Local Government Contracts in the Midlands

Local Government (Local Authority, Local Council)
England > Midlands

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

6 months to
15 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 129 107 124
Rank change year-on-year -22 +17 +71
Contract jobs citing Local Government 12 25 27
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.48% 0.94% 0.89%
As % of the General category 0.76% 1.73% 1.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 11 19
10th Percentile £210 £313 £167
25th Percentile £281 £473 £223
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £550 £395
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +39.24% -3.07%
75th Percentile - £688 £538
90th Percentile - £825 £638
England median daily rate £463 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -2.63% +5.56% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 3
10th Percentile £16.32 £23.79 £21.60
25th Percentile £17.88 £27.59 £22.73
Median hourly rate £19.79 £33.93 £24.60
Median % change year-on-year -41.69% +37.93% +26.15%
75th Percentile £21.37 £34.47 £26.68
90th Percentile £22.35 £34.79 £27.92
England median hourly rate £29.07 £26.73 £22.98
% change year-on-year +8.75% +16.34% +14.50%

All General Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,572 1,447 1,547
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 62.46% 54.54% 51.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,008 976 1,083
10th Percentile £217 £240 £229
25th Percentile £356 £363 £367
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £538 £619 £613
90th Percentile £638 £725 £725
England median daily rate £510 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -5.12% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 125 105 73
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.85 £13.25
25th Percentile £18.22 £14.70 £17.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £19.59 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +28.38% -21.64% +30.72%
75th Percentile £35.60 £35.00 £48.75
90th Percentile £50.00 £51.91 £65.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £27.50
% change year-on-year -34.02% +38.62% +12.24%

Local Government
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Local Government in the Midlands

Local Government
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Local Government in the Midlands

Local Government
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Local Government in the Midlands over the 6 months to 15 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Local Government in the Midlands

Local Government
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Local Government in the Midlands

Local Government
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 15 August 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
East Midlands -4 7 £288 -42.21% 26
West Midlands -16 5 £400 -31.91% 46
Local Government
England

Local Government
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Applications
1 4 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (8.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (8.33%) SPSS
Cloud Services
1 4 (33.33%) Power Platform
2 1 (8.33%) Azure
2 1 (8.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (8.33%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (33.33%) Power BI
2 2 (16.67%) Relational Database
2 2 (16.67%) Tableau
3 1 (8.33%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (8.33%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (8.33%) GIS
3 1 (8.33%) SQL Server
3 1 (8.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 6 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (41.67%) Public Sector
3 2 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Fire and Rescue
4 1 (8.33%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Analyst
2 2 (16.67%) Support Officer
2 2 (16.67%) Systems Support
3 1 (8.33%) 2nd Line Service Desk Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) 2nd Line Support
3 1 (8.33%) Applications Support
3 1 (8.33%) Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Azure Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) Cybersecurity Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) Cybersecurity Manager
3 1 (8.33%) Lead
3 1 (8.33%) Lead Data Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Public Sector Project Manager
3 1 (8.33%) SaaS Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Security Consultant
3 1 (8.33%) Service Desk Support
3 1 (8.33%) Service Desk Support Analyst
3 1 (8.33%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (8.33%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.33%) CCTV
1 1 (8.33%) Driving Licence
1 1 (8.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 1 (8.33%) Housing Association
1 1 (8.33%) Management Information System
1 1 (8.33%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
1 6 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 5 (41.67%) Data Analysis
3 3 (25.00%) Analytics
3 3 (25.00%) Data Analytics
3 3 (25.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 3 (25.00%) Performance Analysis
3 3 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (16.67%) Benchmarking
4 2 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (16.67%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (16.67%) Dashboard Development
4 2 (16.67%) Data Protection
4 2 (16.67%) Data Visualisation
4 2 (16.67%) Information Security
4 2 (16.67%) Performance Management
4 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (16.67%) Project Management
4 2 (16.67%) Visualisation
5 1 (8.33%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 4 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (8.33%) CISM
1 1 (8.33%) CISSP
1 1 (8.33%) DBS Check
1 1 (8.33%) Degree
1 1 (8.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (25.00%) Data Quality
2 2 (16.67%) GDPR
3 1 (8.33%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (8.33%) QA
3 1 (8.33%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Civica
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.33%) Capita
2 1 (8.33%) PTC
2 1 (8.33%) Trapeze