Public Sector Contracts in the East Midlands

Public Sector
England > East Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Public Sector over the 6 months to 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 14 7 16
Rank change year-on-year -7 +9 +15
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 71 138 118
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 8.36% 13.86% 8.51%
As % of the General category 16.03% 25.89% 17.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 123 100
10th Percentile £150 £205 £185
25th Percentile £241 £406 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £396 £600 £420
Median % change year-on-year -34.08% +42.86% +40.00%
75th Percentile £576 £700 £525
90th Percentile £620 £745 £626
England median daily rate £525 £525 £510
% change year-on-year - +2.94% +4.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 2 3
10th Percentile £12.55 £18.41 £15.45
25th Percentile £12.75 £18.84 £16.13
Median hourly rate £13.50 £20.38 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -33.74% +10.14% +23.33%
75th Percentile £24.18 £22.09 £26.75
90th Percentile £44.40 £22.64 £30.95
England median hourly rate £22.75 £20.60 £20.00
% change year-on-year +10.44% +3.00% +11.11%

All General Skills
East 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 East Midlands with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 443 533 671
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 52.18% 53.51% 48.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 287 414 489
10th Percentile £167 £223 £200
25th Percentile £255 £341 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +5.56% +16.66%
75th Percentile £550 £600 £525
90th Percentile £630 £721 £606
England median daily rate £533 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -3.09% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 34 50
10th Percentile £12.22 £13.16 £9.74
25th Percentile £13.50 £19.02 £15.44
Median hourly rate £17.00 £25.24 £23.25
Median % change year-on-year -32.65% +8.56% +82.35%
75th Percentile £28.75 £51.50 £35.00
90th Percentile £51.91 - -
England median hourly rate £31.50 £30.65 £21.99
% change year-on-year +2.78% +39.40% +4.44%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in the East Midlands

Public Sector
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Public Sector in the East Midlands

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in the East Midlands

Public Sector
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Public Sector in the East Midlands

Public Sector
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Public Sector in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Public Sector in the East Midlands

Public Sector
Contract Job Locations in the East 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 East Midlands region over the 6 months to 9 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
Leicestershire +19 21 £450 +5.88% 6
Derbyshire 0 21 £200 -60.00% 7
Northamptonshire -2 14 £450 +100.00% 9
Nottinghamshire -18 10 £104 -85.21% 8
Lincolnshire +3 4 £705 +38.24% 8
Public Sector
England

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East 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 2 (2.82%) Apache Spark
1 2 (2.82%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.41%) Apache
2 1 (1.41%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (18.31%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.41%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (1.41%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 7 (9.86%) Azure
2 5 (7.04%) AWS
3 3 (4.23%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (2.82%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (1.41%) Azure Cosmos DB
5 1 (1.41%) Azure Functions
5 1 (1.41%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.41%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.41%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 5 (7.04%) Internet
1 5 (7.04%) TCP/IP
1 5 (7.04%) VPN
2 3 (4.23%) DHCP
2 3 (4.23%) DNS
2 3 (4.23%) SAN
3 2 (2.82%) Firewall
3 2 (2.82%) WAN
4 1 (1.41%) Fibre Channel
4 1 (1.41%) LAN
4 1 (1.41%) NAS
4 1 (1.41%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (1.41%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (8.45%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.41%) Apache Hive
2 1 (1.41%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (1.41%) Big Data
2 1 (1.41%) Hadoop
2 1 (1.41%) Metadata
2 1 (1.41%) NoSQL
2 1 (1.41%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 3 (4.23%) GitLab
2 2 (2.82%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (1.41%) JIRA
General
1 22 (30.99%) Social Skills
2 11 (15.49%) Finance
3 7 (9.86%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (5.63%) Electronics
4 4 (5.63%) Manufacturing
4 4 (5.63%) Marketing
4 4 (5.63%) Telecoms
5 3 (4.23%) Local Government
6 2 (2.82%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.41%) Back Office
7 1 (1.41%) Banking
7 1 (1.41%) Fire and Rescue
7 1 (1.41%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (1.41%) Police
7 1 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (1.41%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 7 (9.86%) Analyst
1 7 (9.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 6 (8.45%) IT Technician
3 5 (7.04%) Administrator
3 5 (7.04%) Architect
3 5 (7.04%) Developer
3 5 (7.04%) Support Officer
3 5 (7.04%) Technical Support
3 5 (7.04%) Technical Support Officer
4 4 (5.63%) Production Manager
4 4 (5.63%) Quality Inspector
4 4 (5.63%) Systems Administrator
5 3 (4.23%) IT Engineer
6 2 (2.82%) Data Engineer
6 2 (2.82%) Designer
6 2 (2.82%) ForgeRock Architect
6 2 (2.82%) Lead
6 2 (2.82%) Linux Administrator
6 2 (2.82%) Senior
6 2 (2.82%) Ubuntu Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (4.23%) OAuth
1 3 (4.23%) OpenID
1 3 (4.23%) SAML
2 2 (2.82%) .NET
2 2 (2.82%) .NET Core
2 2 (2.82%) .NET Framework
2 2 (2.82%) CSS
2 2 (2.82%) Entity Framework
2 2 (2.82%) HTML
2 2 (2.82%) jQuery
2 2 (2.82%) LDAP
2 2 (2.82%) React
2 2 (2.82%) RESTful
3 1 (1.41%) Anaconda
3 1 (1.41%) JSON
3 1 (1.41%) Kafka
3 1 (1.41%) OAuth2
3 1 (1.41%) REST
3 1 (1.41%) SAP PI
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.45%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (4.23%) Grid Computing
3 2 (2.82%) Virtual Team
4 1 (1.41%) Algorithms
4 1 (1.41%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.41%) Clustering
4 1 (1.41%) Data Centre
4 1 (1.41%) Digital Signage
4 1 (1.41%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.41%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.41%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.41%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 24 (33.80%) Windows
2 11 (15.49%) Windows 7
3 9 (12.68%) Linux
4 7 (9.86%) Windows Server
4 7 (9.86%) Windows Vista
5 5 (7.04%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (2.82%) Ubuntu
6 2 (2.82%) Windows 10
7 1 (1.41%) AIX
7 1 (1.41%) Mac OS
7 1 (1.41%) Solaris
7 1 (1.41%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (1.41%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (1.41%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (16.90%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (14.08%) Conflict Management
2 10 (14.08%) Time Management
3 8 (11.27%) Technical Leadership
4 7 (9.86%) Business Strategy
4 7 (9.86%) Customer Service
4 7 (9.86%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 6 (8.45%) Business Intelligence
5 6 (8.45%) Continuous Improvement
5 6 (8.45%) Critical Thinking
5 6 (8.45%) Decision-Making
5 6 (8.45%) Migration
6 5 (7.04%) Asset Management
6 5 (7.04%) DevOps
6 5 (7.04%) Information Security
6 5 (7.04%) People Management
6 5 (7.04%) Performance Tuning
6 5 (7.04%) Programme Management
6 5 (7.04%) Project Management
7 4 (5.63%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.63%) Java
2 3 (4.23%) C#
3 2 (2.82%) JavaScript
3 2 (2.82%) PowerShell
3 2 (2.82%) Python
3 2 (2.82%) R
3 2 (2.82%) Scala
3 2 (2.82%) SQL
4 1 (1.41%) ABAP
4 1 (1.41%) Bash
4 1 (1.41%) BeanShell
4 1 (1.41%) Shell Script
4 1 (1.41%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 28 (39.44%) Security Cleared
2 17 (23.94%) SC Cleared
3 12 (16.90%) Degree
4 5 (7.04%) HNC
4 5 (7.04%) HND
4 5 (7.04%) NVQ Level 3
5 2 (2.82%) CBAP
5 2 (2.82%) DV Cleared
5 2 (2.82%) IIBA
5 2 (2.82%) ISEB
6 1 (1.41%) APMP
6 1 (1.41%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.41%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.41%) MCITP
6 1 (1.41%) MCTS
6 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (1.41%) RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (11.27%) QA
2 5 (7.04%) SLA
3 2 (2.82%) GDPR
4 1 (1.41%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.41%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 1 (1.41%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.41%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.41%) Def Stans
4 1 (1.41%) PMO
4 1 (1.41%) WCAG
System Software
1 11 (15.49%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (7.04%) Active Directory
2 5 (7.04%) Virtual Servers
3 3 (4.23%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (1.41%) KVM
4 1 (1.41%) OpenAM
4 1 (1.41%) OpenIDM
4 1 (1.41%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 6 (8.45%) SCOM
2 3 (4.23%) Red Hat Satellite
2 3 (4.23%) SCCM
2 3 (4.23%) SCSM
3 2 (2.82%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (1.41%) EMC NetWorker
4 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 13 (18.31%) Microsoft
2 12 (16.90%) VMware
3 5 (7.04%) Red Hat
3 5 (7.04%) SAP
4 4 (5.63%) Computacenter
4 4 (5.63%) SolarWinds
5 3 (4.23%) Citrix
5 3 (4.23%) ForgeRock
6 1 (1.41%) Aruba
6 1 (1.41%) Brocade
6 1 (1.41%) CheckPoint
6 1 (1.41%) Cisco
6 1 (1.41%) EMC
6 1 (1.41%) HP
6 1 (1.41%) Salesforce