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 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 10 6 7
Rank change year-on-year -4 +1 -2
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 76 172 238
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Wiltshire 17.35% 18.24% 22.20%
As % of the General category 27.24% 33.59% 43.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 128 201
10th Percentile £387 £463 £425
25th Percentile £511 £534 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £556 £650 £575
Median % change year-on-year -14.42% +13.04% +2.68%
75th Percentile £638 £700 £640
90th Percentile £738 £779 £725
South West median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - +17.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 1
10th Percentile - £13.13 -
25th Percentile - £14.81 £21.25
Median hourly rate £28.55 £16.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year +73.03% -26.67% -67.41%
75th Percentile - £17.25 £23.75
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £26.12 £16.50 £31.25
% change year-on-year +58.30% -47.20% -50.79%

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 279 512 553
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire 63.70% 54.29% 51.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 182 379 458
10th Percentile £222 £263 £324
25th Percentile £450 £460 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £560
Median % change year-on-year - -1.79% +6.67%
75th Percentile £617 £675 £650
90th Percentile £688 £725 £725
South West median daily rate £511 £525 £549
% change year-on-year -2.62% -4.37% +9.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 19 4
10th Percentile £31.70 £12.00 -
25th Percentile £36.41 £14.25 £21.25
Median hourly rate £44.28 £14.54 £53.75
Median % change year-on-year +204.50% -72.95% -15.35%
75th Percentile £52.14 £23.75 £93.75
90th Percentile £56.86 £39.00 £105.00
South West median hourly rate £56.12 £46.39 £60.00
% change year-on-year +20.98% -22.68% +37.82%

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 17 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 17 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 +4 48 £563 -3.35% 9
Swindon -3 11 £425 +91.01% 7
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 (19.74%) Confluence
2 6 (7.89%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (7.89%) SharePoint
3 5 (6.58%) Skype for Business
4 1 (1.32%) Apache
4 1 (1.32%) IIS
4 1 (1.32%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 17 (22.37%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.63%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (2.63%) Remedy ITSM
2 1 (1.32%) Eloqua
2 1 (1.32%) Primavera
2 1 (1.32%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 4 (5.26%) AWS
2 3 (3.95%) Azure
3 1 (1.32%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.32%) GCP
3 1 (1.32%) iPaaS
3 1 (1.32%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 9 (11.84%) DNS
2 7 (9.21%) Skype
2 7 (9.21%) VPN
3 6 (7.89%) DHCP
4 4 (5.26%) Unified Communications
5 3 (3.95%) Firewall
5 3 (3.95%) Network Security
6 2 (2.63%) iSCSI
6 2 (2.63%) SAN
7 1 (1.32%) BGP
7 1 (1.32%) OSPF
7 1 (1.32%) SSL
7 1 (1.32%) TCP/IP
7 1 (1.32%) VLAN
7 1 (1.32%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.58%) SQL Server
2 3 (3.95%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.32%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.32%) MySQL
3 1 (1.32%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 1 (1.32%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 16 (21.05%) JIRA
2 4 (5.26%) Bitbucket
3 1 (1.32%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 1 (1.32%) GitLab
3 1 (1.32%) Jenkins
General
1 29 (38.16%) Social Skills
2 26 (34.21%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (19.74%) Finance
4 10 (13.16%) Military
5 7 (9.21%) Marketing
6 6 (7.89%) Electronics
6 6 (7.89%) Manufacturing
6 6 (7.89%) Telecoms
7 5 (6.58%) Fire and Rescue
7 5 (6.58%) Police
8 4 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (2.63%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (10.53%) Virtualisation Engineer
2 7 (9.21%) Architect
3 6 (7.89%) Administrator
3 6 (7.89%) Service Manager
4 5 (6.58%) Analyst
5 4 (5.26%) Business Analyst
5 4 (5.26%) Lead
6 3 (3.95%) Configuration Manager
6 3 (3.95%) Coordinator
6 3 (3.95%) Security Assurance Coordinator
6 3 (3.95%) Systems Administrator
7 2 (2.63%) Author
7 2 (2.63%) Consultant
7 2 (2.63%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (2.63%) Network Administrator
7 2 (2.63%) Project Manager
7 2 (2.63%) Service Level Manager
7 2 (2.63%) Technical Architect
7 2 (2.63%) Technical Author
7 2 (2.63%) Workstream Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (10.53%) Flash
2 2 (2.63%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (1.32%) Elastic Stack
3 1 (1.32%) LDAP
3 1 (1.32%) Middleware
3 1 (1.32%) SOAP
3 1 (1.32%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (15.79%) PKI
2 8 (10.53%) Clustering
3 5 (6.58%) Management Information System
4 4 (5.26%) CMDB
4 4 (5.26%) Data Centre
5 3 (3.95%) Onboarding
6 2 (2.63%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (2.63%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (1.32%) Data Fabric
7 1 (1.32%) e-Learning
7 1 (1.32%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (1.32%) Mainframe
7 1 (1.32%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 19 (25.00%) Windows
2 11 (14.47%) Windows Server
3 7 (9.21%) Windows 10
4 6 (7.89%) Windows Server 2012
4 6 (7.89%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (5.26%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (2.63%) Linux
6 2 (2.63%) VMS
7 1 (1.32%) Android
7 1 (1.32%) Apple iOS
7 1 (1.32%) Oracle Linux
7 1 (1.32%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (34.21%) Agile
2 24 (31.58%) Service Management
3 21 (27.63%) ITIL
4 17 (22.37%) Critical Thinking
5 16 (21.05%) Waterfall
6 15 (19.74%) Project Management
7 14 (18.42%) System Testing
8 12 (15.79%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 11 (14.47%) Change Management
9 11 (14.47%) Computer Science
9 11 (14.47%) Validation
10 10 (13.16%) NsoIT
11 8 (10.53%) High Availability
11 8 (10.53%) Power Management
12 7 (9.21%) Business Intelligence
12 7 (9.21%) Programme Management
13 6 (7.89%) Configuration Management
13 6 (7.89%) Digital Marketing
13 6 (7.89%) ITSM
13 6 (7.89%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 6 (7.89%) SQL
2 5 (6.58%) PowerShell
3 2 (2.63%) Java
3 2 (2.63%) Python
4 1 (1.32%) Bash
4 1 (1.32%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.32%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 70 (92.11%) Security Cleared
2 46 (60.53%) SC Cleared
3 24 (31.58%) DV Cleared
4 18 (23.68%) Degree
5 10 (13.16%) Master's Degree
5 10 (13.16%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 9 (11.84%) Cisco Certification
7 8 (10.53%) CCNA
7 8 (10.53%) ITIL Certification
8 7 (9.21%) Microsoft Certification
9 6 (7.89%) MCSA
10 5 (6.58%) CISSP
10 5 (6.58%) MCSE
11 4 (5.26%) CESG Certified Professional
12 3 (3.95%) CCNP
12 3 (3.95%) CISA
13 1 (1.32%) CLAS
13 1 (1.32%) IBM Certification
13 1 (1.32%) ISTQB
13 1 (1.32%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (5.26%) JSP 440
1 4 (5.26%) QA
1 4 (5.26%) RMADS
2 2 (2.63%) SLA
3 1 (1.32%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.32%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (1.32%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.32%) GDPR
3 1 (1.32%) NIST
3 1 (1.32%) PMO
System Software
1 12 (15.79%) VMware Infrastructure
2 9 (11.84%) Active Directory
3 8 (10.53%) VMware ESXi
3 8 (10.53%) VMware NSX
4 5 (6.58%) Hyper-V
5 3 (3.95%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (3.95%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (2.63%) Docker
7 1 (1.32%) RACF
7 1 (1.32%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (1.32%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 8 (10.53%) vCenter Server
2 3 (3.95%) SCCM
2 3 (3.95%) WSUS
3 2 (2.63%) Kubernetes
3 2 (2.63%) OPNET
3 2 (2.63%) SCOM
4 1 (1.32%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 1 (1.32%) Ansible
4 1 (1.32%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (1.32%) Prometheus
4 1 (1.32%) Puppet
4 1 (1.32%) Terraform
Vendors
1 15 (19.74%) Microsoft
2 14 (18.42%) Atlassian
3 12 (15.79%) VMware
4 9 (11.84%) Cisco
5 6 (7.89%) SAP
6 5 (6.58%) Oracle
7 4 (5.26%) Remedy
7 4 (5.26%) SolarWinds
8 3 (3.95%) ServiceNow
8 3 (3.95%) Veeam
9 2 (2.63%) Juniper
9 2 (2.63%) Workday
10 1 (1.32%) Apple
10 1 (1.32%) BMC
10 1 (1.32%) Citrix
10 1 (1.32%) HP
10 1 (1.32%) IBM
10 1 (1.32%) MuleSoft
10 1 (1.32%) QAD
10 1 (1.32%) Salesforce