Public Sector Contract Job Trends in Kensington

Public Sector
Kensington and Chelsea > Kensington

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies in Kensington. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 27 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 - 3
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 4 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Kensington 25.00% - 16.67%
As % of the General category 40.00% - 20.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £400 - -
25th Percentile £475 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 - £400
75th Percentile £750 - -
90th Percentile £840 - -
Kensington and Chelsea median daily rate £600 - £400

All General Skills
Kensington

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 Kensington.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 10 4 5
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kensington 62.50% 100.00% 83.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 1 2
10th Percentile £370 - £276
25th Percentile £463 £425 £297
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £338
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +33.33% +68.75%
75th Percentile £900 £475 £372
90th Percentile - - £389
Kensington and Chelsea median daily rate £500 £450 £338
% change year-on-year +11.11% +33.33% +68.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 2
10th Percentile - £30.15 £27.20
25th Percentile - £31.78 £28.17
Median hourly rate - £34.48 £29.78
Median % change year-on-year - +15.78% -
75th Percentile - - £31.39
90th Percentile - - £32.36
Kensington and Chelsea median hourly rate - £34.48 £29.78
% change year-on-year - +15.78% -

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Kensington

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Public Sector relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Kensington.

Public Sector job vacancy trend in Kensington

Public Sector
Daily Rate Trend in Kensington

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Kensington citing Public Sector.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Kensington citing Public Sector

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in Kensington

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in Kensington over the 6 months to 27 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in Kensington

Public Sector
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kensington 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Network Security
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
1 3 (75.00%) Local Government
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Architect
1 1 (25.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Architect
1 1 (25.00%) Lead
1 1 (25.00%) PMO Lead
1 1 (25.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Senior
1 1 (25.00%) Senior Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Senior Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Architecture Governance
2 1 (25.00%) Architecture Roadmap
2 1 (25.00%) Change Management
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (25.00%) Data Cleansing
2 1 (25.00%) Data Extraction
2 1 (25.00%) Data Migration
2 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (25.00%) Network Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) Portfolio Management
2 1 (25.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Project Management
2 1 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (25.00%) Security Architecture
2 1 (25.00%) Technology Roadmap
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) GDPR
1 1 (25.00%) PMO