B2G Contract Job Trends in England

Business-to-Government (B2G)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring B2G skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 622 - 529
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing B2G 1 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.002% - 0.009%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.003% - 0.010%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - £400
75th Percentile £588 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £575 - £400

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

B2G falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 39,026 25,062 28,650
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.26% 90.78% 85.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,293 16,024 18,683
10th Percentile £325 £300 £313
25th Percentile £425 £405 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £513 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
75th Percentile £626 £630 £650
90th Percentile £738 £738 £756
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £525
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -4.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,529 1,392 1,676
10th Percentile £14.68 £14.20 £14.09
25th Percentile £19.85 £17.87 £18.25
Median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +74.79% -40.82% -
75th Percentile £68.75 £50.75 £65.00
90th Percentile £82.27 £70.16 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £40.50
% change year-on-year +68.99% -37.90% -4.71%

B2G
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing B2G relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

B2G job vacancy trend in England

B2G
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing B2G.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing B2G

B2G
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing B2G within the England region over the 6 months to 8 August 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 - 1 £575 - 1
B2G
UK

B2G
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) XML
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Accounts Payable
1 1 (100.00%) Accounts Receivable
1 1 (100.00%) B2B
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Project Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Regulatory Change
1 1 (100.00%) SDLC
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) System Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft