Local Government Contract Job Trends in Croydon

Local Government (Local Authority, Local Council)
South London > Croydon

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in contract job vacancies in Croydon. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Local Government over the 6 months leading up to 10 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 - 26
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Local Government 2 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Croydon 1.42% - 3.09%
As % of the General category 2.86% - 8.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £349 - -
25th Percentile £403 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 - -
75th Percentile £628 - -
90th Percentile £686 - -
South London median daily rate £450 £450 £500
% change year-on-year - -10.00% +25.00%

All General Skills
Croydon

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 Croydon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 70 43 37
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Croydon 49.65% 55.84% 38.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 21 20
10th Percentile £320 £250 £398
25th Percentile £456 £411 £421
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £495 £475
Median % change year-on-year +6.06% +4.21% -13.64%
75th Percentile £550 £581 £520
90th Percentile £652 £638 £554
South London median daily rate £535 £483 £475
% change year-on-year +10.82% +1.63% -11.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 3
10th Percentile £17.87 - -
25th Percentile £18.50 - £17.25
Median hourly rate £30.30 - £19.50
75th Percentile £94.30 - £21.75
90th Percentile £155.00 - -
South London median hourly rate £19.00 £15.84 £19.50
% change year-on-year +19.95% -18.77% -63.19%

Local Government
Job Vacancy Trend in Croydon

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

Local Government job vacancy trend in Croydon

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Daily Rate Trend in Croydon

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Croydon citing Local Government.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Croydon citing Local Government

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Daily Rate Histogram in Croydon

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Local Government in Croydon over the 6 months to 10 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Local Government in Croydon

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Hourly Rate Trend in Croydon

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Croydon citing Local Government.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Croydon citing Local Government

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Croydon 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:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Power BI
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Product Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Freedom of Information
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Backlog Prioritisation
1 1 (50.00%) Business Case
1 1 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Case Management
1 1 (50.00%) Data Collection
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (50.00%) Data Visualisation
1 1 (50.00%) Product Backlog
1 1 (50.00%) Product Roadmap
1 1 (50.00%) Product Vision
1 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (50.00%) User Research
1 1 (50.00%) User Stories
1 1 (50.00%) Validation
1 1 (50.00%) Visualisation
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared