Local Government Contracts in Essex

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

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in contract job vacancies advertised in Essex. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Local Government over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 19 32 48
Rank change year-on-year +13 +16 -
Contract jobs citing Local Government 15 4 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Essex 6.61% 1.67% 2.79%
As % of the General category 12.40% 2.80% 4.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 2 7
10th Percentile - £538 £243
25th Percentile £350 £556 £319
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £600 £400
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +50.00% -
75th Percentile £581 £631 £481
90th Percentile £623 £643 £573
East of England median daily rate £500 £438 £400
% change year-on-year +14.29% +9.38% +33.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
10th Percentile - £27.68 £12.28
25th Percentile - £41.08 £12.31
Median hourly rate - £63.78 £12.75
Median % change year-on-year - +400.24% -
75th Percentile - £86.11 £13.31
90th Percentile - £99.28 £13.43
East of England median hourly rate £15.79 £19.50 £12.75
% change year-on-year -19.03% +52.94% -43.33%

All General Skills
Essex

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 Essex with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 121 143 226
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 53.30% 59.58% 57.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 96 151
10th Percentile £250 £189 £213
25th Percentile £302 £257 £372
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £463 £485
Median % change year-on-year -8.11% -4.64% +7.78%
75th Percentile £584 £531 £575
90th Percentile £639 £613 £630
East of England median daily rate £475 £488 £450
% change year-on-year -2.56% +8.33% +5.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 17 9 14
10th Percentile £10.42 £20.79 £12.95
25th Percentile £16.75 £22.50 £14.94
Median hourly rate £35.65 £44.53 £20.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.94% +117.22% -22.22%
75th Percentile £64.25 £62.50 £42.20
90th Percentile £73.75 £76.61 £62.30
East of England median hourly rate £38.12 £20.56 £14.50
% change year-on-year +85.41% +41.79% -3.33%

Local Government
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Job vacancy trend for Local Government in Essex

Local Government
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Essex

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

Daily rate trend for Local Government in Essex

Local Government
Daily Rate Histogram in Essex

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Local Government in Essex over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Local Government in Essex

Local Government
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

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

Hourly rate trend for Local Government in Essex

Local Government
Contract Job Locations in Essex

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 Essex region over the 6 months to 26 April 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
Thurrock - 3 £550 - 1
Chelmsford +3 1 £575 -4.17% 2
Epping - 1 £413 -
Local Government
East of England

Local Government
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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 (6.67%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 3 (20.00%) Azure
2 2 (13.33%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (6.67%) Azure Synapse Analytics
3 1 (6.67%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 2 (13.33%) LAN
1 2 (13.33%) WAN
2 1 (6.67%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) Data Mining
General
1 6 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (13.33%) Finance
2 2 (13.33%) Public Sector
3 1 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (6.67%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (53.33%) Analyst
1 8 (53.33%) Business Analyst
2 6 (40.00%) Senior
2 6 (40.00%) Senior Analyst
2 6 (40.00%) Senior Business Analyst
3 3 (20.00%) Architect
4 2 (13.33%) Automation Analyst
4 2 (13.33%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (13.33%) Voice Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) CRM Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) CRM Business Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) Data Migration Specialist
5 1 (6.67%) Finance Manager
5 1 (6.67%) Finance Project Manager
5 1 (6.67%) Finance Systems Manager
5 1 (6.67%) Migration Specialist
5 1 (6.67%) Network Manager
5 1 (6.67%) Programme Manager
5 1 (6.67%) Security Architect
5 1 (6.67%) Senior Automation Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.67%) Housing Association
1 1 (6.67%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (6.67%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (53.33%) Business Case
2 7 (46.67%) CRM
2 7 (46.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (33.33%) Service Delivery
4 4 (26.67%) Decision-Making
5 3 (20.00%) Business Analysis
5 3 (20.00%) Knowledge Transfer
6 2 (13.33%) ArchiMate
6 2 (13.33%) BPMN
6 2 (13.33%) Contact Management
6 2 (13.33%) Cybersecurity
6 2 (13.33%) IT4IT
6 2 (13.33%) Kalman Filter
6 2 (13.33%) TOGAF
7 1 (6.67%) Architectural Design
7 1 (6.67%) Data Matching
7 1 (6.67%) People Management
7 1 (6.67%) Problem-Solving
7 1 (6.67%) Project Delivery
7 1 (6.67%) SFIA
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (26.67%) Degree
2 1 (6.67%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) COBIT
1 2 (13.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (6.67%) Data Quality
2 1 (6.67%) GDPR
2 1 (6.67%) ISO 22301
2 1 (6.67%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 1 (6.67%) NIST
2 1 (6.67%) PMO
Systems Management
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (6.67%) Liquidlogic
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft
1 1 (6.67%) Sparx