Public Sector Contracts with Work from Home Options

Public Sector
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH). 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 16 15 14
Rank change year-on-year -1 -1 +3
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 1,405 2,394 4,519
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 9.60% 9.93% 10.24%
As % of the General category 16.31% 16.95% 18.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 972 1,883 3,761
10th Percentile £301 £350 £315
25th Percentile £413 £450 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £540 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.09% +8.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £600
90th Percentile £700 £743 £680
UK median daily rate £510 £520 £500
% change year-on-year -1.92% +4.00% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 44 21 49
10th Percentile £13.28 £16.19 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.50 £19.25 £16.50
Median hourly rate £24.13 £21.31 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +13.22% -14.76% +38.89%
75th Percentile £70.63 £27.30 £35.00
90th Percentile £87.51 £42.50 £73.00
UK median hourly rate £22.50 £20.26 £20.00
% change year-on-year +11.06% +1.30% +11.11%

All General Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 8,613 14,127 24,222
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 58.84% 58.62% 54.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,648 9,975 17,680
10th Percentile £329 £363 £353
25th Percentile £425 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.11%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £638
90th Percentile £775 £775 £740
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 461 320 333
10th Percentile £14.00 £18.63 £13.50
25th Percentile £22.50 £25.71 £19.50
Median hourly rate £38.12 £49.50 £33.90
Median % change year-on-year -22.99% +46.02% +50.67%
75th Percentile £52.50 £67.50 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £78.79 £65.29
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £32.30 £22.50
% change year-on-year -7.12% +43.56% +4.65%

Public Sector
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Public Sector as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Public Sector trend for jobs with a WFH option

Public Sector
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option 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 a work from home option citing Public Sector over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

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 a work from home option 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 a work from home option citing Public Sector over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

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 55 (3.91%) SharePoint
2 43 (3.06%) Confluence
3 30 (2.14%) Microsoft Exchange
4 21 (1.49%) CMS
5 14 (1.00%) ArcGIS
6 10 (0.71%) Exchange Server 2003
7 9 (0.64%) Exchange Server 2007
7 9 (0.64%) Exchange Server 2010
7 9 (0.64%) Exchange Server 2013
7 9 (0.64%) Skype for Business
8 8 (0.57%) nginx
9 7 (0.50%) WordPress
10 6 (0.43%) SAS
11 5 (0.36%) Apache
12 4 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
12 4 (0.28%) Apache Spark
13 3 (0.21%) OpenStack
13 3 (0.21%) Sitecore CMS
14 2 (0.14%) Drupal
14 2 (0.14%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 41 (2.92%) Microsoft Office
2 37 (2.63%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (1.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (0.57%) Microsoft Project
4 8 (0.57%) MS Visio
5 5 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.28%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 3 (0.21%) Adobe XD
7 3 (0.21%) Sketch
8 2 (0.14%) Adobe Captivate
8 2 (0.14%) Camtasia
8 2 (0.14%) Lectora
8 2 (0.14%) Trello
8 2 (0.14%) UserZoom
9 1 (0.071%) 3ds Max
9 1 (0.071%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.071%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.071%) Blender
9 1 (0.071%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.071%) Revit
Business Applications
1 12 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.71%) Dynamics AX
3 9 (0.64%) Oracle EBS
3 9 (0.64%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.50%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 5 (0.36%) Oracle Cash Management
5 5 (0.36%) Oracle Receivables
5 5 (0.36%) Primavera
6 4 (0.28%) SAP SD
7 3 (0.21%) Loan IQ
7 3 (0.21%) Oracle Assets
7 3 (0.21%) Oracle General Ledger
7 3 (0.21%) Oracle Payables
7 3 (0.21%) Remedy ITSM
7 3 (0.21%) SAP CO
7 3 (0.21%) SAP FI
7 3 (0.21%) SAP FI/CO
8 2 (0.14%) iTrent
8 2 (0.14%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 2 (0.14%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 259 (18.43%) Azure
2 146 (10.39%) AWS
3 100 (7.12%) Microsoft 365
4 87 (6.19%) Azure DevOps
5 75 (5.34%) Power Platform
6 49 (3.49%) Serverless
7 38 (2.70%) GitHub
8 31 (2.21%) Power Automate
9 28 (1.99%) Amazon S3
9 28 (1.99%) AWS Lambda
9 28 (1.99%) Dynamics 365
10 26 (1.85%) GCP
10 26 (1.85%) PowerApps
11 25 (1.78%) OCI
12 23 (1.64%) AWS CloudFormation
13 22 (1.57%) SaaS
14 20 (1.42%) Entra ID
15 18 (1.28%) OpenShift
16 17 (1.21%) Azure Service Bus
17 16 (1.14%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 42 (2.99%) Firewall
2 15 (1.07%) Network Security
3 14 (1.00%) Intrusion Detection
3 14 (1.00%) WAN
4 13 (0.93%) Wireless
5 12 (0.85%) NetScaler
5 12 (0.85%) VPN
6 11 (0.78%) 4G
7 10 (0.71%) LAN
7 10 (0.71%) Skype
8 9 (0.64%) IPsec
9 8 (0.57%) 3G
9 8 (0.57%) BGP
9 8 (0.57%) Intranet
9 8 (0.57%) OSPF
10 7 (0.50%) DNS
10 7 (0.50%) Internet
10 7 (0.50%) TCP/IP
11 6 (0.43%) Cisco ASA
11 6 (0.43%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (3.84%) Power BI
2 45 (3.20%) SQL Server
3 42 (2.99%) PostgreSQL
4 32 (2.28%) Data Warehouse
5 31 (2.21%) Data Lake
6 20 (1.42%) Relational Database
7 18 (1.28%) GIS
8 17 (1.21%) MongoDB
9 16 (1.14%) Oracle Reports
10 15 (1.07%) Amazon Aurora
11 14 (1.00%) Oracle Database
12 13 (0.93%) Metadata
13 12 (0.85%) Amazon RDS
13 12 (0.85%) Big Data
13 12 (0.85%) NoSQL
14 11 (0.78%) Snowflake Schema
15 10 (0.71%) BigQuery
16 9 (0.64%) Elasticsearch
16 9 (0.64%) Tableau
17 8 (0.57%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 68 (4.84%) JIRA
2 33 (2.35%) Git
3 31 (2.21%) Jenkins
4 16 (1.14%) Visual Studio
5 13 (0.93%) GitLab
6 12 (0.85%) Cypress.io
6 12 (0.85%) Selenium
7 10 (0.71%) PVCS
8 7 (0.50%) Postman
9 6 (0.43%) JMeter
9 6 (0.43%) SpecFlow
10 5 (0.36%) ERwin
11 4 (0.28%) Cucumber
11 4 (0.28%) Maven
11 4 (0.28%) SoapUI
12 3 (0.21%) JUnit
12 3 (0.21%) NUnit
12 3 (0.21%) Oracle Forms
12 3 (0.21%) Team Foundation Server
12 3 (0.21%) WebDriver
General
1 297 (21.14%) Social Skills
2 243 (17.30%) Finance
3 103 (7.33%) Analytical Skills
4 85 (6.05%) Marketing
5 79 (5.62%) Telecoms
6 77 (5.48%) Manufacturing
7 76 (5.41%) Electronics
8 29 (2.06%) Local Government
9 24 (1.71%) Presentation Skills
10 22 (1.57%) Organisational Skills
10 22 (1.57%) Retail
11 21 (1.49%) Back Office
12 18 (1.28%) Publishing
13 17 (1.21%) Military
14 16 (1.14%) Influencing Skills
15 15 (1.07%) Law
16 10 (0.71%) General Ledger
16 10 (0.71%) Legal
17 9 (0.64%) Banking
18 6 (0.43%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 209 (14.88%) Architect
2 179 (12.74%) Senior
3 166 (11.81%) Developer
4 154 (10.96%) Analyst
5 89 (6.33%) Lead
6 86 (6.12%) Consultant
7 85 (6.05%) Project Manager
8 63 (4.48%) Solutions Architect
9 56 (3.99%) Business Analyst
10 52 (3.70%) DevOps Engineer
11 42 (2.99%) Technical Architect
12 39 (2.78%) Designer
13 38 (2.70%) Senior Analyst
13 38 (2.70%) Senior Manager
14 34 (2.42%) Data Engineer
15 31 (2.21%) Delivery Manager
16 29 (2.06%) Senior Developer
17 26 (1.85%) Security Architect
17 26 (1.85%) Service Manager
18 25 (1.78%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (5.62%) .NET
2 57 (4.06%) HTML
3 49 (3.49%) CSS
4 35 (2.49%) REST
5 30 (2.14%) React
6 29 (2.06%) XML
7 25 (1.78%) Web Services
8 24 (1.71%) Node.js
8 24 (1.71%) RESTful
9 22 (1.57%) AWS CDK
10 19 (1.35%) Oracle Fusion
11 18 (1.28%) .NET Core
12 16 (1.14%) JSON
12 16 (1.14%) SAML
13 15 (1.07%) AngularJS
13 15 (1.07%) ASP.NET
14 14 (1.00%) Spring
15 13 (0.93%) .NET Framework
15 13 (0.93%) Spring Boot
16 11 (0.78%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 52 (3.70%) Product Ownership
2 43 (3.06%) Management Information System
3 37 (2.63%) Data Structures
4 25 (1.78%) Greenfield Project
5 21 (1.49%) Cloud Native
5 21 (1.49%) Onboarding
6 18 (1.28%) NHS
7 17 (1.21%) Data Centre
8 14 (1.00%) Legacy Systems
8 14 (1.00%) Self-Motivation
9 13 (0.93%) Data Protection Act
9 13 (0.93%) Freedom of Information
10 12 (0.85%) CMDB
11 9 (0.64%) Wiki
12 8 (0.57%) Analytical Mindset
12 8 (0.57%) Replication
13 7 (0.50%) Low-Code
13 7 (0.50%) PKI
13 7 (0.50%) Public Cloud
14 6 (0.43%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 67 (4.77%) Linux
2 66 (4.70%) Windows
3 19 (1.35%) Windows Server
4 18 (1.28%) Unix
5 11 (0.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 11 (0.78%) Windows Server 2012
6 10 (0.71%) Windows Server 2003
6 10 (0.71%) Windows Server 2008
6 10 (0.71%) zOS
7 9 (0.64%) Android
8 8 (0.57%) Windows 10
9 6 (0.43%) Apple iOS
10 4 (0.28%) Windows 7
11 3 (0.21%) Ubuntu
11 3 (0.21%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.14%) Alpine Linux
12 2 (0.14%) Mac OS
12 2 (0.14%) Solaris
13 1 (0.071%) AIX
13 1 (0.071%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 330 (23.49%) Agile
2 195 (13.88%) DevOps
3 144 (10.25%) Business Intelligence
4 128 (9.11%) Stakeholder Management
5 124 (8.83%) Migration
6 114 (8.11%) Project Management
7 104 (7.40%) CI/CD
8 94 (6.69%) Programme Management
9 90 (6.41%) Problem-Solving
10 85 (6.05%) Roadmaps
11 78 (5.55%) Digital Marketing
12 76 (5.41%) ITIL
13 73 (5.20%) Project Delivery
14 72 (5.12%) Service Management
15 70 (4.98%) Scrum
16 68 (4.84%) Analytics
17 67 (4.77%) Change Management
17 67 (4.77%) User Experience
18 59 (4.20%) Cybersecurity
18 59 (4.20%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 117 (8.33%) SQL
2 95 (6.76%) Python
3 80 (5.69%) JavaScript
4 65 (4.63%) Java
5 62 (4.41%) PowerShell
6 56 (3.99%) C#
7 36 (2.56%) TypeScript
8 20 (1.42%) Bash
8 20 (1.42%) PL/SQL
9 14 (1.00%) C
10 13 (0.93%) Bicep
11 11 (0.78%) Ruby
12 9 (0.64%) C++
12 9 (0.64%) REXX
13 8 (0.57%) ABAP
13 8 (0.57%) COBOL
13 8 (0.57%) PHP
13 8 (0.57%) Shell Script
13 8 (0.57%) T-SQL
14 7 (0.50%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 504 (35.87%) Security Cleared
2 379 (26.98%) SC Cleared
3 130 (9.25%) Degree
4 77 (5.48%) DV Cleared
5 25 (1.78%) BPSS Clearance
6 22 (1.57%) Microsoft Certification
7 14 (1.00%) Computer Science Degree
7 14 (1.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 13 (0.93%) CISSP
9 12 (0.85%) ISTQB
10 10 (0.71%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 10 (0.71%) ITIL Certification
11 9 (0.64%) ISEB
12 8 (0.57%) Cisco Certification
12 8 (0.57%) Master's Degree
13 7 (0.50%) CISM
13 7 (0.50%) DBS Check
13 7 (0.50%) PMI Certification
14 6 (0.43%) CCNA
14 6 (0.43%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (4.13%) Accessibility
2 33 (2.35%) Disclosure Scotland
3 29 (2.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 26 (1.85%) QA
5 25 (1.78%) Data Quality
6 24 (1.71%) SLA
7 18 (1.28%) PMO
8 16 (1.14%) WCAG
9 13 (0.93%) NIST
10 12 (0.85%) GDPR
11 7 (0.50%) COBIT
12 6 (0.43%) Actionable Recommendations
12 6 (0.43%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 6 (0.43%) ISO 22301
12 6 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 6 (0.43%) NCSC
13 3 (0.21%) GPG13
13 3 (0.21%) ISO 31000
13 3 (0.21%) PCI DSS
14 2 (0.14%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 79 (5.62%) Active Directory
2 50 (3.56%) Docker
3 14 (1.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.50%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (0.43%) Virtual Servers
6 5 (0.36%) ACF2
6 5 (0.36%) RACF
6 5 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.28%) Firmware
7 4 (0.28%) IAG
7 4 (0.28%) Time Sharing Option
8 3 (0.21%) BitLocker
8 3 (0.21%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.14%) NFS
10 1 (0.071%) OpenAM
10 1 (0.071%) OpenIDM
Systems Management
1 64 (4.56%) Terraform
2 42 (2.99%) Ansible
2 42 (2.99%) Kubernetes
3 24 (1.71%) Grafana
4 13 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
5 10 (0.71%) Puppet
6 9 (0.64%) SCCM
7 8 (0.57%) Prometheus
8 7 (0.50%) Kibana
9 6 (0.43%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 6 (0.43%) FortiGate
10 5 (0.36%) Progress Chef
11 4 (0.28%) Red Hat Satellite
12 3 (0.21%) Argo
12 3 (0.21%) Data Guard
12 3 (0.21%) Microsoft Intune
12 3 (0.21%) NetBackup
13 2 (0.14%) Dell DRAC
13 2 (0.14%) HP ALM
13 2 (0.14%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 191 (13.59%) Microsoft
2 107 (7.62%) SAP
3 76 (5.41%) Oracle
4 44 (3.13%) ServiceNow
5 18 (1.28%) VMware
6 17 (1.21%) Atlassian
6 17 (1.21%) Google
6 17 (1.21%) NetApp
7 15 (1.07%) Citrix
8 13 (0.93%) Adobe
8 13 (0.93%) Cisco
8 13 (0.93%) Sparx
9 12 (0.85%) CyberArk
9 12 (0.85%) IBM
9 12 (0.85%) Palo Alto
9 12 (0.85%) Splunk
10 10 (0.71%) Dell
10 10 (0.71%) Salesforce
11 8 (0.57%) Databricks
12 7 (0.50%) BeyondTrust