Local Government Job Trends 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 27 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 324 224 275
Rank change year-on-year -100 +51 +234
Permanent jobs citing Local Government 332 745 516
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.71% 1.24% 1.14%
As % of the General category 1.13% 2.04% 1.75%
Number of salaries quoted 184 141 348
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,000 £26,000
25th Percentile £35,500 £41,250 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £48,750 £30,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.82% +62.50% -33.33%
75th Percentile £59,652 £58,796 £49,575
90th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £62,000
UK median annual salary £42,500 £48,125 £26,500
% change year-on-year -11.69% +81.60% -38.05%

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 29,315 36,576 29,490
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 62.55% 60.79% 65.00%
Number of salaries quoted 17,308 17,668 21,887
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £101,250 £102,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -

Local Government
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Local Government relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Local Government job vacancy trend in England

Local Government
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Local Government.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Local Government

Local Government
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Local Government in England over the 6 months to 27 November 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 27 November 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
North of England -55 74 £38,000 -14.61% 34
Midlands -12 61 £42,500 -26.09% 32
London -85 61 £51,250 -3.87% 56
South West +63 53 £75,000 +48.71% 22
North West -17 49 £38,125 -7.01% 18
South East -10 48 £43,750 -4.23% 67
West Midlands +11 45 £42,500 -41.03% 25
East of England +28 32 £30,000 -14.75% 21
Yorkshire -52 20 £27,500 -39.48% 11
East Midlands +17 16 £43,695 -22.83% 7
North East +15 5 £59,652 +83.54% 7
Local Government
UK

Local Government
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 10 (3.01%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.20%) Drupal
2 4 (1.20%) nginx
2 4 (1.20%) Oracle Workflow
2 4 (1.20%) WordPress
3 1 (0.30%) CMS
3 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 14 (4.22%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (3.01%) Maya
3 6 (1.81%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (1.20%) AutoCAD
4 4 (1.20%) Civil 3D
5 2 (0.60%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 10 (3.01%) Unit4 Business World
2 6 (1.81%) NEC Housing
3 4 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.30%) Oracle ERP
4 1 (0.30%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.30%) Shopify
4 1 (0.30%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 12 (3.61%) SaaS
2 11 (3.31%) OCI
2 11 (3.31%) Power Platform
3 7 (2.11%) Azure
4 6 (1.81%) Cloud Computing
5 5 (1.51%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (1.51%) PowerApps
6 4 (1.20%) AWS
6 4 (1.20%) Power Automate
7 2 (0.60%) Azure AI
7 2 (0.60%) Azure Data Factory
7 2 (0.60%) Azure Logic Apps
7 2 (0.60%) Copilot Studio
7 2 (0.60%) Google Workspace
7 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (0.30%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.30%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.30%) IaaS
8 1 (0.30%) Lucidchart
8 1 (0.30%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.41%) Firewall
2 5 (1.51%) DNS
2 5 (1.51%) TCP/IP
3 4 (1.20%) Internet
4 3 (0.90%) DHCP
5 2 (0.60%) BGP
5 2 (0.60%) Broadband
5 2 (0.60%) LAN
5 2 (0.60%) SAN
5 2 (0.60%) WAN
6 1 (0.30%) IGRP
6 1 (0.30%) MPLS
6 1 (0.30%) Network Security
6 1 (0.30%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.30%) VPLS
6 1 (0.30%) VRRP
6 1 (0.30%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.01%) Data Warehouse
2 9 (2.71%) Power BI
3 6 (1.81%) MS Access
3 6 (1.81%) SQL Server
4 4 (1.20%) BusinessObjects
4 4 (1.20%) MariaDB
4 4 (1.20%) SAP Data Services
5 3 (0.90%) Oracle BI EE
5 3 (0.90%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (0.60%) Data Mining
6 2 (0.60%) GIS
7 1 (0.30%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (1.20%) Toad
2 1 (0.30%) JIRA
General
1 132 (39.76%) Social Skills
2 109 (32.83%) Public Sector
3 81 (24.40%) Finance
4 55 (16.57%) Influencing Skills
5 43 (12.95%) Law
6 42 (12.65%) Legal
7 32 (9.64%) Military
8 31 (9.34%) Analytical Skills
9 21 (6.33%) Fire and Rescue
10 18 (5.42%) Back Office
10 18 (5.42%) Presentation Skills
11 12 (3.61%) Billing
11 12 (3.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 12 (3.61%) Telecoms
12 11 (3.31%) Games
12 11 (3.31%) Police
13 8 (2.41%) Marketing
13 8 (2.41%) Retail
14 7 (2.11%) Organisational Skills
15 5 (1.51%) Digital Economy
Job Titles
1 56 (16.87%) Business Manager
2 49 (14.76%) Business Development Manager
2 49 (14.76%) Development Manager
3 43 (12.95%) Senior
4 28 (8.43%) Analyst
4 28 (8.43%) Audit Manager
5 24 (7.23%) Technical Director
6 21 (6.33%) Project Manager
7 19 (5.72%) Lead
7 19 (5.72%) Senior Manager
8 16 (4.82%) Senior Audit Manager
8 16 (4.82%) Traffic Manager
9 14 (4.22%) Business Change Analyst
9 14 (4.22%) Change Analyst
9 14 (4.22%) Civil Engineer
9 14 (4.22%) Development Engineer
9 14 (4.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 13 (3.92%) Consultant
11 11 (3.31%) Team Leader
12 8 (2.41%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (1.51%) Software Packaging
2 4 (1.20%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (1.20%) TAPI
3 1 (0.30%) Django
3 1 (0.30%) GraphQL
3 1 (0.30%) JSON
3 1 (0.30%) Middleware
3 1 (0.30%) REST
3 1 (0.30%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 69 (20.78%) NHS
2 14 (4.22%) Onboarding
3 12 (3.61%) Self-Motivation
4 10 (3.01%) Enterprise Software
5 9 (2.71%) Data Centre
6 8 (2.41%) Driving Licence
7 7 (2.11%) Management Information System
7 7 (2.11%) Social Media
8 6 (1.81%) Blockchain
8 6 (1.81%) Learning Management System
9 5 (1.51%) Housing Association
10 4 (1.20%) CCTV
10 4 (1.20%) Data Protection Act
11 3 (0.90%) Educational Technology
11 3 (0.90%) e-Learning
12 2 (0.60%) Fibre Optics
12 2 (0.60%) Freedom of Information
12 2 (0.60%) iPad
12 2 (0.60%) Legacy Systems
12 2 (0.60%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 9 (2.71%) Windows
2 8 (2.41%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.20%) Unix
4 1 (0.30%) VMS
4 1 (0.30%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (24.70%) Agile
2 65 (19.58%) Business Development
3 60 (18.07%) Project Management
4 55 (16.57%) Project Delivery
5 51 (15.36%) Business Strategy
6 46 (13.86%) Continuous Improvement
7 45 (13.55%) Risk Management
8 43 (12.95%) Mentoring
9 37 (11.14%) Migration
10 35 (10.54%) Service Delivery
11 34 (10.24%) Strategic Thinking
12 33 (9.94%) Data Migration
12 33 (9.94%) Due Diligence
12 33 (9.94%) Problem-Solving
13 31 (9.34%) Service Management
14 29 (8.73%) Collaborative Working
14 29 (8.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 27 (8.13%) Budgeting
15 27 (8.13%) Innovative Thinking
16 26 (7.83%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 21 (6.33%) SQL
2 8 (2.41%) PowerShell
3 6 (1.81%) Python
4 4 (1.20%) Shell Script
4 4 (1.20%) VB
5 1 (0.30%) Bash
Qualifications
1 67 (20.18%) Degree
2 40 (12.05%) DBS Check
3 28 (8.43%) ACCA
4 10 (3.01%) Computer Science Degree
5 9 (2.71%) Postgraduate
6 4 (1.20%) AWS Certification
6 4 (1.20%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (1.20%) Security Cleared
7 3 (0.90%) CISSP
7 3 (0.90%) MCDST
7 3 (0.90%) MCP
7 3 (0.90%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 2 (0.60%) CIPD
8 2 (0.60%) CISM
8 2 (0.60%) City & Guilds
8 2 (0.60%) CRISC
8 2 (0.60%) PMI Certification
8 2 (0.60%) PMP
8 2 (0.60%) SC Cleared
9 1 (0.30%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (8.43%) GAAP
1 28 (8.43%) IFRS
2 18 (5.42%) COSHH
3 16 (4.82%) SLA
4 15 (4.52%) Accessibility
5 8 (2.41%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 8 (2.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (1.81%) ISO 14001
6 6 (1.81%) QA
7 5 (1.51%) ISO 9001
7 5 (1.51%) NEBOSH
8 4 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials
8 4 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 4 (1.20%) PMO
9 3 (0.90%) GDPR
9 3 (0.90%) NIST
10 2 (0.60%) GRC
10 2 (0.60%) NIST 800
11 1 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 17025
System Software
1 5 (1.51%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.20%) Docker
3 3 (0.90%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (0.60%) EMC NetWorker
1 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.30%) EnCase
2 1 (0.30%) FortiGate
2 1 (0.30%) SmoothWall
2 1 (0.30%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 28 (8.43%) Microsoft
2 22 (6.63%) Oracle
3 6 (1.81%) SAP
4 5 (1.51%) Openreach
4 5 (1.51%) Salesforce
5 4 (1.20%) NEC
6 3 (0.90%) Cisco
6 3 (0.90%) VMware
7 2 (0.60%) BT
7 2 (0.60%) Civica
7 2 (0.60%) Foundry
7 2 (0.60%) Google
7 2 (0.60%) Northgate
7 2 (0.60%) OneLogin
7 2 (0.60%) Palo Alto
8 1 (0.30%) Aruba
8 1 (0.30%) Liquidlogic
8 1 (0.30%) Meraki
8 1 (0.30%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.30%) Workday