Public Sector Contracts 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 advertised in the City of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Public Sector over the 6 months to 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 28 40 75
Rank change year-on-year +12 +35 +2
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 150 175 134
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 6.92% 4.93% 3.19%
As % of the General category 10.42% 7.90% 5.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 96 88
10th Percentile £383 £256 £325
25th Percentile £425 £416 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% +11.24%
75th Percentile £564 £591 £580
90th Percentile £643 £700 £673
Central London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +14.17%
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 - - -
Central London median hourly rate - £15.00 £13.00
% change year-on-year - +15.38% -31.43%

All General Skills
City of 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 the City of London with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,439 2,216 2,407
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 66.41% 62.40% 57.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,019 1,560 1,756
10th Percentile £338 £363 £350
25th Percentile £450 £500 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £610 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.74% +6.09% +4.55%
75th Percentile £700 £738 £681
90th Percentile £825 £825 £775
Central London median daily rate £560 £600 £570
% change year-on-year -6.67% +5.26% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 13 27
10th Percentile £19.13 £14.40 £18.50
25th Percentile £20.22 £15.50 £20.50
Median hourly rate £24.00 £21.00 £43.50
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -51.72% +148.57%
75th Percentile £27.00 £52.75 £60.25
90th Percentile £32.05 £57.75 £68.15
Central London median hourly rate £24.00 £21.00 £43.50
% change year-on-year +14.29% -51.72% +148.57%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Public Sector in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Public Sector in the City of London

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 7 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in the City of London

Public Sector
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Public Sector in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend 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 10 (6.67%) SharePoint
2 5 (3.33%) Site Server
3 2 (1.33%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.67%) Camunda
4 1 (0.67%) Confluence
4 1 (0.67%) JBoss
4 1 (0.67%) nginx
4 1 (0.67%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 3 (2.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.67%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (5.33%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.67%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.67%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 41 (27.33%) Azure
2 30 (20.00%) AWS
3 23 (15.33%) Azure DevOps
4 11 (7.33%) Amazon S3
5 10 (6.67%) Power Platform
6 9 (6.00%) AWS Lambda
6 9 (6.00%) Serverless
7 8 (5.33%) Dynamics 365
7 8 (5.33%) Power Automate
7 8 (5.33%) PowerApps
8 7 (4.67%) Microsoft 365
9 5 (3.33%) Amazon MSK
9 5 (3.33%) AWS Step Functions
9 5 (3.33%) IaaS
10 4 (2.67%) PaaS
11 3 (2.00%) AWS CloudFormation
11 3 (2.00%) GitHub
11 3 (2.00%) GitHub Actions
12 2 (1.33%) SaaS
12 2 (1.33%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 8 (5.33%) Firewall
2 6 (4.00%) WAN
3 4 (2.67%) FTP
3 4 (2.67%) LAN
3 4 (2.67%) NetScaler
3 4 (2.67%) VPN
4 3 (2.00%) Wireless
5 2 (1.33%) BGP
5 2 (1.33%) Cisco ASA
5 2 (1.33%) IPsec
5 2 (1.33%) OSPF
5 2 (1.33%) SD-WAN
5 2 (1.33%) Structured Cabling
5 2 (1.33%) WLAN
6 1 (0.67%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (0.67%) DMZ
6 1 (0.67%) DNS
6 1 (0.67%) NAS
6 1 (0.67%) SAN
6 1 (0.67%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (6.67%) Data Lake
1 10 (6.67%) Power BI
2 7 (4.67%) Data Warehouse
2 7 (4.67%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (4.00%) Amazon RDS
3 6 (4.00%) Parquet
4 5 (3.33%) Amazon Redshift
4 5 (3.33%) DynamoDB
4 5 (3.33%) GIS
4 5 (3.33%) NoSQL
5 4 (2.67%) Hadoop
6 3 (2.00%) Amazon Athena
6 3 (2.00%) Tableau
7 2 (1.33%) Big Data
7 2 (1.33%) Relational Database
7 2 (1.33%) Siebel EIM
7 2 (1.33%) SQL Server
8 1 (0.67%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.67%) OLAP
8 1 (0.67%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 4 (2.67%) JIRA
2 3 (2.00%) Git
2 3 (2.00%) Selenium
3 2 (1.33%) Cucumber
3 2 (1.33%) Postman
3 2 (1.33%) SpecFlow
4 1 (0.67%) ERwin
4 1 (0.67%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.67%) JUnit
4 1 (0.67%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 27 (18.00%) Social Skills
2 24 (16.00%) Finance
3 12 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (5.33%) General Ledger
4 8 (5.33%) Local Government
4 8 (5.33%) Retail
5 5 (3.33%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (2.67%) Back Office
6 4 (2.67%) Marketing
6 4 (2.67%) Police
7 3 (2.00%) Electronics
7 3 (2.00%) Law
7 3 (2.00%) Legal
7 3 (2.00%) Manufacturing
7 3 (2.00%) Telecoms
8 1 (0.67%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (12.67%) Senior
2 18 (12.00%) Architect
2 18 (12.00%) Developer
3 15 (10.00%) Consultant
4 14 (9.33%) Analyst
5 11 (7.33%) Data Engineer
6 8 (5.33%) Microsoft Consultant
7 7 (4.67%) Data Architect
7 7 (4.67%) Network Engineer
8 6 (4.00%) Business Analyst
9 5 (3.33%) Full Stack Developer
9 5 (3.33%) Network Operations Engineer
9 5 (3.33%) Operations Engineer
10 4 (2.67%) Designer
10 4 (2.67%) DevOps Engineer
10 4 (2.67%) Implementation Specialist
10 4 (2.67%) Lead
10 4 (2.67%) Project Manager
10 4 (2.67%) Senior Analyst
11 3 (2.00%) Service Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.33%) JSON
1 8 (5.33%) Kafka
1 8 (5.33%) REST
2 6 (4.00%) .NET
2 6 (4.00%) Apache Avro
3 5 (3.33%) CSS
3 5 (3.33%) HTML
3 5 (3.33%) SAML
3 5 (3.33%) Spring
4 4 (2.67%) LDAP
4 4 (2.67%) Node.js
4 4 (2.67%) Spring Boot
4 4 (2.67%) XML
5 3 (2.00%) ASP.NET
5 3 (2.00%) Web Services
6 2 (1.33%) .NET Framework
6 2 (1.33%) CSS3
6 2 (1.33%) jQuery
6 2 (1.33%) RESTful
6 2 (1.33%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 8 (5.33%) Data Structures
2 4 (2.67%) Data Centre
2 4 (2.67%) Product Ownership
2 4 (2.67%) Replication
3 3 (2.00%) Management Information System
3 3 (2.00%) PKI
3 3 (2.00%) Social Media
4 2 (1.33%) Algorithms
4 2 (1.33%) Cyber Threat
4 2 (1.33%) Mobile App
4 2 (1.33%) Security Posture
5 1 (0.67%) CCTV
5 1 (0.67%) Cloud Native
5 1 (0.67%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (0.67%) Digital Signage
5 1 (0.67%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (0.67%) Fat Client
5 1 (0.67%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 1 (0.67%) Taxonomies
5 1 (0.67%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 8 (5.33%) Linux
2 7 (4.67%) Windows
3 5 (3.33%) Unix
4 3 (2.00%) Android
5 2 (1.33%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.67%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.67%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.67%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (19.33%) Agile
1 29 (19.33%) DevOps
2 20 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
3 14 (9.33%) ETL
4 12 (8.00%) Problem-Solving
5 11 (7.33%) Analytics
5 11 (7.33%) Data Modelling
5 11 (7.33%) Requirements Gathering
5 11 (7.33%) Scrum
6 10 (6.67%) Project Management
6 10 (6.67%) Requirements Workshops
6 10 (6.67%) Scaled Agile Framework
7 9 (6.00%) SFIA
7 9 (6.00%) Stakeholder Management
8 8 (5.33%) Accounts Payable
8 8 (5.33%) Accounts Receivable
8 8 (5.33%) Business Case
8 8 (5.33%) Decision-Making
8 8 (5.33%) Information Security
8 8 (5.33%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 19 (12.67%) Python
2 18 (12.00%) SQL
3 8 (5.33%) JavaScript
3 8 (5.33%) PowerShell
4 7 (4.67%) Java
5 5 (3.33%) Korn
6 4 (2.67%) C#
7 2 (1.33%) Kotlin
7 2 (1.33%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.67%) Bash
8 1 (0.67%) PHP
8 1 (0.67%) R
Qualifications
1 72 (48.00%) Security Cleared
2 55 (36.67%) SC Cleared
3 17 (11.33%) Degree
4 13 (8.67%) DV Cleared
5 6 (4.00%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (3.33%) CISSP
7 3 (2.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 3 (2.00%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (2.00%) CCNA
7 3 (2.00%) CCSK
8 2 (1.33%) CISM
9 1 (0.67%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.67%) CISA
9 1 (0.67%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.67%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.33%) QA
2 4 (2.67%) Data Quality
2 4 (2.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (2.67%) NIST
3 3 (2.00%) GDPR
3 3 (2.00%) NCSC
4 2 (1.33%) ISO 22301
4 2 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 2 (1.33%) PMO
5 1 (0.67%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.67%) ISO 20022
5 1 (0.67%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.67%) SLA
5 1 (0.67%) WCAG
System Software
1 7 (4.67%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.67%) HDFS
2 4 (2.67%) NFS
3 2 (1.33%) Docker
3 2 (1.33%) Firmware
3 2 (1.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.67%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.67%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.67%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (4.67%) Terraform
2 5 (3.33%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.33%) Ansible
3 2 (1.33%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.67%) Failover Clustering
4 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Clustering
4 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
4 1 (0.67%) SCCM
4 1 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 23 (15.33%) Microsoft
2 10 (6.67%) Oracle
3 5 (3.33%) ESRI
3 5 (3.33%) SAP
4 4 (2.67%) Citrix
4 4 (2.67%) Isilon
5 3 (2.00%) Brandwatch
5 3 (2.00%) Cisco
5 3 (2.00%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.33%) Dell
6 2 (1.33%) Google
6 2 (1.33%) IBM
6 2 (1.33%) Juniper
6 2 (1.33%) Palo Alto
6 2 (1.33%) Siebel
6 2 (1.33%) VMware
7 1 (0.67%) BiZZdesign
7 1 (0.67%) CA Agile Central
7 1 (0.67%) Okta
7 1 (0.67%) Sparx