Local Government Contracts in Scotland

Local Government (Local Authority, Local Council)
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland. 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 120 159 123
Rank change year-on-year +39 -36 +30
Contract jobs citing Local Government 5 1 44
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.23% 0.037% 1.29%
As % of the General category 0.36% 0.055% 1.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 13
10th Percentile £199 - £244
25th Percentile £200 - £246
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £202 £500 £565
Median % change year-on-year -59.60% -11.50% +26.26%
75th Percentile £329 - £588
90th Percentile £544 - £658
UK median daily rate £475 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +5.56% - +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £23.34 - -
Median hourly rate £24.26 - -
75th Percentile £25.17 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £25.62 £22.34 £23.37
% change year-on-year +14.71% -4.41% +11.00%

All General Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,387 1,802 2,432
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 64.48% 66.67% 71.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 842 1,304 1,770
10th Percentile £178 £233 £230
25th Percentile £340 £403 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year -2.11% +2.70% +8.82%
75th Percentile £575 £570 £550
90th Percentile £656 £650 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 71 29 42
10th Percentile £12.00 £12.75 £15.04
25th Percentile £14.59 £15.75 £17.56
Median hourly rate £19.17 £21.26 £26.85
Median % change year-on-year -9.83% -20.82% +53.43%
75th Percentile £56.25 £58.75 £47.25
90th Percentile £70.00 £67.75 £52.33
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £32.60 £22.50
% change year-on-year -7.96% +44.87% -

Local Government
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Local Government in Scotland

Local Government
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Local Government in Scotland

Local Government
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

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

Daily rate histogram for Local Government in Scotland

Local Government
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Local Government in Scotland

Local Government
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland 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
Glasgow - 2 £675 - 7
Argyll and Bute - 1 £200 - 1
Dundee - 1 £204 - 1
Local Government
UK

Local Government
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (40.00%) iTrent
2 1 (20.00%) ResourceLink
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) 4G
1 1 (20.00%) 5G
1 1 (20.00%) LoRaWAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) BusinessObjects
General
1 5 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 3 (60.00%) Finance
3 1 (20.00%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Administrator
1 2 (40.00%) Systems Administrator
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Case Management Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Data Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Developer Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (20.00%) Housing Association
2 1 (20.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Data Analysis
1 2 (40.00%) Document Management
1 2 (40.00%) Innovative Thinking
1 2 (40.00%) Line Management
1 2 (40.00%) Mathematics
1 2 (40.00%) Performance Management
1 2 (40.00%) Systems Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Analytics
2 1 (20.00%) Business Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Business Case
2 1 (20.00%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (20.00%) Case Management
2 1 (20.00%) Data Transformation
2 1 (20.00%) Financial Analysis
2 1 (20.00%) Human Resource Management
2 1 (20.00%) Knowledge Transfer
2 1 (20.00%) Process Improvement
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (20.00%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) HNC
2 1 (20.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft