Local Government Contracts in Leeds

Local Government (Local Authority, Local Council)
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in contract job vacancies in Leeds. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Local Government over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 62 90
Rank change year-on-year +5 +28 +8
Contract jobs citing Local Government 3 1 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leeds 0.65% 0.13% 0.45%
As % of the General category 1.14% 0.24% 0.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £429
25th Percentile - - £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £500
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.76%
75th Percentile - - £519
90th Percentile - - -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £500 £488
% change year-on-year -5.00% +2.56% +8.33%

All General Skills
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 263 416 811
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 56.56% 52.07% 60.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 167 245 599
10th Percentile £240 £264 £363
25th Percentile £340 £406 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £540
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -7.41% +8.00%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £631
90th Percentile £650 £650 £700
West Yorkshire median daily rate £463 £490 £525
% change year-on-year -5.61% -6.67% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 34 6
10th Percentile £31.59 £11.87 £12.00
25th Percentile £31.76 £12.15 £13.31
Median hourly rate £41.00 £12.53 £17.62
Median % change year-on-year +227.21% -28.89% -21.59%
75th Percentile £96.64 £15.19 £57.00
90th Percentile £97.79 - £70.00
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £24.82 £13.50 £17.24
% change year-on-year +83.85% -21.69% -7.81%

Local Government
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Job vacancy trend for Local Government in Leeds

Local Government
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

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

Daily rate trend for Local Government in Leeds

Local Government
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Leeds

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

Hourly rate trend for Local Government in Leeds

Local Government
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds 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 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 3 (100.00%) IaaS
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (100.00%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (100.00%) Firewall
1 3 (100.00%) Network Security
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) IT Engineer
2 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (66.67%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) Azure Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) Systems Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) CCNA
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (100.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Cisco
1 3 (100.00%) Meraki
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 3 (100.00%) Veeam
1 3 (100.00%) VMware