Local Government Contracts in Dorset

Local Government (Local Authority, Local Council)
South West > Dorset

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in contract job vacancies in Dorset. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Local Government over the 6 months leading up to 25 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 25 -
Rank change year-on-year +4 - -
Contract jobs citing Local Government 2 2 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Dorset 1.98% 1.10% -
As % of the General category 2.67% 2.47% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £360 £301 -
25th Percentile £375 £303 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £305 -
Median % change year-on-year +31.15% - -
75th Percentile £425 £308 -
90th Percentile £440 £309 -
South West median daily rate £400 £450 £319
% change year-on-year -11.11% +41.29% -29.22%

All General Skills
Dorset

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 Dorset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 75 81 133
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset 74.26% 44.75% 53.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 33 64
10th Percentile £204 £270 £241
25th Percentile £373 £325 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £438 £550
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% -20.45% +15.79%
75th Percentile £550 £650 £654
90th Percentile £584 £765 £734
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 27 39
10th Percentile £15.08 £11.87 £13.25
25th Percentile £15.25 £13.69 £17.50
Median hourly rate £15.50 £15.62 £55.32
Median % change year-on-year -0.77% -71.76% +13.47%
75th Percentile £15.75 £47.83 £59.54
90th Percentile £16.01 £56.83 £63.23
South West median hourly rate £28.10 £45.00 £57.33
% change year-on-year -37.57% -21.51% +36.50%

Local Government
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

Job postings citing Local Government as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Dorset.

Job vacancy trend for Local Government in Dorset

Local Government
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Dorset

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Local Government in Dorset.

Daily rate trend for Local Government in Dorset

Local Government
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Dorset

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Local Government in Dorset.

Hourly rate trend for Local Government in Dorset

Local Government
Contract Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Local Government within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 25 June 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bournemouth +6 2 £400 +33.33% 2
Local Government
South West

Local Government
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset 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:

Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Power BI
1 2 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Power BI Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Data Visualisation
1 2 (100.00%) Visualisation
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft