Public Sector Job Trends in the East of England

Public Sector
England > East of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in permanent job vacancies in the East of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 14 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 94 113 72
Rank change year-on-year +19 -41 +128
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 73 74 64
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 2.07% 1.76% 3.04%
As % of the General category 3.49% 3.23% 4.60%
Number of salaries quoted 38 32 48
10th Percentile £28,809 £32,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,625 £33,814
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,750 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.47% +27.89% -13.64%
75th Percentile £74,063 £74,313 £60,000
90th Percentile £77,900 £89,500 £67,825
England median annual salary £57,510 £56,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.70% +1.82% -1.96%

All General Skills
East of England

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 the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 2,093 2,288 1,390
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 59.24% 54.46% 65.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1,222 895 901
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,500 £25,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £38,625 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - -
75th Percentile £60,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £81,550 £78,750
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - -

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Public Sector job vacancy trend in the East of England

Public Sector
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Public Sector.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Public Sector

Public Sector
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in the East of England over the 6 months to 14 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Public Sector in the East of England

Public Sector
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Public Sector within the East of England region over the 6 months to 14 November 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
Hertfordshire +4 35 £55,000 -21.43% 31
Essex -3 19 £75,000 +39.53% 5
Bedfordshire +25 9 £53,750 +6.97% 5
Cambridgeshire +18 6 £54,250 -29.34% 8
Norfolk +4 2 £41,250 -8.33% 4
Suffolk - 2 £57,500 -
Public Sector
England

Public Sector
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 4 (5.48%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 4 (5.48%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (2.74%) Trello
3 1 (1.37%) AutoCAD
3 1 (1.37%) Civil 3D
3 1 (1.37%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (5.48%) NEC Housing
2 2 (2.74%) Sage 50
Cloud Services
1 11 (15.07%) Azure
2 6 (8.22%) AWS
3 3 (4.11%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (4.11%) SaaS
4 2 (2.74%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (1.37%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.11%) Internet
1 3 (4.11%) Network Security
2 2 (2.74%) Firewall
2 2 (2.74%) Structured Cabling
2 2 (2.74%) TCP/IP
2 2 (2.74%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.85%) SQL Server
2 4 (5.48%) BusinessObjects
2 4 (5.48%) MS Access
2 4 (5.48%) SAP Data Services
3 1 (1.37%) Metadata
3 1 (1.37%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (5.48%) Toad
2 2 (2.74%) Git
2 2 (2.74%) JIRA
3 1 (1.37%) GitLab
3 1 (1.37%) Jenkins
General
1 18 (24.66%) Finance
2 15 (20.55%) Social Skills
3 11 (15.07%) Marketing
4 10 (13.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 10 (13.70%) Telecoms
5 9 (12.33%) Local Government
6 8 (10.96%) Electronics
6 8 (10.96%) Manufacturing
7 7 (9.59%) Legal
8 6 (8.22%) Law
9 4 (5.48%) Retail
10 1 (1.37%) Aerospace
10 1 (1.37%) Analytical Skills
10 1 (1.37%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 15 (20.55%) Consultant
2 13 (17.81%) Senior
3 12 (16.44%) Presales Consultant
4 6 (8.22%) Support Engineer
5 4 (5.48%) Applications Engineer
5 4 (5.48%) Applications Support
5 4 (5.48%) Applications Support Engineer
5 4 (5.48%) Operational Security Manager
5 4 (5.48%) Operations Manager
5 4 (5.48%) Security Manager
5 4 (5.48%) Security Operations Manager
5 4 (5.48%) Senior Applications Engineer
5 4 (5.48%) Senior Applications Support
5 4 (5.48%) Senior Support Engineer
5 4 (5.48%) SOC Manager
6 3 (4.11%) 1st Line Support
6 3 (4.11%) Account Director
6 3 (4.11%) Artificial Intelligence Specialist
6 3 (4.11%) Development Engineer
6 3 (4.11%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.37%) .NET
1 1 (1.37%) ASP.NET
1 1 (1.37%) CSS
1 1 (1.37%) FastAPI
1 1 (1.37%) HTML
1 1 (1.37%) JSON
1 1 (1.37%) Middleware
1 1 (1.37%) OpenCL
1 1 (1.37%) OpenMP
1 1 (1.37%) Pandas
1 1 (1.37%) REST
1 1 (1.37%) RESTful
1 1 (1.37%) Sass
1 1 (1.37%) SOAP
1 1 (1.37%) Vue
1 1 (1.37%) Web Services
1 1 (1.37%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.48%) Security Operations Centre
2 3 (4.11%) NHS
3 2 (2.74%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.37%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.37%) Blog
4 1 (1.37%) CCTV
4 1 (1.37%) Cloud Native
4 1 (1.37%) CUDA
4 1 (1.37%) Low-Code
4 1 (1.37%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.37%) Reference Data
4 1 (1.37%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (1.37%) Semantic Web
Operating Systems
1 8 (10.96%) Windows
2 6 (8.22%) Unix
3 5 (6.85%) Linux
4 4 (5.48%) Windows Server
5 1 (1.37%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (17.81%) Presales
2 11 (15.07%) Agile
3 10 (13.70%) Continuous Improvement
4 8 (10.96%) Business Intelligence
4 8 (10.96%) Digital Marketing
4 8 (10.96%) Programme Management
5 7 (9.59%) Cybersecurity
6 6 (8.22%) Customer Service
6 6 (8.22%) Decision-Making
6 6 (8.22%) Migration
6 6 (8.22%) Project Delivery
7 5 (6.85%) Business Development
7 5 (6.85%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (5.48%) AI
8 4 (5.48%) Collaborative Working
8 4 (5.48%) Data-Driven Decision Making
8 4 (5.48%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (5.48%) Software Engineering
8 4 (5.48%) TOGAF
8 4 (5.48%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 6 (8.22%) PowerShell
2 5 (6.85%) SQL
3 4 (5.48%) Shell Script
3 4 (5.48%) VB
4 3 (4.11%) Python
5 2 (2.74%) C
5 2 (2.74%) C++
6 1 (1.37%) C#
6 1 (1.37%) Fortran
6 1 (1.37%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.37%) Rust
6 1 (1.37%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 14 (19.18%) SC Cleared
1 14 (19.18%) Security Cleared
2 8 (10.96%) Degree
3 3 (4.11%) CISM
3 3 (4.11%) CISSP
3 3 (4.11%) DBS Check
3 3 (4.11%) Postgraduate
4 2 (2.74%) CCNA
4 2 (2.74%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (2.74%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (2.74%) MCDST
4 2 (2.74%) MCP
4 2 (2.74%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.37%) AWS Certification
5 1 (1.37%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (1.37%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.11%) Accessibility
1 3 (4.11%) QA
2 1 (1.37%) Data Quality
2 1 (1.37%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.37%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.37%) Firmware
1 1 (1.37%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 15 (20.55%) SAP
2 14 (19.18%) Computacenter
3 8 (10.96%) Microsoft
4 4 (5.48%) NEC
4 4 (5.48%) Oracle
5 3 (4.11%) Salesforce
6 2 (2.74%) Cisco
6 2 (2.74%) HP
6 2 (2.74%) Meraki
6 2 (2.74%) Sage
6 2 (2.74%) Sophos
6 2 (2.74%) VMware
7 1 (1.37%) MuleSoft
7 1 (1.37%) Pega
7 1 (1.37%) ServiceNow