Public Sector Jobs

Public Sector
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Public Sector over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 59 80 86
Rank change year-on-year +21 +6 +15
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 4,060 3,670 6,934
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.87% 3.88% 4.11%
As % of the General category 6.65% 5.72% 6.31%
Number of salaries quoted 2,925 2,242 2,998
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,750 £32,875
25th Percentile £40,988 £41,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £71,250 £74,961 £72,500
90th Percentile £84,964 £87,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £49,000 £48,300
% change year-on-year +7.14% +1.45% +1.68%

All General Skills
UK

Public Sector is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 61,046 64,137 109,886
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 58.17% 67.76% 65.12%
Number of salaries quoted 40,257 35,476 51,779
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,350 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,799 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £102,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +5.26%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Public Sector as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in the UK

Public Sector
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Public Sector.

Salary trend for Public Sector in the UK

Public Sector
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Public Sector over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Public Sector in the UK

Public Sector
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Public Sector within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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
England +38 3,549 £55,000 - 1,105
UK excluding London +26 2,950 £52,500 +7.14% 863
Work from Home +9 1,748 £57,965 -3.39% 597
North of England +47 1,155 £57,965 +23.92% 239
London +33 879 £60,000 -10.45% 334
South East +55 633 £52,500 +2.69% 184
North West +53 616 £57,732 +21.54% 143
Midlands +11 431 £51,250 -5.09% 124
Yorkshire +37 359 £57,965 +23.99% 59
South West -4 316 £51,000 +7.14% 147
West Midlands -1 273 £55,000 - 89
North East +35 181 £50,001 +4.71% 39
Scotland -82 165 £42,592 -15.66% 89
East Midlands +27 158 £47,500 -2.19% 34
East of England -11 107 £47,500 +11.76% 43
Wales +6 97 £52,956 +18.56% 37
Northern Ireland +20 52 £35,000 -12.50% 25

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 132 (3.25%) SharePoint
2 68 (1.67%) Confluence
3 54 (1.33%) Microsoft Exchange
4 46 (1.13%) Apache
5 43 (1.06%) IIS
5 43 (1.06%) nginx
6 36 (0.89%) Camunda
7 28 (0.69%) Tomcat
8 21 (0.52%) OpenStack
9 15 (0.37%) CMS
10 12 (0.30%) Apache Spark
11 9 (0.22%) Office Communications Server
12 8 (0.20%) Drupal
12 8 (0.20%) Jupyter
13 6 (0.15%) ArcGIS
13 6 (0.15%) JBoss
13 6 (0.15%) Red Hat Fuse
14 4 (0.099%) Umbraco
14 4 (0.099%) WordPress
15 3 (0.074%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 148 (3.65%) Microsoft Office
2 112 (2.76%) Microsoft Excel
3 62 (1.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 36 (0.89%) Spreadsheet
5 18 (0.44%) Adobe XD
5 18 (0.44%) Sketch
6 16 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
7 15 (0.37%) MS Visio
8 14 (0.34%) Trello
9 13 (0.32%) InVision
10 10 (0.25%) AutoCAD
11 6 (0.15%) Chatbot
11 6 (0.15%) OrCAD
12 5 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 5 (0.12%) InfoPath
13 4 (0.099%) Doxygen
14 3 (0.074%) Photoshop
15 2 (0.049%) Fusion 360
16 1 (0.025%) Simulink
16 1 (0.025%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 79 (1.95%) NEC Housing
2 37 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
3 17 (0.42%) Unit4 Business World
4 14 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
5 12 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
6 6 (0.15%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 5 (0.12%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 4 (0.099%) Misys Midas
8 4 (0.099%) Oracle Payroll
9 3 (0.074%) NetSuite
9 3 (0.074%) Oracle ERP
10 2 (0.049%) Dynamics AX
10 2 (0.049%) iTrent
10 2 (0.049%) Magento
10 2 (0.049%) Oracle EBS R12
10 2 (0.049%) Salesforce CRM
10 2 (0.049%) SAP GRC
10 2 (0.049%) SAP HCM
10 2 (0.049%) SAP MM
11 1 (0.025%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 977 (24.06%) Azure
2 513 (12.64%) AWS
3 386 (9.51%) IBM Cloud
4 321 (7.91%) Power Platform
5 227 (5.59%) Azure DevOps
6 219 (5.39%) Microsoft 365
7 202 (4.98%) Serverless
8 143 (3.52%) Azure Service Bus
9 138 (3.40%) Azure Logic Apps
10 137 (3.37%) Azure Functions
11 132 (3.25%) Azure API Management
12 98 (2.41%) Amazon EKS
13 97 (2.39%) GCP
14 89 (2.19%) OCI
15 82 (2.02%) GitHub
16 80 (1.97%) PowerApps
17 74 (1.82%) Dynamics 365
18 72 (1.77%) Power Automate
19 70 (1.72%) SaaS
20 68 (1.67%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 93 (2.29%) Firewall
2 56 (1.38%) DNS
3 49 (1.21%) LAN
4 48 (1.18%) Network Security
5 44 (1.08%) Wi-Fi
6 40 (0.99%) WAN
7 38 (0.94%) Wireless
8 31 (0.76%) Internet
9 26 (0.64%) HTTP
10 24 (0.59%) SAN
11 19 (0.47%) Intranet
12 18 (0.44%) TCP/IP
13 17 (0.42%) SD-WAN
14 15 (0.37%) Unified Communications
15 14 (0.34%) MQTT
16 12 (0.30%) DHCP
16 12 (0.30%) iSCSI
16 12 (0.30%) Modbus
17 11 (0.27%) Remote Desktop
18 10 (0.25%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 354 (8.72%) PostgreSQL
2 344 (8.47%) MongoDB
3 337 (8.30%) NoSQL
4 281 (6.92%) Power BI
5 267 (6.58%) DB2
6 223 (5.49%) Relational Database
7 200 (4.93%) SQL Server
8 120 (2.96%) Data Warehouse
9 112 (2.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 96 (2.36%) Oracle Database
11 66 (1.63%) Tableau
12 61 (1.50%) Amazon RDS
12 61 (1.50%) MySQL
13 33 (0.81%) GIS
14 24 (0.59%) Redis
15 22 (0.54%) Oracle Database 12c
16 19 (0.47%) RDBMS
17 18 (0.44%) Big Data
18 17 (0.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
19 16 (0.39%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 135 (3.33%) JIRA
2 126 (3.10%) Git
3 101 (2.49%) Jenkins
4 67 (1.65%) GitLab
5 41 (1.01%) CircleCI
6 36 (0.89%) Visual Studio
7 22 (0.54%) Artifactory
8 20 (0.49%) JMeter
9 19 (0.47%) JUnit
10 17 (0.42%) Axure RP
10 17 (0.42%) Maven
11 16 (0.39%) Selenium
11 16 (0.39%) Subversion
12 14 (0.34%) Cucumber
13 13 (0.32%) Balsamiq
13 13 (0.32%) Bitbucket
13 13 (0.32%) Eclipse
14 12 (0.30%) TeamCity
15 10 (0.25%) REST Assured
15 10 (0.25%) SonarQube
General
1 1,124 (27.68%) Social Skills
2 867 (21.35%) Finance
3 619 (15.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 360 (8.87%) Analytical Skills
5 254 (6.26%) Marketing
6 228 (5.62%) Local Government
7 200 (4.93%) Telecoms
8 187 (4.61%) Manufacturing
8 187 (4.61%) Retail
9 164 (4.04%) Electronics
10 162 (3.99%) Presentation Skills
11 152 (3.74%) Police
12 129 (3.18%) Organisational Skills
13 103 (2.54%) Legal
14 88 (2.17%) Influencing Skills
15 45 (1.11%) Law
16 38 (0.94%) Digital Economy
17 34 (0.84%) Back Office
18 32 (0.79%) Billing
19 24 (0.59%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 647 (15.94%) Senior
2 540 (13.30%) Developer
3 442 (10.89%) Lead
4 351 (8.65%) Architect
5 336 (8.28%) Consultant
6 267 (6.58%) Analyst
7 214 (5.27%) Project Manager
8 213 (5.25%) Full Stack Developer
9 154 (3.79%) Full Stack Engineer
10 153 (3.77%) DevOps Engineer
11 140 (3.45%) Azure Developer
12 125 (3.08%) Azure Engineer
13 113 (2.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 108 (2.66%) Software Engineer
15 103 (2.54%) Solutions Architect
16 99 (2.44%) IT Manager
17 85 (2.09%) Delivery Manager
18 83 (2.04%) Lead Developer
19 81 (2.00%) Business Analyst
20 80 (1.97%) Business Intelligence Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 396 (9.75%) .NET
2 369 (9.09%) React
3 368 (9.06%) HTML
4 345 (8.50%) CSS
5 323 (7.96%) Web Services
6 315 (7.76%) AngularJS
7 299 (7.36%) REST
8 269 (6.63%) ASP.NET
9 255 (6.28%) ASP.NET Core
10 246 (6.06%) jQuery
11 245 (6.03%) Vue
12 241 (5.94%) Twitter Bootstrap
13 239 (5.89%) Node.js
14 238 (5.86%) Backbone.js
14 238 (5.86%) Ember.js
15 108 (2.66%) RESTful
16 80 (1.97%) Spring
17 46 (1.13%) .NET Core
18 45 (1.11%) Spring Boot
19 41 (1.01%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 420 (10.34%) Hybrid Cloud
2 391 (9.63%) Blockchain
3 245 (6.03%) Algorithms
4 242 (5.96%) Data Structures
5 216 (5.32%) e-Learning
6 201 (4.95%) Management Information System
7 157 (3.87%) Public Cloud
8 122 (3.00%) Distributed Systems
9 119 (2.93%) Product Ownership
10 117 (2.88%) Self-Motivation
11 104 (2.56%) NHS
12 100 (2.46%) Driving Licence
13 72 (1.77%) Onboarding
14 61 (1.50%) Data Centre
15 59 (1.45%) Social Media
16 53 (1.31%) IoT
17 51 (1.26%) Enterprise Software
18 39 (0.96%) Housing Association
19 27 (0.67%) PKI
20 26 (0.64%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 512 (12.61%) Windows
2 493 (12.14%) Linux
3 248 (6.11%) Apple iOS
4 245 (6.03%) Android
5 94 (2.32%) Unix
6 74 (1.82%) Windows Server
7 42 (1.03%) CentOS
8 40 (0.99%) Alpine Linux
8 40 (0.99%) Debian
9 37 (0.91%) Windows 10
10 28 (0.69%) Solaris
11 18 (0.44%) Windows Server 2016
12 16 (0.39%) Windows Server 2019
13 12 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 9 (0.22%) Mac OS
15 8 (0.20%) VMS
16 6 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
16 6 (0.15%) Windows Server 2012
17 4 (0.099%) AIX
17 4 (0.099%) DC/OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,004 (24.73%) Agile
2 948 (23.35%) Mentoring
3 892 (21.97%) Coaching
4 600 (14.78%) Artificial Intelligence
5 554 (13.65%) DevOps
6 487 (12.00%) Business Intelligence
7 482 (11.87%) Problem-Solving
8 429 (10.57%) Full Stack Development
9 406 (10.00%) Project Management
10 394 (9.70%) User Experience
11 363 (8.94%) Stakeholder Management
12 329 (8.10%) Co-Creation
13 313 (7.71%) Design Patterns
14 290 (7.14%) CI/CD
14 290 (7.14%) Roadmaps
15 286 (7.04%) Web Development
16 273 (6.72%) OO
17 271 (6.67%) MVC
18 268 (6.60%) OOP
19 260 (6.40%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 640 (15.76%) SQL
2 529 (13.03%) JavaScript
3 489 (12.04%) C#
4 442 (10.89%) Java
5 384 (9.46%) Python
6 68 (1.67%) PowerShell
7 59 (1.45%) C
8 55 (1.35%) Shell Script
9 51 (1.26%) TypeScript
10 49 (1.21%) C++
11 41 (1.01%) Bash
12 40 (0.99%) Lua
13 36 (0.89%) PHP
14 31 (0.76%) Go
15 27 (0.67%) T-SQL
16 18 (0.44%) Ruby
17 16 (0.39%) Embedded C
18 14 (0.34%) MATLAB
18 14 (0.34%) Scala
19 13 (0.32%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 800 (19.70%) Security Cleared
2 534 (13.15%) Degree
3 478 (11.77%) SC Cleared
4 133 (3.28%) DV Cleared
5 118 (2.91%) Microsoft Certification
6 104 (2.56%) Azure Certification
7 91 (2.24%) BPSS Clearance
8 85 (2.09%) Computer Science Degree
9 76 (1.87%) DBS Check
10 61 (1.50%) CISSP
11 57 (1.40%) Cisco Certification
12 50 (1.23%) Master's Degree
13 45 (1.11%) MCSE
14 43 (1.06%) AWS Certification
15 40 (0.99%) CISM
15 40 (0.99%) MCSA
15 40 (0.99%) PMI Certification
16 32 (0.79%) ACCA
17 27 (0.67%) CCNP
18 25 (0.62%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 207 (5.10%) Accessibility
2 114 (2.81%) QA
3 75 (1.85%) WCAG
4 70 (1.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 58 (1.43%) PMO
6 50 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials
7 49 (1.21%) SLA
8 45 (1.11%) GDPR
9 37 (0.91%) Data Quality
10 32 (0.79%) NIST
11 31 (0.76%) GAAP
11 31 (0.76%) IFRS
12 30 (0.74%) NCSC
13 29 (0.71%) ISO 9001
14 24 (0.59%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 22 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 17025
16 19 (0.47%) GRC
17 17 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 17 (0.42%) ITGC
18 11 (0.27%) ISO 14000
System Software
1 302 (7.44%) Docker
2 139 (3.42%) Active Directory
3 69 (1.70%) VMware Infrastructure
4 53 (1.31%) Hyper-V
5 36 (0.89%) Firmware
6 19 (0.47%) VMware ESXi
7 15 (0.37%) vSphere
8 14 (0.34%) Virtual Servers
9 12 (0.30%) Embedded Firmware
10 11 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
11 7 (0.17%) XenApp
11 7 (0.17%) XenDesktop
12 6 (0.15%) Forefront TMG
12 6 (0.15%) VMware Workstation
13 4 (0.099%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 4 (0.099%) Virtual Machines
14 3 (0.074%) NFS
15 2 (0.049%) VMware NSX
16 1 (0.025%) BitLocker
16 1 (0.025%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 272 (6.70%) Kubernetes
2 269 (6.63%) Terraform
3 99 (2.44%) Ansible
4 70 (1.72%) Prometheus
5 23 (0.57%) Grafana
6 22 (0.54%) EnCase
7 21 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
8 20 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
8 20 (0.49%) SCCM
9 17 (0.42%) Kibana
10 13 (0.32%) ZABBIX
11 12 (0.30%) CA Single Sign-On
11 12 (0.30%) EMC NetWorker
11 12 (0.30%) vCenter Server
12 10 (0.25%) Jamf Pro
12 10 (0.25%) Nagios
13 9 (0.22%) Puppet
14 7 (0.17%) SCOM
14 7 (0.17%) SysTrack
15 6 (0.15%) WSUS
Vendors
1 737 (18.15%) Microsoft
2 403 (9.93%) Red Hat
3 394 (9.70%) IBM
4 221 (5.44%) SAP
5 199 (4.90%) Oracle
6 104 (2.56%) VMware
7 83 (2.04%) NEC
7 83 (2.04%) YouTube
8 73 (1.80%) Cisco
9 70 (1.72%) Dynatrace
9 70 (1.72%) Google
10 54 (1.33%) ServiceNow
11 48 (1.18%) Atlassian
11 48 (1.18%) CA
12 43 (1.06%) Salesforce
13 33 (0.81%) Adobe
13 33 (0.81%) Splunk
14 32 (0.79%) EMC
15 21 (0.52%) Sage
15 21 (0.52%) Veeam