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 27 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 19 11
Rank change year-on-year +9 -8 +3
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 12 4 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Swindon 11.01% 3.01% 10.81%
As % of the General category 15.38% 4.94% 17.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 9
10th Percentile £228 £173 £162
25th Percentile £250 £197 £210
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £288 £240 £475
Median % change year-on-year +19.79% -49.47% +1.33%
75th Percentile £343 £279 £525
90th Percentile £421 £301 £575
Wiltshire median daily rate £575 £650 £575
% change year-on-year -11.54% +13.04% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £14.00 -
Wiltshire median hourly rate £26.81 £15.69 £22.50
% change year-on-year +70.86% -30.26% -64.57%

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 78 81 113
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Swindon 71.56% 60.90% 61.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 54 84
10th Percentile £211 £177 £200
25th Percentile £263 £211 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £431 £575
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -25.00% +9.52%
75th Percentile £525 £500 £676
90th Percentile £600 £600 £725
Wiltshire median daily rate £563 £550 £550
% change year-on-year +2.27% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 0
Median hourly rate - £14.00 -
Wiltshire median hourly rate £25.11 £12.79 £67.00
% change year-on-year +96.34% -80.91% +24.07%

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 27 July 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (8.33%) Anypoint
1 1 (8.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (33.33%) AWS
2 2 (16.67%) Azure
2 2 (16.67%) iPaaS
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (8.33%) Power Platform
3 1 (8.33%) PowerApps
3 1 (8.33%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) MySQL
2 1 (8.33%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (8.33%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (8.33%) Power BI
2 1 (8.33%) Relational Database
2 1 (8.33%) SQL Server
General
1 6 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (33.33%) Military
3 3 (25.00%) Finance
4 2 (16.67%) Banking
5 1 (8.33%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (8.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (16.67%) Analyst
1 2 (16.67%) Data Analyst
1 2 (16.67%) Developer
2 1 (8.33%) Administrator
2 1 (8.33%) Architect
2 1 (8.33%) Build Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Business Analyst
2 1 (8.33%) Business Intelligence Analyst
2 1 (8.33%) Data Business Analyst
2 1 (8.33%) Data Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Deployment Engineer
2 1 (8.33%) Enterprise Architect
2 1 (8.33%) Manual Tester
2 1 (8.33%) MuleSoft Developer
2 1 (8.33%) Power BI Analyst
2 1 (8.33%) Security Administrator
2 1 (8.33%) Software Developer
2 1 (8.33%) Tester
2 1 (8.33%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Analytical Mindset
1 2 (16.67%) Hybrid Cloud
2 1 (8.33%) Data Fabric
2 1 (8.33%) Mainframe
2 1 (8.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (16.67%) Windows
2 1 (8.33%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (41.67%) Agile
2 3 (25.00%) User Stories
3 2 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (16.67%) Capacity Planning
3 2 (16.67%) Continuous Integration
3 2 (16.67%) Data Architecture
3 2 (16.67%) Integration Patterns
3 2 (16.67%) Microservices
3 2 (16.67%) Translating Business Requirements
4 1 (8.33%) Analytical Modelling
4 1 (8.33%) CI/CD
4 1 (8.33%) Customer Experience
4 1 (8.33%) Dashboard Development
4 1 (8.33%) Data Engineering
4 1 (8.33%) Incident Response
4 1 (8.33%) Inclusive Design
4 1 (8.33%) Roadmaps
4 1 (8.33%) Security Auditing
4 1 (8.33%) Test Planning
4 1 (8.33%) User Research
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) Java
1 2 (16.67%) SQL
2 1 (8.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (58.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) CISSP
2 1 (8.33%) IBM Certification
2 1 (8.33%) ISTQB
2 1 (8.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (8.33%) Accessibility
1 1 (8.33%) Actionable Recommendations
1 1 (8.33%) Data Quality
1 1 (8.33%) GDPR
1 1 (8.33%) QA
System Software
1 1 (8.33%) RACF
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Oracle
2 2 (16.67%) MuleSoft
2 2 (16.67%) Salesforce
3 1 (8.33%) IBM
3 1 (8.33%) ServiceNow
3 1 (8.33%) Talend
3 1 (8.33%) Workday