Local Government Contracts with Work from Home Options

Local Government (Local Authority, Local Council)
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH). Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Local Government over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 239 315 364
Rank change year-on-year +76 +49 -19
Contract jobs citing Local Government 108 154 278
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.72% 0.61% 0.63%
As % of the General category 1.22% 1.05% 1.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 111 192
10th Percentile £335 £263 £335
25th Percentile £391 £378 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year - - +12.50%
75th Percentile £500 £497 £538
90th Percentile £603 £625 £650
UK median daily rate £475 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +5.56% - +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 3 50
10th Percentile £23.63 £18.80 £15.00
25th Percentile £26.81 £18.88 £19.82
Median hourly rate £30.70 £19.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year +57.41% -56.18% +97.78%
75th Percentile £54.00 £21.33 £49.25
90th Percentile £84.42 £21.98 -
UK median hourly rate £25.40 £22.34 £22.68
% change year-on-year +13.70% -1.52% +7.74%

All General Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 8,875 14,682 24,035
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 58.79% 58.44% 54.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,816 10,345 17,442
10th Percentile £325 £363 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +6.06%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £638
90th Percentile £775 £775 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 471 336 345
10th Percentile £14.00 £19.00 £13.50
25th Percentile £22.61 £25.99 £19.35
Median hourly rate £38.12 £50.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -23.76% +53.85% +38.52%
75th Percentile £53.00 £67.50 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £80.25 £64.90
UK median hourly rate £30.16 £33.60 £21.92
% change year-on-year -10.24% +53.33% -2.60%

Local Government
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Local Government as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Local Government trend for jobs with a WFH option

Local Government
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Local Government.

Local Government daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Local Government
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Local Government over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Local Government daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Local Government
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Local Government.

Local Government hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Local Government
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Local Government over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Local Government hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Local Government
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 6 (5.56%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.78%) ArcGIS
2 3 (2.78%) Jadu
3 2 (1.85%) CMS
4 1 (0.93%) Drupal
Applications
1 4 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.85%) Acrobat
3 2 (1.85%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.85%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.93%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (4.63%) Academy Housing
1 5 (4.63%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
1 5 (4.63%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 4 (3.70%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (2.78%) NEC Housing
3 3 (2.78%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.93%) iTrent
4 1 (0.93%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.93%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 10 (9.26%) Power Platform
2 9 (8.33%) Azure
3 4 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (3.70%) Power Automate
3 4 (3.70%) SuccessFactors
4 3 (2.78%) PowerApps
5 2 (1.85%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 2 (1.85%) ShareGate
6 1 (0.93%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (0.93%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.93%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (0.93%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.93%) Entra ID
6 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (0.93%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.85%) Firewall
2 1 (0.93%) DMZ
2 1 (0.93%) HTTPS
2 1 (0.93%) iSCSI
2 1 (0.93%) LAN
2 1 (0.93%) SAN
2 1 (0.93%) VSAN
2 1 (0.93%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (6.48%) GIS
1 7 (6.48%) Power BI
2 5 (4.63%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.85%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.85%) EDRMS
4 1 (0.93%) Big Data
4 1 (0.93%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.93%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.93%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (0.93%) MS Access
4 1 (0.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.93%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (0.93%) Postman
1 1 (0.93%) RStudio
1 1 (0.93%) Selenium
1 1 (0.93%) SpecFlow
General
1 30 (27.78%) Public Sector
2 28 (25.93%) Finance
3 22 (20.37%) Social Skills
4 8 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (3.70%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (3.70%) Legal
6 2 (1.85%) Law
6 2 (1.85%) Marketing
6 2 (1.85%) Police
6 2 (1.85%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (0.93%) Banking
7 1 (0.93%) Fire and Rescue
7 1 (0.93%) General Ledger
7 1 (0.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (0.93%) Social Housing
7 1 (0.93%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 22 (20.37%) Analyst
2 17 (15.74%) Project Manager
3 13 (12.04%) Architect
4 9 (8.33%) Solutions Architect
5 8 (7.41%) Business Analyst
5 8 (7.41%) Consultant
5 8 (7.41%) Developer
5 8 (7.41%) Senior
6 6 (5.56%) Lead
7 5 (4.63%) IT Manager
8 4 (3.70%) GIS Analyst
8 4 (3.70%) ICT Analyst
8 4 (3.70%) ICT Specialist
9 3 (2.78%) Content Editor
9 3 (2.78%) CRM Business Analyst
9 3 (2.78%) Head of IT
9 3 (2.78%) Senior GIS Analyst
9 3 (2.78%) Technical Solutions Architect
9 3 (2.78%) Web Content Editor
9 3 (2.78%) Web Editor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (10.19%) .NET
2 2 (1.85%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.93%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.93%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.93%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.93%) LDAP
3 1 (0.93%) Software Packaging
3 1 (0.93%) WinForms
3 1 (0.93%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (7.41%) Management Information System
2 6 (5.56%) Housing Association
3 3 (2.78%) NHS
4 2 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (0.93%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (0.93%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.93%) Fibre Optics
5 1 (0.93%) Freedom of Information
5 1 (0.93%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (0.93%) Low-Code
5 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Licensing
5 1 (0.93%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.93%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.70%) Windows
2 1 (0.93%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (21.30%) Project Management
2 14 (12.96%) Agile
3 13 (12.04%) Budget Management
3 13 (12.04%) Business Case
3 13 (12.04%) PRINCE2
3 13 (12.04%) Stakeholder Management
4 12 (11.11%) Migration
4 12 (11.11%) Service Delivery
5 11 (10.19%) Business Intelligence
5 11 (10.19%) Cybersecurity
6 9 (8.33%) CRM
6 9 (8.33%) Data Management
7 8 (7.41%) Decision-Making
7 8 (7.41%) Performance Management
7 8 (7.41%) Project Delivery
8 7 (6.48%) Data Migration
8 7 (6.48%) Problem-Solving
9 6 (5.56%) Customer Service
9 6 (5.56%) TOGAF
10 5 (4.63%) IT4IT
Programming Languages
1 10 (9.26%) SQL
2 7 (6.48%) PowerShell
3 5 (4.63%) Python
4 4 (3.70%) C
4 4 (3.70%) C#
5 2 (1.85%) Java
5 2 (1.85%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.93%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.93%) R
6 1 (0.93%) VB.NET
6 1 (0.93%) VBA
Qualifications
1 10 (9.26%) Degree
2 8 (7.41%) Security Cleared
3 5 (4.63%) SC Cleared
4 4 (3.70%) DBS Check
5 3 (2.78%) DV Cleared
5 3 (2.78%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 2 (1.85%) ACCA
6 2 (1.85%) CIMA
6 2 (1.85%) CIPFA
6 2 (1.85%) CISSP
6 2 (1.85%) PMI Certification
6 2 (1.85%) PMP
7 1 (0.93%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 1 (0.93%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.93%) CISM
7 1 (0.93%) HNC
7 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.93%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (0.93%) Postgraduate
7 1 (0.93%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.48%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 7 (6.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (5.56%) ISO 22301
3 5 (4.63%) COBIT
4 3 (2.78%) PMO
4 3 (2.78%) QA
5 2 (1.85%) GDPR
5 2 (1.85%) NIST
6 1 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.93%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.93%) NCSC
6 1 (0.93%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (1.85%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.93%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (0.93%) Avamar
1 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.93%) SCCM
Vendors
1 16 (14.81%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.63%) Capita
2 5 (4.63%) SAP
2 5 (4.63%) Sparx
3 3 (2.78%) NEC
4 2 (1.85%) Adobe
4 2 (1.85%) Blue Prism
4 2 (1.85%) Civica
4 2 (1.85%) Oracle
4 2 (1.85%) UiPath
5 1 (0.93%) Automation Anywhere
5 1 (0.93%) Dell
5 1 (0.93%) Granicus
5 1 (0.93%) Liquidlogic
5 1 (0.93%) Northgate
5 1 (0.93%) Remedy
5 1 (0.93%) ServiceNow
5 1 (0.93%) VMware