Local Government Jobs in England

Local Government (Local Authority, Local Council)
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in permanent job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Local Government over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 300 396 547
Rank change year-on-year +96 +151 +62
Permanent jobs citing Local Government 717 547 891
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.92% 0.77% 0.61%
As % of the General category 1.60% 1.17% 0.90%
Number of salaries quoted 353 346 457
10th Percentile £28,250 £34,000 £31,065
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £37,117
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,711 £50,000 £42,773
Median % change year-on-year -16.58% +16.90% -4.95%
75th Percentile £54,575 £66,710 £63,750
90th Percentile £73,750 £75,330 £75,000
UK median annual salary £41,711 £51,201 £42,000
% change year-on-year -18.54% +21.91% -6.67%

All General Skills
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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 44,799 46,891 99,241
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 57.17% 65.97% 67.50%
Number of salaries quoted 28,228 29,742 48,838
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £43,250 £43,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £73,886 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £105,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +6.19%

Local Government
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Local Government in England

Local Government
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Local Government in England

Local Government
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Local Government in England over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Local Government in England

Local Government
Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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
North of England +63 177 £40,000 -9.14% 57
London +75 173 £47,500 -19.16% 69
South East +98 145 £42,000 -20.00% 57
Midlands +3 117 £39,000 -43.79% 50
West Midlands +27 92 £38,223 -44.91% 28
Yorkshire +80 83 £34,845 -11.78% 22
North West +21 76 £40,000 -18.07% 23
East of England +33 58 £40,000 -13.98% 39
South West -44 42 £39,882 -11.37% 33
East Midlands -29 25 £39,000 -13.33% 24
North East -2 18 £42,500 -36.57% 13
Local Government
UK

Local Government
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 28 (3.91%) Apache
2 25 (3.49%) IIS
3 24 (3.35%) Tomcat
4 20 (2.79%) SharePoint
5 9 (1.26%) ArcGIS
6 7 (0.98%) CMS
6 7 (0.98%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.42%) Totara
8 1 (0.14%) Confluence
Applications
1 48 (6.69%) AutoCAD
2 41 (5.72%) Microsoft Office
3 40 (5.58%) Microsoft Excel
4 9 (1.26%) Revit
5 4 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.14%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.14%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 108 (15.06%) NEC Housing
2 4 (0.56%) Unit4 Business World
3 1 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.14%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 50 (6.97%) Azure
2 43 (6.00%) Microsoft 365
3 39 (5.44%) Power Platform
4 36 (5.02%) SaaS
5 23 (3.21%) AWS
6 20 (2.79%) Figma
7 18 (2.51%) dbt
8 17 (2.37%) Azure DevOps
9 13 (1.81%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 13 (1.81%) Azure Monitor
9 13 (1.81%) Azure Service Bus
10 12 (1.67%) Entra ID
11 5 (0.70%) Google Analytics
11 5 (0.70%) Google Tag Manager
11 5 (0.70%) Google Workspace
11 5 (0.70%) Power Automate
12 4 (0.56%) Amazon S3
12 4 (0.56%) OCI
12 4 (0.56%) PowerApps
13 3 (0.42%) Siteimprove
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.95%) Firewall
2 11 (1.53%) Wi-Fi
3 9 (1.26%) Wireless
4 8 (1.12%) WAN
5 7 (0.98%) VPN
6 6 (0.84%) Intranet
7 5 (0.70%) LAN
8 4 (0.56%) Network Security
8 4 (0.56%) TETRA
9 3 (0.42%) DNS
10 2 (0.28%) DHCP
10 2 (0.28%) Structured Cabling
11 1 (0.14%) Cisco ISE
11 1 (0.14%) NGFW
11 1 (0.14%) SD-WAN
11 1 (0.14%) TCP/IP
11 1 (0.14%) Unified Communications
11 1 (0.14%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (8.37%) SQL Server
2 56 (7.81%) Oracle Database
3 32 (4.46%) Power BI
4 29 (4.04%) PostgreSQL
5 21 (2.93%) Oracle Database 12c
6 18 (2.51%) GIS
7 16 (2.23%) Data Warehouse
7 16 (2.23%) Tableau
8 14 (1.95%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 13 (1.81%) Relational Database
10 9 (1.26%) Spatial Data
11 8 (1.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 7 (0.98%) BusinessObjects
12 7 (0.98%) Geospatial Data
12 7 (0.98%) Semantic Layer
13 6 (0.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 5 (0.70%) Oracle Reports
15 4 (0.56%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
15 4 (0.56%) Redis
15 4 (0.56%) Triplestore
Development Applications
1 25 (3.49%) JIRA
2 10 (1.39%) Oracle APEX
3 7 (0.98%) Git
4 4 (0.56%) RSpec
4 4 (0.56%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 4 (0.56%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.28%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.14%) Selenium
6 1 (0.14%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 265 (36.96%) Social Skills
2 247 (34.45%) Public Sector
3 233 (32.50%) Finance
4 120 (16.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 119 (16.60%) Presentation Skills
6 104 (14.50%) Police
7 84 (11.72%) Analytical Skills
8 77 (10.74%) Legal
9 69 (9.62%) Retail
10 51 (7.11%) Back Office
11 37 (5.16%) Telecoms
12 33 (4.60%) Marketing
13 31 (4.32%) Billing
14 25 (3.49%) Social Housing
15 19 (2.65%) Organisational Skills
16 18 (2.51%) Digital Economy
17 15 (2.09%) Influencing Skills
18 13 (1.81%) Fire and Rescue
19 7 (0.98%) Publishing
20 6 (0.84%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 68 (9.48%) Analyst
2 61 (8.51%) Development Manager
2 61 (8.51%) Lead
3 58 (8.09%) Business Manager
4 57 (7.95%) Business Development Manager
5 47 (6.56%) Senior
6 46 (6.42%) Project Manager
7 44 (6.14%) Audit Manager
7 44 (6.14%) Coordinator
8 39 (5.44%) Developer
9 35 (4.88%) Technical Coordinator
10 31 (4.32%) Applications Support
11 29 (4.04%) Administrator
12 22 (3.07%) DBA
13 21 (2.93%) Oracle DBA
13 21 (2.93%) PostgreSQL DBA
13 21 (2.93%) Product Manager
14 17 (2.37%) Data Analyst
15 16 (2.23%) Architect
15 16 (2.23%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (4.32%) Web Services
2 24 (3.35%) .NET
3 16 (2.23%) CSS
3 16 (2.23%) HTML
4 15 (2.09%) .NET Core
5 14 (1.95%) Ruby on Rails
6 13 (1.81%) JSON
6 13 (1.81%) REST
6 13 (1.81%) XML
7 12 (1.67%) SOAP
8 5 (0.70%) RESTful
9 4 (0.56%) Sidekiq
10 2 (0.28%) .NET Framework
10 2 (0.28%) Code First Entity Framework
10 2 (0.28%) Entity Framework
10 2 (0.28%) OAuth
10 2 (0.28%) OAuth2
10 2 (0.28%) Razor View Engine
10 2 (0.28%) TAPI
11 1 (0.14%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 81 (11.30%) Driving Licence
2 77 (10.74%) Housing Association
3 60 (8.37%) Self-Motivation
4 59 (8.23%) NHS
5 47 (6.56%) iPad
6 37 (5.16%) Management Information System
6 37 (5.16%) Onboarding
7 31 (4.32%) Social Media
8 25 (3.49%) Public Cloud
9 20 (2.79%) Mobile App
10 13 (1.81%) Blog
11 12 (1.67%) CCTV
12 7 (0.98%) Renewable Energy
13 6 (0.84%) Legacy Systems
14 5 (0.70%) Educational Technology
14 5 (0.70%) Low-Code
14 5 (0.70%) Reference Data
14 5 (0.70%) Smartcard
15 4 (0.56%) Learning Management System
15 4 (0.56%) PACS
Operating Systems
1 46 (6.42%) Windows
2 45 (6.28%) Unix
3 28 (3.91%) Linux
4 24 (3.35%) Solaris
5 7 (0.98%) Windows Server
6 6 (0.84%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.42%) Android
7 3 (0.42%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.14%) VMS
8 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 145 (20.22%) Agile
2 112 (15.62%) Business Development
3 109 (15.20%) Problem-Solving
4 91 (12.69%) Customer Service
5 89 (12.41%) Project Management
6 71 (9.90%) Coaching
7 68 (9.48%) Time Management
8 60 (8.37%) Continuous Improvement
9 55 (7.67%) ITIL
10 53 (7.39%) Project Delivery
11 52 (7.25%) Decision-Making
12 50 (6.97%) Facilities Management
12 50 (6.97%) Service Management
13 48 (6.69%) Performance Management
14 47 (6.56%) Mathematics
15 46 (6.42%) B2B
16 43 (6.00%) Line Management
16 43 (6.00%) Roadmaps
17 39 (5.44%) Analytics
17 39 (5.44%) People Management
Programming Languages
1 59 (8.23%) SQL
2 27 (3.77%) C#
3 25 (3.49%) Python
4 24 (3.35%) Shell Script
5 15 (2.09%) Ruby
6 14 (1.95%) PL/SQL
7 13 (1.81%) Bicep
8 12 (1.67%) C
8 12 (1.67%) Java
9 9 (1.26%) R
10 8 (1.12%) JavaScript
11 5 (0.70%) T-SQL
12 4 (0.56%) SPARQL
13 2 (0.28%) PowerShell
14 1 (0.14%) Scala
14 1 (0.14%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 150 (20.92%) Degree
2 73 (10.18%) DBS Check
3 71 (9.90%) Security Cleared
4 52 (7.25%) HND
5 45 (6.28%) ACCA
5 45 (6.28%) HNC
6 21 (2.93%) Oracle Certification
7 14 (1.95%) Computer Science Degree
8 13 (1.81%) Microsoft Certification
9 8 (1.12%) A+ Certification
9 8 (1.12%) Network+ Certification
10 5 (0.70%) PMP
10 5 (0.70%) SC Cleared
11 4 (0.56%) Master's Degree
11 4 (0.56%) MCP
12 3 (0.42%) Azure Certification
12 3 (0.42%) CCNP
12 3 (0.42%) Cisco Certification
12 3 (0.42%) PMI Certification
12 3 (0.42%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 106 (14.78%) Accessibility
2 42 (5.86%) GAAP
2 42 (5.86%) IFRS
3 22 (3.07%) QA
4 15 (2.09%) Data Quality
5 10 (1.39%) SLA
6 9 (1.26%) GDPR
7 7 (0.98%) NEBOSH
8 4 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.56%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.42%) PMO
10 2 (0.28%) WCAG
11 1 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.14%) COBIT
11 1 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.14%) Disclosure Scotland
11 1 (0.14%) ISO 14001
11 1 (0.14%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.14%) NIST
System Software
1 38 (5.30%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.12%) Docker
3 4 (0.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.42%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 3 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.42%) Virtual Servers
4 3 (0.42%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (0.42%) vSphere
5 2 (0.28%) Firmware
6 1 (0.14%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.14%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 9 (1.26%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (0.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 4 (0.56%) AirWatch
2 4 (0.56%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.14%) FortiGate
3 1 (0.14%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (0.14%) QRadar
3 1 (0.14%) Terraform
Vendors
1 150 (20.92%) Microsoft
2 109 (15.20%) NEC
3 74 (10.32%) Oracle
4 47 (6.56%) CA
5 14 (1.95%) Google
6 11 (1.53%) Cisco
7 9 (1.26%) Openreach
7 9 (1.26%) VMware
8 8 (1.12%) SAP
9 5 (0.70%) ESRI
9 5 (0.70%) Meraki
10 4 (0.56%) BT
10 4 (0.56%) HubSpot
10 4 (0.56%) Liquidlogic
11 3 (0.42%) Facebook
11 3 (0.42%) SolarWinds
12 2 (0.28%) Apple
12 2 (0.28%) Aruba
12 2 (0.28%) Civica
12 2 (0.28%) Palo Alto