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 advertised in Scotland. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Public Sector over the 6 months to 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 136 51 41
Rank change year-on-year -85 -10 +38
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 172 240 394
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 2.56% 5.24% 6.65%
As % of the General category 3.55% 6.95% 10.77%
Number of salaries quoted 78 93 167
10th Percentile £31,250 £25,500 £32,525
25th Percentile £39,171 £37,500 £39,659
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,592 £50,500 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.66% +7.45% -1.05%
75th Percentile £52,423 £65,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £60,000 £76,675 £67,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,554 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.00% +1.01% -

All General Skills
Scotland

Public Sector is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 4,844 3,451 3,657
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 72.10% 75.33% 61.70%
Number of salaries quoted 1,533 1,652 1,953
10th Percentile £27,500 £33,732 £31,133
25th Percentile £38,750 £41,250 £40,606
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

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 19 May 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 19 May 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 -127 72 £42,500 -26.28% 47
Edinburgh +17 49 £47,500 +11.76% 35
Dundee +3 17 £47,495 -2.33% 2
Scottish Borders +7 5 - -
Stirling -4 5 - - 2
West Lothian -9 5 - -
North Lanarkshire - 5 £32,500 -
Lanarkshire -5 3 - - 32
East Ayrshire - 3 £29,500 -
Dumfries and Galloway - 1 £42,500 -
Inverclyde - 1 £45,000 -
East Lothian - 1 - -
Aberdeen - 1 £27,500 - 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 3 (1.74%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (1.16%) JBoss
2 2 (1.16%) Red Hat Fuse
2 2 (1.16%) WebLogic
3 1 (0.58%) CMS
3 1 (0.58%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 10 (5.81%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.91%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.33%) AutoCAD
3 4 (2.33%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.16%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.58%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (6.40%) Unit4 Business World
2 8 (4.65%) NEC Housing
3 2 (1.16%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.58%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.58%) Oracle Payroll
4 1 (0.58%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 22 (12.79%) Azure
2 11 (6.40%) AWS
3 10 (5.81%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (4.07%) Cloud Computing
5 6 (3.49%) SaaS
6 5 (2.91%) OCI
7 4 (2.33%) Power Platform
8 2 (1.16%) Entra ID
8 2 (1.16%) Serverless
9 1 (0.58%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 1 (0.58%) Amazon EKS
9 1 (0.58%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (0.58%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.58%) OpenShift
9 1 (0.58%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.58%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.07%) HTTP
1 7 (4.07%) MQTT
2 3 (1.74%) LAN
2 3 (1.74%) Remote Desktop
2 3 (1.74%) VLAN
2 3 (1.74%) WAN
2 3 (1.74%) Wireless
3 1 (0.58%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.58%) Modbus
3 1 (0.58%) SAN
3 1 (0.58%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (6.40%) DB2
2 5 (2.91%) MongoDB
3 2 (1.16%) Oracle Database
3 2 (1.16%) Power BI
3 2 (1.16%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.58%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.58%) MySQL
4 1 (0.58%) NonStop SQL
4 1 (0.58%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (0.58%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 10 (5.81%) Git
2 4 (2.33%) JIRA
3 2 (1.16%) IntelliJ
4 1 (0.58%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.58%) Visual Studio
General
1 97 (56.40%) Social Skills
2 53 (30.81%) Finance
3 26 (15.12%) Presentation Skills
4 25 (14.53%) Marketing
5 23 (13.37%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (13.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 17 (9.88%) Legal
7 16 (9.30%) Manufacturing
8 14 (8.14%) Local Government
8 14 (8.14%) Police
9 11 (6.40%) Retail
10 9 (5.23%) Electronics
10 9 (5.23%) Telecoms
11 3 (1.74%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (1.74%) Publishing
12 2 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (1.16%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 35 (20.35%) Analyst
2 27 (15.70%) Business Analyst
3 25 (14.53%) Senior
4 14 (8.14%) Architect
4 14 (8.14%) Developer
4 14 (8.14%) Project Manager
5 12 (6.98%) IT Manager
6 9 (5.23%) Consultant
6 9 (5.23%) Software Engineer
7 8 (4.65%) Bid Writer
7 8 (4.65%) Business Manager
7 8 (4.65%) Development Manager
7 8 (4.65%) Senior Bid Writer
8 7 (4.07%) Audit Manager
8 7 (4.07%) Business Development Manager
8 7 (4.07%) Delivery Manager
8 7 (4.07%) IT Audit Manager
9 6 (3.49%) Payroll Manager
9 6 (3.49%) Senior Consultant
9 6 (3.49%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (7.56%) CSS
1 13 (7.56%) HTML
2 10 (5.81%) AngularJS
2 10 (5.81%) Hibernate
2 10 (5.81%) React
2 10 (5.81%) Spring
3 7 (4.07%) Django
3 7 (4.07%) Flask
4 5 (2.91%) .NET
4 5 (2.91%) Node.js
4 5 (2.91%) RESTful
5 4 (2.33%) Entity Framework
5 4 (2.33%) Java EE
5 4 (2.33%) JPA
5 4 (2.33%) Web Services
5 4 (2.33%) XML
6 2 (1.16%) JSON
6 2 (1.16%) Oracle Fusion
6 2 (1.16%) Ruby on Rails
6 2 (1.16%) XSD
Miscellaneous
1 18 (10.47%) Management Information System
2 7 (4.07%) Arduino
2 7 (4.07%) IoT
2 7 (4.07%) Raspberry Pi
2 7 (4.07%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (3.49%) Onboarding
4 3 (1.74%) Product Ownership
5 2 (1.16%) Driving Licence
5 2 (1.16%) PMI
6 1 (0.58%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.58%) Device Driver
6 1 (0.58%) FPGA
6 1 (0.58%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (0.58%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 18 (10.47%) Windows
2 17 (9.88%) Linux
3 13 (7.56%) Windows Server
4 12 (6.98%) Unix
5 1 (0.58%) Android
5 1 (0.58%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.58%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (27.91%) Stakeholder Management
2 47 (27.33%) Agile
3 39 (22.67%) Project Management
4 32 (18.60%) Business Analysis
4 32 (18.60%) Programme Management
5 26 (15.12%) Service Delivery
6 25 (14.53%) Impact Assessments
7 24 (13.95%) Business Case
7 24 (13.95%) Problem-Solving
7 24 (13.95%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
8 23 (13.37%) User Experience
9 22 (12.79%) ITIL
10 21 (12.21%) Actionable Insight
10 21 (12.21%) Self-Awareness
11 19 (11.05%) Analytics
12 18 (10.47%) Continuous Improvement
12 18 (10.47%) Creative Thinking
12 18 (10.47%) Data Analytics
13 16 (9.30%) Software Engineering
14 14 (8.14%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 27 (15.70%) SQL
2 14 (8.14%) Python
3 12 (6.98%) C#
4 10 (5.81%) Java
5 8 (4.65%) JavaScript
6 7 (4.07%) TypeScript
7 2 (1.16%) C
7 2 (1.16%) C++
7 2 (1.16%) Ruby
8 1 (0.58%) PHP
8 1 (0.58%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 44 (25.58%) Degree
2 25 (14.53%) Security Cleared
3 20 (11.63%) SC Cleared
4 11 (6.40%) CISA
5 9 (5.23%) DBS Check
6 8 (4.65%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (4.65%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 7 (4.07%) PMP
8 6 (3.49%) HND
9 5 (2.91%) CCNP
9 5 (2.91%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (2.91%) PMI Certification
10 4 (2.33%) CCDP
10 4 (2.33%) CCSP
10 4 (2.33%) ITIL Certification
11 3 (1.74%) DV Cleared
11 3 (1.74%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (1.74%) Oracle Certification
12 2 (1.16%) APMP
12 2 (1.16%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (7.56%) PMO
2 11 (6.40%) Accessibility
2 11 (6.40%) ITGC
3 9 (5.23%) QA
4 4 (2.33%) Disclosure Scotland
5 3 (1.74%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (5.23%) Firmware
2 3 (1.74%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.74%) Hyper-V
2 3 (1.74%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.58%) BitLocker
3 1 (0.58%) Docker
3 1 (0.58%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (0.58%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.58%) Terraform
Vendors
1 44 (25.58%) Microsoft
2 20 (11.63%) SAP
3 19 (11.05%) Oracle
4 11 (6.40%) Sage
5 8 (4.65%) NEC
6 7 (4.07%) NVIDIA
7 5 (2.91%) VMware
8 1 (0.58%) Adobe
8 1 (0.58%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.58%) Cisco
8 1 (0.58%) Mitel
8 1 (0.58%) Salesforce