Public Sector Contracts in West London

Public Sector
London > West London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies in West 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 15 27 45
Rank change year-on-year +12 +18 +8
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 14 18 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West London 6.86% 4.97% 3.33%
As % of the General category 12.73% 9.09% 7.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 13 15
10th Percentile £242 £215 £336
25th Percentile £268 £270 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £350 £518
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -32.37% -0.24%
75th Percentile £478 £488 £625
90th Percentile £556 £580 £633
London median daily rate £525 £538 £563
% change year-on-year -2.33% -4.44% +7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 1
Median hourly rate £22.27 £36.57 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -39.09% +46.26% +25.00%
London median hourly rate £26.45 £18.13 £22.71
% change year-on-year +45.89% -20.17% -11.57%

All General Skills
West 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 West London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 110 198 259
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West London 53.92% 54.70% 45.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 142 168
10th Percentile £186 £189 £300
25th Percentile £283 £250 £424
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £422 £521
Median % change year-on-year -5.21% -19.04% +4.25%
75th Percentile £472 £538 £638
90th Percentile £588 £625 £700
London median daily rate £575 £575 £600
% change year-on-year - -4.17% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 18 27
10th Percentile £18.99 £16.25 £25.75
25th Percentile £20.24 £16.40 £31.25
Median hourly rate £22.27 £30.16 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.16% -49.73% +161.72%
75th Percentile £29.04 £38.96 £75.00
90th Percentile £53.10 £55.75 £81.00
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 West London

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

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in West London

Public Sector
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in West London

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

Daily rate trend for Public Sector in West London

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in West London

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

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in West London

Public Sector
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in West London

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

Hourly rate trend for Public Sector in West London

Public Sector
Contract Job Locations in West 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 West 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
Hillingdon +4 5 £400 +14.29%
Wembley - 3 £600 -
Hounslow +11 2 £378 +34.82% 3
Public Sector
London

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (28.57%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (7.14%) AutoCAD
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (7.14%) Revit
Business Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Exchequer
1 2 (14.29%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 4 (28.57%) Azure
2 2 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (14.29%) Google Workspace
3 1 (7.14%) AWS
3 1 (7.14%) Azure ExpressRoute
Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) BGP
1 2 (14.29%) Firewall
1 2 (14.29%) iSCSI
1 2 (14.29%) Network Security
1 2 (14.29%) Wireless
2 1 (7.14%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (7.14%) Cisco Wireless
2 1 (7.14%) DHCP
2 1 (7.14%) DMVPN
2 1 (7.14%) DNS
2 1 (7.14%) EIGRP
2 1 (7.14%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
2 1 (7.14%) LAN
2 1 (7.14%) SD-WAN
2 1 (7.14%) SSL
2 1 (7.14%) Structured Cabling
2 1 (7.14%) VLAN
2 1 (7.14%) VPN
2 1 (7.14%) WAN
2 1 (7.14%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (7.14%) Oracle Database
2 1 (7.14%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 4 (28.57%) Finance
1 4 (28.57%) Local Government
1 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 2 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (14.29%) Banking
3 1 (7.14%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) Administrator
2 3 (21.43%) Systems Administrator
3 2 (14.29%) Analyst
3 2 (14.29%) Financial Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Cabling Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Design Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Digital Transformation
4 1 (7.14%) Digital Transformation Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Field Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Network Administrator
4 1 (7.14%) Network Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Platform Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Programme Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Security Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Network Engineer
4 1 (7.14%) Technical Support
4 1 (7.14%) Test Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Transformation Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Transformation Programme Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Vulnerability Management Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.14%) Data Centre
1 1 (7.14%) Driving Licence
1 1 (7.14%) Fibre Optics
1 1 (7.14%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 3 (21.43%) Windows
2 2 (14.29%) Windows Server
3 1 (7.14%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (21.43%) ITIL
2 3 (21.43%) ITSM
2 3 (21.43%) Problem Management
2 3 (21.43%) Service Management
3 2 (14.29%) DevOps
3 2 (14.29%) Patch Management
3 2 (14.29%) Project Management
3 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (7.14%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (7.14%) Break/Fix
4 1 (7.14%) Decision-Making
4 1 (7.14%) Defect Management
4 1 (7.14%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (7.14%) Matrix Organization
4 1 (7.14%) Mentoring
4 1 (7.14%) Network Monitoring
4 1 (7.14%) Performance Tuning
4 1 (7.14%) Server Patching
4 1 (7.14%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.14%) PowerShell
1 1 (7.14%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 5 (35.71%) SC Cleared
3 3 (21.43%) Degree
4 2 (14.29%) AAT
4 2 (14.29%) CCAB
4 2 (14.29%) CCNP
4 2 (14.29%) CIPFA
4 2 (14.29%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (14.29%) DV Cleared
5 1 (7.14%) BICSI Certification
5 1 (7.14%) CCSA
5 1 (7.14%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (28.57%) Active Directory
2 3 (21.43%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (7.14%) Firmware
3 1 (7.14%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (7.14%) VMware Workstation
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) CA Spectrum
1 1 (7.14%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (35.71%) Microsoft
2 4 (28.57%) Oracle
3 3 (21.43%) Cisco
3 3 (21.43%) VMware
4 2 (14.29%) Juniper
5 1 (7.14%) CheckPoint
5 1 (7.14%) Dell
5 1 (7.14%) F5
5 1 (7.14%) Fujitsu
5 1 (7.14%) HP
5 1 (7.14%) Meraki
5 1 (7.14%) NEC
5 1 (7.14%) Qualys
5 1 (7.14%) SolarWinds