Public Sector Job Trends 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 17 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 69 108 84
Rank change year-on-year +39 -24 -11
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 87 102 92
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 3.44% 2.33% 3.42%
As % of the General category 4.81% 3.66% 4.59%
Number of salaries quoted 40 69 72
10th Percentile £25,000 £37,119 £31,871
25th Percentile £25,469 £40,000 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £52,186 £48,628
Median % change year-on-year -42.51% +7.32% -2.47%
75th Percentile £60,625 £58,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £72,129 £66,000 £81,550
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -0.72%

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 1,809 2,786 2,003
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 71.47% 63.77% 74.52%
Number of salaries quoted 720 1,014 1,569
10th Percentile £25,600 £31,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,750 £38,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -34.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £56,250 £67,500 £69,800
90th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £82,548
UK median annual salary £54,000 £55,655 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.97% -7.24% -

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Public Sector.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing Public Sector

Public Sector
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in Scotland over the 6 months to 17 September 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 17 September 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 +51 37 £60,000 +50.00% 29
West Lothian +26 14 £25,600 -55.48% 5
North Lanarkshire - 14 - -
Edinburgh -5 12 £46,750 -16.15% 28
Dundee +8 2 £59,624 +19.27%
Inverclyde -2 2 - -
Aberdeen - 2 £26,150 - 1
Midlothian - 1 - - 23
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 1 (1.15%) CMS
1 1 (1.15%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (3.45%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (2.30%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (2.30%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 11 (12.64%) Azure
2 5 (5.75%) AWS
3 4 (4.60%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (4.60%) Power Platform
4 3 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (3.45%) Power Automate
5 2 (2.30%) Asana
5 2 (2.30%) AWS IoT
5 2 (2.30%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (2.30%) GCP
5 2 (2.30%) SaaS
6 1 (1.15%) Azure AKS
6 1 (1.15%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (1.15%) Azure Functions
6 1 (1.15%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (1.15%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (1.15%) Copilot Studio
6 1 (1.15%) Entra ID
6 1 (1.15%) PowerApps
6 1 (1.15%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.60%) SAN
2 2 (2.30%) Bluetooth
2 2 (2.30%) Ethernet
2 2 (2.30%) LoRaWAN
2 2 (2.30%) Modbus
2 2 (2.30%) MQTT
3 1 (1.15%) Firewall
3 1 (1.15%) LAN
3 1 (1.15%) Network Security
3 1 (1.15%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.30%) DB2
1 2 (2.30%) MySQL
1 2 (2.30%) NoSQL
1 2 (2.30%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (2.30%) Relational Database
1 2 (2.30%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.15%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (1.15%) Data Lake
2 1 (1.15%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (2.30%) Git
General
1 36 (41.38%) Finance
2 34 (39.08%) Local Government
3 18 (20.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 17 (19.54%) Social Skills
5 12 (13.79%) Law
6 7 (8.05%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (6.90%) Marketing
8 5 (5.75%) Legal
8 5 (5.75%) Telecoms
9 3 (3.45%) Agriculture
9 3 (3.45%) Electronics
9 3 (3.45%) Games
9 3 (3.45%) Manufacturing
9 3 (3.45%) Police
10 2 (2.30%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (1.15%) Billing
Job Titles
1 35 (40.23%) Senior
2 34 (39.08%) Senior Manager
3 31 (35.63%) Audit Manager
3 31 (35.63%) Senior Audit Manager
4 12 (13.79%) IT Support
5 10 (11.49%) 1st Line Support
6 5 (5.75%) Analyst
6 5 (5.75%) Field Engineer
6 5 (5.75%) Field Service Engineer
7 4 (4.60%) IT Engineer
8 3 (3.45%) Architecture Manager
8 3 (3.45%) Business Analyst
8 3 (3.45%) Developer
8 3 (3.45%) Sales Executive
8 3 (3.45%) Technical Director
9 2 (2.30%) Administrator
9 2 (2.30%) Consultant
9 2 (2.30%) Coordinator
9 2 (2.30%) Data Analyst
9 2 (2.30%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.30%) Spring
1 2 (2.30%) Spring Boot
2 1 (1.15%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (8.05%) Data Centre
2 4 (4.60%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (4.60%) Smartphone
3 3 (3.45%) Driving Licence
3 3 (3.45%) IoT
3 3 (3.45%) Operational Technology
3 3 (3.45%) Renewable Energy
3 3 (3.45%) SCADA
4 2 (2.30%) Algorithms
4 2 (2.30%) ARM Cortex
4 2 (2.30%) Embedded Systems
4 2 (2.30%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.15%) Acoustics
5 1 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.15%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.15%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (44.83%) Coaching
2 37 (42.53%) Agile
3 17 (19.54%) Customer Service
4 10 (11.49%) ITSM
4 10 (11.49%) Problem-Solving
5 8 (9.20%) Project Management
6 7 (8.05%) Artificial Intelligence
6 7 (8.05%) ITIL
6 7 (8.05%) PRINCE2
6 7 (8.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 6 (6.90%) Continuous Improvement
7 6 (6.90%) Decision-Making
8 5 (5.75%) Cybersecurity
8 5 (5.75%) Mentoring
9 4 (4.60%) Analytics
9 4 (4.60%) Business Intelligence
9 4 (4.60%) Project Delivery
9 4 (4.60%) SDLC
10 3 (3.45%) Programme Management
10 3 (3.45%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (2.30%) Bash
1 2 (2.30%) C
1 2 (2.30%) C++
1 2 (2.30%) Java
1 2 (2.30%) Python
2 1 (1.15%) Bicep
2 1 (1.15%) C#
2 1 (1.15%) JavaScript
2 1 (1.15%) SQL
Qualifications
1 31 (35.63%) ACCA
2 11 (12.64%) Degree
3 6 (6.90%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (5.75%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (4.60%) A+ Certification
5 4 (4.60%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (4.60%) CCNA
5 4 (4.60%) MCSE
5 4 (4.60%) Network+ Certification
6 2 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.15%) AWS Certification
7 1 (1.15%) CCIE
7 1 (1.15%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (1.15%) PMI Certification
7 1 (1.15%) PMP
7 1 (1.15%) SC Cleared
7 1 (1.15%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (35.63%) GAAP
1 31 (35.63%) IFRS
2 3 (3.45%) GRC
2 3 (3.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.30%) Data Quality
3 2 (2.30%) JTAG
4 1 (1.15%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.15%) P3O
4 1 (1.15%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (2.30%) Embedded Firmware
1 2 (2.30%) Firmware
2 1 (1.15%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.15%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (1.15%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 6 (6.90%) Microsoft
2 4 (4.60%) Dell
3 3 (3.45%) Facebook
3 3 (3.45%) SAP
3 3 (3.45%) YouTube
4 2 (2.30%) Google
4 2 (2.30%) NVIDIA
5 1 (1.15%) Cisco
5 1 (1.15%) Pega
5 1 (1.15%) VMware