Local Government Jobs in the North of England

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

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in permanent job vacancies in the North 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 319 228 207
Rank change year-on-year -91 -21 +49
Permanent jobs citing Local Government 30 167 257
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.25% 0.90% 1.57%
As % of the General category 0.36% 1.67% 2.26%
Number of salaries quoted 13 90 94
10th Percentile £37,913 £25,875 £30,787
25th Percentile £43,250 £27,324 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,043 £33,911 £39,971
Median % change year-on-year +62.32% -15.16% -3.39%
75th Percentile £67,500 £42,500 £51,047
90th Percentile £71,460 £50,000 £69,649
England median annual salary £45,500 £39,870 £49,819
% change year-on-year +14.12% -19.97% +10.10%

All General Skills
North 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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 8,296 10,010 11,350
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 70.50% 54.20% 69.32%
Number of salaries quoted 3,769 7,485 4,989
10th Percentile £25,087 £26,250 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,750 £33,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £47,500 £51,573
Median % change year-on-year +5.38% -7.90% +3.15%
75th Percentile £61,250 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,772 £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 North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Local Government in the North of England

Local Government
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for Local Government in the North of England

Local Government
Salary Histogram in the North of England

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

Salary histogram for Local Government in the North of England

Local Government
Job Locations in the North 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 North 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
North West -77 17 £60,021 +80.52% 55
Yorkshire +11 7 £44,700 +31.82% 25
North East +35 4 - - 16
Local Government
England

Local Government
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North 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 2 (6.67%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (3.33%) AutoCAD
1 1 (3.33%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (6.67%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
Cloud Services
1 5 (16.67%) Azure
2 4 (13.33%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (3.33%) Google Workspace
3 1 (3.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (13.33%) DNS
1 4 (13.33%) TCP/IP
1 4 (13.33%) VPN
2 3 (10.00%) Firewall
3 2 (6.67%) BGP
3 2 (6.67%) Cisco ASA
3 2 (6.67%) Cisco Nexus
3 2 (6.67%) DHCP
3 2 (6.67%) DMZ
3 2 (6.67%) IPsec
3 2 (6.67%) LAN
3 2 (6.67%) OSPF
3 2 (6.67%) PSTN
3 2 (6.67%) Reverse Proxy
3 2 (6.67%) VLAN
3 2 (6.67%) VoIP
3 2 (6.67%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (6.67%) Wireless
3 2 (6.67%) WLAN
3 2 (6.67%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.67%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.33%) GIS
General
1 13 (43.33%) Public Sector
2 8 (26.67%) Finance
3 7 (23.33%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (23.33%) Social Skills
4 6 (20.00%) Legal
5 2 (6.67%) Marketing
5 2 (6.67%) Police
6 1 (3.33%) Games
6 1 (3.33%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (20.00%) Civil Engineer
1 6 (20.00%) Development Engineer
1 6 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 5 (16.67%) Senior
3 4 (13.33%) Audit Manager
3 4 (13.33%) Principal Engineer
3 4 (13.33%) Project Manager
3 4 (13.33%) Senior Audit Manager
3 4 (13.33%) Senior Manager
4 3 (10.00%) Architect
5 2 (6.67%) Analyst
5 2 (6.67%) Business Analyst
5 2 (6.67%) Business Development Manager
5 2 (6.67%) Business Manager
5 2 (6.67%) Development Manager
5 2 (6.67%) Head of Digital
5 2 (6.67%) Head of IT
5 2 (6.67%) Lead Business Analyst
5 2 (6.67%) Network Engineer
5 2 (6.67%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.33%) COM+
Miscellaneous
1 5 (16.67%) Data Centre
2 4 (13.33%) Management Information System
3 3 (10.00%) NHS
4 2 (6.67%) Housing Association
4 2 (6.67%) PKI
4 2 (6.67%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (6.67%) Social Media
5 1 (3.33%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 4 (13.33%) Windows
2 2 (6.67%) Windows Server
2 2 (6.67%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (33.33%) Project Management
2 7 (23.33%) Agile
3 6 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 6 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 6 (20.00%) Mentoring
4 5 (16.67%) Project Delivery
5 4 (13.33%) Coaching
5 4 (13.33%) Information Security
5 4 (13.33%) Risk Assessment
5 4 (13.33%) Strategic Planning
6 3 (10.00%) Business Case
6 3 (10.00%) Business Strategy
6 3 (10.00%) Business Transformation
6 3 (10.00%) CRM
6 3 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (10.00%) ITIL
6 3 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (10.00%) Process Improvement
6 3 (10.00%) Service Management
6 3 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 9 (30.00%) Degree
2 4 (13.33%) ACCA
3 2 (6.67%) CCNA
3 2 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (6.67%) CISM
3 2 (6.67%) CISSP
3 2 (6.67%) CompTIA Security+
3 2 (6.67%) DBS Check
3 2 (6.67%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (6.67%) Postgraduate
3 2 (6.67%) SC Cleared
3 2 (6.67%) Security Cleared
3 2 (6.67%) TOGAF Certification
4 1 (3.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (13.33%) GAAP
1 4 (13.33%) IFRS
2 3 (10.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (6.67%) Accessibility
3 2 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials
3 2 (6.67%) NCSC
3 2 (6.67%) NIST
3 2 (6.67%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 2 (6.67%) CheckPoint
1 2 (6.67%) Cisco
1 2 (6.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.33%) Google
2 1 (3.33%) Liquidlogic