Local Government Job Trends in Surrey

Local Government (Local Authority, Local Council)
South East > Surrey

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in permanent job vacancies in Surrey. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Local Government over the 6 months leading up to 25 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 69 91 -
Rank change year-on-year +22 - -
Permanent jobs citing Local Government 27 28 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 2.41% 1.82% -
As % of the General category 3.80% 3.01% -
Number of salaries quoted 10 6 0
10th Percentile £40,750 £33,894 -
25th Percentile £46,375 £38,753 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,750 £45,680 -
Median % change year-on-year +19.86% - -
75th Percentile £60,851 - -
90th Percentile £69,500 £47,354 -
South East median annual salary £54,750 £42,500 £40,478
% change year-on-year +28.82% +5.00% -4.76%

All General Skills
Surrey

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 Surrey.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 710 929 568
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 63.28% 60.44% 60.04%
Number of salaries quoted 459 420 387
10th Percentile £26,500 £31,250 £31,248
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -19.05% - -8.70%
75th Percentile £63,750 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £78,750
South East median annual salary £45,000 £54,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +2.86% -4.55%

Local Government
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

Local Government job vacancy trend in Surrey

Local Government
Salary Trend in Surrey

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Local Government.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Local Government

Local Government
Salary Histogram in Surrey

Salary distribution for jobs citing Local Government in Surrey over the 6 months to 25 October 2025.

Salary histogram for Local Government in Surrey

Local Government
Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Local Government within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 25 October 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
Reigate -1 9 - -
Guildford +10 6 - - 3
Woking +26 2 £37,500 - 2
Camberley - 2 £59,652 -
Staines - 2 £75,000 -
Leatherhead +10 1 - - 1
Local Government
South East

Local Government
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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 3 (11.11%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 10 (37.04%) Unit4 Business World
2 1 (3.70%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 6 (22.22%) SaaS
2 1 (3.70%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.70%) DNS
1 1 (3.70%) Firewall
1 1 (3.70%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.70%) Power BI
1 1 (3.70%) Relational Database
1 1 (3.70%) SQL Server
1 1 (3.70%) Tableau
General
1 12 (44.44%) Finance
2 11 (40.74%) Social Skills
3 8 (29.63%) Public Sector
4 5 (18.52%) Legal
5 4 (14.81%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (11.11%) Music Industry
7 2 (7.41%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (3.70%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 12 (44.44%) Lead
2 6 (22.22%) Team Leader
3 3 (11.11%) Analyst
3 3 (11.11%) Development Team Leader
4 2 (7.41%) Business Development Manager
4 2 (7.41%) Business Manager
4 2 (7.41%) Development Manager
4 2 (7.41%) Senior
5 1 (3.70%) Business Change Analyst
5 1 (3.70%) Change Analyst
5 1 (3.70%) Consultant
5 1 (3.70%) Delivery Director
5 1 (3.70%) Delivery Manager
5 1 (3.70%) Development Consultant
5 1 (3.70%) ERP Support
5 1 (3.70%) Information Governance Specialist
5 1 (3.70%) Information Specialist
5 1 (3.70%) Senior Consultant
5 1 (3.70%) Senior Delivery Manager
5 1 (3.70%) Senior Manager
Miscellaneous
1 15 (55.56%) Onboarding
2 3 (11.11%) Acoustics
2 3 (11.11%) NHS
3 1 (3.70%) Client/Server
3 1 (3.70%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.70%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.70%) Windows
1 1 (3.70%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (55.56%) Service Delivery
2 11 (40.74%) Project Delivery
3 10 (37.04%) ERP
4 8 (29.63%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (25.93%) Data Migration
5 7 (25.93%) ITIL
5 7 (25.93%) Migration
5 7 (25.93%) Project Management
5 7 (25.93%) Service Management
5 7 (25.93%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (22.22%) Problem Management
6 6 (22.22%) Release Management
6 6 (22.22%) Supplier Relationship Management
7 5 (18.52%) Coaching
7 5 (18.52%) Performance Management
8 4 (14.81%) Analytics
8 4 (14.81%) Data Management
8 4 (14.81%) Decision-Making
8 4 (14.81%) Mentoring
8 4 (14.81%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 8 (29.63%) SQL
2 2 (7.41%) Python
3 1 (3.70%) PowerShell
3 1 (3.70%) R
Qualifications
1 2 (7.41%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (22.22%) SLA
2 3 (11.11%) QA
3 2 (7.41%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (3.70%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (3.70%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 2 (7.41%) OneLogin
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft
2 1 (3.70%) Oracle
2 1 (3.70%) SAP
2 1 (3.70%) VMware