Local Government Jobs in the West Midlands

Local Government (Local Authority, Local Council)
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in permanent job vacancies in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Local Government over the 6 months leading up to 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 164 143 197
Rank change year-on-year -21 +54 +8
Permanent jobs citing Local Government 32 107 82
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.72% 1.48% 1.23%
As % of the General category 1.30% 2.55% 1.61%
Number of salaries quoted 6 76 47
10th Percentile £43,375 £24,000 £37,875
25th Percentile £45,785 £25,000 £55,201
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,193 £34,998 £69,378
Median % change year-on-year +46.28% -49.56% +105.56%
75th Percentile £54,688 £43,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £73,500 £82,500 £82,751
England median annual salary £50,000 £39,882 £50,000
% change year-on-year +25.37% -20.24% +11.11%

All General Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,458 4,203 5,090
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 55.05% 58.05% 76.37%
Number of salaries quoted 1,097 3,025 2,262
10th Percentile £29,000 £25,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £36,995 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -9.52% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £73,950 £77,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,063
% change year-on-year +9.52% -12.59% +0.11%

Local Government
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Local Government as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Local Government in the West Midlands

Local Government
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Local Government in the West Midlands

Local Government
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Local Government in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Local Government in the West Midlands

Local Government
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Local Government within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 30 April 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
Birmingham +13 26 - - 15
Warwickshire -33 2 £68,943 +70.32% 7
Walsall - 1 £42,000 -
Wolverhampton - 1 £45,500 - 2
Local Government
England

Local Government
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Applications
1 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 15 (46.88%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.25%) Azure
1 2 (6.25%) Google Analytics
1 2 (6.25%) Google Tag Manager
1 2 (6.25%) Power Platform
2 1 (3.13%) AWS
2 1 (3.13%) Azure Sentinel
2 1 (3.13%) Azure Storage
2 1 (3.13%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 1 (3.13%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (3.13%) Microsoft Purview
2 1 (3.13%) SaaS
2 1 (3.13%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.13%) SD-WAN
1 1 (3.13%) VLAN
1 1 (3.13%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (12.50%) BusinessObjects
1 4 (12.50%) Oracle Database
2 2 (6.25%) Looker
2 2 (6.25%) Power BI
3 1 (3.13%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (3.13%) Data Mining
3 1 (3.13%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (3.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (3.13%) ERwin
General
1 26 (81.25%) Finance
2 22 (68.75%) Public Sector
3 16 (50.00%) Police
4 8 (25.00%) Social Housing
5 3 (9.38%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (3.13%) Retail
6 1 (3.13%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (46.88%) Consultant
2 11 (34.38%) Implementation Consultant
3 8 (25.00%) Lecturer
4 4 (12.50%) Analyst
4 4 (12.50%) Senior
4 4 (12.50%) Senior Consultant
4 4 (12.50%) Senior Support Consultant
4 4 (12.50%) Support Consultant
4 4 (12.50%) Technical Consultant
4 4 (12.50%) Technical Implementation Consultant
5 3 (9.38%) Civil Engineer
5 3 (9.38%) Development Engineer
5 3 (9.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 3 (9.38%) Principal Engineer
6 2 (6.25%) Analytics Manager
6 2 (6.25%) Google Analytics Analyst
6 2 (6.25%) Google Analytics Manager
6 2 (6.25%) Performance Analyst
6 2 (6.25%) Performance Manager
7 1 (3.13%) Business Intelligence Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (21.88%) Housing Association
2 3 (9.38%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 7 (21.88%) Unix
2 4 (12.50%) Linux
2 4 (12.50%) Solaris
2 4 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (34.38%) Housing Management
2 9 (28.13%) Data Science
3 8 (25.00%) Computer Science
4 5 (15.63%) Customer Requirements
4 5 (15.63%) Data Migration
4 5 (15.63%) Migration
4 5 (15.63%) Project Delivery
5 4 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (12.50%) Data Cleansing
6 3 (9.38%) Analytical Thinking
6 3 (9.38%) Analytics
6 3 (9.38%) Business Development
6 3 (9.38%) Data Visualisation
6 3 (9.38%) Due Diligence
6 3 (9.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 3 (9.38%) Line Management
6 3 (9.38%) Mentoring
6 3 (9.38%) Project Management
6 3 (9.38%) Strategic Planning
6 3 (9.38%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 17 (53.13%) SQL
2 4 (12.50%) PL/SQL
3 2 (6.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 2 (6.25%) Python
4 1 (3.13%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 18 (56.25%) DBS Check
2 8 (25.00%) Postgraduate
3 3 (9.38%) Degree
4 1 (3.13%) Azure Certification
4 1 (3.13%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (3.13%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (56.25%) Accessibility
2 4 (12.50%) ISO 9001
3 1 (3.13%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (3.13%) Data Quality
3 1 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 1 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (3.13%) PCI DSS
3 1 (3.13%) QA
Vendors
1 15 (46.88%) NEC
2 8 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 4 (12.50%) Citrix
3 4 (12.50%) Oracle
4 2 (6.25%) Databricks
4 2 (6.25%) Google
5 1 (3.13%) Avaya
5 1 (3.13%) Cisco
5 1 (3.13%) SolarWinds
5 1 (3.13%) Zscaler