Public Sector Jobs in the South West

Public Sector
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West. 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 77 73 44
Rank change year-on-year -4 -29 +7
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 316 279 531
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 3.17% 4.24% 6.30%
As % of the General category 6.09% 6.73% 10.25%
Number of salaries quoted 258 211 363
10th Percentile £29,350 £34,000 £27,800
25th Percentile £43,750 £40,750 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £47,600 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +0.21% -5.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £63,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £86,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

All General Skills
South West

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 the South West with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 5,187 4,145 5,180
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 52.05% 62.99% 61.48%
Number of salaries quoted 3,501 2,298 3,101
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £37,095 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,369 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year -5.70% +3.32% +4.84%
75th Percentile £60,250 £67,070 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +4.35%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing Public Sector as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in the South West

Public Sector
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Public Sector in the South West

Public Sector
Salary Histogram in the South West

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

Salary histogram for Public Sector in the South West

Public Sector
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Public Sector within the South West region 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
Bristol -22 87 £55,000 - 67
Gloucestershire +19 77 £55,000 -18.52% 23
Wiltshire 0 74 £51,000 +2.00% 30
Somerset +23 28 £47,500 +18.75% 10
Cornwall +8 24 £43,742 +16.65% 3
Dorset -11 15 £52,500 +40.00% 3
Devon -43 7 £63,376 +40.83% 11
Public Sector
England

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 16 (5.06%) Microsoft Exchange
1 16 (5.06%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.95%) IIS
3 1 (0.32%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 17 (5.38%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.22%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (0.63%) AutoCAD
3 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.32%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.32%) Revit
Business Applications
1 4 (1.27%) NEC Housing
2 2 (0.63%) Magento
3 1 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 51 (16.14%) Azure
2 28 (8.86%) AWS
3 21 (6.65%) Microsoft 365
4 18 (5.70%) Power Platform
5 12 (3.80%) Entra ID
6 10 (3.16%) OneDrive
7 6 (1.90%) IBM Cloud
7 6 (1.90%) PaaS
8 5 (1.58%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (1.58%) OCI
9 4 (1.27%) IaaS
10 3 (0.95%) Amazon ECR
10 3 (0.95%) Amazon EKS
10 3 (0.95%) Amazon S3
10 3 (0.95%) Azure Data Factory
10 3 (0.95%) GCP
10 3 (0.95%) Power Automate
10 3 (0.95%) PowerApps
10 3 (0.95%) Route 53
10 3 (0.95%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 15 (4.75%) Firewall
2 12 (3.80%) iSCSI
3 9 (2.85%) Fibre Channel
4 8 (2.53%) Remote Desktop
4 8 (2.53%) Wireless
5 7 (2.22%) Network Security
5 7 (2.22%) SAN
5 7 (2.22%) Structured Cabling
6 6 (1.90%) VoIP
7 4 (1.27%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.95%) RS-485
8 3 (0.95%) SD-WAN
8 3 (0.95%) VSAN
9 2 (0.63%) DHCP
9 2 (0.63%) DNS
9 2 (0.63%) Internet
9 2 (0.63%) PBX
10 1 (0.32%) TCP/IP
10 1 (0.32%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (5.70%) Power BI
2 15 (4.75%) SQL Server
3 14 (4.43%) Data Warehouse
4 11 (3.48%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 10 (3.16%) PostgreSQL
6 9 (2.85%) Relational Database
7 7 (2.22%) SQLite
8 6 (1.90%) MySQL
9 5 (1.58%) DB2
9 5 (1.58%) Electronic Patient Records
9 5 (1.58%) MongoDB
10 3 (0.95%) Amazon RDS
10 3 (0.95%) NoSQL
11 2 (0.63%) RDBMS
12 1 (0.32%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 10 (3.16%) Subversion
2 8 (2.53%) Git
3 7 (2.22%) Eclipse
3 7 (2.22%) Visual Studio
4 5 (1.58%) Jenkins
5 4 (1.27%) Gradle
6 2 (0.63%) Rational DOORS
General
1 58 (18.35%) Finance
1 58 (18.35%) Social Skills
2 27 (8.54%) Analytical Skills
3 26 (8.23%) Telecoms
4 18 (5.70%) Manufacturing
5 16 (5.06%) Organisational Skills
5 16 (5.06%) Retail
6 15 (4.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 14 (4.43%) Electronics
7 14 (4.43%) Marketing
8 12 (3.80%) Legal
9 10 (3.16%) Influencing Skills
10 9 (2.85%) Local Government
10 9 (2.85%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (2.53%) Aerospace
12 5 (1.58%) Social Housing
13 4 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (1.27%) Police
14 3 (0.95%) Law
15 2 (0.63%) Digital Economy
Job Titles
1 54 (17.09%) Senior
2 45 (14.24%) Consultant
3 38 (12.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 28 (8.86%) Analyst
5 25 (7.91%) Lead
6 22 (6.96%) Developer
7 20 (6.33%) Architect
8 17 (5.38%) Project Manager
9 16 (5.06%) Backup Engineer
9 16 (5.06%) Backup Infrastructure Engineer
9 16 (5.06%) Storage and Backup Engineer
9 16 (5.06%) Storage Engineer
10 14 (4.43%) Team Leader
11 13 (4.11%) Software Developer
12 12 (3.80%) Technical Analyst
13 11 (3.48%) Junior
13 11 (3.48%) Senior Analyst
14 10 (3.16%) Business Analyst
14 10 (3.16%) Business Intelligence Consultant
14 10 (3.16%) Technical Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.80%) HTML
1 12 (3.80%) React
2 9 (2.85%) .NET
3 8 (2.53%) Flask
3 8 (2.53%) Kafka
4 7 (2.22%) ASP.NET
4 7 (2.22%) RESTful
5 6 (1.90%) AngularJS
5 6 (1.90%) Node.js
5 6 (1.90%) Spring
5 6 (1.90%) Spring Boot
6 5 (1.58%) CSS
6 5 (1.58%) Laravel
6 5 (1.58%) Qt
7 4 (1.27%) CakePHP
7 4 (1.27%) Django
7 4 (1.27%) JSON
7 4 (1.27%) Ruby on Rails
7 4 (1.27%) Web Services
7 4 (1.27%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (3.80%) Management Information System
2 11 (3.48%) Driving Licence
2 11 (3.48%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (2.85%) EMC VNX
3 9 (2.85%) PMI
3 9 (2.85%) Replication
4 8 (2.53%) Product Ownership
5 7 (2.22%) Data Protection Act
5 7 (2.22%) Hybrid Cloud
5 7 (2.22%) NHS
6 6 (1.90%) Blockchain
6 6 (1.90%) Data Structures
6 6 (1.90%) e-Learning
6 6 (1.90%) Freedom of Information
7 5 (1.58%) Algorithms
8 4 (1.27%) BBC
8 4 (1.27%) Distributed Systems
8 4 (1.27%) Fibre Optics
8 4 (1.27%) FPGA
8 4 (1.27%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 67 (21.20%) Windows
2 51 (16.14%) Linux
3 20 (6.33%) Windows 10
3 20 (6.33%) Windows Server
4 12 (3.80%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (1.27%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.95%) Android
7 2 (0.63%) CentOS
7 2 (0.63%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.32%) Rocky
8 1 (0.32%) Unix
8 1 (0.32%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (17.09%) Agile
2 41 (12.97%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 37 (11.71%) Mentoring
4 33 (10.44%) Project Management
5 31 (9.81%) Business Intelligence
5 31 (9.81%) Problem-Solving
5 31 (9.81%) Roadmaps
6 30 (9.49%) DevOps
7 24 (7.59%) Service Delivery
8 23 (7.28%) Cybersecurity
9 21 (6.65%) ITIL
9 21 (6.65%) Migration
10 20 (6.33%) Scrum
10 20 (6.33%) Stakeholder Management
11 19 (6.01%) Project Delivery
11 19 (6.01%) Software Engineering
12 17 (5.38%) Artificial Intelligence
12 17 (5.38%) Full Stack Development
13 16 (5.06%) Coaching
13 16 (5.06%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 39 (12.34%) SQL
2 38 (12.03%) Python
3 30 (9.49%) PowerShell
4 29 (9.18%) Java
5 23 (7.28%) Bash
6 15 (4.75%) C
7 12 (3.80%) C++
7 12 (3.80%) PHP
8 11 (3.48%) JavaScript
9 10 (3.16%) C#
10 8 (2.53%) Ruby
11 5 (1.58%) Perl
12 4 (1.27%) Embedded C
12 4 (1.27%) Embedded C++
12 4 (1.27%) Go
12 4 (1.27%) Lua
12 4 (1.27%) Rust
12 4 (1.27%) Scala
12 4 (1.27%) Shell Script
12 4 (1.27%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 89 (28.16%) Security Cleared
2 42 (13.29%) Degree
3 34 (10.76%) SC Cleared
4 33 (10.44%) DV Cleared
5 9 (2.85%) PMI Certification
6 6 (1.90%) HND
7 4 (1.27%) CISSP
7 4 (1.27%) DBS Check
7 4 (1.27%) Master's Degree
8 3 (0.95%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.63%) CCNP
9 2 (0.63%) Cisco Certification
9 2 (0.63%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 2 (0.63%) RIBA
9 2 (0.63%) TOGAF Certification
9 2 (0.63%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (0.32%) ISEB
10 1 (0.32%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.32%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.22%) Accessibility
1 7 (2.22%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (1.90%) GRC
3 4 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.95%) NIST
4 3 (0.95%) PMO
5 2 (0.63%) GDPR
5 2 (0.63%) Government Security Classifications
5 2 (0.63%) NCSC
5 2 (0.63%) SLA
6 1 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.32%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.32%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 35 (11.08%) Active Directory
2 21 (6.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 17 (5.38%) VMware ESXi
4 16 (5.06%) Docker
5 10 (3.16%) Hyper-V
6 6 (1.90%) Firmware
7 4 (1.27%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.95%) Forefront TMG
8 3 (0.95%) VMware Workstation
8 3 (0.95%) vSphere
9 1 (0.32%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.32%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 13 (4.11%) Microsoft Intune
1 13 (4.11%) SCCM
2 12 (3.80%) EMC NetWorker
3 10 (3.16%) Nagios
3 10 (3.16%) vCenter Server
4 9 (2.85%) Kubernetes
4 9 (2.85%) ZABBIX
5 7 (2.22%) Ansible
6 5 (1.58%) Prometheus
7 4 (1.27%) Progress Chef
7 4 (1.27%) Puppet
7 4 (1.27%) Terraform
7 4 (1.27%) vRealize
8 3 (0.95%) FortiGate
8 3 (0.95%) SCOM
8 3 (0.95%) WSUS
9 2 (0.63%) Grafana
9 2 (0.63%) Jamf Pro
10 1 (0.32%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 1 (0.32%) NetIQ Identity Manager
Vendors
1 50 (15.82%) Microsoft
2 41 (12.97%) VMware
3 24 (7.59%) Cisco
4 18 (5.70%) Red Hat
5 14 (4.43%) SAP
6 12 (3.80%) Brocade
6 12 (3.80%) EMC
6 12 (3.80%) Veeam
7 10 (3.16%) SolarWinds
8 9 (2.85%) NetApp
8 9 (2.85%) Oracle
9 8 (2.53%) IBM
10 6 (1.90%) Google
11 5 (1.58%) Dell
11 5 (1.58%) Juniper
11 5 (1.58%) ServiceNow
12 4 (1.27%) Aruba
12 4 (1.27%) NEC
12 4 (1.27%) SaltStack
13 3 (0.95%) HP