Public Sector Contracts in the North of England

Public Sector
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 10 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 14 5 9
Rank change year-on-year -9 +4 -2
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 448 817 896
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 9.24% 14.97% 12.59%
As % of the General category 17.10% 26.82% 24.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 282 621 676
10th Percentile £325 £300 £209
25th Percentile £413 £413 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £488
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +7.69% +2.63%
75th Percentile £576 £619 £575
90th Percentile £670 £700 £644
England median daily rate £525 £525 £510
% change year-on-year - +2.94% +4.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 26 48
10th Percentile £12.00 £15.33 £14.50
25th Percentile £14.13 £16.85 £15.93
Median hourly rate £16.00 £20.00 £18.70
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +6.95% -0.32%
75th Percentile £20.56 £25.00 £27.00
90th Percentile £30.61 £28.65 £75.00
England median hourly rate £22.75 £20.60 £20.00
% change year-on-year +10.44% +3.00% +11.11%

All General Skills
North of England

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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,620 3,046 3,666
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 54.04% 55.82% 51.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,502 2,099 2,577
10th Percentile £263 £280 £213
25th Percentile £400 £413 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £498 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year -0.50% +4.17% +6.67%
75th Percentile £581 £600 £575
90th Percentile £650 £688 £650
England median daily rate £534 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.93% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 324 97 182
10th Percentile £12.13 £13.98 £10.75
25th Percentile £13.50 £16.62 £14.25
Median hourly rate £16.12 £22.00 £19.12
Median % change year-on-year -26.75% +15.05% +6.83%
75th Percentile £35.23 £35.00 £33.62
90th Percentile £48.75 £50.84 £57.73
England median hourly rate £31.50 £30.65 £22.45
% change year-on-year +2.78% +36.51% +6.90%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in the North of England

Public Sector
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Public Sector in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Public Sector in the North of England

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in the North of England over the 6 months to 10 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in the North of England

Public Sector
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Public Sector in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Public Sector in the North of England

Public Sector
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Public Sector in the North of England over the 6 months to 10 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Public Sector in the North of England

Public Sector
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England region over the 6 months to 10 June 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
North West -5 283 £500 -2.44% 138
Yorkshire -13 133 £500 -7.41% 58
North East -5 34 £500 - 36
Public Sector
England

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 31 (6.92%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.12%) Confluence
3 4 (0.89%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.67%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.45%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.45%) Mule
5 2 (0.45%) nginx
6 1 (0.22%) Alfresco
6 1 (0.22%) Apache
6 1 (0.22%) Camunda
6 1 (0.22%) CMS
6 1 (0.22%) Mendix
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 1 (0.22%) SAS
6 1 (0.22%) Traefik
Applications
1 25 (5.58%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (2.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (1.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.34%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (1.12%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.45%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.45%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.45%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.45%) Sketch
7 1 (0.22%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.22%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.22%) Revit
7 1 (0.22%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (0.67%) Aareon QL
2 2 (0.45%) Sage X3
3 1 (0.22%) NEC Housing
3 1 (0.22%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.22%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.22%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.22%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 51 (11.38%) Azure
2 31 (6.92%) Microsoft 365
3 30 (6.70%) AWS
4 14 (3.13%) Power Platform
5 9 (2.01%) GCP
5 9 (2.01%) Serverless
6 8 (1.79%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (1.79%) GitHub
7 7 (1.56%) Azure Functions
7 7 (1.56%) Entra ID
7 7 (1.56%) SaaS
8 5 (1.12%) Azure Service Bus
8 5 (1.12%) IaaS
8 5 (1.12%) PaaS
9 4 (0.89%) ShareGate
10 3 (0.67%) Snowflake
11 2 (0.45%) Azure Stack
11 2 (0.45%) Figma
11 2 (0.45%) Power Automate
11 2 (0.45%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.68%) Firewall
2 7 (1.56%) VPN
2 7 (1.56%) Wi-Fi
3 6 (1.34%) DNS
3 6 (1.34%) Network Security
4 4 (0.89%) BGP
4 4 (0.89%) Cisco ASA
4 4 (0.89%) Cisco Firepower
4 4 (0.89%) Cisco ISE
4 4 (0.89%) EIGRP
4 4 (0.89%) HSRP
4 4 (0.89%) IPsec
4 4 (0.89%) LAN
4 4 (0.89%) NetScaler
4 4 (0.89%) OSPF
4 4 (0.89%) SNMP
4 4 (0.89%) Spanning Tree
4 4 (0.89%) WAN
5 3 (0.67%) DHCP
5 3 (0.67%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (4.91%) PostgreSQL
2 17 (3.79%) Relational Database
3 12 (2.68%) Data Warehouse
3 12 (2.68%) Power BI
4 7 (1.56%) Data Lake
4 7 (1.56%) Ingres
5 6 (1.34%) Snowflake Schema
6 5 (1.12%) InterSystems Cache
6 5 (1.12%) MongoDB
6 5 (1.12%) Redis
7 4 (0.89%) BigQuery
7 4 (0.89%) GIS
7 4 (0.89%) Metadata
7 4 (0.89%) Tableau
8 3 (0.67%) Amazon Redshift
8 3 (0.67%) Big Data
8 3 (0.67%) MySQL
8 3 (0.67%) Qlik Sense
9 2 (0.45%) Data Mining
9 2 (0.45%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 20 (4.46%) Git
2 12 (2.68%) JUnit
3 6 (1.34%) GitLab
4 5 (1.12%) Jenkins
4 5 (1.12%) JIRA
5 3 (0.67%) Liquibase
6 2 (0.45%) Log4j
6 2 (0.45%) Selenium
6 2 (0.45%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.45%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.22%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.22%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.22%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.22%) Dreamweaver
7 1 (0.22%) Gradle
7 1 (0.22%) Mocha
7 1 (0.22%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.22%) Sonatype Nexus
7 1 (0.22%) WebDriver
General
1 92 (20.54%) Social Skills
2 62 (13.84%) Finance
3 45 (10.04%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (3.35%) Local Government
5 11 (2.46%) Marketing
5 11 (2.46%) Telecoms
6 9 (2.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 8 (1.79%) Electronics
7 8 (1.79%) Manufacturing
8 7 (1.56%) Health Technology
8 7 (1.56%) Military
8 7 (1.56%) Police
9 6 (1.34%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (1.34%) Legal
10 4 (0.89%) Banking
10 4 (0.89%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (0.67%) Publishing
12 2 (0.45%) Fire and Rescue
12 2 (0.45%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.45%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 59 (13.17%) Analyst
2 57 (12.72%) Architect
3 51 (11.38%) Developer
4 32 (7.14%) Senior
5 28 (6.25%) Lead
6 27 (6.03%) Project Manager
7 26 (5.80%) Business Analyst
8 23 (5.13%) Consultant
9 21 (4.69%) Java Developer
10 17 (3.79%) Service Analyst
10 17 (3.79%) Service Desk Analyst
11 16 (3.57%) Solutions Architect
12 12 (2.68%) Data Engineer
13 11 (2.46%) Technical Architect
14 10 (2.23%) Administrator
14 10 (2.23%) DBA
14 10 (2.23%) Designer
15 9 (2.01%) Delivery Manager
15 9 (2.01%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 9 (2.01%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (4.46%) Node.js
2 19 (4.24%) Spring
3 18 (4.02%) Spring Boot
4 17 (3.79%) REST
5 14 (3.13%) Hibernate
5 14 (3.13%) React
6 12 (2.68%) JPA
7 6 (1.34%) HTML
7 6 (1.34%) Kafka
8 5 (1.12%) CSS
8 5 (1.12%) SignalR
8 5 (1.12%) Web Services
9 4 (0.89%) Jinja
9 4 (0.89%) PySpark
10 3 (0.67%) JSON
10 3 (0.67%) RESTful
11 2 (0.45%) Django
11 2 (0.45%) OAuth
11 2 (0.45%) OpenID
11 2 (0.45%) PostGIS
Miscellaneous
1 28 (6.25%) NHS
2 18 (4.02%) Management Information System
3 14 (3.13%) Product Ownership
3 14 (3.13%) Virtual Team
4 11 (2.46%) CMDB
5 9 (2.01%) Onboarding
6 8 (1.79%) Digital Signage
7 6 (1.34%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (1.34%) Driving Licence
7 6 (1.34%) Public Cloud
8 5 (1.12%) Data Centre
8 5 (1.12%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (1.12%) PKI
9 4 (0.89%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 4 (0.89%) Freedom of Information
9 4 (0.89%) Mobile App
9 4 (0.89%) Video\Live Streaming
10 3 (0.67%) Cloud Native
10 3 (0.67%) Cyber Threat
10 3 (0.67%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 32 (7.14%) Windows
2 14 (3.13%) Linux
3 10 (2.23%) Windows Server
4 9 (2.01%) Android
5 8 (1.79%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.89%) Unix
6 4 (0.89%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.22%) CentOS
8 1 (0.22%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.22%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.22%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (19.64%) Agile
2 55 (12.28%) DevOps
3 51 (11.38%) Problem-Solving
4 42 (9.38%) Mentoring
5 40 (8.93%) Stakeholder Management
6 37 (8.26%) Migration
7 36 (8.04%) Project Management
7 36 (8.04%) Service Management
8 32 (7.14%) Change Management
9 31 (6.92%) Customer Service
10 30 (6.70%) ITIL
11 26 (5.80%) CI/CD
12 22 (4.91%) Business Intelligence
12 22 (4.91%) Data Governance
12 22 (4.91%) Microservices
12 22 (4.91%) Roadmaps
13 21 (4.69%) Data Modelling
13 21 (4.69%) Programme Management
13 21 (4.69%) Project Delivery
13 21 (4.69%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 33 (7.37%) Java
2 24 (5.36%) Python
3 17 (3.79%) SQL
4 13 (2.90%) JavaScript
4 13 (2.90%) TypeScript
5 6 (1.34%) Bash
6 4 (0.89%) Perl
6 4 (0.89%) Tcl
7 3 (0.67%) PowerShell
8 2 (0.45%) C#
8 2 (0.45%) Scala
8 2 (0.45%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.22%) Assembly Language
9 1 (0.22%) C
9 1 (0.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.22%) JCL
9 1 (0.22%) R
9 1 (0.22%) REXX
9 1 (0.22%) Ruby
9 1 (0.22%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 134 (29.91%) Security Cleared
2 82 (18.30%) SC Cleared
3 34 (7.59%) Degree
4 19 (4.24%) DV Cleared
5 7 (1.56%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (1.34%) CCNA
7 5 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (0.89%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (0.89%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.67%) CCNP
9 3 (0.67%) HNC
9 3 (0.67%) NVQ Level 4
9 3 (0.67%) PMI Certification
9 3 (0.67%) PMP
10 2 (0.45%) CISSP
10 2 (0.45%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.45%) MCP
10 2 (0.45%) MCSE
10 2 (0.45%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 2 (0.45%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (3.79%) Accessibility
2 11 (2.46%) SLA
3 8 (1.79%) NIST
4 7 (1.56%) Data Quality
4 7 (1.56%) GDPR
5 5 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.12%) PMO
6 4 (0.89%) NIST 800
7 3 (0.67%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.67%) QA
8 2 (0.45%) GMP
9 1 (0.22%) NCSC
9 1 (0.22%) WCAG
System Software
1 27 (6.03%) Active Directory
2 22 (4.91%) Docker
3 5 (1.12%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (0.89%) Firmware
4 4 (0.89%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.45%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.22%) ACF2
6 1 (0.22%) RACF
6 1 (0.22%) Time Sharing Option
6 1 (0.22%) VMware Workstation
6 1 (0.22%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 18 (4.02%) Kubernetes
2 14 (3.13%) Ansible
3 12 (2.68%) Terraform
4 5 (1.12%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (0.89%) Puppet
6 3 (0.67%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (0.67%) NetBackup
7 2 (0.45%) CA Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.45%) Docker Swarm
7 2 (0.45%) EMC NetWorker
7 2 (0.45%) Istio
7 2 (0.45%) Packer
7 2 (0.45%) Podman
7 2 (0.45%) SCCM
8 1 (0.22%) Consul
8 1 (0.22%) Graphite
8 1 (0.22%) HAProxy
8 1 (0.22%) Kibana
8 1 (0.22%) linkerd
8 1 (0.22%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 52 (11.61%) Microsoft
2 24 (5.36%) ServiceNow
3 12 (2.68%) SAP
4 11 (2.46%) Brio
5 8 (1.79%) Cisco
5 8 (1.79%) Citrix
5 8 (1.79%) Google
6 5 (1.12%) Databricks
6 5 (1.12%) Logitech
7 4 (0.89%) Aruba
7 4 (0.89%) CA
7 4 (0.89%) IBM
7 4 (0.89%) Meraki
7 4 (0.89%) Northgate
7 4 (0.89%) Oracle
7 4 (0.89%) Palo Alto
7 4 (0.89%) SolarWinds
7 4 (0.89%) Splunk
7 4 (0.89%) VMware
8 3 (0.67%) Kofax