Public Sector Job Trends in the North West

Public Sector
England > North West

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

6 months to
14 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 135 37
Rank change year-on-year +95 -98 +35
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 447 115 324
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 3.47% 2.25% 4.49%
As % of the General category 8.42% 3.45% 8.13%
Number of salaries quoted 340 80 98
10th Percentile £35,000 £33,375 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £36,250 £40,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £51,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +26.21% +3.00% +6.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £68,938 £64,375
90th Percentile £100,000 £82,500 £68,202
England median annual salary £63,076 £59,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.01% +8.18% +0.53%

All General Skills
North West

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 North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 5,311 3,330 3,983
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 41.21% 65.28% 55.20%
Number of salaries quoted 3,431 1,357 1,834
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £32,750 £38,581
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £78,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £53,750 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.33% -10.42% -

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Public Sector job vacancy trend in the North West

Public Sector
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Public Sector.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing Public Sector

Public Sector
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in the North West over the 6 months to 14 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Public Sector in the North West

Public Sector
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Public Sector within the North West region over the 6 months to 14 October 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
Manchester +38 291 £70,000 +28.95% 218
Lancashire +77 117 £63,076 +20.14% 30
Cheshire +23 20 £55,000 +50.68% 6
Merseyside -4 19 £40,000 -17.44% 15
Public Sector
England

Public Sector
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 5 (1.12%) SharePoint
2 4 (0.89%) Apache Spark
2 4 (0.89%) Oracle Workflow
3 3 (0.67%) Apache
3 3 (0.67%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (0.67%) SharePoint Server
4 2 (0.45%) CMS
5 1 (0.22%) Confluence
5 1 (0.22%) Sitecore CMS
5 1 (0.22%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.22%) WordPress
Applications
1 14 (3.13%) AutoCAD
2 9 (2.01%) Revit
3 7 (1.57%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.67%) Civil 3D
4 3 (0.67%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.67%) Navisworks
4 3 (0.67%) ProjectWise
5 2 (0.45%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.22%) Acrobat
6 1 (0.22%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.22%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.22%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 10 (2.24%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.12%) SAP PSCD
3 3 (0.67%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 3 (0.67%) Oracle Cash Management
3 3 (0.67%) Oracle EBS
3 3 (0.67%) Oracle Payables
3 3 (0.67%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 1 (0.22%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 1 (0.22%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 57 (12.75%) AWS
2 45 (10.07%) Azure
3 17 (3.80%) SaaS
4 15 (3.36%) GitHub
5 13 (2.91%) Power Platform
6 12 (2.68%) Serverless
7 11 (2.46%) AWS Lambda
7 11 (2.46%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (1.79%) Amazon S3
8 8 (1.79%) Azure AKS
9 7 (1.57%) PaaS
10 6 (1.34%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 6 (1.34%) Amazon EMR
10 6 (1.34%) GCP
10 6 (1.34%) Microsoft 365
10 6 (1.34%) Twilio
11 5 (1.12%) Amazon EC2
11 5 (1.12%) Amazon EKS
11 5 (1.12%) AWS Step Functions
11 5 (1.12%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 23 (5.15%) WAN
2 19 (4.25%) LAN
3 12 (2.68%) SD-WAN
4 8 (1.79%) Broadband
4 8 (1.79%) Cisco ISE
4 8 (1.79%) Cisco Wireless
4 8 (1.79%) WebEx
4 8 (1.79%) Wireless
4 8 (1.79%) WLAN
5 4 (0.89%) Firewall
5 4 (0.89%) TETRA
6 3 (0.67%) Internet
7 1 (0.22%) CTI
7 1 (0.22%) Intranet
7 1 (0.22%) Kerberos
7 1 (0.22%) Network Security
7 1 (0.22%) Software-Defined Networking
7 1 (0.22%) SSL
7 1 (0.22%) Unified Communications
7 1 (0.22%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (2.91%) Power BI
2 8 (1.79%) Data Warehouse
3 6 (1.34%) Data Lake
4 5 (1.12%) MongoDB
4 5 (1.12%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (0.89%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (0.89%) Big Data
5 4 (0.89%) Data Mining
5 4 (0.89%) Electronic Patient Records
5 4 (0.89%) Spark SQL
6 3 (0.67%) Amazon Athena
6 3 (0.67%) Amazon Redshift
6 3 (0.67%) Azure SQL Database
6 3 (0.67%) EDRMS
6 3 (0.67%) MySQL
6 3 (0.67%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 3 (0.67%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (0.67%) Power Query
7 2 (0.45%) DynamoDB
7 2 (0.45%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 19 (4.25%) Git
1 19 (4.25%) GitLab
2 8 (1.79%) Jenkins
3 6 (1.34%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 4 (0.89%) JIRA
5 2 (0.45%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.22%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.22%) Maven
General
1 78 (17.45%) Social Skills
2 34 (7.61%) Finance
3 22 (4.92%) Local Government
4 21 (4.70%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (4.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 20 (4.47%) Influencing Skills
6 15 (3.36%) Law
6 15 (3.36%) Marketing
7 14 (3.13%) Retail
8 13 (2.91%) Legal
9 9 (2.01%) Manufacturing
10 7 (1.57%) Organisational Skills
11 6 (1.34%) Publishing
12 5 (1.12%) Fire and Rescue
12 5 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (0.89%) Health Technology
14 3 (0.67%) General Ledger
14 3 (0.67%) Police
15 1 (0.22%) Investment Banking
15 1 (0.22%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 105 (23.49%) Senior
2 58 (12.98%) Lead
3 32 (7.16%) Architect
4 31 (6.94%) Business Development Manager
4 31 (6.94%) Business Manager
4 31 (6.94%) Development Manager
5 28 (6.26%) Sales Manager
6 27 (6.04%) Account Manager
6 27 (6.04%) Analyst
7 25 (5.59%) Sales Account Manager
8 24 (5.37%) Software Engineer
9 23 (5.15%) Developer
10 22 (4.92%) Consultant
11 21 (4.70%) IT Manager
12 20 (4.47%) DevOps Engineer
12 20 (4.47%) Enterprise Account Manager
12 20 (4.47%) Lead Software Engineer
12 20 (4.47%) ServiceNow Manager
13 18 (4.03%) Service Manager
14 17 (3.80%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (6.04%) Terraform
2 10 (2.24%) .NET
2 10 (2.24%) Node.js
3 8 (1.79%) Kafka
4 7 (1.57%) SAP Fiori
5 6 (1.34%) MIDP
5 6 (1.34%) Oracle Fusion
5 6 (1.34%) PySpark
6 5 (1.12%) CSS
6 5 (1.12%) Web Services
7 4 (0.89%) HTML
7 4 (0.89%) Middleware
7 4 (0.89%) RESTful
8 3 (0.67%) XML
9 2 (0.45%) AWS CDK
9 2 (0.45%) React
9 2 (0.45%) Spring
9 2 (0.45%) Spring Boot
9 2 (0.45%) Symfony
10 1 (0.22%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 16 (3.58%) Management Information System
2 15 (3.36%) Cloud Native
2 15 (3.36%) Self-Motivation
3 12 (2.68%) Onboarding
4 11 (2.46%) NHS
5 10 (2.24%) Enterprise Software
5 10 (2.24%) Product Ownership
6 8 (1.79%) Cyber Threat
7 6 (1.34%) Cybercrime
7 6 (1.34%) Hybrid Cloud
7 6 (1.34%) IVR
7 6 (1.34%) Mobile App
8 5 (1.12%) e-Learning
9 4 (0.89%) Greenfield Project
9 4 (0.89%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (0.89%) SCADA
9 4 (0.89%) Virtual Team
10 3 (0.67%) Legacy Applications
10 3 (0.67%) Public Cloud
11 2 (0.45%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 19 (4.25%) Linux
2 13 (2.91%) Windows
3 10 (2.24%) Unix
4 6 (1.34%) CentOS
4 6 (1.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 4 (0.89%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.45%) Android
6 2 (0.45%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.45%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.22%) macOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (24.83%) Mentoring
2 106 (23.71%) Coaching
3 84 (18.79%) Agile
4 69 (15.44%) Continuous Improvement
5 67 (14.99%) Stakeholder Management
6 57 (12.75%) AI
7 53 (11.86%) DevOps
8 52 (11.63%) CI/CD
9 49 (10.96%) Decision-Making
10 47 (10.51%) Analytics
11 42 (9.40%) Business Development
12 38 (8.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 37 (8.28%) Roadmaps
14 36 (8.05%) Technical Leadership
15 34 (7.61%) Infrastructure as Code
16 33 (7.38%) Cybersecurity
17 30 (6.71%) Customer Service
17 30 (6.71%) Problem-Solving
17 30 (6.71%) Risk Management
18 29 (6.49%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 30 (6.71%) SQL
2 24 (5.37%) Java
3 18 (4.03%) Python
4 17 (3.80%) JavaScript
5 12 (2.68%) Kotlin
6 11 (2.46%) C#
7 8 (1.79%) C++
8 7 (1.57%) ABAP
9 5 (1.12%) PowerShell
9 5 (1.12%) TypeScript
10 4 (0.89%) Bash
10 4 (0.89%) Bicep
10 4 (0.89%) PL/SQL
11 3 (0.67%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 2 (0.45%) PHP
13 1 (0.22%) C
13 1 (0.22%) Ruby
13 1 (0.22%) Search Processing Language
Qualifications
1 54 (12.08%) Security Cleared
2 41 (9.17%) SC Cleared
3 32 (7.16%) Degree
4 16 (3.58%) DV Cleared
5 8 (1.79%) BPSS Clearance
5 8 (1.79%) CISSP
6 6 (1.34%) CISM
6 6 (1.34%) RIBA
7 5 (1.12%) DBS Check
7 5 (1.12%) SAP Certification
8 4 (0.89%) AWS Certification
9 3 (0.67%) APMG
9 3 (0.67%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 3 (0.67%) TOGAF Certification
10 2 (0.45%) Chartered Engineer
10 2 (0.45%) CIMA
10 2 (0.45%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.45%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.45%) PMP
10 2 (0.45%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (5.15%) Accessibility
2 14 (3.13%) Data Quality
3 13 (2.91%) QA
4 12 (2.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 11 (2.46%) GDPR
6 8 (1.79%) NIST
7 7 (1.57%) PCI DSS
8 5 (1.12%) WCAG
9 3 (0.67%) ISO 19650
9 3 (0.67%) NCSC
9 3 (0.67%) NIST 800
9 3 (0.67%) PMO
10 2 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.45%) COBIT
10 2 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.45%) GRC
10 2 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 20000
11 1 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.22%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (3.13%) Docker
2 2 (0.45%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 19 (4.25%) Kubernetes
2 9 (2.01%) Ansible
3 3 (0.67%) Argo
3 3 (0.67%) FTK
3 3 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.22%) SCCM
Vendors
1 35 (7.83%) Microsoft
2 25 (5.59%) YouTube
3 23 (5.15%) ServiceNow
4 14 (3.13%) Oracle
5 10 (2.24%) Cisco
5 10 (2.24%) SAP
6 9 (2.01%) Autodesk
7 8 (1.79%) Aruba
7 8 (1.79%) Databricks
7 8 (1.79%) Fortinet
7 8 (1.79%) Juniper
8 3 (0.67%) BiZZdesign
8 3 (0.67%) Dell
8 3 (0.67%) FIS
8 3 (0.67%) HP
8 3 (0.67%) Intel
8 3 (0.67%) Nuix
8 3 (0.67%) Relativity
9 2 (0.45%) IBM
9 2 (0.45%) Splunk