Local Government Job Trends in the City of London

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

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in permanent job vacancies in the City of London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Local Government over the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 135 148 157
Rank change year-on-year +13 +9 +92
Permanent jobs citing Local Government 1 14 12
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.044% 0.53% 0.42%
As % of the General category 0.074% 0.77% 0.69%
Number of salaries quoted 0 2 11
10th Percentile - £75,750 £52,873
25th Percentile - £76,875 £61,643
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £82,500 £63,287
Median % change year-on-year - +30.36% +11.52%
75th Percentile - £86,875 £76,735
90th Percentile - £87,250 £80,000
Central London median annual salary - £82,500 £63,287
% change year-on-year - +30.36% +11.03%

All General Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,353 1,818 1,749
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 60.08% 68.50% 61.56%
Number of salaries quoted 992 1,126 1,551
10th Percentile £40,000 £44,500 £39,085
25th Percentile £56,250 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% -3.45% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £93,750
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £73,000 £70,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +4.29% -3.45% -

Local Government
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Local Government job vacancy trend in the City of London

Local Government
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Local Government.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Local Government

Local Government
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Retail
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Internal Audit
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Target Operating Model
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CISM
1 1 (100.00%) CISSP
1 1 (100.00%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) GRC
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) NIST 800
1 1 (100.00%) QA