Local Government Contracts in the UK excluding London

Local Government (Local Authority, Local Council)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Local Government over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 228 317 252
Rank change year-on-year +89 -65 +30
Contract jobs citing Local Government 173 134 284
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.84% 0.57% 0.94%
As % of the General category 1.56% 1.01% 1.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 95 174
10th Percentile £313 £150 £238
25th Percentile £375 £275 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £400 £425
Median % change year-on-year +21.88% -5.88% +20.65%
75th Percentile £588 £509 £513
90th Percentile £649 £590 £619
UK median daily rate £475 £446 £450
% change year-on-year +6.43% -0.82% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 13 48
10th Percentile £13.23 £16.77 £13.98
25th Percentile £15.39 £18.00 £17.32
Median hourly rate £24.26 £22.26 £19.86
Median % change year-on-year +8.96% +12.08% -5.65%
75th Percentile £27.89 £23.00 £22.36
90th Percentile £72.60 £45.30 £25.00
UK median hourly rate £26.24 £22.26 £22.68
% change year-on-year +17.88% -1.85% +7.74%

All General Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 11,123 13,219 16,934
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 54.32% 56.49% 55.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,349 9,025 11,644
10th Percentile £205 £230 £211
25th Percentile £363 £400 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +10.47%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £694 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,651 763 1,034
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.33 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.00 £16.00 £14.00
Median hourly rate £28.50 £29.00 £18.82
Median % change year-on-year -1.72% +54.07% -5.50%
75th Percentile £53.88 £61.16 £35.00
90th Percentile £66.74 £68.75 £55.00
UK median hourly rate £30.16 £33.91 £22.00
% change year-on-year -11.06% +54.14% -2.22%

Local Government
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Local Government in the UK excluding London

Local Government
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Local Government in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Local Government in the UK excluding London

Local Government
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Local Government in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Local Government in the UK excluding London

Local Government
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Local Government in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Local Government in the UK excluding London

Local Government
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Local Government in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Local Government in the UK excluding London

Local Government
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 10 May 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
North of England +34 39 £500 +17.65% 94
South East +26 38 £475 +45.04% 87
East of England +32 33 £500 -2.44% 49
North West +23 29 £500 +21.21% 40
South West +27 26 £439 +59.72% 59
Midlands +21 22 £438 -7.89% 56
West Midlands +19 17 £463 -2.63% 35
Wales +27 11 £600 - 13
Yorkshire +18 9 £475 -1.30% 41
Scotland +42 4 £200 -60.00% 23
East Midlands +15 4 - - 22
North East - 1 £900 - 14
Local Government
UK

Local Government
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 17 (9.83%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.31%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.58%) CMS
3 1 (0.58%) Drupal
3 1 (0.58%) Jadu
Applications
1 12 (6.94%) Spreadsheet
2 11 (6.36%) Acrobat
3 10 (5.78%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (3.47%) Microsoft Excel
5 4 (2.31%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 3 (1.73%) Aareon QL
1 3 (1.73%) NEC Housing
2 2 (1.16%) iTrent
3 1 (0.58%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.58%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 16 (9.25%) Power Platform
2 10 (5.78%) Azure
3 6 (3.47%) Dynamics 365
3 6 (3.47%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (2.89%) OCI
5 4 (2.31%) Azure Logic Apps
5 4 (2.31%) Entra ID
5 4 (2.31%) Power Automate
6 2 (1.16%) Azure Synapse Analytics
6 2 (1.16%) ShareGate
7 1 (0.58%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (0.58%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.58%) PaaS
7 1 (0.58%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.31%) Firewall
2 3 (1.73%) SMS
2 3 (1.73%) WAN
3 1 (0.58%) 4G
3 1 (0.58%) 5G
3 1 (0.58%) BGP
3 1 (0.58%) Cisco Firepower
3 1 (0.58%) Intranet
3 1 (0.58%) iSCSI
3 1 (0.58%) LAN
3 1 (0.58%) LoRaWAN
3 1 (0.58%) MPLS
3 1 (0.58%) SAN
3 1 (0.58%) SSL
3 1 (0.58%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (6.94%) Power BI
2 4 (2.31%) Azure SQL Database
3 3 (1.73%) Data Mining
3 3 (1.73%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.16%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (1.16%) EDRMS
4 2 (1.16%) GIS
4 2 (1.16%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.58%) Geospatial Data
5 1 (0.58%) Metadata
5 1 (0.58%) MS Access
5 1 (0.58%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 1 (0.58%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.58%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.58%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.58%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (0.58%) Oracle Forms
General
1 51 (29.48%) Public Sector
2 45 (26.01%) Finance
3 38 (21.97%) Social Skills
4 24 (13.87%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (7.51%) Marketing
6 6 (3.47%) Legal
7 5 (2.89%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (2.89%) Law
8 4 (2.31%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (1.73%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (1.73%) Police
10 2 (1.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.16%) Retail
10 2 (1.16%) Social Housing
11 1 (0.58%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.58%) Back Office
11 1 (0.58%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.58%) Fire and Rescue
11 1 (0.58%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 32 (18.50%) Analyst
2 24 (13.87%) Senior
3 22 (12.72%) Project Manager
4 18 (10.40%) Architect
4 18 (10.40%) Lead
5 14 (8.09%) Consultant
5 14 (8.09%) Developer
6 13 (7.51%) Business Analyst
7 11 (6.36%) Bid Manager
8 10 (5.78%) Senior Manager
9 9 (5.20%) Senior Bid Manager
10 8 (4.62%) Data Analyst
10 8 (4.62%) Senior Analyst
10 8 (4.62%) Solutions Architect
11 7 (4.05%) IT Manager
11 7 (4.05%) Performance Analyst
12 6 (3.47%) Senior Business Analyst
13 5 (2.89%) Procurement Manager
14 4 (2.31%) Applications Developer
14 4 (2.31%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (1.16%) Oracle Fusion
1 2 (1.16%) Symfony
2 1 (0.58%) .NET
2 1 (0.58%) ASP.NET
2 1 (0.58%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 20 (11.56%) Management Information System
2 11 (6.36%) Legacy Systems
3 10 (5.78%) NHS
4 5 (2.89%) Onboarding
5 4 (2.31%) Housing Association
6 3 (1.73%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.16%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.58%) Graphic Design
8 1 (0.58%) Legacy Applications
8 1 (0.58%) Product Ownership
8 1 (0.58%) Security Posture
8 1 (0.58%) Social Media
8 1 (0.58%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 1 (0.58%) Taxonomies
8 1 (0.58%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.31%) VMS
2 3 (1.73%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (24.28%) Project Management
2 33 (19.08%) Stakeholder Management
3 25 (14.45%) Problem-Solving
4 22 (12.72%) Service Delivery
5 21 (12.14%) PRINCE2
6 20 (11.56%) Budget Management
7 19 (10.98%) Migration
8 17 (9.83%) Business Case
8 17 (9.83%) Performance Management
9 16 (9.25%) Agile
10 15 (8.67%) Business Intelligence
11 14 (8.09%) Cybersecurity
11 14 (8.09%) Decision-Making
12 13 (7.51%) Project Delivery
13 12 (6.94%) Business Analysis
14 11 (6.36%) Change Management
14 11 (6.36%) Continuous Improvement
14 11 (6.36%) Customer Service
14 11 (6.36%) Data Protection
14 11 (6.36%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (7.51%) SQL
2 5 (2.89%) Python
3 3 (1.73%) PowerShell
4 2 (1.16%) PHP
5 1 (0.58%) C#
5 1 (0.58%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (0.58%) VBA
Qualifications
1 26 (15.03%) Degree
2 16 (9.25%) SC Cleared
2 16 (9.25%) Security Cleared
3 11 (6.36%) PMI Certification
3 11 (6.36%) PMP
4 3 (1.73%) DBS Check
4 3 (1.73%) NVQ Level 4
5 2 (1.16%) ACCA
5 2 (1.16%) APMG
5 2 (1.16%) CIMA
5 2 (1.16%) CIPFA
5 2 (1.16%) HNC
6 1 (0.58%) CCNA
6 1 (0.58%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.58%) CISSP
6 1 (0.58%) MCP
6 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.58%) Oracle Certification
6 1 (0.58%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (0.58%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.36%) Data Quality
2 7 (4.05%) GDPR
3 5 (2.89%) PMO
4 3 (1.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (1.73%) QA
5 2 (1.16%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.16%) COBIT
5 2 (1.16%) ISO 22301
5 2 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.58%) NIST
6 1 (0.58%) WCAG
System Software
1 4 (2.31%) Active Directory
1 4 (2.31%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (2.31%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.58%) Avamar
2 1 (0.58%) EMC NetWorker
2 1 (0.58%) Endace
2 1 (0.58%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 27 (15.61%) Microsoft
2 11 (6.36%) Adobe
3 5 (2.89%) Northgate
3 5 (2.89%) Oracle
4 4 (2.31%) CA
4 4 (2.31%) Liquidlogic
5 3 (1.73%) Aareon
5 3 (1.73%) NEC
6 1 (0.58%) Cisco
6 1 (0.58%) Civica
6 1 (0.58%) Dell
6 1 (0.58%) F5
6 1 (0.58%) Juniper
6 1 (0.58%) Remedy
6 1 (0.58%) SAP
6 1 (0.58%) Sparx
6 1 (0.58%) VMware