Public Sector Contracts in the Thames Valley

Public Sector
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 16 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 23 28 32
Rank change year-on-year +5 +4 +45
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 201 208 218
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 7.49% 7.23% 6.12%
As % of the General category 13.61% 11.77% 10.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 86 160 176
10th Percentile £223 £304 £228
25th Percentile £351 £400 £399
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £450 £473
Median % change year-on-year +0.56% -4.76% +4.13%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £550
90th Percentile £669 £689 £638
South East median daily rate £460 £488 £500
% change year-on-year -5.64% -2.50% +2.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 1 5
10th Percentile £44.13 - £12.78
25th Percentile £51.86 £48.50 £14.51
Median hourly rate £61.60 £49.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +25.71% +133.33% -11.58%
75th Percentile £72.33 £49.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £87.50 - -
South East median hourly rate £58.30 £49.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +18.98% +145.00% +1.94%

All General Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,477 1,767 2,161
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 55.07% 61.42% 60.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 783 1,134 1,395
10th Percentile £205 £270 £225
25th Percentile £350 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £491 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.31% +3.42% +3.26%
75th Percentile £600 £610 £575
90th Percentile £660 £700 £650
South East median daily rate £492 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -1.70% - +5.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 137 40 64
10th Percentile £17.62 £16.03 £11.40
25th Percentile £22.50 £20.63 £13.00
Median hourly rate £52.50 £30.23 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +73.67% +72.74% -16.86%
75th Percentile £62.69 £64.93 £23.75
90th Percentile £81.48 £76.20 £48.75
South East median hourly rate £45.00 £52.30 £20.00
% change year-on-year -13.96% +161.50% -20.00%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Public Sector as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in the Thames Valley

Public Sector
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Public Sector in the Thames Valley.

Daily rate trend for Public Sector in the Thames Valley

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 16 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in the Thames Valley

Public Sector
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Public Sector in the Thames Valley.

Hourly rate trend for Public Sector in the Thames Valley

Public Sector
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Public Sector in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 16 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Public Sector in the Thames Valley

Public Sector
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 16 June 2024. 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
Berkshire +12 151 £455 -6.76% 33
Buckinghamshire +4 34 £475 +5.56% 18
Oxfordshire -5 16 £250 -40.83% 11
Public Sector
South East

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 3 (1.49%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.50%) Apache
2 1 (0.50%) Moodle
Applications
1 12 (5.97%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (2.99%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.50%) 3ds Max
3 1 (0.50%) Blender
3 1 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (5.47%) Primavera
2 5 (2.49%) Teamcenter
3 4 (1.99%) SAP EWM
3 4 (1.99%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (1.49%) SAP QM
5 1 (0.50%) SAP PLM
5 1 (0.50%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 22 (10.95%) Azure
2 8 (3.98%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (2.99%) AWS
4 5 (2.49%) Power Platform
5 3 (1.49%) OpenShift
6 2 (1.00%) PaaS
6 2 (1.00%) Slack
6 2 (1.00%) SuccessFactors
7 1 (0.50%) Adobe Creative Cloud
7 1 (0.50%) Amazon EC2
7 1 (0.50%) Amazon ECS
7 1 (0.50%) Amazon EKS
7 1 (0.50%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.50%) GCP
7 1 (0.50%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.50%) SaaS
7 1 (0.50%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 23 (11.44%) Firewall
2 13 (6.47%) WAN
3 12 (5.97%) Intrusion Detection
3 12 (5.97%) LAN
4 3 (1.49%) Network Security
5 2 (1.00%) Cisco ASA
5 2 (1.00%) Cisco ISE
5 2 (1.00%) InfiniBand
5 2 (1.00%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.50%) BGP
6 1 (0.50%) CATAPAN
6 1 (0.50%) Cisco Firepower
6 1 (0.50%) DHCP
6 1 (0.50%) Internet
6 1 (0.50%) IPsec
6 1 (0.50%) Junos
6 1 (0.50%) MPLS
6 1 (0.50%) SAN
6 1 (0.50%) VoIP
6 1 (0.50%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.99%) Oracle Database
1 4 (1.99%) Power BI
1 4 (1.99%) SAP HANA
2 3 (1.49%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (1.00%) NonStop SQL
3 2 (1.00%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.50%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.50%) GIS
4 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 1 (0.50%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.50%) MySQL
4 1 (0.50%) Power Query
4 1 (0.50%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.50%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.50%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (0.50%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (1.99%) JMeter
2 3 (1.49%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.00%) Git
3 2 (1.00%) Rational DOORS
4 1 (0.50%) InstallShield
4 1 (0.50%) JUnit
4 1 (0.50%) Mockito
4 1 (0.50%) MSI
4 1 (0.50%) Serenity BDD
4 1 (0.50%) SpecFlow
General
1 35 (17.41%) Social Skills
2 17 (8.46%) Finance
3 10 (4.98%) Analytical Skills
4 9 (4.48%) Marketing
4 9 (4.48%) Telecoms
5 8 (3.98%) Electronics
5 8 (3.98%) Manufacturing
6 4 (1.99%) Local Government
6 4 (1.99%) Military
7 3 (1.49%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (1.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (1.00%) Legal
9 1 (0.50%) Aviation
9 1 (0.50%) Billing
9 1 (0.50%) French Language
9 1 (0.50%) Italian Language
9 1 (0.50%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.50%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.50%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 51 (25.37%) Senior
2 34 (16.92%) Architect
3 20 (9.95%) Administrator
4 19 (9.45%) Systems Administrator
5 17 (8.46%) Security Architect
6 16 (7.96%) Analyst
7 14 (6.97%) Consultant
8 13 (6.47%) Project Manager
9 12 (5.97%) Lead
9 12 (5.97%) Senior Systems Administrator
10 11 (5.47%) SAP Consultant
10 11 (5.47%) Senior Manager
11 10 (4.98%) Cybersecurity Architect
11 10 (4.98%) Network Engineer
12 8 (3.98%) Network Architect
13 6 (2.99%) Change Analyst
13 6 (2.99%) Coordinator
13 6 (2.99%) Desktop Engineer
13 6 (2.99%) Developer
14 5 (2.49%) Project Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.98%) Itk
2 4 (1.99%) AngularJS
2 4 (1.99%) SAP Basis
3 3 (1.49%) HTML
3 3 (1.49%) Node.js
3 3 (1.49%) Web Services
4 2 (1.00%) .NET
4 2 (1.00%) ATL
4 2 (1.00%) CSS
4 2 (1.00%) FastAPI
4 2 (1.00%) Fluent Bit
4 2 (1.00%) Loki
4 2 (1.00%) React
5 1 (0.50%) ActiveMQ
5 1 (0.50%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.50%) Hibernate
5 1 (0.50%) jQuery
5 1 (0.50%) MDX
5 1 (0.50%) Spring
5 1 (0.50%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (3.48%) Data Centre
1 7 (3.48%) Management Information System
2 6 (2.99%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (1.49%) Operational Technology
3 3 (1.49%) PMI
3 3 (1.49%) Product Ownership
3 3 (1.49%) Virtual Team
4 2 (1.00%) Distributed Systems
4 2 (1.00%) Grid Computing
4 2 (1.00%) NHS
4 2 (1.00%) Onboarding
4 2 (1.00%) Robotics
5 1 (0.50%) Cloud Native
5 1 (0.50%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (0.50%) Digital Media
5 1 (0.50%) Driving Licence
5 1 (0.50%) Graphic Design
5 1 (0.50%) iPhone
5 1 (0.50%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (0.50%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 17 (8.46%) Windows
2 10 (4.98%) Linux
3 8 (3.98%) Windows 10
4 7 (3.48%) Windows Server
4 7 (3.48%) Windows Server 2016
4 7 (3.48%) Windows Server 2019
5 4 (1.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (1.00%) CentOS
6 2 (1.00%) Unix
7 1 (0.50%) Android
7 1 (0.50%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (14.43%) Project Management
2 28 (13.93%) Stakeholder Management
3 25 (12.44%) DevOps
4 22 (10.95%) Change Management
5 21 (10.45%) Agile
5 21 (10.45%) Problem-Solving
6 17 (8.46%) Security Architecture
7 15 (7.46%) Programme Management
8 14 (6.97%) PLM
9 12 (5.97%) Configuration Management
9 12 (5.97%) Continuous Improvement
9 12 (5.97%) Cybersecurity
9 12 (5.97%) Project Delivery
10 11 (5.47%) Business Intelligence
11 10 (4.98%) Migration
12 9 (4.48%) Portfolio Management
12 9 (4.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 8 (3.98%) Containerisation
13 8 (3.98%) Roadmaps
13 8 (3.98%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 8 (3.98%) C
2 7 (3.48%) Python
3 6 (2.99%) C#
4 5 (2.49%) PowerShell
5 4 (1.99%) C++
6 3 (1.49%) JavaScript
7 2 (1.00%) Bash
7 2 (1.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 2 (1.00%) SQL
8 1 (0.50%) Java
8 1 (0.50%) Perl
8 1 (0.50%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 158 (78.61%) Security Cleared
2 87 (43.28%) DV Cleared
3 48 (23.88%) SC Cleared
4 14 (6.97%) Degree
5 5 (2.49%) Cisco Certification
6 4 (1.99%) APMP
7 3 (1.49%) CCNA
7 3 (1.49%) PMI Certification
8 2 (1.00%) Azure Certification
8 2 (1.00%) CCNP
8 2 (1.00%) CTC Cleared
8 2 (1.00%) ISEB
8 2 (1.00%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.50%) CIMA
9 1 (0.50%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.50%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.50%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.50%) Network+ Certification
9 1 (0.50%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (0.50%) Server+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.99%) PMO
2 2 (1.00%) QA
2 2 (1.00%) SLA
3 1 (0.50%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.50%) GDPR
3 1 (0.50%) HL7
3 1 (0.50%) NCSC
System Software
1 5 (2.49%) Docker
2 2 (1.00%) Microsoft App-V
2 2 (1.00%) Slurm Workload Manager
3 1 (0.50%) Firmware
3 1 (0.50%) NFS
Systems Management
1 13 (6.47%) Kubernetes
2 7 (3.48%) SCCM
3 5 (2.49%) SCOM
4 4 (1.99%) SELinux
4 4 (1.99%) yum
5 3 (1.49%) Ansible
5 3 (1.49%) Argo
5 3 (1.49%) Grafana
5 3 (1.49%) Prometheus
6 2 (1.00%) Kibana
6 2 (1.00%) Kustomize
6 2 (1.00%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (1.00%) Nessus
6 2 (1.00%) Terraform
7 1 (0.50%) CFEngine
7 1 (0.50%) Istio
7 1 (0.50%) Puppet
7 1 (0.50%) SafeCom
Vendors
1 31 (15.42%) Microsoft
2 21 (10.45%) SAP
3 11 (5.47%) Cisco
4 9 (4.48%) Juniper
5 5 (2.49%) Oracle
6 4 (1.99%) Apple
7 3 (1.49%) ServiceNow
7 3 (1.49%) VMware
8 2 (1.00%) NEC
8 2 (1.00%) Palo Alto
8 2 (1.00%) ScienceLogic
9 1 (0.50%) Adobe
9 1 (0.50%) Ariba
9 1 (0.50%) Cadence
9 1 (0.50%) Dell
9 1 (0.50%) EMC
9 1 (0.50%) HP
9 1 (0.50%) IBM
9 1 (0.50%) Kenna
9 1 (0.50%) Red Hat