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 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 59 88 83
Rank change year-on-year +29 -5 +18
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 4,134 3,857 6,373
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.19% 3.72% 4.07%
As % of the General category 7.00% 5.44% 6.38%
Number of salaries quoted 2,968 2,380 3,013
10th Percentile £28,813 £32,500 £32,997
25th Percentile £40,988 £41,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,554 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% +1.01% -
75th Percentile £70,375 £74,882 £71,250
90th Percentile £84,964 £87,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £48,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +8.25% +2.11% -5.00%

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 59,028 70,875 99,909
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 59.86% 68.29% 63.83%
Number of salaries quoted 39,629 38,205 51,280
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,269 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £101,250 £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 3 May 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 3 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
England +41 3,600 £55,000 - 984
UK excluding London +28 2,966 £52,500 +8.25% 709
Work from Home +16 1,756 £57,965 -3.39% 476
North of England +52 1,143 £57,965 +28.81% 184
London +49 916 £60,000 -7.69% 333
South East +59 644 £50,000 - 169
North West +51 613 £57,965 +26.54% 107
Midlands +22 432 £52,500 -4.55% 118
Yorkshire +46 345 £57,965 +28.81% 60
South West 0 307 £51,750 +8.95% 87
West Midlands +8 280 £55,000 - 89
North East +39 186 £52,500 +12.90% 17
Scotland -76 175 £45,000 -11.66% 63
East Midlands +42 152 £47,500 +13.10% 29
East of England +13 122 £47,500 +6.40% 63
Wales +7 93 £52,956 +18.56% 26
Northern Ireland +51 56 £35,000 -9.68% 14

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
1 125 (3.02%) SharePoint
2 67 (1.62%) Confluence
3 62 (1.50%) Microsoft Exchange
4 42 (1.02%) nginx
5 37 (0.90%) Red Hat Fuse
6 36 (0.87%) Camunda
6 36 (0.87%) JBoss
7 35 (0.85%) IIS
8 33 (0.80%) Apache
9 27 (0.65%) OpenStack
10 14 (0.34%) Tomcat
11 13 (0.31%) CMS
12 12 (0.29%) Anypoint
12 12 (0.29%) Apache Spark
13 9 (0.22%) Office Communications Server
14 8 (0.19%) Drupal
14 8 (0.19%) Jupyter
15 6 (0.15%) ArcGIS
16 4 (0.097%) Umbraco
16 4 (0.097%) WordPress
Applications
1 157 (3.80%) Microsoft Office
2 127 (3.07%) Microsoft Excel
3 102 (2.47%) Spreadsheet
4 75 (1.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 17 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
5 17 (0.41%) MS Visio
6 16 (0.39%) Adobe XD
6 16 (0.39%) Sketch
7 14 (0.34%) Trello
8 11 (0.27%) AutoCAD
8 11 (0.27%) InVision
9 6 (0.15%) Chatbot
9 6 (0.15%) OrCAD
10 5 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 4 (0.097%) Doxygen
11 4 (0.097%) InfoPath
12 3 (0.073%) Photoshop
13 2 (0.048%) Fusion 360
14 1 (0.024%) PTC Creo
14 1 (0.024%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 45 (1.09%) NEC Housing
2 41 (0.99%) Dynamics CRM
3 18 (0.44%) Unit4 Business World
4 15 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
5 13 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
6 6 (0.15%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 5 (0.12%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 4 (0.097%) Oracle ERP
9 3 (0.073%) NetSuite
10 2 (0.048%) Dynamics AX
10 2 (0.048%) iTrent
10 2 (0.048%) Magento
10 2 (0.048%) Misys Midas
10 2 (0.048%) Oracle EBS R12
10 2 (0.048%) SAP CO
10 2 (0.048%) SAP FI
10 2 (0.048%) SAP FI/CO
10 2 (0.048%) SAP GRC
10 2 (0.048%) SAP HCM
10 2 (0.048%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 976 (23.61%) Azure
2 514 (12.43%) AWS
3 385 (9.31%) IBM Cloud
4 328 (7.93%) Power Platform
5 231 (5.59%) Azure DevOps
6 217 (5.25%) Microsoft 365
7 212 (5.13%) Serverless
8 140 (3.39%) Azure Service Bus
9 138 (3.34%) Azure Logic Apps
10 137 (3.31%) Azure Functions
11 132 (3.19%) Azure API Management
12 107 (2.59%) Amazon EKS
13 91 (2.20%) GCP
14 87 (2.10%) OCI
15 81 (1.96%) PowerApps
16 75 (1.81%) SaaS
17 70 (1.69%) GitHub
18 69 (1.67%) Dynamics 365
19 68 (1.64%) Power Automate
20 67 (1.62%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 104 (2.52%) Firewall
2 55 (1.33%) DNS
3 53 (1.28%) LAN
4 48 (1.16%) Network Security
4 48 (1.16%) Wi-Fi
5 44 (1.06%) WAN
6 40 (0.97%) Wireless
7 33 (0.80%) Internet
8 28 (0.68%) HTTP
9 27 (0.65%) SAN
10 21 (0.51%) TCP/IP
11 20 (0.48%) SD-WAN
12 19 (0.46%) Intranet
13 16 (0.39%) MQTT
13 16 (0.39%) VPN
14 15 (0.36%) Unified Communications
15 13 (0.31%) DHCP
16 12 (0.29%) Remote Desktop
17 11 (0.27%) 4G
17 11 (0.27%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 347 (8.39%) PostgreSQL
2 344 (8.32%) MongoDB
3 343 (8.30%) NoSQL
4 280 (6.77%) Power BI
5 268 (6.48%) DB2
6 227 (5.49%) Relational Database
7 193 (4.67%) SQL Server
8 121 (2.93%) Data Warehouse
9 115 (2.78%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 79 (1.91%) Oracle Database
11 66 (1.60%) Tableau
12 64 (1.55%) MySQL
13 58 (1.40%) Amazon RDS
14 37 (0.90%) GIS
15 26 (0.63%) Redis
16 19 (0.46%) Data Lake
16 19 (0.46%) Power Query
16 19 (0.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 18 (0.44%) Metadata
17 18 (0.44%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 138 (3.34%) JIRA
2 133 (3.22%) Git
3 113 (2.73%) Jenkins
4 64 (1.55%) GitLab
5 39 (0.94%) Visual Studio
6 32 (0.77%) CircleCI
7 29 (0.70%) IntelliJ
8 22 (0.53%) Artifactory
9 17 (0.41%) JMeter
9 17 (0.41%) JUnit
9 17 (0.41%) Subversion
10 16 (0.39%) Maven
11 15 (0.36%) Axure RP
12 13 (0.31%) Balsamiq
12 13 (0.31%) Eclipse
12 13 (0.31%) TeamCity
13 12 (0.29%) Cucumber
13 12 (0.29%) Selenium
14 10 (0.24%) Bitbucket
14 10 (0.24%) REST Assured
General
1 1,149 (27.79%) Social Skills
2 892 (21.58%) Finance
3 629 (15.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 353 (8.54%) Analytical Skills
5 284 (6.87%) Marketing
6 218 (5.27%) Telecoms
7 209 (5.06%) Manufacturing
8 197 (4.77%) Retail
9 192 (4.64%) Local Government
10 188 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
11 182 (4.40%) Electronics
12 126 (3.05%) Organisational Skills
13 116 (2.81%) Police
14 97 (2.35%) Legal
15 90 (2.18%) Influencing Skills
16 42 (1.02%) Law
17 38 (0.92%) Digital Economy
18 33 (0.80%) Billing
19 25 (0.60%) Back Office
20 24 (0.58%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 665 (16.09%) Senior
2 530 (12.82%) Developer
3 437 (10.57%) Lead
4 358 (8.66%) Architect
5 324 (7.84%) Consultant
6 302 (7.31%) Analyst
7 218 (5.27%) Project Manager
8 214 (5.18%) Full Stack Developer
9 154 (3.73%) Full Stack Engineer
10 142 (3.43%) Software Engineer
11 138 (3.34%) Azure Developer
12 135 (3.27%) DevOps Engineer
13 130 (3.14%) Azure Engineer
14 116 (2.81%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 111 (2.69%) Business Analyst
16 109 (2.64%) Solutions Architect
17 107 (2.59%) IT Manager
18 92 (2.23%) Java Engineer
19 87 (2.10%) Delivery Manager
20 81 (1.96%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 386 (9.34%) .NET
2 371 (8.97%) React
3 363 (8.78%) HTML
4 348 (8.42%) AngularJS
5 342 (8.27%) CSS
6 339 (8.20%) Web Services
7 336 (8.13%) REST
8 266 (6.43%) ASP.NET
9 252 (6.10%) ASP.NET Core
10 247 (5.97%) Node.js
11 246 (5.95%) jQuery
12 245 (5.93%) Vue
13 241 (5.83%) Twitter Bootstrap
14 238 (5.76%) Backbone.js
14 238 (5.76%) Ember.js
15 130 (3.14%) RESTful
16 116 (2.81%) Spring
17 75 (1.81%) JSON
18 67 (1.62%) XML
19 55 (1.33%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 418 (10.11%) Hybrid Cloud
2 390 (9.43%) Blockchain
3 244 (5.90%) Algorithms
4 242 (5.85%) Data Structures
5 215 (5.20%) e-Learning
6 199 (4.81%) Management Information System
7 137 (3.31%) Public Cloud
8 120 (2.90%) Product Ownership
9 115 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
10 112 (2.71%) Distributed Systems
11 104 (2.52%) Driving Licence
12 102 (2.47%) NHS
13 85 (2.06%) Onboarding
14 58 (1.40%) Social Media
15 54 (1.31%) Data Centre
16 53 (1.28%) Enterprise Software
17 51 (1.23%) IoT
18 41 (0.99%) Housing Association
19 30 (0.73%) Cyberattack
20 29 (0.70%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 505 (12.22%) Windows
2 481 (11.64%) Linux
3 245 (5.93%) Android
4 244 (5.90%) Apple iOS
5 86 (2.08%) Windows Server
6 66 (1.60%) Unix
7 42 (1.02%) CentOS
8 40 (0.97%) Alpine Linux
8 40 (0.97%) Debian
9 30 (0.73%) Windows 10
10 18 (0.44%) Windows Server 2016
10 18 (0.44%) Windows Server 2019
11 16 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 15 (0.36%) Solaris
13 9 (0.22%) VMS
13 9 (0.22%) Windows Server 2012
14 6 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
15 4 (0.097%) AIX
15 4 (0.097%) DC/OS
16 3 (0.073%) Amazon Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,047 (25.33%) Agile
2 977 (23.63%) Mentoring
3 883 (21.36%) Coaching
4 598 (14.47%) Artificial Intelligence
5 533 (12.89%) DevOps
6 519 (12.55%) Problem-Solving
7 499 (12.07%) Business Intelligence
8 424 (10.26%) Full Stack Development
9 416 (10.06%) User Experience
10 404 (9.77%) Project Management
11 374 (9.05%) Stakeholder Management
12 328 (7.93%) Co-Creation
13 317 (7.67%) Design Patterns
14 295 (7.14%) Roadmaps
15 289 (6.99%) Programme Management
16 287 (6.94%) Web Development
17 274 (6.63%) Project Delivery
18 267 (6.46%) MVC
18 267 (6.46%) OO
19 265 (6.41%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 654 (15.82%) SQL
2 533 (12.89%) JavaScript
3 484 (11.71%) Java
4 478 (11.56%) C#
5 402 (9.72%) Python
6 77 (1.86%) PowerShell
7 68 (1.64%) C
8 53 (1.28%) TypeScript
9 51 (1.23%) C++
10 47 (1.14%) Bash
11 46 (1.11%) Shell Script
12 40 (0.97%) Lua
12 40 (0.97%) PHP
13 30 (0.73%) T-SQL
14 29 (0.70%) Go
15 19 (0.46%) Ruby
16 16 (0.39%) Embedded C
17 15 (0.36%) MATLAB
18 14 (0.34%) Apex Code
18 14 (0.34%) Scala
Qualifications
1 853 (20.63%) Security Cleared
2 534 (12.92%) SC Cleared
3 501 (12.12%) Degree
4 135 (3.27%) DV Cleared
5 130 (3.14%) DBS Check
6 123 (2.98%) Microsoft Certification
7 107 (2.59%) BPSS Clearance
8 103 (2.49%) Azure Certification
9 83 (2.01%) Computer Science Degree
10 61 (1.48%) CISSP
11 60 (1.45%) Cisco Certification
12 51 (1.23%) Master's Degree
13 46 (1.11%) MCSE
14 41 (0.99%) AWS Certification
14 41 (0.99%) MCSA
15 40 (0.97%) CISM
16 39 (0.94%) PMI Certification
17 33 (0.80%) ACCA
18 31 (0.75%) CCNP
19 23 (0.56%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 167 (4.04%) Accessibility
2 112 (2.71%) GDPR
3 108 (2.61%) QA
4 90 (2.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 75 (1.81%) WCAG
6 65 (1.57%) Cyber Essentials
7 62 (1.50%) PMO
8 58 (1.40%) SLA
9 45 (1.09%) ISO 9001
10 44 (1.06%) Data Quality
11 37 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 17025
12 33 (0.80%) IFRS
12 33 (0.80%) NIST
13 32 (0.77%) GAAP
14 30 (0.73%) NCSC
15 24 (0.58%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 21 (0.51%) GRC
17 18 (0.44%) ITGC
18 16 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
19 11 (0.27%) ISO 14000
System Software
1 294 (7.11%) Docker
2 152 (3.68%) Active Directory
3 66 (1.60%) VMware Infrastructure
4 56 (1.35%) Hyper-V
5 38 (0.92%) Firmware
6 18 (0.44%) VMware ESXi
7 14 (0.34%) Virtual Servers
7 14 (0.34%) vSphere
8 13 (0.31%) Embedded Firmware
9 11 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
10 7 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
11 6 (0.15%) Forefront TMG
11 6 (0.15%) VMware Workstation
12 5 (0.12%) VMware NSX
13 4 (0.097%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 4 (0.097%) NFS
14 3 (0.073%) XenApp
14 3 (0.073%) XenDesktop
15 1 (0.024%) BitLocker
15 1 (0.024%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 258 (6.24%) Terraform
2 257 (6.22%) Kubernetes
3 99 (2.39%) Ansible
4 61 (1.48%) Prometheus
5 37 (0.90%) EnCase
6 20 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
6 20 (0.48%) SCCM
6 20 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
7 15 (0.36%) Kibana
8 14 (0.34%) Grafana
9 13 (0.31%) ZABBIX
10 12 (0.29%) CA Single Sign-On
11 11 (0.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 11 (0.27%) EMC NetWorker
11 11 (0.27%) vCenter Server
12 9 (0.22%) Nagios
12 9 (0.22%) Puppet
13 8 (0.19%) SCOM
14 7 (0.17%) SysTrack
15 6 (0.15%) WSUS
Vendors
1 752 (18.19%) Microsoft
2 407 (9.85%) Red Hat
3 395 (9.55%) IBM
4 242 (5.85%) SAP
5 180 (4.35%) Oracle
6 115 (2.78%) VMware
7 84 (2.03%) Cisco
8 83 (2.01%) YouTube
9 72 (1.74%) Google
10 68 (1.64%) Dynatrace
11 59 (1.43%) Salesforce
12 55 (1.33%) ServiceNow
13 49 (1.19%) CA
13 49 (1.19%) NEC
14 47 (1.14%) Atlassian
15 34 (0.82%) Splunk
16 31 (0.75%) Adobe
16 31 (0.75%) EMC
17 27 (0.65%) WSO2
18 24 (0.58%) Veeam