Public Sector Job Trends in Chelmsford

Public Sector
Essex > Chelmsford

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in permanent job vacancies in Chelmsford. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 - 18
Rank change year-on-year - - +4
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 5 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Chelmsford 4.31% - 3.26%
As % of the General category 7.81% - 4.62%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £25,000 - £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +3.94%
75th Percentile - - £51,556
90th Percentile £80,000 - £51,740
Essex median annual salary £65,000 £72,723 £27,965
% change year-on-year -10.62% +160.05% -42.37%

All General Skills
Chelmsford

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 Chelmsford.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 64 33 65
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Chelmsford 55.17% 47.14% 70.65%
Number of salaries quoted 51 15 53
10th Percentile £26,250 £47,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £27,500 £50,000 £39,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -38.10% -4.55% +17.17%
75th Percentile £55,000 £63,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £65,300 £71,497
Essex median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -20.00% +5.26% -

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Chelmsford

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

Public Sector job vacancy trend in Chelmsford

Public Sector
Salary Trend in Chelmsford

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Chelmsford citing Public Sector.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Chelmsford citing Public Sector

Public Sector
Salary Histogram in Chelmsford

Salary distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in Chelmsford over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Public Sector in Chelmsford

Public Sector
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chelmsford 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:

Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Firewall
1 2 (40.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (40.00%) WAN
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) 1st Line Support
1 2 (40.00%) 1st Line Technical Support
1 2 (40.00%) Data Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Technical Support
2 1 (20.00%) Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Data Architect
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Customer Service
1 2 (40.00%) ITIL
1 2 (40.00%) Logistics
1 2 (40.00%) Mathematics
1 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) CCNA
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (40.00%) DBS Check
1 2 (40.00%) MCDST
1 2 (40.00%) MCP
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Meraki
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (40.00%) Sophos