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 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 119 53 63
Rank change year-on-year -66 +10 -21
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 148 206 260
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 2.60% 5.43% 4.27%
As % of the General category 3.88% 7.34% 6.51%
Number of salaries quoted 89 87 178
10th Percentile £31,250 £24,350 £32,875
25th Percentile £38,750 £37,000 £40,527
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,683 £50,500 £49,861
Median % change year-on-year -15.48% +1.28% +12.46%
75th Percentile £57,088 £65,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £61,750 £81,342 £75,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

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 3,813 2,806 3,994
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 66.92% 73.96% 65.58%
Number of salaries quoted 1,377 1,519 2,130
10th Percentile £28,650 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,750 £41,250 £41,227
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £65,350 £72,433 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,500 £83,750 £84,056
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% - +6.19%

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 26 July 2024.

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 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
Glasgow -93 66 £40,890 -29.08% 39
Edinburgh +35 58 £54,175 +33.77% 14
Dundee +2 12 £49,990 +2.80%
East Ayrshire - 3 £29,500 -
Scottish Borders +4 2 - -
Aberdeen -8 1 £27,500 -52.85% 1
Lanarkshire -12 1 - - 35
West Lothian -15 1 £57,500 +167.44%
North Lanarkshire - 1 £32,500 -
East Lothian - 1 - -
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 4 (2.70%) CMS
2 3 (2.03%) Confluence
2 3 (2.03%) IIS
3 2 (1.35%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.35%) WebLogic
4 1 (0.68%) Office Communications Server
4 1 (0.68%) SharePoint
Applications
1 10 (6.76%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (3.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.70%) AutoCAD
3 4 (2.70%) MS Visio
4 3 (2.03%) Trello
5 2 (1.35%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.68%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 9 (6.08%) Unit4 Business World
2 8 (5.41%) NEC Housing
3 7 (4.73%) Oracle Payroll
4 2 (1.35%) iTrent
4 2 (1.35%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.68%) Infor M3
5 1 (0.68%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.68%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.68%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 15 (10.14%) Azure
2 9 (6.08%) AWS
2 9 (6.08%) OCI
3 8 (5.41%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (2.70%) Power Platform
5 3 (2.03%) Figma
6 2 (1.35%) Entra ID
6 2 (1.35%) GCP
7 1 (0.68%) Adobe Creative Cloud
7 1 (0.68%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 1 (0.68%) Amazon EC2
7 1 (0.68%) Amazon S3
7 1 (0.68%) Amazon SQS
7 1 (0.68%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (0.68%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.68%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.68%) CloudFront
7 1 (0.68%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.68%) SaaS
7 1 (0.68%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.03%) LAN
1 3 (2.03%) Remote Desktop
1 3 (2.03%) VLAN
1 3 (2.03%) WAN
1 3 (2.03%) Wireless
2 1 (0.68%) Ethernet
2 1 (0.68%) HTTP
2 1 (0.68%) Modbus
2 1 (0.68%) MQTT
2 1 (0.68%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (6.08%) DB2
2 4 (2.70%) SQL Server
3 3 (2.03%) DTS
4 2 (1.35%) MongoDB
4 2 (1.35%) Oracle Database
4 2 (1.35%) Power BI
4 2 (1.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 2 (1.35%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.68%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.68%) Big Data
5 1 (0.68%) BusinessObjects
5 1 (0.68%) MySQL
5 1 (0.68%) NonStop SQL
5 1 (0.68%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.68%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (4.05%) JIRA
2 3 (2.03%) Git
2 3 (2.03%) JMeter
2 3 (2.03%) Selenium
3 1 (0.68%) Visual Studio
General
1 61 (41.22%) Social Skills
2 47 (31.76%) Finance
3 25 (16.89%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (9.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 14 (9.46%) Marketing
5 13 (8.78%) Local Government
6 12 (8.11%) Police
7 10 (6.76%) Legal
8 5 (3.38%) Manufacturing
8 5 (3.38%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (3.38%) Retail
9 4 (2.70%) Electronics
9 4 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (2.70%) Telecoms
10 3 (2.03%) Financial Institution
10 3 (2.03%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.35%) Banking
11 2 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (1.35%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 25 (16.89%) Senior
2 16 (10.81%) Analyst
2 16 (10.81%) Consultant
2 16 (10.81%) Project Manager
3 15 (10.14%) Architect
4 10 (6.76%) IT Manager
5 9 (6.08%) Developer
6 8 (5.41%) Bid Writer
6 8 (5.41%) Senior Bid Writer
7 7 (4.73%) Oracle Consultant
7 7 (4.73%) Solutions Architect
8 6 (4.05%) Audit Manager
8 6 (4.05%) Business Analyst
8 6 (4.05%) Category Manager
8 6 (4.05%) Change Manager
8 6 (4.05%) Cloud Consultant
8 6 (4.05%) ICT Manager
8 6 (4.05%) IT Audit Manager
8 6 (4.05%) ITSM Architect
8 6 (4.05%) Service Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (4.05%) Web Services
2 4 (2.70%) CSS
2 4 (2.70%) HTML
3 3 (2.03%) .NET
3 3 (2.03%) AngularJS
3 3 (2.03%) Hibernate
3 3 (2.03%) Spring
4 2 (1.35%) Node.js
4 2 (1.35%) Oracle Fusion
4 2 (1.35%) React
4 2 (1.35%) RESTful
4 2 (1.35%) Vue
5 1 (0.68%) .NET Core
5 1 (0.68%) Django
5 1 (0.68%) Entity Framework
5 1 (0.68%) Flask
5 1 (0.68%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 19 (12.84%) Management Information System
2 5 (3.38%) Security Posture
3 3 (2.03%) Data Protection Act
3 3 (2.03%) FMCG
4 2 (1.35%) Algorithms
4 2 (1.35%) Arduino
4 2 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (1.35%) Freedom of Information
4 2 (1.35%) PMI
4 2 (1.35%) Product Ownership
5 1 (0.68%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (0.68%) ARM Cortex
5 1 (0.68%) Driving Licence
5 1 (0.68%) IoT
5 1 (0.68%) Linux Command Line
5 1 (0.68%) Mobile App
5 1 (0.68%) Raspberry Pi
5 1 (0.68%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (0.68%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.68%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 17 (11.49%) Windows
2 16 (10.81%) Linux
3 12 (8.11%) Windows Server
4 9 (6.08%) Unix
5 1 (0.68%) Android
5 1 (0.68%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.68%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (30.41%) Project Management
2 38 (25.68%) Agile
3 26 (17.57%) Service Delivery
4 25 (16.89%) Stakeholder Management
5 20 (13.51%) ITIL
6 16 (10.81%) Change Management
6 16 (10.81%) Continuous Improvement
6 16 (10.81%) Problem-Solving
7 14 (9.46%) Actionable Insight
7 14 (9.46%) Analytics
7 14 (9.46%) Business Strategy
8 12 (8.11%) Service Design
8 12 (8.11%) User Experience
9 11 (7.43%) Business Analysis
9 11 (7.43%) Data Analytics
9 11 (7.43%) ERP
9 11 (7.43%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
10 10 (6.76%) Creative Thinking
10 10 (6.76%) Migration
10 10 (6.76%) Software Delivery
Programming Languages
1 18 (12.16%) SQL
2 8 (5.41%) C#
3 5 (3.38%) PowerShell
4 4 (2.70%) C
5 3 (2.03%) C++
5 3 (2.03%) Java
5 3 (2.03%) Python
6 2 (1.35%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.68%) Fortran
7 1 (0.68%) PHP
7 1 (0.68%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 41 (27.70%) Degree
2 16 (10.81%) Security Cleared
3 11 (7.43%) SC Cleared
4 9 (6.08%) CISA
4 9 (6.08%) DBS Check
5 8 (5.41%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 6 (4.05%) HND
6 6 (4.05%) PMP
7 5 (3.38%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (2.70%) CCDP
8 4 (2.70%) CCNP
8 4 (2.70%) CCSP
8 4 (2.70%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (2.70%) PMI Certification
9 3 (2.03%) AWS Certification
9 3 (2.03%) DV Cleared
9 3 (2.03%) Oracle Certification
10 2 (1.35%) MCSE
10 2 (1.35%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (1.35%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (10.14%) PMO
2 11 (7.43%) Accessibility
3 9 (6.08%) ITGC
3 9 (6.08%) QA
4 5 (3.38%) Disclosure Scotland
5 2 (1.35%) SLA
6 1 (0.68%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.68%) GDPR
6 1 (0.68%) JTAG
System Software
1 5 (3.38%) Active Directory
1 5 (3.38%) Hyper-V
2 4 (2.70%) Firmware
3 3 (2.03%) Docker
3 3 (2.03%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.35%) Embedded Firmware
5 1 (0.68%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 3 (2.03%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.35%) Ansible
Vendors
1 36 (24.32%) Microsoft
2 26 (17.57%) Oracle
3 14 (9.46%) SAP
4 9 (6.08%) Sage
5 8 (5.41%) NEC
6 7 (4.73%) VMware
7 2 (1.35%) Adobe
8 1 (0.68%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.68%) IBM
8 1 (0.68%) Mitel
8 1 (0.68%) NVIDIA
8 1 (0.68%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.68%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.68%) Xamarin