Local Government Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Local Government (Local Authority, Local Council)
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in remote or hybrid work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Local Government over the 6 months leading up to 27 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 348 360 245
Rank change year-on-year +12 -115 +134
Permanent jobs citing Local Government 119 255 554
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.64% 0.75% 1.38%
As % of the General category 0.82% 1.22% 2.10%
Number of salaries quoted 59 198 196
10th Percentile £37,250 £32,500 £36,466
25th Percentile £42,000 £35,462 £42,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £46,068 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.54% -13.08% +17.78%
75th Percentile £58,892 £53,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £71,588 £78,750
UK median annual salary £48,343 £39,882 £50,000
% change year-on-year +21.22% -20.24% +10.50%

All General Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 14,540 20,880 26,331
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 78.37% 61.18% 65.79%
Number of salaries quoted 7,219 15,094 17,572
10th Percentile £25,087 £31,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,250 £46,570
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £76,250 £75,000 £82,548
90th Percentile £105,000 £95,000 £103,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Local Government
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Local Government as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Local Government trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Local Government
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Local Government.

Local Government salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Local Government
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Local Government over the 6 months to 27 May 2025.

Local Government salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Local Government
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 7 (5.88%) IIS
2 6 (5.04%) Apache
3 4 (3.36%) OpenEdge
4 3 (2.52%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (2.52%) SharePoint
5 2 (1.68%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.84%) CMS
Applications
1 7 (5.88%) Chatbot
2 6 (5.04%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (4.20%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (3.36%) AutoCAD
5 2 (1.68%) Oracle Smart View
5 2 (1.68%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.84%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.84%) Trello
Business Applications
1 14 (11.76%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
2 3 (2.52%) Oracle Payables
3 2 (1.68%) NEC Housing
3 2 (1.68%) Oracle Assets
3 2 (1.68%) Oracle Cash Management
3 2 (1.68%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (1.68%) Oracle Financials
3 2 (1.68%) Oracle General Ledger
3 2 (1.68%) Oracle Receivables
3 2 (1.68%) Shopify
4 1 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 18 (15.13%) Azure
2 16 (13.45%) SaaS
3 12 (10.08%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (10.08%) Power Platform
4 9 (7.56%) Power Automate
5 6 (5.04%) AWS
5 6 (5.04%) Google Workspace
6 4 (3.36%) Dynamics 365
6 4 (3.36%) PaaS
7 3 (2.52%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (2.52%) Azure Storage
7 3 (2.52%) Microsoft Purview
8 2 (1.68%) AWS CloudFormation
8 2 (1.68%) AWS CodeCommit
8 2 (1.68%) Entra ID
8 2 (1.68%) GitHub
8 2 (1.68%) Google Analytics
8 2 (1.68%) Google Tag Manager
8 2 (1.68%) IaaS
8 2 (1.68%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 14 (11.76%) Firewall
1 14 (11.76%) WPA
2 8 (6.72%) DNS
3 7 (5.88%) TCP/IP
4 5 (4.20%) LAN
4 5 (4.20%) VPN
4 5 (4.20%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (2.52%) DHCP
5 3 (2.52%) IPsec
5 3 (2.52%) SD-WAN
5 3 (2.52%) VLAN
5 3 (2.52%) WAN
6 2 (1.68%) BGP
6 2 (1.68%) Cisco ASA
6 2 (1.68%) Cisco Firepower
6 2 (1.68%) Cisco Nexus
6 2 (1.68%) OSPF
6 2 (1.68%) Reverse Proxy
6 2 (1.68%) SAN
6 2 (1.68%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (10.08%) SQL Server
2 9 (7.56%) Power BI
3 6 (5.04%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (5.04%) Relational Database
4 4 (3.36%) MySQL
5 2 (1.68%) Looker
5 2 (1.68%) Tableau
6 1 (0.84%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.84%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.84%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.84%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 4 (3.36%) Visual Studio
2 2 (1.68%) Checkstyle
2 2 (1.68%) Git
2 2 (1.68%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.68%) SonarQube
3 1 (0.84%) ERwin
3 1 (0.84%) JIRA
General
1 53 (44.54%) Social Skills
2 44 (36.97%) Public Sector
3 34 (28.57%) Finance
4 30 (25.21%) Analytical Skills
5 17 (14.29%) Marketing
6 13 (10.92%) Legal
7 7 (5.88%) Fire and Rescue
8 6 (5.04%) Back Office
8 6 (5.04%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (4.20%) Social Housing
10 4 (3.36%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (2.52%) Law
11 3 (2.52%) Police
12 2 (1.68%) Electronics
12 2 (1.68%) General Ledger
12 2 (1.68%) Retail
12 2 (1.68%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.84%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.84%) Music Industry
Job Titles
1 18 (15.13%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 16 (13.45%) Business Manager
2 16 (13.45%) Civil Engineer
2 16 (13.45%) Developer
2 16 (13.45%) Development Engineer
3 14 (11.76%) Business Development Manager
3 14 (11.76%) Development Manager
4 12 (10.08%) Senior
5 11 (9.24%) Analyst
6 10 (8.40%) Lead
7 9 (7.56%) Principal Engineer
7 9 (7.56%) Project Manager
7 9 (7.56%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
8 7 (5.88%) Automation Developer
8 7 (5.88%) Robotic Process Automation Developer
8 7 (5.88%) Robotics Developer
8 7 (5.88%) Senior Development Engineer
9 6 (5.04%) ICT Trainer
9 6 (5.04%) Software Delivery Project Manager
9 6 (5.04%) Software Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (9.24%) .NET
2 4 (3.36%) .NET Framework
2 4 (3.36%) NHibernate
2 4 (3.36%) REST
3 3 (2.52%) Web Services
4 2 (1.68%) EJB
4 2 (1.68%) HTML
4 2 (1.68%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (1.68%) SOAP
5 1 (0.84%) COM+
5 1 (0.84%) CSS
5 1 (0.84%) EDI
5 1 (0.84%) Middleware
5 1 (0.84%) RESTful
5 1 (0.84%) TAPI
Miscellaneous
1 18 (15.13%) NHS
2 17 (14.29%) Onboarding
3 15 (12.61%) Social Media
4 11 (9.24%) Data Centre
5 10 (8.40%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (5.88%) Robotics
7 6 (5.04%) Management Information System
8 5 (4.20%) Client/Server
8 5 (4.20%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (3.36%) Housing Association
9 4 (3.36%) Mobile App
10 2 (1.68%) Driving Licence
10 2 (1.68%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (1.68%) PKI
10 2 (1.68%) Product Ownership
11 1 (0.84%) Blog
11 1 (0.84%) Cloud Native
11 1 (0.84%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 22 (18.49%) Windows
2 14 (11.76%) Windows Vista
3 8 (6.72%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.68%) Windows Server 2019
5 1 (0.84%) Linux
5 1 (0.84%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.84%) Solaris
5 1 (0.84%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (26.89%) Project Delivery
2 30 (25.21%) Project Management
3 26 (21.85%) Continuous Improvement
4 25 (21.01%) Mentoring
4 25 (21.01%) Problem-Solving
5 23 (19.33%) Stakeholder Management
6 22 (18.49%) Agile
7 21 (17.65%) Business Development
7 21 (17.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 19 (15.97%) Business Strategy
8 19 (15.97%) CRM
9 15 (12.61%) Analytics
10 14 (11.76%) Artificial Intelligence
10 14 (11.76%) Business Forecasting
10 14 (11.76%) Change Management
10 14 (11.76%) Strategic Planning
11 13 (10.92%) Due Diligence
12 10 (8.40%) Line Management
13 9 (7.56%) Collaborative Working
13 9 (7.56%) Data Governance
Programming Languages
1 14 (11.76%) SQL
2 13 (10.92%) JavaScript
3 12 (10.08%) C#
4 10 (8.40%) Python
5 7 (5.88%) PowerShell
5 7 (5.88%) VB.NET
6 4 (3.36%) Progress 4GL
6 4 (3.36%) TypeScript
7 3 (2.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 3 (2.52%) Java
8 1 (0.84%) Bash
8 1 (0.84%) R
8 1 (0.84%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 26 (21.85%) DBS Check
2 15 (12.61%) Degree
3 7 (5.88%) Postgraduate
4 6 (5.04%) HNC
4 6 (5.04%) HND
4 6 (5.04%) MOS
5 5 (4.20%) Cisco Certification
5 5 (4.20%) SC Cleared
5 5 (4.20%) Security Cleared
6 3 (2.52%) Azure Certification
6 3 (2.52%) CCNP
6 3 (2.52%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.68%) CCNA
7 2 (1.68%) CTC Cleared
8 1 (0.84%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.84%) Chartered Engineer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (12.61%) Accessibility
2 8 (6.72%) Data Quality
2 8 (6.72%) QA
3 3 (2.52%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (2.52%) GDPR
3 3 (2.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.84%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.84%) PMO
System Software
1 8 (6.72%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (2.52%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.84%) Docker
3 1 (0.84%) LXC
3 1 (0.84%) Samba
Systems Management
1 5 (4.20%) ZABBIX
2 3 (2.52%) Terraform
3 2 (1.68%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.68%) SmoothWall
4 1 (0.84%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 41 (34.45%) Microsoft
2 9 (7.56%) Oracle
3 8 (6.72%) Google
3 8 (6.72%) VMware
4 7 (5.88%) Cisco
4 7 (5.88%) UiPath
5 6 (5.04%) Salesforce
6 5 (4.20%) Palo Alto
7 4 (3.36%) Progress
8 3 (2.52%) Meraki
9 2 (1.68%) CheckPoint
9 2 (1.68%) Databricks
9 2 (1.68%) EMC
9 2 (1.68%) NEC
10 1 (0.84%) dotdigital