Public Sector Contracts in North London

Public Sector
London > North London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies in North London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 4 7
Rank change year-on-year +2 +3 -1
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 9 3 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in North London 34.62% 10.71% 5.00%
As % of the General category 39.13% 20.00% 11.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 0
10th Percentile £260 £247 -
25th Percentile £278 £298 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 £385 -
Median % change year-on-year +5.06% - -
75th Percentile £500 £428 -
90th Percentile £530 £453 -
London median daily rate £525 £538 £563
% change year-on-year -2.33% -4.44% +7.14%

All General Skills
North 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 North London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 23 15 17
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in North London 88.46% 53.57% 42.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 11 9
10th Percentile £269 £263 £213
25th Percentile £402 £288 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £451 £425 £450
Median % change year-on-year +6.18% -5.56% +116.87%
75th Percentile £550 £529 £538
90th Percentile £650 £594 £605
London median daily rate £575 £575 £600
% change year-on-year - -4.17% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £21.12 -
London median hourly rate £34.00 £28.50 £32.00
% change year-on-year +19.30% -10.94% -14.67%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in North London

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

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in North London

Public Sector
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in North London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Public Sector in North London.

Daily rate trend for Public Sector in North London

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in North London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in North London over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in North London

Public Sector
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in North London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Public Sector in North London.

Hourly rate trend for Public Sector in North London

Public Sector
Contract Job Locations in North 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 North London region over the 6 months to 4 May 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
Barnet - 4 £405 -
Haringey - 1 £500 -
Public Sector
London

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in North 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:

Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Azure
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) NAS
1 2 (22.22%) SAN
General
1 2 (22.22%) Documentation Skills
1 2 (22.22%) Electronics
1 2 (22.22%) Finance
1 2 (22.22%) Local Government
1 2 (22.22%) Manufacturing
1 2 (22.22%) Marketing
1 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
1 2 (22.22%) Telecoms
2 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Law
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Analyst
1 4 (44.44%) Operations Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Specialist
2 2 (22.22%) Linux Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Linux Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Linux Server Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Linux Specialist
2 2 (22.22%) Server Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Server Specialist
2 2 (22.22%) Windows Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (22.22%) Windows Infrastructure Specialist
2 2 (22.22%) Windows Specialist
3 1 (11.11%) Digital Project Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Team Leader
3 1 (11.11%) IT Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) IT Operations Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Service Management Architect
3 1 (11.11%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 3 (33.33%) Windows
1 3 (33.33%) Windows Server
2 2 (22.22%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) ITIL
2 5 (55.56%) Customer Service
2 5 (55.56%) Service Management
3 4 (44.44%) Incident Management
4 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (22.22%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (22.22%) Digital Marketing
5 2 (22.22%) Disaster Recovery
5 2 (22.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 2 (22.22%) Programme Management
5 2 (22.22%) Server Management
5 2 (22.22%) Storage Management
5 2 (22.22%) Task Automation
6 1 (11.11%) Agile
6 1 (11.11%) Budget Management
6 1 (11.11%) Culture Change
6 1 (11.11%) ITSM
6 1 (11.11%) Project Management
6 1 (11.11%) Service Catalogue
6 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) Bash
1 2 (22.22%) PowerShell
1 2 (22.22%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (44.44%) Security Cleared
2 3 (33.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
1 1 (11.11%) Hyper-V
1 1 (11.11%) vSphere
Vendors
1 5 (55.56%) Microsoft
1 5 (55.56%) ServiceNow
2 3 (33.33%) VMware
3 2 (22.22%) SAP