Public Sector Jobs 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 96 111 133
Rank change year-on-year +15 +22 -97
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 73 122 113
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 2.46% 2.01% 2.06%
As % of the General category 3.84% 3.59% 2.89%
Number of salaries quoted 53 97 59
10th Percentile £37,994 £27,965 £23,300
25th Percentile £52,500 £33,250 £32,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,000 £47,500 £44,750
Median % change year-on-year +34.74% +6.15% -25.42%
75th Percentile £87,500 £55,000 £61,125
90th Percentile - £63,284 £83,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - +1.85%

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 1,903 3,400 3,914
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 64.03% 56.07% 71.25%
Number of salaries quoted 944 2,452 1,380
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,809 £26,250
25th Percentile £34,000 £31,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -17.43% +14.74%
75th Percentile £62,500 £61,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £73,250 £83,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,249
% change year-on-year +9.52% -12.86% +0.42%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Job postings citing Public Sector as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in the East of England

Public Sector
Salary Trend in the East of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Public Sector in the East of England.

Salary trend for Public Sector in the East of England

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 1 May 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 1 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
Hertfordshire +35 33 £85,000 +54.55% 16
Essex +25 17 £59,500 +90.40% 4
Cambridgeshire +18 12 £51,445 +46.99% 10
Bedfordshire -6 7 £64,000 +84.17% 5
Suffolk -23 2 £39,416 -26.33% 1
Norfolk +18 1 £50,000 +5.26% 4
East Anglia - 1 £55,000 - 6
Public Sector
England

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East of England 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 3 (4.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (1.37%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (2.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (4.11%) Sprinklr
2 2 (2.74%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 27 (36.99%) SaaS
2 19 (26.03%) AWS
3 17 (23.29%) AWS Lambda
3 17 (23.29%) Serverless
4 16 (21.92%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 15 (20.55%) AWS CodePipeline
5 15 (20.55%) Boomi
6 14 (19.18%) Amazon EventBridge
6 14 (19.18%) Amazon SQS
6 14 (19.18%) AWS CodeBuild
6 14 (19.18%) AWS CodeDeploy
6 14 (19.18%) AWS Step Functions
7 7 (9.59%) Google Workspace
8 5 (6.85%) Azure
9 4 (5.48%) Microsoft 365
10 3 (4.11%) Amazon EC2
10 3 (4.11%) Amazon S3
10 3 (4.11%) Power Platform
11 2 (2.74%) Twilio
12 1 (1.37%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.74%) Intranet
1 2 (2.74%) Unified Communications
2 1 (1.37%) DHCP
2 1 (1.37%) DNS
2 1 (1.37%) Firewall
2 1 (1.37%) MQTT
2 1 (1.37%) Network Security
2 1 (1.37%) SAN
2 1 (1.37%) Software-Defined Networking
2 1 (1.37%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.37%) VoIP
2 1 (1.37%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (28.77%) Big Data
2 3 (4.11%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (2.74%) Power BI
3 2 (2.74%) SQL Server
3 2 (2.74%) Tableau
4 1 (1.37%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (1.37%) MySQL
4 1 (1.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (1.37%) GitLab
1 1 (1.37%) Jenkins
1 1 (1.37%) Visual Studio
General
1 34 (46.58%) Social Skills
2 20 (27.40%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (26.03%) Influencing Skills
4 18 (24.66%) Finance
5 16 (21.92%) Law
6 13 (17.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (12.33%) Local Government
8 7 (9.59%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (5.48%) Police
10 3 (4.11%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (2.74%) Environmental Health
12 1 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (1.37%) Electronics
12 1 (1.37%) Manufacturing
12 1 (1.37%) Marketing
12 1 (1.37%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (21.92%) Lead
2 15 (20.55%) Project Manager
3 11 (15.07%) Supplier Manager
4 10 (13.70%) Senior
5 7 (9.59%) Delivery Project Manager
5 7 (9.59%) Senior Manager
5 7 (9.59%) Senior Project Manager
5 7 (9.59%) Software Delivery Project Manager
5 7 (9.59%) Software Project Manager
6 6 (8.22%) Relationships Manager
6 6 (8.22%) Supplier Relationship Manager
7 4 (5.48%) Architect
8 2 (2.74%) 2nd Line Engineer
8 2 (2.74%) 2nd Line Support
8 2 (2.74%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
8 2 (2.74%) Data Scientist
8 2 (2.74%) Solutions Architect
8 2 (2.74%) Support Engineer
8 2 (2.74%) Support Officer
8 2 (2.74%) Systems Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (21.92%) RESTful
2 15 (20.55%) JWT
2 15 (20.55%) OAuth
3 5 (6.85%) Akka
4 3 (4.11%) SAML
5 2 (2.74%) Hugging Face
6 1 (1.37%) .NET
6 1 (1.37%) Kafka
6 1 (1.37%) LDAP
6 1 (1.37%) Lightning Web Components
6 1 (1.37%) Middleware
6 1 (1.37%) Node.js
6 1 (1.37%) RabbitMQ
6 1 (1.37%) SOAP
6 1 (1.37%) Spring
6 1 (1.37%) Spring Boot
6 1 (1.37%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 9 (12.33%) Self-Motivation
2 6 (8.22%) Robotics
3 4 (5.48%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.74%) Algorithms
4 2 (2.74%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (1.37%) Analogue Electronics
5 1 (1.37%) CCTV
5 1 (1.37%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.37%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.37%) Digital Media
5 1 (1.37%) IoT
5 1 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.37%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.37%) Security Posture
5 1 (1.37%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.74%) Apple iOS
1 2 (2.74%) Linux
1 2 (2.74%) Windows
2 1 (1.37%) Android
2 1 (1.37%) Mac OS
2 1 (1.37%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (69.86%) Project Management
2 26 (35.62%) Continuous Improvement
3 23 (31.51%) Analytics
3 23 (31.51%) Data Analytics
4 20 (27.40%) Risk Management
4 20 (27.40%) Technology Strategy
5 19 (26.03%) Contract Management
5 19 (26.03%) Line Management
6 18 (24.66%) DevOps
7 17 (23.29%) CI/CD
8 15 (20.55%) API Design
8 15 (20.55%) API Development
8 15 (20.55%) Event-Driven
8 15 (20.55%) Event-Driven Architecture
9 14 (19.18%) Coaching
9 14 (19.18%) Collaborative Culture
10 13 (17.81%) Performance Management
10 13 (17.81%) Problem-Solving
11 12 (16.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 11 (15.07%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 17 (23.29%) Java
2 16 (21.92%) C#
3 5 (6.85%) Python
4 3 (4.11%) SQL
5 1 (1.37%) Apex Code
5 1 (1.37%) C
5 1 (1.37%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 28 (38.36%) Security Cleared
2 16 (21.92%) Degree
3 13 (17.81%) SC Cleared
4 7 (9.59%) HND
5 3 (4.11%) DBS Check
6 2 (2.74%) AWS Certification
6 2 (2.74%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (2.74%) DV Cleared
6 2 (2.74%) NVQ Level 4
7 1 (1.37%) AWS Certified Developer
7 1 (1.37%) Azure Certification
7 1 (1.37%) CCNA
7 1 (1.37%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (1.37%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (1.37%) Master's Degree
7 1 (1.37%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.37%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.37%) Cyber Essentials
1 1 (1.37%) Data Quality
1 1 (1.37%) GDPR
1 1 (1.37%) ISO 13485
1 1 (1.37%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 4 (5.48%) Docker
2 3 (4.11%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.37%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (1.37%) Firmware
3 1 (1.37%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (1.37%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 2 (2.74%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.37%) Active Directory Federation Services
2 1 (1.37%) Terraform
Vendors
1 22 (30.14%) Salesforce
2 16 (21.92%) ServiceNow
3 15 (20.55%) Informatica
3 15 (20.55%) MuleSoft
4 9 (12.33%) Microsoft
5 7 (9.59%) Google
6 3 (4.11%) Adobe
7 2 (2.74%) Northgate
8 1 (1.37%) Apple
8 1 (1.37%) EMC
8 1 (1.37%) Genesys
8 1 (1.37%) Oracle
8 1 (1.37%) SAP
8 1 (1.37%) Talend