Local Government Contracts 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 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 196 209 299
Rank change year-on-year +13 +90 +65
Contract jobs citing Local Government 150 204 183
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.24% 1.17% 0.72%
As % of the General category 1.82% 1.86% 1.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 163 131
10th Percentile £350 £382 £311
25th Percentile £400 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% - -2.17%
75th Percentile £550 £539 £538
90th Percentile £650 £654 £600
England median daily rate £469 £455 £450
% change year-on-year +3.02% +1.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 21 6
10th Percentile £20.45 £17.75 £13.50
25th Percentile £22.27 £23.80 £20.62
Median hourly rate £28.41 £31.71 £22.93
Median % change year-on-year -10.41% +38.32% -48.48%
75th Percentile £30.04 £34.88 £23.44
90th Percentile £34.68 £38.28 £30.40
England median hourly rate £26.45 £25.00 £22.41
% change year-on-year +5.80% +11.56% -9.18%

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 8,222 10,983 16,163
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 67.83% 62.86% 63.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,489 7,850 11,766
10th Percentile £349 £336 £380
25th Percentile £437 £450 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -2.17% -4.17% +3.45%
75th Percentile £700 £700 £725
90th Percentile £825 £825 £825
England median daily rate £525 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -1.87% -2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 147 240 206
10th Percentile £15.84 £15.95 £16.37
25th Percentile £24.42 £18.25 £21.06
Median hourly rate £32.00 £30.00 £31.71
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -5.39% -10.68%
75th Percentile £50.63 £46.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £63.45 £65.00 £70.00
England median hourly rate £27.50 £30.27 £31.92
% change year-on-year -9.14% -5.18% +47.61%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Local Government in London.

Daily rate trend for Local Government in London

Local Government
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Local Government in London over the 6 months to 29 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Local Government in London

Local Government
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Local Government in London.

Hourly rate trend for Local Government in London

Local Government
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Local Government in London over the 6 months to 29 May 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 29 May 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 +18 14 £400 -17.95% 9
Central London -9 12 £575 +27.78% 12
East London +20 7 £500 -16.67% 3
North London +5 6 £600 - 3
South London -3 4 £563 +12.50% 6
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 4 (2.67%) Microsoft Exchange
1 4 (2.67%) SharePoint
2 2 (1.33%) Drupal
3 1 (0.67%) CMS
3 1 (0.67%) Confluence
3 1 (0.67%) govService
3 1 (0.67%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 12 (8.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (4.67%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (4.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (1.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (3.33%) Oracle Financials
1 5 (3.33%) Unit4 Business World
2 4 (2.67%) SAP ERP
3 3 (2.00%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (2.00%) NEC Housing
4 2 (1.33%) Exchequer
4 2 (1.33%) OPENHousing
5 1 (0.67%) iTrent
5 1 (0.67%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.67%) Oracle iSupplier
5 1 (0.67%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.67%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.67%) Orchard Housing
5 1 (0.67%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 26 (17.33%) Azure
2 15 (10.00%) Power Platform
3 10 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (5.33%) AWS
5 6 (4.00%) Dynamics 365
6 5 (3.33%) Google Workspace
6 5 (3.33%) SuccessFactors
7 4 (2.67%) PowerApps
8 3 (2.00%) Azure Data Factory
8 3 (2.00%) Azure Logic Apps
8 3 (2.00%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 3 (2.00%) Entra ID
8 3 (2.00%) OCI
8 3 (2.00%) Snowflake
9 2 (1.33%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (1.33%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.67%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.67%) Azure Service Bus
10 1 (0.67%) Google Docs
10 1 (0.67%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.67%) DNS
1 4 (2.67%) LAN
1 4 (2.67%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (2.00%) Firewall
3 2 (1.33%) Cisco Wireless
3 2 (1.33%) DHCP
3 2 (1.33%) SD-WAN
3 2 (1.33%) TCP/IP
3 2 (1.33%) VLAN
3 2 (1.33%) VPN
3 2 (1.33%) WAN
3 2 (1.33%) Wireless
4 1 (0.67%) 5G
4 1 (0.67%) Internet
4 1 (0.67%) Intranet
4 1 (0.67%) PSTN
4 1 (0.67%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (0.67%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (8.00%) Power BI
2 6 (4.00%) BusinessObjects
3 3 (2.00%) InfluxDB
3 3 (2.00%) NoSQL
3 3 (2.00%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (2.00%) Snowflake Schema
3 3 (2.00%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.33%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (1.33%) MS Access
4 2 (1.33%) Power Query
5 1 (0.67%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.67%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.67%) Metadata
5 1 (0.67%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.67%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.67%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (2.00%) JIRA
2 1 (0.67%) MSI
2 1 (0.67%) Oracle Forms
General
1 54 (36.00%) Public Sector
2 39 (26.00%) Finance
3 33 (22.00%) Social Skills
4 8 (5.33%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
6 4 (2.67%) Banking
6 4 (2.67%) General Ledger
7 3 (2.00%) Billing
8 1 (0.67%) Environmental Health
8 1 (0.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.67%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.67%) Legal
8 1 (0.67%) Marketing
8 1 (0.67%) Social Housing
8 1 (0.67%) Tech for Good
8 1 (0.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 30 (20.00%) Analyst
2 22 (14.67%) Project Manager
3 16 (10.67%) Developer
3 16 (10.67%) Senior
4 8 (5.33%) Business Analyst
4 8 (5.33%) Data Analyst
5 7 (4.67%) Delivery Manager
5 7 (4.67%) Senior Manager
6 6 (4.00%) Financial Analyst
6 6 (4.00%) Support Officer
7 5 (3.33%) ERP Manager
7 5 (3.33%) IT Engineer
7 5 (3.33%) IT Manager
8 4 (2.67%) Consultant
8 4 (2.67%) Data Engineer
8 4 (2.67%) Dynamics 365 Developer
8 4 (2.67%) Lead
8 4 (2.67%) Network Engineer
8 4 (2.67%) SAP Delivery Manager
8 4 (2.67%) SAP Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.00%) .NET
1 3 (2.00%) HTML
2 2 (1.33%) ASP.NET
2 2 (1.33%) ASP.NET Web API
2 2 (1.33%) CSS
2 2 (1.33%) Oracle Fusion
2 2 (1.33%) REST
3 1 (0.67%) .NET Core
3 1 (0.67%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (0.67%) Bootstrap
3 1 (0.67%) jQuery
3 1 (0.67%) OLE
3 1 (0.67%) RESTful
3 1 (0.67%) SOAP
3 1 (0.67%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 8 (5.33%) Management Information System
2 5 (3.33%) Housing Association
3 4 (2.67%) IoT
4 3 (2.00%) Data Centre
4 3 (2.00%) IVR
4 3 (2.00%) Mainframe
5 2 (1.33%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.33%) NHS
5 2 (1.33%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (1.33%) Social Media
5 2 (1.33%) Video Conferencing
5 2 (1.33%) Virtual Team
6 1 (0.67%) Algorithms
6 1 (0.67%) CMDB
6 1 (0.67%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (0.67%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.67%) EFT
6 1 (0.67%) Onboarding
6 1 (0.67%) Product Ownership
6 1 (0.67%) Smart City
Operating Systems
1 12 (8.00%) Windows
2 5 (3.33%) Windows 10
3 3 (2.00%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.33%) Mac OS
4 2 (1.33%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.67%) Android
5 1 (0.67%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.67%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (18.67%) Service Delivery
2 24 (16.00%) Agile
3 23 (15.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 17 (11.33%) Decision-Making
4 17 (11.33%) Migration
5 16 (10.67%) Project Management
5 16 (10.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 14 (9.33%) Data Analysis
7 13 (8.67%) Business Intelligence
8 11 (7.33%) Budget Management
9 10 (6.67%) Change Management
9 10 (6.67%) Problem-Solving
9 10 (6.67%) Programme Management
10 9 (6.00%) Case Management
10 9 (6.00%) Customer Service
10 9 (6.00%) ERP
11 8 (5.33%) Artificial Intelligence
11 8 (5.33%) ITIL
11 8 (5.33%) Resource Allocation
11 8 (5.33%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (9.33%) SQL
2 5 (3.33%) Python
3 4 (2.67%) JavaScript
4 3 (2.00%) C#
4 3 (2.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 3 (2.00%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.67%) R
5 1 (0.67%) T-SQL
5 1 (0.67%) VBA
Qualifications
1 8 (5.33%) Degree
2 6 (4.00%) AAT
2 6 (4.00%) DBS Check
3 5 (3.33%) CCAB
4 4 (2.67%) Cisco Certification
5 3 (2.00%) CIPFA
6 2 (1.33%) CCNP
6 2 (1.33%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.67%) ACCA
7 1 (0.67%) CIMA
7 1 (0.67%) CISSP
7 1 (0.67%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.67%) HNC
7 1 (0.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.67%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (8.67%) Accessibility
2 4 (2.67%) QA
3 3 (2.00%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.33%) GDPR
4 2 (1.33%) PMO
4 2 (1.33%) SLA
5 1 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.67%) WCAG
System Software
1 11 (7.33%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.00%) Docker
3 2 (1.33%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (1.33%) vSphere
4 1 (0.67%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (4.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.00%) Cisco UCCX
2 3 (2.00%) SCCM
3 1 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 39 (26.00%) Microsoft
2 11 (7.33%) Oracle
3 7 (4.67%) Cisco
4 5 (3.33%) SAP
5 4 (2.67%) Civica
6 3 (2.00%) Capita
6 3 (2.00%) Google
6 3 (2.00%) NEC
6 3 (2.00%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.33%) Facebook
7 2 (1.33%) Foundry
7 2 (1.33%) Instagram
7 2 (1.33%) Liquidlogic
7 2 (1.33%) Meraki
7 2 (1.33%) Northgate
7 2 (1.33%) Palo Alto
7 2 (1.33%) Proofpoint
7 2 (1.33%) VMware
8 1 (0.67%) Orchard
8 1 (0.67%) Qualys