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

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 385 306 285
Rank change year-on-year -79 -21 +99
Permanent jobs citing Local Government 208 601 691
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.53% 0.85% 1.15%
As % of the General category 0.80% 1.48% 1.68%
Number of salaries quoted 108 414 277
10th Percentile £29,075 £25,150 £30,572
25th Percentile £39,982 £31,274 £36,733
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,460 £39,000 £44,800
Median % change year-on-year +11.43% -12.95% +6.48%
75th Percentile £56,134 £48,356 £62,500
90th Percentile £73,833 £64,674 £73,751
UK median annual salary £49,600 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +24.00% -20.00% +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 25,949 40,734 41,097
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 66.21% 57.38% 68.64%
Number of salaries quoted 12,166 26,464 18,709
10th Percentile £25,313 £26,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £37,284
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 £78,750 £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 12 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 12 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 +26 50 £49,800 +23.27% 60
Scotland +130 36 £50,000 +17.65% 12
Midlands -33 35 £53,750 +53.57% 58
East of England +23 33 £42,000 -7.99% 27
North of England -62 30 £44,600 +31.52% 99
South West +64 20 £42,500 +8.10% 23
West Midlands -32 18 £51,193 +46.29% 33
East Midlands +27 17 £56,625 +51.00% 24
North West -72 15 £55,043 +65.54% 68
Yorkshire +28 10 £44,500 +31.23% 25
Wales +4 4 - - 9
North East +30 3 - - 7
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 4 (1.92%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
2 3 (1.44%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (0.96%) Infor M3
3 2 (0.96%) Oracle Assets
3 2 (0.96%) Oracle Cash Management
3 2 (0.96%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.96%) Oracle Financials
3 2 (0.96%) Oracle General Ledger
3 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 Sentinel
8 1 (0.48%) Azure Storage
8 1 (0.48%) Azure Synapse Analytics
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
9 3 (1.44%) WPA
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 72 (34.62%) Finance
3 65 (31.25%) Social Skills
4 27 (12.98%) Analytical Skills
5 14 (6.73%) 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%) Manufacturing
12 2 (0.96%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.96%) Pharmaceutical
12 2 (0.96%) Telecoms
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 26 (12.50%) 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%) Principal Engineer
7 9 (4.33%) Support Analyst
8 8 (3.85%) Delivery Project Manager
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 15 (7.21%) Onboarding
1 15 (7.21%) Self-Motivation
2 12 (5.77%) Data Centre
2 12 (5.77%) Housing Association
2 12 (5.77%) Management Information System
3 8 (3.85%) NHS
4 7 (3.37%) Robotics
5 5 (2.40%) Client/Server
5 5 (2.40%) Driving Licence
6 4 (1.92%) Renewable Energy
6 4 (1.92%) Social Media
7 3 (1.44%) Legacy Systems
8 2 (0.96%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (0.96%) PKI
9 1 (0.48%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.48%) iPad
9 1 (0.48%) iPhone
9 1 (0.48%) Media Streaming
9 1 (0.48%) Product Ownership
9 1 (0.48%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 21 (10.10%) Windows
2 10 (4.81%) Windows Server
3 7 (3.37%) Windows 10
4 3 (1.44%) Windows Vista
5 2 (0.96%) Linux
5 2 (0.96%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.48%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.48%) Solaris
6 1 (0.48%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (25.00%) Agile
2 49 (23.56%) Problem-Solving
3 42 (20.19%) Project Management
4 39 (18.75%) ITIL
5 34 (16.35%) Coaching
6 30 (14.42%) Project Delivery
7 29 (13.94%) Continuous Improvement
8 27 (12.98%) Customer Service
9 21 (10.10%) Cybersecurity
9 21 (10.10%) Stakeholder Management
10 19 (9.13%) Change Management
11 15 (7.21%) Analytics
11 15 (7.21%) Service Management
12 14 (6.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 14 (6.73%) Migration
13 13 (6.25%) Budget Management
13 13 (6.25%) Business Intelligence
13 13 (6.25%) Decision-Making
13 13 (6.25%) Mentoring
14 12 (5.77%) Information Security
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 22 (10.58%) 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%) CTC Cleared
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%) Red Box