Local Government Contracts in London

Local Government (Local Authority, Local Council)
England > London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in contract job vacancies advertised in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Local Government over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 185 312 394
Rank change year-on-year +127 +82 -44
Contract jobs citing Local Government 223 176 223
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.26% 0.67% 0.58%
As % of the General category 2.00% 1.06% 0.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 181 129 146
10th Percentile £400 £300 £343
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% - +12.50%
75th Percentile £565 £525 £538
90th Percentile £658 £600 £619
England median daily rate £475 £446 £450
% change year-on-year +6.43% -0.82% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 5 39
10th Percentile £17.98 £12.20 £22.68
25th Percentile £23.27 £20.00 £39.75
Median hourly rate £29.78 £23.36 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year +27.46% -47.51% +99.19%
75th Percentile £36.25 £23.46 £49.25
90th Percentile £38.10 £31.79 -
England median hourly rate £25.00 £22.41 £23.37
% change year-on-year +11.56% -4.09% +11.00%

All General Skills
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 London with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 11,165 16,630 23,192
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 63.10% 63.27% 60.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,971 12,041 16,737
10th Percentile £336 £375 £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 242 211 296
10th Percentile £16.00 £16.38 £19.75
25th Percentile £18.25 £21.12 £25.68
Median hourly rate £28.00 £31.92 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.28% -14.88% +33.83%
75th Percentile £44.50 £57.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £65.00 £70.00 £67.50
England median hourly rate £30.50 £32.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -6.15% +51.16% -4.17%

Local Government
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Local Government in London

Local Government
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Local Government in London

Local Government
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Local Government in London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Local Government in London

Local Government
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Local Government in London

Local Government
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Local Government in London over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Local Government in London

Local Government
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 Local Government within the London region over the 6 months to 8 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 +62 33 £450 +12.50% 11
South London +11 13 £500 +8.70% 11
East London -1 8 £600 +37.93% 1
West London +17 7 £488 +8.33% 11
North London - 1 - - 7
Local Government
England

Local Government
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 5 (2.24%) govService
2 4 (1.79%) ArcGIS
2 4 (1.79%) CMS
2 4 (1.79%) WordPress
3 3 (1.35%) Drupal
3 3 (1.35%) Jadu
3 3 (1.35%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.35%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.45%) Apache
4 1 (0.45%) IIS
4 1 (0.45%) Tomcat
Applications
1 11 (4.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (4.48%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (3.14%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (2.24%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (1.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (1.35%) SPSS
6 2 (0.90%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.90%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.90%) Revit
Business Applications
1 9 (4.04%) NEC Housing
2 6 (2.69%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.45%) Academy Housing
4 1 (0.45%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 1 (0.45%) OPENHousing
4 1 (0.45%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.45%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.45%) ResourceLink
Cloud Services
1 26 (11.66%) Azure
2 12 (5.38%) Microsoft 365
2 12 (5.38%) Power Platform
3 11 (4.93%) AWS
3 11 (4.93%) Azure DevOps
4 8 (3.59%) Google Workspace
5 7 (3.14%) Entra ID
6 5 (2.24%) GitHub
7 4 (1.79%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 4 (1.79%) Azure Service Bus
7 4 (1.79%) Google Analytics
7 4 (1.79%) PowerApps
7 4 (1.79%) SaaS
8 3 (1.35%) Power Automate
9 2 (0.90%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (0.90%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.45%) AWS Step Functions
10 1 (0.45%) Azure Pipelines
10 1 (0.45%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.35%) Firewall
1 3 (1.35%) Intranet
2 2 (0.90%) VPN
3 1 (0.45%) DMZ
3 1 (0.45%) FTP
3 1 (0.45%) HTTP
3 1 (0.45%) Internet
3 1 (0.45%) Network Security
3 1 (0.45%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (6.73%) SQL Server
2 11 (4.93%) Power BI
3 7 (3.14%) GIS
4 6 (2.69%) Oracle Database
5 4 (1.79%) Looker
6 3 (1.35%) BusinessObjects XI
6 3 (1.35%) Power Query
6 3 (1.35%) PowerPivot
7 2 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.90%) Redis
7 2 (0.90%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.45%) Big Data
8 1 (0.45%) Metadata
8 1 (0.45%) MS Access
8 1 (0.45%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.45%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.45%) Spatial Data
8 1 (0.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.45%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (2.69%) Git
2 3 (1.35%) SpecFlow
3 2 (0.90%) JIRA
4 1 (0.45%) Postman
4 1 (0.45%) RStudio
General
1 48 (21.52%) Public Sector
2 34 (15.25%) Social Skills
3 28 (12.56%) Finance
4 18 (8.07%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (4.04%) Presentation Skills
6 7 (3.14%) Influencing Skills
7 6 (2.69%) Fire and Rescue
8 5 (2.24%) Back Office
8 5 (2.24%) Legal
8 5 (2.24%) Social Housing
9 4 (1.79%) Advertising
9 4 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (1.79%) Police
10 3 (1.35%) Billing
11 2 (0.90%) Marketing
11 2 (0.90%) Publishing
12 1 (0.45%) Banking
12 1 (0.45%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.45%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 49 (21.97%) Senior
2 44 (19.73%) Analyst
3 40 (17.94%) Project Manager
4 22 (9.87%) Developer
5 20 (8.97%) Architect
6 15 (6.73%) Senior Manager
7 13 (5.83%) Senior Analyst
8 11 (4.93%) Business Analyst
8 11 (4.93%) Senior Developer
9 10 (4.48%) Programme Manager
10 8 (3.59%) Senior Software Engineer
10 8 (3.59%) Software Engineer
11 7 (3.14%) Enterprise Architect
11 7 (3.14%) Lead
11 7 (3.14%) Product Manager
11 7 (3.14%) Support Analyst
12 6 (2.69%) IT Manager
12 6 (2.69%) Senior Product Manager
12 6 (2.69%) Software Developer
12 6 (2.69%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (13.45%) .NET
2 16 (7.17%) React
3 9 (4.04%) XML
4 8 (3.59%) .NET Core
5 4 (1.79%) .NET Framework
5 4 (1.79%) CSS
6 3 (1.35%) ASP.NET
6 3 (1.35%) HTML
7 2 (0.90%) ASP.NET Core
7 2 (0.90%) Oracle Fusion
7 2 (0.90%) REST
8 1 (0.45%) AngularJS
8 1 (0.45%) ASP.NET MVC
8 1 (0.45%) D3.js
8 1 (0.45%) jQuery
8 1 (0.45%) JSON
8 1 (0.45%) OAuth2
8 1 (0.45%) RESTful
8 1 (0.45%) Software Packaging
8 1 (0.45%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 10 (4.48%) Product Ownership
2 6 (2.69%) Housing Association
3 5 (2.24%) Management Information System
4 4 (1.79%) Data Protection Act
4 4 (1.79%) Distributed Architecture
5 3 (1.35%) Data Centre
5 3 (1.35%) Linked Data
6 2 (0.90%) AS400
6 2 (0.90%) Enterprise Cloud
6 2 (0.90%) IoT
6 2 (0.90%) NHS
6 2 (0.90%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.45%) Animation
7 1 (0.45%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.45%) Contactless
7 1 (0.45%) Freedom of Information
7 1 (0.45%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.45%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Licensing
7 1 (0.45%) Photography
Operating Systems
1 8 (3.59%) Windows
2 3 (1.35%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.45%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (17.04%) Agile
2 33 (14.80%) Project Management
3 27 (12.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 23 (10.31%) Business Case
5 22 (9.87%) PRINCE2
6 19 (8.52%) Stakeholder Management
6 19 (8.52%) User Experience
7 17 (7.62%) Decision-Making
8 15 (6.73%) DevOps
8 15 (6.73%) Project Delivery
8 15 (6.73%) Scrum
9 14 (6.28%) Business Intelligence
9 14 (6.28%) Problem-Solving
9 14 (6.28%) Service Delivery
10 13 (5.83%) CRM
10 13 (5.83%) Front End Development
10 13 (5.83%) Migration
10 13 (5.83%) Performance Management
11 12 (5.38%) Mentoring
12 11 (4.93%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 23 (10.31%) C#
2 21 (9.42%) SQL
3 15 (6.73%) PowerShell
4 7 (3.14%) Bicep
5 6 (2.69%) JavaScript
6 5 (2.24%) Python
7 3 (1.35%) Java
7 3 (1.35%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.90%) R
8 2 (0.90%) VB.NET
9 1 (0.45%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.45%) VBA
9 1 (0.45%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 18 (8.07%) Degree
2 11 (4.93%) Security Cleared
3 9 (4.04%) DV Cleared
4 7 (3.14%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 6 (2.69%) CISSP
6 5 (2.24%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 5 (2.24%) CCSK
6 5 (2.24%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (0.90%) PMP
7 2 (0.90%) SC Cleared
8 1 (0.45%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.45%) CISM
8 1 (0.45%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.45%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.45%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (5.83%) Accessibility
1 13 (5.83%) Data Quality
2 11 (4.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (3.59%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 7 (3.14%) ISO 22301
4 7 (3.14%) PMO
5 6 (2.69%) NCSC
5 6 (2.69%) NIST
6 5 (2.24%) SLA
7 4 (1.79%) COBIT
7 4 (1.79%) QA
8 3 (1.35%) GDPR
9 1 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.45%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 10 (4.48%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.90%) Firmware
3 1 (0.45%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (1.79%) SCCM
2 2 (0.90%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.90%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.45%) NetBackup
3 1 (0.45%) SCOM
3 1 (0.45%) SCOrch
3 1 (0.45%) SCVMM
3 1 (0.45%) Simpana
3 1 (0.45%) Terraform
Vendors
1 39 (17.49%) Microsoft
2 12 (5.38%) Oracle
3 9 (4.04%) NEC
4 8 (3.59%) Google
5 7 (3.14%) Northgate
6 6 (2.69%) Sparx
7 4 (1.79%) Capita
7 4 (1.79%) Granicus
8 3 (1.35%) Blue Prism
8 3 (1.35%) Civica
8 3 (1.35%) UiPath
9 2 (0.90%) Automation Anywhere
9 2 (0.90%) BiZZdesign
9 2 (0.90%) Citrix
9 2 (0.90%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.45%) Commvault
10 1 (0.45%) Dell
10 1 (0.45%) EMC
10 1 (0.45%) SAP
10 1 (0.45%) VMware