Public Sector Contracts in Worcester

Public Sector
Worcestershire > Worcester

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies in Worcester. 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 12 - 9
Rank change year-on-year - - -8
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 3 0 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Worcester 10.71% - 9.80%
As % of the General category 27.27% - 27.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile - - £240
25th Percentile - - £291
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - £400
Median % change year-on-year - - +45.45%
75th Percentile - - £431
90th Percentile - - £435
Worcestershire median daily rate £700 £525 £450
% change year-on-year +33.33% +16.67% +63.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
Median hourly rate £18.13 - £17.70
Worcestershire median hourly rate £18.13 - £17.70
% change year-on-year - - -5.60%

All General Skills
Worcester

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 Worcester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 11 15 18
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Worcester 39.29% 51.72% 35.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 11 13
10th Percentile £110 £200 £203
25th Percentile £139 £338 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £168 £450 £425
Median % change year-on-year -62.67% +5.88% +54.55%
75th Percentile £450 £623 £675
90th Percentile £700 £738 -
Worcestershire median daily rate £525 £525 £525
% change year-on-year - - +50.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 3
10th Percentile £16.81 £14.33 £16.77
25th Percentile £17.03 £18.78 £17.12
Median hourly rate £17.64 £46.25 £17.70
Median % change year-on-year -61.85% +161.30% -2.34%
75th Percentile £18.01 £72.50 -
90th Percentile £18.08 - -
Worcestershire median hourly rate £17.16 £11.73 £17.70
% change year-on-year +46.31% -33.76% +1.14%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Worcester

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

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in Worcester

Public Sector
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Worcester

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

Daily rate trend for Public Sector in Worcester

Public Sector
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Worcester

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

Hourly rate trend for Public Sector in Worcester

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Worcester 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) VPN
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) DevSecOps Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) IT Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) IT Support
2 1 (33.33%) IT Support Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Junior
2 1 (33.33%) Junior IT Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Junior IT Support
2 1 (33.33%) Junior Support Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
1 2 (66.67%) Containerisation
1 2 (66.67%) Deployment Automation
1 2 (66.67%) DevSecOps
1 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure as Code
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
1 2 (66.67%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (33.33%) Multi-Factor Authentication
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) DV Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) NCSC
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Docker
2 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (33.33%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Ansible
1 2 (66.67%) Kubernetes
1 2 (66.67%) Terraform
2 1 (33.33%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco
1 1 (33.33%) Citrix
1 1 (33.33%) Nexthink