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 2 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 312 310 358
Rank change year-on-year -2 +48 +164
Permanent jobs citing Local Government 420 724 930
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.95% 0.90% 0.94%
As % of the General category 1.42% 1.52% 1.36%
Number of salaries quoted 149 501 372
10th Percentile £37,050 £25,875 £31,000
25th Percentile £41,500 £32,500 £38,161
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £39,747 £48,237
Median % change year-on-year +25.80% -17.60% +9.26%
75th Percentile £61,250 £52,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £77,750 £70,000 £73,751
UK median annual salary £50,000 £39,576 £49,748
% change year-on-year +26.34% -20.45% +12.68%

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 29,521 47,697 68,297
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 66.90% 59.43% 69.23%
Number of salaries quoted 15,717 34,751 36,635
10th Percentile £30,750 £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,000 £36,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,836 £52,500 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.16% -13.93% +1.67%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £83,750
90th Percentile £105,000 £94,100 £103,750
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% -

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 2 April 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 2 April 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 +5 155 £52,811 +11.18% 192
North of England +34 77 £43,500 +28.28% 65
Midlands -1 68 £52,875 +51.09% 46
South East +63 65 £50,000 +22.10% 64
North West +22 61 £42,000 +20.00% 27
West Midlands -15 48 £47,693 +36.27% 28
East of England +36 27 £42,000 +5.00% 40
East Midlands +30 20 £56,625 +62.55% 17
Yorkshire +38 14 £44,250 +30.49% 27
South West +59 11 £43,419 +8.87% 24
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 11 (2.62%) IIS
1 11 (2.62%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.43%) Apache
3 4 (0.95%) OpenEdge
4 2 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.48%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 22 (5.24%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (4.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (1.90%) Chatbot
4 6 (1.43%) Spreadsheet
5 2 (0.48%) Oracle Smart View
6 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.24%) Trello
Business Applications
1 141 (33.57%) NEC Housing
2 18 (4.29%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
3 3 (0.71%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.48%) Infor M3
4 2 (0.48%) Oracle Assets
4 2 (0.48%) Oracle Cash Management
4 2 (0.48%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (0.48%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (0.48%) Oracle General Ledger
4 2 (0.48%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 35 (8.33%) Azure
2 30 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (4.52%) SaaS
4 10 (2.38%) AWS
4 10 (2.38%) Power Platform
5 8 (1.90%) Power Automate
6 6 (1.43%) Google Workspace
7 5 (1.19%) Adobe Creative Cloud
7 5 (1.19%) Entra ID
8 4 (0.95%) GCP
9 3 (0.71%) OCI
10 2 (0.48%) Azure API Management
10 2 (0.48%) Dynamics 365
10 2 (0.48%) Kong
10 2 (0.48%) PaaS
11 1 (0.24%) Azure DevOps
11 1 (0.24%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 1 (0.24%) Google Ads
11 1 (0.24%) Google Analytics
11 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 24 (5.71%) Firewall
2 17 (4.05%) WPA
3 14 (3.33%) SD-WAN
4 13 (3.10%) WAN
5 12 (2.86%) VPN
6 10 (2.38%) DNS
7 9 (2.14%) TCP/IP
7 9 (2.14%) Wi-Fi
8 8 (1.90%) IPsec
8 8 (1.90%) VLAN
9 7 (1.67%) Wireless
10 6 (1.43%) BGP
10 6 (1.43%) OSPF
10 6 (1.43%) VoIP
11 5 (1.19%) Internet
11 5 (1.19%) LAN
12 4 (0.95%) EIGRP
12 4 (0.95%) Intranet
12 4 (0.95%) Unified Communications
12 4 (0.95%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (7.86%) BusinessObjects
1 33 (7.86%) Oracle Database
2 16 (3.81%) SQL Server
3 9 (2.14%) Power BI
4 6 (1.43%) Relational Database
5 5 (1.19%) GIS
6 4 (0.95%) Big Data
6 4 (0.95%) MySQL
6 4 (0.95%) PostgreSQL
7 3 (0.71%) Tableau
8 1 (0.24%) Azure SQL Database
8 1 (0.24%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.24%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.24%) Oracle Reports
8 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 4 (0.95%) Visual Studio
2 2 (0.48%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
3 1 (0.24%) ERwin
3 1 (0.24%) JIRA
General
1 211 (50.24%) Public Sector
2 192 (45.71%) Finance
3 145 (34.52%) Police
4 100 (23.81%) Social Skills
5 85 (20.24%) Social Housing
6 50 (11.90%) Analytical Skills
7 23 (5.48%) Marketing
8 9 (2.14%) Fire and Rescue
8 9 (2.14%) Influencing Skills
8 9 (2.14%) Organisational Skills
8 9 (2.14%) Retail
9 8 (1.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (1.90%) Legal
10 7 (1.67%) Telecoms
11 6 (1.43%) Back Office
11 6 (1.43%) Law
11 6 (1.43%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (0.95%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.48%) Advertising
13 2 (0.48%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 145 (34.52%) Consultant
2 100 (23.81%) Implementation Consultant
3 61 (14.52%) Senior
4 50 (11.90%) Project Manager
5 38 (9.05%) Senior Consultant
6 35 (8.33%) Support Consultant
7 33 (7.86%) Senior Support Consultant
7 33 (7.86%) Technical Consultant
8 30 (7.14%) Technical Implementation Consultant
9 29 (6.90%) Analyst
10 22 (5.24%) Business Manager
11 21 (5.00%) Lead
12 18 (4.29%) Business Development Manager
12 18 (4.29%) Development Manager
13 14 (3.33%) Developer
14 11 (2.62%) IT Analyst
15 10 (2.38%) Support Technician
16 9 (2.14%) Network Engineer
17 8 (1.90%) Architect
17 8 (1.90%) Lecturer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (2.62%) .NET
2 9 (2.14%) Oracle Fusion
3 4 (0.95%) .NET Framework
3 4 (0.95%) Middleware
3 4 (0.95%) NHibernate
4 3 (0.71%) XML
5 2 (0.48%) HTML
5 2 (0.48%) REST
5 2 (0.48%) RESTful
5 2 (0.48%) SOAP
6 1 (0.24%) CSS
6 1 (0.24%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 82 (19.52%) Housing Association
2 22 (5.24%) Management Information System
2 22 (5.24%) Onboarding
2 22 (5.24%) Self-Motivation
3 21 (5.00%) Social Media
4 14 (3.33%) Data Centre
5 11 (2.62%) Driving Licence
6 8 (1.90%) Client/Server
6 8 (1.90%) Mobile App
7 7 (1.67%) Robotics
8 5 (1.19%) Renewable Energy
9 4 (0.95%) e-Learning
9 4 (0.95%) NHS
10 2 (0.48%) Cloud Native
10 2 (0.48%) Cyber Threat
10 2 (0.48%) PKI
10 2 (0.48%) Product Ownership
11 1 (0.24%) Blog
11 1 (0.24%) Enterprise Software
11 1 (0.24%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 74 (17.62%) Windows
2 71 (16.90%) Unix
3 40 (9.52%) Linux
4 34 (8.10%) Solaris
5 17 (4.05%) Windows Vista
6 8 (1.90%) Windows Server
7 5 (1.19%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.24%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 103 (24.52%) Housing Management
2 62 (14.76%) Problem-Solving
3 58 (13.81%) Project Management
4 47 (11.19%) Migration
5 39 (9.29%) Data Migration
6 36 (8.57%) ITIL
6 36 (8.57%) Stakeholder Management
7 35 (8.33%) Agile
7 35 (8.33%) Customer Service
8 34 (8.10%) Customer Requirements
9 33 (7.86%) Data Cleansing
10 32 (7.62%) Decision-Making
11 31 (7.38%) Continuous Improvement
12 28 (6.67%) Project Delivery
13 27 (6.43%) CRM
14 24 (5.71%) Cybersecurity
15 23 (5.48%) Business Development
15 23 (5.48%) Business Strategy
15 23 (5.48%) Service Management
16 22 (5.24%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 152 (36.19%) SQL
2 30 (7.14%) PL/SQL
3 15 (3.57%) JavaScript
4 14 (3.33%) Python
5 12 (2.86%) C#
6 10 (2.38%) PowerShell
7 7 (1.67%) VB.NET
8 5 (1.19%) TypeScript
9 4 (0.95%) Java
9 4 (0.95%) Progress 4GL
10 3 (0.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (0.71%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.48%) R
12 1 (0.24%) Bash
12 1 (0.24%) Go
Qualifications
1 167 (39.76%) DBS Check
2 39 (9.29%) Degree
3 14 (3.33%) Security Cleared
4 8 (1.90%) Postgraduate
5 7 (1.67%) AAT
5 7 (1.67%) MRICS
6 6 (1.43%) HNC
6 6 (1.43%) HND
6 6 (1.43%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 6 (1.43%) MOS
7 5 (1.19%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (1.19%) SC Cleared
8 4 (0.95%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (0.71%) CCNP
9 3 (0.71%) TOGAF Certification
10 2 (0.48%) CCNA
10 2 (0.48%) CISM
10 2 (0.48%) CISSP
10 2 (0.48%) CTC Cleared
10 2 (0.48%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 134 (31.90%) Accessibility
2 34 (8.10%) ISO 9001
3 15 (3.57%) QA
4 12 (2.86%) Data Quality
5 11 (2.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 7 (1.67%) GDPR
7 6 (1.43%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.71%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.48%) NCSC
9 2 (0.48%) NIST
10 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 20000
10 1 (0.24%) PMO
System Software
1 11 (2.62%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.90%) Virtual Desktop
2 8 (1.90%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.48%) vSphere
4 1 (0.24%) Docker
4 1 (0.24%) LXC
4 1 (0.24%) Samba
Systems Management
1 7 (1.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (1.43%) SCCM
3 5 (1.19%) ZABBIX
4 2 (0.48%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.48%) Terraform
Vendors
1 141 (33.57%) NEC
2 94 (22.38%) Microsoft
3 49 (11.67%) Oracle
4 33 (7.86%) Citrix
5 11 (2.62%) Google
6 10 (2.38%) Cisco
7 8 (1.90%) VMware
8 7 (1.67%) UiPath
9 6 (1.43%) Progress
9 6 (1.43%) Salesforce
10 5 (1.19%) Adobe
10 5 (1.19%) SolarWinds
11 4 (0.95%) Fortinet
11 4 (0.95%) HP
11 4 (0.95%) Zscaler
12 3 (0.71%) Meraki
12 3 (0.71%) Palo Alto
13 2 (0.48%) CheckPoint
13 2 (0.48%) Pure Storage
13 2 (0.48%) Red Box