Local Government Contracts in the East Midlands

Local Government (Local Authority, Local Council)
England > East Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in contract job vacancies in the East Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Local Government over the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 45 62 77
Rank change year-on-year +17 +15 +4
Contract jobs citing Local Government 9 4 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 1.66% 0.52% 0.96%
As % of the General category 2.73% 1.02% 1.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 7
10th Percentile £478 - -
25th Percentile £500 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 - £223
Median % change year-on-year - - -38.48%
75th Percentile £530 - £550
90th Percentile - - £563
England median daily rate £475 £475 £446
% change year-on-year - +6.43% -0.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £23.70 - £22.68
25th Percentile £24.75 - £23.32
Median hourly rate £26.50 - £24.37
75th Percentile £28.25 - £25.43
90th Percentile £29.30 - £26.06
England median hourly rate £25.52 £25.00 £22.34
% change year-on-year +2.08% +11.93% -4.41%

All General Skills
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 330 392 549
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 61.00% 50.52% 52.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 213 260 422
10th Percentile £203 £160 £213
25th Percentile £317 £245 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £400 £450
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% -11.11% +3.75%
75th Percentile £510 £550 £579
90th Percentile £573 £638 £700
England median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 55 41
10th Percentile £14.54 £12.19 £11.80
25th Percentile £15.90 £13.75 £15.25
Median hourly rate £22.75 £17.00 £21.67
Median % change year-on-year +33.82% -21.55% +0.79%
75th Percentile £30.30 £34.13 £40.25
90th Percentile £35.38 £51.91 £51.50
England median hourly rate £27.50 £30.16 £32.50
% change year-on-year -8.82% -7.20% +51.16%

Local Government
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Job postings citing Local Government as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Local Government in the East Midlands

Local Government
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Local Government in the East Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Local Government in the East Midlands

Local Government
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Local Government in the East Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Local Government in the East Midlands

Local Government
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 East Midlands region over the 6 months to 4 May 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
Nottinghamshire - 5 £520 - 6
Derbyshire +7 1 - - 6
Leicestershire - 1 - - 3
Local Government
England

Local Government
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 3 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (11.11%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 4 (44.44%) SAP HR
1 4 (44.44%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 4 (44.44%) SuccessFactors
2 1 (11.11%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) Tableau
2 1 (11.11%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (11.11%) Power BI
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
General
1 5 (55.56%) Public Sector
2 4 (44.44%) Social Skills
3 2 (22.22%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Finance
4 1 (11.11%) Law
4 1 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Consultant
1 4 (44.44%) HR Consultant
1 4 (44.44%) Payroll Consultant
1 4 (44.44%) SAP Consultant
1 4 (44.44%) SAP HR Consultant
1 4 (44.44%) SAP HR/Payroll Consultant
1 4 (44.44%) SAP Payroll Consultant
2 2 (22.22%) Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Business Intelligence Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Performance Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Performance Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Procurement Officer
3 1 (11.11%) Senior
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Housing Association
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) System Testing
2 3 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 3 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 3 (33.33%) Performance Analysis
3 2 (22.22%) Benchmarking
3 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (22.22%) Data Visualisation
3 2 (22.22%) Performance Management
3 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (22.22%) Visualisation
4 1 (11.11%) Data Extraction
4 1 (11.11%) Data Governance
4 1 (11.11%) Data Protection
4 1 (11.11%) Information Security
4 1 (11.11%) Project Management
4 1 (11.11%) Service Delivery
4 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (11.11%) Statistics
4 1 (11.11%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (33.33%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) SAP
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft