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

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 388 303 292
Rank change year-on-year -85 -11 +100
Permanent jobs citing Local Government 199 616 661
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.50% 0.82% 1.15%
As % of the General category 0.74% 1.47% 1.70%
Number of salaries quoted 90 416 263
10th Percentile £27,475 £25,500 £33,000
25th Percentile £39,188 £31,345 £37,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,558 £39,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.12% -13.33% +6.92%
75th Percentile £53,170 £46,898 £62,500
90th Percentile £73,833 £64,674 £73,751
UK median annual salary £47,500 £39,882 £50,000
% change year-on-year +19.10% -20.24% +10.50%

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 26,890 41,891 38,984
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 67.76% 55.94% 68.01%
Number of salaries quoted 12,017 26,910 18,141
10th Percentile £25,087 £26,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,908 £62,200 £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 31 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 31 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 +3 48 £42,500 +5.48% 53
Scotland +134 36 £50,000 +14.29% 17
East of England +24 32 £42,000 -1.18% 20
Midlands -49 30 £52,500 +40.00% 83
North of England -91 30 £55,043 +62.32% 94
South West +73 19 £34,500 -10.97% 44
West Midlands -32 19 £49,887 +42.53% 47
North West -77 17 £60,021 +80.52% 55
East Midlands +22 11 £68,750 +83.33% 35
Yorkshire +11 7 £44,700 +31.82% 25
North East +35 4 - - 16
Wales +4 4 - - 9
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 15 (7.54%) IIS
2 10 (5.03%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.51%) Apache
4 4 (2.01%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (1.01%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 11 (5.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (4.02%) Chatbot
2 8 (4.02%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (2.01%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (1.51%) AutoCAD
5 2 (1.01%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 3 (1.51%) Oracle Payables
2 2 (1.01%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
2 2 (1.01%) Infor M3
2 2 (1.01%) Oracle Assets
2 2 (1.01%) Oracle Cash Management
2 2 (1.01%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (1.01%) Oracle Financials
2 2 (1.01%) Oracle General Ledger
2 2 (1.01%) Oracle Receivables
3 1 (0.50%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 26 (13.07%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (7.54%) SaaS
3 13 (6.53%) Azure
4 11 (5.53%) Power Platform
5 8 (4.02%) Google Workspace
5 8 (4.02%) Power Automate
6 5 (2.51%) Entra ID
7 3 (1.51%) AWS
8 2 (1.01%) AWS CloudFormation
8 2 (1.01%) AWS CodeCommit
8 2 (1.01%) GitHub
8 2 (1.01%) Google Analytics
8 2 (1.01%) Google Tag Manager
8 2 (1.01%) OCI
8 2 (1.01%) PaaS
8 2 (1.01%) ShareGate
9 1 (0.50%) Azure Storage
9 1 (0.50%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (0.50%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 15 (7.54%) Firewall
2 12 (6.03%) DNS
3 11 (5.53%) TCP/IP
4 7 (3.52%) FTP
4 7 (3.52%) VLAN
5 6 (3.02%) Wi-Fi
6 5 (2.51%) BGP
6 5 (2.51%) DHCP
6 5 (2.51%) OSPF
6 5 (2.51%) VoIP
6 5 (2.51%) VPN
7 4 (2.01%) SD-WAN
7 4 (2.01%) WAN
8 3 (1.51%) EIGRP
8 3 (1.51%) IPsec
8 3 (1.51%) Spanning Tree
8 3 (1.51%) Unified Communications
8 3 (1.51%) Wireshark
9 2 (1.01%) Cisco ASA
9 2 (1.01%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (8.04%) SQL Server
2 10 (5.03%) Power BI
3 5 (2.51%) Relational Database
4 2 (1.01%) Looker
4 2 (1.01%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.50%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.50%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.50%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.50%) GIS
5 1 (0.50%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.50%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (3.52%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 2 (1.01%) Checkstyle
2 2 (1.01%) Git
2 2 (1.01%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.01%) SonarQube
3 1 (0.50%) ERwin
General
1 84 (42.21%) Public Sector
2 80 (40.20%) Finance
3 68 (34.17%) Social Skills
4 28 (14.07%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (7.04%) Legal
6 12 (6.03%) Marketing
7 7 (3.52%) Fire and Rescue
8 6 (3.02%) Police
8 6 (3.02%) Retail
9 5 (2.51%) Back Office
9 5 (2.51%) Social Housing
10 4 (2.01%) Telecoms
11 3 (1.51%) Law
12 2 (1.01%) Advertising
12 2 (1.01%) Electronics
12 2 (1.01%) Environmental Health
12 2 (1.01%) General Ledger
12 2 (1.01%) Manufacturing
12 2 (1.01%) Music Industry
12 2 (1.01%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 67 (33.67%) Senior
2 37 (18.59%) Audit Manager
2 37 (18.59%) Senior Audit Manager
2 37 (18.59%) Senior Manager
3 28 (14.07%) Analyst
4 20 (10.05%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 19 (9.55%) Project Manager
6 17 (8.54%) Civil Engineer
6 17 (8.54%) Development Engineer
7 14 (7.04%) Lead
8 11 (5.53%) Principal Engineer
9 10 (5.03%) Developer
9 10 (5.03%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
10 9 (4.52%) Applications Support
10 9 (4.52%) Support Analyst
11 8 (4.02%) Support Engineer
12 7 (3.52%) Applications Support Engineer
12 7 (3.52%) Delivery Project Manager
12 7 (3.52%) Senior Support Engineer
12 7 (3.52%) Software Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (4.52%) XML
2 7 (3.52%) .NET
3 4 (2.01%) REST
4 2 (1.01%) EJB
4 2 (1.01%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (1.01%) SOAP
4 2 (1.01%) Web Services
5 1 (0.50%) COM+
Miscellaneous
1 20 (10.05%) Onboarding
2 15 (7.54%) NHS
3 11 (5.53%) Management Information System
3 11 (5.53%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (5.03%) Data Centre
5 7 (3.52%) Robotics
6 6 (3.02%) Housing Association
7 5 (2.51%) Client/Server
8 4 (2.01%) Driving Licence
9 3 (1.51%) Acoustics
9 3 (1.51%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.51%) Social Media
10 2 (1.01%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (1.01%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (1.01%) PKI
10 2 (1.01%) Renewable Energy
11 1 (0.50%) Media Streaming
11 1 (0.50%) Product Ownership
11 1 (0.50%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 19 (9.55%) Windows
2 10 (5.03%) Windows Server
3 7 (3.52%) Windows 10
4 2 (1.01%) Windows Server 2019
4 2 (1.01%) Windows Vista
5 1 (0.50%) Linux
5 1 (0.50%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.50%) Solaris
5 1 (0.50%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (28.64%) Agile
2 45 (22.61%) Problem-Solving
3 40 (20.10%) Project Management
4 37 (18.59%) Coaching
5 36 (18.09%) Project Delivery
6 35 (17.59%) ITIL
7 33 (16.58%) Continuous Improvement
8 26 (13.07%) Stakeholder Management
9 24 (12.06%) Customer Service
10 22 (11.06%) Mentoring
11 20 (10.05%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 18 (9.05%) Change Management
13 16 (8.04%) Cybersecurity
14 14 (7.04%) Strategic Planning
15 13 (6.53%) Service Management
16 12 (6.03%) Budget Management
16 12 (6.03%) Due Diligence
16 12 (6.03%) Line Management
17 11 (5.53%) Analytics
17 11 (5.53%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 27 (13.57%) SQL
2 13 (6.53%) PowerShell
3 8 (4.02%) T-SQL
4 7 (3.52%) C#
4 7 (3.52%) JavaScript
4 7 (3.52%) Python
4 7 (3.52%) VB.NET
5 3 (1.51%) Java
6 2 (1.01%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.50%) Bash
7 1 (0.50%) R
Qualifications
1 40 (20.10%) Degree
2 37 (18.59%) ACCA
3 21 (10.55%) DBS Check
4 13 (6.53%) Postgraduate
5 8 (4.02%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 6 (3.02%) CISM
6 6 (3.02%) CISSP
6 6 (3.02%) HNC
6 6 (3.02%) HND
6 6 (3.02%) MOS
6 6 (3.02%) Security Cleared
7 5 (2.51%) SC Cleared
8 4 (2.01%) CEH
8 4 (2.01%) CREST Certified
8 4 (2.01%) GIAC
8 4 (2.01%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (2.01%) MRICS
9 2 (1.01%) APMG
9 2 (1.01%) CompTIA Security+
9 2 (1.01%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (18.59%) GAAP
1 37 (18.59%) IFRS
2 18 (9.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 12 (6.03%) Accessibility
4 10 (5.03%) QA
5 8 (4.02%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (3.02%) NCSC
6 6 (3.02%) NIST
7 3 (1.51%) PCI DSS
8 2 (1.01%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.50%) GDPR
9 1 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 20000
9 1 (0.50%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (4.52%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (4.02%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.01%) vSphere
4 1 (0.50%) Docker
4 1 (0.50%) LXC
4 1 (0.50%) Samba
4 1 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 5 (2.51%) ZABBIX
2 4 (2.01%) FortiGate
2 4 (2.01%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (2.01%) Nessus
3 2 (1.01%) SmoothWall
3 2 (1.01%) Terraform
4 1 (0.50%) AirWatch
4 1 (0.50%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 49 (24.62%) Microsoft
2 10 (5.03%) Google
3 9 (4.52%) VMware
4 8 (4.02%) Cisco
4 8 (4.02%) Oracle
5 7 (3.52%) Salesforce
5 7 (3.52%) UiPath
6 4 (2.01%) Qualys
6 4 (2.01%) SolarWinds
6 4 (2.01%) Tenable
7 3 (1.51%) Fortinet
7 3 (1.51%) HP
8 2 (1.01%) CheckPoint
8 2 (1.01%) Databricks
8 2 (1.01%) EMC
8 2 (1.01%) Northgate
8 2 (1.01%) Palo Alto
8 2 (1.01%) Pure Storage
9 1 (0.50%) Openreach
9 1 (0.50%) Red Box