Public Sector Contract Job Trends in London

Public Sector
England > London

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

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 27 23
Rank change year-on-year +3 -4 +1
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 1,788 969 1,260
As % of all contract jobs in London 8.99% 7.09% 7.63%
As % of the General category 14.82% 10.39% 12.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,338 700 892
10th Percentile £384 £374 £350
25th Percentile £450 £434 £424
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.70%
75th Percentile £625 £608 £625
90th Percentile £725 £700 £711
England median daily rate £515 £501 £520
% change year-on-year +2.90% -3.75% -0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 18 12
10th Percentile £18.37 £17.71 £15.60
25th Percentile £32.75 £22.23 £17.44
Median hourly rate £47.00 £25.76 £21.34
Median % change year-on-year +82.44% +20.72% -51.35%
75th Percentile £65.00 £44.69 £60.50
90th Percentile £75.55 £74.00 £75.58
England median hourly rate £25.38 £21.70 £27.00
% change year-on-year +16.96% -19.63% +28.57%

All General Skills
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 general skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 12,068 9,324 10,333
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 60.66% 68.21% 62.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,696 6,212 7,321
10th Percentile £350 £326 £338
25th Percentile £447 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £788 £800 £825
England median daily rate £525 £510 £538
% change year-on-year +2.94% -5.12% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 229 178 163
10th Percentile £18.50 £15.84 £16.94
25th Percentile £21.93 £24.50 £22.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £30.90 £33.75
Median % change year-on-year -2.92% -8.44% -3.57%
75th Percentile £43.75 £50.69 £50.88
90th Percentile £64.00 £63.75 £67.60
England median hourly rate £33.99 £25.66 £38.12
% change year-on-year +32.46% -32.69% +27.07%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Public Sector job vacancy trend in London

Public Sector
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in London

Public Sector
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Public Sector.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Public Sector

Public Sector
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Public Sector in London over the 6 months to 27 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Public Sector in London

Public Sector
Contract Job Locations in 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 London region over the 6 months to 27 July 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
Central London +9 169 £525 - 51
South London +1 69 £500 +1.47% 7
West London -23 16 £500 +21.21% 20
East London +7 10 £750 +33.33% 19
North London 0 6 £420 -23.64% 2
Public Sector
England

Public Sector
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 80 (4.47%) Confluence
2 48 (2.68%) SharePoint
3 16 (0.89%) Microsoft Exchange
4 15 (0.84%) CMS
5 13 (0.73%) Apache Spark
6 12 (0.67%) Apache
6 12 (0.67%) nginx
7 11 (0.62%) Palantir Foundry
8 8 (0.45%) Apache Airflow
9 7 (0.39%) Tomcat
10 6 (0.34%) WordPress
11 5 (0.28%) SAS
12 3 (0.17%) Camunda
12 3 (0.17%) Drupal
12 3 (0.17%) WebLogic
13 2 (0.11%) Jupyter
13 2 (0.11%) OpenROAD
14 1 (0.056%) ArcGIS
14 1 (0.056%) IIS
14 1 (0.056%) JBoss
Applications
1 37 (2.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (0.78%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.28%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.22%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.17%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.17%) Sketch
7 3 (0.17%) Trello
8 2 (0.11%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.056%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.056%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 23 (1.29%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (0.95%) Oracle ERP
3 16 (0.89%) Oracle EBS
4 10 (0.56%) NetSuite
5 5 (0.28%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 3 (0.17%) iTrent
6 3 (0.17%) PeopleSoft HCM
6 3 (0.17%) Remedy ITSM
6 3 (0.17%) SAP FI
6 3 (0.17%) SAP HR
6 3 (0.17%) SAP Payroll
7 2 (0.11%) Exchequer
7 2 (0.11%) Oracle Financials
7 2 (0.11%) Oracle Payroll
7 2 (0.11%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.11%) SAP CO
7 2 (0.11%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.11%) SAP FI/CO
7 2 (0.11%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 414 (23.15%) AWS
2 353 (19.74%) Azure
3 106 (5.93%) Power Platform
4 94 (5.26%) GCP
5 88 (4.92%) GitHub
6 81 (4.53%) Serverless
7 79 (4.42%) Amazon S3
8 72 (4.03%) Azure DevOps
9 69 (3.86%) Microsoft 365
10 62 (3.47%) GitHub Actions
11 57 (3.19%) Entra ID
12 55 (3.08%) AWS Lambda
13 45 (2.52%) Amazon EKS
14 44 (2.46%) SaaS
15 42 (2.35%) Amazon EC2
16 38 (2.13%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 32 (1.79%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 29 (1.62%) OCI
19 28 (1.57%) AWS CloudFormation
19 28 (1.57%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 45 (2.52%) Firewall
2 34 (1.90%) Network Security
3 28 (1.57%) DNS
4 16 (0.89%) VPN
5 13 (0.73%) LAN
5 13 (0.73%) WAN
6 10 (0.56%) NGFW
6 10 (0.56%) TCP/IP
7 8 (0.45%) DHCP
7 8 (0.45%) DKIM
8 7 (0.39%) Wi-Fi
9 6 (0.34%) DMARC
10 5 (0.28%) HTTP
10 5 (0.28%) Intranet
10 5 (0.28%) Reverse Proxy
10 5 (0.28%) Wireless
11 4 (0.22%) 4G
11 4 (0.22%) Cisco IPT
12 3 (0.17%) Structured Cabling
12 3 (0.17%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (3.91%) Power BI
2 44 (2.46%) PostgreSQL
3 40 (2.24%) Data Warehouse
4 31 (1.73%) Data Lake
5 27 (1.51%) Metadata
6 26 (1.45%) Amazon RDS
7 25 (1.40%) Amazon Redshift
8 22 (1.23%) NoSQL
9 21 (1.17%) Delta Lake
10 20 (1.12%) Amazon Athena
11 19 (1.06%) SQL Server
12 17 (0.95%) MongoDB
12 17 (0.95%) Tableau
13 14 (0.78%) Oracle Reports
13 14 (0.78%) Relational Database
14 12 (0.67%) MySQL
15 10 (0.56%) Azure SQL Database
16 9 (0.50%) Oracle Database
17 8 (0.45%) Amazon Aurora
17 8 (0.45%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 108 (6.04%) JIRA
2 101 (5.65%) Git
3 73 (4.08%) Jenkins
4 64 (3.58%) GitLab
5 14 (0.78%) JUnit
6 12 (0.67%) Mockito
6 12 (0.67%) SonarQube
7 10 (0.56%) CircleCI
7 10 (0.56%) Selenium
8 9 (0.50%) Maven
8 9 (0.50%) Postman
9 7 (0.39%) Cypress.io
9 7 (0.39%) JMeter
9 7 (0.39%) Snyk
10 6 (0.34%) Artifactory
11 4 (0.22%) Bitbucket Server
11 4 (0.22%) Cucumber
11 4 (0.22%) DbUnit
11 4 (0.22%) jMock
12 3 (0.17%) ERwin
General
1 492 (27.52%) Social Skills
2 211 (11.80%) Finance
3 157 (8.78%) Analytical Skills
4 97 (5.43%) Local Government
5 78 (4.36%) Military
6 60 (3.36%) Influencing Skills
7 45 (2.52%) Legal
8 40 (2.24%) Police
9 37 (2.07%) Organisational Skills
10 36 (2.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 35 (1.96%) Documentation Skills
12 29 (1.62%) Banking
13 28 (1.57%) Law
14 23 (1.29%) Marketing
14 23 (1.29%) Telecoms
15 19 (1.06%) Presentation Skills
16 11 (0.62%) Publishing
17 9 (0.50%) Retail
18 7 (0.39%) Billing
18 7 (0.39%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 294 (16.44%) Architect
2 235 (13.14%) Developer
3 209 (11.69%) Lead
4 201 (11.24%) Senior
5 136 (7.61%) Analyst
6 81 (4.53%) Designer
7 78 (4.36%) DevOps Engineer
8 70 (3.91%) Delivery Manager
9 68 (3.80%) Business Analyst
9 68 (3.80%) Solutions Architect
10 60 (3.36%) Data Engineer
11 59 (3.30%) User Researcher
12 57 (3.19%) Technical Architect
13 45 (2.52%) Java Developer
14 44 (2.46%) AWS Engineer
14 44 (2.46%) Data Architect
15 43 (2.40%) Consultant
16 42 (2.35%) Project Manager
17 41 (2.29%) Security Architect
17 41 (2.29%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (3.69%) REST
2 54 (3.02%) React
3 49 (2.74%) Spring
4 47 (2.63%) RESTful
5 42 (2.35%) Node.js
6 38 (2.13%) Spring Boot
7 37 (2.07%) Django
8 35 (1.96%) Kafka
8 35 (1.96%) Oracle Fusion
9 34 (1.90%) HTML
10 32 (1.79%) Lightning Web Components
11 31 (1.73%) .NET
11 31 (1.73%) SOAP
12 30 (1.68%) PySpark
13 25 (1.40%) AngularJS
14 24 (1.34%) CSS
15 23 (1.29%) JSON
15 23 (1.29%) Web Services
16 21 (1.17%) Middleware
17 16 (0.89%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 122 (6.82%) Cloud Native
2 79 (4.42%) Onboarding
3 60 (3.36%) NHS
4 59 (3.30%) Product Ownership
5 54 (3.02%) Legacy Systems
6 36 (2.01%) Distributed Systems
7 31 (1.73%) Management Information System
8 26 (1.45%) Data Centre
9 23 (1.29%) Enterprise Software
10 18 (1.01%) Data Structures
10 18 (1.01%) Hybrid Cloud
10 18 (1.01%) Self-Motivation
11 17 (0.95%) Analytical Mindset
12 15 (0.84%) AI Agents
12 15 (0.84%) Low-Code
13 12 (0.67%) Public Cloud
13 12 (0.67%) Security Posture
13 12 (0.67%) Virtual Team
14 11 (0.62%) Security Operations Centre
15 9 (0.50%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 50 (2.80%) Linux
2 47 (2.63%) Windows
3 17 (0.95%) Windows Server
4 13 (0.73%) Android
5 11 (0.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 10 (0.56%) Apple iOS
7 9 (0.50%) Windows 10
8 8 (0.45%) Mac OS
9 6 (0.34%) Solaris
9 6 (0.34%) Windows Server 2008
9 6 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
10 4 (0.22%) Amazon Linux
10 4 (0.22%) Unix
11 3 (0.17%) Ubuntu
11 3 (0.17%) VMS
11 3 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 538 (30.09%) Agile
2 317 (17.73%) CI/CD
3 315 (17.62%) DevOps
4 303 (16.95%) Stakeholder Management
5 267 (14.93%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 253 (14.15%) Continuous Improvement
7 191 (10.68%) Decision-Making
8 179 (10.01%) Migration
9 176 (9.84%) Problem-Solving
10 169 (9.45%) Infrastructure as Code
11 168 (9.40%) AI
12 156 (8.72%) Analytics
13 154 (8.61%) Roadmaps
14 147 (8.22%) Digital Transformation Programme
15 144 (8.05%) Data Modelling
16 132 (7.38%) Containerisation
17 117 (6.54%) User Research
18 108 (6.04%) Technical Leadership
19 105 (5.87%) Microservices
19 105 (5.87%) Service Design
Programming Languages
1 236 (13.20%) Python
2 169 (9.45%) SQL
3 127 (7.10%) Java
4 91 (5.09%) JavaScript
5 62 (3.47%) TypeScript
6 35 (1.96%) Bash
7 34 (1.90%) C#
8 33 (1.85%) PowerShell
9 32 (1.79%) Apex Code
10 26 (1.45%) Ruby
11 23 (1.29%) Bicep
11 23 (1.29%) PL/SQL
12 18 (1.01%) Groovy
13 13 (0.73%) Kotlin
14 11 (0.62%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 10 (0.56%) Go
16 9 (0.50%) R
16 9 (0.50%) Shell Script
17 6 (0.34%) Search Processing Language
17 6 (0.34%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1,015 (56.77%) Security Cleared
2 855 (47.82%) SC Cleared
3 85 (4.75%) DV Cleared
4 79 (4.42%) BPSS Clearance
5 49 (2.74%) Degree
6 31 (1.73%) AWS Certification
6 31 (1.73%) Azure Certification
6 31 (1.73%) CISSP
7 24 (1.34%) Microsoft Certification
8 22 (1.23%) Cisco Certification
9 18 (1.01%) CISM
10 13 (0.73%) ITIL Certification
11 12 (0.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 10 (0.56%) CTC Cleared
13 9 (0.50%) CCNP
14 8 (0.45%) APMG
15 7 (0.39%) CCSP
15 7 (0.39%) Master's Degree
15 7 (0.39%) PMI Certification
15 7 (0.39%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 141 (7.89%) Accessibility
2 88 (4.92%) Data Quality
3 68 (3.80%) QA
4 58 (3.24%) WCAG
5 54 (3.02%) GDPR
6 45 (2.52%) PMO
7 41 (2.29%) NCSC
8 31 (1.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 20 (1.12%) NIST
10 18 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials
11 14 (0.78%) SLA
12 12 (0.67%) Government Security Classifications
13 11 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 11 (0.62%) PCI DSS
14 10 (0.56%) GRC
15 9 (0.50%) Actionable Recommendations
15 9 (0.50%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 5 (0.28%) NIST 800
17 4 (0.22%) Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)
18 3 (0.17%) PERC
System Software
1 140 (7.83%) Docker
2 40 (2.24%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.17%) Oracle RAC
5 3 (0.17%) Postfix
5 3 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.056%) FreeRADIUS
6 1 (0.056%) Sendmail
6 1 (0.056%) Squid
6 1 (0.056%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.056%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 178 (9.96%) Terraform
2 142 (7.94%) Kubernetes
3 40 (2.24%) Grafana
4 32 (1.79%) Prometheus
5 31 (1.73%) Ansible
6 16 (0.89%) Microsoft Intune
7 11 (0.62%) Argo
8 10 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
9 8 (0.45%) Kibana
10 6 (0.34%) Puppet
11 4 (0.22%) Istio
11 4 (0.22%) Jamf Pro
11 4 (0.22%) SCCM
12 3 (0.17%) Oracle RMAN
12 3 (0.17%) Salt
13 2 (0.11%) Consul
13 2 (0.11%) Docker Swarm
14 1 (0.056%) linkerd
14 1 (0.056%) Suricata
14 1 (0.056%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 211 (11.80%) Microsoft
2 117 (6.54%) Oracle
3 92 (5.15%) Salesforce
4 64 (3.58%) Databricks
5 58 (3.24%) Google
6 51 (2.85%) ServiceNow
7 43 (2.40%) SAP
8 21 (1.17%) Foundry
9 19 (1.06%) Cisco
9 19 (1.06%) IBM
10 18 (1.01%) Palantir
11 16 (0.89%) Atlassian
11 16 (0.89%) Palo Alto
12 13 (0.73%) OpenAI
13 12 (0.67%) MuleSoft
13 12 (0.67%) Red Hat
14 11 (0.62%) VMware
15 10 (0.56%) Juniper
15 10 (0.56%) Splunk
16 9 (0.50%) Virgin Media