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 13 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 26 23
Rank change year-on-year +3 -3 +2
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 1,779 975 1,353
As % of all contract jobs in London 8.99% 7.16% 7.78%
As % of the General category 14.86% 10.51% 12.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,335 701 951
10th Percentile £378 £388 £350
25th Percentile £450 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.08%
75th Percentile £625 £608 £625
90th Percentile £725 £713 £725
England median daily rate £515 £513 £520
% change year-on-year +0.39% -1.44% -0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 19 15
10th Percentile £18.37 £17.80 £15.00
25th Percentile £25.77 £22.45 £16.00
Median hourly rate £41.00 £26.45 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year +55.01% +42.97% -51.50%
75th Percentile £65.00 £46.25 £63.50
90th Percentile £75.55 £86.25 £77.75
England median hourly rate £22.50 £25.08 £27.25
% change year-on-year -10.27% -7.98% +29.76%

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 11,968 9,275 10,826
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 60.51% 68.14% 62.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,663 6,182 7,682
10th Percentile £350 £331 £335
25th Percentile £438 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £573
Median % change year-on-year - -4.06% -4.46%
75th Percentile £675 £694 £700
90th Percentile £788 £813 £825
England median daily rate £525 £514 £534
% change year-on-year +2.14% -3.70% -2.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 226 176 211
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.84 £16.25
25th Percentile £21.93 £24.66 £20.13
Median hourly rate £31.50 £33.45 £31.71
Median % change year-on-year -5.82% +5.47% -9.40%
75th Percentile £44.59 £50.86 £48.75
90th Percentile £66.25 £63.75 £68.75
England median hourly rate £33.06 £27.28 £33.93
% change year-on-year +21.19% -19.60% +11.10%

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 13 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 13 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 13 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 +6 164 £525 - 125
South London +3 72 £500 +1.47% 8
West London -23 13 £500 +21.21% 17
East London +5 11 £750 +33.33% 18
North London -3 5 £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 81 (4.55%) Confluence
2 46 (2.59%) SharePoint
3 15 (0.84%) Microsoft Exchange
4 13 (0.73%) CMS
5 12 (0.67%) Apache Spark
6 11 (0.62%) nginx
6 11 (0.62%) Palantir Foundry
7 9 (0.51%) Apache
8 8 (0.45%) Apache Airflow
9 7 (0.39%) Tomcat
10 6 (0.34%) WordPress
11 5 (0.28%) Camunda
11 5 (0.28%) SAS
12 3 (0.17%) WebLogic
13 2 (0.11%) Drupal
13 2 (0.11%) Jupyter
13 2 (0.11%) OpenROAD
14 1 (0.056%) Mule
14 1 (0.056%) Oracle Workflow
14 1 (0.056%) Umbraco
Applications
1 35 (1.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (0.73%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.22%) Chatbot
5 4 (0.22%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.17%) Trello
7 2 (0.11%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.11%) Sketch
8 1 (0.056%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.056%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 21 (1.18%) SAP S/4HANA
2 20 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
3 18 (1.01%) Oracle ERP
4 11 (0.62%) Oracle EBS
5 5 (0.28%) NetSuite
5 5 (0.28%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 3 (0.17%) Exchequer
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%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 2 (0.11%) Oracle Financials
7 2 (0.11%) Oracle Payroll
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 (23.27%) AWS
2 340 (19.11%) Azure
3 105 (5.90%) Power Platform
4 87 (4.89%) GCP
5 84 (4.72%) Serverless
6 79 (4.44%) GitHub
7 72 (4.05%) Amazon S3
8 66 (3.71%) Microsoft 365
9 64 (3.60%) Azure DevOps
10 57 (3.20%) AWS Lambda
11 56 (3.15%) GitHub Actions
12 54 (3.04%) Entra ID
13 44 (2.47%) Amazon EC2
13 44 (2.47%) Amazon EKS
13 44 (2.47%) SaaS
14 35 (1.97%) Virtual Private Cloud
15 31 (1.74%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 31 (1.74%) OCI
16 29 (1.63%) AWS CloudFormation
17 28 (1.57%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 41 (2.30%) Firewall
2 33 (1.85%) Network Security
3 25 (1.41%) DNS
4 16 (0.90%) VPN
5 10 (0.56%) LAN
5 10 (0.56%) NGFW
5 10 (0.56%) WAN
6 8 (0.45%) DHCP
6 8 (0.45%) DKIM
6 8 (0.45%) TCP/IP
7 7 (0.39%) Wi-Fi
8 6 (0.34%) DMARC
9 5 (0.28%) HTTP
9 5 (0.28%) Intranet
9 5 (0.28%) Wireless
10 4 (0.22%) Reverse Proxy
11 3 (0.17%) 4G
11 3 (0.17%) Internet
11 3 (0.17%) SSL
11 3 (0.17%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (3.88%) Power BI
2 45 (2.53%) PostgreSQL
3 40 (2.25%) Data Warehouse
4 32 (1.80%) Data Lake
5 27 (1.52%) Metadata
6 26 (1.46%) Amazon RDS
7 25 (1.41%) Amazon Redshift
8 21 (1.18%) NoSQL
9 20 (1.12%) Amazon Athena
9 20 (1.12%) SQL Server
10 18 (1.01%) MongoDB
11 17 (0.96%) Delta Lake
11 17 (0.96%) Tableau
12 14 (0.79%) Oracle Reports
13 12 (0.67%) Relational Database
14 11 (0.62%) DynamoDB
15 10 (0.56%) Azure SQL Database
15 10 (0.56%) MySQL
16 9 (0.51%) Oracle Database
17 8 (0.45%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 108 (6.07%) JIRA
2 95 (5.34%) Git
3 72 (4.05%) Jenkins
4 64 (3.60%) GitLab
5 14 (0.79%) JUnit
5 14 (0.79%) Selenium
6 12 (0.67%) Mockito
6 12 (0.67%) SonarQube
7 11 (0.62%) CircleCI
8 10 (0.56%) Postman
9 9 (0.51%) Maven
10 8 (0.45%) Cypress.io
10 8 (0.45%) Snyk
11 7 (0.39%) JMeter
12 6 (0.34%) Artifactory
13 4 (0.22%) Bitbucket Server
13 4 (0.22%) Cucumber
13 4 (0.22%) DbUnit
13 4 (0.22%) jMock
13 4 (0.22%) WebDriver
General
1 460 (25.86%) Social Skills
2 215 (12.09%) Finance
3 147 (8.26%) Analytical Skills
4 91 (5.12%) Local Government
5 73 (4.10%) Military
6 57 (3.20%) Influencing Skills
7 40 (2.25%) Legal
8 39 (2.19%) Documentation Skills
8 39 (2.19%) Police
9 35 (1.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 33 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
11 31 (1.74%) Banking
12 25 (1.41%) Law
13 23 (1.29%) Telecoms
14 22 (1.24%) Marketing
15 19 (1.07%) Presentation Skills
16 10 (0.56%) Publishing
16 10 (0.56%) Retail
17 9 (0.51%) Billing
18 7 (0.39%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 281 (15.80%) Architect
2 240 (13.49%) Developer
3 198 (11.13%) Senior
4 193 (10.85%) Lead
5 138 (7.76%) Analyst
6 84 (4.72%) Designer
7 81 (4.55%) DevOps Engineer
8 72 (4.05%) Business Analyst
9 64 (3.60%) Solutions Architect
10 63 (3.54%) Delivery Manager
11 61 (3.43%) Data Engineer
12 58 (3.26%) User Researcher
13 55 (3.09%) Technical Architect
14 49 (2.75%) AWS Engineer
14 49 (2.75%) Consultant
15 45 (2.53%) Java Developer
15 45 (2.53%) Project Manager
16 42 (2.36%) Data Architect
17 41 (2.30%) Azure Engineer
18 38 (2.14%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (3.43%) REST
2 55 (3.09%) React
3 53 (2.98%) Spring
4 47 (2.64%) Node.js
4 47 (2.64%) RESTful
5 40 (2.25%) Spring Boot
6 37 (2.08%) Kafka
7 35 (1.97%) Django
7 35 (1.97%) Oracle Fusion
8 34 (1.91%) HTML
9 33 (1.85%) Lightning Web Components
10 30 (1.69%) .NET
10 30 (1.69%) PySpark
11 27 (1.52%) SOAP
12 25 (1.41%) AngularJS
13 24 (1.35%) Web Services
14 23 (1.29%) CSS
15 19 (1.07%) JSON
15 19 (1.07%) Middleware
16 14 (0.79%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 120 (6.75%) Cloud Native
2 73 (4.10%) Onboarding
3 56 (3.15%) Legacy Systems
4 55 (3.09%) Product Ownership
5 54 (3.04%) NHS
6 32 (1.80%) Distributed Systems
7 30 (1.69%) Data Centre
8 29 (1.63%) Management Information System
9 24 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
10 20 (1.12%) Hybrid Cloud
11 18 (1.01%) Self-Motivation
12 14 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
12 14 (0.79%) Data Structures
12 14 (0.79%) Low-Code
12 14 (0.79%) Security Posture
12 14 (0.79%) Virtual Team
13 13 (0.73%) Public Cloud
14 12 (0.67%) AI Agents
14 12 (0.67%) Security Operations Centre
15 10 (0.56%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 50 (2.81%) Linux
2 44 (2.47%) Windows
3 16 (0.90%) Windows Server
4 14 (0.79%) Android
5 11 (0.62%) Apple iOS
5 11 (0.62%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 8 (0.45%) Mac OS
6 8 (0.45%) Windows 10
7 6 (0.34%) Solaris
7 6 (0.34%) Windows Server 2008
7 6 (0.34%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (0.22%) Amazon Linux
8 4 (0.22%) Unix
9 3 (0.17%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.11%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 511 (28.72%) Agile
2 312 (17.54%) CI/CD
3 301 (16.92%) DevOps
4 282 (15.85%) Stakeholder Management
5 251 (14.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 220 (12.37%) Continuous Improvement
7 186 (10.46%) Decision-Making
8 178 (10.01%) Migration
9 159 (8.94%) Infrastructure as Code
9 159 (8.94%) Problem-Solving
10 158 (8.88%) Roadmaps
11 151 (8.49%) AI
12 143 (8.04%) Analytics
13 142 (7.98%) Data Modelling
14 139 (7.81%) Digital Transformation Programme
15 133 (7.48%) Containerisation
16 117 (6.58%) User Research
17 108 (6.07%) Service Design
18 103 (5.79%) Microservices
19 102 (5.73%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 235 (13.21%) Python
2 159 (8.94%) SQL
3 132 (7.42%) Java
4 89 (5.00%) JavaScript
5 63 (3.54%) TypeScript
6 34 (1.91%) Bash
6 34 (1.91%) C#
7 33 (1.85%) Apex Code
8 30 (1.69%) PowerShell
9 28 (1.57%) Ruby
10 22 (1.24%) PL/SQL
11 19 (1.07%) Bicep
12 13 (0.73%) Kotlin
13 12 (0.67%) Groovy
14 11 (0.62%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 10 (0.56%) Go
16 9 (0.51%) Shell Script
17 8 (0.45%) R
18 6 (0.34%) Search Processing Language
18 6 (0.34%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 999 (56.16%) Security Cleared
2 821 (46.15%) SC Cleared
3 77 (4.33%) DV Cleared
4 70 (3.93%) BPSS Clearance
5 49 (2.75%) Degree
6 31 (1.74%) CISSP
7 29 (1.63%) AWS Certification
7 29 (1.63%) Azure Certification
8 23 (1.29%) Cisco Certification
9 22 (1.24%) Microsoft Certification
10 17 (0.96%) CISM
11 12 (0.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 12 (0.67%) ITIL Certification
12 9 (0.51%) CCNP
13 8 (0.45%) CCSP
13 8 (0.45%) CTC Cleared
13 8 (0.45%) Master's Degree
14 7 (0.39%) APMG
14 7 (0.39%) GCIA
14 7 (0.39%) GCIH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 137 (7.70%) Accessibility
2 90 (5.06%) Data Quality
3 67 (3.77%) QA
4 50 (2.81%) WCAG
5 49 (2.75%) GDPR
6 43 (2.42%) PMO
7 41 (2.30%) NCSC
8 34 (1.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 22 (1.24%) NIST
10 16 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials
11 12 (0.67%) PCI DSS
11 12 (0.67%) SLA
12 11 (0.62%) GRC
13 10 (0.56%) Actionable Recommendations
13 10 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 9 (0.51%) Government Security Classifications
15 8 (0.45%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 5 (0.28%) IFRS
16 5 (0.28%) NIST 800
17 4 (0.22%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 140 (7.87%) Docker
2 41 (2.30%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.39%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.17%) Oracle RAC
5 3 (0.17%) Postfix
5 3 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.17%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.056%) FreeRADIUS
6 1 (0.056%) NLBS
6 1 (0.056%) Sendmail
6 1 (0.056%) Squid
6 1 (0.056%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.056%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 171 (9.61%) Terraform
2 143 (8.04%) Kubernetes
3 41 (2.30%) Grafana
4 33 (1.85%) Ansible
4 33 (1.85%) Prometheus
5 13 (0.73%) Microsoft Intune
6 11 (0.62%) Argo
7 9 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
8 8 (0.45%) Kibana
8 8 (0.45%) Puppet
9 4 (0.22%) Jamf Pro
9 4 (0.22%) SCCM
10 3 (0.17%) Oracle RMAN
10 3 (0.17%) Salt
11 2 (0.11%) Consul
11 2 (0.11%) Istio
11 2 (0.11%) Progress Chef
12 1 (0.056%) Docker Swarm
12 1 (0.056%) Suricata
12 1 (0.056%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 203 (11.41%) Microsoft
2 113 (6.35%) Oracle
3 88 (4.95%) Salesforce
4 63 (3.54%) Databricks
5 51 (2.87%) ServiceNow
6 49 (2.75%) Google
7 41 (2.30%) SAP
8 21 (1.18%) Foundry
9 19 (1.07%) Cisco
9 19 (1.07%) IBM
10 18 (1.01%) Atlassian
10 18 (1.01%) Palantir
11 16 (0.90%) Palo Alto
12 13 (0.73%) MuleSoft
13 12 (0.67%) OpenAI
13 12 (0.67%) Red Hat
14 11 (0.62%) Juniper
14 11 (0.62%) Splunk
15 10 (0.56%) VMware
16 9 (0.51%) Virgin Media