Public Sector Jobs in the South East

Public Sector
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in permanent job vacancies in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 10 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 89 64 123
Rank change year-on-year -25 +59 +54
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 285 638 376
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 3.06% 3.80% 2.58%
As % of the General category 4.60% 6.70% 4.06%
Number of salaries quoted 85 345 224
10th Percentile £29,750 £27,965 £29,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% - -2.91%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £73,250 £84,400 £80,875
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - +1.66%

All General Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 6,195 9,516 9,250
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 66.43% 56.61% 63.58%
Number of salaries quoted 2,699 6,036 4,463
10th Percentile £27,950 £25,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £37,574 £32,500 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £62,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% -

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Public Sector as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in the South East

Public Sector
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Public Sector in the South East.

Salary trend for Public Sector in the South East

Public Sector
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in the South East over the 6 months to 10 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Public Sector in the South East

Public Sector
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Public Sector within the South East region over the 6 months to 10 May 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
Thames Valley 0 105 £57,500 +4.55% 88
Surrey +44 86 £68,750 +37.50% 46
Berkshire +10 76 £60,000 +14.29% 59
Kent +35 38 £55,715 +99.23% 15
Hampshire -63 32 £45,000 -3.57% 61
Buckinghamshire +33 22 £57,750 +21.58% 13
East Sussex +19 15 £58,375 -7.08% 16
Oxfordshire -8 7 £39,750 -30.87% 33
Middlesex - 7 - -
West Sussex +27 2 - - 16
Public Sector
England

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 13 (4.56%) JBoss
1 13 (4.56%) Red Hat Fuse
2 11 (3.86%) SharePoint
3 6 (2.11%) Apache
3 6 (2.11%) IIS
4 3 (1.05%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.70%) Skype for Business
6 1 (0.35%) Confluence
Applications
1 14 (4.91%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (4.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (2.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.35%) AutoCAD
4 1 (0.35%) MicroStation
4 1 (0.35%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (2.46%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.35%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 44 (15.44%) AWS
2 32 (11.23%) Amazon ECS
2 32 (11.23%) Amazon EKS
2 32 (11.23%) Serverless
3 25 (8.77%) Amazon EC2
4 13 (4.56%) Power Platform
5 6 (2.11%) Amazon SQS
5 6 (2.11%) Azure
5 6 (2.11%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (1.75%) AWS KMS
7 4 (1.40%) SaaS
7 4 (1.40%) Smartsheet
8 3 (1.05%) Amazon S3
8 3 (1.05%) GCP
9 2 (0.70%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 2 (0.70%) GitHub
9 2 (0.70%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (0.70%) Google Workspace
9 2 (0.70%) Route 53
10 1 (0.35%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.81%) DNS
2 7 (2.46%) TCP/IP
3 6 (2.11%) Firewall
4 3 (1.05%) Modbus
4 3 (1.05%) VPN
4 3 (1.05%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (1.05%) Wireless
5 2 (0.70%) 3G
5 2 (0.70%) Ethernet
5 2 (0.70%) GPRS
5 2 (0.70%) LTE
5 2 (0.70%) VSAN
6 1 (0.35%) HTTP
6 1 (0.35%) Intranet
6 1 (0.35%) IPsec
6 1 (0.35%) Profibus
6 1 (0.35%) RS-232
6 1 (0.35%) RS-485
6 1 (0.35%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.35%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (14.74%) PostgreSQL
2 39 (13.68%) Relational Database
3 19 (6.67%) RDBMS
4 11 (3.86%) Power BI
5 7 (2.46%) MongoDB
5 7 (2.46%) Tableau
6 6 (2.11%) Amazon RDS
6 6 (2.11%) SQL Server
7 3 (1.05%) Amazon Aurora
7 3 (1.05%) Oracle Reports
8 2 (0.70%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.35%) Big Data
9 1 (0.35%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 42 (14.74%) Jenkins
2 41 (14.39%) JUnit
3 28 (9.82%) Mockito
4 20 (7.02%) Git
5 19 (6.67%) JMeter
6 7 (2.46%) JIRA
6 7 (2.46%) Maven
7 6 (2.11%) SonarQube
8 5 (1.75%) DbUnit
8 5 (1.75%) jMock
9 3 (1.05%) GitLab
10 2 (0.70%) Bitbucket Server
General
1 181 (63.51%) Social Skills
2 154 (54.04%) Finance
3 150 (52.63%) Marketing
4 27 (9.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 22 (7.72%) Manufacturing
6 19 (6.67%) Telecoms
7 17 (5.96%) Analytical Skills
8 15 (5.26%) Electronics
9 13 (4.56%) Organisational Skills
10 10 (3.51%) Local Government
10 10 (3.51%) Presentation Skills
11 9 (3.16%) Retail
12 6 (2.11%) Back Office
13 5 (1.75%) Legal
14 3 (1.05%) Aerospace
14 3 (1.05%) Automotive
14 3 (1.05%) Influencing Skills
14 3 (1.05%) Pharmaceutical
15 1 (0.35%) Games
15 1 (0.35%) Law
Job Titles
1 131 (45.96%) Development Manager
2 130 (45.61%) Business Development Manager
2 130 (45.61%) Business Manager
3 52 (18.25%) Developer
4 42 (14.74%) Java Developer
5 16 (5.61%) Analyst
6 10 (3.51%) Consultant
7 9 (3.16%) Oracle Developer
7 9 (3.16%) Senior
7 9 (3.16%) Technical Developer
8 8 (2.81%) Lead
8 8 (2.81%) Sales Executive
9 7 (2.46%) Data Scientist
10 6 (2.11%) Infrastructure Consultant
10 6 (2.11%) Supplier Manager
11 5 (1.75%) Full-Stack Developer
11 5 (1.75%) Full-Stack Java Developer
11 5 (1.75%) Project Manager
11 5 (1.75%) Support Engineer
12 4 (1.40%) Graduate
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (14.39%) Spring
2 38 (13.33%) Spring Boot
3 37 (12.98%) REST
3 37 (12.98%) Web Services
4 33 (11.58%) Apache Camel
5 27 (9.47%) Hibernate
6 25 (8.77%) ActiveMQ
7 21 (7.37%) RESTful
8 20 (7.02%) HTML
9 19 (6.67%) jQuery
9 19 (6.67%) SOAP
9 19 (6.67%) WireMock
10 13 (4.56%) J2EE
11 8 (2.81%) React
12 7 (2.46%) AngularJS
13 6 (2.11%) JPA
13 6 (2.11%) JSON
13 6 (2.11%) Kafka
13 6 (2.11%) XML
14 5 (1.75%) PowerMock
Miscellaneous
1 36 (12.63%) Distributed Systems
2 10 (3.51%) Hybrid Cloud
2 10 (3.51%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (3.16%) e-Learning
4 7 (2.46%) Data Centre
4 7 (2.46%) Management Information System
4 7 (2.46%) Social Media
5 6 (2.11%) Algorithms
5 6 (2.11%) Onboarding
6 5 (1.75%) Client/Server
6 5 (1.75%) Linux Command Line
7 4 (1.40%) NHS
8 3 (1.05%) Driving Licence
9 2 (0.70%) Embedded Systems
9 2 (0.70%) IoT
9 2 (0.70%) NB-IoT
9 2 (0.70%) Private Cloud
9 2 (0.70%) Product Ownership
9 2 (0.70%) Renewable Energy
9 2 (0.70%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 11 (3.86%) Linux
1 11 (3.86%) Windows
2 6 (2.11%) Windows Server
3 3 (1.05%) Mac OS
4 1 (0.35%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.35%) Robot Operating System
Processes & Methodologies
1 144 (50.53%) Collaborative Working
2 136 (47.72%) Business Development
3 128 (44.91%) Facilities Management
3 128 (44.91%) Marketing Strategy
4 127 (44.56%) Collaborative Culture
5 54 (18.95%) Agile
6 42 (14.74%) Microservices
7 38 (13.33%) Scrum
7 38 (13.33%) TDD
8 37 (12.98%) BDD
9 31 (10.88%) Kanban
10 28 (9.82%) Problem-Solving
11 25 (8.77%) CI/CD
12 23 (8.07%) Mentoring
12 23 (8.07%) Project Management
13 22 (7.72%) Coaching
13 22 (7.72%) Continuous Improvement
13 22 (7.72%) DevOps
14 21 (7.37%) Artificial Intelligence
14 21 (7.37%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 45 (15.79%) Java
2 36 (12.63%) Python
3 22 (7.72%) JavaScript
3 22 (7.72%) SQL
4 19 (6.67%) Shell Script
5 6 (2.11%) PowerShell
6 3 (1.05%) C++
6 3 (1.05%) TypeScript
6 3 (1.05%) VBA
7 2 (0.70%) C
7 2 (0.70%) C#
8 1 (0.35%) Embedded C
8 1 (0.35%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.35%) R
Qualifications
1 59 (20.70%) Security Cleared
2 50 (17.54%) SC Cleared
3 23 (8.07%) Degree
4 5 (1.75%) Master's Degree
5 3 (1.05%) Chartered Engineer
5 3 (1.05%) DV Cleared
6 2 (0.70%) MCSE
6 2 (0.70%) Microsoft Certification
6 2 (0.70%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (0.35%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.35%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.35%) HND
7 1 (0.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.35%) MCSA
7 1 (0.35%) PMP
7 1 (0.35%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (4.91%) SLA
2 5 (1.75%) QA
3 4 (1.40%) PMO
4 3 (1.05%) Accessibility
4 3 (1.05%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.05%) Def Stans
5 2 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.35%) NCSC
6 1 (0.35%) NIST
6 1 (0.35%) WCAG
System Software
1 44 (15.44%) Docker
2 8 (2.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (1.05%) Postfix
4 2 (0.70%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.70%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.35%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 36 (12.63%) Kubernetes
2 19 (6.67%) Kibana
3 13 (4.56%) Ansible
4 5 (1.75%) ZABBIX
5 2 (0.70%) Grafana
5 2 (0.70%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.35%) PaperCut
6 1 (0.35%) PowerCLI
6 1 (0.35%) vRealize
6 1 (0.35%) VxRail
Vendors
1 22 (7.72%) Microsoft
2 20 (7.02%) Oracle
3 19 (6.67%) Dynatrace
3 19 (6.67%) Splunk
4 15 (5.26%) SAP
5 13 (4.56%) Salesforce
6 11 (3.86%) VMware
7 10 (3.51%) IBM
8 9 (3.16%) Red Hat
9 3 (1.05%) Cisco
9 3 (1.05%) Google
9 3 (1.05%) Juniper
10 2 (0.70%) Atlassian
10 2 (0.70%) F5
10 2 (0.70%) Foundry
10 2 (0.70%) Palantir
11 1 (0.35%) Freescale
11 1 (0.35%) Freshdesk
11 1 (0.35%) Jaspersoft
11 1 (0.35%) Palo Alto