Local Government Contracts in the East of England

Local Government (Local Authority, Local Council)
England > East of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in contract job vacancies advertised in the East of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Local Government over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 81 117 133
Rank change year-on-year +36 +16 -28
Contract jobs citing Local Government 32 13 17
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 1.69% 0.63% 0.66%
As % of the General category 2.73% 1.04% 1.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 7 13
10th Percentile £350 £385 £283
25th Percentile £372 - £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £400 £400
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% - +33.33%
75th Percentile £581 £531 £498
90th Percentile £608 £605 £530
England median daily rate £475 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +5.56% - +18.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 5 2
10th Percentile - - £12.28
25th Percentile £15.39 £16.77 £12.31
Median hourly rate £15.79 £19.50 £12.75
Median % change year-on-year -19.03% +52.94% -43.33%
75th Percentile £25.00 £50.01 £13.31
90th Percentile £25.14 £84.84 £13.43
England median hourly rate £25.00 £22.41 £24.20
% change year-on-year +11.56% -7.40% +12.09%

All General Skills
East of England

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 the East of England with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,174 1,254 1,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 61.92% 60.38% 59.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 452 692 781
10th Percentile £239 £200 £161
25th Percentile £350 £300 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £488 £450
Median % change year-on-year -2.56% +8.33% +5.88%
75th Percentile £563 £626 £550
90th Percentile £650 £725 £638
England median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 451 265 331
10th Percentile £14.16 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.50 £14.25 £13.25
Median hourly rate £38.12 £21.00 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year +81.52% +44.83% -3.33%
75th Percentile £50.00 £61.25 £22.00
90th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £56.00
England median hourly rate £30.00 £34.31 £21.30
% change year-on-year -12.56% +61.08% -5.33%

Local Government
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing Local Government as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Local Government in the East of England

Local Government
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Local Government in the East of England.

Daily rate trend for Local Government in the East of England

Local Government
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Local Government in the East of England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Local Government in the East of England

Local Government
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Local Government in the East of England.

Hourly rate trend for Local Government in the East of England

Local Government
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Local Government in the East of England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Local Government in the East of England

Local Government
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 East of England region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Essex +13 15 £525 -12.50% 11
Bedfordshire - 10 £538 - 9
Cambridgeshire +9 6 £425 - 8
Hertfordshire +1 1 £400 - 5
Local Government
England

Local Government
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 1 (3.13%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (34.38%) Spreadsheet
2 4 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 3 (9.38%) Azure
2 2 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (3.13%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 1 (3.13%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.25%) LAN
1 2 (6.25%) WAN
2 1 (3.13%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.13%) Data Mining
1 1 (3.13%) Ingres
General
1 12 (37.50%) Public Sector
2 6 (18.75%) Social Skills
3 4 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (12.50%) Finance
4 1 (3.13%) Fire and Rescue
4 1 (3.13%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (3.13%) Law
4 1 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (50.00%) Analyst
2 9 (28.13%) Business Analyst
3 7 (21.88%) Performance Analyst
4 6 (18.75%) Senior
4 6 (18.75%) Senior Analyst
4 6 (18.75%) Senior Business Analyst
5 3 (9.38%) Architect
5 3 (9.38%) Data Manager
5 3 (9.38%) Project Manager
6 2 (6.25%) Automation Analyst
6 2 (6.25%) IT Manager
6 2 (6.25%) IT Procurement Manager
6 2 (6.25%) Lead
6 2 (6.25%) Procurement Manager
6 2 (6.25%) Solutions Architect
6 2 (6.25%) Support Officer
6 2 (6.25%) Voice Analyst
7 1 (3.13%) Finance Manager
7 1 (3.13%) Migration Specialist
7 1 (3.13%) Senior Automation Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 8 (25.00%) Legacy Systems
1 8 (25.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.13%) Housing Association
2 1 (3.13%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.13%) Linux
1 1 (3.13%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (28.13%) Business Case
2 8 (25.00%) Data Protection
2 8 (25.00%) Mathematics
2 8 (25.00%) Performance Management
3 7 (21.88%) Benchmarking
3 7 (21.88%) CRM
3 7 (21.88%) Data Collection
3 7 (21.88%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (21.88%) Statistics
4 5 (15.63%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (15.63%) Service Delivery
5 4 (12.50%) Data Migration
5 4 (12.50%) Decision-Making
5 4 (12.50%) Migration
6 3 (9.38%) Business Analysis
6 3 (9.38%) Knowledge Transfer
6 3 (9.38%) Project Management
7 2 (6.25%) BPMN
7 2 (6.25%) Contact Management
7 2 (6.25%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (12.50%) Degree
2 1 (3.13%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (25.00%) Data Quality
2 4 (12.50%) GDPR
3 2 (6.25%) COBIT
3 2 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (3.13%) ISO 22301
4 1 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 1 (3.13%) NIST
4 1 (3.13%) PMO
Systems Management
1 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.13%) Capita
2 1 (3.13%) Liquidlogic
2 1 (3.13%) Northgate
2 1 (3.13%) Red Hat
2 1 (3.13%) Remedy
2 1 (3.13%) Sparx