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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 30 90 51
Rank change year-on-year +60 -39 +78
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 498 233 581
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 5.38% 3.60% 5.75%
As % of the General category 10.33% 5.45% 9.20%
Number of salaries quoted 269 149 240
10th Percentile £29,500 £28,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,988 £36,132 £40,132
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,965 £46,500 £50,960
Median % change year-on-year +24.65% -8.75% +7.28%
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £71,688
90th Percentile £84,964 £78,750 £92,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £53,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.77% -3.64% -

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 4,822 4,276 6,315
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 52.07% 66.08% 62.51%
Number of salaries quoted 3,089 2,275 3,444
10th Percentile £26,500 £27,350 £28,902
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,854 £38,386
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +10.53%
75th Percentile £63,750 £69,500 £66,140
90th Percentile £77,500 £81,250 £81,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +4.35%

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 26 July 2024.

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 26 July 2024. 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 +77 329 £57,965 +13.02% 50
Cheshire +20 72 £55,000 -6.65% 10
Lancashire +8 65 £62,783 +49.14% 6
Merseyside -1 32 £40,500 -2.41% 8
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 13 (2.61%) SharePoint
2 11 (2.21%) IIS
3 10 (2.01%) Confluence
4 9 (1.81%) Apache
5 8 (1.61%) Tomcat
6 4 (0.80%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.40%) Tuxedo
8 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 11 (2.21%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.80%) AutoCAD
5 2 (0.40%) Fusion 360
5 2 (0.40%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.20%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 25 (5.02%) NEC Housing
2 4 (0.80%) SAP S/4HANA
3 2 (0.40%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.20%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 141 (28.31%) IBM Cloud
2 111 (22.29%) Azure
3 91 (18.27%) AWS
4 65 (13.05%) Amazon ECR
4 65 (13.05%) Amazon EKS
4 65 (13.05%) Amazon S3
4 65 (13.05%) OCI
4 65 (13.05%) Route 53
5 43 (8.63%) Azure DevOps
6 42 (8.43%) Serverless
7 41 (8.23%) Azure API Management
7 41 (8.23%) Azure Functions
7 41 (8.23%) Azure Logic Apps
7 41 (8.23%) Azure Service Bus
8 20 (4.02%) Microsoft 365
9 19 (3.82%) Power Platform
10 8 (1.61%) IaaS
11 7 (1.41%) Entra ID
12 6 (1.20%) Figma
12 6 (1.20%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 13 (2.61%) DNS
2 9 (1.81%) Network Security
3 8 (1.61%) Firewall
4 6 (1.20%) Wireless
5 4 (0.80%) Cisco Firepower
5 4 (0.80%) Cisco IOS
5 4 (0.80%) Cisco ISE
5 4 (0.80%) DHCP
5 4 (0.80%) TETRA
5 4 (0.80%) VSAN
6 3 (0.60%) Internet
6 3 (0.60%) Intranet
6 3 (0.60%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.40%) LAN
7 2 (0.40%) WAN
7 2 (0.40%) WPA
8 1 (0.20%) HTTPS
8 1 (0.20%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (0.20%) SMS
8 1 (0.20%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 95 (19.08%) NoSQL
2 91 (18.27%) PostgreSQL
3 84 (16.87%) MongoDB
4 77 (15.46%) DB2
5 67 (13.45%) Amazon RDS
6 41 (8.23%) Relational Database
7 19 (3.82%) SQL Server
8 16 (3.21%) Power BI
9 15 (3.01%) Oracle Database
9 15 (3.01%) Tableau
10 7 (1.41%) Oracle Database 12c
11 6 (1.20%) MySQL
12 3 (0.60%) Data Warehouse
13 2 (0.40%) Data Lake
13 2 (0.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 2 (0.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 1 (0.20%) Big Data
14 1 (0.20%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
14 1 (0.20%) Flink
14 1 (0.20%) Metabase
Development Applications
1 22 (4.42%) JIRA
2 11 (2.21%) GitLab
3 5 (1.00%) Artifactory
3 5 (1.00%) Git
4 3 (0.60%) Bitbucket
4 3 (0.60%) Burp Suite
4 3 (0.60%) Metasploit
5 2 (0.40%) LabVIEW
6 1 (0.20%) AdminStudio
6 1 (0.20%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.20%) Maven
6 1 (0.20%) Postman
6 1 (0.20%) SoapUI
6 1 (0.20%) Sonatype Nexus
6 1 (0.20%) Subversion
6 1 (0.20%) Visual Studio
General
1 128 (25.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 86 (17.27%) Finance
3 81 (16.27%) Social Skills
4 49 (9.84%) Local Government
5 33 (6.63%) Analytical Skills
6 29 (5.82%) Police
7 26 (5.22%) Presentation Skills
8 14 (2.81%) Billing
9 13 (2.61%) Social Housing
10 11 (2.21%) Retail
11 10 (2.01%) Organisational Skills
12 9 (1.81%) Influencing Skills
12 9 (1.81%) Marketing
13 7 (1.41%) Back Office
13 7 (1.41%) Legal
14 6 (1.20%) Electronics
14 6 (1.20%) Manufacturing
14 6 (1.20%) Telecoms
15 4 (0.80%) Law
15 4 (0.80%) Military
Job Titles
1 135 (27.11%) Senior
2 72 (14.46%) DevOps Engineer
3 61 (12.25%) Developer
4 60 (12.05%) Senior DevOps
4 60 (12.05%) Senior DevOps Engineer
5 57 (11.45%) Lead
6 43 (8.63%) Azure Developer
7 42 (8.43%) Full Stack Developer
8 37 (7.43%) Azure Engineer
9 36 (7.23%) Full Stack Engineer
10 33 (6.63%) Architect
11 24 (4.82%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 19 (3.82%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
13 18 (3.61%) Category Manager
13 18 (3.61%) ICT Manager
14 16 (3.21%) Project Manager
14 16 (3.21%) Solutions Architect
15 14 (2.81%) Audit Manager
16 12 (2.41%) Programme Manager
16 12 (2.41%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 86 (17.27%) Web Services
2 82 (16.47%) .NET
3 80 (16.06%) HTML
3 80 (16.06%) REST
4 79 (15.86%) CSS
5 77 (15.46%) AngularJS
5 77 (15.46%) ASP.NET
5 77 (15.46%) ASP.NET Core
5 77 (15.46%) Backbone.js
5 77 (15.46%) Ember.js
5 77 (15.46%) jQuery
5 77 (15.46%) React
5 77 (15.46%) Twitter Bootstrap
5 77 (15.46%) Vue
6 42 (8.43%) Node.js
7 6 (1.20%) RESTful
8 3 (0.60%) .NET Framework
8 3 (0.60%) Microsoft Graph
8 3 (0.60%) Spring
9 2 (0.40%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 153 (30.72%) Hybrid Cloud
2 143 (28.71%) Blockchain
3 100 (20.08%) e-Learning
4 77 (15.46%) Algorithms
4 77 (15.46%) Data Structures
5 37 (7.43%) Public Cloud
6 16 (3.21%) Housing Association
7 15 (3.01%) NHS
8 11 (2.21%) Enterprise Software
8 11 (2.21%) Product Ownership
8 11 (2.21%) Self-Motivation
9 10 (2.01%) Driving Licence
9 10 (2.01%) Management Information System
10 9 (1.81%) Mobile App
11 6 (1.20%) Data Centre
11 6 (1.20%) IoT
12 5 (1.00%) Enterprise Cloud
12 5 (1.00%) PKI
13 4 (0.80%) Enterprise Storage
13 4 (0.80%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 118 (23.69%) Windows
2 96 (19.28%) Linux
3 78 (15.66%) Android
3 78 (15.66%) Apple iOS
4 22 (4.42%) Unix
5 11 (2.21%) Windows Server
6 8 (1.61%) Solaris
7 6 (1.20%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.60%) Kali Linux
9 2 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.20%) Amazon Linux
10 1 (0.20%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 255 (51.20%) Coaching
2 239 (47.99%) Mentoring
3 186 (37.35%) Agile
4 147 (29.52%) Artificial Intelligence
5 130 (26.10%) DevOps
6 100 (20.08%) User Experience
7 95 (19.08%) Design Patterns
8 84 (16.87%) Co-Creation
9 82 (16.47%) Test Automation
10 78 (15.66%) Full Stack Development
10 78 (15.66%) OO
11 77 (15.46%) Design Thinking
11 77 (15.46%) MVC
11 77 (15.46%) MVVM
11 77 (15.46%) OOP
11 77 (15.46%) Responsive Web Design
11 77 (15.46%) SOLID
11 77 (15.46%) Web Development
12 68 (13.65%) Secrets Management
13 65 (13.05%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 109 (21.89%) SQL
2 90 (18.07%) C#
3 87 (17.47%) JavaScript
4 58 (11.65%) Java
5 53 (10.64%) Python
6 9 (1.81%) PowerShell
7 8 (1.61%) Shell Script
8 4 (0.80%) C++
8 4 (0.80%) T-SQL
9 3 (0.60%) Bash
10 2 (0.40%) C
10 2 (0.40%) COBOL
10 2 (0.40%) Go
10 2 (0.40%) Micro Focus COBOL
11 1 (0.20%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 44 (8.84%) Security Cleared
2 39 (7.83%) Degree
3 21 (4.22%) SC Cleared
4 14 (2.81%) ACCA
5 12 (2.41%) DBS Check
6 7 (1.41%) Oracle Certification
7 6 (1.20%) BC Cleared
7 6 (1.20%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (0.80%) APMP
8 4 (0.80%) CCNP
8 4 (0.80%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (0.60%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (0.60%) CREST Certified
9 3 (0.60%) OSCE
9 3 (0.60%) OSCP
10 2 (0.40%) CCNA
10 2 (0.40%) DV Cleared
10 2 (0.40%) HNC
10 2 (0.40%) HND
11 1 (0.20%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (7.83%) Accessibility
2 14 (2.81%) GAAP
2 14 (2.81%) IFRS
2 14 (2.81%) WCAG
3 12 (2.41%) QA
4 9 (1.81%) NIST
5 7 (1.41%) NCSC
6 5 (1.00%) SLA
7 3 (0.60%) PMO
8 2 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.40%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.40%) ISO 9001
8 2 (0.40%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.20%) ISO 9000
9 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 17 (3.41%) Active Directory
2 11 (2.21%) Hyper-V
3 10 (2.01%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.00%) vSphere
5 4 (0.80%) Docker
6 2 (0.40%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.20%) Firmware
7 1 (0.20%) XenApp
7 1 (0.20%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 80 (16.06%) Terraform
2 70 (14.06%) Kubernetes
3 65 (13.05%) Prometheus
4 14 (2.81%) Ansible
5 6 (1.20%) Microsoft Intune
6 5 (1.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 5 (1.00%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.60%) CA Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.60%) Jamf Pro
7 3 (0.60%) Nessus
7 3 (0.60%) Nmap
7 3 (0.60%) SysTrack
7 3 (0.60%) WSUS
8 2 (0.40%) Failover Clustering
8 2 (0.40%) SCCM
8 2 (0.40%) ZABBIX
9 1 (0.20%) Kiali
9 1 (0.20%) Kibana
Vendors
1 142 (28.51%) Red Hat
2 141 (28.31%) IBM
3 65 (13.05%) Dynatrace
4 48 (9.64%) Microsoft
5 25 (5.02%) NEC
6 20 (4.02%) Oracle
7 19 (3.82%) ServiceNow
8 17 (3.41%) CA
9 13 (2.61%) VMware
10 11 (2.21%) SAP
11 8 (1.61%) Atlassian
11 8 (1.61%) Cisco
11 8 (1.61%) YouTube
12 7 (1.41%) BMC
13 6 (1.20%) Aruba
13 6 (1.20%) HP
13 6 (1.20%) Splunk
14 5 (1.00%) CyberArk
15 4 (0.80%) Apple
15 4 (0.80%) HubSpot