Local Government Jobs in the East of England

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

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in permanent job vacancies in the East of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Local Government over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 149 173 180
Rank change year-on-year +24 +7 +34
Permanent jobs citing Local Government 32 58 50
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 0.96% 0.90% 1.02%
As % of the General category 1.39% 1.68% 1.45%
Number of salaries quoted 22 42 25
10th Percentile £39,750 £34,823 £41,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,565 £43,015
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £42,500 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.18% -8.60% -11.43%
75th Percentile £42,889 £56,769 £49,250
90th Percentile £52,153 £64,674 £50,143
England median annual salary £45,500 £39,870 £49,819
% change year-on-year +14.12% -19.97% +10.10%

All General Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,294 3,455 3,458
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 68.60% 53.66% 70.23%
Number of salaries quoted 944 2,488 1,274
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,809 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £35,753
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £45,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.96% -16.67% +13.68%
75th Percentile £61,250 £61,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,565 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.84% -12.50% -

Local Government
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing Local Government as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Local Government in the East of England

Local Government
Salary Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Local Government in the East of England.

Salary trend for Local Government in the East of England

Local Government
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Local Government in the East of England over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Local Government in the East of England

Local Government
Job Locations in the East of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 31 May 2025. 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
Hertfordshire +38 18 £42,000 -11.58% 6
Cambridgeshire +38 9 - - 3
Essex +1 3 £50,584 +9.26% 7
Suffolk -20 2 £39,416 +6.53% 1
Local Government
England

Local Government
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 9 (28.13%) SharePoint
2 7 (21.88%) IIS
3 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (3.13%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 2 (6.25%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 10 (31.25%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (25.00%) SaaS
3 7 (21.88%) Google Workspace
3 7 (21.88%) Power Platform
4 3 (9.38%) Azure
5 2 (6.25%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 7 (21.88%) FTP
2 4 (12.50%) Firewall
3 3 (9.38%) BGP
3 3 (9.38%) EIGRP
3 3 (9.38%) OSPF
3 3 (9.38%) SD-WAN
3 3 (9.38%) Spanning Tree
3 3 (9.38%) Unified Communications
3 3 (9.38%) VLAN
3 3 (9.38%) VoIP
3 3 (9.38%) WAN
3 3 (9.38%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (9.38%) Wireshark
4 2 (6.25%) Intranet
5 1 (3.13%) H.323
5 1 (3.13%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (21.88%) Power BI
1 7 (21.88%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (21.88%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 18 (56.25%) Social Skills
2 12 (37.50%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (34.38%) Public Sector
4 9 (28.13%) Finance
5 5 (15.63%) Legal
6 3 (9.38%) Law
7 2 (6.25%) Environmental Health
7 2 (6.25%) Police
Job Titles
1 20 (62.50%) Senior
2 7 (21.88%) Applications Engineer
2 7 (21.88%) Applications Support
2 7 (21.88%) Applications Support Engineer
2 7 (21.88%) Delivery Project Manager
2 7 (21.88%) Project Manager
2 7 (21.88%) Senior Applications Engineer
2 7 (21.88%) Senior Applications Support
2 7 (21.88%) Senior Support Engineer
2 7 (21.88%) Software Delivery Project Manager
2 7 (21.88%) Software Project Manager
2 7 (21.88%) Support Engineer
3 4 (12.50%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 4 (12.50%) Security Engineer
3 4 (12.50%) Senior Security Engineer
4 3 (9.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 3 (9.38%) Senior Network Engineer
5 2 (6.25%) Network Engineer
5 2 (6.25%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (6.25%) Systems Support
Miscellaneous
1 7 (21.88%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (6.25%) Management Information System
2 2 (6.25%) NHS
3 1 (3.13%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 7 (21.88%) Windows
1 7 (21.88%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
2 15 (46.88%) ITIL
3 12 (37.50%) Project Management
4 11 (34.38%) Project Delivery
5 10 (31.25%) Agile
5 10 (31.25%) Continuous Improvement
6 9 (28.13%) Change Management
6 9 (28.13%) Stakeholder Management
7 7 (21.88%) Budget Management
7 7 (21.88%) Business Intelligence
7 7 (21.88%) Business Transformation
7 7 (21.88%) Collaborative Working
7 7 (21.88%) Customer Experience
7 7 (21.88%) Cybersecurity
7 7 (21.88%) High Availability
7 7 (21.88%) PRINCE2
7 7 (21.88%) Software Delivery
8 4 (12.50%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
8 4 (12.50%) Incident Response
8 4 (12.50%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 7 (21.88%) PowerShell
1 7 (21.88%) SQL
1 7 (21.88%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (56.25%) Degree
2 8 (25.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 4 (12.50%) CEH
3 4 (12.50%) CISM
3 4 (12.50%) CISSP
3 4 (12.50%) CREST Certified
3 4 (12.50%) GIAC
4 2 (6.25%) DBS Check
4 2 (6.25%) NVQ Level 4
4 2 (6.25%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.50%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (12.50%) NCSC
1 4 (12.50%) NIST
2 2 (6.25%) Accessibility
3 1 (3.13%) Data Quality
3 1 (3.13%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (6.25%) Active Directory
1 2 (6.25%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (6.25%) vSphere
2 1 (3.13%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 4 (12.50%) FortiGate
1 4 (12.50%) Nessus
2 2 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 14 (43.75%) Microsoft
2 7 (21.88%) Google
2 7 (21.88%) Salesforce
3 4 (12.50%) Qualys
3 4 (12.50%) Tenable
4 3 (9.38%) Cisco
4 3 (9.38%) Fortinet
4 3 (9.38%) HP
4 3 (9.38%) SolarWinds
5 2 (6.25%) Northgate
5 2 (6.25%) Pure Storage
5 2 (6.25%) VMware
6 1 (3.13%) Dell
6 1 (3.13%) Mitel
6 1 (3.13%) Red Box