Public Sector Jobs in Scotland

Public Sector
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in permanent job vacancies in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 99 129 53
Rank change year-on-year +30 -76 -16
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 64 167 231
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 2.18% 2.50% 4.98%
As % of the General category 3.34% 3.45% 6.63%
Number of salaries quoted 17 75 97
10th Percentile £24,000 £31,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £40,750 £38,947 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,890 £43,500 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.99% -13.86% +9.28%
75th Percentile £70,000 £52,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,450 £60,000 £75,025
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,777
% change year-on-year +9.09% -1.39% +1.41%

All General Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 1,915 4,839 3,486
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 65.27% 72.42% 75.23%
Number of salaries quoted 900 1,535 1,670
10th Percentile £25,020 £27,500 £32,725
25th Percentile £33,525 £38,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -13.04% +5.02%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,548 £85,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in Scotland

Public Sector
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Public Sector in Scotland

Public Sector
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in Scotland over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Public Sector in Scotland

Public Sector
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Public Sector within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 15 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
Glasgow +142 31 £53,086 +24.91% 46
North Lanarkshire +2 11 - - 3
Edinburgh -17 9 £67,500 +42.11% 41
West Lothian +6 5 £24,000 - 7
Dundee -2 2 £50,445 +6.21% 1
Inverclyde -10 2 - -
Midlothian - 1 - - 12
Public Sector
UK

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 (3.13%) CMS
2 1 (1.56%) Umbraco
Applications
1 4 (6.25%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 5 (7.81%) AWS
2 4 (6.25%) Azure
3 2 (3.13%) Amazon EC2
3 2 (3.13%) Amazon S3
3 2 (3.13%) Amazon SageMaker
3 2 (3.13%) AWS Lambda
3 2 (3.13%) Serverless
4 1 (1.56%) AWS IoT
4 1 (1.56%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.56%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.56%) Bluetooth
1 1 (1.56%) Ethernet
1 1 (1.56%) LoRaWAN
1 1 (1.56%) Modbus
1 1 (1.56%) MQTT
1 1 (1.56%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.69%) RDBMS
1 3 (4.69%) Relational Database
2 2 (3.13%) NoSQL
2 2 (3.13%) OLAP
3 1 (1.56%) Flink
3 1 (1.56%) Oracle Database
3 1 (1.56%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (4.69%) Git
2 1 (1.56%) MSTest
2 1 (1.56%) NUnit
2 1 (1.56%) Oracle APEX
General
1 41 (64.06%) Finance
2 33 (51.56%) Local Government
3 13 (20.31%) Social Skills
4 7 (10.94%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (9.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (7.81%) Law
6 5 (7.81%) Marketing
7 4 (6.25%) Electronics
7 4 (6.25%) Manufacturing
7 4 (6.25%) Telecoms
8 3 (4.69%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (4.69%) Legal
9 2 (3.13%) Agriculture
9 2 (3.13%) Arabic Language
9 2 (3.13%) Mandarin Language
9 2 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (3.13%) Russian Language
10 1 (1.56%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 37 (57.81%) Senior
2 34 (53.13%) Senior Manager
3 33 (51.56%) Audit Manager
3 33 (51.56%) Senior Audit Manager
4 5 (7.81%) Analyst
5 4 (6.25%) Business Analyst
5 4 (6.25%) Developer
6 3 (4.69%) 1st Line Support
6 3 (4.69%) IT Support
6 3 (4.69%) Technical Director
7 2 (3.13%) .NET Developer
7 2 (3.13%) Administrator
7 2 (3.13%) Architect
7 2 (3.13%) Field Engineer
7 2 (3.13%) Field Service Engineer
7 2 (3.13%) Financial Analyst
7 2 (3.13%) Risk Analyst
7 2 (3.13%) Security Architect
7 2 (3.13%) Senior Business Analyst
7 2 (3.13%) Strategy Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.13%) .NET
1 2 (3.13%) HTML
2 1 (1.56%) .NET Core
2 1 (1.56%) .NET Framework
2 1 (1.56%) ASP.NET
2 1 (1.56%) ASP.NET Core
2 1 (1.56%) ASP.NET MVC
2 1 (1.56%) CSS
2 1 (1.56%) Entity Framework
2 1 (1.56%) PyTorch
2 1 (1.56%) React
2 1 (1.56%) REST
2 1 (1.56%) RESTful
2 1 (1.56%) scikit-learn
2 1 (1.56%) SOAP
2 1 (1.56%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.25%) Data Centre
2 3 (4.69%) Management Information System
2 3 (4.69%) Renewable Energy
2 3 (4.69%) SCADA
3 2 (3.13%) Cloud Native
3 2 (3.13%) Distributed Computing
3 2 (3.13%) IoT
4 1 (1.56%) Acoustics
4 1 (1.56%) Algorithms
4 1 (1.56%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.56%) ARM Cortex
4 1 (1.56%) Digital Media
4 1 (1.56%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.56%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (1.56%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (1.56%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.56%) Smartphone
4 1 (1.56%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.56%) Linux
1 1 (1.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (62.50%) Agile
2 34 (53.13%) Coaching
3 7 (10.94%) Business Intelligence
3 7 (10.94%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 6 (9.38%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (9.38%) Project Management
5 5 (7.81%) Programme Management
6 4 (6.25%) Customer Service
6 4 (6.25%) Data Analysis
6 4 (6.25%) Digital Marketing
6 4 (6.25%) Mentoring
7 3 (4.69%) Business Development
7 3 (4.69%) Business Strategy
7 3 (4.69%) Collaborative Working
7 3 (4.69%) Data Science
7 3 (4.69%) Project Delivery
7 3 (4.69%) Resource Allocation
7 3 (4.69%) Service Design
7 3 (4.69%) Strategic Planning
7 3 (4.69%) Systems Engineering
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.69%) Python
1 3 (4.69%) SQL
2 1 (1.56%) Bash
2 1 (1.56%) C
2 1 (1.56%) C#
2 1 (1.56%) C++
2 1 (1.56%) JavaScript
2 1 (1.56%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 33 (51.56%) ACCA
2 10 (15.63%) Degree
3 2 (3.13%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (3.13%) Master's Degree
3 2 (3.13%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.56%) A+ Certification
4 1 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.56%) CCDP
4 1 (1.56%) CCNA
4 1 (1.56%) CCNP
4 1 (1.56%) CCSP
4 1 (1.56%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (1.56%) MCSE
4 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.56%) Network+ Certification
4 1 (1.56%) PhD
4 1 (1.56%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (51.56%) GAAP
1 33 (51.56%) IFRS
2 2 (3.13%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.56%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.56%) JTAG
3 1 (1.56%) PMO
3 1 (1.56%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (1.56%) Embedded Firmware
1 1 (1.56%) Firmware
Vendors
1 5 (7.81%) Microsoft
2 4 (6.25%) SAP
3 3 (4.69%) Facebook
3 3 (4.69%) YouTube
4 1 (1.56%) Dell
4 1 (1.56%) Google
4 1 (1.56%) NVIDIA
4 1 (1.56%) Oracle