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

6 months to
6 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 16 15 13
Rank change year-on-year -1 -2 +4
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 1,394 2,396 4,562
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 9.48% 9.97% 10.26%
As % of the General category 16.14% 16.99% 18.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 961 1,892 3,790
10th Percentile £300 £350 £315
25th Percentile £413 £440 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £540 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.47% +7.90% +5.26%
75th Percentile £600 £645 £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 45 21 50
10th Percentile £13.46 £16.19 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.50 £19.25 £16.85
Median hourly rate £22.56 £21.31 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +5.87% -14.76% +38.89%
75th Percentile £68.75 £27.30 £34.73
90th Percentile £87.50 £42.50 £72.75
UK median hourly rate £22.50 £20.10 £20.00
% change year-on-year +11.94% +0.50% +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 8,637 14,103 24,470
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 58.72% 58.68% 55.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,663 9,970 17,873
10th Percentile £325 £363 £354
25th Percentile £425 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £638
90th Percentile £775 £775 £744
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 460 316 340
10th Percentile £14.00 £18.63 £13.50
25th Percentile £21.69 £25.71 £19.50
Median hourly rate £38.12 £49.50 £34.45
Median % change year-on-year -22.99% +43.69% +53.11%
75th Percentile £52.50 £67.50 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £78.38 £65.32
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £32.30 £22.50
% change year-on-year -7.12% +43.56% +5.88%

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 6 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 6 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 56 (4.02%) SharePoint
2 45 (3.23%) Confluence
3 30 (2.15%) Microsoft Exchange
4 21 (1.51%) CMS
5 14 (1.00%) ArcGIS
6 10 (0.72%) Exchange Server 2003
7 9 (0.65%) Exchange Server 2007
7 9 (0.65%) Exchange Server 2010
7 9 (0.65%) Exchange Server 2013
7 9 (0.65%) Skype for Business
8 8 (0.57%) nginx
9 6 (0.43%) SAS
9 6 (0.43%) WordPress
10 5 (0.36%) Apache
11 4 (0.29%) Apache Airflow
11 4 (0.29%) Apache Spark
12 3 (0.22%) OpenStack
12 3 (0.22%) Sitecore CMS
13 2 (0.14%) Drupal
13 2 (0.14%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 41 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
2 35 (2.51%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (0.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (0.57%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (0.43%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 3 (0.22%) Adobe XD
8 3 (0.22%) Sketch
9 2 (0.14%) Acrobat
9 2 (0.14%) Adobe Captivate
9 2 (0.14%) Camtasia
9 2 (0.14%) Lectora
9 2 (0.14%) Trello
9 2 (0.14%) UserZoom
10 1 (0.072%) 3ds Max
10 1 (0.072%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.072%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.072%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.072%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 12 (0.86%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.72%) Dynamics AX
3 9 (0.65%) Oracle EBS
3 9 (0.65%) SAP S/4HANA
4 8 (0.57%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 5 (0.36%) Oracle Cash Management
5 5 (0.36%) Oracle Receivables
5 5 (0.36%) Primavera
6 4 (0.29%) SAP SD
7 3 (0.22%) Loan IQ
7 3 (0.22%) Oracle Assets
7 3 (0.22%) Oracle General Ledger
7 3 (0.22%) Oracle Payables
7 3 (0.22%) Remedy ITSM
7 3 (0.22%) SAP CO
7 3 (0.22%) SAP FI
7 3 (0.22%) SAP FI/CO
8 2 (0.14%) iTrent
8 2 (0.14%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.14%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 258 (18.51%) Azure
2 144 (10.33%) AWS
3 101 (7.25%) Microsoft 365
4 87 (6.24%) Azure DevOps
5 74 (5.31%) Power Platform
6 49 (3.52%) Serverless
7 37 (2.65%) GitHub
8 31 (2.22%) Power Automate
9 29 (2.08%) Amazon S3
10 28 (2.01%) AWS Lambda
10 28 (2.01%) Dynamics 365
11 26 (1.87%) GCP
11 26 (1.87%) PowerApps
12 25 (1.79%) AWS CloudFormation
13 24 (1.72%) OCI
14 22 (1.58%) SaaS
15 20 (1.43%) Entra ID
16 19 (1.36%) OpenShift
17 17 (1.22%) Azure Service Bus
18 16 (1.15%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 43 (3.08%) Firewall
2 16 (1.15%) Network Security
3 14 (1.00%) Intrusion Detection
4 13 (0.93%) WAN
5 12 (0.86%) NetScaler
5 12 (0.86%) VPN
5 12 (0.86%) Wireless
6 11 (0.79%) 4G
7 10 (0.72%) LAN
7 10 (0.72%) Skype
8 9 (0.65%) IPsec
9 8 (0.57%) 3G
10 7 (0.50%) BGP
10 7 (0.50%) DNS
10 7 (0.50%) Internet
10 7 (0.50%) Intranet
10 7 (0.50%) OSPF
10 7 (0.50%) TCP/IP
10 7 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (0.43%) Cisco ISE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (3.80%) Power BI
2 46 (3.30%) SQL Server
3 44 (3.16%) PostgreSQL
4 32 (2.30%) Data Warehouse
5 31 (2.22%) Data Lake
6 21 (1.51%) Relational Database
7 19 (1.36%) GIS
7 19 (1.36%) MongoDB
8 16 (1.15%) Oracle Reports
9 15 (1.08%) Amazon Aurora
10 13 (0.93%) Amazon RDS
10 13 (0.93%) Oracle Database
11 12 (0.86%) Metadata
11 12 (0.86%) NoSQL
12 11 (0.79%) Big Data
12 11 (0.79%) Snowflake Schema
13 10 (0.72%) BigQuery
13 10 (0.72%) Elasticsearch
14 9 (0.65%) MySQL
14 9 (0.65%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 68 (4.88%) JIRA
2 34 (2.44%) Git
3 31 (2.22%) Jenkins
4 16 (1.15%) Visual Studio
5 13 (0.93%) GitLab
6 12 (0.86%) Selenium
7 11 (0.79%) Cypress.io
8 10 (0.72%) PVCS
9 7 (0.50%) Postman
10 6 (0.43%) JMeter
10 6 (0.43%) SpecFlow
11 5 (0.36%) ERwin
12 4 (0.29%) Cucumber
12 4 (0.29%) SoapUI
13 3 (0.22%) Artifactory
13 3 (0.22%) CircleCI
13 3 (0.22%) Maven
13 3 (0.22%) NUnit
13 3 (0.22%) Team Foundation Server
13 3 (0.22%) WebDriver
General
1 293 (21.02%) Social Skills
2 243 (17.43%) Finance
3 101 (7.25%) Analytical Skills
4 85 (6.10%) Marketing
5 78 (5.60%) Telecoms
6 77 (5.52%) Manufacturing
7 76 (5.45%) Electronics
8 30 (2.15%) Local Government
9 25 (1.79%) Presentation Skills
10 23 (1.65%) Organisational Skills
11 22 (1.58%) Retail
12 21 (1.51%) Back Office
13 18 (1.29%) Publishing
14 17 (1.22%) Military
15 15 (1.08%) Influencing Skills
16 14 (1.00%) Law
17 12 (0.86%) Legal
18 10 (0.72%) General Ledger
19 9 (0.65%) Banking
20 6 (0.43%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 206 (14.78%) Architect
2 179 (12.84%) Senior
3 163 (11.69%) Developer
4 155 (11.12%) Analyst
5 85 (6.10%) Lead
5 85 (6.10%) Project Manager
6 83 (5.95%) Consultant
7 63 (4.52%) Solutions Architect
8 53 (3.80%) Business Analyst
9 51 (3.66%) DevOps Engineer
10 42 (3.01%) Technical Architect
11 39 (2.80%) Senior Analyst
12 37 (2.65%) Senior Manager
13 36 (2.58%) Designer
14 34 (2.44%) Data Engineer
15 31 (2.22%) Delivery Manager
16 30 (2.15%) Senior Developer
17 27 (1.94%) Service Manager
18 26 (1.87%) Network Engineer
18 26 (1.87%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 78 (5.60%) .NET
2 57 (4.09%) HTML
3 49 (3.52%) CSS
4 36 (2.58%) REST
5 31 (2.22%) React
6 29 (2.08%) XML
7 24 (1.72%) Web Services
8 23 (1.65%) AWS CDK
8 23 (1.65%) RESTful
9 22 (1.58%) Node.js
10 19 (1.36%) Oracle Fusion
11 18 (1.29%) .NET Core
12 16 (1.15%) JSON
12 16 (1.15%) SAML
13 15 (1.08%) AngularJS
13 15 (1.08%) ASP.NET
14 14 (1.00%) .NET Framework
15 13 (0.93%) Spring
16 12 (0.86%) Spring Boot
17 11 (0.79%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 51 (3.66%) Product Ownership
2 43 (3.08%) Management Information System
3 37 (2.65%) Data Structures
4 25 (1.79%) Greenfield Project
5 21 (1.51%) Onboarding
6 20 (1.43%) Cloud Native
7 18 (1.29%) Data Centre
8 17 (1.22%) NHS
9 14 (1.00%) Freedom of Information
9 14 (1.00%) Legacy Systems
9 14 (1.00%) Self-Motivation
10 13 (0.93%) Data Protection Act
11 12 (0.86%) CMDB
12 9 (0.65%) Analytical Mindset
12 9 (0.65%) Replication
12 9 (0.65%) Wiki
13 7 (0.50%) Low-Code
13 7 (0.50%) Public Cloud
14 6 (0.43%) Cyber Threat
14 6 (0.43%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 68 (4.88%) Linux
2 66 (4.73%) Windows
3 19 (1.36%) Windows Server
4 18 (1.29%) Unix
5 11 (0.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 11 (0.79%) Windows Server 2012
6 10 (0.72%) Windows Server 2003
6 10 (0.72%) Windows Server 2008
6 10 (0.72%) zOS
7 9 (0.65%) Android
8 8 (0.57%) Windows 10
9 6 (0.43%) Apple iOS
10 4 (0.29%) Windows 7
11 3 (0.22%) Ubuntu
11 3 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.14%) Alpine Linux
12 2 (0.14%) Mac OS
12 2 (0.14%) Solaris
13 1 (0.072%) Kali Linux
13 1 (0.072%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 329 (23.60%) Agile
2 194 (13.92%) DevOps
3 142 (10.19%) Business Intelligence
4 130 (9.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 121 (8.68%) Migration
6 114 (8.18%) Project Management
7 101 (7.25%) CI/CD
8 92 (6.60%) Programme Management
9 89 (6.38%) Problem-Solving
10 85 (6.10%) Roadmaps
11 79 (5.67%) ITIL
12 78 (5.60%) Digital Marketing
13 74 (5.31%) Service Management
14 72 (5.16%) Project Delivery
14 72 (5.16%) Scrum
15 69 (4.95%) Change Management
16 66 (4.73%) Analytics
16 66 (4.73%) User Experience
17 59 (4.23%) Mentoring
17 59 (4.23%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 118 (8.46%) SQL
2 92 (6.60%) Python
3 78 (5.60%) JavaScript
4 63 (4.52%) Java
5 62 (4.45%) PowerShell
6 56 (4.02%) C#
7 37 (2.65%) TypeScript
8 20 (1.43%) Bash
8 20 (1.43%) PL/SQL
9 14 (1.00%) C
10 13 (0.93%) Bicep
11 10 (0.72%) Ruby
12 9 (0.65%) C++
12 9 (0.65%) REXX
13 8 (0.57%) COBOL
13 8 (0.57%) Shell Script
13 8 (0.57%) T-SQL
14 7 (0.50%) ABAP
14 7 (0.50%) Go
14 7 (0.50%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 498 (35.72%) Security Cleared
2 374 (26.83%) SC Cleared
3 127 (9.11%) Degree
4 76 (5.45%) DV Cleared
5 23 (1.65%) BPSS Clearance
6 22 (1.58%) Microsoft Certification
7 14 (1.00%) Computer Science Degree
7 14 (1.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 13 (0.93%) CISSP
9 12 (0.86%) ISTQB
10 10 (0.72%) ISEB
10 10 (0.72%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 10 (0.72%) ITIL Certification
11 9 (0.65%) Master's Degree
12 8 (0.57%) Cisco Certification
13 7 (0.50%) CISM
13 7 (0.50%) DBS Check
13 7 (0.50%) PMI Certification
14 6 (0.43%) Azure Certification
14 6 (0.43%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (4.02%) Accessibility
2 33 (2.37%) Disclosure Scotland
3 29 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 26 (1.87%) QA
5 25 (1.79%) Data Quality
5 25 (1.79%) SLA
6 18 (1.29%) PMO
7 16 (1.15%) WCAG
8 12 (0.86%) NIST
9 11 (0.79%) GDPR
10 7 (0.50%) COBIT
11 6 (0.43%) Actionable Recommendations
11 6 (0.43%) ISO 22301
11 6 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 5 (0.36%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 5 (0.36%) NCSC
13 3 (0.22%) GPG13
13 3 (0.22%) PCI DSS
14 2 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials
14 2 (0.14%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 79 (5.67%) Active Directory
2 49 (3.52%) 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 (0.29%) Firmware
7 4 (0.29%) IAG
7 4 (0.29%) Time Sharing Option
8 3 (0.22%) BitLocker
8 3 (0.22%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.14%) NFS
10 1 (0.072%) OpenAM
10 1 (0.072%) OpenIDM
Systems Management
1 64 (4.59%) Terraform
2 43 (3.08%) Ansible
3 42 (3.01%) Kubernetes
4 26 (1.87%) Grafana
5 13 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
6 10 (0.72%) Puppet
7 9 (0.65%) SCCM
8 8 (0.57%) Prometheus
9 7 (0.50%) Kibana
10 6 (0.43%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 5 (0.36%) FortiGate
11 5 (0.36%) Progress Chef
12 4 (0.29%) Red Hat Satellite
13 3 (0.22%) Argo
13 3 (0.22%) Data Guard
13 3 (0.22%) Microsoft Intune
13 3 (0.22%) NetBackup
14 2 (0.14%) HP ALM
14 2 (0.14%) Kustomize
14 2 (0.14%) logstash
Vendors
1 191 (13.70%) Microsoft
2 104 (7.46%) SAP
3 76 (5.45%) Oracle
4 43 (3.08%) ServiceNow
5 18 (1.29%) Atlassian
5 18 (1.29%) VMware
6 17 (1.22%) Google
6 17 (1.22%) NetApp
7 15 (1.08%) Citrix
8 14 (1.00%) Sparx
9 13 (0.93%) Adobe
9 13 (0.93%) Cisco
10 12 (0.86%) CyberArk
10 12 (0.86%) IBM
10 12 (0.86%) Palo Alto
10 12 (0.86%) Splunk
11 10 (0.72%) Dell
11 10 (0.72%) Salesforce
12 8 (0.57%) Databricks
13 7 (0.50%) BeyondTrust