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

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 26 19
Rank change year-on-year +3 -7 +7
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 1,699 874 1,443
As % of all contract jobs in London 9.01% 7.10% 8.16%
As % of the General category 15.00% 10.43% 13.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,277 620 1,020
10th Percentile £387 £388 £363
25th Percentile £450 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £613 £639
90th Percentile £721 £725 £730
England median daily rate £510 £513 £525
% change year-on-year -0.49% -2.38% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 16 15
10th Percentile £16.91 £21.00 £15.00
25th Percentile £25.19 £22.74 £15.82
Median hourly rate £41.00 £25.76 £18.13
Median % change year-on-year +59.15% +42.10% -27.48%
75th Percentile £50.00 £52.81 £63.50
90th Percentile £75.55 £86.25 £77.75
England median hourly rate £24.19 £25.08 £24.09
% change year-on-year -3.53% +4.09% +17.34%

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 11,330 8,378 11,078
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 60.07% 68.07% 62.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,289 5,593 7,907
10th Percentile £350 £338 £334
25th Percentile £431 £426 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £700
90th Percentile £788 £825 £825
England median daily rate £520 £520 £533
% change year-on-year - -2.35% -3.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 209 152 239
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.91 £15.90
25th Percentile £22.50 £24.66 £18.25
Median hourly rate £33.12 £34.49 £30.16
Median % change year-on-year -3.97% +14.36% +0.53%
75th Percentile £46.25 £51.44 £48.13
90th Percentile £69.00 £65.00 £66.40
England median hourly rate £32.50 £28.08 £31.97
% change year-on-year +15.76% -12.18% +4.82%

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 14 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 14 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 14 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 +3 157 £550 +4.76% 100
South London +1 66 £500 +1.52% 2
West London -25 13 £500 +25.00% 22
East London -1 10 £750 +33.33% 13
North London -2 2 £425 -22.73% 1
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 70 (4.12%) Confluence
2 40 (2.35%) SharePoint
3 14 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (0.71%) Apache Spark
5 9 (0.53%) nginx
5 9 (0.53%) Palantir Foundry
6 8 (0.47%) Apache
6 8 (0.47%) CMS
7 7 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
7 7 (0.41%) Tomcat
8 5 (0.29%) Camunda
9 4 (0.24%) SAS
9 4 (0.24%) WordPress
10 3 (0.18%) WebLogic
11 2 (0.12%) Drupal
11 2 (0.12%) Jupyter
11 2 (0.12%) OpenROAD
12 1 (0.059%) Anypoint
12 1 (0.059%) Appian
12 1 (0.059%) R Markdown
Applications
1 36 (2.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (0.71%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.24%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.18%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.18%) Trello
7 1 (0.059%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.059%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.059%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.059%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 21 (1.24%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (1.06%) SAP S/4HANA
3 16 (0.94%) Oracle ERP
4 6 (0.35%) Oracle EBS
5 5 (0.29%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 3 (0.18%) Exchequer
6 3 (0.18%) PeopleSoft HCM
6 3 (0.18%) Remedy ITSM
6 3 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.18%) SAP Payroll
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%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.12%) SAP HCM
7 2 (0.12%) Workday HCM
8 1 (0.059%) Endur
8 1 (0.059%) Primavera
8 1 (0.059%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 384 (22.60%) AWS
2 310 (18.25%) Azure
3 100 (5.89%) Power Platform
4 81 (4.77%) Serverless
5 78 (4.59%) GCP
6 70 (4.12%) GitHub
7 65 (3.83%) Amazon S3
8 63 (3.71%) Azure DevOps
9 59 (3.47%) Microsoft 365
10 56 (3.30%) AWS Lambda
11 44 (2.59%) Amazon EC2
12 43 (2.53%) GitHub Actions
13 41 (2.41%) Amazon EKS
13 41 (2.41%) SaaS
14 38 (2.24%) Entra ID
15 36 (2.12%) Dynamics 365
15 36 (2.12%) Virtual Private Cloud
16 32 (1.88%) Power Automate
17 31 (1.82%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 27 (1.59%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 34 (2.00%) Firewall
2 31 (1.82%) Network Security
3 18 (1.06%) DNS
4 11 (0.65%) LAN
4 11 (0.65%) VPN
4 11 (0.65%) WAN
5 9 (0.53%) NGFW
5 9 (0.53%) TCP/IP
6 8 (0.47%) DKIM
6 8 (0.47%) Wi-Fi
7 7 (0.41%) DHCP
8 6 (0.35%) DMARC
9 4 (0.24%) BGP
9 4 (0.24%) OSPF
9 4 (0.24%) Reverse Proxy
9 4 (0.24%) Wireless
10 3 (0.18%) HTTP
10 3 (0.18%) Intranet
10 3 (0.18%) VoIP
10 3 (0.18%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (4.00%) Power BI
2 43 (2.53%) PostgreSQL
3 38 (2.24%) Data Warehouse
4 31 (1.82%) Data Lake
5 28 (1.65%) Amazon RDS
5 28 (1.65%) Metadata
6 23 (1.35%) SQL Server
7 22 (1.29%) MongoDB
8 19 (1.12%) Amazon Redshift
8 19 (1.12%) NoSQL
9 18 (1.06%) Amazon Athena
10 16 (0.94%) Tableau
11 14 (0.82%) Delta Lake
12 13 (0.77%) Oracle Reports
13 11 (0.65%) DynamoDB
14 9 (0.53%) Relational Database
15 8 (0.47%) Azure SQL Database
15 8 (0.47%) Oracle Database
16 7 (0.41%) GIS
16 7 (0.41%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 99 (5.83%) JIRA
2 88 (5.18%) Git
3 62 (3.65%) GitLab
4 60 (3.53%) Jenkins
5 19 (1.12%) Selenium
6 13 (0.77%) JUnit
6 13 (0.77%) Postman
7 11 (0.65%) CircleCI
7 11 (0.65%) Mockito
7 11 (0.65%) SonarQube
8 9 (0.53%) Cypress.io
9 8 (0.47%) Snyk
10 7 (0.41%) JMeter
11 6 (0.35%) Artifactory
12 5 (0.29%) Maven
13 4 (0.24%) Bitbucket Server
13 4 (0.24%) Cucumber
13 4 (0.24%) DbUnit
13 4 (0.24%) Gradle
13 4 (0.24%) jMock
General
1 411 (24.19%) Social Skills
2 208 (12.24%) Finance
3 137 (8.06%) Analytical Skills
4 84 (4.94%) Local Government
5 66 (3.88%) Military
6 46 (2.71%) Documentation Skills
7 43 (2.53%) Influencing Skills
8 36 (2.12%) Police
9 34 (2.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 33 (1.94%) Legal
11 32 (1.88%) Banking
11 32 (1.88%) Marketing
11 32 (1.88%) Organisational Skills
12 29 (1.71%) Telecoms
13 28 (1.65%) Law
14 22 (1.29%) Presentation Skills
15 15 (0.88%) Retail
16 10 (0.59%) Billing
17 8 (0.47%) Publishing
18 7 (0.41%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 261 (15.36%) Architect
2 238 (14.01%) Developer
3 181 (10.65%) Senior
4 179 (10.54%) Lead
5 127 (7.47%) Analyst
6 86 (5.06%) Designer
7 78 (4.59%) DevOps Engineer
8 70 (4.12%) Business Analyst
9 65 (3.83%) User Researcher
10 59 (3.47%) Solutions Architect
11 56 (3.30%) Project Manager
11 56 (3.30%) Technical Architect
12 53 (3.12%) Data Engineer
12 53 (3.12%) Delivery Manager
13 50 (2.94%) AWS Engineer
13 50 (2.94%) Consultant
14 41 (2.41%) Security Architect
14 41 (2.41%) Senior Developer
15 39 (2.30%) Azure Engineer
15 39 (2.30%) Salesforce Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (2.94%) React
2 47 (2.77%) RESTful
3 46 (2.71%) Node.js
3 46 (2.71%) REST
4 43 (2.53%) Spring
5 37 (2.18%) Lightning Web Components
6 35 (2.06%) Kafka
6 35 (2.06%) Oracle Fusion
6 35 (2.06%) Spring Boot
7 33 (1.94%) .NET
8 32 (1.88%) HTML
9 28 (1.65%) Web Services
10 27 (1.59%) AngularJS
11 23 (1.35%) Django
12 22 (1.29%) CSS
13 20 (1.18%) SOAP
14 19 (1.12%) Middleware
15 18 (1.06%) PySpark
16 14 (0.82%) FastAPI
16 14 (0.82%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 112 (6.59%) Cloud Native
2 61 (3.59%) Onboarding
3 50 (2.94%) Legacy Systems
4 43 (2.53%) Product Ownership
5 40 (2.35%) NHS
6 30 (1.77%) Data Centre
7 29 (1.71%) Distributed Systems
8 27 (1.59%) Management Information System
9 24 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
10 18 (1.06%) Hybrid Cloud
11 17 (1.00%) Self-Motivation
12 14 (0.82%) Data Structures
12 14 (0.82%) Virtual Team
13 13 (0.77%) Security Posture
14 12 (0.71%) Enterprise Cloud
14 12 (0.71%) Low-Code
14 12 (0.71%) Public Cloud
15 11 (0.65%) AI Agents
15 11 (0.65%) Analytical Mindset
16 10 (0.59%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 50 (2.94%) Linux
2 42 (2.47%) Windows
3 17 (1.00%) Windows Server
4 14 (0.82%) Android
5 11 (0.65%) Apple iOS
6 9 (0.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 8 (0.47%) Windows 10
8 6 (0.35%) Mac OS
8 6 (0.35%) Solaris
8 6 (0.35%) Windows Server 2008
8 6 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (0.24%) Unix
9 4 (0.24%) VMS
10 3 (0.18%) Amazon Linux
10 3 (0.18%) Ubuntu
10 3 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 453 (26.66%) Agile
2 283 (16.66%) CI/CD
3 276 (16.24%) DevOps
4 240 (14.13%) Stakeholder Management
5 213 (12.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 184 (10.83%) Continuous Improvement
7 171 (10.06%) Decision-Making
8 155 (9.12%) Migration
9 153 (9.01%) Roadmaps
10 147 (8.65%) Infrastructure as Code
11 144 (8.48%) Problem-Solving
12 140 (8.24%) AI
13 132 (7.77%) Data Modelling
14 130 (7.65%) Containerisation
15 127 (7.47%) Analytics
16 124 (7.30%) User Research
17 119 (7.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
18 107 (6.30%) Service Design
19 106 (6.24%) Test Automation
20 90 (5.30%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 200 (11.77%) Python
2 147 (8.65%) SQL
3 117 (6.89%) Java
4 83 (4.89%) JavaScript
5 58 (3.41%) TypeScript
6 39 (2.30%) C#
7 37 (2.18%) Apex Code
8 35 (2.06%) PowerShell
9 34 (2.00%) Ruby
10 31 (1.82%) Bash
11 22 (1.29%) PL/SQL
12 14 (0.82%) Bicep
12 14 (0.82%) Kotlin
13 10 (0.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 10 (0.59%) R
14 9 (0.53%) Shell Script
15 7 (0.41%) Go
16 6 (0.35%) Groovy
17 4 (0.24%) Scala
17 4 (0.24%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 948 (55.80%) Security Cleared
2 742 (43.67%) SC Cleared
3 74 (4.36%) DV Cleared
4 50 (2.94%) BPSS Clearance
4 50 (2.94%) Degree
5 29 (1.71%) CISSP
6 24 (1.41%) AWS Certification
6 24 (1.41%) Azure Certification
7 21 (1.24%) Cisco Certification
7 21 (1.24%) Microsoft Certification
8 17 (1.00%) CISM
9 14 (0.82%) PMP
10 12 (0.71%) (ISC)2 CCSP
11 10 (0.59%) APMP
12 9 (0.53%) CIMA
12 9 (0.53%) ITIL Certification
13 8 (0.47%) ACCA
13 8 (0.47%) CCSP
13 8 (0.47%) CTC Cleared
13 8 (0.47%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 129 (7.59%) Accessibility
2 77 (4.53%) Data Quality
3 75 (4.41%) QA
4 48 (2.83%) WCAG
5 47 (2.77%) GDPR
6 42 (2.47%) PMO
7 40 (2.35%) NCSC
8 29 (1.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 14 (0.82%) SLA
10 13 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials
10 13 (0.77%) NIST
11 11 (0.65%) PCI DSS
12 10 (0.59%) Actionable Recommendations
13 9 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 9 (0.53%) Government Security Classifications
13 9 (0.53%) GRC
14 7 (0.41%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 5 (0.29%) IFRS
16 4 (0.24%) IFRS 9
17 3 (0.18%) NIST 800
System Software
1 129 (7.59%) Docker
2 34 (2.00%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.41%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.18%) Oracle RAC
5 3 (0.18%) Postfix
5 3 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.12%) Squid
6 2 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.059%) FreeRADIUS
7 1 (0.059%) NLBS
7 1 (0.059%) Sendmail
7 1 (0.059%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.059%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 157 (9.24%) Terraform
2 130 (7.65%) Kubernetes
3 39 (2.30%) Grafana
4 35 (2.06%) Prometheus
5 34 (2.00%) Ansible
6 13 (0.77%) Microsoft Intune
7 9 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
8 8 (0.47%) Puppet
9 7 (0.41%) Kibana
10 6 (0.35%) Argo
11 3 (0.18%) Oracle RMAN
11 3 (0.18%) Salt
11 3 (0.18%) SCCM
12 2 (0.12%) Consul
12 2 (0.12%) Istio
12 2 (0.12%) Jamf Pro
12 2 (0.12%) Progress Chef
13 1 (0.059%) Kubeflow
13 1 (0.059%) Kustomize
13 1 (0.059%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 169 (9.95%) Microsoft
2 94 (5.53%) Oracle
3 86 (5.06%) Salesforce
4 54 (3.18%) Databricks
5 45 (2.65%) SAP
5 45 (2.65%) ServiceNow
6 41 (2.41%) Google
7 20 (1.18%) Cisco
8 19 (1.12%) IBM
9 17 (1.00%) Foundry
10 16 (0.94%) Atlassian
11 15 (0.88%) MuleSoft
12 14 (0.82%) Palo Alto
12 14 (0.82%) Red Hat
12 14 (0.82%) Splunk
13 11 (0.65%) OpenAI
14 10 (0.59%) Fortinet
14 10 (0.59%) Palantir
14 10 (0.59%) VMware
15 9 (0.53%) Virgin Media