Local Government Contracts in East London

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

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in contract job vacancies in East London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Local Government over the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 28 26
Rank change year-on-year +16 -2 +7
Contract jobs citing Local Government 6 8 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in East London 6.12% 3.67% 3.30%
As % of the General category 9.52% 5.00% 4.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 5
10th Percentile £384 £488 £265
25th Percentile - £560 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £600 £435
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +37.93% -10.77%
75th Percentile £600 £663 £453
90th Percentile - £775 £530
London median daily rate £488 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +2.63% +5.56% -2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 0
Median hourly rate £28.60 £35.96 -
Median % change year-on-year -20.47% - -
London median hourly rate £26.73 £27.84 £22.93
% change year-on-year -4.01% +21.44% -48.48%

All General Skills
East 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 East London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 63 160 123
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in East London 64.29% 73.39% 67.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 139 92
10th Percentile £313 £356 £203
25th Percentile £415 £440 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £537
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% +2.42% -7.41%
75th Percentile £600 £641 £688
90th Percentile £675 £771 £750
London median daily rate £565 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -1.74% -4.17% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 10 10
10th Percentile £13.00 - £21.01
25th Percentile £20.50 £11.95 £21.24
Median hourly rate £26.63 £18.41 £22.49
Median % change year-on-year +44.67% -18.13% -31.03%
75th Percentile £31.45 £37.83 £23.73
90th Percentile £36.58 £38.28 -
London median hourly rate £34.00 £28.00 £31.00
% change year-on-year +21.43% -9.68% -17.33%

Local Government
Job Vacancy Trend in East London

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

Job vacancy trend for Local Government in East London

Local Government
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in East London

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

Daily rate trend for Local Government in East London

Local Government
Daily Rate Histogram in East London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Local Government in East London over the 6 months to 17 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Local Government in East London

Local Government
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in East London

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

Hourly rate trend for Local Government in East London

Local Government
Contract Job Locations in East 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 East London region over the 6 months to 17 May 2025. 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
Hackney - 2 £600 -
Lewisham -1 1 £500 -
Redbridge - 1 - -
Local Government
London

Local Government
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in East 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:

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) MS Visio
1 1 (16.67%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Lucidchart
1 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Power BI
General
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
1 3 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Environmental Health
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Business Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence Data Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Customer Service Assistant
2 1 (16.67%) Data Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Insight Director
2 1 (16.67%) IT Manager
2 1 (16.67%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Power BI Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Senior
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Business Intelligence Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Data Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Services Director
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Agile
1 3 (50.00%) Creative Thinking
2 2 (33.33%) Analytics
2 2 (33.33%) Business Case
2 2 (33.33%) Customer Experience
2 2 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 2 (33.33%) Data Architecture
2 2 (33.33%) Impact Analysis
2 2 (33.33%) Product Management
2 2 (33.33%) Product Roadmap
2 2 (33.33%) Project Management
2 2 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 2 (33.33%) Service Delivery
3 1 (16.67%) Agile Project Management
3 1 (16.67%) Change Management
3 1 (16.67%) Customer Insight
3 1 (16.67%) Process Improvement
3 1 (16.67%) Programme Management
3 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
3 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Foundry
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft