The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Local Government over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our General category.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Local Government
Rank 643 743 588
Rank change year-on-year
+100 -155
Permanent jobs citing Local Government 224 155 296
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.208% 0.128% 0.235%
As % of the General category 0.485% 0.285% 0.486%
Number of salaries quoted 198 133 196
Average salary £45,000 £44,000 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.27% -7.36%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £26,300 £28,550
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £43,250 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-1.73% +1.76%
All of the General Category
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
46229 54352 60873
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 42.99% 45.02% 48.29%
Number of salaries quoted 36687 45665 49793
Average salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -4.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £77,500 £85,000 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
- +3.65%

Local Government
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Local Government within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Local Government Jobs Demand Trend

Local Government
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Local Government within the UK.

Local Government Salary Trend

Local Government
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Local Government over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 within the UK.

Local Government Salary Histogram

Local Government
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Local Government within the UK over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
England +101 198 £45,000 +16.88%
South East +32 42 £50,000 +42.85%
London +38 36 £45,000 +2.27%
West Midlands +4 26 £47,500 +30.13%
South West +12 24 £52,500 +40.00%
North West -3 22 £27,500 -15.45%
Berkshire +22 21 £50,000 +108.33%
Birmingham +7 15 £55,000 -
East Midlands -1 14 £42,500 +2.40%
East of England +7 13 £32,000 +4.06%
Dorset - 13 £65,000 -
Reading +14 12 £50,000 +78.57%
Manchester -7 12 £27,750 +4.71%
Bournemouth - 11 £65,000 -
Cheshire +16 10 £23,000 -
Surrey +24 9 £38,000 -
Lincolnshire -13 9 £42,500 -3.40%
Bedfordshire -5 8 £32,000 +36.17%
Staffordshire - 8 £35,375 -
Lincoln +2 7 £42,500 +2.40%
Wales - 7 £28,500 -
City of London +10 6 £55,000 -15.38%
Wiltshire +6 5 £27,500 -8.33%
Luton - 5 £32,000 -
Hertfordshire +3 4 £22,750 -34.05%
Nottinghamshire 0 4 £40,000 -
Nottingham -3 4 £40,000 -
Oxfordshire -10 4 £112,500 +217.49%
Oxford -17 4 £112,500 +217.49%
Woking - 4 £55,000 -

Local Government
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing Local Government also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Local Government.

1 114 (27.47%) Finance
2 110 (26.51%) Microsoft
3 91 (21.93%) ITIL
4 70 (16.87%) MS Excel
5 66 (15.90%) Project Management
6 61 (14.70%) PRINCE2
7 57 (13.73%) .NET
8 53 (12.77%) C#
9 52 (12.53%) SQL Server
9 52 (12.53%) Service Delivery
10 51 (12.29%) Oracle
11 47 (11.33%) Telecoms
12 46 (11.08%) SharePoint
12 46 (11.08%) Degree
13 45 (10.84%) SQL
14 43 (10.36%) Windows
15 42 (10.12%) Marketing
15 42 (10.12%) Security Cleared
16 40 (9.639%) Business Development
17 37 (8.916%) SAP
18 36 (8.675%) XML
19 35 (8.434%) CRM
20 34 (8.193%) ERP
21 33 (7.952%) Cisco
21 33 (7.952%) SharePoint 2010
22 32 (7.711%) SLA
22 32 (7.711%) WAN
22 32 (7.711%) ASP.NET
22 32 (7.711%) JavaScript
23 28 (6.747%) Management Information System

Local Government
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing Local Government also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Local Government. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 57 (13.73%) .NET
2 36 (8.675%) XML
3 32 (7.711%) ASP.NET
4 26 (6.265%) CGI
5 18 (4.337%) Web Services
5 18 (4.337%) CSS
6 17 (4.096%) HTML
7 16 (3.855%) jQuery
8 12 (2.892%) Ajax
9 9 (2.169%) COM
10 7 (1.687%) SOAP
11 4 (0.964%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
11 4 (0.964%) .NET Framework
11 4 (0.964%) XHTML
12 3 (0.723%) XSLT
13 2 (0.482%) HTML5
13 2 (0.482%) CSS3
13 2 (0.482%) .NET Remoting
13 2 (0.482%) LINQ
13 2 (0.482%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 46 (11.08%) SharePoint
2 33 (7.952%) SharePoint 2010
3 17 (4.096%) BizTalk Server
4 16 (3.855%) SAS
5 15 (3.614%) MS Exchange
6 12 (2.892%) SharePoint Server
7 10 (2.410%) IIS
8 8 (1.928%) Exchange Server 2003
8 8 (1.928%) Exchange Server 2010
9 4 (0.964%) Exchange Server 2000
9 4 (0.964%) Exchange Server 2007
9 4 (0.964%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
10 3 (0.723%) Drupal
11 2 (0.482%) Captiva
11 2 (0.482%) Oracle Workflow
11 2 (0.482%) CMS
12 1 (0.241%) Apache
12 1 (0.241%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.241%) Umbraco
Applications
1 70 (16.87%) MS Excel
2 28 (6.747%) MS Office
3 15 (3.614%) SPSS
3 15 (3.614%) MS PowerPoint
4 13 (3.133%) InfoPath
5 8 (1.928%) MS Project
6 6 (1.446%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.482%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.241%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.241%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 10 (2.410%) Dynamics CRM
1 10 (2.410%) Oracle EBS
2 7 (1.687%) Dynamics AX
2 7 (1.687%) SAP HCM
3 4 (0.964%) SAP Payroll
4 3 (0.723%) ResourceLink
5 2 (0.482%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (0.241%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.241%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.241%) Agresso
6 1 (0.241%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.241%) Oracle Financials
6 1 (0.241%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.241%) SAP PM
6 1 (0.241%) Remedy AR System
6 1 (0.241%) SAP FSCM
6 1 (0.241%) SAP BPC
6 1 (0.241%) SAP PSCD
Communications & Networking
1 32 (7.711%) WAN
2 25 (6.024%) LAN
2 25 (6.024%) Internet
3 22 (5.301%) MPLS
4 21 (5.060%) DNS
5 19 (4.578%) Firewall
6 18 (4.337%) SAN
7 16 (3.855%) VoIP
7 16 (3.855%) Ethernet
8 15 (3.614%) ADSL
8 15 (3.614%) Unified Communications
9 10 (2.410%) Network Security
10 9 (2.169%) Intranet
10 9 (2.169%) TCP/IP
11 5 (1.205%) Wireless
11 5 (1.205%) DHCP
11 5 (1.205%) Wireless Security
12 4 (0.964%) HTTP
12 4 (0.964%) Extranet
13 3 (0.723%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (12.53%) SQL Server
2 16 (3.855%) Crystal Reports
3 15 (3.614%) Data Mining
3 15 (3.614%) GIS
4 12 (2.892%) Oracle 8/8i
5 9 (2.169%) SQL Server 2008
6 8 (1.928%) DB2
7 7 (1.687%) SQL Server 2005
8 6 (1.446%) Oracle 11g
8 6 (1.446%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 6 (1.446%) Oracle Reports
8 6 (1.446%) Oracle 10g
9 4 (0.964%) RDBMS
9 4 (0.964%) SQLPlus
10 3 (0.723%) EDRMS
10 3 (0.723%) CorVu
10 3 (0.723%) QlikView
11 2 (0.482%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 2 (0.482%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 2 (0.482%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 23 (5.542%) Visual Studio
2 11 (2.651%) Oracle Forms
3 6 (1.446%) Oracle APEX
4 3 (0.723%) JIRA
5 2 (0.482%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (0.482%) JDeveloper
5 2 (0.482%) InstallShield
General
1 114 (27.47%) Finance
2 47 (11.33%) Telecoms
3 42 (10.12%) Marketing
4 21 (5.060%) Retail
5 19 (4.578%) Back Office
6 11 (2.651%) Manufacturing
7 7 (1.687%) Legal
8 4 (0.964%) Pharmaceutical
9 3 (0.723%) Electronics
9 3 (0.723%) Advertising
9 3 (0.723%) Publishing
9 3 (0.723%) Billing
10 2 (0.482%) Banking
10 2 (0.482%) Law
10 2 (0.482%) Games
11 1 (0.241%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.241%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 90 (21.69%) Consultant
2 61 (14.70%) Developer
3 60 (14.46%) Analyst
4 31 (7.470%) Project Manager
5 22 (5.301%) SharePoint Developer
6 19 (4.578%) Service Manager
7 18 (4.337%) .NET Developer
7 18 (4.337%) Business Analyst
7 18 (4.337%) Architect
8 17 (4.096%) Junior
8 17 (4.096%) Business Consultant
9 16 (3.855%) Delivery Manager
9 16 (3.855%) Services Delivery Manager
10 15 (3.614%) Account Manager
10 15 (3.614%) Data Analyst
11 14 (3.373%) Development Manager
11 14 (3.373%) Senior Analyst
12 13 (3.133%) ERP Consultant
13 12 (2.892%) Senior Developer
14 10 (2.410%) Junior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 28 (6.747%) Management Information System
2 22 (5.301%) NHS
3 17 (4.096%) CESG
4 16 (3.855%) CESG CLAS
5 15 (3.614%) Clustering
6 11 (2.651%) Computer Science
6 11 (2.651%) RMADS
7 10 (2.410%) Mathematics
7 10 (2.410%) IaaS
8 9 (2.169%) Enterprise Software
9 8 (1.928%) W3C
10 6 (1.446%) Blackberry
11 5 (1.205%) CMDB
11 5 (1.205%) SaaS
12 4 (0.964%) PaaS
12 4 (0.964%) Smartphone
13 2 (0.482%) Digital Media
13 2 (0.482%) Mobile App
13 2 (0.482%) PMI
14 1 (0.241%) DTV
Operating Systems
1 43 (10.36%) Windows
2 18 (4.337%) Windows XP
3 16 (3.855%) UNIX
4 15 (3.614%) Windows Server 2008
4 15 (3.614%) Windows 7
5 10 (2.410%) Windows Server 2003
6 8 (1.928%) Linux
7 4 (0.964%) Android
7 4 (0.964%) Solaris
8 2 (0.482%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.482%) Windows 8
8 2 (0.482%) SUSE
9 1 (0.241%) AIX
9 1 (0.241%) HPUX
9 1 (0.241%) Windows 2000 Server
9 1 (0.241%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (21.93%) ITIL
2 66 (15.90%) Project Management
3 61 (14.70%) PRINCE2
4 52 (12.53%) Service Delivery
5 40 (9.639%) Business Development
6 35 (8.434%) CRM
7 34 (8.193%) ERP
8 23 (5.542%) Change Management
9 22 (5.301%) Information Security
10 19 (4.578%) Stakeholder Management
10 19 (4.578%) Business Analysis
11 18 (4.337%) Data Analysis
12 16 (3.855%) System Testing
13 15 (3.614%) Market Research
14 14 (3.373%) Test Scripting
15 12 (2.892%) Asset Management
16 11 (2.651%) Workflow
16 11 (2.651%) Service Management
16 11 (2.651%) Release Management
17 10 (2.410%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 53 (12.77%) C#
2 45 (10.84%) SQL
3 32 (7.711%) JavaScript
4 14 (3.373%) C
5 11 (2.651%) VB.NET
6 9 (2.169%) PL/SQL
7 8 (1.928%) PowerShell
8 7 (1.687%) T-SQL
9 6 (1.446%) Java
10 4 (0.964%) VBScript
11 3 (0.723%) Shell Script
11 3 (0.723%) VB
12 2 (0.482%) VB6
13 1 (0.241%) ABAP
13 1 (0.241%) VBA
13 1 (0.241%) Perl
13 1 (0.241%) Korn
13 1 (0.241%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 46 (11.08%) Degree
2 42 (10.12%) Security Cleared
3 27 (6.506%) SC Cleared
4 22 (5.301%) ITIL Certification
4 22 (5.301%) CISM
5 17 (4.096%) CISA
6 15 (3.614%) CISSP
7 11 (2.651%) Microsoft Certification
8 10 (2.410%) DV Cleared
8 10 (2.410%) Cisco Certification
9 9 (2.169%) MCSE
9 9 (2.169%) ISEB
10 8 (1.928%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 7 (1.687%) ACCA
11 7 (1.687%) QiCA
11 7 (1.687%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 6 (1.446%) CCNA
13 5 (1.205%) PCI QSA
14 4 (0.964%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
14 4 (0.964%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (7.711%) SLA
2 10 (2.410%) PCI DSS
2 10 (2.410%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (1.687%) COBIT
4 3 (0.723%) ISO 9000
4 3 (0.723%) QA
5 2 (0.482%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 17 (4.096%) Active Directory
2 16 (3.855%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (1.928%) Terminal Services
3 8 (1.928%) VMware ESX
4 5 (1.205%) Citrix Presentation Server
5 4 (0.964%) vCloud
5 4 (0.964%) vSphere
5 4 (0.964%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.964%) XenApp
5 4 (0.964%) XenServer
5 4 (0.964%) XenDesktop
5 4 (0.964%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 4 (0.964%) MetaFrame
6 2 (0.482%) Forefront TMG
6 2 (0.482%) UAG
7 1 (0.241%) Terminal Server
7 1 (0.241%) NFS
7 1 (0.241%) Microsoft App-V
7 1 (0.241%) Veritas Volume Manager
Systems Management
1 15 (3.614%) OpenView
2 11 (2.651%) EMC NetWorker
3 10 (2.410%) Backup Exec
4 9 (2.169%) NetBackup
5 8 (1.928%) Norton AntiVirus
6 7 (1.687%) Tivoli
7 5 (1.205%) HP Data Protector
7 5 (1.205%) SCCM
8 4 (0.964%) ARCserve
9 1 (0.241%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 1 (0.241%) Legato
Vendors
1 110 (26.51%) Microsoft
2 51 (12.29%) Oracle
3 37 (8.916%) SAP
4 33 (7.952%) Cisco
5 20 (4.819%) VMware
6 18 (4.337%) Northgate
7 15 (3.614%) SolarWinds
7 15 (3.614%) Capita
8 14 (3.373%) Citrix
9 12 (2.892%) Business Objects
10 11 (2.651%) Mapinfo
11 10 (2.410%) HP
12 9 (2.169%) Remedy
12 9 (2.169%) EMC
12 9 (2.169%) CA
12 9 (2.169%) NetApp
13 8 (1.928%) Lotus
13 8 (1.928%) Symantec
14 6 (1.446%) Cognos
14 6 (1.446%) Adobe
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Alexander Mann Solutions
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Posted: 30 April 2013
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Salary: From £57,111 to £61,209 per annum (Inner London) + Pension Scheme
Posted: 7 May 2013
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I.T Support Engineer required immediately - Windows, MS Office Suite, Desktop, 1... Key skills required: Windows, MS Office Suite, Desktop, 1... You will also be expected to identify...
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Salary: From £20,000 to £22,000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
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Salary: £104,000
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Salary: £45 - £45000 per annum + bonus
Posted: 17 May 2013
UK
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Careerwise UK Limited
Salary: £170000 per annum + bonus + benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
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Capita Resourcing
Salary: £18499.00 - £18500.00 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
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Salary: £18499.00 - £18500.00 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
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Lorien Resourcing
Salary: Competitive salary on application
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Salary: From £22,000 to £26,000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
England
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Computer Futures
Salary: £55000 - £110000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bolton, Lancashire
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Salary: Competitive salary on application
Posted: 22 May 2013
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Salary: £60000 - £70000 per annum + bonus and benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
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Timothy James Consulting Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + 70-100k OTE
Posted: 17 May 2013
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Salary: £30,000 to c£40,000 + car + share option scheme + benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
England
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Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + OTE
Posted: 15 May 2013
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Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
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Satigo
Salary: £35000 per annum + Car allowance + Benefits
Posted: 30 April 2013
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The selected candidate will be responsible for delivering IT programmes and projects that meet the requirements within identified timescale, cost and defined quality standards and to stakeholder satisfaction...
Sand Resources
Salary: £50000 - £57000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
England
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Satigo
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Car Allowance, Bonus
Posted: 17 May 2013
England
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Satigo
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Car Allowance, Bonus
Posted: 17 May 2013
Reading, Berkshire
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Lorien Resourcing
Salary: Competitive salary on application
Posted: 22 May 2013
UK
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Consulting Point
Salary: £50000 - £65000 per annum + benefits + pension + bonus
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Capita Resourcing
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Salary: £35000 - £38000 per annum + excellent bens plus ote
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Salary: £2221 - £25473 per annum
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