Local Government Contract Job Trends in Staffordshire

Local Government (Local Authority, Local Council)
West Midlands > Staffordshire

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

6 months to
6 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 12 9
Rank change year-on-year +2 -3 +15
Contract jobs citing Local Government 7 4 7
As % of all contract jobs in Staffordshire 8.43% 6.35% 6.80%
As % of the General category 14.89% 10.81% 12.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 7
10th Percentile £305 - £265
25th Percentile £341 - £331
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £363 - £375
Median % change year-on-year - - -11.76%
75th Percentile £417 - £431
90th Percentile £419 - £493
West Midlands median daily rate £525 £525 £475
% change year-on-year - +10.53% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £18.00 -
West Midlands median hourly rate £25.00 £18.00 £15.89
% change year-on-year +38.89% +13.28% -29.09%

All General Skills
Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 47 37 55
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire 56.63% 58.73% 53.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 25 33
10th Percentile £180 £140 £270
25th Percentile £286 £150 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £200 £400
Median % change year-on-year +75.00% -50.00% -15.79%
75th Percentile £424 £488 £500
90th Percentile £553 £530 £568
West Midlands median daily rate £485 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +2.11% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 9
10th Percentile - £12.25 £13.95
25th Percentile - £13.44 £14.71
Median hourly rate - £18.00 £15.61
Median % change year-on-year - +15.35% -30.37%
75th Percentile - £22.92 £16.67
90th Percentile - £30.74 £44.50
West Midlands median hourly rate £25.00 £17.16 £19.00
% change year-on-year +45.73% -9.71% +5.56%

Local Government
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

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

Local Government job vacancy trend in Staffordshire

Local Government
Daily Rate Trend in Staffordshire

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

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

Local Government
Daily Rate Histogram in Staffordshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Local Government in Staffordshire over the 6 months to 6 April 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Local Government in Staffordshire

Local Government
Hourly Rate Trend in Staffordshire

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

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

Local Government
Contract Job Locations in Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 6 April 2026. 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
Stoke-on-Trent - 6 £350 -
Stafford - 1 £375 - 1
Local Government
West Midlands

Local Government
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Staffordshire 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 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (42.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (28.57%) SAP ERP
3 1 (14.29%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Power BI
General
1 4 (57.14%) Public Sector
2 3 (42.86%) Social Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Change Manager
1 2 (28.57%) Implementation Manager
1 2 (28.57%) Lead
2 1 (14.29%) Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Business Analyst
2 1 (14.29%) Finance Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Finance Systems Manager
2 1 (14.29%) SAP Change Manager
2 1 (14.29%) SAP Implementation Manager
2 1 (14.29%) SAP Manager
2 1 (14.29%) SAP Trainer
2 1 (14.29%) Trainer
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) ERP
2 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (28.57%) Actionable Insight
3 2 (28.57%) Business Strategy
3 2 (28.57%) Business Transformation
3 2 (28.57%) Change Management
3 2 (28.57%) Impact Assessments
3 2 (28.57%) Instructional Design
3 2 (28.57%) Line Management
3 2 (28.57%) Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (14.29%) Budget Management
4 1 (14.29%) Budgeting
4 1 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
4 1 (14.29%) Cash Management
4 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
4 1 (14.29%) End-to-End Testing
4 1 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (14.29%) Waterfall
4 1 (14.29%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) CCAB
1 1 (14.29%) CIPFA
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) SAP
2 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
3 1 (14.29%) Ariba
3 1 (14.29%) Oracle