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 advertised in Central London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Public Sector over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 27 46 69
Rank change year-on-year +19 +23 -6
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 174 194 163
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 7.10% 5.03% 3.59%
As % of the General category 10.79% 8.10% 6.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 120 118 112
10th Percentile £382 £218 £325
25th Percentile £416 £369 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £513
Median % change year-on-year - -2.44% +20.02%
75th Percentile £561 £575 £595
90th Percentile £644 £683 £700
London median daily rate £538 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.32% +4.81% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £12.50
Median hourly rate - £15.00 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year - +15.38% -44.56%
75th Percentile - - £13.50
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £18.13 £20.42 £25.68
% change year-on-year -11.21% -20.48% +9.51%

All General Skills
Central London

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 Central London with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,613 2,395 2,579
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 65.86% 62.13% 56.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,151 1,692 1,900
10th Percentile £338 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £475 £468
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £560 £600 £570
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +5.26% +6.05%
75th Percentile £688 £738 £675
90th Percentile £800 £825 £775
London median daily rate £575 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 14 26
10th Percentile £20.10 £15.83 £18.50
25th Percentile £22.50 £20.42 £21.00
Median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% -21.35% +122.50%
75th Percentile £43.75 £53.50 £57.00
90th Percentile £65.00 £58.75 £64.13
London median hourly rate £28.50 £32.50 £36.00
% change year-on-year -12.31% -9.72% +30.91%

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 27 April 2024.

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
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 27 April 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
City of London +17 151 £500 - 29
Camden +2 10 £538 +8.69%
West End of London +2 8 £538 +3.96%
City of Westminster -1 1 - -
Lambeth -3 1 £205 -56.84%
Kensington and Chelsea - 1 £400 - 1
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 10 (5.75%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.87%) Site Server
3 2 (1.15%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.57%) Camunda
4 1 (0.57%) Confluence
4 1 (0.57%) Documentum
4 1 (0.57%) JBoss
4 1 (0.57%) nginx
4 1 (0.57%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 5 (2.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.30%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.15%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.57%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (4.60%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.57%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.57%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 41 (23.56%) Azure
2 30 (17.24%) AWS
3 23 (13.22%) Azure DevOps
4 11 (6.32%) Amazon S3
4 11 (6.32%) Power Platform
5 9 (5.17%) AWS Lambda
5 9 (5.17%) Serverless
6 8 (4.60%) Dynamics 365
6 8 (4.60%) Power Automate
6 8 (4.60%) PowerApps
7 7 (4.02%) Microsoft 365
8 5 (2.87%) Amazon MSK
8 5 (2.87%) AWS Step Functions
8 5 (2.87%) IaaS
8 5 (2.87%) SuccessFactors
9 4 (2.30%) PaaS
10 3 (1.72%) AWS CloudFormation
10 3 (1.72%) GitHub
10 3 (1.72%) GitHub Actions
11 2 (1.15%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 9 (5.17%) Firewall
1 9 (5.17%) WAN
2 6 (3.45%) LAN
2 6 (3.45%) Wireless
3 5 (2.87%) VPN
4 4 (2.30%) FTP
4 4 (2.30%) NetScaler
5 3 (1.72%) BGP
5 3 (1.72%) Cisco ASA
5 3 (1.72%) IPsec
5 3 (1.72%) OSPF
5 3 (1.72%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (1.72%) WLAN
6 2 (1.15%) SD-WAN
6 2 (1.15%) Softphone
6 2 (1.15%) Structured Cabling
6 2 (1.15%) VoIP
7 1 (0.57%) Cisco IOS
7 1 (0.57%) DMZ
7 1 (0.57%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (6.32%) Power BI
2 10 (5.75%) Data Lake
3 7 (4.02%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (4.02%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (3.45%) Amazon RDS
4 6 (3.45%) Parquet
5 5 (2.87%) Amazon Redshift
5 5 (2.87%) DynamoDB
5 5 (2.87%) GIS
6 4 (2.30%) Hadoop
6 4 (2.30%) NoSQL
7 3 (1.72%) Amazon Athena
7 3 (1.72%) SQL Server
7 3 (1.72%) Tableau
8 2 (1.15%) Big Data
8 2 (1.15%) Metadata
8 2 (1.15%) Relational Database
8 2 (1.15%) Siebel EIM
9 1 (0.57%) BigQuery
9 1 (0.57%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 4 (2.30%) JIRA
1 4 (2.30%) Selenium
2 3 (1.72%) Cucumber
2 3 (1.72%) Git
3 2 (1.15%) SpecFlow
4 1 (0.57%) ERwin
4 1 (0.57%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.57%) JUnit
4 1 (0.57%) Postman
4 1 (0.57%) REST Assured
4 1 (0.57%) Serenity BDD
4 1 (0.57%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 29 (16.67%) Finance
1 29 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 14 (8.05%) Local Government
3 13 (7.47%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (4.60%) General Ledger
4 8 (4.60%) Retail
5 7 (4.02%) Police
6 6 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (2.87%) Law
8 4 (2.30%) Advertising
8 4 (2.30%) Fire and Rescue
8 4 (2.30%) Legal
8 4 (2.30%) Marketing
9 3 (1.72%) Electronics
9 3 (1.72%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.72%) Telecoms
10 2 (1.15%) Back Office
11 1 (0.57%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 22 (12.64%) Architect
2 20 (11.49%) Consultant
3 19 (10.92%) Senior
4 18 (10.34%) Developer
5 14 (8.05%) Analyst
6 11 (6.32%) Data Engineer
7 9 (5.17%) Project Manager
8 8 (4.60%) Data Architect
8 8 (4.60%) Microsoft Consultant
9 6 (3.45%) Business Analyst
9 6 (3.45%) Lead
9 6 (3.45%) Network Engineer
10 5 (2.87%) Enterprise Architect
10 5 (2.87%) Full Stack Developer
10 5 (2.87%) Network Operations Engineer
10 5 (2.87%) Operations Engineer
11 4 (2.30%) Designer
11 4 (2.30%) DevOps Engineer
11 4 (2.30%) Implementation Specialist
11 4 (2.30%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (5.17%) REST
2 8 (4.60%) JSON
2 8 (4.60%) Kafka
3 6 (3.45%) .NET
3 6 (3.45%) Apache Avro
4 5 (2.87%) CSS
4 5 (2.87%) HTML
4 5 (2.87%) SAML
4 5 (2.87%) Spring
5 4 (2.30%) LDAP
5 4 (2.30%) Node.js
5 4 (2.30%) Spring Boot
5 4 (2.30%) XML
6 3 (1.72%) ASP.NET
6 3 (1.72%) Web Services
7 2 (1.15%) .NET Framework
7 2 (1.15%) ASP.NET Core
7 2 (1.15%) HTML5
7 2 (1.15%) jQuery
7 2 (1.15%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 8 (4.60%) Data Structures
2 5 (2.87%) Data Centre
3 4 (2.30%) Replication
4 3 (1.72%) Management Information System
4 3 (1.72%) PKI
4 3 (1.72%) Product Ownership
4 3 (1.72%) Social Media
5 2 (1.15%) Algorithms
5 2 (1.15%) Cyber Threat
5 2 (1.15%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.57%) CCTV
6 1 (0.57%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.57%) CMDB
6 1 (0.57%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.57%) Digital Signage
6 1 (0.57%) Enterprise Cloud
6 1 (0.57%) Mobile App
6 1 (0.57%) Robotics
6 1 (0.57%) Taxonomies
6 1 (0.57%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 8 (4.60%) Linux
1 8 (4.60%) Windows
2 5 (2.87%) Unix
3 2 (1.15%) Android
3 2 (1.15%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.57%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.57%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (17.24%) Agile
1 30 (17.24%) DevOps
2 22 (12.64%) Business Intelligence
3 14 (8.05%) Analytics
3 14 (8.05%) ETL
4 12 (6.90%) Project Management
4 12 (6.90%) Scrum
5 11 (6.32%) Data Modelling
5 11 (6.32%) Problem-Solving
5 11 (6.32%) Stakeholder Management
6 10 (5.75%) Requirements Gathering
6 10 (5.75%) Requirements Workshops
6 10 (5.75%) Scaled Agile Framework
7 9 (5.17%) Migration
7 9 (5.17%) SFIA
8 8 (4.60%) Accounts Payable
8 8 (4.60%) Accounts Receivable
8 8 (4.60%) Decision-Making
8 8 (4.60%) Information Security
8 8 (4.60%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 19 (10.92%) Python
2 16 (9.20%) SQL
3 8 (4.60%) Java
3 8 (4.60%) JavaScript
3 8 (4.60%) PowerShell
4 5 (2.87%) Korn
5 4 (2.30%) C#
6 2 (1.15%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.57%) Bash
7 1 (0.57%) Kotlin
7 1 (0.57%) PHP
7 1 (0.57%) R
Qualifications
1 81 (46.55%) Security Cleared
2 62 (35.63%) SC Cleared
3 17 (9.77%) Degree
4 14 (8.05%) DV Cleared
5 6 (3.45%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (2.87%) CISSP
7 3 (1.72%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 3 (1.72%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.72%) CCNA
7 3 (1.72%) CCSK
8 2 (1.15%) CISM
9 1 (0.57%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.57%) CISA
9 1 (0.57%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.57%) MBA
9 1 (0.57%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.45%) PMO
2 5 (2.87%) Data Quality
2 5 (2.87%) GDPR
2 5 (2.87%) SLA
3 4 (2.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 4 (2.30%) NIST
3 4 (2.30%) QA
4 3 (1.72%) NCSC
5 2 (1.15%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.15%) ISO 22301
5 2 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.57%) WCAG
System Software
1 7 (4.02%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.30%) HDFS
2 4 (2.30%) NFS
3 3 (1.72%) Docker
4 2 (1.15%) Firmware
5 1 (0.57%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (4.60%) Terraform
2 6 (3.45%) Kubernetes
3 4 (2.30%) Ansible
4 3 (1.72%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.57%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 23 (13.22%) Microsoft
2 10 (5.75%) Oracle
3 9 (5.17%) SAP
4 5 (2.87%) ESRI
5 4 (2.30%) Cisco
5 4 (2.30%) Citrix
5 4 (2.30%) Isilon
6 3 (1.72%) Brandwatch
6 3 (1.72%) Juniper
6 3 (1.72%) Palo Alto
6 3 (1.72%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.15%) Dell
7 2 (1.15%) Google
7 2 (1.15%) IBM
7 2 (1.15%) Siebel
7 2 (1.15%) VMware
8 1 (0.57%) BT
8 1 (0.57%) Informatica
8 1 (0.57%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.57%) Remedy