Local Government Jobs in Plymouth

Local Government (Local Authority, Local Council)
Devon > Plymouth

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in permanent job vacancies in Plymouth. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Local Government over the 6 months leading up to 19 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 - 16
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Local Government 1 0 17
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Plymouth 0.85% - 14.05%
As % of the General category 1.23% - 20.24%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 16
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £55,500 - £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 - £45,000
75th Percentile £56,500 - £47,500
90th Percentile - - £48,125
Devon median annual salary £49,250 £42,923 £45,000
% change year-on-year +14.74% -4.62% +26.66%

All General Skills
Plymouth

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 Plymouth.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 81 46 84
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Plymouth 68.64% 23.12% 69.42%
Number of salaries quoted 57 41 59
10th Percentile £25,052 £26,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £25,087 £28,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £41,206 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.20% -8.43% -14.29%
75th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £58,230 £57,500 -
Devon median annual salary £30,000 £44,149 £40,000
% change year-on-year -32.05% +10.37% -

Local Government
Job Vacancy Trend in Plymouth

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

Job vacancy trend for Local Government in Plymouth

Local Government
Salary Trend in Plymouth

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

Salary trend for Local Government in Plymouth

Local Government
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Plymouth 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) BGP
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) Network Security
1 1 (100.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
1 1 (100.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architect
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) CCIE
1 1 (100.00%) CCNP
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (100.00%) NIST
1 1 (100.00%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Aruba
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (100.00%) Meraki
1 1 (100.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (100.00%) SolarWinds