Local Government Job Trends, Salaries & Related Skills in Bridgwater

Local Government (Local Authority, Local Council)
Somerset > Bridgwater

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in permanent job vacancies in Bridgwater. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Local Government over the 6 months leading up to 10 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 10 Apr 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	-	-	2
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	-
Permanent jobs citing Local Government	0	0	8
As % of all permanent jobs in Bridgwater	-	-	16.33%
As % of the General category	-	-	44.44%
Number of salaries quoted	0	0	6
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	-	-	£35,475
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	-	-	£36,150
75^th Percentile	-	-	£36,825
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
Somerset median annual salary	£42,500	£43,419	£36,150
% change year-on-year	-2.12%	+20.11%	-

All General Skills
Bridgwater

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 Bridgwater.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills	21	22	18
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bridgwater	42.00%	84.62%	36.73%
Number of salaries quoted	7	0	16
10^th Percentile	£30,870	-	£27,500
25^th Percentile	£37,250	-	£32,188
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£45,000	-	£36,150
Median % change year-on-year	-	-	-34.27%
75^th Percentile	£50,000	-	£36,849
90^th Percentile	-	-	£37,210
Somerset median annual salary	£36,000	£55,000	£37,525
% change year-on-year	-34.55%	+46.57%	-16.95%

Local Government
Job Vacancy Trend in Bridgwater

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