Public Sector Contracts in Reading

Public Sector
Berkshire > Reading

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 27 22 48
Rank change year-on-year -5 +26 +10
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 83 87 53
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 7.00% 8.30% 3.82%
As % of the General category 11.64% 13.77% 6.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 60 40
10th Percentile £386 £400 £205
25th Percentile £413 £455 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £500
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% +7.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £663 £689 £556
90th Percentile £742 £721 £625
Berkshire median daily rate £455 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -9.00% - +60.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 0 0
10th Percentile £43.40 - -
25th Percentile £56.25 - -
Median hourly rate £61.60 - -
75th Percentile £87.46 - -
90th Percentile £87.53 - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £61.60 £29.00 -
% change year-on-year +112.41% - -

All General Skills
Reading

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 Reading with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 713 632 804
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 60.17% 60.31% 57.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 331 364 474
10th Percentile £213 £359 £226
25th Percentile £400 £437 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +15.79% -2.56%
75th Percentile £608 £662 £588
90th Percentile £675 £713 £650
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £515 £475
% change year-on-year -2.91% +8.42% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 7 7
10th Percentile £16.90 £34.40 £18.35
25th Percentile £51.25 £54.07 £23.38
Median hourly rate £61.06 £64.68 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.59% +115.58% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72.33 £68.11 £34.95
90th Percentile £87.53 £71.60 £42.00
Berkshire median hourly rate £58.49 £37.00 £21.51
% change year-on-year +58.08% +72.01% +2.19%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in Reading

Public Sector
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for Public Sector in Reading

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in Reading over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in Reading

Public Sector
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Hourly rate trend for Public Sector in Reading

Public Sector
Hourly Rate Histogram in Reading

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Public Sector in Reading over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Public Sector in Reading

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 3 (3.61%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.20%) Apache
2 1 (1.20%) Jadu
2 1 (1.20%) Moodle
Applications
1 3 (3.61%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.41%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (1.20%) 3ds Max
3 1 (1.20%) Blender
3 1 (1.20%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.20%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 6 (7.23%) Primavera
2 4 (4.82%) SAP EWM
3 3 (3.61%) SAP QM
4 2 (2.41%) Teamcenter
5 1 (1.20%) SAP PLM
5 1 (1.20%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 12 (14.46%) Azure
2 2 (2.41%) AWS
2 2 (2.41%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (2.41%) Power Platform
3 1 (1.20%) Adobe Creative Cloud
3 1 (1.20%) Amazon EC2
3 1 (1.20%) Amazon ECS
3 1 (1.20%) Amazon EKS
3 1 (1.20%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (1.20%) SaaS
3 1 (1.20%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 13 (15.66%) Firewall
2 12 (14.46%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (1.20%) LAN
3 1 (1.20%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.41%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.20%) Microsoft Analysis Services
2 1 (1.20%) MongoDB
2 1 (1.20%) MySQL
2 1 (1.20%) Oracle Database
2 1 (1.20%) Power BI
2 1 (1.20%) RDBMS
2 1 (1.20%) Relational Database
2 1 (1.20%) SAP HANA
2 1 (1.20%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.20%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (1.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (4.82%) JMeter
2 1 (1.20%) Jenkins
2 1 (1.20%) JUnit
2 1 (1.20%) Mockito
General
1 10 (12.05%) Social Skills
2 6 (7.23%) Finance
3 5 (6.02%) Manufacturing
4 4 (4.82%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (4.82%) Electronics
4 4 (4.82%) Local Government
4 4 (4.82%) Marketing
4 4 (4.82%) Telecoms
5 2 (2.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (2.41%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.20%) Aviation
6 1 (1.20%) Environmental Health
6 1 (1.20%) French Language
6 1 (1.20%) Italian Language
6 1 (1.20%) Legal
6 1 (1.20%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.20%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 21 (25.30%) Senior
2 17 (20.48%) Architect
3 13 (15.66%) Administrator
3 13 (15.66%) Systems Administrator
4 12 (14.46%) Security Architect
5 11 (13.25%) Project Manager
6 10 (12.05%) Cybersecurity Architect
7 9 (10.84%) Consultant
8 8 (9.64%) SAP Consultant
8 8 (9.64%) Senior Systems Administrator
9 7 (8.43%) Senior Manager
10 5 (6.02%) Developer
11 4 (4.82%) Assistant Project Manager
11 4 (4.82%) DV Cleared Project Manager
11 4 (4.82%) Senior Project Manager
12 3 (3.61%) Infrastructure Architect
12 3 (3.61%) Performance Tester
12 3 (3.61%) Project Planner
12 3 (3.61%) SAP QM Consultant
12 3 (3.61%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (8.43%) Itk
2 2 (2.41%) AngularJS
2 2 (2.41%) ATL
2 2 (2.41%) Node.js
2 2 (2.41%) Web Services
3 1 (1.20%) ActiveMQ
3 1 (1.20%) Apache Camel
3 1 (1.20%) Hibernate
3 1 (1.20%) HTML
3 1 (1.20%) jQuery
3 1 (1.20%) MDX
3 1 (1.20%) React
3 1 (1.20%) REST
3 1 (1.20%) SAP Basis
3 1 (1.20%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (1.20%) Spring
3 1 (1.20%) Spring Boot
3 1 (1.20%) Symfony
3 1 (1.20%) Twig
3 1 (1.20%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 3 (3.61%) Data Centre
1 3 (3.61%) Management Information System
2 2 (2.41%) Operational Technology
2 2 (2.41%) Robotics
3 1 (1.20%) Animation
3 1 (1.20%) Digital Media
3 1 (1.20%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (1.20%) Graphic Design
3 1 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.20%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.82%) Windows
1 4 (4.82%) Windows Server
1 4 (4.82%) Windows Server 2016
1 4 (4.82%) Windows Server 2019
2 1 (1.20%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (22.89%) DevOps
2 12 (14.46%) Agile
2 12 (14.46%) Security Architecture
3 11 (13.25%) Cybersecurity
4 10 (12.05%) Stakeholder Management
5 9 (10.84%) PLM
5 9 (10.84%) Project Management
6 8 (9.64%) Change Management
7 5 (6.02%) Decision-Making
7 5 (6.02%) Project Delivery
7 5 (6.02%) Roadmaps
7 5 (6.02%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 5 (6.02%) Workshop Facilitation
8 4 (4.82%) Business Intelligence
8 4 (4.82%) Digital Marketing
8 4 (4.82%) GAP Analysis
8 4 (4.82%) Integration Testing
8 4 (4.82%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (4.82%) Risk Management
8 4 (4.82%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (6.02%) C
2 4 (4.82%) C#
3 3 (3.61%) Python
4 2 (2.41%) JavaScript
4 2 (2.41%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.20%) C++
5 1 (1.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (1.20%) Java
5 1 (1.20%) PHP
5 1 (1.20%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 66 (79.52%) Security Cleared
2 50 (60.24%) DV Cleared
3 18 (21.69%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.41%) Degree
5 1 (1.20%) ACCA
5 1 (1.20%) CIMA
5 1 (1.20%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.20%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.41%) PMO
2 1 (1.20%) NCSC
2 1 (1.20%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.20%) Docker
1 1 (1.20%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 4 (4.82%) Kubernetes
2 2 (2.41%) SCOM
3 1 (1.20%) Kibana
Vendors
1 13 (15.66%) Microsoft
1 13 (15.66%) SAP
2 2 (2.41%) NEC
2 2 (2.41%) Oracle
3 1 (1.20%) Adobe
3 1 (1.20%) Cisco
3 1 (1.20%) Dynatrace
3 1 (1.20%) EMC
3 1 (1.20%) Isilon
3 1 (1.20%) Juniper
3 1 (1.20%) Kenna
3 1 (1.20%) Siemens
3 1 (1.20%) Splunk