Local Government Contracts with Work from Home Options

Local Government (Local Authority, Local Council)
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH). 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 239 315 354
Rank change year-on-year +76 +39 0
Contract jobs citing Local Government 108 154 286
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.73% 0.62% 0.65%
As % of the General category 1.24% 1.07% 1.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 111 198
10th Percentile £356 £313 £328
25th Percentile £391 £386 £379
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year - - +12.50%
75th Percentile £528 £500 £538
90th Percentile £638 £625 £650
UK median daily rate £475 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +5.56% - +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 3 51
10th Percentile £23.92 £18.80 £15.00
25th Percentile £26.68 £18.88 £19.86
Median hourly rate £27.84 £19.50 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year +42.77% -56.18% +97.78%
75th Percentile £54.00 £21.33 £49.25
90th Percentile £81.04 £21.98 -
UK median hourly rate £25.62 £22.34 £23.37
% change year-on-year +14.71% -4.41% +11.00%

All General Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 8,717 14,425 23,975
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 58.90% 58.53% 54.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,734 10,165 17,422
10th Percentile £330 £363 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +6.06%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £638
90th Percentile £775 £775 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 457 325 343
10th Percentile £14.00 £18.85 £13.50
25th Percentile £22.50 £25.95 £19.50
Median hourly rate £38.12 £50.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.76% +42.86% +51.48%
75th Percentile £52.50 £67.50 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £80.25 £65.54
UK median hourly rate £30.00 £32.60 £22.50
% change year-on-year -7.96% +44.87% -

Local Government
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Local Government as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Local Government trend for jobs with a WFH option

Local Government
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Local Government.

Local Government daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Local Government
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Local Government over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Local Government daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Local Government
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Local Government.

Local Government hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Local Government
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Local Government over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Local Government hourly rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Local Government
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 6 (5.56%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.78%) ArcGIS
2 3 (2.78%) Jadu
3 2 (1.85%) CMS
4 1 (0.93%) Drupal
Applications
1 4 (3.70%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (1.85%) Acrobat
3 2 (1.85%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.85%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.93%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (4.63%) Academy Housing
1 5 (4.63%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
1 5 (4.63%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 4 (3.70%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (2.78%) NEC Housing
3 3 (2.78%) SAP Payroll
4 1 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.93%) iTrent
4 1 (0.93%) Oracle General Ledger
4 1 (0.93%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 9 (8.33%) Azure
2 8 (7.41%) Power Platform
3 4 (3.70%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (3.70%) SuccessFactors
4 2 (1.85%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 2 (1.85%) Power Automate
4 2 (1.85%) ShareGate
5 1 (0.93%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (0.93%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (0.93%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (0.93%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (0.93%) Entra ID
5 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (0.93%) OCI
5 1 (0.93%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.85%) Firewall
2 1 (0.93%) 4G
2 1 (0.93%) 5G
2 1 (0.93%) DMZ
2 1 (0.93%) HTTPS
2 1 (0.93%) iSCSI
2 1 (0.93%) LAN
2 1 (0.93%) LoRaWAN
2 1 (0.93%) SAN
2 1 (0.93%) VSAN
2 1 (0.93%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (5.56%) GIS
2 5 (4.63%) Power BI
2 5 (4.63%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.85%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (1.85%) EDRMS
4 1 (0.93%) Big Data
4 1 (0.93%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (0.93%) Data Mining
4 1 (0.93%) MS Access
4 1 (0.93%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.93%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (0.93%) Postman
1 1 (0.93%) RStudio
1 1 (0.93%) Selenium
1 1 (0.93%) SpecFlow
General
1 31 (28.70%) Public Sector
2 30 (27.78%) Finance
3 22 (20.37%) Social Skills
4 8 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (3.70%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (3.70%) Legal
6 3 (2.78%) Police
7 2 (1.85%) Law
7 2 (1.85%) Marketing
7 2 (1.85%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (1.85%) Social Housing
8 1 (0.93%) Banking
8 1 (0.93%) Fire and Rescue
8 1 (0.93%) General Ledger
8 1 (0.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.93%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 20 (18.52%) Analyst
2 18 (16.67%) Project Manager
3 13 (12.04%) Architect
4 9 (8.33%) Solutions Architect
5 8 (7.41%) Business Analyst
5 8 (7.41%) Consultant
5 8 (7.41%) Senior
6 6 (5.56%) Developer
6 6 (5.56%) Lead
7 5 (4.63%) IT Manager
8 4 (3.70%) Delivery Manager
8 4 (3.70%) ICT Analyst
8 4 (3.70%) ICT Specialist
8 4 (3.70%) Service Delivery Manager
8 4 (3.70%) Service Manager
9 3 (2.78%) Content Editor
9 3 (2.78%) Head of IT
9 3 (2.78%) Technical Solutions Architect
9 3 (2.78%) Web Content Editor
9 3 (2.78%) Web Editor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (9.26%) .NET
2 2 (1.85%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.93%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.93%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.93%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.93%) LDAP
3 1 (0.93%) Software Packaging
3 1 (0.93%) WinForms
3 1 (0.93%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.48%) Housing Association
1 7 (6.48%) Management Information System
2 4 (3.70%) NHS
3 2 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (0.93%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (0.93%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (0.93%) Fibre Optics
4 1 (0.93%) Freedom of Information
4 1 (0.93%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (0.93%) Low-Code
4 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Licensing
4 1 (0.93%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.70%) Windows
2 1 (0.93%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (23.15%) Project Management
2 16 (14.81%) Agile
3 15 (13.89%) Business Case
3 15 (13.89%) PRINCE2
4 13 (12.04%) Budget Management
4 13 (12.04%) Service Delivery
4 13 (12.04%) Stakeholder Management
5 12 (11.11%) Migration
6 10 (9.26%) Cybersecurity
7 9 (8.33%) Business Intelligence
7 9 (8.33%) CRM
7 9 (8.33%) Data Management
7 9 (8.33%) Decision-Making
7 9 (8.33%) Project Delivery
8 8 (7.41%) Performance Management
9 7 (6.48%) Data Migration
9 7 (6.48%) Problem-Solving
9 7 (6.48%) Programme Management
10 6 (5.56%) Customer Service
10 6 (5.56%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 10 (9.26%) SQL
2 6 (5.56%) PowerShell
3 4 (3.70%) C
3 4 (3.70%) Python
4 3 (2.78%) C#
5 1 (0.93%) Data Analysis Expressions
5 1 (0.93%) Java
5 1 (0.93%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.93%) R
5 1 (0.93%) VBA
Qualifications
1 10 (9.26%) Degree
2 9 (8.33%) Security Cleared
3 5 (4.63%) SC Cleared
4 4 (3.70%) DBS Check
4 4 (3.70%) DV Cleared
4 4 (3.70%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 2 (1.85%) ACCA
5 2 (1.85%) CIMA
5 2 (1.85%) CIPFA
5 2 (1.85%) CISSP
5 2 (1.85%) PMI Certification
5 2 (1.85%) PMP
6 1 (0.93%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 1 (0.93%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.93%) CISM
6 1 (0.93%) HNC
6 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.93%) Oracle Certification
6 1 (0.93%) Postgraduate
6 1 (0.93%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.48%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 7 (6.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 6 (5.56%) ISO 22301
3 5 (4.63%) COBIT
3 5 (4.63%) PMO
4 2 (1.85%) GDPR
4 2 (1.85%) NIST
4 2 (1.85%) QA
5 1 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.93%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.93%) NCSC
5 1 (0.93%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (1.85%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.93%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (0.93%) Avamar
1 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.93%) SCCM
Vendors
1 15 (13.89%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.63%) Capita
2 5 (4.63%) SAP
2 5 (4.63%) Sparx
3 3 (2.78%) NEC
4 2 (1.85%) Adobe
4 2 (1.85%) Civica
4 2 (1.85%) Oracle
5 1 (0.93%) Dell
5 1 (0.93%) Granicus
5 1 (0.93%) Liquidlogic
5 1 (0.93%) Northgate
5 1 (0.93%) Remedy
5 1 (0.93%) ServiceNow
5 1 (0.93%) VMware