Public Sector Contracts in Portsmouth

Public Sector
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies in Portsmouth. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 25 24
Rank change year-on-year +6 -1 +1
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 6 18 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Portsmouth 5.17% 6.29% 7.26%
As % of the General category 8.57% 11.76% 14.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 16 14
10th Percentile £239 £319 £413
25th Percentile £327 - £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £400 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.13% -23.81% -6.67%
75th Percentile £553 £423 £676
90th Percentile £606 £582 -
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +6.80% -1.90% -2.78%

All General Skills
Portsmouth

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 Portsmouth.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 70 153 117
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth 60.34% 53.50% 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 68 78
10th Percentile - £400 £200
25th Percentile £200 £433 £231
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £444 £555 £459
Median % change year-on-year -20.09% +21.05% +4.80%
75th Percentile £556 £634 £579
90th Percentile £613 £730 £676
Hampshire median daily rate £514 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -6.55% +4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 59 18
10th Percentile £27.86 - £43.38
25th Percentile £30.63 £53.40 £52.15
Median hourly rate £52.50 £57.35 £58.20
Median % change year-on-year -8.46% -1.46% +132.81%
75th Percentile £60.75 £61.65 £66.56
90th Percentile £61.90 £70.00 £72.39
Hampshire median hourly rate £60.25 £57.35 £57.50
% change year-on-year +5.06% -0.26% +187.50%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in Portsmouth

Public Sector
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Portsmouth

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Public Sector in Portsmouth.

Daily rate trend for Public Sector in Portsmouth

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in Portsmouth

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in Portsmouth over the 6 months to 21 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in Portsmouth

Public Sector
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Portsmouth

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Public Sector in Portsmouth.

Hourly rate trend for Public Sector in Portsmouth

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Portsmouth 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 (16.67%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) LAN
General
1 1 (16.67%) Finance
1 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (16.67%) Analyst
1 1 (16.67%) Architect
1 1 (16.67%) Business Analyst
1 1 (16.67%) Desktop Support
1 1 (16.67%) Desktop Support Technician
1 1 (16.67%) Desktop Technician
1 1 (16.67%) IT Manager
1 1 (16.67%) Network Architect
1 1 (16.67%) Network Engineer
1 1 (16.67%) SharePoint Engineer
1 1 (16.67%) Support Technician
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Windows
1 1 (16.67%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (16.67%) Agile
2 1 (16.67%) Analytics
2 1 (16.67%) Asset Management
2 1 (16.67%) Budget Management
2 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (16.67%) Cost Reduction
2 1 (16.67%) Customer Requirements
2 1 (16.67%) Data Analysis
2 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
2 1 (16.67%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
2 1 (16.67%) IT Asset Management
2 1 (16.67%) Network Design
2 1 (16.67%) Patch Management
2 1 (16.67%) Preventative Maintenance
2 1 (16.67%) Process Improvement
2 1 (16.67%) Software Licensing
2 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (16.67%) Strategic Planning
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
3 2 (33.33%) DV Cleared
4 1 (16.67%) CCNA
4 1 (16.67%) CCNP
4 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (16.67%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (16.67%) Hyper-V
2 1 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (16.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco
2 1 (16.67%) Fortinet
2 1 (16.67%) Juniper
2 1 (16.67%) VMware