Local Government Contract Job Trends in Bridgwater

Local Government (Local Authority, Local Council)
Somerset > Bridgwater

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in contract job vacancies in Bridgwater. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Local Government over the 6 months leading up to 10 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Local Government 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Bridgwater 1.64% - -
As % of the General category 16.67% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Somerset median daily rate - £475 £325
% change year-on-year - +46.15% -

All General Skills
Bridgwater

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 Bridgwater.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 6 8 10
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bridgwater 9.84% 80.00% 41.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 3
10th Percentile - £224 -
25th Percentile - £241 £490
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £370 £310 £530
Median % change year-on-year +19.35% -41.51% +278.57%
75th Percentile - £440 £570
90th Percentile - £566 -
Somerset median daily rate £450 £620 £500
% change year-on-year -27.42% +24.00% -

Local Government
Job Vacancy Trend in Bridgwater

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

Local Government job vacancy trend in Bridgwater

Local Government
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bridgwater 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 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) ICT Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Data Cleansing
1 1 (100.00%) Data Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Management
1 1 (100.00%) Data Mapping
1 1 (100.00%) Data Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Data Validation
1 1 (100.00%) Housing Management
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Programme Governance
1 1 (100.00%) Service Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) System Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Validation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Data Quality
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR