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 29 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 27 27
Rank change year-on-year -5 0 +10
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 135 111 147
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 5.54% 6.32% 6.86%
As % of the General category 9.74% 8.60% 10.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 88 73 99
10th Percentile £368 £421 £375
25th Percentile £450 £463 £415
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £631 £585 £563
90th Percentile £720 £648 £650
Central London median daily rate £538 £525 £500
% change year-on-year +2.38% +5.00% -1.23%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 1
10th Percentile £19.79 £18.06 -
25th Percentile £23.64 £19.54 £146.25
Median hourly rate £42.89 £22.00 £147.50
Median % change year-on-year +94.93% -85.08% +719.44%
75th Percentile £67.94 £32.88 £148.75
90th Percentile £73.23 £39.40 -
Central London median hourly rate £42.89 £23.54 £147.50
% change year-on-year +82.20% -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 1,386 1,290 1,440
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 56.87% 73.42% 67.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 870 816 985
10th Percentile £356 £344 £338
25th Percentile £458 £444 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £574 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year +4.27% -4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £700 £676 £700
90th Percentile £813 £775 £817
Central London median daily rate £565 £550 £571
% change year-on-year +2.73% -3.72% -4.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 18 9
10th Percentile - £16.90 £19.13
25th Percentile £18.75 £24.66 £20.22
Median hourly rate £21.33 £32.50 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -34.37% +20.37% +50.00%
75th Percentile £40.63 £63.75 £50.25
90th Percentile £52.46 £92.13 £92.75
Central London median hourly rate £27.00 £34.24 £26.78
% change year-on-year -21.14% +27.86% +29.34%

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 29 June 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 29 June 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 (2.96%) Confluence
2 2 (1.48%) CMS
2 2 (1.48%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.74%) Camunda
3 1 (0.74%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (2.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.48%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.74%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (2.22%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (1.48%) Exchequer
2 2 (1.48%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (1.48%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.74%) iTrent
3 1 (0.74%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.74%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 30 (22.22%) AWS
2 24 (17.78%) Azure
3 16 (11.85%) GCP
4 9 (6.67%) Serverless
5 7 (5.19%) Amazon S3
5 7 (5.19%) AWS Lambda
6 4 (2.96%) GitHub
6 4 (2.96%) PaaS
7 3 (2.22%) Amazon EMR
7 3 (2.22%) Amazon SageMaker
7 3 (2.22%) AWS Step Functions
7 3 (2.22%) Azure Data Factory
7 3 (2.22%) Azure Machine Learning
7 3 (2.22%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 3 (2.22%) Google Workspace
7 3 (2.22%) Power Platform
8 2 (1.48%) Amazon Bedrock
8 2 (1.48%) Amazon MSK
8 2 (1.48%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (1.48%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 8 (5.93%) Network Security
2 7 (5.19%) Firewall
3 2 (1.48%) DNS
3 2 (1.48%) LAN
3 2 (1.48%) NGFW
4 1 (0.74%) 3G
4 1 (0.74%) 3GPP
4 1 (0.74%) 4G
4 1 (0.74%) 5G
4 1 (0.74%) DHCP
4 1 (0.74%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.74%) LTE
4 1 (0.74%) Radio Access Network
4 1 (0.74%) Reverse Proxy
4 1 (0.74%) Software-Defined Networking
4 1 (0.74%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.74%) VPN
4 1 (0.74%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.96%) Amazon Redshift
1 4 (2.96%) Data Lake
1 4 (2.96%) Data Mining
2 3 (2.22%) Amazon Athena
2 3 (2.22%) Metadata
2 3 (2.22%) Power BI
3 2 (1.48%) Amazon QuickSight
3 2 (1.48%) Electronic Patient Records
3 2 (1.48%) NoSQL
3 2 (1.48%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (1.48%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.74%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.74%) CockroachDB
4 1 (0.74%) DynamoDB
4 1 (0.74%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (0.74%) GIS
4 1 (0.74%) Metadata Repository
4 1 (0.74%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.74%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.74%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (5.93%) Git
2 7 (5.19%) JIRA
3 3 (2.22%) GitLab
4 2 (1.48%) Selenium
5 1 (0.74%) Artifactory
5 1 (0.74%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.74%) ERwin
5 1 (0.74%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.74%) JUnit
5 1 (0.74%) Mockito
5 1 (0.74%) SpecFlow
General
1 47 (34.81%) Social Skills
2 18 (13.33%) Military
3 15 (11.11%) Finance
4 14 (10.37%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (4.44%) Banking
5 6 (4.44%) Police
6 5 (3.70%) Influencing Skills
6 5 (3.70%) Legal
6 5 (3.70%) Local Government
7 4 (2.96%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (2.22%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (2.22%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (2.22%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.48%) Marketing
10 1 (0.74%) Agriculture
10 1 (0.74%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.74%) Law
Job Titles
1 29 (21.48%) Architect
2 19 (14.07%) Lead
3 14 (10.37%) Senior
4 11 (8.15%) Analyst
5 10 (7.41%) Developer
6 8 (5.93%) Data Architect
6 8 (5.93%) Solutions Architect
7 6 (4.44%) Business Analyst
7 6 (4.44%) Cloud Engineer
7 6 (4.44%) Project Manager
8 5 (3.70%) Product Manager
8 5 (3.70%) User Researcher
9 4 (2.96%) Consultant
9 4 (2.96%) Delivery Manager
9 4 (2.96%) Designer
9 4 (2.96%) GCP Engineer
9 4 (2.96%) Lead DevOps
9 4 (2.96%) Network Architect
9 4 (2.96%) Security Architect
9 4 (2.96%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.22%) Kafka
1 3 (2.22%) Pandas
1 3 (2.22%) PySpark
1 3 (2.22%) Spring
1 3 (2.22%) Spring Boot
2 2 (1.48%) .NET
2 2 (1.48%) ASP.NET
2 2 (1.48%) Django
2 2 (1.48%) Lightning Web Components
2 2 (1.48%) NumPy
2 2 (1.48%) PyTorch
2 2 (1.48%) RabbitMQ
2 2 (1.48%) React
2 2 (1.48%) REST
2 2 (1.48%) SAP Fiori
2 2 (1.48%) scikit-learn
3 1 (0.74%) Entity Framework
3 1 (0.74%) Node.js
3 1 (0.74%) RESTful
3 1 (0.74%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 18 (13.33%) Cloud Native
2 3 (2.22%) Data Centre
2 3 (2.22%) Distributed Systems
2 3 (2.22%) Hybrid Cloud
2 3 (2.22%) Management Information System
2 3 (2.22%) NHS
2 3 (2.22%) Taxonomies
3 2 (1.48%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (1.48%) Marketing Technology
3 2 (1.48%) Onboarding
3 2 (1.48%) Product Ownership
3 2 (1.48%) Virtual Team
4 1 (0.74%) BYOD
4 1 (0.74%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (0.74%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (0.74%) Freedom of Information Act
4 1 (0.74%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (0.74%) Public Cloud
4 1 (0.74%) Security Posture
4 1 (0.74%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.48%) Linux
2 1 (0.74%) Unix
2 1 (0.74%) Windows
2 1 (0.74%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (20.74%) Agile
2 24 (17.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 23 (17.04%) AI
3 23 (17.04%) Stakeholder Management
4 21 (15.56%) CI/CD
5 19 (14.07%) Continuous Improvement
6 18 (13.33%) Analytics
7 15 (11.11%) DevOps
7 15 (11.11%) Machine Learning
8 14 (10.37%) Infrastructure as Code
9 13 (9.63%) Migration
10 12 (8.89%) Decision-Making
10 12 (8.89%) Roadmaps
11 11 (8.15%) Data Modelling
11 11 (8.15%) Digital Transformation Programme
12 10 (7.41%) Data Protection
12 10 (7.41%) Problem-Solving
12 10 (7.41%) Test Automation
13 9 (6.67%) Containerisation
13 9 (6.67%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (9.63%) Python
2 7 (5.19%) Java
3 4 (2.96%) SQL
4 3 (2.22%) Bicep
5 2 (1.48%) Apex Code
5 2 (1.48%) Bash
5 2 (1.48%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.48%) Ruby
5 2 (1.48%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.74%) C#
6 1 (0.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.74%) Google Apps Script
6 1 (0.74%) Kotlin
6 1 (0.74%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 79 (58.52%) Security Cleared
2 62 (45.93%) SC Cleared
3 8 (5.93%) DV Cleared
4 6 (4.44%) Degree
5 5 (3.70%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (2.22%) AWS Certification
6 3 (2.22%) CISSP
7 2 (1.48%) CIPD
7 2 (1.48%) CISM
7 2 (1.48%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (1.48%) Postgraduate
8 1 (0.74%) CCNP
8 1 (0.74%) Cisco Certification
8 1 (0.74%) IISP
8 1 (0.74%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.74%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.74%) MBA
8 1 (0.74%) MOS
8 1 (0.74%) MRICS
8 1 (0.74%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (7.41%) QA
2 7 (5.19%) Accessibility
3 6 (4.44%) Data Quality
4 4 (2.96%) NCSC
5 3 (2.22%) GDPR
5 3 (2.22%) PMO
6 2 (1.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.48%) NIST
6 2 (1.48%) NIST 800
6 2 (1.48%) SLA
7 1 (0.74%) COBIT
7 1 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.74%) GLP
7 1 (0.74%) Government Security Classifications
7 1 (0.74%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.74%) WCAG
System Software
1 5 (3.70%) Docker
2 3 (2.22%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.74%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (6.67%) Kubernetes
2 8 (5.93%) Terraform
3 3 (2.22%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (1.48%) Ansible
4 2 (1.48%) Grafana
4 2 (1.48%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.74%) Puppet
5 1 (0.74%) Salt
Vendors
1 16 (11.85%) Microsoft
2 11 (8.15%) Google
3 7 (5.19%) Databricks
3 7 (5.19%) ServiceNow
4 5 (3.70%) Oracle
4 5 (3.70%) SAP
5 4 (2.96%) Salesforce
6 3 (2.22%) IBM
6 3 (2.22%) MuleSoft
7 2 (1.48%) BMC
7 2 (1.48%) Cisco
7 2 (1.48%) Fortinet
7 2 (1.48%) OpenAI
7 2 (1.48%) Remedy
8 1 (0.74%) CheckPoint
8 1 (0.74%) Dell
8 1 (0.74%) HP
8 1 (0.74%) Informatica
8 1 (0.74%) Pega
8 1 (0.74%) Sitecore