Local Government Job Trends in the East Midlands

Local Government (Local Authority, Local Council)
England > East Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in permanent job vacancies in the East Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Local Government over the 6 months leading up to 8 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 151 119 164
Rank change year-on-year -32 +45 -61
Permanent jobs citing Local Government 11 12 32
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 0.23% 0.61% 0.64%
As % of the General category 0.52% 0.84% 1.21%
Number of salaries quoted 10 5 32
10th Percentile - £53,861 £33,750
25th Percentile £26,500 - £33,930
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,125 £59,652 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -39.44% +59.07% -20.90%
75th Percentile £52,194 £85,000 £41,250
90th Percentile £71,750 - £56,563
England median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £39,870
% change year-on-year +10.00% +25.41% -20.26%

All General Skills
East Midlands

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 the East Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 2,130 1,425 2,639
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 45.44% 72.59% 52.62%
Number of salaries quoted 1,141 667 1,708
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,000 £25,500
25th Percentile £30,500 £28,000 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -5.88% -15.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £55,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £68,750 £65,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

Local Government
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Local Government job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Local Government
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Local Government.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Local Government

Local Government
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Local Government in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 8 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Local Government in the East Midlands

Local Government
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Local Government within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 8 June 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Nottinghamshire -22 6 £27,000 -54.74% 8
Derbyshire - 2 £52,250 - 4
Leicestershire - 2 £48,387 - 8
Northamptonshire - 1 - - 5
Local Government
England

Local Government
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (9.09%) Azure
2 1 (9.09%) Azure Cognitive Services
2 1 (9.09%) Azure Data Factory
2 1 (9.09%) Azure Logic Apps
2 1 (9.09%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 1 (9.09%) Power Platform
2 1 (9.09%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (45.45%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) Power BI
1 1 (9.09%) SQL Server Integration Services
General
1 11 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Banking
2 1 (9.09%) Environmental Health
2 1 (9.09%) Finance
2 1 (9.09%) Legal
2 1 (9.09%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) ICT Support
1 5 (45.45%) ICT Support Technician
1 5 (45.45%) ICT Technician
1 5 (45.45%) Support Technician
2 2 (18.18%) Applications Support
2 2 (18.18%) IT Support
3 1 (9.09%) Accountant
3 1 (9.09%) Applications Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Applications Support Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Applications Support Specialist
3 1 (9.09%) Business Intelligence Developer
3 1 (9.09%) Business Intelligence Lead
3 1 (9.09%) Developer
3 1 (9.09%) IT Support Manager
3 1 (9.09%) IT Support Specialist
3 1 (9.09%) Lead
3 1 (9.09%) Lead Developer
3 1 (9.09%) Sales Director
3 1 (9.09%) Support Manager
3 1 (9.09%) Systems Accountant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) .NET
1 1 (9.09%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) Driving Licence
2 1 (9.09%) NHS
2 1 (9.09%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 5 (45.45%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (45.45%) Collaborative Culture
2 5 (45.45%) Customer Service
2 5 (45.45%) ITIL
2 5 (45.45%) Server Monitoring
3 3 (27.27%) Decision-Making
4 2 (18.18%) Cybersecurity
4 2 (18.18%) ERP
5 1 (9.09%) Actionable Insight
5 1 (9.09%) AI
5 1 (9.09%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (9.09%) Dashboard Development
5 1 (9.09%) Data Modelling
5 1 (9.09%) Digital Transformation Programme
5 1 (9.09%) ETL
5 1 (9.09%) Presales
5 1 (9.09%) Resource Allocation
5 1 (9.09%) SFIA
5 1 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 1 (9.09%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) Python
1 1 (9.09%) R
1 1 (9.09%) RPG
1 1 (9.09%) SQL
1 1 (9.09%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) Data Quality
1 1 (9.09%) QA
System Software
1 5 (45.45%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) OpenAI