Public Sector Job Trends in Manchester

Public Sector
North West > Manchester

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in permanent job vacancies in Manchester. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 24 56
Rank change year-on-year -24 +32 +35
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 105 212 105
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 3.80% 7.73% 4.63%
As % of the General category 6.04% 11.34% 8.10%
Number of salaries quoted 76 43 72
10th Percentile £23,750 £43,100 £30,623
25th Percentile £36,250 £47,500 £37,270
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +20.00% -
75th Percentile £82,500 £67,809 £64,063
90th Percentile £100,000 £77,400 £84,717
North West median annual salary £51,000 £59,000 £48,000
% change year-on-year -13.56% +22.92% +1.85%

All General Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,737 1,870 1,296
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 62.84% 68.17% 57.12%
Number of salaries quoted 892 765 971
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £57,662
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -4.62% +4.84%
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £72,466
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £85,000
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 Manchester

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

Public Sector job vacancy trend in Manchester

Public Sector
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Public Sector.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Public Sector

Public Sector
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in Manchester over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Public Sector in Manchester

Public Sector
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Public Sector within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 1 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
Bury - 5 £37,500 -
Bolton +10 4 - - 7
Stockport -1 4 - - 1
Wigan - 4 £25,150 -
Oldham - 4 - -
Salford -3 1 £74,830 - 2
Public Sector
North West

Public Sector
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 9 (8.57%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.95%) OpenStack
Applications
1 11 (10.48%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.95%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.95%) InVision
2 1 (0.95%) Revit
2 1 (0.95%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 20 (19.05%) AWS
2 17 (16.19%) Azure
3 6 (5.71%) Amazon Bedrock
4 5 (4.76%) Power Platform
5 3 (2.86%) Azure DevOps
5 3 (2.86%) OCI
6 2 (1.90%) GCP
6 2 (1.90%) Power Automate
7 1 (0.95%) Amazon ECS
7 1 (0.95%) Amazon EKS
7 1 (0.95%) Figma
7 1 (0.95%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.95%) Firewall
1 1 (0.95%) HTTP
1 1 (0.95%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.86%) Power BI
2 2 (1.90%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.95%) MongoDB
3 1 (0.95%) Qlik Sense
3 1 (0.95%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.95%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (2.86%) Jenkins
2 2 (1.90%) Git
2 2 (1.90%) GitLab
3 1 (0.95%) Axure RP
3 1 (0.95%) Gatling
3 1 (0.95%) JMeter
3 1 (0.95%) LoadRunner
3 1 (0.95%) NUnit
General
1 27 (25.71%) Social Skills
2 24 (22.86%) Local Government
3 16 (15.24%) Finance
4 13 (12.38%) Billing
5 8 (7.62%) Electronics
5 8 (7.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 8 (7.62%) Manufacturing
5 8 (7.62%) Marketing
5 8 (7.62%) Telecoms
6 7 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (6.67%) Fire and Rescue
6 7 (6.67%) Police
7 5 (4.76%) Advertising
7 5 (4.76%) Retail
8 3 (2.86%) Law
8 3 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (2.86%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.95%) Legal
9 1 (0.95%) Military
Job Titles
1 17 (16.19%) Audit Manager
2 14 (13.33%) Architect
3 10 (9.52%) Lead
3 10 (9.52%) Solutions Architect
4 7 (6.67%) Developer
5 6 (5.71%) AWS Architect
5 6 (5.71%) AWS Solution Architect
5 6 (5.71%) IT Support
5 6 (5.71%) Project Manager
5 6 (5.71%) Senior
6 5 (4.76%) Analyst
6 5 (4.76%) Consultant
6 5 (4.76%) Delivery Manager
6 5 (4.76%) Security Engineer
6 5 (4.76%) Systems Engineer
7 4 (3.81%) Business Manager
7 4 (3.81%) IT Support Technician
7 4 (3.81%) Lead Software Engineer
7 4 (3.81%) Sales Manager
7 4 (3.81%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (7.62%) Node.js
2 6 (5.71%) .NET
2 6 (5.71%) React
3 4 (3.81%) AngularJS
3 4 (3.81%) CSS
4 3 (2.86%) REST
4 3 (2.86%) Software Packaging
5 2 (1.90%) HTML
5 2 (1.90%) Spring
5 2 (1.90%) Spring Boot
5 2 (1.90%) Tailwind CSS
5 2 (1.90%) Web Services
5 2 (1.90%) WebSockets
6 1 (0.95%) .NET Core
6 1 (0.95%) Apache Camel
6 1 (0.95%) Elastic Stack
6 1 (0.95%) FastAPI
6 1 (0.95%) JWT
6 1 (0.95%) PyTorch
6 1 (0.95%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 16 (15.24%) NHS
2 9 (8.57%) Cloud Native
3 7 (6.67%) Blog
3 7 (6.67%) Driving Licence
4 6 (5.71%) AI Agents
5 5 (4.76%) CCTV
6 4 (3.81%) IoT
6 4 (3.81%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (2.86%) Product Ownership
8 2 (1.90%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (1.90%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.95%) Distributed Systems
9 1 (0.95%) Freedom of Information
9 1 (0.95%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.95%) Linux
1 1 (0.95%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (24.76%) Agile
2 21 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 19 (18.10%) AI
4 17 (16.19%) Business Development
4 17 (16.19%) Problem-Solving
5 13 (12.38%) Benchmarking
6 12 (11.43%) Continuous Improvement
7 11 (10.48%) Enterprise Architecture
7 11 (10.48%) ITIL
8 10 (9.52%) Business Intelligence
8 10 (9.52%) Service Delivery
9 9 (8.57%) Customer Service
9 9 (8.57%) DevOps
9 9 (8.57%) Machine Learning
9 9 (8.57%) Project Management
9 9 (8.57%) Risk Management
10 8 (7.62%) CI/CD
10 8 (7.62%) Digital Marketing
10 8 (7.62%) Project Delivery
10 8 (7.62%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 9 (8.57%) Python
2 7 (6.67%) JavaScript
3 6 (5.71%) Java
4 3 (2.86%) TypeScript
5 2 (1.90%) C#
6 1 (0.95%) PHP
6 1 (0.95%) SQL
Qualifications
1 20 (19.05%) Degree
2 17 (16.19%) ACCA
3 15 (14.29%) Security Cleared
4 9 (8.57%) SC Cleared
5 7 (6.67%) DV Cleared
6 3 (2.86%) AWS Certification
6 3 (2.86%) Azure Certification
6 3 (2.86%) Master's Degree
6 3 (2.86%) MBA
6 3 (2.86%) TOGAF Certification
7 2 (1.90%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.95%) CISSP
8 1 (0.95%) CompTIA Security+
8 1 (0.95%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.95%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (16.19%) GAAP
1 17 (16.19%) IFRS
2 5 (4.76%) QA
3 4 (3.81%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.90%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.90%) SLA
5 1 (0.95%) ISO 19650
5 1 (0.95%) WCAG
System Software
1 4 (3.81%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (2.86%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.95%) Ansible
2 1 (0.95%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (7.62%) Microsoft
1 8 (7.62%) SAP
2 4 (3.81%) Oracle
3 2 (1.90%) Palantir
4 1 (0.95%) Adobe
4 1 (0.95%) Atlassian
4 1 (0.95%) Pega
4 1 (0.95%) ServiceNow
4 1 (0.95%) WSO2