Local Government Contracts 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 advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Local Government over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 234 350 378
Rank change year-on-year +116 +28 -17
Contract jobs citing Local Government 381 319 483
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.03% 0.65% 0.68%
As % of the General category 1.78% 1.10% 1.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 293 228 321
10th Percentile £335 £223 £290
25th Percentile £400 £350 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £446 £450
Median % change year-on-year +6.43% -0.82% +20.00%
75th Percentile £575 £505 £538
90th Percentile £648 £600 £625
UK median daily rate £475 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +5.56% - +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 51 19 88
10th Percentile £15.39 £15.82 £16.70
25th Percentile £16.00 £18.38 £17.50
Median hourly rate £25.00 £22.41 £23.37
Median % change year-on-year +11.56% -4.09% +11.00%
75th Percentile £33.28 £23.41 £49.25
90th Percentile £38.28 £39.87 -
UK median hourly rate £25.40 £22.34 £22.68
% change year-on-year +13.70% -1.52% +7.74%

All General Skills
England

Local Government is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 21,447 29,073 39,881
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 58.22% 59.19% 56.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 13,818 20,415 27,887
10th Percentile £280 £313 £315
25th Percentile £413 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £650
90th Percentile £775 £788 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,788 951 1,301
10th Percentile £13.00 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.50 £18.13 £14.75
Median hourly rate £30.50 £32.50 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.15% +51.16% -4.17%
75th Percentile £51.91 £61.25 £46.17
90th Percentile £65.40 £71.28 £58.75
UK median hourly rate £30.16 £33.60 £21.92
% change year-on-year -10.24% +53.33% -2.60%

Local Government
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Local Government in England

Local Government
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Local Government in England

Local Government
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Local Government in England over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Local Government in England

Local Government
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Local Government in England

Local Government
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Local Government in England over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

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 8 May 2024. 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 +127 223 £475 +5.56% 115
North of England +29 39 £500 +17.65% 83
South East +12 37 £475 +46.15% 79
East of England +22 33 £500 -2.44% 41
North West +25 29 £500 +17.65% 35
South West +24 24 £439 +59.72% 55
Midlands +27 22 £438 - 50
West Midlands +27 17 £463 -2.63% 34
Yorkshire +25 9 £475 - 35
East Midlands +13 4 - - 17
North East - 1 £900 - 14
Local Government
UK

Local Government
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 9 (2.36%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.84%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.31%) CMS
3 5 (1.31%) govService
4 4 (1.05%) ArcGIS
4 4 (1.05%) Drupal
4 4 (1.05%) Jadu
4 4 (1.05%) WordPress
5 1 (0.26%) Apache
5 1 (0.26%) IIS
5 1 (0.26%) Tomcat
Applications
1 19 (4.99%) Spreadsheet
2 18 (4.72%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (4.46%) Microsoft Excel
4 9 (2.36%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.79%) SPSS
7 2 (0.52%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.52%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.52%) Revit
Business Applications
1 13 (3.41%) NEC Housing
2 7 (1.84%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 3 (0.79%) Aareon QL
4 2 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.26%) Academy Housing
5 1 (0.26%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
5 1 (0.26%) OPENHousing
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.26%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.26%) ResourceLink
5 1 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 36 (9.45%) Azure
2 29 (7.61%) Power Platform
3 18 (4.72%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (2.89%) AWS
4 11 (2.89%) Azure DevOps
4 11 (2.89%) Entra ID
5 8 (2.10%) Google Workspace
6 7 (1.84%) Dynamics 365
6 7 (1.84%) Power Automate
7 5 (1.31%) GitHub
7 5 (1.31%) OCI
8 4 (1.05%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 4 (1.05%) Azure Logic Apps
8 4 (1.05%) Azure Service Bus
8 4 (1.05%) Google Analytics
8 4 (1.05%) PowerApps
8 4 (1.05%) SaaS
9 2 (0.52%) Azure Sentinel
9 2 (0.52%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 2 (0.52%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.84%) Firewall
2 4 (1.05%) Intranet
3 3 (0.79%) SMS
3 3 (0.79%) WAN
4 2 (0.52%) SAN
4 2 (0.52%) VPN
5 1 (0.26%) BGP
5 1 (0.26%) Cisco Firepower
5 1 (0.26%) DMZ
5 1 (0.26%) FTP
5 1 (0.26%) HTTP
5 1 (0.26%) Internet
5 1 (0.26%) iSCSI
5 1 (0.26%) LAN
5 1 (0.26%) MPLS
5 1 (0.26%) Network Security
5 1 (0.26%) SSL
5 1 (0.26%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (6.30%) Power BI
2 19 (4.99%) SQL Server
3 9 (2.36%) GIS
4 7 (1.84%) Oracle Database
5 4 (1.05%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (1.05%) Looker
6 3 (0.79%) BusinessObjects XI
6 3 (0.79%) Data Mining
6 3 (0.79%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.79%) Power Query
6 3 (0.79%) PowerPivot
6 3 (0.79%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.52%) EDRMS
7 2 (0.52%) Metadata
7 2 (0.52%) MS Access
7 2 (0.52%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (0.52%) Redis
7 2 (0.52%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.52%) Tableau
8 1 (0.26%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 6 (1.57%) Git
2 4 (1.05%) SpecFlow
3 2 (0.52%) JIRA
3 2 (0.52%) Postman
4 1 (0.26%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.26%) RStudio
4 1 (0.26%) Selenium
General
1 95 (24.93%) Public Sector
2 65 (17.06%) Finance
3 63 (16.54%) Social Skills
4 34 (8.92%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (3.41%) Presentation Skills
6 12 (3.15%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (1.84%) Fire and Rescue
7 7 (1.84%) Legal
7 7 (1.84%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (1.57%) Back Office
8 6 (1.57%) Police
8 6 (1.57%) Social Housing
9 5 (1.31%) Law
10 4 (1.05%) Advertising
10 4 (1.05%) Marketing
11 3 (0.79%) Billing
11 3 (0.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.52%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.52%) General Ledger
12 2 (0.52%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 75 (19.69%) Analyst
2 64 (16.80%) Senior
3 62 (16.27%) Project Manager
4 38 (9.97%) Architect
5 35 (9.19%) Developer
6 24 (6.30%) Business Analyst
6 24 (6.30%) Lead
7 21 (5.51%) Senior Analyst
8 19 (4.99%) Consultant
9 16 (4.20%) Senior Manager
10 14 (3.67%) Solutions Architect
11 13 (3.41%) IT Manager
11 13 (3.41%) Programme Manager
11 13 (3.41%) Senior Developer
12 8 (2.10%) Data Analyst
12 8 (2.10%) Senior Software Engineer
12 8 (2.10%) Software Engineer
12 8 (2.10%) Support Analyst
12 8 (2.10%) Support Officer
13 7 (1.84%) Enterprise Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (8.40%) .NET
2 16 (4.20%) React
3 9 (2.36%) XML
4 8 (2.10%) .NET Core
5 4 (1.05%) .NET Framework
5 4 (1.05%) ASP.NET
5 4 (1.05%) CSS
5 4 (1.05%) Oracle Fusion
6 3 (0.79%) HTML
7 2 (0.52%) ASP.NET Core
7 2 (0.52%) REST
7 2 (0.52%) Symfony
8 1 (0.26%) AngularJS
8 1 (0.26%) ASP.NET MVC
8 1 (0.26%) D3.js
8 1 (0.26%) jQuery
8 1 (0.26%) JSON
8 1 (0.26%) OAuth
8 1 (0.26%) OAuth2
8 1 (0.26%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 23 (6.04%) Management Information System
2 12 (3.15%) Legacy Systems
3 11 (2.89%) NHS
3 11 (2.89%) Product Ownership
4 9 (2.36%) Housing Association
5 6 (1.57%) Data Centre
6 5 (1.31%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.05%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.05%) Distributed Architecture
7 4 (1.05%) Virtual Team
8 3 (0.79%) Linked Data
9 2 (0.52%) AS400
9 2 (0.52%) Enterprise Cloud
9 2 (0.52%) IoT
10 1 (0.26%) Animation
10 1 (0.26%) Freedom of Information
10 1 (0.26%) Graphic Design
10 1 (0.26%) Photography
10 1 (0.26%) Robotics
10 1 (0.26%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 11 (2.89%) Windows
2 4 (1.05%) VMS
3 3 (0.79%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.26%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (16.54%) Project Management
2 52 (13.65%) Agile
3 41 (10.76%) Stakeholder Management
4 39 (10.24%) Business Case
5 36 (9.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 35 (9.19%) Service Delivery
7 34 (8.92%) Migration
8 31 (8.14%) Decision-Making
8 31 (8.14%) PRINCE2
8 31 (8.14%) Problem-Solving
9 29 (7.61%) Business Intelligence
9 29 (7.61%) Performance Management
10 28 (7.35%) Project Delivery
11 26 (6.82%) Budget Management
12 23 (6.04%) CRM
13 22 (5.77%) Change Management
14 21 (5.51%) Customer Service
14 21 (5.51%) Programme Management
14 21 (5.51%) User Experience
15 20 (5.25%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 34 (8.92%) SQL
2 24 (6.30%) C#
3 18 (4.72%) PowerShell
4 10 (2.62%) Python
5 7 (1.84%) Bicep
6 6 (1.57%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.79%) Java
7 3 (0.79%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.52%) PHP
8 2 (0.52%) R
8 2 (0.52%) VB.NET
8 2 (0.52%) VBA
9 1 (0.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.26%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.26%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 33 (8.66%) Degree
2 15 (3.94%) Security Cleared
3 9 (2.36%) DV Cleared
4 8 (2.10%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 7 (1.84%) CISSP
6 6 (1.57%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (1.57%) SC Cleared
7 5 (1.31%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 5 (1.31%) CCSK
8 3 (0.79%) DBS Check
8 3 (0.79%) NVQ Level 4
9 2 (0.52%) ACCA
9 2 (0.52%) APMG
9 2 (0.52%) CIMA
9 2 (0.52%) CIPFA
9 2 (0.52%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.52%) PMP
10 1 (0.26%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.26%) Oracle Certification
10 1 (0.26%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (6.30%) Data Quality
2 15 (3.94%) Accessibility
3 14 (3.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (2.89%) PMO
5 10 (2.62%) GDPR
5 10 (2.62%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 9 (2.36%) ISO 22301
7 7 (1.84%) NIST
7 7 (1.84%) QA
8 6 (1.57%) COBIT
8 6 (1.57%) NCSC
9 5 (1.31%) SLA
10 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.26%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.26%) WCAG
System Software
1 14 (3.67%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.05%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.52%) Firmware
4 1 (0.26%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (1.57%) Single Sign-On
2 4 (1.05%) SCCM
3 3 (0.79%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.26%) Avamar
4 1 (0.26%) EMC NetWorker
4 1 (0.26%) Endace
4 1 (0.26%) NetBackup
4 1 (0.26%) SCOM
4 1 (0.26%) SCOrch
4 1 (0.26%) SCVMM
4 1 (0.26%) Simpana
4 1 (0.26%) Terraform
Vendors
1 53 (13.91%) Microsoft
2 17 (4.46%) Oracle
3 13 (3.41%) NEC
4 12 (3.15%) Northgate
5 8 (2.10%) Google
6 7 (1.84%) Sparx
7 4 (1.05%) CA
7 4 (1.05%) Capita
7 4 (1.05%) Civica
7 4 (1.05%) Granicus
7 4 (1.05%) Liquidlogic
8 3 (0.79%) Aareon
8 3 (0.79%) Blue Prism
8 3 (0.79%) UiPath
9 2 (0.52%) Automation Anywhere
9 2 (0.52%) BiZZdesign
9 2 (0.52%) Citrix
9 2 (0.52%) Dell
9 2 (0.52%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.52%) VMware