Public Sector Contracts in Hillingdon

Public Sector
West London > Hillingdon

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies in Hillingdon. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 12 42
Rank change year-on-year +4 +30 -
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 5 7 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hillingdon 10.64% 7.00% 0.49%
As % of the General category 20.00% 8.64% 1.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 1
10th Percentile £378 £305 -
25th Percentile £381 £322 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £350 £405
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -13.58% -
75th Percentile £419 - -
90th Percentile £423 - -
West London median daily rate £400 £350 £534
% change year-on-year +14.29% -34.43% +2.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £55.00 -
West London median hourly rate £22.27 £55.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -59.51% +120.00% +25.00%

All General Skills
Hillingdon

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 Hillingdon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 25 81 65
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hillingdon 53.19% 81.00% 31.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 53 50
10th Percentile £171 £215 £457
25th Percentile £240 £270 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £450 £625
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -28.00% +33.33%
75th Percentile £456 £538 £700
90th Percentile £475 £627 £838
West London median daily rate £400 £425 £525
% change year-on-year -5.88% -19.05% +2.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 10 1
10th Percentile - £15.80 -
25th Percentile - £16.25 £26.25
Median hourly rate £19.20 £23.83 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.43% -13.35% +83.33%
75th Percentile - £30.16 £28.75
90th Percentile - £47.60 -
West London median hourly rate £22.27 £30.16 £60.00
% change year-on-year -26.16% -49.73% +161.72%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Hillingdon

Job postings citing Public Sector as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Hillingdon.

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in Hillingdon

Public Sector
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hillingdon

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Public Sector in Hillingdon.

Daily rate trend for Public Sector in Hillingdon

Public Sector
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hillingdon

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Public Sector in Hillingdon.

Hourly rate trend for Public Sector in Hillingdon

Public Sector
Contract Job Locations in Hillingdon

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 Hillingdon region over the 6 months to 1 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
Northwood -1 4 £400 +14.29%
West Drayton - 1 £400 -
Public Sector
West London

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hillingdon 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 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) iSCSI
2 1 (20.00%) BGP
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (20.00%) DHCP
2 1 (20.00%) DMVPN
2 1 (20.00%) DNS
2 1 (20.00%) EIGRP
2 1 (20.00%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
2 1 (20.00%) Firewall
2 1 (20.00%) LAN
2 1 (20.00%) Network Security
2 1 (20.00%) OSPF
2 1 (20.00%) SAN
2 1 (20.00%) SD-WAN
2 1 (20.00%) SSL
2 1 (20.00%) VLAN
2 1 (20.00%) VPN
2 1 (20.00%) WAN
2 1 (20.00%) Wireless
2 1 (20.00%) WLAN
General
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Administrator
2 3 (60.00%) Systems Administrator
3 1 (20.00%) Network Administrator
3 1 (20.00%) Technical Support
3 1 (20.00%) VMWare Administrator
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
2 1 (20.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) ITIL
1 3 (60.00%) ITSM
1 3 (60.00%) Problem Management
1 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (60.00%) Service Management
2 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (20.00%) Network Monitoring
2 1 (20.00%) Patch Management
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (80.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (20.00%) CCNP
3 1 (20.00%) CCSA
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (20.00%) Degree
3 1 (20.00%) DV Cleared
System Software
1 4 (80.00%) Active Directory
2 3 (60.00%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (20.00%) Firmware
3 1 (20.00%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (20.00%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) CA Spectrum
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (60.00%) VMware
2 1 (20.00%) CheckPoint
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco
2 1 (20.00%) F5
2 1 (20.00%) Juniper
2 1 (20.00%) Meraki
2 1 (20.00%) SolarWinds