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 7 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 127 78 88
Rank change year-on-year -49 +10 +34
Contract jobs citing Local Government 9 9 16
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 0.48% 0.85% 0.91%
As % of the General category 0.81% 1.54% 1.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 4 11
10th Percentile £488 £248 £190
25th Percentile £544 £386 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £488 £450
Median % change year-on-year +38.46% +8.33% -2.17%
75th Percentile £713 £525 £493
90th Percentile - - £625
England median daily rate £500 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +5.26% +5.56% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - £11.80
25th Percentile - - £12.72
Median hourly rate £31.86 - £20.01
75th Percentile - - £27.60
90th Percentile - - £29.09
England median hourly rate £30.00 £28.41 £22.05
% change year-on-year +5.60% +28.84% -4.75%

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 1,105 584 985
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 58.40% 55.30% 55.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 755 325 620
10th Percentile £261 £250 £227
25th Percentile £381 £370 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £485 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.62% -1.40% -3.85%
75th Percentile £550 £575 £591
90th Percentile £648 £659 £688
England median daily rate £500 £535 £550
% change year-on-year -6.54% -2.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 20 24
10th Percentile £14.25 £14.23 £12.56
25th Percentile £15.25 £15.62 £13.22
Median hourly rate £21.30 £21.25 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +0.24% +21.43% -13.58%
75th Percentile £53.69 £39.44 £22.16
90th Percentile £74.28 £42.50 £43.15
England median hourly rate £23.58 £30.00 £33.00
% change year-on-year -21.42% -9.09% +28.11%

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
Daily Rate Histogram in Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Local Government in Yorkshire over the 6 months to 7 January 2026.

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 7 January 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 -12 6 £675 +35.00% 10
South Yorkshire -55 2 - - 4
North Yorkshire - 1 - - 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 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (33.33%) Azure
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (11.11%) Azure AKS
3 1 (11.11%) Azure Functions
3 1 (11.11%) Entra ID
3 1 (11.11%) Google Analytics
3 1 (11.11%) Google Data Studio
3 1 (11.11%) IaaS
3 1 (11.11%) PaaS
3 1 (11.11%) Power Platform
3 1 (11.11%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) Firewall
1 1 (11.11%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) Power BI
1 1 (11.11%) Power Query
1 1 (11.11%) QlikView
1 1 (11.11%) Tableau
General
1 7 (77.78%) Public Sector
2 2 (22.22%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Retail
3 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (11.11%) Legal
3 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (22.22%) Analyst
1 2 (22.22%) Architect
1 2 (22.22%) ERP Manager
1 2 (22.22%) Programme Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Data Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Digital Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Digital Performance Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Enterprise Architect
2 1 (11.11%) Implementation Manager
2 1 (11.11%) IT Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Performance Analyst
2 1 (11.11%) Systems Engineer
2 1 (11.11%) Systems Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) .NET
1 1 (11.11%) .NET Core
1 1 (11.11%) FHIR
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) NHS
2 1 (11.11%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (11.11%) Cloud Native
2 1 (11.11%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (22.22%) Data Collection
1 2 (22.22%) Digital Transformation Programme
1 2 (22.22%) ERP
1 2 (22.22%) Roadmaps
1 2 (22.22%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (11.11%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (11.11%) API Management
2 1 (11.11%) Architectural Patterns
2 1 (11.11%) CI/CD
2 1 (11.11%) Containerisation
2 1 (11.11%) Data Privacy
2 1 (11.11%) DevOps
2 1 (11.11%) Digital Strategy
2 1 (11.11%) Event-Driven
2 1 (11.11%) Mentoring
2 1 (11.11%) Microservices
2 1 (11.11%) Objectives and Key Results
2 1 (11.11%) Scenario Testing
2 1 (11.11%) Service Design
2 1 (11.11%) Technology Transformation
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) Bicep
1 1 (11.11%) C#
1 1 (11.11%) Python
1 1 (11.11%) R
1 1 (11.11%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) CCNA
1 1 (11.11%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (11.11%) SC Cleared
1 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) HL7
1 1 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (11.11%) PCI DSS
1 1 (11.11%) QA
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) Active Directory
2 1 (11.11%) Docker
2 1 (11.11%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (11.11%) Kubernetes
2 1 (11.11%) SCCM
2 1 (11.11%) Terraform
Vendors
1 4 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) Cisco
2 1 (11.11%) Google
2 1 (11.11%) Meraki
2 1 (11.11%) Palo Alto
2 1 (11.11%) Splunk
2 1 (11.11%) Veeam
2 1 (11.11%) VMware