Local Government Contracts 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 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 85 96 112
Rank change year-on-year +11 +16 +24
Contract jobs citing Local Government 22 9 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Yorkshire 1.75% 0.52% 0.28%
As % of the General category 2.75% 0.94% 0.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 2
10th Percentile £300 £435 £367
25th Percentile £303 £450 £383
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £388 £500 £418
Median % change year-on-year -22.50% +19.51% -7.03%
75th Percentile £541 £531 £458
90th Percentile £581 £535 £476
England median daily rate £450 £450 £450
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 0
Median hourly rate - £12.70 -
England median hourly rate £28.60 £25.00 £22.41
% change year-on-year +14.40% +11.56% +6.31%

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 799 959 1,321
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 63.41% 55.56% 61.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 482 536 881
10th Percentile £254 £213 £269
25th Percentile £375 £400 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.20% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £569 £575 £625
90th Percentile £638 £645 £700
England median daily rate £520 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -2.80% -2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 78 21
10th Percentile £12.96 £12.03 £12.00
25th Percentile £17.29 £12.15 £13.16
Median hourly rate £22.14 £14.63 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +51.38% -23.03% +1.60%
75th Percentile £23.63 £15.25 £21.31
90th Percentile £62.53 £40.00 £30.00
England median hourly rate £27.45 £32.90 £30.00
% change year-on-year -16.55% +9.65% +25.23%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

Daily rate trend for Local Government in Yorkshire

Local Government
Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Local Government in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 2 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Local Government in Yorkshire

Local Government
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Yorkshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Local Government in Yorkshire

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 2 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
South Yorkshire +4 11 - - 22
West Yorkshire +17 9 £325 -35.00% 53
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 15 (68.18%) SharePoint
2 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 12 (54.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (50.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (4.55%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 4 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (13.64%) Azure
2 3 (13.64%) Entra ID
2 3 (13.64%) IaaS
2 3 (13.64%) PaaS
3 1 (4.55%) Power Automate
3 1 (4.55%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 11 (50.00%) Intranet
2 3 (13.64%) Firewall
2 3 (13.64%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.55%) Power BI
1 1 (4.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 15 (68.18%) Social Skills
2 11 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 11 (50.00%) Public Speaking
3 5 (22.73%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 11 (50.00%) Communications Officer
2 5 (22.73%) Analyst
3 3 (13.64%) Business Analyst
3 3 (13.64%) Change Analyst
3 3 (13.64%) IT Engineer
3 3 (13.64%) Transformation Analyst
4 2 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (9.09%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Azure Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Azure Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (4.55%) Business Intelligence Analyst
5 1 (4.55%) Data Analyst
5 1 (4.55%) Data Migration Analyst
5 1 (4.55%) Developer
5 1 (4.55%) Implementation Specialist
5 1 (4.55%) Migration Analyst
5 1 (4.55%) Project Manager
5 1 (4.55%) Service Analyst
5 1 (4.55%) Service Transformation Analyst
5 1 (4.55%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.09%) Management Information System
1 2 (9.09%) NHS
2 1 (4.55%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (4.55%) Reference Data
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (50.00%) Business Continuity
1 11 (50.00%) Business Development
2 5 (22.73%) Project Management
3 4 (18.18%) Agile
3 4 (18.18%) Data Analysis
3 4 (18.18%) PRINCE2
4 3 (13.64%) Actionable Insight
4 3 (13.64%) Business Analysis
4 3 (13.64%) Customer Journey Map
4 3 (13.64%) Journey Map
4 3 (13.64%) Mentoring
5 2 (9.09%) Data Migration
5 2 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 2 (9.09%) Migration
6 1 (4.55%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (4.55%) Data Management
6 1 (4.55%) ETL
6 1 (4.55%) Risk Management
6 1 (4.55%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (4.55%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.09%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (50.00%) Degree
2 3 (13.64%) CBAP
2 3 (13.64%) CCNA
2 3 (13.64%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.64%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (4.55%) Data Quality
2 1 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (4.55%) QA
System Software
1 3 (13.64%) Active Directory
1 3 (13.64%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (13.64%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (13.64%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (22.73%) Microsoft
2 3 (13.64%) Cisco
2 3 (13.64%) Meraki
2 3 (13.64%) Palo Alto
2 3 (13.64%) Veeam
2 3 (13.64%) VMware