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 8 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 101 133 51
Rank change year-on-year +32 -82 -9
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 67 162 247
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 2.19% 2.34% 5.70%
As % of the General category 3.18% 3.39% 7.62%
Number of salaries quoted 22 89 89
10th Percentile £24,100 £31,250 £24,550
25th Percentile £44,656 £39,347 £37,039
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £42,500 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year +23.53% -15.84% +4.12%
75th Percentile £71,250 £53,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,825 £60,750 £74,200
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -

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 2,106 4,781 3,243
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 68.82% 69.00% 74.88%
Number of salaries quoted 903 1,596 1,570
10th Percentile £25,033 £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £32,367 £38,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £50,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.63% -13.04% +4.55%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £82,960 £80,000 £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 8 June 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 8 June 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 +111 31 £75,000 +83.42% 47
North Lanarkshire +8 11 - -
Edinburgh -22 11 £49,896 +0.80% 29
West Lothian +8 5 £24,000 -58.26% 6
Dundee +1 2 £50,445 +6.21%
Inverclyde -8 2 - -
Midlothian - 1 - - 8
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 (1.49%) CMS
Applications
1 4 (5.97%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.49%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 6 (8.96%) AWS
1 6 (8.96%) Azure
2 2 (2.99%) Amazon EC2
2 2 (2.99%) Amazon S3
2 2 (2.99%) Amazon SageMaker
2 2 (2.99%) AWS IoT
2 2 (2.99%) AWS Lambda
2 2 (2.99%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (2.99%) GCP
2 2 (2.99%) Serverless
3 1 (1.49%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (1.49%) Power Automate
3 1 (1.49%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.99%) Bluetooth
1 2 (2.99%) Ethernet
1 2 (2.99%) LoRaWAN
1 2 (2.99%) Modbus
1 2 (2.99%) MQTT
2 1 (1.49%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.97%) NoSQL
1 4 (5.97%) Relational Database
2 2 (2.99%) DB2
2 2 (2.99%) MySQL
2 2 (2.99%) OLAP
2 2 (2.99%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (2.99%) RDBMS
2 2 (2.99%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.49%) Flink
Development Applications
1 2 (2.99%) Git
General
1 43 (64.18%) Finance
2 33 (49.25%) Local Government
3 14 (20.90%) Social Skills
4 7 (10.45%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (8.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (7.46%) Electronics
6 5 (7.46%) Manufacturing
6 5 (7.46%) Marketing
6 5 (7.46%) Telecoms
7 4 (5.97%) Law
8 3 (4.48%) Agriculture
8 3 (4.48%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (2.99%) Games
9 2 (2.99%) Legal
9 2 (2.99%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.49%) Arabic Language
10 1 (1.49%) Mandarin Language
10 1 (1.49%) Russian Language
Job Titles
1 37 (55.22%) Senior
2 34 (50.75%) Senior Manager
3 33 (49.25%) Audit Manager
3 33 (49.25%) Senior Audit Manager
4 5 (7.46%) Analyst
4 5 (7.46%) Business Analyst
4 5 (7.46%) Developer
5 3 (4.48%) 1st Line Support
5 3 (4.48%) IT Support
5 3 (4.48%) Technical Director
6 2 (2.99%) Administrator
6 2 (2.99%) Architect
6 2 (2.99%) Embedded Engineer
6 2 (2.99%) Embedded Software Engineer
6 2 (2.99%) Field Engineer
6 2 (2.99%) Field Service Engineer
6 2 (2.99%) Java Developer
6 2 (2.99%) Security Architect
6 2 (2.99%) Senior Business Analyst
6 2 (2.99%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.99%) Spring
1 2 (2.99%) Spring Boot
2 1 (1.49%) .NET
2 1 (1.49%) PyTorch
2 1 (1.49%) React
2 1 (1.49%) scikit-learn
2 1 (1.49%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.97%) Data Centre
2 3 (4.48%) IoT
2 3 (4.48%) Renewable Energy
2 3 (4.48%) SCADA
3 2 (2.99%) Algorithms
3 2 (2.99%) ARM Cortex
3 2 (2.99%) Cloud Native
3 2 (2.99%) Distributed Computing
3 2 (2.99%) Embedded Systems
3 2 (2.99%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.49%) Acoustics
4 1 (1.49%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.49%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.49%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (1.49%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.49%) Smartphone
4 1 (1.49%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.49%) Linux
1 1 (1.49%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (58.21%) Agile
2 35 (52.24%) Coaching
3 8 (11.94%) Business Intelligence
4 7 (10.45%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (10.45%) Project Management
4 7 (10.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 6 (8.96%) Programme Management
6 5 (7.46%) Customer Service
6 5 (7.46%) Digital Marketing
7 4 (5.97%) Computer Science
7 4 (5.97%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (5.97%) Data Analysis
7 4 (5.97%) Data Science
7 4 (5.97%) Project Delivery
7 4 (5.97%) Software Engineering
8 3 (4.48%) Business Analysis
8 3 (4.48%) Business Development
8 3 (4.48%) ETL
8 3 (4.48%) Strategic Planning
8 3 (4.48%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.97%) Python
2 2 (2.99%) Bash
2 2 (2.99%) C
2 2 (2.99%) C++
2 2 (2.99%) Java
2 2 (2.99%) SQL
Qualifications
1 33 (49.25%) ACCA
2 11 (16.42%) Degree
3 3 (4.48%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (2.99%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (2.99%) Master's Degree
4 2 (2.99%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (2.99%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.49%) A+ Certification
5 1 (1.49%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.49%) CCDP
5 1 (1.49%) CCNA
5 1 (1.49%) CCNP
5 1 (1.49%) CCSP
5 1 (1.49%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (1.49%) MCSE
5 1 (1.49%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (1.49%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (49.25%) GAAP
1 33 (49.25%) IFRS
2 2 (2.99%) JTAG
3 1 (1.49%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.49%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.49%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (2.99%) Embedded Firmware
1 2 (2.99%) Firmware
Vendors
1 6 (8.96%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.46%) SAP
3 3 (4.48%) Facebook
3 3 (4.48%) YouTube
4 2 (2.99%) Google
4 2 (2.99%) NVIDIA
5 1 (1.49%) Dell