Public Sector Job Trends in Merseyside

Public Sector
North West > Merseyside

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in permanent job vacancies in Merseyside. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 33 37
Rank change year-on-year -13 +4 +22
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 15 22 20
As % of all permanent jobs in Merseyside 2.45% 4.30% 3.44%
As % of the General category 4.32% 5.96% 6.62%
Number of salaries quoted 13 15 13
10th Percentile £41,245 £27,225 £26,250
25th Percentile £48,225 £31,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £40,000 £39,500
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% +1.27% -30.43%
75th Percentile £65,000 £50,000 £42,500
90th Percentile £97,150 £55,800 £61,696
North West median annual salary £52,000 £60,000 £46,950
% change year-on-year -13.33% +27.79% +0.63%

All General Skills
Merseyside

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 Merseyside.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 347 369 302
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside 56.70% 72.07% 51.98%
Number of salaries quoted 209 137 212
10th Percentile - £30,300 £26,775
25th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £34,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £42,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -6.67% -5.26%
75th Percentile £55,000 £57,500 £56,563
90th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £70,000
North West median annual salary £47,500 £51,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -6.86% +2.00% -4.76%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside

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

Public Sector job vacancy trend in Merseyside

Public Sector
Salary Trend in Merseyside

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Public Sector.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Merseyside citing Public Sector

Public Sector
Salary Histogram in Merseyside

Salary distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in Merseyside over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Public Sector in Merseyside

Public Sector
Job Locations in Merseyside

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Public Sector within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 11 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
Liverpool -2 15 £55,000 +13.99% 5
Public Sector
North West

Public Sector
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Merseyside 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.67%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) LAN
1 1 (6.67%) SD-WAN
1 1 (6.67%) Unified Communications
1 1 (6.67%) WAN
1 1 (6.67%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (13.33%) Oracle Database
1 2 (13.33%) Oracle Database 10g
1 2 (13.33%) Oracle Database 11g
1 2 (13.33%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Oracle Forms
General
1 5 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 4 (26.67%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (13.33%) Finance
3 2 (13.33%) Law
3 2 (13.33%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (13.33%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (6.67%) Military
4 1 (6.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (26.67%) Architect
2 3 (20.00%) Developer
2 3 (20.00%) Programmer
3 2 (13.33%) Oracle Developer
3 2 (13.33%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (13.33%) Technical Architect
4 1 (6.67%) Account Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Administrator
4 1 (6.67%) Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Integration Developer
4 1 (6.67%) IT Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) IT Manager
4 1 (6.67%) Junior
4 1 (6.67%) Junior Network Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Network Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Salesforce Administrator
4 1 (6.67%) Software Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Software Licensing Analyst
4 1 (6.67%) Supplier Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) REST
1 1 (6.67%) SOAP
1 1 (6.67%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Self-Motivation
1 2 (13.33%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (13.33%) AI
1 2 (13.33%) Analytics
1 2 (13.33%) Asset Management
1 2 (13.33%) B2B
1 2 (13.33%) Business Development
1 2 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (13.33%) Contract Management
1 2 (13.33%) Creative Problem-Solving
1 2 (13.33%) Customer Experience
1 2 (13.33%) Customer Insight
1 2 (13.33%) Decision-Making
1 2 (13.33%) Due Diligence
1 2 (13.33%) Financial Modelling
1 2 (13.33%) IT Asset Management
1 2 (13.33%) ITIL
1 2 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (13.33%) Project Management
1 2 (13.33%) Software Licensing
1 2 (13.33%) Strategic Thinking
1 2 (13.33%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 3 (20.00%) Java
1 3 (20.00%) SQL
2 2 (13.33%) PL/SQL
3 1 (6.67%) C#
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) Degree
2 1 (6.67%) CCNA
2 1 (6.67%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared
2 1 (6.67%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (26.67%) Oracle
2 3 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (13.33%) Adobe
3 2 (13.33%) Palantir
4 1 (6.67%) MuleSoft
4 1 (6.67%) Salesforce
4 1 (6.67%) Talend