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 28 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 3 5
Rank change year-on-year -2 +2 +1
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Public Sector 5 3 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in North London 25.00% 15.79% 11.43%
As % of the General category 26.32% 37.50% 22.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 3
10th Percentile - - £268
25th Percentile - £383 £294
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £385 £375
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% +2.67% -14.29%
75th Percentile £575 £388 £450
90th Percentile £620 - £473
London median daily rate £525 £525 £575
% change year-on-year - -8.70% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £45.00 - -
London median hourly rate £30.00 £33.75 £43.86
% change year-on-year -11.11% -23.05% +124.92%

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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 19 8 18
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in North London 95.00% 42.11% 51.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 6 15
10th Percentile £266 £344 £239
25th Percentile £504 £375 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £383 £475
Median % change year-on-year +43.79% -19.47% +18.75%
75th Percentile £650 £539 £588
90th Percentile - £592 £600
London median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +1.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £45.00 - -
London median hourly rate £31.50 £36.00 £34.62
% change year-on-year -12.51% +3.99% -7.68%

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
Daily Rate Trend in North London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in North London citing Public Sector.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in North London citing Public Sector

Public Sector
Hourly Rate Trend in North London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in North London citing Public Sector.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in North London citing Public Sector

Public Sector
DemandTrendContract 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 28 August 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Barnet -1 1 - -
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 (20.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) IaaS
1 2 (40.00%) PaaS
1 2 (40.00%) SaaS
2 1 (20.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) WAN
General
1 4 (80.00%) Local Government
2 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (40.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Lead
1 2 (40.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Data Migration Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Data Migration Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Digital Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure Team Leader
2 1 (20.00%) Migration Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Migration Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) SaaS Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Security Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Team Leader
2 1 (20.00%) Test Engineer
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Agile
1 3 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (60.00%) Waterfall
2 2 (40.00%) Asset Management
2 2 (40.00%) Budget Management
2 2 (40.00%) Case Management
2 2 (40.00%) Coaching
2 2 (40.00%) Data Migration
2 2 (40.00%) DevOps
2 2 (40.00%) Migration
2 2 (40.00%) Project Delivery
2 2 (40.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (40.00%) Service Delivery
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (40.00%) Test Strategy
3 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) SDLC
3 1 (20.00%) Security Operations
3 1 (20.00%) Server Patching
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) CISSP
1 1 (20.00%) CTC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) ISTQB
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) QA
2 1 (20.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (20.00%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (20.00%) Hyper-V
1 1 (20.00%) vSphere
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) ServiceNow
2 1 (20.00%) VMware