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 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 381 312 279
Rank change year-on-year -69 -33 +104
Permanent jobs citing Local Government 208 601 688
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.53% 0.85% 1.16%
As % of the General category 0.79% 1.48% 1.69%
Number of salaries quoted 109 414 271
10th Percentile £29,300 £25,150 £30,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,274 £36,733
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £39,000 £44,800
Median % change year-on-year +11.54% -12.95% +6.48%
75th Percentile £56,161 £48,356 £62,500
90th Percentile £73,833 £64,674 £73,751
UK median annual salary £49,743 £39,941 £50,000
% change year-on-year +24.54% -20.12% +11.11%

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 26,445 40,720 40,737
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 67.03% 57.39% 68.67%
Number of salaries quoted 12,137 26,411 18,468
10th Percentile £25,250 £26,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £32,500 £37,418
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

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 16 May 2025.

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 16 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
South East +30 51 £49,800 +23.27% 71
Scotland +129 36 £50,000 +17.65% 17
Midlands -43 34 £53,750 +53.57% 70
East of England +20 33 £42,000 -7.99% 23
North of England -72 30 £44,700 +31.82% 104
South West +70 20 £42,500 +8.10% 41
West Midlands -34 18 £51,193 +46.29% 45
East Midlands +16 16 £56,625 +51.00% 24
North West -69 15 £55,043 +65.54% 68
Yorkshire +26 10 £44,500 +31.23% 29
Wales +1 4 - - 8
North East +29 3 - - 8
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 16 (7.69%) IIS
2 12 (5.77%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.88%) Apache
4 4 (1.92%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.96%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 10 (4.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (3.85%) Chatbot
3 7 (3.37%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (2.40%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.96%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 3 (1.44%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
1 3 (1.44%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (0.96%) Infor M3
2 2 (0.96%) Oracle Assets
2 2 (0.96%) Oracle Cash Management
2 2 (0.96%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (0.96%) Oracle Financials
2 2 (0.96%) Oracle General Ledger
2 2 (0.96%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 31 (14.90%) Microsoft 365
2 18 (8.65%) Azure
2 18 (8.65%) SaaS
3 11 (5.29%) Power Platform
4 8 (3.85%) Google Workspace
4 8 (3.85%) Power Automate
5 4 (1.92%) AWS
5 4 (1.92%) Entra ID
6 3 (1.44%) Google Analytics
7 2 (0.96%) AWS CloudFormation
7 2 (0.96%) AWS CodeCommit
7 2 (0.96%) Dynamics 365
7 2 (0.96%) GitHub
7 2 (0.96%) Google Tag Manager
7 2 (0.96%) OCI
7 2 (0.96%) PaaS
8 1 (0.48%) Azure Storage
8 1 (0.48%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Purview
8 1 (0.48%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 15 (7.21%) Firewall
2 10 (4.81%) DNS
3 9 (4.33%) TCP/IP
4 8 (3.85%) VLAN
5 7 (3.37%) FTP
6 6 (2.88%) BGP
6 6 (2.88%) OSPF
6 6 (2.88%) SD-WAN
6 6 (2.88%) VoIP
6 6 (2.88%) WAN
6 6 (2.88%) Wi-Fi
7 5 (2.40%) VPN
8 4 (1.92%) EIGRP
8 4 (1.92%) IPsec
8 4 (1.92%) Spanning Tree
8 4 (1.92%) Unified Communications
8 4 (1.92%) Wireshark
9 3 (1.44%) DHCP
9 3 (1.44%) Wireless
10 2 (0.96%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (9.13%) SQL Server
2 10 (4.81%) Power BI
3 6 (2.88%) Relational Database
4 3 (1.44%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.96%) Looker
5 2 (0.96%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.48%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.48%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.48%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.48%) GIS
6 1 (0.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.48%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (3.37%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 2 (0.96%) Checkstyle
2 2 (0.96%) Git
2 2 (0.96%) Jenkins
2 2 (0.96%) SonarQube
3 1 (0.48%) ERwin
General
1 84 (40.38%) Public Sector
2 73 (35.10%) Finance
3 65 (31.25%) Social Skills
4 27 (12.98%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (6.25%) Marketing
6 10 (4.81%) Social Housing
7 9 (4.33%) Retail
8 7 (3.37%) Fire and Rescue
9 6 (2.88%) Back Office
9 6 (2.88%) Legal
9 6 (2.88%) Police
10 5 (2.40%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.44%) Law
12 2 (0.96%) Electronics
12 2 (0.96%) Environmental Health
12 2 (0.96%) General Ledger
12 2 (0.96%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.96%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.96%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.48%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 62 (29.81%) Senior
2 33 (15.87%) Audit Manager
2 33 (15.87%) Senior Audit Manager
2 33 (15.87%) Senior Manager
3 28 (13.46%) Project Manager
4 27 (12.98%) Analyst
5 14 (6.73%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 11 (5.29%) Developer
7 9 (4.33%) Applications Engineer
7 9 (4.33%) Applications Support
7 9 (4.33%) Civil Engineer
7 9 (4.33%) Development Engineer
7 9 (4.33%) Lead
7 9 (4.33%) Principal Engineer
7 9 (4.33%) Support Analyst
8 8 (3.85%) Lecturer
8 8 (3.85%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 8 (3.85%) Software Delivery Project Manager
8 8 (3.85%) Software Project Manager
8 8 (3.85%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (4.33%) XML
2 7 (3.37%) .NET
3 4 (1.92%) REST
4 2 (0.96%) EJB
4 2 (0.96%) Middleware
4 2 (0.96%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (0.96%) SOAP
4 2 (0.96%) Web Services
5 1 (0.48%) COM+
Miscellaneous
1 16 (7.69%) Onboarding
2 15 (7.21%) Self-Motivation
3 12 (5.77%) Data Centre
3 12 (5.77%) Housing Association
3 12 (5.77%) Management Information System
4 8 (3.85%) NHS
5 7 (3.37%) Robotics
6 5 (2.40%) Client/Server
6 5 (2.40%) Driving Licence
7 4 (1.92%) Renewable Energy
8 3 (1.44%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.44%) Social Media
9 2 (0.96%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.96%) PKI
10 1 (0.48%) Acoustics
10 1 (0.48%) Analytical Mindset
10 1 (0.48%) iPad
10 1 (0.48%) iPhone
10 1 (0.48%) Media Streaming
10 1 (0.48%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 20 (9.62%) Windows
2 10 (4.81%) Windows Server
3 7 (3.37%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.96%) Linux
4 2 (0.96%) Windows Server 2019
4 2 (0.96%) Windows Vista
5 1 (0.48%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.48%) Solaris
5 1 (0.48%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (25.00%) Agile
2 49 (23.56%) Problem-Solving
3 43 (20.67%) Project Management
4 38 (18.27%) ITIL
5 34 (16.35%) Coaching
6 30 (14.42%) Continuous Improvement
6 30 (14.42%) Project Delivery
7 27 (12.98%) Customer Service
8 22 (10.58%) Stakeholder Management
9 20 (9.62%) Cybersecurity
10 19 (9.13%) Change Management
11 15 (7.21%) Analytics
12 14 (6.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 14 (6.73%) Mentoring
12 14 (6.73%) Migration
12 14 (6.73%) Service Management
13 13 (6.25%) Business Intelligence
13 13 (6.25%) Data Management
13 13 (6.25%) Decision-Making
14 12 (5.77%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 26 (12.50%) SQL
2 14 (6.73%) PowerShell
3 8 (3.85%) Python
3 8 (3.85%) T-SQL
4 7 (3.37%) C#
4 7 (3.37%) JavaScript
4 7 (3.37%) VB.NET
5 3 (1.44%) Java
6 2 (0.96%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.48%) Bash
7 1 (0.48%) R
Qualifications
1 43 (20.67%) Degree
2 33 (15.87%) ACCA
3 21 (10.10%) DBS Check
4 10 (4.81%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 9 (4.33%) Security Cleared
6 8 (3.85%) Postgraduate
7 7 (3.37%) MRICS
8 6 (2.88%) CISM
8 6 (2.88%) CISSP
8 6 (2.88%) HNC
8 6 (2.88%) HND
8 6 (2.88%) MOS
8 6 (2.88%) SC Cleared
9 4 (1.92%) CEH
9 4 (1.92%) CREST Certified
9 4 (1.92%) GIAC
10 3 (1.44%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (1.44%) TOGAF Certification
11 2 (0.96%) CCNA
11 2 (0.96%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (15.87%) GAAP
1 33 (15.87%) IFRS
2 18 (8.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (5.77%) QA
4 8 (3.85%) Cyber Essentials
5 6 (2.88%) Accessibility
5 6 (2.88%) NCSC
5 6 (2.88%) NIST
6 4 (1.92%) Data Quality
7 3 (1.44%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.48%) GDPR
8 1 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 10 (4.81%) VMware Infrastructure
2 7 (3.37%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.96%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (0.96%) vSphere
4 1 (0.48%) Docker
4 1 (0.48%) LXC
4 1 (0.48%) Samba
Systems Management
1 6 (2.88%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (2.40%) ZABBIX
3 4 (1.92%) FortiGate
3 4 (1.92%) Nessus
4 2 (0.96%) SmoothWall
4 2 (0.96%) Terraform
5 1 (0.48%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 53 (25.48%) Microsoft
2 11 (5.29%) Google
2 11 (5.29%) Oracle
3 10 (4.81%) VMware
4 9 (4.33%) Cisco
5 8 (3.85%) Salesforce
6 7 (3.37%) UiPath
7 5 (2.40%) SolarWinds
8 4 (1.92%) Fortinet
8 4 (1.92%) HP
8 4 (1.92%) Qualys
8 4 (1.92%) Tenable
9 2 (0.96%) CheckPoint
9 2 (0.96%) Databricks
9 2 (0.96%) Dell
9 2 (0.96%) EMC
9 2 (0.96%) Mitel
9 2 (0.96%) Northgate
9 2 (0.96%) Palo Alto
9 2 (0.96%) Pure Storage