Local Government (Local Authority, Local Council)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Local Government over the 6 months to 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 342 332 491
Rank change year-on-year -10 +159 +84
Permanent jobs citing Local Government 806 1,091 1,083
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.82% 1.03% 0.70%
As % of the General category 1.38% 1.50% 1.11%
Number of salaries quoted 603 429 465
10th Percentile £26,159 £33,200 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,474 £40,000 £34,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,882 £50,748 £44,150
Median % change year-on-year -21.41% +14.94% -1.89%
75th Percentile £53,000 £69,649 £56,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £71,496
UK excluding London median annual salary £38,764 £44,238 £41,881
% change year-on-year -12.37% +5.63% -0.53%

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 58,504 72,662 97,676
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 59.86% 68.74% 63.45%
Number of salaries quoted 39,524 38,961 51,095
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £102,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +5.26%

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
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Local Government in the UK

Local Government
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Local Government over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Local Government in the UK

Local Government
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Local Government within the UK over the 6 months to 23 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +7 710 £39,870 -20.26% 377
UK excluding London -31 567 £38,764 -12.37% 309
Work from Home -135 218 £47,500 -12.54% 110
London +40 191 £48,018 -19.97% 92
North of England -66 150 £33,911 -14.15% 70
Midlands +12 134 £37,133 -36.80% 52
South East +73 118 £40,400 -24.49% 81
West Midlands +48 99 £34,998 -49.56% 34
North West -23 83 £31,500 -28.45% 38
South West 0 58 £39,882 -9.36% 43
East of England +35 55 £46,297 -0.44% 41
Yorkshire -5 55 £33,911 -12.50% 26
Wales +10 41 £36,476 -16.45% 16
East Midlands -43 35 £37,500 -16.67% 18
North East -16 12 £38,750 +8.74% 6
Scotland -101 12 £47,000 +0.53% 20

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 31 (3.85%) SharePoint
2 17 (2.11%) Microsoft Exchange
3 9 (1.12%) ArcGIS
4 5 (0.62%) CMS
5 4 (0.50%) Apache
6 3 (0.37%) Totara
7 1 (0.12%) Confluence
7 1 (0.12%) Drupal
7 1 (0.12%) IIS
Applications
1 55 (6.82%) AutoCAD
2 44 (5.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 44 (5.46%) Microsoft Office
3 9 (1.12%) Revit
4 6 (0.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.12%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.12%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 17 (2.11%) NEC Housing
2 6 (0.74%) Sage 50
3 3 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.12%) Academy Housing
5 1 (0.12%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 77 (9.55%) Azure
2 75 (9.31%) Microsoft 365
3 65 (8.06%) Power Platform
4 30 (3.72%) AWS
5 27 (3.35%) dbt
6 25 (3.10%) Entra ID
6 25 (3.10%) SaaS
7 22 (2.73%) Azure DevOps
8 21 (2.61%) Azure Monitor
9 16 (1.99%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 16 (1.99%) Azure Service Bus
10 8 (0.99%) Cloud Computing
11 7 (0.87%) PowerApps
12 6 (0.74%) Google Workspace
12 6 (0.74%) Power Automate
13 5 (0.62%) Google Analytics
13 5 (0.62%) Google Tag Manager
14 4 (0.50%) Amazon S3
15 3 (0.37%) AWS Lambda
15 3 (0.37%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 22 (2.73%) Firewall
2 20 (2.48%) Wi-Fi
3 19 (2.36%) LAN
4 16 (1.99%) Internet
4 16 (1.99%) Wireless
5 11 (1.36%) MPLS
6 10 (1.24%) VPN
6 10 (1.24%) WAN
7 9 (1.12%) Network Security
8 8 (0.99%) DNS
9 7 (0.87%) SMS
10 6 (0.74%) Intranet
10 6 (0.74%) SAN
10 6 (0.74%) SD-WAN
10 6 (0.74%) Unified Communications
11 5 (0.62%) Extranet
11 5 (0.62%) VLAN
11 5 (0.62%) WLAN
12 4 (0.50%) TETRA
13 3 (0.37%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (7.82%) SQL Server
2 49 (6.08%) Power BI
3 24 (2.98%) Relational Database
4 22 (2.73%) Data Warehouse
4 22 (2.73%) GIS
4 22 (2.73%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 19 (2.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 14 (1.74%) PostgreSQL
6 14 (1.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 14 (1.74%) Tableau
7 10 (1.24%) RDBMS
8 9 (1.12%) Spatial Data
9 8 (0.99%) BusinessObjects
9 8 (0.99%) Geospatial Data
10 7 (0.87%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
10 7 (0.87%) Oracle Reports
10 7 (0.87%) Semantic Layer
11 5 (0.62%) Oracle Database
12 4 (0.50%) Redis
12 4 (0.50%) Triplestore
Development Applications
1 8 (0.99%) JIRA
2 7 (0.87%) Git
2 7 (0.87%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 7 (0.87%) Visual Studio
3 5 (0.62%) Oracle APEX
4 4 (0.50%) RSpec
5 3 (0.37%) Oracle Forms
5 3 (0.37%) Selenium
5 3 (0.37%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 270 (33.50%) Social Skills
2 192 (23.82%) Finance
3 176 (21.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 155 (19.23%) Public Sector
5 84 (10.42%) Legal
6 65 (8.06%) Analytical Skills
7 64 (7.94%) Presentation Skills
8 51 (6.33%) Retail
8 51 (6.33%) Telecoms
9 50 (6.20%) Police
10 45 (5.58%) Marketing
11 40 (4.96%) Organisational Skills
12 38 (4.71%) Back Office
13 35 (4.34%) Fire and Rescue
14 34 (4.22%) Billing
15 27 (3.35%) Digital Economy
16 12 (1.49%) Influencing Skills
17 9 (1.12%) Social Housing
18 8 (0.99%) Law
19 6 (0.74%) Games
Job Titles
1 104 (12.90%) Senior
2 94 (11.66%) Analyst
3 62 (7.69%) Lead
4 59 (7.32%) Project Manager
5 48 (5.96%) Coordinator
6 39 (4.84%) Technical Coordinator
7 36 (4.47%) Audit Manager
8 32 (3.97%) Development Manager
9 28 (3.47%) IT Technician
10 23 (2.85%) Developer
11 22 (2.73%) Data Analyst
12 19 (2.36%) Senior Manager
13 17 (2.11%) Technical Manager
14 16 (1.99%) Business Manager
15 15 (1.86%) ICT Engineer
15 15 (1.86%) IT Manager
15 15 (1.86%) Senior Technician
16 14 (1.74%) Business Development Manager
16 14 (1.74%) Operations Manager
17 13 (1.61%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (3.35%) .NET
2 17 (2.11%) .NET Core
3 12 (1.49%) Web Services
4 11 (1.36%) HTML
5 10 (1.24%) CSS
6 9 (1.12%) Ruby on Rails
7 8 (0.99%) REST
8 6 (0.74%) JSON
8 6 (0.74%) XML
9 5 (0.62%) RESTful
9 5 (0.62%) SOAP
10 4 (0.50%) Sidekiq
11 3 (0.37%) EDI
12 1 (0.12%) Core Animation
12 1 (0.12%) Core Data
12 1 (0.12%) HTML5
12 1 (0.12%) HTML5 Canvas
12 1 (0.12%) Laravel
12 1 (0.12%) Node.js
12 1 (0.12%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 87 (10.79%) Housing Association
2 60 (7.44%) Management Information System
3 55 (6.82%) NHS
4 54 (6.70%) Self-Motivation
5 48 (5.96%) Driving Licence
6 44 (5.46%) Social Media
7 30 (3.72%) Onboarding
8 21 (2.61%) CCTV
8 21 (2.61%) Renewable Energy
9 17 (2.11%) Data Centre
10 12 (1.49%) Blog
10 12 (1.49%) Educational Technology
10 12 (1.49%) PACS
10 12 (1.49%) Smartcard
11 10 (1.24%) Data Structures
11 10 (1.24%) Freedom of Information
12 8 (0.99%) Acoustics
12 8 (0.99%) Data Protection Act
13 6 (0.74%) Legacy Systems
13 6 (0.74%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 32 (3.97%) Windows
2 10 (1.24%) Windows 10
3 8 (0.99%) Android
4 7 (0.87%) Linux
5 6 (0.74%) Unix
6 4 (0.50%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.50%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.25%) Windows 7
7 2 (0.25%) Windows 8
8 1 (0.12%) Solaris
8 1 (0.12%) VMS
8 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 143 (17.74%) Agile
2 134 (16.63%) Problem-Solving
3 110 (13.65%) Project Management
4 87 (10.79%) Customer Service
5 77 (9.55%) Business Development
6 65 (8.06%) Project Delivery
7 64 (7.94%) Continuous Improvement
8 61 (7.57%) Time Management
9 60 (7.44%) Coaching
10 57 (7.07%) Mathematics
11 56 (6.95%) Business Intelligence
12 49 (6.08%) Performance Management
13 48 (5.96%) Service Management
13 48 (5.96%) Thought Leadership
14 47 (5.83%) Data Analysis
15 45 (5.58%) People Management
16 43 (5.33%) Collaborative Working
17 40 (4.96%) Line Management
18 39 (4.84%) Service Delivery
19 38 (4.71%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 74 (9.18%) SQL
2 30 (3.72%) C#
3 20 (2.48%) Python
4 16 (1.99%) Bicep
5 13 (1.61%) JavaScript
6 12 (1.49%) PL/SQL
7 11 (1.36%) Java
8 10 (1.24%) Ruby
9 8 (0.99%) T-SQL
10 5 (0.62%) R
11 4 (0.50%) SPARQL
12 2 (0.25%) C
12 2 (0.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.25%) PHP
13 1 (0.12%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.12%) Objective-C
13 1 (0.12%) Swift
13 1 (0.12%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.12%) VB
13 1 (0.12%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 187 (23.20%) Degree
2 60 (7.44%) HND
3 52 (6.45%) HNC
4 42 (5.21%) DBS Check
5 37 (4.59%) ACCA
6 24 (2.98%) Security Cleared
7 19 (2.36%) SC Cleared
8 13 (1.61%) Master's Degree
9 12 (1.49%) A+ Certification
10 11 (1.36%) Network+ Certification
11 10 (1.24%) Cisco Certification
11 10 (1.24%) Microsoft Certification
12 6 (0.74%) Chartered Engineer
12 6 (0.74%) MCP
13 5 (0.62%) Azure Certification
13 5 (0.62%) Computer Science Degree
14 4 (0.50%) CCNP
14 4 (0.50%) PMP
15 3 (0.37%) CCIE
15 3 (0.37%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (4.09%) GAAP
1 33 (4.09%) IFRS
2 25 (3.10%) Data Quality
3 20 (2.48%) QA
4 16 (1.99%) GDPR
5 9 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials
6 8 (0.99%) SLA
7 7 (0.87%) NEBOSH
8 6 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 5 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 5 (0.62%) NIST
10 4 (0.50%) Accessibility
10 4 (0.50%) PMO
11 3 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.37%) ISO 9001
12 2 (0.25%) GPG for Computer-Based Electronic Evidence
12 2 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 17025
12 2 (0.25%) NCSC
12 2 (0.25%) RMADS
13 1 (0.12%) COBIT
System Software
1 52 (6.45%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.12%) Docker
3 8 (0.99%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.74%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.62%) Firmware
6 3 (0.37%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.37%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 3 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.37%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (0.37%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.37%) vSphere
7 2 (0.25%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 20 (2.48%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (0.62%) SCCM
2 5 (0.62%) SCOM
3 4 (0.50%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 4 (0.50%) AirWatch
3 4 (0.50%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.12%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.12%) QRadar
4 1 (0.12%) Terraform
Vendors
1 189 (23.45%) Microsoft
2 39 (4.84%) CA
3 21 (2.61%) Cisco
4 20 (2.48%) Oracle
5 18 (2.23%) NEC
6 13 (1.61%) Google
6 13 (1.61%) VMware
7 12 (1.49%) SAP
8 11 (1.36%) Openreach
9 6 (0.74%) BT
9 6 (0.74%) Citrix
9 6 (0.74%) HP
9 6 (0.74%) Sage
10 5 (0.62%) ESRI
10 5 (0.62%) NetApp
10 5 (0.62%) Northgate
11 4 (0.50%) Apple
11 4 (0.50%) Civica
11 4 (0.50%) HubSpot
12 3 (0.37%) SolarWinds