Public Sector Contracts in the South West

Public Sector
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies advertised in the South West. 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 8 8 8
Rank change year-on-year 0 0 +7
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 386 596 531
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 12.11% 16.52% 14.21%
As % of the General category 23.58% 33.65% 27.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 271 483 421
10th Percentile £315 £380 £256
25th Percentile £471 £475 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £570 £563 £475
Median % change year-on-year +1.33% +18.42% -3.06%
75th Percentile £675 £638 £600
90th Percentile £738 £721 £684
England median daily rate £525 £540 £510
% change year-on-year -2.78% +5.88% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 6 12
10th Percentile £12.68 £20.59 £16.15
25th Percentile £14.41 £25.31 £41.31
Median hourly rate £16.06 £40.00 £63.50
Median % change year-on-year -59.85% -37.01% +290.77%
75th Percentile £30.21 £79.75 £69.05
90th Percentile £34.53 £92.16 -
England median hourly rate £21.62 £20.10 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.54% +0.50% +9.59%

All General Skills
South West

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 South West with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,637 1,771 1,905
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 51.35% 49.09% 50.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 974 1,307 1,328
10th Percentile £213 £275 £235
25th Percentile £408 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £549 £491
Median % change year-on-year -4.37% +11.76% +6.22%
75th Percentile £625 £635 £588
90th Percentile £700 £713 £675
England median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 269 121 136
10th Percentile £13.69 £17.50 -
25th Percentile £23.63 £37.50 £15.90
Median hourly rate £46.39 £60.00 £43.54
Median % change year-on-year -22.68% +37.82% +8.84%
75th Percentile £68.75 £70.00 £55.69
90th Percentile £75.50 £87.50 £64.50
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 South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in the South West

Public Sector
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Public Sector in the South West

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

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

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in the South West

Public Sector
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Public Sector in the South West

Public Sector
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

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

Hourly rate histogram for Public Sector in the South West

Public Sector
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 South West 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
Wiltshire +1 173 £638 +10.87% 12
Bristol -2 127 £525 -8.70% 42
Devon -1 33 £465 - 12
Gloucestershire -24 15 £550 +10.00% 16
Somerset -6 14 £532 +1.33% 1
Dorset +2 11 £575 -5.74% 4
Cornwall -1 7 £428 -5.00% 2
Public Sector
England

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 13 (3.37%) SharePoint
2 11 (2.85%) Confluence
3 3 (0.78%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.26%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (0.26%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 16 (4.15%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (0.52%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.26%) InVision
Business Applications
1 4 (1.04%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (0.52%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.26%) CA PPM
3 1 (0.26%) ContrOCC
3 1 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.26%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (0.26%) Primavera
3 1 (0.26%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 37 (9.59%) SaaS
2 36 (9.33%) PaaS
3 35 (9.07%) Azure
4 30 (7.77%) IaaS
5 27 (6.99%) Cloud Computing
6 21 (5.44%) Power Platform
7 18 (4.66%) Microsoft 365
8 14 (3.63%) AWS
9 7 (1.81%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (1.81%) Power Automate
10 4 (1.04%) Azure Logic Apps
10 4 (1.04%) Azure Storage
10 4 (1.04%) Entra ID
11 3 (0.78%) OCI
11 3 (0.78%) PowerApps
11 3 (0.78%) Serverless
12 2 (0.52%) Azure Stack
12 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Purview
13 1 (0.26%) Azure Data Factory
13 1 (0.26%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 39 (10.10%) LAN
2 37 (9.59%) WAN
3 21 (5.44%) Firewall
4 9 (2.33%) 4G
5 8 (2.07%) Network Security
5 8 (2.07%) SAN
6 7 (1.81%) 3G
7 6 (1.55%) Unified Communications
7 6 (1.55%) VoIP
8 5 (1.30%) Intranet
8 5 (1.30%) NAS
8 5 (1.30%) VSAN
8 5 (1.30%) Wireless
9 4 (1.04%) DHCP
9 4 (1.04%) PBX
9 4 (1.04%) Wi-Fi
10 3 (0.78%) Cisco ISE
10 3 (0.78%) DNS
10 3 (0.78%) Skype
10 3 (0.78%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.07%) Data Warehouse
1 8 (2.07%) Metadata
2 7 (1.81%) Metadata Repository
2 7 (1.81%) Power BI
3 4 (1.04%) Oracle Database
3 4 (1.04%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.52%) Snowflake Schema
5 1 (0.26%) Amazon Athena
5 1 (0.26%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.26%) Big Data
5 1 (0.26%) GIS
5 1 (0.26%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.26%) Power Query
5 1 (0.26%) SQLite
5 1 (0.26%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 14 (3.63%) JIRA
2 4 (1.04%) Rational DOORS
3 2 (0.52%) Git
3 2 (0.52%) GitLab
4 1 (0.26%) Checkstyle
4 1 (0.26%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.26%) GoCD
4 1 (0.26%) MSI
4 1 (0.26%) NUnit
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (0.26%) Postman
4 1 (0.26%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.26%) Sonatype Nexus
4 1 (0.26%) Visual Studio
General
1 96 (24.87%) Finance
2 75 (19.43%) Telecoms
3 69 (17.88%) Social Skills
4 68 (17.62%) Manufacturing
5 66 (17.10%) Electronics
5 66 (17.10%) Marketing
6 31 (8.03%) Analytical Skills
7 12 (3.11%) Influencing Skills
8 8 (2.07%) Publishing
9 6 (1.55%) Police
10 5 (1.30%) Local Government
10 5 (1.30%) Military
11 4 (1.04%) Fire and Rescue
11 4 (1.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (1.04%) Legal
12 3 (0.78%) Digital Economy
12 3 (0.78%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.26%) Billing
13 1 (0.26%) Law
13 1 (0.26%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 91 (23.58%) Architect
2 37 (9.59%) Project Manager
3 35 (9.07%) Analyst
4 33 (8.55%) Network Architect
5 29 (7.51%) Lead
6 28 (7.25%) Senior
7 25 (6.48%) Solutions Architect
8 22 (5.70%) Delivery Manager
9 21 (5.44%) Network Engineer
10 18 (4.66%) Senior Manager
11 17 (4.40%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 16 (4.15%) Consultant
13 14 (3.63%) Lead Architect
14 13 (3.37%) Developer
14 13 (3.37%) Service Analyst
14 13 (3.37%) Service Desk Analyst
14 13 (3.37%) Technical Architect
15 12 (3.11%) Change Manager
16 10 (2.59%) SOC Analyst
17 9 (2.33%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.59%) REST
2 5 (1.30%) Flash
3 4 (1.04%) CSS
3 4 (1.04%) SPFx
4 3 (0.78%) .NET
4 3 (0.78%) JSON
4 3 (0.78%) XML
5 2 (0.52%) 802.1X
5 2 (0.52%) AngularJS
5 2 (0.52%) Flask
5 2 (0.52%) HTML
5 2 (0.52%) PySpark
5 2 (0.52%) SAP Basis
6 1 (0.26%) .NET Core
6 1 (0.26%) .NET Framework
6 1 (0.26%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.26%) GraphQL
6 1 (0.26%) Keycloak
6 1 (0.26%) Oracle Fusion
6 1 (0.26%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 43 (11.14%) Data Centre
2 16 (4.15%) Management Information System
3 14 (3.63%) PKI
4 10 (2.59%) Security Operations Centre
5 8 (2.07%) Product Ownership
6 7 (1.81%) CSOC
7 6 (1.55%) Clustering
7 6 (1.55%) Driving Licence
7 6 (1.55%) Private Cloud
7 6 (1.55%) Replication
8 5 (1.30%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (1.30%) Cyber Defence
8 5 (1.30%) Onboarding
9 4 (1.04%) Blackberry
9 4 (1.04%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 4 (1.04%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.04%) Video Conferencing
10 3 (0.78%) Blog
10 3 (0.78%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (0.78%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 18 (4.66%) Windows
2 9 (2.33%) Linux
3 5 (1.30%) Windows 10
4 4 (1.04%) Windows Server
5 2 (0.52%) Windows 7
5 2 (0.52%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.26%) VMS
6 1 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (22.80%) Agile
2 77 (19.95%) Business Intelligence
3 67 (17.36%) Programme Management
4 66 (17.10%) Digital Marketing
5 52 (13.47%) Project Management
6 44 (11.40%) ITIL
7 42 (10.88%) Stakeholder Management
8 37 (9.59%) Zero Trust
9 34 (8.81%) Network Management
10 31 (8.03%) PRINCE2
10 31 (8.03%) Problem-Solving
11 29 (7.51%) Change Management
11 29 (7.51%) Open Source
12 28 (7.25%) Business Strategy
12 28 (7.25%) Service Management
13 25 (6.48%) Project Delivery
14 23 (5.96%) Cybersecurity
14 23 (5.96%) Migration
15 18 (4.66%) Infrastructure Engineering
16 17 (4.40%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 10 (2.59%) SQL
2 9 (2.33%) JavaScript
3 7 (1.81%) PowerShell
4 6 (1.55%) C#
4 6 (1.55%) Python
5 2 (0.52%) Bash
5 2 (0.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (0.52%) Java
5 2 (0.52%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.26%) Bicep
6 1 (0.26%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 263 (68.13%) Security Cleared
2 141 (36.53%) SC Cleared
3 132 (34.20%) DV Cleared
4 36 (9.33%) Degree
5 14 (3.63%) Microsoft Certification
6 13 (3.37%) Cisco Certification
7 10 (2.59%) CCNA
7 10 (2.59%) Master's Degree
8 8 (2.07%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 7 (1.81%) CISSP
10 5 (1.30%) CCNP
10 5 (1.30%) CESG Certified Professional
10 5 (1.30%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 4 (1.04%) Chartered Engineer
11 4 (1.04%) CLAS
11 4 (1.04%) HNC
11 4 (1.04%) HND
11 4 (1.04%) PMP
12 3 (0.78%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 3 (0.78%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (3.89%) JSP 440
2 9 (2.33%) NIST
3 8 (2.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 7 (1.81%) GDPR
5 6 (1.55%) NCSC
5 6 (1.55%) RMADS
6 5 (1.30%) Data Quality
6 5 (1.30%) NIST 800
6 5 (1.30%) SLA
7 4 (1.04%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.52%) GRC
8 2 (0.52%) PMO
8 2 (0.52%) QA
9 1 (0.26%) Def Stans
9 1 (0.26%) ISO 9000
9 1 (0.26%) NEBOSH
9 1 (0.26%) WCAG
System Software
1 23 (5.96%) VMware Infrastructure
2 13 (3.37%) VMware NSX
3 10 (2.59%) Active Directory
4 7 (1.81%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (1.30%) vSphere
6 3 (0.78%) Docker
7 1 (0.26%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.26%) NFS
7 1 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 12 (3.11%) vCenter Server
2 10 (2.59%) OPNET
3 6 (1.55%) SCCM
4 4 (1.04%) Ansible
4 4 (1.04%) Terraform
5 3 (0.78%) Kubernetes
6 2 (0.52%) Jamf Pro
6 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.52%) SCOM
7 1 (0.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.26%) Failover Clustering
7 1 (0.26%) Grafana
7 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Clustering
7 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
7 1 (0.26%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.26%) Puppet
7 1 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.26%) vRealize
7 1 (0.26%) VxRail
7 1 (0.26%) WSUS
Vendors
1 72 (18.65%) SAP
2 49 (12.69%) Microsoft
3 29 (7.51%) VMware
4 17 (4.40%) Cisco
5 14 (3.63%) Dell
6 10 (2.59%) Oracle
6 10 (2.59%) Remedy
7 8 (2.07%) Palo Alto
8 7 (1.81%) Atlassian
9 5 (1.30%) Google
9 5 (1.30%) SolarWinds
10 4 (1.04%) Avaya
10 4 (1.04%) BT
10 4 (1.04%) Ericsson
10 4 (1.04%) IBM
10 4 (1.04%) Juniper
10 4 (1.04%) Nokia
10 4 (1.04%) Ribbon
10 4 (1.04%) Veeam
11 3 (0.78%) BiZZdesign