Local Government Contract Job Trends in Braintree

Local Government (Local Authority, Local Council)
Essex > Braintree

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in contract job vacancies in Braintree. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Local Government over the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 1 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Local Government 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Braintree 100.00% - -
As % of the General category 100.00% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £338 - -
25th Percentile £394 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Essex median daily rate £425 £350 £525
% change year-on-year +21.43% -33.33% -4.89%

All General Skills
Braintree

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 common skills in Braintree.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 4 4 0
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Braintree 100.00% 100.00% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 0
10th Percentile £338 - -
25th Percentile £394 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £180 -
Median % change year-on-year +136.11% - -
75th Percentile - £319 -
90th Percentile - £570 -
Essex median daily rate £300 £318 £450
% change year-on-year -5.66% -29.33% -5.26%

Local Government
Job Vacancy Trend in Braintree

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

Local Government job vacancy trend in Braintree

Local Government
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Braintree 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft 365
General
1 4 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Delivery Project Manager
1 2 (50.00%) Governance Manager
1 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Project Governance Manager
1 2 (50.00%) Project Manager
1 2 (50.00%) Senior
1 2 (50.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Senior VMware Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Senior Windows Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) VMware Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Windows Engineer
1 2 (50.00%) Windows Infrastructure Engineer
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
1 2 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Change Management
1 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 2 (50.00%) Project Governance
1 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (50.00%) VMware