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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 19 26 44
Rank change year-on-year +7 +18 +11
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 1,446 1,771 2,169
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 8.26% 6.96% 5.61%
As % of the General category 13.17% 10.99% 9.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,029 1,296 1,781
10th Percentile £363 £356 £363
25th Percentile £431 £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 £719
England median daily rate £525 £525 £510
% change year-on-year - +2.94% +4.08%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 17 42
10th Percentile £15.00 £17.90 £14.75
25th Percentile £15.98 £20.00 £18.88
Median hourly rate £18.32 £25.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year -26.74% -2.65% +3.86%
75th Percentile £60.50 £43.86 -
90th Percentile £77.50 £60.45 £37.27
England median hourly rate £23.50 £20.56 £20.00
% change year-on-year +14.30% +2.80% +11.11%

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 10,976 16,110 23,454
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 62.68% 63.34% 60.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,837 11,743 17,033
10th Percentile £335 £375 £385
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £580
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +3.45% +7.91%
75th Percentile £700 £725 £700
90th Percentile £825 £825 £800
England median daily rate £535 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.73% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 242 200 283
10th Percentile £16.00 £16.13 £18.09
25th Percentile £18.25 £20.86 £25.68
Median hourly rate £30.00 £30.00 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year - -15.49% +23.05%
75th Percentile £48.44 £52.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.90 £70.00 £64.55
England median hourly rate £30.44 £31.92 £21.50
% change year-on-year -4.65% +48.47% +2.14%

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 1 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 1 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 1 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 +7 168 £500 -4.76% 46
South London -2 39 £494 -0.71% 8
West London +24 19 £350 -36.36% 15
East London +5 18 £550 +10.00% 13
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 69 (4.77%) SharePoint
2 29 (2.01%) 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
10 3 (0.21%) WordPress
11 2 (0.14%) SAS
Applications
1 27 (1.87%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (1.45%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (1.04%) MS Visio
4 14 (0.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 10 (0.69%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.21%) Acrobat
6 3 (0.21%) Adobe Premiere
6 3 (0.21%) Photoshop
6 3 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.21%) Trello
7 2 (0.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.14%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.14%) Sketch
8 1 (0.069%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 17 (1.18%) 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 SD
7 3 (0.21%) Loan IQ
7 3 (0.21%) Oracle Payables
7 3 (0.21%) SAP CO
7 3 (0.21%) SAP ERP
7 3 (0.21%) SAP FI
7 3 (0.21%) SAP FI/CO
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
1 293 (20.26%) Azure
2 175 (12.10%) AWS
3 116 (8.02%) Azure DevOps
4 80 (5.53%) Microsoft 365
5 68 (4.70%) Power Platform
6 44 (3.04%) Serverless
7 37 (2.56%) Dynamics 365
8 33 (2.28%) AWS Lambda
9 30 (2.07%) Amazon S3
9 30 (2.07%) Entra ID
10 24 (1.66%) GitHub
10 24 (1.66%) Power Automate
11 22 (1.52%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 22 (1.52%) SaaS
12 20 (1.38%) PaaS
12 20 (1.38%) PowerApps
13 18 (1.24%) Azure Service Bus
14 16 (1.11%) Azure Data Factory
15 15 (1.04%) Azure Monitor
15 15 (1.04%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 38 (2.63%) Firewall
2 25 (1.73%) WAN
3 20 (1.38%) Wireless
4 18 (1.24%) LAN
5 13 (0.90%) VPN
6 11 (0.76%) BGP
6 11 (0.76%) OSPF
6 11 (0.76%) Skype
7 10 (0.69%) NetScaler
8 9 (0.62%) DNS
9 8 (0.55%) FTP
9 8 (0.55%) VoIP
9 8 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
10 7 (0.48%) Network Security
11 6 (0.41%) HTTP
11 6 (0.41%) Internet
11 6 (0.41%) IPsec
11 6 (0.41%) SD-WAN
12 5 (0.35%) TCP/IP
12 5 (0.35%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 96 (6.64%) SQL Server
2 54 (3.73%) Power BI
3 46 (3.18%) PostgreSQL
4 38 (2.63%) NoSQL
5 36 (2.49%) Data Warehouse
6 29 (2.01%) Metadata
6 29 (2.01%) Relational Database
7 27 (1.87%) Data Lake
8 24 (1.66%) GIS
9 21 (1.45%) Data Vault
10 18 (1.24%) Amazon RDS
11 16 (1.11%) Big Data
12 15 (1.04%) Metadata Repository
13 13 (0.90%) RDBMS
14 12 (0.83%) Amazon Redshift
14 12 (0.83%) Oracle Database
14 12 (0.83%) Parquet
15 11 (0.76%) DynamoDB
16 10 (0.69%) Amazon Athena
17 9 (0.62%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 56 (3.87%) Git
2 43 (2.97%) JIRA
3 30 (2.07%) Jenkins
4 20 (1.38%) Selenium
5 15 (1.04%) GitLab
5 15 (1.04%) JUnit
6 12 (0.83%) Cypress.io
6 12 (0.83%) SpecFlow
7 11 (0.76%) Postman
8 9 (0.62%) ERwin
9 7 (0.48%) JMeter
9 7 (0.48%) Visual Studio
9 7 (0.48%) WebDriver
10 6 (0.41%) Maven
11 5 (0.35%) Cucumber
12 4 (0.28%) Mockito
12 4 (0.28%) REST Assured
12 4 (0.28%) Team Foundation Server
13 3 (0.21%) Liquibase
13 3 (0.21%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 257 (17.77%) Social Skills
2 244 (16.87%) Finance
3 113 (7.81%) Marketing
4 109 (7.54%) Telecoms
5 105 (7.26%) Manufacturing
6 104 (7.19%) Electronics
7 103 (7.12%) Analytical Skills
8 37 (2.56%) Local Government
9 31 (2.14%) Back Office
10 27 (1.87%) Presentation Skills
11 26 (1.80%) Retail
12 21 (1.45%) Banking
12 21 (1.45%) Law
13 20 (1.38%) Organisational Skills
14 16 (1.11%) General Ledger
14 16 (1.11%) Legal
15 15 (1.04%) Influencing Skills
15 15 (1.04%) Military
15 15 (1.04%) Publishing
16 9 (0.62%) Police
Job Titles
1 225 (15.56%) Architect
2 184 (12.72%) Senior
3 172 (11.89%) Developer
4 134 (9.27%) Analyst
5 112 (7.75%) Consultant
6 88 (6.09%) Lead
7 64 (4.43%) Business Analyst
8 59 (4.08%) Project Manager
9 52 (3.60%) Data Engineer
10 49 (3.39%) Data Architect
10 49 (3.39%) DevOps Engineer
11 45 (3.11%) Senior Developer
12 43 (2.97%) Solutions Architect
12 43 (2.97%) Technical Architect
13 40 (2.77%) Senior Analyst
14 36 (2.49%) Designer
15 31 (2.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 30 (2.07%) Network Engineer
17 29 (2.01%) Software Developer
18 26 (1.80%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 86 (5.95%) .NET
2 41 (2.84%) HTML
3 40 (2.77%) XML
4 39 (2.70%) REST
5 33 (2.28%) Spring
6 32 (2.21%) CSS
7 31 (2.14%) Spring Boot
8 28 (1.94%) JSON
9 26 (1.80%) .NET Core
9 26 (1.80%) React
10 23 (1.59%) Kafka
11 22 (1.52%) .NET Framework
12 18 (1.24%) AngularJS
12 18 (1.24%) Oracle Fusion
13 16 (1.11%) ASP.NET
13 16 (1.11%) RESTful
14 15 (1.04%) Middleware
14 15 (1.04%) Node.js
15 12 (0.83%) Apache Avro
15 12 (0.83%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 48 (3.32%) Onboarding
2 47 (3.25%) Product Ownership
3 37 (2.56%) Data Structures
4 32 (2.21%) Management Information System
5 26 (1.80%) Reference Data
6 23 (1.59%) Replication
7 22 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
8 21 (1.45%) Cloud Native
8 21 (1.45%) Data Centre
9 19 (1.31%) Greenfield Project
10 16 (1.11%) Self-Motivation
11 12 (0.83%) Freedom of Information
11 12 (0.83%) Freedom of Information Act
12 10 (0.69%) NHS
12 10 (0.69%) Video Conferencing
13 9 (0.62%) Virtual Team
14 8 (0.55%) Mobile App
15 7 (0.48%) PKI
15 7 (0.48%) Public Cloud
15 7 (0.48%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 83 (5.74%) Windows
2 60 (4.15%) Linux
3 36 (2.49%) Windows Server
4 26 (1.80%) Unix
5 16 (1.11%) Windows Server 2016
5 16 (1.11%) 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 10
8 9 (0.62%) Windows Server 2003
9 7 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 5 (0.35%) VMS
11 3 (0.21%) Apple iOS
12 2 (0.14%) Kali Linux
12 2 (0.14%) Mac OS
12 2 (0.14%) Mac OS X
12 2 (0.14%) zOS
13 1 (0.069%) OpenVMS
13 1 (0.069%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 359 (24.83%) Agile
2 203 (14.04%) DevOps
3 175 (12.10%) Business Intelligence
4 138 (9.54%) Migration
5 120 (8.30%) Programme Management
5 120 (8.30%) Stakeholder Management
6 119 (8.23%) Problem-Solving
7 108 (7.47%) Digital Marketing
8 107 (7.40%) CI/CD
9 95 (6.57%) Scrum
10 84 (5.81%) Data Modelling
11 80 (5.53%) Project Management
12 73 (5.05%) Change Management
13 65 (4.50%) Analytics
14 64 (4.43%) ITIL
15 63 (4.36%) Collaborative Working
15 63 (4.36%) Continuous Improvement
15 63 (4.36%) PRINCE2
16 62 (4.29%) Project Delivery
17 58 (4.01%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 126 (8.71%) SQL
2 96 (6.64%) Python
3 84 (5.81%) Java
4 83 (5.74%) PowerShell
5 78 (5.39%) 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%) Ruby
10 9 (0.62%) PL/SQL
10 9 (0.62%) Shell Script
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
1 602 (41.63%) Security Cleared
2 472 (32.64%) SC Cleared
3 111 (7.68%) Degree
4 104 (7.19%) DV Cleared
5 26 (1.80%) BPSS Clearance
6 18 (1.24%) Computer Science Degree
7 16 (1.11%) Microsoft Certification
8 12 (0.83%) Master's Degree
9 10 (0.69%) CTC Cleared
10 7 (0.48%) Cisco Certification
10 7 (0.48%) PMP
10 7 (0.48%) Six Sigma Black Belt
10 7 (0.48%) Six Sigma Green Belt
11 6 (0.41%) ISTQB
11 6 (0.41%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 6 (0.41%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 5 (0.35%) AWS Certification
12 5 (0.35%) DBS Check
12 5 (0.35%) ITIL Certification
12 5 (0.35%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (3.18%) QA
2 38 (2.63%) Accessibility
3 33 (2.28%) Data Quality
4 28 (1.94%) PMO
5 27 (1.87%) SLA
6 15 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 15 (1.04%) WCAG
7 13 (0.90%) GDPR
8 12 (0.83%) NCSC
9 10 (0.69%) NIST
10 9 (0.62%) PCI DSS
11 5 (0.35%) COBIT
11 5 (0.35%) ISO 20022
11 5 (0.35%) ISO 22301
12 4 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 3 (0.21%) GPG13
14 2 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
14 2 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials
14 2 (0.14%) HL7
15 1 (0.069%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 97 (6.71%) Active Directory
2 56 (3.87%) Docker
3 16 (1.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.62%) NFS
5 8 (0.55%) Firmware
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 72 (4.98%) Terraform
2 58 (4.01%) Kubernetes
3 35 (2.42%) Ansible
4 15 (1.04%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 9 (0.62%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (0.48%) SCCM
7 5 (0.35%) Grafana
7 5 (0.35%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.35%) Puppet
8 4 (0.28%) Packer
8 4 (0.28%) Progress Chef
8 4 (0.28%) Red Hat Satellite
9 3 (0.21%) Consul
9 3 (0.21%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.21%) Kibana
10 2 (0.14%) Dell DRAC
11 1 (0.069%) Failover Clustering
11 1 (0.069%) Microsoft Clustering
11 1 (0.069%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 220 (15.21%) Microsoft
2 138 (9.54%) SAP
3 68 (4.70%) Oracle
4 47 (3.25%) ServiceNow
5 23 (1.59%) Sparx
6 18 (1.24%) NetApp
6 18 (1.24%) VMware
7 17 (1.18%) Cisco
8 16 (1.11%) Veeam
9 15 (1.04%) Adobe
9 15 (1.04%) Splunk
10 13 (0.90%) ESRI
10 13 (0.90%) Virgin Media
11 12 (0.83%) CyberArk
12 11 (0.76%) Citrix
12 11 (0.76%) Dell
12 11 (0.76%) Google
12 11 (0.76%) Juniper
13 10 (0.69%) Palo Alto
14 8 (0.55%) Atlassian