5.56%) Consultant
4 1 (5.56%) Developer
4 1 (5.56%) Implementation Manager
4 1 (5.56%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Project Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Salesforce Developer
4 1 (5.56%) Senior Developer
4 1 (5.56%) Service Manager
4 1 (5.56%) Solutions Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) ADO
1 1 (5.56%) Elastic Stack
1 1 (5.56%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) Public Cloud
2 1 (5.56%) Cloud Native
2 1 (5.56%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (5.56%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 3 (16.67%) Windows
1 3 (16.67%) Windows Server
1 3 (16.67%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (5.56%) Linux
2 1 (5.56%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (27.78%) Agile
2 5 (27.78%) Project Delivery
3 3 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (16.67%) ERP
3 3 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 3 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (11.11%) Change Management
4 2 (11.11%) Contract Management
4 2 (11.11%) Contract Negotiation
4 2 (11.11%) Customer Experience
4 2 (11.11%) Customer Service
4 2 (11.11%) ITSM
4 2 (11.11%) Pattern Recognition
4 2 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (11.11%) Sprint Planning
5 1 (5.56%) Collaborative Culture
5 1 (5.56%) Design Patterns
5 1 (5.56%) Digital Innovation
5 1 (5.56%) Infrastructure Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.11%) SQL
2 1 (5.56%) Apex Code
2 1 (5.56%) Java
Qualifications
1 10 (55.56%) Security Cleared
2 3 (16.67%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.56%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.56%) GRC
System Software
1 3 (16.67%) Active Directory
1 3 (16.67%) Hyper-V
1 3 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (5.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (16.67%) SCCM
2 1 (5.56%) Ansible
2 1 (5.56%) Istio
2 1 (5.56%) Kubernetes
2 1 (5.56%) Puppet
Vendors
1 4 (22.22%) SAP
2 3 (16.67%) Cisco
2 3 (16.67%) VMware
3 2 (11.11%) Genesys
4 1 (5.56%) Salesforce