Public Sector Contracts in Worcestershire

Public Sector
West Midlands > Worcestershire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies in Worcestershire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 20 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 16 10
Rank change year-on-year +2 -6 -7
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 3 5 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Worcestershire 6.00% 5.56% 12.00%
As % of the General category 13.64% 12.50% 21.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 11
10th Percentile - £470 £206
25th Percentile - £481 £339
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £525 £425
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% +23.53% +54.55%
75th Percentile - £544 £538
90th Percentile - £548 £606
West Midlands median daily rate £463 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -7.50% -4.76% +13.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £70.00 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £18.44 £19.00 £20.25
% change year-on-year -2.97% -6.17% +23.48%

All General Skills
Worcestershire

Public Sector falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in Worcestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 22 40 55
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Worcestershire 44.00% 44.44% 55.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 26 43
10th Percentile £168 £194 £215
25th Percentile £453 £266 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +47.06% -5.56% +28.57%
75th Percentile £850 £533 £603
90th Percentile £894 £617 £675
West Midlands median daily rate £460 £500 £520
% change year-on-year -8.00% -3.85% +5.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 9 1
10th Percentile £12.49 - -
25th Percentile £14.05 £10.50 £16.54
Median hourly rate £17.16 £18.97 £16.94
Median % change year-on-year -9.57% +12.02% +42.79%
75th Percentile £17.64 £72.50 £17.33
90th Percentile - £73.00 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £24.34 £19.00 £20.97
% change year-on-year +28.11% -9.39% +23.35%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Worcestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in Worcestershire

Public Sector
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Worcestershire

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

Daily rate trend for Public Sector in Worcestershire

Public Sector
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Worcestershire

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

Hourly rate trend for Public Sector in Worcestershire

Public Sector
Contract Job Locations in Worcestershire

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 Worcestershire region over the 6 months to 20 June 2025. 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
Worcester - 3 £700 - 29
Public Sector
West Midlands

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Worcestershire 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) DevSecOps Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
1 2 (66.67%) Containerisation
1 2 (66.67%) Deployment Automation
1 2 (66.67%) DevSecOps
1 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure as Code
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (66.67%) Test Automation
1 2 (66.67%) Vulnerability Management
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) ERP
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Strategic Planning
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) DV Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) NCSC
2 1 (33.33%) QA
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) Ansible
1 2 (66.67%) Kubernetes
1 2 (66.67%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Civica
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