Public Sector Job Trends in West Sussex

Public Sector
South East > West Sussex

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in permanent job vacancies in West Sussex. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 11 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 43 46
Rank change year-on-year -18 +3 +12
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 12 2 2
As % of all permanent jobs in West Sussex 1.28% 0.50% 0.46%
As % of the General category 2.54% 0.79% 0.79%
Number of salaries quoted 8 0 2
10th Percentile £35,000 - £41,375
25th Percentile £55,625 - £43,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 - £49,750
Median % change year-on-year - - -20.40%
75th Percentile £70,000 - £56,938
90th Percentile - - £59,525
South East median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -12.00% +19.05%

All General Skills
West Sussex

Public Sector falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring general skills in West Sussex.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 473 252 253
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Sussex 50.48% 62.69% 58.29%
Number of salaries quoted 304 155 110
10th Percentile £28,975 £27,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.80% -10.43% +4.55%
75th Percentile £75,000 £63,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £88,375 £81,500 £72,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -14.29% -

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in West Sussex

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Public Sector relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in West Sussex.

Public Sector job vacancy trend in West Sussex

Public Sector
Salary Trend in West Sussex

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Public Sector.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Sussex citing Public Sector

Public Sector
Salary Histogram in West Sussex

Salary distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in West Sussex over the 6 months to 11 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Public Sector in West Sussex

Public Sector
Job Locations in West Sussex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Public Sector within the West Sussex region over the 6 months to 11 October 2026. 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
Worthing - 6 £70,000 - 11
Crawley - 4 £35,000 - 7
Horsham - 2 - - 2
Public Sector
South East

Public Sector
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Sussex by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 6 (50.00%) SAS
Cloud Services
1 4 (33.33%) Azure
2 2 (16.67%) Azure AI
2 2 (16.67%) Azure Machine Learning
2 2 (16.67%) Azure Stack
2 2 (16.67%) Figma
2 2 (16.67%) Power Platform
2 2 (16.67%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) Geospatial Data
1 2 (16.67%) Power BI
1 2 (16.67%) Tableau
General
1 4 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Aerospace
2 2 (16.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Data Engineer
1 6 (50.00%) SAS Engineer
2 2 (16.67%) Architect
2 2 (16.67%) Artificial Intelligence Consultant
2 2 (16.67%) Azure Architect
2 2 (16.67%) Cloud Architect
2 2 (16.67%) Consultant
2 2 (16.67%) Coordinator
2 2 (16.67%) PMO Coordinator
2 2 (16.67%) Senior
2 2 (16.67%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (16.67%) Django
1 2 (16.67%) Flask
1 2 (16.67%) PyTorch
1 2 (16.67%) scikit-learn
1 2 (16.67%) Streamlit
1 2 (16.67%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Cloud Native
2 2 (16.67%) Management Information System
2 2 (16.67%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (33.33%) Containerisation
2 4 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 4 (33.33%) Software Engineering
2 4 (33.33%) Thought Leadership
3 2 (16.67%) Architectural Patterns
3 2 (16.67%) Architecture Roadmap
3 2 (16.67%) Collaborative Engineering
3 2 (16.67%) Community of Practice
3 2 (16.67%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 2 (16.67%) Design Patterns
3 2 (16.67%) DevSecOps
3 2 (16.67%) Epics
3 2 (16.67%) Generative AI
3 2 (16.67%) Infrastructure as Code
3 2 (16.67%) LLM
3 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (16.67%) Prompt Engineering
3 2 (16.67%) Roadmaps
3 2 (16.67%) Strategic Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 2 (16.67%) Python
Qualifications
1 12 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 10 (83.33%) SC Cleared
3 2 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (16.67%) Accessibility
1 2 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials
1 2 (16.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
1 2 (16.67%) NIST
1 2 (16.67%) NIST 800
1 2 (16.67%) PMO
1 2 (16.67%) RMADS
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Databricks
1 2 (16.67%) Foundry
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (16.67%) OpenAI
1 2 (16.67%) Thales