Public Sector Contract Job Trends in York

Public Sector
North Yorkshire > York

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies in York. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 30 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 7 6
Rank change year-on-year -1 -1 +11
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 5 8 12
As % of all contract jobs in York 11.90% 18.18% 21.05%
As % of the General category 20.83% 36.36% 37.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 6
10th Percentile £530 - £150
25th Percentile £538 - £158
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £180
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +205.56% -68.56%
75th Percentile £613 - £195
90th Percentile £620 - £350
North Yorkshire median daily rate £575 £365 £180
% change year-on-year +57.53% +102.78% -64.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £16.25
Median hourly rate - - £17.50
75th Percentile - - £18.75
90th Percentile - - -
North Yorkshire median hourly rate £31.86 £18.64 £17.50
% change year-on-year +70.97% +6.49% -6.67%

All General Skills
York

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 general skills in York.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 24 22 32
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in York 57.14% 50.00% 56.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 5 18
10th Percentile £120 £207 £126
25th Percentile £193 £300 £150
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £450 £160
Median % change year-on-year -22.22% +181.25% -66.32%
75th Percentile £625 £550 £197
90th Percentile £725 - £523
North Yorkshire median daily rate £450 £450 £425
% change year-on-year - +5.88% -10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 6
10th Percentile - - £11.15
25th Percentile - £10.25 £11.30
Median hourly rate - £10.50 £14.40
Median % change year-on-year - -27.08% -28.45%
75th Percentile - £10.75 £18.75
90th Percentile - - -
North Yorkshire median hourly rate £31.86 £17.50 £14.45
% change year-on-year +82.06% +21.09% -14.06%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in York

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

Public Sector job vacancy trend in York

Public Sector
Daily Rate Trend in York

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

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

Public Sector
Hourly Rate Trend in York

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

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

Public Sector
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in York 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (20.00%) GCP
2 1 (20.00%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) MS Access
1 2 (40.00%) Power BI
2 1 (20.00%) Data Warehouse
General
1 3 (60.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Analyst
2 2 (40.00%) Data Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Data Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Lead
3 1 (20.00%) Senior
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Data Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Service Analyst
3 1 (20.00%) Service Desk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Android
1 1 (20.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (20.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Asset Management
1 2 (40.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) Collaborative Working
1 2 (40.00%) Data Analysis
1 2 (40.00%) Data Management
1 2 (40.00%) Data Visualisation
1 2 (40.00%) Information Architecture
1 2 (40.00%) Information Management
1 2 (40.00%) Visualisation
2 1 (20.00%) Analytics
2 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (20.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (20.00%) Data Engineering
2 1 (20.00%) Data Pipeline
2 1 (20.00%) Performance Tuning
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Programme Governance
2 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (20.00%) Target Operating Model
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (20.00%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Salesforce
2 1 (20.00%) Google