Local Government Jobs in Hertfordshire

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

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in permanent job vacancies in Hertfordshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Local Government over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 71 110 104
Rank change year-on-year +39 -6 +5
Permanent jobs citing Local Government 18 10 28
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 2.18% 0.49% 1.60%
As % of the General category 2.83% 0.98% 2.24%
Number of salaries quoted 17 8 2
10th Percentile £39,750 £36,250 £33,792
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £35,354
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £47,500 £38,333
Median % change year-on-year -11.58% +23.91% -38.98%
75th Percentile £42,889 £64,674 £40,937
90th Percentile £42,933 - £42,274
East of England median annual salary £42,000 £42,500 £46,500
% change year-on-year -1.18% -8.60% -11.43%

All General Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 636 1,016 1,249
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 77.09% 49.73% 71.53%
Number of salaries quoted 312 781 440
10th Percentile £31,250 £25,809 £25,950
25th Percentile £39,500 £31,250 £39,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,967 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.93% -13.04% +15.00%
75th Percentile £65,313 £64,375 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £72,500 £82,500
East of England median annual salary £47,683 £45,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +5.96% -16.67% +13.68%

Local Government
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Local Government in Hertfordshire

Local Government
Salary Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Salary trend for Local Government in Hertfordshire

Local Government
Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Local Government within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 28 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
Stevenage - 17 £42,000 -
Hertford - 1 - - 1
Local Government
East of England

Local Government
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 (50.00%) SharePoint
2 7 (38.89%) IIS
3 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 10 (55.56%) Microsoft 365
2 7 (38.89%) Power Platform
3 3 (16.67%) Azure
4 2 (11.11%) Entra ID
5 1 (5.56%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (38.89%) FTP
2 4 (22.22%) Firewall
3 3 (16.67%) BGP
3 3 (16.67%) EIGRP
3 3 (16.67%) OSPF
3 3 (16.67%) SD-WAN
3 3 (16.67%) Spanning Tree
3 3 (16.67%) Unified Communications
3 3 (16.67%) VLAN
3 3 (16.67%) VoIP
3 3 (16.67%) WAN
3 3 (16.67%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (16.67%) Wireshark
4 1 (5.56%) H.323
4 1 (5.56%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (38.89%) Power BI
1 7 (38.89%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (38.89%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 9 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.56%) Finance
3 1 (5.56%) Legal
3 1 (5.56%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 18 (100.00%) Senior
2 7 (38.89%) Applications Engineer
2 7 (38.89%) Applications Support
2 7 (38.89%) Applications Support Engineer
2 7 (38.89%) Senior Applications Engineer
2 7 (38.89%) Senior Applications Support
2 7 (38.89%) Senior Support Engineer
2 7 (38.89%) Support Engineer
3 4 (22.22%) Cybersecurity Engineer
3 4 (22.22%) Security Engineer
3 4 (22.22%) Senior Security Engineer
4 3 (16.67%) Senior Network Engineer
5 2 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 2 (11.11%) Network Engineer
5 2 (11.11%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (5.56%) Development Engineer
6 1 (5.56%) Senior Development Engineer
6 1 (5.56%) Senior Technical Engineer
6 1 (5.56%) Technical Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (5.56%) Telephony Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.56%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 7 (38.89%) Windows
1 7 (38.89%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (83.33%) ITIL
2 13 (72.22%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (38.89%) Business Intelligence
3 7 (38.89%) Cybersecurity
3 7 (38.89%) High Availability
4 4 (22.22%) Cyber Threat Intelligence
4 4 (22.22%) Incident Response
4 4 (22.22%) Risk Management
4 4 (22.22%) Threat Intelligence
4 4 (22.22%) Vulnerability Management
5 3 (16.67%) Network Monitoring
5 3 (16.67%) Project Delivery
5 3 (16.67%) Project Management
5 3 (16.67%) Risk Assessment
6 2 (11.11%) Change Management
6 2 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
6 2 (11.11%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 1 (5.56%) Service Delivery
7 1 (5.56%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (5.56%) Strategic Planning
Programming Languages
1 7 (38.89%) PowerShell
1 7 (38.89%) SQL
1 7 (38.89%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (83.33%) Degree
2 8 (44.44%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 4 (22.22%) CEH
3 4 (22.22%) CISM
3 4 (22.22%) CISSP
3 4 (22.22%) CREST Certified
3 4 (22.22%) GIAC
4 1 (5.56%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (22.22%) Cyber Essentials
1 4 (22.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (22.22%) NCSC
1 4 (22.22%) NIST
2 1 (5.56%) Accessibility
System Software
1 2 (11.11%) Active Directory
1 2 (11.11%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (11.11%) vSphere
2 1 (5.56%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 4 (22.22%) FortiGate
1 4 (22.22%) Nessus
2 2 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 14 (77.78%) Microsoft
2 4 (22.22%) Qualys
2 4 (22.22%) Tenable
3 3 (16.67%) Cisco
3 3 (16.67%) Fortinet
3 3 (16.67%) HP
3 3 (16.67%) SolarWinds
4 2 (11.11%) Pure Storage
4 2 (11.11%) VMware
5 1 (5.56%) Dell
5 1 (5.56%) Mitel
5 1 (5.56%) Red Box