Public Sector Jobs 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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 227 26 81
Rank change year-on-year -201 +55 -44
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 63 614 331
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.81% 5.93% 4.36%
As % of the General category 1.15% 11.29% 6.51%
Number of salaries quoted 33 400 183
10th Percentile £40,313 £27,975 £28,250
25th Percentile £52,000 £40,988 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £69,637 £57,965 £47,900
Median % change year-on-year +20.14% +21.01% -9.81%
75th Percentile £73,750 £71,991 £65,000
90th Percentile £112,750 £84,964 £78,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -

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 common skills in the North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 5,490 5,440 5,083
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 70.35% 52.58% 66.96%
Number of salaries quoted 2,395 3,982 2,369
10th Percentile £25,750 £26,000 £27,250
25th Percentile £41,000 £33,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.38% -9.52% +3.02%
75th Percentile £61,250 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,772 £80,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in the North West

Public Sector
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Public Sector in the North West

Public Sector
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in the North West over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

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 30 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
Manchester -89 47 £69,642 +20.15% 282
Cheshire -51 8 - - 149
Merseyside +3 4 £65,000 +62.50% 74
Lancashire -134 3 £120,000 +91.14% 86
Cumbria -78 1 £52,500 +23.53% 1
Public Sector
England

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 2 (3.17%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.59%) Confluence
2 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 5 (7.94%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.59%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.59%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 7 (11.11%) AWS
1 7 (11.11%) Azure
2 4 (6.35%) AWS Lambda
2 4 (6.35%) Serverless
3 3 (4.76%) OCI
3 3 (4.76%) SaaS
4 2 (3.17%) Entra ID
4 2 (3.17%) GCP
5 1 (1.59%) Azure Sentinel
5 1 (1.59%) Azure Stack
5 1 (1.59%) GitHub
5 1 (1.59%) IaaS
5 1 (1.59%) Kong
5 1 (1.59%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.59%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.76%) Firewall
1 3 (4.76%) VoIP
2 2 (3.17%) MPLS
2 2 (3.17%) VPN
3 1 (1.59%) BGP
3 1 (1.59%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (1.59%) Cisco Firepower
3 1 (1.59%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (1.59%) DHCP
3 1 (1.59%) DNS
3 1 (1.59%) EIGRP
3 1 (1.59%) HSRP
3 1 (1.59%) IPsec
3 1 (1.59%) LAN
3 1 (1.59%) Modbus
3 1 (1.59%) OSPF
3 1 (1.59%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.59%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.17%) Big Data
1 2 (3.17%) DynamoDB
1 2 (3.17%) MongoDB
1 2 (3.17%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.59%) GIS
2 1 (1.59%) MySQL
2 1 (1.59%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 3 (4.76%) JIRA
2 1 (1.59%) Git
2 1 (1.59%) GitLab
2 1 (1.59%) Jenkins
General
1 19 (30.16%) Social Skills
2 16 (25.40%) Finance
3 11 (17.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 11 (17.46%) Local Government
3 11 (17.46%) Telecoms
4 7 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (9.52%) Legal
6 4 (6.35%) Electronics
6 4 (6.35%) Manufacturing
6 4 (6.35%) Marketing
7 3 (4.76%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (3.17%) Automotive
8 2 (3.17%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.59%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.59%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.59%) Police
9 1 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.59%) Retail
9 1 (1.59%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 9 (14.29%) Lead
2 8 (12.70%) Senior
3 6 (9.52%) Analyst
4 5 (7.94%) Business Analyst
5 4 (6.35%) Architect
5 4 (6.35%) Audit Manager
5 4 (6.35%) Project Manager
5 4 (6.35%) Senior Audit Manager
5 4 (6.35%) Senior Manager
6 3 (4.76%) Developer
6 3 (4.76%) Head of Business Transformation
6 3 (4.76%) Senior Developer
6 3 (4.76%) Software Engineer
6 3 (4.76%) Systems Engineer
7 2 (3.17%) Author
7 2 (3.17%) Business Development Manager
7 2 (3.17%) Consultant
7 2 (3.17%) Development Manager
7 2 (3.17%) IT Consultant
7 2 (3.17%) Procurement Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.17%) FastAPI
1 2 (3.17%) Node.js
1 2 (3.17%) Spring
1 2 (3.17%) Spring Boot
2 1 (1.59%) COM+
2 1 (1.59%) CSS
2 1 (1.59%) D3.js
2 1 (1.59%) HTML
2 1 (1.59%) Plotly
2 1 (1.59%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.35%) Management Information System
2 3 (4.76%) Cloud Native
2 3 (4.76%) NHS
2 3 (4.76%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (3.17%) CCTV
3 2 (3.17%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (3.17%) Housing Association
4 1 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.59%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (1.59%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 1 (1.59%) Cyber Threat
4 1 (1.59%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (1.59%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.59%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.59%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (1.59%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.76%) Windows
2 2 (3.17%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.59%) Android
3 1 (1.59%) Mac OS
3 1 (1.59%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (22.22%) Agile
1 14 (22.22%) Project Delivery
2 13 (20.63%) Continuous Improvement
3 11 (17.46%) Project Management
4 8 (12.70%) ITIL
5 7 (11.11%) Business Case
5 7 (11.11%) Mentoring
5 7 (11.11%) Risk Assessment
6 6 (9.52%) Business Strategy
6 6 (9.52%) PRINCE2
6 6 (9.52%) Service Management
6 6 (9.52%) Software Engineering
7 5 (7.94%) Artificial Intelligence
7 5 (7.94%) BCP
7 5 (7.94%) Collaborative Working
7 5 (7.94%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (7.94%) Root Cause Analysis
8 4 (6.35%) Business Continuity Planning
8 4 (6.35%) Coaching
8 4 (6.35%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 5 (7.94%) Python
2 3 (4.76%) JavaScript
3 2 (3.17%) Java
3 2 (3.17%) PHP
3 2 (3.17%) TypeScript
4 1 (1.59%) Kusto Query Language
4 1 (1.59%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 14 (22.22%) Security Cleared
2 11 (17.46%) Degree
3 7 (11.11%) SC Cleared
4 5 (7.94%) Chartered Engineer
5 4 (6.35%) ACCA
6 3 (4.76%) DV Cleared
7 2 (3.17%) DBS Check
8 1 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.59%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 1 (1.59%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (7.94%) Accessibility
2 4 (6.35%) GAAP
2 4 (6.35%) IFRS
3 3 (4.76%) IEC 61508
4 1 (1.59%) GDPR
4 1 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.59%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (1.59%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.59%) Hyper-V
1 1 (1.59%) RHEV
1 1 (1.59%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (1.59%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (4.76%) Functional Safety
1 3 (4.76%) Terraform
2 2 (3.17%) Cisco CUCM
2 2 (3.17%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.59%) Ansible
3 1 (1.59%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (1.59%) SCCM
Vendors
1 8 (12.70%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.94%) Oracle
3 4 (6.35%) Cisco
3 4 (6.35%) SAP
4 3 (4.76%) ServiceNow
5 2 (3.17%) Apple
5 2 (3.17%) Palo Alto
6 1 (1.59%) Aruba
6 1 (1.59%) Avaya
6 1 (1.59%) CheckPoint
6 1 (1.59%) Citrix
6 1 (1.59%) Google
6 1 (1.59%) Liquidlogic
6 1 (1.59%) Monzo
6 1 (1.59%) Rapid7
6 1 (1.59%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.59%) Samsung
6 1 (1.59%) Veeam
6 1 (1.59%) VMware