Local Government Contracts in Lancashire

Local Government (Local Authority, Local Council)
North West > Lancashire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in contract job vacancies advertised in Lancashire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Local Government over the 6 months to 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 23 - 40
Rank change year-on-year - - -9
Contract jobs citing Local Government 9 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Lancashire 4.64% - 0.39%
As % of the General category 7.20% - 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £450 - £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £375
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.25%
75th Percentile £577 - £388
90th Percentile £656 - -
North West median daily rate £500 £425 £406
% change year-on-year +17.65% +4.62% +31.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £28.00 - -
North West median hourly rate £32.50 £18.82 £28.00
% change year-on-year +72.69% -32.79% +56.42%

All General Skills
Lancashire

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 Lancashire with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 125 123 161
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 64.43% 50.41% 63.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 86 91
10th Percentile £313 £350 £220
25th Percentile £413 £456 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £550 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.68% +15.79% +18.75%
75th Percentile £714 £675 £575
90th Percentile £781 £731 £711
North West median daily rate £500 £500 £465
% change year-on-year - +7.53% +9.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 10 40
10th Percentile £14.03 £19.11 £13.73
25th Percentile - £39.81 £17.00
Median hourly rate £16.06 £47.79 £41.36
Median % change year-on-year -66.39% +15.55% +42.60%
75th Percentile £35.23 £53.26 £48.86
90th Percentile £46.18 £57.43 £70.83
North West median hourly rate £17.72 £25.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year -30.51% +27.50% -10.11%

Local Government
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Job vacancy trend for Local Government in Lancashire

Local Government
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Daily rate trend for Local Government in Lancashire

Local Government
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Hourly rate trend for Local Government in Lancashire

Local Government
Contract Job Locations in Lancashire

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 Lancashire region over the 6 months to 23 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
Fleetwood - 2 £638 -
Preston - 1 - - 4
Local Government
North West

Local Government
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Lancashire 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 2 (22.22%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Aareon QL
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (11.11%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle Database
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle Forms
General
1 8 (88.89%) Public Sector
2 2 (22.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Consultant
2 3 (33.33%) Architect
2 3 (33.33%) Data Consultant
2 3 (33.33%) Data Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) Systems Architect
3 1 (11.11%) DBA
3 1 (11.11%) Oracle DBA
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) NHS
1 2 (22.22%) Onboarding
1 2 (22.22%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Housing Management
2 3 (33.33%) Customer Experience
2 3 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 3 (33.33%) Data Cleansing
2 3 (33.33%) Data Migration
2 3 (33.33%) Data Transformation
2 3 (33.33%) Migration
3 2 (22.22%) Agile
3 2 (22.22%) Change Management
3 2 (22.22%) Project Management
3 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (22.22%) Virtual Team Management
4 1 (11.11%) Capacity Management
4 1 (11.11%) Database Security
4 1 (11.11%) High Availability
Qualifications
1 2 (22.22%) APMG
1 2 (22.22%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Aareon
1 3 (33.33%) Northgate
2 1 (11.11%) Oracle