Public Sector Contracts in London

Public Sector
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies advertised in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Public Sector over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 17 26 45
Rank change year-on-year +9 +19 +4
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 1,520 1,818 2,159
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 8.53% 6.80% 5.54%
As % of the General category 13.51% 10.74% 9.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,066 1,326 1,721
10th Percentile £375 £363 £350
25th Percentile £450 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £563 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.44% +7.14% +5.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £638
90th Percentile £745 £745 £706
England median daily rate £525 £540 £510
% change year-on-year -2.78% +5.88% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 16 35
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.25 £14.75
25th Percentile £15.66 £18.99 £24.46
Median hourly rate £18.13 £22.71 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year -20.17% -11.57% +2.72%
75th Percentile £25.73 £37.22 -
90th Percentile £65.90 £46.31 £33.86
England median hourly rate £21.62 £20.10 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.54% +0.50% +9.59%

All General Skills
London

Public Sector is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 11,247 16,928 23,378
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 63.10% 63.31% 59.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,026 12,251 16,874
10th Percentile £335 £375 £381
25th Percentile £450 £476 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £700 £725 £700
90th Percentile £825 £825 £800
England median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 246 219 298
10th Percentile £16.00 £16.33 £19.76
25th Percentile £18.25 £21.12 £25.68
Median hourly rate £28.50 £31.92 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% -14.88% +33.83%
75th Percentile £43.75 £57.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £67.50
England median hourly rate £30.50 £32.40 £21.50
% change year-on-year -5.86% +50.70% -4.44%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in London

Public Sector
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Public Sector in London

Public Sector
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in London over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Public Sector in London

Public Sector
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Public Sector in London

Public Sector
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Public Sector in London over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Public Sector in London

Public Sector
Contract Job Locations in 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 London region over the 6 months to 6 May 2024. 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
Central London +17 176 £500 - 29
South London -1 45 £500 +0.27% 9
West London +25 18 £350 -34.43% 17
East London +9 18 £550 +7.32% 6
North London +3 3 £385 - 3
Public Sector
England

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 69 (4.54%) SharePoint
2 32 (2.11%) Confluence
3 27 (1.78%) Microsoft Exchange
4 20 (1.32%) CMS
5 12 (0.79%) nginx
6 11 (0.72%) Exchange Server 2013
7 10 (0.66%) Exchange Server 2010
7 10 (0.66%) Skype for Business
8 9 (0.59%) Exchange Server 2003
8 9 (0.59%) Exchange Server 2007
9 8 (0.53%) Apache
10 7 (0.46%) ArcGIS
10 7 (0.46%) OpenStack
10 7 (0.46%) Site Server
11 5 (0.33%) Apache Spark
12 4 (0.26%) Camunda
12 4 (0.26%) JBoss
13 3 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
13 3 (0.20%) WordPress
14 2 (0.13%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 28 (1.84%) Microsoft Excel
1 28 (1.84%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 16 (1.05%) Microsoft Project
3 15 (0.99%) MS Visio
4 4 (0.26%) Sketch
5 3 (0.20%) Acrobat
5 3 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.20%) Trello
6 2 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.13%) Adobe Premiere
6 2 (0.13%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.13%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.066%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 19 (1.25%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 14 (0.92%) Dynamics AX
3 10 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (0.46%) Oracle EBS
4 7 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
5 6 (0.39%) Loan IQ
6 4 (0.26%) Distributed Ledger
6 4 (0.26%) SAP SD
7 3 (0.20%) Oracle FAH
7 3 (0.20%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.13%) Oracle Cash Management
8 2 (0.13%) Oracle General Ledger
8 2 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
8 2 (0.13%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 2 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
8 2 (0.13%) SAP CO
8 2 (0.13%) SAP FI
8 2 (0.13%) SAP FI/CO
9 1 (0.066%) ENOVIA
9 1 (0.066%) Oracle Assets
Cloud Services
1 295 (19.41%) Azure
2 196 (12.89%) AWS
3 116 (7.63%) Azure DevOps
4 86 (5.66%) Microsoft 365
5 71 (4.67%) Power Platform
6 49 (3.22%) Serverless
7 36 (2.37%) AWS Lambda
8 35 (2.30%) Amazon S3
8 35 (2.30%) Dynamics 365
9 29 (1.91%) Entra ID
10 25 (1.64%) PaaS
11 24 (1.58%) GitHub
12 23 (1.51%) Power Automate
13 22 (1.45%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 22 (1.45%) PowerApps
14 21 (1.38%) IaaS
15 18 (1.18%) SaaS
16 17 (1.12%) Azure Data Factory
16 17 (1.12%) Azure Monitor
16 17 (1.12%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 46 (3.03%) Firewall
2 29 (1.91%) WAN
3 27 (1.78%) Wireless
4 21 (1.38%) LAN
5 20 (1.32%) VPN
6 12 (0.79%) BGP
6 12 (0.79%) OSPF
7 11 (0.72%) DNS
7 11 (0.72%) Skype
8 9 (0.59%) FTP
8 9 (0.59%) Network Security
9 8 (0.53%) NetScaler
9 8 (0.53%) VoIP
9 8 (0.53%) Wi-Fi
9 8 (0.53%) WLAN
10 7 (0.46%) HTTP
10 7 (0.46%) Internet
10 7 (0.46%) Intranet
10 7 (0.46%) IPsec
11 6 (0.39%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 96 (6.32%) SQL Server
2 56 (3.68%) Power BI
3 49 (3.22%) PostgreSQL
4 38 (2.50%) Data Warehouse
5 36 (2.37%) NoSQL
6 33 (2.17%) Metadata
7 31 (2.04%) Relational Database
8 28 (1.84%) Data Lake
9 21 (1.38%) Data Vault
9 21 (1.38%) GIS
10 20 (1.32%) Amazon RDS
11 18 (1.18%) Big Data
12 16 (1.05%) Metadata Repository
13 14 (0.92%) DynamoDB
14 12 (0.79%) Amazon Redshift
14 12 (0.79%) Parquet
14 12 (0.79%) RDBMS
15 10 (0.66%) Amazon Athena
16 9 (0.59%) Oracle Database
17 8 (0.53%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 59 (3.88%) Git
2 47 (3.09%) JIRA
3 36 (2.37%) Jenkins
4 19 (1.25%) JUnit
5 18 (1.18%) Selenium
6 13 (0.86%) Cypress.io
6 13 (0.86%) GitLab
7 12 (0.79%) ERwin
7 12 (0.79%) SpecFlow
8 10 (0.66%) Maven
9 9 (0.59%) Postman
10 7 (0.46%) JMeter
11 6 (0.39%) Visual Studio
12 5 (0.33%) Cucumber
12 5 (0.33%) Mockito
12 5 (0.33%) WebDriver
13 4 (0.26%) Protractor
13 4 (0.26%) REST Assured
13 4 (0.26%) Team Foundation Server
13 4 (0.26%) TestNG
General
1 278 (18.29%) Social Skills
2 260 (17.11%) Finance
3 125 (8.22%) Marketing
4 122 (8.03%) Telecoms
5 117 (7.70%) Manufacturing
6 116 (7.63%) Electronics
7 106 (6.97%) Analytical Skills
8 48 (3.16%) Local Government
9 29 (1.91%) Retail
10 27 (1.78%) Presentation Skills
11 26 (1.71%) Back Office
12 23 (1.51%) Banking
12 23 (1.51%) Law
13 22 (1.45%) Organisational Skills
14 18 (1.18%) Publishing
15 17 (1.12%) Legal
16 16 (1.05%) General Ledger
17 15 (0.99%) Influencing Skills
18 14 (0.92%) Military
19 12 (0.79%) Police
Job Titles
1 248 (16.32%) Architect
2 190 (12.50%) Senior
3 184 (12.11%) Developer
4 128 (8.42%) Analyst
5 110 (7.24%) Consultant
6 91 (5.99%) Lead
7 70 (4.61%) Project Manager
8 66 (4.34%) Business Analyst
9 60 (3.95%) Data Architect
10 53 (3.49%) Data Engineer
11 48 (3.16%) Senior Developer
12 47 (3.09%) DevOps Engineer
13 44 (2.89%) Designer
14 42 (2.76%) Solutions Architect
14 42 (2.76%) Technical Architect
15 38 (2.50%) Senior Analyst
16 35 (2.30%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 32 (2.11%) Delivery Manager
17 32 (2.11%) Enterprise Architect
18 31 (2.04%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 85 (5.59%) .NET
2 43 (2.83%) REST
3 41 (2.70%) XML
4 37 (2.43%) HTML
4 37 (2.43%) Spring
5 36 (2.37%) Spring Boot
6 33 (2.17%) CSS
7 31 (2.04%) JSON
8 26 (1.71%) .NET Core
9 25 (1.64%) Kafka
10 24 (1.58%) AngularJS
10 24 (1.58%) React
11 23 (1.51%) .NET Framework
12 21 (1.38%) Node.js
13 16 (1.05%) ASP.NET
13 16 (1.05%) Web Services
14 15 (0.99%) Oracle Fusion
15 14 (0.92%) Middleware
15 14 (0.92%) RESTful
16 12 (0.79%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 47 (3.09%) Product Ownership
2 45 (2.96%) Onboarding
3 35 (2.30%) Management Information System
4 34 (2.24%) Data Structures
5 28 (1.84%) Data Protection Act
6 27 (1.78%) Replication
7 26 (1.71%) Reference Data
8 20 (1.32%) Cloud Native
8 20 (1.32%) Data Centre
9 19 (1.25%) Greenfield Project
10 15 (0.99%) Self-Motivation
11 13 (0.86%) Freedom of Information
12 12 (0.79%) Freedom of Information Act
12 12 (0.79%) Mobile App
13 11 (0.72%) NHS
13 11 (0.72%) Security Posture
14 9 (0.59%) Distributed Systems
14 9 (0.59%) PKI
14 9 (0.59%) Social Media
14 9 (0.59%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 95 (6.25%) Windows
2 66 (4.34%) Linux
3 43 (2.83%) Windows Server
4 26 (1.71%) Unix
5 23 (1.51%) Windows Server 2019
6 22 (1.45%) Windows Server 2016
7 15 (0.99%) Windows Server 2012
8 13 (0.86%) Windows 10
9 11 (0.72%) Windows Server 2008
10 9 (0.59%) Windows Server 2003
11 8 (0.53%) Android
12 6 (0.39%) VMS
13 4 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 3 (0.20%) Apple iOS
14 3 (0.20%) OpenVMS
15 2 (0.13%) Kali Linux
15 2 (0.13%) Mac OS
15 2 (0.13%) Mac OS X
15 2 (0.13%) Windows 7
16 1 (0.066%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 371 (24.41%) Agile
2 211 (13.88%) DevOps
3 187 (12.30%) Business Intelligence
4 149 (9.80%) Migration
5 132 (8.68%) Programme Management
6 127 (8.36%) Stakeholder Management
7 124 (8.16%) Problem-Solving
8 120 (7.89%) Digital Marketing
9 119 (7.83%) CI/CD
10 100 (6.58%) Scrum
11 89 (5.86%) Project Management
12 88 (5.79%) Data Modelling
13 78 (5.13%) Change Management
14 70 (4.61%) PRINCE2
15 69 (4.54%) Microservices
15 69 (4.54%) Project Delivery
15 69 (4.54%) Roadmaps
16 65 (4.28%) Analytics
16 65 (4.28%) Continuous Improvement
17 63 (4.14%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 132 (8.68%) SQL
2 112 (7.37%) Python
3 90 (5.92%) Java
4 81 (5.33%) C#
4 81 (5.33%) PowerShell
5 73 (4.80%) JavaScript
6 24 (1.58%) TypeScript
7 23 (1.51%) Bicep
8 12 (0.79%) Ruby
9 11 (0.72%) PHP
10 10 (0.66%) Bash
11 9 (0.59%) Go
11 9 (0.59%) PL/SQL
11 9 (0.59%) T-SQL
12 8 (0.53%) ABAP
12 8 (0.53%) Korn
12 8 (0.53%) R
12 8 (0.53%) Shell Script
13 6 (0.39%) Scala
14 5 (0.33%) C++
Qualifications
1 621 (40.86%) Security Cleared
2 487 (32.04%) SC Cleared
3 113 (7.43%) DV Cleared
4 112 (7.37%) Degree
5 29 (1.91%) BPSS Clearance
6 16 (1.05%) Computer Science Degree
7 14 (0.92%) Microsoft Certification
8 13 (0.86%) Master's Degree
9 11 (0.72%) CTC Cleared
10 10 (0.66%) Cisco Certification
11 8 (0.53%) CISSP
11 8 (0.53%) PMP
12 7 (0.46%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 7 (0.46%) Six Sigma Black Belt
12 7 (0.46%) Six Sigma Green Belt
13 6 (0.39%) AWS Certification
13 6 (0.39%) ISTQB
13 6 (0.39%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 6 (0.39%) OSCP
13 6 (0.39%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 54 (3.55%) QA
2 45 (2.96%) Accessibility
3 33 (2.17%) Data Quality
4 32 (2.11%) PMO
5 25 (1.64%) SLA
6 24 (1.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 19 (1.25%) GDPR
7 19 (1.25%) NIST
8 15 (0.99%) NCSC
8 15 (0.99%) WCAG
9 9 (0.59%) PCI DSS
10 7 (0.46%) ISO 22301
11 6 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 5 (0.33%) COBIT
13 4 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
13 4 (0.26%) ISO 20022
14 3 (0.20%) GPG13
15 2 (0.13%) HL7
15 2 (0.13%) IFRS
15 2 (0.13%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 103 (6.78%) Active Directory
2 61 (4.01%) Docker
3 15 (0.99%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.72%) NFS
5 8 (0.53%) HDFS
6 7 (0.46%) Firmware
7 6 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
7 6 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.26%) Hyper-V
8 4 (0.26%) VMware NSX
9 3 (0.20%) vSphere
10 1 (0.066%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 73 (4.80%) Terraform
2 61 (4.01%) Kubernetes
3 40 (2.63%) Ansible
4 21 (1.38%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 12 (0.79%) Single Sign-On
6 11 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (0.46%) SCCM
8 6 (0.39%) FortiGate
9 5 (0.33%) Grafana
9 5 (0.33%) Progress Chef
9 5 (0.33%) Prometheus
9 5 (0.33%) Puppet
10 4 (0.26%) Packer
10 4 (0.26%) Red Hat Satellite
11 3 (0.20%) Consul
12 2 (0.13%) Dell DRAC
12 2 (0.13%) Kibana
13 1 (0.066%) logstash
13 1 (0.066%) systemd
13 1 (0.066%) TrustSec
Vendors
1 218 (14.34%) Microsoft
2 146 (9.61%) SAP
3 61 (4.01%) Oracle
4 46 (3.03%) ServiceNow
5 28 (1.84%) Sparx
6 20 (1.32%) Veeam
7 19 (1.25%) Cisco
7 19 (1.25%) VMware
8 18 (1.18%) Splunk
9 15 (0.99%) Adobe
9 15 (0.99%) NetApp
10 14 (0.92%) Virgin Media
11 13 (0.86%) ESRI
12 12 (0.79%) Google
12 12 (0.79%) Juniper
13 11 (0.72%) Dell
13 11 (0.72%) Palo Alto
14 10 (0.66%) Informatica
15 9 (0.59%) Citrix
16 8 (0.53%) Isilon