Local Government Jobs in West Yorkshire

Local Government (Local Authority, Local Council)
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in permanent job vacancies in West Yorkshire. 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 97 125 169
Rank change year-on-year +28 +44 +33
Permanent jobs citing Local Government 5 31 60
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 0.36% 1.00% 1.25%
As % of the General category 0.50% 1.71% 1.69%
Number of salaries quoted 5 12 29
10th Percentile £33,800 £30,500 £28,250
25th Percentile £43,250 £30,875 £33,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,700 £32,000 £38,000
Median % change year-on-year +39.69% -15.79% -13.42%
75th Percentile £45,750 £38,369 £41,500
90th Percentile £73,800 £65,598 £48,000
Yorkshire median annual salary £44,700 £33,911 £39,379
% change year-on-year +31.82% -13.89% -1.55%

All General Skills
West Yorkshire

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 West Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 997 1,808 3,556
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 72.04% 58.25% 74.18%
Number of salaries quoted 537 1,331 1,561
10th Percentile £25,313 £27,500 £32,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,199 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £54,882
Median % change year-on-year - -8.90% +9.76%
75th Percentile £73,886 £68,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £84,964 £85,000
Yorkshire median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £51,367
% change year-on-year -5.26% -7.53% +2.73%

Local Government
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Local Government in West Yorkshire

Local Government
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Salary trend for Local Government in West Yorkshire

Local Government
Salary Histogram in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Local Government in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Local Government in West Yorkshire

Local Government
Job Locations in West Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire 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
Leeds +28 3 £44,500 +27.14% 8
Bradford - 2 £44,700 - 4
Local Government
Yorkshire

Local Government
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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 (20.00%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) Azure
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (20.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) BGP
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco ASA
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco Firepower
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco Nexus
1 2 (40.00%) DHCP
1 2 (40.00%) DNS
1 2 (40.00%) Firewall
1 2 (40.00%) IPsec
1 2 (40.00%) LAN
1 2 (40.00%) OSPF
1 2 (40.00%) PSTN
1 2 (40.00%) Reverse Proxy
1 2 (40.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (40.00%) VLAN
1 2 (40.00%) VoIP
1 2 (40.00%) VPN
1 2 (40.00%) Wi-Fi
1 2 (40.00%) Wireless
1 2 (40.00%) WLAN
General
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Police
3 1 (20.00%) Legal
3 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Network Engineer
2 1 (20.00%) Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Architect
2 1 (20.00%) ICT Manager
2 1 (20.00%) ICT Project Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Data Centre
1 2 (40.00%) PKI
1 2 (40.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (20.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (20.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (20.00%) Contract Negotiation
2 1 (20.00%) Conversational UI
2 1 (20.00%) CRM
2 1 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (20.00%) ERP
2 1 (20.00%) IT Strategy
2 1 (20.00%) ITIL
2 1 (20.00%) Migration
2 1 (20.00%) Project Management
2 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (20.00%) Service Management
2 1 (20.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (20.00%) Technology Strategy
2 1 (20.00%) Ticket Management
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
2 2 (40.00%) CCNA
2 2 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) CheckPoint
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco