Local Government (Local Authority, Local Council)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Local Government over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 331 334 490
Rank change year-on-year +3 +156 +94
Permanent jobs citing Local Government 845 1,081 1,097
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.86% 1.03% 0.71%
As % of the General category 1.44% 1.50% 1.12%
Number of salaries quoted 610 428 464
10th Percentile £26,241 £33,175 £28,216
25th Percentile £33,750 £40,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,882 £50,874 £44,602
Median % change year-on-year -21.61% +14.06% -0.89%
75th Percentile £53,469 £69,649 £56,250
90th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £70,256
UK excluding London median annual salary £39,000 £44,238 £42,074
% change year-on-year -11.84% +5.14% -0.07%

All General Skills
UK

Local Government is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 58,670 71,907 98,006
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 59.84% 68.71% 63.59%
Number of salaries quoted 39,462 38,624 51,085
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £102,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +5.26%

Local Government
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Local Government in the UK

Local Government
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Local Government in the UK

Local Government
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Local Government over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Local Government in the UK

Local Government
Top 16 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 27 April 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
England +23 742 £39,882 -20.24% 388
UK excluding London -15 592 £39,000 -11.84% 310
Work from Home -113 240 £47,500 -12.54% 135
London +46 201 £48,831 -18.62% 93
North of England -38 160 £33,911 -14.15% 62
Midlands +4 142 £37,133 -38.11% 58
South East +87 120 £40,400 -24.49% 83
West Midlands +50 107 £34,998 -49.56% 31
North West -3 88 £33,250 -24.47% 32
South West +13 61 £39,882 -9.36% 48
East of England +15 55 £46,297 -0.44% 41
Yorkshire +2 55 £33,911 -11.07% 24
Wales +24 41 £36,476 -16.45% 15
East Midlands -45 35 £37,500 -16.67% 27
North East -16 17 £38,750 +8.74% 6
Scotland -103 14 £42,500 -15.00% 19

Local Government
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 31 (3.67%) SharePoint
2 18 (2.13%) Apache
3 17 (2.01%) Microsoft Exchange
4 15 (1.78%) IIS
5 14 (1.66%) Tomcat
6 9 (1.07%) ArcGIS
7 5 (0.59%) CMS
8 3 (0.36%) Totara
9 1 (0.12%) Confluence
9 1 (0.12%) Drupal
Applications
1 55 (6.51%) AutoCAD
2 51 (6.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 47 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (1.07%) Revit
5 6 (0.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.12%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.12%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 53 (6.27%) NEC Housing
2 6 (0.71%) Sage 50
3 3 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.24%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.12%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 77 (9.11%) Azure
2 73 (8.64%) Microsoft 365
3 65 (7.69%) Power Platform
4 30 (3.55%) AWS
5 27 (3.20%) dbt
6 25 (2.96%) Entra ID
6 25 (2.96%) SaaS
7 22 (2.60%) Azure DevOps
8 21 (2.49%) Azure Monitor
9 16 (1.89%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 16 (1.89%) Azure Service Bus
10 7 (0.83%) Cloud Computing
10 7 (0.83%) PowerApps
11 6 (0.71%) Power Automate
12 5 (0.59%) Google Analytics
12 5 (0.59%) Google Tag Manager
12 5 (0.59%) Google Workspace
13 4 (0.47%) Amazon S3
13 4 (0.47%) OCI
14 3 (0.36%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 21 (2.49%) Firewall
2 20 (2.37%) Wi-Fi
3 18 (2.13%) LAN
4 16 (1.89%) Internet
5 15 (1.78%) Wireless
6 11 (1.30%) MPLS
7 10 (1.18%) VPN
8 9 (1.07%) Network Security
8 9 (1.07%) WAN
9 8 (0.95%) DNS
10 7 (0.83%) SMS
11 6 (0.71%) Intranet
11 6 (0.71%) SAN
11 6 (0.71%) SD-WAN
11 6 (0.71%) Unified Communications
12 5 (0.59%) Extranet
12 5 (0.59%) VLAN
12 5 (0.59%) WLAN
13 4 (0.47%) TETRA
14 3 (0.36%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (8.99%) SQL Server
2 49 (5.80%) Power BI
3 32 (3.79%) Oracle Database
4 27 (3.20%) PostgreSQL
5 24 (2.84%) Relational Database
6 22 (2.60%) Data Warehouse
6 22 (2.60%) GIS
6 22 (2.60%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 19 (2.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 15 (1.78%) Tableau
9 14 (1.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 13 (1.54%) Oracle Database 12c
11 10 (1.18%) RDBMS
12 9 (1.07%) Spatial Data
13 8 (0.95%) BusinessObjects
13 8 (0.95%) Geospatial Data
14 7 (0.83%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
14 7 (0.83%) Oracle Reports
14 7 (0.83%) Semantic Layer
15 4 (0.47%) Triplestore
Development Applications
1 8 (0.95%) JIRA
2 7 (0.83%) Git
2 7 (0.83%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 7 (0.83%) Visual Studio
3 5 (0.59%) Oracle APEX
4 4 (0.47%) RSpec
5 3 (0.36%) Oracle Forms
5 3 (0.36%) Selenium
5 3 (0.36%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 289 (34.20%) Social Skills
2 228 (26.98%) Finance
3 189 (22.37%) Public Sector
4 173 (20.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 87 (10.30%) Legal
6 86 (10.18%) Police
7 78 (9.23%) Analytical Skills
8 63 (7.46%) Presentation Skills
9 51 (6.04%) Back Office
9 51 (6.04%) Retail
9 51 (6.04%) Telecoms
10 48 (5.68%) Marketing
11 40 (4.73%) Organisational Skills
12 34 (4.02%) Fire and Rescue
13 33 (3.91%) Billing
14 27 (3.20%) Digital Economy
15 13 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
16 8 (0.95%) Law
16 8 (0.95%) Social Housing
17 6 (0.71%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 104 (12.31%) Senior
2 99 (11.72%) Analyst
3 66 (7.81%) Lead
4 60 (7.10%) Project Manager
5 48 (5.68%) Coordinator
6 39 (4.62%) Technical Coordinator
7 34 (4.02%) Audit Manager
8 32 (3.79%) Development Manager
9 28 (3.31%) IT Technician
10 24 (2.84%) Administrator
11 23 (2.72%) Data Analyst
11 23 (2.72%) Developer
12 20 (2.37%) Applications Support
13 19 (2.25%) Senior Manager
14 17 (2.01%) Technical Manager
15 16 (1.89%) Business Manager
16 15 (1.78%) ICT Engineer
16 15 (1.78%) IT Manager
16 15 (1.78%) Senior Technician
16 15 (1.78%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (3.20%) .NET
2 26 (3.08%) Web Services
3 17 (2.01%) .NET Core
4 11 (1.30%) HTML
5 10 (1.18%) CSS
6 9 (1.07%) Ruby on Rails
7 8 (0.95%) REST
8 6 (0.71%) JSON
8 6 (0.71%) XML
9 5 (0.59%) RESTful
9 5 (0.59%) SOAP
10 4 (0.47%) Sidekiq
11 3 (0.36%) EDI
12 1 (0.12%) ASP.NET
12 1 (0.12%) Core Animation
12 1 (0.12%) HTML5
12 1 (0.12%) Laravel
12 1 (0.12%) Node.js
12 1 (0.12%) Oracle Fusion
12 1 (0.12%) TAPI
Miscellaneous
1 85 (10.06%) Housing Association
2 67 (7.93%) Self-Motivation
3 63 (7.46%) Management Information System
4 61 (7.22%) Driving Licence
5 53 (6.27%) NHS
6 46 (5.44%) Social Media
7 31 (3.67%) Onboarding
8 21 (2.49%) CCTV
8 21 (2.49%) Renewable Energy
9 16 (1.89%) Data Centre
10 15 (1.78%) Public Cloud
11 13 (1.54%) Blog
12 12 (1.42%) PACS
12 12 (1.42%) Smartcard
13 11 (1.30%) Educational Technology
14 10 (1.18%) Data Structures
14 10 (1.18%) Freedom of Information
15 8 (0.95%) Acoustics
15 8 (0.95%) Data Protection Act
16 6 (0.71%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 45 (5.33%) Windows
2 32 (3.79%) Unix
3 21 (2.49%) Linux
4 15 (1.78%) Solaris
5 10 (1.18%) Windows 10
6 8 (0.95%) Android
7 4 (0.47%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.47%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.24%) Windows 7
8 2 (0.24%) Windows 8
9 1 (0.12%) VMS
9 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 147 (17.40%) Agile
2 134 (15.86%) Problem-Solving
3 115 (13.61%) Project Management
4 104 (12.31%) Customer Service
5 77 (9.11%) Business Development
6 71 (8.40%) Continuous Improvement
7 65 (7.69%) Project Delivery
8 61 (7.22%) Time Management
9 59 (6.98%) Coaching
9 59 (6.98%) Mathematics
10 56 (6.63%) Business Intelligence
11 54 (6.39%) Service Management
12 51 (6.04%) Performance Management
13 50 (5.92%) Data Analysis
14 48 (5.68%) Thought Leadership
15 46 (5.44%) Collaborative Working
16 44 (5.21%) ITIL
16 44 (5.21%) People Management
17 43 (5.09%) Line Management
17 43 (5.09%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 75 (8.88%) SQL
2 30 (3.55%) C#
3 20 (2.37%) Python
4 16 (1.89%) Bicep
5 14 (1.66%) Shell Script
6 13 (1.54%) JavaScript
7 12 (1.42%) PL/SQL
8 11 (1.30%) Java
9 10 (1.18%) Ruby
10 8 (0.95%) T-SQL
11 5 (0.59%) R
12 4 (0.47%) SPARQL
13 2 (0.24%) C
13 2 (0.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 2 (0.24%) PHP
14 1 (0.12%) Kotlin
14 1 (0.12%) Swift
14 1 (0.12%) TypeScript
14 1 (0.12%) VB
14 1 (0.12%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 202 (23.91%) Degree
2 61 (7.22%) HND
3 55 (6.51%) Security Cleared
4 52 (6.15%) HNC
5 43 (5.09%) DBS Check
6 35 (4.14%) ACCA
7 18 (2.13%) SC Cleared
8 13 (1.54%) Oracle Certification
9 12 (1.42%) A+ Certification
10 11 (1.30%) Master's Degree
10 11 (1.30%) Network+ Certification
11 10 (1.18%) Cisco Certification
11 10 (1.18%) Microsoft Certification
12 6 (0.71%) MCP
13 5 (0.59%) Azure Certification
13 5 (0.59%) Computer Science Degree
14 4 (0.47%) CCNP
14 4 (0.47%) Chartered Engineer
14 4 (0.47%) PMP
15 3 (0.36%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (4.73%) Accessibility
2 32 (3.79%) GAAP
2 32 (3.79%) IFRS
3 27 (3.20%) Data Quality
4 24 (2.84%) QA
5 16 (1.89%) GDPR
6 8 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials
7 7 (0.83%) NEBOSH
7 7 (0.83%) SLA
8 6 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 5 (0.59%) PMO
10 4 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 3 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
11 3 (0.36%) ISO 9001
11 3 (0.36%) NIST
12 2 (0.24%) GPG for Computer-Based Electronic Evidence
12 2 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 17025
13 1 (0.12%) COBIT
13 1 (0.12%) ISO 14001
13 1 (0.12%) NCSC
System Software
1 50 (5.92%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.07%) Docker
3 8 (0.95%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.71%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.59%) Firmware
6 3 (0.36%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.36%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 3 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.36%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.36%) vSphere
7 2 (0.24%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 20 (2.37%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (0.59%) SCCM
2 5 (0.59%) SCOM
3 4 (0.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 4 (0.47%) AirWatch
3 4 (0.47%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.12%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.12%) QRadar
4 1 (0.12%) Terraform
Vendors
1 210 (24.85%) Microsoft
2 54 (6.39%) NEC
3 49 (5.80%) Oracle
4 37 (4.38%) CA
5 21 (2.49%) Cisco
6 13 (1.54%) Google
6 13 (1.54%) VMware
7 12 (1.42%) SAP
8 11 (1.30%) Openreach
9 6 (0.71%) BT
9 6 (0.71%) Citrix
9 6 (0.71%) HP
9 6 (0.71%) Sage
10 5 (0.59%) ESRI
10 5 (0.59%) NetApp
10 5 (0.59%) Northgate
11 4 (0.47%) Apple
11 4 (0.47%) Civica
11 4 (0.47%) HubSpot
12 3 (0.36%) SolarWinds