Local Government Jobs 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 permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH). Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Local Government over the 6 months to 31 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 357 245 382
Rank change year-on-year -112 +137 +46
Permanent jobs citing Local Government 257 544 671
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.74% 1.41% 0.90%
As % of the General category 1.22% 2.14% 1.41%
Number of salaries quoted 192 196 228
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,000 £31,752
25th Percentile £36,990 £41,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,068 £52,500 £44,602
Median % change year-on-year -12.25% +17.71% +0.59%
75th Percentile £53,750 £69,063 £62,817
90th Percentile £71,250 £78,750 £70,675
UK median annual salary £39,882 £50,000 £45,250
% change year-on-year -20.24% +10.50% +0.56%

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 permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 21,045 25,443 47,653
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.77% 65.87% 64.23%
Number of salaries quoted 15,113 17,236 25,004
10th Percentile £31,750 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,570 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,751 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £103,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

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
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Local Government salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Local Government
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Local Government over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Local Government salary 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 27 (10.51%) Apache
1 27 (10.51%) IIS
1 27 (10.51%) Tomcat
2 11 (4.28%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.56%) ArcGIS
4 3 (1.17%) CMS
4 3 (1.17%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.17%) Totara
Applications
1 23 (8.95%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (7.39%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (3.50%) AutoCAD
4 6 (2.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (0.39%) Acrobat
5 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 48 (18.68%) NEC Housing
2 2 (0.78%) Oracle ERP
3 1 (0.39%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 30 (11.67%) Power Platform
2 23 (8.95%) Azure
3 15 (5.84%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (4.67%) SaaS
5 7 (2.72%) Azure DevOps
5 7 (2.72%) PowerApps
6 6 (2.33%) Power Automate
7 5 (1.95%) Entra ID
8 3 (1.17%) OneDrive
9 2 (0.78%) Google Analytics
9 2 (0.78%) Google Tag Manager
9 2 (0.78%) Siteimprove
10 1 (0.39%) AWS
10 1 (0.39%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.39%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.39%) OCI
10 1 (0.39%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.95%) WAN
2 4 (1.56%) Firewall
2 4 (1.56%) TETRA
3 3 (1.17%) LAN
3 3 (1.17%) Wireless
4 2 (0.78%) DHCP
4 2 (0.78%) Network Security
5 1 (0.39%) Structured Cabling
5 1 (0.39%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.39%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.39%) VoIP
5 1 (0.39%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (12.06%) Oracle Database
2 24 (9.34%) Power BI
3 17 (6.61%) Data Warehouse
4 14 (5.45%) SQL Server
5 12 (4.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 11 (4.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 9 (3.50%) BusinessObjects
7 9 (3.50%) Relational Database
7 9 (3.50%) Semantic Layer
8 7 (2.72%) GIS
9 6 (2.33%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
9 6 (2.33%) Oracle Reports
10 5 (1.95%) Tableau
11 4 (1.56%) MS Access
11 4 (1.56%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 3 (1.17%) Geospatial Data
13 2 (0.78%) QlikView
14 1 (0.39%) Metadata
14 1 (0.39%) MySQL
14 1 (0.39%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 6 (2.33%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
1 6 (2.33%) Visual Studio
2 5 (1.95%) JIRA
3 4 (1.56%) Oracle APEX
4 3 (1.17%) Oracle Forms
4 3 (1.17%) Selenium
4 3 (1.17%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 99 (38.52%) Finance
2 76 (29.57%) Social Skills
3 75 (29.18%) Public Sector
4 55 (21.40%) Police
5 36 (14.01%) Marketing
6 27 (10.51%) Analytical Skills
7 23 (8.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 18 (7.00%) Legal
9 14 (5.45%) Fire and Rescue
10 11 (4.28%) Retail
11 7 (2.72%) Influencing Skills
11 7 (2.72%) Presentation Skills
12 6 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (2.33%) Social Housing
13 3 (1.17%) Environmental Health
13 3 (1.17%) Portuguese Language
14 2 (0.78%) Electronics
14 2 (0.78%) Law
15 1 (0.39%) Back Office
15 1 (0.39%) Games
Job Titles
1 46 (17.90%) Senior
2 36 (14.01%) Analyst
3 32 (12.45%) Applications Support
4 24 (9.34%) Project Manager
5 21 (8.17%) Lead
6 16 (6.23%) Developer
6 16 (6.23%) Development Manager
7 11 (4.28%) Data Analyst
8 10 (3.89%) Bid Writer
8 10 (3.89%) Consultant
8 10 (3.89%) Senior Bid Writer
9 9 (3.50%) Architect
9 9 (3.50%) Trainer
10 8 (3.11%) Senior Manager
11 7 (2.72%) Business Analyst
11 7 (2.72%) Business Intelligence Developer
12 6 (2.33%) Account Executive
12 6 (2.33%) Senior Consultant
13 5 (1.95%) Senior Analyst
13 5 (1.95%) Senior Development Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (12.06%) Web Services
2 6 (2.33%) CSS
2 6 (2.33%) HTML
3 5 (1.95%) JSON
3 5 (1.95%) XML
4 4 (1.56%) REST
4 4 (1.56%) Ruby on Rails
4 4 (1.56%) SOAP
5 3 (1.17%) .NET
6 2 (0.78%) TAPI
7 1 (0.39%) HTML5 Canvas
7 1 (0.39%) jQuery
7 1 (0.39%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 27 (10.51%) Public Cloud
2 20 (7.78%) Driving Licence
2 20 (7.78%) Management Information System
3 17 (6.61%) Social Media
4 15 (5.84%) Onboarding
5 9 (3.50%) Blog
6 6 (2.33%) Housing Association
6 6 (2.33%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (2.33%) Low-Code
6 6 (2.33%) Renewable Energy
6 6 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (1.95%) Acoustics
8 4 (1.56%) Freedom of Information
8 4 (1.56%) IoT
8 4 (1.56%) NHS
9 3 (1.17%) Learning Management System
9 3 (1.17%) Product Ownership
9 3 (1.17%) PropTech
10 2 (0.78%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (0.78%) SystemC
Operating Systems
1 34 (13.23%) Windows
2 28 (10.89%) Unix
3 27 (10.51%) Linux
3 27 (10.51%) Solaris
4 3 (1.17%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.78%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.39%) Android
6 1 (0.39%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.39%) VMS
6 1 (0.39%) Windows 7
6 1 (0.39%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 68 (26.46%) Project Management
2 34 (13.23%) Continuous Improvement
3 32 (12.45%) Agile
4 31 (12.06%) Business Intelligence
5 30 (11.67%) Data Security
5 30 (11.67%) Problem-Solving
6 27 (10.51%) Network Architecture
6 27 (10.51%) Server Management
6 27 (10.51%) Task Automation
7 25 (9.73%) Customer Service
8 24 (9.34%) PRINCE2
8 24 (9.34%) Project Delivery
8 24 (9.34%) Service Delivery
9 23 (8.95%) Analytics
9 23 (8.95%) Change Management
9 23 (8.95%) Visualisation
10 20 (7.78%) Business Analysis
11 19 (7.39%) ITIL
12 18 (7.00%) Business Development
13 16 (6.23%) Data Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 36 (14.01%) SQL
2 27 (10.51%) Shell Script
3 10 (3.89%) PL/SQL
4 7 (2.72%) T-SQL
5 6 (2.33%) JavaScript
5 6 (2.33%) Python
6 5 (1.95%) R
7 4 (1.56%) C#
7 4 (1.56%) Java
7 4 (1.56%) Ruby
8 2 (0.78%) C
8 2 (0.78%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.39%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 88 (34.24%) Degree
2 43 (16.73%) Security Cleared
3 19 (7.39%) DBS Check
4 10 (3.89%) SC Cleared
5 7 (2.72%) PMP
6 5 (1.95%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.56%) HNC
7 4 (1.56%) HND
8 2 (0.78%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.78%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.78%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.39%) ACCA
9 1 (0.39%) CCNA
9 1 (0.39%) CCNP
9 1 (0.39%) CIMA
9 1 (0.39%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.39%) MCSE
9 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.39%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (17.90%) Accessibility
2 19 (7.39%) QA
3 13 (5.06%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.56%) PMO
5 3 (1.17%) GDPR
6 2 (0.78%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.39%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.39%) NIST
7 1 (0.39%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (1.95%) Active Directory
1 5 (1.95%) Firmware
2 2 (0.78%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (1.56%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 88 (34.24%) Microsoft
2 48 (18.68%) NEC
3 45 (17.51%) Oracle
4 5 (1.95%) Cisco
4 5 (1.95%) Google
5 4 (1.56%) HubSpot
6 3 (1.17%) Civica
7 2 (0.78%) Aruba
7 2 (0.78%) Liquidlogic
7 2 (0.78%) SAP
8 1 (0.39%) Adobe
8 1 (0.39%) Alteryx
8 1 (0.39%) Capita
8 1 (0.39%) Databricks
8 1 (0.39%) GUPTA
8 1 (0.39%) Pega
8 1 (0.39%) Samsung
8 1 (0.39%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.39%) VMware