Local Government Jobs in the Midlands

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

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in permanent job vacancies in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries 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 196 182 260
Rank change year-on-year -14 +78 -3
Permanent jobs citing Local Government 150 131 110
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 1.07% 1.54% 0.95%
As % of the General category 1.98% 2.12% 1.52%
Number of salaries quoted 101 65 40
10th Percentile £25,000 £36,180 £20,500
25th Percentile £26,250 £43,625 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £64,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -41.41% +96.92% -34.01%
75th Percentile £43,750 £78,750 £47,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £82,151 £55,125
England median annual salary £39,876 £49,748 £45,250
% change year-on-year -19.84% +9.94% +0.56%

All General Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 7,581 6,171 7,255
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 53.98% 72.66% 62.76%
Number of salaries quoted 4,884 3,014 4,339
10th Percentile £25,500 £28,500 £27,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,000 £35,745
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +10.53% +5.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £71,725 £77,500 £75,832
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +4.35%

Local Government
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Local Government in the Midlands

Local Government
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for Local Government in the Midlands

Local Government
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Local Government in the Midlands over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Local Government in the Midlands

Local Government
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Local Government within the Midlands 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands +30 118 £35,000 -49.55% 45
East Midlands -52 32 £37,500 -16.67% 24
Local Government
England

Local Government
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 8 (5.33%) Apache
1 8 (5.33%) IIS
1 8 (5.33%) Tomcat
2 3 (2.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.00%) Totara
3 2 (1.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 33 (22.00%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (12.67%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (4.67%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 25 (16.67%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 23 (15.33%) Microsoft 365
2 18 (12.00%) Power Platform
3 14 (9.33%) Azure
4 12 (8.00%) Entra ID
5 10 (6.67%) SaaS
6 1 (0.67%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.00%) Firewall
1 6 (4.00%) LAN
1 6 (4.00%) MPLS
1 6 (4.00%) SD-WAN
1 6 (4.00%) Wireless
2 5 (3.33%) SMS
3 4 (2.67%) VPN
3 4 (2.67%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.67%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (12.00%) Power BI
2 15 (10.00%) Oracle Database
3 13 (8.67%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (6.00%) SQL Server
5 7 (4.67%) Oracle Database 12c
6 5 (3.33%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (2.67%) GIS
8 3 (2.00%) BusinessObjects
8 3 (2.00%) Semantic Layer
9 2 (1.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
10 1 (0.67%) Tableau
General
1 67 (44.67%) Finance
2 52 (34.67%) Social Skills
3 44 (29.33%) Public Sector
4 26 (17.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 22 (14.67%) Police
6 21 (14.00%) Back Office
7 19 (12.67%) Retail
8 16 (10.67%) Legal
8 16 (10.67%) Telecoms
9 15 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
10 13 (8.67%) Organisational Skills
11 11 (7.33%) Marketing
12 9 (6.00%) Fire and Rescue
13 4 (2.67%) Billing
13 4 (2.67%) Presentation Skills
14 3 (2.00%) Social Housing
15 2 (1.33%) Advertising
15 2 (1.33%) Portuguese Language
Job Titles
1 17 (11.33%) Analyst
2 13 (8.67%) Administrator
3 12 (8.00%) Commercial Analyst
3 12 (8.00%) Senior
3 12 (8.00%) Support Technician
4 11 (7.33%) IT Technician
4 11 (7.33%) Project Manager
5 10 (6.67%) IT Support
5 10 (6.67%) IT Support Technician
6 9 (6.00%) Business Manager
7 8 (5.33%) Applications Support
7 8 (5.33%) Lead
8 7 (4.67%) Business Development Manager
8 7 (4.67%) Coordinator
8 7 (4.67%) DBA
8 7 (4.67%) Development Manager
8 7 (4.67%) Oracle DBA
8 7 (4.67%) PostgreSQL DBA
8 7 (4.67%) Technical Coordinator
9 6 (4.00%) First Line Help Desk Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (5.33%) Web Services
2 1 (0.67%) .NET
2 1 (0.67%) ASP.NET
2 1 (0.67%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 15 (10.00%) Driving Licence
2 14 (9.33%) Self-Motivation
3 13 (8.67%) CCTV
4 12 (8.00%) Smartcard
5 8 (5.33%) Public Cloud
6 7 (4.67%) Housing Association
6 7 (4.67%) NHS
7 6 (4.00%) Data Centre
8 5 (3.33%) Acoustics
8 5 (3.33%) Blog
8 5 (3.33%) Management Information System
8 5 (3.33%) Onboarding
8 5 (3.33%) Renewable Energy
8 5 (3.33%) Social Media
9 3 (2.00%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (2.00%) Learning Management System
9 3 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
10 1 (0.67%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 17 (11.33%) Unix
2 13 (8.67%) Windows
3 10 (6.67%) Linux
4 8 (5.33%) Solaris
5 3 (2.00%) Windows 10
6 2 (1.33%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.67%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.67%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (17.33%) Problem-Solving
2 24 (16.00%) Agile
3 23 (15.33%) Customer Service
4 21 (14.00%) Project Management
5 20 (13.33%) Business Intelligence
6 19 (12.67%) Business Development
7 15 (10.00%) Mathematics
7 15 (10.00%) Time Management
8 14 (9.33%) Data Analysis
9 12 (8.00%) Data Security
9 12 (8.00%) Economics
9 12 (8.00%) ITIL
10 9 (6.00%) Continuous Improvement
11 8 (5.33%) Channel Management
11 8 (5.33%) Network Architecture
11 8 (5.33%) Problem Management
11 8 (5.33%) Server Management
11 8 (5.33%) Task Automation
12 7 (4.67%) Creative Thinking
12 7 (4.67%) Performance Tuning
Programming Languages
1 18 (12.00%) SQL
2 8 (5.33%) Shell Script
3 3 (2.00%) JavaScript
3 3 (2.00%) Python
4 2 (1.33%) C#
Qualifications
1 57 (38.00%) Degree
2 19 (12.67%) Security Cleared
3 17 (11.33%) DBS Check
4 10 (6.67%) HND
5 7 (4.67%) Oracle Certification
6 6 (4.00%) A+ Certification
6 6 (4.00%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (4.00%) Network+ Certification
7 4 (2.67%) ACCA
8 3 (2.00%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (2.00%) HNC
9 2 (1.33%) DV Cleared
9 2 (1.33%) SC Cleared
10 1 (0.67%) AAT
10 1 (0.67%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.67%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (14.00%) Accessibility
2 6 (4.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (4.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 4 (2.67%) GAAP
3 4 (2.67%) IFRS
3 4 (2.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (2.00%) QA
5 2 (1.33%) ISO 9001
5 2 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 17025
5 2 (1.33%) PMO
6 1 (0.67%) GDPR
System Software
1 11 (7.33%) Active Directory
2 6 (4.00%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (2.00%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 3 (2.00%) Virtual Desktop
3 3 (2.00%) Virtual Servers
4 2 (1.33%) Hyper-V
4 2 (1.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (2.67%) AirWatch
2 3 (2.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
3 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 55 (36.67%) Microsoft
2 25 (16.67%) NEC
3 18 (12.00%) Oracle
4 5 (3.33%) Northgate
4 5 (3.33%) Openreach
5 4 (2.67%) CA
6 2 (1.33%) Cisco
6 2 (1.33%) Liquidlogic
6 2 (1.33%) VMware
7 1 (0.67%) Alteryx
7 1 (0.67%) Databricks