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 6 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 133 75 102
Rank change year-on-year -58 +27 +20
Contract jobs citing Local Government 5 8 12
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 0.25% 0.85% 0.65%
As % of the General category 0.43% 1.44% 1.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 7
10th Percentile £628 £465 £174
25th Percentile £631 £469 £201
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £500 £225
Median % change year-on-year +35.00% +122.22% -51.09%
75th Percentile £713 £525 £415
90th Percentile - - £480
England median daily rate £500 £464 £463
% change year-on-year +7.87% +0.22% +2.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - £11.79
25th Percentile - - £12.70
Median hourly rate £31.86 - £13.23
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £21.36
England median hourly rate £26.91 £28.80 £20.07
% change year-on-year -6.56% +43.50% -13.30%

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 general skills in Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,163 556 1,051
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 57.86% 58.90% 56.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 791 314 644
10th Percentile £284 £241 £202
25th Percentile £401 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £489
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -2.81% -6.46%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £575
90th Percentile £684 £650 £650
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 18 46
10th Percentile £14.25 £13.68 £11.24
25th Percentile £15.06 £15.88 £12.55
Median hourly rate £21.30 £20.57 £14.56
Median % change year-on-year +3.56% +41.24% -32.27%
75th Percentile £56.69 £32.80 £16.49
90th Percentile £65.53 £41.80 £22.36
England median hourly rate £22.81 £30.41 £25.71
% change year-on-year -24.98% +18.26% -2.98%

Local Government
Job Vacancy Trend in Yorkshire

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

Local Government job vacancy trend 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
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 6 February 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
West Yorkshire -24 3 £675 +35.00% 6
North Yorkshire - 1 - -
Local Government
England

Local Government
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Yorkshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (20.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (20.00%) IaaS
2 1 (20.00%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Firewall
1 1 (20.00%) Network Security
General
1 4 (80.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) ERP Manager
1 2 (40.00%) Programme Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Information Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Information Security Manager
2 1 (20.00%) IT Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Security Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Systems Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 2 (40.00%) ERP
1 2 (40.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (20.00%) Incident Management
2 1 (20.00%) Incident Response
2 1 (20.00%) Information Security
2 1 (20.00%) ITIL
2 1 (20.00%) Penetration Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Risk Register
2 1 (20.00%) Security Architecture
2 1 (20.00%) Service Management
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (20.00%) Strategic Planning
2 1 (20.00%) Strategic Roadmap
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (20.00%) Technology Roadmap
2 1 (20.00%) Technology Transformation
2 1 (20.00%) Vulnerability Assessment
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) CCNA
1 1 (20.00%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 2 (40.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (20.00%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (20.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco
2 1 (20.00%) Meraki
2 1 (20.00%) Palo Alto
2 1 (20.00%) Veeam
2 1 (20.00%) VMware