Local Government Contracts in West Yorkshire

Local Government (Local Authority, Local Council)
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in contract job vacancies in West Yorkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Local Government over the 6 months leading up to 21 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 67 82
Rank change year-on-year +10 +15 +30
Contract jobs citing Local Government 11 4 8
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 1.58% 0.44% 0.56%
As % of the General category 2.68% 0.84% 0.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 4
10th Percentile - - £388
25th Percentile £300 £475 £436
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year -35.00% -6.98% +19.44%
75th Percentile £475 £525 £625
90th Percentile £550 - -
Yorkshire median daily rate £388 £500 £538
% change year-on-year -22.50% -6.98% +13.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £30.03
Median hourly rate - - £30.05
75th Percentile - - £30.08
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median hourly rate - - £30.05
% change year-on-year - - +31.04%

All General Skills
West Yorkshire

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 common skills in West Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 410 477 867
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 58.82% 52.25% 61.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 252 270 582
10th Percentile £240 £300 £339
25th Percentile £375 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £476 £498 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.27% -9.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £638
90th Percentile £652 £625 £713
Yorkshire median daily rate £470 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -6.10% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 40 16
10th Percentile - - £12.00
25th Percentile - £12.15 £13.16
Median hourly rate £22.14 £14.63 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year +51.38% -20.95% -1.07%
75th Percentile £30.10 £15.25 £21.31
90th Percentile £81.25 £34.38 £26.13
Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.14 £14.63 £19.19
% change year-on-year +51.38% -23.80% +2.63%

Local Government
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

Job postings citing Local Government as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Local Government in West Yorkshire

Local Government
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Local Government in West Yorkshire.

Daily rate trend for Local Government in West Yorkshire

Local Government
Daily Rate Histogram in West Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Local Government in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 21 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Local Government in West Yorkshire

Local Government
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Local Government in West Yorkshire.

Hourly rate trend for Local Government in West Yorkshire

Local Government
Contract Job Locations in West Yorkshire

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 West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 21 July 2025. 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
Leeds +7 6 - - 8
Bradford - 3 £300 - 1
Halifax - 1 £600 -
Local Government
Yorkshire

Local Government
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (27.27%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (27.27%) Azure
1 3 (27.27%) Entra ID
1 3 (27.27%) IaaS
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (27.27%) PaaS
2 1 (9.09%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 3 (27.27%) Firewall
1 3 (27.27%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 4 (36.36%) Public Sector
1 4 (36.36%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Analyst
2 3 (27.27%) Business Analyst
2 3 (27.27%) Change Analyst
2 3 (27.27%) IT Engineer
2 3 (27.27%) Transformation Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (18.18%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Azure Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Data Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Data Migration Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Developer
4 1 (9.09%) Implementation Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Implementation Specialist
4 1 (9.09%) Migration Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Power Platform Developer
4 1 (9.09%) Service Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Service Transformation Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Systems Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Management Information System
2 1 (9.09%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (9.09%) NHS
2 1 (9.09%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) PRINCE2
1 6 (54.55%) Project Management
2 4 (36.36%) Agile
2 4 (36.36%) Data Migration
2 4 (36.36%) Migration
3 3 (27.27%) Actionable Insight
3 3 (27.27%) Business Analysis
3 3 (27.27%) Customer Journey Map
3 3 (27.27%) Data Analysis
3 3 (27.27%) Data Management
3 3 (27.27%) ETL
3 3 (27.27%) Journey Map
3 3 (27.27%) Mentoring
3 3 (27.27%) Scenario Testing
3 3 (27.27%) Software Testing
3 3 (27.27%) Test Scripting
3 3 (27.27%) Test Strategy
3 3 (27.27%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (18.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 1 (9.09%) Target Operating Model
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) CBAP
1 3 (27.27%) CCNA
1 3 (27.27%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (27.27%) Actionable Recommendations
1 3 (27.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (27.27%) QA
2 1 (9.09%) Data Quality
System Software
1 3 (27.27%) Active Directory
1 3 (27.27%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (27.27%) SCCM
Vendors
1 6 (54.55%) Microsoft
2 3 (27.27%) Cisco
2 3 (27.27%) Meraki
2 3 (27.27%) Palo Alto
2 3 (27.27%) Veeam
2 3 (27.27%) VMware