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 13 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 33 24
Rank change year-on-year +6 -9 +11
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 142 112 158
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 5.83% 5.98% 7.35%
As % of the General category 10.05% 8.11% 10.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 75 108
10th Percentile £370 £416 £371
25th Percentile £448 £456 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £585 £588
90th Percentile £740 £665 £650
Central London median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% +0.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 1
10th Percentile £31.62 £18.06 -
25th Percentile £40.39 £19.54 £146.25
Median hourly rate £60.00 £22.00 £147.50
Median % change year-on-year +172.73% -85.08% +719.44%
75th Percentile £70.88 £32.88 £148.75
90th Percentile £74.40 £39.40 -
Central London median hourly rate £60.00 £23.54 £147.50
% change year-on-year +154.91% -84.04% +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 1,413 1,381 1,450
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 58.00% 73.69% 67.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 892 884 981
10th Percentile £356 £350 £344
25th Percentile £456 £434 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £574 £556 £575
Median % change year-on-year +3.12% -3.27% -7.26%
75th Percentile £700 £688 £700
90th Percentile £813 £775 £818
Central London median daily rate £564 £550 £575
% change year-on-year +2.50% -4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 20 11
10th Percentile - £17.02 £19.92
25th Percentile £18.75 £24.66 £20.22
Median hourly rate £21.75 £32.50 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.08% +20.37% +50.00%
75th Percentile £36.81 £63.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £52.46 £89.88 £92.50
Central London median hourly rate £25.77 £34.24 £30.00
% change year-on-year -24.74% +14.13% +44.89%

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 13 July 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
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 13 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Public Sector in the City of London

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 4 (2.82%) Confluence
1 4 (2.82%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.11%) CMS
3 1 (0.70%) Camunda
3 1 (0.70%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (2.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.41%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.70%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.70%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (2.11%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.41%) Exchequer
2 2 (1.41%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (1.41%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.70%) iTrent
3 1 (0.70%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.70%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 30 (21.13%) AWS
2 24 (16.90%) Azure
3 14 (9.86%) GCP
4 9 (6.34%) Serverless
5 7 (4.93%) Amazon S3
5 7 (4.93%) AWS Lambda
6 6 (4.23%) Power Platform
7 5 (3.52%) Azure Data Factory
8 4 (2.82%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 4 (2.82%) GitHub
8 4 (2.82%) PaaS
9 3 (2.11%) Amazon EMR
9 3 (2.11%) Amazon SageMaker
9 3 (2.11%) AWS Step Functions
9 3 (2.11%) Google Workspace
10 2 (1.41%) Amazon Bedrock
10 2 (1.41%) Amazon MSK
10 2 (1.41%) Azure Machine Learning
10 2 (1.41%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (1.41%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.93%) Firewall
1 7 (4.93%) Network Security
2 2 (1.41%) DNS
2 2 (1.41%) LAN
2 2 (1.41%) NGFW
3 1 (0.70%) 3G
3 1 (0.70%) 3GPP
3 1 (0.70%) 4G
3 1 (0.70%) 5G
3 1 (0.70%) DHCP
3 1 (0.70%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (0.70%) LTE
3 1 (0.70%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (0.70%) Reverse Proxy
3 1 (0.70%) Software-Defined Networking
3 1 (0.70%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.70%) VPN
3 1 (0.70%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.52%) Data Lake
2 4 (2.82%) Amazon Redshift
2 4 (2.82%) Data Mining
2 4 (2.82%) Metadata
2 4 (2.82%) Power BI
3 3 (2.11%) Amazon Athena
3 3 (2.11%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.41%) Amazon QuickSight
4 2 (1.41%) Electronic Patient Records
4 2 (1.41%) NoSQL
4 2 (1.41%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.70%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.70%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.70%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.70%) GIS
5 1 (0.70%) OLAP
5 1 (0.70%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.70%) Star Schema
5 1 (0.70%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (6.34%) Git
2 6 (4.23%) JIRA
3 3 (2.11%) GitLab
4 2 (1.41%) Selenium
5 1 (0.70%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.70%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.70%) ERwin
5 1 (0.70%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.70%) JUnit
5 1 (0.70%) Mockito
5 1 (0.70%) SpecFlow
General
1 50 (35.21%) Social Skills
2 22 (15.49%) Military
3 18 (12.68%) Finance
4 15 (10.56%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (4.23%) Banking
5 6 (4.23%) Local Government
5 6 (4.23%) Police
6 5 (3.52%) Influencing Skills
6 5 (3.52%) Legal
7 3 (2.11%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (2.11%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (2.11%) Telecoms
8 2 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.70%) Agriculture
9 1 (0.70%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.70%) Law
9 1 (0.70%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 31 (21.83%) Architect
2 19 (13.38%) Lead
3 17 (11.97%) Senior
4 13 (9.15%) Analyst
5 11 (7.75%) Developer
6 9 (6.34%) Business Analyst
6 9 (6.34%) Data Architect
6 9 (6.34%) Solutions Architect
7 7 (4.93%) Project Manager
8 6 (4.23%) Cloud Engineer
9 5 (3.52%) Product Manager
9 5 (3.52%) Senior Architect
9 5 (3.52%) User Researcher
10 4 (2.82%) Data Engineer
10 4 (2.82%) Delivery Manager
10 4 (2.82%) Designer
10 4 (2.82%) GCP Engineer
10 4 (2.82%) Lead DevOps
10 4 (2.82%) Network Architect
10 4 (2.82%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.82%) PySpark
2 3 (2.11%) Kafka
2 3 (2.11%) Pandas
2 3 (2.11%) Spring
2 3 (2.11%) Spring Boot
3 2 (1.41%) .NET
3 2 (1.41%) ASP.NET
3 2 (1.41%) Django
3 2 (1.41%) Lightning Web Components
3 2 (1.41%) NumPy
3 2 (1.41%) PyTorch
3 2 (1.41%) RabbitMQ
3 2 (1.41%) React
3 2 (1.41%) REST
3 2 (1.41%) SAP Fiori
3 2 (1.41%) scikit-learn
4 1 (0.70%) AWS CDK
4 1 (0.70%) Blazor
4 1 (0.70%) JMS
4 1 (0.70%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 16 (11.27%) Cloud Native
2 3 (2.11%) Data Centre
2 3 (2.11%) Distributed Systems
2 3 (2.11%) Hybrid Cloud
2 3 (2.11%) NHS
2 3 (2.11%) Onboarding
2 3 (2.11%) Taxonomies
3 2 (1.41%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (1.41%) Management Information System
3 2 (1.41%) Product Ownership
3 2 (1.41%) Virtual Team
4 1 (0.70%) AI Agents
4 1 (0.70%) BYOD
4 1 (0.70%) Enterprise Cloud
4 1 (0.70%) Freedom of Information
4 1 (0.70%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (0.70%) Low-Code
4 1 (0.70%) Marketing Technology
4 1 (0.70%) PKI
4 1 (0.70%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.41%) Linux
2 1 (0.70%) Unix
2 1 (0.70%) Windows
2 1 (0.70%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (21.13%) Agile
2 28 (19.72%) Stakeholder Management
3 25 (17.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 23 (16.20%) CI/CD
5 22 (15.49%) AI
6 20 (14.08%) Continuous Improvement
7 17 (11.97%) Analytics
8 15 (10.56%) Decision-Making
8 15 (10.56%) DevOps
9 14 (9.86%) Machine Learning
10 13 (9.15%) Data Modelling
10 13 (9.15%) Infrastructure as Code
10 13 (9.15%) Migration
10 13 (9.15%) Roadmaps
11 11 (7.75%) Digital Transformation Programme
11 11 (7.75%) Problem-Solving
12 10 (7.04%) Risk Management
12 10 (7.04%) Test Automation
13 9 (6.34%) Business Case
13 9 (6.34%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 15 (10.56%) Python
2 7 (4.93%) Java
3 6 (4.23%) SQL
4 3 (2.11%) Bicep
5 2 (1.41%) Apex Code
5 2 (1.41%) Bash
5 2 (1.41%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.41%) Ruby
5 2 (1.41%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.70%) C#
6 1 (0.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.70%) Google Apps Script
6 1 (0.70%) Kotlin
6 1 (0.70%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.70%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 87 (61.27%) Security Cleared
2 68 (47.89%) SC Cleared
3 10 (7.04%) DV Cleared
4 6 (4.23%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (3.52%) Degree
6 3 (2.11%) AWS Certification
6 3 (2.11%) CISSP
7 2 (1.41%) CIPD
7 2 (1.41%) CISM
7 2 (1.41%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (1.41%) Postgraduate
8 1 (0.70%) CCNP
8 1 (0.70%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.70%) IISP
8 1 (0.70%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.70%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.70%) MBA
8 1 (0.70%) MOS
8 1 (0.70%) MRICS
8 1 (0.70%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (7.04%) QA
2 8 (5.63%) Accessibility
3 5 (3.52%) Data Quality
4 4 (2.82%) NCSC
5 3 (2.11%) GDPR
5 3 (2.11%) PMO
6 2 (1.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.41%) NIST
6 2 (1.41%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.70%) COBIT
7 1 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.70%) GLP
7 1 (0.70%) Government Security Classifications
7 1 (0.70%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.70%) SLA
7 1 (0.70%) WCAG
System Software
1 5 (3.52%) Docker
2 3 (2.11%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.70%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (6.34%) Kubernetes
2 8 (5.63%) Terraform
3 3 (2.11%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (1.41%) Ansible
4 2 (1.41%) Grafana
4 2 (1.41%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.70%) Puppet
5 1 (0.70%) Salt
Vendors
1 17 (11.97%) Microsoft
2 10 (7.04%) Google
3 8 (5.63%) ServiceNow
4 7 (4.93%) Databricks
5 5 (3.52%) Oracle
5 5 (3.52%) SAP
6 4 (2.82%) Salesforce
7 3 (2.11%) IBM
7 3 (2.11%) MuleSoft
8 2 (1.41%) BMC
8 2 (1.41%) Cisco
8 2 (1.41%) Fortinet
8 2 (1.41%) OneTrust
8 2 (1.41%) OpenAI
8 2 (1.41%) Remedy
9 1 (0.70%) CheckPoint
9 1 (0.70%) Dell
9 1 (0.70%) HP
9 1 (0.70%) Informatica
9 1 (0.70%) Pega