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 6 months to 26 October 2020 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 is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for common skills.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills
13,395
32,578
41,792
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK
41.64%
38.64%
40.38%
Number of daily rates quoted
8,602
20,859
27,103
Median daily rate
£500
£480
£475
Median daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.17%
+1.05%
+5.56%
10th Percentile
£288
£290
£291
90th Percentile
£700
£675
£675
UK excluding London median daily rate
£430
£438
£425
% change year-on-year
-1.71%
+2.94%
+6.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted
485
974
1,160
Median hourly rate
£29.00
£21.87
£21.15
Median hourly rate % change year-on-year
+32.60%
+3.43%
-5.37%
10th Percentile
£12.76
£12.44
£11.85
90th Percentile
£50.76
£50.00
£48.75
Median hourly rate
£22.75
£21.05
£20.08
% change year-on-year
+8.10%
+4.83%
-10.78%
Local Government Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing Local Government as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Local Government Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Local Government.
Local Government Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Local Government over the 6 months to 26 October 2020.
Local Government Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Local Government.
Local Government Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Local Government over the 6 months to 26 October 2020.
Local Government Top 15 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 6 months to 26 October 2020. 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
For the 6 months to 26 October 2020, IT contractor jobs citing Local Government also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads with a requirement for Local Government.
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:
