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 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 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 25 40
Rank change year-on-year -4 +15 +25
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 109 147 182
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 6.13% 6.90% 5.26%
As % of the General category 8.33% 10.29% 8.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 99 99
10th Percentile £421 £375 £260
25th Percentile £459 £415 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £585 £569 £650
90th Percentile £649 £650 £700
Central London median daily rate £525 £500 £506
% change year-on-year +5.00% -1.23% +4.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile £18.06 - -
25th Percentile £19.54 £146.25 -
Median hourly rate £22.00 £147.50 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -85.08% +719.44% +38.46%
75th Percentile £32.88 £148.75 -
90th Percentile £39.40 - -
Central London median hourly rate £23.54 £147.50 £18.00
% change year-on-year -84.04% +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 1,309 1,429 2,186
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 73.58% 67.06% 63.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 831 979 1,520
10th Percentile £350 £340 £363
25th Percentile £443 £450 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £575 £625
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% -8.00% +8.70%
75th Percentile £684 £698 £738
90th Percentile £775 £819 £838
Central London median daily rate £557 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -3.07% -4.17% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 9 13
10th Percentile £16.96 £19.13 -
25th Percentile £24.66 £20.22 £14.25
Median hourly rate £31.00 £27.00 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.81% +50.00% -58.01%
75th Percentile £63.75 £50.25 £42.32
90th Percentile £91.00 £92.75 £53.55
Central London median hourly rate £34.00 £26.78 £20.71
% change year-on-year +26.96% +29.34% -51.28%

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 2 July 2025.

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
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 2 July 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 5 (4.59%) Confluence
2 2 (1.83%) Anypoint
2 2 (1.83%) nginx
2 2 (1.83%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.92%) Alfresco
3 1 (0.92%) Apache
3 1 (0.92%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.92%) Camunda
Applications
1 1 (0.92%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (0.92%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.92%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (0.92%) MS Visio
1 1 (0.92%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (3.67%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.92%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 36 (33.03%) AWS
2 11 (10.09%) Azure
3 10 (9.17%) AWS Lambda
3 10 (9.17%) Serverless
4 9 (8.26%) Power Platform
5 6 (5.50%) Amazon SQS
6 5 (4.59%) Amazon S3
7 4 (3.67%) GCP
8 3 (2.75%) Amazon EC2
8 3 (2.75%) OCI
9 2 (1.83%) AWS CloudFormation
9 2 (1.83%) AWS Step Functions
9 2 (1.83%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (1.83%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (1.83%) GitHub
9 2 (1.83%) Power Automate
9 2 (1.83%) PowerApps
9 2 (1.83%) SaaS
10 1 (0.92%) Azure Key Vault
10 1 (0.92%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.75%) Firewall
2 2 (1.83%) VPN
3 1 (0.92%) BGP
3 1 (0.92%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (0.92%) EIGRP
3 1 (0.92%) H.323
3 1 (0.92%) HTTP
3 1 (0.92%) IPsec
3 1 (0.92%) LAN
3 1 (0.92%) MGCP
3 1 (0.92%) Network Security
3 1 (0.92%) OSPF
3 1 (0.92%) Software-Defined Networking
3 1 (0.92%) SSL
3 1 (0.92%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.92%) Unified Communications
3 1 (0.92%) WAN
3 1 (0.92%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (10.09%) MongoDB
1 11 (10.09%) NoSQL
1 11 (10.09%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (6.42%) Power BI
3 6 (5.50%) Tableau
4 5 (4.59%) Amazon Athena
4 5 (4.59%) DocumentDB
4 5 (4.59%) Redis
5 3 (2.75%) MySQL
6 2 (1.83%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.83%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.92%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.92%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.92%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.92%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.92%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 9 (8.26%) Git
2 6 (5.50%) JIRA
2 6 (5.50%) SonarQube
3 3 (2.75%) GitLab
4 2 (1.83%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.83%) JUnit
4 2 (1.83%) Maven
5 1 (0.92%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.92%) CircleCI
5 1 (0.92%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.92%) git-flow
5 1 (0.92%) Postman
5 1 (0.92%) Selenium
General
1 29 (26.61%) Social Skills
2 16 (14.68%) Analytical Skills
3 13 (11.93%) Finance
4 12 (11.01%) Military
5 11 (10.09%) Police
6 5 (4.59%) Law
6 5 (4.59%) Marketing
7 4 (3.67%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (2.75%) Banking
8 3 (2.75%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.83%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.92%) Advertising
10 1 (0.92%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.92%) Legal
10 1 (0.92%) Multimedia
10 1 (0.92%) Retail
Job Titles
1 21 (19.27%) Developer
2 19 (17.43%) Architect
3 11 (10.09%) Java Developer
4 10 (9.17%) Analyst
4 10 (9.17%) SC Cleared Java Developer
5 9 (8.26%) Business Analyst
5 9 (8.26%) Lead
6 8 (7.34%) Senior
6 8 (7.34%) Technical Architect
7 6 (5.50%) Data Engineer
7 6 (5.50%) Security Architect
8 5 (4.59%) Consultant
8 5 (4.59%) JavaScript Engineer
9 4 (3.67%) Change Manager
9 4 (3.67%) Data Scientist
9 4 (3.67%) Designer
9 4 (3.67%) DevOps Engineer
9 4 (3.67%) Full-Stack Developer
9 4 (3.67%) ServiceNow Developer
10 3 (2.75%) Business Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (13.76%) Kafka
1 15 (13.76%) React
2 12 (11.01%) Spring
2 12 (11.01%) Spring Boot
3 8 (7.34%) Node.js
4 5 (4.59%) REST
5 4 (3.67%) HTML
5 4 (3.67%) Pandas
5 4 (3.67%) scikit-learn
5 4 (3.67%) TensorFlow
6 3 (2.75%) OAuth
6 3 (2.75%) OpenID
6 3 (2.75%) Oracle Fusion
6 3 (2.75%) SAML
7 2 (1.83%) .NET
7 2 (1.83%) Apache Camel
7 2 (1.83%) CSS
7 2 (1.83%) Middleware
7 2 (1.83%) SOAP
7 2 (1.83%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 8 (7.34%) Management Information System
2 5 (4.59%) Algorithms
3 4 (3.67%) CMDB
4 3 (2.75%) Data Centre
4 3 (2.75%) Freedom of Information
5 2 (1.83%) Cloud Native
5 2 (1.83%) Graphic Design
5 2 (1.83%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.83%) PKI
5 2 (1.83%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.92%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.92%) CSOC
6 1 (0.92%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.92%) Digital Media
6 1 (0.92%) Digital Signage
6 1 (0.92%) Freedom of Information Act
6 1 (0.92%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (0.92%) NHS
6 1 (0.92%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.92%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.67%) Linux
2 1 (0.92%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (0.92%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (22.94%) DevOps
2 24 (22.02%) Agile
3 22 (20.18%) Microservices
4 17 (15.60%) Problem-Solving
5 14 (12.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 11 (10.09%) Decision-Making
6 11 (10.09%) SOLID
7 10 (9.17%) API Development
7 10 (9.17%) CI/CD
7 10 (9.17%) Clean Code
7 10 (9.17%) Collaborative Working
8 9 (8.26%) Mentoring
8 9 (8.26%) Project Management
9 7 (6.42%) Business Intelligence
9 7 (6.42%) Stakeholder Management
10 6 (5.50%) Continuous Improvement
10 6 (5.50%) Cybersecurity
11 5 (4.59%) Analytics
11 5 (4.59%) Business Case
11 5 (4.59%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 24 (22.02%) Java
2 19 (17.43%) JavaScript
2 19 (17.43%) Python
2 19 (17.43%) SQL
3 4 (3.67%) C#
3 4 (3.67%) R
4 2 (1.83%) Bash
5 1 (0.92%) C++
5 1 (0.92%) Kotlin
5 1 (0.92%) Perl
5 1 (0.92%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.92%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.92%) Ruby
5 1 (0.92%) Scala
5 1 (0.92%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 79 (72.48%) Security Cleared
2 62 (56.88%) SC Cleared
3 10 (9.17%) Degree
4 9 (8.26%) AWS Certified Developer
5 5 (4.59%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (3.67%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (2.75%) OCP
7 3 (2.75%) Oracle Certification
8 2 (1.83%) CISSP
8 2 (1.83%) CREST Certified
9 1 (0.92%) APMG
9 1 (0.92%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.92%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.92%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.92%) CEH
9 1 (0.92%) CISM
9 1 (0.92%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.92%) GIAC
9 1 (0.92%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.92%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.59%) QA
2 4 (3.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (3.67%) NIST
3 3 (2.75%) GDPR
3 3 (2.75%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 3 (2.75%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (1.83%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.92%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.92%) GRC
5 1 (0.92%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.92%) ISO/IEC 17025
5 1 (0.92%) NCSC
5 1 (0.92%) PMO
5 1 (0.92%) SLA
5 1 (0.92%) SOC 2
5 1 (0.92%) WCAG
System Software
1 7 (6.42%) Docker
2 1 (0.92%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.92%) Apache ZooKeeper
2 1 (0.92%) Firmware
2 1 (0.92%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 18 (16.51%) Kubernetes
2 10 (9.17%) Terraform
3 5 (4.59%) Ansible
4 2 (1.83%) Argo
4 2 (1.83%) Istio
5 1 (0.92%) Cisco CUCM
5 1 (0.92%) Cisco UCCE
5 1 (0.92%) CloudHub
5 1 (0.92%) Consul
5 1 (0.92%) Grafana
5 1 (0.92%) Kibana
5 1 (0.92%) Packer
5 1 (0.92%) Podman
5 1 (0.92%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 10 (9.17%) Oracle
2 7 (6.42%) Microsoft
2 7 (6.42%) ServiceNow
3 4 (3.67%) Cisco
4 3 (2.75%) MuleSoft
4 3 (2.75%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.83%) Google
6 1 (0.92%) Adobe
6 1 (0.92%) Ariba
6 1 (0.92%) Axway
6 1 (0.92%) Blue Prism
6 1 (0.92%) CheckPoint
6 1 (0.92%) Dynatrace
6 1 (0.92%) Fortinet
6 1 (0.92%) Juniper
6 1 (0.92%) Pega
6 1 (0.92%) Progress
6 1 (0.92%) Qualys
6 1 (0.92%) Splunk
6 1 (0.92%) webMethods