Local Government Contract Job Trends 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 27 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 248 197 185
Rank change year-on-year -51 -12 +144
Contract jobs citing Local Government 178 160 227
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.01% 1.26% 1.27%
As % of the General category 1.67% 1.87% 2.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 145 115 181
10th Percentile £350 £320 £400
25th Percentile £413 £403 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £600 £550 £570
90th Percentile £695 £650 £658
England median daily rate £500 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +5.26% - +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 21 24
10th Percentile £22.84 £20.45 £18.43
25th Percentile £25.25 £22.27 £23.62
Median hourly rate £26.11 £27.00 £31.71
Median % change year-on-year -3.30% -14.85% +46.26%
75th Percentile £29.78 £29.07 £36.08
90th Percentile £56.23 £33.40 £37.74
England median hourly rate £25.38 £26.04 £25.00
% change year-on-year -2.53% +4.16% +11.93%

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 general skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 10,670 8,553 11,264
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 60.66% 67.48% 63.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,949 5,797 8,037
10th Percentile £344 £338 £336
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £668 £710 £700
90th Percentile £788 £825 £800
England median daily rate £500 £525 £538
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.33% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 190 141 246
10th Percentile £18.48 £15.84 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.75 £23.59 £18.25
Median hourly rate £35.25 £34.50 £28.50
Median % change year-on-year +2.17% +21.05% -12.31%
75th Percentile £50.00 £52.00 £43.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £65.00 £65.38
England median hourly rate £30.50 £28.18 £30.00
% change year-on-year +8.23% -6.07% -11.76%

Local Government
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Local Government job vacancy trend in London

Local Government
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Local Government
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Local Government in London over the 6 months to 27 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Local Government in London

Local Government
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

Local Government
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Local Government in London over the 6 months to 27 April 2026.

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 27 April 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
Central London -17 19 £448 -22.17% 14
South London -4 14 £550 +4.76% 4
North London +1 5 £525 -4.55%
East London -6 4 £600 +20.00% 7
West London -34 2 £413 -8.33% 3
Local Government
England

Local Government
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 8 (4.49%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.25%) CMS
3 2 (1.12%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (1.12%) Apache Spark
3 2 (1.12%) Confluence
3 2 (1.12%) Drupal
3 2 (1.12%) govService
4 1 (0.56%) ArcGIS
4 1 (0.56%) IBM HTTP Server
4 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 9 (5.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.69%) Spreadsheet
2 3 (1.69%) Trello
3 1 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (3.37%) NEC Housing
1 6 (3.37%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (2.25%) Oracle Financials
3 2 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.12%) Unit4 Business World
4 1 (0.56%) Oracle Applications
4 1 (0.56%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.56%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.56%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.56%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.56%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 25 (14.04%) Azure
2 15 (8.43%) Power Platform
3 7 (3.93%) AWS
3 7 (3.93%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (2.81%) Entra ID
5 3 (1.69%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (1.69%) Azure Sentinel
5 3 (1.69%) IaaS
5 3 (1.69%) Microsoft Copilot
5 3 (1.69%) SaaS
6 2 (1.12%) Amazon ECS
6 2 (1.12%) Amazon EMR
6 2 (1.12%) Amazon S3
6 2 (1.12%) AWS Lambda
6 2 (1.12%) Azure Monitor
6 2 (1.12%) Microsoft Purview
6 2 (1.12%) Miro
6 2 (1.12%) PaaS
6 2 (1.12%) Power Automate
6 2 (1.12%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 11 (6.18%) Firewall
2 5 (2.81%) Broadband
2 5 (2.81%) DNS
2 5 (2.81%) LAN
2 5 (2.81%) Network Security
2 5 (2.81%) WAN
2 5 (2.81%) Wi-Fi
2 5 (2.81%) Wireless
3 4 (2.25%) DHCP
3 4 (2.25%) VPN
4 3 (1.69%) SD-WAN
5 2 (1.12%) Internet
5 2 (1.12%) Intranet
5 2 (1.12%) WLAN
6 1 (0.56%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (7.30%) Power BI
2 4 (2.25%) GIS
2 4 (2.25%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.12%) Amazon Aurora
3 2 (1.12%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (1.12%) Apache Hudi
3 2 (1.12%) Big Data
3 2 (1.12%) MongoDB
3 2 (1.12%) MS Access
3 2 (1.12%) NoSQL
3 2 (1.12%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (1.12%) Presto
3 2 (1.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.56%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (0.56%) OLTP
4 1 (0.56%) QGIS
4 1 (0.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.56%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (2.81%) JIRA
2 2 (1.12%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.56%) GitLab
3 1 (0.56%) JUnit
General
1 74 (41.57%) Public Sector
2 36 (20.22%) Finance
3 30 (16.85%) Social Skills
4 16 (8.99%) Influencing Skills
5 15 (8.43%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (3.37%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (1.69%) Back Office
7 3 (1.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 3 (1.69%) Social Housing
8 2 (1.12%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (1.12%) Legal
8 2 (1.12%) Marketing
9 1 (0.56%) Fire and Rescue
9 1 (0.56%) General Ledger
9 1 (0.56%) Police
9 1 (0.56%) Publishing
9 1 (0.56%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 27 (15.17%) Analyst
2 20 (11.24%) Senior
3 15 (8.43%) Lead
3 15 (8.43%) Project Manager
4 13 (7.30%) Developer
5 10 (5.62%) Architect
6 9 (5.06%) Accountant
6 9 (5.06%) Business Analyst
6 9 (5.06%) Systems Accountant
7 8 (4.49%) Designer
7 8 (4.49%) Service Analyst
8 7 (3.93%) Cybersecurity Manager
8 7 (3.93%) Security Manager
9 6 (3.37%) Oracle Developer
9 6 (3.37%) Performance Analyst
9 6 (3.37%) Senior Analyst
10 5 (2.81%) Network Engineer
10 5 (2.81%) Systems Manager
11 4 (2.25%) Data Architect
11 4 (2.25%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (1.69%) CSS
1 3 (1.69%) HTML
1 3 (1.69%) Oracle Fusion
1 3 (1.69%) RESTful
2 2 (1.12%) Play Framework
3 1 (0.56%) Middleware
3 1 (0.56%) Node.js
3 1 (0.56%) Spring
3 1 (0.56%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 11 (6.18%) Legacy Systems
2 10 (5.62%) Management Information System
3 8 (4.49%) Freedom of Information
4 6 (3.37%) NHS
4 6 (3.37%) Public Cloud
5 5 (2.81%) Product Ownership
6 4 (2.25%) Enterprise Cloud
6 4 (2.25%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (2.25%) Security Posture
7 3 (1.69%) Cyber Security Posture
7 3 (1.69%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.69%) Virtual Team
8 2 (1.12%) Data Structures
8 2 (1.12%) PKI
9 1 (0.56%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.56%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (0.56%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.56%) Driving Licence
9 1 (0.56%) LLPG
9 1 (0.56%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 12 (6.74%) Windows
2 5 (2.81%) Windows 10
3 4 (2.25%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.12%) Linux
4 2 (1.12%) Unix
5 1 (0.56%) Android
5 1 (0.56%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (17.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 27 (15.17%) Agile
3 25 (14.04%) Continuous Improvement
4 23 (12.92%) Cybersecurity
4 23 (12.92%) Decision-Making
5 22 (12.36%) Roadmaps
5 22 (12.36%) Stakeholder Management
6 20 (11.24%) Migration
7 18 (10.11%) Service Delivery
8 15 (8.43%) Business Intelligence
8 15 (8.43%) Validation
9 13 (7.30%) Business Case
10 12 (6.74%) Case Management
10 12 (6.74%) Data Protection
10 12 (6.74%) Service Design
11 11 (6.18%) Digital Transformation Programme
11 11 (6.18%) Project Management
12 10 (5.62%) Change Management
12 10 (5.62%) Data Migration
12 10 (5.62%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 11 (6.18%) SQL
2 3 (1.69%) Java
2 3 (1.69%) Python
3 2 (1.12%) JavaScript
3 2 (1.12%) PowerShell
3 2 (1.12%) Scala
3 2 (1.12%) T-SQL
4 1 (0.56%) Apex Code
4 1 (0.56%) Bash
4 1 (0.56%) Bicep
4 1 (0.56%) C
4 1 (0.56%) C#
4 1 (0.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (0.56%) Korn
4 1 (0.56%) PL/SQL
4 1 (0.56%) ProC
4 1 (0.56%) R
4 1 (0.56%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 8 (4.49%) DBS Check
2 6 (3.37%) Degree
2 6 (3.37%) Security Cleared
3 4 (2.25%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (2.25%) CCNA
3 4 (2.25%) CCNP
3 4 (2.25%) Cisco Certification
3 4 (2.25%) SC Cleared
4 3 (1.69%) JNCIA
4 3 (1.69%) JNCIP
4 3 (1.69%) JNCIS
5 2 (1.12%) Azure Certification
5 2 (1.12%) DV Cleared
5 2 (1.12%) IIBA
5 2 (1.12%) ISEB
5 2 (1.12%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (1.12%) PMI Certification
5 2 (1.12%) PMP
5 2 (1.12%) TOGAF Certification
6 1 (0.56%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (7.87%) Data Quality
2 11 (6.18%) GDPR
3 8 (4.49%) Accessibility
4 7 (3.93%) QA
5 6 (3.37%) SLA
6 5 (2.81%) NCSC
7 4 (2.25%) Actionable Recommendations
7 4 (2.25%) PCI DSS
7 4 (2.25%) WCAG
8 3 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (1.69%) PERC
9 2 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.56%) BS7666
10 1 (0.56%) GRC
10 1 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.56%) PMO
System Software
1 5 (2.81%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.69%) Docker
2 3 (1.69%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (1.69%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (1.69%) Terraform
2 2 (1.12%) Grafana
2 2 (1.12%) Kibana
2 2 (1.12%) SCCM
3 1 (0.56%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.56%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.56%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 20 (11.24%) Microsoft
2 14 (7.87%) Oracle
3 10 (5.62%) SAP
4 7 (3.93%) NEC
5 3 (1.69%) Juniper
5 3 (1.69%) ServiceNow
5 3 (1.69%) VMware
6 2 (1.12%) Ariba
6 2 (1.12%) Cisco
6 2 (1.12%) Granicus
6 2 (1.12%) OneLogin
6 2 (1.12%) Palo Alto
6 2 (1.12%) Splunk
7 1 (0.56%) Aruba
7 1 (0.56%) Capita
7 1 (0.56%) Infoblox
7 1 (0.56%) Mapinfo
7 1 (0.56%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.56%) Verint
7 1 (0.56%) Workday