Public Sector Contracts in the Midlands

Public Sector
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. 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 15 10 9
Rank change year-on-year -5 -1 0
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 230 354 632
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 8.24% 10.90% 12.56%
As % of the General category 15.20% 19.92% 22.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 168 303 535
10th Percentile £254 £205 £205
25th Percentile £359 £353 £341
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £450
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +11.11% +11.11%
75th Percentile £568 £650 £540
90th Percentile £625 £700 £625
England median daily rate £525 £525 £510
% change year-on-year - +2.94% +4.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 14 20
10th Percentile £12.55 £12.39 £12.23
25th Percentile £12.75 £13.90 £13.56
Median hourly rate £19.00 £19.63 £16.20
Median % change year-on-year -3.18% +21.14% +4.52%
75th Percentile £34.47 £26.29 £18.15
90th Percentile £44.40 £28.75 £20.23
England median hourly rate £23.50 £20.56 £20.00
% change year-on-year +14.30% +2.80% +11.11%

All General Skills
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 Midlands with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,513 1,777 2,765
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 54.21% 54.69% 54.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,040 1,269 2,056
10th Percentile £206 £225 £225
25th Percentile £350 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% +17.28%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £569
90th Percentile £725 £700 £663
England median daily rate £535 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.73% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 175 73 97
10th Percentile £11.75 £11.84 £10.68
25th Percentile £13.90 £13.31 £13.75
Median hourly rate £17.50 £22.26 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.38% +20.32% +23.33%
75th Percentile £35.00 £46.25 £27.50
90th Percentile £52.56 £51.50 £35.00
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 Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in the Midlands

Public Sector
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Public Sector in the Midlands

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in the Midlands

Public Sector
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Public Sector in the Midlands

Public Sector
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Public Sector in the Midlands over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Public Sector in the Midlands

Public Sector
Contract Job Locations in the 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 Midlands 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
West Midlands -6 161 £500 -7.41% 89
East Midlands -8 68 £396 -34.08% 35
Public Sector
England

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the 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 5 (2.17%) Microsoft Exchange
1 5 (2.17%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.30%) Apache
3 2 (0.87%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.87%) CICS
3 2 (0.87%) CMS
3 2 (0.87%) SAS
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle Self-Service HR
4 1 (0.43%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 14 (6.09%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.87%) CANalyzer
3 2 (0.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (0.87%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.43%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (0.43%) Oracle HRMS
1 1 (0.43%) Payment Gateway
1 1 (0.43%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 19 (8.26%) Azure
2 11 (4.78%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (3.04%) AWS
4 4 (1.74%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (1.30%) Entra ID
5 3 (1.30%) OCI
5 3 (1.30%) Power Platform
6 2 (0.87%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (0.87%) PaaS
7 1 (0.43%) Azure App Service
7 1 (0.43%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 1 (0.43%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (0.43%) Azure Functions
7 1 (0.43%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (0.43%) Azure Service Bus
7 1 (0.43%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.43%) IaaS
7 1 (0.43%) SaaS
7 1 (0.43%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 13 (5.65%) WAN
2 12 (5.22%) Firewall
3 11 (4.78%) Network Security
4 10 (4.35%) VPN
5 8 (3.48%) BGP
5 8 (3.48%) IPsec
5 8 (3.48%) MPLS
6 7 (3.04%) DNS
6 7 (3.04%) TCP/IP
7 6 (2.61%) DHCP
7 6 (2.61%) Internet
7 6 (2.61%) Wireless
8 5 (2.17%) Junos
8 5 (2.17%) SAN
9 3 (1.30%) Intrusion Detection
9 3 (1.30%) LAN
10 2 (0.87%) Fibre Channel
10 2 (0.87%) NX-OS
10 2 (0.87%) SD-WAN
11 1 (0.43%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.04%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.74%) Big Data
3 3 (1.30%) Amazon Redshift
3 3 (1.30%) DB2
3 3 (1.30%) MySQL
3 3 (1.30%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (0.87%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (0.87%) Elasticsearch
4 2 (0.87%) IDMS
4 2 (0.87%) Metadata
4 2 (0.87%) Power BI
5 1 (0.43%) Apache Hive
5 1 (0.43%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.43%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.43%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.43%) Metadata Repository
5 1 (0.43%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.43%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 1 (0.43%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.43%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 16 (6.96%) PVCS
1 16 (6.96%) Visual Studio
2 7 (3.04%) Git
3 4 (1.74%) GitLab
3 4 (1.74%) JIRA
4 2 (0.87%) Artifactory
4 2 (0.87%) CANoe
4 2 (0.87%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.43%) Appium
5 1 (0.43%) UI Automator
5 1 (0.43%) XCUITest
General
1 49 (21.30%) Social Skills
2 26 (11.30%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (10.87%) Finance
4 9 (3.91%) Local Government
5 7 (3.04%) Manufacturing
6 6 (2.61%) Legal
7 5 (2.17%) Electronics
7 5 (2.17%) Marketing
7 5 (2.17%) Telecoms
8 4 (1.74%) Automotive
8 4 (1.74%) Back Office
9 3 (1.30%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.87%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.87%) Military
10 2 (0.87%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.87%) Police
10 2 (0.87%) Publishing
11 1 (0.43%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.43%) Banking
11 1 (0.43%) Retail
Job Titles
1 24 (10.43%) Analyst
2 16 (6.96%) C Programmer
2 16 (6.96%) Programmer
2 16 (6.96%) Senior
3 15 (6.52%) Architect
4 14 (6.09%) Lead
4 14 (6.09%) Project Manager
5 12 (5.22%) 3rd Line Support
5 12 (5.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 12 (5.22%) Network Engineer
6 11 (4.78%) Developer
7 10 (4.35%) Senior Manager
8 9 (3.91%) Support Engineer
9 8 (3.48%) Senior Project Manager
9 8 (3.48%) WAN Engineer
10 7 (3.04%) Administrator
10 7 (3.04%) IT Engineer
11 6 (2.61%) IT Technician
11 6 (2.61%) Network Manager
11 6 (2.61%) SOC Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.17%) Apache NiFi
2 4 (1.74%) .NET
3 3 (1.30%) OAuth
3 3 (1.30%) OpenID
3 3 (1.30%) React
3 3 (1.30%) REST
3 3 (1.30%) SAML
4 2 (0.87%) .NET Core
4 2 (0.87%) .NET Framework
4 2 (0.87%) CSS
4 2 (0.87%) Elastic Stack
4 2 (0.87%) Entity Framework
4 2 (0.87%) HTML
4 2 (0.87%) jQuery
4 2 (0.87%) LDAP
4 2 (0.87%) Regular Expression
4 2 (0.87%) RESTful
4 2 (0.87%) YAML
5 1 (0.43%) Anaconda
5 1 (0.43%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 9 (3.91%) Management Information System
2 8 (3.48%) PKI
3 7 (3.04%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (2.61%) Cyber Defence
4 6 (2.61%) Distributed Applications
5 4 (1.74%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (1.74%) Cloud Native
5 4 (1.74%) Product Ownership
6 3 (1.30%) Data Centre
6 3 (1.30%) Driving Licence
6 3 (1.30%) IBM Mainframe
6 3 (1.30%) Infotainment
6 3 (1.30%) Linux Command Line
6 3 (1.30%) Mainframe
6 3 (1.30%) Onboarding
7 2 (0.87%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (0.87%) Grid Computing
7 2 (0.87%) Handset
7 2 (0.87%) Public Cloud
7 2 (0.87%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 43 (18.70%) Windows
2 24 (10.43%) Linux
3 11 (4.78%) Windows 7
4 8 (3.48%) Windows Server
5 7 (3.04%) Windows Vista
6 6 (2.61%) Mac OS X
6 6 (2.61%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (2.61%) Windows 10
7 4 (1.74%) Android
7 4 (1.74%) Apple iOS
7 4 (1.74%) Ubuntu
7 4 (1.74%) Unix
8 2 (0.87%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.87%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.87%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.87%) zOS
9 1 (0.43%) AIX
9 1 (0.43%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.43%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (13.04%) Agile
1 30 (13.04%) Stakeholder Management
2 24 (10.43%) Problem-Solving
3 20 (8.70%) Project Management
4 19 (8.26%) Cybersecurity
4 19 (8.26%) Decision-Making
5 17 (7.39%) Data Analysis
5 17 (7.39%) PRINCE2
6 16 (6.96%) SIEM
7 15 (6.52%) Analytics
7 15 (6.52%) Continuous Improvement
8 14 (6.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 13 (5.65%) DevOps
9 13 (5.65%) Risk Management
10 12 (5.22%) Business Intelligence
10 12 (5.22%) Change Management
10 12 (5.22%) ITIL
10 12 (5.22%) Project Delivery
10 12 (5.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 12 (5.22%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (7.83%) PL/SQL
2 16 (6.96%) C
3 10 (4.35%) SQL
4 6 (2.61%) Java
5 5 (2.17%) C#
5 5 (2.17%) PowerShell
5 5 (2.17%) Python
6 4 (1.74%) R
7 3 (1.30%) COBOL
8 2 (0.87%) Bash
8 2 (0.87%) C++
8 2 (0.87%) CLIST
8 2 (0.87%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.87%) REXX
8 2 (0.87%) Scala
8 2 (0.87%) SELCOPY
9 1 (0.43%) BeanShell
9 1 (0.43%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.43%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.43%) Swift
Qualifications
1 98 (42.61%) Security Cleared
2 61 (26.52%) SC Cleared
3 19 (8.26%) Degree
4 15 (6.52%) DV Cleared
5 12 (5.22%) Cisco Certification
6 8 (3.48%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
7 7 (3.04%) CCNA
8 5 (2.17%) CCNP
8 5 (2.17%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (2.17%) HNC
8 5 (2.17%) HND
8 5 (2.17%) NVQ Level 3
9 4 (1.74%) CCIE
10 3 (1.30%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 2 (0.87%) BC Cleared
11 2 (0.87%) GIAC
11 2 (0.87%) GSEC
11 2 (0.87%) IIBA
11 2 (0.87%) ISEB
11 2 (0.87%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.35%) QA
2 9 (3.91%) GDPR
3 8 (3.48%) SLA
4 7 (3.04%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 7 (3.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (2.61%) HIPAA
5 6 (2.61%) NIST
6 3 (1.30%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.87%) PMO
8 1 (0.43%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.43%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.43%) Def Stans
8 1 (0.43%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 17025
8 1 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.43%) ISO17020
8 1 (0.43%) WCAG
System Software
1 15 (6.52%) Active Directory
1 15 (6.52%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (2.61%) Virtual Servers
3 4 (1.74%) VMware NSX
4 3 (1.30%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.30%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (1.30%) vSphere
5 2 (0.87%) iptables
5 2 (0.87%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.87%) VMware Server
6 1 (0.43%) KVM
6 1 (0.43%) OpenAM
6 1 (0.43%) OpenIDM
6 1 (0.43%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 5 (2.17%) Ansible
1 5 (2.17%) SCOM
1 5 (2.17%) Terraform
2 4 (1.74%) SCCM
3 3 (1.30%) Grafana
4 2 (0.87%) CSIRT
4 2 (0.87%) FortiGate
4 2 (0.87%) Kibana
4 2 (0.87%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.87%) logstash
4 2 (0.87%) Progress Chef
4 2 (0.87%) Puppet
4 2 (0.87%) Red Hat Satellite
4 2 (0.87%) Salt
4 2 (0.87%) SCSM
4 2 (0.87%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.43%) EMC NetWorker
5 1 (0.43%) Functional Safety
5 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.43%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 23 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 18 (7.83%) VMware
3 12 (5.22%) Red Hat
4 11 (4.78%) Cisco
4 11 (4.78%) Juniper
5 9 (3.91%) Dell
6 8 (3.48%) Oracle
7 7 (3.04%) Citrix
8 6 (2.61%) SAP
9 4 (1.74%) Computacenter
9 4 (1.74%) Talend
10 3 (1.30%) Denodo
10 3 (1.30%) ForgeRock
10 3 (1.30%) IBM
10 3 (1.30%) SolarWinds
11 2 (0.87%) LogRhythm
11 2 (0.87%) SaltStack
11 2 (0.87%) Syncsort
11 2 (0.87%) TippingPoint
11 2 (0.87%) Trend Micro