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 17 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 204 205 279
Rank change year-on-year +1 +74 +123
Contract jobs citing Local Government 166 199 169
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.24% 1.23% 0.77%
As % of the General category 1.79% 1.98% 1.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 117 122
10th Percentile £350 £323 £338
25th Percentile £394 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% - -5.26%
75th Percentile £550 £538 £555
90th Percentile £650 £625 £600
England median daily rate £468 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +3.96% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 14 7
10th Percentile £26.45 £23.80 £16.00
25th Percentile £31.00 £25.56 £22.25
Median hourly rate £34.48 £29.73 £23.46
Median % change year-on-year +15.98% +26.73% -0.76%
75th Percentile £34.74 £33.07 £39.19
90th Percentile £62.00 £36.77 £46.62
England median hourly rate £31.13 £27.26 £22.98
% change year-on-year +14.18% +18.65% +9.40%

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 9,290 10,037 14,131
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 69.16% 62.15% 64.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,130 6,673 10,323
10th Percentile £325 £330 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £675 £700 £703
90th Percentile £790 £825 £810
England median daily rate £500 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 183 121 175
10th Percentile £17.00 £18.00 £17.99
25th Percentile £24.64 £24.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £35.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +16.67% -15.49%
75th Percentile £49.63 £53.75 £54.75
90th Percentile £65.00 £66.00 £70.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.50 £27.50
% change year-on-year -34.68% +40.00% +10.93%

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
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 17 September 2025.

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 17 September 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 17 September 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 +4 14 £450 +28.57% 5
North London - 10 £600 - 1
Central London -10 7 £438 -22.91% 3
East London - 7 £500 - 3
South London -11 4 £438 -12.50% 7
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 (3.61%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (2.41%) Confluence
2 4 (2.41%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.60%) ArcGIS
3 1 (0.60%) CMS
Applications
1 11 (6.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (3.61%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (2.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.81%) Trello
5 2 (1.20%) MS Visio
5 2 (1.20%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (4.82%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (3.01%) NEC Housing
2 5 (3.01%) SAP Payroll
3 4 (2.41%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (1.81%) Unit4 Business World
5 2 (1.20%) OPENHousing
5 2 (1.20%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.60%) Academy Housing
6 1 (0.60%) iTrent
6 1 (0.60%) Oracle iSupplier
6 1 (0.60%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.60%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.60%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.60%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 27 (16.27%) Azure
2 21 (12.65%) Power Platform
3 11 (6.63%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (5.42%) AWS
5 6 (3.61%) Azure Sentinel
5 6 (3.61%) Dynamics 365
5 6 (3.61%) Entra ID
6 5 (3.01%) Azure Logic Apps
7 4 (2.41%) Azure Data Factory
7 4 (2.41%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 3 (1.81%) IaaS
8 3 (1.81%) Miro
8 3 (1.81%) OCI
8 3 (1.81%) PaaS
8 3 (1.81%) PowerApps
8 3 (1.81%) Snowflake
9 2 (1.20%) Azure Service Bus
9 2 (1.20%) SaaS
9 2 (1.20%) Smartsheet
10 1 (0.60%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.41%) DHCP
1 4 (2.41%) DNS
1 4 (2.41%) VLAN
1 4 (2.41%) VPN
2 3 (1.81%) Cisco Wireless
2 3 (1.81%) LAN
2 3 (1.81%) TCP/IP
2 3 (1.81%) Wireless
3 2 (1.20%) Firewall
3 2 (1.20%) Internet
3 2 (1.20%) WAN
3 2 (1.20%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (10.24%) Power BI
2 4 (2.41%) Data Vault
3 3 (1.81%) InfluxDB
3 3 (1.81%) NoSQL
3 3 (1.81%) Power Query
3 3 (1.81%) Snowflake Schema
3 3 (1.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 3 (1.81%) Tableau
4 2 (1.20%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.20%) Metadata
4 2 (1.20%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.60%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.60%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.60%) Data Lake
5 1 (0.60%) GIS
5 1 (0.60%) OLTP
5 1 (0.60%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.60%) Spatial Data
5 1 (0.60%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 5 (3.01%) JIRA
2 1 (0.60%) Eclipse
General
1 57 (34.34%) Public Sector
2 42 (25.30%) Finance
3 36 (21.69%) Social Skills
4 14 (8.43%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (1.81%) Billing
5 3 (1.81%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (1.81%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (1.81%) Publishing
6 2 (1.20%) Social Housing
7 1 (0.60%) Environmental Health
7 1 (0.60%) Fire and Rescue
7 1 (0.60%) Legal
7 1 (0.60%) Tech for Good
7 1 (0.60%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 25 (15.06%) Analyst
2 21 (12.65%) Project Manager
3 15 (9.04%) Lead
4 12 (7.23%) Business Analyst
5 11 (6.63%) Developer
6 9 (5.42%) Consultant
6 9 (5.42%) Senior
7 8 (4.82%) Data Analyst
8 7 (4.22%) IT Engineer
9 6 (3.61%) Architect
9 6 (3.61%) IT Manager
10 5 (3.01%) Data Architect
10 5 (3.01%) Data Manager
10 5 (3.01%) Data Migration Specialist
10 5 (3.01%) Migration Specialist
10 5 (3.01%) SAP Data Migration Specialist
10 5 (3.01%) Support Engineer
11 4 (2.41%) CRM Developer
11 4 (2.41%) Data Engineer
11 4 (2.41%) IT Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.41%) .NET
2 3 (1.81%) ASP.NET
2 3 (1.81%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (1.20%) Bootstrap
3 2 (1.20%) CSS
3 2 (1.20%) HTML
3 2 (1.20%) REST
4 1 (0.60%) .NET Core
4 1 (0.60%) ASP.NET MVC
4 1 (0.60%) ASP.NET Web API
4 1 (0.60%) JSON
4 1 (0.60%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 10 (6.02%) Legacy Systems
2 8 (4.82%) Housing Association
3 5 (3.01%) NHS
4 4 (2.41%) Management Information System
5 3 (1.81%) Data Structures
6 2 (1.20%) Cyber Security Posture
6 2 (1.20%) Driving Licence
6 2 (1.20%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.60%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.60%) CCTV
7 1 (0.60%) CMDB
7 1 (0.60%) Cyber Defence
7 1 (0.60%) Cyberattack
7 1 (0.60%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 1 (0.60%) Hybrid Cloud
7 1 (0.60%) IoT
7 1 (0.60%) Onboarding
7 1 (0.60%) Public Cloud
7 1 (0.60%) Security Posture
7 1 (0.60%) Smart City
Operating Systems
1 11 (6.63%) Windows
2 6 (3.61%) Windows Server
3 3 (1.81%) Android
3 3 (1.81%) Apple iOS
3 3 (1.81%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.60%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.60%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (17.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 26 (15.66%) Agile
3 23 (13.86%) Migration
4 20 (12.05%) Decision-Making
5 19 (11.45%) Data Migration
6 18 (10.84%) Roadmaps
7 17 (10.24%) Business Intelligence
7 17 (10.24%) Case Management
7 17 (10.24%) Problem-Solving
8 15 (9.04%) Asset Management
9 14 (8.43%) Cybersecurity
9 14 (8.43%) Stakeholder Management
10 13 (7.83%) Customer Service
10 13 (7.83%) Data Analysis
10 13 (7.83%) Data Modelling
10 13 (7.83%) Service Delivery
11 12 (7.23%) Continuous Improvement
11 12 (7.23%) Data Management
11 12 (7.23%) ERP
12 11 (6.63%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (11.45%) SQL
2 7 (4.22%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 7 (4.22%) Python
3 3 (1.81%) C#
3 3 (1.81%) JavaScript
3 3 (1.81%) PowerShell
3 3 (1.81%) R
4 1 (0.60%) T-SQL
4 1 (0.60%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 10 (6.02%) Degree
2 7 (4.22%) DBS Check
3 6 (3.61%) CISSP
4 4 (2.41%) CISA
4 4 (2.41%) CISM
4 4 (2.41%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
5 3 (1.81%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (1.20%) CIMA
7 1 (0.60%) ACCA
7 1 (0.60%) CCAB
7 1 (0.60%) CIPFA
7 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.60%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.60%) PMP
7 1 (0.60%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (9.04%) Accessibility
2 9 (5.42%) Data Quality
3 6 (3.61%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (3.61%) GDPR
3 6 (3.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (3.01%) NIST
5 4 (2.41%) QA
6 1 (0.60%) NCSC
6 1 (0.60%) PMO
System Software
1 11 (6.63%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.81%) Docker
2 3 (1.81%) Virtual Desktop
2 3 (1.81%) vSphere
3 1 (0.60%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.60%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 10 (6.02%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (3.01%) SCCM
3 4 (2.41%) CSIRT
3 4 (2.41%) QRadar
4 1 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 48 (28.92%) Microsoft
2 15 (9.04%) SAP
3 12 (7.23%) Oracle
4 6 (3.61%) Liquidlogic
5 5 (3.01%) NEC
6 4 (2.41%) Fortinet
6 4 (2.41%) Northgate
6 4 (2.41%) ServiceNow
6 4 (2.41%) Splunk
7 3 (1.81%) Capita
7 3 (1.81%) Cisco
7 3 (1.81%) Civica
7 3 (1.81%) OneLogin
8 2 (1.20%) Google
8 2 (1.20%) Infoblox
8 2 (1.20%) Proofpoint
8 2 (1.20%) Remedy
8 2 (1.20%) VMware
8 2 (1.20%) Workday
9 1 (0.60%) UiPath