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 29 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 26 23
Rank change year-on-year +3 -3 +3
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 1,728 907 1,403
As % of all contract jobs in London 8.99% 7.08% 7.97%
As % of the General category 14.91% 10.40% 12.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,298 642 988
10th Percentile £385 £388 £361
25th Percentile £450 £448 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.67%
75th Percentile £625 £613 £638
90th Percentile £717 £713 £725
England median daily rate £513 £513 £525
% change year-on-year - -2.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 17 14
10th Percentile £16.96 £17.62 £15.00
25th Percentile £25.77 £22.00 £15.75
Median hourly rate £41.00 £25.08 £18.32
Median % change year-on-year +63.51% +36.91% -26.74%
75th Percentile £61.25 £47.50 £66.50
90th Percentile £75.25 £86.25 £78.00
England median hourly rate £22.50 £25.08 £25.50
% change year-on-year -10.27% -1.67% +23.55%

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 11,586 8,725 11,002
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 60.29% 68.10% 62.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,440 5,817 7,828
10th Percentile £350 £331 £335
25th Percentile £438 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £695 £700
90th Percentile £788 £813 £825
England median daily rate £525 £520 £535
% change year-on-year +1.01% -2.85% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 212 164 234
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.84 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.48 £24.66 £18.39
Median hourly rate £34.06 £34.24 £30.16
Median % change year-on-year -0.53% +13.53% -7.20%
75th Percentile £45.50 £51.20 £48.44
90th Percentile £72.13 £64.63 £67.40
England median hourly rate £32.50 £27.76 £32.90
% change year-on-year +17.07% -15.61% +9.65%

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 29 June 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 29 June 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 29 June 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 +2 156 £538 +2.38% 55
South London +3 66 £500 +1.47% 8
West London -22 13 £500 +25.00% 12
East London +4 11 £750 +33.33% 14
North London 0 4 £420 -23.64% 3
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 73 (4.22%) Confluence
2 42 (2.43%) SharePoint
3 14 (0.81%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (0.69%) Apache Spark
4 12 (0.69%) CMS
5 11 (0.64%) nginx
6 10 (0.58%) Palantir Foundry
7 9 (0.52%) Apache
8 7 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
8 7 (0.41%) Tomcat
9 6 (0.35%) WordPress
10 5 (0.29%) Camunda
11 4 (0.23%) SAS
12 3 (0.17%) WebLogic
13 2 (0.12%) Drupal
13 2 (0.12%) Jupyter
13 2 (0.12%) OpenROAD
14 1 (0.058%) Apache Solr
14 1 (0.058%) Mule
14 1 (0.058%) Umbraco
Applications
1 36 (2.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.23%) Chatbot
5 4 (0.23%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.17%) Trello
7 1 (0.058%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.058%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.058%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.058%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 20 (1.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 17 (0.98%) SAP S/4HANA
3 16 (0.93%) Oracle ERP
4 9 (0.52%) Oracle EBS
5 5 (0.29%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 3 (0.17%) Exchequer
6 3 (0.17%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.17%) PeopleSoft HCM
6 3 (0.17%) Remedy ITSM
7 2 (0.12%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 2 (0.12%) iTrent
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Financials
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Payroll
7 2 (0.12%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.12%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.12%) SAP Payroll
7 2 (0.12%) Workday HCM
8 1 (0.058%) Oracle Assets
8 1 (0.058%) Oracle Cash Management
8 1 (0.058%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 401 (23.21%) AWS
2 317 (18.34%) Azure
3 100 (5.79%) Power Platform
4 85 (4.92%) Serverless
5 84 (4.86%) GCP
6 72 (4.17%) GitHub
7 69 (3.99%) Amazon S3
8 64 (3.70%) Azure DevOps
9 60 (3.47%) Microsoft 365
10 58 (3.36%) AWS Lambda
11 49 (2.84%) GitHub Actions
12 44 (2.55%) Entra ID
13 43 (2.49%) Amazon EC2
14 42 (2.43%) SaaS
15 40 (2.31%) Amazon EKS
16 34 (1.97%) Virtual Private Cloud
17 31 (1.79%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 29 (1.68%) AWS CloudFormation
18 29 (1.68%) Dynamics 365
19 26 (1.50%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 37 (2.14%) Firewall
2 33 (1.91%) Network Security
3 22 (1.27%) DNS
4 13 (0.75%) VPN
5 9 (0.52%) LAN
6 8 (0.46%) DHCP
6 8 (0.46%) DKIM
6 8 (0.46%) NGFW
6 8 (0.46%) WAN
6 8 (0.46%) Wi-Fi
7 7 (0.41%) TCP/IP
8 6 (0.35%) DMARC
9 4 (0.23%) Reverse Proxy
10 3 (0.17%) 4G
10 3 (0.17%) Broadband
10 3 (0.17%) HTTP
10 3 (0.17%) Internet
10 3 (0.17%) Intranet
10 3 (0.17%) VoIP
10 3 (0.17%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (3.94%) Power BI
2 42 (2.43%) PostgreSQL
3 39 (2.26%) Data Warehouse
4 32 (1.85%) Data Lake
5 28 (1.62%) Metadata
6 27 (1.56%) Amazon RDS
7 24 (1.39%) Amazon Redshift
8 21 (1.22%) SQL Server
9 20 (1.16%) Amazon Athena
9 20 (1.16%) MongoDB
9 20 (1.16%) NoSQL
10 17 (0.98%) Tableau
11 15 (0.87%) Delta Lake
12 14 (0.81%) Oracle Reports
13 11 (0.64%) DynamoDB
14 10 (0.58%) Relational Database
15 9 (0.52%) Azure SQL Database
16 8 (0.46%) MySQL
16 8 (0.46%) Oracle Database
17 7 (0.41%) GIS
Development Applications
1 104 (6.02%) JIRA
2 90 (5.21%) Git
3 67 (3.88%) Jenkins
4 64 (3.70%) GitLab
5 14 (0.81%) Selenium
6 13 (0.75%) JUnit
7 12 (0.69%) Mockito
8 11 (0.64%) CircleCI
8 11 (0.64%) SonarQube
9 10 (0.58%) Postman
10 8 (0.46%) Cypress.io
10 8 (0.46%) JMeter
10 8 (0.46%) Snyk
11 6 (0.35%) Artifactory
11 6 (0.35%) Maven
12 4 (0.23%) Bitbucket Server
12 4 (0.23%) Cucumber
12 4 (0.23%) DbUnit
12 4 (0.23%) jMock
13 3 (0.17%) ERwin
General
1 431 (24.94%) Social Skills
2 205 (11.86%) Finance
3 136 (7.87%) Analytical Skills
4 87 (5.03%) Local Government
5 67 (3.88%) Military
6 52 (3.01%) Influencing Skills
7 39 (2.26%) Documentation Skills
8 38 (2.20%) Legal
9 37 (2.14%) Police
10 36 (2.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 31 (1.79%) Banking
11 31 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
12 27 (1.56%) Law
12 27 (1.56%) Telecoms
13 25 (1.45%) Marketing
14 19 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
15 11 (0.64%) Retail
16 10 (0.58%) Publishing
17 9 (0.52%) Billing
18 7 (0.41%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 277 (16.03%) Architect
2 234 (13.54%) Developer
3 186 (10.76%) Senior
4 184 (10.65%) Lead
5 123 (7.12%) Analyst
6 88 (5.09%) Designer
7 78 (4.51%) DevOps Engineer
8 65 (3.76%) Business Analyst
9 62 (3.59%) Solutions Architect
9 62 (3.59%) User Researcher
10 58 (3.36%) Data Engineer
10 58 (3.36%) Delivery Manager
11 57 (3.30%) Technical Architect
12 51 (2.95%) AWS Engineer
13 50 (2.89%) Consultant
14 48 (2.78%) Project Manager
15 43 (2.49%) Security Architect
16 42 (2.43%) Java Developer
17 40 (2.31%) Azure Engineer
18 38 (2.20%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (3.01%) React
2 51 (2.95%) REST
3 50 (2.89%) Spring
4 46 (2.66%) RESTful
5 45 (2.60%) Node.js
6 37 (2.14%) Spring Boot
7 36 (2.08%) Oracle Fusion
8 35 (2.03%) Kafka
9 34 (1.97%) Lightning Web Components
10 30 (1.74%) Django
11 29 (1.68%) .NET
11 29 (1.68%) HTML
12 27 (1.56%) PySpark
13 26 (1.50%) AngularJS
14 24 (1.39%) Web Services
15 23 (1.33%) SOAP
16 19 (1.10%) CSS
16 19 (1.10%) Middleware
17 17 (0.98%) JSON
18 14 (0.81%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 123 (7.12%) Cloud Native
2 64 (3.70%) Onboarding
3 51 (2.95%) Legacy Systems
4 50 (2.89%) NHS
4 50 (2.89%) Product Ownership
5 32 (1.85%) Distributed Systems
6 31 (1.79%) Data Centre
7 28 (1.62%) Management Information System
8 24 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
9 21 (1.22%) Hybrid Cloud
10 19 (1.10%) Self-Motivation
11 14 (0.81%) Data Structures
12 13 (0.75%) Analytical Mindset
12 13 (0.75%) Public Cloud
12 13 (0.75%) Security Posture
12 13 (0.75%) Virtual Team
13 12 (0.69%) Low-Code
14 10 (0.58%) AI Agents
15 9 (0.52%) Enterprise Cloud
15 9 (0.52%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 49 (2.84%) Linux
2 42 (2.43%) Windows
3 17 (0.98%) Windows Server
4 13 (0.75%) Android
5 11 (0.64%) Apple iOS
6 9 (0.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 8 (0.46%) Mac OS
7 8 (0.46%) Windows 10
8 6 (0.35%) Solaris
8 6 (0.35%) Windows Server 2008
8 6 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (0.23%) Unix
10 3 (0.17%) Amazon Linux
10 3 (0.17%) Ubuntu
10 3 (0.17%) VMS
10 3 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 484 (28.01%) Agile
2 300 (17.36%) CI/CD
3 291 (16.84%) DevOps
4 254 (14.70%) Stakeholder Management
5 233 (13.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 203 (11.75%) Continuous Improvement
7 177 (10.24%) Decision-Making
8 165 (9.55%) Migration
9 154 (8.91%) Infrastructure as Code
10 150 (8.68%) AI
11 146 (8.45%) Problem-Solving
11 146 (8.45%) Roadmaps
12 135 (7.81%) Analytics
12 135 (7.81%) Containerisation
13 134 (7.75%) Data Modelling
14 128 (7.41%) Digital Transformation Programme
15 121 (7.00%) User Research
16 107 (6.19%) Service Design
17 98 (5.67%) Microservices
18 97 (5.61%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 214 (12.38%) Python
2 150 (8.68%) SQL
3 125 (7.23%) Java
4 84 (4.86%) JavaScript
5 64 (3.70%) TypeScript
6 34 (1.97%) Apex Code
6 34 (1.97%) C#
7 31 (1.79%) Bash
8 30 (1.74%) Ruby
9 28 (1.62%) PowerShell
10 22 (1.27%) PL/SQL
11 18 (1.04%) Bicep
12 13 (0.75%) Kotlin
13 10 (0.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 10 (0.58%) R
14 9 (0.52%) Go
14 9 (0.52%) Groovy
14 9 (0.52%) Shell Script
15 5 (0.29%) T-SQL
16 4 (0.23%) Scala
Qualifications
1 967 (55.96%) Security Cleared
2 775 (44.85%) SC Cleared
3 78 (4.51%) DV Cleared
4 55 (3.18%) BPSS Clearance
5 49 (2.84%) Degree
6 29 (1.68%) CISSP
7 26 (1.50%) AWS Certification
7 26 (1.50%) Azure Certification
8 23 (1.33%) Cisco Certification
9 22 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
10 17 (0.98%) CISM
11 12 (0.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
12 11 (0.64%) ITIL Certification
13 9 (0.52%) CCNP
14 8 (0.46%) CCSP
14 8 (0.46%) CIMA
14 8 (0.46%) Master's Degree
14 8 (0.46%) PMP
15 7 (0.41%) APMG
15 7 (0.41%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 131 (7.58%) Accessibility
2 84 (4.86%) Data Quality
3 69 (3.99%) QA
4 51 (2.95%) GDPR
5 47 (2.72%) WCAG
6 41 (2.37%) NCSC
6 41 (2.37%) PMO
7 30 (1.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 16 (0.93%) NIST
9 14 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials
10 13 (0.75%) SLA
11 11 (0.64%) GRC
11 11 (0.64%) PCI DSS
12 10 (0.58%) Actionable Recommendations
13 9 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 9 (0.52%) Government Security Classifications
14 8 (0.46%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 5 (0.29%) IFRS
16 4 (0.23%) IFRS 9
17 3 (0.17%) COBIT
System Software
1 134 (7.75%) Docker
2 36 (2.08%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.23%) 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 (0.058%) FreeRADIUS
6 1 (0.058%) NLBS
6 1 (0.058%) Sendmail
6 1 (0.058%) Squid
6 1 (0.058%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.058%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 166 (9.61%) Terraform
2 140 (8.10%) Kubernetes
3 38 (2.20%) Grafana
4 34 (1.97%) Prometheus
5 32 (1.85%) Ansible
6 14 (0.81%) Microsoft Intune
7 9 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
8 8 (0.46%) Kibana
8 8 (0.46%) Puppet
9 7 (0.41%) Argo
10 4 (0.23%) Jamf Pro
10 4 (0.23%) SCCM
11 3 (0.17%) Oracle RMAN
11 3 (0.17%) Salt
12 2 (0.12%) Consul
12 2 (0.12%) Istio
12 2 (0.12%) Progress Chef
13 1 (0.058%) AirWatch
13 1 (0.058%) Docker Swarm
13 1 (0.058%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 182 (10.53%) Microsoft
2 99 (5.73%) Oracle
3 86 (4.98%) Salesforce
4 61 (3.53%) Databricks
5 48 (2.78%) ServiceNow
6 44 (2.55%) Google
7 42 (2.43%) SAP
8 19 (1.10%) Cisco
8 19 (1.10%) IBM
9 18 (1.04%) Atlassian
9 18 (1.04%) Foundry
10 17 (0.98%) Palantir
11 14 (0.81%) Red Hat
12 13 (0.75%) MuleSoft
12 13 (0.75%) Palo Alto
13 11 (0.64%) OpenAI
13 11 (0.64%) Splunk
13 11 (0.64%) VMware
14 9 (0.52%) Virgin Media
15 8 (0.46%) Fortinet