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 17 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 96 112 45
Rank change year-on-year +16 -67 +12
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 75 165 244
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 2.32% 2.64% 6.06%
As % of the General category 3.41% 3.95% 8.15%
Number of salaries quoted 30 92 91
10th Percentile £24,450 £31,250 £24,750
25th Percentile £29,375 £38,750 £37,019
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,695 £43,092 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +19.97% -13.82% +2.56%
75th Percentile £71,250 £57,088 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £64,875 £73,375
UK median annual salary £59,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.27% - -

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 2,200 4,179 2,994
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 68.03% 66.83% 74.33%
Number of salaries quoted 960 1,511 1,554
10th Percentile £25,020 £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £31,750 £38,167 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £83,464
UK median annual salary £54,793 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.37% -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 17 July 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 July 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 +89 34 £64,624 +59.45% 40
North Lanarkshire +6 11 - - 1
Edinburgh -27 11 £60,000 +15.19% 43
West Lothian +12 8 £24,250 -57.83% 7
Dundee -2 3 £50,890 +13.09%
Inverclyde - 2 - - 1
Midlothian - 1 - - 18
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 (1.33%) CMS
Applications
1 4 (5.33%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (1.33%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 9 (12.00%) Azure
2 7 (9.33%) AWS
3 4 (5.33%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (4.00%) Serverless
5 2 (2.67%) Amazon EC2
5 2 (2.67%) Amazon S3
5 2 (2.67%) Amazon SageMaker
5 2 (2.67%) AWS IoT
5 2 (2.67%) AWS Lambda
5 2 (2.67%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (2.67%) GCP
5 2 (2.67%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.33%) Azure AKS
6 1 (1.33%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (1.33%) Azure Functions
6 1 (1.33%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (1.33%) Azure Service Bus
6 1 (1.33%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.33%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.67%) Bluetooth
1 2 (2.67%) Ethernet
1 2 (2.67%) LoRaWAN
1 2 (2.67%) Modbus
1 2 (2.67%) MQTT
1 2 (2.67%) SAN
2 1 (1.33%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.33%) NoSQL
1 4 (5.33%) Relational Database
2 2 (2.67%) DB2
2 2 (2.67%) MySQL
2 2 (2.67%) OLAP
2 2 (2.67%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (2.67%) RDBMS
2 2 (2.67%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.33%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.33%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.33%) Flink
Development Applications
1 2 (2.67%) Git
General
1 42 (56.00%) Finance
2 33 (44.00%) Local Government
3 15 (20.00%) Social Skills
4 9 (12.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (9.33%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (8.00%) Law
7 5 (6.67%) Electronics
7 5 (6.67%) Manufacturing
7 5 (6.67%) Marketing
7 5 (6.67%) Telecoms
8 3 (4.00%) Agriculture
8 3 (4.00%) Games
8 3 (4.00%) Legal
9 2 (2.67%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.33%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 38 (50.67%) Senior
2 35 (46.67%) Senior Manager
3 33 (44.00%) Audit Manager
3 33 (44.00%) Senior Audit Manager
4 6 (8.00%) 1st Line Support
4 6 (8.00%) IT Support
5 5 (6.67%) Business Analyst
6 4 (5.33%) Analyst
6 4 (5.33%) Developer
7 3 (4.00%) Architecture Manager
7 3 (4.00%) Field Engineer
7 3 (4.00%) Field Service Engineer
7 3 (4.00%) Technical Director
8 2 (2.67%) Administrator
8 2 (2.67%) Data Business Analyst
8 2 (2.67%) Data Engineer
8 2 (2.67%) Embedded Engineer
8 2 (2.67%) IT Engineer
8 2 (2.67%) Java Developer
8 2 (2.67%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.67%) Spring
1 2 (2.67%) Spring Boot
2 1 (1.33%) HTML
2 1 (1.33%) PyTorch
2 1 (1.33%) scikit-learn
2 1 (1.33%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.67%) Data Centre
2 4 (5.33%) IoT
3 3 (4.00%) Operational Technology
3 3 (4.00%) Renewable Energy
3 3 (4.00%) SCADA
4 2 (2.67%) Algorithms
4 2 (2.67%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (2.67%) ARM Cortex
4 2 (2.67%) Cloud Native
4 2 (2.67%) Distributed Computing
4 2 (2.67%) Driving Licence
4 2 (2.67%) Embedded Systems
4 2 (2.67%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.67%) Smartphone
5 1 (1.33%) Acoustics
5 1 (1.33%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.33%) Linux
1 1 (1.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (53.33%) Agile
2 36 (48.00%) Coaching
3 9 (12.00%) Customer Service
3 9 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (10.67%) Business Intelligence
4 8 (10.67%) Project Management
4 8 (10.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 6 (8.00%) ITSM
5 6 (8.00%) Programme Management
6 5 (6.67%) Artificial Intelligence
6 5 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (6.67%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (6.67%) Decision-Making
6 5 (6.67%) Digital Marketing
6 5 (6.67%) Mentoring
7 4 (5.33%) Analytics
7 4 (5.33%) Data Analysis
7 4 (5.33%) Data Science
7 4 (5.33%) Project Delivery
7 4 (5.33%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 4 (5.33%) Python
2 3 (4.00%) SQL
3 2 (2.67%) Bash
3 2 (2.67%) C
3 2 (2.67%) C++
3 2 (2.67%) Java
4 1 (1.33%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 33 (44.00%) ACCA
2 11 (14.67%) Degree
3 3 (4.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (4.00%) Cisco Certification
3 3 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (4.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (2.67%) A+ Certification
4 2 (2.67%) CCNA
4 2 (2.67%) Master's Degree
4 2 (2.67%) MCSE
4 2 (2.67%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (1.33%) AWS Certification
5 1 (1.33%) CCDP
5 1 (1.33%) CCNP
5 1 (1.33%) CCSP
5 1 (1.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (1.33%) PhD
5 1 (1.33%) PMP
5 1 (1.33%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (44.00%) GAAP
1 33 (44.00%) IFRS
2 3 (4.00%) GRC
2 3 (4.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (2.67%) JTAG
4 1 (1.33%) Accessibility
4 1 (1.33%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.33%) PMO
System Software
1 2 (2.67%) Embedded Firmware
1 2 (2.67%) Firmware
2 1 (1.33%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (1.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 6 (8.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (6.67%) SAP
3 3 (4.00%) Facebook
3 3 (4.00%) YouTube
4 2 (2.67%) Dell
4 2 (2.67%) Google
4 2 (2.67%) NVIDIA
5 1 (1.33%) Pega
5 1 (1.33%) VMware