Public Sector Contracts in Wiltshire

Public Sector
South West > Wiltshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies in Wiltshire. 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 11 6 7
Rank change year-on-year -5 +1 -2
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 72 173 250
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wiltshire 16.04% 18.33% 22.64%
As % of the General category 25.71% 34.33% 43.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 58 130 214
10th Percentile £455 £463 £425
25th Percentile £513 £514 £514
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £650 £575
Median % change year-on-year -13.46% +13.04% +5.89%
75th Percentile £638 £700 £638
90th Percentile £738 £776 £725
South West median daily rate £550 £570 £571
% change year-on-year -3.51% -0.18% +20.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 1
10th Percentile - £13.13 -
25th Percentile - £14.81 £21.25
Median hourly rate - £16.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year - -26.67% -67.41%
75th Percentile - £17.25 £23.75
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £18.51 £16.06 £40.00
% change year-on-year +15.26% -59.85% -37.01%

All General Skills
Wiltshire

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 Wiltshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 280 504 571
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire 62.36% 53.39% 51.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 181 369 471
10th Percentile £241 £263 £350
25th Percentile £463 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.00%
75th Percentile £625 £675 £648
90th Percentile £695 £725 £725
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% +11.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 19 5
10th Percentile - £12.00 -
25th Percentile - £14.25 £21.25
Median hourly rate £60.00 £14.54 £70.80
Median % change year-on-year +312.65% -79.46% +11.50%
75th Percentile - £23.75 £87.50
90th Percentile - £39.00 £102.50
South West median hourly rate £60.00 £46.39 £60.35
% change year-on-year +29.34% -23.13% +34.98%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in Wiltshire

Public Sector
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

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

Daily rate trend for Public Sector in Wiltshire

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in Wiltshire

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

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in Wiltshire

Public Sector
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Wiltshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Public Sector in Wiltshire

Public Sector
Contract Job Locations in Wiltshire

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 Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Corsham +3 49 £563 -3.35% 11
Swindon -3 8 £550 +147.19% 3
Salisbury -8 3 £550 -
Public Sector
South West

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wiltshire 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 15 (20.83%) Confluence
2 6 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (8.33%) SharePoint
3 5 (6.94%) Skype for Business
4 1 (1.39%) Apache
4 1 (1.39%) IIS
4 1 (1.39%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 16 (22.22%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (2.78%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.39%) Eloqua
2 1 (1.39%) Primavera
2 1 (1.39%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 3 (4.17%) AWS
1 3 (4.17%) Azure
2 1 (1.39%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (1.39%) GCP
2 1 (1.39%) iPaaS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (12.50%) DNS
2 7 (9.72%) Skype
3 6 (8.33%) DHCP
3 6 (8.33%) VPN
4 5 (6.94%) Unified Communications
5 4 (5.56%) Network Security
6 2 (2.78%) Firewall
6 2 (2.78%) iSCSI
6 2 (2.78%) SAN
7 1 (1.39%) BGP
7 1 (1.39%) OSPF
7 1 (1.39%) SSL
7 1 (1.39%) TCP/IP
7 1 (1.39%) VLAN
7 1 (1.39%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.56%) SQL Server
2 3 (4.17%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.39%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 16 (22.22%) JIRA
2 4 (5.56%) Bitbucket
3 1 (1.39%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 1 (1.39%) GitLab
3 1 (1.39%) Jenkins
General
1 27 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 24 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 17 (23.61%) Finance
4 8 (11.11%) Marketing
4 8 (11.11%) Military
5 7 (9.72%) Electronics
5 7 (9.72%) Manufacturing
5 7 (9.72%) Telecoms
6 6 (8.33%) Fire and Rescue
6 6 (8.33%) Police
7 4 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.39%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (11.11%) Architect
1 8 (11.11%) Virtualisation Engineer
2 6 (8.33%) Service Manager
3 5 (6.94%) Administrator
3 5 (6.94%) Lead
4 4 (5.56%) Analyst
5 3 (4.17%) Business Analyst
5 3 (4.17%) Configuration Manager
5 3 (4.17%) Consultant
5 3 (4.17%) Systems Administrator
6 2 (2.78%) Author
6 2 (2.78%) Coordinator
6 2 (2.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (2.78%) IT Manager
6 2 (2.78%) IT Services Manager
6 2 (2.78%) Project Manager
6 2 (2.78%) Security Consultant
6 2 (2.78%) Service Level Manager
6 2 (2.78%) Technical Architect
6 2 (2.78%) Technical Author
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (11.11%) Flash
2 2 (2.78%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (1.39%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (1.39%) LDAP
3 1 (1.39%) Middleware
3 1 (1.39%) SOAP
3 1 (1.39%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (16.67%) PKI
2 8 (11.11%) Clustering
3 4 (5.56%) Management Information System
4 3 (4.17%) CMDB
4 3 (4.17%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.78%) Data Centre
5 2 (2.78%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (2.78%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (1.39%) e-Learning
6 1 (1.39%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (1.39%) Mainframe
6 1 (1.39%) Product Ownership
6 1 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 18 (25.00%) Windows
2 11 (15.28%) Windows Server
3 7 (9.72%) Windows 10
4 6 (8.33%) Windows Server 2012
4 6 (8.33%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (5.56%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (2.78%) Linux
6 2 (2.78%) VMS
7 1 (1.39%) Android
7 1 (1.39%) Apple iOS
7 1 (1.39%) Oracle Linux
7 1 (1.39%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (34.72%) Agile
1 25 (34.72%) Service Management
2 21 (29.17%) ITIL
3 16 (22.22%) Critical Thinking
4 15 (20.83%) Waterfall
5 14 (19.44%) Project Management
5 14 (19.44%) System Testing
6 12 (16.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 11 (15.28%) Computer Science
7 11 (15.28%) Validation
8 10 (13.89%) Change Management
8 10 (13.89%) NsoIT
9 8 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
9 8 (11.11%) High Availability
9 8 (11.11%) Power Management
9 8 (11.11%) Programme Management
10 7 (9.72%) Configuration Management
10 7 (9.72%) Digital Marketing
10 7 (9.72%) ITSM
11 6 (8.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 5 (6.94%) PowerShell
1 5 (6.94%) SQL
2 1 (1.39%) Bash
2 1 (1.39%) Java
2 1 (1.39%) JavaScript
2 1 (1.39%) PL/SQL
2 1 (1.39%) Python
Qualifications
1 66 (91.67%) Security Cleared
2 45 (62.50%) SC Cleared
3 25 (34.72%) DV Cleared
4 17 (23.61%) Degree
5 10 (13.89%) Master's Degree
5 10 (13.89%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 9 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
7 8 (11.11%) CCNA
8 7 (9.72%) ITIL Certification
8 7 (9.72%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (8.33%) MCSA
10 5 (6.94%) CISSP
10 5 (6.94%) MCSE
11 4 (5.56%) CESG Certified Professional
12 3 (4.17%) CCNP
13 2 (2.78%) CISA
13 2 (2.78%) CLAS
14 1 (1.39%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 1 (1.39%) Computer Science Degree
14 1 (1.39%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (5.56%) JSP 440
1 4 (5.56%) QA
1 4 (5.56%) RMADS
2 2 (2.78%) NIST
2 2 (2.78%) SLA
3 1 (1.39%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.39%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (1.39%) PMO
System Software
1 12 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (12.50%) Active Directory
3 8 (11.11%) VMware ESXi
3 8 (11.11%) VMware NSX
4 5 (6.94%) Hyper-V
5 3 (4.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (4.17%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (2.78%) Docker
7 1 (1.39%) RACF
7 1 (1.39%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (1.39%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (11.11%) vCenter Server
2 3 (4.17%) SCCM
2 3 (4.17%) WSUS
3 2 (2.78%) Kubernetes
3 2 (2.78%) OPNET
3 2 (2.78%) SCOM
4 1 (1.39%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (1.39%) Ansible
4 1 (1.39%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (1.39%) Prometheus
4 1 (1.39%) Puppet
4 1 (1.39%) Terraform
Vendors
1 15 (20.83%) Microsoft
2 14 (19.44%) Atlassian
3 12 (16.67%) VMware
4 9 (12.50%) Cisco
5 7 (9.72%) SAP
6 4 (5.56%) Oracle
6 4 (5.56%) Remedy
7 3 (4.17%) Veeam
8 2 (2.78%) Foundry
8 2 (2.78%) ServiceNow
8 2 (2.78%) SolarWinds
8 2 (2.78%) Workday
9 1 (1.39%) Apple
9 1 (1.39%) BMC
9 1 (1.39%) Citrix
9 1 (1.39%) HP
9 1 (1.39%) Juniper
9 1 (1.39%) MuleSoft
9 1 (1.39%) Salesforce
9 1 (1.39%) Splunk