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 18 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 18 39
Rank change year-on-year -16 +21 +15
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 107 192 160
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 6.07% 9.15% 5.37%
As % of the General category 8.09% 13.42% 8.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 124 76
10th Percentile £405 £375 £236
25th Percentile £455 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% +8.81%
75th Percentile £586 £590 £641
90th Percentile £688 £675 £730
Central London median daily rate £520 £510 £500
% change year-on-year +1.96% +2.00% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 1
10th Percentile £17.89 - -
25th Percentile £19.11 £146.25 -
Median hourly rate £21.10 £147.50 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -85.70% +719.44% +38.46%
75th Percentile £27.44 £148.75 -
90th Percentile £37.23 - -
Central London median hourly rate £22.00 £147.50 £18.00
% change year-on-year -85.08% +719.44% +38.46%

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 common skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,322 1,431 1,900
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 74.99% 68.21% 63.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 885 893 1,333
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £413 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £723
90th Percentile £764 £800 £825
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 10 13
10th Percentile £17.02 £13.73 -
25th Percentile £24.00 £17.06 £14.25
Median hourly rate £31.25 £27.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.74% +42.11% -54.22%
75th Percentile £63.75 £74.38 £38.00
90th Percentile £67.89 £98.13 £63.46
Central London median hourly rate £34.00 £27.00 £19.00
% change year-on-year +25.93% +42.11% -53.66%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector 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 18 September 2025.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram in the City of London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Public Sector in the City of London over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Public Sector in the City of London

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 8 (7.48%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.80%) Confluence
3 1 (0.93%) nginx
3 1 (0.93%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (2.80%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (2.80%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (1.87%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.93%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.93%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (1.87%) Unit4 Business World
2 1 (0.93%) Exchequer
2 1 (0.93%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 1 (0.93%) Maximo
2 1 (0.93%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 23 (21.50%) AWS
2 10 (9.35%) Azure
3 9 (8.41%) Power Platform
4 6 (5.61%) Amazon SQS
4 6 (5.61%) AWS Lambda
4 6 (5.61%) Serverless
5 5 (4.67%) GCP
5 5 (4.67%) SaaS
6 4 (3.74%) Amazon S3
7 2 (1.87%) Amazon EC2
7 2 (1.87%) Azure AI
7 2 (1.87%) OCI
7 2 (1.87%) Power Automate
7 2 (1.87%) PowerApps
7 2 (1.87%) SuccessFactors
8 1 (0.93%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (0.93%) Azure Logic Apps
8 1 (0.93%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (0.93%) dbt
8 1 (0.93%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.87%) DNS
1 2 (1.87%) SSL
1 2 (1.87%) VPN
2 1 (0.93%) Firewall
2 1 (0.93%) Intranet
2 1 (0.93%) LAN
2 1 (0.93%) Network Security
2 1 (0.93%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.93%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (7.48%) NoSQL
1 8 (7.48%) PostgreSQL
1 8 (7.48%) Power BI
2 6 (5.61%) MongoDB
3 5 (4.67%) DocumentDB
3 5 (4.67%) Redis
4 4 (3.74%) Tableau
5 3 (2.80%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.87%) Amazon QuickSight
6 2 (1.87%) DataStage
6 2 (1.87%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.93%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.93%) Metadata
7 1 (0.93%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.93%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 9 (8.41%) Git
2 6 (5.61%) JIRA
3 5 (4.67%) SonarQube
4 1 (0.93%) CircleCI
4 1 (0.93%) git-flow
4 1 (0.93%) GitLab
4 1 (0.93%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.93%) Selenium
4 1 (0.93%) TeamCity
General
1 27 (25.23%) Social Skills
2 23 (21.50%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (17.76%) Finance
4 7 (6.54%) Police
5 5 (4.67%) Documentation Skills
5 5 (4.67%) Military
5 5 (4.67%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (3.74%) Banking
7 3 (2.80%) Law
8 2 (1.87%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.87%) Marketing
8 2 (1.87%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.93%) Advertising
9 1 (0.93%) Back Office
9 1 (0.93%) Electronics
9 1 (0.93%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.93%) Legal
9 1 (0.93%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.93%) Retail
9 1 (0.93%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (12.15%) Analyst
2 12 (11.21%) Developer
3 11 (10.28%) Senior
4 9 (8.41%) Architect
4 9 (8.41%) Lead
5 8 (7.48%) Consultant
6 7 (6.54%) Business Analyst
7 6 (5.61%) Java Developer
7 6 (5.61%) SC Cleared Java Developer
8 5 (4.67%) Designer
8 5 (4.67%) JavaScript Engineer
9 4 (3.74%) Data Engineer
9 4 (3.74%) Data Scientist
9 4 (3.74%) Fraud Analyst
9 4 (3.74%) Head of Support
9 4 (3.74%) Security Engineer
10 3 (2.80%) Principal Engineer
10 3 (2.80%) Project Manager
10 3 (2.80%) Senior Analyst
10 3 (2.80%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (11.21%) Kafka
1 12 (11.21%) React
2 7 (6.54%) Node.js
2 7 (6.54%) Spring
3 6 (5.61%) Spring Boot
4 4 (3.74%) Pandas
4 4 (3.74%) scikit-learn
4 4 (3.74%) TensorFlow
5 3 (2.80%) CSS
5 3 (2.80%) HTML
5 3 (2.80%) XML
6 2 (1.87%) REST
6 2 (1.87%) RESTful
7 1 (0.93%) .NET
7 1 (0.93%) ADO
7 1 (0.93%) ASP.NET
7 1 (0.93%) JSON
7 1 (0.93%) OAuth
7 1 (0.93%) Oracle Fusion
7 1 (0.93%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 5 (4.67%) Algorithms
1 5 (4.67%) Data Structures
1 5 (4.67%) Management Information System
2 4 (3.74%) Data Centre
2 4 (3.74%) Product Ownership
3 2 (1.87%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (1.87%) Cloud Native
3 2 (1.87%) Freedom of Information
3 2 (1.87%) NHS
3 2 (1.87%) PKI
3 2 (1.87%) Replication
4 1 (0.93%) CMDB
4 1 (0.93%) CSOC
4 1 (0.93%) Driving Licence
4 1 (0.93%) Onboarding
4 1 (0.93%) Public Cloud
4 1 (0.93%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.93%) Linux
1 1 (0.93%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (24.30%) Agile
2 13 (12.15%) Microservices
2 13 (12.15%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (11.21%) Decision-Making
3 12 (11.21%) Stakeholder Management
4 11 (10.28%) DevOps
4 11 (10.28%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 10 (9.35%) Business Intelligence
5 10 (9.35%) Collaborative Working
6 9 (8.41%) Continuous Improvement
6 9 (8.41%) Roadmaps
6 9 (8.41%) User Acceptance Testing
7 8 (7.48%) Change Management
7 8 (7.48%) ERP
7 8 (7.48%) Migration
7 8 (7.48%) SOLID
7 8 (7.48%) Visualisation
7 8 (7.48%) Workshop Facilitation
8 7 (6.54%) Project Management
8 7 (6.54%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 19 (17.76%) SQL
2 14 (13.08%) Java
2 14 (13.08%) JavaScript
2 14 (13.08%) Python
3 4 (3.74%) R
4 3 (2.80%) PowerShell
5 2 (1.87%) C#
5 2 (1.87%) C++
5 2 (1.87%) Go
5 2 (1.87%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.93%) Apex Code
6 1 (0.93%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.93%) Kotlin
6 1 (0.93%) Perl
Qualifications
1 77 (71.96%) Security Cleared
2 57 (53.27%) SC Cleared
3 6 (5.61%) AWS Certified Developer
4 4 (3.74%) Degree
5 3 (2.80%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.87%) CREST Certified
7 1 (0.93%) APMG
7 1 (0.93%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.93%) CEH
7 1 (0.93%) CISA
7 1 (0.93%) CISSP
7 1 (0.93%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.93%) GIAC
7 1 (0.93%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.93%) OSCP
7 1 (0.93%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (5.61%) QA
2 4 (3.74%) Data Quality
3 3 (2.80%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.87%) GDPR
4 2 (1.87%) NIST
5 1 (0.93%) COBIT
5 1 (0.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.93%) NCSC
5 1 (0.93%) PMO
5 1 (0.93%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (2.80%) Docker
2 1 (0.93%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 12 (11.21%) Kubernetes
2 4 (3.74%) Terraform
3 3 (2.80%) Argo
4 2 (1.87%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.93%) Ansible
5 1 (0.93%) Consul
5 1 (0.93%) Grafana
5 1 (0.93%) Istio
5 1 (0.93%) Packer
5 1 (0.93%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.93%) SCCM
5 1 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 10 (9.35%) Microsoft
2 4 (3.74%) Oracle
3 3 (2.80%) SAP
4 2 (1.87%) Blue Prism
4 2 (1.87%) Google
4 2 (1.87%) IBM
4 2 (1.87%) MuleSoft
4 2 (1.87%) OpenText
4 2 (1.87%) Palo Alto
4 2 (1.87%) Salesforce
4 2 (1.87%) UiPath
5 1 (0.93%) Axway
5 1 (0.93%) Databricks
5 1 (0.93%) DocuSign
5 1 (0.93%) Dynatrace
5 1 (0.93%) OpenAI
5 1 (0.93%) Palantir
5 1 (0.93%) ServiceNow
5 1 (0.93%) Sparx
5 1 (0.93%) Zscaler