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

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 58 88 84
Rank change year-on-year +30 -4 +15
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 4,093 3,759 6,439
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.13% 3.71% 4.10%
As % of the General category 6.91% 5.44% 6.40%
Number of salaries quoted 2,958 2,320 2,969
10th Percentile £28,813 £32,500 £32,999
25th Percentile £40,988 £41,495 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,240 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.20% +2.25% -
75th Percentile £70,750 £75,000 £71,450
90th Percentile £84,964 £87,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £48,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +8.25% +2.11% -1.81%

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 59,215 69,122 100,670
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 59.75% 68.21% 64.16%
Number of salaries quoted 39,629 37,296 50,752
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,162 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £102,000 £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 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 9 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 +41 3,579 £55,000 - 969
UK excluding London +28 2,936 £52,500 +8.25% 727
Work from Home +14 1,731 £57,965 -3.39% 481
North of England +49 1,136 £57,965 +25.40% 193
London +46 911 £60,000 -10.45% 308
South East +59 638 £50,000 - 157
North West +50 607 £57,965 +24.59% 117
Midlands +19 434 £52,500 -4.55% 111
Yorkshire +44 348 £57,965 +27.94% 57
South West -1 306 £51,000 +7.37% 98
West Midlands +10 282 £55,000 - 86
North East +35 182 £50,500 +8.60% 19
Scotland -84 166 £44,347 -12.56% 74
East Midlands +34 152 £47,500 +4.90% 24
East of England +14 119 £47,500 +10.22% 65
Wales +6 91 £53,000 +18.66% 28
Northern Ireland +45 52 £35,000 -9.68% 18

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
1 130 (3.18%) SharePoint
2 65 (1.59%) Confluence
3 61 (1.49%) Microsoft Exchange
4 42 (1.03%) nginx
5 41 (1.00%) IIS
6 40 (0.98%) Apache
7 36 (0.88%) Camunda
8 27 (0.66%) OpenStack
9 21 (0.51%) Tomcat
10 20 (0.49%) JBoss
10 20 (0.49%) Red Hat Fuse
11 14 (0.34%) CMS
12 12 (0.29%) 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 (0.073%) Documentum
Applications
1 156 (3.81%) Microsoft Office
2 130 (3.18%) Microsoft Excel
3 102 (2.49%) Spreadsheet
4 76 (1.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 17 (0.42%) Microsoft Project
5 17 (0.42%) MS Visio
6 16 (0.39%) Adobe XD
6 16 (0.39%) Sketch
7 14 (0.34%) Trello
8 11 (0.27%) AutoCAD
8 11 (0.27%) InVision
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 (0.073%) Photoshop
13 2 (0.049%) Fusion 360
14 1 (0.024%) PTC Creo
14 1 (0.024%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 61 (1.49%) NEC Housing
2 41 (1.00%) Dynamics CRM
3 17 (0.42%) Unit4 Business World
4 15 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
5 12 (0.29%) 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 (0.073%) 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%) Salesforce CRM
10 2 (0.049%) SAP GRC
10 2 (0.049%) SAP HCM
10 2 (0.049%) SAP MM
11 1 (0.024%) MIS ActiveH
11 1 (0.024%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 978 (23.89%) Azure
2 515 (12.58%) AWS
3 386 (9.43%) IBM Cloud
4 328 (8.01%) Power Platform
5 228 (5.57%) Azure DevOps
6 221 (5.40%) Microsoft 365
7 211 (5.16%) Serverless
8 140 (3.42%) Azure Service Bus
9 138 (3.37%) Azure Logic Apps
10 137 (3.35%) Azure Functions
11 132 (3.23%) Azure API Management
12 106 (2.59%) Amazon EKS
13 90 (2.20%) GCP
14 89 (2.17%) OCI
15 82 (2.00%) PowerApps
16 73 (1.78%) SaaS
17 72 (1.76%) Dynamics 365
18 71 (1.73%) Power Automate
19 70 (1.71%) GitHub
20 67 (1.64%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 99 (2.42%) Firewall
2 56 (1.37%) DNS
3 52 (1.27%) LAN
4 49 (1.20%) Network Security
5 47 (1.15%) Wi-Fi
6 44 (1.08%) WAN
7 39 (0.95%) Wireless
8 34 (0.83%) Internet
9 27 (0.66%) HTTP
10 26 (0.64%) SAN
11 22 (0.54%) TCP/IP
12 20 (0.49%) SD-WAN
13 19 (0.46%) Intranet
14 15 (0.37%) MQTT
15 14 (0.34%) DHCP
15 14 (0.34%) Unified Communications
16 13 (0.32%) VPN
17 12 (0.29%) Remote Desktop
18 11 (0.27%) 4G
18 11 (0.27%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 351 (8.58%) PostgreSQL
2 344 (8.40%) MongoDB
3 340 (8.31%) NoSQL
4 282 (6.89%) Power BI
5 267 (6.52%) DB2
6 227 (5.55%) Relational Database
7 196 (4.79%) SQL Server
8 121 (2.96%) Data Warehouse
9 113 (2.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 91 (2.22%) Oracle Database
11 64 (1.56%) Tableau
12 62 (1.51%) MySQL
13 59 (1.44%) Amazon RDS
14 35 (0.86%) GIS
15 25 (0.61%) Redis
16 19 (0.46%) Data Lake
16 19 (0.46%) Oracle Database 12c
16 19 (0.46%) RDBMS
17 18 (0.44%) Power Query
18 17 (0.42%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 138 (3.37%) JIRA
2 131 (3.20%) Git
3 108 (2.64%) Jenkins
4 67 (1.64%) GitLab
5 39 (0.95%) Visual Studio
6 33 (0.81%) CircleCI
7 22 (0.54%) Artifactory
8 19 (0.46%) JUnit
9 17 (0.42%) JMeter
9 17 (0.42%) Subversion
10 16 (0.39%) Maven
11 15 (0.37%) Axure RP
12 13 (0.32%) Balsamiq
12 13 (0.32%) Cucumber
12 13 (0.32%) Eclipse
12 13 (0.32%) IntelliJ
12 13 (0.32%) Selenium
12 13 (0.32%) TeamCity
13 10 (0.24%) Bitbucket
14 9 (0.22%) REST Assured
General
1 1,141 (27.88%) Social Skills
2 900 (21.99%) Finance
3 623 (15.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 357 (8.72%) Analytical Skills
5 278 (6.79%) Marketing
6 217 (5.30%) Telecoms
7 208 (5.08%) Local Government
8 205 (5.01%) Manufacturing
9 191 (4.67%) Retail
10 186 (4.54%) Presentation Skills
11 180 (4.40%) Electronics
12 133 (3.25%) Police
13 126 (3.08%) Organisational Skills
14 99 (2.42%) Legal
15 90 (2.20%) Influencing Skills
16 42 (1.03%) Law
17 38 (0.93%) Digital Economy
18 32 (0.78%) Billing
19 31 (0.76%) Back Office
20 24 (0.59%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 653 (15.95%) Senior
2 525 (12.83%) Developer
3 439 (10.73%) Lead
4 343 (8.38%) Architect
5 322 (7.87%) Consultant
6 298 (7.28%) Analyst
7 214 (5.23%) Project Manager
8 212 (5.18%) Full Stack Developer
9 154 (3.76%) Full Stack Engineer
10 143 (3.49%) DevOps Engineer
11 138 (3.37%) Azure Developer
12 130 (3.18%) Azure Engineer
13 126 (3.08%) Software Engineer
14 114 (2.79%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 105 (2.57%) Business Analyst
16 103 (2.52%) IT Manager
17 98 (2.39%) Solutions Architect
18 87 (2.13%) Delivery Manager
19 83 (2.03%) Lead Developer
20 80 (1.95%) Business Intelligence Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 386 (9.43%) .NET
2 365 (8.92%) React
3 364 (8.89%) HTML
4 341 (8.33%) CSS
5 330 (8.06%) Web Services
6 329 (8.04%) AngularJS
7 315 (7.70%) REST
8 266 (6.50%) ASP.NET
9 252 (6.16%) ASP.NET Core
10 246 (6.01%) Node.js
11 245 (5.99%) jQuery
11 245 (5.99%) Vue
12 241 (5.89%) Twitter Bootstrap
13 238 (5.81%) Backbone.js
13 238 (5.81%) Ember.js
14 116 (2.83%) RESTful
15 99 (2.42%) Spring
16 59 (1.44%) JSON
17 53 (1.29%) Spring Boot
18 50 (1.22%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 419 (10.24%) Hybrid Cloud
2 391 (9.55%) Blockchain
3 244 (5.96%) Algorithms
4 242 (5.91%) Data Structures
5 216 (5.28%) e-Learning
6 198 (4.84%) Management Information System
7 145 (3.54%) Public Cloud
8 119 (2.91%) Self-Motivation
9 118 (2.88%) Product Ownership
10 113 (2.76%) Distributed Systems
11 112 (2.74%) Driving Licence
12 101 (2.47%) NHS
13 79 (1.93%) Onboarding
14 59 (1.44%) Social Media
15 55 (1.34%) Data Centre
16 53 (1.29%) Enterprise Software
16 53 (1.29%) IoT
17 40 (0.98%) Housing Association
18 29 (0.71%) Cyberattack
19 28 (0.68%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 513 (12.53%) Windows
2 491 (12.00%) Linux
3 246 (6.01%) Android
3 246 (6.01%) Apple iOS
4 85 (2.08%) Unix
5 82 (2.00%) Windows Server
6 42 (1.03%) CentOS
7 40 (0.98%) Alpine Linux
7 40 (0.98%) Debian
8 34 (0.83%) Windows 10
9 22 (0.54%) Solaris
10 18 (0.44%) Windows Server 2016
11 17 (0.42%) Windows Server 2019
12 15 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 9 (0.22%) VMS
14 8 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
15 7 (0.17%) Mac OS
16 6 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
17 4 (0.098%) AIX
17 4 (0.098%) DC/OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,016 (24.82%) Agile
2 959 (23.43%) Mentoring
3 889 (21.72%) Coaching
4 596 (14.56%) Artificial Intelligence
5 539 (13.17%) DevOps
6 506 (12.36%) Problem-Solving
7 500 (12.22%) Business Intelligence
8 423 (10.33%) Full Stack Development
9 400 (9.77%) Project Management
10 398 (9.72%) User Experience
11 355 (8.67%) Stakeholder Management
12 328 (8.01%) Co-Creation
13 312 (7.62%) Design Patterns
14 295 (7.21%) Roadmaps
15 286 (6.99%) Programme Management
15 286 (6.99%) Web Development
16 269 (6.57%) OO
17 267 (6.52%) CI/CD
17 267 (6.52%) MVC
18 264 (6.45%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 648 (15.83%) SQL
2 531 (12.97%) JavaScript
3 478 (11.68%) C#
4 463 (11.31%) Java
5 393 (9.60%) Python
6 73 (1.78%) PowerShell
7 65 (1.59%) C
8 52 (1.27%) Shell Script
8 52 (1.27%) TypeScript
9 50 (1.22%) C++
10 46 (1.12%) Bash
11 40 (0.98%) Lua
11 40 (0.98%) PHP
12 28 (0.68%) Go
12 28 (0.68%) T-SQL
13 19 (0.46%) Ruby
14 16 (0.39%) Embedded C
15 15 (0.37%) MATLAB
16 14 (0.34%) Apex Code
17 13 (0.32%) Scala
Qualifications
1 828 (20.23%) Security Cleared
2 508 (12.41%) Degree
3 501 (12.24%) SC Cleared
4 131 (3.20%) DBS Check
5 130 (3.18%) DV Cleared
6 124 (3.03%) Microsoft Certification
7 105 (2.57%) Azure Certification
8 99 (2.42%) BPSS Clearance
9 82 (2.00%) Computer Science Degree
10 60 (1.47%) Cisco Certification
10 60 (1.47%) CISSP
11 51 (1.25%) Master's Degree
12 46 (1.12%) MCSE
13 41 (1.00%) MCSA
14 40 (0.98%) AWS Certification
14 40 (0.98%) CISM
15 39 (0.95%) PMI Certification
16 32 (0.78%) ACCA
17 31 (0.76%) CCNP
18 22 (0.54%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 183 (4.47%) Accessibility
2 112 (2.74%) GDPR
3 105 (2.57%) QA
4 88 (2.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 75 (1.83%) WCAG
6 65 (1.59%) Cyber Essentials
7 60 (1.47%) PMO
8 55 (1.34%) SLA
9 44 (1.08%) ISO 9001
10 40 (0.98%) Data Quality
11 37 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 17025
12 33 (0.81%) NIST
13 32 (0.78%) IFRS
14 31 (0.76%) GAAP
15 29 (0.71%) NCSC
16 24 (0.59%) HMG Security Policy Framework
17 21 (0.51%) GRC
18 17 (0.42%) ITGC
19 16 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
20 11 (0.27%) ISO 14000
System Software
1 295 (7.21%) Docker
2 150 (3.66%) Active Directory
3 67 (1.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 56 (1.37%) Hyper-V
5 37 (0.90%) Firmware
6 18 (0.44%) VMware ESXi
7 15 (0.37%) vSphere
8 14 (0.34%) Virtual Servers
9 13 (0.32%) Embedded Firmware
10 11 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
11 7 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
12 6 (0.15%) Forefront TMG
12 6 (0.15%) VMware Workstation
13 5 (0.12%) VMware NSX
13 5 (0.12%) XenApp
13 5 (0.12%) XenDesktop
14 4 (0.098%) Microsoft Virtual Server
14 4 (0.098%) NFS
15 1 (0.024%) BitLocker
15 1 (0.024%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 265 (6.47%) Terraform
2 260 (6.35%) Kubernetes
3 99 (2.42%) Ansible
4 68 (1.66%) Prometheus
5 37 (0.90%) EnCase
6 21 (0.51%) SCCM
7 20 (0.49%) Grafana
7 20 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
7 20 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
8 15 (0.37%) Kibana
9 12 (0.29%) CA Single Sign-On
9 12 (0.29%) ZABBIX
10 11 (0.27%) EMC NetWorker
10 11 (0.27%) vCenter Server
11 10 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 9 (0.22%) Nagios
12 9 (0.22%) Puppet
13 8 (0.20%) Jamf Pro
13 8 (0.20%) SCOM
14 7 (0.17%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 760 (18.57%) Microsoft
2 406 (9.92%) Red Hat
3 396 (9.68%) IBM
4 238 (5.81%) SAP
5 190 (4.64%) Oracle
6 112 (2.74%) VMware
7 83 (2.03%) YouTube
8 82 (2.00%) Cisco
9 71 (1.73%) Google
10 69 (1.69%) Dynatrace
11 65 (1.59%) NEC
12 54 (1.32%) ServiceNow
13 48 (1.17%) CA
14 46 (1.12%) Atlassian
15 45 (1.10%) Salesforce
16 33 (0.81%) Splunk
17 31 (0.76%) Adobe
17 31 (0.76%) EMC
18 27 (0.66%) WSO2
19 23 (0.56%) Veeam