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 in the City of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Local Government over the 6 months leading up to 13 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 121 124 162
Rank change year-on-year +3 +38 +24
Contract jobs citing Local Government 5 4 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.27% 0.19% 0.29%
As % of the General category 0.36% 0.28% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 6
10th Percentile £386 - -
25th Percentile £422 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.68% +5.56% -5.26%
75th Percentile £547 £597 £553
90th Percentile £579 £681 £581
Central London median daily rate £538 £439 £425
% change year-on-year +22.51% +3.24% -8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £44.15 - -
25th Percentile £63.88 - -
Median hourly rate £103.00 - -
75th Percentile £148.38 - -
90th Percentile £171.85 - -
Central London median hourly rate £32.74 £26.56 -
% change year-on-year +23.27% - -

All General Skills
City of London

Local Government falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,381 1,450 2,230
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 73.69% 67.41% 63.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 884 981 1,558
10th Percentile £350 £344 £357
25th Percentile £434 £456 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £556 £575 £620
Median % change year-on-year -3.27% -7.26% +7.83%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £738
90th Percentile £775 £818 £838
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 11 13
10th Percentile £17.02 £19.92 -
25th Percentile £24.66 £20.22 £14.25
Median hourly rate £32.50 £27.00 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +20.37% +50.00% -57.14%
75th Percentile £63.75 £70.00 £42.32
90th Percentile £89.88 £92.50 £53.55
Central London median hourly rate £34.24 £30.00 £20.71
% change year-on-year +14.13% +44.89% -50.11%

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

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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 13 July 2025.

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the City of London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Local Government in the City of London over the 6 months to 13 July 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Local Government in the City of London

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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:

Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (20.00%) OCI
1 1 (20.00%) SuccessFactors
General
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (20.00%) 1st Line Engineer
1 1 (20.00%) Administrator
1 1 (20.00%) Delivery Manager
1 1 (20.00%) ERP Manager
1 1 (20.00%) HR Manager
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle Payroll Specialist
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle Specialist
1 1 (20.00%) Product Manager
1 1 (20.00%) Senior
1 1 (20.00%) Senior Manager
1 1 (20.00%) Senior Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
1 1 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Agile
2 1 (20.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (20.00%) Batch Processing
2 1 (20.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (20.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (20.00%) ERP
2 1 (20.00%) Functional Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Gantt Chart
2 1 (20.00%) Housing Management
2 1 (20.00%) Information Management
2 1 (20.00%) Logistics
2 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Product Management
2 1 (20.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (20.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (20.00%) Risk Register
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (20.00%) Ticket Management
2 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Civica
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle
1 1 (20.00%) SAP