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 in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 10 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 19 26 45
Rank change year-on-year +7 +19 +11
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 1,446 1,761 2,129
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 8.18% 7.00% 5.53%
As % of the General category 13.06% 11.05% 9.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,026 1,299 1,759
10th Percentile £363 £356 £363
25th Percentile £429 £461 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +6.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £638
90th Percentile £738 £743 £725
England median daily rate £525 £525 £510
% change year-on-year - +2.94% +4.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 16 42
10th Percentile £15.00 £17.88 £14.75
25th Percentile £15.82 £19.85 £18.88
Median hourly rate £18.13 £25.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year -27.48% -2.65% +0.71%
75th Percentile £63.50 £43.86 -
90th Percentile £77.75 £63.38 £36.84
England median hourly rate £22.75 £20.60 £20.00
% change year-on-year +10.44% +3.00% +11.11%

All General Skills
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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 11,071 15,940 23,484
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 62.60% 63.37% 60.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,910 11,630 17,095
10th Percentile £335 £375 £388
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £580
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +3.45% +7.41%
75th Percentile £700 £725 £700
90th Percentile £825 £825 £800
England median daily rate £534 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.93% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 240 200 275
10th Percentile £15.95 £16.12 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.25 £21.18 £25.68
Median hourly rate £30.14 £30.00 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year +0.47% -15.49% +22.41%
75th Percentile £47.81 £52.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £66.20 £70.00 £65.35
England median hourly rate £31.50 £30.65 £22.45
% change year-on-year +2.78% +36.51% +6.90%

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 10 June 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 10 June 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 10 June 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 +8 173 £500 -4.76% 55
South London -2 40 £494 -0.98% 5
West London +29 19 £350 -36.36% 14
East London +5 18 £550 +10.00% 15
North London 0 2 £305 -28.24% 1
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 70 (4.84%) SharePoint
2 31 (2.14%) Confluence
3 22 (1.52%) Microsoft Exchange
4 20 (1.38%) CMS
5 10 (0.69%) Exchange Server 2013
5 10 (0.69%) Skype for Business
6 9 (0.62%) Exchange Server 2003
6 9 (0.62%) Exchange Server 2007
6 9 (0.62%) Exchange Server 2010
6 9 (0.62%) nginx
7 7 (0.48%) ArcGIS
7 7 (0.48%) Site Server
8 5 (0.35%) Apache
9 4 (0.28%) Apache Spark
9 4 (0.28%) Camunda
9 4 (0.28%) OpenStack
10 3 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.21%) JBoss
11 2 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
11 2 (0.14%) SAS
Applications
1 26 (1.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (1.38%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (1.04%) MS Visio
4 12 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 10 (0.69%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
7 3 (0.21%) Acrobat
7 3 (0.21%) Adobe Premiere
7 3 (0.21%) Adobe XD
7 3 (0.21%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.21%) Trello
8 2 (0.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 2 (0.14%) Sketch
9 1 (0.069%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 18 (1.24%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 14 (0.97%) Dynamics AX
3 11 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
4 8 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
5 7 (0.48%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.28%) Distributed Ledger
6 4 (0.28%) SAP ERP
6 4 (0.28%) SAP SD
7 3 (0.21%) Oracle Payables
7 3 (0.21%) SAP CO
7 3 (0.21%) SAP FI
7 3 (0.21%) SAP FI/CO
8 2 (0.14%) Loan IQ
8 2 (0.14%) Oracle Cash Management
8 2 (0.14%) Oracle FAH
8 2 (0.14%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 2 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
9 1 (0.069%) Oracle Assets
9 1 (0.069%) Oracle General Ledger
9 1 (0.069%) Oracle Internet Expenses
Cloud Services
1 295 (20.40%) Azure
2 172 (11.89%) AWS
3 116 (8.02%) Azure DevOps
4 81 (5.60%) Microsoft 365
5 68 (4.70%) Power Platform
6 44 (3.04%) Serverless
7 38 (2.63%) Dynamics 365
8 32 (2.21%) AWS Lambda
9 31 (2.14%) Entra ID
10 29 (2.01%) Amazon S3
11 26 (1.80%) Power Automate
12 24 (1.66%) GitHub
13 22 (1.52%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 21 (1.45%) PowerApps
14 21 (1.45%) SaaS
15 19 (1.31%) PaaS
16 18 (1.24%) Azure Service Bus
17 17 (1.18%) OCI
18 16 (1.11%) Azure Data Factory
19 15 (1.04%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 37 (2.56%) Firewall
2 23 (1.59%) WAN
3 18 (1.24%) Wireless
4 16 (1.11%) LAN
5 11 (0.76%) Skype
5 11 (0.76%) VPN
6 10 (0.69%) NetScaler
7 9 (0.62%) BGP
7 9 (0.62%) DNS
7 9 (0.62%) OSPF
8 8 (0.55%) FTP
8 8 (0.55%) VoIP
8 8 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
9 7 (0.48%) Network Security
10 6 (0.41%) HTTP
10 6 (0.41%) Internet
10 6 (0.41%) SD-WAN
11 5 (0.35%) MPLS
11 5 (0.35%) SSL
11 5 (0.35%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 95 (6.57%) SQL Server
2 53 (3.67%) Power BI
3 46 (3.18%) PostgreSQL
4 38 (2.63%) NoSQL
5 37 (2.56%) Data Warehouse
6 30 (2.07%) Relational Database
7 29 (2.01%) Metadata
8 27 (1.87%) Data Lake
9 24 (1.66%) GIS
10 21 (1.45%) Data Vault
11 18 (1.24%) Amazon RDS
12 16 (1.11%) Metadata Repository
13 15 (1.04%) Big Data
14 13 (0.90%) Oracle Database
14 13 (0.90%) RDBMS
15 12 (0.83%) Amazon Redshift
15 12 (0.83%) Parquet
16 11 (0.76%) Amazon Athena
17 10 (0.69%) DynamoDB
18 9 (0.62%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 58 (4.01%) Git
2 44 (3.04%) JIRA
3 29 (2.01%) Jenkins
4 20 (1.38%) Selenium
5 15 (1.04%) GitLab
6 14 (0.97%) JUnit
7 12 (0.83%) SpecFlow
8 11 (0.76%) Cypress.io
8 11 (0.76%) Postman
9 8 (0.55%) ERwin
10 7 (0.48%) JMeter
10 7 (0.48%) Visual Studio
10 7 (0.48%) WebDriver
11 5 (0.35%) Cucumber
12 4 (0.28%) Maven
12 4 (0.28%) REST Assured
12 4 (0.28%) Team Foundation Server
13 3 (0.21%) Liquibase
13 3 (0.21%) Mockito
13 3 (0.21%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 255 (17.63%) Social Skills
2 246 (17.01%) Finance
3 114 (7.88%) Marketing
4 110 (7.61%) Telecoms
5 106 (7.33%) Manufacturing
6 105 (7.26%) Electronics
7 102 (7.05%) Analytical Skills
8 37 (2.56%) Local Government
9 31 (2.14%) Back Office
10 28 (1.94%) Presentation Skills
11 25 (1.73%) Retail
12 21 (1.45%) Banking
13 20 (1.38%) Law
14 19 (1.31%) Organisational Skills
15 17 (1.18%) Legal
16 16 (1.11%) General Ledger
17 15 (1.04%) Influencing Skills
17 15 (1.04%) Military
17 15 (1.04%) Publishing
18 9 (0.62%) Police
Job Titles
1 220 (15.21%) Architect
2 188 (13.00%) Senior
3 172 (11.89%) Developer
4 138 (9.54%) Analyst
5 111 (7.68%) Consultant
6 88 (6.09%) Lead
7 64 (4.43%) Business Analyst
8 57 (3.94%) Project Manager
9 54 (3.73%) Data Engineer
10 50 (3.46%) DevOps Engineer
11 48 (3.32%) Data Architect
12 47 (3.25%) Senior Developer
13 43 (2.97%) Technical Architect
14 42 (2.90%) Solutions Architect
15 40 (2.77%) Senior Analyst
16 36 (2.49%) Designer
17 32 (2.21%) Infrastructure Engineer
18 30 (2.07%) Network Engineer
19 29 (2.01%) Software Developer
20 28 (1.94%) AWS Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 87 (6.02%) .NET
2 40 (2.77%) HTML
2 40 (2.77%) REST
2 40 (2.77%) XML
3 33 (2.28%) Spring
4 31 (2.14%) CSS
5 30 (2.07%) Spring Boot
6 28 (1.94%) JSON
7 26 (1.80%) .NET Core
7 26 (1.80%) React
8 23 (1.59%) .NET Framework
8 23 (1.59%) Kafka
9 19 (1.31%) Oracle Fusion
10 17 (1.18%) AngularJS
11 16 (1.11%) ASP.NET
11 16 (1.11%) RESTful
12 14 (0.97%) Middleware
12 14 (0.97%) Node.js
13 13 (0.90%) Web Services
14 12 (0.83%) Apache Avro
Miscellaneous
1 50 (3.46%) Onboarding
2 45 (3.11%) Product Ownership
3 38 (2.63%) Data Structures
4 33 (2.28%) Management Information System
5 26 (1.80%) Reference Data
6 22 (1.52%) Cloud Native
6 22 (1.52%) Replication
7 21 (1.45%) Data Centre
7 21 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
8 19 (1.31%) Greenfield Project
9 16 (1.11%) Self-Motivation
10 12 (0.83%) Freedom of Information
10 12 (0.83%) Freedom of Information Act
11 11 (0.76%) NHS
12 10 (0.69%) Video Conferencing
13 8 (0.55%) Mobile App
13 8 (0.55%) Virtual Team
14 7 (0.48%) Cyber Threat
14 7 (0.48%) Legacy Systems
14 7 (0.48%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 81 (5.60%) Windows
2 61 (4.22%) Linux
3 35 (2.42%) Windows Server
4 26 (1.80%) Unix
5 15 (1.04%) Windows Server 2016
5 15 (1.04%) Windows Server 2019
6 12 (0.83%) Windows Server 2012
7 10 (0.69%) Windows Server 2008
8 9 (0.62%) Android
8 9 (0.62%) Windows Server 2003
9 8 (0.55%) Windows 10
10 7 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 5 (0.35%) VMS
12 3 (0.21%) Apple iOS
13 2 (0.14%) Kali Linux
13 2 (0.14%) Mac OS
13 2 (0.14%) Mac OS X
13 2 (0.14%) zOS
14 1 (0.069%) OpenVMS
14 1 (0.069%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 362 (25.03%) Agile
2 204 (14.11%) DevOps
3 175 (12.10%) Business Intelligence
4 135 (9.34%) Migration
5 123 (8.51%) Programme Management
6 121 (8.37%) Stakeholder Management
7 118 (8.16%) Problem-Solving
8 109 (7.54%) Digital Marketing
9 105 (7.26%) CI/CD
10 96 (6.64%) Scrum
11 83 (5.74%) Data Modelling
12 81 (5.60%) Project Management
13 73 (5.05%) Change Management
14 67 (4.63%) ITIL
15 64 (4.43%) Continuous Improvement
16 63 (4.36%) Analytics
16 63 (4.36%) Collaborative Working
17 62 (4.29%) PRINCE2
18 60 (4.15%) Project Delivery
19 58 (4.01%) Service Design
Programming Languages
1 126 (8.71%) SQL
2 94 (6.50%) Python
3 84 (5.81%) PowerShell
4 83 (5.74%) Java
5 79 (5.46%) C#
6 74 (5.12%) JavaScript
7 27 (1.87%) TypeScript
8 23 (1.59%) Bicep
9 10 (0.69%) Bash
9 10 (0.69%) Go
9 10 (0.69%) Shell Script
10 9 (0.62%) PL/SQL
10 9 (0.62%) Ruby
10 9 (0.62%) T-SQL
11 8 (0.55%) PHP
11 8 (0.55%) Scala
12 7 (0.48%) ABAP
12 7 (0.48%) Korn
13 6 (0.41%) Kotlin
14 5 (0.35%) C++
Qualifications
1 605 (41.84%) Security Cleared
2 474 (32.78%) SC Cleared
3 111 (7.68%) Degree
4 105 (7.26%) DV Cleared
5 26 (1.80%) BPSS Clearance
6 19 (1.31%) Computer Science Degree
7 17 (1.18%) Microsoft Certification
8 13 (0.90%) Master's Degree
9 9 (0.62%) CTC Cleared
10 8 (0.55%) Cisco Certification
11 7 (0.48%) PMP
11 7 (0.48%) Six Sigma Black Belt
11 7 (0.48%) Six Sigma Green Belt
12 6 (0.41%) CCNA
12 6 (0.41%) ISTQB
12 6 (0.41%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 6 (0.41%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 5 (0.35%) DBS Check
13 5 (0.35%) ITIL Certification
13 5 (0.35%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (3.04%) QA
2 35 (2.42%) Accessibility
3 33 (2.28%) Data Quality
4 28 (1.94%) PMO
4 28 (1.94%) SLA
5 16 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 14 (0.97%) WCAG
7 11 (0.76%) GDPR
7 11 (0.76%) NCSC
8 9 (0.62%) NIST
8 9 (0.62%) PCI DSS
9 5 (0.35%) COBIT
9 5 (0.35%) ISO 20022
9 5 (0.35%) ISO 22301
10 4 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 3 (0.21%) GPG13
12 2 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
12 2 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.14%) GRC
12 2 (0.14%) HL7
System Software
1 97 (6.71%) Active Directory
2 55 (3.80%) Docker
3 17 (1.18%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.62%) Firmware
4 9 (0.62%) NFS
5 8 (0.55%) HDFS
6 6 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.28%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.21%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.14%) vSphere
10 1 (0.069%) Microsoft App-V
10 1 (0.069%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.069%) XenApp
10 1 (0.069%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 74 (5.12%) Terraform
2 60 (4.15%) Kubernetes
3 35 (2.42%) Ansible
4 14 (0.97%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 11 (0.76%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (0.48%) SCCM
8 5 (0.35%) Grafana
8 5 (0.35%) Prometheus
8 5 (0.35%) Puppet
9 4 (0.28%) Packer
9 4 (0.28%) Progress Chef
9 4 (0.28%) Red Hat Satellite
10 3 (0.21%) Consul
10 3 (0.21%) Kibana
11 2 (0.14%) Dell DRAC
11 2 (0.14%) FortiGate
12 1 (0.069%) CA Endevor
12 1 (0.069%) Data Guard
12 1 (0.069%) SCOM
Vendors
1 223 (15.42%) Microsoft
2 140 (9.68%) SAP
3 71 (4.91%) Oracle
4 46 (3.18%) ServiceNow
5 23 (1.59%) Sparx
6 19 (1.31%) NetApp
6 19 (1.31%) VMware
7 16 (1.11%) Adobe
7 16 (1.11%) Cisco
8 15 (1.04%) Veeam
9 14 (0.97%) Splunk
9 14 (0.97%) Virgin Media
10 13 (0.90%) ESRI
11 12 (0.83%) CyberArk
12 11 (0.76%) Citrix
12 11 (0.76%) Dell
13 10 (0.69%) Atlassian
13 10 (0.69%) Google
14 9 (0.62%) Juniper
15 8 (0.55%) Informatica