Local Government Job Trends in Preston

Local Government (Local Authority, Local Council)
Lancashire > Preston

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in permanent job vacancies in Preston. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Local Government over the 6 months leading up to 18 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 - 33
Rank change year-on-year - - -13
Permanent jobs citing Local Government 2 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Preston 0.77% - 0.98%
As % of the General category 1.42% - 1.67%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £39,125 - -
25th Percentile £43,438 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 - £22,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -50.03%
75th Percentile £58,438 - -
90th Percentile £62,375 - -
Lancashire median annual salary £51,250 - £37,000
% change year-on-year - - -15.95%

All General Skills
Preston

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 general skills in Preston.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 141 64 120
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Preston 54.23% 68.09% 58.82%
Number of salaries quoted 62 33 87
10th Percentile £28,500 £39,000 £25,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £47,683 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £54,793 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year -27.00% +56.55% -16.86%
75th Percentile £50,000 £61,250 £51,875
90th Percentile £60,000 £70,000 £61,250
Lancashire median annual salary £48,445 £50,055 £45,000
% change year-on-year -3.22% +11.23% -3.33%

Local Government
Job Vacancy Trend in Preston

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

Local Government job vacancy trend in Preston

Local Government
Salary Trend in Preston

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Local Government.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Preston citing Local Government

Local Government
Salary Histogram in Preston

Salary distribution for jobs citing Local Government in Preston over the 6 months to 18 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Local Government in Preston

Local Government
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Preston 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) CMS
1 1 (50.00%) Umbraco
1 1 (50.00%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Google Analytics
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Fire and Rescue
1 1 (50.00%) Marketing
1 1 (50.00%) Police
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Web Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) A/B Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) AI
1 1 (50.00%) Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) DevOps
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Strategy
1 1 (50.00%) Email Marketing
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (50.00%) User Experience
1 1 (50.00%) User Research
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (50.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Google
1 1 (50.00%) Hotjar