Local Government Jobs 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 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 94 130 -
Rank change year-on-year +36 - -
Permanent jobs citing Local Government 10 27 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 0.84% 1.05% -
As % of the General category 1.15% 1.55% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 25 0
10th Percentile - £31,345 -
25th Percentile £36,250 £33,474 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £40,400 -
Median % change year-on-year -7.18% - -
75th Percentile £38,750 £49,027 -
90th Percentile - £50,047 -
South East median annual salary £49,800 £40,400 £52,500
% change year-on-year +23.27% -23.05% +16.02%

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 868 1,746 1,614
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 72.94% 67.96% 71.67%
Number of salaries quoted 342 947 867
10th Percentile £27,750 £24,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £30,230 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -20.83% +4.35%
75th Percentile £64,775 £63,125 £76,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £89,250
South East median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -3.98%

Local Government
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

Job vacancy trend for Local Government in Surrey

Local Government
Salary Trend in Surrey

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

Salary trend 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 18 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
Reigate -2 8 - -
Guildford - 1 - - 2
Local Government
South East

Local Government
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Surrey 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (10.00%) Apache
1 1 (10.00%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (70.00%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 7 (70.00%) Power Automate
2 1 (10.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Power BI
1 1 (10.00%) Relational Database
1 1 (10.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (10.00%) Tableau
General
1 8 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Back Office
2 1 (10.00%) Finance
2 1 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (10.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (70.00%) Automation Developer
1 7 (70.00%) Developer
1 7 (70.00%) Robotic Process Automation Developer
1 7 (70.00%) Robotics Developer
2 1 (10.00%) Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Applications Specialist
2 1 (10.00%) Cloud Specialist
2 1 (10.00%) Database Specialist
2 1 (10.00%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (70.00%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 10 (100.00%) Onboarding
2 7 (70.00%) Robotics
3 1 (10.00%) Acoustics
3 1 (10.00%) Data Centre
3 1 (10.00%) Management Information System
3 1 (10.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 7 (70.00%) Conversational UI
1 7 (70.00%) Robotic Process Automation
1 7 (70.00%) Software Testing
1 7 (70.00%) Technical Debt
2 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (10.00%) Business Continuity
3 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (10.00%) Data Management
3 1 (10.00%) Incident Management
3 1 (10.00%) Information Security
3 1 (10.00%) ITIL
3 1 (10.00%) ITSM
3 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (10.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (10.00%) Project Management
3 1 (10.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (10.00%) Service Management
3 1 (10.00%) Statistical Analysis
3 1 (10.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 7 (70.00%) C#
1 7 (70.00%) JavaScript
1 7 (70.00%) VB.NET
2 2 (20.00%) Python
2 2 (20.00%) SQL
3 1 (10.00%) PowerShell
3 1 (10.00%) R
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (70.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (10.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 8 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (70.00%) UiPath
3 1 (10.00%) Oracle
3 1 (10.00%) VMware