Local Government (Local Authority, Local Council)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Local Government over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 328 325 482
Rank change year-on-year -3 +157 +110
Permanent jobs citing Local Government 862 1,069 1,134
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.87% 1.05% 0.72%
As % of the General category 1.46% 1.55% 1.13%
Number of salaries quoted 616 421 465
10th Percentile £26,250 £33,363 £28,250
25th Percentile £33,474 £40,000 £35,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,941 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.12% +11.11% -
75th Percentile £53,376 £69,649 £57,250
90th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £70,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £39,000 £44,535 £42,074
% change year-on-year -12.43% +5.85% -0.37%

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 59,215 69,122 100,670
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 59.75% 68.21% 64.16%
Number of salaries quoted 39,629 37,296 50,752
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,162 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £102,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +5.26%

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
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Local Government in the UK

Local Government
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Local Government over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Local Government in the UK

Local Government
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Local Government within the UK over the 6 months to 9 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +20 754 £39,876 -19.36% 432
UK excluding London -12 598 £39,000 -12.43% 343
Work from Home -111 253 £47,500 -12.54% 139
London +30 208 £48,831 -18.62% 117
North of England -27 161 £33,911 -14.15% 89
Midlands -15 141 £35,000 -42.86% 51
South East +56 121 £40,400 -23.05% 85
West Midlands +37 109 £34,995 -49.56% 35
North West +4 89 £33,250 -24.47% 36
South West -19 62 £39,316 -10.64% 55
East of England +22 56 £45,649 -1.83% 46
Yorkshire +3 53 £33,911 -11.07% 40
Wales +21 41 £36,476 -16.45% 10
East Midlands -49 32 £37,500 -16.67% 17
North East -15 19 £38,750 +3.47% 14
Scotland -103 16 £42,500 -15.00% 22

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 31 (3.60%) SharePoint
2 25 (2.90%) Apache
3 22 (2.55%) IIS
4 21 (2.44%) Tomcat
5 17 (1.97%) Microsoft Exchange
6 9 (1.04%) ArcGIS
7 5 (0.58%) CMS
8 3 (0.35%) Totara
9 1 (0.12%) Confluence
9 1 (0.12%) Drupal
Applications
1 56 (6.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 55 (6.38%) AutoCAD
3 52 (6.03%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (1.04%) Revit
5 8 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.12%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.12%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 73 (8.47%) NEC Housing
2 6 (0.70%) Sage 50
3 3 (0.35%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.23%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (0.12%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 77 (8.93%) Azure
2 74 (8.58%) Microsoft 365
3 65 (7.54%) Power Platform
4 29 (3.36%) AWS
5 27 (3.13%) dbt
6 25 (2.90%) Entra ID
6 25 (2.90%) SaaS
7 22 (2.55%) Azure DevOps
8 21 (2.44%) Azure Monitor
9 16 (1.86%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 16 (1.86%) Azure Service Bus
10 7 (0.81%) Cloud Computing
10 7 (0.81%) PowerApps
11 6 (0.70%) Power Automate
12 5 (0.58%) Google Analytics
12 5 (0.58%) Google Tag Manager
12 5 (0.58%) Google Workspace
13 4 (0.46%) Amazon S3
13 4 (0.46%) OCI
14 3 (0.35%) Siteimprove
Communications & Networking
1 22 (2.55%) Firewall
2 20 (2.32%) Wi-Fi
3 18 (2.09%) LAN
4 16 (1.86%) Wireless
5 15 (1.74%) Internet
6 11 (1.28%) MPLS
6 11 (1.28%) WAN
7 10 (1.16%) VPN
8 9 (1.04%) Network Security
9 8 (0.93%) DNS
10 7 (0.81%) SMS
11 6 (0.70%) Intranet
11 6 (0.70%) SAN
11 6 (0.70%) SD-WAN
11 6 (0.70%) Unified Communications
12 5 (0.58%) Extranet
12 5 (0.58%) VLAN
12 5 (0.58%) WLAN
13 4 (0.46%) TETRA
14 3 (0.35%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 82 (9.51%) SQL Server
2 49 (5.68%) Power BI
3 45 (5.22%) Oracle Database
4 33 (3.83%) PostgreSQL
5 24 (2.78%) Relational Database
6 22 (2.55%) Data Warehouse
6 22 (2.55%) GIS
6 22 (2.55%) SQL Server Analysis Services
7 19 (2.20%) Oracle Database 12c
7 19 (2.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 15 (1.74%) Tableau
9 14 (1.62%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 10 (1.16%) RDBMS
11 9 (1.04%) Spatial Data
12 8 (0.93%) BusinessObjects
12 8 (0.93%) Geospatial Data
13 7 (0.81%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
13 7 (0.81%) Oracle Reports
13 7 (0.81%) Semantic Layer
14 4 (0.46%) Triplestore
Development Applications
1 8 (0.93%) JIRA
2 7 (0.81%) Git
2 7 (0.81%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
2 7 (0.81%) Visual Studio
3 5 (0.58%) Oracle APEX
4 4 (0.46%) RSpec
5 3 (0.35%) Oracle Forms
5 3 (0.35%) Selenium
5 3 (0.35%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 300 (34.80%) Social Skills
2 244 (28.31%) Finance
3 208 (24.13%) Public Sector
4 168 (19.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 106 (12.30%) Police
6 90 (10.44%) Legal
7 82 (9.51%) Analytical Skills
8 61 (7.08%) Presentation Skills
9 57 (6.61%) Back Office
10 53 (6.15%) Marketing
11 51 (5.92%) Retail
12 50 (5.80%) Telecoms
13 41 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
14 34 (3.94%) Fire and Rescue
15 32 (3.71%) Billing
16 27 (3.13%) Digital Economy
17 15 (1.74%) Influencing Skills
18 8 (0.93%) Law
18 8 (0.93%) Social Housing
19 7 (0.81%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 101 (11.72%) Analyst
1 101 (11.72%) Senior
2 69 (8.00%) Lead
3 58 (6.73%) Project Manager
4 48 (5.57%) Coordinator
5 39 (4.52%) Technical Coordinator
6 33 (3.83%) Development Manager
7 32 (3.71%) Audit Manager
8 30 (3.48%) Administrator
9 28 (3.25%) IT Technician
10 27 (3.13%) Applications Support
11 23 (2.67%) Data Analyst
12 21 (2.44%) Developer
13 19 (2.20%) DBA
13 19 (2.20%) Oracle DBA
13 19 (2.20%) PostgreSQL DBA
14 18 (2.09%) Senior Manager
15 17 (1.97%) Business Manager
15 17 (1.97%) Team Leader
15 17 (1.97%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (3.83%) Web Services
2 27 (3.13%) .NET
3 17 (1.97%) .NET Core
4 11 (1.28%) HTML
5 10 (1.16%) CSS
6 9 (1.04%) Ruby on Rails
7 8 (0.93%) REST
8 6 (0.70%) JSON
8 6 (0.70%) XML
9 5 (0.58%) RESTful
9 5 (0.58%) SOAP
10 4 (0.46%) Sidekiq
11 2 (0.23%) TAPI
12 1 (0.12%) ASP.NET
12 1 (0.12%) HTML5
12 1 (0.12%) HTML5 Canvas
12 1 (0.12%) jQuery
12 1 (0.12%) Node.js
12 1 (0.12%) Oracle Fusion
12 1 (0.12%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 82 (9.51%) Housing Association
2 73 (8.47%) Self-Motivation
3 67 (7.77%) Driving Licence
4 63 (7.31%) Management Information System
5 52 (6.03%) NHS
6 49 (5.68%) Social Media
7 32 (3.71%) Onboarding
8 22 (2.55%) Public Cloud
9 21 (2.44%) CCTV
9 21 (2.44%) Renewable Energy
10 16 (1.86%) Data Centre
11 15 (1.74%) Blog
12 12 (1.39%) PACS
12 12 (1.39%) Smartcard
13 11 (1.28%) Educational Technology
14 10 (1.16%) Data Structures
15 8 (0.93%) Acoustics
16 7 (0.81%) Freedom of Information
17 6 (0.70%) IoT
17 6 (0.70%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 55 (6.38%) Windows
2 45 (5.22%) Unix
3 28 (3.25%) Linux
4 22 (2.55%) Solaris
5 11 (1.28%) Windows 10
6 8 (0.93%) Android
7 5 (0.58%) Windows Server
8 3 (0.35%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.23%) Windows 7
9 2 (0.23%) Windows 8
10 1 (0.12%) VMS
10 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (17.29%) Agile
2 134 (15.55%) Problem-Solving
3 119 (13.81%) Project Management
4 113 (13.11%) Customer Service
5 78 (9.05%) Business Development
6 75 (8.70%) Continuous Improvement
7 66 (7.66%) Project Delivery
8 64 (7.42%) Mathematics
9 61 (7.08%) Time Management
10 59 (6.84%) Coaching
11 55 (6.38%) Business Intelligence
12 53 (6.15%) Service Management
13 52 (6.03%) ITIL
14 50 (5.80%) Performance Management
15 49 (5.68%) Thought Leadership
16 48 (5.57%) Collaborative Working
16 48 (5.57%) Data Analysis
17 45 (5.22%) Line Management
17 45 (5.22%) Service Delivery
18 43 (4.99%) People Management
Programming Languages
1 75 (8.70%) SQL
2 30 (3.48%) C#
3 21 (2.44%) Shell Script
4 20 (2.32%) Python
5 16 (1.86%) Bicep
6 13 (1.51%) JavaScript
7 12 (1.39%) PL/SQL
8 11 (1.28%) Java
9 10 (1.16%) Ruby
10 8 (0.93%) T-SQL
11 5 (0.58%) R
12 4 (0.46%) SPARQL
13 2 (0.23%) C
13 2 (0.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 1 (0.12%) PHP
14 1 (0.12%) PowerShell
14 1 (0.12%) VB
14 1 (0.12%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 208 (24.13%) Degree
2 69 (8.00%) Security Cleared
3 61 (7.08%) HND
4 52 (6.03%) HNC
5 47 (5.45%) DBS Check
6 33 (3.83%) ACCA
7 19 (2.20%) Oracle Certification
8 17 (1.97%) SC Cleared
9 12 (1.39%) A+ Certification
10 11 (1.28%) Network+ Certification
11 10 (1.16%) Cisco Certification
11 10 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
12 8 (0.93%) Master's Degree
13 6 (0.70%) MCP
14 5 (0.58%) Azure Certification
15 4 (0.46%) CCNP
15 4 (0.46%) Computer Science Degree
15 4 (0.46%) PMP
16 3 (0.35%) CCIE
16 3 (0.35%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (6.96%) Accessibility
2 31 (3.60%) GAAP
2 31 (3.60%) IFRS
3 28 (3.25%) QA
4 24 (2.78%) Data Quality
5 16 (1.86%) GDPR
6 8 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials
7 7 (0.81%) NEBOSH
7 7 (0.81%) SLA
8 6 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 5 (0.58%) PMO
10 3 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.35%) ISO 9001
10 3 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 2 (0.23%) GPG for Computer-Based Electronic Evidence
11 2 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 17025
11 2 (0.23%) NIST
12 1 (0.12%) COBIT
12 1 (0.12%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 50 (5.80%) Active Directory
2 8 (0.93%) Docker
2 8 (0.93%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.58%) Firmware
5 3 (0.35%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.35%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.35%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (0.35%) vSphere
6 2 (0.23%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 20 (2.32%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (0.58%) SCCM
2 5 (0.58%) SCOM
3 4 (0.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 4 (0.46%) AirWatch
3 4 (0.46%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.12%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.12%) QRadar
4 1 (0.12%) Terraform
Vendors
1 223 (25.87%) Microsoft
2 74 (8.58%) NEC
3 63 (7.31%) Oracle
4 35 (4.06%) CA
5 22 (2.55%) Cisco
6 13 (1.51%) Google
6 13 (1.51%) VMware
7 12 (1.39%) SAP
8 11 (1.28%) Openreach
9 6 (0.70%) BT
9 6 (0.70%) Citrix
9 6 (0.70%) HP
9 6 (0.70%) Sage
10 5 (0.58%) ESRI
10 5 (0.58%) NetApp
10 5 (0.58%) Northgate
11 4 (0.46%) Apple
11 4 (0.46%) Civica
11 4 (0.46%) HubSpot
12 3 (0.35%) SolarWinds