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 9 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 130 113 96
Rank change year-on-year -17 -17 +9
Contract jobs citing Local Government 29 12 8
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 1.02% 0.72% 0.54%
As % of the General category 1.83% 1.17% 1.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 4 2
10th Percentile £256 £304 £192
25th Percentile £272 £309 £245
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £388 £344
Median % change year-on-year +41.94% +12.73% -15.31%
75th Percentile £600 £488 £445
90th Percentile - £555 £501
England median daily rate £525 £475 £450
% change year-on-year +10.53% +5.56% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £16.62 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £19.69 - -
England median hourly rate £20.62 £31.13 £31.12
% change year-on-year -33.77% +0.02% +41.45%

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 1,585 1,023 788
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 55.63% 61.44% 53.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 995 676 428
10th Percentile £324 £235 £300
25th Percentile £412 £375 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £477 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.88% -4.65% -4.76%
75th Percentile £576 £550 £585
90th Percentile £675 £638 £668
England median daily rate £525 £500 £527
% change year-on-year +5.00% -5.03% -4.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 113 31 30
10th Percentile £13.45 £15.00 £14.04
25th Percentile £16.62 £17.48 £15.88
Median hourly rate £22.81 £22.14 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +3.03% -11.44% +28.58%
75th Percentile £35.00 £40.02 £40.00
90th Percentile £38.32 £81.25 £44.63
England median hourly rate £29.00 £25.08 £35.00
% change year-on-year +15.65% -28.36% +16.67%

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 9 October 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 9 October 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 -4 22 £550 +41.94% 33
South Yorkshire -17 7 £513 - 11
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:

Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (10.34%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.45%) OCI
1 1 (3.45%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.45%) Power BI
1 1 (3.45%) Power Query
General
1 8 (27.59%) Public Sector
2 3 (10.34%) Finance
3 2 (6.90%) Banking
3 2 (6.90%) General Ledger
3 2 (6.90%) Law
4 1 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.45%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (3.45%) Marketing
4 1 (3.45%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (31.03%) Information Officer
1 9 (31.03%) Senior
2 8 (27.59%) Information Governance Officer
3 4 (13.79%) Data Migration Specialist
3 4 (13.79%) Migration Specialist
4 3 (10.34%) Applications Specialist
4 3 (10.34%) Applications Support
4 3 (10.34%) Applications Support Specialist
4 3 (10.34%) Procurement Officer
4 3 (10.34%) Support Officer
4 3 (10.34%) Support Specialist
4 3 (10.34%) Transformation Manager
5 2 (6.90%) SAP Manager
5 2 (6.90%) Service Manager
6 1 (3.45%) Administrator
6 1 (3.45%) Analyst
6 1 (3.45%) Business Analyst
6 1 (3.45%) Data Administrator
6 1 (3.45%) Digital Project Manager
6 1 (3.45%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.90%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.34%) SystemC
2 2 (6.90%) NHS
3 1 (3.45%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (27.59%) Data Protection
1 8 (27.59%) Information Governance
1 8 (27.59%) Information Security
2 4 (13.79%) Data Migration
2 4 (13.79%) Migration
2 4 (13.79%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (13.79%) Process Improvement
2 4 (13.79%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (10.34%) Contract Management
3 3 (10.34%) Contract Negotiation
3 3 (10.34%) Customer Service
3 3 (10.34%) ERP
3 3 (10.34%) ITIL
3 3 (10.34%) ITSM
3 3 (10.34%) Line Management
3 3 (10.34%) Service Delivery
3 3 (10.34%) Service Management
4 2 (6.90%) Release Management
4 2 (6.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 2 (6.90%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.90%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 3 (10.34%) Degree
2 2 (6.90%) AAT
2 2 (6.90%) CIPFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.90%) GDPR
1 2 (6.90%) IFRS
2 1 (3.45%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.45%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (10.34%) Liquidlogic
2 2 (6.90%) SAP
3 1 (3.45%) Civica
3 1 (3.45%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.45%) Northgate
3 1 (3.45%) Oracle