Public Sector Jobs in Gloucestershire

Public Sector
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in permanent job vacancies in Gloucestershire. 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 19 68 89
Rank change year-on-year +49 +21 +7
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 57 74 31
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 10.65% 4.16% 2.45%
As % of the General category 16.43% 7.57% 4.44%
Number of salaries quoted 14 62 19
10th Percentile £50,000 £40,250 £43,850
25th Percentile £52,813 £48,750 £55,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -18.52% +56.98%
75th Percentile £90,000 £65,938 £86,375
90th Percentile £97,500 £85,000 £95,500
South West median annual salary £62,500 £51,000 £47,520
% change year-on-year +22.55% +7.32% +0.04%

All General Skills
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 347 977 698
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 64.86% 54.92% 55.27%
Number of salaries quoted 160 655 254
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £29,608
25th Percentile £29,000 £30,125 £35,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -18.18% +22.11%
75th Percentile £57,500 £56,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £69,000 £82,500
South West median annual salary £47,683 £47,500 £50,238
% change year-on-year +0.39% -5.45% +2.79%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in Gloucestershire

Public Sector
Salary Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Salary trend for Public Sector in Gloucestershire

Public Sector
Salary Histogram in Gloucestershire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in Gloucestershire over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Public Sector in Gloucestershire

Public Sector
Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Public Sector within the Gloucestershire 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
Cheltenham +19 17 £62,500 +13.64% 7
Gloucester +58 16 £65,000 +30.00% 8
Stroud - 3 - -
Tewkesbury - 3 - -
Public Sector
South West

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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 4 (7.02%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (3.51%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 8 (14.04%) Azure
2 7 (12.28%) AWS
2 7 (12.28%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (8.77%) Amazon EC2
3 5 (8.77%) Amazon S3
3 5 (8.77%) Serverless
4 4 (7.02%) AWS Lambda
4 4 (7.02%) Virtual Private Cloud
5 3 (5.26%) GitHub
5 3 (5.26%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (1.75%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (1.75%) GCP
6 1 (1.75%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.75%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.26%) Data Lake
1 3 (5.26%) PostgreSQL
1 3 (5.26%) Redis
2 2 (3.51%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (1.75%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 3 (5.26%) Git
1 3 (5.26%) GitLab
1 3 (5.26%) JIRA
1 3 (5.26%) SonarQube
General
1 13 (22.81%) Social Skills
2 5 (8.77%) Finance
2 5 (8.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (7.02%) Marketing
4 2 (3.51%) Electronics
4 2 (3.51%) Manufacturing
4 2 (3.51%) Telecoms
5 1 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 39 (68.42%) Senior
2 32 (56.14%) Java Engineer
2 32 (56.14%) Senior Java Engineer
3 5 (8.77%) DevOps Engineer
4 4 (7.02%) Developer
4 4 (7.02%) Senior DevOps
4 4 (7.02%) Senior DevOps Engineer
5 3 (5.26%) Architect
5 3 (5.26%) AWS Architect
5 3 (5.26%) Backend Developer
5 3 (5.26%) Cloud Architect
5 3 (5.26%) Senior Backend Developer
5 3 (5.26%) Senior Developer
6 2 (3.51%) Administrator
6 2 (3.51%) Business Development Manager
6 2 (3.51%) Business Manager
6 2 (3.51%) Consultant
6 2 (3.51%) Development Manager
6 2 (3.51%) Technical Consultant
7 1 (1.75%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (7.02%) AWS CDK
2 3 (5.26%) Django
2 3 (5.26%) FastAPI
2 3 (5.26%) Flask
2 3 (5.26%) GraphQL
2 3 (5.26%) Keycloak
2 3 (5.26%) OAuth
2 3 (5.26%) pytest
2 3 (5.26%) RESTful
2 3 (5.26%) SQLAlchemy
2 3 (5.26%) WebSockets
3 1 (1.75%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 36 (63.16%) Hybrid Cloud
2 4 (7.02%) e-Learning
3 3 (5.26%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.51%) Windows
2 1 (1.75%) Linux
2 1 (1.75%) Unix
2 1 (1.75%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (75.44%) Agile
2 36 (63.16%) Artificial Intelligence
3 33 (57.89%) SDLC
4 12 (21.05%) DevOps
5 8 (14.04%) Containerisation
5 8 (14.04%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (12.28%) CI/CD
6 7 (12.28%) Collaborative Culture
7 5 (8.77%) Mentoring
7 5 (8.77%) Technical Leadership
8 4 (7.02%) Cloud Security
8 4 (7.02%) Coaching
8 4 (7.02%) Configuration Management
9 3 (5.26%) Collaborative Working
9 3 (5.26%) Front End Development
9 3 (5.26%) Infrastructure as Code
9 3 (5.26%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 3 (5.26%) Platform Engineering
9 3 (5.26%) Programme Management
9 3 (5.26%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 33 (57.89%) Java
2 7 (12.28%) Python
3 6 (10.53%) SQL
4 1 (1.75%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.75%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 13 (22.81%) Security Cleared
2 8 (14.04%) DV Cleared
3 6 (10.53%) SC Cleared
4 3 (5.26%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (3.51%) Degree
6 1 (1.75%) AWS Certification
6 1 (1.75%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 1 (1.75%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
6 1 (1.75%) NVQ Level 4
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.75%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (15.79%) Docker
2 1 (1.75%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.75%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 8 (14.04%) Kubernetes
2 6 (10.53%) Terraform
3 4 (7.02%) Ansible
4 3 (5.26%) Grafana
4 3 (5.26%) Progress Chef
4 3 (5.26%) Prometheus
5 1 (1.75%) SCCM
Vendors
1 15 (26.32%) IBM
1 15 (26.32%) Red Hat
2 7 (12.28%) Microsoft
3 2 (3.51%) SAP