Local Government Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire

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

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in contract job vacancies in Hertfordshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Local Government over the 6 months leading up to 15 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 59 43 72
Rank change year-on-year -16 +29 +5
Contract jobs citing Local Government 4 4 2
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 0.69% 0.87% 0.26%
As % of the General category 1.06% 1.69% 0.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 2
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £319 £250
Median % change year-on-year +88.24% +27.50% -46.67%
East of England median daily rate £500 £350 £488
% change year-on-year +42.86% -28.21% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £37.50 £21.25 -
Median hourly rate £40.00 £22.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +77.78% - -
75th Percentile £42.50 £23.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £40.00 £21.25 £25.18
% change year-on-year +88.24% -15.61% -

All General Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 378 236 390
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 64.84% 51.42% 51.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 134 100 208
10th Percentile £187 £262 £250
25th Percentile £400 £331 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £425 £500
Median % change year-on-year +23.53% -15.00% -4.67%
75th Percentile £638 £575 £641
90th Percentile £746 £639 £739
East of England median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 50 90
10th Percentile £16.86 £14.40 £26.21
25th Percentile £18.54 £16.42 £42.25
Median hourly rate £42.50 £60.00 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -29.17% - -
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.45 £68.88 £73.75
East of England median hourly rate £20.35 £17.47 £17.72
% change year-on-year +16.47% -1.40% -12.08%

Local Government
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Local Government job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

Local Government
Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

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

Local Government
Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

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

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

Local Government
Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 15 November 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
Hertford +1 2 - - 1
Letchworth - 1 £600 -
Stevenage - 1 - - 1
Local Government
East of England

Local Government
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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:

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (25.00%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) OCI
1 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Service Manager
1 2 (50.00%) Service Support Manager
1 2 (50.00%) Systems Support
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Data Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Lead
2 1 (25.00%) PMO Lead
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Data Protection
1 2 (50.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 2 (50.00%) Release Management
1 2 (50.00%) Revenue Management
1 2 (50.00%) Service Delivery
1 2 (50.00%) System Testing
2 1 (25.00%) Budget Control
2 1 (25.00%) Budgeting and Forecasting
2 1 (25.00%) Business Case
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Cost-Benefit Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) Critical Path Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) ERP
2 1 (25.00%) GAP Analysis
2 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2
2 1 (25.00%) Programme Governance
2 1 (25.00%) Programme Management
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) CTC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle