Local Government Contract Job Trends in Bradford

Local Government (Local Authority, Local Council)
West Yorkshire > Bradford

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in contract job vacancies in Bradford. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Local Government over the 6 months leading up to 14 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 15 -
Rank change year-on-year -9 - -
Contract jobs citing Local Government 6 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Bradford 4.00% 3.57% -
As % of the General category 6.45% 5.41% -
Number of daily rates quoted 6 2 0
10th Percentile - £301 -
25th Percentile £256 £303 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £406 £313 -
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% - -
75th Percentile £550 £328 -
90th Percentile - £334 -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £388 -
% change year-on-year +22.58% - -

All General Skills
Bradford

Local Government falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring general skills in Bradford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 93 37 19
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bradford 62.00% 66.07% 38.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 18 16
10th Percentile £256 £257 £331
25th Percentile £283 £303 £361
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £454 £525 £417
Median % change year-on-year -13.52% +26.05% -24.27%
75th Percentile £538 £613 £466
90th Percentile £640 £647 £537
West Yorkshire median daily rate £490 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.00% - -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 7 0
10th Percentile £22.40 £21.80 -
25th Percentile £23.00 - -
Median hourly rate £24.00 £22.14 -
Median % change year-on-year +8.40% - -
75th Percentile £26.00 - -
90th Percentile £27.20 - -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £24.00 £25.00 £16.35
% change year-on-year -4.00% +52.95% -9.19%

Local Government
Job Vacancy Trend in Bradford

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Local Government relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bradford.

Local Government job vacancy trend in Bradford

Local Government
Daily Rate Trend in Bradford

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bradford citing Local Government.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bradford citing Local Government

Local Government
Daily Rate Histogram in Bradford

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Local Government in Bradford over the 6 months to 14 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Local Government in Bradford

Local Government
Hourly Rate Trend in Bradford

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bradford citing Local Government.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bradford citing Local Government

Local Government
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bradford by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 3 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Procurement Officer
1 3 (50.00%) SAP Manager
1 3 (50.00%) Service Manager
1 3 (50.00%) Support Officer
1 3 (50.00%) Transformation Manager
2 2 (33.33%) ERP Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (50.00%) SAP Fiori
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Contract Management
1 3 (50.00%) Contract Negotiation
1 3 (50.00%) Customer Engagement
1 3 (50.00%) Customer Service
1 3 (50.00%) ERP
1 3 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (50.00%) Release Management
1 3 (50.00%) Service Delivery
1 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 3 (50.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) ABAP
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) SAP