The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Public Sector over the 6 months to 1 August 2021 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.
Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.
Public Sector is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for common skills.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills
38,109
19,043
47,862
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK
53.03%
52.42%
52.34%
Number of daily rates quoted
25,498
12,607
31,066
10th Percentile
£306
£263
£275
25th Percentile
£405
£384
£375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£500
£475
£475
Median % change year-on-year
+5.26%
-
+5.56%
75th Percentile
£613
£595
£575
90th Percentile
£700
£700
£663
UK excluding London median daily rate
£450
£438
£425
% change year-on-year
+2.86%
+2.94%
+0.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted
1,293
722
1,475
10th Percentile
£12.00
£12.42
£10.87
25th Percentile
£13.25
£15.00
£14.00
Median hourly rate
£19.36
£20.56
£19.36
Median % change year-on-year
-5.85%
+6.21%
+7.56%
75th Percentile
£40.00
£40.75
£38.75
90th Percentile
£56.50
£52.50
£50.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate
£17.50
£20.00
£18.00
% change year-on-year
-12.50%
+11.11%
+3.93%
Public Sector Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Public Sector as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Public Sector Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Public Sector.
Public Sector Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Public Sector over the 6 months to 1 August 2021.
Public Sector Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Public Sector.
Public Sector Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Public Sector over the 6 months to 1 August 2021.
Public Sector Top 18 Contract Locations
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 UK over the 6 months to 1 August 2021. 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
For the 6 months to 1 August 2021, IT contractor jobs citing Public Sector also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads with a requirement for Public Sector.
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
