Public Sector Contracts in Stoke-on-Trent

Public Sector
Staffordshire > Stoke-on-Trent

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies in Stoke-on-Trent. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 5 8
Rank change year-on-year -1 +3 +5
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 1 4 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Stoke-on-Trent 5.56% 14.29% 10.64%
As % of the General category 7.14% 30.77% 16.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 3
10th Percentile - £312 -
25th Percentile £493 £330 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £369 £275
Median % change year-on-year +34.21% +34.12% -21.43%
75th Percentile £498 £477 £326
90th Percentile - £536 £350
Staffordshire median daily rate £534 £369 £525
% change year-on-year +44.85% -29.75% +64.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £10.45
Staffordshire median hourly rate - - £14.04

All General Skills
Stoke-on-Trent

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 Stoke-on-Trent.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 14 13 30
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Stoke-on-Trent 77.78% 46.43% 63.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 10 21
10th Percentile £200 £298 £263
25th Percentile £375 £300 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £338 £510
Median % change year-on-year +18.52% -33.82% +155.00%
75th Percentile £475 £404 £663
90th Percentile £498 £474 -
Staffordshire median daily rate £288 £375 £490
% change year-on-year -23.33% -23.47% +30.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £12.25 - -
Median hourly rate £13.78 £10.93 £10.45
Median % change year-on-year +26.08% +4.59% -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £20.04 - -
Staffordshire median hourly rate £13.78 £15.61 £22.41
% change year-on-year -11.69% -30.37% +14.92%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Stoke-on-Trent

Job postings citing Public Sector as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Stoke-on-Trent.

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in Stoke-on-Trent

Public Sector
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Stoke-on-Trent

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Public Sector in Stoke-on-Trent.

Daily rate trend for Public Sector in Stoke-on-Trent

Public Sector
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Stoke-on-Trent

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Public Sector in Stoke-on-Trent.

Hourly rate trend for Public Sector in Stoke-on-Trent

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Stoke-on-Trent 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Wintel Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1 1 (100.00%) Unix
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Red Hat