Local Government Contract Job Trends in Maidstone

Local Government (Local Authority, Local Council)
Kent > Maidstone

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in contract job vacancies in Maidstone. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Local Government over the 6 months leading up to 10 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Local Government 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Maidstone 2.63% - -
As % of the General category 3.57% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
Kent median daily rate - £275 -

All General Skills
Maidstone

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 Maidstone.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 28 14 4
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Maidstone 73.68% 43.75% 11.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 4 0
10th Percentile £329 £283 -
25th Percentile £331 £333 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £455 -
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -
75th Percentile £445 £579 -
90th Percentile £500 £605 -
Kent median daily rate £438 £509 £400
% change year-on-year -14.00% +27.19% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 2
Median hourly rate £20.40 - £55.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +334.44%
Kent median hourly rate £21.61 £38.85 £25.50
% change year-on-year -44.39% +52.35% -50.50%

Local Government
Job Vacancy Trend in Maidstone

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

Local Government job vacancy trend in Maidstone

Local Government
Daily Rate Trend in Maidstone

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

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

Local Government
Hourly Rate Trend in Maidstone

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

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

Local Government
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Maidstone 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Applications Support
1 1 (100.00%) Applications Support Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) ICT Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) ICT Support
1 1 (100.00%) ICT Support Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Support Analyst
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft