Local Government Contract Job Trends 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 25 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 126 124 114
Rank change year-on-year -2 -10 +38
Contract jobs citing Local Government 11 1 10
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.47% 0.055% 0.48%
As % of the General category 0.79% 0.074% 0.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 1 4
10th Percentile £333 - £545
25th Percentile £405 £363 £548
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £375 £618
Median % change year-on-year +38.67% -39.27% +30.00%
75th Percentile £700 £388 £691
90th Percentile £730 - £719
Central London median daily rate £523 £438 £486
% change year-on-year +19.43% -9.98% +14.35%

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 general skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,387 1,356 1,405
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 59.86% 74.79% 67.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 885 893 913
10th Percentile £365 £325 £351
25th Percentile £463 £423 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £700 £678 £700
90th Percentile £800 £775 £810
Central London median daily rate £575 £550 £575
% change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 20 10
10th Percentile £18.75 £17.02 £13.73
25th Percentile £18.88 £24.00 £17.06
Median hourly rate £22.83 £31.25 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.94% +15.74% +50.00%
75th Percentile £36.81 £63.75 £74.38
90th Percentile £56.24 £67.89 £98.13
Central London median hourly rate £26.13 £34.00 £27.00
% change year-on-year -23.15% +25.93% -1.82%

Local Government
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Local Government relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Local Government job vacancy trend in the City of London

Local Government
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Local Government.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Local Government

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 25 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Local Government in the City of London

Local Government
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Local Government.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Local Government

Local Government
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (9.09%) CMS
1 1 (9.09%) govService
Business Applications
1 2 (18.18%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (9.09%) iTrent
2 1 (9.09%) SAP ERP
2 1 (9.09%) SAP MM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) BusinessObjects
General
1 6 (54.55%) Public Sector
2 4 (36.36%) Finance
3 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (18.18%) Analyst
1 2 (18.18%) Business Analyst
1 2 (18.18%) Designer
1 2 (18.18%) Lead
1 2 (18.18%) SAP Trainer
1 2 (18.18%) Trainer
2 1 (9.09%) Content Designer
2 1 (9.09%) Data Migration Specialist
2 1 (9.09%) Developer
2 1 (9.09%) ERP Specialist
2 1 (9.09%) Junior
2 1 (9.09%) Junior Developer
2 1 (9.09%) Migration Specialist
2 1 (9.09%) PMO Lead
2 1 (9.09%) SAP BusinessObjects Specialist
2 1 (9.09%) SAP Data Migration Specialist
2 1 (9.09%) Service Designer
2 1 (9.09%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (18.18%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (9.09%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Public Cloud
1 1 (9.09%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) Agile
1 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
2 3 (27.27%) Analytics
2 3 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (18.18%) Logistics
3 2 (18.18%) PRINCE2
3 2 (18.18%) SDLC
3 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (9.09%) Change Management
4 1 (9.09%) Content Management
4 1 (9.09%) Data Cleansing
4 1 (9.09%) Data Extraction
4 1 (9.09%) Data Migration
4 1 (9.09%) ERP
4 1 (9.09%) Migration
4 1 (9.09%) Programme Management
4 1 (9.09%) Risk Management
4 1 (9.09%) Strategic Planning
4 1 (9.09%) Supplier Management
4 1 (9.09%) Validation
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) SC Cleared
1 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
2 2 (18.18%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) Accessibility
1 1 (9.09%) PMO
1 1 (9.09%) WCAG
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) SAP
2 2 (18.18%) Oracle
3 1 (9.09%) Granicus