Local Government Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Local Government (Local Authority, Local Council)
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in remote or hybrid contract work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Local Government over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 205 237 323
Rank change year-on-year +32 +86 +44
Contract jobs citing Local Government 99 108 156
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.00% 0.70% 0.60%
As % of the General category 1.60% 1.20% 1.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 74 111
10th Percentile £300 £324 £263
25th Percentile £400 £392 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £465 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.15% +3.33% -
75th Percentile £529 £500 £500
90th Percentile £601 £588 £600
UK median daily rate £475 £475 £450
% change year-on-year - +5.56% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 14 3
10th Percentile £18.22 £23.89 £18.80
25th Percentile £20.45 £26.43 £18.88
Median hourly rate £25.00 £28.14 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.16% +44.31% -56.18%
75th Percentile £34.20 £49.22 £21.33
90th Percentile £57.50 £77.66 £21.98
UK median hourly rate £26.08 £26.02 £22.26
% change year-on-year +0.25% +16.87% -0.56%

All General Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 6,176 9,033 15,091
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 62.35% 58.87% 58.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 4,155 5,908 10,633
10th Percentile £325 £331 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +4.76%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £675
90th Percentile £800 £775 £775
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 182 477 347
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.03 £19.04
25th Percentile £18.50 £22.61 £29.31
Median hourly rate £32.05 £38.12 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.92% -23.76% +61.29%
75th Percentile £64.69 £53.00 £67.50
90th Percentile £85.93 £72.50 £80.25
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £30.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -8.33% -14.29% +59.31%

Local Government
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Local Government as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Local Government trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Local Government
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Local Government.

Local Government daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Local Government
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Local Government over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Local Government daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Local Government
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Local Government.

Local Government hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Local Government
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Local Government over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Local Government hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Local Government
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (3.03%) Drupal
1 3 (3.03%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.01%) ArcGIS
2 1 (1.01%) CMS
2 1 (1.01%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 3 (3.03%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (3.03%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (2.02%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.01%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (4.04%) SAP HR
1 4 (4.04%) SAP Payroll
2 3 (3.03%) NEC Housing
3 2 (2.02%) OPENHousing
3 2 (2.02%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (1.01%) Oracle iSupplier
4 1 (1.01%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (1.01%) Oracle Payroll
4 1 (1.01%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (1.01%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (1.01%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 10 (10.10%) Azure
2 8 (8.08%) Power Platform
3 4 (4.04%) SuccessFactors
4 3 (3.03%) Dynamics 365
4 3 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (3.03%) Smartsheet
5 2 (2.02%) Azure Data Factory
5 2 (2.02%) Azure Synapse Analytics
5 2 (2.02%) OCI
6 1 (1.01%) AWS
6 1 (1.01%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (1.01%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (1.01%) Figma
6 1 (1.01%) GCP
6 1 (1.01%) IaaS
6 1 (1.01%) PaaS
6 1 (1.01%) SaaS
6 1 (1.01%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.03%) Firewall
2 2 (2.02%) LAN
2 2 (2.02%) SD-WAN
2 2 (2.02%) VPN
2 2 (2.02%) WAN
2 2 (2.02%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (1.01%) Intranet
3 1 (1.01%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (1.01%) Network Security
3 1 (1.01%) PSTN
3 1 (1.01%) Remote Desktop
3 1 (1.01%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (7.07%) Power BI
2 3 (3.03%) Crystal Reports
3 1 (1.01%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (1.01%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.01%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.01%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.01%) GIS
3 1 (1.01%) InfluxDB
3 1 (1.01%) Metadata
3 1 (1.01%) MySQL
3 1 (1.01%) NoSQL
3 1 (1.01%) Snowflake Schema
3 1 (1.01%) Spatial Data
3 1 (1.01%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 4 (4.04%) JIRA
2 1 (1.01%) GCC
2 1 (1.01%) MSI
General
1 40 (40.40%) Public Sector
2 24 (24.24%) Social Skills
3 17 (17.17%) Finance
4 7 (7.07%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (7.07%) Law
5 4 (4.04%) Legal
5 4 (4.04%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (3.03%) General Ledger
7 2 (2.02%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.01%) Environmental Health
8 1 (1.01%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 19 (19.19%) Project Manager
2 11 (11.11%) Senior
3 9 (9.09%) Consultant
3 9 (9.09%) Developer
4 7 (7.07%) Analyst
5 6 (6.06%) Data Engineer
5 6 (6.06%) Payroll Consultant
6 5 (5.05%) Designer
6 5 (5.05%) Support Officer
7 4 (4.04%) Business Analyst
7 4 (4.04%) HR Consultant
7 4 (4.04%) SAP Consultant
7 4 (4.04%) SAP HR Consultant
7 4 (4.04%) SAP HR/Payroll Consultant
7 4 (4.04%) SAP Payroll Consultant
7 4 (4.04%) Senior Manager
8 3 (3.03%) Accountant
8 3 (3.03%) ICT Officer
8 3 (3.03%) IT Change Manager
8 3 (3.03%) Power BI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (5.05%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.01%) .NET
2 1 (1.01%) ASP.NET Web API
2 1 (1.01%) HTML
2 1 (1.01%) PySpark
2 1 (1.01%) Software Packaging
2 1 (1.01%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.04%) Housing Association
2 3 (3.03%) Mainframe
2 3 (3.03%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.02%) Data Centre
3 2 (2.02%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (2.02%) NHS
3 2 (2.02%) Virtual Team
4 1 (1.01%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.01%) EFT
4 1 (1.01%) e-Learning
4 1 (1.01%) Freedom of Information
4 1 (1.01%) N-Tier
4 1 (1.01%) Photography
4 1 (1.01%) Smart City
4 1 (1.01%) Solar Panel
Operating Systems
1 5 (5.05%) Windows
2 3 (3.03%) Mac OS
3 2 (2.02%) Android
3 2 (2.02%) Apple iOS
3 2 (2.02%) Windows 10
4 1 (1.01%) VMS
4 1 (1.01%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (20.20%) Project Management
2 16 (16.16%) Stakeholder Management
3 13 (13.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 10 (10.10%) Agile
5 9 (9.09%) Migration
6 8 (8.08%) Risk Management
7 7 (7.07%) Business Intelligence
7 7 (7.07%) Change Management
7 7 (7.07%) Decision-Making
8 6 (6.06%) Budget Management
8 6 (6.06%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (6.06%) Service Delivery
8 6 (6.06%) User Experience
9 5 (5.05%) Case Management
9 5 (5.05%) Customer Service
9 5 (5.05%) Data Modelling
9 5 (5.05%) ERP
9 5 (5.05%) Problem-Solving
9 5 (5.05%) Requirements Gathering
9 5 (5.05%) System Testing
Programming Languages
1 10 (10.10%) SQL
2 4 (4.04%) Python
3 2 (2.02%) T-SQL
4 1 (1.01%) C#
4 1 (1.01%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (1.01%) JavaScript
4 1 (1.01%) PHP
4 1 (1.01%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 6 (6.06%) Degree
2 3 (3.03%) DBS Check
2 3 (3.03%) MAPM
2 3 (3.03%) MRICS
2 3 (3.03%) SC Cleared
2 3 (3.03%) Security Cleared
3 2 (2.02%) CCNP
3 2 (2.02%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.01%) CEH
4 1 (1.01%) CISSP
4 1 (1.01%) CompTIA Security+
4 1 (1.01%) CTC Cleared
4 1 (1.01%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.01%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.05%) Data Quality
2 4 (4.04%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.02%) GDPR
3 2 (2.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.02%) QA
4 1 (1.01%) HIPAA
4 1 (1.01%) WCAG
System Software
1 3 (3.03%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.02%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (2.02%) vSphere
3 1 (1.01%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (5.05%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (4.04%) SCCM
Vendors
1 13 (13.13%) Microsoft
2 11 (11.11%) SAP
3 7 (7.07%) Oracle
4 6 (6.06%) Civica
5 4 (4.04%) NEC
6 3 (3.03%) Capita
7 2 (2.02%) Ariba
7 2 (2.02%) Cisco
7 2 (2.02%) Liquidlogic
7 2 (2.02%) Meraki
7 2 (2.02%) Northgate
7 2 (2.02%) Palo Alto
8 1 (1.01%) Databricks
8 1 (1.01%) ESRI
8 1 (1.01%) Globalscape
8 1 (1.01%) Google
8 1 (1.01%) Progress
8 1 (1.01%) Remedy
8 1 (1.01%) ServiceNow
8 1 (1.01%) UiPath