Local Government Contract Job Trends in South London

Local Government (Local Authority, Local Council)
London > South London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in contract job vacancies in South London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Local Government over the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 27 39
Rank change year-on-year -6 +12 +17
Contract jobs citing Local Government 8 11 2
As % of all contract jobs in South London 3.92% 4.80% 0.79%
As % of the General category 6.72% 7.24% 1.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 7 2
10th Percentile £509 £438 £601
25th Percentile £550 £463 £603
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £501 £613
Median % change year-on-year +17.38% -18.29% +28.95%
75th Percentile £700 £524 £628
90th Percentile - £554 £634
London median daily rate £525 £475 £453
% change year-on-year +10.53% +4.97% -4.74%

All General Skills
South 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 South London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 119 152 156
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South London 58.33% 66.38% 61.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 96 103
10th Percentile £220 £306 £145
25th Percentile £413 £425 £288
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £592 £500
Median % change year-on-year -15.47% +18.30% -10.75%
75th Percentile £588 £656 £625
90th Percentile £690 £811 £673
London median daily rate £538 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -6.52% - -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 15
10th Percentile £62.13 £32.72 £15.91
25th Percentile £62.69 £55.91 £17.13
Median hourly rate £64.75 £73.60 £23.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.02% +213.19% +4.44%
75th Percentile £66.19 £79.60 £25.25
90th Percentile £66.38 £81.76 £59.19
London median hourly rate £26.30 £35.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year -24.86% +16.67% +10.09%

Local Government
Job Vacancy Trend in South London

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

Local Government job vacancy trend in South London

Local Government
Daily Rate Trend in South London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South London citing Local Government

Local Government
Daily Rate Histogram in South London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Local Government in South London over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Local Government in South London

Local Government
Hourly Rate Trend in South London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South London citing Local Government.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South London citing Local Government

Local Government
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South 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 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) AWS
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
General
1 3 (37.50%) Influencing Skills
1 3 (37.50%) Social Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Designer
1 3 (37.50%) Service Designer
2 2 (25.00%) Business Continuity Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Business Manager
3 1 (12.50%) 3rd Line Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Cloud Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Customer Experience Designer
3 1 (12.50%) Digital Programme Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Exchange Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Exchange Migration Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Implementation Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Implementation Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Migration Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Programme Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Senior
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Designer
3 1 (12.50%) Senior Service Designer
3 1 (12.50%) Systems Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Hybrid Cloud
1 1 (12.50%) IVR
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Service Design
2 2 (25.00%) Agile
2 2 (25.00%) AI
2 2 (25.00%) Business Continuity
2 2 (25.00%) Business Continuity Planning
2 2 (25.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 2 (25.00%) Customer Experience
2 2 (25.00%) Human-Centred Design
2 2 (25.00%) Ideation Sessions
2 2 (25.00%) Service Delivery
2 2 (25.00%) User Research
3 1 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (12.50%) Housing Management
3 1 (12.50%) Performance Management
3 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (12.50%) Project Management
3 1 (12.50%) Resource Management
3 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (12.50%) Target Operating Model
Systems Management
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) NEC
1 1 (12.50%) Proofpoint