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 10 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 128 86 96
Rank change year-on-year -42 +10 +3
Contract jobs citing Local Government 27 28 6
As % of all contract jobs in Yorkshire 0.94% 1.84% 0.40%
As % of the General category 1.76% 2.90% 0.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 7 4
10th Percentile £256 £300 £237
25th Percentile £288 £306 £358
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +13.89% -5.26% -
75th Percentile £550 £519 £528
90th Percentile £605 £578 £534
England median daily rate £525 £463 £475
% change year-on-year +13.51% -2.63% +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 £20.70 £28.32 £26.73
% change year-on-year -26.92% +5.95% +14.43%

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 1,532 967 808
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Yorkshire 53.51% 63.58% 53.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 957 597 452
10th Percentile £313 £248 £313
25th Percentile £406 £365 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £469 £500
Median % change year-on-year +6.61% -6.20% -6.98%
75th Percentile £575 £552 £585
90th Percentile £671 £631 £665
England median daily rate £525 £513 £538
% change year-on-year +2.44% -4.65% -2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 41 57
10th Percentile £16.01 £15.00 £12.15
25th Percentile £17.12 £17.48 £13.50
Median hourly rate £24.89 £22.14 £14.63
Median % change year-on-year +12.40% +51.38% -23.80%
75th Percentile £36.61 £25.11 £25.83
90th Percentile £43.96 £81.25 £41.00
England median hourly rate £32.50 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +29.22% -34.02% +36.24%

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 10 August 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 10 August 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 -19 20 £513 +32.26% 13
South Yorkshire -33 7 £513 - 4
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 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.70%) OCI
1 1 (3.70%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.70%) Power BI
1 1 (3.70%) Power Query
1 1 (3.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 7 (25.93%) Public Sector
2 3 (11.11%) Finance
3 2 (7.41%) Banking
3 2 (7.41%) General Ledger
3 2 (7.41%) Law
4 1 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.70%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (3.70%) Marketing
4 1 (3.70%) Social Housing
4 1 (3.70%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (33.33%) Information Officer
1 9 (33.33%) Senior
2 8 (29.63%) Information Governance Officer
3 4 (14.81%) Transformation Manager
4 3 (11.11%) SAP Manager
4 3 (11.11%) Service Manager
5 2 (7.41%) ERP Manager
5 2 (7.41%) Procurement Officer
5 2 (7.41%) Support Officer
6 1 (3.70%) Communications Specialist
6 1 (3.70%) Data Migration Specialist
6 1 (3.70%) Digital Project Manager
6 1 (3.70%) Digital Transformation
6 1 (3.70%) Digital Transformation Manager
6 1 (3.70%) Digital Transformation Project Manager
6 1 (3.70%) Lead
6 1 (3.70%) MI Officer
6 1 (3.70%) Migration Specialist
6 1 (3.70%) Report Specialist
6 1 (3.70%) Transformation Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (11.11%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.11%) NHS
2 1 (3.70%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (29.63%) Data Protection
1 8 (29.63%) Information Governance
1 8 (29.63%) Information Security
2 5 (18.52%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (14.81%) Customer Service
3 4 (14.81%) ERP
3 4 (14.81%) Service Delivery
4 3 (11.11%) Customer Engagement
4 3 (11.11%) Release Management
4 3 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (11.11%) Workflow
5 2 (7.41%) Budgeting
5 2 (7.41%) Contract Management
5 2 (7.41%) Contract Negotiation
5 2 (7.41%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 2 (7.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (3.70%) Acceptance Criteria
6 1 (3.70%) Decision-Making
6 1 (3.70%) Dependency Management
6 1 (3.70%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 3 (11.11%) ABAP
2 1 (3.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (11.11%) Degree
2 2 (7.41%) AAT
2 2 (7.41%) CIPFA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (7.41%) GDPR
1 2 (7.41%) IFRS
2 1 (3.70%) Data Quality
2 1 (3.70%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (11.11%) SAP
2 2 (7.41%) Civica
3 1 (3.70%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.70%) Northgate
3 1 (3.70%) Oracle