Local Government Contracts in London

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

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

6 months to
6 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 199 200 289
Rank change year-on-year +1 +89 +103
Contract jobs citing Local Government 167 217 205
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.26% 1.23% 0.80%
As % of the General category 1.85% 1.98% 1.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 157 147
10th Percentile £350 £371 £321
25th Percentile £400 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% - -0.63%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £541
90th Percentile £638 £638 £600
England median daily rate £450 £464 £450
% change year-on-year -2.96% +3.06% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 21 9
10th Percentile £20.45 £17.75 £17.40
25th Percentile £26.25 £23.09 £22.00
Median hourly rate £29.07 £31.71 £23.36
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +35.74% -47.51%
75th Percentile £33.94 £33.55 £37.34
90th Percentile £34.90 £36.00 £43.83
England median hourly rate £28.60 £25.00 £22.45
% change year-on-year +14.40% +11.36% +6.78%

All General Skills
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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 9,032 10,944 16,348
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 67.98% 62.20% 63.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,020 7,773 11,940
10th Percentile £330 £336 £369
25th Percentile £425 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +2.56%
75th Percentile £695 £700 £725
90th Percentile £813 £825 £825
England median daily rate £518 £533 £550
% change year-on-year -2.91% -3.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 170 227 201
10th Percentile £15.84 £16.00 £16.61
25th Percentile £24.66 £18.52 £21.25
Median hourly rate £34.00 £30.16 £32.69
Median % change year-on-year +12.73% -7.74% -7.92%
75th Percentile £51.07 £48.75 £55.00
90th Percentile £63.88 £68.30 £70.00
England median hourly rate £27.25 £33.00 £30.52
% change year-on-year -17.44% +8.13% +31.38%

Local Government
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Local Government in London

Local Government
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Local Government in London

Local Government
Daily Rate Histogram in London

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

Daily rate histogram for Local Government in London

Local Government
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Local Government in London

Local Government
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

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

Hourly rate histogram for Local Government in London

Local Government
Contract Job Locations in 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 London region over the 6 months to 6 July 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
West London +19 16 £400 -15.79% 11
Central London +2 15 £538 +19.44% 36
North London +4 10 £550 - 5
East London +17 7 £500 -3.85% 12
South London -9 4 £488 -2.50% 11
Local Government
England

Local Government
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (3.59%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.99%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.20%) CMS
3 2 (1.20%) Confluence
3 2 (1.20%) Drupal
4 1 (0.60%) govService
4 1 (0.60%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 13 (7.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (5.39%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (4.19%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (3.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (1.20%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.60%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (2.99%) Dynamics CRM
1 5 (2.99%) Unit4 Business World
2 4 (2.40%) NEC Housing
2 4 (2.40%) SAP ERP
3 3 (1.80%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (1.20%) OPENHousing
5 1 (0.60%) Academy Housing
5 1 (0.60%) iTrent
5 1 (0.60%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.60%) Oracle iSupplier
5 1 (0.60%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.60%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.60%) Orchard Housing
5 1 (0.60%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (0.60%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 31 (18.56%) Azure
2 18 (10.78%) Power Platform
3 14 (8.38%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (4.79%) AWS
5 7 (4.19%) Dynamics 365
5 7 (4.19%) Entra ID
6 6 (3.59%) Azure Logic Apps
7 5 (2.99%) SuccessFactors
8 4 (2.40%) Azure Data Factory
8 4 (2.40%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 4 (2.40%) IaaS
8 4 (2.40%) PaaS
8 4 (2.40%) PowerApps
9 3 (1.80%) OCI
9 3 (1.80%) SaaS
9 3 (1.80%) Snowflake
10 2 (1.20%) Azure Service Bus
11 1 (0.60%) Azure WebJobs
11 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Copilot
11 1 (0.60%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.59%) DNS
1 6 (3.59%) VPN
2 5 (2.99%) Firewall
2 5 (2.99%) LAN
3 4 (2.40%) DHCP
3 4 (2.40%) VLAN
3 4 (2.40%) WAN
3 4 (2.40%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (1.80%) Cisco Wireless
4 3 (1.80%) TCP/IP
4 3 (1.80%) Wireless
5 2 (1.20%) Internet
5 2 (1.20%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.60%) 5G
6 1 (0.60%) Intranet
6 1 (0.60%) PSTN
6 1 (0.60%) Remote Desktop
6 1 (0.60%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (7.78%) Power BI
2 3 (1.80%) InfluxDB
2 3 (1.80%) NoSQL
2 3 (1.80%) Snowflake Schema
2 3 (1.80%) Tableau
3 2 (1.20%) Azure SQL Database
3 2 (1.20%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.20%) MS Access
3 2 (1.20%) Power Query
3 2 (1.20%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.60%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.60%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.60%) Data Lake
4 1 (0.60%) Metadata
4 1 (0.60%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.60%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.60%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.60%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.60%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 4 (2.40%) JIRA
2 1 (0.60%) MSI
2 1 (0.60%) Oracle Forms
General
1 61 (36.53%) Public Sector
2 41 (24.55%) Finance
3 38 (22.75%) Social Skills
4 13 (7.78%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (2.99%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (2.40%) General Ledger
7 3 (1.80%) Billing
8 2 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.20%) Publishing
9 1 (0.60%) Environmental Health
9 1 (0.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.60%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.60%) Legal
9 1 (0.60%) Marketing
9 1 (0.60%) Social Housing
9 1 (0.60%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 27 (16.17%) Analyst
2 26 (15.57%) Project Manager
3 17 (10.18%) Senior
4 16 (9.58%) Developer
5 11 (6.59%) Business Analyst
6 10 (5.99%) Data Analyst
7 9 (5.39%) IT Engineer
8 8 (4.79%) Consultant
9 7 (4.19%) IT Manager
9 7 (4.19%) Senior Manager
9 7 (4.19%) Support Officer
10 6 (3.59%) Delivery Manager
10 6 (3.59%) Support Engineer
11 5 (2.99%) 2nd Line Support
11 5 (2.99%) CRM Developer
11 5 (2.99%) Data Engineer
11 5 (2.99%) ERP Manager
11 5 (2.99%) IT Support
11 5 (2.99%) IT Support Engineer
11 5 (2.99%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (2.99%) .NET
2 4 (2.40%) HTML
3 3 (1.80%) ASP.NET
3 3 (1.80%) CSS
4 2 (1.20%) ASP.NET Web API
4 2 (1.20%) Bootstrap
4 2 (1.20%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (1.20%) REST
5 1 (0.60%) .NET Core
5 1 (0.60%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (0.60%) jQuery
5 1 (0.60%) JSON
5 1 (0.60%) OLE
5 1 (0.60%) RESTful
5 1 (0.60%) SOAP
5 1 (0.60%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 9 (5.39%) Management Information System
2 6 (3.59%) Legacy Systems
3 5 (2.99%) Housing Association
3 5 (2.99%) NHS
4 3 (1.80%) Data Centre
4 3 (1.80%) IVR
4 3 (1.80%) Mainframe
5 2 (1.20%) Data Structures
5 2 (1.20%) IoT
5 2 (1.20%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (1.20%) Social Media
5 2 (1.20%) Virtual Team
6 1 (0.60%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.60%) CMDB
6 1 (0.60%) Cyber Defence
6 1 (0.60%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.60%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.60%) EFT
6 1 (0.60%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (0.60%) Smart City
Operating Systems
1 18 (10.78%) Windows
2 6 (3.59%) Windows 10
2 6 (3.59%) Windows Server
3 4 (2.40%) Android
3 4 (2.40%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.20%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.60%) VMS
5 1 (0.60%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.60%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (17.37%) Service Delivery
2 28 (16.77%) Agile
3 24 (14.37%) Migration
3 24 (14.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 22 (13.17%) Stakeholder Management
5 21 (12.57%) Decision-Making
6 15 (8.98%) Case Management
6 15 (8.98%) Project Management
7 14 (8.38%) Business Intelligence
8 13 (7.78%) Budget Management
8 13 (7.78%) Customer Service
8 13 (7.78%) Data Migration
9 12 (7.19%) ITIL
9 12 (7.19%) Problem-Solving
10 11 (6.59%) Digital Transformation Programme
10 11 (6.59%) ERP
10 11 (6.59%) Risk Management
11 10 (5.99%) Collaborative Working
11 10 (5.99%) Data Analysis
11 10 (5.99%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (10.18%) SQL
2 7 (4.19%) Python
3 6 (3.59%) JavaScript
4 5 (2.99%) C#
5 4 (2.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 4 (2.40%) PowerShell
6 2 (1.20%) R
6 2 (1.20%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.60%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.60%) VBA
Qualifications
1 7 (4.19%) DBS Check
1 7 (4.19%) Degree
2 5 (2.99%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (1.20%) CCNP
4 1 (0.60%) AAT
4 1 (0.60%) ACCA
4 1 (0.60%) CIMA
4 1 (0.60%) CIPFA
4 1 (0.60%) HNC
4 1 (0.60%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.60%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (10.18%) Accessibility
2 6 (3.59%) QA
3 4 (2.40%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.20%) PMO
5 1 (0.60%) GDPR
5 1 (0.60%) WCAG
System Software
1 15 (8.98%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.99%) Virtual Desktop
3 4 (2.40%) vSphere
4 3 (1.80%) Docker
5 2 (1.20%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.60%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 13 (7.78%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (3.59%) SCCM
3 3 (1.80%) Cisco UCCX
4 1 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 44 (26.35%) Microsoft
2 9 (5.39%) Oracle
3 8 (4.79%) Cisco
3 8 (4.79%) SAP
4 6 (3.59%) Liquidlogic
5 5 (2.99%) ServiceNow
6 4 (2.40%) Civica
6 4 (2.40%) NEC
7 3 (1.80%) Capita
7 3 (1.80%) Google
7 3 (1.80%) Northgate
7 3 (1.80%) Remedy
7 3 (1.80%) VMware
8 2 (1.20%) Facebook
8 2 (1.20%) Foundry
8 2 (1.20%) Infoblox
8 2 (1.20%) Instagram
8 2 (1.20%) Meraki
8 2 (1.20%) Palo Alto
8 2 (1.20%) Proofpoint