Local Government Jobs in England

Local Government (Local Authority, Local Council)
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in permanent job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Local Government over the 6 months leading up to 6 March 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Mar 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 255 300 345
Rank change year-on-year +45 +45 +174
Permanent jobs citing Local Government 594 670 975
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 1.20% 0.94% 0.99%
As % of the General category 1.80% 1.55% 1.43%
Number of salaries quoted 156 480 395
10th Percentile £36,250 £25,000 £31,680
25th Percentile £41,875 £26,938 £39,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,376 £38,000 £47,089
Median % change year-on-year +35.20% -19.30% +13.81%
75th Percentile £64,045 £49,312 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,056 £64,674 £74,201
UK median annual salary £51,395 £35,000 £47,480
% change year-on-year +46.84% -26.28% +13.21%

All General Skills
England

Local Government falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring common skills in England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 32,911 43,299 68,408
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 66.70% 60.45% 69.15%
Number of salaries quoted 15,352 32,042 37,779
10th Percentile £32,000 £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £37,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £105,000 £95,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,331
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.84% +0.55%

Local Government
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Local Government in England

Local Government
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Local Government in England

Local Government
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Local Government in England over the 6 months to 6 March 2025.

Salary histogram for Local Government in England

Local Government
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Local Government within the England region over the 6 months to 6 March 2025. 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
London +31 215 £53,500 +12.63% 99
North of England +55 126 £42,500 +32.81% 78
Midlands -19 115 £55,750 +110.38% 60
North West +50 103 £40,000 +14.29% 37
West Midlands -9 89 £58,785 +121.83% 34
South East +43 64 £50,000 +25.00% 66
East of England +51 45 £42,000 +13.24% 40
East Midlands +18 26 £55,750 +99.11% 24
Yorkshire +46 20 £44,250 +26.99% 33
South West +36 13 £54,321 +30.92% 35
North East +20 1 £32,501 +18.18% 9
Local Government
UK

Local Government
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 13 (2.19%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.67%) OpenEdge
3 3 (0.51%) IIS
4 2 (0.34%) Apache
4 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.34%) Oracle Workflow
4 2 (0.34%) Skype for Business
5 1 (0.17%) Confluence
Applications
1 24 (4.04%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (2.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.18%) Chatbot
4 6 (1.01%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.34%) Oracle Smart View
6 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.17%) Trello
Business Applications
1 279 (46.97%) NEC Housing
2 12 (2.02%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
3 3 (0.51%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.34%) Infor M3
4 2 (0.34%) Oracle Assets
4 2 (0.34%) Oracle Cash Management
4 2 (0.34%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.34%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (0.34%) Oracle General Ledger
4 2 (0.34%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 47 (7.91%) Azure
2 38 (6.40%) Microsoft 365
3 20 (3.37%) SaaS
4 8 (1.35%) AWS
4 8 (1.35%) Power Platform
5 7 (1.18%) Google Workspace
5 7 (1.18%) Power Automate
6 5 (0.84%) Adobe Creative Cloud
6 5 (0.84%) Entra ID
7 4 (0.67%) GCP
8 3 (0.51%) OCI
8 3 (0.51%) OneDrive
9 2 (0.34%) Azure API Management
9 2 (0.34%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (0.34%) Kong
9 2 (0.34%) PaaS
10 1 (0.17%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.17%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.17%) Google Ads
10 1 (0.17%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 24 (4.04%) Firewall
2 17 (2.86%) SD-WAN
3 16 (2.69%) WAN
4 13 (2.19%) VPN
5 11 (1.85%) VLAN
5 11 (1.85%) WPA
6 10 (1.68%) Wi-Fi
7 9 (1.52%) LAN
8 8 (1.35%) IPsec
8 8 (1.35%) Wireless
9 6 (1.01%) BGP
9 6 (1.01%) OSPF
9 6 (1.01%) VoIP
10 5 (0.84%) Internet
10 5 (0.84%) Unified Communications
11 4 (0.67%) EIGRP
11 4 (0.67%) Intranet
11 4 (0.67%) NAS
11 4 (0.67%) Spanning Tree
11 4 (0.67%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (11.45%) BusinessObjects
2 43 (7.24%) Oracle Database
3 9 (1.52%) SQL Server
4 8 (1.35%) Power BI
5 5 (0.84%) GIS
6 4 (0.67%) Big Data
7 3 (0.51%) MySQL
7 3 (0.51%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (0.51%) Tableau
8 2 (0.34%) Relational Database
9 1 (0.17%) Azure SQL Database
9 1 (0.17%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.17%) Data Mining
9 1 (0.17%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.17%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.17%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 3 (0.51%) Visual Studio
2 2 (0.34%) JIRA
3 1 (0.17%) ERwin
General
1 360 (60.61%) Public Sector
2 340 (57.24%) Finance
3 285 (47.98%) Police
4 172 (28.96%) Social Housing
5 114 (19.19%) Social Skills
6 44 (7.41%) Analytical Skills
7 18 (3.03%) Marketing
8 14 (2.36%) Telecoms
9 13 (2.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 10 (1.68%) Legal
10 10 (1.68%) Organisational Skills
11 9 (1.52%) Fire and Rescue
11 9 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (1.35%) Retail
13 6 (1.01%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (0.84%) Manufacturing
15 4 (0.67%) Law
16 2 (0.34%) Advertising
16 2 (0.34%) Back Office
16 2 (0.34%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 276 (46.46%) Consultant
2 195 (32.83%) Implementation Consultant
3 103 (17.34%) Senior
4 73 (12.29%) Senior Consultant
5 70 (11.78%) Support Consultant
6 68 (11.45%) Senior Support Consultant
7 63 (10.61%) Project Manager
8 42 (7.07%) Technical Consultant
9 39 (6.57%) Technical Implementation Consultant
10 28 (4.71%) Lead
11 21 (3.54%) Analyst
12 18 (3.03%) Business Manager
13 14 (2.36%) Business Development Manager
13 14 (2.36%) Development Manager
14 12 (2.02%) Developer
15 11 (1.85%) IT Analyst
15 11 (1.85%) Support Technician
16 10 (1.68%) Lecturer
16 10 (1.68%) Network Engineer
16 10 (1.68%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (1.68%) .NET
2 9 (1.52%) Oracle Fusion
3 5 (0.84%) Middleware
3 5 (0.84%) Web Services
4 3 (0.51%) .NET Framework
4 3 (0.51%) NHibernate
5 2 (0.34%) HTML
5 2 (0.34%) REST
5 2 (0.34%) RESTful
5 2 (0.34%) SOAP
6 1 (0.17%) CSS
6 1 (0.17%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 171 (28.79%) Housing Association
2 28 (4.71%) Self-Motivation
3 21 (3.54%) Social Media
4 19 (3.20%) Onboarding
5 18 (3.03%) Management Information System
6 14 (2.36%) Driving Licence
7 11 (1.85%) Data Centre
8 8 (1.35%) NHS
9 7 (1.18%) Mobile App
9 7 (1.18%) Robotics
10 5 (0.84%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (0.84%) Renewable Energy
11 4 (0.67%) Client/Server
11 4 (0.67%) e-Learning
11 4 (0.67%) Replication
12 3 (0.51%) Blog
13 2 (0.34%) Cloud Native
13 2 (0.34%) Cyber Threat
13 2 (0.34%) Data Structures
13 2 (0.34%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 157 (26.43%) Unix
2 104 (17.51%) Windows
3 80 (13.47%) Linux
4 69 (11.62%) Solaris
5 11 (1.85%) Windows Vista
6 5 (0.84%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.34%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.17%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 224 (37.71%) Housing Management
2 71 (11.95%) Project Management
3 69 (11.62%) Customer Requirements
4 61 (10.27%) Problem-Solving
5 56 (9.43%) Migration
6 49 (8.25%) Stakeholder Management
7 48 (8.08%) Data Migration
8 42 (7.07%) Data Cleansing
8 42 (7.07%) ITIL
9 40 (6.73%) Asset Management
10 38 (6.40%) Agile
11 36 (6.06%) Customer Service
12 32 (5.39%) Decision-Making
13 30 (5.05%) Continuous Improvement
13 30 (5.05%) Project Delivery
14 27 (4.55%) Cybersecurity
15 26 (4.38%) Mentoring
16 24 (4.04%) Artificial Intelligence
17 23 (3.87%) Collaborative Working
17 23 (3.87%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 273 (45.96%) SQL
2 39 (6.57%) PL/SQL
3 14 (2.36%) JavaScript
4 11 (1.85%) C#
4 11 (1.85%) Python
5 9 (1.52%) PowerShell
6 7 (1.18%) VB.NET
7 4 (0.67%) Java
7 4 (0.67%) Progress 4GL
7 4 (0.67%) TypeScript
8 3 (0.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 2 (0.34%) R
10 1 (0.17%) Bash
10 1 (0.17%) Go
10 1 (0.17%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 305 (51.35%) DBS Check
2 57 (9.60%) Degree
3 13 (2.19%) Computer Science Degree
3 13 (2.19%) Security Cleared
4 8 (1.35%) Postgraduate
5 7 (1.18%) AAT
5 7 (1.18%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (1.18%) MRICS
6 6 (1.01%) HNC
6 6 (1.01%) HND
6 6 (1.01%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 6 (1.01%) MOS
7 5 (0.84%) CCNP
7 5 (0.84%) PMP
7 5 (0.84%) SC Cleared
8 2 (0.34%) CCNA
8 2 (0.34%) CTC Cleared
8 2 (0.34%) NVQ Level 4
8 2 (0.34%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 273 (45.96%) Accessibility
2 69 (11.62%) ISO 9001
3 16 (2.69%) QA
4 13 (2.19%) Data Quality
5 12 (2.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 9 (1.52%) GDPR
7 8 (1.35%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.51%) SLA
9 2 (0.34%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.34%) PMO
System Software
1 18 (3.03%) Active Directory
2 10 (1.68%) Virtual Desktop
3 9 (1.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.01%) vSphere
5 5 (0.84%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.17%) Docker
6 1 (0.17%) LXC
6 1 (0.17%) Samba
Systems Management
1 11 (1.85%) Microsoft Intune
1 11 (1.85%) SCCM
2 3 (0.51%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (0.34%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.34%) Terraform
4 1 (0.17%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 280 (47.14%) NEC
2 141 (23.74%) Microsoft
3 69 (11.62%) Citrix
4 55 (9.26%) Oracle
5 12 (2.02%) Cisco
5 12 (2.02%) Google
6 9 (1.52%) VMware
7 8 (1.35%) Progress
8 7 (1.18%) UiPath
9 6 (1.01%) Salesforce
10 5 (0.84%) Adobe
10 5 (0.84%) Juniper
11 4 (0.67%) Extreme Networks
11 4 (0.67%) Fortinet
11 4 (0.67%) HP
11 4 (0.67%) Meraki
11 4 (0.67%) Palo Alto
11 4 (0.67%) SolarWinds
11 4 (0.67%) Veeam
11 4 (0.67%) Zscaler