Local Government Contracts in the East of England

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

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in contract job vacancies in the East of England. 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 79 70 108
Rank change year-on-year -9 +38 +21
Contract jobs citing Local Government 9 42 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East of England 0.85% 2.15% 0.72%
As % of the General category 1.40% 3.66% 1.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 23 10
10th Percentile £320 £310 £396
25th Percentile £350 £350 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £413 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.09% -21.43% +31.25%
75th Percentile £450 £563 £575
90th Percentile £480 £588 £582
England median daily rate £450 £450 £450
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 14 2
10th Percentile £15.85 - -
25th Percentile £17.38 £15.39 -
Median hourly rate £26.61 £15.79 £16.77
Median % change year-on-year +68.52% -5.84% +29.00%
75th Percentile £36.61 £24.69 -
90th Percentile £39.52 £25.00 -
England median hourly rate £28.80 £25.00 £22.26
% change year-on-year +15.20% +12.31% -8.58%

All General Skills
East of England

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 of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 642 1,148 1,172
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 60.45% 58.66% 59.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 325 409 641
10th Percentile £197 £225 £205
25th Percentile £325 £333 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £600 £565 £638
90th Percentile £675 £650 £738
England median daily rate £520 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -2.80% -2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 126 445 256
10th Percentile £15.62 £15.00 £13.41
25th Percentile £17.34 £15.62 £14.25
Median hourly rate £31.64 £38.12 £18.26
Median % change year-on-year -17.00% +108.82% +17.77%
75th Percentile £65.00 £53.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £81.18 £65.00 £65.00
England median hourly rate £27.94 £32.29 £28.07
% change year-on-year -13.47% +15.03% +20.01%

Local Government
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Local Government in the East of England

Local Government
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

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

Daily rate trend for Local Government in the East of England

Local Government
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Local Government in the East of England over the 6 months to 25 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Local Government in the East of England

Local Government
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

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

Hourly rate trend for Local Government in the East of England

Local Government
Hourly Rate Histogram in the East of England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Local Government in the East of England over the 6 months to 25 June 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Local Government in the East of England

Local Government
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 of England 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
Essex -5 4 £500 +9.48% 14
Hertfordshire +27 2 - - 3
Cambridgeshire +10 2 £300 -29.41% 6
Bedfordshire -14 1 - - 4
Local Government
England

Local Government
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) Azure
1 1 (11.11%) Entra ID
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) DHCP
1 1 (11.11%) DNS
1 1 (11.11%) SAN
1 1 (11.11%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) MySQL
General
1 3 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Police
3 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Back Office
3 1 (11.11%) Legal
3 1 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (22.22%) Analyst
1 2 (22.22%) CRM Manager
1 2 (22.22%) CRM Programme Manager
1 2 (22.22%) Principal Advisor
1 2 (22.22%) Programme Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Data Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Data Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Data Quality Officer
2 1 (11.11%) Executive Assistant
2 1 (11.11%) Quality Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Service Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Service Desk Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Trainer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) e-Learning
1 1 (11.11%) Freedom of Information
1 1 (11.11%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Smartphone
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) Agile
2 2 (22.22%) Artificial Intelligence
2 2 (22.22%) Business Case
2 2 (22.22%) Change Management
2 2 (22.22%) Contact Management
2 2 (22.22%) CRM
2 2 (22.22%) Customer Experience
2 2 (22.22%) Decision-Making
2 2 (22.22%) Digital Strategy
2 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (11.11%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (11.11%) Data Cleansing
3 1 (11.11%) Data Governance
3 1 (11.11%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 1 (11.11%) Demand Management
3 1 (11.11%) Financial Modelling
3 1 (11.11%) Performance Management
3 1 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) PHP
1 1 (11.11%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) Data Quality
2 1 (11.11%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) Barracuda Networks
2 1 (11.11%) Dell
2 1 (11.11%) Liquidlogic