Local Government Contracts

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Local Government over the 3 months to 28 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

Note that daily and hourly rates are treated separately in these statistics. When calculating contractor rate percentiles, daily rates are never derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Local Government UK
Location	3 months to 28 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	454	512	440
Rank change year-on-year	+58	-72
Contract jobs citing Local Government	157	139	206
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK	0.33%	0.26%	0.37%
As % of the General category	0.85%	0.70%	0.94%
Number of daily rates quoted	106	100	119
Median daily rate	£431	£338	£341
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+27.77%	-1.02%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£225	£188	£200
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£631	£500	£480
UK excluding London median daily rate	£450	£303	£361
% change year-on-year	+48.76%	-16.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted	4	12	33
Median hourly rate	£19.72	£22.35	£19.00
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	-11.78%	+17.63%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£16.15	£14.50	£13.12
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£24.20	£42.00	£46.63
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£18.26	£22.35	£19.97
% change year-on-year	-18.29%	+11.93%

Local Government is in the common skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for common skills.

General Skills UK
Contract job vacancies with a requirement for common skills	18524	19823	21851
As % of all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK	39.32%	36.81%	39.62%
Number of daily rates quoted	19844	20201	22035
Median daily rate	£475	£450	£425
Median daily rate % change year-on-year	+5.55%	+5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than	£294	£269	£271
10% offered a daily rate of more than	£650	£650	£638
UK excluding London median daily rate	£413	£400	£398
% change year-on-year	+3.12%	+0.62%
Number of hourly rates quoted	578	679	714
Median hourly rate	£27.16	£22.50	£22.50
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year	+20.71%	-
90% offered a hourly rate of more than	£12.75	£10.50	£10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than	£51.56	£48.75	£49.19
UK excluding London median hourly rate	£30.00	£25.00	£22.50
% change year-on-year	+20.00%	+11.11%

Local Government
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Local Government as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Local Government in the UK

Local Government
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract jobs citing Local Government.

Contractor daily rate trend for Local Government in the UK

Local Government
Contractor Daily Rate Histogram

The daily rate distribution of IT jobs citing Local Government over the 3 months to 28 June 2017.

Contractor daily rate histogram for Local Government in the UK

Local Government
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for contractor hourly rates quoted in IT jobs citing Local Government.

Contractor hourly rate trend for Local Government in the UK

Local Government
Top 10 Contract Locations

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 over the 3 months to 28 June 2017. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Median Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
England	+42	140	£404	+19.62%	29
UK excluding London	+71	124	£450	+48.76%	24
London	-4	32	£385	+10.00%	7
East of England	+7	30	£500	+127.27%	1
North of England	+65	29	£300	-0.82%	7
South East	+18	18	£495	+32.00%	7
Midlands	+23	17	£450	+28.57%	6
Scotland	+47	15	£650	-	1
South West	+9	14	£400	+10.34%	2
Wales	-1	1	£450	+400.00%

Local Government
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills

For the 6 months to 28 June 2017, IT contractor jobs citing Local Government also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all contract ads with a requirement for Local Government.

1	63 (22.34%)	Microsoft
2	58 (20.57%)	Finance
3	52 (18.44%)	Agile Software Development
4	43 (15.25%)	Project Management
5	41 (14.54%)	Windows
6	38 (13.48%)	Migration
7	32 (11.35%)	SQL
8	30 (10.64%)	SQL Server
8	30 (10.64%)	ERP
9	29 (10.28%)	ITIL
10	28 (9.93%)	PRINCE2
10	28 (9.93%)	Active Directory
11	27 (9.57%)	Business Intelligence
12	26 (9.22%)	CRM
13	23 (8.16%)	Oracle

13	23 (8.16%)	Security Cleared
14	22 (7.80%)	Cisco
14	22 (7.80%)	Unit4 Business World
14	22 (7.80%)	Microsoft Azure
14	22 (7.80%)	Office 365
15	21 (7.45%)	SDLC
16	20 (7.09%)	Dynamics 365
16	20 (7.09%)	Citrix
17	19 (6.74%)	Workflow
18	18 (6.38%)	User Acceptance Testing
18	18 (6.38%)	Business Analysis
19	17 (6.03%)	Dynamics CRM
19	17 (6.03%)	Data Migration
19	17 (6.03%)	SC Cleared
19	17 (6.03%)	Stakeholder Management

Local Government
Co-occurring IT Skills by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	16 (5.67%)	SharePoint
2	12 (4.26%)	Skype for Business
3	11 (3.90%)	MS Exchange
4	7 (2.48%)	IIS
5	6 (2.13%)	CMS
5	6 (2.13%)	SharePoint 2013
6	5 (1.77%)	Exchange Server 2003
6	5 (1.77%)	Exchange Server 2007
7	4 (1.42%)	Exchange Server 2013
8	3 (1.06%)	Blackberry Enterprise Server
9	2 (0.71%)	Alfresco
9	2 (0.71%)	BizTalk Server
9	2 (0.71%)	Confluence
9	2 (0.71%)	Drupal
9	2 (0.71%)	Exchange Server 2010
9	2 (0.71%)	WebLogic
10	1 (0.35%)	Apache
10	1 (0.35%)	Exchange Server 2000
10	1 (0.35%)	WordPress

Applications
1	9 (3.19%)	Microsoft Excel
2	6 (2.13%)	Microsoft Office
3	4 (1.42%)	Microsoft Project
3	4 (1.42%)	MS Visio
4	3 (1.06%)	Microsoft PowerPoint
5	2 (0.71%)	Spreadsheet

Business Applications
1	22 (7.80%)	Unit4 Business World
2	17 (6.03%)	Dynamics CRM
3	10 (3.55%)	Oracle EBS
3	10 (3.55%)	Payment Gateway
4	9 (3.19%)	Dynamics AX
5	5 (1.77%)	Oracle EBS R12
6	4 (1.42%)	Dynamics NAV
7	3 (1.06%)	HFM
8	2 (0.71%)	SAP Oil and Gas
9	1 (0.35%)	Northgate Housing
9	1 (0.35%)	Oracle ERP
9	1 (0.35%)	Servitor

Cloud Services
1	22 (7.80%)	Microsoft Azure
1	22 (7.80%)	Office 365
2	20 (7.09%)	Dynamics 365
3	10 (3.55%)	IaaS
3	10 (3.55%)	PaaS
4	3 (1.06%)	OneDrive
5	1 (0.35%)	GitHub
5	1 (0.35%)	MailChimp
5	1 (0.35%)	Sage Pay

Communications & Networking
1	16 (5.67%)	Firewall
2	13 (4.61%)	SAN
3	11 (3.90%)	LAN
4	10 (3.55%)	WAN
5	8 (2.84%)	Skype
6	7 (2.48%)	TCP/IP
7	6 (2.13%)	Cisco ASA
8	5 (1.77%)	Reverse Proxy
9	4 (1.42%)	LDAP
9	4 (1.42%)	VLAN
9	4 (1.42%)	VPN
9	4 (1.42%)	Wireless
10	3 (1.06%)	DHCP
10	3 (1.06%)	DMZ
10	3 (1.06%)	DNS
10	3 (1.06%)	Internet
10	3 (1.06%)	Intranet
10	3 (1.06%)	VoIP
10	3 (1.06%)	Wi-Fi
11	2 (0.71%)	Network Security

Database & Business Intelligence
1	30 (10.64%)	SQL Server
2	11 (3.90%)	Oracle Database
3	10 (3.55%)	Data Warehouse
4	9 (3.19%)	Oracle Database 11g
4	9 (3.19%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
5	8 (2.84%)	SQL Server 2008
6	6 (2.13%)	SQL Server Integration Services
7	5 (1.77%)	Oracle BI EE
7	5 (1.77%)	SQL Server 2012
7	5 (1.77%)	SQL Server 2016
8	4 (1.42%)	QlikView
8	4 (1.42%)	SQL Server 2005
8	4 (1.42%)	SQL Server Analysis Services
9	3 (1.06%)	Endeca
9	3 (1.06%)	Essbase
9	3 (1.06%)	Oracle BI Publisher
9	3 (1.06%)	Oracle Exadata
9	3 (1.06%)	Oracle ODI
9	3 (1.06%)	Relational Database
9	3 (1.06%)	Star Schema

Development Applications
1	5 (1.77%)	JIRA
2	4 (1.42%)	Git (software)
3	3 (1.06%)	Visual Studio
4	2 (0.71%)	Oracle APEX
4	2 (0.71%)	Selenium
4	2 (0.71%)	Spock
4	2 (0.71%)	SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4	2 (0.71%)	Team Foundation Server
5	1 (0.35%)	AdminStudio
5	1 (0.35%)	Bitbucket
5	1 (0.35%)	Cucumber
5	1 (0.35%)	MSI
5	1 (0.35%)	TestPartner

General
1	58 (20.57%)	Finance
2	8 (2.84%)	Back Office
3	7 (2.48%)	Legal
4	4 (1.42%)	General Ledger
4	4 (1.42%)	Law
4	4 (1.42%)	Telecoms
5	3 (1.06%)	Manufacturing
5	3 (1.06%)	Marketing
6	2 (0.71%)	Electronics
6	2 (0.71%)	Pharmaceutical
6	2 (0.71%)	Retail
7	1 (0.35%)	Advertising
7	1 (0.35%)	Banking
7	1 (0.35%)	French Language
7	1 (0.35%)	Multimedia
7	1 (0.35%)	Spanish Language

Job Titles
1	38 (13.48%)	Consultant
2	37 (13.12%)	Analyst
2	37 (13.12%)	Project Manager
3	26 (9.22%)	Developer
4	23 (8.16%)	Programme Manager
5	22 (7.80%)	Architect
6	18 (6.38%)	Senior Manager
7	14 (4.96%)	Business Analyst
8	12 (4.26%)	DBA
8	12 (4.26%)	Implementation Consultant
9	11 (3.90%)	Business Consultant
9	11 (3.90%)	Senior Project Manager
9	11 (3.90%)	Technical Manager
10	10 (3.55%)	IT Manager
11	9 (3.19%)	ICT Manager
12	8 (2.84%)	Administrator
12	8 (2.84%)	ICT Project Manager
12	8 (2.84%)	Procurement Consultant
12	8 (2.84%)	Technical Architect
12	8 (2.84%)	Technical Programme Manager

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	16 (5.67%)	HTML
2	11 (3.90%)	CSS
2	11 (3.90%)	XML
3	9 (3.19%)	.NET
4	7 (2.48%)	Web Services
5	5 (1.77%)	Ajax
5	5 (1.77%)	HTML5
6	4 (1.42%)	AngularJS
6	4 (1.42%)	Middleware
7	3 (1.06%)	ASP.NET
7	3 (1.06%)	ASP.NET Web Forms
7	3 (1.06%)	JSON
7	3 (1.06%)	Oracle GoldenGate
7	3 (1.06%)	XSL
8	2 (0.71%)	ActiveMQ
8	2 (0.71%)	ASP.NET Web API
8	2 (0.71%)	jQuery
8	2 (0.71%)	KnockoutJS
8	2 (0.71%)	MDX
8	2 (0.71%)	RSS

Miscellaneous
1	15 (5.32%)	Data Centre
2	13 (4.61%)	Management Information System
3	10 (3.55%)	Analytical Skills
3	10 (3.55%)	Data Protection Act
4	9 (3.19%)	Clustering
5	8 (2.84%)	PKI
6	5 (1.77%)	Freedom of Information
7	4 (1.42%)	Blackberry
7	4 (1.42%)	CESG
7	4 (1.42%)	Computer Science
7	4 (1.42%)	NHS
7	4 (1.42%)	Virtual Team
8	3 (1.06%)	IVR
8	3 (1.06%)	Oracle Exalytics
9	2 (0.71%)	Data Structures
9	2 (0.71%)	Fat Client
9	2 (0.71%)	Handset
9	2 (0.71%)	iPad
9	2 (0.71%)	LLPG
9	2 (0.71%)	PMI

Operating Systems
1	41 (14.54%)	Windows
2	17 (6.03%)	Windows Server
3	15 (5.32%)	Windows Server 2003
4	14 (4.96%)	Windows 7
4	14 (4.96%)	Windows Server 2008
5	12 (4.26%)	Windows 10
6	8 (2.84%)	AIX
6	8 (2.84%)	Unix
7	7 (2.48%)	Windows Server 2012
8	6 (2.13%)	Linux
9	5 (1.77%)	Solaris
10	4 (1.42%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11	3 (1.06%)	Windows 8
12	2 (0.71%)	Windows 2000 Server
12	2 (0.71%)	Windows Vista
12	2 (0.71%)	Windows XP
13	1 (0.35%)	Android
13	1 (0.35%)	Apple iOS
13	1 (0.35%)	Ubuntu
13	1 (0.35%)	Windows 2000

Processes & Methodologies
1	52 (18.44%)	Agile Software Development
2	43 (15.25%)	Project Management
3	38 (13.48%)	Migration
4	30 (10.64%)	ERP
5	29 (10.28%)	ITIL
6	28 (9.93%)	PRINCE2
7	27 (9.57%)	Business Intelligence
8	26 (9.22%)	CRM
9	21 (7.45%)	SDLC
10	19 (6.74%)	Workflow
11	18 (6.38%)	Business Analysis
11	18 (6.38%)	User Acceptance Testing
12	17 (6.03%)	Change Management
12	17 (6.03%)	Data Migration
12	17 (6.03%)	Stakeholder Management
13	16 (5.67%)	Data Protection
14	14 (4.96%)	Service Delivery
15	13 (4.61%)	Digital Transformation Programme
15	13 (4.61%)	Integration Testing
15	13 (4.61%)	Scrum

Programming Languages
1	32 (11.35%)	SQL
2	17 (6.03%)	JavaScript
3	12 (4.26%)	PowerShell
4	6 (2.13%)	T-SQL
5	5 (1.77%)	C#
6	4 (1.42%)	PHP
7	3 (1.06%)	C
8	2 (0.71%)	Groovy
8	2 (0.71%)	Java
8	2 (0.71%)	VBScript
9	1 (0.35%)	Data Analysis Expressions (DAX)
9	1 (0.35%)	PHP 5

Qualifications
1	23 (8.16%)	Security Cleared
2	17 (6.03%)	SC Cleared
3	10 (3.55%)	Cisco Certification
3	10 (3.55%)	PRINCE2 Certification
4	9 (3.19%)	CCNP
4	9 (3.19%)	ISEB
5	8 (2.84%)	Degree
6	6 (2.13%)	CISSP
7	5 (1.77%)	Microsoft Certification
8	4 (1.42%)	CCDP
8	4 (1.42%)	CCIE
8	4 (1.42%)	CCNA
8	4 (1.42%)	DV Cleared
8	4 (1.42%)	ISTQB
8	4 (1.42%)	PMP
9	3 (1.06%)	CCSE
9	3 (1.06%)	MCP
9	3 (1.06%)	MCSE
9	3 (1.06%)	PRINCE2 Practitioner
10	2 (0.71%)	CISM

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	13 (4.61%)	PMO
2	8 (2.84%)	GDPR
3	7 (2.48%)	ISO/IEC 27001
4	6 (2.13%)	SLA
5	5 (1.77%)	PCI DSS
6	3 (1.06%)	GPG13
6	3 (1.06%)	HMG Security Policy Framework
6	3 (1.06%)	QA
7	2 (0.71%)	ISO 14001
7	2 (0.71%)	ISO 9001
7	2 (0.71%)	ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
8	1 (0.35%)	Cyber Essentials
8	1 (0.35%)	Cyber Essentials PLUS
8	1 (0.35%)	Data Quality
8	1 (0.35%)	WCAG

System Software
1	28 (9.93%)	Active Directory
2	10 (3.55%)	VMware Infrastructure
3	7 (2.48%)	vSphere
3	7 (2.48%)	XenApp
4	6 (2.13%)	Citrix Presentation Server
5	4 (1.42%)	Virtual Servers
6	3 (1.06%)	NFS
7	2 (0.71%)	Microsoft App-V
7	2 (0.71%)	Oracle RAC
7	2 (0.71%)	Veritas Cluster Server
7	2 (0.71%)	Virtual Machines
8	1 (0.35%)	Hyper-V
8	1 (0.35%)	Microsoft Virtual Server
8	1 (0.35%)	Terminal Services
8	1 (0.35%)	VMware ESXi
8	1 (0.35%)	XenDesktop

Systems Management
1	13 (4.61%)	SCCM
2	11 (3.90%)	Opscode Chef
3	10 (3.55%)	SCOM
4	7 (2.48%)	Oracle Enterprise Manager
4	7 (2.48%)	Tivoli Storage Manager
5	4 (1.42%)	Oracle RMAN
6	3 (1.06%)	Failover Clustering
6	3 (1.06%)	Oracle ZFS
6	3 (1.06%)	SmoothWall
6	3 (1.06%)	Symantec Enterprise Vault
6	3 (1.06%)	Tivoli
7	2 (0.71%)	Ansible
7	2 (0.71%)	Consul
7	2 (0.71%)	Data Guard
7	2 (0.71%)	EMC NetWorker
7	2 (0.71%)	Enterprise Manager Cloud Control
7	2 (0.71%)	Microsoft Clustering
7	2 (0.71%)	NetBackup
7	2 (0.71%)	Perfmon
7	2 (0.71%)	SELinux

Vendors
1	63 (22.34%)	Microsoft
2	23 (8.16%)	Oracle
3	22 (7.80%)	Cisco
4	20 (7.09%)	Citrix
5	14 (4.96%)	VMware
6	10 (3.55%)	Juniper
7	7 (2.48%)	LANDesk
8	6 (2.13%)	McAfee
8	6 (2.13%)	Symantec
9	5 (1.77%)	CheckPoint
9	5 (1.77%)	NetApp
9	5 (1.77%)	Palo Alto
10	4 (1.42%)	EMC
10	4 (1.42%)	IBM
10	4 (1.42%)	Red Hat
10	4 (1.42%)	Sophos
11	3 (1.06%)	Hyperion
11	3 (1.06%)	Informatica
11	3 (1.06%)	Mitel
11	3 (1.06%)	SAP