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 19 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 25 40
Rank change year-on-year -2 +15 +25
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 138 172 203
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 7.03% 7.17% 5.38%
As % of the General category 9.89% 10.93% 8.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 93 120 117
10th Percentile £362 £375 £192
25th Percentile £438 £413 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £588 £561 £600
90th Percentile £675 £644 £700
London median daily rate £525 £525 £563
% change year-on-year - -6.67% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £22.00 - -
75th Percentile £25.11 - -
90th Percentile £36.30 - -
London median hourly rate £25.76 £18.13 £25.00
% change year-on-year +42.10% -27.48% -2.65%

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 1,395 1,573 2,353
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 71.10% 65.60% 62.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 898 1,114 1,667
10th Percentile £325 £325 £325
25th Percentile £450 £444 £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 £813 £825
London median daily rate £565 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -1.74% -4.17% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 13 16
10th Percentile £22.00 £19.98 £14.25
25th Percentile £24.85 £20.22 £16.33
Median hourly rate £29.07 £24.00 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year +21.13% -14.29% -34.12%
75th Percentile £47.68 £27.50 £44.93
90th Percentile £71.00 £41.60 £56.25
London median hourly rate £34.00 £28.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year +21.43% -6.67% -20.00%

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 19 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 19 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 19 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 +1 126 £525 +5.00% 37
West End of London -3 4 £638 +18.49% 7
Southwark - 4 £155 -
City of Westminster +4 3 £638 - 5
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 4 (2.90%) CMS
2 3 (2.17%) Confluence
2 3 (2.17%) Drupal
2 3 (2.17%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.45%) Anypoint
3 2 (1.45%) Apache
3 2 (1.45%) Apache Spark
3 2 (1.45%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.72%) Alfresco
4 1 (0.72%) Camunda
4 1 (0.72%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.72%) nginx
Applications
1 2 (1.45%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (1.45%) Oracle Smart View
1 2 (1.45%) Trello
2 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (4.35%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (1.45%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.72%) Loan IQ
Cloud Services
1 43 (31.16%) AWS
2 15 (10.87%) Azure
3 14 (10.14%) Power Platform
4 12 (8.70%) AWS Lambda
4 12 (8.70%) Serverless
5 7 (5.07%) Amazon S3
6 6 (4.35%) Amazon SQS
7 5 (3.62%) GitHub
7 5 (3.62%) Power Automate
8 4 (2.90%) Entra ID
8 4 (2.90%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (2.90%) OCI
9 3 (2.17%) Amazon EC2
9 3 (2.17%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (2.17%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (2.17%) GCP
9 3 (2.17%) PowerApps
9 3 (2.17%) SaaS
10 2 (1.45%) AWS Step Functions
10 2 (1.45%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.17%) Firewall
1 3 (2.17%) Network Security
2 2 (1.45%) VPN
3 1 (0.72%) BGP
3 1 (0.72%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (0.72%) EIGRP
3 1 (0.72%) H.323
3 1 (0.72%) HTTP
3 1 (0.72%) IPsec
3 1 (0.72%) LAN
3 1 (0.72%) MGCP
3 1 (0.72%) OSPF
3 1 (0.72%) Software-Defined Networking
3 1 (0.72%) SSH
3 1 (0.72%) Structured Cabling
3 1 (0.72%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.72%) Unified Communications
3 1 (0.72%) WAN
3 1 (0.72%) WebEx
3 1 (0.72%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (12.32%) PostgreSQL
2 15 (10.87%) MongoDB
3 14 (10.14%) NoSQL
4 10 (7.25%) Power BI
5 7 (5.07%) Tableau
6 6 (4.35%) Amazon Athena
6 6 (4.35%) Redis
7 5 (3.62%) DocumentDB
8 3 (2.17%) MySQL
9 2 (1.45%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.72%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.72%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.72%) Apache Hive
10 1 (0.72%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.72%) Data Lake
10 1 (0.72%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.72%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.72%) Electronic Patient Records
10 1 (0.72%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.72%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (6.52%) Git
2 6 (4.35%) SonarQube
3 5 (3.62%) JIRA
4 2 (1.45%) GitLab
4 2 (1.45%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.45%) JUnit
4 2 (1.45%) Maven
5 1 (0.72%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.72%) CircleCI
5 1 (0.72%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.72%) Postman
5 1 (0.72%) RStudio
5 1 (0.72%) Selenium
General
1 33 (23.91%) Social Skills
2 24 (17.39%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (10.14%) Military
4 13 (9.42%) Finance
5 10 (7.25%) Police
6 6 (4.35%) Marketing
7 4 (2.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (2.90%) Law
7 4 (2.90%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (2.17%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (2.17%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.45%) Banking
9 2 (1.45%) Local Government
9 2 (1.45%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.72%) Advertising
10 1 (0.72%) Back Office
10 1 (0.72%) Legal
10 1 (0.72%) Multimedia
10 1 (0.72%) Retail
10 1 (0.72%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 27 (19.57%) Developer
2 25 (18.12%) Architect
3 15 (10.87%) Java Developer
4 14 (10.14%) SC Cleared Java Developer
5 11 (7.97%) Analyst
5 11 (7.97%) Lead
6 10 (7.25%) Business Analyst
6 10 (7.25%) Technical Architect
7 9 (6.52%) Data Engineer
8 8 (5.80%) Security Architect
8 8 (5.80%) Senior
9 7 (5.07%) Data Scientist
9 7 (5.07%) Designer
10 5 (3.62%) Consultant
10 5 (3.62%) Content Designer
10 5 (3.62%) JavaScript Engineer
11 4 (2.90%) Change Manager
11 4 (2.90%) Full-Stack Developer
11 4 (2.90%) Junior
11 4 (2.90%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (14.49%) React
2 19 (13.77%) Kafka
3 16 (11.59%) Spring
3 16 (11.59%) Spring Boot
4 10 (7.25%) Node.js
5 5 (3.62%) Pandas
5 5 (3.62%) scikit-learn
5 5 (3.62%) TensorFlow
6 4 (2.90%) HTML
6 4 (2.90%) Oracle Fusion
6 4 (2.90%) REST
7 3 (2.17%) OAuth
7 3 (2.17%) OpenID
7 3 (2.17%) SAML
8 2 (1.45%) .NET
8 2 (1.45%) CSS
8 2 (1.45%) JSON
8 2 (1.45%) Middleware
8 2 (1.45%) Ruby on Rails
8 2 (1.45%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.07%) Management Information System
2 4 (2.90%) Algorithms
2 4 (2.90%) CMDB
3 3 (2.17%) Freedom of Information
4 2 (1.45%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (1.45%) Cloud Native
4 2 (1.45%) Data Centre
4 2 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (1.45%) Data Structures
4 2 (1.45%) Digital Media
4 2 (1.45%) Graphic Design
4 2 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (1.45%) Microsoft Licensing
4 2 (1.45%) Onboarding
4 2 (1.45%) Security Posture
5 1 (0.72%) CSOC
5 1 (0.72%) Digital Signage
5 1 (0.72%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (0.72%) Low-Code
5 1 (0.72%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.62%) Linux
2 2 (1.45%) Windows
3 1 (0.72%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.72%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.72%) VMS
3 1 (0.72%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (23.91%) DevOps
2 28 (20.29%) Agile
3 26 (18.84%) Microservices
4 24 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
5 16 (11.59%) API Development
6 15 (10.87%) Mentoring
7 14 (10.14%) Clean Code
7 14 (10.14%) SOLID
7 14 (10.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 13 (9.42%) Project Management
9 12 (8.70%) Decision-Making
10 11 (7.97%) Collaborative Working
10 11 (7.97%) Stakeholder Management
11 10 (7.25%) CI/CD
12 9 (6.52%) Business Intelligence
12 9 (6.52%) Continuous Improvement
12 9 (6.52%) Data Science
13 8 (5.80%) Change Management
13 8 (5.80%) Migration
14 7 (5.07%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 29 (21.01%) Java
2 27 (19.57%) SQL
3 25 (18.12%) JavaScript
4 24 (17.39%) Python
5 5 (3.62%) C#
5 5 (3.62%) PowerShell
6 4 (2.90%) R
7 3 (2.17%) Bash
8 2 (1.45%) PL/SQL
8 2 (1.45%) Ruby
8 2 (1.45%) Scala
9 1 (0.72%) C++
9 1 (0.72%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.72%) Perl
9 1 (0.72%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.72%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 95 (68.84%) Security Cleared
2 75 (54.35%) SC Cleared
3 13 (9.42%) AWS Certified Developer
3 13 (9.42%) Degree
4 5 (3.62%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (2.90%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (2.17%) OCP
6 3 (2.17%) Oracle Certification
7 2 (1.45%) CISSP
8 1 (0.72%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.72%) CEH
8 1 (0.72%) CISM
8 1 (0.72%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.72%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.72%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.72%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.72%) OSCP
8 1 (0.72%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.72%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.62%) GDPR
2 4 (2.90%) Accessibility
2 4 (2.90%) Data Quality
2 4 (2.90%) QA
3 3 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 3 (2.17%) NIST
3 3 (2.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (1.45%) HIPAA
4 2 (1.45%) PMO
5 1 (0.72%) GRC
5 1 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 17025
5 1 (0.72%) SLA
5 1 (0.72%) SOC 2
5 1 (0.72%) WCAG
System Software
1 5 (3.62%) Docker
2 4 (2.90%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.72%) Apache ZooKeeper
3 1 (0.72%) Firmware
3 1 (0.72%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 22 (15.94%) Kubernetes
2 9 (6.52%) Terraform
3 5 (3.62%) Ansible
4 2 (1.45%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.72%) Argo
5 1 (0.72%) Cisco CUCM
5 1 (0.72%) Cisco UCCE
5 1 (0.72%) CloudHub
5 1 (0.72%) Grafana
5 1 (0.72%) Istio
5 1 (0.72%) Kibana
5 1 (0.72%) Podman
5 1 (0.72%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.72%) Sysdig
Vendors
1 15 (10.87%) Oracle
2 10 (7.25%) Microsoft
3 9 (6.52%) ServiceNow
4 4 (2.90%) Cisco
5 3 (2.17%) MuleSoft
5 3 (2.17%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.45%) Google
7 1 (0.72%) Adobe
7 1 (0.72%) Ariba
7 1 (0.72%) Blue Prism
7 1 (0.72%) Brio
7 1 (0.72%) CheckPoint
7 1 (0.72%) ForgeRock
7 1 (0.72%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.72%) IBM
7 1 (0.72%) Juniper
7 1 (0.72%) Pega
7 1 (0.72%) Qualys
7 1 (0.72%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 1 (0.72%) WSO2