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 9 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 61 81 85
Rank change year-on-year +20 +4 +16
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 4,073 3,583 6,966
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.76% 3.85% 4.05%
As % of the General category 6.53% 5.70% 6.21%
Number of salaries quoted 2,917 2,222 3,004
10th Percentile £32,000 £32,500 £32,788
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £71,250 £73,751 £72,500
90th Percentile £84,964 £87,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £49,000 £48,576
% change year-on-year +7.14% +0.87% +2.27%

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 62,409 62,826 112,259
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 57.55% 67.49% 65.31%
Number of salaries quoted 40,598 35,177 52,328
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £42,874 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £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 9 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 9 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 3,561 £55,000 - 1,053
UK excluding London +23 2,975 £52,500 +7.14% 820
Work from Home +10 1,754 £57,965 -1.76% 576
North of England +46 1,163 £57,965 +24.65% 219
London +30 870 £60,000 -7.69% 310
South East +65 632 £52,500 +2.94% 176
North West +52 624 £55,000 +18.92% 134
Midlands +4 438 £52,500 -2.78% 130
Yorkshire +36 357 £57,965 +25.40% 52
South West -4 327 £51,000 +7.14% 139
West Midlands -5 275 £55,000 - 93
North East +31 183 £50,001 +1.01% 35
East Midlands +24 163 £47,500 -5.00% 37
Scotland -84 162 £42,500 -16.21% 74
East of England -19 107 £47,500 +11.76% 48
Wales +4 100 £52,978 +18.61% 32
Northern Ireland +14 52 £35,000 -11.95% 22

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
1 136 (3.34%) SharePoint
2 71 (1.74%) Confluence
3 54 (1.33%) Microsoft Exchange
4 46 (1.13%) Apache
5 43 (1.06%) nginx
6 42 (1.03%) IIS
7 36 (0.88%) Camunda
8 28 (0.69%) Tomcat
9 20 (0.49%) OpenStack
10 13 (0.32%) CMS
11 12 (0.29%) Apache Spark
12 9 (0.22%) Office Communications Server
13 8 (0.20%) Jupyter
14 7 (0.17%) Drupal
15 6 (0.15%) ArcGIS
15 6 (0.15%) JBoss
15 6 (0.15%) Red Hat Fuse
16 4 (0.098%) Umbraco
16 4 (0.098%) WordPress
17 3 (0.074%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 151 (3.71%) Microsoft Office
2 114 (2.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 61 (1.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 19 (0.47%) Adobe XD
4 19 (0.47%) Sketch
5 16 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
6 15 (0.37%) MS Visio
6 15 (0.37%) Trello
7 14 (0.34%) InVision
7 14 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
8 10 (0.25%) AutoCAD
9 6 (0.15%) Chatbot
9 6 (0.15%) OrCAD
10 5 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 5 (0.12%) InfoPath
11 4 (0.098%) Doxygen
12 3 (0.074%) Photoshop
13 2 (0.049%) Fusion 360
14 1 (0.025%) Simulink
14 1 (0.025%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 89 (2.19%) NEC Housing
2 38 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
3 17 (0.42%) Unit4 Business World
4 14 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
5 13 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
6 8 (0.20%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 5 (0.12%) Oracle Payroll
7 5 (0.12%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 4 (0.098%) Misys Midas
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 (23.99%) Azure
2 504 (12.37%) AWS
3 386 (9.48%) IBM Cloud
4 322 (7.91%) Power Platform
5 229 (5.62%) Microsoft 365
6 224 (5.50%) Azure DevOps
7 200 (4.91%) Serverless
8 144 (3.54%) Azure Service Bus
9 139 (3.41%) Azure Logic Apps
10 138 (3.39%) Azure Functions
11 132 (3.24%) Azure API Management
12 95 (2.33%) Amazon EKS
13 93 (2.28%) GCP
14 90 (2.21%) OCI
15 83 (2.04%) PowerApps
16 80 (1.96%) GitHub
17 76 (1.87%) Power Automate
18 75 (1.84%) Dynamics 365
19 73 (1.79%) SaaS
20 68 (1.67%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 94 (2.31%) Firewall
2 57 (1.40%) DNS
3 48 (1.18%) LAN
4 47 (1.15%) Network Security
5 43 (1.06%) Wi-Fi
6 39 (0.96%) Wireless
7 38 (0.93%) WAN
8 30 (0.74%) Internet
9 25 (0.61%) HTTP
10 22 (0.54%) SAN
11 19 (0.47%) Intranet
12 18 (0.44%) TCP/IP
13 16 (0.39%) SD-WAN
14 14 (0.34%) Unified Communications
15 13 (0.32%) DHCP
15 13 (0.32%) Modbus
15 13 (0.32%) MQTT
16 12 (0.29%) iSCSI
17 11 (0.27%) LTE
18 10 (0.25%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 354 (8.69%) PostgreSQL
2 345 (8.47%) MongoDB
3 337 (8.27%) NoSQL
4 284 (6.97%) Power BI
5 267 (6.56%) DB2
6 227 (5.57%) Relational Database
7 199 (4.89%) SQL Server
8 118 (2.90%) Data Warehouse
9 110 (2.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 93 (2.28%) Oracle Database
11 64 (1.57%) Tableau
12 62 (1.52%) MySQL
13 61 (1.50%) Amazon RDS
14 33 (0.81%) GIS
15 24 (0.59%) Redis
16 22 (0.54%) Oracle Database 12c
17 19 (0.47%) RDBMS
18 18 (0.44%) Big Data
19 16 (0.39%) Data Lake
19 16 (0.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 139 (3.41%) JIRA
2 123 (3.02%) Git
3 98 (2.41%) Jenkins
4 64 (1.57%) GitLab
5 40 (0.98%) CircleCI
6 35 (0.86%) Visual Studio
7 22 (0.54%) Artifactory
8 20 (0.49%) JMeter
9 19 (0.47%) JUnit
10 18 (0.44%) Axure RP
10 18 (0.44%) Selenium
11 17 (0.42%) Maven
12 16 (0.39%) Subversion
13 14 (0.34%) Cucumber
14 13 (0.32%) Balsamiq
14 13 (0.32%) Bitbucket
14 13 (0.32%) Eclipse
15 10 (0.25%) REST Assured
15 10 (0.25%) TeamCity
16 9 (0.22%) SonarQube
General
1 1,140 (27.99%) Social Skills
2 859 (21.09%) Finance
3 619 (15.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 367 (9.01%) Analytical Skills
5 259 (6.36%) Marketing
6 241 (5.92%) Local Government
7 203 (4.98%) Telecoms
8 188 (4.62%) Manufacturing
9 186 (4.57%) Retail
10 167 (4.10%) Electronics
11 162 (3.98%) Police
12 152 (3.73%) Presentation Skills
13 133 (3.27%) Organisational Skills
14 110 (2.70%) Legal
15 90 (2.21%) Influencing Skills
16 45 (1.10%) Law
17 38 (0.93%) Digital Economy
18 35 (0.86%) Back Office
19 32 (0.79%) Billing
20 24 (0.59%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 651 (15.98%) Senior
2 539 (13.23%) Developer
3 442 (10.85%) Lead
4 357 (8.77%) Architect
5 341 (8.37%) Consultant
6 258 (6.33%) Analyst
7 218 (5.35%) Project Manager
8 209 (5.13%) Full Stack Developer
9 155 (3.81%) Full Stack Engineer
10 153 (3.76%) DevOps Engineer
11 141 (3.46%) Azure Developer
12 126 (3.09%) Azure Engineer
13 114 (2.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
14 109 (2.68%) Software Engineer
15 106 (2.60%) Solutions Architect
16 99 (2.43%) IT Manager
17 85 (2.09%) Delivery Manager
18 84 (2.06%) Lead Developer
19 81 (1.99%) Junior
20 80 (1.96%) Business Intelligence Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 396 (9.72%) .NET
2 369 (9.06%) React
3 367 (9.01%) HTML
4 343 (8.42%) CSS
5 320 (7.86%) Web Services
6 313 (7.68%) AngularJS
7 296 (7.27%) REST
8 270 (6.63%) ASP.NET
9 256 (6.29%) ASP.NET Core
10 246 (6.04%) jQuery
11 244 (5.99%) Vue
12 241 (5.92%) Twitter Bootstrap
13 238 (5.84%) Backbone.js
13 238 (5.84%) Ember.js
13 238 (5.84%) Node.js
14 109 (2.68%) RESTful
15 80 (1.96%) Spring
16 48 (1.18%) .NET Core
17 43 (1.06%) Spring Boot
18 40 (0.98%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 420 (10.31%) Hybrid Cloud
2 391 (9.60%) Blockchain
3 246 (6.04%) Algorithms
4 241 (5.92%) Data Structures
5 216 (5.30%) e-Learning
6 206 (5.06%) Management Information System
7 159 (3.90%) Public Cloud
8 121 (2.97%) Distributed Systems
9 120 (2.95%) Self-Motivation
10 117 (2.87%) Product Ownership
11 106 (2.60%) NHS
12 98 (2.41%) Driving Licence
13 72 (1.77%) Onboarding
14 61 (1.50%) Data Centre
15 59 (1.45%) Social Media
16 53 (1.30%) IoT
17 51 (1.25%) Enterprise Software
18 39 (0.96%) Housing Association
19 27 (0.66%) PKI
20 26 (0.64%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 512 (12.57%) Windows
2 492 (12.08%) Linux
3 248 (6.09%) Apple iOS
4 245 (6.02%) Android
5 94 (2.31%) Unix
6 74 (1.82%) Windows Server
7 42 (1.03%) CentOS
8 40 (0.98%) Alpine Linux
8 40 (0.98%) Debian
8 40 (0.98%) Windows 10
9 28 (0.69%) Solaris
10 18 (0.44%) Windows Server 2016
11 16 (0.39%) Windows Server 2019
12 11 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 9 (0.22%) Mac OS
14 7 (0.17%) VMS
14 7 (0.17%) Windows Server 2008
15 6 (0.15%) Windows Server 2012
16 4 (0.098%) AIX
16 4 (0.098%) DC/OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,006 (24.70%) Agile
2 952 (23.37%) Mentoring
3 891 (21.88%) Coaching
4 600 (14.73%) Artificial Intelligence
5 547 (13.43%) DevOps
6 494 (12.13%) Business Intelligence
7 490 (12.03%) Problem-Solving
8 427 (10.48%) Full Stack Development
9 412 (10.12%) Project Management
10 395 (9.70%) User Experience
11 361 (8.86%) Stakeholder Management
12 329 (8.08%) Co-Creation
13 314 (7.71%) Design Patterns
14 290 (7.12%) Roadmaps
15 288 (7.07%) CI/CD
16 286 (7.02%) Web Development
17 274 (6.73%) OO
18 271 (6.65%) MVC
19 269 (6.60%) OOP
20 260 (6.38%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 634 (15.57%) SQL
2 531 (13.04%) JavaScript
3 496 (12.18%) C#
4 440 (10.80%) Java
5 383 (9.40%) Python
6 66 (1.62%) PowerShell
7 60 (1.47%) C
8 53 (1.30%) Shell Script
9 52 (1.28%) TypeScript
10 49 (1.20%) C++
11 40 (0.98%) Lua
12 39 (0.96%) Bash
13 35 (0.86%) PHP
14 32 (0.79%) Go
15 27 (0.66%) T-SQL
16 17 (0.42%) Ruby
17 16 (0.39%) Embedded C
18 15 (0.37%) Scala
19 14 (0.34%) MATLAB
20 13 (0.32%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 802 (19.69%) Security Cleared
2 549 (13.48%) Degree
3 474 (11.64%) SC Cleared
4 132 (3.24%) DV Cleared
5 120 (2.95%) Microsoft Certification
6 103 (2.53%) Azure Certification
7 91 (2.23%) BPSS Clearance
8 88 (2.16%) Computer Science Degree
9 64 (1.57%) DBS Check
10 61 (1.50%) CISSP
11 56 (1.37%) Cisco Certification
12 53 (1.30%) Master's Degree
13 45 (1.10%) MCSE
14 42 (1.03%) AWS Certification
15 40 (0.98%) CISM
15 40 (0.98%) MCSA
15 40 (0.98%) PMI Certification
16 32 (0.79%) ACCA
17 26 (0.64%) CCNP
17 26 (0.64%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 222 (5.45%) Accessibility
2 115 (2.82%) QA
3 75 (1.84%) WCAG
4 67 (1.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 58 (1.42%) PMO
6 49 (1.20%) SLA
7 48 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials
8 36 (0.88%) Data Quality
9 32 (0.79%) NCSC
10 31 (0.76%) GAAP
10 31 (0.76%) IFRS
11 30 (0.74%) NIST
12 27 (0.66%) ISO 9001
13 24 (0.59%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 23 (0.56%) GDPR
15 20 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 17025
16 17 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 17 (0.42%) GRC
16 17 (0.42%) ITGC
17 11 (0.27%) ISO 14000
System Software
1 297 (7.29%) Docker
2 136 (3.34%) Active Directory
3 69 (1.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 52 (1.28%) Hyper-V
5 36 (0.88%) Firmware
6 19 (0.47%) VMware ESXi
7 15 (0.37%) vSphere
8 13 (0.32%) Embedded Firmware
8 13 (0.32%) Virtual Servers
9 12 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
10 7 (0.17%) XenApp
10 7 (0.17%) XenDesktop
11 6 (0.15%) Forefront TMG
11 6 (0.15%) VMware Workstation
12 4 (0.098%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 3 (0.074%) NFS
13 3 (0.074%) Virtual Machines
14 2 (0.049%) VMware NSX
15 1 (0.025%) BitLocker
15 1 (0.025%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 270 (6.63%) Kubernetes
2 265 (6.51%) Terraform
3 99 (2.43%) Ansible
4 71 (1.74%) Prometheus
5 23 (0.56%) Grafana
6 22 (0.54%) Microsoft Intune
7 21 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
8 20 (0.49%) EnCase
9 19 (0.47%) SCCM
10 17 (0.42%) Kibana
11 13 (0.32%) ZABBIX
12 12 (0.29%) CA Single Sign-On
12 12 (0.29%) EMC NetWorker
12 12 (0.29%) vCenter Server
13 10 (0.25%) Jamf Pro
13 10 (0.25%) Nagios
13 10 (0.25%) Puppet
14 7 (0.17%) Progress Chef
14 7 (0.17%) SCOM
14 7 (0.17%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 745 (18.29%) Microsoft
2 402 (9.87%) Red Hat
3 394 (9.67%) IBM
4 225 (5.52%) SAP
5 198 (4.86%) Oracle
6 103 (2.53%) VMware
7 95 (2.33%) NEC
8 84 (2.06%) YouTube
9 74 (1.82%) Cisco
10 70 (1.72%) Dynatrace
11 67 (1.64%) Google
12 55 (1.35%) ServiceNow
13 49 (1.20%) Atlassian
14 48 (1.18%) CA
15 41 (1.01%) Salesforce
16 34 (0.83%) Adobe
17 33 (0.81%) EMC
18 31 (0.76%) Splunk
19 22 (0.54%) Aruba
20 21 (0.52%) Sage