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 18 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 23 23
Rank change year-on-year -1 0 +26
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 1,025 1,268 1,723
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 7.62% 7.78% 7.92%
As % of the General category 11.01% 12.52% 12.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 750 811 1,242
10th Percentile £363 £350 £382
25th Percentile £425 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £565
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% -7.08% +2.73%
75th Percentile £612 £619 £688
90th Percentile £688 £700 £745
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 9 13
10th Percentile £19.79 £18.13 £18.28
25th Percentile £23.45 £20.00 £19.50
Median hourly rate £30.00 £33.75 £41.04
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -17.76% +116.00%
75th Percentile £47.00 £57.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £86.25 £90.75 £65.00
England median hourly rate £22.00 £24.09 £20.56
% change year-on-year -8.68% +17.17% +2.80%

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 common skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 9,311 10,130 14,019
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 69.24% 62.19% 64.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,148 6,727 10,238
10th Percentile £325 £330 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £675 £700 £703
90th Percentile £790 £825 £810
England median daily rate £500 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 184 121 174
10th Percentile £17.00 £18.00 £17.98
25th Percentile £24.65 £24.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £35.00 £29.75
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +17.65% -16.20%
75th Percentile £49.75 £53.75 £54.88
90th Percentile £65.00 £66.00 £70.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.85 £27.50
% change year-on-year -35.26% +41.27% +10.93%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector 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 18 September 2025.

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 18 September 2025.

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 18 September 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
Central London -16 119 £520 +1.96% 115
South London 0 37 £475 - 10
West London -4 17 £500 +42.86% 13
East London +5 5 £575 +7.48% 5
North London -5 5 £550 +115.69%
Public Sector
England

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 41 (4.00%) Confluence
2 22 (2.15%) SharePoint
3 15 (1.46%) nginx
4 12 (1.17%) Microsoft Exchange
5 9 (0.88%) Apache Airflow
6 8 (0.78%) Apache Spark
7 6 (0.59%) Apache
7 6 (0.59%) Jupyter
8 5 (0.49%) ArcGIS
8 5 (0.49%) CMS
9 4 (0.39%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 3 (0.29%) Drupal
11 2 (0.20%) SAS
12 1 (0.098%) IIS
12 1 (0.098%) Mule
12 1 (0.098%) Oracle UPK
12 1 (0.098%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.098%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.098%) WebLogic
12 1 (0.098%) WordPress
Applications
1 23 (2.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (1.95%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (1.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (0.88%) Mozilla Thunderbird
5 7 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (0.68%) MS Visio
6 6 (0.59%) Trello
7 5 (0.49%) InVision
7 5 (0.49%) Sketch
8 4 (0.39%) Adobe Illustrator
8 4 (0.39%) OmniGraffle
8 4 (0.39%) Photoshop
8 4 (0.39%) UXPin
9 2 (0.20%) Oracle Smart View
10 1 (0.098%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.098%) Chatbot
10 1 (0.098%) Revit
10 1 (0.098%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 16 (1.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.98%) SAP S/4HANA
3 9 (0.88%) Oracle EBS
3 9 (0.88%) Oracle ERP
4 5 (0.49%) Oracle Receivables
4 5 (0.49%) Remedy ITSM
5 4 (0.39%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 4 (0.39%) Oracle Assets
5 4 (0.39%) Oracle General Ledger
5 4 (0.39%) Oracle Payables
5 4 (0.39%) Oracle Payroll
6 3 (0.29%) Oracle Cash Management
6 3 (0.29%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 3 (0.29%) SAP PS
7 2 (0.20%) Loan IQ
7 2 (0.20%) NEC Housing
7 2 (0.20%) Oracle Financials
7 2 (0.20%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.20%) Unit4 Business World
8 1 (0.098%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 232 (22.63%) AWS
2 196 (19.12%) Azure
3 80 (7.80%) Power Platform
4 62 (6.05%) Amazon S3
5 52 (5.07%) Serverless
6 51 (4.98%) Microsoft 365
7 48 (4.68%) GitHub
8 44 (4.29%) GCP
9 36 (3.51%) AWS Lambda
10 33 (3.22%) SaaS
11 31 (3.02%) Amazon EC2
11 31 (3.02%) AWS CloudFormation
12 29 (2.83%) Azure DevOps
13 27 (2.63%) Amazon EKS
13 27 (2.63%) Amazon SQS
14 26 (2.54%) PowerApps
15 24 (2.34%) GitHub Actions
16 23 (2.24%) Entra ID
16 23 (2.24%) Power Automate
17 18 (1.76%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 39 (3.80%) Firewall
2 29 (2.83%) DNS
3 22 (2.15%) VPN
4 17 (1.66%) Network Security
5 14 (1.37%) WAN
6 13 (1.27%) LAN
7 12 (1.17%) SSL
7 12 (1.17%) TCP/IP
8 11 (1.07%) HTTP
8 11 (1.07%) SMTP
8 11 (1.07%) SSH
9 10 (0.98%) SD-WAN
10 9 (0.88%) BGP
10 9 (0.88%) DHCP
10 9 (0.88%) FTP
10 9 (0.88%) IMAP
10 9 (0.88%) OpenLDAP
10 9 (0.88%) OSPF
10 9 (0.88%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (0.49%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (4.88%) PostgreSQL
2 45 (4.39%) Power BI
3 35 (3.41%) Amazon RDS
4 20 (1.95%) Metadata
5 16 (1.56%) Data Warehouse
5 16 (1.56%) Oracle Database
5 16 (1.56%) Relational Database
6 14 (1.37%) NoSQL
7 13 (1.27%) Amazon Aurora
7 13 (1.27%) Tableau
8 12 (1.17%) SQL Server
9 9 (0.88%) Data Lake
10 8 (0.78%) MongoDB
10 8 (0.78%) Oracle ODI
10 8 (0.78%) Redis
11 7 (0.68%) Amazon Redshift
11 7 (0.68%) Big Data
11 7 (0.68%) Oracle Reports
12 6 (0.59%) Amazon Athena
12 6 (0.59%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 67 (6.54%) JIRA
2 51 (4.98%) Git
3 45 (4.39%) Jenkins
4 27 (2.63%) GitLab
5 22 (2.15%) SonarQube
6 16 (1.56%) JUnit
6 16 (1.56%) Mockito
7 12 (1.17%) Burp Suite
7 12 (1.17%) Metasploit
8 10 (0.98%) Vagrant
9 9 (0.88%) Gradle
9 9 (0.88%) Liquibase
10 8 (0.78%) Postman
10 8 (0.78%) Selenium
11 6 (0.59%) GCC
12 5 (0.49%) Axure RP
12 5 (0.49%) Cypress.io
13 4 (0.39%) Balsamiq
13 4 (0.39%) Clang
13 4 (0.39%) REST Assured
General
1 285 (27.80%) Social Skills
2 169 (16.49%) Finance
3 128 (12.49%) Analytical Skills
4 65 (6.34%) Telecoms
5 57 (5.56%) Local Government
6 54 (5.27%) Marketing
7 47 (4.59%) Electronics
7 47 (4.59%) Manufacturing
8 31 (3.02%) Military
9 29 (2.83%) Documentation Skills
10 27 (2.63%) Law
11 24 (2.34%) Legal
11 24 (2.34%) Police
12 23 (2.24%) Presentation Skills
13 20 (1.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 20 (1.95%) Influencing Skills
14 14 (1.37%) Organisational Skills
15 8 (0.78%) Banking
16 7 (0.68%) Retail
17 6 (0.59%) Digital Health
Job Titles
1 148 (14.44%) Architect
2 120 (11.71%) Developer
3 112 (10.93%) Senior
4 98 (9.56%) Lead
5 89 (8.68%) Analyst
6 58 (5.66%) Consultant
7 48 (4.68%) Business Analyst
8 46 (4.49%) DevOps Engineer
9 40 (3.90%) Designer
10 38 (3.71%) Project Manager
11 34 (3.32%) Data Engineer
12 30 (2.93%) AWS Engineer
12 30 (2.93%) Solutions Architect
13 26 (2.54%) Security Engineer
14 25 (2.44%) Java Developer
14 25 (2.44%) Service Designer
15 24 (2.34%) Security Architect
16 21 (2.05%) Data Architect
17 20 (1.95%) AWS Architect
18 18 (1.76%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (4.29%) REST
2 42 (4.10%) Kafka
3 41 (4.00%) React
4 31 (3.02%) Spring
4 31 (3.02%) Spring Boot
5 29 (2.83%) Oracle Fusion
6 25 (2.44%) HTML
7 24 (2.34%) .NET
8 23 (2.24%) JSON
9 20 (1.95%) Web Services
10 19 (1.85%) Node.js
11 18 (1.76%) CSS
11 18 (1.76%) OAuth
11 18 (1.76%) SOAP
11 18 (1.76%) XML
12 16 (1.56%) RESTful
13 15 (1.46%) Swagger
14 14 (1.37%) LDAP
15 13 (1.27%) AngularJS
15 13 (1.27%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 40 (3.90%) Onboarding
2 26 (2.54%) Product Ownership
3 25 (2.44%) Management Information System
4 23 (2.24%) Cloud Native
4 23 (2.24%) NHS
5 21 (2.05%) Legacy Systems
6 18 (1.76%) Security Operations Centre
7 15 (1.46%) CSOC
8 14 (1.37%) Data Centre
9 12 (1.17%) PKI
9 12 (1.17%) Virtual Team
10 11 (1.07%) Cyber Threat
10 11 (1.07%) Data Structures
10 11 (1.07%) Distributed Systems
10 11 (1.07%) Replication
11 9 (0.88%) Algorithms
11 9 (0.88%) CMDB
11 9 (0.88%) Cyber Defence
11 9 (0.88%) Security Posture
12 8 (0.78%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 61 (5.95%) Windows
2 42 (4.10%) Linux
3 14 (1.37%) Windows Server
4 11 (1.07%) VMS
5 9 (0.88%) Amazon Linux
5 9 (0.88%) Ubuntu
6 6 (0.59%) Windows 10
7 5 (0.49%) Unix
8 4 (0.39%) Android
8 4 (0.39%) Apple iOS
9 3 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.20%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.20%) Mac OS X
10 2 (0.20%) Windows 8
10 2 (0.20%) Windows Server 2003
10 2 (0.20%) Windows XP
11 1 (0.098%) Kali Linux
11 1 (0.098%) VME
11 1 (0.098%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 284 (27.71%) Agile
2 145 (14.15%) CI/CD
3 143 (13.95%) Problem-Solving
4 141 (13.76%) DevOps
5 137 (13.37%) Stakeholder Management
6 126 (12.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 102 (9.95%) Business Intelligence
8 88 (8.59%) Migration
9 83 (8.10%) Continuous Improvement
9 83 (8.10%) Decision-Making
10 77 (7.51%) Cybersecurity
11 72 (7.02%) Roadmaps
12 70 (6.83%) Microservices
13 68 (6.63%) Containerisation
14 66 (6.44%) Service Design
15 64 (6.24%) Infrastructure as Code
16 61 (5.95%) Analytics
16 61 (5.95%) Artificial Intelligence
17 59 (5.76%) Programme Management
18 57 (5.56%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 138 (13.46%) Python
2 131 (12.78%) SQL
3 86 (8.39%) Java
4 57 (5.56%) JavaScript
5 41 (4.00%) PowerShell
6 31 (3.02%) TypeScript
7 30 (2.93%) Bash
8 26 (2.54%) C#
9 17 (1.66%) C++
10 13 (1.27%) Groovy
11 12 (1.17%) PL/SQL
12 11 (1.07%) Go
13 10 (0.98%) Ruby
14 9 (0.88%) R
15 7 (0.68%) C
15 7 (0.68%) Shell Script
16 6 (0.59%) Bicep
16 6 (0.59%) Scala
17 5 (0.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 5 (0.49%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 606 (59.12%) Security Cleared
2 470 (45.85%) SC Cleared
3 56 (5.46%) Degree
4 37 (3.61%) DV Cleared
5 32 (3.12%) AWS Certification
6 18 (1.76%) CISSP
7 17 (1.66%) CREST Certified
8 16 (1.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 14 (1.37%) Azure Certification
9 14 (1.37%) BPSS Clearance
9 14 (1.37%) OSCP
10 11 (1.07%) Cisco Certification
11 10 (0.98%) Tigerscheme
12 8 (0.78%) CCNP
12 8 (0.78%) CHECK Team Member
13 7 (0.68%) CISM
14 6 (0.59%) CISA
14 6 (0.59%) Computer Science Degree
14 6 (0.59%) Master's Degree
14 6 (0.59%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (5.17%) Accessibility
2 44 (4.29%) QA
3 29 (2.83%) GDPR
4 28 (2.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 28 (2.73%) NCSC
5 23 (2.24%) Data Quality
6 21 (2.05%) NIST
7 17 (1.66%) Cyber Essentials
8 13 (1.27%) PMO
9 11 (1.07%) WCAG
10 9 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 7 (0.68%) Actionable Recommendations
12 6 (0.59%) GRC
12 6 (0.59%) SLA
13 5 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 3 (0.29%) Def Stans
14 3 (0.29%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 2 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
16 1 (0.098%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 1 (0.098%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 79 (7.71%) Docker
2 39 (3.80%) Active Directory
3 10 (0.98%) Postfix
4 9 (0.88%) DFS Replication
4 9 (0.88%) Dovecot
4 9 (0.88%) Squid
4 9 (0.88%) Virtual Machines
4 9 (0.88%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.59%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (0.49%) Firmware
7 4 (0.39%) vSphere
8 3 (0.29%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.20%) BitLocker
9 2 (0.20%) Microsoft App-V
9 2 (0.20%) Terminal Services
9 2 (0.20%) XenApp
10 1 (0.098%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 92 (8.98%) Terraform
2 83 (8.10%) Kubernetes
3 28 (2.73%) Ansible
4 26 (2.54%) Grafana
5 24 (2.34%) Prometheus
6 19 (1.85%) Microsoft Intune
7 12 (1.17%) Nmap
8 10 (0.98%) Nessus
9 9 (0.88%) Proxmox
9 9 (0.88%) SCCM
10 8 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
11 6 (0.59%) QRadar
12 4 (0.39%) Argo
12 4 (0.39%) CSIRT
12 4 (0.39%) Puppet
12 4 (0.39%) vCenter Server
13 3 (0.29%) Packer
14 2 (0.20%) Consul
14 2 (0.20%) Kibana
14 2 (0.20%) vMotion
Vendors
1 156 (15.22%) Microsoft
2 76 (7.41%) SAP
3 70 (6.83%) Oracle
4 45 (4.39%) ServiceNow
5 29 (2.83%) Cisco
6 27 (2.63%) Splunk
7 21 (2.05%) Google
8 20 (1.95%) Salesforce
9 14 (1.37%) Virgin Media
9 14 (1.37%) VMware
10 12 (1.17%) Fortinet
10 12 (1.17%) Palo Alto
11 11 (1.07%) Juniper
11 11 (1.07%) Veracode
12 10 (0.98%) Dynatrace
12 10 (0.98%) Jaspersoft
13 9 (0.88%) CheckPoint
13 9 (0.88%) F5
14 8 (0.78%) IBM
14 8 (0.78%) Remedy