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 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 194 315 370
Rank change year-on-year +121 +55 -9
Contract jobs citing Local Government 209 181 239
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.19% 0.71% 0.62%
As % of the General category 1.90% 1.12% 1.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 164 127 152
10th Percentile £363 £307 £350
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year - - +12.50%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £546
90th Percentile £638 £600 £638
England median daily rate £451 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +0.28% - +19.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 6 43
10th Percentile £17.75 £13.50 £18.50
25th Percentile £23.80 £20.62 £39.38
Median hourly rate £31.71 £22.93 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year +38.32% -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 £24.68
% change year-on-year +11.93% -9.48% +17.22%

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 10,982 16,207 23,543
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 62.66% 63.35% 60.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,840 11,818 17,104
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% +7.91%
75th Percentile £700 £725 £700
90th Percentile £825 £825 £800
England median daily rate £535 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.73% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 242 201 282
10th Percentile £16.00 £16.13 £18.04
25th Percentile £18.25 £20.42 £25.68
Median hourly rate £30.00 £30.00 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year - -15.49% +22.73%
75th Percentile £48.44 £52.75 £49.25
90th Percentile £65.90 £70.00 £64.65
England median hourly rate £30.50 £31.92 £21.50
% change year-on-year -4.45% +48.47% +2.14%

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 2 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 2 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 2 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 +40 28 £450 -5.26% 11
South London +9 13 £500 +11.11% 18
West London +28 8 £488 +0.78% 12
East London -5 6 £520 +19.54% 10
North London +1 1 - - 8
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 (2.39%) govService
2 4 (1.91%) ArcGIS
2 4 (1.91%) CMS
2 4 (1.91%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.91%) WordPress
3 3 (1.44%) Drupal
3 3 (1.44%) Jadu
4 2 (0.96%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 10 (4.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (4.31%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (3.35%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (1.91%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (1.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (1.44%) SPSS
6 2 (0.96%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.96%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.96%) Revit
7 1 (0.48%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 12 (5.74%) NEC Housing
2 5 (2.39%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 2 (0.96%) 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
Cloud Services
1 19 (9.09%) Azure
2 11 (5.26%) AWS
2 11 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
3 10 (4.78%) Power Platform
4 8 (3.83%) Google Workspace
5 7 (3.35%) Entra ID
6 6 (2.87%) Microsoft 365
7 5 (2.39%) GitHub
8 4 (1.91%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 4 (1.91%) Azure Service Bus
8 4 (1.91%) Google Analytics
8 4 (1.91%) SaaS
9 2 (0.96%) Azure Monitor
9 2 (0.96%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.48%) AWS Step Functions
10 1 (0.48%) Azure Pipelines
10 1 (0.48%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.48%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (0.48%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.48%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.44%) Intranet
2 2 (0.96%) VPN
3 1 (0.48%) DHCP
3 1 (0.48%) DNS
3 1 (0.48%) Firewall
3 1 (0.48%) FTP
3 1 (0.48%) HTTP
3 1 (0.48%) Internet
3 1 (0.48%) NetScaler
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (7.18%) SQL Server
2 9 (4.31%) Power BI
3 7 (3.35%) GIS
4 6 (2.87%) Oracle Database
5 4 (1.91%) Looker
6 3 (1.44%) BusinessObjects XI
6 3 (1.44%) Power Query
6 3 (1.44%) PowerPivot
7 2 (0.96%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.96%) Redis
7 2 (0.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.48%) Big Data
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 (2.87%) Git
2 3 (1.44%) SpecFlow
3 2 (0.96%) JIRA
4 1 (0.48%) Postman
4 1 (0.48%) RStudio
General
1 37 (17.70%) Public Sector
2 32 (15.31%) Social Skills
3 29 (13.88%) Finance
4 18 (8.61%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (4.31%) Presentation Skills
6 8 (3.83%) Social Housing
7 7 (3.35%) Fire and Rescue
8 5 (2.39%) Back Office
8 5 (2.39%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (1.91%) Advertising
9 4 (1.91%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (1.91%) Police
10 3 (1.44%) Billing
10 3 (1.44%) Legal
10 3 (1.44%) Publishing
11 2 (0.96%) General Ledger
12 1 (0.48%) Banking
12 1 (0.48%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 1 (0.48%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 45 (21.53%) Senior
2 41 (19.62%) Analyst
3 40 (19.14%) Project Manager
4 22 (10.53%) Developer
5 13 (6.22%) Architect
6 12 (5.74%) Senior Analyst
6 12 (5.74%) Senior Manager
7 11 (5.26%) Senior Developer
8 10 (4.78%) Business Analyst
9 9 (4.31%) Lead
10 8 (3.83%) Consultant
11 7 (3.35%) Programme Manager
11 7 (3.35%) Senior Software Engineer
11 7 (3.35%) Software Engineer
11 7 (3.35%) Support Analyst
12 6 (2.87%) Product Manager
12 6 (2.87%) Senior Product Manager
12 6 (2.87%) Software Developer
12 6 (2.87%) Solutions Architect
13 5 (2.39%) Enterprise Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (12.92%) .NET
2 15 (7.18%) React
3 8 (3.83%) .NET Core
3 8 (3.83%) XML
4 4 (1.91%) .NET Framework
4 4 (1.91%) CSS
5 3 (1.44%) ASP.NET
5 3 (1.44%) HTML
6 2 (0.96%) ASP.NET Core
6 2 (0.96%) Oracle Fusion
6 2 (0.96%) 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 (4.78%) Product Ownership
2 4 (1.91%) Distributed Architecture
3 3 (1.44%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (1.44%) Housing Association
3 3 (1.44%) Linked Data
3 3 (1.44%) Management Information System
3 3 (1.44%) Virtual Team
4 2 (0.96%) Data Centre
4 2 (0.96%) Enterprise Cloud
4 2 (0.96%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.48%) Animation
5 1 (0.48%) AS400
5 1 (0.48%) Blog
5 1 (0.48%) Contactless
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%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.87%) Windows
2 3 (1.44%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.48%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (19.14%) Agile
2 37 (17.70%) Project Management
3 25 (11.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 21 (10.05%) PRINCE2
5 18 (8.61%) Business Case
5 18 (8.61%) Project Delivery
5 18 (8.61%) Scrum
5 18 (8.61%) Stakeholder Management
5 18 (8.61%) User Experience
6 16 (7.66%) Decision-Making
7 15 (7.18%) DevOps
8 13 (6.22%) CRM
8 13 (6.22%) Programme Management
8 13 (6.22%) Service Delivery
9 12 (5.74%) Business Intelligence
9 12 (5.74%) Change Management
9 12 (5.74%) Front End Development
9 12 (5.74%) ITIL
9 12 (5.74%) Problem-Solving
10 11 (5.26%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 20 (9.57%) C#
1 20 (9.57%) SQL
2 13 (6.22%) PowerShell
3 7 (3.35%) Bicep
4 4 (1.91%) JavaScript
5 3 (1.44%) Python
5 3 (1.44%) TypeScript
6 2 (0.96%) R
7 1 (0.48%) Java
7 1 (0.48%) PHP
7 1 (0.48%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (7.18%) Degree
2 10 (4.78%) DV Cleared
2 10 (4.78%) Security Cleared
3 7 (3.35%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 2 (0.96%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (0.96%) PMP
5 1 (0.48%) AWS Certification
5 1 (0.48%) CESG Certified Professional
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
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (6.70%) Accessibility
2 11 (5.26%) Data Quality
3 9 (4.31%) PMO
4 5 (2.39%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 5 (2.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (2.39%) SLA
5 4 (1.91%) COBIT
5 4 (1.91%) ISO 22301
6 3 (1.44%) QA
7 2 (0.96%) GDPR
8 1 (0.48%) GMP
System Software
1 10 (4.78%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.48%) Firmware
2 1 (0.48%) Hyper-V
2 1 (0.48%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (0.48%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.48%) XenApp
2 1 (0.48%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 3 (1.44%) SCCM
2 2 (0.96%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.48%) Terraform
Vendors
1 30 (14.35%) Microsoft
2 12 (5.74%) NEC
2 12 (5.74%) Oracle
3 8 (3.83%) Google
3 8 (3.83%) Northgate
4 6 (2.87%) Capita
5 5 (2.39%) Sparx
6 4 (1.91%) Granicus
7 3 (1.44%) Citrix
7 3 (1.44%) ServiceNow
8 2 (0.96%) Civica
9 1 (0.48%) BiZZdesign
9 1 (0.48%) SAP
9 1 (0.48%) VMware