Public Sector Contract Job Trends in Nottinghamshire

Public Sector
East Midlands > Nottinghamshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies in Nottinghamshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 17 9
Rank change year-on-year +2 -8 -8
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 17 5 16
As % of all contract jobs in Nottinghamshire 8.67% 3.40% 9.82%
As % of the General category 14.05% 5.15% 20.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 5 15
10th Percentile £405 - £480
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 - -
East Midlands median daily rate £425 £485 £550
% change year-on-year -12.37% -11.82% -2.22%
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 - -
East Midlands median hourly rate £23.83 £15.10 -
% change year-on-year +57.78% - -

All General Skills
Nottinghamshire

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 Nottinghamshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 121 97 80
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Nottinghamshire 61.73% 65.99% 49.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 67 64 65
10th Percentile £163 £188 £150
25th Percentile £229 £400 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% -17.39%
75th Percentile £545 £550 £650
90th Percentile £638 £600 £748
East Midlands median daily rate £420 £425 £450
% change year-on-year -1.18% -5.56% -5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 5 8
10th Percentile £14.80 £13.61 £10.76
25th Percentile £16.17 £14.65 £13.38
Median hourly rate £16.42 £15.10 £16.36
Median % change year-on-year +8.73% -7.67% +57.71%
75th Percentile £25.15 £33.75 £38.72
90th Percentile - £83.70 £88.75
East Midlands median hourly rate £22.27 £18.32 £22.50
% change year-on-year +21.53% -18.58% +40.89%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Nottinghamshire

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

Public Sector job vacancy trend in Nottinghamshire

Public Sector
Daily Rate Trend in Nottinghamshire

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

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

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in Nottinghamshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in Nottinghamshire over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in Nottinghamshire

Public Sector
Hourly Rate Trend in Nottinghamshire

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

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

Public Sector
Contract Job Locations in Nottinghamshire

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 Nottinghamshire region over the 6 months to 1 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
Nottingham +5 17 £525 +5.00% 8
Public Sector
East Midlands

Public Sector
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Nottinghamshire 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 (11.76%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (11.76%) SAP ERP
1 2 (11.76%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (17.65%) Azure
2 2 (11.76%) Power Platform
3 1 (5.88%) Azure AKS
3 1 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (5.88%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.76%) Power BI
2 1 (5.88%) Amazon Redshift
2 1 (5.88%) SQL Server
2 1 (5.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) JIRA
2 1 (5.88%) Artifactory
2 1 (5.88%) Bitbucket
2 1 (5.88%) Git
2 1 (5.88%) Jenkins
2 1 (5.88%) SonarQube
2 1 (5.88%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 9 (52.94%) Social Skills
2 3 (17.65%) Finance
3 2 (11.76%) Legal
3 2 (11.76%) Marketing
4 1 (5.88%) Electronics
4 1 (5.88%) Manufacturing
4 1 (5.88%) Retail
4 1 (5.88%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (23.53%) Architect
2 3 (17.65%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (17.65%) IT Manager
3 2 (11.76%) Analyst
3 2 (11.76%) Category Manager
3 2 (11.76%) Programme Manager
3 2 (11.76%) SAP Manager
3 2 (11.76%) SAP Programme Manager
3 2 (11.76%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (5.88%) Applications Specialist
4 1 (5.88%) Consultant
4 1 (5.88%) DevOps Architect
4 1 (5.88%) DevOps Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) DevOps Platform Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Project Manager
4 1 (5.88%) SAP Implementation Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Senior
4 1 (5.88%) Senior DevOps
4 1 (5.88%) Senior DevOps Engineer
4 1 (5.88%) Senior Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) ADO
1 1 (5.88%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Public Cloud
2 1 (5.88%) Cloud Native
2 1 (5.88%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (5.88%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 3 (17.65%) Windows
1 3 (17.65%) Windows Server
1 3 (17.65%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (5.88%) Linux
2 1 (5.88%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (35.29%) Stakeholder Management
2 5 (29.41%) Project Delivery
3 4 (23.53%) Agile
4 3 (17.65%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (17.65%) ERP
4 3 (17.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 2 (11.76%) Change Management
5 2 (11.76%) Contract Management
5 2 (11.76%) Contract Negotiation
5 2 (11.76%) Customer Experience
5 2 (11.76%) Customer Service
5 2 (11.76%) ITSM
5 2 (11.76%) Pattern Recognition
5 2 (11.76%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (11.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (5.88%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (5.88%) Data Governance
6 1 (5.88%) Digital Marketing
6 1 (5.88%) Kanban
6 1 (5.88%) SAP Implementation
Programming Languages
1 2 (11.76%) SQL
2 1 (5.88%) Java
Qualifications
1 9 (52.94%) Security Cleared
2 3 (17.65%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.88%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) GRC
System Software
1 3 (17.65%) Active Directory
1 3 (17.65%) Hyper-V
1 3 (17.65%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (5.88%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (17.65%) SCCM
2 1 (5.88%) Ansible
2 1 (5.88%) Istio
2 1 (5.88%) Kubernetes
2 1 (5.88%) Puppet
Vendors
1 4 (23.53%) SAP
2 3 (17.65%) Cisco
2 3 (17.65%) VMware
3 2 (11.76%) Genesys