Local Government Contracts in London

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

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in contract job vacancies advertised in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Local Government over the 6 months to 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 185 314 390
Rank change year-on-year +129 +76 -48
Contract jobs citing Local Government 219 177 228
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.25% 0.68% 0.59%
As % of the General category 1.99% 1.08% 0.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 179 127 147
10th Percentile £400 £300 £350
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £463
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -2.70% +15.63%
75th Percentile £561 £513 £548
90th Percentile £666 £600 £638
England median daily rate £475 £446 £450
% change year-on-year +6.43% -0.82% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 6 40
10th Percentile £17.57 £13.50 £22.68
25th Percentile £23.45 £20.62 £39.75
Median hourly rate £27.84 £22.93 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year +21.44% -48.48% +99.19%
75th Percentile £35.44 £23.44 £49.25
90th Percentile £38.28 £30.40 -
England median hourly rate £25.00 £22.41 £23.37
% change year-on-year +11.56% -4.09% +11.00%

All General Skills
London

Local Government is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 11,026 16,411 23,219
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 63.15% 63.31% 60.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,868 11,887 16,792
10th Percentile £336 £375 £381
25th Percentile £450 £481 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £700 £725 £700
90th Percentile £825 £825 £800
England median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 232 210 295
10th Percentile £15.55 £16.59 £19.29
25th Percentile £18.13 £21.24 £25.68
Median hourly rate £27.92 £31.71 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.95% -15.44% +29.65%
75th Percentile £44.00 £57.07 £50.00
90th Percentile £65.00 £70.25 £67.50
England median hourly rate £30.16 £32.50 £21.50
% change year-on-year -7.20% +51.16% -4.44%

Local Government
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Local Government in London

Local Government
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Local Government in London

Local Government
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Local Government in London over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Local Government in London

Local Government
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Local Government in London

Local Government
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Local Government in London over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Local Government in London

Local Government
Contract Job Locations in 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 London region over the 6 months to 15 May 2024. 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
Central London +60 34 £450 +12.50% 9
South London +11 13 £500 +8.70% 12
West London +22 8 £488 +8.33% 15
East London -3 8 £600 +37.93% 1
North London - 1 - - 9
Local Government
England

Local Government
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (2.28%) govService
2 4 (1.83%) ArcGIS
2 4 (1.83%) CMS
2 4 (1.83%) WordPress
3 3 (1.37%) Drupal
3 3 (1.37%) Jadu
3 3 (1.37%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.91%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 10 (4.57%) Microsoft Excel
1 10 (4.57%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (3.20%) Spreadsheet
3 5 (2.28%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (1.37%) SPSS
5 2 (0.91%) AutoCAD
5 2 (0.91%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.91%) Revit
Business Applications
1 10 (4.57%) NEC Housing
2 6 (2.74%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.46%) Academy Housing
4 1 (0.46%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 1 (0.46%) OPENHousing
4 1 (0.46%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.46%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.46%) ResourceLink
Cloud Services
1 26 (11.87%) Azure
2 11 (5.02%) AWS
2 11 (5.02%) Azure DevOps
2 11 (5.02%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (4.11%) Power Platform
4 8 (3.65%) Google Workspace
5 7 (3.20%) Entra ID
6 5 (2.28%) GitHub
7 4 (1.83%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 4 (1.83%) Azure Service Bus
7 4 (1.83%) Google Analytics
7 4 (1.83%) SaaS
8 2 (0.91%) Azure Monitor
8 2 (0.91%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.46%) AWS Step Functions
9 1 (0.46%) Azure Pipelines
9 1 (0.46%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.46%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.46%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.46%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.37%) Firewall
1 3 (1.37%) Intranet
2 2 (0.91%) VPN
3 1 (0.46%) DMZ
3 1 (0.46%) FTP
3 1 (0.46%) HTTP
3 1 (0.46%) Internet
3 1 (0.46%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (6.85%) SQL Server
2 8 (3.65%) Power BI
3 7 (3.20%) GIS
4 6 (2.74%) Oracle Database
5 4 (1.83%) Looker
6 3 (1.37%) BusinessObjects XI
6 3 (1.37%) Power Query
6 3 (1.37%) PowerPivot
7 2 (0.91%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.91%) Redis
7 2 (0.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.46%) Big Data
8 1 (0.46%) Metadata
8 1 (0.46%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.46%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.46%) Spatial Data
8 1 (0.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.46%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (2.74%) Git
2 3 (1.37%) SpecFlow
3 2 (0.91%) JIRA
4 1 (0.46%) Postman
4 1 (0.46%) RStudio
General
1 47 (21.46%) Public Sector
2 35 (15.98%) Social Skills
3 30 (13.70%) Finance
4 18 (8.22%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (4.11%) Presentation Skills
6 7 (3.20%) Influencing Skills
7 6 (2.74%) Fire and Rescue
8 5 (2.28%) Back Office
8 5 (2.28%) Legal
9 4 (1.83%) Advertising
9 4 (1.83%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (1.83%) Police
9 4 (1.83%) Social Housing
10 3 (1.37%) Billing
11 2 (0.91%) General Ledger
11 2 (0.91%) Publishing
12 1 (0.46%) Banking
12 1 (0.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.46%) Marketing
12 1 (0.46%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 50 (22.83%) Senior
2 43 (19.63%) Analyst
3 39 (17.81%) Project Manager
4 20 (9.13%) Architect
5 19 (8.68%) Developer
6 16 (7.31%) Senior Manager
7 13 (5.94%) Senior Analyst
8 11 (5.02%) Business Analyst
8 11 (5.02%) Senior Developer
9 10 (4.57%) Programme Manager
10 8 (3.65%) Lead
10 8 (3.65%) Product Manager
10 8 (3.65%) Senior Software Engineer
10 8 (3.65%) Software Engineer
11 7 (3.20%) Enterprise Architect
11 7 (3.20%) Senior Product Manager
11 7 (3.20%) Support Analyst
12 6 (2.74%) Consultant
12 6 (2.74%) IT Manager
12 6 (2.74%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (12.79%) .NET
2 16 (7.31%) React
3 8 (3.65%) .NET Core
3 8 (3.65%) XML
4 4 (1.83%) .NET Framework
4 4 (1.83%) CSS
5 3 (1.37%) ASP.NET
5 3 (1.37%) HTML
6 2 (0.91%) ASP.NET Core
6 2 (0.91%) Oracle Fusion
6 2 (0.91%) REST
7 1 (0.46%) AngularJS
7 1 (0.46%) ASP.NET MVC
7 1 (0.46%) D3.js
7 1 (0.46%) jQuery
7 1 (0.46%) OAuth
7 1 (0.46%) OAuth2
7 1 (0.46%) RESTful
7 1 (0.46%) Software Packaging
7 1 (0.46%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 10 (4.57%) Product Ownership
2 6 (2.74%) Housing Association
3 4 (1.83%) Data Protection Act
3 4 (1.83%) Distributed Architecture
3 4 (1.83%) Management Information System
4 3 (1.37%) Linked Data
5 2 (0.91%) AS400
5 2 (0.91%) Data Centre
5 2 (0.91%) Enterprise Cloud
5 2 (0.91%) IoT
5 2 (0.91%) NHS
5 2 (0.91%) Virtual Team
6 1 (0.46%) Animation
6 1 (0.46%) Blog
6 1 (0.46%) Cloud Native
6 1 (0.46%) Contactless
6 1 (0.46%) Freedom of Information
6 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Licensing
6 1 (0.46%) Photography
6 1 (0.46%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.28%) Windows
2 3 (1.37%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (18.72%) Agile
2 34 (15.53%) Project Management
3 26 (11.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 24 (10.96%) PRINCE2
5 23 (10.50%) Business Case
6 19 (8.68%) Stakeholder Management
7 17 (7.76%) Decision-Making
7 17 (7.76%) Project Delivery
7 17 (7.76%) User Experience
8 16 (7.31%) Scrum
9 15 (6.85%) DevOps
10 14 (6.39%) Problem-Solving
11 13 (5.94%) CRM
11 13 (5.94%) Front End Development
11 13 (5.94%) Programme Management
11 13 (5.94%) Service Delivery
12 12 (5.48%) Mentoring
12 12 (5.48%) Migration
12 12 (5.48%) Performance Management
13 11 (5.02%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 21 (9.59%) C#
2 20 (9.13%) SQL
3 12 (5.48%) PowerShell
4 7 (3.20%) Bicep
5 4 (1.83%) JavaScript
6 3 (1.37%) Python
6 3 (1.37%) TypeScript
7 2 (0.91%) R
8 1 (0.46%) Java
8 1 (0.46%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (8.68%) Degree
2 11 (5.02%) Security Cleared
3 10 (4.57%) DV Cleared
4 8 (3.65%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 6 (2.74%) CISSP
6 5 (2.28%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 5 (2.28%) CCSK
6 5 (2.28%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (0.91%) PMP
8 1 (0.46%) CISM
8 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.46%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.46%) Postgraduate
8 1 (0.46%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (5.94%) Accessibility
1 13 (5.94%) Data Quality
2 11 (5.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (4.11%) PMO
4 8 (3.65%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 7 (3.20%) ISO 22301
6 6 (2.74%) NCSC
6 6 (2.74%) NIST
7 5 (2.28%) SLA
8 4 (1.83%) COBIT
9 3 (1.37%) GDPR
9 3 (1.37%) QA
10 1 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.46%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 9 (4.11%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.46%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (1.37%) SCCM
2 2 (0.91%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.46%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.46%) Terraform
Vendors
1 36 (16.44%) Microsoft
2 12 (5.48%) Oracle
3 10 (4.57%) NEC
4 8 (3.65%) Google
4 8 (3.65%) Northgate
5 6 (2.74%) Sparx
6 5 (2.28%) Capita
7 4 (1.83%) Granicus
8 3 (1.37%) Civica
8 3 (1.37%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.91%) BiZZdesign
9 2 (0.91%) Citrix
10 1 (0.46%) SAP