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 4 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 36 63
Rank change year-on-year +19 +27 -15
Contract jobs citing Local Government 16 8 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West London 7.08% 2.20% 0.69%
As % of the General category 12.31% 4.10% 1.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 4 4
10th Percentile £250 £452 £416
25th Percentile £275 £459 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £488 £484
Median % change year-on-year -28.21% +0.78% +17.27%
75th Percentile £444 £567 £545
90th Percentile £507 £687 £578
London median daily rate £475 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +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 £28.51 £31.71 £22.93
% change year-on-year -10.11% +38.32% -48.48%

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 130 195 245
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West London 57.52% 53.72% 42.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 138 170
10th Percentile £172 £189 £272
25th Percentile £320 £250 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £402 £400 £555
Median % change year-on-year +0.56% -27.93% +11.00%
75th Percentile £475 £538 £650
90th Percentile £538 £626 £801
London median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +3.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 22 22
10th Percentile £20.24 £16.25 £25.13
25th Percentile £20.45 £18.13 £30.31
Median hourly rate £22.27 £31.86 £58.75
Median % change year-on-year -30.09% -45.78% +193.75%
75th Percentile £29.05 £55.75 £73.75
90th Percentile £51.55 £64.50 £87.00
London median hourly rate £34.00 £30.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year +13.33% - -15.49%

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
Daily Rate Histogram in West London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Local Government in West London over the 6 months to 4 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram 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 4 June 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 8 £350 -21.88%
Ealing - 3 - -
Hillingdon - 2 £538 - 1
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 5 (31.25%) Spreadsheet
2 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (25.00%) Oracle Financials
2 2 (12.50%) Exchequer
2 2 (12.50%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 5 (31.25%) Azure
2 4 (25.00%) Google Workspace
3 3 (18.75%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (12.50%) AWS
5 1 (6.25%) Entra ID
5 1 (6.25%) Google Docs
5 1 (6.25%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 2 (12.50%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (25.00%) BusinessObjects
2 3 (18.75%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (6.25%) Oracle Database
General
1 13 (81.25%) Finance
2 6 (37.50%) Public Sector
3 4 (25.00%) Banking
4 3 (18.75%) General Ledger
5 2 (12.50%) Billing
5 2 (12.50%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (12.50%) Social Skills
6 1 (6.25%) Legal
Job Titles
1 4 (25.00%) Analyst
1 4 (25.00%) Financial Analyst
1 4 (25.00%) Support Officer
2 2 (12.50%) 2nd Line Engineer
2 2 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support
2 2 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
2 2 (12.50%) IT Engineer
2 2 (12.50%) IT Support
2 2 (12.50%) IT Support Engineer
2 2 (12.50%) Support Engineer
3 1 (6.25%) Consultant
3 1 (6.25%) Data Migration Expert
3 1 (6.25%) Head of Finance
3 1 (6.25%) Oracle Consultant
3 1 (6.25%) Technical Support
3 1 (6.25%) Technical Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) Mainframe
2 2 (12.50%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 3 (18.75%) Windows
2 2 (12.50%) Android
2 2 (12.50%) Apple iOS
2 2 (12.50%) Windows 10
3 1 (6.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) Budget Management
2 4 (25.00%) Data Analysis
3 3 (18.75%) Accounts Payable
3 3 (18.75%) ITIL
3 3 (18.75%) Resource Allocation
4 2 (12.50%) Asset Management
4 2 (12.50%) Benchmarking
4 2 (12.50%) Cost Control
4 2 (12.50%) Decision-Making
4 2 (12.50%) ITSM
4 2 (12.50%) Project Management
4 2 (12.50%) Software Asset Management
4 2 (12.50%) Validation
5 1 (6.25%) Data Migration
5 1 (6.25%) Financial Modelling
5 1 (6.25%) Mathematics
5 1 (6.25%) Migration
5 1 (6.25%) Performance Tuning
5 1 (6.25%) Service Delivery
5 1 (6.25%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.25%) PowerShell
1 1 (6.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (25.00%) AAT
1 4 (25.00%) CCAB
2 3 (18.75%) CIPFA
3 1 (6.25%) ACCA
3 1 (6.25%) CIMA
3 1 (6.25%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (18.75%) Active Directory
2 1 (6.25%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (6.25%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (18.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (12.50%) SCCM
Vendors
1 9 (56.25%) Microsoft
2 6 (37.50%) Oracle
3 2 (12.50%) Remedy
3 2 (12.50%) ServiceNow
4 1 (6.25%) Google
4 1 (6.25%) Qualys