Public Sector Contract Job Trends in Warrington

Public Sector
Cheshire > Warrington

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies in Warrington. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 13 7
Rank change year-on-year +2 -6 +20
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 11 8 17
As % of all contract jobs in Warrington 12.94% 12.50% 19.32%
As % of the General category 21.15% 22.86% 34.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 8
10th Percentile £129 £339 £151
25th Percentile £153 £378 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £438 £463
Median % change year-on-year -31.47% -5.35% -
75th Percentile £313 £488 £503
90th Percentile £361 - £516
Cheshire median daily rate £398 £475 £495
% change year-on-year -16.26% -4.04% +32.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £65.75 - -
Median hourly rate £66.50 - £14.00
75th Percentile £67.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median hourly rate £42.69 - £14.00
% change year-on-year - - -26.32%

All General Skills
Warrington

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 Warrington.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 52 35 50
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Warrington 61.18% 54.69% 56.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 17 22
10th Percentile £120 £250 £141
25th Percentile £220 £325 £166
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £370 £450 £463
Median % change year-on-year -17.78% -2.70% +25.00%
75th Percentile £488 £488 £523
90th Percentile - £515 £734
Cheshire median daily rate £455 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -9.05% -4.76% +16.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 0 3
10th Percentile - - £12.82
25th Percentile £15.50 - £13.27
Median hourly rate £16.35 - £14.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +37.25%
75th Percentile £20.63 - £29.50
90th Percentile £67.25 - £38.80
Cheshire median hourly rate £23.50 £24.09 £24.05
% change year-on-year -2.45% +0.17% +52.70%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Warrington

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Public Sector relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Warrington.

Public Sector job vacancy trend in Warrington

Public Sector
Daily Rate Trend in Warrington

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Warrington citing Public Sector.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Warrington citing Public Sector

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in Warrington

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in Warrington over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in Warrington

Public Sector
Hourly Rate Trend in Warrington

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Warrington citing Public Sector.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Warrington citing Public Sector

Public Sector
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Warrington by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (9.09%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 6 (54.55%) Azure
2 4 (36.36%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (27.27%) Azure Logic Apps
3 3 (27.27%) Azure Monitor
3 3 (27.27%) Azure Sentinel
3 3 (27.27%) Entra ID
4 1 (9.09%) AWS
4 1 (9.09%) AWS CodeBuild
4 1 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (9.09%) GitHub
4 1 (9.09%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (9.09%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (36.36%) DNS
1 4 (36.36%) Firewall
2 2 (18.18%) TCP/IP
3 1 (9.09%) BGP
3 1 (9.09%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (9.09%) iSCSI
3 1 (9.09%) LAN
3 1 (9.09%) MPLS
3 1 (9.09%) Network Security
3 1 (9.09%) NGN
3 1 (9.09%) NX-OS
3 1 (9.09%) SAN
3 1 (9.09%) SDH
3 1 (9.09%) SNMP
3 1 (9.09%) TACACS
3 1 (9.09%) VLAN
3 1 (9.09%) VoIP
3 1 (9.09%) WAN
3 1 (9.09%) WLAN
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Git
General
1 3 (27.27%) Documentation Skills
1 3 (27.27%) Military
2 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Telecoms
3 1 (9.09%) Electronics
3 1 (9.09%) Finance
3 1 (9.09%) Manufacturing
3 1 (9.09%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Cybersecurity Engineer
1 3 (27.27%) Security Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Azure Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Azure Security Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 1 (9.09%) DevOps Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Information Assurance Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Information Assurance Specialist
3 1 (9.09%) Information Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Information Security Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Information Specialist
3 1 (9.09%) Installation Technician
3 1 (9.09%) Logistics Administrator
3 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Security Assurance Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Security Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Senior
3 1 (9.09%) Senior Network Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Server Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Storage Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (27.27%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Onboarding
2 2 (18.18%) Data Centre
2 2 (18.18%) Operational Technology
3 1 (9.09%) Management Information System
3 1 (9.09%) Replication
3 1 (9.09%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 3 (27.27%) Windows
2 1 (9.09%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (36.36%) MITRE ATT&CK
3 3 (27.27%) Analytics
3 3 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (27.27%) Log Analytics
3 3 (27.27%) Migration
3 3 (27.27%) Security Operations
3 3 (27.27%) SIEM
3 3 (27.27%) SOAR
3 3 (27.27%) Threat Detection
3 3 (27.27%) Use Case
3 3 (27.27%) Validation
4 2 (18.18%) Disaster Recovery
4 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure Automation
4 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (9.09%) Cyber Resilience
5 1 (9.09%) Deployment Automation
5 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure as Code
5 1 (9.09%) Task Automation
5 1 (9.09%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 4 (36.36%) PowerShell
2 3 (27.27%) Kusto Query Language
3 2 (18.18%) Python
4 1 (9.09%) Bash
4 1 (9.09%) Perl
Qualifications
1 10 (90.91%) Security Cleared
2 7 (63.64%) SC Cleared
3 4 (36.36%) Degree
4 3 (27.27%) Azure Certification
5 1 (9.09%) AWS Certification
5 1 (9.09%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
5 1 (9.09%) CCDP
5 1 (9.09%) CCNP
5 1 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (9.09%) CISM
5 1 (9.09%) CISSP
5 1 (9.09%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (27.27%) NIST
2 1 (9.09%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (9.09%) NCSC
System Software
1 3 (27.27%) Active Directory
2 1 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (27.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (9.09%) Cisco CUCM
2 1 (9.09%) Cisco Prime
2 1 (9.09%) Kubernetes
2 1 (9.09%) Terraform
2 1 (9.09%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) Microsoft
2 3 (27.27%) Cisco
2 3 (27.27%) LogRhythm
3 2 (18.18%) SolarWinds
4 1 (9.09%) Dell
4 1 (9.09%) F5
4 1 (9.09%) Meraki
4 1 (9.09%) NetApp
4 1 (9.09%) Nokia
4 1 (9.09%) Palo Alto
4 1 (9.09%) SAP
4 1 (9.09%) Veeam
4 1 (9.09%) VMware