Local Government Contracts in West London

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

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in contract job vacancies in West London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Local Government over the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 37 56
Rank change year-on-year +16 +19 0
Contract jobs citing Local Government 10 8 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West London 4.85% 2.20% 1.22%
As % of the General category 8.62% 4.04% 2.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 5
10th Percentile - £452 £418
25th Percentile - £459 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £488 £450
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% +8.33% -
75th Percentile - £567 £488
90th Percentile - £687 £511
London median daily rate £488 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +2.63% +5.56% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 4 0
10th Percentile - £19.81 -
25th Percentile £20.45 £24.23 -
Median hourly rate £22.27 £30.12 -
Median % change year-on-year -26.05% - -
75th Percentile £23.63 £34.16 -
90th Percentile £25.24 £35.27 -
London median hourly rate £26.73 £29.78 £23.36
% change year-on-year -10.24% +27.46% -47.51%

All General Skills
West 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 West London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 116 198 258
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West London 56.31% 54.55% 44.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 139 167
10th Percentile £192 £189 £303
25th Percentile £301 £250 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £419 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.53% -20.19% +5.00%
75th Percentile £475 £538 £650
90th Percentile £588 £627 £700
London median daily rate £574 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -0.17% -4.17% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 21 27
10th Percentile £19.09 £16.25 £25.75
25th Percentile £20.24 £16.86 £31.25
Median hourly rate £22.27 £30.16 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -26.16% -49.73% +161.72%
75th Percentile £29.93 £46.50 £75.00
90th Percentile £52.55 £60.00 £81.00
London median hourly rate £34.25 £28.00 £31.92
% change year-on-year +22.32% -12.28% -14.88%

Local Government
Job Vacancy Trend in West London

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

Job vacancy trend for Local Government in West London

Local Government
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in West London

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

Daily rate trend for Local Government in West London

Local Government
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in West London

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

Hourly rate trend for Local Government in West London

Local Government
Contract Job Locations in West 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 West London region over the 6 months to 11 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
Wembley 0 6 £600 +33.93%
Ealing - 3 - -
Local Government
London

Local Government
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West 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:

Applications
1 3 (30.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (30.00%) Spreadsheet
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (40.00%) Oracle Financials
2 2 (20.00%) Exchequer
Cloud Services
1 4 (40.00%) Google Workspace
2 2 (20.00%) Azure
3 1 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (40.00%) BusinessObjects
2 3 (30.00%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (10.00%) Oracle Database
General
1 9 (90.00%) Finance
2 4 (40.00%) Banking
2 4 (40.00%) Public Sector
3 3 (30.00%) General Ledger
4 2 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Analyst
1 4 (40.00%) Financial Analyst
2 3 (30.00%) Support Officer
3 1 (10.00%) Data Migration Expert
3 1 (10.00%) Digital Programme Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Digital Transformation
3 1 (10.00%) Digital Transformation Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Programme Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Transformation Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Transformation Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Mainframe
2 2 (20.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Budget Management
2 3 (30.00%) Accounts Payable
2 3 (30.00%) Project Management
2 3 (30.00%) Resource Allocation
3 2 (20.00%) Benchmarking
3 2 (20.00%) Data Analysis
4 1 (10.00%) Actionable Insight
4 1 (10.00%) Agile
4 1 (10.00%) Customer Experience
4 1 (10.00%) Decision-Making
4 1 (10.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (10.00%) ITIL
4 1 (10.00%) Matrix Organization
4 1 (10.00%) Migration
4 1 (10.00%) Performance Tuning
4 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2
4 1 (10.00%) Programme Management
4 1 (10.00%) Risk Management
4 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (10.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) AAT
1 4 (40.00%) CCAB
2 2 (20.00%) CIPFA
3 1 (10.00%) Degree
3 1 (10.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (10.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (60.00%) Oracle
2 5 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (10.00%) NEC
3 1 (10.00%) Qualys