Local Government Contracts in Reading

Local Government (Local Authority, Local Council)
Berkshire > Reading

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in contract job vacancies advertised in Reading. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Local Government over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 86 80 95
Rank change year-on-year -6 +15 -35
Contract jobs citing Local Government 10 6 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Reading 0.84% 0.58% 0.30%
As % of the General category 1.38% 0.94% 0.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 0 1
10th Percentile £443 - -
25th Percentile £463 - £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - £310
Median % change year-on-year - - +0.40%
75th Percentile £600 - £315
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median daily rate £475 £275 £500
% change year-on-year +72.73% -45.00% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £37.50 - -
Median hourly rate £40.00 - -
75th Percentile £42.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median hourly rate £40.00 £22.00 £17.50
% change year-on-year +81.82% +25.71% -16.86%

All General Skills
Reading

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 Reading with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 724 638 755
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 60.94% 61.82% 56.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 341 390 452
10th Percentile £205 £363 £248
25th Percentile £363 £450 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £475
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +15.79% +0.53%
75th Percentile £608 £675 £588
90th Percentile £675 £721 £650
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £514 £475
% change year-on-year -2.68% +8.16% +5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 9 6
10th Percentile £42.00 £39.70 £17.63
25th Percentile £52.90 £52.50 £22.31
Median hourly rate £61.60 £64.68 £28.00
Median % change year-on-year -4.75% +130.98% +1.82%
75th Percentile £76.99 £66.21 £34.38
90th Percentile £87.53 £70.80 £43.75
Berkshire median hourly rate £59.00 £55.00 £21.03
% change year-on-year +7.27% +161.59% -0.12%

Local Government
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Local Government in Reading

Local Government
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Reading

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

Daily rate trend for Local Government in Reading

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Daily Rate Histogram in Reading

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Local Government in Reading over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Local Government in Reading

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Reading

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

Hourly rate trend for Local Government in Reading

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (60.00%) Power Platform
2 4 (40.00%) Power Automate
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) Power BI
2 1 (10.00%) GIS
General
1 4 (40.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (10.00%) Finance
2 1 (10.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Developer
2 4 (40.00%) Applications Developer
2 4 (40.00%) Power Apps Developer
3 3 (30.00%) Architect
3 3 (30.00%) Infrastructure Architect
3 3 (30.00%) Senior
4 2 (20.00%) Analyst
4 2 (20.00%) Automation Developer
4 2 (20.00%) Data Analyst
4 2 (20.00%) Microsoft Developer
4 2 (20.00%) Python Developer
4 2 (20.00%) Senior Applications Developer
4 2 (20.00%) Senior Developer
4 2 (20.00%) Senior Power Apps Developer
5 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence Developer
5 1 (10.00%) Power BI Analyst
5 1 (10.00%) Power BI Developer
5 1 (10.00%) SQL BI Developer
5 1 (10.00%) SQL Data Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Data Centre
2 2 (20.00%) NHS
3 1 (10.00%) Housing Association
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Qualitative Research
1 4 (40.00%) Quantitative Research
2 2 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (20.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (20.00%) User Stories
3 1 (10.00%) Case Management
3 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Monitoring
3 1 (10.00%) Line Management
3 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (40.00%) Python
2 2 (20.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft