Local Government Contracts in the North West

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

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in contract job vacancies advertised in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Local Government over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 108 130 125
Rank change year-on-year +22 -5 -18
Contract jobs citing Local Government 29 23 57
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 1.05% 0.72% 1.40%
As % of the General category 1.96% 1.39% 2.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 16 45
10th Percentile £356 £363 £230
25th Percentile £400 £393 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £425 £390
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% +8.97% +26.42%
75th Percentile £588 £447 £438
90th Percentile £659 £544 £523
England median daily rate £475 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +5.56% - +18.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 1 4
10th Percentile £28.18 - £21.59
25th Percentile £28.44 - £23.78
Median hourly rate £32.50 £18.82 £26.50
Median % change year-on-year +72.69% -28.98% +48.04%
75th Percentile £54.00 - £29.75
90th Percentile - - £32.90
England median hourly rate £25.00 £22.41 £24.20
% change year-on-year +11.56% -7.40% +12.09%

All General Skills
North West

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 the North West with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,480 1,660 2,023
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 53.56% 51.67% 49.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 906 1,140 1,425
10th Percentile £300 £305 £213
25th Percentile £395 £406 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +10.21%
75th Percentile £588 £591 £575
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
England median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 190 83 115
10th Percentile £12.50 £14.67 £11.21
25th Percentile £14.50 £19.04 £15.00
Median hourly rate £17.72 £26.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.85% +30.00% -11.11%
75th Percentile £36.95 £38.03 £43.75
90th Percentile £51.91 £52.81 £53.52
England median hourly rate £30.00 £34.31 £21.30
% change year-on-year -12.56% +61.08% -5.33%

Local Government
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Local Government in the North West

Local Government
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Local Government in the North West

Local Government
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Local Government in the North West over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Local Government in the North West

Local Government
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Local Government in the North West

Local Government
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Local Government in the North West over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Local Government in the North West

Local Government
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 North West region over the 6 months to 27 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
Merseyside +30 13 £575 +39.39% 3
Lancashire - 9 £500 - 7
Manchester +6 4 £375 -11.76% 21
Cheshire +3 1 £300 - 3
Cumbria - 1 £500 -
Local Government
England

Local Government
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 (6.90%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (10.34%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (10.34%) Aareon QL
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.90%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (3.45%) Azure
2 1 (3.45%) OCI
2 1 (3.45%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.45%) iSCSI
1 1 (3.45%) SAN
1 1 (3.45%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.45%) Oracle Database
1 1 (3.45%) Oracle Reports
1 1 (3.45%) Power BI
1 1 (3.45%) Relational Database
1 1 (3.45%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Oracle Forms
General
1 10 (34.48%) Public Sector
2 6 (20.69%) Finance
3 3 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (6.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (6.90%) Social Skills
5 1 (3.45%) Law
Job Titles
1 7 (24.14%) Architect
2 6 (20.69%) Consultant
3 4 (13.79%) Project Manager
3 4 (13.79%) Solutions Architect
4 3 (10.34%) Data Consultant
4 3 (10.34%) Data Engineer
4 3 (10.34%) Developer
4 3 (10.34%) Principal Developer
4 3 (10.34%) Systems Architect
4 3 (10.34%) Technical Architect
4 3 (10.34%) Technical Solutions Architect
5 2 (6.90%) Accountant
5 2 (6.90%) Analyst
6 1 (3.45%) Applications Support
6 1 (3.45%) Business Analyst
6 1 (3.45%) Business Intelligence Specialist
6 1 (3.45%) Commercial Manager
6 1 (3.45%) DBA
6 1 (3.45%) Programme Manager
6 1 (3.45%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.34%) NHS
2 2 (6.90%) Onboarding
2 2 (6.90%) Virtual Team
3 1 (3.45%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.45%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.34%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (24.14%) Project Management
2 6 (20.69%) Housing Management
2 6 (20.69%) Migration
2 6 (20.69%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (13.79%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (10.34%) Capacity Planning
4 3 (10.34%) Change Management
4 3 (10.34%) Customer Experience
4 3 (10.34%) Data Analysis
4 3 (10.34%) Data Cleansing
4 3 (10.34%) Data Migration
4 3 (10.34%) Data Transformation
4 3 (10.34%) Project Delivery
4 3 (10.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (6.90%) Agile
5 2 (6.90%) Business Case
5 2 (6.90%) Data Interpretation
5 2 (6.90%) Virtual Team Management
6 1 (3.45%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 1 (3.45%) Programme Governance
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.45%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (10.34%) Degree
2 2 (6.90%) ACCA
2 2 (6.90%) APMG
2 2 (6.90%) CIMA
2 2 (6.90%) CIPFA
3 1 (3.45%) CCNA
3 1 (3.45%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (3.45%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.45%) Data Quality
1 1 (3.45%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (3.45%) Avamar
1 1 (3.45%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 3 (10.34%) Aareon
1 3 (10.34%) Northgate
2 1 (3.45%) Dell
2 1 (3.45%) Liquidlogic
2 1 (3.45%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.45%) Oracle
2 1 (3.45%) VMware