Public Sector Contracts in Hertfordshire

Public Sector
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire. 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 56 49 49
Rank change year-on-year -7 0 +5
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 20 23 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 2.42% 3.00% 3.54%
As % of the General category 3.89% 5.34% 6.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 13 22
10th Percentile £293 £270 £169
25th Percentile £350 £350 £222
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £338
Median % change year-on-year - +40.74% -38.64%
75th Percentile £663 £676 £438
90th Percentile £700 £685 £638
East of England median daily rate £450 £600 £450
% change year-on-year -25.00% +33.33% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 2
10th Percentile - £14.54 £12.93
25th Percentile - £16.10 £13.69
Median hourly rate £15.10 £18.90 £14.96
Median % change year-on-year -20.11% +26.34% -
75th Percentile - £20.30 £16.23
90th Percentile - £21.02 £16.99
East of England median hourly rate £15.79 £18.20 £16.00
% change year-on-year -13.24% +13.75% -30.10%

All General Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 514 431 445
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 62.08% 56.19% 56.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 133 207 239
10th Percentile £200 £224 £181
25th Percentile £331 £384 £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £500 £470
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% +6.38% -3.34%
75th Percentile £575 £675 £631
90th Percentile £700 £838 £713
East of England median daily rate £475 £500 £468
% change year-on-year -5.00% +6.84% +10.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 244 92 55
10th Percentile - £45.00 £16.89
25th Percentile £38.12 £53.42 £37.83
Median hourly rate £50.00 £60.00 £49.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +22.45% +8.89%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £56.00
90th Percentile £65.00 £69.88 £60.00
East of England median hourly rate £38.12 £20.25 £14.50
% change year-on-year +88.25% +39.66% -3.33%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in Hertfordshire

Public Sector
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate trend for Public Sector in Hertfordshire

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in Hertfordshire

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

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in Hertfordshire

Public Sector
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Public Sector in Hertfordshire

Public Sector
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 19 May 2024. 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
Stevenage +2 8 £545 -19.32% 3
Watford - 6 £375 - 1
Hatfield -6 2 £200 -60.00%
Hemel Hempstead 0 1 £600 +30.43% 4
Public Sector
East of England

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 1 (5.00%) Confluence
1 1 (5.00%) Exchange Server 2000
1 1 (5.00%) Exchange Server 2003
1 1 (5.00%) Exchange Server 2007
1 1 (5.00%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (5.00%) Exchange Server 2013
1 1 (5.00%) IIS
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (5.00%) Tomcat
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.00%) DHCP
1 1 (5.00%) DNS
1 1 (5.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (5.00%) VLAN
1 1 (5.00%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (5.00%) JIRA
General
1 7 (35.00%) Finance
1 7 (35.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (30.00%) Electronics
2 6 (30.00%) Manufacturing
2 6 (30.00%) Marketing
2 6 (30.00%) Telecoms
3 2 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 3 (15.00%) Lead
2 2 (10.00%) 3rd Line Engineer
2 2 (10.00%) Analyst
2 2 (10.00%) Developer
2 2 (10.00%) Senior
2 2 (10.00%) Senior Analyst
2 2 (10.00%) SOC Analyst
3 1 (5.00%) Applications Support
3 1 (5.00%) Applications Support Engineer
3 1 (5.00%) Coordinator
3 1 (5.00%) Data Manager
3 1 (5.00%) Linux Engineer
3 1 (5.00%) Messaging Engineer
3 1 (5.00%) Network Engineer
3 1 (5.00%) Project Coordinator
3 1 (5.00%) Server Engineer
3 1 (5.00%) Support Engineer
3 1 (5.00%) Test Manager
3 1 (5.00%) Unix Engineer
3 1 (5.00%) Windows Server Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.00%) CSS
1 1 (5.00%) HTML
1 1 (5.00%) Lightning Web Components
1 1 (5.00%) REST
1 1 (5.00%) Visualforce
1 1 (5.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 3 (15.00%) Windows
2 2 (10.00%) Windows Server
3 1 (5.00%) Linux
3 1 (5.00%) Solaris
3 1 (5.00%) Unix
3 1 (5.00%) Windows 2000
3 1 (5.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (5.00%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (5.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (30.00%) Business Intelligence
1 6 (30.00%) Digital Marketing
1 6 (30.00%) Programme Management
2 4 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (15.00%) Change Management
3 3 (15.00%) Cybersecurity
3 3 (15.00%) Defect Management
3 3 (15.00%) Incident Response
3 3 (15.00%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
3 3 (15.00%) Vulnerability Management
4 2 (10.00%) Agile
4 2 (10.00%) ITIL
4 2 (10.00%) PRINCE2
4 2 (10.00%) Time Management
5 1 (5.00%) Kalman Filter
5 1 (5.00%) Problem Management
5 1 (5.00%) Release Management
5 1 (5.00%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (5.00%) SDLC
5 1 (5.00%) Security Patching
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.00%) Apex Code
1 1 (5.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (5.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (5.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 8 (40.00%) SC Cleared
3 4 (20.00%) DV Cleared
4 1 (5.00%) CCIE
4 1 (5.00%) CCNA
4 1 (5.00%) CCNP
4 1 (5.00%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (5.00%) Degree
4 1 (5.00%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.00%) QA
2 1 (5.00%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (10.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (10.00%) Hyper-V
1 2 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (5.00%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (5.00%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 1 (5.00%) Ansible
1 1 (5.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (5.00%) Rancher
1 1 (5.00%) Red Hat Satellite
1 1 (5.00%) SCCM
1 1 (5.00%) SCOM
1 1 (5.00%) Tivoli Identity Manager
Vendors
1 6 (30.00%) SAP
2 5 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (15.00%) Darktrace
3 3 (15.00%) Varonis
4 2 (10.00%) VMware
5 1 (5.00%) Cisco
5 1 (5.00%) Computacenter
5 1 (5.00%) Dell
5 1 (5.00%) HP
5 1 (5.00%) IBM
5 1 (5.00%) Red Hat
5 1 (5.00%) Salesforce
5 1 (5.00%) ServiceNow