Local Government Job Trends in Bristol

Local Government (Local Authority, Local Council)
South West > Bristol

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in permanent job vacancies in Bristol. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Local Government over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 92 102 125
Rank change year-on-year +10 +23 +32
Permanent jobs citing Local Government 4 5 6
As % of all permanent jobs in Bristol 0.19% 0.36% 0.34%
As % of the General category 0.47% 0.63% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 3 4 5
10th Percentile £39,271 - £22,764
25th Percentile £43,803 £57,945 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,356 £65,223 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.26% -3.37% +53.41%
75th Percentile - £74,688 £81,250
90th Percentile - £76,375 £88,000
South West median annual salary £75,000 £48,870 £42,500
% change year-on-year +53.47% +14.99% +3.50%

All General Skills
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 854 796 1,073
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bristol 41.14% 57.47% 60.42%
Number of salaries quoted 662 431 841
10th Percentile £28,025 £30,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% -7.60% +8.46%
75th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £81,225 £90,000 £91,934
South West median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £50,702
% change year-on-year -14.29% +3.55% +1.40%

Local Government
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

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

Local Government job vacancy trend in Bristol

Local Government
Salary Trend in Bristol

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Local Government.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Local Government

Local Government
Salary Histogram in Bristol

Salary distribution for jobs citing Local Government in Bristol over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Local Government in Bristol

Local Government
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) DNS
1 1 (25.00%) Firewall
1 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Application Support Team Leader
2 2 (50.00%) Applications Support
2 2 (50.00%) Applications Support Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Lead
2 2 (50.00%) Senior
2 2 (50.00%) Senior Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Senior Applications Support
2 2 (50.00%) Senior Applications Support Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Senior Support Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Support Analyst
2 2 (50.00%) Support Team Leader
2 2 (50.00%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (25.00%) Client/Server
2 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Windows
1 1 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (75.00%) ITIL
1 3 (75.00%) Project Management
1 3 (75.00%) Roadmaps
1 3 (75.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 2 (50.00%) Change Management
2 2 (50.00%) Customer Engagement
2 2 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (50.00%) Risk Register
2 2 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (50.00%) Translating Business Requirements
3 1 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Client Onboarding
3 1 (25.00%) Cost Reduction
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) PowerShell
1 1 (25.00%) Python
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 1 (25.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Liquidlogic
2 1 (25.00%) Oracle
2 1 (25.00%) VMware