Public Sector Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Public Sector
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in remote or hybrid contract work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 19 14 14
Rank change year-on-year -5 0 -2
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 967 1,558 2,654
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 9.76% 10.13% 10.26%
As % of the General category 15.63% 17.23% 17.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 696 1,056 2,118
10th Percentile £349 £338 £350
25th Percentile £425 £430 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £524 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.53% -3.01% +8.00%
75th Percentile £588 £613 £644
90th Percentile £671 £700 £743
UK median daily rate £500 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 43 22
10th Percentile £16.57 £13.11 £16.37
25th Percentile £21.25 £15.50 £19.44
Median hourly rate £25.00 £26.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +30.00% -6.06%
75th Percentile £27.38 £68.28 £25.00
90th Percentile £64.90 £87.52 £48.13
UK median hourly rate £22.50 £21.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year +4.65% +7.50% -

All General Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 6,187 9,044 15,095
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 62.42% 58.82% 58.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,164 5,919 10,637
10th Percentile £325 £330 £363
25th Percentile £418 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £675
90th Percentile £800 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 185 473 346
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.01 £19.03
25th Percentile £18.50 £22.61 £30.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £38.12 £51.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.74% -25.25% +67.21%
75th Percentile £65.00 £53.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £86.00 £72.50 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £30.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -6.67% -14.29% +59.71%

Public Sector
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Public Sector as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Public Sector trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Public Sector
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Public Sector.

Public Sector daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Public Sector over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Public Sector daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Public Sector
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Public Sector.

Public Sector hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Public Sector
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Public Sector over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Public Sector hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 44 (4.55%) Confluence
2 43 (4.45%) SharePoint
3 9 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
4 7 (0.72%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.52%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.41%) Camunda
6 4 (0.41%) nginx
7 3 (0.31%) Anypoint
7 3 (0.31%) Apache
7 3 (0.31%) CMS
7 3 (0.31%) Oracle Workflow
7 3 (0.31%) Skype for Business
8 2 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
8 2 (0.21%) GeoServer
8 2 (0.21%) Oracle Self-Service HR
8 2 (0.21%) SAS
9 1 (0.10%) Exchange Server 2013
9 1 (0.10%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.10%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.10%) SharePoint 2013
Applications
1 33 (3.41%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (1.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (1.45%) Trello
4 8 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 7 (0.72%) MS Visio
5 7 (0.72%) Sketch
6 5 (0.52%) Oracle Smart View
7 3 (0.31%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.10%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.10%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.10%) Adobe Premiere
9 1 (0.10%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.10%) CINEMA 4D
9 1 (0.10%) Final Cut Pro
9 1 (0.10%) Fusion 360
9 1 (0.10%) InVision
9 1 (0.10%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.10%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 12 (1.24%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.62%) iTrent
2 6 (0.62%) Oracle EBS
3 5 (0.52%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.41%) SAP HR
4 4 (0.41%) SAP Payroll
5 3 (0.31%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.21%) Oracle Financials
6 2 (0.21%) Oracle HRMS
6 2 (0.21%) Oracle Payroll
6 2 (0.21%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 2 (0.21%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.10%) Hyperion Planning
7 1 (0.10%) NEC Housing
7 1 (0.10%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.10%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.10%) SAP CCM
7 1 (0.10%) SAP EWM
7 1 (0.10%) Unit4 Business World
7 1 (0.10%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 193 (19.96%) Azure
2 182 (18.82%) AWS
3 85 (8.79%) Power Platform
4 65 (6.72%) Serverless
5 56 (5.79%) Microsoft 365
6 50 (5.17%) AWS Lambda
6 50 (5.17%) Azure DevOps
7 42 (4.34%) Amazon S3
8 39 (4.03%) GitHub
9 38 (3.93%) AWS CloudFormation
9 38 (3.93%) GCP
10 33 (3.41%) PowerApps
11 30 (3.10%) Dynamics 365
12 28 (2.90%) Power Automate
13 23 (2.38%) Amazon EKS
14 22 (2.28%) Azure Data Factory
15 21 (2.17%) GitHub Actions
15 21 (2.17%) SaaS
16 19 (1.96%) Entra ID
17 17 (1.76%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 26 (2.69%) Firewall
2 14 (1.45%) DNS
3 11 (1.14%) VPN
3 11 (1.14%) WAN
4 8 (0.83%) LAN
4 8 (0.83%) Network Security
5 7 (0.72%) Wi-Fi
6 6 (0.62%) DHCP
7 5 (0.52%) BGP
7 5 (0.52%) NGFW
8 4 (0.41%) 4G
8 4 (0.41%) Cisco ASA
8 4 (0.41%) Cisco ISE
8 4 (0.41%) Internet
8 4 (0.41%) IPsec
8 4 (0.41%) OSPF
8 4 (0.41%) SD-WAN
8 4 (0.41%) TCP/IP
8 4 (0.41%) VSAN
9 3 (0.31%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (5.17%) Power BI
2 35 (3.62%) Amazon RDS
3 33 (3.41%) Data Warehouse
4 29 (3.00%) PostgreSQL
5 27 (2.79%) Relational Database
6 24 (2.48%) SQL Server
7 22 (2.28%) Metadata
8 20 (2.07%) Data Lake
9 17 (1.76%) NoSQL
10 13 (1.34%) Oracle Database
11 12 (1.24%) Big Data
11 12 (1.24%) MongoDB
11 12 (1.24%) MySQL
12 11 (1.14%) Neo4j
13 10 (1.03%) DynamoDB
13 10 (1.03%) GIS
13 10 (1.03%) Redis
14 9 (0.93%) Azure SQL Database
15 8 (0.83%) Tableau
16 7 (0.72%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 68 (7.03%) JIRA
2 43 (4.45%) Git
3 35 (3.62%) Jenkins
4 25 (2.59%) GitLab
5 14 (1.45%) Cypress.io
6 10 (1.03%) Postman
7 9 (0.93%) Cucumber
8 8 (0.83%) Selenium
9 7 (0.72%) JUnit
9 7 (0.72%) NUnit
9 7 (0.72%) SonarQube
10 6 (0.62%) REST Assured
11 5 (0.52%) Axure RP
11 5 (0.52%) Oracle APEX
12 4 (0.41%) Gatling
12 4 (0.41%) JMeter
12 4 (0.41%) Visual Studio
13 3 (0.31%) Gradle
13 3 (0.31%) Terragrunt
14 2 (0.21%) Hudson
General
1 286 (29.58%) Social Skills
2 131 (13.55%) Analytical Skills
3 115 (11.89%) Finance
4 44 (4.55%) Marketing
5 40 (4.14%) Local Government
5 40 (4.14%) Telecoms
6 39 (4.03%) Military
7 35 (3.62%) Manufacturing
8 34 (3.52%) Electronics
9 24 (2.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 20 (2.07%) Organisational Skills
11 16 (1.65%) Presentation Skills
12 14 (1.45%) Law
12 14 (1.45%) Legal
13 13 (1.34%) Influencing Skills
14 12 (1.24%) Back Office
15 9 (0.93%) Documentation Skills
15 9 (0.93%) Police
16 4 (0.41%) Banking
16 4 (0.41%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 158 (16.34%) Architect
2 124 (12.82%) Developer
3 101 (10.44%) Senior
4 90 (9.31%) Analyst
5 69 (7.14%) Lead
6 49 (5.07%) Business Analyst
7 48 (4.96%) Consultant
8 37 (3.83%) Project Manager
8 37 (3.83%) Technical Architect
9 32 (3.31%) Data Engineer
10 31 (3.21%) Designer
11 27 (2.79%) DevOps Engineer
12 26 (2.69%) Data Architect
13 22 (2.28%) AWS Architect
14 21 (2.17%) Product Manager
14 21 (2.17%) Solutions Architect
15 20 (2.07%) Azure Engineer
16 17 (1.76%) Senior Manager
17 16 (1.65%) Senior Developer
17 16 (1.65%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (5.07%) React
2 43 (4.45%) .NET
3 36 (3.72%) HTML
4 32 (3.31%) CSS
5 28 (2.90%) Node.js
6 25 (2.59%) RESTful
7 23 (2.38%) AngularJS
8 22 (2.28%) REST
9 20 (2.07%) Oracle Fusion
9 20 (2.07%) Spring Boot
10 17 (1.76%) Kafka
11 16 (1.65%) OAuth
11 16 (1.65%) Spring
12 15 (1.55%) .NET Core
13 14 (1.45%) AWS CDK
13 14 (1.45%) Jinja
14 12 (1.24%) Plotly
15 11 (1.14%) JSON
15 11 (1.14%) Playwright
16 10 (1.03%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 32 (3.31%) Product Ownership
2 26 (2.69%) Management Information System
3 20 (2.07%) NHS
4 19 (1.96%) Onboarding
5 15 (1.55%) Legacy Systems
6 14 (1.45%) Cloud Native
7 13 (1.34%) PKI
8 11 (1.14%) Clustering
9 10 (1.03%) Data Centre
10 9 (0.93%) Enterprise Software
10 9 (0.93%) Mobile App
11 8 (0.83%) Operational Technology
11 8 (0.83%) Security Posture
11 8 (0.83%) Social Media
12 7 (0.72%) Security Operations Centre
13 6 (0.62%) Public Cloud
13 6 (0.62%) Self-Motivation
14 5 (0.52%) Driving Licence
14 5 (0.52%) Hybrid Cloud
14 5 (0.52%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 35 (3.62%) Linux
2 34 (3.52%) Windows
3 11 (1.14%) Mac OS
3 11 (1.14%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 11 (1.14%) Unix
3 11 (1.14%) Windows Server
4 8 (0.83%) Apple iOS
5 7 (0.72%) Windows 10
6 6 (0.62%) Android
7 4 (0.41%) CentOS
8 3 (0.31%) AIX
8 3 (0.31%) Solaris
8 3 (0.31%) VMS
8 3 (0.31%) Windows Server 2012
8 3 (0.31%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.31%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.21%) HPUX
10 1 (0.10%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.10%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.10%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 265 (27.40%) Agile
2 146 (15.10%) DevOps
3 144 (14.89%) Problem-Solving
4 133 (13.75%) CI/CD
5 120 (12.41%) Stakeholder Management
6 85 (8.79%) Business Intelligence
7 73 (7.55%) User Experience
8 70 (7.24%) Project Management
9 65 (6.72%) Data Modelling
10 63 (6.51%) Analytics
10 63 (6.51%) Mentoring
10 63 (6.51%) Migration
11 61 (6.31%) Containerisation
11 61 (6.31%) Scrum
12 60 (6.20%) User Research
13 59 (6.10%) Microservices
14 55 (5.69%) Test Automation
15 54 (5.58%) Infrastructure as Code
16 53 (5.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 52 (5.38%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 120 (12.41%) Python
2 108 (11.17%) SQL
3 97 (10.03%) JavaScript
4 66 (6.83%) Java
5 42 (4.34%) PowerShell
6 39 (4.03%) C#
7 34 (3.52%) TypeScript
8 26 (2.69%) Bash
9 11 (1.14%) Shell Script
10 10 (1.03%) R
11 8 (0.83%) PL/SQL
12 7 (0.72%) Bicep
13 6 (0.62%) Kotlin
13 6 (0.62%) Kusto Query Language
14 5 (0.52%) Go
14 5 (0.52%) Objective-C
14 5 (0.52%) Ruby
14 5 (0.52%) Swift
15 4 (0.41%) C++
15 4 (0.41%) VBA
Qualifications
1 441 (45.60%) Security Cleared
2 357 (36.92%) SC Cleared
3 78 (8.07%) Degree
4 37 (3.83%) AWS Certification
5 29 (3.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 28 (2.90%) Master's Degree
7 26 (2.69%) Microsoft Certification
8 20 (2.07%) Computer Science Degree
9 18 (1.86%) BPSS Clearance
9 18 (1.86%) DV Cleared
10 17 (1.76%) Cisco Certification
11 16 (1.65%) CCNA
12 14 (1.45%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 12 (1.24%) Azure Certification
13 12 (1.24%) CISSP
14 8 (0.83%) MRICS
15 7 (0.72%) CTC Cleared
15 7 (0.72%) MCSE
16 6 (0.62%) RIBA
16 6 (0.62%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (6.72%) Accessibility
2 40 (4.14%) QA
3 26 (2.69%) Data Quality
4 15 (1.55%) WCAG
5 14 (1.45%) NCSC
6 10 (1.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 9 (0.93%) NIST
8 8 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials
9 7 (0.72%) GDPR
9 7 (0.72%) PMO
9 7 (0.72%) SLA
10 5 (0.52%) Actionable Recommendations
11 4 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 4 (0.41%) GRC
12 3 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 3 (0.31%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 2 (0.21%) Disclosure Scotland
13 2 (0.21%) HIPAA
13 2 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
14 1 (0.10%) PERC
System Software
1 61 (6.31%) Docker
2 31 (3.21%) Active Directory
3 19 (1.96%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (1.65%) VMware NSX
5 11 (1.14%) VMware ESXi
6 4 (0.41%) Hyper-V
6 4 (0.41%) vSphere
7 3 (0.31%) Virtual Servers
8 2 (0.21%) Apache ZooKeeper
8 2 (0.21%) BitLocker
8 2 (0.21%) Firmware
8 2 (0.21%) Oracle RAC
8 2 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.21%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.10%) NFS
9 1 (0.10%) RACF
9 1 (0.10%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 64 (6.62%) Terraform
2 53 (5.48%) Kubernetes
3 24 (2.48%) Ansible
4 15 (1.55%) Grafana
5 11 (1.14%) Microsoft Intune
6 10 (1.03%) Prometheus
6 10 (1.03%) vCenter Server
7 7 (0.72%) SCCM
8 5 (0.52%) Puppet
9 4 (0.41%) FortiGate
9 4 (0.41%) Istio
9 4 (0.41%) Packer
10 3 (0.31%) Oracle RMAN
10 3 (0.31%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.21%) Jamf Pro
11 2 (0.21%) Kibana
11 2 (0.21%) logstash
11 2 (0.21%) OPNET
11 2 (0.21%) WSUS
11 2 (0.21%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 154 (15.93%) Microsoft
2 67 (6.93%) Oracle
3 49 (5.07%) SAP
4 35 (3.62%) Cisco
5 31 (3.21%) Google
6 29 (3.00%) VMware
7 25 (2.59%) Databricks
8 21 (2.17%) ServiceNow
9 13 (1.34%) Atlassian
10 12 (1.24%) Palo Alto
11 11 (1.14%) Salesforce
12 9 (0.93%) Adobe
12 9 (0.93%) Splunk
13 7 (0.72%) F5
14 6 (0.62%) IBM
14 6 (0.62%) Juniper
15 5 (0.52%) Apple
15 5 (0.52%) MuleSoft
16 4 (0.41%) Cloudera
16 4 (0.41%) Okta