Local Government Jobs in Scotland

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

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Local Government over the 6 months to 29 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 256 162 224
Rank change year-on-year -94 +62 -41
Permanent jobs citing Local Government 24 57 39
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.35% 1.28% 0.64%
As % of the General category 0.50% 1.70% 1.04%
Number of salaries quoted 18 14 30
10th Percentile £36,500 £33,730 £35,220
25th Percentile £39,063 £37,084 £39,659
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,750 £41,261 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.03% -2.92% +6.76%
75th Percentile £50,750 £66,612 £45,607
90th Percentile £53,750 £69,649 £51,282
UK median annual salary £39,882 £50,000 £45,250
% change year-on-year -20.24% +10.50% +0.56%

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 permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 4,832 3,353 3,755
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 70.90% 75.03% 62.10%
Number of salaries quoted 1,563 1,582 1,976
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £31,133
25th Percentile £38,500 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £81,250 £85,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

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
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Local Government in Scotland

Local Government
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Local Government in Scotland over the 6 months to 29 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Local Government in Scotland

Local Government
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Local Government within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 29 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Glasgow -110 15 £40,000 -40.30% 15
Edinburgh +19 5 £42,500 - 8
Clackmannanshire - 2 £51,500 -
Midlothian - 2 - - 3
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 8 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (12.50%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 8 (33.33%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (8.33%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.17%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.33%) Power BI
General
1 14 (58.33%) Public Sector
2 12 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 8 (33.33%) Finance
3 8 (33.33%) Legal
3 8 (33.33%) Marketing
3 8 (33.33%) Police
4 3 (12.50%) Retail
5 1 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 9 (37.50%) Senior
2 8 (33.33%) Bid Writer
2 8 (33.33%) Senior Bid Writer
3 3 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (8.33%) Analyst
4 2 (8.33%) Business Development Manager
4 2 (8.33%) Business Manager
4 2 (8.33%) Change Analyst
4 2 (8.33%) Change and Release Analyst
4 2 (8.33%) Developer
4 2 (8.33%) Development Manager
4 2 (8.33%) IT Manager
4 2 (8.33%) IT Project Manager
4 2 (8.33%) Oracle Developer
4 2 (8.33%) Project Manager
4 2 (8.33%) Release Analyst
4 2 (8.33%) Systems Manager
4 2 (8.33%) Systems Tester
4 2 (8.33%) Team Leader
4 2 (8.33%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 8 (33.33%) Management Information System
2 2 (8.33%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.17%) Linux
1 1 (4.17%) Solaris
1 1 (4.17%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (41.67%) Project Management
2 8 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 8 (33.33%) Knowledge Management
2 8 (33.33%) Software Delivery
2 8 (33.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 8 (33.33%) Value Proposition
3 4 (16.67%) Service Delivery
4 3 (12.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 2 (8.33%) Agile
5 2 (8.33%) Business Development
5 2 (8.33%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (8.33%) Contract Negotiation
5 2 (8.33%) Data Visualisation
5 2 (8.33%) Information Security
5 2 (8.33%) ITIL
5 2 (8.33%) Network Monitoring
5 2 (8.33%) Performance Management
5 2 (8.33%) Problem Management
5 2 (8.33%) Visualisation
5 2 (8.33%) Waterfall
Qualifications
1 8 (33.33%) DBS Check
2 2 (8.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (33.33%) Accessibility
1 8 (33.33%) QA
2 2 (8.33%) Data Quality
2 2 (8.33%) SLA
Vendors
1 10 (41.67%) Microsoft
2 8 (33.33%) NEC
3 4 (16.67%) Oracle