Public Sector Contracts in Birmingham

Public Sector
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Public Sector over the 6 months to 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 14 3 10
Rank change year-on-year -11 +7 +4
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 56 152 149
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 7.64% 17.29% 11.34%
As % of the General category 14.55% 29.92% 19.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 128 120
10th Percentile - £359 £167
25th Percentile £400 £463 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £638 £450
Median % change year-on-year -29.41% +41.67% +28.57%
75th Percentile £538 £700 £550
90th Percentile £600 £745 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £540 £450
% change year-on-year -7.41% +20.00% +8.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 9 7
10th Percentile £12.39 £13.05 £11.48
25th Percentile £13.35 £13.31 £12.88
Median hourly rate £15.30 £20.50 £17.70
Median % change year-on-year -25.39% +15.82% -1.67%
75th Percentile £16.88 £27.13 -
90th Percentile £18.45 £28.75 £19.52
West Midlands median hourly rate £19.00 £19.25 £16.00
% change year-on-year -1.30% +20.31% -11.11%

All General Skills
Birmingham

Public Sector is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Birmingham with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 385 508 750
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 52.52% 57.79% 57.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 264 343 540
10th Percentile £230 £282 £225
25th Percentile £375 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £520 £475
Median % change year-on-year -8.65% +9.47% +15.50%
75th Percentile £575 £650 £588
90th Percentile £700 £731 £688
West Midlands median daily rate £510 £510 £480
% change year-on-year - +6.25% +13.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 30 16
10th Percentile £11.89 £11.00 £12.25
25th Percentile £13.97 £12.50 £13.50
Median hourly rate £24.65 £19.50 £16.75
Median % change year-on-year +26.41% +16.42% -6.94%
75th Percentile £48.75 £28.75 £17.81
90th Percentile £56.25 £68.25 £18.00
West Midlands median hourly rate £19.00 £20.84 £16.50
% change year-on-year -8.82% +26.29% +3.13%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in Birmingham

Public Sector
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Daily rate trend for Public Sector in Birmingham

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in Birmingham over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in Birmingham

Public Sector
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

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

Hourly rate trend for Public Sector in Birmingham

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 2 (3.57%) CMS
1 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.79%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.79%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.79%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 5 (8.93%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (7.14%) Azure
3 2 (3.57%) OCI
4 1 (1.79%) AWS
4 1 (1.79%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.79%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 7 (12.50%) Firewall
2 6 (10.71%) Network Security
3 4 (7.14%) VPN
3 4 (7.14%) WAN
4 3 (5.36%) BGP
4 3 (5.36%) IPsec
4 3 (5.36%) Junos
4 3 (5.36%) MPLS
5 2 (3.57%) 5G
5 2 (3.57%) Internet
5 2 (3.57%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.79%) Data Mining
1 1 (1.79%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.79%) Metadata
1 1 (1.79%) Oracle BI Publisher
1 1 (1.79%) Oracle Reports
General
1 14 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (10.71%) Finance
4 5 (8.93%) Legal
5 3 (5.36%) Local Government
6 2 (3.57%) Police
6 2 (3.57%) Publishing
6 2 (3.57%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.79%) Back Office
7 1 (1.79%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (21.43%) 3rd Line Support
2 10 (17.86%) Analyst
3 6 (10.71%) Network Manager
4 5 (8.93%) Lead
4 5 (8.93%) SOC Analyst
5 4 (7.14%) Architect
5 4 (7.14%) Support Engineer
6 3 (5.36%) 3rd Line Engineer
6 3 (5.36%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
6 3 (5.36%) Service Analyst
6 3 (5.36%) Service Desk Analyst
6 3 (5.36%) WAN Engineer
7 2 (3.57%) Azure Engineer
7 2 (3.57%) Azure Platform Engineer
7 2 (3.57%) Cloud Platform Engineer
7 2 (3.57%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 2 (3.57%) IT Engineer
7 2 (3.57%) Platform Engineer
7 2 (3.57%) Programme Director
7 2 (3.57%) SOC Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.57%) Regular Expression
2 1 (1.79%) Node.js
2 1 (1.79%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.36%) PKI
2 2 (3.57%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (3.57%) Cloud Native
2 2 (3.57%) Cyber Kill Chain
2 2 (3.57%) Handset
2 2 (3.57%) IoT
2 2 (3.57%) Taxonomies
3 1 (1.79%) CCTV
3 1 (1.79%) Driving Licence
3 1 (1.79%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.79%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 6 (10.71%) Linux
2 5 (8.93%) Mac OS X
3 4 (7.14%) Windows
4 3 (5.36%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (21.43%) Data Analysis
2 10 (17.86%) Cybersecurity
3 8 (14.29%) Incident Management
4 7 (12.50%) MITRE ATT&CK
4 7 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (12.50%) Risk Management
4 7 (12.50%) SIEM
5 6 (10.71%) Stakeholder Management
6 5 (8.93%) Computer Forensics
6 5 (8.93%) Line Management
6 5 (8.93%) Malware Reverse Engineering
6 5 (8.93%) Purple Team
6 5 (8.93%) Reverse Engineering
6 5 (8.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 5 (8.93%) Threat Analysis
6 5 (8.93%) Vulnerability Management
7 4 (7.14%) Capacity Planning
7 4 (7.14%) Incident Response
7 4 (7.14%) Infrastructure Management
7 4 (7.14%) Network Monitoring
Qualifications
1 18 (32.14%) Security Cleared
2 10 (17.86%) SC Cleared
3 5 (8.93%) Cisco Certification
4 4 (7.14%) CCIE
4 4 (7.14%) CCNP
5 2 (3.57%) BC Cleared
5 2 (3.57%) CASP
5 2 (3.57%) CISSP
5 2 (3.57%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (3.57%) GCED
5 2 (3.57%) GIAC
5 2 (3.57%) GSEC
6 1 (1.79%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (1.79%) CISM
6 1 (1.79%) CRISC
6 1 (1.79%) Oracle Certification
6 1 (1.79%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (1.79%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (10.71%) GDPR
3 5 (8.93%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 5 (8.93%) HIPAA
3 5 (8.93%) NIST
4 1 (1.79%) Government Security Classifications
4 1 (1.79%) ISO 22301
4 1 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 1 (1.79%) NCSC
System Software
1 5 (8.93%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.79%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.79%) Virtual Servers
Vendors
1 9 (16.07%) Dell
2 4 (7.14%) Citrix
3 3 (5.36%) Juniper
3 3 (5.36%) Oracle
4 2 (3.57%) LogRhythm
4 2 (3.57%) Microsoft
4 2 (3.57%) Palo Alto
4 2 (3.57%) TippingPoint
4 2 (3.57%) Trend Micro