Local Government Jobs in Manchester

Local Government (Local Authority, Local Council)
North West > Manchester

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in permanent job vacancies in Manchester. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Local Government over the 6 months leading up to 21 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 153 151 185
Rank change year-on-year -2 +34 +16
Permanent jobs citing Local Government 8 73 53
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.35% 1.39% 1.10%
As % of the General category 0.49% 2.53% 1.64%
Number of salaries quoted 7 37 12
10th Percentile £36,539 £25,875 £37,750
25th Percentile £47,494 £26,000 £44,088
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,043 £30,650 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +79.58% -41.62% +26.89%
75th Percentile £69,787 £42,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £74,373 £46,205 -
North West median annual salary £55,043 £33,250 £44,023
% change year-on-year +65.54% -24.47% +6.40%

All General Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,649 2,886 3,237
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 72.77% 54.98% 67.30%
Number of salaries quoted 872 2,145 1,507
10th Percentile £28,820 £26,750 £30,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +3.55%
75th Percentile £76,840 £66,650 £70,000
90th Percentile £93,778 £81,250 £81,350
North West median annual salary £50,055 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.38% -9.52% +2.06%

Local Government
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Local Government in Manchester

Local Government
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for Local Government in Manchester

Local Government
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Local Government in Manchester over the 6 months to 21 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Local Government in Manchester

Local Government
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Local Government within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 21 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
Rochdale - 1 £42,616 - 1
Local Government
North West

Local Government
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 2 (25.00%) IIS
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) Azure
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (12.50%) AWS
3 1 (12.50%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (12.50%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) DMZ
1 2 (25.00%) DNS
1 2 (25.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (25.00%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) SQL Server
General
1 4 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (25.00%) Finance
2 2 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (25.00%) Architect
1 2 (25.00%) Project Manager
1 2 (25.00%) Security Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) AWS Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Business Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Business Development Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Business Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Development Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Dynamics 365 Specialist
2 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) IT Architect
2 1 (12.50%) IT Security Architect
2 1 (12.50%) Lead
2 1 (12.50%) Lead Business Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Senior
2 1 (12.50%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (12.50%) Technical Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Management Information System
2 1 (12.50%) Data Centre
2 1 (12.50%) Housing Association
2 1 (12.50%) iPad
2 1 (12.50%) iPhone
2 1 (12.50%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Windows
1 2 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Project Management
2 3 (37.50%) Agile
3 2 (25.00%) Break/Fix
3 2 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (25.00%) Identity Management
3 2 (25.00%) Incident Management
3 2 (25.00%) Information Security
3 2 (25.00%) ITIL
3 2 (25.00%) ITSM
3 2 (25.00%) Security Architecture
3 2 (25.00%) Service Management
3 2 (25.00%) Technical Architecture
3 2 (25.00%) TOGAF
3 2 (25.00%) User Experience
4 1 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (12.50%) Decision-Making
4 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure as Code
4 1 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (12.50%) Lead Generation
4 1 (12.50%) Matrix Organization
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) CISM
1 2 (25.00%) CISSP
1 2 (25.00%) CompTIA Security+
1 2 (25.00%) ITIL Certification
1 2 (25.00%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (25.00%) NCSC
1 2 (25.00%) NIST
1 2 (25.00%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (12.50%) Apple
2 1 (12.50%) Liquidlogic