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 advertised in England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Public Sector over the 6 months to 22 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
22 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 52 93 90
Rank change year-on-year +41 -3 +17
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 3,552 3,031 5,110
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 4.10% 3.45% 3.72%
As % of the General category 6.94% 5.06% 5.75%
Number of salaries quoted 2,570 1,892 2,548
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,525 £32,750
25th Percentile £40,988 £41,250 £41,123
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £71,991 £74,235 £72,500
90th Percentile £84,964 £87,500 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,554 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.00% +1.01% -

All General Skills
England

Public Sector is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 51,162 59,889 88,813
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 59.05% 68.24% 64.68%
Number of salaries quoted 35,712 32,579 45,201
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,750 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £105,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

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 22 May 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 22 May 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 +53 1,144 £57,965 +22.68% 242
London +40 899 £60,000 -10.45% 357
South East +63 634 £51,000 +1.65% 220
North West +51 613 £57,965 +21.01% 146
Midlands +14 425 £50,000 -9.09% 151
Yorkshire +40 351 £57,965 +24.65% 67
South West +4 305 £51,000 +7.32% 147
West Midlands +7 271 £55,000 - 102
North East +33 181 £51,500 +10.75% 31
East Midlands +31 154 £47,500 -2.19% 48
East of England +2 112 £47,500 +10.22% 50
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 95 (2.67%) SharePoint
2 67 (1.89%) Confluence
3 49 (1.38%) Microsoft Exchange
4 44 (1.24%) Apache
5 43 (1.21%) IIS
6 42 (1.18%) nginx
7 36 (1.01%) Camunda
8 24 (0.68%) OpenStack
8 24 (0.68%) Tomcat
9 13 (0.37%) JBoss
9 13 (0.37%) Red Hat Fuse
10 12 (0.34%) Apache Spark
10 12 (0.34%) CMS
11 8 (0.23%) Drupal
11 8 (0.23%) Jupyter
11 8 (0.23%) Office Communications Server
12 6 (0.17%) ArcGIS
13 4 (0.11%) Umbraco
13 4 (0.11%) WordPress
14 3 (0.084%) Totara
Applications
1 127 (3.58%) Microsoft Office
2 100 (2.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 79 (2.22%) Spreadsheet
4 50 (1.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 17 (0.48%) Adobe XD
5 17 (0.48%) Sketch
6 14 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
6 14 (0.39%) Trello
7 12 (0.34%) InVision
8 9 (0.25%) MS Visio
9 7 (0.20%) AutoCAD
10 6 (0.17%) OrCAD
11 4 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 4 (0.11%) Doxygen
12 3 (0.084%) Photoshop
13 2 (0.056%) Fusion 360
14 1 (0.028%) PTC Creo
14 1 (0.028%) Simulink
14 1 (0.028%) SOLIDWORKS
14 1 (0.028%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 62 (1.75%) NEC Housing
2 33 (0.93%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
4 10 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
5 6 (0.17%) Unit4 Business World
6 5 (0.14%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 3 (0.084%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.084%) Oracle ERP
7 3 (0.084%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 2 (0.056%) Dynamics AX
8 2 (0.056%) iTrent
8 2 (0.056%) Magento
8 2 (0.056%) Oracle EBS R12
8 2 (0.056%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.056%) SAP GRC
8 2 (0.056%) SAP HCM
8 2 (0.056%) SAP MM
9 1 (0.028%) MIS ActiveH
9 1 (0.028%) Payment Gateway
9 1 (0.028%) Scribe Insight
Cloud Services
1 878 (24.72%) Azure
2 450 (12.67%) AWS
3 386 (10.87%) IBM Cloud
4 300 (8.45%) Power Platform
5 219 (6.17%) Azure DevOps
6 188 (5.29%) Serverless
7 169 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
8 137 (3.86%) Azure Functions
9 136 (3.83%) Azure Logic Apps
9 136 (3.83%) Azure Service Bus
10 128 (3.60%) Azure API Management
11 96 (2.70%) Amazon EKS
12 72 (2.03%) GCP
12 72 (2.03%) OCI
13 71 (2.00%) PowerApps
14 70 (1.97%) Dynamics 365
15 68 (1.91%) GitHub
15 68 (1.91%) Power Automate
16 67 (1.89%) Amazon S3
17 58 (1.63%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 84 (2.36%) Firewall
2 51 (1.44%) DNS
3 45 (1.27%) Wi-Fi
4 36 (1.01%) Network Security
5 32 (0.90%) WAN
6 30 (0.84%) Internet
7 27 (0.76%) Wireless
8 23 (0.65%) LAN
9 18 (0.51%) SAN
10 17 (0.48%) Intranet
11 12 (0.34%) DHCP
11 12 (0.34%) HTTP
11 12 (0.34%) TCP/IP
12 11 (0.31%) iSCSI
12 11 (0.31%) SD-WAN
13 10 (0.28%) Modbus
14 9 (0.25%) 4G
14 9 (0.25%) Cisco Firepower
14 9 (0.25%) LTE
14 9 (0.25%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 352 (9.91%) PostgreSQL
2 337 (9.49%) NoSQL
3 335 (9.43%) MongoDB
4 271 (7.63%) Power BI
5 256 (7.21%) DB2
6 209 (5.88%) Relational Database
7 190 (5.35%) SQL Server
8 118 (3.32%) Data Warehouse
9 106 (2.98%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 91 (2.56%) Oracle Database
11 61 (1.72%) Tableau
12 59 (1.66%) Amazon RDS
13 49 (1.38%) MySQL
14 33 (0.93%) GIS
15 21 (0.59%) Oracle Database 12c
16 19 (0.53%) RDBMS
17 17 (0.48%) Data Lake
18 16 (0.45%) Power Query
19 15 (0.42%) Metadata
20 14 (0.39%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 132 (3.72%) JIRA
2 111 (3.13%) Git
3 99 (2.79%) Jenkins
4 58 (1.63%) GitLab
5 33 (0.93%) CircleCI
6 29 (0.82%) Visual Studio
7 22 (0.62%) Artifactory
8 17 (0.48%) JUnit
9 16 (0.45%) Axure RP
9 16 (0.45%) JMeter
9 16 (0.45%) Maven
9 16 (0.45%) Subversion
10 14 (0.39%) Selenium
11 13 (0.37%) Balsamiq
11 13 (0.37%) Cucumber
11 13 (0.37%) Eclipse
12 12 (0.34%) TeamCity
13 11 (0.31%) Bitbucket
14 10 (0.28%) REST Assured
15 9 (0.25%) IntelliJ
General
1 951 (26.77%) Social Skills
2 760 (21.40%) Finance
3 548 (15.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 306 (8.61%) Analytical Skills
5 199 (5.60%) Local Government
6 194 (5.46%) Marketing
7 172 (4.84%) Retail
8 154 (4.34%) Telecoms
9 139 (3.91%) Manufacturing
10 134 (3.77%) Presentation Skills
11 126 (3.55%) Electronics
11 126 (3.55%) Organisational Skills
12 92 (2.59%) Police
13 78 (2.20%) Legal
14 77 (2.17%) Influencing Skills
15 38 (1.07%) Digital Economy
16 33 (0.93%) Back Office
17 32 (0.90%) Billing
17 32 (0.90%) Law
18 24 (0.68%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 564 (15.88%) Senior
2 440 (12.39%) Developer
3 387 (10.90%) Lead
4 291 (8.19%) Consultant
5 274 (7.71%) Architect
6 227 (6.39%) Analyst
7 188 (5.29%) Full Stack Developer
8 182 (5.12%) Project Manager
9 153 (4.31%) Full Stack Engineer
10 142 (4.00%) DevOps Engineer
11 138 (3.89%) Azure Developer
12 129 (3.63%) Azure Engineer
13 108 (3.04%) Software Engineer
14 106 (2.98%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 84 (2.36%) IT Manager
15 84 (2.36%) Solutions Architect
16 78 (2.20%) Business Intelligence Consultant
16 78 (2.20%) Junior
17 76 (2.14%) Senior DevOps
18 71 (2.00%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 369 (10.39%) .NET
2 349 (9.83%) React
3 335 (9.43%) HTML
4 314 (8.84%) CSS
5 311 (8.76%) AngularJS
6 309 (8.70%) Web Services
7 306 (8.61%) REST
8 261 (7.35%) ASP.NET
9 249 (7.01%) ASP.NET Core
10 243 (6.84%) jQuery
10 243 (6.84%) Vue
11 241 (6.78%) Twitter Bootstrap
12 238 (6.70%) Backbone.js
12 238 (6.70%) Ember.js
13 214 (6.02%) Node.js
14 97 (2.73%) RESTful
15 80 (2.25%) Spring
16 51 (1.44%) JSON
17 48 (1.35%) Spring Boot
18 39 (1.10%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 419 (11.80%) Hybrid Cloud
2 391 (11.01%) Blockchain
3 244 (6.87%) Algorithms
4 242 (6.81%) Data Structures
5 216 (6.08%) e-Learning
6 152 (4.28%) Management Information System
6 152 (4.28%) Public Cloud
7 117 (3.29%) Distributed Systems
8 109 (3.07%) Self-Motivation
9 106 (2.98%) Product Ownership
10 96 (2.70%) NHS
11 85 (2.39%) Driving Licence
12 51 (1.44%) Enterprise Software
13 50 (1.41%) Social Media
14 41 (1.15%) IoT
15 38 (1.07%) Housing Association
16 34 (0.96%) Data Centre
17 28 (0.79%) PKI
18 27 (0.76%) Onboarding
19 20 (0.56%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 472 (13.29%) Windows
2 466 (13.12%) Linux
3 245 (6.90%) Apple iOS
4 243 (6.84%) Android
5 77 (2.17%) Unix
6 64 (1.80%) Windows Server
7 42 (1.18%) CentOS
8 40 (1.13%) Alpine Linux
8 40 (1.13%) Debian
9 35 (0.99%) Windows 10
10 24 (0.68%) Solaris
11 17 (0.48%) Windows Server 2016
12 16 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
13 13 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 8 (0.23%) VMS
15 7 (0.20%) Mac OS
15 7 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
16 6 (0.17%) Windows Server 2008
17 4 (0.11%) AIX
17 4 (0.11%) DC/OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 895 (25.20%) Agile
2 882 (24.83%) Mentoring
3 820 (23.09%) Coaching
4 575 (16.19%) Artificial Intelligence
5 513 (14.44%) DevOps
6 427 (12.02%) Business Intelligence
7 422 (11.88%) Problem-Solving
8 395 (11.12%) Full Stack Development
9 366 (10.30%) User Experience
10 327 (9.21%) Project Management
11 326 (9.18%) Co-Creation
12 311 (8.76%) Design Patterns
13 277 (7.80%) Web Development
14 266 (7.49%) OO
15 265 (7.46%) Stakeholder Management
16 264 (7.43%) Roadmaps
17 261 (7.35%) OOP
18 260 (7.32%) MVC
19 257 (7.24%) SOLID
20 246 (6.93%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 596 (16.78%) SQL
2 485 (13.65%) JavaScript
3 436 (12.27%) C#
4 421 (11.85%) Java
5 358 (10.08%) Python
6 66 (1.86%) PowerShell
7 57 (1.60%) C
8 48 (1.35%) Shell Script
9 46 (1.30%) C++
10 43 (1.21%) Bash
11 40 (1.13%) Lua
12 34 (0.96%) TypeScript
13 26 (0.73%) PHP
14 25 (0.70%) T-SQL
15 17 (0.48%) Ruby
16 16 (0.45%) Embedded C
17 15 (0.42%) MATLAB
18 14 (0.39%) Scala
19 13 (0.37%) Apex Code
19 13 (0.37%) Go
Qualifications
1 669 (18.83%) Security Cleared
2 431 (12.13%) Degree
3 372 (10.47%) SC Cleared
4 121 (3.41%) DV Cleared
5 115 (3.24%) Microsoft Certification
6 105 (2.96%) DBS Check
7 84 (2.36%) Azure Certification
8 68 (1.91%) Computer Science Degree
9 49 (1.38%) BPSS Clearance
10 47 (1.32%) Master's Degree
11 44 (1.24%) MCSE
12 43 (1.21%) CISSP
13 41 (1.15%) MCSA
14 39 (1.10%) Cisco Certification
15 34 (0.96%) PMI Certification
16 32 (0.90%) ACCA
17 25 (0.70%) AWS Certification
18 22 (0.62%) CISM
19 21 (0.59%) Oracle Certification
20 19 (0.53%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 168 (4.73%) Accessibility
2 84 (2.36%) GDPR
3 77 (2.17%) QA
4 75 (2.11%) WCAG
5 72 (2.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 47 (1.32%) SLA
7 44 (1.24%) Cyber Essentials
8 41 (1.15%) PMO
9 35 (0.99%) Data Quality
10 32 (0.90%) IFRS
10 32 (0.90%) NIST
11 31 (0.87%) GAAP
12 30 (0.84%) ISO 9001
13 29 (0.82%) NCSC
14 25 (0.70%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 23 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 17025
16 21 (0.59%) GRC
17 11 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 11 (0.31%) ISO 14000
18 10 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 285 (8.02%) Docker
2 107 (3.01%) Active Directory
3 58 (1.63%) VMware Infrastructure
4 52 (1.46%) Hyper-V
5 26 (0.73%) Firmware
6 17 (0.48%) VMware ESXi
7 14 (0.39%) Virtual Servers
8 13 (0.37%) vSphere
9 11 (0.31%) Embedded Firmware
9 11 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
10 6 (0.17%) Forefront TMG
10 6 (0.17%) VMware Workstation
11 5 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
11 5 (0.14%) XenApp
11 5 (0.14%) XenDesktop
12 4 (0.11%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 4 (0.11%) NFS
13 3 (0.084%) VMware NSX
14 1 (0.028%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 260 (7.32%) Terraform
2 256 (7.21%) Kubernetes
3 90 (2.53%) Ansible
4 68 (1.91%) Prometheus
5 23 (0.65%) EnCase
6 20 (0.56%) SCCM
6 20 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
7 19 (0.53%) Microsoft Intune
8 16 (0.45%) Grafana
9 12 (0.34%) CA Single Sign-On
9 12 (0.34%) Kibana
9 12 (0.34%) ZABBIX
10 11 (0.31%) EMC NetWorker
10 11 (0.31%) vCenter Server
11 9 (0.25%) Nagios
11 9 (0.25%) Puppet
12 8 (0.23%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 8 (0.23%) Jamf Pro
12 8 (0.23%) SCOM
13 7 (0.20%) SysTrack
Vendors
1 634 (17.85%) Microsoft
2 404 (11.37%) Red Hat
3 396 (11.15%) IBM
4 168 (4.73%) SAP
5 163 (4.59%) Oracle
6 95 (2.67%) VMware
7 83 (2.34%) YouTube
8 77 (2.17%) Cisco
9 69 (1.94%) Dynatrace
10 62 (1.75%) NEC
11 60 (1.69%) Google
12 49 (1.38%) ServiceNow
13 47 (1.32%) CA
14 46 (1.30%) Atlassian
15 40 (1.13%) Salesforce
16 31 (0.87%) Adobe
17 30 (0.84%) EMC
18 28 (0.79%) Splunk
19 24 (0.68%) WSO2
20 22 (0.62%) Aruba