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 4 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 52 79
Rank change year-on-year +36 +27 +17
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 69 68 33
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 10.53% 4.84% 2.80%
As % of the General category 17.21% 8.81% 5.29%
Number of salaries quoted 24 46 31
10th Percentile £32,535 £35,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £35,536 £50,000 £44,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -9.84% +41.86%
75th Percentile £80,000 £60,000 £85,000
90th Percentile - £88,750 £95,000
South West median annual salary £50,000 £51,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -1.96% +7.37% +5.56%

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 401 772 624
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 61.22% 54.95% 52.88%
Number of salaries quoted 199 431 283
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,500 £29,800
25th Percentile £29,000 £33,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £48,918 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.16% -6.82% +16.56%
75th Percentile £53,875 £58,125 £72,433
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £78,250
South West median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +10.29%

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 4 August 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 4 August 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
Gloucester +50 22 £80,000 +45.45% 13
Cheltenham +14 16 £65,000 +18.18% 17
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 2 (2.90%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.45%) AutoCAD
1 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 14 (20.29%) Azure
2 7 (10.14%) Azure Stack
2 7 (10.14%) Entra ID
3 5 (7.25%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (5.80%) AWS
5 2 (2.90%) GCP
5 2 (2.90%) Serverless
6 1 (1.45%) Amazon EC2
6 1 (1.45%) Amazon S3
6 1 (1.45%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (1.45%) GitHub
6 1 (1.45%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (1.45%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.45%) Remote Desktop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.45%) Data Lake
1 1 (1.45%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (1.45%) Redis
Development Applications
1 1 (1.45%) Git
1 1 (1.45%) GitLab
1 1 (1.45%) JIRA
1 1 (1.45%) SonarQube
General
1 9 (13.04%) Social Skills
2 6 (8.70%) Finance
3 5 (7.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (5.80%) Local Government
5 3 (4.35%) Legal
6 2 (2.90%) Marketing
7 1 (1.45%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.45%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.45%) Police
Job Titles
1 38 (55.07%) Senior
2 32 (46.38%) Java Engineer
2 32 (46.38%) Senior Java Engineer
3 10 (14.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 8 (11.59%) IT Engineer
5 7 (10.14%) Analyst
5 7 (10.14%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
6 6 (8.70%) DevOps Engineer
6 6 (8.70%) ICT Analyst
7 5 (7.25%) Service Analyst
8 4 (5.80%) Senior DevOps
8 4 (5.80%) Senior DevOps Engineer
9 3 (4.35%) Civil Engineer
9 3 (4.35%) Development Engineer
10 2 (2.90%) Business Development Manager
10 2 (2.90%) Business Manager
10 2 (2.90%) Data Analyst
10 2 (2.90%) Data Quality Analyst
10 2 (2.90%) Quality Analyst
10 2 (2.90%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.45%) AWS CDK
1 1 (1.45%) Django
1 1 (1.45%) FastAPI
1 1 (1.45%) Flask
1 1 (1.45%) GraphQL
1 1 (1.45%) Keycloak
1 1 (1.45%) OAuth
1 1 (1.45%) pytest
1 1 (1.45%) RESTful
1 1 (1.45%) SQLAlchemy
1 1 (1.45%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 43 (62.32%) Hybrid Cloud
2 8 (11.59%) Onboarding
3 7 (10.14%) Data Centre
4 4 (5.80%) e-Learning
5 3 (4.35%) Management Information System
5 3 (4.35%) NHS
6 2 (2.90%) Data Structures
7 1 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 12 (17.39%) Windows
2 11 (15.94%) Windows Server
3 7 (10.14%) Linux
3 7 (10.14%) Rocky
3 7 (10.14%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (59.42%) Agile
2 36 (52.17%) Artificial Intelligence
3 33 (47.83%) SDLC
4 11 (15.94%) Containerisation
4 11 (15.94%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 8 (11.59%) DevOps
5 8 (11.59%) Mentoring
6 7 (10.14%) Cybersecurity
6 7 (10.14%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (8.70%) CAD
7 6 (8.70%) Customer Service
7 6 (8.70%) Data Protection
7 6 (8.70%) ITIL
7 6 (8.70%) Statistics
8 5 (7.25%) Change Management
8 5 (7.25%) CI/CD
8 5 (7.25%) Collaborative Culture
8 5 (7.25%) Records Management
9 4 (5.80%) Project Delivery
9 4 (5.80%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 32 (46.38%) Java
2 4 (5.80%) SQL
3 2 (2.90%) Python
3 2 (2.90%) T-SQL
4 1 (1.45%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 15 (21.74%) Security Cleared
2 12 (17.39%) DV Cleared
2 12 (17.39%) SC Cleared
3 8 (11.59%) BPSS Clearance
4 7 (10.14%) Azure Certification
4 7 (10.14%) Network+ Certification
5 3 (4.35%) Postgraduate
6 2 (2.90%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (8.70%) GDPR
2 4 (5.80%) Accessibility
3 2 (2.90%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.45%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (11.59%) Active Directory
2 7 (10.14%) Hyper-V
3 5 (7.25%) Docker
4 1 (1.45%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 11 (15.94%) Kubernetes
2 4 (5.80%) Terraform
3 3 (4.35%) Ansible
4 1 (1.45%) Grafana
4 1 (1.45%) Progress Chef
4 1 (1.45%) Prometheus
4 1 (1.45%) SCCM
Vendors
1 15 (21.74%) IBM
1 15 (21.74%) Red Hat
2 7 (10.14%) Dell
2 7 (10.14%) Microsoft