Public Sector Contracts in the North West

Public Sector
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies advertised in the North West. 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 12 7 10
Rank change year-on-year -5 +3 0
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 279 460 502
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 10.03% 15.27% 12.36%
As % of the General category 18.98% 29.08% 24.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 172 323 374
10th Percentile £325 £331 £228
25th Percentile £401 £413 £389
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £494
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +3.74% +2.07%
75th Percentile £605 £593 £597
90th Percentile £684 £688 £650
England median daily rate £525 £525 £510
% change year-on-year - +2.94% +4.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 24 20
10th Percentile £12.00 £15.06 £14.86
25th Percentile £14.50 £16.85 £17.05
Median hourly rate £16.00 £20.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -23.08% +36.84%
75th Percentile £21.00 £25.25 £75.00
90th Percentile £34.21 £29.19 £81.00
England median hourly rate £22.75 £20.60 £20.00
% change year-on-year +10.44% +3.00% +11.11%

All General Skills
North 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 North West with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,470 1,582 2,038
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 52.86% 52.51% 50.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 866 1,098 1,416
10th Percentile £300 £308 £230
25th Percentile £394 £406 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +8.70%
75th Percentile £582 £588 £582
90th Percentile £664 £675 £660
England median daily rate £533 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -3.09% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 202 80 113
10th Percentile £12.50 £14.74 £10.74
25th Percentile £15.00 £16.85 £15.00
Median hourly rate £21.43 £23.15 £23.39
Median % change year-on-year -7.43% -1.03% +14.10%
75th Percentile £37.25 £35.00 £50.64
90th Percentile £51.79 £53.54 £64.60
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 North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in the North West

Public Sector
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Public Sector in the North West

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

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

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in the North West

Public Sector
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Public Sector in the North West

Public Sector
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

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

Hourly rate histogram for Public Sector in the North West

Public Sector
Contract Job Locations in the North 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 North West 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
Manchester -11 132 £503 +0.50% 111
Cumbria +18 46 £514 +30.48% 3
Merseyside +1 42 £425 -15.00% 6
Cheshire -16 28 £386 -28.52% 13
Lancashire -10 21 £500 -9.09% 8
Public Sector
England

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North 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 27 (9.68%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.72%) Confluence
2 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.72%) Mule
2 2 (0.72%) nginx
3 1 (0.36%) Alfresco
3 1 (0.36%) Apache
3 1 (0.36%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.36%) Camunda
3 1 (0.36%) Mendix
3 1 (0.36%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 1 (0.36%) Traefik
Applications
1 17 (6.09%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (2.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.79%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (1.08%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.36%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.36%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.36%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.36%) Revit
Business Applications
1 3 (1.08%) Aareon QL
2 2 (0.72%) Sage X3
3 1 (0.36%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.36%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 31 (11.11%) Azure
2 28 (10.04%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (6.45%) AWS
4 7 (2.51%) Power Platform
5 6 (2.15%) SaaS
6 5 (1.79%) Entra ID
6 5 (1.79%) IaaS
7 4 (1.43%) GCP
7 4 (1.43%) PaaS
7 4 (1.43%) ShareGate
8 3 (1.08%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (1.08%) Serverless
8 3 (1.08%) Snowflake
9 2 (0.72%) Amazon EC2
9 2 (0.72%) Azure Functions
9 2 (0.72%) Azure Stack
9 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (0.72%) Power Automate
9 2 (0.72%) PowerApps
9 2 (0.72%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.30%) Firewall
2 7 (2.51%) VPN
3 6 (2.15%) Network Security
4 5 (1.79%) DNS
5 4 (1.43%) BGP
5 4 (1.43%) Cisco ASA
5 4 (1.43%) Cisco Firepower
5 4 (1.43%) Cisco ISE
5 4 (1.43%) EIGRP
5 4 (1.43%) HSRP
5 4 (1.43%) IPsec
5 4 (1.43%) NetScaler
5 4 (1.43%) OSPF
5 4 (1.43%) SNMP
5 4 (1.43%) Spanning Tree
5 4 (1.43%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.72%) DHCP
7 1 (0.36%) LAN
7 1 (0.36%) PPP
7 1 (0.36%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.87%) Data Warehouse
1 8 (2.87%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (2.15%) Data Lake
2 6 (2.15%) Relational Database
2 6 (2.15%) Snowflake Schema
3 5 (1.79%) Power BI
4 3 (1.08%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.36%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.36%) Apache Hive
5 1 (0.36%) Big Data
5 1 (0.36%) BigQuery
5 1 (0.36%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.36%) EDRMS
5 1 (0.36%) Flink
5 1 (0.36%) Impala
5 1 (0.36%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.36%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.36%) Oracle OLAP
5 1 (0.36%) Spark SQL
5 1 (0.36%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 11 (3.94%) Git
2 6 (2.15%) JUnit
3 5 (1.79%) GitLab
4 3 (1.08%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.72%) JIRA
5 2 (0.72%) Liquibase
5 2 (0.72%) Log4j
6 1 (0.36%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.36%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.36%) Mocha
6 1 (0.36%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.36%) Selenium
6 1 (0.36%) SonarQube
6 1 (0.36%) WebDriver
General
1 50 (17.92%) Social Skills
2 42 (15.05%) Finance
3 18 (6.45%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (3.94%) Local Government
5 9 (3.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (2.15%) Military
6 6 (2.15%) Police
7 5 (1.79%) Legal
8 4 (1.43%) Banking
8 4 (1.43%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (1.43%) Marketing
9 3 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.08%) Publishing
9 3 (1.08%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.72%) Electronics
10 2 (0.72%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.36%) Front Office
11 1 (0.36%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.36%) Law
11 1 (0.36%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 45 (16.13%) Architect
2 38 (13.62%) Analyst
3 24 (8.60%) Developer
4 22 (7.89%) Senior
5 21 (7.53%) Consultant
6 18 (6.45%) Project Manager
7 17 (6.09%) Business Analyst
8 14 (5.02%) Lead
9 13 (4.66%) Service Analyst
9 13 (4.66%) Service Desk Analyst
10 12 (4.30%) Java Developer
10 12 (4.30%) Solutions Architect
11 10 (3.58%) Technical Architect
12 9 (3.23%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 8 (2.87%) Administrator
13 8 (2.87%) Incident Manager
13 8 (2.87%) Senior Analyst
14 7 (2.51%) IT Support
14 7 (2.51%) Security Architect
15 6 (2.15%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.30%) Node.js
2 11 (3.94%) REST
2 11 (3.94%) Spring
2 11 (3.94%) Spring Boot
3 8 (2.87%) Hibernate
3 8 (2.87%) React
4 6 (2.15%) JPA
5 4 (1.43%) Jinja
5 4 (1.43%) PySpark
6 3 (1.08%) Kafka
6 3 (1.08%) Web Services
7 2 (0.72%) CSS
7 2 (0.72%) HTML
7 2 (0.72%) JSON
7 2 (0.72%) LDAP
7 2 (0.72%) OAuth
7 2 (0.72%) OpenID
7 2 (0.72%) SailPoint
7 2 (0.72%) SAML
7 2 (0.72%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (3.94%) Management Information System
1 11 (3.94%) Virtual Team
2 9 (3.23%) Product Ownership
3 8 (2.87%) CMDB
3 8 (2.87%) Digital Signage
4 7 (2.51%) NHS
4 7 (2.51%) Onboarding
5 6 (2.15%) Public Cloud
6 5 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (1.79%) PKI
7 4 (1.43%) Video\Live Streaming
8 3 (1.08%) Driving Licence
8 3 (1.08%) Enterprise Software
9 2 (0.72%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.72%) Enterprise Cloud
9 2 (0.72%) Reference Data
10 1 (0.36%) Cloud Native
10 1 (0.36%) Cyber Threat
10 1 (0.36%) DataPower
10 1 (0.36%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 19 (6.81%) Windows
2 9 (3.23%) Android
3 8 (2.87%) Apple iOS
4 7 (2.51%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.08%) Linux
6 2 (0.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.36%) CentOS
7 1 (0.36%) Unix
7 1 (0.36%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.36%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (17.56%) Agile
2 34 (12.19%) DevOps
3 31 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
4 30 (10.75%) Mentoring
5 29 (10.39%) Problem-Solving
6 28 (10.04%) Project Management
7 26 (9.32%) Migration
8 25 (8.96%) Service Management
9 21 (7.53%) Customer Service
10 19 (6.81%) Change Management
11 15 (5.38%) CI/CD
11 15 (5.38%) ITIL
11 15 (5.38%) Microservices
11 15 (5.38%) Project Delivery
11 15 (5.38%) Records Management
11 15 (5.38%) Risk Management
11 15 (5.38%) Roadmaps
12 14 (5.02%) Data Governance
12 14 (5.02%) Quality Management
13 13 (4.66%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 18 (6.45%) Java
2 10 (3.58%) Python
3 7 (2.51%) SQL
3 7 (2.51%) TypeScript
4 5 (1.79%) JavaScript
5 4 (1.43%) Perl
5 4 (1.43%) Tcl
6 3 (1.08%) Bash
7 2 (0.72%) PowerShell
7 2 (0.72%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.36%) C
8 1 (0.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.36%) Go
8 1 (0.36%) Ruby
8 1 (0.36%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 98 (35.13%) Security Cleared
2 68 (24.37%) SC Cleared
3 20 (7.17%) Degree
4 7 (2.51%) DV Cleared
5 6 (2.15%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (1.79%) CCNA
7 3 (1.08%) CCNP
7 3 (1.08%) HNC
7 3 (1.08%) NVQ Level 4
8 2 (0.72%) APMG
8 2 (0.72%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.72%) CISSP
8 2 (0.72%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.72%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.72%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 1 (0.36%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (0.36%) CISA
9 1 (0.36%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.36%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.30%) Accessibility
2 7 (2.51%) SLA
3 6 (2.15%) GDPR
4 5 (1.79%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.43%) NIST
6 2 (0.72%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.72%) GMP
6 2 (0.72%) QA
7 1 (0.36%) NCSC
7 1 (0.36%) PMO
System Software
1 23 (8.24%) Active Directory
2 11 (3.94%) Docker
3 5 (1.79%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (1.43%) Firmware
5 3 (1.08%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.72%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.36%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.36%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 11 (3.94%) Kubernetes
2 10 (3.58%) Terraform
3 8 (2.87%) Ansible
4 5 (1.79%) Single Sign-On
5 3 (1.08%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.72%) CA Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.72%) EMC NetWorker
6 2 (0.72%) Istio
6 2 (0.72%) Podman
6 2 (0.72%) SCCM
7 1 (0.36%) Consul
7 1 (0.36%) Data Guard
7 1 (0.36%) Docker Swarm
7 1 (0.36%) Graphite
7 1 (0.36%) HAProxy
7 1 (0.36%) Packer
7 1 (0.36%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.36%) Puppet
7 1 (0.36%) VxRail
7 1 (0.36%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 38 (13.62%) Microsoft
2 13 (4.66%) ServiceNow
3 5 (1.79%) Cisco
3 5 (1.79%) Citrix
4 4 (1.43%) CA
4 4 (1.43%) Databricks
4 4 (1.43%) Google
4 4 (1.43%) Logitech
4 4 (1.43%) Palo Alto
4 4 (1.43%) SAP
4 4 (1.43%) SolarWinds
5 3 (1.08%) Aareon
5 3 (1.08%) Northgate
5 3 (1.08%) Oracle
5 3 (1.08%) VMware
6 2 (0.72%) CyberArk
6 2 (0.72%) ForgeRock
6 2 (0.72%) Sage
6 2 (0.72%) Splunk
7 1 (0.36%) PagerDuty