Public Sector Jobs in Cambridgeshire

Public Sector
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in permanent job vacancies in Cambridgeshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 48 68 100
Rank change year-on-year +20 +32 -41
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 14 35 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 2.82% 2.12% 0.69%
As % of the General category 4.64% 3.94% 1.06%
Number of salaries quoted 5 29 9
10th Percentile £32,419 £32,000 £31,527
25th Percentile £34,000 £33,250 £31,973
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,890 £35,000 £35,336
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -0.95% -29.33%
75th Percentile £66,500 £50,000 £63,750
90th Percentile - £51,250 £71,501
East of England median annual salary £64,000 £47,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +34.74% +11.76% -26.92%

All General Skills
Cambridgeshire

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 common skills in Cambridgeshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 302 888 853
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 60.76% 53.82% 65.36%
Number of salaries quoted 174 672 317
10th Percentile £27,975 £27,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £33,750 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +3.09% +2.11%
75th Percentile £63,437 £66,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £75,000
East of England median annual salary £47,683 £45,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +5.96% -16.67% +13.68%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in Cambridgeshire

Public Sector
Salary Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Salary trend for Public Sector in Cambridgeshire

Public Sector
Salary Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Public Sector in Cambridgeshire

Public Sector
Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Public Sector within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 31 May 2025. 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
Cambridge +31 11 £35,128 +0.36% 7
Public Sector
East of England

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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 1 (7.14%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (7.14%) AutoCAD
1 1 (7.14%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 7 (50.00%) Google Workspace
1 7 (50.00%) SaaS
2 1 (7.14%) AWS
2 1 (7.14%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) Unified Communications
2 1 (7.14%) MQTT
2 1 (7.14%) VoIP
2 1 (7.14%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) JIRA
General
1 13 (92.86%) Social Skills
2 10 (71.43%) Finance
3 8 (57.14%) Local Government
4 7 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (7.14%) Electronics
6 1 (7.14%) Legal
6 1 (7.14%) Manufacturing
6 1 (7.14%) Marketing
6 1 (7.14%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (7.14%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (57.14%) Project Manager
2 7 (50.00%) Delivery Project Manager
2 7 (50.00%) Software Delivery Project Manager
2 7 (50.00%) Software Project Manager
3 1 (7.14%) Administrator
3 1 (7.14%) Analyst
3 1 (7.14%) Civil Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Design Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Development Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Electronics Design Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Electronics Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Embedded Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Firmware Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Network Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) Systems Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 9 (64.29%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (7.14%) Analogue Electronics
2 1 (7.14%) CCTV
2 1 (7.14%) IoT
2 1 (7.14%) Management Information System
2 1 (7.14%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (7.14%) Android
1 1 (7.14%) Apple iOS
1 1 (7.14%) Windows
1 1 (7.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (64.29%) PRINCE2
1 9 (64.29%) Problem-Solving
1 9 (64.29%) Project Management
2 8 (57.14%) Budget Management
2 8 (57.14%) Change Management
2 8 (57.14%) Continuous Improvement
2 8 (57.14%) Project Delivery
2 8 (57.14%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (50.00%) Agile
3 7 (50.00%) Business Transformation
3 7 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
3 7 (50.00%) Customer Experience
3 7 (50.00%) Software Delivery
4 3 (21.43%) Customer Service
5 2 (14.29%) Contract Management
5 2 (14.29%) ITIL
5 2 (14.29%) Migration
6 1 (7.14%) Data Modelling
6 1 (7.14%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (7.14%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.14%) C
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) Degree
1 2 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 2 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.14%) CCNA
2 1 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (7.14%) ITIL Certification
2 1 (7.14%) Postgraduate
2 1 (7.14%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.14%) Accessibility
1 1 (7.14%) ISO 13485
1 1 (7.14%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (7.14%) Firmware
1 1 (7.14%) Virtual Servers
Vendors
1 8 (57.14%) Salesforce
2 7 (50.00%) Google
3 1 (7.14%) EMC
3 1 (7.14%) Microsoft
3 1 (7.14%) SAP