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 remote or hybrid work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Local Government over the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 263 277 465
Rank change year-on-year +14 +188 +51
Permanent jobs citing Local Government 269 278 387
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.18% 1.14% 0.63%
As % of the General category 1.78% 1.69% 0.93%
Number of salaries quoted 54 144 236
10th Percentile £40,000 £29,684 £33,144
25th Percentile £40,334 £37,500 £40,834
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,624 £48,456 £49,748
Median % change year-on-year +4.47% -2.60% +4.73%
75th Percentile £60,250 £54,656 £63,750
90th Percentile £73,750 £68,375 £70,000
UK median annual salary £45,680 £27,596 £42,529
% change year-on-year +65.53% -35.11% -5.49%

All General Skills
Work from Home

Local Government falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 15,154 16,402 41,539
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 66.45% 67.07% 67.17%
Number of salaries quoted 7,154 11,619 25,265
10th Percentile £35,500 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,306 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year - +2.46% +6.09%
75th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £100,000 £98,750
UK median annual salary £59,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -1.67% - +4.35%

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 October 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 13 (4.83%) Apache
1 13 (4.83%) IIS
1 13 (4.83%) Tomcat
2 7 (2.60%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.12%) Skype for Business
4 2 (0.74%) CMS
5 1 (0.37%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.37%) Moodle
Applications
1 24 (8.92%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.60%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 151 (56.13%) NEC Housing
2 1 (0.37%) iTrent
Cloud Services
1 28 (10.41%) Figma
2 19 (7.06%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (3.72%) Azure
3 10 (3.72%) SaaS
4 7 (2.60%) Power Platform
5 4 (1.49%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (1.12%) Google Workspace
7 2 (0.74%) Boomi
7 2 (0.74%) iPaaS
8 1 (0.37%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (0.37%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.37%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 1 (0.37%) OCI
8 1 (0.37%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.72%) Firewall
2 9 (3.35%) WAN
3 8 (2.97%) LAN
3 8 (2.97%) SD-WAN
3 8 (2.97%) VPN
4 4 (1.49%) NetScaler
5 3 (1.12%) Skype
5 3 (1.12%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.74%) Structured Cabling
7 1 (0.37%) Internet
7 1 (0.37%) IPsec
7 1 (0.37%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (25.28%) Oracle Database
2 10 (3.72%) BusinessObjects
3 6 (2.23%) Power BI
4 5 (1.86%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 4 (1.49%) MySQL
6 3 (1.12%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (1.12%) Semantic Layer
7 2 (0.74%) Data Hub
7 2 (0.74%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (0.74%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.37%) GIS
8 1 (0.37%) Metadata
8 1 (0.37%) Metadata Repository
8 1 (0.37%) QGIS
8 1 (0.37%) Spatial Data
8 1 (0.37%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 29 (10.78%) JIRA
2 10 (3.72%) Oracle APEX
3 1 (0.37%) RStudio
General
1 188 (69.89%) Public Sector
2 176 (65.43%) Finance
3 150 (55.76%) Police
4 116 (43.12%) Social Skills
5 37 (13.75%) Social Housing
6 29 (10.78%) Presentation Skills
7 22 (8.18%) Analytical Skills
8 15 (5.58%) Marketing
9 13 (4.83%) Legal
10 10 (3.72%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (1.86%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (1.86%) Telecoms
12 4 (1.49%) Fire and Rescue
12 4 (1.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 4 (1.49%) Law
13 3 (1.12%) Welsh Language
14 2 (0.74%) Portuguese Language
15 1 (0.37%) Banking
15 1 (0.37%) Retail
15 1 (0.37%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 68 (25.28%) Consultant
2 52 (19.33%) Implementation Consultant
3 49 (18.22%) Technical Consultant
4 45 (16.73%) Technical Implementation Consultant
5 43 (15.99%) Senior
6 36 (13.38%) Project Manager
7 28 (10.41%) Product Manager
8 18 (6.69%) Developer
9 15 (5.58%) Applications Support
10 13 (4.83%) Bid Writer
10 13 (4.83%) Senior Bid Writer
11 12 (4.46%) Senior Manager
12 11 (4.09%) Project Support Manager
12 11 (4.09%) Senior Project Manager
12 11 (4.09%) SQL Developer
12 11 (4.09%) Technical Manager
12 11 (4.09%) Technical Project Manager
12 11 (4.09%) Technical Support
12 11 (4.09%) Technical Support Manager
13 10 (3.72%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.83%) Web Services
2 12 (4.46%) CSS
2 12 (4.46%) HTML
2 12 (4.46%) JSON
2 12 (4.46%) SOAP
2 12 (4.46%) XML
3 10 (3.72%) REST
3 10 (3.72%) Ruby on Rails
4 3 (1.12%) .NET
5 2 (0.74%) .NET Core
5 2 (0.74%) .NET Framework
5 2 (0.74%) Code First Entity Framework
5 2 (0.74%) Entity Framework
5 2 (0.74%) OAuth
5 2 (0.74%) OAuth2
5 2 (0.74%) Razor View Engine
Miscellaneous
1 28 (10.41%) Mobile App
2 17 (6.32%) Management Information System
3 16 (5.95%) NHS
4 14 (5.20%) Onboarding
5 13 (4.83%) Public Cloud
6 12 (4.46%) Housing Association
6 12 (4.46%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (1.86%) Data Centre
7 5 (1.86%) Low-Code
8 4 (1.49%) Blog
8 4 (1.49%) Data Protection Act
9 3 (1.12%) Driving Licence
9 3 (1.12%) Hybrid Cloud
10 2 (0.74%) Cyber Threat
10 2 (0.74%) Cyberattack
10 2 (0.74%) Security Operations Centre
10 2 (0.74%) Security Posture
11 1 (0.37%) Data Structures
11 1 (0.37%) Learning Management System
11 1 (0.37%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 31 (11.52%) Windows
2 21 (7.81%) Linux
3 20 (7.43%) Solaris
3 20 (7.43%) Unix
4 4 (1.49%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (20.82%) Project Management
2 52 (19.33%) Agile
3 51 (18.96%) Data Migration
3 51 (18.96%) Migration
4 45 (16.73%) Data Cleansing
5 42 (15.61%) Housing Management
6 40 (14.87%) Roadmaps
7 35 (13.01%) Customer Requirements
8 34 (12.64%) Business Case
8 34 (12.64%) Decision-Making
9 29 (10.78%) Presales
9 29 (10.78%) User Experience
10 28 (10.41%) Market Research
10 28 (10.41%) PLM
10 28 (10.41%) Resource Allocation
10 28 (10.41%) Time Management
10 28 (10.41%) UX Design
11 26 (9.67%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
12 25 (9.29%) Customer Service
13 24 (8.92%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 84 (31.23%) SQL
2 58 (21.56%) PL/SQL
3 13 (4.83%) Shell Script
4 10 (3.72%) C
4 10 (3.72%) Java
4 10 (3.72%) Ruby
5 3 (1.12%) C#
6 1 (0.37%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.37%) R
6 1 (0.37%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 136 (50.56%) DBS Check
2 58 (21.56%) Degree
3 32 (11.90%) Security Cleared
4 17 (6.32%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (2.97%) PMP
6 4 (1.49%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.12%) CCNP
7 3 (1.12%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (1.12%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 2 (0.74%) CEH
8 2 (0.74%) CompTIA Security+
8 2 (0.74%) SANS
9 1 (0.37%) CISA
9 1 (0.37%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 148 (55.02%) Accessibility
2 14 (5.20%) QA
3 13 (4.83%) GDPR
4 7 (2.60%) ISO 9001
5 4 (1.49%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (1.12%) NIST
7 2 (0.74%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.74%) WCAG
8 1 (0.37%) COBIT
8 1 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.37%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.37%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.37%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (1.49%) Hyper-V
1 4 (1.49%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.37%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 152 (56.51%) NEC
2 72 (26.77%) Oracle
3 64 (23.79%) Microsoft
4 11 (4.09%) Citrix
5 7 (2.60%) Cisco
6 4 (1.49%) VMware
6 4 (1.49%) Zscaler
7 3 (1.12%) Google
7 3 (1.12%) Meraki
7 3 (1.12%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.37%) Apple
8 1 (0.37%) SAP
8 1 (0.37%) Workday