Local Government Contracts in the North West

Local Government (Local Authority, Local Council)
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in contract job vacancies in the North West. 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 100 119 124
Rank change year-on-year +19 +5 +7
Contract jobs citing Local Government 35 31 58
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 1.25% 1.03% 1.44%
As % of the General category 2.38% 1.95% 2.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 25 43
10th Percentile £313 £363 £230
25th Percentile £400 £375 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £413 £390
Median % change year-on-year +21.21% +5.77% +48.57%
75th Percentile £588 £538 £438
90th Percentile £656 £724 £500
England median daily rate £450 £450 £450
% change year-on-year - - +17.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 4
10th Percentile £28.23 - £21.59
25th Percentile £28.56 - £23.78
Median hourly rate £43.25 - £26.50
75th Percentile £54.00 - £29.75
90th Percentile - - £32.90
England median hourly rate £25.00 £22.34 £24.71
% change year-on-year +11.93% -9.61% +17.39%

All General Skills
North West

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 requiring common skills in the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,468 1,586 2,021
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 52.58% 52.66% 50.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 866 1,099 1,403
10th Percentile £300 £312 £230
25th Percentile £392 £406 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £493 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.40% +5.26% +7.95%
75th Percentile £577 £588 £586
90th Percentile £659 £675 £662
England median daily rate £534 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -2.96% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 200 81 112
10th Percentile £12.50 £14.75 £10.69
25th Percentile £15.00 £16.85 £15.00
Median hourly rate £21.47 £23.15 £23.22
Median % change year-on-year -7.28% -0.31% +13.28%
75th Percentile £37.94 £35.00 £50.68
90th Percentile £51.88 £53.35 £64.80
England median hourly rate £31.97 £30.65 £22.50
% change year-on-year +4.32% +36.21% +7.14%

Local Government
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Local Government in the North West

Local Government
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Local Government in the North West

Local Government
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Local Government in the North West over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Local Government in the North West

Local Government
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Local Government in the North West

Local Government
Hourly Rate Histogram in the North West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Local Government in the North West over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Local Government in the North West

Local Government
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 North West region over the 6 months to 12 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
Merseyside +26 16 £575 +12.20% 2
Lancashire +11 9 £500 -0.42% 10
Manchester -2 5 £375 -6.83% 32
Cheshire -4 3 £300 -14.29% 10
Cumbria - 1 £500 - 7
Local Government
England

Local Government
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 2 (5.71%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (5.71%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (2.86%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (8.57%) Aareon QL
Cloud Services
1 5 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (5.71%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.86%) Azure
3 1 (2.86%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.86%) iSCSI
1 1 (2.86%) SAN
1 1 (2.86%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.71%) Power BI
1 2 (5.71%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.86%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.86%) Oracle Database
2 1 (2.86%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (2.86%) Relational Database
2 1 (2.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 1 (2.86%) Oracle Forms
General
1 11 (31.43%) Public Sector
2 7 (20.00%) Finance
3 3 (8.57%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (5.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (5.71%) Law
4 2 (5.71%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (22.86%) Architect
2 6 (17.14%) Consultant
3 5 (14.29%) Project Manager
3 5 (14.29%) Solutions Architect
4 3 (8.57%) Analyst
4 3 (8.57%) Data Consultant
4 3 (8.57%) Data Engineer
4 3 (8.57%) Developer
4 3 (8.57%) Principal Developer
4 3 (8.57%) Systems Architect
4 3 (8.57%) Technical Architect
4 3 (8.57%) Technical Solutions Architect
5 2 (5.71%) Accountant
5 2 (5.71%) Business Analyst
5 2 (5.71%) Digital Transformation
5 2 (5.71%) Technical Analyst
5 2 (5.71%) Technical Business Analyst
6 1 (2.86%) Business Manager
6 1 (2.86%) Programme Manager
6 1 (2.86%) Storage Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.57%) Management Information System
1 3 (8.57%) NHS
2 2 (5.71%) Onboarding
2 2 (5.71%) Virtual Team
3 1 (2.86%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 5 (14.29%) Windows
2 1 (2.86%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (20.00%) Migration
1 7 (20.00%) Project Management
1 7 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 6 (17.14%) Housing Management
2 6 (17.14%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (14.29%) Project Delivery
4 4 (11.43%) Change Management
4 4 (11.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (8.57%) Capacity Planning
5 3 (8.57%) Customer Experience
5 3 (8.57%) Data Analysis
5 3 (8.57%) Data Cleansing
5 3 (8.57%) Data Migration
5 3 (8.57%) Data Transformation
6 2 (5.71%) Business Case
6 2 (5.71%) Data Interpretation
6 2 (5.71%) Requirements Gathering
6 2 (5.71%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 2 (5.71%) Virtual Team Management
6 2 (5.71%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 2 (5.71%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (14.29%) Degree
2 2 (5.71%) ACCA
2 2 (5.71%) APMG
2 2 (5.71%) CIMA
2 2 (5.71%) CIPFA
2 2 (5.71%) HND
3 1 (2.86%) CCNA
3 1 (2.86%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (2.86%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.86%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 1 (2.86%) Avamar
1 1 (2.86%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 5 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.57%) Aareon
2 3 (8.57%) Northgate
3 2 (5.71%) Oracle
4 1 (2.86%) Dell
4 1 (2.86%) Google
4 1 (2.86%) Liquidlogic
4 1 (2.86%) VMware