Local Government Contracts 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 14 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 33 27 37
Rank change year-on-year -6 +10 +14
Contract jobs citing Local Government 4 13 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South London 2.31% 5.51% 3.10%
As % of the General category 3.64% 9.85% 4.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 12 8
10th Percentile £451 - £385
25th Percentile £491 £400 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £500 £460
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% +8.70% +8.24%
75th Percentile £619 £553 £482
90th Percentile £653 £638 £503
London median daily rate £488 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +2.63% +5.56% -2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £9.60
25th Percentile - - £13.50
Median hourly rate - - £20.00
75th Percentile - - £21.73
90th Percentile - - £22.77
London median hourly rate £26.73 £29.78 £22.93
% change year-on-year -10.24% +29.88% -48.48%

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 common skills in South London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 110 132 262
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South London 63.58% 55.93% 67.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 84 201
10th Percentile £389 £200 £300
25th Percentile £450 £400 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £569 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year +19.79% -13.64% -
75th Percentile £730 £564 £675
90th Percentile £938 £628 £850
London median daily rate £565 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -1.74% -4.17% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 14 13
10th Percentile - £15.90 £18.75
25th Percentile - £17.06 £20.00
Median hourly rate £15.84 £23.50 £50.42
Median % change year-on-year -32.60% -53.39% +8.92%
75th Percentile £20.38 £69.13 -
90th Percentile £73.96 £83.75 £55.22
London median hourly rate £34.00 £27.92 £31.71
% change year-on-year +21.78% -11.95% -15.44%

Local Government
Job Vacancy Trend in South London

Job postings citing Local Government as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in South London.

Job vacancy trend for Local Government in South London

Local Government
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in South London

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

Daily rate trend for Local Government in South London

Local Government
Daily Rate Histogram in South London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Local Government in South London over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Local Government in South London

Local Government
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in South London

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

Hourly rate trend for Local Government in South London

Local Government
Contract Job Locations in South 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 South London region over the 6 months to 14 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
Merton -4 2 £488 -2.50% 6
Kingston Upon Thames +2 1 £650 +62.50% 6
Sutton - 1 £600 - 1
Local Government
London

Local Government
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South 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 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) AWS
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) Entra ID
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Data Warehouse
General
1 3 (75.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Marketing
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Administrator
1 1 (25.00%) Cloud Administrator
1 1 (25.00%) IT Manager
1 1 (25.00%) IT Operations Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Operations Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Project Director
1 1 (25.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
1 1 (25.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2016
1 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Business Case
1 2 (50.00%) Cloud Security
1 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Agile
2 1 (25.00%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (25.00%) Change Management
2 1 (25.00%) Contract Management
2 1 (25.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (25.00%) High Availability
2 1 (25.00%) Identity Management
2 1 (25.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (25.00%) ITIL
2 1 (25.00%) Network Design
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (25.00%) Risk Register
2 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Task Automation
2 1 (25.00%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (25.00%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (25.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Proofpoint
2 1 (25.00%) VMware