Local Government Job Trends, Salaries & Related Skills in Wolverhampton

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

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in permanent job vacancies in Wolverhampton. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Local Government over the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 2 Jan 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	-	-	11
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	-
Permanent jobs citing Local Government	0	0	2
As % of all permanent jobs in Wolverhampton	-	-	4.88%
As % of the General category	-	-	7.69%
Number of salaries quoted	0	0	0
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	-	-	-
West Midlands median annual salary	£42,500	£80,035	£26,500
% change year-on-year	-46.90%	+202.02%	-38.37%

All General Skills
Wolverhampton

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 general skills in Wolverhampton.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills	56	62	26
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wolverhampton	65.88%	83.78%	63.41%
Number of salaries quoted	13	19	15
10^th Percentile	£42,500	£33,100	£31,250
25^th Percentile	£52,500	£40,000	£50,625
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£64,000	£52,500	£63,500
Median % change year-on-year	+21.90%	-17.32%	+20.95%
75^th Percentile	£127,500	£65,625	£83,250
90^th Percentile	-	£79,050	£94,100
West Midlands median annual salary	£48,000	£52,500	£50,000
% change year-on-year	-8.57%	+5.00%	-0.10%

Local Government
Job Vacancy Trend in Wolverhampton

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Local Government relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Wolverhampton.