Public Sector Jobs in Somerset

Public Sector
South West > Somerset

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in permanent job vacancies advertised in Somerset. 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 34 55 42
Rank change year-on-year +21 -13 +12
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 28 9 28
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 3.89% 1.56% 4.29%
As % of the General category 7.59% 2.45% 6.91%
Number of salaries quoted 20 8 6
10th Percentile £25,500 £31,480 £32,525
25th Percentile £39,688 £37,391 £34,350
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £43,000 £39,223
Median % change year-on-year +10.47% +9.63% -16.55%
75th Percentile £57,813 £54,438 £61,254
90th Percentile £70,750 £59,125 £76,875
South West median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +10.53% - -5.00%

All General Skills
Somerset

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 Somerset with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 369 367 405
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 51.25% 63.60% 62.02%
Number of salaries quoted 307 221 220
10th Percentile £24,000 £26,250 £26,737
25th Percentile £29,290 £30,500 £34,325
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,550 £43,889 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.44% -2.47% -
75th Percentile £55,000 £58,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £62,500 £68,750 £62,625
South West median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% +2.04% +8.89%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in Somerset

Public Sector
Salary Trend in Somerset

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

Salary trend for Public Sector in Somerset

Public Sector
Salary Histogram in Somerset

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

Salary histogram for Public Sector in Somerset

Public Sector
Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Public Sector within the Somerset 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
Shepton Mallet +5 11 £52,500 +5.00%
Taunton +3 3 £27,000 -47.57%
Bath +1 3 £47,500 +29.58%
Weston-super-Mare - 3 £46,000 -
Yeovil - 3 - -
Portishead - 3 £65,500 -
Public Sector
South West

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Somerset 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 3 (10.71%) IIS
1 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Exchange
1 3 (10.71%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (28.57%) Azure
2 3 (10.71%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (10.71%) Entra ID
2 3 (10.71%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (7.14%) Power Platform
4 1 (3.57%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (14.29%) VoIP
2 3 (10.71%) RS-485
2 3 (10.71%) Structured Cabling
2 3 (10.71%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (25.00%) PostgreSQL
1 7 (25.00%) SQLite
2 2 (7.14%) Data Warehouse
2 2 (7.14%) Power BI
2 2 (7.14%) SQL Server
2 2 (7.14%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 10 (35.71%) Subversion
2 7 (25.00%) Eclipse
2 7 (25.00%) Visual Studio
3 5 (17.86%) Git
General
1 17 (60.71%) Finance
2 15 (53.57%) Telecoms
3 12 (42.86%) Electronics
3 12 (42.86%) Manufacturing
3 12 (42.86%) Marketing
4 5 (17.86%) Social Skills
5 4 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (10.71%) Aerospace
7 2 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (7.14%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (21.43%) Lead
1 6 (21.43%) Team Leader
2 5 (17.86%) Software Team Leader
3 3 (10.71%) Designer
3 3 (10.71%) Electronics Engineer
3 3 (10.71%) Head of IT
3 3 (10.71%) IT Engineer
3 3 (10.71%) IT Support
3 3 (10.71%) IT Support Engineer
3 3 (10.71%) Principal Engineer
3 3 (10.71%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 3 (10.71%) Senior
3 3 (10.71%) Support Engineer
3 3 (10.71%) Systems Engineer
4 2 (7.14%) Business Intelligence Consultant
4 2 (7.14%) Consultant
4 2 (7.14%) Design Engineer
4 2 (7.14%) Electronics Design Engineer
4 2 (7.14%) Embedded Engineer
4 2 (7.14%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (25.00%) HTML
2 5 (17.86%) Qt
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.71%) CPLD
1 3 (10.71%) Fibre Optics
1 3 (10.71%) FPGA
1 3 (10.71%) IoT
1 3 (10.71%) Management Information System
1 3 (10.71%) Verilog
1 3 (10.71%) VHDL
2 2 (7.14%) Algorithms
2 2 (7.14%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 13 (46.43%) Linux
1 13 (46.43%) Windows
2 3 (10.71%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (50.00%) Business Intelligence
2 12 (42.86%) Digital Marketing
2 12 (42.86%) Programme Management
3 7 (25.00%) Software Engineering
4 5 (17.86%) Roadmaps
5 4 (14.29%) Mentoring
5 4 (14.29%) Service Delivery
6 3 (10.71%) CAD
6 3 (10.71%) Change Management
6 3 (10.71%) Cybersecurity
6 3 (10.71%) DevOps
6 3 (10.71%) FPGA Design
6 3 (10.71%) Information Management
6 3 (10.71%) ITSM
6 3 (10.71%) Schematic Capture
6 3 (10.71%) Security Monitoring
6 3 (10.71%) SIEM
6 3 (10.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 3 (10.71%) Strategic Planning
6 3 (10.71%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (42.86%) SQL
2 10 (35.71%) Python
3 9 (32.14%) C
3 9 (32.14%) C++
4 7 (25.00%) Bash
4 7 (25.00%) Java
4 7 (25.00%) PHP
5 4 (14.29%) Embedded C
5 4 (14.29%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 3 (10.71%) DV Cleared
1 3 (10.71%) Security Cleared
2 2 (7.14%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.71%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 6 (21.43%) Active Directory
2 5 (17.86%) Firmware
3 3 (10.71%) Forefront TMG
3 3 (10.71%) Hyper-V
3 3 (10.71%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (10.71%) VMware Workstation
4 1 (3.57%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (10.71%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (10.71%) SCOM
1 3 (10.71%) WSUS
Vendors
1 12 (42.86%) SAP
2 8 (28.57%) Microsoft
3 3 (10.71%) Draytek
3 3 (10.71%) SOTI
3 3 (10.71%) Trend Micro
3 3 (10.71%) VMware