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Skills bootcamps contracts

UK public sector · 78 contracts awarded in the 12 months to 6 October 2026

Covering 600+ buyer portals · 5 years of records · Updated 6 October 2026 · How we count

Contracts awarded
78
Last 12 months
Median contract
£82k
Recorded value
Recorded value
£7.9m
78 of 78 main-service contracts have a published value
Buyers
12
Suppliers
97

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What stands out

  • The five suppliers that won the most skills bootcamps contracts took 28% of them (22 of 78).
  • The median contract, £82k, is 52% above the median across education & training contracts (£54k).
  • South East had the most contracts: 33, or 42% of the total.

Who buys skills bootcamps

By contracts awarded, the 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Brighton & Hove City Council15 contracts
  2. 2Hull City Council12 contracts
  3. 3East Sussex County Council11 contracts
  4. 4Cumberland Council10 contracts
  5. 5Liverpool City Region Combined Authority8 contracts
  6. 6Somerset Council7 contracts
  7. 7Essex County Council5 contracts
  8. 8Portsmouth City Council4 contracts
  9. 9OXFORDSHIRE LOCAL ENTERPRISE PARTNERSHIP LIMITED3 contracts
  10. 10Lancashire County Council1 contract

Top skills bootcamps contractors by contracts won

The 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1MASTERED STUDIOS LTD6 contracts
  2. 2Fareport Training Organisation Limited6 contracts
  3. 3Yeovil College6 contracts
  4. 4The Construction Skills People Ltd4 contracts
  5. 5East Sussex College4 contracts
  6. 6Pertemps4 contracts
  7. 7TechNative Digital Ltd3 contracts
  8. 8Brighton & Hove Education Academy Limited3 contracts
  9. 9SCL EDUCATION & TRAINING LIMITED3 contracts
  10. 10House Builder XL3 contracts

Latest and largest awards

Each links to the official notice.

Latest

Largest

Contracts awarded by quarter

21Q4 2025*12Q1 202633Q2 202612Q3 20260Q4 2026*
* part quarter

Where the contracts were awarded

England 78

South East33Yorkshire and The Humber13North West9South West7East of England6UK-wide or not stated10

What is included

Delivery or management of government-funded Skills Bootcamps: free courses of up to 16 weeks in a sector with a guaranteed interview, bought by DfE, combined authorities, councils and LEPs, usually in sector lots.

  • Digital, construction, HGV, adult social care, logistics, creative, green and management bootcamp lots
  • Multi-sector bootcamp programmes
  • Bootcamp supply chain management and outcome verification

What is not included

  • Adult Skills Fund courses (edu.adult.adult-skills-fund-provision)
  • HGV or construction training outside the bootcamp programme (edu.tech.lgv-pcv-and-driver-cpc-training, edu.tech.construction-skills-and-site-safety-training)
  • Digital apprenticeships (edu.appr.digital-data-apprenticeships)

Often bought by the same buyers