Local Government Contract Job Trends in Oxford

Local Government (Local Authority, Local Council)
Oxfordshire > Oxford

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in contract job vacancies in Oxford. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Local Government over the 6 months leading up to 25 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 10 -
Rank change year-on-year -1 - -
Contract jobs citing Local Government 4 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in Oxford 6.15% 5.71% -
As % of the General category 10.26% 9.52% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £222 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 - -
75th Percentile £229 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Oxfordshire median daily rate £225 - £425
% change year-on-year - - +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £25.00 -
Oxfordshire median hourly rate - £25.00 -

All General Skills
Oxford

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 Oxford.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 39 21 37
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Oxford 60.00% 60.00% 41.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 14 30
10th Percentile £210 £168 £162
25th Percentile £222 £291 £273
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £500 £375
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +33.33% -16.67%
75th Percentile £525 £622 £502
90th Percentile £600 £689 £653
Oxfordshire median daily rate £450 £500 £425
% change year-on-year -10.00% +17.65% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 1
10th Percentile £15.62 - -
25th Percentile £20.39 £23.50 -
Median hourly rate £27.50 £25.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -3.85% +35.06%
75th Percentile £86.32 £37.00 -
90th Percentile £89.63 £43.30 -
Oxfordshire median hourly rate £23.63 £25.99 £26.00
% change year-on-year -9.07% -0.04% +8.33%

Local Government
Job Vacancy Trend in Oxford

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

Local Government job vacancy trend in Oxford

Local Government
Daily Rate Trend in Oxford

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

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

Local Government
Hourly Rate Trend in Oxford

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

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

Local Government
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxford 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:

Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Power Platform
1 4 (100.00%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Power BI
General
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Accountant
1 4 (100.00%) Financial Accountant
1 4 (100.00%) Senior
1 4 (100.00%) Senior Accountant
1 4 (100.00%) Senior Systems Accountant
1 4 (100.00%) Systems Accountant
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
1 4 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 4 (100.00%) Data Management
1 4 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 4 (100.00%) Performance Monitoring
1 4 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 4 (100.00%) Process Improvement
1 4 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 4 (100.00%) Project Management
1 4 (100.00%) Systems Thinking
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) CCAB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Microsoft