Public Sector Contracts in Suffolk

Public Sector
East of England > Suffolk

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies in Suffolk. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 13 1
Rank change year-on-year -4 -12 +13
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 4 1 79
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Suffolk 5.41% 1.64% 53.74%
As % of the General category 10.53% 2.86% 64.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 75
10th Percentile - - £532
25th Percentile £205 £205 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £210 £210 £700
Median % change year-on-year - -70.00% +27.27%
75th Percentile £215 £215 £743
90th Percentile - - £745
East of England median daily rate £388 £375 £563
% change year-on-year +3.33% -33.33% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £16.68
25th Percentile - - £17.33
Median hourly rate - - £19.03
75th Percentile - - £20.11
90th Percentile - - £20.38
East of England median hourly rate £20.50 £15.79 £18.20
% change year-on-year +29.83% -13.24% +25.52%

All General Skills
Suffolk

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 Suffolk.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 38 35 122
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Suffolk 51.35% 57.38% 82.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 22 99
10th Percentile £200 £233 £435
25th Percentile £205 £451 £535
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £475 £700
Median % change year-on-year -52.63% -32.14% +40.00%
75th Percentile £475 £594 -
90th Percentile £568 £660 £745
East of England median daily rate £500 £475 £488
% change year-on-year +5.26% -2.56% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 5
10th Percentile £20.63 - £13.47
25th Percentile £24.89 £11.25 £14.00
Median hourly rate £31.99 £11.50 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year +178.13% -28.13% +12.36%
75th Percentile £39.08 £13.06 £18.75
90th Percentile £43.34 £15.43 £19.84
East of England median hourly rate £31.64 £38.12 £21.00
% change year-on-year -17.00% +81.52% +44.83%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Suffolk

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

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in Suffolk

Public Sector
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Suffolk

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

Daily rate trend for Public Sector in Suffolk

Public Sector
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Suffolk

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

Hourly rate trend for Public Sector in Suffolk

Public Sector
Contract Job Locations in Suffolk

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 Suffolk region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Leiston - 3 £210 -
Public Sector
East of England

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Suffolk 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 4 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) VPN
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Desktop Engineer
1 4 (100.00%) Desktop Support
1 4 (100.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 4 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) iPad
1 4 (100.00%) iPhone
1 4 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (100.00%) Windows
1 4 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Antivirus Management
1 4 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 4 (100.00%) Inventory Management
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
1 4 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 4 (100.00%) Time Management
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL Certification
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) McAfee
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft