Public Sector Jobs in Scotland

Public Sector
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Public Sector over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 129 55 38
Rank change year-on-year -74 -17 +39
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 173 228 374
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 2.58% 4.84% 6.54%
As % of the General category 3.57% 6.44% 10.66%
Number of salaries quoted 74 101 152
10th Percentile £31,250 £24,750 £33,025
25th Percentile £38,849 £37,039 £39,659
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,939 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.66% +13.20% -10.00%
75th Percentile £52,500 £65,000 £59,166
90th Percentile £63,489 £75,000 £64,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £56,480 £54,123
% change year-on-year -2.62% +4.36% -1.60%

All General Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 4,846 3,539 3,508
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 72.15% 75.17% 61.32%
Number of salaries quoted 1,558 1,694 1,924
10th Percentile £27,500 £33,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £58,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.26% +11.43% +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,548 £86,400 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Public Sector as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in Scotland

Public Sector
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Public Sector in Scotland.

Salary trend for Public Sector in Scotland

Public Sector
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in Scotland over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Public Sector in Scotland

Public Sector
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Public Sector within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 28 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
Glasgow -124 67 £42,500 -26.82% 23
Edinburgh +26 54 £49,500 +7.61% 31
Dundee +3 18 £49,990 +13.14% 1
Scottish Borders +7 5 - -
Stirling -5 5 - - 1
West Lothian -6 5 - - 2
North Lanarkshire - 5 £32,500 -
Lanarkshire -7 3 - - 11
East Ayrshire - 3 £29,500 -
Dumfries and Galloway - 1 £42,500 - 1
Inverclyde - 1 £45,000 -
East Lothian - 1 - -
Aberdeen - 1 £27,500 - 1
Public Sector
UK

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 4 (2.31%) JBoss
1 4 (2.31%) Red Hat Fuse
2 3 (1.73%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.16%) Anypoint
3 2 (1.16%) WebLogic
4 1 (0.58%) CMS
4 1 (0.58%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 5 (2.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.31%) AutoCAD
2 4 (2.31%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.31%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.16%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.58%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 12 (6.94%) Unit4 Business World
2 2 (1.16%) NEC Housing
2 2 (1.16%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.58%) Oracle Cash Management
3 1 (0.58%) Oracle Payroll
3 1 (0.58%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 22 (12.72%) Azure
2 11 (6.36%) AWS
3 10 (5.78%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (4.62%) Cloud Computing
4 8 (4.62%) SaaS
5 5 (2.89%) OCI
6 4 (2.31%) Power Platform
7 2 (1.16%) dbt
7 2 (1.16%) Entra ID
7 2 (1.16%) Serverless
8 1 (0.58%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 1 (0.58%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (0.58%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (0.58%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.58%) OpenShift
8 1 (0.58%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.58%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.62%) HTTP
1 8 (4.62%) MQTT
2 3 (1.73%) LAN
2 3 (1.73%) Remote Desktop
2 3 (1.73%) VLAN
2 3 (1.73%) WAN
2 3 (1.73%) Wireless
3 1 (0.58%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.58%) Modbus
3 1 (0.58%) SAN
3 1 (0.58%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (7.51%) DB2
2 5 (2.89%) MongoDB
3 3 (1.73%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.16%) MySQL
4 2 (1.16%) Oracle Database
4 2 (1.16%) Power BI
5 1 (0.58%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.58%) NonStop SQL
5 1 (0.58%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.58%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.58%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.58%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 12 (6.94%) Git
2 4 (2.31%) IntelliJ
2 4 (2.31%) JIRA
3 2 (1.16%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.58%) GitLab
4 1 (0.58%) Travis CI
4 1 (0.58%) Visual Studio
General
1 97 (56.07%) Social Skills
2 51 (29.48%) Finance
3 27 (15.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 26 (15.03%) Presentation Skills
5 23 (13.29%) Analytical Skills
6 22 (12.72%) Marketing
7 19 (10.98%) Manufacturing
8 15 (8.67%) Retail
9 13 (7.51%) Legal
10 10 (5.78%) Electronics
10 10 (5.78%) Telecoms
11 8 (4.62%) Local Government
11 8 (4.62%) Police
12 3 (1.73%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (1.73%) Publishing
13 2 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (1.16%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 37 (21.39%) Analyst
2 29 (16.76%) Business Analyst
3 24 (13.87%) Senior
4 16 (9.25%) Developer
5 14 (8.09%) Architect
6 13 (7.51%) IT Manager
7 12 (6.94%) Project Manager
8 11 (6.36%) Software Engineer
9 10 (5.78%) Business Manager
9 10 (5.78%) Development Manager
10 9 (5.20%) Business Development Manager
11 8 (4.62%) Audit Manager
11 8 (4.62%) IT Audit Manager
11 8 (4.62%) Payroll Manager
12 7 (4.05%) Consultant
12 7 (4.05%) Delivery Manager
12 7 (4.05%) Lead
13 6 (3.47%) ITSM Architect
13 6 (3.47%) Java Software Engineer
13 6 (3.47%) Service Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (8.09%) CSS
1 14 (8.09%) HTML
2 13 (7.51%) AngularJS
2 13 (7.51%) Hibernate
2 13 (7.51%) Spring
3 12 (6.94%) React
4 8 (4.62%) Django
4 8 (4.62%) Flask
5 7 (4.05%) JPA
5 7 (4.05%) RESTful
6 6 (3.47%) Java EE
6 6 (3.47%) Web Services
6 6 (3.47%) XML
7 5 (2.89%) .NET
7 5 (2.89%) Node.js
7 5 (2.89%) REST
8 4 (2.31%) Entity Framework
8 4 (2.31%) JSON
8 4 (2.31%) SOAP
8 4 (2.31%) XSD
Miscellaneous
1 12 (6.94%) Management Information System
2 9 (5.20%) Self-Motivation
3 8 (4.62%) Arduino
3 8 (4.62%) Onboarding
3 8 (4.62%) Raspberry Pi
4 7 (4.05%) IoT
5 3 (1.73%) Product Ownership
6 2 (1.16%) Driving Licence
6 2 (1.16%) PMI
7 1 (0.58%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.58%) Device Driver
7 1 (0.58%) FPGA
7 1 (0.58%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (0.58%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 19 (10.98%) Windows
2 18 (10.40%) Linux
3 14 (8.09%) Windows Server
4 13 (7.51%) Unix
5 1 (0.58%) Android
5 1 (0.58%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.58%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (30.64%) Agile
2 50 (28.90%) Stakeholder Management
3 36 (20.81%) Business Analysis
4 35 (20.23%) Programme Management
5 32 (18.50%) Project Management
6 27 (15.61%) Problem-Solving
7 26 (15.03%) Service Delivery
7 26 (15.03%) User Experience
8 25 (14.45%) Actionable Insight
8 25 (14.45%) Impact Assessments
9 24 (13.87%) Business Case
9 24 (13.87%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
10 23 (13.29%) Self-Awareness
11 22 (12.72%) ITIL
12 21 (12.14%) Analytics
13 20 (11.56%) Creative Thinking
13 20 (11.56%) Data Analytics
14 19 (10.98%) Software Engineering
15 14 (8.09%) Business Development
15 14 (8.09%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 30 (17.34%) SQL
2 15 (8.67%) Python
3 13 (7.51%) Java
4 12 (6.94%) C#
5 9 (5.20%) JavaScript
6 7 (4.05%) TypeScript
7 2 (1.16%) C
7 2 (1.16%) C++
7 2 (1.16%) Ruby
8 1 (0.58%) PHP
8 1 (0.58%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.58%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 44 (25.43%) Degree
2 30 (17.34%) Security Cleared
3 24 (13.87%) SC Cleared
4 12 (6.94%) CISA
5 9 (5.20%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (4.62%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 6 (3.47%) HND
8 5 (2.89%) CCNP
8 5 (2.89%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (2.89%) PMI Certification
8 5 (2.89%) PMP
9 4 (2.31%) CCDP
9 4 (2.31%) CCSP
9 4 (2.31%) ITIL Certification
10 3 (1.73%) DBS Check
10 3 (1.73%) DV Cleared
10 3 (1.73%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (1.73%) Oracle Certification
11 2 (1.16%) OCA
11 2 (1.16%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (8.09%) PMO
2 12 (6.94%) ITGC
3 5 (2.89%) Accessibility
4 4 (2.31%) Disclosure Scotland
5 3 (1.73%) QA
5 3 (1.73%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (5.78%) Firmware
2 4 (2.31%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.73%) Hyper-V
3 3 (1.73%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.58%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.58%) Docker
4 1 (0.58%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (0.58%) Active Directory Federation Services
1 1 (0.58%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.58%) Terraform
Vendors
1 42 (24.28%) Microsoft
2 22 (12.72%) SAP
3 20 (11.56%) Oracle
4 12 (6.94%) Sage
5 8 (4.62%) NVIDIA
6 6 (3.47%) VMware
7 3 (1.73%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.16%) MuleSoft
8 2 (1.16%) NEC
9 1 (0.58%) Adobe
9 1 (0.58%) Atlassian
9 1 (0.58%) Cisco
9 1 (0.58%) Mitel