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 18 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 234 207 204
Rank change year-on-year -27 -3 +81
Contract jobs citing Local Government 211 170 208
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.06% 1.25% 1.21%
As % of the General category 1.75% 1.84% 1.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 171 122 151
10th Percentile £350 £350 £363
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% +5.56% -
75th Percentile £600 £538 £538
90th Percentile £700 £634 £638
England median daily rate £516 £450 £453
% change year-on-year +14.72% -0.55% +0.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 22 19
10th Percentile £16.70 £20.45 £17.57
25th Percentile £20.02 £26.14 £22.40
Median hourly rate £23.00 £29.54 £31.71
Median % change year-on-year -22.13% -6.86% +35.74%
75th Percentile £41.00 £34.21 £33.31
90th Percentile - £34.95 £35.10
England median hourly rate £21.49 £28.12 £25.18
% change year-on-year -23.58% +11.68% +8.63%

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 12,049 9,243 10,690
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 60.57% 68.16% 62.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,688 6,166 7,578
10th Percentile £350 £331 £331
25th Percentile £440 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £574
Median % change year-on-year - -4.18% -4.33%
75th Percentile £675 £690 £700
90th Percentile £788 £800 £825
England median daily rate £525 £513 £530
% change year-on-year +2.44% -3.30% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 225 178 197
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.84 £16.40
25th Percentile £21.93 £24.66 £20.50
Median hourly rate £31.50 £32.25 £33.07
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.48% -5.51%
75th Percentile £44.87 £50.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £65.00 £63.75 £68.30
England median hourly rate £33.99 £26.32 £35.00
% change year-on-year +29.14% -24.80% +14.68%

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 18 July 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 18 July 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 18 July 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 -7 20 £500 - 6
South London -1 16 £450 -7.69% 4
West London -22 6 £463 +2.78% 1
East London -2 3 £265 -47.00% 4
North London -7 3 £440 -20.00%
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 13 (6.16%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.84%) CMS
3 3 (1.42%) Drupal
3 3 (1.42%) WordPress
4 2 (0.95%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.95%) Apache Spark
4 2 (0.95%) Confluence
4 2 (0.95%) govService
4 2 (0.95%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.47%) IBM HTTP Server
Applications
1 11 (5.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.42%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.95%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.95%) Trello
4 1 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 10 (4.74%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (3.32%) NEC Housing
3 5 (2.37%) iTrent
4 4 (1.90%) Oracle Financials
4 4 (1.90%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.95%) SAP CO
5 2 (0.95%) SAP FI
5 2 (0.95%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.47%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.47%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.47%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 27 (12.80%) Azure
2 17 (8.06%) Power Platform
3 15 (7.11%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (6.16%) AWS
5 10 (4.74%) Entra ID
6 7 (3.32%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (2.37%) SaaS
8 4 (1.90%) Azure Logic Apps
8 4 (1.90%) GCP
8 4 (1.90%) GitHub
8 4 (1.90%) PowerApps
9 3 (1.42%) Azure ExpressRoute
9 3 (1.42%) Azure Key Vault
9 3 (1.42%) Azure Monitor
9 3 (1.42%) Azure Sentinel
9 3 (1.42%) Azure Service Bus
9 3 (1.42%) GitHub Actions
9 3 (1.42%) Power Automate
9 3 (1.42%) Serverless
10 2 (0.95%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 15 (7.11%) Firewall
2 11 (5.21%) DNS
3 8 (3.79%) DHCP
4 5 (2.37%) Broadband
4 5 (2.37%) Network Security
4 5 (2.37%) Wi-Fi
5 4 (1.90%) VPN
6 3 (1.42%) LAN
6 3 (1.42%) WAN
7 2 (0.95%) Intranet
8 1 (0.47%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.47%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.47%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (7.11%) Power BI
2 4 (1.90%) BusinessObjects
2 4 (1.90%) GIS
2 4 (1.90%) NoSQL
3 3 (1.42%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (1.42%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.95%) Amazon Aurora
4 2 (0.95%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.95%) Apache Hudi
4 2 (0.95%) Big Data
4 2 (0.95%) MongoDB
4 2 (0.95%) Presto
5 1 (0.47%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.47%) Delta Lake
5 1 (0.47%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 1 (0.47%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.47%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.47%) Snowflake Schema
5 1 (0.47%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.47%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 7 (3.32%) JIRA
2 2 (0.95%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.47%) Capybara
3 1 (0.47%) JUnit
3 1 (0.47%) Oracle APEX
3 1 (0.47%) RSpec
General
1 95 (45.02%) Public Sector
2 59 (27.96%) Social Skills
3 38 (18.01%) Finance
4 22 (10.43%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (7.11%) Organisational Skills
6 10 (4.74%) Influencing Skills
7 9 (4.27%) Social Housing
8 7 (3.32%) Legal
9 6 (2.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (2.37%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (1.90%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.90%) Police
12 3 (1.42%) Fire and Rescue
12 3 (1.42%) Retail
13 2 (0.95%) Back Office
13 2 (0.95%) Publishing
14 1 (0.47%) General Ledger
14 1 (0.47%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 31 (14.69%) Analyst
2 17 (8.06%) Lead
2 17 (8.06%) Senior
3 14 (6.64%) Business Analyst
4 12 (5.69%) Developer
4 12 (5.69%) Project Manager
5 9 (4.27%) Accountant
5 9 (4.27%) Architect
5 9 (4.27%) Cybersecurity Manager
5 9 (4.27%) Data Manager
5 9 (4.27%) Security Manager
5 9 (4.27%) Systems Accountant
6 8 (3.79%) Consultant
7 7 (3.32%) Data Analyst
7 7 (3.32%) Designer
7 7 (3.32%) Operations Manager
8 6 (2.84%) Content Designer
8 6 (2.84%) Infrastructure Manager
8 6 (2.84%) Infrastructure Operations Manager
8 6 (2.84%) Performance Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (4.27%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (1.90%) CSS
2 4 (1.90%) HTML
2 4 (1.90%) RESTful
3 2 (0.95%) Play Framework
3 2 (0.95%) REST
3 2 (0.95%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (0.47%) .NET
4 1 (0.47%) HTML5
4 1 (0.47%) JSON
4 1 (0.47%) Microsoft Graph
4 1 (0.47%) Middleware
4 1 (0.47%) PySpark
4 1 (0.47%) Ruby on Rails
4 1 (0.47%) SAP MI
4 1 (0.47%) Sass
4 1 (0.47%) SOAP
4 1 (0.47%) Spring
4 1 (0.47%) Spring Boot
4 1 (0.47%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (4.74%) Freedom of Information
1 10 (4.74%) Legacy Systems
1 10 (4.74%) Management Information System
1 10 (4.74%) Product Ownership
2 7 (3.32%) NHS
3 6 (2.84%) Enterprise Software
3 6 (2.84%) Onboarding
3 6 (2.84%) Public Cloud
4 5 (2.37%) Cloud Native
5 4 (1.90%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (1.90%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (1.90%) Security Posture
6 3 (1.42%) Cyber Security Posture
6 3 (1.42%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (0.95%) Cyber Threat
7 2 (0.95%) Enterprise Cloud
7 2 (0.95%) Housing Association
7 2 (0.95%) Taxonomies
8 1 (0.47%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.47%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 14 (6.64%) Windows
2 6 (2.84%) Windows 10
3 5 (2.37%) Windows Server
4 2 (0.95%) Linux
4 2 (0.95%) Unix
4 2 (0.95%) VMS
5 1 (0.47%) Android
5 1 (0.47%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (24.17%) Stakeholder Management
2 40 (18.96%) Continuous Improvement
2 40 (18.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 36 (17.06%) Agile
4 27 (12.80%) Service Delivery
5 26 (12.32%) Migration
6 24 (11.37%) Decision-Making
6 24 (11.37%) Roadmaps
7 21 (9.95%) Cybersecurity
8 20 (9.48%) Validation
9 18 (8.53%) Case Management
9 18 (8.53%) Project Delivery
10 17 (8.06%) Digital Transformation Programme
11 16 (7.58%) Business Intelligence
11 16 (7.58%) Change Management
11 16 (7.58%) DevOps
11 16 (7.58%) Problem-Solving
12 15 (7.11%) Data Migration
13 14 (6.64%) User Acceptance Testing
14 13 (6.16%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 15 (7.11%) SQL
2 6 (2.84%) Java
2 6 (2.84%) JavaScript
3 5 (2.37%) Python
4 4 (1.90%) C#
4 4 (1.90%) PowerShell
5 2 (0.95%) Go
5 2 (0.95%) Scala
5 2 (0.95%) T-SQL
5 2 (0.95%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.47%) Apex Code
6 1 (0.47%) Bicep
6 1 (0.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.47%) Groovy
6 1 (0.47%) Ruby
6 1 (0.47%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 12 (5.69%) Security Cleared
2 11 (5.21%) SC Cleared
3 7 (3.32%) BPSS Clearance
4 6 (2.84%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (2.84%) ITIL Certification
5 5 (2.37%) CCNP
5 5 (2.37%) CISSP
5 5 (2.37%) DBS Check
6 4 (1.90%) CCNA
6 4 (1.90%) Degree
7 3 (1.42%) Azure Certification
7 3 (1.42%) CISM
7 3 (1.42%) Microsoft Certification
8 2 (0.95%) CIPD
8 2 (0.95%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.95%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.95%) PMP
9 1 (0.47%) GCIA
9 1 (0.47%) GCIH
9 1 (0.47%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (8.53%) GDPR
2 14 (6.64%) Accessibility
3 10 (4.74%) Data Quality
4 8 (3.79%) Cyber Essentials
5 7 (3.32%) NCSC
5 7 (3.32%) WCAG
6 6 (2.84%) PCI DSS
6 6 (2.84%) PMO
6 6 (2.84%) QA
7 5 (2.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (2.37%) SLA
8 4 (1.90%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (1.42%) NIST
9 3 (1.42%) PERC
10 2 (0.95%) GRC
11 1 (0.47%) BS7666
11 1 (0.47%) Government Security Classifications
11 1 (0.47%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 11 (5.21%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.37%) Docker
3 1 (0.47%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 7 (3.32%) Terraform
2 5 (2.37%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.95%) Grafana
3 2 (0.95%) Kibana
3 2 (0.95%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.95%) SCCM
4 1 (0.47%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 33 (15.64%) Microsoft
2 23 (10.90%) SAP
3 17 (8.06%) Oracle
4 7 (3.32%) NEC
5 5 (2.37%) Cisco
5 5 (2.37%) Palo Alto
6 4 (1.90%) Infoblox
7 3 (1.42%) Google
7 3 (1.42%) Juniper
7 3 (1.42%) Kronos
7 3 (1.42%) ServiceNow
7 3 (1.42%) Sitecore
7 3 (1.42%) Splunk
8 2 (0.95%) Ariba
8 2 (0.95%) CrowdStrike
8 2 (0.95%) Granicus
8 2 (0.95%) Liquidlogic
8 2 (0.95%) OneLogin
9 1 (0.47%) Automation Anywhere
9 1 (0.47%) OpenAI