Public Sector Contracts in Oxfordshire

Public Sector
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies in Oxfordshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 20 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 13 11
Rank change year-on-year -12 -2 +2
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Public Sector 5 10 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 3.21% 5.46% 9.24%
As % of the General category 4.72% 14.29% 16.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 15
10th Percentile £165 £234 £340
25th Percentile £169 £261 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £177 £453 £450
Median % change year-on-year -60.88% +0.56% +4.35%
75th Percentile £319 £647 £638
90th Percentile £398 £650 £665
South East median daily rate £525 £525 £498
% change year-on-year - +5.53% -0.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £20.85 - £58.50
Median hourly rate £21.90 - £59.00
75th Percentile £22.95 - £59.50
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £22.07 £61.33 £60.00
% change year-on-year -64.01% +2.22% +200.00%

All General Skills
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 106 70 130
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 67.95% 38.25% 54.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 59 46 81
10th Percentile £173 £160 £200
25th Percentile £236 £267 £340
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £450
75th Percentile £538 £500 £600
90th Percentile £635 £638 £675
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £500
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 9 15
10th Percentile £13.08 £21.20 £25.00
25th Percentile £20.85 £25.99 £25.95
Median hourly rate £46.30 £26.03 £28.16
Median % change year-on-year +77.87% -7.56% +40.80%
75th Percentile £89.63 £65.00 £32.31
90th Percentile - £70.75 £45.18
South East median hourly rate £18.82 £57.35 £50.00
% change year-on-year -67.18% +14.70% +137.53%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

Job postings citing Public Sector as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire.

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in Oxfordshire

Public Sector
Daily Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

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

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in Oxfordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 20 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in Oxfordshire

Public Sector
Hourly Rate Trend in Oxfordshire

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

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

Public Sector
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 20 August 2025. 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Kidlington 0 1 - - 3
Oxford -8 1 - - 6
Witney - 1 £177 -
Carterton - 1 £175 -
Public Sector
South East

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Oxfordshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) Apache
1 1 (20.00%) Tomcat
Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Eclipse
General
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Administrator
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Data Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Systems Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) CSS
1 1 (20.00%) HTML
1 1 (20.00%) JSP
1 1 (20.00%) XML
1 1 (20.00%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Business Case
1 2 (40.00%) ITIL
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (20.00%) Data Management
2 1 (20.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (20.00%) Economics
2 1 (20.00%) Feasibility Study
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) Java
1 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) ISO 9001
1 2 (40.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft