Local Government Contract Job Trends in Kensington and Chelsea

Local Government (Local Authority, Local Council)
Central London > Kensington and Chelsea

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in contract job vacancies in Kensington and Chelsea. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Local Government over the 6 months leading up to 20 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 3 1 1
Rank change year-on-year -2 0 -
Contract jobs citing Local Government 3 6 2
As % of all contract jobs in Kensington and Chelsea 33.33% 75.00% 33.33%
As % of the General category 50.00% 85.71% 50.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £540 - -
25th Percentile £600 £435 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £440 £400
Median % change year-on-year +59.09% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £800 £445 -
90th Percentile £860 - -
Central London median daily rate £425 £440 £450
% change year-on-year -3.41% -2.22% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
Median hourly rate £23.00 £29.07 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -20.88% -11.91% -
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £31.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year -15.77% -6.06% -

All General Skills
Kensington and Chelsea

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 Kensington and Chelsea.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 6 7 4
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kensington and Chelsea 66.67% 87.50% 66.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 2
10th Percentile £519 - £401
25th Percentile £547 £435 £403
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £440 £413
Median % change year-on-year +30.68% +6.67% -25.00%
75th Percentile £666 £445 £428
90th Percentile £806 - £434
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £563
% change year-on-year -4.35% +2.22% -6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 2
10th Percentile £23.40 - £24.00
25th Percentile £24.00 - £25.50
Median hourly rate £25.00 £29.07 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.00% +3.82% -
75th Percentile £26.00 - £30.50
90th Percentile £26.60 - £32.00
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £30.04 £25.00
% change year-on-year -13.07% +20.14% -28.57%

Local Government
Job Vacancy Trend in Kensington and Chelsea

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

Local Government job vacancy trend in Kensington and Chelsea

Local Government
Daily Rate Trend in Kensington and Chelsea

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Kensington and Chelsea citing Local Government.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Kensington and Chelsea citing Local Government

Local Government
Daily Rate Histogram in Kensington and Chelsea

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Local Government in Kensington and Chelsea over the 6 months to 20 March 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Local Government in Kensington and Chelsea

Local Government
Hourly Rate Trend in Kensington and Chelsea

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Kensington and Chelsea citing Local Government.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Kensington and Chelsea citing Local Government

Local Government
Contract Job Locations in Kensington and Chelsea

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 Kensington and Chelsea region over the 6 months to 20 March 2026. 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
Chelsea -2 3 £700 +59.09% 1
Kensington -2 3 £700 +59.09% 1
Local Government
Central London

Local Government
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kensington and Chelsea 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 (33.33%) CMS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Network Security
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Administrator
1 1 (33.33%) Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Content Designer
1 1 (33.33%) Designer
1 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Systems Administrator
1 1 (33.33%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) CSS
1 1 (33.33%) HTML
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle Fusion
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Case Management
1 1 (33.33%) Configuration Management
1 1 (33.33%) Content Management
1 1 (33.33%) Content Strategy
1 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (33.33%) Escalation Management
1 1 (33.33%) Information Architecture
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL
1 1 (33.33%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
1 1 (33.33%) Network Architecture
1 1 (33.33%) Performance Tuning
1 1 (33.33%) Proactive Monitoring
1 1 (33.33%) Release Management
1 1 (33.33%) Security Architecture
1 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (33.33%) Technical Architecture
1 1 (33.33%) Technology Roadmap
1 1 (33.33%) User Experience
1 1 (33.33%) Wireframes
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Accessibility
1 1 (33.33%) SLA
1 1 (33.33%) WCAG
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle