Public Sector Contracts in Swindon

Public Sector
Wiltshire > Swindon

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies in Swindon. 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 13 10 7
Rank change year-on-year -3 -3 +6
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 8 12 36
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Swindon 8.16% 9.76% 15.45%
As % of the General category 11.94% 15.79% 26.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 6 26
10th Percentile £278 £118 £196
25th Percentile £300 £120 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £223 £500
Median % change year-on-year +147.19% -55.50% +2.56%
75th Percentile - £469 £575
90th Percentile £663 £554 £659
Wiltshire median daily rate £563 £650 £575
% change year-on-year -13.46% +13.04% +5.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £16.50 -
Wiltshire median hourly rate - £16.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year - -26.67% -67.41%

All General Skills
Swindon

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 Swindon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 67 76 135
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Swindon 68.37% 61.79% 57.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 46 107
10th Percentile £241 £143 £200
25th Percentile £322 £180 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £311 £525
Median % change year-on-year +52.61% -40.71% +5.00%
75th Percentile £550 £500 £636
90th Percentile £600 £550 £730
Wiltshire median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 10 0
Median hourly rate - £16.50 -
Wiltshire median hourly rate £60.00 £14.54 £70.80
% change year-on-year +312.65% -79.46% +11.50%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Swindon

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

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in Swindon

Public Sector
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Swindon

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

Daily rate trend for Public Sector in Swindon

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in Swindon

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in Swindon over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in Swindon

Public Sector
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Swindon

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

Hourly rate trend for Public Sector in Swindon

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Swindon 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Eloqua
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) AWS
1 2 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) GCP
2 1 (12.50%) iPaaS
General
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Military
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) Lead
1 2 (25.00%) Workstream Lead
2 1 (12.50%) Administrator
2 1 (12.50%) Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Developer
2 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Manual Tester
2 1 (12.50%) MuleSoft Developer
2 1 (12.50%) Security Administrator
2 1 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Tester
2 1 (12.50%) Transition Manager
2 1 (12.50%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (12.50%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (12.50%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (12.50%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (12.50%) Mainframe
2 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Agile
2 2 (25.00%) Change Management
2 2 (25.00%) Integration Patterns
2 2 (25.00%) User Stories
3 1 (12.50%) API Management
3 1 (12.50%) Architecture Governance
3 1 (12.50%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (12.50%) CI/CD
3 1 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (12.50%) Containerisation
3 1 (12.50%) Data Governance
3 1 (12.50%) DevOps
3 1 (12.50%) Incident Response
3 1 (12.50%) Inclusive Design
3 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (12.50%) Project Delivery
3 1 (12.50%) Qualitative Research
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Debt
3 1 (12.50%) Technology Strategy
3 1 (12.50%) User Research
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) AWS Certification
2 1 (12.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Azure Certification
2 1 (12.50%) CISSP
2 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (12.50%) Degree
2 1 (12.50%) IBM Certification
2 1 (12.50%) ISTQB
2 1 (12.50%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 1 (12.50%) Master's Degree
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (12.50%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) QA
2 1 (12.50%) Accessibility
2 1 (12.50%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Docker
1 1 (12.50%) RACF
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Oracle
2 1 (12.50%) Google
2 1 (12.50%) IBM
2 1 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) MuleSoft
2 1 (12.50%) Salesforce