Public Sector Contracts in London

Public Sector
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 21 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 21 26
Rank change year-on-year -4 +5 +19
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 899 1,435 1,729
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 7.17% 8.10% 6.90%
As % of the General category 10.52% 12.95% 10.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 637 1,011 1,273
10th Percentile £388 £363 £363
25th Percentile £447 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £551
Median % change year-on-year - -4.63% +3.38%
75th Percentile £611 £638 £675
90th Percentile £725 £725 £743
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 15 15
10th Percentile £18.99 £15.00 £17.85
25th Percentile £22.68 £15.82 £19.70
Median hourly rate £25.76 £18.13 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +42.10% -27.48% -2.65%
75th Percentile £52.81 £63.50 £42.45
90th Percentile £86.25 £77.75 £66.30
England median hourly rate £25.08 £24.18 £20.53
% change year-on-year +3.70% +17.78% +2.65%

All General Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 8,543 11,080 15,879
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 68.15% 62.51% 63.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,706 7,897 11,585
10th Percentile £331 £331 £375
25th Percentile £425 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +3.00%
75th Percentile £700 £700 £725
90th Percentile £820 £825 £825
England median daily rate £520 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -2.80% -2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 159 240 198
10th Percentile £15.84 £15.95 £16.47
25th Percentile £24.66 £18.25 £21.24
Median hourly rate £34.48 £30.16 £31.71
Median % change year-on-year +14.32% -4.89% -13.71%
75th Percentile £51.63 £47.50 £52.92
90th Percentile £65.11 £66.20 £70.00
England median hourly rate £28.18 £31.97 £28.50
% change year-on-year -11.85% +12.18% +26.67%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in London

Public Sector
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Public Sector in London

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in London over the 6 months to 21 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in London

Public Sector
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Public Sector in London

Public Sector
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Public Sector in London over the 6 months to 21 June 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Public Sector in London

Public Sector
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 21 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
Central London -5 116 £525 +5.00% 226
South London 0 36 £490 +0.56% 25
West London +13 16 £400 +14.29% 56
East London +5 8 £563 +4.17% 95
North London 0 5 £550 +80.33% 1
Public Sector
England

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 24 (2.67%) Confluence
2 14 (1.56%) SharePoint
3 13 (1.45%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (1.00%) Apache
4 9 (1.00%) Apache Airflow
5 7 (0.78%) Apache Spark
5 7 (0.78%) ArcGIS
5 7 (0.78%) CMS
6 6 (0.67%) Jupyter
7 5 (0.56%) nginx
8 3 (0.33%) Anypoint
8 3 (0.33%) Camunda
8 3 (0.33%) Drupal
9 2 (0.22%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.22%) SAS
9 2 (0.22%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.11%) JBoss
10 1 (0.11%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.11%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.11%) WebLogic
Applications
1 21 (2.34%) Microsoft Office
2 13 (1.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (0.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.56%) Oracle Smart View
4 5 (0.56%) Sketch
5 4 (0.44%) Adobe Illustrator
5 4 (0.44%) InVision
5 4 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.44%) Photoshop
6 3 (0.33%) OmniGraffle
6 3 (0.33%) UXPin
7 2 (0.22%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.22%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.22%) Revit
7 2 (0.22%) Trello
8 1 (0.11%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.11%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.11%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.11%) CINEMA 4D
8 1 (0.11%) ProjectWise
Business Applications
1 20 (2.22%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (1.33%) Oracle EBS
3 8 (0.89%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.44%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.33%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (0.33%) SAP GRC
6 2 (0.22%) Infor CloudSuite
6 2 (0.22%) Oracle Financials
6 2 (0.22%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.22%) Oracle Payroll
6 2 (0.22%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.22%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.22%) SAP PS
7 1 (0.11%) Academy Housing
7 1 (0.11%) NEC Housing
7 1 (0.11%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.11%) SAP CCM
7 1 (0.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.11%) Unit4 Business World
7 1 (0.11%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 231 (25.70%) AWS
2 168 (18.69%) Azure
3 61 (6.79%) Power Platform
4 53 (5.90%) Serverless
5 50 (5.56%) Amazon S3
6 47 (5.23%) GitHub
7 39 (4.34%) AWS Lambda
8 32 (3.56%) GCP
9 30 (3.34%) AWS CloudFormation
9 30 (3.34%) Microsoft 365
9 30 (3.34%) SaaS
10 27 (3.00%) Amazon SQS
11 26 (2.89%) Dynamics 365
12 25 (2.78%) Azure DevOps
13 23 (2.56%) Amazon EKS
13 23 (2.56%) GitHub Actions
13 23 (2.56%) PowerApps
14 22 (2.45%) Amazon EC2
15 20 (2.22%) OCI
16 17 (1.89%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 32 (3.56%) Firewall
2 18 (2.00%) VPN
3 12 (1.33%) DNS
4 10 (1.11%) Network Security
5 8 (0.89%) DHCP
6 7 (0.78%) TCP/IP
6 7 (0.78%) WAN
7 5 (0.56%) LAN
7 5 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (0.56%) Wireless
8 4 (0.44%) Internet
8 4 (0.44%) SSL
9 3 (0.33%) BGP
9 3 (0.33%) HTTP
9 3 (0.33%) IPsec
9 3 (0.33%) iSCSI
10 2 (0.22%) Cisco ASA
10 2 (0.22%) Cisco ISE
10 2 (0.22%) MPLS
10 2 (0.22%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (4.34%) PostgreSQL
2 37 (4.12%) Power BI
3 31 (3.45%) Amazon RDS
4 20 (2.22%) Data Warehouse
4 20 (2.22%) Relational Database
4 20 (2.22%) Tableau
5 17 (1.89%) MongoDB
5 17 (1.89%) NoSQL
6 16 (1.78%) Metadata
7 13 (1.45%) SQL Server
8 11 (1.22%) MySQL
9 10 (1.11%) Amazon Athena
9 10 (1.11%) Redis
10 9 (1.00%) GIS
11 8 (0.89%) Amazon Redshift
12 5 (0.56%) Azure SQL Database
12 5 (0.56%) Big Data
12 5 (0.56%) Data Lake
12 5 (0.56%) Oracle Database
12 5 (0.56%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 40 (4.45%) JIRA
2 34 (3.78%) Git
3 32 (3.56%) Jenkins
4 29 (3.23%) GitLab
5 20 (2.22%) SonarQube
6 18 (2.00%) JUnit
7 17 (1.89%) Mockito
8 11 (1.22%) Gradle
8 11 (1.22%) Liquibase
9 9 (1.00%) Burp Suite
9 9 (1.00%) Metasploit
10 8 (0.89%) Cypress.io
11 6 (0.67%) CircleCI
12 5 (0.56%) Axure RP
12 5 (0.56%) Cucumber
12 5 (0.56%) Maven
12 5 (0.56%) MLflow
12 5 (0.56%) Selenium
13 4 (0.44%) Balsamiq
13 4 (0.44%) JMeter
General
1 231 (25.70%) Social Skills
2 128 (14.24%) Finance
3 103 (11.46%) Analytical Skills
4 59 (6.56%) Local Government
5 56 (6.23%) Marketing
6 51 (5.67%) Telecoms
7 46 (5.12%) Manufacturing
8 45 (5.01%) Electronics
9 39 (4.34%) Military
10 29 (3.23%) Law
11 23 (2.56%) Police
12 19 (2.11%) Documentation Skills
12 19 (2.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 18 (2.00%) Presentation Skills
14 16 (1.78%) Influencing Skills
14 16 (1.78%) Legal
15 9 (1.00%) Banking
15 9 (1.00%) Organisational Skills
16 5 (0.56%) Fire and Rescue
17 4 (0.44%) Brand Awareness
Job Titles
1 168 (18.69%) Architect
2 123 (13.68%) Developer
3 94 (10.46%) Senior
4 64 (7.12%) Lead
5 60 (6.67%) Analyst
6 44 (4.89%) Consultant
7 42 (4.67%) Data Engineer
8 36 (4.00%) Business Analyst
8 36 (4.00%) Security Architect
9 35 (3.89%) Java Developer
10 32 (3.56%) DevOps Engineer
11 31 (3.45%) Project Manager
12 27 (3.00%) AWS Architect
12 27 (3.00%) Designer
13 25 (2.78%) Technical Architect
14 24 (2.67%) Senior Developer
15 23 (2.56%) AWS Engineer
16 22 (2.45%) Solutions Architect
17 20 (2.22%) Full-Stack Developer
18 19 (2.11%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (5.56%) Kafka
1 50 (5.56%) React
2 43 (4.78%) Spring
3 40 (4.45%) Spring Boot
4 28 (3.11%) REST
5 27 (3.00%) Node.js
6 26 (2.89%) HTML
7 25 (2.78%) .NET
8 23 (2.56%) Oracle Fusion
9 17 (1.89%) CSS
10 16 (1.78%) OAuth
11 15 (1.67%) JSON
12 14 (1.56%) AngularJS
12 14 (1.56%) Swagger
13 13 (1.45%) Jinja
13 13 (1.45%) OpenAPI
13 13 (1.45%) Web Services
14 12 (1.33%) XML
15 11 (1.22%) OpenID
15 11 (1.22%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 52 (5.78%) Onboarding
2 32 (3.56%) Management Information System
3 18 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
4 16 (1.78%) Product Ownership
5 15 (1.67%) NHS
5 15 (1.67%) Security Operations Centre
6 14 (1.56%) PKI
7 13 (1.45%) CSOC
8 11 (1.22%) Security Posture
9 9 (1.00%) CMDB
9 9 (1.00%) Distributed Systems
9 9 (1.00%) Public Cloud
10 8 (0.89%) Algorithms
10 8 (0.89%) Data Centre
10 8 (0.89%) Driving Licence
11 7 (0.78%) Greenfield Project
12 6 (0.67%) Cloud Native
12 6 (0.67%) Cyber Threat
12 6 (0.67%) Data Structures
13 5 (0.56%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 47 (5.23%) Windows
2 34 (3.78%) Linux
3 14 (1.56%) Windows Server
4 12 (1.33%) Windows 10
5 6 (0.67%) Android
5 6 (0.67%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.56%) Apple iOS
6 5 (0.56%) Mac OS
6 5 (0.56%) Unix
7 2 (0.22%) Mac OS X
7 2 (0.22%) Windows 8
7 2 (0.22%) Windows Server 2003
7 2 (0.22%) Windows XP
8 1 (0.11%) Amazon Linux
8 1 (0.11%) CentOS
8 1 (0.11%) Oracle Linux
8 1 (0.11%) VMS
8 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.11%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 203 (22.58%) Agile
2 126 (14.02%) DevOps
3 124 (13.79%) Stakeholder Management
4 115 (12.79%) CI/CD
4 115 (12.79%) Problem-Solving
5 84 (9.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 83 (9.23%) Business Intelligence
7 79 (8.79%) Microservices
8 73 (8.12%) Migration
9 69 (7.68%) Containerisation
10 58 (6.45%) Analytics
11 57 (6.34%) Decision-Making
12 56 (6.23%) Cybersecurity
13 53 (5.90%) Data Modelling
13 53 (5.90%) Programme Management
14 50 (5.56%) Infrastructure as Code
15 48 (5.34%) Mentoring
16 47 (5.23%) ITIL
17 46 (5.12%) Digital Marketing
17 46 (5.12%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 126 (14.02%) SQL
2 121 (13.46%) Python
3 91 (10.12%) Java
4 68 (7.56%) JavaScript
5 38 (4.23%) TypeScript
6 30 (3.34%) PowerShell
7 28 (3.11%) Bash
8 27 (3.00%) C#
9 15 (1.67%) Ruby
10 11 (1.22%) Bicep
10 11 (1.22%) R
11 10 (1.11%) C++
12 7 (0.78%) PL/SQL
12 7 (0.78%) Shell Script
13 6 (0.67%) Kotlin
14 5 (0.56%) Scala
15 4 (0.44%) Perl
16 3 (0.33%) C
16 3 (0.33%) Groovy
16 3 (0.33%) PHP
Qualifications
1 531 (59.07%) Security Cleared
2 429 (47.72%) SC Cleared
3 42 (4.67%) Degree
4 27 (3.00%) AWS Certification
5 21 (2.34%) DV Cleared
6 19 (2.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 14 (1.56%) CISSP
7 14 (1.56%) CREST Certified
8 11 (1.22%) BPSS Clearance
8 11 (1.22%) OSCP
9 10 (1.11%) Computer Science Degree
10 9 (1.00%) AWS Certified Developer
10 9 (1.00%) Cisco Certification
11 8 (0.89%) CCNP
11 8 (0.89%) Tigerscheme
12 7 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
12 7 (0.78%) OCP
12 7 (0.78%) Oracle Certification
13 6 (0.67%) CHECK Team Member
14 5 (0.56%) CESG Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (4.00%) QA
2 34 (3.78%) Accessibility
3 19 (2.11%) NIST
4 18 (2.00%) GDPR
5 17 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 17 (1.89%) NCSC
6 11 (1.22%) Data Quality
7 9 (1.00%) WCAG
8 8 (0.89%) Cyber Essentials
8 8 (0.89%) GRC
8 8 (0.89%) SLA
9 7 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 7 (0.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 6 (0.67%) Actionable Recommendations
10 6 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 6 (0.67%) PMO
11 5 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 3 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 17025
12 3 (0.33%) PCI DSS
13 2 (0.22%) HIPAA
System Software
1 74 (8.23%) Docker
2 30 (3.34%) Active Directory
3 12 (1.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.78%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.67%) VMware ESXi
5 6 (0.67%) vSphere
6 5 (0.56%) Firmware
6 5 (0.56%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.33%) Apache ZooKeeper
7 3 (0.33%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.33%) IAG
8 2 (0.22%) BitLocker
8 2 (0.22%) Microsoft App-V
8 2 (0.22%) Terminal Services
8 2 (0.22%) XenApp
9 1 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.11%) Postfix
9 1 (0.11%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 83 (9.23%) Kubernetes
1 83 (9.23%) Terraform
2 31 (3.45%) Ansible
3 19 (2.11%) Microsoft Intune
4 12 (1.33%) Prometheus
5 9 (1.00%) Grafana
5 9 (1.00%) Nmap
6 7 (0.78%) Puppet
7 5 (0.56%) SCCM
8 4 (0.44%) Istio
8 4 (0.44%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.33%) Argo
9 3 (0.33%) Kibana
10 2 (0.22%) FortiGate
10 2 (0.22%) HAProxy
10 2 (0.22%) McAfee ePO
10 2 (0.22%) Nagios
10 2 (0.22%) Norton AntiVirus
10 2 (0.22%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.22%) vMotion
Vendors
1 129 (14.35%) Microsoft
2 67 (7.45%) Oracle
2 67 (7.45%) SAP
3 35 (3.89%) ServiceNow
4 25 (2.78%) Cisco
5 24 (2.67%) Google
5 24 (2.67%) Splunk
6 20 (2.22%) Virgin Media
7 18 (2.00%) Salesforce
8 17 (1.89%) VMware
9 10 (1.11%) Veracode
10 9 (1.00%) Adobe
10 9 (1.00%) Dynatrace
11 7 (0.78%) Palo Alto
12 6 (0.67%) Juniper
12 6 (0.67%) Palantir
13 5 (0.56%) Databricks
13 5 (0.56%) IBM
13 5 (0.56%) MuleSoft
13 5 (0.56%) Zscaler
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