Local Government Job Trends in Bridgend

Local Government (Local Authority, Local Council)
South Wales > Bridgend

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in permanent job vacancies in Bridgend. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Local Government over the 6 months leading up to 7 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 15 16
Rank change year-on-year -7 +1 -
Permanent jobs citing Local Government 4 1 13
As % of all permanent jobs in Bridgend 2.58% 2.44% 9.56%
As % of the General category 4.26% 3.23% 22.03%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 13
10th Percentile - - £26,734
25th Percentile £48,959 - £29,035
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,871 - £36,476
75th Percentile £53,651 - £37,756
90th Percentile £55,212 - £45,780
South Wales median annual salary £50,000 - £34,929
% change year-on-year - - -46.26%

All General Skills
Bridgend

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 general skills in Bridgend.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 94 31 59
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bridgend 60.65% 75.61% 43.38%
Number of salaries quoted 60 28 38
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £24,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,813 £29,276
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £36,476
Median % change year-on-year - +9.66% +45.90%
75th Percentile £50,000 £57,500 £45,780
90th Percentile £56,627 £57,875 £50,000
South Wales median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% +5.88% -5.56%

Local Government
Job Vacancy Trend in Bridgend

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

Local Government job vacancy trend in Bridgend

Local Government
Salary Trend in Bridgend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bridgend citing Local Government.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bridgend citing Local Government

Local Government
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bridgend 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 (25.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Azure
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (50.00%) IaaS
2 2 (50.00%) PaaS
3 1 (25.00%) Azure Monitor
3 1 (25.00%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) NAS
1 1 (25.00%) Network Security
1 1 (25.00%) SAN
1 1 (25.00%) Unified Communications
General
1 4 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 4 (100.00%) Police
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) ICT Specialist
2 2 (50.00%) Cloud Specialist
2 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Specialist
3 1 (25.00%) ICT Infrastructure Manager
3 1 (25.00%) ICT Manager
3 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (50.00%) Data Centre
2 2 (50.00%) Hybrid Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Business Continuity
1 4 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 4 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (75.00%) Cloud Operations
2 3 (75.00%) Performance Tuning
2 3 (75.00%) Process Improvement
3 2 (50.00%) Cloud Security
3 2 (50.00%) DevOps
3 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 2 (50.00%) Platform Engineering
3 2 (50.00%) Storage Management
4 1 (25.00%) Architectural Design
4 1 (25.00%) BCP
4 1 (25.00%) Business Continuity Planning
4 1 (25.00%) Data Centre Operations
4 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (25.00%) Patch Management
4 1 (25.00%) Power Management
4 1 (25.00%) Server Management
4 1 (25.00%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) Firmware
1 1 (25.00%) Virtual Servers
1 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (25.00%) SCCM
1 1 (25.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (25.00%) Citrix
2 1 (25.00%) HP
2 1 (25.00%) VMware