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 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 10 6 10
Rank change year-on-year -4 +4 0
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 295 464 493
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 10.77% 15.31% 12.16%
As % of the General category 20.15% 29.44% 24.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 184 320 368
10th Percentile £332 £336 £226
25th Percentile £413 £413 £389
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £488
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +5.13% +2.63%
75th Percentile £626 £595 £588
90th Percentile £725 £688 £650
England median daily rate £525 £525 £510
% change year-on-year - +2.94% +4.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 24 19
10th Percentile £12.00 £15.06 £14.73
25th Percentile £14.50 £16.85 £16.61
Median hourly rate £16.00 £20.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -20.00% +31.58%
75th Percentile £21.00 £25.25 £75.00
90th Percentile £34.21 £29.19 £81.00
England median hourly rate £23.50 £20.56 £20.00
% change year-on-year +14.30% +2.80% +11.11%

All General Skills
North 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 1,464 1,576 2,037
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 53.47% 52.00% 50.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 877 1,088 1,422
10th Percentile £295 £305 £226
25th Percentile £394 £406 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +10.47%
75th Percentile £585 £588 £575
90th Percentile £671 £675 £650
England median daily rate £535 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.73% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 197 79 111
10th Percentile £12.50 £14.73 £10.63
25th Percentile £15.00 £16.85 £14.82
Median hourly rate £21.00 £25.00 £23.06
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% +8.44% +9.79%
75th Percentile £37.25 £35.02 £50.71
90th Percentile £51.89 £53.73 £65.00
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 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 1 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 1 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 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
Manchester -10 138 £501 +0.25% 111
Cumbria +18 54 £613 +55.56% 2
Merseyside +3 41 £438 -12.50% 6
Cheshire -10 31 £390 -27.78% 19
Lancashire -7 21 £500 -9.09% 13
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 (9.15%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.68%) Mule
2 2 (0.68%) nginx
2 2 (0.68%) Traefik
3 1 (0.34%) Alfresco
3 1 (0.34%) Apache
3 1 (0.34%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.34%) Camunda
3 1 (0.34%) Confluence
3 1 (0.34%) Mendix
3 1 (0.34%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 17 (5.76%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (3.05%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (2.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (1.69%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (1.02%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.34%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.34%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.34%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.34%) Revit
Business Applications
1 3 (1.02%) Aareon QL
2 2 (0.68%) Sage X3
3 1 (0.34%) Teamcenter
3 1 (0.34%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 29 (9.83%) Azure
2 27 (9.15%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (6.10%) AWS
4 7 (2.37%) Power Platform
5 6 (2.03%) SaaS
6 5 (1.69%) Entra ID
6 5 (1.69%) GCP
6 5 (1.69%) IaaS
7 4 (1.36%) PaaS
7 4 (1.36%) ShareGate
8 3 (1.02%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 3 (1.02%) Amazon EC2
8 3 (1.02%) AWS CloudFormation
8 3 (1.02%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (1.02%) Serverless
8 3 (1.02%) Snowflake
9 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (0.68%) Power Automate
9 2 (0.68%) SuccessFactors
9 2 (0.68%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.07%) Firewall
2 6 (2.03%) DNS
2 6 (2.03%) VPN
3 4 (1.36%) BGP
3 4 (1.36%) Cisco ASA
3 4 (1.36%) Cisco Firepower
3 4 (1.36%) Cisco ISE
3 4 (1.36%) EIGRP
3 4 (1.36%) HSRP
3 4 (1.36%) IPsec
3 4 (1.36%) NetScaler
3 4 (1.36%) Network Security
3 4 (1.36%) OSPF
3 4 (1.36%) SNMP
3 4 (1.36%) Spanning Tree
3 4 (1.36%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.68%) DHCP
4 2 (0.68%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.34%) LAN
5 1 (0.34%) PPP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.71%) Data Warehouse
1 8 (2.71%) PostgreSQL
2 6 (2.03%) Data Lake
2 6 (2.03%) Relational Database
2 6 (2.03%) Snowflake Schema
3 5 (1.69%) Power BI
4 3 (1.02%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.68%) MySQL
6 1 (0.34%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.34%) Apache Hive
6 1 (0.34%) Big Data
6 1 (0.34%) EDRMS
6 1 (0.34%) Flink
6 1 (0.34%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.34%) OLAP
6 1 (0.34%) OLTP
6 1 (0.34%) Oracle OLAP
6 1 (0.34%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.34%) Spark SQL
6 1 (0.34%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 11 (3.73%) Git
2 6 (2.03%) JUnit
3 5 (1.69%) GitLab
4 4 (1.36%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.68%) Liquibase
5 2 (0.68%) Log4j
6 1 (0.34%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.34%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.34%) ERwin
6 1 (0.34%) JIRA
6 1 (0.34%) Mocha
6 1 (0.34%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.34%) Selenium
6 1 (0.34%) WebDriver
General
1 51 (17.29%) Social Skills
2 44 (14.92%) Finance
3 17 (5.76%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (3.73%) Local Government
5 9 (3.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (2.03%) Legal
6 6 (2.03%) Military
6 6 (2.03%) Police
7 5 (1.69%) Marketing
8 4 (1.36%) Banking
8 4 (1.36%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (1.36%) Telecoms
9 3 (1.02%) Electronics
9 3 (1.02%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.02%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.02%) Publishing
10 2 (0.68%) Law
11 1 (0.34%) Advertising
11 1 (0.34%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.34%) Retail
Job Titles
1 44 (14.92%) Architect
2 37 (12.54%) Analyst
3 29 (9.83%) Consultant
4 25 (8.47%) Developer
5 22 (7.46%) Senior
6 20 (6.78%) Project Manager
7 17 (5.76%) Business Analyst
8 15 (5.08%) Lead
9 13 (4.41%) Service Analyst
9 13 (4.41%) Service Desk Analyst
10 12 (4.07%) Java Developer
10 12 (4.07%) Solutions Architect
11 10 (3.39%) Technical Architect
12 9 (3.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 8 (2.71%) Administrator
13 8 (2.71%) Incident Manager
13 8 (2.71%) Senior Analyst
14 7 (2.37%) IT Support
14 7 (2.37%) Product Manager
15 6 (2.03%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.07%) Node.js
2 11 (3.73%) REST
2 11 (3.73%) Spring
2 11 (3.73%) Spring Boot
3 8 (2.71%) Hibernate
3 8 (2.71%) React
4 6 (2.03%) JPA
5 4 (1.36%) Jinja
5 4 (1.36%) PySpark
6 3 (1.02%) CSS
6 3 (1.02%) HTML
6 3 (1.02%) Kafka
6 3 (1.02%) Web Services
7 2 (0.68%) JSON
7 2 (0.68%) LDAP
7 2 (0.68%) OAuth
7 2 (0.68%) OpenID
7 2 (0.68%) SailPoint
7 2 (0.68%) SAML
7 2 (0.68%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (3.73%) Management Information System
1 11 (3.73%) Virtual Team
2 9 (3.05%) Product Ownership
3 8 (2.71%) Digital Signage
4 7 (2.37%) NHS
4 7 (2.37%) Onboarding
5 6 (2.03%) CMDB
5 6 (2.03%) PKI
5 6 (2.03%) Public Cloud
6 4 (1.36%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (1.36%) Video\Live Streaming
7 3 (1.02%) Driving Licence
7 3 (1.02%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.68%) Clustering
8 2 (0.68%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (0.68%) Data Structures
8 2 (0.68%) Enterprise Cloud
8 2 (0.68%) Reference Data
9 1 (0.34%) Freedom of Information Act
9 1 (0.34%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 18 (6.10%) Windows
2 9 (3.05%) Android
3 8 (2.71%) Apple iOS
4 7 (2.37%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.02%) Linux
6 2 (0.68%) CentOS
6 2 (0.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.34%) Unix
7 1 (0.34%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.34%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (17.29%) Agile
2 41 (13.90%) Stakeholder Management
3 34 (11.53%) DevOps
4 30 (10.17%) Mentoring
5 29 (9.83%) Problem-Solving
6 28 (9.49%) Project Management
7 25 (8.47%) Migration
7 25 (8.47%) Service Management
8 22 (7.46%) Programme Management
9 21 (7.12%) Customer Service
10 19 (6.44%) Change Management
11 17 (5.76%) Programme Delivery
11 17 (5.76%) Project Delivery
12 16 (5.42%) CI/CD
13 15 (5.08%) Data Governance
13 15 (5.08%) ITIL
13 15 (5.08%) Microservices
13 15 (5.08%) Records Management
13 15 (5.08%) Risk Management
13 15 (5.08%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 18 (6.10%) Java
2 10 (3.39%) Python
3 7 (2.37%) SQL
3 7 (2.37%) TypeScript
4 6 (2.03%) JavaScript
5 4 (1.36%) Perl
5 4 (1.36%) Tcl
6 3 (1.02%) Bash
6 3 (1.02%) PowerShell
7 2 (0.68%) Go
7 2 (0.68%) Ruby
7 2 (0.68%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.34%) C
8 1 (0.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.34%) PHP
8 1 (0.34%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 111 (37.63%) Security Cleared
2 81 (27.46%) SC Cleared
3 21 (7.12%) Degree
4 7 (2.37%) DV Cleared
5 6 (2.03%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (1.69%) CCNA
7 3 (1.02%) CCNP
7 3 (1.02%) HNC
7 3 (1.02%) NVQ Level 4
8 2 (0.68%) APMG
8 2 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.68%) CISSP
8 2 (0.68%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.68%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.68%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 1 (0.34%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 1 (0.34%) CISA
9 1 (0.34%) CISM
9 1 (0.34%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.07%) Accessibility
2 8 (2.71%) GDPR
3 7 (2.37%) SLA
4 6 (2.03%) Data Quality
5 5 (1.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (1.36%) NIST
7 2 (0.68%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.68%) GMP
7 2 (0.68%) NCSC
7 2 (0.68%) QA
8 1 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 17025
8 1 (0.34%) ISO17020
8 1 (0.34%) PMO
System Software
1 22 (7.46%) Active Directory
2 11 (3.73%) Docker
3 5 (1.69%) Virtual Machines
4 4 (1.36%) Firmware
4 4 (1.36%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.68%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.34%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.34%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 11 (3.73%) Kubernetes
2 10 (3.39%) Terraform
3 8 (2.71%) Ansible
4 5 (1.69%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.68%) CA Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.68%) Consul
5 2 (0.68%) Docker Swarm
5 2 (0.68%) EMC NetWorker
5 2 (0.68%) Graphite
5 2 (0.68%) HAProxy
5 2 (0.68%) Istio
5 2 (0.68%) linkerd
5 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.68%) Packer
5 2 (0.68%) Podman
5 2 (0.68%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.68%) Puppet
5 2 (0.68%) SCCM
5 2 (0.68%) ZABBIX
6 1 (0.34%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 35 (11.86%) Microsoft
2 13 (4.41%) ServiceNow
3 5 (1.69%) Cisco
3 5 (1.69%) Citrix
3 5 (1.69%) SAP
4 4 (1.36%) CA
4 4 (1.36%) Databricks
4 4 (1.36%) Google
4 4 (1.36%) Logitech
4 4 (1.36%) Palo Alto
4 4 (1.36%) SolarWinds
4 4 (1.36%) VMware
5 3 (1.02%) Aareon
5 3 (1.02%) Northgate
5 3 (1.02%) Oracle
5 3 (1.02%) Splunk
6 2 (0.68%) CyberArk
6 2 (0.68%) ForgeRock
6 2 (0.68%) PagerDuty
6 2 (0.68%) Sage