Local Government Jobs 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 permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH). Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Local Government over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 359 249 375
Rank change year-on-year -110 +126 +49
Permanent jobs citing Local Government 244 586 604
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.72% 1.38% 0.89%
As % of the General category 1.18% 2.08% 1.42%
Number of salaries quoted 204 202 208
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,523 £32,200
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,390 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £54,313 £44,098
Median % change year-on-year -12.54% +23.16% -2.00%
75th Percentile £57,625 £73,750 £61,591
90th Percentile £71,250 £78,750 £70,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £51,000 £44,602
% change year-on-year -21.57% +14.35% -0.89%

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 permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 20,754 28,106 42,591
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.34% 66.11% 62.64%
Number of salaries quoted 15,123 18,687 24,458
10th Percentile £31,750 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,750 £46,570 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £101,250 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

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
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Local Government salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Local Government
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Local Government over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Local Government salary 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 14 (5.74%) Apache
1 14 (5.74%) IIS
1 14 (5.74%) Tomcat
2 9 (3.69%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.64%) ArcGIS
4 3 (1.23%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.23%) Totara
5 2 (0.82%) CMS
Applications
1 17 (6.97%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (6.56%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (3.69%) AutoCAD
4 4 (1.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.41%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 26 (10.66%) NEC Housing
2 2 (0.82%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.41%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 28 (11.48%) Power Platform
2 24 (9.84%) Azure
3 17 (6.97%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (5.33%) SaaS
5 7 (2.87%) PowerApps
6 6 (2.46%) Azure DevOps
6 6 (2.46%) Power Automate
7 5 (2.05%) Entra ID
8 3 (1.23%) AWS
8 3 (1.23%) OneDrive
9 2 (0.82%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (0.82%) Google Analytics
9 2 (0.82%) Google Tag Manager
9 2 (0.82%) Siteimprove
10 1 (0.41%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.41%) OCI
10 1 (0.41%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.05%) Firewall
1 5 (2.05%) WAN
2 4 (1.64%) TETRA
2 4 (1.64%) Wireless
3 3 (1.23%) LAN
4 2 (0.82%) DHCP
4 2 (0.82%) Network Security
5 1 (0.41%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.41%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.41%) VoIP
5 1 (0.41%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (9.02%) Power BI
2 19 (7.79%) Oracle Database
3 15 (6.15%) Data Warehouse
3 15 (6.15%) SQL Server
4 13 (5.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 12 (4.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 9 (3.69%) Relational Database
7 7 (2.87%) BusinessObjects
7 7 (2.87%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
7 7 (2.87%) GIS
7 7 (2.87%) Oracle Reports
7 7 (2.87%) Semantic Layer
8 5 (2.05%) Tableau
9 4 (1.64%) MS Access
9 4 (1.64%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 3 (1.23%) Geospatial Data
11 2 (0.82%) QlikView
12 1 (0.41%) Metadata
12 1 (0.41%) MySQL
12 1 (0.41%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 7 (2.87%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
1 7 (2.87%) Visual Studio
2 5 (2.05%) JIRA
2 5 (2.05%) Oracle APEX
3 3 (1.23%) Oracle Forms
3 3 (1.23%) Selenium
3 3 (1.23%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 75 (30.74%) Finance
2 63 (25.82%) Social Skills
3 50 (20.49%) Public Sector
4 33 (13.52%) Police
5 29 (11.89%) Marketing
6 24 (9.84%) Analytical Skills
7 22 (9.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 16 (6.56%) Fire and Rescue
9 12 (4.92%) Legal
10 11 (4.51%) Retail
11 7 (2.87%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (2.46%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (2.46%) Social Housing
13 4 (1.64%) Environmental Health
13 4 (1.64%) Organisational Skills
14 3 (1.23%) Portuguese Language
15 2 (0.82%) Electronics
15 2 (0.82%) Law
16 1 (0.41%) Billing
16 1 (0.41%) Games
Job Titles
1 41 (16.80%) Senior
2 36 (14.75%) Analyst
3 22 (9.02%) Lead
4 21 (8.61%) Project Manager
5 19 (7.79%) Applications Support
6 16 (6.56%) Development Manager
7 14 (5.74%) Developer
8 12 (4.92%) Operations Manager
9 11 (4.51%) Data Analyst
9 11 (4.51%) Research Manager
10 10 (4.10%) Architect
11 9 (3.69%) Consultant
11 9 (3.69%) Trainer
12 8 (3.28%) Business Analyst
13 7 (2.87%) Senior Manager
14 6 (2.46%) Senior Analyst
14 6 (2.46%) Senior Consultant
15 5 (2.05%) Oracle Developer
15 5 (2.05%) PL/SQL Developer
15 5 (2.05%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (7.79%) Web Services
2 8 (3.28%) HTML
3 7 (2.87%) CSS
4 6 (2.46%) JSON
4 6 (2.46%) XML
5 5 (2.05%) REST
5 5 (2.05%) Ruby on Rails
5 5 (2.05%) SOAP
6 2 (0.82%) .NET
6 2 (0.82%) TAPI
7 1 (0.41%) HTML5
7 1 (0.41%) HTML5 Canvas
7 1 (0.41%) jQuery
7 1 (0.41%) Laravel
7 1 (0.41%) React
7 1 (0.41%) React Native
7 1 (0.41%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 20 (8.20%) Driving Licence
2 16 (6.56%) Social Media
3 15 (6.15%) Management Information System
4 14 (5.74%) Onboarding
4 14 (5.74%) Public Cloud
5 9 (3.69%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (3.28%) Blog
7 7 (2.87%) Housing Association
8 6 (2.46%) Legacy Systems
8 6 (2.46%) Renewable Energy
9 5 (2.05%) Acoustics
9 5 (2.05%) Low-Code
10 4 (1.64%) Freedom of Information
10 4 (1.64%) IoT
10 4 (1.64%) NHS
11 3 (1.23%) Learning Management System
11 3 (1.23%) Product Ownership
11 3 (1.23%) PropTech
12 2 (0.82%) Data Protection Act
12 2 (0.82%) SystemC
Operating Systems
1 24 (9.84%) Windows
2 16 (6.56%) Unix
3 14 (5.74%) Linux
3 14 (5.74%) Solaris
4 6 (2.46%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.82%) Windows 7
5 2 (0.82%) Windows 8
5 2 (0.82%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.41%) Android
6 1 (0.41%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.41%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (23.36%) Project Management
2 35 (14.34%) Agile
3 33 (13.52%) Problem-Solving
4 31 (12.70%) Project Delivery
5 28 (11.48%) Business Intelligence
6 26 (10.66%) Continuous Improvement
7 25 (10.25%) Customer Service
7 25 (10.25%) Service Delivery
8 22 (9.02%) Change Management
9 21 (8.61%) Analytics
9 21 (8.61%) PRINCE2
9 21 (8.61%) Visualisation
10 20 (8.20%) Business Analysis
10 20 (8.20%) ITIL
11 19 (7.79%) Business Development
12 17 (6.97%) Data Security
13 16 (6.56%) Business Strategy
13 16 (6.56%) Line Management
13 16 (6.56%) Requirements Gathering
14 15 (6.15%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 34 (13.93%) SQL
2 14 (5.74%) Shell Script
3 12 (4.92%) PL/SQL
4 8 (3.28%) T-SQL
5 7 (2.87%) JavaScript
6 6 (2.46%) Java
6 6 (2.46%) Python
7 5 (2.05%) R
7 5 (2.05%) Ruby
8 3 (1.23%) C#
9 2 (0.82%) C
9 2 (0.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (0.82%) PHP
10 1 (0.41%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.41%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.41%) VB
10 1 (0.41%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 81 (33.20%) Degree
2 31 (12.70%) Security Cleared
3 12 (4.92%) SC Cleared
4 10 (4.10%) DBS Check
5 4 (1.64%) HNC
5 4 (1.64%) HND
5 4 (1.64%) PMP
6 2 (0.82%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (0.82%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (0.82%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.41%) A+ Certification
7 1 (0.41%) ACCA
7 1 (0.41%) CCNA
7 1 (0.41%) CCNP
7 1 (0.41%) CIMA
7 1 (0.41%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.41%) MCSE
7 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.41%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.41%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (9.84%) Accessibility
2 13 (5.33%) Data Quality
3 12 (4.92%) QA
4 4 (1.64%) PMO
5 2 (0.82%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (0.82%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.82%) GDPR
5 2 (0.82%) NIST
6 1 (0.41%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (2.87%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.05%) Firmware
3 2 (0.82%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.41%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (2.05%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 68 (27.87%) Microsoft
2 34 (13.93%) Oracle
3 26 (10.66%) NEC
4 5 (2.05%) Cisco
4 5 (2.05%) Google
5 4 (1.64%) HubSpot
6 3 (1.23%) Civica
7 2 (0.82%) Aruba
7 2 (0.82%) Liquidlogic
7 2 (0.82%) SAP
8 1 (0.41%) Adobe
8 1 (0.41%) Alteryx
8 1 (0.41%) Capita
8 1 (0.41%) Databricks
8 1 (0.41%) GUPTA
8 1 (0.41%) Pega
8 1 (0.41%) Samsung
8 1 (0.41%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.41%) VMware