Public Sector Contract Job Trends in Tower Hamlets

Public Sector
East London > Tower Hamlets

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies in Tower Hamlets. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 17 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 16 12
Rank change year-on-year +4 -4 +8
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 7 1 9
As % of all contract jobs in Tower Hamlets 10.61% 1.52% 9.38%
As % of the General category 16.28% 2.38% 12.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 9
10th Percentile £687 - £502
25th Percentile £725 £563 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 £575 £540
Median % change year-on-year +30.43% +6.48% -12.90%
75th Percentile £781 £588 £627
90th Percentile £788 - £863
East London median daily rate £750 £563 £540
% change year-on-year +33.33% +4.17% +27.06%

All General Skills
Tower Hamlets

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 Tower Hamlets.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 43 42 70
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Tower Hamlets 65.15% 63.64% 72.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 33 66
10th Percentile £386 £495 £450
25th Percentile £450 £540 £540
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £548 £585 £585
Median % change year-on-year -6.41% - +8.33%
75th Percentile £675 £630 £627
90th Percentile £778 £675 £785
East London median daily rate £525 £533 £540
% change year-on-year -1.41% -1.39% +1.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £36.00 -
East London median hourly rate £25.39 £28.60 £11.95
% change year-on-year -11.24% +139.33% -36.87%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Tower Hamlets

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Public Sector relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Tower Hamlets.

Public Sector job vacancy trend in Tower Hamlets

Public Sector
Daily Rate Trend in Tower Hamlets

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tower Hamlets citing Public Sector.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tower Hamlets citing Public Sector

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in Tower Hamlets

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in Tower Hamlets over the 6 months to 17 July 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in Tower Hamlets

Public Sector
Hourly Rate Trend in Tower Hamlets

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Tower Hamlets citing Public Sector.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Tower Hamlets citing Public Sector

Public Sector
Contract Job Locations in Tower Hamlets

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 Tower Hamlets region over the 6 months to 17 July 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
Canary Wharf +4 7 £750 +30.43% 2
Public Sector
East London

Public Sector
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tower Hamlets 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 1 (14.29%) Camunda
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) AWS
2 1 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (14.29%) BrowserStack
2 1 (14.29%) SonarCloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Metadata
1 1 (14.29%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (14.29%) Banking
1 1 (14.29%) Finance
1 1 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Architect
2 3 (42.86%) Senior
3 2 (28.57%) Salesforce Architect
3 2 (28.57%) Salesforce Technical Architect
3 2 (28.57%) Senior Architect
3 2 (28.57%) Senior Salesforce Architect
3 2 (28.57%) Senior Technical Architect
3 2 (28.57%) Technical Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Administrator
4 1 (14.29%) Developer
4 1 (14.29%) DevOps Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) IT Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Principal Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Principal Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Salesforce Administrator
4 1 (14.29%) Salesforce Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Security Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Senior DevOps
4 1 (14.29%) Senior DevOps Engineer
4 1 (14.29%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) Middleware
2 1 (14.29%) ADO
2 1 (14.29%) AngularJS
2 1 (14.29%) Playwright
2 1 (14.29%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Cloud Native
1 1 (14.29%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (42.86%) Integration Patterns
1 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 3 (42.86%) TOGAF
1 3 (42.86%) UML
1 3 (42.86%) Zachman Framework
2 2 (28.57%) Agile
2 2 (28.57%) ArchiMate
2 2 (28.57%) Change Management
2 2 (28.57%) Configuration Management
2 2 (28.57%) Data Governance
2 2 (28.57%) Decision-Making
2 2 (28.57%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 2 (28.57%) Impact Assessments
2 2 (28.57%) Problem Management
2 2 (28.57%) Service Delivery
3 1 (14.29%) BPMN
3 1 (14.29%) Data Integration
3 1 (14.29%) Data Modelling
3 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) Java
1 1 (14.29%) Python
1 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) SC Cleared
1 6 (85.71%) Security Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) NCSC
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Salesforce
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft