Public Sector Contracts in Central London

Public Sector
London > Central London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies in Central London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 25 43
Rank change year-on-year -2 +18 +20
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 151 174 194
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 7.55% 7.14% 5.03%
As % of the General category 10.69% 10.85% 8.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 103 120 116
10th Percentile £371 £375 £216
25th Percentile £431 £413 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -
75th Percentile £588 £561 £575
90th Percentile £716 £644 £688
London median daily rate £525 £538 £563
% change year-on-year -2.33% -4.44% +6.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £22.00 - £15.00
75th Percentile £27.44 - -
90th Percentile £37.23 - -
London median hourly rate £26.45 £18.13 £22.71
% change year-on-year +45.89% -20.17% -11.57%

All General Skills
Central 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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,412 1,604 2,401
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 70.56% 65.82% 62.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 911 1,146 1,697
10th Percentile £325 £331 £325
25th Percentile £450 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% +5.26%
75th Percentile £685 £688 £738
90th Percentile £775 £806 £825
London median daily rate £575 £575 £600
% change year-on-year - -4.17% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 15 15
10th Percentile £22.00 £20.04 £15.20
25th Percentile £25.11 £21.36 £18.42
Median hourly rate £30.04 £24.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +25.15% -31.43% -23.08%
75th Percentile £49.22 £30.25 £53.25
90th Percentile £74.63 £47.65 £58.75
London median hourly rate £34.00 £28.50 £32.00
% change year-on-year +19.30% -10.94% -13.51%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in Central London

Public Sector
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

Daily rate trend for Public Sector in Central London

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in Central London over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in Central London

Public Sector
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

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

Hourly rate trend for Public Sector in Central London

Public Sector
Hourly Rate Histogram in Central London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Public Sector in Central London over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Public Sector in Central London

Public Sector
Contract Job Locations in Central 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 Central London region over the 6 months to 3 May 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
City of London +2 135 £525 +5.00% 34
West End of London -4 5 £638 +18.49% 6
City of Westminster +4 4 £638 - 2
Southwark - 4 £155 -
Kensington and Chelsea +1 3 - -
Public Sector
London

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central 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 6 (3.97%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.65%) CMS
3 3 (1.99%) Confluence
3 3 (1.99%) Drupal
3 3 (1.99%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (1.32%) Anypoint
4 2 (1.32%) Apache
4 2 (1.32%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.66%) Alfresco
5 1 (0.66%) Camunda
5 1 (0.66%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.66%) nginx
Applications
1 4 (2.65%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.99%) Trello
3 2 (1.32%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.32%) Oracle Smart View
4 1 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (3.97%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (1.32%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (1.32%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.66%) Loan IQ
Cloud Services
1 42 (27.81%) AWS
2 18 (11.92%) Azure
3 16 (10.60%) Power Platform
4 13 (8.61%) Serverless
5 12 (7.95%) AWS Lambda
6 7 (4.64%) Power Automate
7 6 (3.97%) Amazon S3
7 6 (3.97%) Microsoft 365
8 5 (3.31%) Amazon SQS
8 5 (3.31%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (3.31%) PowerApps
9 4 (2.65%) Entra ID
9 4 (2.65%) GitHub
9 4 (2.65%) OCI
9 4 (2.65%) SaaS
10 3 (1.99%) Cloud Computing
10 3 (1.99%) Dynamics 365
11 2 (1.32%) Amazon EC2
11 2 (1.32%) Asana
11 2 (1.32%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.65%) Firewall
2 3 (1.99%) Network Security
3 2 (1.32%) VPN
4 1 (0.66%) BGP
4 1 (0.66%) Cisco ASA
4 1 (0.66%) EIGRP
4 1 (0.66%) H.323
4 1 (0.66%) HTTP
4 1 (0.66%) IPsec
4 1 (0.66%) LAN
4 1 (0.66%) MGCP
4 1 (0.66%) OSPF
4 1 (0.66%) Software-Defined Networking
4 1 (0.66%) SSH
4 1 (0.66%) Structured Cabling
4 1 (0.66%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.66%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.66%) WAN
4 1 (0.66%) WebEx
4 1 (0.66%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (12.58%) PostgreSQL
2 17 (11.26%) MongoDB
3 16 (10.60%) NoSQL
4 10 (6.62%) Power BI
5 8 (5.30%) Tableau
6 6 (3.97%) Amazon Athena
6 6 (3.97%) Redis
7 5 (3.31%) DocumentDB
8 3 (1.99%) MySQL
9 2 (1.32%) Data Lake
9 2 (1.32%) Oracle Database
9 2 (1.32%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.66%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.66%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.66%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.66%) Delta Lake
10 1 (0.66%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.66%) Electronic Patient Records
10 1 (0.66%) Power Query
10 1 (0.66%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (5.96%) Git
2 6 (3.97%) SonarQube
3 5 (3.31%) JIRA
4 2 (1.32%) GitLab
4 2 (1.32%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.32%) JUnit
4 2 (1.32%) Maven
5 1 (0.66%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.66%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.66%) Postman
5 1 (0.66%) RStudio
General
1 32 (21.19%) Social Skills
2 23 (15.23%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (11.92%) Finance
4 16 (10.60%) Military
5 10 (6.62%) Police
6 6 (3.97%) Local Government
6 6 (3.97%) Marketing
7 5 (3.31%) Influencing Skills
8 4 (2.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 4 (2.65%) Law
9 3 (1.99%) Back Office
9 3 (1.99%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.99%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (1.32%) Banking
11 1 (0.66%) Advertising
11 1 (0.66%) Fire and Rescue
11 1 (0.66%) Multimedia
11 1 (0.66%) Retail
11 1 (0.66%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 33 (21.85%) Developer
2 23 (15.23%) Architect
3 17 (11.26%) Java Developer
4 16 (10.60%) SC Cleared Java Developer
5 13 (8.61%) Lead
6 11 (7.28%) Analyst
7 10 (6.62%) Business Analyst
8 9 (5.96%) Data Engineer
8 9 (5.96%) Technical Architect
9 7 (4.64%) Designer
9 7 (4.64%) Security Architect
9 7 (4.64%) Senior
10 6 (3.97%) Data Scientist
10 6 (3.97%) Project Manager
11 5 (3.31%) Consultant
11 5 (3.31%) Content Designer
11 5 (3.31%) DevOps Engineer
11 5 (3.31%) JavaScript Engineer
12 4 (2.65%) Change Manager
12 4 (2.65%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (14.57%) React
2 21 (13.91%) Kafka
3 18 (11.92%) Spring
3 18 (11.92%) Spring Boot
4 9 (5.96%) Node.js
5 5 (3.31%) Oracle Fusion
6 4 (2.65%) .NET
6 4 (2.65%) HTML
6 4 (2.65%) Pandas
6 4 (2.65%) REST
6 4 (2.65%) scikit-learn
6 4 (2.65%) TensorFlow
7 3 (1.99%) OAuth
7 3 (1.99%) OpenID
7 3 (1.99%) SAML
8 2 (1.32%) Apache Camel
8 2 (1.32%) JSON
8 2 (1.32%) Middleware
8 2 (1.32%) pydantic
8 2 (1.32%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 7 (4.64%) Management Information System
2 4 (2.65%) CMDB
3 3 (1.99%) Algorithms
3 3 (1.99%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (1.99%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (1.99%) Freedom of Information
4 2 (1.32%) Cloud Native
4 2 (1.32%) Data Centre
4 2 (1.32%) Data Structures
4 2 (1.32%) Digital Media
4 2 (1.32%) Graphic Design
4 2 (1.32%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (1.32%) Microsoft Licensing
4 2 (1.32%) Security Posture
5 1 (0.66%) Freedom of Information Act
5 1 (0.66%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (0.66%) PKI
5 1 (0.66%) Reference Data
5 1 (0.66%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (0.66%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.31%) Linux
2 3 (1.99%) Windows
3 2 (1.32%) Apple iOS
3 2 (1.32%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.66%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.66%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (24.50%) DevOps
2 31 (20.53%) Agile
3 27 (17.88%) Microservices
4 25 (16.56%) Problem-Solving
5 19 (12.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 18 (11.92%) API Development
6 18 (11.92%) Project Management
7 16 (10.60%) Clean Code
7 16 (10.60%) Mentoring
7 16 (10.60%) SOLID
8 14 (9.27%) Stakeholder Management
9 13 (8.61%) Continuous Improvement
10 12 (7.95%) Decision-Making
11 11 (7.28%) CI/CD
11 11 (7.28%) Collaborative Working
12 9 (5.96%) Business Intelligence
12 9 (5.96%) Change Management
12 9 (5.96%) ITIL
12 9 (5.96%) Migration
12 9 (5.96%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 31 (20.53%) SQL
2 29 (19.21%) Java
3 27 (17.88%) JavaScript
4 23 (15.23%) Python
5 8 (5.30%) PowerShell
6 6 (3.97%) C#
7 3 (1.99%) Bash
7 3 (1.99%) R
8 2 (1.32%) Bicep
8 2 (1.32%) PL/SQL
8 2 (1.32%) Ruby
8 2 (1.32%) Scala
9 1 (0.66%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.66%) X++
Qualifications
1 103 (68.21%) Security Cleared
2 81 (53.64%) SC Cleared
3 15 (9.93%) AWS Certified Developer
3 15 (9.93%) Degree
4 5 (3.31%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (2.65%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (1.99%) DV Cleared
6 3 (1.99%) OCP
6 3 (1.99%) Oracle Certification
7 2 (1.32%) CTC Cleared
7 2 (1.32%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.32%) PMI Certification
7 2 (1.32%) PMP
8 1 (0.66%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.66%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.66%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.66%) CISM
8 1 (0.66%) CISSP
8 1 (0.66%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.66%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.31%) GDPR
1 5 (3.31%) QA
2 4 (2.65%) Accessibility
2 4 (2.65%) Data Quality
2 4 (2.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.99%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 3 (1.99%) NIST
3 3 (1.99%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (1.32%) HIPAA
4 2 (1.32%) SLA
5 1 (0.66%) GRC
5 1 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 17025
5 1 (0.66%) PMO
5 1 (0.66%) SOC 2
5 1 (0.66%) WCAG
System Software
1 5 (3.31%) Docker
2 4 (2.65%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.66%) Apache ZooKeeper
3 1 (0.66%) Firmware
3 1 (0.66%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 25 (16.56%) Kubernetes
2 8 (5.30%) Terraform
3 5 (3.31%) Ansible
4 2 (1.32%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.66%) Argo
5 1 (0.66%) Cisco CUCM
5 1 (0.66%) Cisco UCCE
5 1 (0.66%) CloudHub
5 1 (0.66%) Istio
5 1 (0.66%) Kibana
5 1 (0.66%) Podman
5 1 (0.66%) Sysdig
Vendors
1 18 (11.92%) Oracle
2 13 (8.61%) Microsoft
3 9 (5.96%) ServiceNow
4 4 (2.65%) Cisco
5 2 (1.32%) MuleSoft
5 2 (1.32%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.66%) Ab Initio
6 1 (0.66%) Blue Prism
6 1 (0.66%) Brio
6 1 (0.66%) Concur
6 1 (0.66%) Databricks
6 1 (0.66%) ForgeRock
6 1 (0.66%) Fortinet
6 1 (0.66%) Google
6 1 (0.66%) Palo Alto
6 1 (0.66%) Pega
6 1 (0.66%) Qualys
6 1 (0.66%) Reuters
6 1 (0.66%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
6 1 (0.66%) UiPath