Public Sector Contracts in the West Midlands

Public Sector
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies advertised in the West 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 9 6
Rank change year-on-year -6 -3 -2
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 161 278 510
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 8.28% 12.43% 14.29%
As % of the General category 15.07% 22.12% 24.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 242 431
10th Percentile £310 £220 £213
25th Percentile £400 £363 £365
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £540 £458
Median % change year-on-year -7.41% +18.03% +7.65%
75th Percentile £564 £680 £540
90th Percentile £635 £743 £630
England median daily rate £525 £525 £510
% change year-on-year - +2.94% +4.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 12 17
10th Percentile £13.67 £12.13 £12.15
25th Percentile £16.63 £13.31 £13.00
Median hourly rate £19.00 £19.25 £16.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.30% +20.31% -5.88%
75th Percentile £34.73 £27.54 £17.70
90th Percentile £39.00 £28.75 £19.70
England median hourly rate £23.50 £20.56 £20.00
% change year-on-year +14.30% +2.80% +11.11%

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,068 1,257 2,047
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 54.91% 56.19% 57.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 738 879 1,531
10th Percentile £255 £250 £258
25th Percentile £375 £400 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £493
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +5.58% +15.88%
75th Percentile £625 £634 £575
90th Percentile £750 £700 £675
England median daily rate £535 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.73% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 119 42 47
10th Percentile £11.11 £12.05 £11.70
25th Percentile £13.96 £12.70 £12.90
Median hourly rate £19.59 £20.84 £16.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.99% +26.29% +8.20%
75th Percentile £35.00 £28.75 £19.50
90th Percentile £56.75 £56.63 £22.25
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 West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in the West Midlands

Public Sector
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Public Sector in the West Midlands

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in the West Midlands

Public Sector
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Public Sector in the West Midlands

Public Sector
Hourly Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate histogram for Public Sector in the West Midlands

Public Sector
Contract Job Locations in the West 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 West 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
Birmingham -13 53 £450 -29.41% 45
Shropshire +3 29 £535 -0.93% 2
Coventry +7 16 £563 +21.62% 13
Warwickshire -7 14 £538 -10.71% 3
Solihull 0 12 £375 +7.14% 8
Staffordshire -7 10 £369 -32.94% 5
Herefordshire -5 9 £567 -12.85% 2
Worcestershire -1 5 £525 +31.25% 4
Public Sector
England

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West 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 4 (2.48%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (2.48%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.24%) Apache
2 2 (1.24%) CICS
2 2 (1.24%) CMS
2 2 (1.24%) SAS
3 1 (0.62%) Oracle Self-Service HR
3 1 (0.62%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 3 (1.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.24%) CANalyzer
2 2 (1.24%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.62%) Oracle EBS
1 1 (0.62%) Oracle HRMS
1 1 (0.62%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 12 (7.45%) Azure
2 9 (5.59%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (1.86%) OCI
4 2 (1.24%) AWS
4 2 (1.24%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (1.24%) Entra ID
4 2 (1.24%) PaaS
4 2 (1.24%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.62%) Azure App Service
5 1 (0.62%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (0.62%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (0.62%) Azure Service Bus
5 1 (0.62%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (0.62%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (0.62%) IaaS
5 1 (0.62%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (6.83%) Network Security
1 11 (6.83%) WAN
2 10 (6.21%) Firewall
3 8 (4.97%) BGP
3 8 (4.97%) IPsec
3 8 (4.97%) MPLS
4 5 (3.11%) Junos
4 5 (3.11%) VPN
4 5 (3.11%) Wireless
5 4 (2.48%) DNS
6 3 (1.86%) DHCP
6 3 (1.86%) Intrusion Detection
7 2 (1.24%) LAN
7 2 (1.24%) NX-OS
7 2 (1.24%) SAN
7 2 (1.24%) SD-WAN
7 2 (1.24%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.62%) CATAPAN
8 1 (0.62%) Cisco Firepower
8 1 (0.62%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.86%) Amazon Redshift
1 3 (1.86%) Big Data
1 3 (1.86%) DB2
1 3 (1.86%) MySQL
1 3 (1.86%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (1.24%) Elasticsearch
2 2 (1.24%) IDMS
3 1 (0.62%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (0.62%) Data Mining
3 1 (0.62%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.62%) Metadata
3 1 (0.62%) Metadata Repository
3 1 (0.62%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 1 (0.62%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.62%) Power BI
3 1 (0.62%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 16 (9.94%) PVCS
1 16 (9.94%) Visual Studio
2 7 (4.35%) Git
3 3 (1.86%) JIRA
4 2 (1.24%) Artifactory
4 2 (1.24%) CANoe
4 2 (1.24%) GitLab
5 1 (0.62%) Appium
5 1 (0.62%) UI Automator
5 1 (0.62%) XCUITest
General
1 28 (17.39%) Social Skills
2 19 (11.80%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (8.70%) Finance
4 6 (3.73%) Legal
4 6 (3.73%) Local Government
5 4 (2.48%) Automotive
6 3 (1.86%) Back Office
6 3 (1.86%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.24%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (1.24%) Military
7 2 (1.24%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (1.24%) Publishing
8 1 (0.62%) Aerospace
8 1 (0.62%) Electronics
8 1 (0.62%) Fire and Rescue
8 1 (0.62%) Marketing
8 1 (0.62%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.62%) Police
8 1 (0.62%) Retail
8 1 (0.62%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (10.56%) Analyst
2 16 (9.94%) C Programmer
2 16 (9.94%) Programmer
3 14 (8.70%) Senior
4 13 (8.07%) Project Manager
5 12 (7.45%) 3rd Line Support
5 12 (7.45%) Lead
6 10 (6.21%) Architect
6 10 (6.21%) Network Engineer
6 10 (6.21%) Senior Manager
7 8 (4.97%) Senior Project Manager
7 8 (4.97%) Support Engineer
7 8 (4.97%) WAN Engineer
8 7 (4.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 6 (3.73%) 3rd Line Engineer
9 6 (3.73%) Network Manager
9 6 (3.73%) SOC Analyst
10 5 (3.11%) Developer
10 5 (3.11%) Network Support
11 4 (2.48%) 2nd Line Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.11%) Apache NiFi
2 2 (1.24%) .NET
2 2 (1.24%) Elastic Stack
2 2 (1.24%) Regular Expression
2 2 (1.24%) REST
2 2 (1.24%) YAML
3 1 (0.62%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.62%) Node.js
3 1 (0.62%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.62%) React
Miscellaneous
1 8 (4.97%) PKI
2 7 (4.35%) Management Information System
3 6 (3.73%) Cyber Defence
3 6 (3.73%) Distributed Applications
4 4 (2.48%) Cloud Native
4 4 (2.48%) Product Ownership
5 3 (1.86%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (1.86%) Driving Licence
5 3 (1.86%) IBM Mainframe
5 3 (1.86%) Infotainment
5 3 (1.86%) Linux Command Line
5 3 (1.86%) Mainframe
5 3 (1.86%) Onboarding
6 2 (1.24%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 2 (1.24%) Cyber Threat
6 2 (1.24%) Data Centre
6 2 (1.24%) Handset
6 2 (1.24%) Operational Technology
6 2 (1.24%) Taxonomies
7 1 (0.62%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 21 (13.04%) Windows
2 16 (9.94%) Linux
3 6 (3.73%) Mac OS X
4 5 (3.11%) Windows 10
5 4 (2.48%) Android
5 4 (2.48%) Apple iOS
5 4 (2.48%) Unix
6 3 (1.86%) Windows Server
7 2 (1.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (1.24%) Ubuntu
7 2 (1.24%) zOS
8 1 (0.62%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.62%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.62%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (16.15%) Agile
1 26 (16.15%) Stakeholder Management
2 19 (11.80%) Cybersecurity
3 16 (9.94%) Data Analysis
3 16 (9.94%) SIEM
4 15 (9.32%) PRINCE2
4 15 (9.32%) Project Management
5 13 (8.07%) Problem-Solving
6 12 (7.45%) Analytics
6 12 (7.45%) Decision-Making
6 12 (7.45%) Risk Management
7 11 (6.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 10 (6.21%) Configuration Management
8 10 (6.21%) ITIL
8 10 (6.21%) Project Delivery
9 9 (5.59%) Continuous Improvement
9 9 (5.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
10 8 (4.97%) Change Management
10 8 (4.97%) DevOps
10 8 (4.97%) MITRE ATT&CK
Programming Languages
1 18 (11.18%) PL/SQL
2 16 (9.94%) C
3 8 (4.97%) SQL
4 4 (2.48%) PowerShell
5 3 (1.86%) COBOL
5 3 (1.86%) Python
6 2 (1.24%) C#
6 2 (1.24%) C++
6 2 (1.24%) CLIST
6 2 (1.24%) Java
6 2 (1.24%) R
6 2 (1.24%) REXX
6 2 (1.24%) SELCOPY
7 1 (0.62%) Bash
7 1 (0.62%) Bicep
7 1 (0.62%) Bourne shell
7 1 (0.62%) Kotlin
7 1 (0.62%) Swift
7 1 (0.62%) VB
7 1 (0.62%) VBA
Qualifications
1 70 (43.48%) Security Cleared
2 44 (27.33%) SC Cleared
3 13 (8.07%) DV Cleared
4 12 (7.45%) Cisco Certification
5 8 (4.97%) Degree
5 8 (4.97%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 7 (4.35%) CCNA
7 5 (3.11%) CCNP
8 4 (2.48%) CCIE
8 4 (2.48%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.86%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 2 (1.24%) BC Cleared
10 2 (1.24%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (1.24%) CASP
10 2 (1.24%) CompTIA Security+
10 2 (1.24%) GCED
10 2 (1.24%) GIAC
10 2 (1.24%) GSEC
10 2 (1.24%) TOGAF Certification
11 1 (0.62%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (4.35%) GDPR
1 7 (4.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (3.73%) California Consumer Privacy Act
2 6 (3.73%) HIPAA
2 6 (3.73%) NIST
3 3 (1.86%) Actionable Recommendations
3 3 (1.86%) SLA
4 2 (1.24%) QA
5 1 (0.62%) ISO 22301
5 1 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 17025
5 1 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (0.62%) ISO17020
5 1 (0.62%) PMO
System Software
1 11 (6.83%) Active Directory
2 6 (3.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (2.48%) VMware NSX
4 3 (1.86%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.86%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (1.86%) vSphere
5 2 (1.24%) iptables
6 1 (0.62%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.62%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.62%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 5 (3.11%) Ansible
1 5 (3.11%) Terraform
2 3 (1.86%) Grafana
3 2 (1.24%) CSIRT
3 2 (1.24%) FortiGate
3 2 (1.24%) Kibana
3 2 (1.24%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.24%) logstash
3 2 (1.24%) Progress Chef
3 2 (1.24%) Puppet
3 2 (1.24%) Salt
3 2 (1.24%) SCCM
4 1 (0.62%) Functional Safety
4 1 (0.62%) SCOM
4 1 (0.62%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 11 (6.83%) Juniper
1 11 (6.83%) Microsoft
2 10 (6.21%) Cisco
3 9 (5.59%) Dell
4 8 (4.97%) Oracle
4 8 (4.97%) Red Hat
4 8 (4.97%) VMware
5 5 (3.11%) Citrix
6 4 (2.48%) Talend
7 3 (1.86%) Denodo
7 3 (1.86%) IBM
8 2 (1.24%) LogRhythm
8 2 (1.24%) Palo Alto
8 2 (1.24%) SaltStack
8 2 (1.24%) Syncsort
8 2 (1.24%) TippingPoint
8 2 (1.24%) Trend Micro
9 1 (0.62%) Ivanti
9 1 (0.62%) NetApp
9 1 (0.62%) SAP