Local Government Contracts in the East Midlands

Local Government (Local Authority, Local Council)
England > East Midlands

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 61 65 87
Rank change year-on-year +4 +22 -15
Contract jobs citing Local Government 7 13 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 0.86% 1.29% 0.36%
As % of the General category 1.67% 2.42% 0.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 9 4
10th Percentile £488 - £367
25th Percentile £544 £223 £374
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £638 £525 £402
Median % change year-on-year +21.43% +30.76% +0.38%
75th Percentile £731 £563 £481
90th Percentile £788 £578 £515
England median daily rate £451 £450 £450
% change year-on-year +0.28% - +19.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Median hourly rate - £24.37 £13.20
Median % change year-on-year - +84.62% -59.35%
England median hourly rate £25.00 £22.34 £24.68
% change year-on-year +11.93% -9.48% +17.22%

All General Skills
East Midlands

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 advertised in the East Midlands with a requirement for common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 420 538 680
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 51.66% 53.48% 48.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 280 422 497
10th Percentile £167 £223 £200
25th Percentile £255 £350 £320
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +5.56% +15.76%
75th Percentile £550 £600 £522
90th Percentile £625 £725 £609
England median daily rate £535 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.73% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 31 50
10th Percentile £12.20 £11.80 £9.74
25th Percentile £13.31 £16.69 £15.44
Median hourly rate £17.00 £22.50 £23.25
Median % change year-on-year -24.44% -3.23% +88.07%
75th Percentile £30.31 £51.50 £35.00
90th Percentile £51.91 - -
England median hourly rate £30.50 £31.92 £21.50
% change year-on-year -4.45% +48.47% +2.14%

Local Government
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Job postings citing Local Government as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Local Government in the East Midlands

Local Government
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Local Government in the East Midlands

Local Government
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Local Government in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Local Government in the East Midlands

Local Government
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Local Government in the East Midlands

Local Government
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 East Midlands region over the 6 months to 2 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
Lincolnshire - 3 £825 - 4
Derbyshire 0 2 - - 7
Nottinghamshire +7 1 - - 8
Northamptonshire - 1 £450 - 2
Local Government
England

Local Government
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (28.57%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (14.29%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (28.57%) SMS
2 1 (14.29%) DHCP
2 1 (14.29%) DNS
2 1 (14.29%) Firewall
General
1 2 (28.57%) Finance
1 2 (28.57%) Public Sector
1 2 (28.57%) Retail
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Fire and Rescue
2 1 (14.29%) Social Housing
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Senior
2 2 (28.57%) Development Officer
2 2 (28.57%) Lead
3 1 (14.29%) Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Exchange Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) IT Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Messaging Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Security Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Windows
1 1 (14.29%) Windows 10
1 1 (14.29%) Windows Server
1 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2012
1 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2016
1 1 (14.29%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Agile
1 2 (28.57%) Budget Management
1 2 (28.57%) Business Analysis
1 2 (28.57%) Housing Management
1 2 (28.57%) Performance Monitoring
1 2 (28.57%) Project Management
2 1 (14.29%) Computer Science
2 1 (14.29%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (14.29%) Financial Analysis
2 1 (14.29%) Information Security
2 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure Monitoring
2 1 (14.29%) Migration
2 1 (14.29%) Security Testing
2 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
2 1 (14.29%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) DBS Check
2 1 (14.29%) CISSP
2 1 (14.29%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
1 1 (14.29%) Virtual Desktop
1 1 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (14.29%) SCOM
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
1 2 (28.57%) NEC
1 2 (28.57%) Northgate
2 1 (14.29%) Citrix
2 1 (14.29%) SolarWinds
2 1 (14.29%) VMware