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

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 77 107 125
Rank change year-on-year +30 +18 -21
Contract jobs citing Local Government 36 14 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 1.87% 0.72% 0.63%
As % of the General category 3.15% 1.21% 1.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 10 11
10th Percentile - £396 £263
25th Percentile £350 £400 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £513 £475
Median % change year-on-year -14.63% +7.89% +115.91%
75th Percentile £569 £575 £498
90th Percentile £588 £583 £538
England median daily rate £455 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +1.11% - +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 2 3
10th Percentile - - £12.30
25th Percentile £15.39 - £12.38
Median hourly rate £15.79 £16.77 £13.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.84% +29.00% -42.22%
75th Percentile £25.00 - £13.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £25.00 £22.41 £25.00
% change year-on-year +11.56% -10.36% +18.76%

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 1,144 1,159 1,508
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 59.55% 59.56% 59.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 415 636 777
10th Percentile £216 £204 £182
25th Percentile £350 £331 £315
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £564 £638 £566
90th Percentile £652 £738 £656
England median daily rate £535 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.73% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 447 241 337
10th Percentile £14.52 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.62 £14.25 £13.25
Median hourly rate £38.12 £19.81 £15.18
Median % change year-on-year +92.43% +30.50% +1.20%
75th Percentile £50.00 £61.06 £30.00
90th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £56.00
England median hourly rate £30.44 £32.00 £21.50
% change year-on-year -4.89% +48.84% -

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 29 May 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 29 May 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 29 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
Essex +19 18 £456 -17.05% 18
Bedfordshire - 10 £538 - 7
Cambridgeshire +6 5 £425 - 5
Hertfordshire +5 2 £338 -15.63% 11
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 (2.78%) SharePoint
Applications
1 11 (30.56%) Spreadsheet
2 5 (13.89%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.78%) NEC Housing
1 1 (2.78%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 2 (5.56%) Azure
2 1 (2.78%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 1 (2.78%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (2.78%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.78%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.78%) LAN
1 1 (2.78%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.33%) Data Mining
2 1 (2.78%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.78%) MS Access
2 1 (2.78%) Power BI
2 1 (2.78%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (2.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (2.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (2.78%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
1 1 (2.78%) Visual Studio
General
1 13 (36.11%) Public Sector
2 7 (19.44%) Social Skills
3 5 (13.89%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (11.11%) Finance
5 2 (5.56%) Law
5 2 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.78%) Fire and Rescue
6 1 (2.78%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (2.78%) Legal
6 1 (2.78%) Police
6 1 (2.78%) Retail
Job Titles
1 19 (52.78%) Analyst
2 10 (27.78%) Business Analyst
3 7 (19.44%) Performance Analyst
4 6 (16.67%) Senior
4 6 (16.67%) Senior Analyst
4 6 (16.67%) Senior Business Analyst
5 4 (11.11%) Project Manager
6 3 (8.33%) Data Manager
7 2 (5.56%) Architect
7 2 (5.56%) Automation Analyst
7 2 (5.56%) Consultant
7 2 (5.56%) Data Migration Specialist
7 2 (5.56%) IT Manager
7 2 (5.56%) IT Procurement Manager
7 2 (5.56%) Lead
7 2 (5.56%) Migration Specialist
7 2 (5.56%) Procurement Manager
7 2 (5.56%) Solutions Architect
7 2 (5.56%) Voice Analyst
8 1 (2.78%) Lead Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.78%) .NET
1 1 (2.78%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 10 (27.78%) Legacy Systems
2 8 (22.22%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.78%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.78%) FMCG
3 1 (2.78%) Housing Association
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (30.56%) Data Protection
2 9 (25.00%) Business Case
2 9 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (22.22%) Mathematics
3 8 (22.22%) Performance Management
4 7 (19.44%) Benchmarking
4 7 (19.44%) CRM
4 7 (19.44%) Data Collection
4 7 (19.44%) Statistics
5 6 (16.67%) Data Migration
5 6 (16.67%) Migration
5 6 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (13.89%) Decision-Making
6 5 (13.89%) Service Delivery
7 3 (8.33%) Agile
7 3 (8.33%) Business Analysis
7 3 (8.33%) ETL
7 3 (8.33%) Project Management
7 3 (8.33%) Quality Management
7 3 (8.33%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 4 (11.11%) SQL
2 1 (2.78%) Python
2 1 (2.78%) R
2 1 (2.78%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 3 (8.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (27.78%) Data Quality
2 7 (19.44%) GDPR
3 2 (5.56%) COBIT
4 1 (2.78%) ISO 22301
4 1 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 20000
4 1 (2.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (2.78%) PMO
4 1 (2.78%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.33%) Liquidlogic
3 1 (2.78%) NEC
3 1 (2.78%) Remedy
3 1 (2.78%) Sparx