Public Sector Jobs in Northern Ireland

Public Sector
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in permanent job vacancies in Northern Ireland. 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 25 39 77
Rank change year-on-year +14 +38 -47
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 51 55 21
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 7.37% 7.14% 2.48%
As % of the General category 14.37% 12.09% 3.48%
Number of salaries quoted 43 6 4
10th Percentile £27,650 £31,250 -
25th Percentile £32,625 £36,500 £31,955
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £39,750 £32,564
Median % change year-on-year -11.95% +22.07% -18.59%
75th Percentile £42,000 £42,500 £42,817
90th Percentile £59,232 £46,250 £60,177
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

All General Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 355 455 604
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 51.30% 59.09% 71.31%
Number of salaries quoted 189 151 211
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,500 £36,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -
75th Percentile £62,200 £62,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £77,500 £65,000
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +6.19%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Job postings citing Public Sector as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in Northern Ireland

Public Sector
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Public Sector in Northern Ireland.

Salary trend for Public Sector in Northern Ireland

Public Sector
Salary Histogram in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Public Sector in Northern Ireland

Public Sector
Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Public Sector within the Northern Ireland 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
County Antrim +19 51 £35,000 -11.39% 29
Public Sector
UK

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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 26 (50.98%) SharePoint
2 6 (11.76%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (13.73%) InfoPath
1 7 (13.73%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (13.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 26 (50.98%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (21.57%) OneDrive
3 5 (9.80%) AWS
4 3 (5.88%) Azure
5 2 (3.92%) Power Platform
5 2 (3.92%) SaaS
6 1 (1.96%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 9 (17.65%) HTTP
2 7 (13.73%) FTP
3 3 (5.88%) LoRaWAN
4 2 (3.92%) DNS
4 2 (3.92%) Network Security
4 2 (3.92%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.96%) Power BI
1 1 (1.96%) SQL Server Analysis Services
1 1 (1.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 1 (1.96%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 4 (7.84%) Git
2 3 (5.88%) Cypress.io
2 3 (5.88%) Jasmine
General
1 27 (52.94%) Finance
2 25 (49.02%) Electronics
2 25 (49.02%) Manufacturing
2 25 (49.02%) Marketing
2 25 (49.02%) Telecoms
3 17 (33.33%) Social Skills
4 4 (7.84%) Law
5 3 (5.88%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 16 (31.37%) Support Engineer
2 13 (25.49%) 1st Line Support
2 13 (25.49%) Service Desk Support
3 12 (23.53%) Customer Engineer
3 12 (23.53%) Customer Support Engineer
4 11 (21.57%) 1st Line Engineer
4 11 (21.57%) 1st Line Support Engineer
4 11 (21.57%) Service Desk Engineer
5 7 (13.73%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
6 6 (11.76%) Category Manager
6 6 (11.76%) ICT Manager
7 5 (9.80%) Developer
7 5 (9.80%) Exchange Engineer
8 4 (7.84%) Head of Compliance
8 4 (7.84%) Technical Engineer
8 4 (7.84%) Technical Support
8 4 (7.84%) Technical Support Engineer
9 3 (5.88%) 2nd Line Engineer
9 3 (5.88%) ITSM Architect
9 3 (5.88%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (19.61%) HTML
1 10 (19.61%) HTML5
2 7 (13.73%) COM
3 3 (5.88%) AngularJS
3 3 (5.88%) REST
3 3 (5.88%) Sass
4 2 (3.92%) CSS
4 2 (3.92%) XML
5 1 (1.96%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 1 (1.96%) Apple TV
Operating Systems
1 10 (19.61%) Windows
2 1 (1.96%) Apple iOS
2 1 (1.96%) tvOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (50.98%) Business Intelligence
2 25 (49.02%) Digital Marketing
2 25 (49.02%) Programme Management
3 15 (29.41%) Customer Experience
3 15 (29.41%) Incident Management
4 14 (27.45%) Coaching
4 14 (27.45%) Mentoring
5 11 (21.57%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (13.73%) Computer Science
6 7 (13.73%) OO
6 7 (13.73%) OOP
7 6 (11.76%) Actionable Insight
7 6 (11.76%) Service Delivery
8 5 (9.80%) ITIL
9 4 (7.84%) Analytics
9 4 (7.84%) Data Analytics
9 4 (7.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 4 (7.84%) Stakeholder Management
9 4 (7.84%) Stakeholder Map
9 4 (7.84%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 12 (23.53%) JavaScript
2 7 (13.73%) PowerShell
3 3 (5.88%) TypeScript
4 2 (3.92%) R
5 1 (1.96%) Objective-C
5 1 (1.96%) Swift
Qualifications
1 10 (19.61%) Degree
2 7 (13.73%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (7.84%) Security Cleared
4 3 (5.88%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 1 (1.96%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 28 (54.90%) Microsoft
2 25 (49.02%) SAP
3 1 (1.96%) Apple