Public Sector Job Trends in Berkshire

Public Sector
South East > Berkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in permanent job vacancies in Berkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 12 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 90 51 63
Rank change year-on-year -39 +12 +52
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 36 79 85
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 1.84% 4.79% 4.06%
As % of the General category 3.01% 7.78% 8.24%
Number of salaries quoted 15 29 43
10th Percentile £33,500 £56,000 £36,500
25th Percentile £46,875 £60,000 £40,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £72,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.34% +38.10% -12.50%
75th Percentile £71,250 £85,000 £80,625
90th Percentile £82,500 - £85,000
South East median annual salary £60,000 £65,500 £48,000
% change year-on-year -8.40% +36.46% -16.52%

All General Skills
Berkshire

Public Sector falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring general skills in Berkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,197 1,016 1,032
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 61.29% 61.61% 49.33%
Number of salaries quoted 473 289 599
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,700 £28,000
25th Percentile £32,750 £42,500 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £60,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.33% +15.38% -5.45%
75th Percentile £70,000 £83,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £78,750
South East median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -9.09%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Public Sector relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Public Sector job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Public Sector
Salary Trend in Berkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Public Sector.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Public Sector

Public Sector
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in Berkshire over the 6 months to 12 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Public Sector in Berkshire

Public Sector
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Public Sector within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 12 January 2026. 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
Reading -4 26 £55,000 -24.14% 7
Bracknell +33 6 £67,500 +20.54% 2
Slough - 3 £90,000 - 30
Wokingham - 1 £67,500 - 7
Public Sector
South East

Public Sector
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.78%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (2.78%) OpenStack
1 1 (2.78%) SharePoint
1 1 (2.78%) Skype for Business
Cloud Services
1 13 (36.11%) Amazon ECS
1 13 (36.11%) AWS
1 13 (36.11%) Serverless
2 12 (33.33%) Amazon EKS
3 11 (30.56%) Amazon EC2
4 9 (25.00%) SaaS
5 2 (5.56%) Amazon S3
6 1 (2.78%) Amazon SQS
6 1 (2.78%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (2.78%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (33.33%) PostgreSQL
1 12 (33.33%) Relational Database
2 11 (30.56%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 12 (33.33%) Jenkins
1 12 (33.33%) JUnit
2 11 (30.56%) JMeter
2 11 (30.56%) Mockito
3 1 (2.78%) Git
General
1 15 (41.67%) Finance
2 9 (25.00%) Law
2 9 (25.00%) Legal
2 9 (25.00%) Retail
3 4 (11.11%) Marketing
3 4 (11.11%) Social Skills
4 3 (8.33%) Electronics
4 3 (8.33%) Manufacturing
4 3 (8.33%) Telecoms
5 2 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (5.56%) Banking
5 2 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.78%) Games
Job Titles
1 12 (33.33%) Developer
1 12 (33.33%) Full-Stack Developer
1 12 (33.33%) Full-Stack Java Developer
1 12 (33.33%) Java Developer
2 11 (30.56%) Mid-Level Java Developer
3 2 (5.56%) Commercial Lawyer
3 2 (5.56%) Delivery Manager
3 2 (5.56%) Digital Delivery Manager
3 2 (5.56%) Junior
3 2 (5.56%) Junior Penetration Tester
3 2 (5.56%) Junior Tester
3 2 (5.56%) Lead
3 2 (5.56%) Penetration Tester
3 2 (5.56%) Sales Executive
3 2 (5.56%) Tester
4 1 (2.78%) Business Development Manager
4 1 (2.78%) Development Manager
4 1 (2.78%) Service Analyst
4 1 (2.78%) Service Desk Analyst
4 1 (2.78%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (36.11%) Spring
1 13 (36.11%) Spring Boot
2 12 (33.33%) REST
3 11 (30.56%) ActiveMQ
3 11 (30.56%) Apache Camel
3 11 (30.56%) Hibernate
3 11 (30.56%) HTML
3 11 (30.56%) jQuery
3 11 (30.56%) JSON
3 11 (30.56%) Web Services
3 11 (30.56%) WireMock
3 11 (30.56%) XML
4 2 (5.56%) React
5 1 (2.78%) Elastic Stack
5 1 (2.78%) Kafka
5 1 (2.78%) Mustache
5 1 (2.78%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 12 (33.33%) Distributed Systems
2 9 (25.00%) Enterprise Cloud
3 2 (5.56%) Security Posture
3 2 (5.56%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.78%) Cloud Native
4 1 (2.78%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (38.89%) Stakeholder Management
2 13 (36.11%) Agile
2 13 (36.11%) CI/CD
2 13 (36.11%) Full-Stack Development
2 13 (36.11%) Microservices
3 12 (33.33%) SDLC
3 12 (33.33%) TDD
4 11 (30.56%) AI
4 11 (30.56%) BDD
4 11 (30.56%) Process Management
4 11 (30.56%) Workflow
5 10 (27.78%) Customer Engagement
6 9 (25.00%) Contract Negotiation
6 9 (25.00%) Customer Experience
6 9 (25.00%) Data Privacy
6 9 (25.00%) Software Licensing
7 3 (8.33%) Business Intelligence
7 3 (8.33%) IT Strategy
7 3 (8.33%) Technology Strategy
7 3 (8.33%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 13 (36.11%) Java
2 12 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 11 (30.56%) Python
3 11 (30.56%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 18 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (8.33%) Degree
2 3 (8.33%) SC Cleared
3 2 (5.56%) CHECK Team Leader
3 2 (5.56%) CHECK Team Member
3 2 (5.56%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.56%) GDPR
1 2 (5.56%) GRC
1 2 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (2.78%) PMO
System Software
1 12 (33.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 13 (36.11%) Kubernetes
2 11 (30.56%) Kibana
Vendors
1 11 (30.56%) Dynatrace
1 11 (30.56%) Splunk
2 3 (8.33%) Microsoft
2 3 (8.33%) SAP