Local Government Contract Job Trends in England

Local Government (Local Authority, Local Council)
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in contract job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Local Government over the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 278 175 267
Rank change year-on-year -103 +92 +127
Contract jobs citing Local Government 294 418 306
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.93% 1.48% 0.84%
As % of the General category 1.51% 2.39% 1.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 196 216 229
10th Percentile £363 £278 £250
25th Percentile £406 £369 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% -
75th Percentile £600 £538 £550
90th Percentile £675 £603 £645
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 42 39
10th Percentile £20.63 £20.02 £17.49
25th Percentile £22.85 £22.27 £18.95
Median hourly rate £30.00 £27.27 £22.10
Median % change year-on-year +10.03% +23.37% -4.54%
75th Percentile £35.00 £33.75 £26.89
90th Percentile £44.94 £36.58 £32.63
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £28.41 £22.10
% change year-on-year +5.60% +28.55% -4.54%

All General Skills
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 general skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 19,413 17,486 21,510
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 61.32% 61.79% 59.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 12,309 10,584 14,509
10th Percentile £284 £300 £275
25th Percentile £402 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £535 £550
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% -2.73% -
75th Percentile £626 £650 £661
90th Percentile £738 £775 £756
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -4.76% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,232 598 1,007
10th Percentile £14.13 £15.62 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.84 £18.42 £16.75
Median hourly rate £23.54 £30.00 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -21.54% -9.09% +28.35%
75th Percentile £46.00 £57.90 £60.00
90th Percentile £71.42 £74.05 £70.50
UK median hourly rate £23.58 £27.39 £33.00
% change year-on-year -13.91% -17.02% +32.00%

Local Government
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Local Government job vacancy trend in England

Local Government
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Local Government.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Local Government

Local Government
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Local Government in England over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Local Government in England

Local Government
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Local Government.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Local Government

Local Government
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Local Government in England over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Local Government in England

Local Government
Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 31 December 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
London -36 151 £525 +5.00% 59
North of England -62 41 £500 - 55
Midlands -39 31 £506 +1.25% 51
North West -32 28 £500 - 36
South West -41 26 £475 +5.56% 18
West Midlands -31 18 £600 +9.09% 26
East of England -26 16 £425 +9.68% 19
South East -40 16 £400 -5.88% 62
East Midlands -12 13 £175 -65.00% 24
Yorkshire -44 11 £675 +38.46% 17
North East -10 2 £500 +66.67% 6
Local Government
UK

Local Government
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 14 (4.76%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.38%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.36%) Confluence
4 3 (1.02%) ArcGIS
5 2 (0.68%) CMS
Applications
1 19 (6.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.36%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (1.36%) Trello
4 1 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.34%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 19 (6.46%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (2.72%) NEC Housing
3 7 (2.38%) iTrent
4 6 (2.04%) SAP ERP
5 5 (1.70%) SAP Payroll
6 4 (1.36%) Unit4 Business World
7 3 (1.02%) Oracle Applications
8 2 (0.68%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.68%) SAP HR
9 1 (0.34%) ContrOCC
9 1 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
9 1 (0.34%) IntelliMatch
9 1 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
9 1 (0.34%) Oracle Payables
9 1 (0.34%) Primavera
9 1 (0.34%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 38 (12.93%) Azure
2 27 (9.18%) Power Platform
3 15 (5.10%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (4.08%) AWS
5 8 (2.72%) SaaS
5 8 (2.72%) SuccessFactors
6 7 (2.38%) PowerApps
7 6 (2.04%) Azure Sentinel
7 6 (2.04%) Entra ID
7 6 (2.04%) OCI
8 4 (1.36%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (1.36%) IaaS
8 4 (1.36%) Miro
8 4 (1.36%) Power Automate
9 3 (1.02%) Amazon EKS
9 3 (1.02%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (1.02%) Microsoft Copilot
9 3 (1.02%) PaaS
10 2 (0.68%) Azure Monitor
10 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.08%) Firewall
2 9 (3.06%) Wi-Fi
3 8 (2.72%) WAN
4 6 (2.04%) LAN
4 6 (2.04%) SAN
4 6 (2.04%) TCP/IP
5 5 (1.70%) Wireless
6 4 (1.36%) Broadband
6 4 (1.36%) Internet
7 3 (1.02%) DNS
7 3 (1.02%) VLAN
7 3 (1.02%) VPN
8 2 (0.68%) DHCP
8 2 (0.68%) Network Security
8 2 (0.68%) SD-WAN
8 2 (0.68%) WLAN
9 1 (0.34%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (8.16%) Power BI
2 9 (3.06%) GIS
3 7 (2.38%) SQL Server
4 5 (1.70%) Oracle Reports
5 4 (1.36%) Data Vault
5 4 (1.36%) OLTP
5 4 (1.36%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (1.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (1.02%) Geospatial Data
6 3 (1.02%) Power Query
6 3 (1.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.68%) BusinessObjects
7 2 (0.68%) Metadata
7 2 (0.68%) Oracle Database
7 2 (0.68%) Star Schema
7 2 (0.68%) Tableau
8 1 (0.34%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.34%) QGIS
8 1 (0.34%) SAP BW
8 1 (0.34%) Spatial Data
Development Applications
1 7 (2.38%) JIRA
2 3 (1.02%) GitLab
3 1 (0.34%) Eclipse
General
1 120 (40.82%) Public Sector
2 70 (23.81%) Finance
2 70 (23.81%) Social Skills
3 25 (8.50%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (4.76%) Fire and Rescue
5 11 (3.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 10 (3.40%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (3.06%) Influencing Skills
8 7 (2.38%) Back Office
9 5 (1.70%) Legal
10 3 (1.02%) Law
10 3 (1.02%) Social Housing
11 2 (0.68%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.68%) Marketing
11 2 (0.68%) Police
11 2 (0.68%) Retail
11 2 (0.68%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.34%) Front Office
12 1 (0.34%) General Ledger
12 1 (0.34%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 55 (18.71%) Analyst
2 34 (11.56%) Lead
3 30 (10.20%) Senior
4 25 (8.50%) Business Analyst
5 18 (6.12%) Project Manager
6 17 (5.78%) Architect
7 13 (4.42%) Applications Support
8 11 (3.74%) Consultant
9 10 (3.40%) Project Officer
9 10 (3.40%) Support Officer
10 9 (3.06%) Developer
10 9 (3.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 9 (3.06%) Migration Specialist
10 9 (3.06%) Programme Manager
11 8 (2.72%) Data Architect
11 8 (2.72%) Data Manager
11 8 (2.72%) Implementation Manager
11 8 (2.72%) Senior Analyst
11 8 (2.72%) Systems Manager
12 7 (2.38%) Financial Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.40%) EDI
2 5 (1.70%) Middleware
2 5 (1.70%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (0.68%) REST
4 1 (0.34%) .NET
4 1 (0.34%) .NET Core
4 1 (0.34%) FHIR
4 1 (0.34%) HTML
4 1 (0.34%) HTML5 Canvas
4 1 (0.34%) JSON
4 1 (0.34%) Node.js
4 1 (0.34%) OAuth
4 1 (0.34%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 24 (8.16%) Management Information System
2 14 (4.76%) Legacy Systems
3 11 (3.74%) Public Cloud
4 8 (2.72%) NHS
5 7 (2.38%) Data Centre
5 7 (2.38%) Housing Association
6 5 (1.70%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.36%) Data Structures
8 3 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.02%) Enterprise Cloud
8 3 (1.02%) Legacy Code
8 3 (1.02%) Product Ownership
8 3 (1.02%) Team-Oriented Environment
9 2 (0.68%) CCTV
9 2 (0.68%) Cyber Security Posture
9 2 (0.68%) Driving Licence
9 2 (0.68%) Hybrid Cloud
9 2 (0.68%) IVR
9 2 (0.68%) Security Posture
9 2 (0.68%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 8 (2.72%) Windows
2 6 (2.04%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (19.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 43 (14.63%) ERP
3 38 (12.93%) Project Management
4 36 (12.24%) Decision-Making
4 36 (12.24%) Migration
5 31 (10.54%) Stakeholder Management
6 30 (10.20%) Agile
6 30 (10.20%) Change Management
6 30 (10.20%) Problem-Solving
7 28 (9.52%) Roadmaps
8 27 (9.18%) Business Intelligence
9 26 (8.84%) Data Migration
10 24 (8.16%) User Acceptance Testing
11 23 (7.82%) Cybersecurity
12 21 (7.14%) PRINCE2
13 20 (6.80%) Business Analysis
13 20 (6.80%) Data Management
13 20 (6.80%) Risk Management
14 19 (6.46%) Continuous Improvement
15 17 (5.78%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 30 (10.20%) SQL
2 5 (1.70%) PL/SQL
3 4 (1.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 4 (1.36%) Python
4 3 (1.02%) PowerShell
4 3 (1.02%) ProC
4 3 (1.02%) R
4 3 (1.02%) Shell Script
5 2 (0.68%) Bicep
5 2 (0.68%) C#
6 1 (0.34%) Bash
6 1 (0.34%) C
6 1 (0.34%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.34%) Korn
Qualifications
1 20 (6.80%) Degree
2 13 (4.42%) DBS Check
3 10 (3.40%) Security Cleared
4 7 (2.38%) CISSP
4 7 (2.38%) SC Cleared
5 6 (2.04%) CCAB
6 5 (1.70%) CISM
7 4 (1.36%) BPSS Clearance
7 4 (1.36%) CCNA
7 4 (1.36%) CISA
7 4 (1.36%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.36%) HND
7 4 (1.36%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
8 3 (1.02%) CCNP
8 3 (1.02%) ISTQB
8 3 (1.02%) JNCIA
8 3 (1.02%) JNCIP
8 3 (1.02%) JNCIS
9 2 (0.68%) CIPFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (6.46%) Data Quality
2 10 (3.40%) GDPR
2 10 (3.40%) PMO
3 9 (3.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (3.06%) QA
4 8 (2.72%) SLA
5 6 (2.04%) Cyber Essentials
6 5 (1.70%) Actionable Recommendations
6 5 (1.70%) NIST
7 4 (1.36%) Accessibility
8 1 (0.34%) HL7
8 1 (0.34%) NCSC
8 1 (0.34%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 8 (2.72%) Hyper-V
2 7 (2.38%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.34%) Docker
3 1 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.34%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 9 (3.06%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (1.70%) FortiGate
3 4 (1.36%) CSIRT
3 4 (1.36%) QRadar
4 3 (1.02%) Prometheus
4 3 (1.02%) SCCM
5 2 (0.68%) Terraform
6 1 (0.34%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 50 (17.01%) Microsoft
2 32 (10.88%) SAP
3 30 (10.20%) Oracle
4 12 (4.08%) VMware
5 9 (3.06%) NEC
6 7 (2.38%) Palo Alto
7 6 (2.04%) Liquidlogic
8 5 (1.70%) HP
8 5 (1.70%) Splunk
9 4 (1.36%) ESRI
9 4 (1.36%) Fortinet
10 3 (1.02%) Capita
10 3 (1.02%) Citrix
10 3 (1.02%) Dynatrace
10 3 (1.02%) Juniper
10 3 (1.02%) OneLogin
10 3 (1.02%) Workday
11 2 (0.68%) Cisco
11 2 (0.68%) Meraki
11 2 (0.68%) Proofpoint
249 Local Government jobs in England