Local Government Contracts in the Midlands

Local Government (Local Authority, Local Council)
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Local Government over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 113 132 174
Rank change year-on-year +19 +42 -30
Contract jobs citing Local Government 20 28 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.74% 0.85% 0.62%
As % of the General category 1.34% 1.54% 1.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 21 22
10th Percentile £305 £223 £310
25th Percentile £363 £250 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £413
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% +15.15% +17.86%
75th Percentile £672 £538 £530
90th Percentile £733 £563 £638
England median daily rate £475 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +5.56% - +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 8
10th Percentile - £16.10 £13.08
25th Percentile - £22.26 £15.30
Median hourly rate - £22.41 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year - +14.92% -39.95%
75th Percentile - - £19.86
90th Percentile - £24.85 £19.90
England median hourly rate £25.00 £22.41 £24.05
% change year-on-year +11.56% -6.82% +14.25%

All General Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,492 1,816 2,721
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 55.40% 55.32% 54.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,034 1,292 2,034
10th Percentile £213 £213 £225
25th Percentile £350 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £480 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.04% +1.05% +18.41%
75th Percentile £606 £600 £556
90th Percentile £734 £694 £650
England median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 165 80 99
10th Percentile £11.75 £11.80 £10.50
25th Percentile £13.91 £13.31 £13.48
Median hourly rate £17.50 £21.84 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.85% +21.31% +16.32%
75th Percentile £35.00 £40.75 £27.13
90th Percentile £52.56 £51.50 £35.00
England median hourly rate £30.16 £32.30 £21.50
% change year-on-year -6.63% +50.23% -4.10%

Local Government
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Local Government in the Midlands

Local Government
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Local Government in the Midlands

Local Government
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Local Government in the Midlands over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Local Government in the Midlands

Local Government
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Local Government in the Midlands

Local Government
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 16 May 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
West Midlands +25 15 £519 +9.21% 33
East Midlands +5 4 - - 24
Local Government
England

Local Government
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 2 (10.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (10.00%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 4 (20.00%) OCI
2 3 (15.00%) Power Platform
3 2 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (10.00%) ShareGate
4 1 (5.00%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.00%) SMS
2 1 (5.00%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (15.00%) Power BI
2 2 (10.00%) EDRMS
2 2 (10.00%) SQL Server
3 1 (5.00%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (5.00%) MS Access
3 1 (5.00%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 1 (5.00%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (5.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
General
1 8 (40.00%) Public Sector
2 7 (35.00%) Finance
3 2 (10.00%) Retail
3 2 (10.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.00%) Back Office
4 1 (5.00%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (5.00%) Marketing
4 1 (5.00%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 4 (20.00%) Lead
1 4 (20.00%) Senior
2 3 (15.00%) Analyst
3 2 (10.00%) Architect
3 2 (10.00%) Business Intelligence Developer
3 2 (10.00%) Consultant
3 2 (10.00%) Data Analyst
3 2 (10.00%) Developer
3 2 (10.00%) Development Officer
3 2 (10.00%) Microsoft 365 Consultant
3 2 (10.00%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) Power BI Developer
3 2 (10.00%) Project Manager
3 2 (10.00%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (5.00%) CRM Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) Data Business Analyst
4 1 (5.00%) ERP Architect
4 1 (5.00%) ERP Specialist
4 1 (5.00%) Oracle Architect
4 1 (5.00%) Oracle Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.00%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (5.00%) .NET
2 1 (5.00%) ASP.NET
2 1 (5.00%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (5.00%) Graphic Design
2 1 (5.00%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (5.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.00%) Social Media
2 1 (5.00%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
2 4 (20.00%) Agile
3 3 (15.00%) Customer Service
3 3 (15.00%) ERP
3 3 (15.00%) Housing Management
4 2 (10.00%) Analytics
4 2 (10.00%) Budget Management
4 2 (10.00%) Business Strategy
4 2 (10.00%) Business Transformation
4 2 (10.00%) Coaching
4 2 (10.00%) CRM
4 2 (10.00%) Dashboard Development
4 2 (10.00%) Data Collection
4 2 (10.00%) Data Integration
4 2 (10.00%) Decision-Making
4 2 (10.00%) Migration
4 2 (10.00%) Performance Management
4 2 (10.00%) Performance Monitoring
4 2 (10.00%) Records Management
4 2 (10.00%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 2 (10.00%) PowerShell
2 1 (5.00%) C#
2 1 (5.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
2 1 (5.00%) SQL
2 1 (5.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 2 (10.00%) DBS Check
2 1 (5.00%) Oracle Certification
2 1 (5.00%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.00%) ISO 22301
1 1 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 1 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 4 (20.00%) Oracle
2 2 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (10.00%) NEC
2 2 (10.00%) Northgate
3 1 (5.00%) Civica