Public Sector Job Trends in the Midlands

Public Sector
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in permanent job vacancies in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 42 56
Rank change year-on-year -11 +14 +13
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 279 343 232
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 3.57% 5.38% 4.07%
As % of the General category 6.11% 8.60% 6.99%
Number of salaries quoted 223 178 213
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £24,000
25th Percentile £35,250 £42,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £51,128
Median % change year-on-year - -2.21% -7.04%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,500 £75,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £54,151
% change year-on-year - +10.80% -3.30%

All General Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 4,570 3,989 3,320
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 58.42% 62.51% 58.17%
Number of salaries quoted 2,273 1,745 2,708
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £38,750 £31,551
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £51,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.62% +8.42% -9.52%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,145 £73,750
England median annual salary £54,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.17% - -4.00%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Public Sector job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Public Sector
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Public Sector.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Public Sector

Public Sector
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in the Midlands over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Public Sector in the Midlands

Public Sector
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Public Sector within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 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
West Midlands -9 197 £56,467 +7.56% 80
East Midlands -5 82 £42,000 -16.00% 33
Public Sector
England

Public Sector
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 19 (6.81%) SharePoint
2 8 (2.87%) Confluence
3 4 (1.43%) nginx
4 3 (1.08%) SAS
5 2 (0.72%) CMS
5 2 (0.72%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.36%) Appian
6 1 (0.36%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 15 (5.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (1.43%) Mozilla Thunderbird
3 3 (1.08%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.36%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 8 (2.87%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.72%) NEC Housing
3 1 (0.36%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 1 (0.36%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 48 (17.20%) Azure
2 25 (8.96%) AWS
3 24 (8.60%) Power Platform
4 19 (6.81%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (4.30%) Dynamics 365
6 11 (3.94%) PowerApps
7 10 (3.58%) Amazon S3
8 9 (3.23%) SaaS
9 7 (2.51%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 7 (2.51%) Amazon EC2
9 7 (2.51%) Amazon ELB
9 7 (2.51%) AWS KMS
9 7 (2.51%) Serverless
9 7 (2.51%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 6 (2.15%) Power Automate
10 6 (2.15%) Smartsheet
11 5 (1.79%) Amazon ECS
11 5 (1.79%) Azure DevOps
12 4 (1.43%) Entra ID
12 4 (1.43%) Route 53
Communications & Networking
1 16 (5.73%) Firewall
2 12 (4.30%) LAN
3 10 (3.58%) WAN
4 9 (3.23%) DNS
5 8 (2.87%) SD-WAN
6 7 (2.51%) FTP
6 7 (2.51%) HTTP
6 7 (2.51%) SMTP
6 7 (2.51%) SSH
7 4 (1.43%) IMAP
7 4 (1.43%) OpenLDAP
7 4 (1.43%) VoIP
8 3 (1.08%) OpenScape
9 2 (0.72%) Intranet
9 2 (0.72%) Structured Cabling
9 2 (0.72%) VLAN
9 2 (0.72%) VPN
9 2 (0.72%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.36%) IP Telephony
10 1 (0.36%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (5.73%) Power BI
2 7 (2.51%) Amazon RDS
2 7 (2.51%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (1.79%) Data Lake
4 4 (1.43%) Amazon Aurora
4 4 (1.43%) Data Mining
4 4 (1.43%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (1.08%) Pentaho
6 2 (0.72%) Metadata
6 2 (0.72%) Tableau
7 1 (0.36%) DB2
7 1 (0.36%) Delta Lake
7 1 (0.36%) IBM InfoSphere
7 1 (0.36%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.36%) MySQL
7 1 (0.36%) Parquet
7 1 (0.36%) Power Query
7 1 (0.36%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.36%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 13 (4.66%) Git
2 10 (3.58%) JIRA
3 7 (2.51%) Jenkins
3 7 (2.51%) Vagrant
4 3 (1.08%) JUnit
4 3 (1.08%) Maven
4 3 (1.08%) Mockito
5 2 (0.72%) Selenium
6 1 (0.36%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.36%) Gatling
6 1 (0.36%) GitLab
6 1 (0.36%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.36%) MSTest
6 1 (0.36%) NUnit
6 1 (0.36%) Postman
6 1 (0.36%) SoapUI
General
1 99 (35.48%) Social Skills
2 47 (16.85%) Finance
3 46 (16.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 34 (12.19%) Telecoms
5 24 (8.60%) Marketing
6 23 (8.24%) Analytical Skills
7 20 (7.17%) Law
8 15 (5.38%) Local Government
9 12 (4.30%) Manufacturing
10 11 (3.94%) Presentation Skills
11 9 (3.23%) Electronics
11 9 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (1.79%) Legal
12 5 (1.79%) Social Housing
13 4 (1.43%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (1.08%) Health Technology
15 2 (0.72%) Automotive
15 2 (0.72%) Billing
15 2 (0.72%) Military
15 2 (0.72%) Police
Job Titles
1 36 (12.90%) Senior
2 29 (10.39%) Developer
3 28 (10.04%) Architect
3 28 (10.04%) Lead
4 18 (6.45%) Account Manager
4 18 (6.45%) Telecoms Manager
5 16 (5.73%) Senior Developer
5 16 (5.73%) Solutions Architect
6 15 (5.38%) Telecoms Account Manager
7 14 (5.02%) Consultant
8 13 (4.66%) Service Manager
9 12 (4.30%) Analyst
10 10 (3.58%) IT Consultant
11 9 (3.23%) Administrator
11 9 (3.23%) IT Recruitment Consultant
11 9 (3.23%) Recruitment Consultant
12 8 (2.87%) Cisco Network Engineer
12 8 (2.87%) Delivery Manager
12 8 (2.87%) Firewall Engineer
12 8 (2.87%) Senior Cisco Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (5.02%) EDI
2 11 (3.94%) .NET
3 6 (2.15%) React
3 6 (2.15%) Spring
4 4 (1.43%) LDAP
5 3 (1.08%) CSS
5 3 (1.08%) HTML
5 3 (1.08%) REST
5 3 (1.08%) Spring Boot
6 2 (0.72%) .NET Framework
6 2 (0.72%) ASP.NET
6 2 (0.72%) ASP.NET Core
6 2 (0.72%) Playwright
6 2 (0.72%) PySpark
6 2 (0.72%) Razor View Engine
7 1 (0.36%) .NET Core
7 1 (0.36%) ARM Templates
7 1 (0.36%) Next.js
7 1 (0.36%) SOAP
7 1 (0.36%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 13 (4.66%) Driving Licence
2 11 (3.94%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (3.58%) Management Information System
4 8 (2.87%) NHS
4 8 (2.87%) Security Posture
5 7 (2.51%) Blog
6 6 (2.15%) Onboarding
6 6 (2.15%) PDA
7 5 (1.79%) Data Centre
7 5 (1.79%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (1.43%) Cyber Security Posture
8 4 (1.43%) EPoS
8 4 (1.43%) Replication
9 2 (0.72%) IoT
9 2 (0.72%) Low-Code
9 2 (0.72%) Mashup
9 2 (0.72%) Social Media
9 2 (0.72%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.36%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 13 (4.66%) Linux
2 11 (3.94%) Windows
3 7 (2.51%) Amazon Linux
3 7 (2.51%) VMS
4 4 (1.43%) Ubuntu
5 3 (1.08%) Rocky
5 3 (1.08%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.08%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (17.56%) Agile
2 41 (14.70%) Decision-Making
3 36 (12.90%) Problem-Solving
4 33 (11.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 30 (10.75%) Continuous Improvement
5 30 (10.75%) Customer Service
6 29 (10.39%) Business Intelligence
7 27 (9.68%) Analytics
7 27 (9.68%) ITIL
7 27 (9.68%) Mentoring
8 26 (9.32%) Service Delivery
9 25 (8.96%) AI
9 25 (8.96%) B2B
9 25 (8.96%) Project Management
10 23 (8.24%) Business Development
10 23 (8.24%) Cybersecurity
11 22 (7.89%) DevOps
11 22 (7.89%) Risk Management
12 21 (7.53%) Roadmaps
13 19 (6.81%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 27 (9.68%) Python
2 26 (9.32%) SQL
3 16 (5.73%) C#
4 10 (3.58%) TypeScript
5 9 (3.23%) Java
5 9 (3.23%) PowerShell
6 8 (2.87%) JavaScript
7 7 (2.51%) Groovy
8 5 (1.79%) Scala
9 4 (1.43%) Bash
10 3 (1.08%) Perl
10 3 (1.08%) PL/SQL
10 3 (1.08%) R
11 2 (0.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 2 (0.72%) Google Apps Script
11 2 (0.72%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.72%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.36%) C++
12 1 (0.36%) PHP
12 1 (0.36%) VBA
Qualifications
1 55 (19.71%) Security Cleared
2 44 (15.77%) SC Cleared
3 38 (13.62%) Degree
4 14 (5.02%) DBS Check
5 11 (3.94%) BPSS Clearance
6 9 (3.23%) Azure Certification
6 9 (3.23%) CCNP
6 9 (3.23%) Cisco Certification
7 8 (2.87%) DV Cleared
8 7 (2.51%) CITP
9 6 (2.15%) ITIL Certification
10 5 (1.79%) AWS Certification
11 4 (1.43%) APMG
11 4 (1.43%) CISM
11 4 (1.43%) CISSP
12 3 (1.08%) CRISC
12 3 (1.08%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 3 (1.08%) Network+ Certification
12 3 (1.08%) PMI Certification
12 3 (1.08%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (4.66%) QA
2 12 (4.30%) Accessibility
3 10 (3.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 9 (3.23%) PMO
5 6 (2.15%) Data Quality
5 6 (2.15%) NIST
6 5 (1.79%) GDPR
7 4 (1.43%) COBIT
7 4 (1.43%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (1.08%) ISO 9001
8 3 (1.08%) NCSC
8 3 (1.08%) PCI DSS
8 3 (1.08%) WCAG
9 2 (0.72%) GAAP
9 2 (0.72%) Government Security Classifications
9 2 (0.72%) GRC
9 2 (0.72%) IFRS
10 1 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.36%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 1 (0.36%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (3.94%) Docker
2 8 (2.87%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.43%) DFS Replication
3 4 (1.43%) Dovecot
3 4 (1.43%) Postfix
3 4 (1.43%) Squid
4 3 (1.08%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 10 (3.58%) Terraform
2 8 (2.87%) Kubernetes
3 7 (2.51%) Grafana
3 7 (2.51%) Prometheus
4 4 (1.43%) Nessus
4 4 (1.43%) Proxmox
5 2 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.36%) Control-M
6 1 (0.36%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 46 (16.49%) Microsoft
2 11 (3.94%) SAP
3 10 (3.58%) ServiceNow
4 9 (3.23%) Cisco
4 9 (3.23%) Oracle
5 8 (2.87%) Salesforce
6 6 (2.15%) Planon
7 4 (1.43%) Civica
7 4 (1.43%) Google
7 4 (1.43%) Jaspersoft
7 4 (1.43%) Northgate
7 4 (1.43%) Talend
8 3 (1.08%) Cloudera
8 3 (1.08%) Dell
8 3 (1.08%) Informatica
9 2 (0.72%) Logitech
9 2 (0.72%) Workday
9 2 (0.72%) Yealink
10 1 (0.36%) OpenAI
10 1 (0.36%) UiPath