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

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 58 88 85
Rank change year-on-year +30 -3 +16
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 4,061 3,706 6,753
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.02% 3.76% 4.12%
As % of the General category 6.79% 5.52% 6.36%
Number of salaries quoted 2,917 2,250 2,988
10th Percentile £30,485 £32,776 £32,996
25th Percentile £40,988 £41,682 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,480 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.62% +2.69% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £84,964 £87,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £49,000 £48,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% +2.08% +1.05%

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 59,832 67,156 106,134
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 59.28% 68.18% 64.79%
Number of salaries quoted 39,796 36,292 51,369
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,433 £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 23 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 23 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 +39 3,538 £55,000 - 1,268
UK excluding London +28 2,942 £52,500 +7.14% 1,028
Work from Home +14 1,751 £57,965 -3.39% 658
North of England +51 1,147 £57,965 +23.33% 247
London +41 884 £60,000 -10.45% 428
South East +65 631 £52,349 +2.64% 290
North West +53 614 £57,965 +21.26% 147
Midlands +14 426 £50,000 -9.09% 140
Yorkshire +42 353 £57,965 +23.99% 71
South West +2 308 £51,000 +7.32% 149
West Midlands +7 271 £55,000 - 97
North East +38 181 £51,500 +10.75% 31
Scotland -76 173 £42,500 -15.84% 105
East Midlands +37 155 £47,500 -2.19% 42
East of England -8 110 £47,500 +10.22% 54
Wales +8 98 £52,956 +18.45% 33
Northern Ireland +35 55 £35,000 -12.50% 33

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
1 132 (3.25%) SharePoint
2 68 (1.67%) Confluence
3 59 (1.45%) Microsoft Exchange
4 47 (1.16%) Apache
5 46 (1.13%) IIS
6 42 (1.03%) nginx
7 36 (0.89%) Camunda
8 27 (0.66%) Tomcat
9 25 (0.62%) OpenStack
10 18 (0.44%) JBoss
10 18 (0.44%) Red Hat Fuse
11 14 (0.34%) CMS
12 12 (0.30%) Apache Spark
13 9 (0.22%) Office Communications Server
14 8 (0.20%) Drupal
14 8 (0.20%) Jupyter
15 6 (0.15%) ArcGIS
16 4 (0.098%) Umbraco
16 4 (0.098%) WordPress
17 3 (0.074%) Totara
Applications
1 147 (3.62%) Microsoft Office
2 113 (2.78%) Microsoft Excel
3 61 (1.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 58 (1.43%) Spreadsheet
5 17 (0.42%) Adobe XD
5 17 (0.42%) Sketch
6 16 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
7 15 (0.37%) MS Visio
8 14 (0.34%) Trello
9 12 (0.30%) InVision
10 11 (0.27%) AutoCAD
11 6 (0.15%) Chatbot
11 6 (0.15%) OrCAD
12 5 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 5 (0.12%) InfoPath
13 4 (0.098%) Doxygen
14 3 (0.074%) Photoshop
15 2 (0.049%) Fusion 360
16 1 (0.025%) PTC Creo
16 1 (0.025%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 75 (1.85%) NEC Housing
2 39 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
3 17 (0.42%) Unit4 Business World
4 14 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
5 12 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
6 6 (0.15%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 5 (0.12%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 4 (0.098%) Misys Midas
8 4 (0.098%) Oracle ERP
9 3 (0.074%) NetSuite
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%) Oracle Payroll
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 (24.06%) Azure
2 516 (12.71%) AWS
3 386 (9.51%) IBM Cloud
4 322 (7.93%) Power Platform
5 227 (5.59%) Azure DevOps
6 214 (5.27%) Microsoft 365
7 207 (5.10%) Serverless
8 142 (3.50%) Azure Service Bus
9 138 (3.40%) Azure Logic Apps
10 137 (3.37%) Azure Functions
11 132 (3.25%) Azure API Management
12 102 (2.51%) Amazon EKS
13 93 (2.29%) GCP
14 89 (2.19%) OCI
15 79 (1.95%) PowerApps
16 78 (1.92%) GitHub
17 74 (1.82%) Dynamics 365
18 73 (1.80%) Power Automate
19 72 (1.77%) SaaS
20 67 (1.65%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 96 (2.36%) Firewall
2 57 (1.40%) DNS
3 49 (1.21%) LAN
4 46 (1.13%) Network Security
4 46 (1.13%) Wi-Fi
5 42 (1.03%) WAN
6 36 (0.89%) Wireless
7 32 (0.79%) Internet
8 27 (0.66%) HTTP
9 26 (0.64%) SAN
10 19 (0.47%) Intranet
11 18 (0.44%) SD-WAN
11 18 (0.44%) TCP/IP
12 14 (0.34%) MQTT
12 14 (0.34%) Unified Communications
13 12 (0.30%) DHCP
14 11 (0.27%) iSCSI
14 11 (0.27%) Remote Desktop
15 10 (0.25%) Modbus
16 9 (0.22%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 354 (8.72%) PostgreSQL
2 344 (8.47%) MongoDB
3 341 (8.40%) NoSQL
4 280 (6.89%) Power BI
5 267 (6.57%) DB2
6 225 (5.54%) Relational Database
7 197 (4.85%) SQL Server
8 120 (2.95%) Data Warehouse
9 109 (2.68%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 98 (2.41%) Oracle Database
11 63 (1.55%) Tableau
12 59 (1.45%) Amazon RDS
13 58 (1.43%) MySQL
14 33 (0.81%) GIS
15 25 (0.62%) 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%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 135 (3.32%) JIRA
2 130 (3.20%) Git
3 105 (2.59%) Jenkins
4 68 (1.67%) GitLab
5 38 (0.94%) CircleCI
6 36 (0.89%) Visual Studio
7 22 (0.54%) Artifactory
8 19 (0.47%) JMeter
9 17 (0.42%) JUnit
10 16 (0.39%) Axure RP
10 16 (0.39%) Maven
10 16 (0.39%) Subversion
11 15 (0.37%) Selenium
12 14 (0.34%) IntelliJ
13 13 (0.32%) Balsamiq
13 13 (0.32%) Cucumber
13 13 (0.32%) Eclipse
14 12 (0.30%) Bitbucket
14 12 (0.30%) TeamCity
15 10 (0.25%) REST Assured
General
1 1,132 (27.87%) Social Skills
2 893 (21.99%) Finance
3 619 (15.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 354 (8.72%) Analytical Skills
5 262 (6.45%) Marketing
6 222 (5.47%) Local Government
7 205 (5.05%) Telecoms
8 193 (4.75%) Manufacturing
9 189 (4.65%) Retail
10 182 (4.48%) Presentation Skills
11 169 (4.16%) Electronics
12 148 (3.64%) Police
13 127 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
14 103 (2.54%) Legal
15 87 (2.14%) Influencing Skills
16 44 (1.08%) Law
17 38 (0.94%) Digital Economy
18 34 (0.84%) Back Office
19 32 (0.79%) Billing
20 24 (0.59%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 654 (16.10%) Senior
2 531 (13.08%) Developer
3 442 (10.88%) Lead
4 347 (8.54%) Architect
5 329 (8.10%) Consultant
6 284 (6.99%) Analyst
7 214 (5.27%) Full Stack Developer
8 213 (5.25%) Project Manager
9 154 (3.79%) Full Stack Engineer
10 149 (3.67%) DevOps Engineer
11 139 (3.42%) Azure Developer
12 129 (3.18%) Azure Engineer
13 121 (2.98%) Software Engineer
14 113 (2.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 101 (2.49%) Solutions Architect
16 100 (2.46%) Business Analyst
17 99 (2.44%) IT Manager
18 85 (2.09%) Delivery Manager
19 83 (2.04%) Lead Developer
20 80 (1.97%) Business Intelligence Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 393 (9.68%) .NET
2 368 (9.06%) React
3 366 (9.01%) HTML
4 345 (8.50%) CSS
5 337 (8.30%) Web Services
6 330 (8.13%) AngularJS
7 314 (7.73%) REST
8 268 (6.60%) ASP.NET
9 254 (6.25%) ASP.NET Core
10 245 (6.03%) jQuery
10 245 (6.03%) Node.js
10 245 (6.03%) Vue
11 241 (5.93%) Twitter Bootstrap
12 238 (5.86%) Backbone.js
12 238 (5.86%) Ember.js
13 119 (2.93%) RESTful
14 97 (2.39%) Spring
15 59 (1.45%) JSON
16 50 (1.23%) Spring Boot
17 49 (1.21%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 419 (10.32%) Hybrid Cloud
2 391 (9.63%) Blockchain
3 244 (6.01%) Algorithms
4 242 (5.96%) Data Structures
5 216 (5.32%) e-Learning
6 198 (4.88%) Management Information System
7 155 (3.82%) Public Cloud
8 119 (2.93%) Distributed Systems
9 118 (2.91%) Product Ownership
9 118 (2.91%) Self-Motivation
10 102 (2.51%) NHS
11 101 (2.49%) Driving Licence
12 73 (1.80%) Onboarding
13 59 (1.45%) Social Media
14 58 (1.43%) Data Centre
15 53 (1.31%) Enterprise Software
16 51 (1.26%) IoT
17 38 (0.94%) Housing Association
18 28 (0.69%) PKI
19 27 (0.66%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 512 (12.61%) Windows
2 492 (12.12%) Linux
3 246 (6.06%) Apple iOS
4 244 (6.01%) Android
5 94 (2.31%) Unix
6 77 (1.90%) Windows Server
7 42 (1.03%) CentOS
8 40 (0.98%) Alpine Linux
8 40 (0.98%) Debian
9 36 (0.89%) Windows 10
10 28 (0.69%) Solaris
11 17 (0.42%) Windows Server 2016
12 16 (0.39%) Windows Server 2019
13 13 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 8 (0.20%) VMS
15 7 (0.17%) Mac OS
15 7 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
16 6 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
17 4 (0.098%) AIX
17 4 (0.098%) DC/OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,012 (24.92%) Agile
2 958 (23.59%) Mentoring
3 888 (21.87%) Coaching
4 598 (14.73%) Artificial Intelligence
5 555 (13.67%) DevOps
6 491 (12.09%) Problem-Solving
7 488 (12.02%) Business Intelligence
8 428 (10.54%) Full Stack Development
9 401 (9.87%) User Experience
10 399 (9.83%) Project Management
11 366 (9.01%) Stakeholder Management
12 328 (8.08%) Co-Creation
13 313 (7.71%) Design Patterns
14 295 (7.26%) Roadmaps
15 285 (7.02%) Web Development
16 282 (6.94%) CI/CD
17 270 (6.65%) OO
18 269 (6.62%) MVC
19 268 (6.60%) Programme Management
20 265 (6.53%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 640 (15.76%) SQL
2 530 (13.05%) JavaScript
3 484 (11.92%) C#
4 461 (11.35%) Java
5 389 (9.58%) Python
6 72 (1.77%) PowerShell
7 59 (1.45%) C
8 57 (1.40%) Shell Script
9 51 (1.26%) C++
9 51 (1.26%) TypeScript
10 43 (1.06%) Bash
11 40 (0.98%) Lua
12 35 (0.86%) PHP
13 31 (0.76%) Go
14 26 (0.64%) T-SQL
15 19 (0.47%) Ruby
16 16 (0.39%) Embedded C
17 15 (0.37%) MATLAB
18 14 (0.34%) Scala
19 13 (0.32%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 811 (19.97%) Security Cleared
2 514 (12.66%) Degree
3 493 (12.14%) SC Cleared
4 132 (3.25%) DV Cleared
5 119 (2.93%) Microsoft Certification
6 105 (2.59%) Azure Certification
7 94 (2.31%) DBS Check
8 92 (2.27%) BPSS Clearance
9 85 (2.09%) Computer Science Degree
10 60 (1.48%) CISSP
11 57 (1.40%) Cisco Certification
12 50 (1.23%) Master's Degree
13 46 (1.13%) MCSE
14 43 (1.06%) AWS Certification
15 41 (1.01%) MCSA
16 39 (0.96%) CISM
16 39 (0.96%) PMI Certification
17 32 (0.79%) ACCA
18 28 (0.69%) CCNP
19 25 (0.62%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 201 (4.95%) Accessibility
2 109 (2.68%) QA
3 75 (1.85%) WCAG
4 72 (1.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 66 (1.63%) GDPR
6 56 (1.38%) PMO
7 50 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials
8 49 (1.21%) SLA
9 38 (0.94%) Data Quality
10 34 (0.84%) NIST
11 32 (0.79%) IFRS
12 31 (0.76%) GAAP
13 30 (0.74%) ISO 9001
13 30 (0.74%) NCSC
14 25 (0.62%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 23 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 17025
16 21 (0.52%) GRC
17 17 (0.42%) ITGC
18 16 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
19 11 (0.27%) ISO 14000
System Software
1 300 (7.39%) Docker
2 139 (3.42%) Active Directory
3 66 (1.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 56 (1.38%) Hyper-V
5 35 (0.86%) Firmware
6 17 (0.42%) VMware ESXi
7 14 (0.34%) Virtual Servers
8 13 (0.32%) vSphere
9 12 (0.30%) Embedded Firmware
10 11 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
11 6 (0.15%) Forefront TMG
11 6 (0.15%) VMware Workstation
12 5 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
12 5 (0.12%) XenApp
12 5 (0.12%) XenDesktop
13 4 (0.098%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 4 (0.098%) NFS
14 3 (0.074%) VMware NSX
15 1 (0.025%) BitLocker
15 1 (0.025%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 271 (6.67%) Terraform
2 269 (6.62%) Kubernetes
3 102 (2.51%) Ansible
4 69 (1.70%) Prometheus
5 23 (0.57%) EnCase
6 22 (0.54%) Grafana
7 20 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
7 20 (0.49%) SCCM
7 20 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
8 16 (0.39%) Kibana
9 12 (0.30%) CA Single Sign-On
9 12 (0.30%) ZABBIX
10 11 (0.27%) EMC NetWorker
10 11 (0.27%) vCenter Server
11 9 (0.22%) Nagios
11 9 (0.22%) Puppet
12 8 (0.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 8 (0.20%) Jamf Pro
12 8 (0.20%) SCOM
13 7 (0.17%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 746 (18.37%) Microsoft
2 404 (9.95%) Red Hat
3 396 (9.75%) IBM
4 227 (5.59%) SAP
5 198 (4.88%) Oracle
6 105 (2.59%) VMware
7 83 (2.04%) YouTube
8 79 (1.95%) NEC
9 77 (1.90%) Cisco
10 69 (1.70%) Dynatrace
11 68 (1.67%) Google
12 54 (1.33%) ServiceNow
13 48 (1.18%) Atlassian
13 48 (1.18%) CA
14 43 (1.06%) Salesforce
15 32 (0.79%) Adobe
15 32 (0.79%) Splunk
16 30 (0.74%) EMC
17 25 (0.62%) WSO2
18 22 (0.54%) Aruba