Local Government Job Trends, Salaries & Related Skills in Basildon

Local Government (Local Authority, Local Council)
Essex > Basildon

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in permanent job vacancies in Basildon. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Local Government over the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 20 Dec 2025	Same period 2024	Same period 2023
Rank	13	-	-
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	-
Permanent jobs citing Local Government	2	0	0
As % of all permanent jobs in Basildon	1.94%	-	-
As % of the General category	4.35%	-	-
Number of salaries quoted	0	0	0
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	-	-	-
Essex median annual salary	£30,000	£35,189	-
% change year-on-year	-14.75%	-	-

All General Skills
Basildon

Local Government falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring common skills in Basildon.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills	46	26	39
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Basildon	44.66%	92.86%	88.64%
Number of salaries quoted	28	14	33
10^th Percentile	-	-	£33,200
25^th Percentile	£40,000	£28,500	£39,085
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£50,000	£37,250	£75,000
Median % change year-on-year	+34.23%	-50.33%	+76.47%
75^th Percentile	£65,000	£54,063	£155,000
90^th Percentile	£68,750	£83,375	£172,000
Essex median annual salary	£40,000	£50,000	£49,000
% change year-on-year	-20.00%	+2.04%	+6.01%

Local Government
Job Vacancy Trend in Basildon

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