Public Sector Jobs 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 117 66 82
Rank change year-on-year -51 +16 -27
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 177 430 363
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.56% 3.34% 4.15%
As % of the General category 4.24% 6.09% 5.67%
Number of salaries quoted 107 293 249
10th Percentile £26,500 £24,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £50,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% -7.41% +8.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £65,603 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,154 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -

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 common skills in the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 4,170 7,056 6,400
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 60.33% 54.86% 73.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1,762 4,789 3,033
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,500 £28,250
25th Percentile £32,000 £31,250 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -14.29% +10.53%
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £71,991 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,565 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.84% -12.50% -

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing Public Sector as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in the Midlands

Public Sector
Salary Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Public Sector in the Midlands.

Salary trend for Public Sector in the Midlands

Public Sector
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in the Midlands over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

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 31 May 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
West Midlands -22 120 £57,500 +4.55% 127
East Midlands -35 53 £39,919 -15.96% 89
Public Sector
England

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 17 (9.60%) Confluence
2 6 (3.39%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.13%) nginx
3 2 (1.13%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 9 (5.08%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (1.13%) Mozilla Thunderbird
3 2 (1.13%) Oracle Smart View
3 2 (1.13%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.56%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.56%) Revit
Business Applications
1 2 (1.13%) Oracle Assets
1 2 (1.13%) Oracle Cash Management
1 2 (1.13%) Oracle ERP
1 2 (1.13%) Oracle Financials
1 2 (1.13%) Oracle General Ledger
1 2 (1.13%) Oracle Payables
1 2 (1.13%) Oracle Receivables
1 2 (1.13%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.56%) Exchequer
2 1 (0.56%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.56%) SAP HCM
2 1 (0.56%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 36 (20.34%) Azure
2 35 (19.77%) AWS
3 18 (10.17%) Amazon EC2
3 18 (10.17%) Amazon S3
4 16 (9.04%) Amazon CloudWatch
4 16 (9.04%) AWS KMS
5 12 (6.78%) Microsoft 365
6 11 (6.21%) Amazon ELB
6 11 (6.21%) Power Platform
6 11 (6.21%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 10 (5.65%) SaaS
8 9 (5.08%) Amazon Glacier
8 9 (5.08%) Azure DevOps
8 9 (5.08%) GitHub
8 9 (5.08%) GitHub Actions
8 9 (5.08%) PaaS
9 7 (3.95%) Amazon SQS
9 7 (3.95%) IaaS
9 7 (3.95%) Route 53
10 6 (3.39%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 13 (7.34%) WAN
2 12 (6.78%) LAN
3 11 (6.21%) Firewall
4 7 (3.95%) DNS
5 5 (2.82%) FTP
5 5 (2.82%) HTTP
5 5 (2.82%) SMTP
5 5 (2.82%) SSH
6 4 (2.26%) Wireless
7 3 (1.69%) Internet
8 2 (1.13%) DHCP
8 2 (1.13%) IMAP
8 2 (1.13%) MPLS
8 2 (1.13%) OpenLDAP
8 2 (1.13%) VoIP
9 1 (0.56%) Ethernet
9 1 (0.56%) LTE
9 1 (0.56%) Network Security
9 1 (0.56%) Profibus
9 1 (0.56%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (10.17%) Amazon RDS
2 12 (6.78%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (5.08%) Amazon Aurora
3 9 (5.08%) Power BI
4 6 (3.39%) DynamoDB
4 6 (3.39%) NoSQL
5 5 (2.82%) Amazon Redshift
5 5 (2.82%) BigQuery
6 4 (2.26%) SQL Server
6 4 (2.26%) Tableau
7 3 (1.69%) Redis
8 2 (1.13%) Data Mining
8 2 (1.13%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (1.13%) Looker
8 2 (1.13%) Metadata
8 2 (1.13%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.56%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.56%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.56%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.56%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 24 (13.56%) Git
2 20 (11.30%) JIRA
3 18 (10.17%) Jenkins
4 15 (8.47%) SonarQube
5 11 (6.21%) Vagrant
6 7 (3.95%) Maven
7 6 (3.39%) JUnit
7 6 (3.39%) Mockito
8 5 (2.82%) Bitbucket Server
8 5 (2.82%) DbUnit
8 5 (2.82%) jMock
9 1 (0.56%) ERwin
9 1 (0.56%) Sonatype Nexus
9 1 (0.56%) Subversion
General
1 55 (31.07%) Finance
2 37 (20.90%) Social Skills
3 34 (19.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 26 (14.69%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (11.86%) Marketing
6 14 (7.91%) Law
7 12 (6.78%) Local Government
8 10 (5.65%) Telecoms
9 8 (4.52%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (3.95%) Legal
10 7 (3.95%) Retail
11 6 (3.39%) Manufacturing
11 6 (3.39%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (2.82%) Electronics
13 4 (2.26%) Police
14 2 (1.13%) Advertising
14 2 (1.13%) Banking
14 2 (1.13%) Documentation Skills
14 2 (1.13%) General Ledger
14 2 (1.13%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 23 (12.99%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 21 (11.86%) Lead
3 18 (10.17%) Consultant
3 18 (10.17%) Support Engineer
4 15 (8.47%) Integration Consultant
4 15 (8.47%) Oracle Consultant
4 15 (8.47%) Oracle Technical Consultant
4 15 (8.47%) Technical Consultant
5 14 (7.91%) Infrastructure Support
5 14 (7.91%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
6 13 (7.34%) Developer
7 11 (6.21%) DevOps Engineer
7 11 (6.21%) Senior
8 10 (5.65%) Project Manager
9 9 (5.08%) Architect
10 8 (4.52%) Java Developer
11 7 (3.95%) Analyst
11 7 (3.95%) IT Support
12 6 (3.39%) Data Architect
12 6 (3.39%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (5.08%) SOAP
2 8 (4.52%) RESTful
2 8 (4.52%) Spring
2 8 (4.52%) Spring Boot
3 7 (3.95%) ActiveMQ
3 7 (3.95%) AngularJS
3 7 (3.95%) Bootstrap
4 6 (3.39%) ARM Templates
4 6 (3.39%) Azure Blueprints
4 6 (3.39%) JPA
4 6 (3.39%) REST
4 6 (3.39%) Web Services
5 5 (2.82%) Hibernate
5 5 (2.82%) PowerMock
5 5 (2.82%) Spring Batch
5 5 (2.82%) Spring Integration
6 4 (2.26%) Middleware
7 3 (1.69%) Django
7 3 (1.69%) SQLAlchemy
7 3 (1.69%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 18 (10.17%) Hybrid Cloud
2 16 (9.04%) e-Learning
3 12 (6.78%) Management Information System
3 12 (6.78%) Onboarding
4 9 (5.08%) Legacy Systems
5 8 (4.52%) Replication
6 6 (3.39%) Data Centre
6 6 (3.39%) Marketing Technology
6 6 (3.39%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (2.82%) Data Structures
7 5 (2.82%) NHS
8 4 (2.26%) Renewable Energy
8 4 (2.26%) Social Media
9 3 (1.69%) Distributed Architecture
9 3 (1.69%) Distributed Systems
9 3 (1.69%) Enterprise Storage
9 3 (1.69%) Private Cloud
9 3 (1.69%) SCADA
10 2 (1.13%) CCTV
10 2 (1.13%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 25 (14.12%) Windows
2 18 (10.17%) Linux
3 12 (6.78%) Windows Server
4 11 (6.21%) VMS
5 5 (2.82%) Amazon Linux
6 4 (2.26%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (1.69%) Ubuntu
7 3 (1.69%) Windows Server 2019
8 1 (0.56%) Android
8 1 (0.56%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.56%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.56%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (20.34%) Project Management
2 33 (18.64%) Artificial Intelligence
3 32 (18.08%) Software Engineering
4 29 (16.38%) Mentoring
5 28 (15.82%) Agile
6 27 (15.25%) DevOps
7 26 (14.69%) Continuous Improvement
8 23 (12.99%) Decision-Making
8 23 (12.99%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 23 (12.99%) Intelligent Automation
9 22 (12.43%) Analytics
10 21 (11.86%) Stakeholder Management
11 20 (11.30%) Problem-Solving
12 19 (10.73%) Business Development
13 18 (10.17%) Collaborative Working
14 16 (9.04%) Containerisation
15 15 (8.47%) API Management
15 15 (8.47%) Change Management
15 15 (8.47%) CRM
15 15 (8.47%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 28 (15.82%) SQL
2 21 (11.86%) Python
3 15 (8.47%) PowerShell
4 13 (7.34%) Java
5 11 (6.21%) Groovy
6 4 (2.26%) R
7 3 (1.69%) Perl
8 2 (1.13%) JavaScript
8 2 (1.13%) PHP
9 1 (0.56%) ABAP
9 1 (0.56%) Bash
9 1 (0.56%) C
9 1 (0.56%) C#
9 1 (0.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 35 (19.77%) Security Cleared
2 23 (12.99%) SC Cleared
3 18 (10.17%) Degree
4 14 (7.91%) Microsoft Certification
5 11 (6.21%) BPSS Clearance
5 11 (6.21%) MCP
5 11 (6.21%) MCSA
5 11 (6.21%) MCSE
6 10 (5.65%) A+ Certification
7 7 (3.95%) Azure Certification
8 4 (2.26%) CCNA
8 4 (2.26%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (2.26%) MAPM
8 4 (2.26%) MRICS
9 3 (1.69%) AWS Certification
9 3 (1.69%) DBS Check
10 2 (1.13%) Chartered Engineer
10 2 (1.13%) CRISC
10 2 (1.13%) CTC Cleared
10 2 (1.13%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (6.21%) GDPR
2 8 (4.52%) QA
3 7 (3.95%) NCSC
4 6 (3.39%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 4 (2.26%) Data Quality
5 4 (2.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (1.69%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.69%) GRC
7 2 (1.13%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (1.13%) PMO
8 1 (0.56%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.56%) NIST
8 1 (0.56%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 29 (16.38%) Active Directory
2 23 (12.99%) Docker
3 8 (4.52%) DFS Replication
4 6 (3.39%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (2.26%) Postfix
6 3 (1.69%) Firmware
7 2 (1.13%) Dovecot
7 2 (1.13%) Squid
7 2 (1.13%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (1.13%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.56%) Embedded Firmware
8 1 (0.56%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 18 (10.17%) Terraform
2 17 (9.60%) Grafana
2 17 (9.60%) Prometheus
3 13 (7.34%) Ansible
4 11 (6.21%) Kubernetes
5 3 (1.69%) SCCM
6 2 (1.13%) Cisco CUCM
6 2 (1.13%) Nessus
6 2 (1.13%) Proxmox
6 2 (1.13%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.56%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 39 (22.03%) Microsoft
2 18 (10.17%) Oracle
3 16 (9.04%) IBM
3 16 (9.04%) ServiceNow
4 15 (8.47%) Red Hat
5 10 (5.65%) Google
6 6 (3.39%) Juniper
6 6 (3.39%) SAP
6 6 (3.39%) VMware
7 5 (2.82%) Atlassian
7 5 (2.82%) Facebook
7 5 (2.82%) Salesforce
8 4 (2.26%) Cisco
8 4 (2.26%) Citrix
8 4 (2.26%) Databricks
8 4 (2.26%) Jaspersoft
9 3 (1.69%) Dell
9 3 (1.69%) Isilon
9 3 (1.69%) YouTube
10 2 (1.13%) Optimizely