Local Government Contract Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Local Government (Local Authority, Local Council)
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in contract job vacancies in Gloucestershire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Local Government over the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 22 47
Rank change year-on-year -31 +25 +17
Contract jobs citing Local Government 2 32 2
As % of all contract jobs in Gloucestershire 0.53% 9.22% 0.49%
As % of the General category 1.04% 19.39% 1.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 21 1
10th Percentile £405 £350 -
25th Percentile £413 £400 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £464 £266
Median % change year-on-year -8.31% +74.26% -55.67%
75th Percentile £438 £500 -
90th Percentile £445 £658 -
South West median daily rate £500 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +11.11% - +63.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £26.12 -
South West median hourly rate £22.08 £25.65 £17.50
% change year-on-year -13.92% +46.57% -5.15%

All General Skills
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 193 165 127
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 51.19% 47.55% 30.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 124 102 84
10th Percentile £204 £363 £357
25th Percentile £359 £425 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -13.04% +9.52%
75th Percentile £500 £590 £691
90th Percentile £626 £749 £759
South West median daily rate £500 £500 £550
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 7 12
10th Percentile £13.50 £24.67 £20.63
25th Percentile £13.84 £28.06 £34.50
Median hourly rate £18.75 £35.03 £44.75
Median % change year-on-year -46.47% -21.72% -27.27%
75th Percentile £47.03 £66.25 £73.97
90th Percentile £65.11 £70.50 £82.91
South West median hourly rate £24.00 £62.50 £56.49
% change year-on-year -61.60% +10.64% -8.17%

Local Government
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Local Government job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

Local Government
Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

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

Local Government
Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

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

Local Government
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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:

General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Business Change Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) Change Analyst
2 1 (50.00%) ERP Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) Business Case
1 1 (50.00%) Business Process Mapping
1 1 (50.00%) ERP
1 1 (50.00%) Programme Management
1 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (50.00%) Scrum
1 1 (50.00%) SDLC
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (50.00%) Waterfall
1 1 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation