Public Sector Job Trends in Lanarkshire

Public Sector
Scotland > Lanarkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in permanent job vacancies in Lanarkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 2 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 4 - 7
Rank change year-on-year - - +4
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 8 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Lanarkshire 20.51% - 6.67%
As % of the General category 30.77% - 13.64%
Number of salaries quoted 8 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - -
75th Percentile £70,000 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median annual salary £42,000 £53,086 £49,995
% change year-on-year -20.88% +6.18% +5.25%

All General Skills
Lanarkshire

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 general skills in Lanarkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 26 42 22
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lanarkshire 66.67% 63.64% 48.89%
Number of salaries quoted 9 13 11
10th Percentile £59,350 £31,250 -
25th Percentile - £42,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - +25.71%
75th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £57,500
90th Percentile - £67,700 -
Scotland median annual salary £35,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -36.36% +10.00% -16.00%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Lanarkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Public Sector relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Lanarkshire.

Public Sector job vacancy trend in Lanarkshire

Public Sector
Salary Trend in Lanarkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lanarkshire citing Public Sector.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lanarkshire citing Public Sector

Public Sector
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lanarkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (12.50%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) Firewall
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Infrastructure Project Manager
2 2 (25.00%) Network Engineer
2 2 (25.00%) Project Manager
3 1 (12.50%) Azure Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Azure Platform Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Cloud Platform Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Platform Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (100.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 3 (37.50%) Platform Engineering