Local Government Jobs in the North of England

Local Government (Local Authority, Local Council)
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Local Government in permanent job vacancies in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Local Government over the 6 months leading up to 11 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 300 235 211
Rank change year-on-year -65 -24 +58
Permanent jobs citing Local Government 46 180 237
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.39% 0.91% 1.50%
As % of the General category 0.56% 1.69% 2.19%
Number of salaries quoted 21 93 94
10th Percentile £41,064 £25,875 £30,411
25th Percentile £43,799 £28,297 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,652 £33,911 £39,971
Median % change year-on-year +75.91% -15.16% -3.39%
75th Percentile - £42,566 £51,279
90th Percentile £67,500 £50,000 £69,649
England median annual salary £50,000 £39,870 £49,783
% change year-on-year +25.41% -19.91% +10.02%

All General Skills
North of 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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 8,238 10,639 10,841
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 70.35% 53.55% 68.74%
Number of salaries quoted 3,761 7,631 4,992
10th Percentile £25,084 £26,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £32,000 £33,534 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £51,536
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -7.83% +3.07%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,772 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Local Government
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Local Government in the North of England

Local Government
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary trend for Local Government in the North of England

Local Government
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Local Government in the North of England over the 6 months to 11 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Local Government in the North of England

Local Government
Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 11 June 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 West -54 26 £59,652 +70.44% 55
Yorkshire +12 10 £52,176 +53.86% 26
North East +36 8 £59,652 +53.94% 20
Local Government
England

Local Government
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 2 (4.35%) IIS
Applications
1 2 (4.35%) AutoCAD
2 1 (2.17%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (4.35%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
Cloud Services
1 5 (10.87%) Azure
2 4 (8.70%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.17%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 4 (8.70%) DNS
1 4 (8.70%) TCP/IP
1 4 (8.70%) VPN
2 3 (6.52%) Firewall
3 2 (4.35%) BGP
3 2 (4.35%) Cisco Firepower
3 2 (4.35%) Cisco Nexus
3 2 (4.35%) DHCP
3 2 (4.35%) DMZ
3 2 (4.35%) IPsec
3 2 (4.35%) LAN
3 2 (4.35%) OSPF
3 2 (4.35%) PSTN
3 2 (4.35%) Reverse Proxy
3 2 (4.35%) VLAN
3 2 (4.35%) VoIP
3 2 (4.35%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (4.35%) Wireless
3 2 (4.35%) WLAN
3 2 (4.35%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.35%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.17%) GIS
General
1 20 (43.48%) Public Sector
2 19 (41.30%) Finance
3 17 (36.96%) Social Skills
4 9 (19.57%) Influencing Skills
4 9 (19.57%) Legal
5 7 (15.22%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (4.35%) Marketing
6 2 (4.35%) Police
7 1 (2.17%) Games
Job Titles
1 10 (21.74%) Business Development Manager
1 10 (21.74%) Business Manager
1 10 (21.74%) Civil Engineer
1 10 (21.74%) Development Engineer
1 10 (21.74%) Development Manager
1 10 (21.74%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 10 (21.74%) Senior
2 8 (17.39%) Audit Manager
2 8 (17.39%) Senior Audit Manager
2 8 (17.39%) Senior Manager
3 6 (13.04%) Principal Engineer
4 5 (10.87%) Project Manager
5 2 (4.35%) Analyst
5 2 (4.35%) Architect
5 2 (4.35%) Business Analyst
5 2 (4.35%) Head of IT
5 2 (4.35%) Network Engineer
5 2 (4.35%) Security Architect
5 2 (4.35%) Senior Development Engineer
5 2 (4.35%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.17%) COM+
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.04%) Data Centre
1 6 (13.04%) NHS
2 5 (10.87%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.35%) Housing Association
3 2 (4.35%) PKI
3 2 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (4.35%) Social Media
4 1 (2.17%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 4 (8.70%) Windows
2 2 (4.35%) Windows Server
2 2 (4.35%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (32.61%) Project Delivery
2 13 (28.26%) Project Management
3 11 (23.91%) Agile
4 10 (21.74%) Business Development
4 10 (21.74%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 9 (19.57%) Mentoring
6 8 (17.39%) Budgeting
6 8 (17.39%) Coaching
6 8 (17.39%) Continuous Improvement
6 8 (17.39%) Innovative Thinking
7 6 (13.04%) Risk Assessment
7 6 (13.04%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (13.04%) Strategic Planning
8 4 (8.70%) Due Diligence
8 4 (8.70%) Information Security
9 3 (6.52%) Business Transformation
9 3 (6.52%) Cybersecurity
9 3 (6.52%) Problem-Solving
9 3 (6.52%) Process Improvement
9 3 (6.52%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 10 (21.74%) DBS Check
2 9 (19.57%) Degree
3 8 (17.39%) ACCA
4 4 (8.70%) Postgraduate
5 2 (4.35%) CCNA
5 2 (4.35%) Cisco Certification
5 2 (4.35%) CISM
5 2 (4.35%) CISSP
5 2 (4.35%) CompTIA Security+
5 2 (4.35%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (4.35%) SC Cleared
5 2 (4.35%) Security Cleared
5 2 (4.35%) TOGAF Certification
6 1 (2.17%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (17.39%) GAAP
1 8 (17.39%) IFRS
2 4 (8.70%) Accessibility
3 3 (6.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (4.35%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (4.35%) NCSC
4 2 (4.35%) NIST
4 2 (4.35%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 2 (4.35%) CheckPoint
1 2 (4.35%) Cisco
1 2 (4.35%) Liquidlogic
1 2 (4.35%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.17%) Google
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