Local Government Jobs in Scotland

Local Government (Local Authority, Local Council)
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in permanent job vacancies in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Local Government over the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 125 266 173
Rank change year-on-year +141 -93 +18
Permanent jobs citing Local Government 36 17 54
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 1.19% 0.25% 1.17%
As % of the General category 1.83% 0.35% 1.55%
Number of salaries quoted 3 13 11
10th Percentile £47,337 £32,750 £38,606
25th Percentile £48,336 £38,750 £39,928
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £42,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +17.65% -15.00% +23.13%
75th Percentile £50,507 £52,250 £69,649
90th Percentile £50,803 £53,750 -
UK median annual salary £49,743 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +24.36% -20.00% +11.11%

All General Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,963 4,856 3,481
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 65.04% 72.38% 75.22%
Number of salaries quoted 930 1,551 1,680
10th Percentile £25,087 £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,000 £38,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -13.04% +5.50%
75th Percentile £64,959 £67,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,253 £82,548 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Local Government
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Local Government in Scotland

Local Government
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Local Government in Scotland

Local Government
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Local Government within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 11 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
Glasgow +192 22 - - 3
North Lanarkshire - 12 £51,000 - 1
Lanarkshire - 2 £49,172 - 2
Local Government
UK

Local Government
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 2 (5.56%) AWS
1 2 (5.56%) AWS CloudFormation
1 2 (5.56%) AWS CodeCommit
1 2 (5.56%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.56%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (5.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (5.56%) Checkstyle
1 2 (5.56%) Git
1 2 (5.56%) Jenkins
1 2 (5.56%) SonarQube
General
1 33 (91.67%) Finance
1 33 (91.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 33 (91.67%) Audit Manager
1 33 (91.67%) Senior
1 33 (91.67%) Senior Audit Manager
1 33 (91.67%) Senior Manager
2 3 (8.33%) Lead
3 2 (5.56%) Developer
3 2 (5.56%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.56%) EJB
1 2 (5.56%) REST
1 2 (5.56%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.56%) Greenfield Project
1 2 (5.56%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (100.00%) Agile
2 33 (91.67%) Coaching
3 2 (5.56%) CI/CD
3 2 (5.56%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 2 (5.56%) Infrastructure as Code
3 2 (5.56%) Mentoring
3 2 (5.56%) Microservices
3 2 (5.56%) OOP
3 2 (5.56%) Technical Leadership
3 2 (5.56%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (8.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 33 (91.67%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (91.67%) GAAP
1 33 (91.67%) IFRS
Systems Management
1 2 (5.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (5.56%) Microsoft