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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 19 27 45
Rank change year-on-year +8 +18 +10
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 1,483 1,790 2,160
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 8.49% 6.88% 5.55%
As % of the General category 13.45% 10.88% 9.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,049 1,307 1,757
10th Percentile £370 £363 £358
25th Percentile £438 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £563 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% +5.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £638
90th Percentile £743 £743 £706
England median daily rate £525 £538 £510
% change year-on-year -2.33% +5.39% +4.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 16 38
10th Percentile £15.00 £18.58 £14.64
25th Percentile £15.66 £20.32 £23.84
Median hourly rate £18.13 £25.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year -27.48% -2.65% +7.00%
75th Percentile £25.73 £43.86 -
90th Percentile £65.90 £63.38 £38.39
England median hourly rate £21.50 £20.64 £20.00
% change year-on-year +4.17% +3.20% +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 11,025 16,456 23,511
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 63.08% 63.25% 60.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,876 11,929 16,992
10th Percentile £336 £380 £381
25th Percentile £450 £481 £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 233 211 300
10th Percentile £15.60 £16.61 £18.95
25th Percentile £18.13 £21.00 £25.68
Median hourly rate £28.00 £30.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% -20.00% +36.36%
75th Percentile £44.75 £53.36 £50.00
90th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £67.50
England median hourly rate £30.16 £32.00 £21.78
% change year-on-year -5.75% +46.91% -0.99%

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 20 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 20 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 20 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 +12 175 £500 - 44
South London -3 43 £488 -1.97% 7
West London +21 19 £350 -34.43% 14
East London +13 18 £550 -11.29% 49
North London 0 2 £305 -35.79% 4
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 (4.65%) SharePoint
2 31 (2.09%) Confluence
3 24 (1.62%) Microsoft Exchange
4 20 (1.35%) CMS
5 12 (0.81%) nginx
6 10 (0.67%) Exchange Server 2013
6 10 (0.67%) Skype for Business
7 9 (0.61%) Exchange Server 2003
7 9 (0.61%) Exchange Server 2007
7 9 (0.61%) Exchange Server 2010
8 8 (0.54%) Site Server
9 7 (0.47%) Apache
9 7 (0.47%) ArcGIS
10 4 (0.27%) Apache Spark
10 4 (0.27%) Camunda
10 4 (0.27%) JBoss
10 4 (0.27%) OpenStack
11 3 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
11 3 (0.20%) WordPress
12 2 (0.13%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 29 (1.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (1.62%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (1.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (1.01%) Microsoft Project
4 15 (1.01%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.27%) Sketch
6 3 (0.20%) Acrobat
6 3 (0.20%) Adobe XD
6 3 (0.20%) Spreadsheet
6 3 (0.20%) Trello
7 2 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.13%) Adobe Premiere
7 2 (0.13%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.067%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 18 (1.21%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 14 (0.94%) Dynamics AX
3 11 (0.74%) Dynamics CRM
4 8 (0.54%) Oracle EBS
5 7 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
6 5 (0.34%) Loan IQ
7 4 (0.27%) Distributed Ledger
7 4 (0.27%) SAP SD
8 3 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
8 3 (0.20%) SAP ERP
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle Cash Management
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle FAH
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
9 2 (0.13%) SAP CO
9 2 (0.13%) SAP FI
9 2 (0.13%) SAP FI/CO
10 1 (0.067%) Oracle Assets
10 1 (0.067%) Oracle Internet Expenses
10 1 (0.067%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 296 (19.96%) Azure
2 185 (12.47%) AWS
3 117 (7.89%) Azure DevOps
4 81 (5.46%) Microsoft 365
5 71 (4.79%) Power Platform
6 45 (3.03%) Serverless
7 36 (2.43%) Dynamics 365
8 34 (2.29%) AWS Lambda
9 32 (2.16%) Amazon S3
10 29 (1.96%) Entra ID
11 25 (1.69%) Power Automate
12 23 (1.55%) GitHub
12 23 (1.55%) PaaS
13 22 (1.48%) Azure Cosmos DB
14 21 (1.42%) SaaS
15 20 (1.35%) PowerApps
16 18 (1.21%) Azure Service Bus
17 17 (1.15%) Azure Data Factory
17 17 (1.15%) IaaS
18 16 (1.08%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 42 (2.83%) Firewall
2 26 (1.75%) WAN
3 22 (1.48%) Wireless
4 18 (1.21%) LAN
5 17 (1.15%) VPN
6 11 (0.74%) BGP
6 11 (0.74%) OSPF
6 11 (0.74%) Skype
7 10 (0.67%) DNS
8 9 (0.61%) NetScaler
9 8 (0.54%) FTP
9 8 (0.54%) Network Security
9 8 (0.54%) VoIP
9 8 (0.54%) Wi-Fi
10 7 (0.47%) HTTP
10 7 (0.47%) Internet
11 6 (0.40%) Intranet
11 6 (0.40%) IPsec
11 6 (0.40%) SD-WAN
11 6 (0.40%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 97 (6.54%) SQL Server
2 56 (3.78%) Power BI
3 49 (3.30%) PostgreSQL
4 40 (2.70%) Data Warehouse
5 37 (2.49%) NoSQL
6 30 (2.02%) Metadata
7 29 (1.96%) Relational Database
8 28 (1.89%) Data Lake
9 25 (1.69%) GIS
10 21 (1.42%) Data Vault
11 17 (1.15%) Big Data
12 16 (1.08%) Amazon RDS
13 15 (1.01%) Metadata Repository
14 13 (0.88%) DynamoDB
14 13 (0.88%) RDBMS
15 12 (0.81%) Amazon Redshift
15 12 (0.81%) Parquet
16 10 (0.67%) Amazon Athena
16 10 (0.67%) Oracle Database
17 8 (0.54%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 56 (3.78%) Git
2 46 (3.10%) JIRA
3 28 (1.89%) Jenkins
4 20 (1.35%) Selenium
5 16 (1.08%) JUnit
6 14 (0.94%) Cypress.io
7 12 (0.81%) GitLab
7 12 (0.81%) SpecFlow
8 11 (0.74%) ERwin
8 11 (0.74%) Postman
9 9 (0.61%) Maven
10 7 (0.47%) JMeter
10 7 (0.47%) Visual Studio
10 7 (0.47%) WebDriver
11 5 (0.34%) Cucumber
11 5 (0.34%) Mockito
12 4 (0.27%) REST Assured
12 4 (0.27%) Team Foundation Server
12 4 (0.27%) TestNG
13 3 (0.20%) Liquibase
General
1 277 (18.68%) Social Skills
2 249 (16.79%) Finance
3 115 (7.75%) Marketing
4 111 (7.48%) Telecoms
5 107 (7.22%) Manufacturing
6 106 (7.15%) Analytical Skills
6 106 (7.15%) Electronics
7 43 (2.90%) Local Government
8 31 (2.09%) Back Office
9 28 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
10 27 (1.82%) Retail
11 23 (1.55%) Law
12 22 (1.48%) Organisational Skills
13 21 (1.42%) Banking
14 17 (1.15%) Publishing
15 16 (1.08%) General Ledger
15 16 (1.08%) Legal
16 15 (1.01%) Military
17 13 (0.88%) Influencing Skills
18 11 (0.74%) Police
Job Titles
1 238 (16.05%) Architect
2 186 (12.54%) Senior
3 172 (11.60%) Developer
4 133 (8.97%) Analyst
5 108 (7.28%) Consultant
6 88 (5.93%) Lead
7 69 (4.65%) Project Manager
8 64 (4.32%) Business Analyst
9 55 (3.71%) Data Architect
10 53 (3.57%) Data Engineer
11 46 (3.10%) DevOps Engineer
12 44 (2.97%) Senior Developer
12 44 (2.97%) Technical Architect
13 43 (2.90%) Solutions Architect
14 41 (2.76%) Senior Analyst
15 39 (2.63%) Designer
16 32 (2.16%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 31 (2.09%) Network Engineer
18 30 (2.02%) Delivery Manager
19 29 (1.96%) Enterprise Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 84 (5.66%) .NET
2 41 (2.76%) REST
3 40 (2.70%) HTML
3 40 (2.70%) XML
4 34 (2.29%) Spring
5 33 (2.23%) CSS
5 33 (2.23%) Spring Boot
6 30 (2.02%) JSON
7 26 (1.75%) .NET Core
8 25 (1.69%) Kafka
9 24 (1.62%) React
10 22 (1.48%) .NET Framework
11 19 (1.28%) AngularJS
11 19 (1.28%) Oracle Fusion
12 17 (1.15%) Node.js
13 16 (1.08%) ASP.NET
14 15 (1.01%) Middleware
15 12 (0.81%) Apache Avro
15 12 (0.81%) RESTful
15 12 (0.81%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 49 (3.30%) Product Ownership
2 44 (2.97%) Onboarding
3 36 (2.43%) Management Information System
4 35 (2.36%) Data Structures
5 27 (1.82%) Data Protection Act
6 26 (1.75%) Reference Data
7 25 (1.69%) Replication
8 21 (1.42%) Data Centre
9 20 (1.35%) Cloud Native
10 18 (1.21%) Greenfield Project
11 16 (1.08%) Self-Motivation
12 13 (0.88%) Freedom of Information
13 12 (0.81%) Freedom of Information Act
14 11 (0.74%) NHS
15 10 (0.67%) Video Conferencing
16 9 (0.61%) Mobile App
16 9 (0.61%) Security Posture
16 9 (0.61%) Virtual Team
17 7 (0.47%) Legacy Systems
17 7 (0.47%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 88 (5.93%) Windows
2 66 (4.45%) Linux
3 38 (2.56%) Windows Server
4 29 (1.96%) Unix
5 21 (1.42%) Windows Server 2019
6 20 (1.35%) Windows Server 2016
7 14 (0.94%) Windows Server 2012
8 10 (0.67%) Windows 10
8 10 (0.67%) Windows Server 2008
9 9 (0.61%) Android
9 9 (0.61%) Windows Server 2003
10 6 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 5 (0.34%) VMS
12 4 (0.27%) Apple iOS
13 2 (0.13%) Kali Linux
13 2 (0.13%) Mac OS
13 2 (0.13%) Mac OS X
14 1 (0.067%) OpenVMS
14 1 (0.067%) Windows 7
14 1 (0.067%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 365 (24.61%) Agile
2 205 (13.82%) DevOps
3 176 (11.87%) Business Intelligence
4 140 (9.44%) Migration
5 123 (8.29%) Programme Management
5 123 (8.29%) Stakeholder Management
6 119 (8.02%) Problem-Solving
7 111 (7.48%) CI/CD
8 110 (7.42%) Digital Marketing
9 94 (6.34%) Scrum
10 86 (5.80%) Data Modelling
11 84 (5.66%) Project Management
12 74 (4.99%) Change Management
13 67 (4.52%) PRINCE2
14 66 (4.45%) Analytics
14 66 (4.45%) Project Delivery
15 64 (4.32%) Microservices
16 62 (4.18%) Collaborative Working
16 62 (4.18%) ITIL
16 62 (4.18%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 132 (8.90%) SQL
2 105 (7.08%) Python
3 85 (5.73%) Java
4 81 (5.46%) C#
5 78 (5.26%) PowerShell
6 72 (4.86%) JavaScript
7 26 (1.75%) TypeScript
8 23 (1.55%) Bicep
9 12 (0.81%) Ruby
10 11 (0.74%) PHP
11 9 (0.61%) Bash
11 9 (0.61%) Go
11 9 (0.61%) Korn
11 9 (0.61%) T-SQL
12 8 (0.54%) PL/SQL
12 8 (0.54%) R
12 8 (0.54%) Shell Script
13 7 (0.47%) ABAP
14 6 (0.40%) Kotlin
14 6 (0.40%) Scala
Qualifications
1 609 (41.07%) Security Cleared
2 477 (32.16%) SC Cleared
3 110 (7.42%) Degree
3 110 (7.42%) DV Cleared
4 26 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
5 17 (1.15%) Computer Science Degree
6 14 (0.94%) Microsoft Certification
7 12 (0.81%) Master's Degree
8 11 (0.74%) CTC Cleared
9 7 (0.47%) Cisco Certification
9 7 (0.47%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 7 (0.47%) PMP
9 7 (0.47%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 7 (0.47%) Six Sigma Black Belt
9 7 (0.47%) Six Sigma Green Belt
10 6 (0.40%) CISSP
10 6 (0.40%) ISTQB
10 6 (0.40%) ITIL Certification
11 5 (0.34%) CISM
11 5 (0.34%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (3.44%) QA
2 43 (2.90%) Accessibility
3 32 (2.16%) Data Quality
4 31 (2.09%) PMO
5 26 (1.75%) SLA
6 22 (1.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 16 (1.08%) GDPR
8 15 (1.01%) NIST
9 14 (0.94%) WCAG
10 12 (0.81%) NCSC
11 10 (0.67%) PCI DSS
12 6 (0.40%) ISO 22301
13 5 (0.34%) COBIT
13 5 (0.34%) ISO 20022
13 5 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 4 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
15 3 (0.20%) GPG13
16 2 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
16 2 (0.13%) HL7
17 1 (0.067%) Government Security Classifications
System Software
1 98 (6.61%) Active Directory
2 55 (3.71%) Docker
3 13 (0.88%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.74%) NFS
5 8 (0.54%) Firmware
5 8 (0.54%) HDFS
6 7 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (0.27%) Hyper-V
9 3 (0.20%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.13%) vSphere
11 1 (0.067%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 68 (4.59%) Terraform
2 53 (3.57%) Kubernetes
3 34 (2.29%) Ansible
4 18 (1.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 12 (0.81%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (0.61%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (0.47%) SCCM
8 5 (0.34%) FortiGate
8 5 (0.34%) Grafana
8 5 (0.34%) Progress Chef
8 5 (0.34%) Prometheus
8 5 (0.34%) Puppet
9 4 (0.27%) Packer
9 4 (0.27%) Red Hat Satellite
10 3 (0.20%) Consul
10 3 (0.20%) Kibana
11 2 (0.13%) Dell DRAC
12 1 (0.067%) Failover Clustering
12 1 (0.067%) Microsoft Clustering
12 1 (0.067%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 216 (14.57%) Microsoft
2 136 (9.17%) SAP
3 67 (4.52%) Oracle
4 45 (3.03%) ServiceNow
5 26 (1.75%) Sparx
6 18 (1.21%) Veeam
7 17 (1.15%) Cisco
8 16 (1.08%) NetApp
8 16 (1.08%) Splunk
8 16 (1.08%) VMware
9 15 (1.01%) Adobe
10 14 (0.94%) ESRI
10 14 (0.94%) Virgin Media
11 12 (0.81%) Google
12 11 (0.74%) Dell
13 10 (0.67%) Citrix
13 10 (0.67%) Juniper
13 10 (0.67%) Palo Alto
14 8 (0.54%) CyberArk
14 8 (0.54%) Informatica