Local Government Contracts

Local Government (Local Authority, Local Council)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in contract job vacancies. 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 258 406 393
Rank change year-on-year +148 -13 -12
Contract jobs citing Local Government 413 337 584
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.95% 0.56% 0.66%
As % of the General category 1.64% 0.96% 1.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 307 235 378
10th Percentile £343 £223 £287
25th Percentile £410 £350 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% - +12.50%
75th Percentile £575 £509 £538
90th Percentile £640 £588 £625
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £403 £425
% change year-on-year +24.22% -5.29% +18.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 62 22 95
10th Percentile £15.39 £16.77 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.08 £18.77 £17.50
Median hourly rate £26.02 £22.34 £22.09
Median % change year-on-year +16.48% +1.11% +1.28%
75th Percentile £36.19 £23.31 £49.25
90th Percentile £42.25 £36.25 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £24.63 £22.34 £19.86
% change year-on-year +10.26% +12.46% -5.65%

All General Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 25,217 34,983 49,764
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 58.24% 58.49% 56.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,921 24,245 34,457
10th Percentile £270 £313 £319
25th Percentile £413 £440 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £533
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.29% +7.58%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £763 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £496 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -0.90% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,927 1,077 1,444
10th Percentile £12.78 £13.46 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.48 £18.13 £14.75
Median hourly rate £29.00 £35.00 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.14% +62.79% -4.44%
75th Percentile £51.75 £61.25 £46.13
90th Percentile £65.00 £72.50 £58.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £27.51 £30.54 £18.50
% change year-on-year -9.93% +65.08% -7.50%

Local Government
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Local Government in the UK

Local Government
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Local Government in the UK

Local Government
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Local Government in the UK

Local Government
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Local Government in the UK

Local Government
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

Hourly rate histogram for Local Government in the UK

Local Government
Top 16 Contract Locations

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 UK 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
England +148 382 £475 +5.56% 384
London +134 226 £475 +5.56% 91
UK excluding London +92 167 £500 +24.22% 308
Work from Home +79 109 £455 +1.11% 134
North of England +40 40 £500 +17.65% 62
South East +21 36 £488 +50.00% 82
East of England +36 32 £500 +25.00% 41
North West +22 29 £500 +17.65% 32
Midlands +18 23 £456 +4.29% 57
South West +25 22 £439 +59.72% 48
West Midlands +30 18 £475 - 31
Wales +26 11 £600 - 15
Yorkshire +20 10 £463 -2.63% 24
East Midlands +12 4 - - 26
Scotland +31 3 £200 -61.90% 19
North East - 1 £900 - 6

Local Government
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 20 (4.84%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.69%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.21%) govService
4 4 (0.97%) ArcGIS
4 4 (0.97%) CMS
4 4 (0.97%) WordPress
5 3 (0.73%) Drupal
5 3 (0.73%) Jadu
6 1 (0.24%) Apache
6 1 (0.24%) IIS
6 1 (0.24%) Tomcat
Applications
1 19 (4.60%) Microsoft Office
1 19 (4.60%) Spreadsheet
2 17 (4.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (2.66%) Acrobat
4 9 (2.18%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.73%) SPSS
7 2 (0.48%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.48%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.48%) Revit
Business Applications
1 11 (2.66%) NEC Housing
2 7 (1.69%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 5 (1.21%) Academy Housing
3 5 (1.21%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 4 (0.97%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.73%) Aareon QL
5 3 (0.73%) SAP Payroll
6 2 (0.48%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.48%) iTrent
7 1 (0.24%) OPENHousing
7 1 (0.24%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.24%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 1 (0.24%) ResourceLink
Cloud Services
1 35 (8.47%) Azure
2 30 (7.26%) Power Platform
3 18 (4.36%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (2.66%) AWS
5 10 (2.42%) Azure DevOps
5 10 (2.42%) Entra ID
6 8 (1.94%) Dynamics 365
6 8 (1.94%) Google Workspace
6 8 (1.94%) Power Automate
7 5 (1.21%) GitHub
7 5 (1.21%) OCI
7 5 (1.21%) PowerApps
8 4 (0.97%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 4 (0.97%) Azure Logic Apps
8 4 (0.97%) Google Analytics
8 4 (0.97%) SuccessFactors
9 3 (0.73%) Azure Service Bus
9 3 (0.73%) SaaS
10 2 (0.48%) Azure Sentinel
10 2 (0.48%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.94%) Firewall
1 8 (1.94%) WAN
2 5 (1.21%) LAN
3 4 (0.97%) SD-WAN
4 3 (0.73%) Intranet
4 3 (0.73%) SMS
5 2 (0.48%) SAN
5 2 (0.48%) VPN
6 1 (0.24%) BGP
6 1 (0.24%) Cisco Firepower
6 1 (0.24%) DMZ
6 1 (0.24%) FTP
6 1 (0.24%) HTTP
6 1 (0.24%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.24%) Internet
6 1 (0.24%) iSCSI
6 1 (0.24%) MPLS
6 1 (0.24%) Network Security
6 1 (0.24%) SSL
6 1 (0.24%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (6.05%) Power BI
2 17 (4.12%) SQL Server
3 9 (2.18%) GIS
4 7 (1.69%) Oracle Database
5 4 (0.97%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (0.97%) Looker
6 3 (0.73%) BusinessObjects XI
6 3 (0.73%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.73%) Power Query
6 3 (0.73%) PowerPivot
6 3 (0.73%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.48%) BusinessObjects
7 2 (0.48%) EDRMS
7 2 (0.48%) MS Access
7 2 (0.48%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (0.48%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.48%) Tableau
8 1 (0.24%) Big Data
8 1 (0.24%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 1 (0.24%) Redis
Development Applications
1 6 (1.45%) Git
2 3 (0.73%) JIRA
2 3 (0.73%) SpecFlow
3 1 (0.24%) Oracle Forms
3 1 (0.24%) RStudio
General
1 102 (24.70%) Public Sector
2 76 (18.40%) Social Skills
3 72 (17.43%) Finance
4 42 (10.17%) Analytical Skills
5 15 (3.63%) Influencing Skills
5 15 (3.63%) Marketing
6 13 (3.15%) Presentation Skills
7 12 (2.91%) Legal
8 8 (1.94%) Organisational Skills
8 8 (1.94%) Social Housing
9 7 (1.69%) Fire and Rescue
9 7 (1.69%) Law
10 6 (1.45%) Police
11 5 (1.21%) Back Office
12 4 (0.97%) Advertising
13 3 (0.73%) Billing
13 3 (0.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 3 (0.73%) Publishing
14 2 (0.48%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (0.48%) Retail
Job Titles
1 79 (19.13%) Analyst
2 73 (17.68%) Senior
3 67 (16.22%) Project Manager
4 38 (9.20%) Architect
5 34 (8.23%) Developer
6 27 (6.54%) Lead
7 25 (6.05%) Senior Manager
8 24 (5.81%) Business Analyst
9 21 (5.08%) Senior Analyst
10 19 (4.60%) Programme Manager
11 16 (3.87%) Consultant
12 14 (3.39%) IT Manager
12 14 (3.39%) Solutions Architect
13 13 (3.15%) Senior Developer
14 11 (2.66%) Bid Manager
15 9 (2.18%) Data Analyst
15 9 (2.18%) ICT Analyst
15 9 (2.18%) Senior Bid Manager
15 9 (2.18%) Support Officer
16 8 (1.94%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (7.26%) .NET
2 15 (3.63%) React
3 8 (1.94%) XML
4 7 (1.69%) .NET Core
5 4 (0.97%) .NET Framework
5 4 (0.97%) Oracle Fusion
6 3 (0.73%) ASP.NET
6 3 (0.73%) CSS
7 2 (0.48%) HTML
7 2 (0.48%) REST
8 1 (0.24%) AngularJS
8 1 (0.24%) ASP.NET MVC
8 1 (0.24%) D3.js
8 1 (0.24%) jQuery
8 1 (0.24%) JSON
8 1 (0.24%) OAuth
8 1 (0.24%) OAuth2
8 1 (0.24%) RESTful
8 1 (0.24%) Software Packaging
8 1 (0.24%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 25 (6.05%) Management Information System
2 16 (3.87%) Housing Association
3 12 (2.91%) NHS
4 10 (2.42%) Legacy Systems
5 8 (1.94%) Product Ownership
6 7 (1.69%) Data Centre
7 5 (1.21%) Onboarding
8 4 (0.97%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (0.97%) Distributed Architecture
8 4 (0.97%) Virtual Team
9 3 (0.73%) AS400
9 3 (0.73%) Linked Data
10 2 (0.48%) Enterprise Cloud
10 2 (0.48%) Freedom of Information
10 2 (0.48%) IoT
11 1 (0.24%) Animation
11 1 (0.24%) Enterprise Software
11 1 (0.24%) Graphic Design
11 1 (0.24%) Social Media
11 1 (0.24%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 13 (3.15%) Windows
2 4 (0.97%) VMS
3 3 (0.73%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.24%) Linux
4 1 (0.24%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.24%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (18.89%) Project Management
2 53 (12.83%) Agile
3 51 (12.35%) Stakeholder Management
4 43 (10.41%) Business Case
4 43 (10.41%) PRINCE2
5 41 (9.93%) Problem-Solving
6 36 (8.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 33 (7.99%) Performance Management
7 33 (7.99%) Project Delivery
8 32 (7.75%) Business Intelligence
8 32 (7.75%) Decision-Making
9 31 (7.51%) Migration
9 31 (7.51%) Service Delivery
10 29 (7.02%) Budget Management
11 24 (5.81%) CRM
11 24 (5.81%) Cybersecurity
11 24 (5.81%) Programme Management
12 22 (5.33%) Continuous Improvement
12 22 (5.33%) User Experience
13 21 (5.08%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 37 (8.96%) SQL
2 23 (5.57%) C#
3 17 (4.12%) PowerShell
4 10 (2.42%) Python
5 6 (1.45%) Bicep
6 5 (1.21%) JavaScript
7 4 (0.97%) C
8 3 (0.73%) Java
9 2 (0.48%) R
9 2 (0.48%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.48%) VB.NET
9 2 (0.48%) VBA
10 1 (0.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.24%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.24%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 43 (10.41%) Degree
2 26 (6.30%) Security Cleared
3 16 (3.87%) SC Cleared
4 13 (3.15%) PMP
5 12 (2.91%) PMI Certification
6 10 (2.42%) DV Cleared
7 8 (1.94%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 7 (1.69%) CISSP
8 7 (1.69%) DBS Check
9 6 (1.45%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (1.21%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 5 (1.21%) CCSK
11 3 (0.73%) NVQ Level 4
12 2 (0.48%) ACCA
12 2 (0.48%) APMG
12 2 (0.48%) CIMA
12 2 (0.48%) CIPFA
12 2 (0.48%) HNC
12 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Certification
13 1 (0.24%) CISM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (5.33%) Data Quality
2 15 (3.63%) Accessibility
3 14 (3.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 12 (2.91%) PMO
5 10 (2.42%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 9 (2.18%) ISO 22301
7 8 (1.94%) GDPR
7 8 (1.94%) QA
8 7 (1.69%) NIST
9 6 (1.45%) COBIT
9 6 (1.45%) NCSC
10 5 (1.21%) SLA
11 1 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
11 1 (0.24%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 14 (3.39%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.97%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.48%) Firmware
4 1 (0.24%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.24%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 5 (1.21%) Single Sign-On
2 4 (0.97%) SCCM
3 3 (0.73%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.24%) Avamar
4 1 (0.24%) EMC NetWorker
4 1 (0.24%) Endace
4 1 (0.24%) NetBackup
4 1 (0.24%) SCOM
4 1 (0.24%) SCOrch
4 1 (0.24%) SCVMM
4 1 (0.24%) Simpana
4 1 (0.24%) Terraform
Vendors
1 67 (16.22%) Microsoft
2 17 (4.12%) Oracle
3 13 (3.15%) Northgate
4 11 (2.66%) Adobe
4 11 (2.66%) NEC
5 8 (1.94%) Capita
5 8 (1.94%) Google
6 7 (1.69%) Sparx
7 5 (1.21%) SAP
8 4 (0.97%) Blue Prism
8 4 (0.97%) CA
8 4 (0.97%) Civica
8 4 (0.97%) Granicus
8 4 (0.97%) UiPath
9 3 (0.73%) Aareon
10 2 (0.48%) Automation Anywhere
10 2 (0.48%) Citrix
10 2 (0.48%) Dell
10 2 (0.48%) ServiceNow
10 2 (0.48%) VMware