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 9 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 243 212 196
Rank change year-on-year -31 -16 +81
Contract jobs citing Local Government 236 157 200
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.17% 1.17% 1.24%
As % of the General category 1.89% 1.71% 1.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 191 124 116
10th Percentile £350 £353 £312
25th Percentile £450 £395 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% +5.56% -
75th Percentile £600 £550 £538
90th Percentile £695 £650 £613
England median daily rate £525 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +10.53% +5.56% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 10 14
10th Percentile £16.70 £29.60 £21.84
25th Percentile £20.51 £32.22 £24.16
Median hourly rate £25.79 £34.48 £29.73
Median % change year-on-year -25.22% +15.98% +33.65%
75th Percentile £30.28 £34.87 £33.07
90th Percentile £41.00 £66.51 £36.77
England median hourly rate £20.62 £31.13 £31.12
% change year-on-year -33.77% +0.02% +41.45%

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 12,513 9,208 10,114
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 61.92% 68.54% 62.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,975 6,052 6,560
10th Percentile £350 £330 £331
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £779 £788 £825
England median daily rate £525 £500 £527
% change year-on-year +5.00% -5.03% -4.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 290 178 121
10th Percentile £15.81 £17.84 £17.50
25th Percentile £20.01 £24.50 £25.23
Median hourly rate £28.47 £31.49 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.58% -10.03% +7.69%
75th Percentile £47.50 £47.00 £53.75
90th Percentile £69.18 £66.90 £68.00
England median hourly rate £29.00 £25.08 £35.00
% change year-on-year +15.65% -28.36% +16.67%

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 9 October 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 9 October 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 9 October 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 +2 26 £600 +37.14% 17
South London 0 14 £496 +16.74% 6
West London -17 12 £450 - 9
North London -8 2 £445 -25.83%
East London +1 1 £350 -13.85% 4
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 19 (8.05%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.12%) Apache Airflow
2 5 (2.12%) CMS
3 4 (1.69%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.27%) Confluence
4 3 (1.27%) WordPress
5 2 (0.85%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.85%) Drupal
6 1 (0.42%) Apache
6 1 (0.42%) govService
Applications
1 19 (8.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (2.54%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.42%) Gliffy
3 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (4.24%) NEC Housing
2 6 (2.54%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (2.12%) iTrent
4 4 (1.69%) SAP ERP
5 3 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.85%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.85%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.85%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.85%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 2 (0.85%) Unit4 Business World
7 1 (0.42%) OPENHousing
7 1 (0.42%) Orchard Housing
7 1 (0.42%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.42%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.42%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 34 (14.41%) Azure
2 29 (12.29%) Power Platform
3 18 (7.63%) AWS
4 17 (7.20%) Microsoft 365
5 15 (6.36%) Entra ID
6 11 (4.66%) Azure DevOps
6 11 (4.66%) GitHub
7 7 (2.97%) GCP
7 7 (2.97%) GitHub Actions
8 6 (2.54%) Azure Key Vault
8 6 (2.54%) Microsoft Purview
8 6 (2.54%) SaaS
9 5 (2.12%) PowerApps
10 4 (1.69%) Azure Logic Apps
10 4 (1.69%) Azure Monitor
10 4 (1.69%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (1.69%) Power Automate
10 4 (1.69%) Serverless
11 3 (1.27%) Azure Data Factory
11 3 (1.27%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 15 (6.36%) Firewall
2 10 (4.24%) DNS
3 7 (2.97%) Network Security
4 5 (2.12%) DHCP
4 5 (2.12%) LAN
4 5 (2.12%) VPN
4 5 (2.12%) WAN
5 4 (1.69%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (1.27%) Broadband
6 3 (1.27%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.85%) Remote Desktop
8 1 (0.42%) Intranet
8 1 (0.42%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (11.44%) Power BI
2 6 (2.54%) NoSQL
3 5 (2.12%) BusinessObjects
4 4 (1.69%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (1.69%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (1.69%) Metadata
4 4 (1.69%) Power Query
5 3 (1.27%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (1.27%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.85%) Amazon Aurora
6 2 (0.85%) Apache Hudi
6 2 (0.85%) Big Data
6 2 (0.85%) Crystal Reports
6 2 (0.85%) GIS
6 2 (0.85%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.85%) Presto
6 2 (0.85%) Redis
7 1 (0.42%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.42%) Delta Lake
7 1 (0.42%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (3.39%) JIRA
2 7 (2.97%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.69%) Cypress.io
4 3 (1.27%) GitLab
5 2 (0.85%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.85%) Git
5 2 (0.85%) Mocha
5 2 (0.85%) MSI
5 2 (0.85%) Postman
5 2 (0.85%) Selenium
6 1 (0.42%) Capybara
6 1 (0.42%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.42%) RSpec
General
1 124 (52.54%) Public Sector
2 102 (43.22%) Social Skills
3 56 (23.73%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (17.80%) Finance
5 20 (8.47%) Organisational Skills
6 18 (7.63%) Influencing Skills
7 14 (5.93%) Social Housing
8 11 (4.66%) Legal
9 7 (2.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (2.12%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.69%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.69%) Police
12 3 (1.27%) Fire and Rescue
12 3 (1.27%) Retail
13 2 (0.85%) Back Office
13 2 (0.85%) Billing
13 2 (0.85%) Legal Technology
13 2 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.85%) Publishing
14 1 (0.42%) Law
Job Titles
1 39 (16.53%) Analyst
2 23 (9.75%) Senior
3 19 (8.05%) Lead
4 18 (7.63%) Business Analyst
5 15 (6.36%) Architect
6 14 (5.93%) Project Manager
7 13 (5.51%) Consultant
8 11 (4.66%) Developer
9 9 (3.81%) Designer
10 8 (3.39%) Data Manager
11 7 (2.97%) Data Analyst
12 6 (2.54%) Data Engineer
12 6 (2.54%) IT Manager
12 6 (2.54%) Operations Manager
12 6 (2.54%) Performance Analyst
12 6 (2.54%) Support Officer
13 5 (2.12%) HR Consultant
13 5 (2.12%) Oracle HRMS Functional Consultant
13 5 (2.12%) Oracle HRMS Payroll Consultant
13 5 (2.12%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (5.08%) Terraform
2 7 (2.97%) RESTful
3 6 (2.54%) Oracle Fusion
4 4 (1.69%) Play Framework
5 3 (1.27%) CSS
5 3 (1.27%) HTML
5 3 (1.27%) REST
6 2 (0.85%) .NET
6 2 (0.85%) ARM Templates
6 2 (0.85%) Chai
6 2 (0.85%) Express.js
6 2 (0.85%) Jest
6 2 (0.85%) JWT
6 2 (0.85%) Node.js
6 2 (0.85%) Nunjucks
6 2 (0.85%) OAuth
6 2 (0.85%) PySpark
6 2 (0.85%) Ruby on Rails
6 2 (0.85%) SAP Fiori
6 2 (0.85%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 23 (9.75%) Analytical Mindset
2 14 (5.93%) Management Information System
3 12 (5.08%) Product Ownership
4 11 (4.66%) Freedom of Information
5 10 (4.24%) Cloud Native
6 9 (3.81%) Housing Association
6 9 (3.81%) Onboarding
7 7 (2.97%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (2.97%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (2.54%) NHS
9 4 (1.69%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (1.69%) Public Cloud
10 3 (1.27%) Cyberattack
10 3 (1.27%) Distributed Systems
10 3 (1.27%) Security Posture
11 2 (0.85%) Cyber Threat
11 2 (0.85%) e-Learning
11 2 (0.85%) Enterprise Cloud
11 2 (0.85%) Mobile App
11 2 (0.85%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 15 (6.36%) Windows
2 8 (3.39%) Windows 10
3 3 (1.27%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.85%) Linux
4 2 (0.85%) Unix
5 1 (0.42%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.42%) VMS
5 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (33.90%) Stakeholder Management
2 61 (25.85%) Agile
3 52 (22.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 38 (16.10%) Continuous Improvement
5 36 (15.25%) DevOps
6 34 (14.41%) Business Analysis
6 34 (14.41%) Decision-Making
7 33 (13.98%) Migration
8 32 (13.56%) AI
9 29 (12.29%) Project Delivery
9 29 (12.29%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
10 28 (11.86%) Business Intelligence
10 28 (11.86%) Validation
11 24 (10.17%) Roadmaps
11 24 (10.17%) User Acceptance Testing
12 23 (9.75%) Problem-Solving
13 21 (8.90%) Case Management
13 21 (8.90%) CI/CD
14 20 (8.47%) Collaborative Working
15 19 (8.05%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 27 (11.44%) SQL
2 12 (5.08%) Python
3 10 (4.24%) JavaScript
4 9 (3.81%) PowerShell
5 7 (2.97%) C#
6 5 (2.12%) Java
7 4 (1.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 4 (1.69%) Scala
7 4 (1.69%) TypeScript
8 3 (1.27%) Go
9 2 (0.85%) Bicep
9 2 (0.85%) Ruby
10 1 (0.42%) Groovy
10 1 (0.42%) Kusto Query Language
10 1 (0.42%) R
10 1 (0.42%) Search Processing Language
10 1 (0.42%) Swift
10 1 (0.42%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.42%) VB
10 1 (0.42%) VBA
Qualifications
1 33 (13.98%) Security Cleared
2 30 (12.71%) SC Cleared
3 11 (4.66%) BPSS Clearance
4 6 (2.54%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (2.12%) CISSP
5 5 (2.12%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (1.69%) Azure Certification
6 4 (1.69%) CCNP
6 4 (1.69%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (1.27%) AWS Certification
7 3 (1.27%) CCNA
7 3 (1.27%) CISM
7 3 (1.27%) DBS Check
7 3 (1.27%) Degree
8 2 (0.85%) CCSP
8 2 (0.85%) CIPD
8 2 (0.85%) CRISC
8 2 (0.85%) DV Cleared
8 2 (0.85%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.85%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (7.63%) Accessibility
1 18 (7.63%) Data Quality
2 16 (6.78%) GDPR
3 11 (4.66%) QA
4 9 (3.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (3.81%) PMO
5 7 (2.97%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (2.54%) NCSC
7 5 (2.12%) WCAG
8 4 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (1.27%) NIST
10 2 (0.85%) GRC
10 2 (0.85%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 2 (0.85%) PCI DSS
10 2 (0.85%) SLA
10 2 (0.85%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.42%) BS7666
11 1 (0.42%) Government Security Classifications
11 1 (0.42%) P3O
System Software
1 12 (5.08%) Docker
2 11 (4.66%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.42%) Firmware
3 1 (0.42%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 8 (3.39%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.97%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (1.69%) Grafana
3 4 (1.69%) Kibana
4 1 (0.42%) SCCM
4 1 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 50 (21.19%) Microsoft
2 18 (7.63%) SAP
3 12 (5.08%) Oracle
4 10 (4.24%) NEC
5 7 (2.97%) Google
6 6 (2.54%) Palo Alto
7 4 (1.69%) Cisco
7 4 (1.69%) Civica
8 3 (1.27%) Infoblox
8 3 (1.27%) Juniper
8 3 (1.27%) Kronos
8 3 (1.27%) Liquidlogic
8 3 (1.27%) Northgate
8 3 (1.27%) Sitecore
8 3 (1.27%) Splunk
9 2 (0.85%) CrowdStrike
9 2 (0.85%) F5
9 2 (0.85%) Snow
9 2 (0.85%) Sparx
9 2 (0.85%) Zscaler