Local Government Contracts in Essex

Local Government (Local Authority, Local Council)
East of England > Essex

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in contract job vacancies advertised in Essex. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Local Government over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 13 33 44
Rank change year-on-year +20 +11 +1
Contract jobs citing Local Government 18 5 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Essex 8.04% 2.03% 2.76%
As % of the General category 15.25% 3.60% 4.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 5 6
10th Percentile - - £238
25th Percentile £350 £525 £291
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £550 £450
Median % change year-on-year -17.05% +22.22% -14.29%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £548
90th Percentile £594 £619 £589
East of England median daily rate £438 £513 £475
% change year-on-year -14.63% +7.89% +115.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £12.30
25th Percentile - - £12.38
Median hourly rate £15.98 - £13.00
75th Percentile - - £13.50
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £15.79 £16.77 £13.00
% change year-on-year -5.84% +29.00% -42.22%

All General Skills
Essex

Local Government is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Essex with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 118 139 226
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Essex 52.68% 56.50% 56.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 97 149
10th Percentile £233 £210 £245
25th Percentile £300 £325 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year -17.50% +1.01% +10.00%
75th Percentile £578 £575 £577
90th Percentile £629 £625 £628
East of England median daily rate £451 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -9.75% +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 6 15
10th Percentile £10.42 £31.28 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.17 £42.07 £16.63
Median hourly rate £35.65 £51.02 £21.50
Median % change year-on-year -30.12% +137.28% -7.37%
75th Percentile £64.25 £61.56 £60.21
90th Percentile £83.58 £65.63 £71.45
East of England median hourly rate £38.12 £19.81 £15.24
% change year-on-year +92.43% +29.99% +1.60%

Local Government
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Job vacancy trend for Local Government in Essex

Local Government
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Essex

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

Daily rate trend for Local Government in Essex

Local Government
Daily Rate Histogram in Essex

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Local Government in Essex over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Local Government in Essex

Local Government
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Essex

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

Hourly rate trend for Local Government in Essex

Local Government
Contract Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Local Government within the Essex region over the 6 months to 1 June 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Thurrock +1 4 £550 -0.36%
Chelmsford +3 2 £475 -13.64% 5
Epping - 1 £413 -
Southend-on-Sea - 1 - -
Basildon - 1 £193 - 4
Local Government
East of England

Local Government
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Essex 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 (5.56%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.11%) Azure
2 1 (5.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
2 1 (5.56%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (5.56%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.56%) LAN
1 1 (5.56%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (16.67%) Data Mining
2 1 (5.56%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (5.56%) MS Access
2 1 (5.56%) Power BI
2 1 (5.56%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 1 (5.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 1 (5.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
1 1 (5.56%) Visual Studio
General
1 6 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (16.67%) Public Sector
3 2 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (11.11%) Finance
3 2 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (55.56%) Analyst
2 9 (50.00%) Business Analyst
3 6 (33.33%) Senior
3 6 (33.33%) Senior Analyst
3 6 (33.33%) Senior Business Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Architect
4 2 (11.11%) Automation Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Data Migration Specialist
4 2 (11.11%) Migration Specialist
4 2 (11.11%) Project Manager
4 2 (11.11%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (11.11%) Voice Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Consultant
5 1 (5.56%) CRM Business Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Data Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Data Consultant
5 1 (5.56%) Data Migration Consultant
5 1 (5.56%) Finance Project Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Finance Systems Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Migration Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) .NET
1 1 (5.56%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (5.56%) Housing Association
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (44.44%) Business Case
1 8 (44.44%) Stakeholder Management
2 7 (38.89%) CRM
3 5 (27.78%) Decision-Making
3 5 (27.78%) Service Delivery
4 3 (16.67%) Agile
4 3 (16.67%) Business Analysis
4 3 (16.67%) Data Design
4 3 (16.67%) Data Extraction
4 3 (16.67%) Data Matching
4 3 (16.67%) Data Migration
4 3 (16.67%) Data Protection
4 3 (16.67%) ETL
4 3 (16.67%) Knowledge Transfer
4 3 (16.67%) Migration
4 3 (16.67%) Quality Management
4 3 (16.67%) Unit Testing
4 3 (16.67%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (11.11%) BPMN
5 2 (11.11%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 4 (22.22%) SQL
2 1 (5.56%) Python
2 1 (5.56%) R
2 1 (5.56%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 3 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (16.67%) Data Quality
1 3 (16.67%) GDPR
2 2 (11.11%) COBIT
3 1 (5.56%) ISO 22301
3 1 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 20000
3 1 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 1 (5.56%) PMO
3 1 (5.56%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 3 (16.67%) Liquidlogic
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.56%) Sparx