Local Government Jobs 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 permanent job vacancies in South London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries 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 75 82 86
Rank change year-on-year +7 +4 +57
Permanent jobs citing Local Government 13 8 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South London 1.81% 0.90% 0.14%
As % of the General category 2.11% 1.16% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 8 7 1
10th Percentile £35,707 £35,462 -
25th Percentile £41,046 £40,481 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,084 £47,500 £84,270
Median % change year-on-year -9.30% -43.63% +140.77%
75th Percentile £47,944 £48,750 -
90th Percentile £60,287 - -
London median annual salary £52,500 £48,831 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.51% -18.62% +9.09%

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 permanent job vacancies requiring common skills in South London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 615 690 549
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South London 85.42% 77.53% 74.39%
Number of salaries quoted 103 251 242
10th Percentile £33,750 £27,965 £31,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £32,500 £39,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £86,250 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £110,500 £83,750 £82,825
London median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £74,500
% change year-on-year +7.14% -6.04% +6.43%

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
Salary Trend in South London

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

Salary trend for Local Government in South London

Local Government
Salary Histogram in South London

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

Salary histogram for Local Government in South London

Local Government
Job Locations in South 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 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Croydon - 5 - -
Merton -1 2 £42,840 - 6
Bromley - 2 £37,643 -
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:

Applications
1 5 (38.46%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (30.77%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 5 (38.46%) Adobe Creative Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 5 (38.46%) Internet
2 2 (15.38%) Intranet
General
1 7 (53.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 6 (46.15%) Finance
3 2 (15.38%) Influencing Skills
3 2 (15.38%) Law
3 2 (15.38%) Legal
3 2 (15.38%) Public Sector
4 1 (7.69%) Marketing
4 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (38.46%) Analyst
1 5 (38.46%) Digital Analyst
1 5 (38.46%) IT Analyst
1 5 (38.46%) Systems Analyst
2 2 (15.38%) Lecturer
2 2 (15.38%) Procurement Officer
2 2 (15.38%) Project Officer
2 2 (15.38%) Systems Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Management Information System
1 2 (15.38%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (15.38%) Agile
1 2 (15.38%) Benchmarking
1 2 (15.38%) Coaching
1 2 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (15.38%) Decision-Making
1 2 (15.38%) Mentoring
1 2 (15.38%) Product Management
1 2 (15.38%) Project Management
1 2 (15.38%) Roadmaps
1 2 (15.38%) Service Management
1 2 (15.38%) Spend Analysis
1 2 (15.38%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 5 (38.46%) Degree
2 2 (15.38%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (15.38%) Accessibility
1 2 (15.38%) Data Quality
1 2 (15.38%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) Adobe
2 4 (30.77%) NEC