Local Government Contracts in the South West

Local Government (Local Authority, Local Council)
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in contract job vacancies advertised in the South West. 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 128 146 150
Rank change year-on-year +18 +4 -22
Contract jobs citing Local Government 25 17 23
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.79% 0.49% 0.63%
As % of the General category 1.55% 1.00% 1.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 12 13
10th Percentile £310 £155 £250
25th Percentile £356 £218 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £439 £275 £450
Median % change year-on-year +59.72% -38.89% +44.00%
75th Percentile £525 £358 £481
90th Percentile £600 £469 £788
England median daily rate £475 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +5.56% - +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £27.26 - -
Median hourly rate £27.52 £18.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +52.86% - -
75th Percentile £27.77 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £25.00 £22.41 £24.05
% change year-on-year +11.56% -6.82% +14.25%

All General Skills
South West

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 South West with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,608 1,693 1,871
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 51.02% 48.78% 51.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 962 1,250 1,306
10th Percentile £215 £275 £246
25th Percentile £413 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £549 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.37% +9.80% +8.11%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £589
90th Percentile £700 £713 £675
England median daily rate £538 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.27% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 269 113 138
10th Percentile £13.69 £17.50 -
25th Percentile £23.63 £39.55 £15.90
Median hourly rate £46.39 £60.00 £43.54
Median % change year-on-year -22.68% +37.82% +4.09%
75th Percentile £70.66 £70.00 £55.96
90th Percentile £77.50 £86.66 £65.25
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 South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Local Government in the South West

Local Government
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Daily rate trend for Local Government in the South West

Local Government
Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

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

Daily rate histogram for Local Government in the South West

Local Government
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Hourly rate trend for Local Government in the South West

Local Government
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 South West 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
Bristol +23 13 £439 +59.72% 25
Devon 0 4 £533 +102.86% 9
Somerset +3 2 £325 - 12
Gloucestershire -2 2 £550 +115.88% 5
Dorset - 2 £305 - 1
Cornwall -5 1 £625 +31.58% 2
Wiltshire - 1 £850 - 5
Local Government
England

Local Government
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 4 (16.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (4.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (4.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 5 (20.00%) Dynamics 365
2 4 (16.00%) Azure
2 4 (16.00%) Azure Logic Apps
2 4 (16.00%) Entra ID
2 4 (16.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (4.00%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 4 (16.00%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (16.00%) Azure SQL Database
1 4 (16.00%) Power BI
General
1 6 (24.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 3 (12.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (12.00%) Police
4 1 (4.00%) Finance
4 1 (4.00%) Legal
4 1 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (32.00%) Project Manager
2 4 (16.00%) Delivery Manager
3 3 (12.00%) Consultant
3 3 (12.00%) ICT Manager
3 3 (12.00%) ICT Project Manager
3 3 (12.00%) Service Delivery Manager
3 3 (12.00%) Service Manager
3 3 (12.00%) Service Support Manager
3 3 (12.00%) Support Manager
4 2 (8.00%) Applications Engineer
4 2 (8.00%) Cloud Engineer
4 2 (8.00%) Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (8.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (8.00%) IT Manager
4 2 (8.00%) IT Project Manager
4 2 (8.00%) Process Consultant
4 2 (8.00%) Procurement Manager
5 1 (4.00%) Finance Manager
5 1 (4.00%) Head of QA
5 1 (4.00%) Migration Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.00%) Housing Association
1 1 (4.00%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (4.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 4 (16.00%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (28.00%) Project Management
2 5 (20.00%) Migration
3 4 (16.00%) Business Intelligence
3 4 (16.00%) Containerisation
4 3 (12.00%) Agile
4 3 (12.00%) Business Case
4 3 (12.00%) Change Management
4 3 (12.00%) Collaborative Working
4 3 (12.00%) PRINCE2
4 3 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (12.00%) Service Delivery
5 2 (8.00%) Budget Management
5 2 (8.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 2 (8.00%) Matrix Organization
5 2 (8.00%) Process Improvement
5 2 (8.00%) Project Delivery
5 2 (8.00%) Requirements Gathering
5 2 (8.00%) Stakeholder Identification
5 2 (8.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (8.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 4 (16.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (12.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (12.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (8.00%) Degree
3 1 (4.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (4.00%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 1 (4.00%) Six Sigma Black Belt
3 1 (4.00%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.00%) PMO
1 1 (4.00%) QA
System Software
1 4 (16.00%) Active Directory
1 4 (16.00%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (16.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (16.00%) CA
2 1 (4.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.00%) SAP