Local Government Job Trends in Central London

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

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in permanent job vacancies in Central London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Local Government over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 143 150 158
Rank change year-on-year +7 +8 +79
Permanent jobs citing Local Government 2 34 13
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 0.078% 1.06% 0.43%
As % of the General category 0.12% 1.49% 0.68%
Number of salaries quoted 0 2 12
10th Percentile - £75,750 £48,640
25th Percentile - £76,875 £59,451
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £82,500 £63,287
Median % change year-on-year - +30.36% +11.03%
75th Percentile - £86,875 £76,352
90th Percentile - £87,250 £79,750
London median annual salary £57,330 £52,500 £40,816
% change year-on-year +9.20% +28.63% -29.02%

All General Skills
Central London

Local Government falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring general skills in Central London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,601 2,283 1,915
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 62.56% 71.01% 62.77%
Number of salaries quoted 1,186 1,306 1,675
10th Percentile £36,750 £42,500 £39,085
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% -3.45% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £93,250 £92,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £113,750
London median annual salary £71,028 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -5.30% - +3.24%

Local Government
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Local Government job vacancy trend in Central London

Local Government
Salary Trend in Central London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Local Government.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Local Government

Local Government
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Local Government within the Central London region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London +18 1 - - 4
Kensington and Chelsea +2 1 - -
Local Government
London

Local Government
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central 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 (50.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Banking
2 1 (50.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Consultant
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Freedom of Information
1 1 (50.00%) Security Posture
1 1 (50.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Information Security
1 1 (50.00%) Internal Audit
1 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (50.00%) Project Management
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (50.00%) Target Operating Model
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CISM
1 1 (50.00%) CISSP
1 1 (50.00%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) GRC
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) NIST
1 1 (50.00%) NIST 800
1 1 (50.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle