Public Sector Jobs in Hertfordshire

Public Sector
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in permanent job vacancies in Hertfordshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 93 77
Rank change year-on-year +68 -16 -58
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 72 27 56
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 8.73% 1.32% 3.21%
As % of the General category 11.32% 2.66% 4.48%
Number of salaries quoted 29 20 29
10th Percentile £52,500 £40,000 £20,750
25th Percentile £59,000 £46,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +54.55% +15.79% -20.83%
75th Percentile £87,500 £58,946 £61,000
90th Percentile - £64,375 £66,250
East of England median annual salary £64,000 £47,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +34.74% +11.76% -26.92%

All General Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 636 1,016 1,249
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 77.09% 49.73% 71.53%
Number of salaries quoted 312 781 440
10th Percentile £31,250 £25,809 £25,950
25th Percentile £39,500 £31,250 £39,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,967 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.93% -13.04% +15.00%
75th Percentile £65,313 £64,375 £70,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £72,500 £82,500
East of England median annual salary £47,683 £45,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +5.96% -16.67% +13.68%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in Hertfordshire

Public Sector
Salary Trend in Hertfordshire

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

Salary trend for Public Sector in Hertfordshire

Public Sector
Salary Histogram in Hertfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in Hertfordshire over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Public Sector in Hertfordshire

Public Sector
Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Public Sector within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 28 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
Stevenage +30 6 £68,000 +10.48% 64
Royston - 5 £55,000 -
St Albans - 3 - - 2
Broxbourne - 3 - -
Abbots Langley - 2 - - 4
Borehamwood - 2 - -
Hoddesdon - 2 - - 2
Potters Bar - 2 - -
Waltham Cross - 2 - -
Watford - 2 - - 61
Cheshunt - 2 - -
Hatfield - 2 - - 6
Rickmansworth - 2 - -
Hemel Hempstead +4 1 £32,500 -41.57% 59
Hertford - 1 - - 1
Radlett - 1 - -
Public Sector
East of England

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hertfordshire 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 3 (4.17%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Exchange
Business Applications
1 3 (4.17%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 20 (27.78%) SaaS
2 18 (25.00%) AWS
3 17 (23.61%) AWS Lambda
3 17 (23.61%) Serverless
4 16 (22.22%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 15 (20.83%) AWS CodePipeline
5 15 (20.83%) Boomi
6 14 (19.44%) Amazon EventBridge
6 14 (19.44%) Amazon SQS
6 14 (19.44%) AWS CodeBuild
6 14 (19.44%) AWS CodeDeploy
6 14 (19.44%) AWS Step Functions
7 3 (4.17%) Amazon EC2
7 3 (4.17%) Amazon S3
8 2 (2.78%) Azure
8 2 (2.78%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (2.78%) Twilio
9 1 (1.39%) Amazon EMR
9 1 (1.39%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (1.39%) Virtual Private Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.39%) DHCP
1 1 (1.39%) DNS
1 1 (1.39%) Firewall
1 1 (1.39%) Network Security
1 1 (1.39%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (29.17%) Big Data
2 3 (4.17%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (1.39%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (1.39%) MySQL
3 1 (1.39%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (1.39%) GitLab
1 1 (1.39%) Jenkins
General
1 51 (70.83%) Social Skills
2 42 (58.33%) Finance
3 41 (56.94%) Marketing
4 16 (22.22%) Law
5 8 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (9.72%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (2.78%) Police
8 1 (1.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.39%) Legal
8 1 (1.39%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 41 (56.94%) Business Development Manager
1 41 (56.94%) Business Manager
1 41 (56.94%) Development Manager
2 16 (22.22%) Lead
3 7 (9.72%) Supplier Manager
4 5 (6.94%) Relationships Manager
4 5 (6.94%) Supplier Relationship Manager
5 2 (2.78%) 2nd Line Engineer
5 2 (2.78%) 2nd Line Support
5 2 (2.78%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 2 (2.78%) Architect
5 2 (2.78%) Support Engineer
6 1 (1.39%) Civil Engineer
6 1 (1.39%) Commercial Manager
6 1 (1.39%) Development Engineer
6 1 (1.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (1.39%) Senior Development Engineer
6 1 (1.39%) Software Team Leader
6 1 (1.39%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (1.39%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (22.22%) RESTful
2 15 (20.83%) JWT
2 15 (20.83%) OAuth
3 5 (6.94%) Akka
4 3 (4.17%) SAML
5 1 (1.39%) Kafka
5 1 (1.39%) Middleware
5 1 (1.39%) Node.js
5 1 (1.39%) RabbitMQ
5 1 (1.39%) SOAP
5 1 (1.39%) Spring
5 1 (1.39%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 6 (8.33%) Robotics
2 1 (1.39%) Data Structures
2 1 (1.39%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (1.39%) NHS
2 1 (1.39%) Onboarding
2 1 (1.39%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.39%) Apple iOS
1 1 (1.39%) Mac OS
1 1 (1.39%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (76.39%) Collaborative Culture
2 41 (56.94%) Business Development
2 41 (56.94%) Collaborative Working
2 41 (56.94%) Facilities Management
2 41 (56.94%) Marketing Strategy
3 29 (40.28%) Project Management
4 21 (29.17%) Analytics
4 21 (29.17%) Data Analytics
5 20 (27.78%) Technology Strategy
6 18 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 17 (23.61%) CI/CD
7 17 (23.61%) DevOps
8 16 (22.22%) Line Management
9 15 (20.83%) API Design
9 15 (20.83%) API Development
9 15 (20.83%) Event-Driven
9 15 (20.83%) Event-Driven Architecture
10 14 (19.44%) Coaching
11 8 (11.11%) Risk Management
12 7 (9.72%) Contract Management
Programming Languages
1 17 (23.61%) Java
2 15 (20.83%) C#
3 3 (4.17%) Python
4 1 (1.39%) SQL
Qualifications
1 16 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 5 (6.94%) Degree
3 2 (2.78%) AWS Certification
3 2 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.39%) AWS Certified Developer
4 1 (1.39%) Azure Certification
4 1 (1.39%) DBS Check
4 1 (1.39%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.39%) Postgraduate
4 1 (1.39%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.39%) Accessibility
1 1 (1.39%) Data Quality
System Software
1 2 (2.78%) Docker
2 1 (1.39%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (2.78%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.39%) Terraform
Vendors
1 15 (20.83%) Informatica
1 15 (20.83%) MuleSoft
1 15 (20.83%) ServiceNow
2 14 (19.44%) Salesforce
3 6 (8.33%) Microsoft
4 3 (4.17%) Adobe
5 1 (1.39%) Apple
5 1 (1.39%) Oracle
5 1 (1.39%) Talend