Public Sector Job Trends in Lancashire

Public Sector
North West > Lancashire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in permanent job vacancies in Lancashire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 50 47 14
Rank change year-on-year -3 -33 -2
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 11 31 32
As % of all permanent jobs in Lancashire 0.98% 3.76% 8.33%
As % of the General category 1.33% 5.94% 14.68%
Number of salaries quoted 10 15 30
10th Percentile £30,000 £40,145 £35,613
25th Percentile £35,792 £45,216 £37,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,497 £62,779 £43,261
Median % change year-on-year -27.53% +45.11% +2.76%
75th Percentile £46,022 £67,968 £49,438
90th Percentile £75,396 £71,991 £62,500
North West median annual salary £50,000 £58,000 £49,750
% change year-on-year -13.79% +16.58% +5.57%

All General Skills
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 824 522 218
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Lancashire 73.44% 63.27% 56.77%
Number of salaries quoted 164 327 182
10th Percentile £25,988 £34,750 £25,825
25th Percentile £32,475 £40,988 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,436 £50,055 £45,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.23% +10.01% +1.11%
75th Percentile £57,000 £58,943 £52,875
90th Percentile £64,301 £66,067 £69,560
North West median annual salary £47,500 £51,000 £51,500
% change year-on-year -6.86% -0.97% -1.90%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Public Sector job vacancy trend in Lancashire

Public Sector
Salary Trend in Lancashire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Public Sector.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Lancashire citing Public Sector

Public Sector
Salary Histogram in Lancashire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in Lancashire over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Public Sector in Lancashire

Public Sector
Job Locations in Lancashire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Public Sector within the Lancashire region over the 6 months to 30 December 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
Blackpool -6 7 £45,497 -27.53% 11
Preston +3 1 £38,932 -42.32% 36
Lytham St Annes - 1 £30,000 -
Public Sector
North West

Public Sector
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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 (9.09%) Azure
1 1 (9.09%) Entra ID
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (9.09%) SQL Server
General
1 3 (27.27%) Finance
2 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Analyst
1 3 (27.27%) Business Analyst
2 2 (18.18%) IT Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) IT Manager
2 2 (18.18%) IT Services Manager
2 2 (18.18%) IT Support
2 2 (18.18%) IT Support Engineer
2 2 (18.18%) Lead
2 2 (18.18%) Senior
2 2 (18.18%) Senior IT Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Senior Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Senior Service Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Service Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Support Engineer
3 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Team Leader
3 1 (9.09%) Lead Service Designer
3 1 (9.09%) Product Consultant
3 1 (9.09%) Product Owner
3 1 (9.09%) Service Designer
3 1 (9.09%) ServiceNow Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (45.45%) Coaching
1 5 (45.45%) Mentoring
2 3 (27.27%) ITIL
3 2 (18.18%) Agile
3 2 (18.18%) Business Analysis
3 2 (18.18%) Community of Practice
3 2 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (18.18%) Focus Group
3 2 (18.18%) Generative AI
3 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (18.18%) Process Improvement
3 2 (18.18%) Risk Register
3 2 (18.18%) Service Management
3 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (18.18%) User Experience
3 2 (18.18%) Validation
3 2 (18.18%) Workshop Facilitation
4 1 (9.09%) Business Strategy
4 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 1 (9.09%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 1 (9.09%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (18.18%) Degree
1 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared
1 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (27.27%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (9.09%) Jamf Pro
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) Microsoft
2 1 (9.09%) Cisco
2 1 (9.09%) ServiceNow