Local Government Jobs in the UK excluding London

Local Government (Local Authority, Local Council)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in permanent job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Local Government over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 270 345 404
Rank change year-on-year +75 +59 +73
Permanent jobs citing Local Government 592 403 605
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.91% 0.84% 0.77%
As % of the General category 1.68% 1.27% 1.19%
Number of salaries quoted 296 245 369
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £30,076
25th Percentile £33,359 £38,837 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,480 £39,659
Median % change year-on-year -15.75% +19.72% -6.09%
75th Percentile £49,612 £65,000 £47,500
90th Percentile £71,250 £73,751 £60,000
UK median annual salary £41,711 £51,201 £42,000
% change year-on-year -18.54% +21.91% -6.67%

All General Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 35,229 31,627 50,647
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 53.97% 65.69% 64.67%
Number of salaries quoted 20,712 17,348 26,425
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,557 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.42% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £65,720
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +6.19%

Local Government
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Local Government as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Local Government in the UK excluding London

Local Government
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Local Government in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Local Government in the UK excluding London

Local Government
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Local Government in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Local Government in the UK excluding London

Local Government
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Local Government within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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
North of England +63 177 £40,000 -9.14% 57
South East +98 145 £42,000 -20.00% 57
Midlands +3 117 £39,000 -43.79% 50
West Midlands +27 92 £38,223 -44.91% 28
Yorkshire +80 83 £34,845 -11.78% 22
North West +21 76 £40,000 -18.07% 23
East of England +33 58 £40,000 -13.98% 39
South West -44 42 £39,882 -11.37% 33
Wales +45 28 £36,476 -36.56% 10
Scotland -51 26 £43,750 +6.03% 12
East Midlands -29 25 £39,000 -13.33% 24
North East -2 18 £42,500 -36.57% 13
Northern Ireland +18 1 £27,500 - 4
Local Government
UK

Local Government
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 20 (3.38%) Apache
2 17 (2.87%) IIS
3 16 (2.70%) SharePoint
3 16 (2.70%) Tomcat
4 10 (1.69%) ArcGIS
4 10 (1.69%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.51%) Totara
6 1 (0.17%) CMS
6 1 (0.17%) Confluence
Applications
1 48 (8.11%) AutoCAD
2 44 (7.43%) Microsoft Office
3 32 (5.41%) Microsoft Excel
4 9 (1.52%) Revit
5 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.17%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.17%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.17%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 89 (15.03%) NEC Housing
2 4 (0.68%) Unit4 Business World
3 2 (0.34%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 40 (6.76%) Microsoft 365
2 35 (5.91%) SaaS
3 30 (5.07%) Azure
4 24 (4.05%) Power Platform
5 11 (1.86%) Entra ID
6 10 (1.69%) Figma
7 6 (1.01%) Power Automate
8 4 (0.68%) AWS
9 3 (0.51%) Azure Monitor
9 3 (0.51%) Cloud Computing
9 3 (0.51%) OCI
10 2 (0.34%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (0.34%) Boomi
10 2 (0.34%) iPaaS
10 2 (0.34%) PowerApps
11 1 (0.17%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (0.17%) GitHub
11 1 (0.17%) Google Workspace
11 1 (0.17%) PaaS
11 1 (0.17%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.36%) Firewall
2 12 (2.03%) Wi-Fi
3 9 (1.52%) VPN
4 8 (1.35%) WAN
5 7 (1.18%) LAN
5 7 (1.18%) Network Security
5 7 (1.18%) Wireless
6 6 (1.01%) DNS
6 6 (1.01%) Intranet
7 4 (0.68%) TETRA
7 4 (0.68%) Unified Communications
8 3 (0.51%) Extranet
8 3 (0.51%) Internet
8 3 (0.51%) MPLS
8 3 (0.51%) SAN
8 3 (0.51%) VLAN
8 3 (0.51%) WLAN
9 2 (0.34%) Structured Cabling
10 1 (0.17%) Cisco ISE
10 1 (0.17%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (7.26%) Oracle Database
2 32 (5.41%) SQL Server
3 20 (3.38%) Power BI
4 19 (3.21%) GIS
5 16 (2.70%) PostgreSQL
6 14 (2.36%) Oracle Database 12c
7 9 (1.52%) Relational Database
7 9 (1.52%) Spatial Data
8 8 (1.35%) Tableau
9 7 (1.18%) Geospatial Data
10 6 (1.01%) Data Warehouse
10 6 (1.01%) RDBMS
11 4 (0.68%) Triplestore
12 3 (0.51%) Big Data
12 3 (0.51%) BusinessObjects
12 3 (0.51%) EDMS
12 3 (0.51%) Semantic Layer
13 2 (0.34%) Data Hub
13 2 (0.34%) Metadata
13 2 (0.34%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 14 (2.36%) JIRA
2 12 (2.03%) Oracle APEX
3 4 (0.68%) Git
4 2 (0.34%) Oracle Forms
5 1 (0.17%) RSpec
General
1 211 (35.64%) Social Skills
2 194 (32.77%) Finance
3 193 (32.60%) Public Sector
4 128 (21.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 104 (17.57%) Police
6 87 (14.70%) Presentation Skills
7 84 (14.19%) Legal
8 62 (10.47%) Analytical Skills
9 50 (8.45%) Retail
10 32 (5.41%) Telecoms
11 31 (5.24%) Back Office
12 30 (5.07%) Billing
13 26 (4.39%) Marketing
14 20 (3.38%) Organisational Skills
15 14 (2.36%) Social Housing
16 13 (2.20%) Fire and Rescue
17 12 (2.03%) Influencing Skills
18 5 (0.84%) Games
18 5 (0.84%) Publishing
19 4 (0.68%) Law
Job Titles
1 54 (9.12%) Senior
2 50 (8.45%) Development Manager
3 48 (8.11%) Business Manager
4 47 (7.94%) Business Development Manager
5 45 (7.60%) Analyst
6 43 (7.26%) Project Manager
7 42 (7.09%) Audit Manager
7 42 (7.09%) Coordinator
8 39 (6.59%) Developer
9 38 (6.42%) Lead
10 33 (5.57%) Technical Coordinator
11 22 (3.72%) Administrator
12 21 (3.55%) Applications Support
13 20 (3.38%) Oracle Developer
14 18 (3.04%) Team Leader
15 16 (2.70%) Data Analyst
16 15 (2.53%) DBA
17 14 (2.36%) Oracle DBA
17 14 (2.36%) PostgreSQL DBA
18 12 (2.03%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (2.87%) Web Services
2 13 (2.20%) CSS
2 13 (2.20%) HTML
2 13 (2.20%) JSON
2 13 (2.20%) XML
3 12 (2.03%) .NET
3 12 (2.03%) SOAP
4 11 (1.86%) Ruby on Rails
5 10 (1.69%) REST
6 5 (0.84%) RESTful
7 2 (0.34%) .NET Core
7 2 (0.34%) .NET Framework
7 2 (0.34%) Code First Entity Framework
7 2 (0.34%) Entity Framework
7 2 (0.34%) OAuth
7 2 (0.34%) OAuth2
7 2 (0.34%) Razor View Engine
8 1 (0.17%) HTML5 Canvas
8 1 (0.17%) Sidekiq
8 1 (0.17%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 70 (11.82%) Housing Association
2 65 (10.98%) Driving Licence
3 54 (9.12%) NHS
4 39 (6.59%) Onboarding
5 34 (5.74%) iPad
6 33 (5.57%) Self-Motivation
7 31 (5.24%) Management Information System
8 17 (2.87%) Public Cloud
9 12 (2.03%) CCTV
9 12 (2.03%) Mobile App
10 9 (1.52%) Blog
11 7 (1.18%) Data Structures
11 7 (1.18%) Renewable Energy
12 6 (1.01%) Data Centre
12 6 (1.01%) Legacy Systems
12 6 (1.01%) Social Media
13 5 (0.84%) Educational Technology
13 5 (0.84%) Smartcard
14 4 (0.68%) Linked Data
14 4 (0.68%) PACS
Operating Systems
1 36 (6.08%) Windows
2 30 (5.07%) Unix
3 20 (3.38%) Linux
4 16 (2.70%) Solaris
5 7 (1.18%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.68%) Android
6 4 (0.68%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.17%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.17%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (19.76%) Agile
2 101 (17.06%) Problem-Solving
3 90 (15.20%) Customer Service
4 89 (15.03%) Business Development
5 81 (13.68%) Project Management
6 64 (10.81%) Coaching
7 59 (9.97%) Time Management
8 52 (8.78%) Continuous Improvement
9 50 (8.45%) Service Management
10 49 (8.28%) Mathematics
11 46 (7.77%) Performance Management
12 44 (7.43%) Project Delivery
13 43 (7.26%) ITIL
14 40 (6.76%) Decision-Making
15 36 (6.08%) Facilities Management
16 35 (5.91%) People Management
17 34 (5.74%) B2B
18 33 (5.57%) Data Security
19 31 (5.24%) Performance Tuning
20 29 (4.90%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 54 (9.12%) SQL
2 19 (3.21%) Python
3 16 (2.70%) Shell Script
4 15 (2.53%) C#
5 12 (2.03%) C
5 12 (2.03%) Java
5 12 (2.03%) PL/SQL
5 12 (2.03%) Ruby
6 6 (1.01%) JavaScript
6 6 (1.01%) R
7 4 (0.68%) SPARQL
8 2 (0.34%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.17%) Scala
9 1 (0.17%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.17%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 125 (21.11%) Degree
2 64 (10.81%) DBS Check
3 58 (9.80%) Security Cleared
4 47 (7.94%) HND
5 42 (7.09%) ACCA
6 41 (6.93%) HNC
7 16 (2.70%) Oracle Certification
8 15 (2.53%) Computer Science Degree
9 13 (2.20%) Microsoft Certification
10 8 (1.35%) A+ Certification
10 8 (1.35%) Network+ Certification
11 6 (1.01%) PMP
12 5 (0.84%) Cisco Certification
12 5 (0.84%) SC Cleared
13 4 (0.68%) MCP
13 4 (0.68%) PMI Certification
14 3 (0.51%) Azure Certification
14 3 (0.51%) Six Sigma Green Belt
15 2 (0.34%) CCNP
15 2 (0.34%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (14.53%) Accessibility
2 42 (7.09%) GAAP
2 42 (7.09%) IFRS
3 27 (4.56%) QA
4 12 (2.03%) SLA
5 9 (1.52%) Data Quality
6 7 (1.18%) NEBOSH
7 5 (0.84%) GDPR
8 4 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.51%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.51%) PMO
10 2 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.34%) WCAG
11 1 (0.17%) COBIT
11 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.17%) Disclosure Scotland
11 1 (0.17%) ISO 14001
11 1 (0.17%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 24 (4.05%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.18%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (0.84%) Docker
4 3 (0.51%) Microsoft Virtual Server
4 3 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (0.51%) Virtual Servers
4 3 (0.51%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (0.51%) vSphere
5 1 (0.17%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 11 (1.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (0.68%) AirWatch
2 4 (0.68%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.51%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 3 (0.51%) SCCM
3 3 (0.51%) SCOM
4 1 (0.17%) FortiGate
4 1 (0.17%) Terraform
Vendors
1 136 (22.97%) Microsoft
2 90 (15.20%) NEC
3 63 (10.64%) Oracle
4 45 (7.60%) CA
5 12 (2.03%) VMware
6 11 (1.86%) Cisco
7 9 (1.52%) Openreach
7 9 (1.52%) SAP
8 6 (1.01%) ESRI
9 4 (0.68%) BT
9 4 (0.68%) Citrix
9 4 (0.68%) HubSpot
9 4 (0.68%) Liquidlogic
10 3 (0.51%) HP
10 3 (0.51%) Meraki
10 3 (0.51%) NetApp
10 3 (0.51%) SolarWinds
11 2 (0.34%) Civica
12 1 (0.17%) Google
12 1 (0.17%) Veeam