Local Government Contract Job Trends in Morden

Local Government (Local Authority, Local Council)
Merton > Morden

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in contract job vacancies in Morden. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Local Government over the 6 months leading up to 10 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 - 1
Rank change year-on-year - - +2
Contract jobs citing Local Government 1 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in Morden 20.00% - 100.00%
As % of the General category 25.00% - 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - £625
Median % change year-on-year - - +25.00%
75th Percentile £438 - £638
90th Percentile - - -
Merton median daily rate £425 £475 £625
% change year-on-year -10.53% -24.00% +38.89%

All General Skills
Morden

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 Morden.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 4 1 3
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Morden 80.00% 50.00% 100.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £185 £363 £613
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £190 £375 £625
Median % change year-on-year -49.33% -40.00% +28.21%
75th Percentile £316 £388 £638
90th Percentile £389 - -
Merton median daily rate £300 £325 £315
% change year-on-year -7.69% +3.17% -31.89%

Local Government
Job Vacancy Trend in Morden

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Local Government relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Morden.

Local Government job vacancy trend in Morden

Local Government
Daily Rate Trend in Morden

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Morden citing Local Government.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Morden citing Local Government

Local Government
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Morden 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Broadband
1 1 (100.00%) DHCP
1 1 (100.00%) DNS
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) VLAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Network Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCNA
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Infoblox
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto