Local Government Contracts in the City of London

Local Government (Local Authority, Local Council)
Central London > City of London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Local Government over the 6 months to 30 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 115 170 180
Rank change year-on-year +55 +10 -36
Contract jobs citing Local Government 12 8 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.55% 0.22% 0.28%
As % of the General category 0.82% 0.35% 0.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 4 12
10th Percentile £400 £478 £351
25th Percentile £432 £500 £391
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £555 £538 £475
Median % change year-on-year +3.26% +13.16% +26.67%
75th Percentile £630 £578 £547
90th Percentile £644 £584 £575
Central London median daily rate £450 £438 £475
% change year-on-year +2.86% -7.89% +26.67%

All General Skills
City of London

Local Government 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 the City of London with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,456 2,269 2,438
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 66.27% 62.28% 57.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,037 1,597 1,776
10th Percentile £340 £363 £350
25th Percentile £450 £500 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £688 £738 £680
90th Percentile £813 £825 £777
Central London median daily rate £560 £600 £570
% change year-on-year -6.67% +5.26% +6.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 13 27
10th Percentile £19.13 £15.10 £18.50
25th Percentile £20.22 £16.61 £21.00
Median hourly rate £24.00 £21.00 £45.50
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -53.85% +160.00%
75th Percentile £27.00 £53.75 £60.25
90th Percentile £32.05 £58.75 £68.15
Central London median hourly rate £24.50 £35.00 £45.50
% change year-on-year -30.00% -23.08% +127.50%

Local Government
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Local Government as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Local Government in the City of London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Local Government in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Local Government in the City of London

Local Government
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Local Government in the City of London over the 6 months to 30 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Local Government in the City of London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Local Government in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Local Government in the City of London

Local Government
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 2 (16.67%) CMS
1 2 (16.67%) Jadu
Applications
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (8.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (8.33%) NEC Housing
1 1 (8.33%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 5 (41.67%) Azure
2 3 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (8.33%) AWS
3 1 (8.33%) Azure Sentinel
3 1 (8.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) DMZ
1 1 (8.33%) Firewall
General
1 8 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 5 (41.67%) Social Skills
3 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (16.67%) Finance
3 2 (16.67%) Police
4 1 (8.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Architect
2 3 (25.00%) Security Architect
3 2 (16.67%) Analyst
3 2 (16.67%) Content Editor
3 2 (16.67%) Web Content Editor
3 2 (16.67%) Web Editor
4 1 (8.33%) Business Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Business Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Cybersecurity Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Enterprise Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Security Analyst
4 1 (8.33%) Senior
4 1 (8.33%) Senior Software Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Software Engineer
4 1 (8.33%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (8.33%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) .NET
1 1 (8.33%) React
1 1 (8.33%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Management Information System
2 1 (8.33%) Cloud Native
2 1 (8.33%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (8.33%) Enterprise Cloud
2 1 (8.33%) Robotics
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) Business Case
1 4 (33.33%) TOGAF
2 3 (25.00%) Business Impact Analysis
2 3 (25.00%) Business Strategy
2 3 (25.00%) Cloud Security
2 3 (25.00%) Customer Service
2 3 (25.00%) Impact Analysis
2 3 (25.00%) Information Security
2 3 (25.00%) Performance Management
2 3 (25.00%) PRINCE2
2 3 (25.00%) SABSA
2 3 (25.00%) Security Architecture
3 2 (16.67%) Agile
3 2 (16.67%) BPR
3 2 (16.67%) Business Analysis
3 2 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
3 2 (16.67%) Coaching
3 2 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (16.67%) Customer Experience
3 2 (16.67%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.33%) C#
Qualifications
1 4 (33.33%) CISSP
1 4 (33.33%) Degree
2 3 (25.00%) (ISC)2 CCSP
2 3 (25.00%) CCSK
2 3 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (8.33%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (33.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (33.33%) NIST
2 3 (25.00%) NCSC
3 2 (16.67%) ISO 22301
3 2 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 1 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials
Vendors
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.33%) BiZZdesign
2 1 (8.33%) NEC
2 1 (8.33%) Northgate
2 1 (8.33%) ServiceNow
2 1 (8.33%) Sparx