Public Sector Jobs in England

Public Sector
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in permanent job vacancies advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Public Sector over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 53 94 89
Rank change year-on-year +41 -5 +15
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 3,565 3,061 5,109
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 4.12% 3.46% 3.73%
As % of the General category 6.97% 5.07% 5.78%
Number of salaries quoted 2,579 1,916 2,563
10th Percentile £28,963 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,988 £41,250 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £71,991 £73,751 £72,500
90th Percentile £84,964 £87,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,554 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.00% +1.01% -

All General Skills
England

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 advertised in England with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 51,144 60,335 88,452
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 59.14% 68.19% 64.57%
Number of salaries quoted 35,727 32,893 45,490
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,750 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £105,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in England

Public Sector
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Public Sector in England

Public Sector
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in England over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Public Sector in England

Public Sector
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Public Sector within the England region over the 6 months to 20 May 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 +51 1,146 £57,965 +23.33% 242
London +40 904 £60,000 -10.45% 394
South East +72 635 £51,000 +2.00% 252
North West +51 616 £57,965 +21.14% 144
Midlands +11 427 £50,000 -9.09% 152
Yorkshire +40 350 £57,965 +24.65% 65
South West 0 306 £51,000 +7.32% 140
West Midlands +7 273 £55,000 - 108
North East +34 181 £51,500 +10.75% 35
East Midlands +27 154 £47,500 -2.19% 43
East of England +2 113 £47,500 +10.22% 64
Public Sector
UK

Public Sector
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 95 (2.66%) SharePoint
2 67 (1.88%) Confluence
3 51 (1.43%) Microsoft Exchange
4 44 (1.23%) Apache
5 43 (1.21%) IIS
6 42 (1.18%) nginx
7 36 (1.01%) Camunda
8 25 (0.70%) OpenStack
9 24 (0.67%) Tomcat
10 14 (0.39%) JBoss
10 14 (0.39%) Red Hat Fuse
11 12 (0.34%) Apache Spark
11 12 (0.34%) CMS
12 8 (0.22%) Drupal
12 8 (0.22%) Jupyter
12 8 (0.22%) Office Communications Server
13 6 (0.17%) ArcGIS
14 4 (0.11%) Umbraco
14 4 (0.11%) WordPress
15 3 (0.084%) Totara
Applications
1 127 (3.56%) Microsoft Office
2 101 (2.83%) Microsoft Excel
3 80 (2.24%) Spreadsheet
4 51 (1.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 17 (0.48%) Adobe XD
5 17 (0.48%) Sketch
6 14 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
6 14 (0.39%) Trello
7 12 (0.34%) InVision
8 9 (0.25%) MS Visio
9 7 (0.20%) AutoCAD
10 6 (0.17%) OrCAD
11 4 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 4 (0.11%) Doxygen
12 3 (0.084%) Photoshop
13 2 (0.056%) Fusion 360
14 1 (0.028%) InfoPath
14 1 (0.028%) PTC Creo
14 1 (0.028%) Revit
14 1 (0.028%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 62 (1.74%) NEC Housing
2 34 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
4 10 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
5 6 (0.17%) Unit4 Business World
6 5 (0.14%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 3 (0.084%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.084%) Oracle ERP
7 3 (0.084%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 2 (0.056%) Dynamics AX
8 2 (0.056%) iTrent
8 2 (0.056%) Magento
8 2 (0.056%) Oracle EBS R12
8 2 (0.056%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.056%) SAP GRC
8 2 (0.056%) SAP HCM
8 2 (0.056%) SAP MM
9 1 (0.028%) Oracle FAH
9 1 (0.028%) Payment Gateway
9 1 (0.028%) Scribe Insight
Cloud Services
1 879 (24.66%) Azure
2 451 (12.65%) AWS
3 386 (10.83%) IBM Cloud
4 302 (8.47%) Power Platform
5 218 (6.12%) Azure DevOps
6 189 (5.30%) Serverless
7 174 (4.88%) Microsoft 365
8 137 (3.84%) Azure Functions
9 136 (3.81%) Azure Logic Apps
9 136 (3.81%) Azure Service Bus
10 128 (3.59%) Azure API Management
11 97 (2.72%) Amazon EKS
12 72 (2.02%) OCI
12 72 (2.02%) PowerApps
13 70 (1.96%) GCP
14 69 (1.94%) Dynamics 365
15 68 (1.91%) Power Automate
16 67 (1.88%) Amazon S3
17 66 (1.85%) GitHub
18 58 (1.63%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 85 (2.38%) Firewall
2 53 (1.49%) DNS
3 46 (1.29%) Wi-Fi
4 38 (1.07%) Network Security
5 33 (0.93%) WAN
6 30 (0.84%) Internet
7 29 (0.81%) Wireless
8 25 (0.70%) LAN
9 18 (0.50%) SAN
10 17 (0.48%) Intranet
11 14 (0.39%) DHCP
11 14 (0.39%) TCP/IP
12 12 (0.34%) HTTP
12 12 (0.34%) SD-WAN
13 11 (0.31%) iSCSI
14 10 (0.28%) Cisco Firepower
14 10 (0.28%) LTE
14 10 (0.28%) Modbus
15 9 (0.25%) 4G
15 9 (0.25%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 353 (9.90%) PostgreSQL
2 337 (9.45%) NoSQL
3 335 (9.40%) MongoDB
4 272 (7.63%) Power BI
5 256 (7.18%) DB2
6 210 (5.89%) Relational Database
7 190 (5.33%) SQL Server
8 118 (3.31%) Data Warehouse
9 106 (2.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 91 (2.55%) Oracle Database
11 61 (1.71%) Tableau
12 59 (1.65%) Amazon RDS
13 49 (1.37%) MySQL
14 33 (0.93%) GIS
15 21 (0.59%) Oracle Database 12c
16 19 (0.53%) RDBMS
17 17 (0.48%) Data Lake
18 16 (0.45%) Power Query
19 15 (0.42%) Metadata
20 14 (0.39%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 132 (3.70%) JIRA
2 113 (3.17%) Git
3 100 (2.81%) Jenkins
4 58 (1.63%) GitLab
5 31 (0.87%) CircleCI
6 29 (0.81%) Visual Studio
7 22 (0.62%) Artifactory
8 18 (0.50%) JUnit
9 17 (0.48%) Subversion
10 16 (0.45%) Axure RP
10 16 (0.45%) JMeter
10 16 (0.45%) Maven
11 14 (0.39%) Selenium
12 13 (0.36%) Balsamiq
12 13 (0.36%) Cucumber
12 13 (0.36%) Eclipse
13 12 (0.34%) TeamCity
14 11 (0.31%) Bitbucket
15 10 (0.28%) REST Assured
16 9 (0.25%) IntelliJ
General
1 954 (26.76%) Social Skills
2 763 (21.40%) Finance
3 551 (15.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 307 (8.61%) Analytical Skills
5 199 (5.58%) Local Government
6 198 (5.55%) Marketing
7 172 (4.82%) Retail
8 159 (4.46%) Telecoms
9 141 (3.96%) Manufacturing
10 135 (3.79%) Presentation Skills
11 129 (3.62%) Electronics
12 125 (3.51%) Organisational Skills
13 92 (2.58%) Police
14 78 (2.19%) Legal
15 77 (2.16%) Influencing Skills
16 38 (1.07%) Digital Economy
17 33 (0.93%) Back Office
18 32 (0.90%) Billing
19 30 (0.84%) Law
20 24 (0.67%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 566 (15.88%) Senior
2 441 (12.37%) Developer
3 387 (10.86%) Lead
4 292 (8.19%) Consultant
5 274 (7.69%) Architect
6 228 (6.40%) Analyst
7 189 (5.30%) Full Stack Developer
8 183 (5.13%) Project Manager
9 153 (4.29%) Full Stack Engineer
10 141 (3.96%) DevOps Engineer
11 138 (3.87%) Azure Developer
12 129 (3.62%) Azure Engineer
13 108 (3.03%) Software Engineer
14 107 (3.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 85 (2.38%) IT Manager
16 84 (2.36%) Solutions Architect
17 79 (2.22%) Junior
18 78 (2.19%) Business Intelligence Consultant
19 74 (2.08%) Senior DevOps
20 71 (1.99%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 368 (10.32%) .NET
2 348 (9.76%) React
3 335 (9.40%) HTML
4 314 (8.81%) CSS
5 311 (8.72%) AngularJS
6 310 (8.70%) Web Services
7 307 (8.61%) REST
8 261 (7.32%) ASP.NET
9 249 (6.98%) ASP.NET Core
10 243 (6.82%) jQuery
10 243 (6.82%) Vue
11 241 (6.76%) Twitter Bootstrap
12 238 (6.68%) Backbone.js
12 238 (6.68%) Ember.js
13 215 (6.03%) Node.js
14 97 (2.72%) RESTful
15 81 (2.27%) Spring
16 51 (1.43%) JSON
17 49 (1.37%) Spring Boot
18 39 (1.09%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 419 (11.75%) Hybrid Cloud
2 391 (10.97%) Blockchain
3 244 (6.84%) Algorithms
4 242 (6.79%) Data Structures
5 216 (6.06%) e-Learning
6 152 (4.26%) Management Information System
6 152 (4.26%) Public Cloud
7 116 (3.25%) Distributed Systems
8 109 (3.06%) Product Ownership
8 109 (3.06%) Self-Motivation
9 97 (2.72%) NHS
10 85 (2.38%) Driving Licence
11 53 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
12 50 (1.40%) Social Media
13 42 (1.18%) IoT
14 39 (1.09%) Housing Association
15 34 (0.95%) Data Centre
16 27 (0.76%) Onboarding
16 27 (0.76%) PKI
17 19 (0.53%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 474 (13.30%) Windows
2 470 (13.18%) Linux
3 245 (6.87%) Apple iOS
4 243 (6.82%) Android
5 77 (2.16%) Unix
6 66 (1.85%) Windows Server
7 42 (1.18%) CentOS
8 40 (1.12%) Alpine Linux
8 40 (1.12%) Debian
9 35 (0.98%) Windows 10
10 24 (0.67%) Solaris
11 18 (0.50%) Windows Server 2016
12 17 (0.48%) Windows Server 2019
13 14 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 8 (0.22%) VMS
14 8 (0.22%) Windows Server 2012
15 7 (0.20%) Mac OS
16 6 (0.17%) Windows Server 2008
17 4 (0.11%) AIX
17 4 (0.11%) DC/OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 898 (25.19%) Agile
2 880 (24.68%) Mentoring
3 820 (23.00%) Coaching
4 575 (16.13%) Artificial Intelligence
5 514 (14.42%) DevOps
6 431 (12.09%) Business Intelligence
7 425 (11.92%) Problem-Solving
8 395 (11.08%) Full Stack Development
9 366 (10.27%) User Experience
10 328 (9.20%) Project Management
11 326 (9.14%) Co-Creation
12 311 (8.72%) Design Patterns
13 277 (7.77%) Web Development
14 266 (7.46%) OO
14 266 (7.46%) Roadmaps
15 264 (7.41%) Stakeholder Management
16 261 (7.32%) OOP
17 260 (7.29%) MVC
18 257 (7.21%) SOLID
19 243 (6.82%) Design Thinking
Programming Languages
1 596 (16.72%) SQL
2 487 (13.66%) JavaScript
3 437 (12.26%) C#
4 422 (11.84%) Java
5 361 (10.13%) Python
6 67 (1.88%) PowerShell
7 60 (1.68%) C
8 48 (1.35%) Shell Script
9 46 (1.29%) C++
10 44 (1.23%) Bash
11 40 (1.12%) Lua
12 34 (0.95%) TypeScript
13 26 (0.73%) PHP
14 25 (0.70%) T-SQL
15 17 (0.48%) Ruby
16 16 (0.45%) Embedded C
17 15 (0.42%) MATLAB
18 14 (0.39%) Apex Code
18 14 (0.39%) Scala
19 13 (0.36%) Go
Qualifications
1 673 (18.88%) Security Cleared
2 432 (12.12%) Degree
3 374 (10.49%) SC Cleared
4 121 (3.39%) DV Cleared
5 116 (3.25%) Microsoft Certification
6 105 (2.95%) DBS Check
7 83 (2.33%) Azure Certification
8 68 (1.91%) Computer Science Degree
9 49 (1.37%) BPSS Clearance
10 48 (1.35%) Master's Degree
11 44 (1.23%) MCSE
12 42 (1.18%) CISSP
13 41 (1.15%) MCSA
14 40 (1.12%) Cisco Certification
15 34 (0.95%) PMI Certification
16 32 (0.90%) ACCA
17 25 (0.70%) AWS Certification
18 22 (0.62%) CISM
19 21 (0.59%) Oracle Certification
20 19 (0.53%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 168 (4.71%) Accessibility
2 87 (2.44%) GDPR
3 77 (2.16%) QA
4 75 (2.10%) WCAG
5 74 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 47 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials
6 47 (1.32%) SLA
7 42 (1.18%) PMO
8 36 (1.01%) Data Quality
9 32 (0.90%) IFRS
9 32 (0.90%) NIST
10 31 (0.87%) GAAP
10 31 (0.87%) ISO 9001
11 29 (0.81%) NCSC
12 24 (0.67%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 24 (0.67%) ISO/IEC 17025
13 21 (0.59%) GRC
14 11 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 11 (0.31%) ISO 14000
15 10 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 284 (7.97%) Docker
2 112 (3.14%) Active Directory
3 59 (1.65%) VMware Infrastructure
4 52 (1.46%) Hyper-V
5 28 (0.79%) Firmware
6 18 (0.50%) VMware ESXi
7 14 (0.39%) Virtual Servers
8 13 (0.36%) vSphere
9 12 (0.34%) Embedded Firmware
10 11 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
11 6 (0.17%) Forefront TMG
11 6 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
11 6 (0.17%) VMware Workstation
12 5 (0.14%) XenApp
12 5 (0.14%) XenDesktop
13 4 (0.11%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 4 (0.11%) NFS
13 4 (0.11%) VMware NSX
14 1 (0.028%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 258 (7.24%) Terraform
2 254 (7.12%) Kubernetes
3 91 (2.55%) Ansible
4 68 (1.91%) Prometheus
5 24 (0.67%) EnCase
6 21 (0.59%) SCCM
7 20 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
8 19 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
9 16 (0.45%) Grafana
10 12 (0.34%) CA Single Sign-On
10 12 (0.34%) Kibana
10 12 (0.34%) ZABBIX
11 11 (0.31%) EMC NetWorker
11 11 (0.31%) vCenter Server
12 10 (0.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 9 (0.25%) Nagios
13 9 (0.25%) Puppet
14 8 (0.22%) Jamf Pro
14 8 (0.22%) SCOM
15 7 (0.20%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 643 (18.04%) Microsoft
2 405 (11.36%) Red Hat
3 396 (11.11%) IBM
4 171 (4.80%) SAP
5 163 (4.57%) Oracle
6 98 (2.75%) VMware
7 83 (2.33%) YouTube
8 79 (2.22%) Cisco
9 69 (1.94%) Dynatrace
10 62 (1.74%) NEC
11 60 (1.68%) Google
12 50 (1.40%) ServiceNow
13 47 (1.32%) CA
14 46 (1.29%) Atlassian
15 42 (1.18%) Salesforce
16 31 (0.87%) Adobe
17 30 (0.84%) EMC
18 27 (0.76%) Splunk
19 25 (0.70%) WSO2
20 22 (0.62%) Aruba