Public Sector Contracts in the City of Westminster

Public Sector
Central London > City of Westminster

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies in the City of Westminster. 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 9 13 11
Rank change year-on-year +4 -2 -5
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 3 1 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of Westminster 6.82% 2.38% 4.65%
As % of the General category 12.00% 5.26% 8.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £614 - £470
25th Percentile £616 - £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 - £550
Median % change year-on-year - - -38.96%
75th Percentile £666 - £600
90th Percentile £671 - £630
Central London median daily rate £525 £500 £500
% change year-on-year +5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £25.04 - -
Median hourly rate £25.08 - -
75th Percentile £25.11 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £22.00 - -

All General Skills
City of Westminster

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 Westminster.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 25 19 25
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of Westminster 56.82% 45.24% 58.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 15 18
10th Percentile £393 £400 £222
25th Percentile £469 £488 £299
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £500
Median % change year-on-year - +15.00% -17.36%
75th Percentile £650 £793 £623
90th Percentile £700 £983 £850
Central London median daily rate £575 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £25.04 - -
Median hourly rate £25.08 - -
75th Percentile £25.11 - -
90th Percentile - - -
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 Westminster

Job postings citing Public Sector as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of Westminster.

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in the City of Westminster

Public Sector
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of Westminster

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Public Sector in the City of Westminster.

Daily rate trend for Public Sector in the City of Westminster

Public Sector
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of Westminster

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Public Sector in the City of Westminster.

Hourly rate trend for Public Sector in the City of Westminster

Public Sector
Contract Job Locations in the City of Westminster

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 Westminster 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
Westminster +2 3 £638 - 4
Public Sector
Central London

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of Westminster 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) OCI
1 1 (33.33%) SaaS
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Back Office
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Lead
1 1 (33.33%) Portfolio Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Portfolio Office Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Product Lead
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Project Management
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Backlog Prioritisation
2 1 (33.33%) Business Transformation
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Data Management
2 1 (33.33%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) Portfolio Management
2 1 (33.33%) Product Backlog
2 1 (33.33%) Product Management
2 1 (33.33%) Product Roadmap
2 1 (33.33%) Programme Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Service Delivery
2 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle