Local Government Contracts in Birmingham

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

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in contract job vacancies in Birmingham. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Local Government over the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 63 63 87
Rank change year-on-year 0 +24 -18
Contract jobs citing Local Government 4 8 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Birmingham 0.57% 1.04% 0.77%
As % of the General category 0.94% 2.17% 1.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 8 10
10th Percentile £280 £327 £304
25th Percentile £325 £419 £316
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £475 £388
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +22.58% -18.42%
75th Percentile £475 £489 £493
90th Percentile £520 £501 £593
West Midlands median daily rate £525 £475 £425
% change year-on-year +10.53% +11.76% +6.25%

All General Skills
Birmingham

Local Government falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring common skills in Birmingham.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 426 369 800
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Birmingham 60.51% 47.86% 61.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 276 250 518
10th Percentile £198 £263 £213
25th Percentile £336 £400 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £490
Median % change year-on-year - +2.15% +8.78%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £589
90th Percentile £744 £745 £650
West Midlands median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 12 11
10th Percentile £14.43 £14.18 £12.50
25th Percentile £20.69 £14.98 £13.58
Median hourly rate £24.31 £21.00 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +15.77% +10.53% +35.42%
75th Percentile £53.94 £33.44 £20.22
90th Percentile £57.53 £66.63 £20.94
West Midlands median hourly rate £23.82 £20.00 £17.62
% change year-on-year +19.10% +13.51% +14.94%

Local Government
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Local Government in Birmingham

Local Government
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Local Government in Birmingham.

Daily rate trend for Local Government in Birmingham

Local Government
Daily Rate Histogram in Birmingham

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Local Government in Birmingham over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Local Government in Birmingham

Local Government
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Birmingham

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Local Government in Birmingham.

Hourly rate trend for Local Government in Birmingham

Local Government
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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 1 (25.00%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (25.00%) Spreadsheet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Administrator
1 2 (50.00%) Systems Administrator
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Coordinator
2 1 (25.00%) Data Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Test Coordinator
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (25.00%) Analytics
1 1 (25.00%) Burndown Charts
1 1 (25.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (25.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (25.00%) Data Analytics
1 1 (25.00%) Data Cleansing
1 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (25.00%) Workflow
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Oracle