Local Government Contracts in the Midlands

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

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Local Government over the 6 months to 4 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 108 135 182
Rank change year-on-year +27 +47 -36
Contract jobs citing Local Government 25 27 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.90% 0.83% 0.53%
As % of the General category 1.66% 1.53% 0.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 21 20
10th Percentile £308 £223 £223
25th Percentile £363 £250 £347
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £408
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% +16.56% +27.84%
75th Percentile £706 £538 £563
90th Percentile £773 £638 £638
England median daily rate £450 £450 £450
% change year-on-year - - +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 7
10th Percentile - £15.08 £13.04
25th Percentile - £19.70 £14.60
Median hourly rate £33.93 £22.34 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +51.91% +14.54% -39.95%
75th Percentile - £23.43 £19.68
90th Percentile - £25.26 £19.86
England median hourly rate £25.00 £22.34 £24.35
% change year-on-year +11.93% -8.28% +15.68%

All General Skills
Midlands

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 Midlands with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,510 1,770 2,787
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 54.14% 54.65% 55.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,039 1,262 2,076
10th Percentile £205 £228 £225
25th Percentile £350 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +5.26% +17.28%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £569
90th Percentile £725 £700 £663
England median daily rate £533 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -3.09% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 175 72 96
10th Percentile £11.75 £12.05 £10.68
25th Percentile £13.90 £13.60 £13.84
Median hourly rate £17.50 £22.34 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.65% +20.73% +27.59%
75th Percentile £35.00 £46.56 £27.50
90th Percentile £52.56 £51.50 £35.00
England median hourly rate £31.00 £31.92 £21.50
% change year-on-year -2.88% +48.47% +2.14%

Local Government
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Local Government in the Midlands

Local Government
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Local Government in the Midlands

Local Government
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Local Government in the Midlands over the 6 months to 4 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Local Government in the Midlands

Local Government
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Local Government in the Midlands

Local Government
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 4 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
West Midlands +20 16 £519 +9.21% 45
East Midlands +7 8 £638 +21.43% 27
Local Government
England

Local Government
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 2 (8.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (4.00%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (8.00%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 4 (16.00%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (16.00%) OCI
2 3 (12.00%) Power Platform
3 2 (8.00%) ShareGate
4 1 (4.00%) Azure
4 1 (4.00%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (8.00%) SMS
2 1 (4.00%) DHCP
2 1 (4.00%) DNS
2 1 (4.00%) Firewall
2 1 (4.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (12.00%) Power BI
2 2 (8.00%) EDRMS
2 2 (8.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (4.00%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (4.00%) MS Access
3 1 (4.00%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 1 (4.00%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (4.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 10 (40.00%) Public Sector
2 7 (28.00%) Finance
3 3 (12.00%) Social Housing
3 3 (12.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (8.00%) Fire and Rescue
4 2 (8.00%) Retail
5 1 (4.00%) Back Office
5 1 (4.00%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (4.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 4 (16.00%) Lead
1 4 (16.00%) Project Manager
1 4 (16.00%) Senior
2 3 (12.00%) Analyst
2 3 (12.00%) Architect
3 2 (8.00%) Business Intelligence Developer
3 2 (8.00%) Consultant
3 2 (8.00%) Data Analyst
3 2 (8.00%) Developer
3 2 (8.00%) Development Officer
3 2 (8.00%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
3 2 (8.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 2 (8.00%) Power BI Developer
3 2 (8.00%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (4.00%) Digital Director
4 1 (4.00%) ERP Architect
4 1 (4.00%) ERP Specialist
4 1 (4.00%) Head of Communications
4 1 (4.00%) Head of Strategy
4 1 (4.00%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (8.00%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (4.00%) .NET
2 1 (4.00%) ASP.NET
2 1 (4.00%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 3 (12.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (4.00%) Graphic Design
2 1 (4.00%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (4.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.00%) Social Media
2 1 (4.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.00%) Windows
1 1 (4.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (4.00%) Windows Server
1 1 (4.00%) Windows Server 2012
1 1 (4.00%) Windows Server 2016
1 1 (4.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (16.00%) Agile
3 3 (12.00%) Budget Management
3 3 (12.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (12.00%) Customer Service
3 3 (12.00%) Decision-Making
3 3 (12.00%) ERP
3 3 (12.00%) Housing Management
3 3 (12.00%) Migration
4 2 (8.00%) Analytics
4 2 (8.00%) Business Strategy
4 2 (8.00%) Business Transformation
4 2 (8.00%) Coaching
4 2 (8.00%) CRM
4 2 (8.00%) Dashboard Development
4 2 (8.00%) Data Collection
4 2 (8.00%) Data Integration
4 2 (8.00%) Performance Monitoring
4 2 (8.00%) Records Management
4 2 (8.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 3 (12.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (4.00%) C#
2 1 (4.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (4.00%) SQL
2 1 (4.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 2 (8.00%) DBS Check
2 1 (4.00%) CISSP
2 1 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (4.00%) Degree
2 1 (4.00%) Oracle Certification
2 1 (4.00%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.00%) GDPR
1 1 (4.00%) ISO 22301
1 1 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 1 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (4.00%) NIST
1 1 (4.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (4.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (4.00%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (4.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (4.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 4 (16.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (16.00%) Oracle
2 2 (8.00%) NEC
2 2 (8.00%) Northgate
3 1 (4.00%) Citrix
3 1 (4.00%) Civica
3 1 (4.00%) SolarWinds
3 1 (4.00%) VMware