Public Sector Contract Job Trends in Stafford

Public Sector
Staffordshire > Stafford

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies in Stafford. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 - 3
Rank change year-on-year - - -2
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 3 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Stafford 17.65% - 15.79%
As % of the General category 17.65% - 37.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £345 - £210
25th Percentile £356 - £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £398 - £250
Median % change year-on-year - - -65.40%
75th Percentile £426 - £275
90th Percentile £428 - £290
Staffordshire median daily rate £400 £495 £369
% change year-on-year -19.19% +34.21% -32.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £33.93
Staffordshire median hourly rate - - £33.93
% change year-on-year - - +23.38%

All General Skills
Stafford

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 Stafford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 17 4 8
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stafford 100.00% 66.67% 42.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 2 3
10th Percentile £180 £51 £220
25th Percentile £240 £68 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £320 £96 £300
Median % change year-on-year +235.08% -68.17% -57.14%
75th Percentile £413 £123 -
90th Percentile £464 £139 -
Staffordshire median daily rate £400 £200 £375
% change year-on-year +100.00% -46.67% -25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
10th Percentile - £29.68 £34.16
25th Percentile - £30.69 £34.51
Median hourly rate - £33.25 £35.72
Median % change year-on-year - -6.90% -
75th Percentile - £35.69 £37.55
90th Percentile - £36.63 £38.27
Staffordshire median hourly rate - £19.00 £15.90
% change year-on-year - +19.50% -42.18%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Stafford

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

Public Sector job vacancy trend in Stafford

Public Sector
Daily Rate Trend in Stafford

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

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

Public Sector
Hourly Rate Trend in Stafford

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

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

Public Sector
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stafford 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Firewall
1 1 (33.33%) LAN
1 1 (33.33%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Power BI
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Business Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Freedom of Information
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (33.33%) Data Management
1 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
1 1 (33.33%) Demand Management
1 1 (33.33%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (33.33%) Impact Assessments
1 1 (33.33%) Performance Analysis
1 1 (33.33%) Performance Improvement
1 1 (33.33%) Predictive Analysis
1 1 (33.33%) Qualitative Analysis
1 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
1 1 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CCNA
1 1 (33.33%) CCNP
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Data Quality
1 1 (33.33%) GDPR
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle
1 1 (33.33%) SAP