Public Sector Jobs in the North West

Public Sector
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Public Sector over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 25 76 34
Rank change year-on-year +51 -42 +77
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 616 358 734
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 6.35% 4.50% 7.80%
As % of the General category 11.87% 6.51% 12.76%
Number of salaries quoted 401 208 290
10th Percentile £27,750 £28,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £40,988 £36,250 £40,132
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,965 £45,806 £53,350
Median % change year-on-year +26.54% -14.14% +6.70%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £71,188
90th Percentile £84,964 £78,750 £90,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year - +1.85% -1.82%

All General Skills
North 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 North West with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 5,190 5,499 5,753
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 53.53% 69.06% 61.14%
Number of salaries quoted 3,863 2,508 3,074
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,250 £28,250
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% - +10.53%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £66,688
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,249 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.86% +0.42% +4.35%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in the North West

Public Sector
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Public Sector in the North West

Public Sector
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in the North West over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Public Sector in the North West

Public Sector
Job Locations in the North 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 North West region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Manchester +64 396 £57,965 +12.39% 70
Lancashire +22 102 £62,783 +58.80% 10
Cheshire +12 68 £55,000 +30.95% 16
Merseyside -18 39 £40,000 -14.42% 15
Cumbria - 11 £42,500 - 6
Public Sector
England

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North 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 15 (2.44%) Confluence
2 10 (1.62%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.14%) IIS
4 5 (0.81%) JBoss
4 5 (0.81%) Red Hat Fuse
5 4 (0.65%) Apache
5 4 (0.65%) ArcGIS
5 4 (0.65%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.32%) Anypoint
6 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.16%) CMS
7 1 (0.16%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.16%) Umbraco
Applications
1 13 (2.11%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (1.79%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.97%) Sketch
5 4 (0.65%) AutoCAD
5 4 (0.65%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.32%) Fusion 360
6 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.16%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.16%) InVision
7 1 (0.16%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 8 (1.30%) NEC Housing
2 4 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.65%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 4 (0.65%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.16%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 157 (25.49%) Azure
2 117 (18.99%) IBM Cloud
3 75 (12.18%) AWS
4 48 (7.79%) Power Platform
5 46 (7.47%) Serverless
6 43 (6.98%) Azure DevOps
7 41 (6.66%) Azure API Management
7 41 (6.66%) Azure Functions
7 41 (6.66%) Azure Logic Apps
7 41 (6.66%) Azure Service Bus
8 38 (6.17%) OCI
9 36 (5.84%) Amazon ECR
9 36 (5.84%) Amazon EKS
9 36 (5.84%) Amazon S3
9 36 (5.84%) Route 53
10 20 (3.25%) Microsoft 365
11 13 (2.11%) Azure Data Factory
12 11 (1.79%) PowerApps
13 9 (1.46%) Entra ID
14 7 (1.14%) AWS KMS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.79%) WAN
2 9 (1.46%) Firewall
2 9 (1.46%) Network Security
3 8 (1.30%) DNS
3 8 (1.30%) SD-WAN
3 8 (1.30%) Wireless
4 6 (0.97%) Cisco Firepower
5 5 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (0.65%) Cisco IOS
6 4 (0.65%) Cisco ISE
6 4 (0.65%) TETRA
6 4 (0.65%) VSAN
7 3 (0.49%) Internet
7 3 (0.49%) Intranet
7 3 (0.49%) SMS
8 2 (0.32%) BGP
8 2 (0.32%) EIGRP
8 2 (0.32%) LAN
8 2 (0.32%) OSPF
8 2 (0.32%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 98 (15.91%) NoSQL
2 88 (14.29%) PostgreSQL
3 85 (13.80%) MongoDB
4 78 (12.66%) DB2
5 41 (6.66%) Relational Database
6 37 (6.01%) Power BI
7 36 (5.84%) Amazon RDS
8 25 (4.06%) SQL Server
9 23 (3.73%) Data Warehouse
10 18 (2.92%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 15 (2.44%) Tableau
12 10 (1.62%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 10 (1.62%) Oracle Database
13 7 (1.14%) MySQL
14 6 (0.97%) Data Lake
15 5 (0.81%) Big Data
16 4 (0.65%) BusinessObjects
16 4 (0.65%) Oracle Database 12c
17 3 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
17 3 (0.49%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 21 (3.41%) JIRA
2 9 (1.46%) GitLab
3 7 (1.14%) Artifactory
4 5 (0.81%) IntelliJ
4 5 (0.81%) Visual Studio
5 4 (0.65%) Git
6 3 (0.49%) Burp Suite
6 3 (0.49%) Metasploit
7 2 (0.32%) LabVIEW
7 2 (0.32%) Maven
8 1 (0.16%) AdminStudio
8 1 (0.16%) Axure RP
8 1 (0.16%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.16%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 128 (20.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 127 (20.62%) Social Skills
3 112 (18.18%) Finance
4 43 (6.98%) Analytical Skills
5 32 (5.19%) Local Government
6 26 (4.22%) Presentation Skills
7 21 (3.41%) Organisational Skills
8 17 (2.76%) Retail
9 16 (2.60%) Influencing Skills
10 14 (2.27%) Billing
11 12 (1.95%) Police
12 11 (1.79%) Legal
13 9 (1.46%) Marketing
14 7 (1.14%) Electronics
14 7 (1.14%) Manufacturing
15 6 (0.97%) Back Office
15 6 (0.97%) Telecoms
16 4 (0.65%) Law
16 4 (0.65%) Military
17 3 (0.49%) Banking
Job Titles
1 128 (20.78%) Senior
2 91 (14.77%) Lead
3 82 (13.31%) Developer
4 47 (7.63%) Architect
4 47 (7.63%) Full Stack Developer
5 43 (6.98%) Azure Developer
6 39 (6.33%) Azure Engineer
7 38 (6.17%) DevOps Engineer
8 37 (6.01%) Full Stack Engineer
9 36 (5.84%) Senior DevOps
9 36 (5.84%) Senior DevOps Engineer
10 30 (4.87%) Analyst
11 27 (4.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 27 (4.38%) Project Manager
12 23 (3.73%) Junior
13 22 (3.57%) Designer
13 22 (3.57%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 20 (3.25%) Consultant
14 20 (3.25%) Programme Manager
15 18 (2.92%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 92 (14.94%) .NET
2 89 (14.45%) Web Services
3 86 (13.96%) HTML
4 85 (13.80%) AngularJS
4 85 (13.80%) REST
5 83 (13.47%) CSS
6 81 (13.15%) ASP.NET
6 81 (13.15%) ASP.NET Core
7 80 (12.99%) React
7 80 (12.99%) Vue
8 78 (12.66%) Backbone.js
8 78 (12.66%) Ember.js
8 78 (12.66%) jQuery
8 78 (12.66%) Twitter Bootstrap
9 46 (7.47%) Node.js
10 13 (2.11%) RESTful
11 8 (1.30%) Spring
12 7 (1.14%) Hibernate
13 5 (0.81%) SOAP
13 5 (0.81%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 131 (21.27%) Hybrid Cloud
2 119 (19.32%) Blockchain
3 78 (12.66%) Algorithms
3 78 (12.66%) Data Structures
4 74 (12.01%) e-Learning
5 39 (6.33%) Public Cloud
6 25 (4.06%) Management Information System
7 19 (3.08%) NHS
8 17 (2.76%) Enterprise Software
9 15 (2.44%) Product Ownership
10 14 (2.27%) Graphic Design
10 14 (2.27%) Housing Association
11 11 (1.79%) Driving Licence
11 11 (1.79%) Self-Motivation
12 7 (1.14%) PKI
13 6 (0.97%) Data Centre
13 6 (0.97%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
14 4 (0.65%) Greenfield Project
14 4 (0.65%) IoT
14 4 (0.65%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 106 (17.21%) Windows
2 93 (15.10%) Linux
3 78 (12.66%) Android
3 78 (12.66%) Apple iOS
4 16 (2.60%) Unix
5 7 (1.14%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.65%) Solaris
7 3 (0.49%) Kali Linux
7 3 (0.49%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.16%) Amazon Linux
9 1 (0.16%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 286 (46.43%) Coaching
2 275 (44.64%) Mentoring
3 203 (32.95%) Agile
4 128 (20.78%) Artificial Intelligence
5 106 (17.21%) User Experience
6 105 (17.05%) Design Patterns
7 103 (16.72%) DevOps
8 93 (15.10%) Co-Creation
9 84 (13.64%) Full Stack Development
10 82 (13.31%) OO
11 81 (13.15%) MVC
11 81 (13.15%) SOLID
12 80 (12.99%) MVVM
12 80 (12.99%) OOP
12 80 (12.99%) Web Development
13 79 (12.82%) Design Thinking
14 78 (12.66%) Responsive Web Design
15 64 (10.39%) Problem-Solving
16 56 (9.09%) Stakeholder Management
16 56 (9.09%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 132 (21.43%) SQL
2 102 (16.56%) C#
3 98 (15.91%) JavaScript
4 72 (11.69%) Java
5 60 (9.74%) Python
6 14 (2.27%) T-SQL
7 5 (0.81%) C++
8 4 (0.65%) PowerShell
8 4 (0.65%) Shell Script
9 3 (0.49%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.32%) C
11 1 (0.16%) Bash
11 1 (0.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.16%) Kusto Query Language
11 1 (0.16%) PHP
Qualifications
1 59 (9.58%) Security Cleared
2 42 (6.82%) SC Cleared
3 40 (6.49%) Degree
4 14 (2.27%) ACCA
4 14 (2.27%) APMP
4 14 (2.27%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (1.14%) Azure Certification
5 7 (1.14%) DBS Check
6 6 (0.97%) (ISC)2 CCSP
6 6 (0.97%) AWS Certification
6 6 (0.97%) CCNP
6 6 (0.97%) CCSK
6 6 (0.97%) CCSP
6 6 (0.97%) CISM
6 6 (0.97%) CISSP
7 5 (0.81%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (0.65%) CCNA
8 4 (0.65%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (0.65%) Oracle Certification
9 3 (0.49%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (4.71%) Accessibility
2 21 (3.41%) WCAG
3 14 (2.27%) GAAP
3 14 (2.27%) IFRS
4 13 (2.11%) NIST
4 13 (2.11%) QA
5 7 (1.14%) NCSC
5 7 (1.14%) SLA
6 6 (0.97%) Data Quality
6 6 (0.97%) PMO
7 3 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.32%) Disclosure Scotland
8 2 (0.32%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.16%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 20 (3.25%) Active Directory
2 14 (2.27%) Hyper-V
3 11 (1.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.14%) Docker
5 4 (0.65%) vSphere
6 2 (0.32%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 50 (8.12%) Terraform
2 45 (7.31%) Kubernetes
3 36 (5.84%) Prometheus
4 13 (2.11%) Single Sign-On
5 12 (1.95%) Ansible
6 7 (1.14%) CA Single Sign-On
7 5 (0.81%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.49%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.49%) Nessus
8 3 (0.49%) Nmap
8 3 (0.49%) SysTrack
9 2 (0.32%) SCCM
9 2 (0.32%) ZABBIX
10 1 (0.16%) Kiali
10 1 (0.16%) Kibana
Vendors
1 117 (18.99%) IBM
1 117 (18.99%) Red Hat
2 83 (13.47%) Microsoft
3 37 (6.01%) Dynatrace
4 28 (4.55%) YouTube
5 21 (3.41%) CA
6 20 (3.25%) ServiceNow
7 17 (2.76%) SAP
8 16 (2.60%) VMware
9 14 (2.27%) Atlassian
9 14 (2.27%) Oracle
10 11 (1.79%) Cisco
11 8 (1.30%) BMC
11 8 (1.30%) NEC
12 7 (1.14%) Aruba
12 7 (1.14%) CyberArk
13 6 (0.97%) HP
13 6 (0.97%) HubSpot
13 6 (0.97%) Splunk
14 5 (0.81%) Fortinet