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 12 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 236 196 208
Rank change year-on-year -40 +12 +92
Contract jobs citing Local Government 191 162 210
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.01% 1.32% 1.19%
As % of the General category 1.69% 1.94% 1.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 156 120 160
10th Percentile £350 £343 £359
25th Percentile £413 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% +5.56% -
75th Percentile £650 £550 £538
90th Percentile £738 £639 £626
England median daily rate £500 £455 £450
% change year-on-year +9.89% +1.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 22 21
10th Percentile £16.70 £20.45 £17.75
25th Percentile £21.29 £23.20 £23.80
Median hourly rate £26.11 £28.80 £32.29
Median % change year-on-year -9.34% -10.81% +40.85%
75th Percentile £34.25 £32.67 £34.88
90th Percentile £41.00 £34.95 £38.28
England median hourly rate £25.38 £27.32 £25.00
% change year-on-year -7.10% +9.28% +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 11,303 8,338 11,078
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 60.03% 68.07% 62.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,262 5,565 7,919
10th Percentile £350 £338 £332
25th Percentile £431 £430 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £700
90th Percentile £788 £825 £825
England median daily rate £520 £525 £533
% change year-on-year -0.95% -1.50% -3.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 208 148 240
10th Percentile £18.75 £15.84 £15.95
25th Percentile £22.50 £24.66 £18.25
Median hourly rate £34.06 £34.24 £30.14
Median % change year-on-year -0.53% +13.60% +0.47%
75th Percentile £46.69 £50.86 £47.81
90th Percentile £69.13 £65.75 £66.20
England median hourly rate £32.50 £28.08 £31.50
% change year-on-year +15.76% -10.87% +3.14%

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 12 June 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 12 June 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 12 June 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 -12 19 £500 -13.04% 7
South London +3 15 £500 -4.76% 3
West London -34 5 £463 +32.14% 6
North London -4 3 £450 -18.18% 1
East London -8 3 £265 -47.00% 11
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 (4.19%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.62%) CMS
3 2 (1.05%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (1.05%) Apache Spark
3 2 (1.05%) Confluence
3 2 (1.05%) Drupal
3 2 (1.05%) govService
3 2 (1.05%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.05%) WordPress
4 1 (0.52%) IBM HTTP Server
Applications
1 11 (5.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.57%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (1.05%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.05%) Trello
4 1 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 8 (4.19%) NEC Housing
1 8 (4.19%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (2.09%) iTrent
2 4 (2.09%) Oracle Financials
2 4 (2.09%) SAP ERP
3 2 (1.05%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.52%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.52%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 24 (12.57%) Azure
2 14 (7.33%) Power Platform
3 10 (5.24%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (4.19%) AWS
5 6 (3.14%) Entra ID
5 6 (3.14%) SaaS
6 4 (2.09%) Azure Sentinel
7 3 (1.57%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (1.57%) GCP
7 3 (1.57%) IaaS
8 2 (1.05%) Amazon EMR
8 2 (1.05%) Amazon S3
8 2 (1.05%) AWS Lambda
8 2 (1.05%) Azure Service Bus
8 2 (1.05%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (1.05%) GitHub
8 2 (1.05%) Miro
8 2 (1.05%) PaaS
8 2 (1.05%) PowerApps
8 2 (1.05%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 9 (4.71%) Firewall
2 7 (3.66%) DHCP
2 7 (3.66%) DNS
3 6 (3.14%) Network Security
4 5 (2.62%) Broadband
5 4 (2.09%) VPN
6 3 (1.57%) LAN
6 3 (1.57%) WAN
6 3 (1.57%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (1.05%) Intranet
8 1 (0.52%) SD-WAN
8 1 (0.52%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (6.81%) Power BI
2 4 (2.09%) BusinessObjects
3 3 (1.57%) GIS
3 3 (1.57%) NoSQL
4 2 (1.05%) Amazon Aurora
4 2 (1.05%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (1.05%) Apache Hudi
4 2 (1.05%) Big Data
4 2 (1.05%) MongoDB
4 2 (1.05%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (1.05%) Presto
4 2 (1.05%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.52%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.52%) Crystal Reports
5 1 (0.52%) MS Access
5 1 (0.52%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 5 (2.62%) JIRA
2 2 (1.05%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.52%) JUnit
3 1 (0.52%) Oracle APEX
General
1 82 (42.93%) Public Sector
2 49 (25.65%) Social Skills
3 31 (16.23%) Finance
4 15 (7.85%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (7.33%) Influencing Skills
6 13 (6.81%) Organisational Skills
7 7 (3.66%) Social Housing
8 6 (3.14%) Legal
9 5 (2.62%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (2.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (2.09%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.57%) Fire and Rescue
11 3 (1.57%) Police
11 3 (1.57%) Retail
12 2 (1.05%) Back Office
12 2 (1.05%) Marketing
13 1 (0.52%) General Ledger
13 1 (0.52%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 27 (14.14%) Analyst
2 19 (9.95%) Senior
3 16 (8.38%) Lead
4 14 (7.33%) Project Manager
5 12 (6.28%) Developer
6 11 (5.76%) Business Analyst
7 9 (4.71%) Accountant
7 9 (4.71%) Cybersecurity Manager
7 9 (4.71%) Security Manager
7 9 (4.71%) Systems Accountant
8 8 (4.19%) Architect
9 6 (3.14%) Data Manager
9 6 (3.14%) Designer
9 6 (3.14%) Performance Analyst
9 6 (3.14%) Service Analyst
10 5 (2.62%) Content Designer
10 5 (2.62%) Product Manager
10 5 (2.62%) Senior Analyst
10 5 (2.62%) Senior Manager
10 5 (2.62%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (2.09%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (1.57%) CSS
2 3 (1.57%) HTML
2 3 (1.57%) RESTful
3 2 (1.05%) Play Framework
3 2 (1.05%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (0.52%) .NET
4 1 (0.52%) JSON
4 1 (0.52%) Middleware
4 1 (0.52%) Node.js
4 1 (0.52%) REST
4 1 (0.52%) SOAP
4 1 (0.52%) Spring
4 1 (0.52%) Spring Boot
4 1 (0.52%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (5.76%) Management Information System
2 10 (5.24%) Freedom of Information
3 9 (4.71%) Legacy Systems
4 6 (3.14%) NHS
4 6 (3.14%) Onboarding
4 6 (3.14%) Product Ownership
5 5 (2.62%) Enterprise Cloud
5 5 (2.62%) Public Cloud
5 5 (2.62%) Security Posture
6 4 (2.09%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.57%) Cloud Native
7 3 (1.57%) Cyber Security Posture
7 3 (1.57%) PKI
7 3 (1.57%) Virtual Team
8 2 (1.05%) Cyber Threat
8 2 (1.05%) Taxonomies
9 1 (0.52%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.52%) Driving Licence
9 1 (0.52%) Hybrid Cloud
9 1 (0.52%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 14 (7.33%) Windows
2 6 (3.14%) Windows Server
3 5 (2.62%) Windows 10
4 2 (1.05%) Linux
4 2 (1.05%) Unix
5 1 (0.52%) Android
5 1 (0.52%) VMS
5 1 (0.52%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (18.32%) Stakeholder Management
2 34 (17.80%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 30 (15.71%) Continuous Improvement
4 26 (13.61%) Agile
4 26 (13.61%) Cybersecurity
5 24 (12.57%) Migration
6 23 (12.04%) Roadmaps
7 22 (11.52%) Service Delivery
8 19 (9.95%) Decision-Making
9 17 (8.90%) Validation
10 16 (8.38%) Case Management
10 16 (8.38%) Data Migration
11 13 (6.81%) Business Intelligence
11 13 (6.81%) Change Management
12 12 (6.28%) Data Protection
12 12 (6.28%) Digital Transformation Programme
12 12 (6.28%) Project Delivery
12 12 (6.28%) User Acceptance Testing
13 11 (5.76%) Business Case
13 11 (5.76%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 11 (5.76%) SQL
2 5 (2.62%) Java
3 4 (2.09%) JavaScript
3 4 (2.09%) Python
4 3 (1.57%) C#
4 3 (1.57%) PowerShell
5 2 (1.05%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 2 (1.05%) Scala
5 2 (1.05%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.52%) Apex Code
6 1 (0.52%) Go
6 1 (0.52%) Search Processing Language
6 1 (0.52%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 7 (3.66%) Security Cleared
2 5 (2.62%) BPSS Clearance
2 5 (2.62%) DBS Check
2 5 (2.62%) Degree
2 5 (2.62%) SC Cleared
3 4 (2.09%) CISSP
4 3 (1.57%) Cisco Certification
4 3 (1.57%) CISM
5 2 (1.05%) CCNA
5 2 (1.05%) CCNP
5 2 (1.05%) CIPD
5 2 (1.05%) DV Cleared
5 2 (1.05%) IIBA
5 2 (1.05%) ISEB
5 2 (1.05%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (1.05%) PMI Certification
5 2 (1.05%) PMP
5 2 (1.05%) TOGAF Certification
6 1 (0.52%) CBAP
6 1 (0.52%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (8.90%) GDPR
2 10 (5.24%) Accessibility
3 8 (4.19%) Data Quality
4 7 (3.66%) NCSC
5 6 (3.14%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (3.14%) PCI DSS
5 6 (3.14%) SLA
6 5 (2.62%) WCAG
7 4 (2.09%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 4 (2.09%) PMO
7 4 (2.09%) QA
8 3 (1.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (1.57%) PERC
9 2 (1.05%) GRC
10 1 (0.52%) BS7666
10 1 (0.52%) NIST
System Software
1 8 (4.19%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.09%) Docker
3 1 (0.52%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (2.09%) Terraform
2 3 (1.57%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.57%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.05%) Grafana
3 2 (1.05%) Kibana
3 2 (1.05%) SCCM
4 1 (0.52%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 23 (12.04%) Microsoft
2 20 (10.47%) SAP
3 12 (6.28%) Oracle
4 8 (4.19%) NEC
5 3 (1.57%) Kronos
5 3 (1.57%) Palo Alto
5 3 (1.57%) ServiceNow
5 3 (1.57%) Splunk
6 2 (1.05%) Ariba
6 2 (1.05%) Cisco
6 2 (1.05%) Google
6 2 (1.05%) Granicus
6 2 (1.05%) Infoblox
6 2 (1.05%) OneLogin
6 2 (1.05%) Sitecore
7 1 (0.52%) CrowdStrike
7 1 (0.52%) Juniper
7 1 (0.52%) Liquidlogic
7 1 (0.52%) OpenAI
7 1 (0.52%) Salesforce