Local Government Contract Job Trends in Yorkshire

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

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in contract job vacancies in Yorkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Local Government over the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 106 95 101
Rank change year-on-year -11 +6 +42
Contract jobs citing Local Government 11 8 16
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Yorkshire 0.72% 0.54% 0.77%
As % of the General category 1.14% 1.00% 1.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 10
10th Percentile £304 £192 £206
25th Percentile £309 £245 £328
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £344 £450
Median % change year-on-year +12.73% -23.61% -14.29%
75th Percentile £488 £445 £495
90th Percentile £555 £501 £625
England median daily rate £465 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +3.37% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £27.10
25th Percentile - - £27.59
Median hourly rate - - £28.42
75th Percentile - - £29.25
90th Percentile - - £29.75
England median hourly rate £31.13 £27.26 £22.98
% change year-on-year +14.18% +18.65% +9.40%

All General Skills
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 Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 966 801 1,267
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 63.01% 53.69% 60.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 624 442 806
10th Percentile £223 £307 £281
25th Percentile £363 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £471 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.74% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £619
90th Percentile £636 £675 £700
England median daily rate £500 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.98% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 41 29
10th Percentile £14.31 £12.15 £12.00
25th Percentile £17.40 £14.06 £14.50
Median hourly rate £21.30 £19.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +12.11% - +1.60%
75th Percentile £25.81 £38.75 £22.25
90th Percentile £81.25 £42.50 £30.46
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.68 £27.50
% change year-on-year -34.97% +40.64% +10.93%

Local Government
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Local Government in Yorkshire

Local Government
Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

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

Local Government
Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Local Government in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 16 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Local Government in Yorkshire

Local Government
Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

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

Local Government
Contract Job Locations in 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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 16 September 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
West Yorkshire -6 8 £388 - 8
South Yorkshire -16 3 - - 1
Local Government
England

Local Government
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 1 (9.09%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (9.09%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 2 (18.18%) Power Platform
2 1 (9.09%) Azure
2 1 (9.09%) Azure AKS
2 1 (9.09%) Azure Functions
2 1 (9.09%) Google Analytics
2 1 (9.09%) Google Data Studio
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (9.09%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) Power BI
2 1 (9.09%) Power Query
2 1 (9.09%) QlikView
2 1 (9.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (9.09%) Tableau
General
1 8 (72.73%) Public Sector
2 3 (27.27%) Social Skills
3 2 (18.18%) Retail
4 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (9.09%) Legal
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) Business Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) Change Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) Data Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) Transformation Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Architect
3 1 (9.09%) Business Intelligence Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Data Migration Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Digital Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Digital Performance Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Implementation Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Implementation Specialist
3 1 (9.09%) Lead
3 1 (9.09%) Migration Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Performance Analyst
3 1 (9.09%) Systems Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) .NET
1 1 (9.09%) .NET Core
1 1 (9.09%) FHIR
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) Management Information System
2 3 (27.27%) NHS
3 1 (9.09%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (9.09%) Cloud Native
3 1 (9.09%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (9.09%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) PRINCE2
1 5 (45.45%) Project Management
2 4 (36.36%) Data Analysis
2 4 (36.36%) Data Migration
2 4 (36.36%) Migration
3 3 (27.27%) Actionable Insight
3 3 (27.27%) Data Collection
3 3 (27.27%) Data Management
3 3 (27.27%) ETL
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%) Agile
4 2 (18.18%) Analytics
4 2 (18.18%) Business Analysis
4 2 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (18.18%) Customer Journey Map
4 2 (18.18%) Journey Map
Programming Languages
1 3 (27.27%) SQL
2 1 (9.09%) Bicep
2 1 (9.09%) C#
2 1 (9.09%) Python
2 1 (9.09%) R
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) CBAP
2 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (27.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (27.27%) QA
2 2 (18.18%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (9.09%) Data Quality
3 1 (9.09%) HL7
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Kubernetes
1 1 (9.09%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) Google
2 1 (9.09%) Splunk