Local Government Contract Job Trends in Wales

Local Government (Local Authority, Local Council)
UK > Wales

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in contract job vacancies in Wales. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Local Government over the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 45 43 46
Rank change year-on-year -2 +3 +13
Contract jobs citing Local Government 3 2 3
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 0.70% 0.54% 0.74%
As % of the General category 1.26% 0.99% 1.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £290
25th Percentile - - £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £650
Median % change year-on-year - - +40.54%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £500 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% -

All General Skills
Wales

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 Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 238 202 193
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 55.22% 54.30% 47.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 139 100 129
10th Percentile £169 £160 £173
25th Percentile £240 £209 £217
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £390 £381 £375
Median % change year-on-year +2.30% +1.67% -18.48%
75th Percentile £488 £502 £550
90th Percentile £639 £625 £638
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 31 20
10th Percentile £13.31 £15.20 £13.26
25th Percentile £13.33 £20.12 £21.34
Median hourly rate £20.50 £22.00 £33.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.82% -33.33% +64.02%
75th Percentile £23.71 £27.00 £54.13
90th Percentile £45.65 £41.25 £55.38
UK median hourly rate £23.00 £27.13 £30.00
% change year-on-year -15.21% -9.58% +20.00%

Local Government
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Local Government job vacancy trend in Wales

Local Government
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

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

Local Government
Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

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

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

Local Government
Contract Job Locations in Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 13 January 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
South Wales 0 1 - - 6
Local Government
UK

Local Government
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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:

Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Selenium
1 1 (33.33%) SpecFlow
General
1 2 (66.67%) Welsh Language
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Lead
2 1 (33.33%) Lead Test Engineer
2 1 (33.33%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) CSS
1 1 (33.33%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Data Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Coaching
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Open Source
2 1 (33.33%) Operations Management
2 1 (33.33%) Product Management
2 1 (33.33%) Product Requirements
2 1 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Test Scripting
2 1 (33.33%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) C#
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) DBS Check
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft