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 in London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Local Government over the 6 months leading up to 10 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 204 308 374
Rank change year-on-year +104 +66 -18
Contract jobs citing Local Government 210 179 237
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.19% 0.71% 0.62%
As % of the General category 1.90% 1.12% 1.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 161 127 150
10th Percentile £363 £307 £348
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year - - +12.36%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £549
90th Percentile £638 £600 £638
England median daily rate £450 £450 £450
% change year-on-year - - +18.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 6 44
10th Percentile £17.75 £13.50 £18.50
25th Percentile £23.80 £20.62 £39.00
Median hourly rate £32.29 £22.93 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year +40.85% -48.48% +104.03%
75th Percentile £34.88 £23.44 £49.25
90th Percentile £38.28 £30.40 -
England median hourly rate £25.00 £22.34 £24.71
% change year-on-year +11.93% -9.61% +17.39%

All General Skills
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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 11,071 15,940 23,484
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 62.60% 63.37% 60.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,910 11,630 17,095
10th Percentile £335 £375 £388
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 £580
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +3.45% +7.41%
75th Percentile £700 £725 £700
90th Percentile £825 £825 £800
England median daily rate £534 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.93% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 240 200 275
10th Percentile £15.95 £16.12 £18.50
25th Percentile £18.25 £21.18 £25.68
Median hourly rate £30.14 £30.00 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year +0.47% -15.49% +22.41%
75th Percentile £47.81 £52.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £66.20 £70.00 £65.35
England median hourly rate £31.50 £30.65 £22.45
% change year-on-year +2.78% +36.51% +6.90%

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 10 June 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 10 June 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 10 June 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 +39 26 £450 -5.26% 10
South London +9 13 £500 +11.11% 20
West London +29 8 £488 -5.80% 16
East London -5 6 £520 +19.54% 10
North London +1 1 - - 10
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 (2.38%) CMS
1 5 (2.38%) govService
2 4 (1.90%) ArcGIS
2 4 (1.90%) Drupal
2 4 (1.90%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.90%) WordPress
3 3 (1.43%) Jadu
4 2 (0.95%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 9 (4.29%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (3.81%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (3.33%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (1.43%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (1.43%) SPSS
5 2 (0.95%) AutoCAD
5 2 (0.95%) Revit
6 1 (0.48%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.48%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 11 (5.24%) NEC Housing
2 5 (2.38%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.48%) Academy Housing
4 1 (0.48%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 1 (0.48%) OPENHousing
4 1 (0.48%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.48%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.48%) ResourceLink
4 1 (0.48%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.48%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 19 (9.05%) Azure
2 11 (5.24%) Azure DevOps
3 10 (4.76%) AWS
4 9 (4.29%) Power Platform
5 8 (3.81%) Google Workspace
6 7 (3.33%) Entra ID
7 6 (2.86%) Microsoft 365
8 5 (2.38%) GitHub
9 4 (1.90%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 4 (1.90%) Azure Service Bus
9 4 (1.90%) Google Analytics
9 4 (1.90%) SaaS
10 2 (0.95%) Azure Monitor
10 2 (0.95%) PowerApps
11 1 (0.48%) AWS Step Functions
11 1 (0.48%) Azure Pipelines
11 1 (0.48%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.48%) GitHub Actions
11 1 (0.48%) Power Automate
11 1 (0.48%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.43%) Intranet
2 2 (0.95%) DHCP
2 2 (0.95%) DNS
2 2 (0.95%) NetScaler
2 2 (0.95%) VPN
3 1 (0.48%) Firewall
3 1 (0.48%) FTP
3 1 (0.48%) HTTP
3 1 (0.48%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (7.14%) SQL Server
2 8 (3.81%) Power BI
3 7 (3.33%) GIS
4 6 (2.86%) Oracle Database
5 4 (1.90%) Looker
6 3 (1.43%) BusinessObjects XI
6 3 (1.43%) Power Query
6 3 (1.43%) PowerPivot
7 2 (0.95%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.95%) Redis
7 2 (0.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.48%) Metadata
8 1 (0.48%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.48%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.48%) Spatial Data
8 1 (0.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.48%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (2.86%) Git
2 3 (1.43%) JIRA
2 3 (1.43%) SpecFlow
3 1 (0.48%) Postman
General
1 37 (17.62%) Public Sector
2 29 (13.81%) Social Skills
3 27 (12.86%) Finance
4 18 (8.57%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (4.29%) Social Housing
6 8 (3.81%) Presentation Skills
7 7 (3.33%) Fire and Rescue
8 5 (2.38%) Back Office
8 5 (2.38%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (1.90%) Advertising
9 4 (1.90%) Police
9 4 (1.90%) Publishing
10 3 (1.43%) Billing
10 3 (1.43%) Legal
10 3 (1.43%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.95%) General Ledger
12 1 (0.48%) Banking
12 1 (0.48%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.48%) Law
12 1 (0.48%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 44 (20.95%) Senior
2 42 (20.00%) Analyst
3 40 (19.05%) Project Manager
4 22 (10.48%) Developer
5 13 (6.19%) Architect
6 12 (5.71%) Senior Analyst
6 12 (5.71%) Senior Manager
7 11 (5.24%) Senior Developer
8 10 (4.76%) Business Analyst
8 10 (4.76%) Lead
9 8 (3.81%) Consultant
10 7 (3.33%) Programme Manager
10 7 (3.33%) Support Analyst
11 6 (2.86%) IT Analyst
11 6 (2.86%) Product Manager
11 6 (2.86%) Senior Product Manager
11 6 (2.86%) Senior Software Engineer
11 6 (2.86%) Software Developer
11 6 (2.86%) Software Engineer
11 6 (2.86%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (12.38%) .NET
2 14 (6.67%) React
3 8 (3.81%) .NET Core
3 8 (3.81%) XML
4 4 (1.90%) .NET Framework
4 4 (1.90%) CSS
5 3 (1.43%) ASP.NET
5 3 (1.43%) HTML
6 2 (0.95%) ASP.NET Core
6 2 (0.95%) Oracle Fusion
6 2 (0.95%) REST
7 1 (0.48%) AngularJS
7 1 (0.48%) ASP.NET MVC
7 1 (0.48%) D3.js
7 1 (0.48%) jQuery
7 1 (0.48%) OAuth
7 1 (0.48%) OAuth2
7 1 (0.48%) RESTful
7 1 (0.48%) Software Packaging
7 1 (0.48%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 10 (4.76%) Product Ownership
2 4 (1.90%) Distributed Architecture
2 4 (1.90%) Management Information System
2 4 (1.90%) Virtual Team
3 3 (1.43%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (1.43%) Housing Association
3 3 (1.43%) Linked Data
4 2 (0.95%) Data Centre
4 2 (0.95%) Enterprise Cloud
4 2 (0.95%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.48%) Animation
5 1 (0.48%) Blog
5 1 (0.48%) Contactless
5 1 (0.48%) Freedom of Information
5 1 (0.48%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (0.48%) Low-Code
5 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Licensing
5 1 (0.48%) Mobile App
5 1 (0.48%) Mobile Payment
5 1 (0.48%) Photography
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.33%) Windows
2 3 (1.43%) Windows 10
3 2 (0.95%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (18.57%) Agile
2 34 (16.19%) Project Management
3 23 (10.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 21 (10.00%) User Experience
5 20 (9.52%) PRINCE2
6 19 (9.05%) Scrum
7 16 (7.62%) Business Case
7 16 (7.62%) Stakeholder Management
8 15 (7.14%) DevOps
8 15 (7.14%) Project Delivery
9 14 (6.67%) Problem-Solving
10 13 (6.19%) Change Management
10 13 (6.19%) CRM
10 13 (6.19%) Decision-Making
10 13 (6.19%) ITIL
10 13 (6.19%) Service Delivery
11 11 (5.24%) Business Intelligence
11 11 (5.24%) ERP
11 11 (5.24%) Front End Development
12 10 (4.76%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 20 (9.52%) SQL
2 19 (9.05%) C#
3 14 (6.67%) PowerShell
4 7 (3.33%) Bicep
5 4 (1.90%) JavaScript
6 3 (1.43%) TypeScript
7 2 (0.95%) Python
8 1 (0.48%) Java
8 1 (0.48%) PHP
8 1 (0.48%) R
8 1 (0.48%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (6.67%) Degree
2 8 (3.81%) DV Cleared
2 8 (3.81%) Security Cleared
3 6 (2.86%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 2 (0.95%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (0.95%) PMP
5 1 (0.48%) AWS Certification
5 1 (0.48%) CESG Certified Professional
5 1 (0.48%) CIPD
5 1 (0.48%) CISMP
5 1 (0.48%) CISSP
5 1 (0.48%) Citrix Certification
5 1 (0.48%) MCSA
5 1 (0.48%) MCSE
5 1 (0.48%) PMI Certification
5 1 (0.48%) Postgraduate
5 1 (0.48%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (0.48%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (7.14%) Accessibility
2 11 (5.24%) Data Quality
3 6 (2.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (2.86%) PMO
4 5 (2.38%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 5 (2.38%) SLA
5 4 (1.90%) COBIT
5 4 (1.90%) ISO 22301
6 2 (0.95%) GDPR
6 2 (0.95%) QA
7 1 (0.48%) GMP
System Software
1 11 (5.24%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.95%) Hyper-V
2 2 (0.95%) Microsoft App-V
2 2 (0.95%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.95%) XenApp
2 2 (0.95%) XenDesktop
3 1 (0.48%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (1.43%) SCCM
2 2 (0.95%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.48%) Terraform
Vendors
1 29 (13.81%) Microsoft
2 12 (5.71%) Oracle
3 11 (5.24%) NEC
4 8 (3.81%) Google
5 7 (3.33%) Northgate
6 6 (2.86%) Capita
7 5 (2.38%) Sparx
8 4 (1.90%) Citrix
8 4 (1.90%) Granicus
9 2 (0.95%) Civica
9 2 (0.95%) SAP
9 2 (0.95%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.95%) VMware
10 1 (0.48%) BiZZdesign