Local Government Job Trends 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 4 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 - 23
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Local Government 2 0 11
As % of all permanent jobs in Plymouth 1.63% - 9.82%
As % of the General category 3.08% - 21.57%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 10
10th Percentile £28,028 - £41,875
25th Percentile £32,606 - £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,775 - £45,000
75th Percentile £48,906 - £47,500
90th Percentile £53,462 - £47,625
Devon median annual salary £40,775 £42,462 £42,500
% change year-on-year -3.97% -0.09% +10.98%

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 65 31 51
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Plymouth 52.85% 24.41% 45.54%
Number of salaries quoted 48 26 49
10th Percentile £25,726 £32,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £27,000 £35,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £45,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% -18.18% +8.60%
75th Percentile £65,706 £49,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £73,125 £63,750 -
Devon median annual salary £35,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -22.22% +5.88% +8.17%

Local Government
Job Vacancy Trend in Plymouth

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Local Government relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Plymouth.

Local Government job vacancy trend in Plymouth

Local Government
Salary Trend in Plymouth

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Plymouth citing Local Government.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Plymouth citing Local Government

Local Government
Salary Histogram in Plymouth

Salary distribution for jobs citing Local Government in Plymouth over the 6 months to 4 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Local Government in Plymouth

Local Government
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Plymouth by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) BGP
1 1 (50.00%) LAN
1 1 (50.00%) Network Security
1 1 (50.00%) SD-WAN
1 1 (50.00%) WAN
1 1 (50.00%) Wi-Fi
General
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (50.00%) Law
2 1 (50.00%) Legal
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Architect
1 1 (50.00%) HR Advisor
1 1 (50.00%) Network Architect
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) CCIE
1 1 (50.00%) CCNP
1 1 (50.00%) CIPD
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (50.00%) NIST
1 1 (50.00%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Aruba
1 1 (50.00%) Cisco
1 1 (50.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (50.00%) Meraki
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (50.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (50.00%) SolarWinds