Public Sector Jobs in England

Public Sector
UK > England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in permanent job vacancies in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 59 104 99
Rank change year-on-year +45 -5 +27
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 2,875 2,341 5,212
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 3.67% 3.29% 3.54%
As % of the General category 6.42% 4.99% 5.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1,860 1,672 2,705
10th Percentile £33,742 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,834 £40,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.77% -3.64% -
75th Percentile £70,833 £72,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £84,964 £85,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

All General Skills
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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 44,799 46,891 99,241
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 57.17% 65.97% 67.50%
Number of salaries quoted 28,228 29,742 48,838
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £43,250 £43,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £73,886 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £105,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +6.19%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in England

Public Sector
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Public Sector in England

Public Sector
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in England over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Public Sector in England

Public Sector
Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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
North of England +43 913 £57,965 +22.03% 121
London +19 677 £60,000 -7.69% 182
South East +69 522 £51,000 +2.00% 125
North West +60 498 £57,965 +24.65% 79
Midlands +3 347 £55,000 +1.85% 73
Yorkshire +28 298 £57,965 +20.76% 34
South West 0 286 £50,952 +7.27% 101
West Midlands -5 203 £55,000 - 55
East Midlands +25 144 £50,000 - 18
North East +13 117 £57,965 +15.93% 11
East of England -12 84 £45,750 +8.93% 40
Public Sector
UK

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 91 (3.17%) SharePoint
2 43 (1.50%) nginx
3 41 (1.43%) Microsoft Exchange
4 38 (1.32%) Confluence
5 36 (1.25%) Camunda
6 33 (1.15%) Apache
6 33 (1.15%) IIS
7 26 (0.90%) Tomcat
8 11 (0.38%) Tuxedo
9 8 (0.28%) Office Communications Server
10 7 (0.24%) CMS
11 6 (0.21%) ArcGIS
12 4 (0.14%) Apache Spark
12 4 (0.14%) OpenStack
13 3 (0.10%) Oracle Workflow
13 3 (0.10%) Totara
14 2 (0.070%) JBoss
14 2 (0.070%) Red Hat Fuse
14 2 (0.070%) Umbraco
15 1 (0.035%) Documentum
Applications
1 80 (2.78%) Microsoft Office
2 61 (2.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 20 (0.70%) Adobe XD
3 20 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 16 (0.56%) Sketch
5 15 (0.52%) InVision
6 12 (0.42%) Trello
7 11 (0.38%) Microsoft Project
7 11 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
8 7 (0.24%) OrCAD
9 4 (0.14%) AutoCAD
10 3 (0.10%) MS Visio
11 2 (0.070%) Fusion 360
12 1 (0.035%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 1 (0.035%) Blender
12 1 (0.035%) Doxygen
12 1 (0.035%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 103 (3.58%) NEC Housing
2 32 (1.11%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
3 11 (0.38%) Unit4 Business World
4 7 (0.24%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 3 (0.10%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.10%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 2 (0.070%) Dynamics AX
6 2 (0.070%) HiPortfolio
6 2 (0.070%) iTrent
6 2 (0.070%) Magento
6 2 (0.070%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.070%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.070%) SAP GRC
6 2 (0.070%) SAP HCM
6 2 (0.070%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.035%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.035%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.035%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.035%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 705 (24.52%) Azure
2 437 (15.20%) IBM Cloud
3 398 (13.84%) AWS
4 208 (7.23%) Azure DevOps
5 169 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
6 164 (5.70%) Power Platform
7 159 (5.53%) Serverless
8 140 (4.87%) Azure Functions
8 140 (4.87%) Azure Logic Apps
9 136 (4.73%) Azure Service Bus
10 129 (4.49%) Azure API Management
11 111 (3.86%) Amazon EKS
12 99 (3.44%) OCI
13 98 (3.41%) Amazon S3
14 91 (3.17%) Amazon ECR
14 91 (3.17%) Route 53
15 90 (3.13%) GitHub
16 78 (2.71%) GCP
16 78 (2.71%) GitHub Actions
16 78 (2.71%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 75 (2.61%) Firewall
2 58 (2.02%) DNS
3 34 (1.18%) Network Security
4 30 (1.04%) Wi-Fi
5 23 (0.80%) Wireless
6 20 (0.70%) LAN
7 19 (0.66%) DHCP
8 17 (0.59%) Intranet
9 16 (0.56%) WAN
10 13 (0.45%) Internet
11 12 (0.42%) Modbus
12 11 (0.38%) SAN
12 11 (0.38%) VPN
13 10 (0.35%) Cisco Firepower
13 10 (0.35%) TCP/IP
14 9 (0.31%) BGP
14 9 (0.31%) HTTP
14 9 (0.31%) iSCSI
15 8 (0.28%) Ethernet
15 8 (0.28%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 337 (11.72%) PostgreSQL
2 336 (11.69%) MongoDB
3 327 (11.37%) NoSQL
4 264 (9.18%) DB2
5 197 (6.85%) Relational Database
6 143 (4.97%) Power BI
7 104 (3.62%) Amazon RDS
8 90 (3.13%) Oracle Database
9 76 (2.64%) SQL Server
10 55 (1.91%) Tableau
11 45 (1.57%) MySQL
12 32 (1.11%) GIS
13 22 (0.77%) Data Warehouse
14 21 (0.73%) Oracle Database 12c
14 21 (0.73%) RDBMS
15 13 (0.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 9 (0.31%) Redis
16 9 (0.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 8 (0.28%) Metadata
18 7 (0.24%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 104 (3.62%) JIRA
2 67 (2.33%) Jenkins
3 62 (2.16%) Git
4 57 (1.98%) CircleCI
5 45 (1.57%) GitLab
6 20 (0.70%) Selenium
7 19 (0.66%) Axure RP
8 16 (0.56%) Maven
8 16 (0.56%) Visual Studio
9 15 (0.52%) JUnit
10 13 (0.45%) Balsamiq
11 12 (0.42%) Artifactory
11 12 (0.42%) SonarQube
12 11 (0.38%) Cucumber
13 10 (0.35%) Bitbucket
13 10 (0.35%) Oracle APEX
14 9 (0.31%) Cypress.io
14 9 (0.31%) Eclipse
14 9 (0.31%) Mockito
14 9 (0.31%) WebDriver
General
1 747 (25.98%) Social Skills
2 537 (18.68%) Finance
3 458 (15.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 252 (8.77%) Analytical Skills
5 247 (8.59%) Local Government
6 154 (5.36%) Marketing
7 127 (4.42%) Police
8 121 (4.21%) Presentation Skills
9 115 (4.00%) Telecoms
10 111 (3.86%) Organisational Skills
11 110 (3.83%) Manufacturing
12 99 (3.44%) Electronics
13 78 (2.71%) Legal
14 66 (2.30%) Retail
15 59 (2.05%) Influencing Skills
16 37 (1.29%) Social Housing
17 33 (1.15%) Billing
18 32 (1.11%) Back Office
19 29 (1.01%) Law
20 24 (0.83%) Digital Economy
Job Titles
1 499 (17.36%) Senior
2 348 (12.10%) Developer
3 284 (9.88%) Lead
4 227 (7.90%) Architect
5 203 (7.06%) Consultant
6 179 (6.23%) Full Stack Engineer
7 175 (6.09%) DevOps Engineer
8 151 (5.25%) Full Stack Developer
9 146 (5.08%) Analyst
10 133 (4.63%) Azure Developer
11 131 (4.56%) Project Manager
12 123 (4.28%) Azure Engineer
13 103 (3.58%) Software Engineer
14 102 (3.55%) Senior DevOps
15 96 (3.34%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 94 (3.27%) Senior DevOps Engineer
17 78 (2.71%) Solutions Architect
18 69 (2.40%) IT Manager
19 57 (1.98%) Audit Manager
20 55 (1.91%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 363 (12.63%) React
2 352 (12.24%) HTML
3 341 (11.86%) .NET
4 328 (11.41%) CSS
5 295 (10.26%) REST
6 294 (10.23%) AngularJS
7 286 (9.95%) Web Services
8 250 (8.70%) jQuery
9 245 (8.52%) ASP.NET
10 244 (8.49%) Twitter Bootstrap
11 242 (8.42%) ASP.NET Core
12 241 (8.38%) Backbone.js
12 241 (8.38%) Ember.js
12 241 (8.38%) Vue
13 176 (6.12%) Node.js
14 93 (3.23%) RESTful
15 41 (1.43%) .NET Core
16 40 (1.39%) Spring
16 40 (1.39%) Swagger
17 35 (1.22%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 476 (16.56%) Hybrid Cloud
2 441 (15.34%) Blockchain
3 253 (8.80%) Algorithms
4 251 (8.73%) e-Learning
5 244 (8.49%) Data Structures
6 154 (5.36%) Public Cloud
7 133 (4.63%) Management Information System
7 133 (4.63%) Self-Motivation
8 126 (4.38%) Distributed Systems
9 107 (3.72%) NHS
10 84 (2.92%) Product Ownership
11 54 (1.88%) Driving Licence
12 42 (1.46%) IoT
13 39 (1.36%) Social Media
14 38 (1.32%) Housing Association
15 34 (1.18%) Data Centre
16 33 (1.15%) Mobile App
17 31 (1.08%) Onboarding
18 30 (1.04%) Enterprise Software
19 22 (0.77%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 463 (16.10%) Windows
2 435 (15.13%) Linux
3 249 (8.66%) Apple iOS
4 246 (8.56%) Android
5 76 (2.64%) Unix
6 70 (2.43%) Windows Server
7 41 (1.43%) CentOS
8 40 (1.39%) Alpine Linux
8 40 (1.39%) Windows 10
9 39 (1.36%) Debian
10 24 (0.83%) Solaris
11 15 (0.52%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 15 (0.52%) Windows Server 2016
12 13 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
13 12 (0.42%) Mac OS
14 6 (0.21%) Windows Server 2008
14 6 (0.21%) Windows Server 2012
15 4 (0.14%) Embedded Linux
16 3 (0.10%) Amazon Linux
16 3 (0.10%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 794 (27.62%) Agile
2 735 (25.57%) Mentoring
3 688 (23.93%) Coaching
4 533 (18.54%) Artificial Intelligence
5 469 (16.31%) DevOps
6 384 (13.36%) Full Stack Development
7 359 (12.49%) Problem-Solving
7 359 (12.49%) User Experience
8 306 (10.64%) Design Patterns
9 302 (10.50%) Co-Creation
10 289 (10.05%) OO
11 272 (9.46%) Project Management
12 267 (9.29%) Business Intelligence
13 266 (9.25%) Web Development
14 264 (9.18%) Stakeholder Management
15 261 (9.08%) OOP
16 249 (8.66%) SOLID
17 246 (8.56%) MVC
18 245 (8.52%) CI/CD
18 245 (8.52%) Design Thinking
Programming Languages
1 468 (16.28%) SQL
2 458 (15.93%) JavaScript
3 421 (14.64%) C#
4 336 (11.69%) Java
5 268 (9.32%) Python
6 52 (1.81%) PowerShell
6 52 (1.81%) TypeScript
7 37 (1.29%) C
7 37 (1.29%) Lua
7 37 (1.29%) Shell Script
8 32 (1.11%) C++
9 19 (0.66%) Bash
10 17 (0.59%) Ruby
11 12 (0.42%) Embedded C
11 12 (0.42%) Scala
11 12 (0.42%) T-SQL
12 11 (0.38%) Apex Code
12 11 (0.38%) COBOL
12 11 (0.38%) Micro Focus COBOL
13 10 (0.35%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 506 (17.60%) Security Cleared
2 437 (15.20%) Degree
3 260 (9.04%) SC Cleared
4 105 (3.65%) Microsoft Certification
5 85 (2.96%) DV Cleared
6 72 (2.50%) DBS Check
7 69 (2.40%) Azure Certification
8 67 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
9 44 (1.53%) ACCA
9 44 (1.53%) BPSS Clearance
10 42 (1.46%) MCSE
11 39 (1.36%) MCSA
12 37 (1.29%) Master's Degree
13 29 (1.01%) CISSP
14 28 (0.97%) Cisco Certification
15 26 (0.90%) PMI Certification
16 21 (0.73%) Oracle Certification
17 20 (0.70%) CREST Certified
18 17 (0.59%) CCNA
19 16 (0.56%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 195 (6.78%) Accessibility
2 67 (2.33%) QA
3 57 (1.98%) WCAG
4 42 (1.46%) GAAP
4 42 (1.46%) IFRS
5 40 (1.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 35 (1.22%) PMO
7 28 (0.97%) NCSC
8 25 (0.87%) Data Quality
8 25 (0.87%) SLA
9 23 (0.80%) NIST
10 18 (0.63%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 16 (0.56%) GRC
12 13 (0.45%) GDPR
13 12 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
14 11 (0.38%) ITGC
15 9 (0.31%) ISO 14000
16 7 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
16 7 (0.24%) ISO 9001
17 6 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 244 (8.49%) Docker
2 94 (3.27%) Active Directory
3 56 (1.95%) VMware Infrastructure
4 30 (1.04%) Hyper-V
5 27 (0.94%) VMware ESXi
6 23 (0.80%) Firmware
7 15 (0.52%) vSphere
8 11 (0.38%) Embedded Firmware
9 10 (0.35%) Virtual Desktop
10 7 (0.24%) XenApp
10 7 (0.24%) XenDesktop
11 6 (0.21%) Virtual Servers
12 3 (0.10%) Forefront TMG
12 3 (0.10%) VMware Workstation
13 2 (0.070%) VMware NSX
14 1 (0.035%) RACF
14 1 (0.035%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 273 (9.50%) Kubernetes
2 267 (9.29%) Terraform
3 106 (3.69%) Prometheus
4 72 (2.50%) Ansible
5 28 (0.97%) Microsoft Intune
6 17 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
7 16 (0.56%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 16 (0.56%) SCCM
8 15 (0.52%) Grafana
8 15 (0.52%) Kibana
9 12 (0.42%) Jamf Pro
9 12 (0.42%) Puppet
10 10 (0.35%) Failover Clustering
10 10 (0.35%) vCenter Server
11 9 (0.31%) EMC NetWorker
11 9 (0.31%) Progress Chef
11 9 (0.31%) ZABBIX
12 8 (0.28%) Nagios
12 8 (0.28%) WSUS
13 7 (0.24%) CA Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 447 (15.55%) Red Hat
2 438 (15.23%) IBM
3 437 (15.20%) Microsoft
4 147 (5.11%) Oracle
5 129 (4.49%) SAP
6 106 (3.69%) NEC
7 102 (3.55%) Dynatrace
8 76 (2.64%) VMware
9 61 (2.12%) Cisco
10 52 (1.81%) CA
11 45 (1.57%) ServiceNow
12 35 (1.22%) Google
13 33 (1.15%) Adobe
14 32 (1.11%) Salesforce
15 26 (0.90%) EMC
16 23 (0.80%) Splunk
17 21 (0.73%) YouTube
18 20 (0.70%) Atlassian
18 20 (0.70%) Capita
19 18 (0.63%) Apple