Public Sector Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Public Sector
Central London > City of London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies in the City of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 25 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 37 19
Rank change year-on-year +11 -18 +18
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 152 106 188
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 6.56% 5.85% 9.08%
As % of the General category 10.96% 7.82% 13.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 72 132
10th Percentile £356 £413 £375
25th Percentile £452 £461 £418
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £510
Median % change year-on-year - +2.94% -2.86%
75th Percentile £650 £623 £588
90th Percentile £756 £688 £650
Central London median daily rate £550 £525 £505
% change year-on-year +4.76% +3.96% +1.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 1
10th Percentile £56.73 £17.89 -
25th Percentile £59.31 £19.11 £146.25
Median hourly rate £67.25 £21.10 £147.50
Median % change year-on-year +218.80% -85.70% +719.44%
75th Percentile £73.81 £27.44 £148.75
90th Percentile £75.58 £37.23 -
Central London median hourly rate £67.25 £22.00 £147.50
% change year-on-year +205.68% -85.08% +719.44%

All General Skills
City of 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 general skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,387 1,356 1,405
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 59.86% 74.79% 67.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 885 893 913
10th Percentile £365 £325 £351
25th Percentile £463 £423 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £700 £678 £700
90th Percentile £800 £775 £810
Central London median daily rate £575 £550 £575
% change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 20 10
10th Percentile £18.75 £17.02 £13.73
25th Percentile £18.88 £24.00 £17.06
Median hourly rate £22.83 £31.25 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.94% +15.74% +50.00%
75th Percentile £36.81 £63.75 £74.38
90th Percentile £56.24 £67.89 £98.13
Central London median hourly rate £26.13 £34.00 £27.00
% change year-on-year -23.15% +25.93% -1.82%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Public Sector relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Public Sector job vacancy trend in the City of London

Public Sector
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Public Sector.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Public Sector

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in the City of London over the 6 months to 25 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in the City of London

Public Sector
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Public Sector.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Public Sector

Public Sector
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 7 (4.61%) SharePoint
2 6 (3.95%) Confluence
3 3 (1.97%) CMS
4 1 (0.66%) Camunda
4 1 (0.66%) nginx
4 1 (0.66%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (4.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.32%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (1.32%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 5 (3.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.32%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (1.32%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.66%) Exchequer
3 1 (0.66%) iTrent
3 1 (0.66%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.66%) SAP CO
3 1 (0.66%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.66%) SAP FI
3 1 (0.66%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 29 (19.08%) AWS
2 28 (18.42%) Azure
3 12 (7.89%) GCP
4 10 (6.58%) Serverless
5 9 (5.92%) Power Platform
6 8 (5.26%) Amazon S3
6 8 (5.26%) GitHub
7 7 (4.61%) AWS Lambda
8 5 (3.29%) Azure Data Factory
9 4 (2.63%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (2.63%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 4 (2.63%) GitHub Actions
9 4 (2.63%) Microsoft 365
9 4 (2.63%) PaaS
10 3 (1.97%) Amazon EC2
10 3 (1.97%) Amazon EMR
10 3 (1.97%) Copilot Studio
10 3 (1.97%) Google Workspace
10 3 (1.97%) Microsoft Copilot
10 3 (1.97%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.61%) Firewall
1 7 (4.61%) Network Security
2 5 (3.29%) DNS
3 3 (1.97%) LAN
3 3 (1.97%) VPN
4 2 (1.32%) NGFW
4 2 (1.32%) Reverse Proxy
4 2 (1.32%) TCP/IP
4 2 (1.32%) WAN
5 1 (0.66%) Cisco IPT
5 1 (0.66%) DHCP
5 1 (0.66%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.66%) OpenVPN
5 1 (0.66%) SAN
5 1 (0.66%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.66%) Software-Defined Networking
5 1 (0.66%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (4.61%) Power BI
2 5 (3.29%) Data Lake
2 5 (3.29%) Metadata
3 4 (2.63%) Amazon Redshift
3 4 (2.63%) Data Mining
4 3 (1.97%) Amazon Athena
4 3 (1.97%) Tableau
5 2 (1.32%) Amazon QuickSight
5 2 (1.32%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.32%) Electronic Patient Records
5 2 (1.32%) NoSQL
5 2 (1.32%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.32%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.66%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.66%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.66%) GIS
6 1 (0.66%) OLAP
6 1 (0.66%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.66%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 10 (6.58%) Git
2 7 (4.61%) JIRA
3 5 (3.29%) GitLab
4 1 (0.66%) Artifactory
4 1 (0.66%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.66%) JUnit
4 1 (0.66%) Mockito
4 1 (0.66%) Selenium
General
1 49 (32.24%) Social Skills
2 29 (19.08%) Military
3 15 (9.87%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (9.87%) Finance
4 9 (5.92%) Influencing Skills
5 8 (5.26%) Legal
5 8 (5.26%) Police
6 6 (3.95%) Banking
6 6 (3.95%) Local Government
7 4 (2.63%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.97%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (1.97%) Law
8 3 (1.97%) Presentation Skills
9 2 (1.32%) Marketing
9 2 (1.32%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.66%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.66%) Legal Technology
Job Titles
1 34 (22.37%) Architect
2 23 (15.13%) Lead
3 16 (10.53%) Senior
4 13 (8.55%) Analyst
4 13 (8.55%) Developer
5 9 (5.92%) Data Architect
6 8 (5.26%) Cloud Engineer
6 8 (5.26%) Solutions Architect
7 7 (4.61%) Project Manager
8 6 (3.95%) Delivery Manager
9 5 (3.29%) Business Analyst
9 5 (3.29%) Consultant
9 5 (3.29%) Enterprise Architect
9 5 (3.29%) Security Architect
10 4 (2.63%) Lead DevOps
10 4 (2.63%) Platform Architect
10 4 (2.63%) Senior Architect
10 4 (2.63%) Technical Architect
10 4 (2.63%) Technical Leader
11 3 (1.97%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (7.24%) Terraform
2 4 (2.63%) .NET
2 4 (2.63%) PySpark
2 4 (2.63%) REST
3 3 (1.97%) Kafka
3 3 (1.97%) Spring
3 3 (1.97%) Spring Boot
3 3 (1.97%) Web Services
4 2 (1.32%) ASP.NET
4 2 (1.32%) Django
4 2 (1.32%) Lightning Web Components
4 2 (1.32%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (1.32%) RabbitMQ
4 2 (1.32%) React
4 2 (1.32%) SAP Fiori
4 2 (1.32%) SOAP
5 1 (0.66%) .NET Core
5 1 (0.66%) ARM Templates
5 1 (0.66%) AWS CDK
5 1 (0.66%) OpenTofu
Miscellaneous
1 16 (10.53%) Cloud Native
2 6 (3.95%) Data Centre
2 6 (3.95%) Management Information System
3 4 (2.63%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (2.63%) Onboarding
3 4 (2.63%) Taxonomies
4 3 (1.97%) Distributed Systems
4 3 (1.97%) Low-Code
4 3 (1.97%) NHS
4 3 (1.97%) Product Ownership
4 3 (1.97%) Public Cloud
5 2 (1.32%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (1.32%) Private Cloud
6 1 (0.66%) Client/Server
6 1 (0.66%) Freedom of Information
6 1 (0.66%) Freedom of Information Act
6 1 (0.66%) Hybrid Cloud
6 1 (0.66%) PKI
6 1 (0.66%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.97%) Linux
1 3 (1.97%) Windows
2 1 (0.66%) Android
2 1 (0.66%) Mac OS
2 1 (0.66%) Unix
2 1 (0.66%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (25.66%) Agile
2 32 (21.05%) Continuous Improvement
3 29 (19.08%) Stakeholder Management
4 28 (18.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 24 (15.79%) AI
5 24 (15.79%) CI/CD
6 22 (14.47%) Decision-Making
7 20 (13.16%) Analytics
7 20 (13.16%) DevOps
8 17 (11.18%) Data Protection
9 16 (10.53%) Migration
9 16 (10.53%) Problem-Solving
10 14 (9.21%) Data Modelling
10 14 (9.21%) Infrastructure as Code
10 14 (9.21%) Roadmaps
11 13 (8.55%) Cybersecurity
12 12 (7.89%) Service Delivery
12 12 (7.89%) Test Automation
13 11 (7.24%) Risk Management
13 11 (7.24%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (9.21%) Python
2 7 (4.61%) Java
3 6 (3.95%) SQL
4 5 (3.29%) Bicep
5 3 (1.97%) C#
6 2 (1.32%) Apex Code
6 2 (1.32%) Bash
6 2 (1.32%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.32%) Ruby
6 2 (1.32%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.66%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.66%) Google Apps Script
7 1 (0.66%) Kotlin
7 1 (0.66%) R
7 1 (0.66%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.66%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 98 (64.47%) Security Cleared
2 81 (53.29%) SC Cleared
3 10 (6.58%) DV Cleared
4 8 (5.26%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (3.29%) CISSP
6 4 (2.63%) CISM
7 3 (1.97%) AWS Certification
7 3 (1.97%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.97%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (1.97%) Degree
7 3 (1.97%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (1.97%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (1.32%) CCNA
8 2 (1.32%) CCNP
8 2 (1.32%) CIPD
8 2 (1.32%) Postgraduate
9 1 (0.66%) A+ Certification
9 1 (0.66%) ISEB
9 1 (0.66%) MBA
9 1 (0.66%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (7.89%) QA
2 9 (5.92%) Data Quality
3 8 (5.26%) Accessibility
4 4 (2.63%) GDPR
5 3 (1.97%) Government Security Classifications
5 3 (1.97%) NCSC
5 3 (1.97%) NIST
5 3 (1.97%) PMO
6 2 (1.32%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 2 (1.32%) NIST 800
6 2 (1.32%) PERC
6 2 (1.32%) WCAG
7 1 (0.66%) COBIT
7 1 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.66%) EU AI Act
7 1 (0.66%) GLP
7 1 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 1 (0.66%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.66%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (3.29%) Docker
2 3 (1.97%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.32%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (5.92%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.63%) Ansible
2 4 (2.63%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (1.32%) Grafana
3 2 (1.32%) Istio
3 2 (1.32%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.66%) AirWatch
4 1 (0.66%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.66%) Puppet
4 1 (0.66%) Salt
4 1 (0.66%) SCCM
4 1 (0.66%) SELinux
Vendors
1 20 (13.16%) Microsoft
2 11 (7.24%) Google
3 9 (5.92%) ServiceNow
4 7 (4.61%) Oracle
5 6 (3.95%) Databricks
5 6 (3.95%) SAP
6 3 (1.97%) Cisco
6 3 (1.97%) MuleSoft
6 3 (1.97%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.32%) BMC
7 2 (1.32%) Fortinet
7 2 (1.32%) IBM
7 2 (1.32%) OneTrust
7 2 (1.32%) OpenAI
7 2 (1.32%) Remedy
7 2 (1.32%) VMware
8 1 (0.66%) Apple
8 1 (0.66%) Dell
8 1 (0.66%) Informatica
8 1 (0.66%) Red Hat