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 19 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 27 41
Rank change year-on-year +1 +14 +31
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 126 150 182
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 7.26% 6.93% 5.16%
As % of the General category 10.14% 10.45% 8.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 83 103 101
10th Percentile £413 £383 £263
25th Percentile £453 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £586 £563 £638
90th Percentile £641 £643 £700
Central London median daily rate £525 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £22.00 - -
75th Percentile £27.44 - -
90th Percentile £37.23 - -
Central London median hourly rate £22.00 - -

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 1,243 1,435 2,209
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 71.60% 66.28% 62.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 775 1,008 1,563
10th Percentile £331 £338 £375
25th Percentile £456 £450 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £615
Median % change year-on-year - -6.50% +6.96%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £738
90th Percentile £775 £825 £825
Central London median daily rate £575 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 8 14
10th Percentile £22.00 £18.74 £14.25
25th Percentile £24.00 £20.15 £15.78
Median hourly rate £29.58 £22.41 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year +31.99% +6.70% -50.59%
75th Percentile £48.75 £27.13 £50.14
90th Percentile £96.38 £34.33 £57.25
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £24.00 £28.00
% change year-on-year +21.13% -14.29% -34.12%

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 19 May 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 19 May 2025.

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 19 May 2025. 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 - 1 £238 -
Public Sector
Central 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 3 (2.38%) Confluence
2 2 (1.59%) Anypoint
2 2 (1.59%) Apache
2 2 (1.59%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.79%) Alfresco
3 1 (0.79%) Camunda
3 1 (0.79%) CMS
3 1 (0.79%) Jupyter
3 1 (0.79%) nginx
3 1 (0.79%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (1.59%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (1.59%) Trello
2 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (4.76%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.79%) Loan IQ
Cloud Services
1 43 (34.13%) AWS
2 13 (10.32%) Azure
3 12 (9.52%) AWS Lambda
3 12 (9.52%) Power Platform
3 12 (9.52%) Serverless
4 7 (5.56%) Amazon S3
5 6 (4.76%) Amazon SQS
6 5 (3.97%) GitHub
7 3 (2.38%) Amazon EC2
7 3 (2.38%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (2.38%) Cloud Computing
7 3 (2.38%) GCP
7 3 (2.38%) OCI
7 3 (2.38%) Power Automate
7 3 (2.38%) PowerApps
8 2 (1.59%) AWS Step Functions
8 2 (1.59%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (1.59%) Entra ID
8 2 (1.59%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (1.59%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.38%) Firewall
2 2 (1.59%) VPN
3 1 (0.79%) BGP
3 1 (0.79%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (0.79%) EIGRP
3 1 (0.79%) H.323
3 1 (0.79%) HTTP
3 1 (0.79%) IPsec
3 1 (0.79%) LAN
3 1 (0.79%) MGCP
3 1 (0.79%) Network Security
3 1 (0.79%) OSPF
3 1 (0.79%) Software-Defined Networking
3 1 (0.79%) SSH
3 1 (0.79%) Structured Cabling
3 1 (0.79%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.79%) Unified Communications
3 1 (0.79%) WAN
3 1 (0.79%) WebEx
3 1 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (13.49%) PostgreSQL
2 15 (11.90%) MongoDB
3 14 (11.11%) NoSQL
4 10 (7.94%) Power BI
5 7 (5.56%) Tableau
6 6 (4.76%) Amazon Athena
6 6 (4.76%) Redis
7 5 (3.97%) DocumentDB
8 3 (2.38%) MySQL
9 2 (1.59%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.79%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.79%) Amazon Redshift
10 1 (0.79%) Data Lake
10 1 (0.79%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.79%) Delta Lake
10 1 (0.79%) DynamoDB
10 1 (0.79%) Electronic Patient Records
10 1 (0.79%) Oracle Database
10 1 (0.79%) Power Query
10 1 (0.79%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (7.14%) Git
2 6 (4.76%) SonarQube
3 5 (3.97%) JIRA
4 2 (1.59%) GitLab
4 2 (1.59%) Jenkins
4 2 (1.59%) JUnit
4 2 (1.59%) Maven
5 1 (0.79%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.79%) CircleCI
5 1 (0.79%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.79%) Postman
5 1 (0.79%) RStudio
5 1 (0.79%) Selenium
General
1 32 (25.40%) Social Skills
2 24 (19.05%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (11.11%) Military
4 10 (7.94%) Police
5 9 (7.14%) Finance
6 6 (4.76%) Marketing
7 4 (3.17%) Law
7 4 (3.17%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (2.38%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.59%) Banking
9 2 (1.59%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.79%) Advertising
10 1 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.79%) Legal
10 1 (0.79%) Local Government
10 1 (0.79%) Multimedia
10 1 (0.79%) Retail
Job Titles
1 27 (21.43%) Developer
2 23 (18.25%) Architect
3 15 (11.90%) Java Developer
4 14 (11.11%) SC Cleared Java Developer
5 10 (7.94%) Analyst
5 10 (7.94%) Business Analyst
5 10 (7.94%) Lead
5 10 (7.94%) Technical Architect
6 9 (7.14%) Data Engineer
7 8 (6.35%) Security Architect
8 7 (5.56%) Data Scientist
8 7 (5.56%) Senior
9 5 (3.97%) Consultant
9 5 (3.97%) JavaScript Engineer
10 4 (3.17%) Change Manager
10 4 (3.17%) Designer
10 4 (3.17%) DevOps Engineer
10 4 (3.17%) Full-Stack Developer
10 4 (3.17%) ServiceNow Developer
11 3 (2.38%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (15.87%) React
2 19 (15.08%) Kafka
3 16 (12.70%) Spring
3 16 (12.70%) Spring Boot
4 10 (7.94%) Node.js
5 5 (3.97%) Pandas
5 5 (3.97%) scikit-learn
5 5 (3.97%) TensorFlow
6 4 (3.17%) HTML
6 4 (3.17%) REST
7 3 (2.38%) OAuth
7 3 (2.38%) OpenID
7 3 (2.38%) SAML
8 2 (1.59%) .NET
8 2 (1.59%) CSS
8 2 (1.59%) JSON
8 2 (1.59%) Middleware
8 2 (1.59%) Oracle Fusion
8 2 (1.59%) Ruby on Rails
8 2 (1.59%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.56%) Management Information System
2 4 (3.17%) Algorithms
2 4 (3.17%) CMDB
3 3 (2.38%) Freedom of Information
4 2 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (1.59%) Cloud Native
4 2 (1.59%) Data Centre
4 2 (1.59%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (1.59%) Data Structures
4 2 (1.59%) Digital Media
4 2 (1.59%) Graphic Design
4 2 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (1.59%) Onboarding
4 2 (1.59%) Security Posture
5 1 (0.79%) CSOC
5 1 (0.79%) Digital Signage
5 1 (0.79%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (0.79%) Low-Code
5 1 (0.79%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.79%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.97%) Linux
2 2 (1.59%) Windows
3 1 (0.79%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (0.79%) VMS
3 1 (0.79%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (25.40%) DevOps
2 26 (20.63%) Microservices
3 25 (19.84%) Agile
4 24 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
5 16 (12.70%) API Development
6 14 (11.11%) Clean Code
6 14 (11.11%) Mentoring
6 14 (11.11%) SOLID
6 14 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 11 (8.73%) Decision-Making
7 11 (8.73%) Project Management
8 10 (7.94%) CI/CD
9 9 (7.14%) Business Intelligence
9 9 (7.14%) Data Science
10 8 (6.35%) Collaborative Working
10 8 (6.35%) Continuous Improvement
10 8 (6.35%) Migration
10 8 (6.35%) Stakeholder Management
11 7 (5.56%) Process Improvement
11 7 (5.56%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 29 (23.02%) Java
2 27 (21.43%) SQL
3 25 (19.84%) JavaScript
4 24 (19.05%) Python
5 5 (3.97%) C#
6 4 (3.17%) R
7 3 (2.38%) Bash
7 3 (2.38%) PowerShell
8 2 (1.59%) PL/SQL
8 2 (1.59%) Ruby
8 2 (1.59%) Scala
9 1 (0.79%) C++
9 1 (0.79%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.79%) Perl
9 1 (0.79%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.79%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 90 (71.43%) Security Cleared
2 71 (56.35%) SC Cleared
3 13 (10.32%) AWS Certified Developer
4 11 (8.73%) Degree
5 5 (3.97%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (3.17%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (2.38%) OCP
7 3 (2.38%) Oracle Certification
8 2 (1.59%) CISSP
9 1 (0.79%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.79%) CEH
9 1 (0.79%) CISM
9 1 (0.79%) CREST Certified
9 1 (0.79%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.79%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.79%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.79%) OSCP
9 1 (0.79%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.79%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (3.97%) GDPR
2 4 (3.17%) Data Quality
2 4 (3.17%) QA
3 3 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
3 3 (2.38%) NIST
3 3 (2.38%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 2 (1.59%) HIPAA
4 2 (1.59%) PMO
5 1 (0.79%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.79%) GRC
5 1 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 17025
5 1 (0.79%) SLA
5 1 (0.79%) SOC 2
5 1 (0.79%) WCAG
System Software
1 5 (3.97%) Docker
2 2 (1.59%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.79%) Apache ZooKeeper
3 1 (0.79%) Firmware
3 1 (0.79%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 22 (17.46%) Kubernetes
2 9 (7.14%) Terraform
3 5 (3.97%) Ansible
4 1 (0.79%) Argo
4 1 (0.79%) Cisco CUCM
4 1 (0.79%) Cisco UCCE
4 1 (0.79%) CloudHub
4 1 (0.79%) Grafana
4 1 (0.79%) Istio
4 1 (0.79%) Kibana
4 1 (0.79%) Podman
4 1 (0.79%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.79%) Sysdig
Vendors
1 12 (9.52%) Oracle
2 9 (7.14%) ServiceNow
3 8 (6.35%) Microsoft
4 4 (3.17%) Cisco
5 3 (2.38%) MuleSoft
5 3 (2.38%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.59%) Google
7 1 (0.79%) Adobe
7 1 (0.79%) Ariba
7 1 (0.79%) Blue Prism
7 1 (0.79%) Brio
7 1 (0.79%) CheckPoint
7 1 (0.79%) ForgeRock
7 1 (0.79%) Fortinet
7 1 (0.79%) IBM
7 1 (0.79%) Juniper
7 1 (0.79%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.79%) Pega
7 1 (0.79%) Qualys
7 1 (0.79%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud