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 27 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 24 29
Rank change year-on-year -2 +5 +19
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 141 142 138
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 6.62% 8.21% 5.93%
As % of the General category 10.97% 11.83% 9.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 96 95 84
10th Percentile £400 £351 £383
25th Percentile £450 £434 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% -2.44%
75th Percentile £638 £625 £586
90th Percentile £738 £738 £648
Central London median daily rate £525 £525 £500
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 0
10th Percentile £18.70 - -
25th Percentile £20.18 - -
Median hourly rate £20.60 £22.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% - -
75th Percentile £24.64 £27.88 -
90th Percentile £51.26 £31.40 -
Central London median hourly rate £20.60 £22.00 -
% change year-on-year -6.38% - -

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 1,285 1,200 1,530
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 60.36% 69.36% 65.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 827 762 1,088
10th Percentile £356 £339 £338
25th Percentile £451 £456 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £697 £688 £688
90th Percentile £803 £775 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £563
% change year-on-year -4.35% +2.22% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 9 9
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.00 £19.33
25th Percentile £19.05 £24.66 £20.22
Median hourly rate £25.77 £31.00 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.87% +29.17% -40.74%
75th Percentile £42.65 £34.68 £27.50
90th Percentile £53.43 £88.50 £54.95
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £29.07 £24.50
% change year-on-year -10.18% +18.65% -30.00%

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 27 March 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 27 March 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Public Sector in the City of London

Public Sector
Contract Job Locations in the City of London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Public Sector within the City of London region over the 6 months to 27 March 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London Bridge 0 1 - -
Public Sector
Central 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 5 (3.55%) Confluence
2 1 (0.71%) Camunda
Applications
1 4 (2.84%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.13%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (2.13%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (1.42%) Exchequer
3 1 (0.71%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.71%) iTrent
3 1 (0.71%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.71%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 27 (19.15%) AWS
1 27 (19.15%) Azure
2 13 (9.22%) GCP
3 11 (7.80%) Power Platform
4 8 (5.67%) GitHub
5 7 (4.96%) Azure Machine Learning
6 6 (4.26%) Serverless
7 5 (3.55%) AWS Lambda
7 5 (3.55%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (3.55%) Microsoft Copilot
7 5 (3.55%) PowerApps
8 4 (2.84%) Copilot Studio
8 4 (2.84%) GitHub Actions
8 4 (2.84%) Power Automate
9 3 (2.13%) Amazon ECS
9 3 (2.13%) AWS CodePipeline
9 3 (2.13%) Azure AI
9 3 (2.13%) Microsoft Purview
9 3 (2.13%) PaaS
10 2 (1.42%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.13%) Firewall
2 2 (1.42%) Network Security
3 1 (0.71%) 3G
3 1 (0.71%) 3GPP
3 1 (0.71%) 4G
3 1 (0.71%) 5G
3 1 (0.71%) Cisco Firepower
3 1 (0.71%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (0.71%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (0.71%) DNS
3 1 (0.71%) Junos
3 1 (0.71%) LAN
3 1 (0.71%) LTE
3 1 (0.71%) NGFW
3 1 (0.71%) NX-OS
3 1 (0.71%) Radio Access Network
3 1 (0.71%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (5.67%) Power BI
2 3 (2.13%) Metadata
3 1 (0.71%) Amazon Athena
3 1 (0.71%) Amazon QuickSight
3 1 (0.71%) Data Hub
3 1 (0.71%) Data Lake
3 1 (0.71%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.71%) DynamoDB
3 1 (0.71%) Geospatial Data
3 1 (0.71%) Metadata Repository
3 1 (0.71%) OLTP
3 1 (0.71%) Power Query
3 1 (0.71%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.71%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 11 (7.80%) JIRA
2 8 (5.67%) Git
3 3 (2.13%) Selenium
4 2 (1.42%) ERwin
4 2 (1.42%) Postman
5 1 (0.71%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.71%) GitLab
5 1 (0.71%) MSTest
5 1 (0.71%) SpecFlow
General
1 35 (24.82%) Social Skills
2 23 (16.31%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (14.18%) Finance
4 12 (8.51%) Military
5 8 (5.67%) Legal
6 7 (4.96%) Documentation Skills
7 6 (4.26%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (3.55%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (2.84%) Local Government
9 4 (2.84%) Marketing
10 2 (1.42%) Banking
10 2 (1.42%) Police
10 2 (1.42%) Publishing
10 2 (1.42%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.71%) Agriculture
11 1 (0.71%) Billing
11 1 (0.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.71%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.71%) Retail
Job Titles
1 25 (17.73%) Analyst
2 23 (16.31%) Senior
3 16 (11.35%) Developer
4 14 (9.93%) Business Analyst
4 14 (9.93%) Lead
5 13 (9.22%) Architect
6 7 (4.96%) User Researcher
7 6 (4.26%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
7 6 (4.26%) Data Scientist
8 5 (3.55%) Delivery Manager
8 5 (3.55%) Designer
8 5 (3.55%) Product Manager
8 5 (3.55%) Project Manager
8 5 (3.55%) Senior Analyst
9 4 (2.84%) Technical Architect
10 3 (2.13%) Change Analyst
10 3 (2.13%) Java Developer
10 3 (2.13%) Senior Business Analyst
10 3 (2.13%) Senior Manager
10 3 (2.13%) Technical Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.26%) Pandas
2 5 (3.55%) NumPy
2 5 (3.55%) REST
2 5 (3.55%) scikit-learn
3 4 (2.84%) .NET
4 3 (2.13%) Lightning Web Components
5 2 (1.42%) .NET Framework
5 2 (1.42%) AngularJS
5 2 (1.42%) AWS CDK
5 2 (1.42%) Django
5 2 (1.42%) FastAPI
5 2 (1.42%) React
5 2 (1.42%) SQLAlchemy
6 1 (0.71%) ASP.NET Core
6 1 (0.71%) Entity Framework
6 1 (0.71%) Flask
6 1 (0.71%) Kafka
6 1 (0.71%) RabbitMQ
6 1 (0.71%) SailPoint
6 1 (0.71%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 14 (9.93%) Cloud Native
2 4 (2.84%) Product Ownership
3 3 (2.13%) AI Agents
3 3 (2.13%) Data Centre
3 3 (2.13%) Distributed Systems
3 3 (2.13%) Hybrid Cloud
3 3 (2.13%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (2.13%) Management Information System
3 3 (2.13%) Marketing Technology
4 2 (1.42%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (1.42%) Freedom of Information
4 2 (1.42%) Freedom of Information Act
4 2 (1.42%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (1.42%) NHS
5 1 (0.71%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (0.71%) CMDB
5 1 (0.71%) Data Structures
5 1 (0.71%) Taxonomies
5 1 (0.71%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (0.71%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.84%) Linux
2 2 (1.42%) Windows
3 1 (0.71%) Android
3 1 (0.71%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.71%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (28.37%) Agile
2 25 (17.73%) Stakeholder Management
3 24 (17.02%) AI
4 18 (12.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 16 (11.35%) Continuous Improvement
6 15 (10.64%) Analytics
6 15 (10.64%) Decision-Making
6 15 (10.64%) User Research
7 14 (9.93%) Problem-Solving
8 13 (9.22%) CI/CD
8 13 (9.22%) Generative AI
8 13 (9.22%) Infrastructure as Code
8 13 (9.22%) Machine Learning
9 12 (8.51%) Data Science
9 12 (8.51%) DevOps
9 12 (8.51%) Roadmaps
10 11 (7.80%) Observability
11 10 (7.09%) Actionable Insight
11 10 (7.09%) Business Analysis
11 10 (7.09%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 18 (12.77%) Python
2 8 (5.67%) SQL
3 7 (4.96%) Java
4 4 (2.84%) C#
4 4 (2.84%) Ruby
5 3 (2.13%) Apex Code
5 3 (2.13%) JavaScript
6 2 (1.42%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.71%) Bash
7 1 (0.71%) C
7 1 (0.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.71%) Korn
7 1 (0.71%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.71%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.71%) ProC
7 1 (0.71%) R
7 1 (0.71%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 87 (61.70%) Security Cleared
2 71 (50.35%) SC Cleared
3 7 (4.96%) BPSS Clearance
3 7 (4.96%) Degree
3 7 (4.96%) DV Cleared
4 2 (1.42%) ISTQB
4 2 (1.42%) TOGAF Certification
5 1 (0.71%) APMP
5 1 (0.71%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.71%) IIBA
5 1 (0.71%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.71%) MBA
5 1 (0.71%) MOS
5 1 (0.71%) MRICS
5 1 (0.71%) PMP
5 1 (0.71%) RIBA
5 1 (0.71%) VCAP
5 1 (0.71%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.26%) Data Quality
1 6 (4.26%) QA
2 4 (2.84%) Accessibility
2 4 (2.84%) GDPR
3 3 (2.13%) SLA
4 1 (0.71%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.71%) NCSC
4 1 (0.71%) NIST
4 1 (0.71%) PMO
4 1 (0.71%) WCAG
System Software
1 5 (3.55%) Docker
2 2 (1.42%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.71%) VMware NSX
3 1 (0.71%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (4.96%) Terraform
2 6 (4.26%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.71%) AirWatch
3 1 (0.71%) Ansible
3 1 (0.71%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.71%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (0.71%) PowerCLI
3 1 (0.71%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.71%) SCCM
3 1 (0.71%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 22 (15.60%) Microsoft
2 5 (3.55%) Databricks
2 5 (3.55%) Google
2 5 (3.55%) Oracle
2 5 (3.55%) Salesforce
3 4 (2.84%) MuleSoft
3 4 (2.84%) ServiceNow
4 3 (2.13%) Cisco
4 3 (2.13%) Foundry
4 3 (2.13%) IBM
5 2 (1.42%) Dell
5 2 (1.42%) SAP
5 2 (1.42%) VMware
6 1 (0.71%) Apple
6 1 (0.71%) BMC
6 1 (0.71%) HP
6 1 (0.71%) Informatica
6 1 (0.71%) Juniper
6 1 (0.71%) Pega
6 1 (0.71%) SolarWinds