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 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 53 95
Rank change year-on-year -58 +42 -6
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 1,314 3,577 3,094
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 2.72% 4.17% 3.44%
As % of the General category 3.95% 7.03% 5.05%
Number of salaries quoted 694 2,602 1,940
10th Percentile £34,750 £27,965 £32,450
25th Percentile £46,250 £40,988 £40,900
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - +0.92%
75th Percentile £72,500 £71,250 £73,751
90th Percentile £92,350 £84,964 £86,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -1.79% +1.82%

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 33,306 50,872 61,304
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 68.85% 59.24% 68.15%
Number of salaries quoted 16,642 35,678 33,330
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £95,000 £104,275
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

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 11 May 2025.

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 11 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
London -34 411 £65,000 +8.33% 849
South East -27 285 £57,500 +15.00% 438
Midlands -43 186 £52,500 - 261
North of England -160 162 £55,000 -5.11% 366
East of England +46 137 £64,000 +34.74% 88
West Midlands -33 123 £53,688 -2.39% 164
South West -7 115 £60,000 +17.65% 227
Yorkshire -41 88 £50,000 -13.74% 129
North West -199 63 £63,889 +10.22% 196
East Midlands -26 56 £51,250 +7.89% 85
North East -42 10 £60,000 +18.81% 44
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 26 (1.98%) SharePoint
2 18 (1.37%) Confluence
3 14 (1.07%) Microsoft Exchange
4 13 (0.99%) JBoss
4 13 (0.99%) Red Hat Fuse
5 8 (0.61%) Apache Spark
6 6 (0.46%) Apache
6 6 (0.46%) IIS
7 3 (0.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 3 (0.23%) CMS
7 3 (0.23%) nginx
7 3 (0.23%) Tomcat
7 3 (0.23%) WordPress
8 2 (0.15%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (0.15%) Skype for Business
9 1 (0.076%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 44 (3.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 35 (2.66%) Microsoft Office
3 25 (1.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (1.07%) Adobe XD
5 9 (0.68%) Spreadsheet
6 6 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
7 5 (0.38%) InVision
7 5 (0.38%) Sketch
7 5 (0.38%) Stata
8 4 (0.30%) Notion
8 4 (0.30%) Oracle Smart View
9 3 (0.23%) AutoCAD
10 1 (0.076%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.076%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.076%) Adobe Premiere
10 1 (0.076%) InDesign
10 1 (0.076%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.076%) SOLIDWORKS
10 1 (0.076%) SPSS
10 1 (0.076%) Trello
Business Applications
1 14 (1.07%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (0.68%) Salesforce CRM
3 8 (0.61%) Oracle ERP
4 5 (0.38%) SAP HCM
5 4 (0.30%) NetSuite
5 4 (0.30%) Oracle Financials
6 3 (0.23%) Dynamics NAV
6 3 (0.23%) Oracle Cash Management
6 3 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.23%) Oracle General Ledger
6 3 (0.23%) Oracle Payables
6 3 (0.23%) Oracle Receivables
6 3 (0.23%) Sprinklr
7 2 (0.15%) Infor M3
7 2 (0.15%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.15%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (0.15%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.076%) Oracle FAH
8 1 (0.076%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 196 (14.92%) Azure
2 185 (14.08%) AWS
3 77 (5.86%) SaaS
4 74 (5.63%) Serverless
5 69 (5.25%) Power Platform
6 54 (4.11%) GCP
7 42 (3.20%) Azure DevOps
8 40 (3.04%) Microsoft 365
9 38 (2.89%) Amazon EC2
10 34 (2.59%) Amazon ECS
10 34 (2.59%) Amazon EKS
11 32 (2.44%) GitHub
12 30 (2.28%) Dynamics 365
13 28 (2.13%) Amazon SQS
14 27 (2.05%) AWS Lambda
15 25 (1.90%) Entra ID
16 24 (1.83%) GitHub Actions
17 23 (1.75%) PowerApps
18 22 (1.67%) Amazon CloudWatch
18 22 (1.67%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 32 (2.44%) Firewall
2 23 (1.75%) LAN
3 20 (1.52%) WAN
4 17 (1.29%) Network Security
5 16 (1.22%) DNS
6 11 (0.84%) TCP/IP
7 9 (0.68%) Wireless
8 8 (0.61%) VPN
9 7 (0.53%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (0.46%) DHCP
10 6 (0.46%) MPLS
10 6 (0.46%) Unified Communications
10 6 (0.46%) VoIP
11 5 (0.38%) 4G
11 5 (0.38%) Intranet
12 4 (0.30%) Ethernet
12 4 (0.30%) Internet
12 4 (0.30%) Intrusion Detection
12 4 (0.30%) Modbus
12 4 (0.30%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (6.09%) PostgreSQL
2 69 (5.25%) Relational Database
3 54 (4.11%) Power BI
4 34 (2.59%) SQL Server
5 33 (2.51%) RDBMS
6 32 (2.44%) Big Data
7 31 (2.36%) NoSQL
8 23 (1.75%) MongoDB
9 20 (1.52%) MySQL
10 19 (1.45%) Amazon RDS
10 19 (1.45%) Tableau
11 18 (1.37%) Data Lake
12 16 (1.22%) Data Warehouse
13 9 (0.68%) Amazon Aurora
13 9 (0.68%) DB2
14 8 (0.61%) Amazon Redshift
14 8 (0.61%) DynamoDB
15 7 (0.53%) BigQuery
15 7 (0.53%) Metadata
16 6 (0.46%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 60 (4.57%) Jenkins
2 54 (4.11%) Git
3 47 (3.58%) JUnit
4 38 (2.89%) JIRA
5 33 (2.51%) Mockito
6 24 (1.83%) JMeter
6 24 (1.83%) SonarQube
7 13 (0.99%) Maven
8 12 (0.91%) Axure RP
9 11 (0.84%) GitLab
10 9 (0.68%) Postman
11 7 (0.53%) Balsamiq
11 7 (0.53%) DbUnit
11 7 (0.53%) jMock
11 7 (0.53%) Selenium
12 6 (0.46%) Bitbucket
12 6 (0.46%) CircleCI
13 5 (0.38%) TeamCity
14 4 (0.30%) Bitbucket Server
14 4 (0.30%) ERwin
General
1 627 (47.72%) Social Skills
2 511 (38.89%) Finance
3 389 (29.60%) Marketing
4 152 (11.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 125 (9.51%) Analytical Skills
6 101 (7.69%) Telecoms
7 96 (7.31%) Manufacturing
8 79 (6.01%) Electronics
9 71 (5.40%) Local Government
10 48 (3.65%) Law
11 46 (3.50%) Organisational Skills
12 44 (3.35%) Retail
13 43 (3.27%) Presentation Skills
14 34 (2.59%) Influencing Skills
15 25 (1.90%) Legal
16 16 (1.22%) Police
17 11 (0.84%) Back Office
17 11 (0.84%) Banking
18 10 (0.76%) Aerospace
19 9 (0.68%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 284 (21.61%) Business Manager
2 279 (21.23%) Development Manager
3 276 (21.00%) Business Development Manager
4 168 (12.79%) Senior
5 125 (9.51%) Developer
6 95 (7.23%) Architect
7 89 (6.77%) Lead
8 78 (5.94%) Project Manager
9 72 (5.48%) Consultant
10 63 (4.79%) Analyst
11 45 (3.42%) Java Developer
12 37 (2.82%) Solutions Architect
13 31 (2.36%) Java Engineer
14 26 (1.98%) Senior Developer
15 25 (1.90%) Data Engineer
15 25 (1.90%) DevOps Engineer
16 24 (1.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 24 (1.83%) Senior Java Engineer
17 22 (1.67%) Support Engineer
18 21 (1.60%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 65 (4.95%) RESTful
2 63 (4.79%) REST
3 59 (4.49%) HTML
4 54 (4.11%) Spring
5 52 (3.96%) Spring Boot
6 46 (3.50%) Web Services
7 43 (3.27%) CSS
8 39 (2.97%) React
9 33 (2.51%) AngularJS
9 33 (2.51%) Apache Camel
10 31 (2.36%) Hibernate
10 31 (2.36%) SOAP
11 29 (2.21%) .NET
11 29 (2.21%) OAuth
12 28 (2.13%) ActiveMQ
13 26 (1.98%) jQuery
14 22 (1.67%) Kafka
14 22 (1.67%) WireMock
15 21 (1.60%) JWT
16 16 (1.22%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 70 (5.33%) Hybrid Cloud
2 48 (3.65%) Distributed Systems
2 48 (3.65%) Management Information System
3 43 (3.27%) Self-Motivation
4 42 (3.20%) NHS
5 41 (3.12%) e-Learning
6 32 (2.44%) Onboarding
7 29 (2.21%) Cloud Native
8 26 (1.98%) Public Cloud
9 24 (1.83%) Data Centre
10 22 (1.67%) Driving Licence
11 20 (1.52%) Product Ownership
12 18 (1.37%) Algorithms
12 18 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
12 18 (1.37%) Social Media
13 14 (1.07%) Data Structures
13 14 (1.07%) IoT
14 13 (0.99%) Housing Association
14 13 (0.99%) Renewable Energy
15 11 (0.84%) Distributed Architecture
Operating Systems
1 64 (4.87%) Windows
2 36 (2.74%) Windows Server
3 35 (2.66%) Linux
4 15 (1.14%) Apple iOS
5 13 (0.99%) Android
6 6 (0.46%) Mac OS
7 5 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (0.30%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.30%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.15%) zOS
10 1 (0.076%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.076%) Robot Operating System
10 1 (0.076%) Solaris
10 1 (0.076%) Ubuntu
10 1 (0.076%) Unix
10 1 (0.076%) VMS
10 1 (0.076%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 339 (25.80%) Collaborative Working
2 326 (24.81%) Business Development
3 300 (22.83%) Collaborative Culture
4 274 (20.85%) Marketing Strategy
5 273 (20.78%) Agile
6 268 (20.40%) Facilities Management
7 215 (16.36%) Project Management
8 195 (14.84%) Problem-Solving
9 146 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
10 144 (10.96%) DevOps
11 143 (10.88%) Artificial Intelligence
12 141 (10.73%) Mentoring
13 140 (10.65%) Analytics
14 131 (9.97%) Business Intelligence
15 128 (9.74%) CI/CD
16 123 (9.36%) Project Delivery
17 113 (8.60%) Stakeholder Management
18 97 (7.38%) Programme Management
19 96 (7.31%) Coaching
20 93 (7.08%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 122 (9.28%) SQL
2 119 (9.06%) Java
3 117 (8.90%) Python
4 88 (6.70%) JavaScript
5 55 (4.19%) C#
6 24 (1.83%) PowerShell
7 23 (1.75%) Shell Script
8 19 (1.45%) TypeScript
9 15 (1.14%) R
10 10 (0.76%) Ruby
11 8 (0.61%) PHP
12 7 (0.53%) Apex Code
12 7 (0.53%) C++
12 7 (0.53%) Scala
13 6 (0.46%) C
14 5 (0.38%) T-SQL
15 3 (0.23%) Bash
15 3 (0.23%) Bicep
15 3 (0.23%) SPARQL
15 3 (0.23%) VBA
Qualifications
1 286 (21.77%) Security Cleared
2 201 (15.30%) SC Cleared
3 162 (12.33%) Degree
4 40 (3.04%) DV Cleared
5 26 (1.98%) CISSP
6 25 (1.90%) Microsoft Certification
7 22 (1.67%) BPSS Clearance
7 22 (1.67%) Master's Degree
8 20 (1.52%) Azure Certification
8 20 (1.52%) PMI Certification
8 20 (1.52%) PMP
9 19 (1.45%) Computer Science Degree
10 18 (1.37%) DBS Check
11 16 (1.22%) AWS Certification
12 13 (0.99%) Cisco Certification
13 11 (0.84%) CISM
13 11 (0.84%) HND
13 11 (0.84%) MCSE
14 10 (0.76%) Chartered Engineer
14 10 (0.76%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (3.27%) QA
2 36 (2.74%) Accessibility
3 35 (2.66%) GDPR
4 28 (2.13%) Data Quality
4 28 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 19 (1.45%) Cyber Essentials
5 19 (1.45%) SLA
5 19 (1.45%) WCAG
6 17 (1.29%) NCSC
7 15 (1.14%) NIST
7 15 (1.14%) PMO
8 12 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 8 (0.61%) ISO 9001
10 7 (0.53%) GRC
11 6 (0.46%) California Consumer Privacy Act
11 6 (0.46%) Def Stans
12 3 (0.23%) IEC 61508
12 3 (0.23%) ISO 14001
12 3 (0.23%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.15%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 106 (8.07%) Docker
2 44 (3.35%) Active Directory
3 21 (1.60%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.30%) Firmware
5 4 (0.30%) Postfix
6 3 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (0.23%) VMware NSX
7 2 (0.15%) Embedded Firmware
7 2 (0.15%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.15%) vSphere
8 1 (0.076%) DFS Replication
8 1 (0.076%) RHEV
8 1 (0.076%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 97 (7.38%) Kubernetes
2 53 (4.03%) Terraform
3 34 (2.59%) Ansible
4 19 (1.45%) Kibana
5 10 (0.76%) Grafana
6 9 (0.68%) Prometheus
6 9 (0.68%) SCCM
7 8 (0.61%) Microsoft Intune
8 6 (0.46%) ZABBIX
9 4 (0.30%) Cisco CUCM
10 3 (0.23%) Functional Safety
10 3 (0.23%) Kustomize
10 3 (0.23%) Packer
10 3 (0.23%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.15%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.15%) SmoothWall
11 2 (0.15%) vCenter Server
12 1 (0.076%) EMC NetWorker
12 1 (0.076%) HP Quality Center
12 1 (0.076%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 172 (13.09%) Microsoft
2 86 (6.54%) SAP
3 66 (5.02%) Oracle
4 56 (4.26%) Google
5 55 (4.19%) Salesforce
6 43 (3.27%) IBM
7 42 (3.20%) Red Hat
8 37 (2.82%) ServiceNow
9 32 (2.44%) VMware
10 26 (1.98%) Cisco
11 24 (1.83%) Splunk
12 22 (1.67%) Databricks
13 21 (1.60%) MuleSoft
14 19 (1.45%) Dynatrace
15 18 (1.37%) Adobe
16 15 (1.14%) Facebook
16 15 (1.14%) Informatica
17 9 (0.68%) Palo Alto
17 9 (0.68%) YouTube
18 8 (0.61%) Dell