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 advertised in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Public Sector over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 13 5 10
Rank change year-on-year -8 +5 -2
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 459 830 887
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 9.68% 15.06% 12.44%
As % of the General category 17.67% 27.11% 24.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 292 622 674
10th Percentile £327 £304 £206
25th Percentile £413 £413 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% -
75th Percentile £588 £623 £560
90th Percentile £687 £700 £638
England median daily rate £525 £525 £510
% change year-on-year - +2.94% +4.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 26 47
10th Percentile £12.00 £15.33 £14.38
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 £26.04
90th Percentile £30.61 £28.65 £75.00
England median hourly rate £23.50 £20.56 £20.00
% change year-on-year +14.30% +2.80% +11.11%

All General Skills
North of England

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 North of England with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,597 3,062 3,657
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 54.78% 55.57% 51.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,503 2,103 2,581
10th Percentile £263 £283 £208
25th Percentile £400 £413 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £582 £600 £575
90th Percentile £656 £688 £650
England median daily rate £535 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.73% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 319 96 179
10th Percentile £12.13 £13.98 £11.09
25th Percentile £13.31 £16.59 £14.25
Median hourly rate £16.06 £22.52 £19.25
Median % change year-on-year -28.69% +17.02% +7.21%
75th Percentile £35.00 £35.00 £33.91
90th Percentile £48.75 £51.19 £58.11
England median hourly rate £30.44 £31.92 £21.50
% change year-on-year -4.65% +48.47% +2.14%

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 1 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 1 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 1 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 -4 295 £500 -2.44% 141
Yorkshire -13 133 £500 -4.76% 54
North East -5 33 £500 -5.88% 39
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 (6.75%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.87%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.65%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.65%) Confluence
4 2 (0.44%) ArcGIS
4 2 (0.44%) Mule
4 2 (0.44%) nginx
4 2 (0.44%) Traefik
5 1 (0.22%) Alfresco
5 1 (0.22%) Apache
5 1 (0.22%) Camunda
5 1 (0.22%) CMS
5 1 (0.22%) Mendix
5 1 (0.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.22%) SAS
Applications
1 25 (5.45%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (2.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (1.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (1.31%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (1.09%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.44%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.44%) Adobe Illustrator
6 2 (0.44%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.44%) Sketch
7 1 (0.22%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.22%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.22%) Revit
Business Applications
1 3 (0.65%) Aareon QL
2 2 (0.44%) 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 48 (10.46%) Azure
2 31 (6.75%) AWS
3 30 (6.54%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (2.83%) Power Platform
5 10 (2.18%) GCP
6 9 (1.96%) Serverless
7 8 (1.74%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (1.74%) GitHub
8 7 (1.53%) Azure Functions
8 7 (1.53%) Entra ID
9 6 (1.31%) SaaS
10 5 (1.09%) Azure Service Bus
10 5 (1.09%) IaaS
11 4 (0.87%) PaaS
11 4 (0.87%) ShareGate
12 3 (0.65%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 3 (0.65%) Amazon EC2
12 3 (0.65%) AWS CloudFormation
12 3 (0.65%) Snowflake
13 2 (0.44%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.61%) Firewall
2 7 (1.53%) DNS
2 7 (1.53%) Wi-Fi
3 6 (1.31%) VPN
4 4 (0.87%) BGP
4 4 (0.87%) Cisco ASA
4 4 (0.87%) Cisco Firepower
4 4 (0.87%) Cisco ISE
4 4 (0.87%) EIGRP
4 4 (0.87%) HSRP
4 4 (0.87%) IPsec
4 4 (0.87%) LAN
4 4 (0.87%) NetScaler
4 4 (0.87%) Network Security
4 4 (0.87%) OSPF
4 4 (0.87%) SNMP
4 4 (0.87%) Spanning Tree
4 4 (0.87%) WAN
5 3 (0.65%) DHCP
5 3 (0.65%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (4.79%) PostgreSQL
2 16 (3.49%) Relational Database
3 12 (2.61%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (2.40%) Power BI
5 7 (1.53%) Data Lake
5 7 (1.53%) Ingres
6 6 (1.31%) Snowflake Schema
7 5 (1.09%) InterSystems Cache
7 5 (1.09%) Metadata
7 5 (1.09%) MongoDB
7 5 (1.09%) Redis
7 5 (1.09%) Tableau
8 4 (0.87%) BigQuery
8 4 (0.87%) GIS
9 3 (0.65%) Amazon Redshift
9 3 (0.65%) Big Data
9 3 (0.65%) MySQL
10 2 (0.44%) Geospatial Data
10 2 (0.44%) Qlik Sense
10 2 (0.44%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 20 (4.36%) Git
2 12 (2.61%) JUnit
3 6 (1.31%) GitLab
3 6 (1.31%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.65%) Liquibase
5 2 (0.44%) JIRA
5 2 (0.44%) Log4j
5 2 (0.44%) Selenium
5 2 (0.44%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.22%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.22%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.22%) Dreamweaver
6 1 (0.22%) ERwin
6 1 (0.22%) Gradle
6 1 (0.22%) Mocha
6 1 (0.22%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.22%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.22%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.22%) WebDriver
General
1 92 (20.04%) Social Skills
2 63 (13.73%) Finance
3 43 (9.37%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (3.27%) Local Government
5 12 (2.61%) Marketing
5 12 (2.61%) Telecoms
6 9 (1.96%) Electronics
6 9 (1.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 9 (1.96%) Manufacturing
7 7 (1.53%) Health Technology
7 7 (1.53%) Legal
7 7 (1.53%) Military
7 7 (1.53%) Police
8 6 (1.31%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (0.87%) Banking
9 4 (0.87%) Organisational Skills
10 3 (0.65%) Publishing
11 2 (0.44%) Fire and Rescue
11 2 (0.44%) Law
11 2 (0.44%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 59 (12.85%) Analyst
2 56 (12.20%) Architect
3 53 (11.55%) Developer
4 32 (6.97%) Senior
5 31 (6.75%) Consultant
6 29 (6.32%) Lead
6 29 (6.32%) Project Manager
7 27 (5.88%) Business Analyst
8 21 (4.58%) Java Developer
9 17 (3.70%) Service Analyst
9 17 (3.70%) Service Desk Analyst
10 16 (3.49%) Solutions Architect
11 12 (2.61%) Data Engineer
12 11 (2.40%) Technical Architect
13 10 (2.18%) Administrator
13 10 (2.18%) DBA
13 10 (2.18%) Designer
14 9 (1.96%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 9 (1.96%) Network Engineer
14 9 (1.96%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (4.36%) Node.js
1 20 (4.36%) Spring
2 19 (4.14%) Spring Boot
3 17 (3.70%) REST
4 14 (3.05%) Hibernate
4 14 (3.05%) React
5 12 (2.61%) JPA
6 6 (1.31%) HTML
6 6 (1.31%) Kafka
6 6 (1.31%) Web Services
7 5 (1.09%) CSS
7 5 (1.09%) SignalR
8 4 (0.87%) Jinja
8 4 (0.87%) PySpark
8 4 (0.87%) RESTful
9 3 (0.65%) JSON
9 3 (0.65%) OAuth
9 3 (0.65%) OpenID
10 2 (0.44%) PostGIS
10 2 (0.44%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 29 (6.32%) NHS
2 18 (3.92%) Management Information System
3 14 (3.05%) Virtual Team
4 13 (2.83%) Product Ownership
5 10 (2.18%) Onboarding
6 9 (1.96%) CMDB
7 8 (1.74%) Digital Signage
8 6 (1.31%) Analytical Mindset
8 6 (1.31%) Driving Licence
8 6 (1.31%) PKI
8 6 (1.31%) Public Cloud
9 4 (0.87%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 4 (0.87%) Data Centre
9 4 (0.87%) Freedom of Information
9 4 (0.87%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (0.87%) Mobile App
9 4 (0.87%) Video\Live Streaming
10 3 (0.65%) Cyber Threat
10 3 (0.65%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (0.65%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 30 (6.54%) Windows
2 13 (2.83%) Linux
3 10 (2.18%) Windows Server
4 9 (1.96%) Android
5 8 (1.74%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.87%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.65%) Unix
8 2 (0.44%) CentOS
8 2 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.22%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.22%) Windows 7
9 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.22%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (19.17%) Agile
2 54 (11.76%) DevOps
3 51 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
4 50 (10.89%) Stakeholder Management
5 42 (9.15%) Mentoring
6 36 (7.84%) Migration
7 35 (7.63%) Project Management
8 33 (7.19%) Service Management
9 32 (6.97%) Programme Management
10 31 (6.75%) Change Management
10 31 (6.75%) Customer Service
11 29 (6.32%) ITIL
12 26 (5.66%) CI/CD
13 23 (5.01%) Business Intelligence
13 23 (5.01%) Data Governance
13 23 (5.01%) Roadmaps
14 22 (4.79%) Project Delivery
15 21 (4.58%) Data Modelling
15 21 (4.58%) Microservices
15 21 (4.58%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 33 (7.19%) Java
2 23 (5.01%) Python
3 16 (3.49%) SQL
4 13 (2.83%) JavaScript
4 13 (2.83%) TypeScript
5 6 (1.31%) Bash
6 4 (0.87%) Perl
6 4 (0.87%) PowerShell
6 4 (0.87%) Tcl
7 2 (0.44%) C#
7 2 (0.44%) Go
7 2 (0.44%) Ruby
7 2 (0.44%) Scala
7 2 (0.44%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.22%) C
8 1 (0.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.22%) PHP
8 1 (0.22%) R
8 1 (0.22%) Search Processing Language
8 1 (0.22%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 146 (31.81%) Security Cleared
2 96 (20.92%) SC Cleared
3 33 (7.19%) Degree
4 19 (4.14%) DV Cleared
5 7 (1.53%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (1.31%) BPSS Clearance
6 6 (1.31%) CCNA
7 4 (0.87%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (0.65%) CCNP
8 3 (0.65%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (0.65%) HNC
8 3 (0.65%) NVQ Level 4
9 2 (0.44%) APMG
9 2 (0.44%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.44%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 2 (0.44%) MCP
9 2 (0.44%) MCSE
9 2 (0.44%) PMP
9 2 (0.44%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 2 (0.44%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (3.70%) Accessibility
2 11 (2.40%) SLA
3 9 (1.96%) GDPR
4 8 (1.74%) Data Quality
4 8 (1.74%) NIST
5 5 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.09%) PMO
6 4 (0.87%) NIST 800
7 3 (0.65%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (0.65%) QA
8 2 (0.44%) GMP
8 2 (0.44%) NCSC
9 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 17025
9 1 (0.22%) ISO17020
9 1 (0.22%) WCAG
System Software
1 26 (5.66%) Active Directory
2 21 (4.58%) Docker
3 5 (1.09%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (1.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.87%) Firmware
5 2 (0.44%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.44%) 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 (3.92%) Kubernetes
2 14 (3.05%) Ansible
3 12 (2.61%) Terraform
4 5 (1.09%) Puppet
4 5 (1.09%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (0.65%) Docker Swarm
5 3 (0.65%) NetBackup
5 3 (0.65%) Packer
6 2 (0.44%) CA Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.44%) Consul
6 2 (0.44%) EMC NetWorker
6 2 (0.44%) Graphite
6 2 (0.44%) HAProxy
6 2 (0.44%) Istio
6 2 (0.44%) linkerd
6 2 (0.44%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.44%) Podman
6 2 (0.44%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.44%) SCCM
6 2 (0.44%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 49 (10.68%) Microsoft
2 23 (5.01%) ServiceNow
3 13 (2.83%) SAP
4 11 (2.40%) Brio
5 8 (1.74%) Cisco
5 8 (1.74%) Citrix
5 8 (1.74%) Google
6 5 (1.09%) Databricks
6 5 (1.09%) Splunk
6 5 (1.09%) VMware
7 4 (0.87%) Aruba
7 4 (0.87%) CA
7 4 (0.87%) IBM
7 4 (0.87%) Logitech
7 4 (0.87%) Meraki
7 4 (0.87%) Northgate
7 4 (0.87%) Oracle
7 4 (0.87%) Palo Alto
7 4 (0.87%) SolarWinds
8 3 (0.65%) Brocade