Public Sector Contracts in the Midlands

Public Sector
England > Midlands

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

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 14 12 10
Rank change year-on-year -2 -2 -1
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 242 406 600
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 8.81% 11.87% 11.94%
As % of the General category 15.99% 21.40% 21.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 168 348 504
10th Percentile £254 £196 £204
25th Percentile £359 £335 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% +12.50%
75th Percentile £562 £630 £538
90th Percentile £625 £700 £599
England median daily rate £525 £540 £510
% change year-on-year -2.78% +5.88% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 16 22
10th Percentile £12.15 £12.66 £12.28
25th Percentile £12.75 £15.06 £13.94
Median hourly rate £16.00 £17.85 £16.70
Median % change year-on-year -10.36% +6.89% +4.38%
75th Percentile £20.62 £21.31 £17.70
90th Percentile £35.00 £25.44 £19.71
England median hourly rate £21.62 £20.10 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.54% +0.50% +9.59%

All General Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,513 1,897 2,736
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 55.10% 55.47% 54.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,038 1,346 2,049
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £350 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £480 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.56% +1.05% +18.75%
75th Percentile £611 £588 £550
90th Percentile £738 £688 £650
England median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 167 85 100
10th Percentile £11.75 £11.80 £10.45
25th Percentile £13.90 £13.31 £13.15
Median hourly rate £17.50 £20.50 £17.70
Median % change year-on-year -14.63% +15.82% +10.63%
75th Percentile £36.25 £32.25 £24.69
90th Percentile £52.34 £51.50 £35.00
England median hourly rate £30.50 £32.40 £21.50
% change year-on-year -5.86% +50.70% -4.44%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in the Midlands

Public Sector
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Public Sector in the Midlands

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in the Midlands

Public Sector
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Public Sector in the Midlands

Public Sector
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Public Sector in the Midlands over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Public Sector in the Midlands

Public Sector
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 6 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
West Midlands -4 178 £500 -7.41% 92
East Midlands -5 63 £275 -52.50% 24
Public Sector
England

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 6 (2.48%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.65%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (0.83%) Apache
3 2 (0.83%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.83%) CICS
3 2 (0.83%) CMS
3 2 (0.83%) SAS
Applications
1 14 (5.79%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.83%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.41%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (0.41%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 18 (7.44%) Azure
2 10 (4.13%) Microsoft 365
3 5 (2.07%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (1.65%) AWS
4 4 (1.65%) Entra ID
5 3 (1.24%) OCI
5 3 (1.24%) PaaS
6 2 (0.83%) Azure App Service
6 2 (0.83%) Azure Functions
6 2 (0.83%) IaaS
6 2 (0.83%) Power Platform
6 2 (0.83%) SaaS
6 2 (0.83%) Serverless
7 1 (0.41%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 1 (0.41%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (0.41%) Azure Event Grid
7 1 (0.41%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (0.41%) Azure Storage
7 1 (0.41%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.41%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 16 (6.61%) WAN
2 13 (5.37%) Firewall
2 13 (5.37%) VPN
3 11 (4.55%) BGP
3 11 (4.55%) IPsec
3 11 (4.55%) MPLS
3 11 (4.55%) Network Security
4 8 (3.31%) TCP/IP
4 8 (3.31%) Wireless
5 7 (2.89%) DNS
5 7 (2.89%) Internet
6 6 (2.48%) DHCP
7 5 (2.07%) Junos
8 4 (1.65%) LAN
8 4 (1.65%) SAN
9 2 (0.83%) 5G
9 2 (0.83%) Fibre Channel
9 2 (0.83%) Intrusion Detection
10 1 (0.41%) CATAPAN
10 1 (0.41%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.07%) Oracle Reports
2 4 (1.65%) Metadata
2 4 (1.65%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.24%) Amazon Redshift
3 3 (1.24%) Big Data
3 3 (1.24%) DB2
3 3 (1.24%) MySQL
3 3 (1.24%) RDBMS
3 3 (1.24%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.83%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (0.83%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (0.83%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (0.83%) IDMS
5 1 (0.41%) Apache Hive
5 1 (0.41%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.41%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.41%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.41%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 1 (0.41%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.41%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 16 (6.61%) PVCS
1 16 (6.61%) Visual Studio
2 6 (2.48%) Git
3 3 (1.24%) JIRA
4 2 (0.83%) Appium
4 2 (0.83%) UI Automator
4 2 (0.83%) XCUITest
5 1 (0.41%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.41%) GitLab
5 1 (0.41%) Rational DOORS
General
1 53 (21.90%) Social Skills
2 27 (11.16%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (10.33%) Finance
4 8 (3.31%) Local Government
4 8 (3.31%) Telecoms
5 7 (2.89%) Electronics
5 7 (2.89%) Manufacturing
5 7 (2.89%) Marketing
5 7 (2.89%) Police
6 6 (2.48%) Legal
7 4 (1.65%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (1.24%) Back Office
8 3 (1.24%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.24%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (0.83%) Military
9 2 (0.83%) Publishing
10 1 (0.41%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.41%) Law
10 1 (0.41%) Retail
10 1 (0.41%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 27 (11.16%) Analyst
2 20 (8.26%) Senior
3 16 (6.61%) Architect
3 16 (6.61%) C Programmer
3 16 (6.61%) Programmer
4 15 (6.20%) Network Engineer
4 15 (6.20%) Project Manager
5 14 (5.79%) Lead
6 12 (4.96%) 3rd Line Support
7 11 (4.55%) Developer
7 11 (4.55%) WAN Engineer
8 10 (4.13%) Senior Manager
8 10 (4.13%) Support Engineer
9 9 (3.72%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 8 (3.31%) IT Engineer
10 8 (3.31%) Senior Project Manager
11 7 (2.89%) 2nd Line Support
11 7 (2.89%) Administrator
11 7 (2.89%) Data Architect
11 7 (2.89%) Network Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.24%) .NET
1 3 (1.24%) Apache NiFi
1 3 (1.24%) LDAP
1 3 (1.24%) OAuth
1 3 (1.24%) OpenID
1 3 (1.24%) SAML
2 2 (0.83%) AngularJS
2 2 (0.83%) Elastic Stack
2 2 (0.83%) Regular Expression
2 2 (0.83%) REST
3 1 (0.41%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.41%) Entity Framework
3 1 (0.41%) JSON
3 1 (0.41%) Kafka
3 1 (0.41%) Node.js
3 1 (0.41%) OAuth2
3 1 (0.41%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.41%) React
3 1 (0.41%) Swagger
3 1 (0.41%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (4.55%) PKI
2 10 (4.13%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (2.89%) Management Information System
4 6 (2.48%) Driving Licence
5 5 (2.07%) Analytical Mindset
5 5 (2.07%) Cyber Defence
5 5 (2.07%) Distributed Applications
6 4 (1.65%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.24%) Cloud Native
7 3 (1.24%) Digital Media
7 3 (1.24%) IBM Mainframe
7 3 (1.24%) Linux Command Line
7 3 (1.24%) Mainframe
7 3 (1.24%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.83%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (0.83%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.83%) Handset
8 2 (0.83%) Mobile App
8 2 (0.83%) NHS
8 2 (0.83%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 36 (14.88%) Windows
2 18 (7.44%) Linux
3 11 (4.55%) Windows 7
4 7 (2.89%) Windows Vista
5 6 (2.48%) Mac OS X
6 5 (2.07%) Windows 10
6 5 (2.07%) Windows Server
7 4 (1.65%) Android
7 4 (1.65%) Apple iOS
7 4 (1.65%) Ubuntu
8 3 (1.24%) Unix
9 2 (0.83%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.83%) zOS
10 1 (0.41%) AIX
10 1 (0.41%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.41%) Solaris
10 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (13.64%) Agile
1 33 (13.64%) Stakeholder Management
2 30 (12.40%) Problem-Solving
3 21 (8.68%) Cybersecurity
4 19 (7.85%) Project Management
5 18 (7.44%) Decision-Making
5 18 (7.44%) PRINCE2
6 16 (6.61%) Analytics
6 16 (6.61%) Continuous Improvement
6 16 (6.61%) Data Analysis
6 16 (6.61%) Information Security
6 16 (6.61%) SIEM
7 14 (5.79%) Business Intelligence
8 13 (5.37%) ITIL
8 13 (5.37%) Risk Management
9 12 (4.96%) Change Management
9 12 (4.96%) Customer Service
9 12 (4.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 12 (4.96%) Time Management
10 11 (4.55%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 18 (7.44%) PL/SQL
2 16 (6.61%) C
3 9 (3.72%) SQL
4 5 (2.07%) Java
5 4 (1.65%) C#
5 4 (1.65%) Python
5 4 (1.65%) R
6 3 (1.24%) C++
6 3 (1.24%) COBOL
7 2 (0.83%) Bash
7 2 (0.83%) CLIST
7 2 (0.83%) Kotlin
7 2 (0.83%) PowerShell
7 2 (0.83%) REXX
7 2 (0.83%) Scala
7 2 (0.83%) SELCOPY
7 2 (0.83%) Swift
8 1 (0.41%) BeanShell
8 1 (0.41%) Bourne shell
8 1 (0.41%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 104 (42.98%) Security Cleared
2 66 (27.27%) SC Cleared
3 15 (6.20%) Degree
4 14 (5.79%) DV Cleared
5 13 (5.37%) Cisco Certification
6 8 (3.31%) CCNA
6 8 (3.31%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 6 (2.48%) CCNP
8 5 (2.07%) HNC
8 5 (2.07%) HND
8 5 (2.07%) NVQ Level 3
9 4 (1.65%) CCIE
10 3 (1.24%) CISSP
10 3 (1.24%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (1.24%) GIAC
10 3 (1.24%) ISTQB
10 3 (1.24%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 2 (0.83%) CASP
11 2 (0.83%) CompTIA Security+
11 2 (0.83%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.96%) QA
2 10 (4.13%) GDPR
3 9 (3.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (2.89%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 7 (2.89%) SLA
5 6 (2.48%) HIPAA
5 6 (2.48%) NIST
6 3 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 17025
6 3 (1.24%) ISO17020
7 2 (0.83%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.83%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.83%) Government Security Classifications
7 2 (0.83%) NCSC
8 1 (0.41%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.41%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.41%) PMO
8 1 (0.41%) WCAG
System Software
1 15 (6.20%) Active Directory
2 10 (4.13%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (2.48%) Virtual Servers
4 4 (1.65%) Hyper-V
5 3 (1.24%) VMware NSX
6 2 (0.83%) iptables
6 2 (0.83%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.83%) VMware Server
7 1 (0.41%) KVM
7 1 (0.41%) OpenAM
7 1 (0.41%) OpenIDM
7 1 (0.41%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.41%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 4 (1.65%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.24%) Grafana
2 3 (1.24%) Terraform
3 2 (0.83%) Ansible
3 2 (0.83%) FortiGate
3 2 (0.83%) Kibana
3 2 (0.83%) logstash
3 2 (0.83%) SCCM
3 2 (0.83%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.41%) EMC NetWorker
4 1 (0.41%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.41%) vCenter Server
4 1 (0.41%) VxRail
Vendors
1 22 (9.09%) Microsoft
2 15 (6.20%) Juniper
3 12 (4.96%) VMware
4 10 (4.13%) Cisco
5 9 (3.72%) Dell
5 9 (3.72%) Oracle
6 7 (2.89%) SAP
7 6 (2.48%) Red Hat
8 4 (1.65%) Citrix
8 4 (1.65%) Computacenter
8 4 (1.65%) Talend
9 3 (1.24%) Denodo
9 3 (1.24%) ForgeRock
9 3 (1.24%) IBM
9 3 (1.24%) LogRhythm
9 3 (1.24%) ServiceNow
9 3 (1.24%) TippingPoint
10 2 (0.83%) Palo Alto
10 2 (0.83%) Syncsort
10 2 (0.83%) Trend Micro