Local Government Contracts 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 contract work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Local Government over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 224 321 362
Rank change year-on-year +97 +41 +2
Contract jobs citing Local Government 118 136 273
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.80% 0.57% 0.62%
As % of the General category 1.37% 0.97% 1.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 81 97 185
10th Percentile £313 £292 £316
25th Percentile £375 £391 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year - - +12.50%
75th Percentile £500 £525 £538
90th Percentile £638 £625 £633
UK median daily rate £450 £450 £450
% change year-on-year - - +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 1 51
10th Percentile £23.67 - £17.99
25th Percentile £27.11 - £22.14
Median hourly rate £33.74 £19.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year +77.58% -57.30% +97.78%
75th Percentile £54.00 - £49.25
90th Percentile £84.42 - -
UK median hourly rate £25.78 £22.26 £24.53
% change year-on-year +15.81% -9.25% +16.53%

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 contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring common skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 8,623 13,983 24,165
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 58.44% 58.57% 55.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,682 9,896 17,664
10th Percentile £325 £363 £355
25th Percentile £425 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +3.77% +6.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £638
90th Percentile £775 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 459 316 342
10th Percentile £14.00 £18.66 £13.53
25th Percentile £22.50 £25.71 £19.50
Median hourly rate £38.12 £49.00 £34.45
Median % change year-on-year -22.20% +42.24% +55.04%
75th Percentile £52.50 £67.50 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £78.38 £65.54
UK median hourly rate £30.50 £31.96 £23.00
% change year-on-year -4.57% +38.96% +9.26%

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
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Local Government daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Local Government
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Local Government over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Local Government daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Local Government
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Local Government hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Local Government
Hourly Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Hourly rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Local Government over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Local Government hourly rate 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 7 (5.93%) SharePoint
2 3 (2.54%) ArcGIS
2 3 (2.54%) Jadu
3 2 (1.69%) CMS
3 2 (1.69%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.85%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 6 (5.08%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.69%) Acrobat
2 2 (1.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (1.69%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (0.85%) Chatbot
3 1 (0.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (5.93%) NEC Housing
2 5 (4.24%) Academy Housing
2 5 (4.24%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
2 5 (4.24%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 1 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.85%) iTrent
3 1 (0.85%) Oracle General Ledger
3 1 (0.85%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (0.85%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 8 (6.78%) Power Platform
2 7 (5.93%) Azure
2 7 (5.93%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (2.54%) Power Automate
4 2 (1.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 2 (1.69%) PowerApps
4 2 (1.69%) ShareGate
5 1 (0.85%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (0.85%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (0.85%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (0.85%) Entra ID
5 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Purview
5 1 (0.85%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.69%) DHCP
1 2 (1.69%) DNS
2 1 (0.85%) 4G
2 1 (0.85%) 5G
2 1 (0.85%) iSCSI
2 1 (0.85%) LAN
2 1 (0.85%) LoRaWAN
2 1 (0.85%) SAN
2 1 (0.85%) VSAN
2 1 (0.85%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.93%) SQL Server
2 6 (5.08%) GIS
3 5 (4.24%) Power BI
4 2 (1.69%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.69%) EDRMS
4 2 (1.69%) Oracle Database
4 2 (1.69%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.85%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.85%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.85%) MS Access
5 1 (0.85%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.85%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 1 (0.85%) GCC
1 1 (0.85%) Postman
1 1 (0.85%) Selenium
1 1 (0.85%) SpecFlow
General
1 31 (26.27%) Finance
2 30 (25.42%) Public Sector
3 21 (17.80%) Social Skills
4 7 (5.93%) Police
5 6 (5.08%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (5.08%) Legal
6 4 (3.39%) Law
7 3 (2.54%) Fire and Rescue
7 3 (2.54%) Social Housing
8 2 (1.69%) Marketing
9 1 (0.85%) Banking
9 1 (0.85%) General Ledger
9 1 (0.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.85%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.85%) Retail
9 1 (0.85%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 21 (17.80%) Analyst
1 21 (17.80%) Project Manager
2 12 (10.17%) Architect
3 11 (9.32%) Senior
4 10 (8.47%) Solutions Architect
5 9 (7.63%) Business Analyst
5 9 (7.63%) Developer
6 8 (6.78%) Consultant
7 7 (5.93%) Delivery Manager
7 7 (5.93%) Service Delivery Manager
7 7 (5.93%) Service Manager
8 6 (5.08%) Service Support Manager
8 6 (5.08%) Support Manager
9 5 (4.24%) IT Manager
10 4 (3.39%) ICT Analyst
10 4 (3.39%) ICT Specialist
10 4 (3.39%) Senior Developer
10 4 (3.39%) Support Officer
11 3 (2.54%) Web Content Editor
11 3 (2.54%) Web Editor
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (8.47%) .NET
2 2 (1.69%) Oracle Fusion
3 1 (0.85%) .NET Framework
3 1 (0.85%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.85%) ASP.NET
3 1 (0.85%) Software Packaging
3 1 (0.85%) WinForms
3 1 (0.85%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (9.32%) Management Information System
2 9 (7.63%) Housing Association
3 4 (3.39%) NHS
4 2 (1.69%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (1.69%) Freedom of Information
4 2 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (1.69%) Taxonomies
5 1 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.85%) Fibre Optics
5 1 (0.85%) FMCG
5 1 (0.85%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (0.85%) Low-Code
5 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Licensing
5 1 (0.85%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 7 (5.93%) Windows
2 2 (1.69%) Linux
2 2 (1.69%) Unix
2 2 (1.69%) Windows Server
2 2 (1.69%) Windows Server 2012
2 2 (1.69%) Windows Server 2016
2 2 (1.69%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (0.85%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (20.34%) Project Management
2 18 (15.25%) Migration
3 17 (14.41%) Agile
3 17 (14.41%) PRINCE2
4 15 (12.71%) Service Delivery
5 14 (11.86%) Budget Management
6 13 (11.02%) Business Case
6 13 (11.02%) Stakeholder Management
7 10 (8.47%) Data Migration
7 10 (8.47%) Project Delivery
8 9 (7.63%) Business Intelligence
8 9 (7.63%) CRM
9 8 (6.78%) Customer Service
9 8 (6.78%) Cybersecurity
9 8 (6.78%) Data Management
9 8 (6.78%) Decision-Making
10 7 (5.93%) Continuous Improvement
10 7 (5.93%) Data Protection
10 7 (5.93%) Housing Management
10 7 (5.93%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 12 (10.17%) SQL
2 8 (6.78%) PowerShell
3 4 (3.39%) C
4 3 (2.54%) C#
4 3 (2.54%) Python
5 2 (1.69%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.85%) Data Analysis Expressions
6 1 (0.85%) Java
6 1 (0.85%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.85%) VBA
Qualifications
1 11 (9.32%) Degree
1 11 (9.32%) Security Cleared
2 8 (6.78%) SC Cleared
3 5 (4.24%) DBS Check
4 3 (2.54%) DV Cleared
4 3 (2.54%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 2 (1.69%) ACCA
5 2 (1.69%) CIMA
5 2 (1.69%) CIPFA
5 2 (1.69%) HND
5 2 (1.69%) PMI Certification
5 2 (1.69%) PMP
6 1 (0.85%) HNC
6 1 (0.85%) ISEB
6 1 (0.85%) ISEB Practitioner
6 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.85%) Oracle Certification
6 1 (0.85%) Postgraduate
6 1 (0.85%) RIBA
6 1 (0.85%) Six Sigma Black Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.93%) ISO/IEC 20000
2 6 (5.08%) ISO 22301
2 6 (5.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (4.24%) COBIT
4 4 (3.39%) GDPR
4 4 (3.39%) PMO
5 3 (2.54%) Data Quality
6 2 (1.69%) QA
7 1 (0.85%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (2.54%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.69%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (1.69%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (1.69%) SCOM
2 1 (0.85%) Avamar
2 1 (0.85%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.85%) SCCM
Vendors
1 17 (14.41%) Microsoft
2 7 (5.93%) NEC
3 5 (4.24%) Capita
3 5 (4.24%) Sparx
4 4 (3.39%) Oracle
5 3 (2.54%) SAP
5 3 (2.54%) VMware
6 2 (1.69%) Adobe
6 2 (1.69%) Ariba
6 2 (1.69%) Civica
6 2 (1.69%) SolarWinds
7 1 (0.85%) Dell
7 1 (0.85%) Granicus
7 1 (0.85%) Liquidlogic
7 1 (0.85%) Northgate
7 1 (0.85%) Remedy