Public Sector Job Trends in London

Public Sector
England > London

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

6 months to
6 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 117 92
Rank change year-on-year +48 -25 +54
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 511 432 598
As % of all permanent jobs in London 3.70% 2.78% 3.37%
As % of the General category 5.45% 3.79% 5.07%
Number of salaries quoted 366 187 459
10th Percentile £35,875 £45,000 £27,965
25th Percentile £48,750 £53,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.40%
75th Percentile £83,438 £84,375 £85,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £97,500 £95,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -2.62%

All General Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 9,384 11,402 11,795
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 67.88% 73.29% 66.47%
Number of salaries quoted 5,762 6,093 9,143
10th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £56,250 £55,195
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £122,500 £120,000
England median annual salary £53,234 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.28% - -4.00%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Public Sector job vacancy trend in London

Public Sector
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Public Sector.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Public Sector

Public Sector
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in London over the 6 months to 6 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Public Sector in London

Public Sector
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Public Sector within the London region over the 6 months to 6 January 2026. 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
Central London +16 37 £66,648 -4.79% 52
South London +23 19 £45,000 -12.49% 10
West London -8 1 £95,000 +78.83% 10
East London - 1 £57,510 - 10
Public Sector
England

Public Sector
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 22 (4.31%) SharePoint
2 7 (1.37%) Confluence
3 5 (0.98%) Apache Spark
3 5 (0.98%) CMS
4 2 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.39%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.20%) Apache
5 1 (0.20%) Camunda
5 1 (0.20%) IIS
5 1 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 25 (4.89%) Adobe XD
2 13 (2.54%) Maya
3 12 (2.35%) Microsoft Excel
4 9 (1.76%) Microsoft Office
5 5 (0.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.78%) InVision
6 4 (0.78%) Sketch
7 3 (0.59%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.20%) Chatbot
9 1 (0.20%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (1.57%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (1.37%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (0.98%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.78%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 3 (0.59%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.59%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.59%) SAP MDG
5 3 (0.59%) Yoast SEO
6 1 (0.20%) iTrent
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle BPM
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle SCM
6 1 (0.20%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.20%) SAP FI
6 1 (0.20%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.20%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 85 (16.63%) Azure
2 60 (11.74%) AWS
3 33 (6.46%) Microsoft 365
4 32 (6.26%) GCP
5 31 (6.07%) Power Platform
5 31 (6.07%) SaaS
6 30 (5.87%) Serverless
7 26 (5.09%) Dynamics 365
7 26 (5.09%) Figma
8 19 (3.72%) Entra ID
9 17 (3.33%) OCI
9 17 (3.33%) Power Automate
10 16 (3.13%) PowerApps
11 15 (2.94%) Amazon EKS
12 14 (2.74%) Amazon ECS
13 12 (2.35%) Amazon EC2
13 12 (2.35%) Cloud Computing
13 12 (2.35%) Google Analytics
14 11 (2.15%) Miro
15 8 (1.57%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.37%) VPN
2 6 (1.17%) Firewall
3 4 (0.78%) Cisco IOS
3 4 (0.78%) DNS
3 4 (0.78%) WAAS
4 3 (0.59%) Internet
4 3 (0.59%) LAN
5 2 (0.39%) DHCP
5 2 (0.39%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.39%) WAN
6 1 (0.20%) Intranet
6 1 (0.20%) LTE
6 1 (0.20%) Network Security
6 1 (0.20%) SAN
6 1 (0.20%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (5.48%) PostgreSQL
2 26 (5.09%) Power BI
3 22 (4.31%) Relational Database
4 18 (3.52%) Data Warehouse
4 18 (3.52%) RDBMS
5 16 (3.13%) NoSQL
6 8 (1.57%) Metadata
6 8 (1.57%) Oracle Reports
6 8 (1.57%) SQL Server
7 6 (1.17%) MongoDB
8 5 (0.98%) BigQuery
9 4 (0.78%) Big Data
9 4 (0.78%) Hadoop
9 4 (0.78%) MySQL
10 3 (0.59%) Oracle BI EE
10 3 (0.59%) Tableau
11 2 (0.39%) Amazon RDS
11 2 (0.39%) Apache Hive
11 2 (0.39%) QlikView
11 2 (0.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 23 (4.50%) Axure RP
2 21 (4.11%) Balsamiq
2 21 (4.11%) Jenkins
3 14 (2.74%) JMeter
3 14 (2.74%) JUnit
4 12 (2.35%) JIRA
4 12 (2.35%) Mockito
5 10 (1.96%) Git
6 9 (1.76%) Selenium
7 6 (1.17%) Cypress.io
8 4 (0.78%) WebDriver
9 3 (0.59%) REST Assured
10 2 (0.39%) Cucumber
10 2 (0.39%) ER Studio
10 2 (0.39%) Gatling
10 2 (0.39%) Postman
11 1 (0.20%) Bitbucket
11 1 (0.20%) Gradle
11 1 (0.20%) SoapUI
11 1 (0.20%) TestRail
General
1 144 (28.18%) Finance
2 142 (27.79%) Social Skills
3 104 (20.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 91 (17.81%) Analytical Skills
5 86 (16.83%) Law
6 74 (14.48%) Marketing
7 72 (14.09%) Manufacturing
7 72 (14.09%) Telecoms
8 63 (12.33%) Electronics
9 34 (6.65%) Local Government
10 22 (4.31%) Legal
11 13 (2.54%) Games
12 11 (2.15%) Retail
13 9 (1.76%) Organisational Skills
14 8 (1.57%) Billing
15 7 (1.37%) Aerospace
16 6 (1.17%) Influencing Skills
16 6 (1.17%) Pharmaceutical
16 6 (1.17%) Presentation Skills
17 5 (0.98%) Digital Economy
Job Titles
1 90 (17.61%) Senior
2 72 (14.09%) Developer
3 53 (10.37%) Consultant
4 45 (8.81%) Architect
5 31 (6.07%) Designer
5 31 (6.07%) User Researcher
6 30 (5.87%) Software Engineer
7 29 (5.68%) Lead
8 20 (3.91%) Programme Manager
8 20 (3.91%) Senior User Researcher
9 18 (3.52%) Java Developer
9 18 (3.52%) Senior Manager
10 17 (3.33%) Analyst
10 17 (3.33%) IT Manager
11 15 (2.94%) Full-Stack Developer
11 15 (2.94%) Senior Developer
11 15 (2.94%) UX Designer
12 14 (2.74%) Oracle Consultant
12 14 (2.74%) Power Platform Developer
13 12 (2.35%) Senior Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (6.07%) HTML
2 30 (5.87%) REST
2 30 (5.87%) Spring
3 24 (4.70%) Spring Boot
4 19 (3.72%) CSS
5 15 (2.94%) HTML5 Canvas
6 14 (2.74%) Hibernate
6 14 (2.74%) Web Services
7 13 (2.54%) ActiveMQ
7 13 (2.54%) React
8 12 (2.35%) Apache Camel
8 12 (2.35%) jQuery
8 12 (2.35%) JSON
8 12 (2.35%) WireMock
8 12 (2.35%) XML
9 11 (2.15%) .NET
10 8 (1.57%) AngularJS
10 8 (1.57%) FastAPI
10 8 (1.57%) Kafka
10 8 (1.57%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 34 (6.65%) NHS
2 33 (6.46%) Product Ownership
3 29 (5.68%) Cloud Native
4 21 (4.11%) Blog
4 21 (4.11%) Enterprise Software
5 18 (3.52%) Distributed Systems
5 18 (3.52%) Onboarding
6 14 (2.74%) Self-Motivation
6 14 (2.74%) Social Media
7 11 (2.15%) Public Cloud
8 9 (1.76%) Data Structures
9 8 (1.57%) Analytical Mindset
9 8 (1.57%) Blockchain
9 8 (1.57%) CMDB
10 6 (1.17%) Hybrid Cloud
11 5 (0.98%) Management Information System
11 5 (0.98%) Video Conferencing
12 4 (0.78%) Driving Licence
12 4 (0.78%) Fixed Income
12 4 (0.78%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 23 (4.50%) Windows
2 8 (1.57%) Windows Server
3 6 (1.17%) Android
3 6 (1.17%) Linux
3 6 (1.17%) Unix
4 3 (0.59%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.39%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.20%) VMS
6 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
6 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 157 (30.72%) Agile
2 100 (19.57%) AI
3 93 (18.20%) Mentoring
4 91 (17.81%) Business Intelligence
5 84 (16.44%) Problem-Solving
6 79 (15.46%) Programme Management
7 71 (13.89%) Analytics
8 64 (12.52%) Business Development
9 63 (12.33%) Digital Marketing
9 63 (12.33%) Software Engineering
10 60 (11.74%) Continuous Improvement
10 60 (11.74%) User Research
11 58 (11.35%) Community of Practice
12 54 (10.57%) Technology Strategy
12 54 (10.57%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
13 50 (9.78%) Actionable Insight
13 50 (9.78%) CI/CD
14 47 (9.20%) Cybersecurity
15 46 (9.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 45 (8.81%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 66 (12.92%) Python
2 63 (12.33%) JavaScript
3 46 (9.00%) Java
4 44 (8.61%) SQL
5 37 (7.24%) C#
6 18 (3.52%) TypeScript
7 12 (2.35%) Shell Script
8 9 (1.76%) C++
8 9 (1.76%) PowerShell
9 6 (1.17%) Bicep
9 6 (1.17%) R
10 5 (0.98%) Bash
11 4 (0.78%) Scala
12 3 (0.59%) Apex Code
13 2 (0.39%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.20%) ABAP
14 1 (0.20%) C
14 1 (0.20%) Go
14 1 (0.20%) Google Apps Script
14 1 (0.20%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 177 (34.64%) Security Cleared
2 143 (27.98%) SC Cleared
3 131 (25.64%) Degree
4 39 (7.63%) DV Cleared
5 35 (6.85%) Computer Science Degree
6 32 (6.26%) Microsoft Certification
7 15 (2.94%) CISSP
8 14 (2.74%) PMI Certification
8 14 (2.74%) PMP
9 13 (2.54%) Azure Certification
10 7 (1.37%) ACCA
10 7 (1.37%) Master's Degree
11 6 (1.17%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (0.98%) CISM
13 4 (0.78%) CIPD
13 4 (0.78%) TOGAF Certification
14 3 (0.59%) APMP
14 3 (0.59%) ISTQB
14 3 (0.59%) NVQ Level 3
14 3 (0.59%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (9.78%) Accessibility
2 28 (5.48%) QA
3 25 (4.89%) WCAG
4 23 (4.50%) GDPR
5 14 (2.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 11 (2.15%) Cyber Essentials
6 11 (2.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 9 (1.76%) NIST
8 7 (1.37%) GRC
9 6 (1.17%) Data Quality
9 6 (1.17%) PMO
9 6 (1.17%) SLA
10 5 (0.98%) EU AI Act
11 4 (0.78%) JSP 440
11 4 (0.78%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.59%) ISO 14001
12 3 (0.59%) ISO 9001
12 3 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27005
12 3 (0.59%) NCSC
12 3 (0.59%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 39 (7.63%) Docker
2 21 (4.11%) Active Directory
3 9 (1.76%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (0.78%) Hyper-V
4 4 (0.78%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.20%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.20%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 43 (8.41%) Kubernetes
2 28 (5.48%) Terraform
3 13 (2.54%) Kibana
4 9 (1.76%) Prometheus
5 5 (0.98%) Ansible
6 4 (0.78%) SCCM
6 4 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.59%) Grafana
7 3 (0.59%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (0.59%) SCOM
7 3 (0.59%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 1 (0.20%) Ambari
8 1 (0.20%) Control-M
8 1 (0.20%) Puppet
8 1 (0.20%) vRealize Orchestrator
8 1 (0.20%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 94 (18.40%) Microsoft
2 76 (14.87%) SAP
3 38 (7.44%) Google
4 35 (6.85%) Oracle
5 25 (4.89%) Adobe
5 25 (4.89%) Palantir
6 17 (3.33%) Foundry
7 15 (2.94%) Salesforce
8 14 (2.74%) ServiceNow
9 12 (2.35%) Dynatrace
9 12 (2.35%) Splunk
10 11 (2.15%) Cisco
11 9 (1.76%) VMware
12 6 (1.17%) NEC
13 5 (0.98%) Workday
14 4 (0.78%) Dell
15 3 (0.59%) HubSpot
15 3 (0.59%) Scality
15 3 (0.59%) Veeam
15 3 (0.59%) YouTube