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 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 76 128 119
Rank change year-on-year +52 -9 -72
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 133 109 115
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 3.98% 1.69% 2.34%
As % of the General category 5.80% 3.15% 3.33%
Number of salaries quoted 46 85 67
10th Percentile £37,510 £30,575 £24,050
25th Percentile £52,500 £35,000 £33,459
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,000 £47,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +34.74% +11.76% -26.92%
75th Percentile £87,500 £55,250 £59,875
90th Percentile - £63,939 £70,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -

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 2,294 3,455 3,458
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 68.60% 53.66% 70.23%
Number of salaries quoted 944 2,488 1,274
10th Percentile £27,000 £25,809 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £35,753
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £45,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.96% -16.67% +13.68%
75th Percentile £61,250 £61,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,565 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.84% -12.50% -

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 31 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 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
Hertfordshire +65 67 £85,000 +54.55% 27
Essex +38 42 £59,500 +25.26% 5
Cambridgeshire +20 14 £38,890 +11.11% 10
Bedfordshire -7 5 £64,000 +34.74% 2
Suffolk -29 3 £39,416 -26.33% 3
Norfolk +18 1 £54,000 +13.68% 5
East Anglia - 1 £55,000 - 3
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 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (0.75%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (0.75%) AutoCAD
1 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (0.75%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (1.50%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 23 (17.29%) SaaS
2 17 (12.78%) AWS
3 15 (11.28%) AWS CodePipeline
3 15 (11.28%) AWS Lambda
3 15 (11.28%) Boomi
3 15 (11.28%) Serverless
4 14 (10.53%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 14 (10.53%) Amazon EventBridge
4 14 (10.53%) Amazon SQS
4 14 (10.53%) AWS CodeBuild
4 14 (10.53%) AWS CodeDeploy
4 14 (10.53%) AWS Step Functions
5 7 (5.26%) Google Workspace
6 4 (3.01%) Azure
7 2 (1.50%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (0.75%) Amazon EC2
8 1 (0.75%) Amazon S3
8 1 (0.75%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (0.75%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.75%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.50%) Intranet
1 2 (1.50%) Unified Communications
2 1 (0.75%) DHCP
2 1 (0.75%) DNS
2 1 (0.75%) MQTT
2 1 (0.75%) Network Security
2 1 (0.75%) SAN
2 1 (0.75%) Software-Defined Networking
2 1 (0.75%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.75%) VoIP
2 1 (0.75%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (12.03%) Big Data
2 3 (2.26%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.75%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.75%) MySQL
3 1 (0.75%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 2 (1.50%) Git
2 1 (0.75%) GitLab
2 1 (0.75%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.75%) JIRA
2 1 (0.75%) Visual Studio
General
1 98 (73.68%) Social Skills
2 85 (63.91%) Finance
3 67 (50.38%) Marketing
4 19 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
5 15 (11.28%) Law
6 12 (9.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (8.27%) Local Government
8 7 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (3.01%) Police
10 2 (1.50%) Environmental Health
10 2 (1.50%) Legal
11 1 (0.75%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.75%) Electronics
11 1 (0.75%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.75%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (0.75%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 66 (49.62%) Business Development Manager
1 66 (49.62%) Business Manager
1 66 (49.62%) Development Manager
2 15 (11.28%) Lead
2 15 (11.28%) Project Manager
3 12 (9.02%) Senior
4 11 (8.27%) Supplier Manager
5 7 (5.26%) Delivery Project Manager
5 7 (5.26%) Senior Manager
5 7 (5.26%) Senior Project Manager
5 7 (5.26%) Software Delivery Project Manager
5 7 (5.26%) Software Project Manager
6 6 (4.51%) Relationships Manager
6 6 (4.51%) Supplier Relationship Manager
7 2 (1.50%) 2nd Line Engineer
7 2 (1.50%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
7 2 (1.50%) Civil Engineer
7 2 (1.50%) Development Engineer
7 2 (1.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 2 (1.50%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (12.03%) RESTful
2 14 (10.53%) JWT
2 14 (10.53%) OAuth
3 2 (1.50%) .NET
4 1 (0.75%) Akka
4 1 (0.75%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.75%) CSS
4 1 (0.75%) FastAPI
4 1 (0.75%) HTML
4 1 (0.75%) Middleware
4 1 (0.75%) Sass
4 1 (0.75%) Spring
4 1 (0.75%) Spring Boot
4 1 (0.75%) Vue
4 1 (0.75%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 9 (6.77%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (2.26%) Management Information System
3 2 (1.50%) NHS
4 1 (0.75%) Analogue Electronics
4 1 (0.75%) CCTV
4 1 (0.75%) Data Structures
4 1 (0.75%) IoT
4 1 (0.75%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (0.75%) Onboarding
4 1 (0.75%) Robotics
4 1 (0.75%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.50%) Apple iOS
1 2 (1.50%) Windows
2 1 (0.75%) Android
2 1 (0.75%) Mac OS
2 1 (0.75%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 80 (60.15%) Collaborative Culture
2 73 (54.89%) Collaborative Working
3 67 (50.38%) Facilities Management
4 66 (49.62%) Business Development
4 66 (49.62%) Marketing Strategy
5 47 (35.34%) Project Management
6 25 (18.80%) Continuous Improvement
7 19 (14.29%) Contract Management
7 19 (14.29%) Risk Management
8 17 (12.78%) Line Management
9 16 (12.03%) Analytics
9 16 (12.03%) CI/CD
9 16 (12.03%) Data Analytics
9 16 (12.03%) DevOps
9 16 (12.03%) Technology Strategy
10 14 (10.53%) API Design
10 14 (10.53%) API Development
10 14 (10.53%) Coaching
10 14 (10.53%) Event-Driven
10 14 (10.53%) Event-Driven Architecture
Programming Languages
1 17 (12.78%) C#
2 15 (11.28%) Java
3 2 (1.50%) JavaScript
3 2 (1.50%) Python
4 1 (0.75%) C
4 1 (0.75%) SQL
4 1 (0.75%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 24 (18.05%) Security Cleared
2 12 (9.02%) Degree
3 9 (6.77%) SC Cleared
4 7 (5.26%) HND
5 3 (2.26%) DBS Check
6 2 (1.50%) NVQ Level 4
6 2 (1.50%) Postgraduate
7 1 (0.75%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.75%) AWS Certified Developer
7 1 (0.75%) CCNA
7 1 (0.75%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.75%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.75%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.75%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.75%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.50%) Accessibility
2 1 (0.75%) Data Quality
2 1 (0.75%) ISO 13485
2 1 (0.75%) ISO 9001
2 1 (0.75%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.75%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.75%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (0.75%) Firmware
1 1 (0.75%) Virtual Servers
Vendors
1 22 (16.54%) Salesforce
2 15 (11.28%) Informatica
2 15 (11.28%) MuleSoft
3 14 (10.53%) ServiceNow
4 7 (5.26%) Google
5 5 (3.76%) Microsoft
6 2 (1.50%) Northgate
7 1 (0.75%) Apple
7 1 (0.75%) EMC
7 1 (0.75%) Genesys
7 1 (0.75%) Oracle
7 1 (0.75%) SAP
7 1 (0.75%) Talend