Local Government Contracts

Local Government (Local Authority, Local Council)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in contract job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Local Government over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 244 386 389
Rank change year-on-year +142 +3 +10
Contract jobs citing Local Government 411 328 584
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.95% 0.59% 0.67%
As % of the General category 1.66% 1.00% 1.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 301 224 384
10th Percentile £313 £229 £258
25th Percentile £400 £367 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year - - +12.50%
75th Percentile £558 £538 £539
90th Percentile £638 £600 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £475 £413 £425
% change year-on-year +15.15% -2.94% +21.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 15 87
10th Percentile £15.39 £13.91 £16.30
25th Percentile £16.00 £17.39 £17.75
Median hourly rate £26.24 £22.26 £24.35
Median % change year-on-year +17.88% -8.58% +15.68%
75th Percentile £34.88 £23.18 £49.25
90th Percentile £42.50 £25.27 -
UK excluding London median hourly rate £21.57 £20.13 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.17% +0.65% -4.99%

All General Skills
UK

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 requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 24,753 32,807 49,724
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 57.49% 58.53% 56.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,550 22,755 34,565
10th Percentile £275 £313 £325
25th Percentile £413 £438 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £763 £775 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% +8.45%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,984 981 1,390
10th Percentile £12.78 £13.41 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.50 £17.50 £15.00
Median hourly rate £30.00 £32.30 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.12% +43.56% +4.65%
75th Percentile £52.50 £61.25 £47.36
90th Percentile £67.38 £72.50 £60.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £28.42 £27.84 £19.50
% change year-on-year +2.08% +42.77% +2.63%

Local Government
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Local Government as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Local Government in the UK

Local Government
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Local Government in the UK

Local Government
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Local Government over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Local Government in the UK

Local Government
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Local Government in the UK

Local Government
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Local Government over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Local Government in the UK

Local Government
Top 17 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 1 June 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
England +127 377 £451 +0.28% 557
London +114 207 £450 - 152
UK excluding London +96 189 £475 +15.15% 448
Work from Home +82 112 £450 - 187
North of England +25 42 £500 +19.40% 109
East of England +26 36 £438 -14.63% 61
South East +21 35 £475 +31.03% 114
North West +20 32 £500 +19.40% 54
South West +22 31 £439 +49.65% 61
Midlands +20 24 £488 +2.63% 82
West Midlands +16 16 £519 +9.21% 49
Wales +29 12 £600 - 16
Yorkshire +20 9 £500 +12.68% 41
Scotland +41 8 £204 -59.20% 29
East Midlands +6 7 £638 +21.43% 34
North East - 1 £900 - 14
Northern Ireland - 1 £160 - 3

Local Government
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 21 (5.11%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.70%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.22%) CMS
3 5 (1.22%) govService
4 4 (0.97%) ArcGIS
4 4 (0.97%) Drupal
4 4 (0.97%) Jadu
4 4 (0.97%) WordPress
5 1 (0.24%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 20 (4.87%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (4.62%) Spreadsheet
3 18 (4.38%) Microsoft Excel
4 11 (2.68%) Acrobat
5 8 (1.95%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 3 (0.73%) SPSS
8 2 (0.49%) AutoCAD
8 2 (0.49%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.49%) Revit
Business Applications
1 15 (3.65%) NEC Housing
2 6 (1.46%) SAP Payroll
2 6 (1.46%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 5 (1.22%) Academy Housing
3 5 (1.22%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 3 (0.73%) Aareon QL
4 3 (0.73%) SAP ERP
4 3 (0.73%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.49%) iTrent
5 2 (0.49%) ResourceLink
6 1 (0.24%) OPENHousing
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 29 (7.06%) Azure
2 27 (6.57%) Power Platform
3 15 (3.65%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (2.68%) AWS
4 11 (2.68%) Azure DevOps
4 11 (2.68%) Entra ID
5 8 (1.95%) Google Workspace
6 7 (1.70%) Dynamics 365
7 6 (1.46%) SuccessFactors
8 5 (1.22%) GitHub
8 5 (1.22%) OCI
8 5 (1.22%) Power Automate
9 4 (0.97%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 4 (0.97%) Azure Logic Apps
9 4 (0.97%) Azure Service Bus
9 4 (0.97%) Google Analytics
9 4 (0.97%) SaaS
10 2 (0.49%) Azure Monitor
10 2 (0.49%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 2 (0.49%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.46%) Firewall
2 4 (0.97%) Intranet
3 3 (0.73%) WAN
4 2 (0.49%) DHCP
4 2 (0.49%) DNS
4 2 (0.49%) SMS
4 2 (0.49%) VPN
5 1 (0.24%) 4G
5 1 (0.24%) BGP
5 1 (0.24%) Cisco Firepower
5 1 (0.24%) FTP
5 1 (0.24%) HTTP
5 1 (0.24%) Internet
5 1 (0.24%) iSCSI
5 1 (0.24%) LAN
5 1 (0.24%) LoRaWAN
5 1 (0.24%) MPLS
5 1 (0.24%) NetScaler
5 1 (0.24%) SAN
5 1 (0.24%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (5.35%) Power BI
2 19 (4.62%) SQL Server
3 8 (1.95%) GIS
4 7 (1.70%) Oracle Database
5 4 (0.97%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (0.97%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (0.97%) Looker
5 4 (0.97%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (0.73%) BusinessObjects XI
6 3 (0.73%) Data Mining
6 3 (0.73%) Power Query
6 3 (0.73%) PowerPivot
7 2 (0.49%) BusinessObjects
7 2 (0.49%) EDRMS
7 2 (0.49%) MS Access
7 2 (0.49%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (0.49%) Redis
7 2 (0.49%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.49%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (1.46%) Git
2 4 (0.97%) SpecFlow
3 2 (0.49%) JIRA
3 2 (0.49%) Postman
4 1 (0.24%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (0.24%) RStudio
4 1 (0.24%) Selenium
4 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (0.24%) Visual Studio
General
1 96 (23.36%) Public Sector
2 74 (18.00%) Finance
3 73 (17.76%) Social Skills
4 42 (10.22%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (3.16%) Influencing Skills
5 13 (3.16%) Marketing
5 13 (3.16%) Social Housing
6 12 (2.92%) Presentation Skills
7 11 (2.68%) Police
8 10 (2.43%) Legal
9 9 (2.19%) Law
10 8 (1.95%) Fire and Rescue
11 7 (1.70%) Organisational Skills
12 6 (1.46%) Back Office
13 4 (0.97%) Advertising
14 3 (0.73%) Billing
14 3 (0.73%) General Ledger
14 3 (0.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 3 (0.73%) Publishing
14 3 (0.73%) Retail
Job Titles
1 78 (18.98%) Analyst
2 70 (17.03%) Senior
3 69 (16.79%) Project Manager
4 35 (8.52%) Developer
5 31 (7.54%) Architect
6 27 (6.57%) Lead
7 24 (5.84%) Business Analyst
7 24 (5.84%) Consultant
8 23 (5.60%) Senior Manager
9 20 (4.87%) Senior Analyst
10 14 (3.41%) Solutions Architect
11 13 (3.16%) Senior Developer
12 11 (2.68%) Bid Manager
13 10 (2.43%) Data Analyst
13 10 (2.43%) Programme Manager
14 9 (2.19%) ICT Analyst
14 9 (2.19%) IT Manager
14 9 (2.19%) Senior Bid Manager
15 8 (1.95%) Support Analyst
15 8 (1.95%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (7.30%) .NET
2 15 (3.65%) React
3 8 (1.95%) .NET Core
3 8 (1.95%) XML
4 5 (1.22%) .NET Framework
5 4 (0.97%) ASP.NET
5 4 (0.97%) CSS
5 4 (0.97%) Oracle Fusion
6 3 (0.73%) HTML
7 2 (0.49%) ASP.NET Core
7 2 (0.49%) REST
7 2 (0.49%) Symfony
8 1 (0.24%) AngularJS
8 1 (0.24%) ASP.NET MVC
8 1 (0.24%) D3.js
8 1 (0.24%) jQuery
8 1 (0.24%) OAuth
8 1 (0.24%) OAuth2
8 1 (0.24%) RESTful
8 1 (0.24%) Software Packaging
Miscellaneous
1 24 (5.84%) Management Information System
2 13 (3.16%) Housing Association
3 11 (2.68%) Legacy Systems
3 11 (2.68%) Product Ownership
4 10 (2.43%) NHS
5 6 (1.46%) Onboarding
6 5 (1.22%) Data Centre
6 5 (1.22%) Virtual Team
7 4 (0.97%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (0.97%) Distributed Architecture
8 3 (0.73%) Linked Data
9 2 (0.49%) Enterprise Cloud
9 2 (0.49%) Enterprise Software
10 1 (0.24%) Blog
10 1 (0.24%) FMCG
10 1 (0.24%) Graphic Design
10 1 (0.24%) Mobile App
10 1 (0.24%) Mobile Payment
10 1 (0.24%) Social Media
10 1 (0.24%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 13 (3.16%) Windows
2 5 (1.22%) Windows 10
3 4 (0.97%) VMS
4 2 (0.49%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2012
5 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.24%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (20.44%) Project Management
2 56 (13.63%) Agile
3 50 (12.17%) Stakeholder Management
4 43 (10.46%) PRINCE2
5 39 (9.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 37 (9.00%) Problem-Solving
6 37 (9.00%) Service Delivery
7 35 (8.52%) Project Delivery
8 33 (8.03%) Business Case
9 32 (7.79%) Migration
10 31 (7.54%) Decision-Making
11 30 (7.30%) Budget Management
12 29 (7.06%) Business Intelligence
13 27 (6.57%) Performance Management
14 24 (5.84%) Change Management
14 24 (5.84%) Programme Management
15 23 (5.60%) CRM
16 22 (5.35%) Data Protection
17 20 (4.87%) Continuous Improvement
17 20 (4.87%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 38 (9.25%) SQL
2 21 (5.11%) C#
3 17 (4.14%) PowerShell
4 9 (2.19%) Python
5 7 (1.70%) Bicep
6 4 (0.97%) C
6 4 (0.97%) JavaScript
7 3 (0.73%) PHP
7 3 (0.73%) R
7 3 (0.73%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.24%) Java
8 1 (0.24%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.24%) VB.NET
8 1 (0.24%) VBA
Qualifications
1 42 (10.22%) Degree
2 28 (6.81%) Security Cleared
3 18 (4.38%) SC Cleared
4 13 (3.16%) PMP
5 12 (2.92%) PMI Certification
6 10 (2.43%) DV Cleared
7 7 (1.70%) DBS Check
7 7 (1.70%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 3 (0.73%) CIPD
8 3 (0.73%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (0.73%) NVQ Level 4
9 2 (0.49%) ACCA
9 2 (0.49%) APMG
9 2 (0.49%) CIMA
9 2 (0.49%) CIPFA
9 2 (0.49%) HNC
9 2 (0.49%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 1 (0.24%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.24%) Six Sigma Black Belt
10 1 (0.24%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (5.35%) Data Quality
2 16 (3.89%) Accessibility
3 13 (3.16%) PMO
4 11 (2.68%) GDPR
5 7 (1.70%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 7 (1.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (1.46%) COBIT
6 6 (1.46%) ISO 22301
6 6 (1.46%) QA
7 5 (1.22%) SLA
8 2 (0.49%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.24%) GMP
9 1 (0.24%) NIST
9 1 (0.24%) WCAG
System Software
1 15 (3.65%) Active Directory
2 4 (0.97%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (0.49%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.24%) Firmware
4 1 (0.24%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.24%) Microsoft App-V
4 1 (0.24%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.24%) XenApp
4 1 (0.24%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 6 (1.46%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (0.73%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (0.73%) SCCM
3 1 (0.24%) Avamar
3 1 (0.24%) EMC NetWorker
3 1 (0.24%) Endace
3 1 (0.24%) SCOM
3 1 (0.24%) Terraform
Vendors
1 62 (15.09%) Microsoft
2 17 (4.14%) Oracle
3 15 (3.65%) NEC
4 14 (3.41%) Northgate
5 11 (2.68%) Adobe
6 10 (2.43%) Capita
7 9 (2.19%) Google
8 7 (1.70%) SAP
9 6 (1.46%) Sparx
10 4 (0.97%) CA
10 4 (0.97%) Citrix
10 4 (0.97%) Granicus
10 4 (0.97%) Liquidlogic
11 3 (0.73%) Aareon
11 3 (0.73%) Civica
11 3 (0.73%) ServiceNow
11 3 (0.73%) VMware
12 1 (0.24%) BiZZdesign
12 1 (0.24%) F5
12 1 (0.24%) SolarWinds