Local Government Contracts in England

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

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in contract job vacancies advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Local Government over the 6 months to 22 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
22 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 229 361 376
Rank change year-on-year +132 +15 -5
Contract jobs citing Local Government 373 318 494
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.03% 0.66% 0.70%
As % of the General category 1.76% 1.12% 1.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 288 223 331
10th Percentile £329 £228 £275
25th Percentile £400 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% - +20.00%
75th Percentile £552 £532 £538
90th Percentile £648 £600 £625
UK median daily rate £475 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +5.56% - +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 17 86
10th Percentile £15.17 £14.86 £16.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £18.00 £18.24
Median hourly rate £25.00 £22.41 £24.35
Median % change year-on-year +11.56% -7.97% +15.68%
75th Percentile £32.15 £23.46 £49.25
90th Percentile £38.28 £42.41 -
UK median hourly rate £26.24 £22.41 £24.35
% change year-on-year +17.09% -7.97% +15.68%

All General Skills
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 England with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 21,146 28,383 40,078
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 58.19% 59.23% 56.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,639 19,930 28,051
10th Percentile £281 £315 £319
25th Percentile £413 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £650
90th Percentile £775 £790 £763
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,778 920 1,310
10th Percentile £13.00 £13.68 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.47 £18.00 £15.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £32.30 £21.78
Median % change year-on-year -7.12% +48.28% -0.99%
75th Percentile £51.91 £60.53 £47.50
90th Percentile £66.40 £70.13 £59.10
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year -7.69% +44.44% +0.22%

Local Government
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Local Government in England

Local Government
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Local Government in England

Local Government
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Local Government in England over the 6 months to 22 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Local Government in England

Local Government
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Local Government in England

Local Government
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Local Government in England over the 6 months to 22 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Local Government in England

Local Government
Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 22 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
London +104 208 £454 +0.83% 123
North of England +38 40 £500 +21.21% 113
South East +21 37 £475 +43.94% 102
East of England +28 34 £450 -12.20% 59
South West +27 30 £439 +59.72% 55
North West +22 30 £500 +24.22% 48
Midlands +18 21 £469 -1.32% 67
West Midlands +22 15 £519 +9.21% 39
Yorkshire +16 9 £475 - 48
East Midlands +1 5 £450 +20.32% 29
North East - 1 £900 - 18
Local Government
UK

Local Government
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 9 (2.41%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.88%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.34%) CMS
3 5 (1.34%) govService
4 4 (1.07%) ArcGIS
4 4 (1.07%) Jadu
4 4 (1.07%) WordPress
5 3 (0.80%) Drupal
Applications
1 19 (5.09%) Microsoft Office
1 19 (5.09%) Spreadsheet
2 17 (4.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (2.41%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (1.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.80%) SPSS
6 2 (0.54%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.54%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.54%) Revit
Business Applications
1 14 (3.75%) NEC Housing
2 7 (1.88%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 3 (0.80%) Aareon QL
4 2 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.54%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.54%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (0.27%) Academy Housing
5 1 (0.27%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
5 1 (0.27%) OPENHousing
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.27%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.27%) ResourceLink
5 1 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 30 (8.04%) Azure
2 26 (6.97%) Power Platform
3 14 (3.75%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (3.22%) AWS
5 11 (2.95%) Azure DevOps
5 11 (2.95%) Entra ID
6 8 (2.14%) Google Workspace
7 7 (1.88%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (1.34%) GitHub
8 5 (1.34%) OCI
9 4 (1.07%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 4 (1.07%) Azure Logic Apps
9 4 (1.07%) Azure Service Bus
9 4 (1.07%) Google Analytics
9 4 (1.07%) Power Automate
9 4 (1.07%) SaaS
10 3 (0.80%) SuccessFactors
11 2 (0.54%) Azure Monitor
11 2 (0.54%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 2 (0.54%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.61%) Firewall
2 4 (1.07%) Intranet
3 3 (0.80%) WAN
4 2 (0.54%) DHCP
4 2 (0.54%) DNS
4 2 (0.54%) SMS
4 2 (0.54%) VPN
5 1 (0.27%) BGP
5 1 (0.27%) Cisco Firepower
5 1 (0.27%) DMZ
5 1 (0.27%) FTP
5 1 (0.27%) HTTP
5 1 (0.27%) Internet
5 1 (0.27%) iSCSI
5 1 (0.27%) LAN
5 1 (0.27%) MPLS
5 1 (0.27%) NetScaler
5 1 (0.27%) SAN
5 1 (0.27%) SSL
5 1 (0.27%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (5.63%) Power BI
2 19 (5.09%) SQL Server
3 8 (2.14%) GIS
4 7 (1.88%) Oracle Database
5 4 (1.07%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (1.07%) Looker
6 3 (0.80%) BusinessObjects XI
6 3 (0.80%) Data Mining
6 3 (0.80%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.80%) Power Query
6 3 (0.80%) PowerPivot
6 3 (0.80%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.54%) EDRMS
7 2 (0.54%) Metadata
7 2 (0.54%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (0.54%) Redis
7 2 (0.54%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.54%) Tableau
8 1 (0.27%) Big Data
8 1 (0.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 6 (1.61%) Git
2 4 (1.07%) SpecFlow
3 2 (0.54%) JIRA
3 2 (0.54%) Postman
4 1 (0.27%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.27%) RStudio
4 1 (0.27%) Selenium
General
1 92 (24.66%) Public Sector
2 66 (17.69%) Finance
3 62 (16.62%) Social Skills
4 33 (8.85%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (3.22%) Presentation Skills
6 10 (2.68%) Influencing Skills
7 8 (2.14%) Police
8 7 (1.88%) Fire and Rescue
8 7 (1.88%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (1.61%) Back Office
9 6 (1.61%) Legal
10 5 (1.34%) Law
10 5 (1.34%) Social Housing
11 4 (1.07%) Advertising
12 3 (0.80%) Billing
12 3 (0.80%) General Ledger
12 3 (0.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.54%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (0.54%) Marketing
13 2 (0.54%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 71 (19.03%) Analyst
2 65 (17.43%) Project Manager
3 61 (16.35%) Senior
4 32 (8.58%) Architect
4 32 (8.58%) Developer
5 25 (6.70%) Business Analyst
5 25 (6.70%) Consultant
6 24 (6.43%) Lead
7 20 (5.36%) Senior Analyst
8 14 (3.75%) Senior Manager
8 14 (3.75%) Solutions Architect
9 13 (3.49%) Programme Manager
9 13 (3.49%) Senior Developer
10 12 (3.22%) IT Manager
11 8 (2.14%) Senior Software Engineer
11 8 (2.14%) Software Engineer
11 8 (2.14%) Support Analyst
12 7 (1.88%) Data Analyst
12 7 (1.88%) Delivery Manager
12 7 (1.88%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (8.04%) .NET
2 16 (4.29%) React
3 8 (2.14%) .NET Core
3 8 (2.14%) XML
4 4 (1.07%) .NET Framework
4 4 (1.07%) ASP.NET
4 4 (1.07%) CSS
4 4 (1.07%) Oracle Fusion
5 3 (0.80%) HTML
6 2 (0.54%) ASP.NET Core
6 2 (0.54%) REST
6 2 (0.54%) Symfony
7 1 (0.27%) AngularJS
7 1 (0.27%) ASP.NET MVC
7 1 (0.27%) D3.js
7 1 (0.27%) jQuery
7 1 (0.27%) OAuth
7 1 (0.27%) OAuth2
7 1 (0.27%) RESTful
7 1 (0.27%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 19 (5.09%) Management Information System
2 12 (3.22%) Legacy Systems
3 11 (2.95%) Product Ownership
4 9 (2.41%) NHS
5 7 (1.88%) Housing Association
6 6 (1.61%) Onboarding
7 5 (1.34%) Data Centre
7 5 (1.34%) Virtual Team
8 4 (1.07%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (1.07%) Distributed Architecture
9 3 (0.80%) Linked Data
10 2 (0.54%) Enterprise Cloud
10 2 (0.54%) IoT
11 1 (0.27%) Cloud Native
11 1 (0.27%) Contactless
11 1 (0.27%) Enterprise Software
11 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Licensing
11 1 (0.27%) Mobile App
11 1 (0.27%) Mobile Payment
11 1 (0.27%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 11 (2.95%) Windows
2 5 (1.34%) Windows 10
3 4 (1.07%) VMS
4 2 (0.54%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.27%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (19.03%) Project Management
2 58 (15.55%) Agile
3 41 (10.99%) Stakeholder Management
4 36 (9.65%) Service Delivery
4 36 (9.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 35 (9.38%) Business Case
5 35 (9.38%) PRINCE2
6 32 (8.58%) Migration
6 32 (8.58%) Project Delivery
7 30 (8.04%) Decision-Making
7 30 (8.04%) Problem-Solving
8 26 (6.97%) Budget Management
8 26 (6.97%) Business Intelligence
8 26 (6.97%) Performance Management
9 25 (6.70%) Programme Management
10 23 (6.17%) Change Management
10 23 (6.17%) CRM
11 21 (5.63%) Data Protection
12 18 (4.83%) Scrum
12 18 (4.83%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 33 (8.85%) SQL
2 22 (5.90%) C#
3 17 (4.56%) PowerShell
4 8 (2.14%) Python
5 7 (1.88%) Bicep
6 4 (1.07%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.80%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.54%) PHP
8 2 (0.54%) R
9 1 (0.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.27%) Java
9 1 (0.27%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.27%) VBA
Qualifications
1 32 (8.58%) Degree
2 15 (4.02%) Security Cleared
3 10 (2.68%) DV Cleared
4 9 (2.41%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 5 (1.34%) SC Cleared
6 3 (0.80%) DBS Check
6 3 (0.80%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (0.80%) NVQ Level 4
7 2 (0.54%) ACCA
7 2 (0.54%) APMG
7 2 (0.54%) CIMA
7 2 (0.54%) CIPD
7 2 (0.54%) CIPFA
7 2 (0.54%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (0.54%) CISSP
7 2 (0.54%) PMP
7 2 (0.54%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 1 (0.27%) (ISC)2 CCSP
8 1 (0.27%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.27%) CESG Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (5.90%) Data Quality
2 15 (4.02%) Accessibility
3 14 (3.75%) PMO
4 10 (2.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 9 (2.41%) GDPR
6 8 (2.14%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 7 (1.88%) ISO 22301
8 6 (1.61%) COBIT
9 5 (1.34%) QA
9 5 (1.34%) SLA
10 2 (0.54%) NIST
11 1 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.27%) NCSC
11 1 (0.27%) WCAG
System Software
1 15 (4.02%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.07%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.54%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.27%) Firmware
4 1 (0.27%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.27%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.27%) XenApp
4 1 (0.27%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 6 (1.61%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (0.80%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.80%) SCCM
3 1 (0.27%) Avamar
3 1 (0.27%) EMC NetWorker
3 1 (0.27%) Endace
3 1 (0.27%) SCOM
3 1 (0.27%) Terraform
Vendors
1 47 (12.60%) Microsoft
2 17 (4.56%) Oracle
3 14 (3.75%) NEC
4 13 (3.49%) Northgate
5 9 (2.41%) Google
6 7 (1.88%) Sparx
7 6 (1.61%) Capita
8 4 (1.07%) CA
8 4 (1.07%) Citrix
8 4 (1.07%) Civica
8 4 (1.07%) Granicus
8 4 (1.07%) Liquidlogic
8 4 (1.07%) SAP
9 3 (0.80%) Aareon
9 3 (0.80%) ServiceNow
9 3 (0.80%) VMware
10 2 (0.54%) BiZZdesign
11 1 (0.27%) F5
11 1 (0.27%) OpenText
11 1 (0.27%) SolarWinds