Local Government Jobs in the UK excluding London

Local Government (Local Authority, Local Council)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in permanent job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 297 292 394
Rank change year-on-year -5 +102 +56
Permanent jobs citing Local Government 643 622 608
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.80% 1.13% 0.80%
As % of the General category 1.47% 1.67% 1.30%
Number of salaries quoted 418 264 269
10th Percentile £25,500 £33,000 £30,076
25th Percentile £31,529 £37,875 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,013 £45,000 £41,374
Median % change year-on-year -13.31% +8.77% -2.03%
75th Percentile £48,356 £62,500 £51,779
90th Percentile £64,674 £73,751 £65,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £45,250
% change year-on-year -20.00% +10.50% +0.56%

All General Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 43,805 37,282 46,776
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 54.69% 67.47% 61.25%
Number of salaries quoted 27,566 17,972 24,668
10th Percentile £26,000 £28,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62,200 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Local Government
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Local Government in the UK excluding London

Local Government
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Local Government in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Local Government in the UK excluding London

Local Government
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Salary histogram for Local Government in the UK excluding London

Local Government
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Local Government within the UK excluding London 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
North of England -31 182 £33,911 -15.10% 114
Midlands -14 150 £37,500 -41.41% 70
South East +55 129 £40,400 -23.05% 104
West Midlands +30 118 £35,000 -49.55% 46
North West -3 103 £35,000 -26.93% 63
East of England +4 59 £42,500 -8.60% 44
Yorkshire -4 58 £33,911 -11.07% 41
South West -58 57 £39,316 -12.63% 54
Wales +32 41 £36,476 - 12
East Midlands -52 32 £37,500 -16.67% 23
Scotland -98 27 £45,000 +9.06% 28
North East -14 21 £38,750 -42.17% 10
Local Government
UK

Local Government
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 27 (4.20%) SharePoint
2 20 (3.11%) Apache
3 17 (2.64%) IIS
3 17 (2.64%) Microsoft Exchange
4 16 (2.49%) Tomcat
5 9 (1.40%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.47%) Totara
7 1 (0.16%) CMS
7 1 (0.16%) Confluence
7 1 (0.16%) Drupal
Applications
1 57 (8.86%) Microsoft Office
2 52 (8.09%) AutoCAD
3 45 (7.00%) Microsoft Excel
4 9 (1.40%) Revit
5 2 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.16%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.16%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.16%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 77 (11.98%) NEC Housing
2 1 (0.16%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 66 (10.26%) Microsoft 365
2 46 (7.15%) Power Platform
3 43 (6.69%) Azure
4 24 (3.73%) Entra ID
5 20 (3.11%) SaaS
6 6 (0.93%) Power Automate
7 5 (0.78%) AWS
7 5 (0.78%) Azure Monitor
7 5 (0.78%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (0.47%) OCI
8 3 (0.47%) OneDrive
8 3 (0.47%) Smartsheet
9 2 (0.31%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.31%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.16%) Amazon ELB
10 1 (0.16%) ChatGPT
10 1 (0.16%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.16%) GitHub
10 1 (0.16%) Google Workspace
10 1 (0.16%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 20 (3.11%) Firewall
2 16 (2.49%) Wi-Fi
3 15 (2.33%) LAN
4 13 (2.02%) Wireless
5 11 (1.71%) MPLS
5 11 (1.71%) VPN
6 10 (1.56%) Internet
6 10 (1.56%) Network Security
6 10 (1.56%) WAN
7 8 (1.24%) DNS
8 7 (1.09%) SMS
9 6 (0.93%) Intranet
9 6 (0.93%) SAN
9 6 (0.93%) SD-WAN
9 6 (0.93%) Unified Communications
10 5 (0.78%) Extranet
10 5 (0.78%) VLAN
10 5 (0.78%) WLAN
11 4 (0.62%) TETRA
12 3 (0.47%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (6.07%) SQL Server
2 33 (5.13%) Power BI
3 32 (4.98%) Oracle Database
4 22 (3.42%) PostgreSQL
5 20 (3.11%) GIS
6 14 (2.18%) Oracle Database 12c
6 14 (2.18%) Relational Database
7 10 (1.56%) RDBMS
8 9 (1.40%) Spatial Data
9 8 (1.24%) Geospatial Data
10 7 (1.09%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (0.78%) Tableau
12 4 (0.62%) BusinessObjects
12 4 (0.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 4 (0.62%) Triplestore
13 3 (0.47%) EDMS
13 3 (0.47%) MS Access
13 3 (0.47%) Semantic Layer
14 2 (0.31%) Data Mining
14 2 (0.31%) QlikView
Development Applications
1 4 (0.62%) Git
2 3 (0.47%) Oracle Forms
3 2 (0.31%) JIRA
3 2 (0.31%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (0.16%) RSpec
General
1 214 (33.28%) Social Skills
2 202 (31.42%) Finance
3 153 (23.79%) Public Sector
4 147 (22.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 99 (15.40%) Police
6 87 (13.53%) Legal
7 52 (8.09%) Analytical Skills
8 47 (7.31%) Presentation Skills
9 46 (7.15%) Telecoms
10 40 (6.22%) Retail
11 37 (5.75%) Back Office
12 34 (5.29%) Organisational Skills
13 31 (4.82%) Billing
14 29 (4.51%) Marketing
15 25 (3.89%) Fire and Rescue
16 10 (1.56%) Influencing Skills
17 7 (1.09%) Social Housing
18 6 (0.93%) Games
19 5 (0.78%) Law
19 5 (0.78%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 77 (11.98%) Senior
2 58 (9.02%) Analyst
3 49 (7.62%) Project Manager
4 45 (7.00%) Coordinator
5 41 (6.38%) Lead
6 37 (5.75%) Technical Coordinator
7 31 (4.82%) Audit Manager
8 26 (4.04%) IT Technician
9 25 (3.89%) Administrator
10 24 (3.73%) Developer
11 20 (3.11%) Applications Support
11 20 (3.11%) Development Manager
12 19 (2.95%) Team Leader
13 16 (2.49%) Business Manager
13 16 (2.49%) Technical Manager
14 15 (2.33%) Data Analyst
14 15 (2.33%) ICT Engineer
15 14 (2.18%) DBA
15 14 (2.18%) Oracle DBA
15 14 (2.18%) PostgreSQL DBA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (2.95%) Web Services
2 11 (1.71%) .NET
3 5 (0.78%) RESTful
4 4 (0.62%) CSS
4 4 (0.62%) HTML
5 3 (0.47%) JSON
5 3 (0.47%) Ruby on Rails
5 3 (0.47%) XML
6 2 (0.31%) REST
6 2 (0.31%) SOAP
7 1 (0.16%) ASP.NET
7 1 (0.16%) HTML5 Canvas
7 1 (0.16%) jQuery
7 1 (0.16%) Node.js
7 1 (0.16%) Oracle Fusion
7 1 (0.16%) Sidekiq
7 1 (0.16%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 75 (11.66%) Housing Association
2 46 (7.15%) NHS
3 45 (7.00%) Driving Licence
4 40 (6.22%) Management Information System
5 36 (5.60%) Onboarding
6 33 (5.13%) Self-Motivation
7 20 (3.11%) CCTV
7 20 (3.11%) Renewable Energy
8 17 (2.64%) Public Cloud
9 16 (2.49%) Data Centre
10 15 (2.33%) Educational Technology
11 12 (1.87%) PACS
11 12 (1.87%) Smartcard
12 10 (1.56%) Data Structures
13 9 (1.40%) Blog
14 8 (1.24%) Acoustics
15 7 (1.09%) Social Media
16 6 (0.93%) Legacy Systems
17 5 (0.78%) Smartphone
18 4 (0.62%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 40 (6.22%) Windows
2 33 (5.13%) Unix
3 23 (3.58%) Linux
4 17 (2.64%) Solaris
5 9 (1.40%) Windows 10
6 6 (0.93%) Android
7 3 (0.47%) Windows Server
8 1 (0.16%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.16%) VMS
8 1 (0.16%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.16%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 110 (17.11%) Agile
2 104 (16.17%) Project Management
3 97 (15.09%) Customer Service
4 95 (14.77%) Problem-Solving
5 63 (9.80%) Mathematics
6 62 (9.64%) Business Development
7 58 (9.02%) Continuous Improvement
8 57 (8.86%) Time Management
9 53 (8.24%) Coaching
10 49 (7.62%) Service Management
11 46 (7.15%) Performance Management
12 43 (6.69%) Project Delivery
13 39 (6.07%) Business Intelligence
14 38 (5.91%) ITIL
15 37 (5.75%) People Management
16 29 (4.51%) Line Management
17 28 (4.35%) Data Security
18 27 (4.20%) Data Analysis
18 27 (4.20%) Decision-Making
19 25 (3.89%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 52 (8.09%) SQL
2 18 (2.80%) Python
3 16 (2.49%) Shell Script
4 15 (2.33%) C#
5 9 (1.40%) JavaScript
6 7 (1.09%) Java
7 4 (0.62%) Ruby
7 4 (0.62%) SPARQL
8 3 (0.47%) R
9 2 (0.31%) C
9 2 (0.31%) PL/SQL
9 2 (0.31%) PowerShell
10 1 (0.16%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.16%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 141 (21.93%) Degree
2 60 (9.33%) DBS Check
3 54 (8.40%) HND
3 54 (8.40%) Security Cleared
4 48 (7.47%) HNC
5 31 (4.82%) ACCA
6 14 (2.18%) Oracle Certification
7 13 (2.02%) Microsoft Certification
8 11 (1.71%) A+ Certification
8 11 (1.71%) Network+ Certification
8 11 (1.71%) SC Cleared
9 10 (1.56%) Cisco Certification
10 6 (0.93%) PMP
11 5 (0.78%) Azure Certification
11 5 (0.78%) MCP
12 4 (0.62%) CCNP
12 4 (0.62%) PMI Certification
13 3 (0.47%) Computer Science Degree
13 3 (0.47%) Six Sigma Green Belt
14 2 (0.31%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 63 (9.80%) Accessibility
2 31 (4.82%) GAAP
2 31 (4.82%) IFRS
3 27 (4.20%) QA
4 11 (1.71%) Data Quality
5 9 (1.40%) SLA
6 7 (1.09%) NEBOSH
7 6 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (0.93%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 5 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 4 (0.62%) GDPR
9 4 (0.62%) PMO
10 3 (0.47%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.31%) Actionable Recommendations
11 2 (0.31%) GPG for Computer-Based Electronic Evidence
11 2 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 17025
12 1 (0.16%) Disclosure Scotland
12 1 (0.16%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 29 (4.51%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.24%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (0.93%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.78%) Docker
5 3 (0.47%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.47%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 3 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.47%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (0.47%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (0.47%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 18 (2.80%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (0.78%) SCCM
2 5 (0.78%) SCOM
3 4 (0.62%) AirWatch
3 4 (0.62%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.16%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.16%) Terraform
Vendors
1 184 (28.62%) Microsoft
2 78 (12.13%) NEC
3 50 (7.78%) Oracle
4 34 (5.29%) CA
5 16 (2.49%) Cisco
6 13 (2.02%) VMware
7 10 (1.56%) Openreach
8 9 (1.40%) SAP
9 6 (0.93%) Citrix
10 5 (0.78%) BT
10 5 (0.78%) ESRI
10 5 (0.78%) HP
10 5 (0.78%) NetApp
10 5 (0.78%) Northgate
11 4 (0.62%) HubSpot
11 4 (0.62%) Liquidlogic
12 3 (0.47%) Civica
12 3 (0.47%) SolarWinds
13 1 (0.16%) Dell
13 1 (0.16%) GUPTA