Public Sector Jobs in the South West

Public Sector
England > South West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in permanent job vacancies in the South West. 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 70 70 49
Rank change year-on-year 0 -21 +4
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 286 271 568
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 3.25% 4.35% 6.21%
As % of the General category 6.62% 7.17% 9.59%
Number of salaries quoted 213 213 392
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £28,075
25th Percentile £43,742 £41,250 £37,324
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,952 £47,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.27% +5.56% -10.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £83,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £53,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.77% -3.64% -

All General Skills
South West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 4,320 3,779 5,922
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 49.12% 60.73% 64.72%
Number of salaries quoted 2,734 2,330 3,380
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,500 £28,238
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,462 £36,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £47,801
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.78% +0.63%
75th Percentile £62,500 £68,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +4.35%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in the South West

Public Sector
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Public Sector in the South West

Public Sector
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in the South West over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Public Sector in the South West

Public Sector
Job Locations in the South West

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 West 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
Bristol 0 83 £50,000 -4.76% 55
Wiltshire 0 83 £51,000 - 11
Gloucestershire +33 65 £55,000 -12.70% 12
Cornwall - 20 £45,000 - 2
Somerset +6 15 £46,000 +5.14% 8
Devon -37 10 £62,500 +38.89% 8
Dorset -16 7 £50,000 +5.26% 5
Public Sector
England

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 15 (5.24%) SharePoint
2 12 (4.20%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (1.05%) IIS
3 3 (1.05%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 10 (3.50%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (2.45%) Spreadsheet
3 5 (1.75%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.70%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.35%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (1.40%) NEC Housing
1 4 (1.40%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 2 (0.70%) HiPortfolio
2 2 (0.70%) Magento
3 1 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 52 (18.18%) Azure
2 27 (9.44%) AWS
3 20 (6.99%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (4.55%) Power Platform
5 12 (4.20%) IBM Cloud
6 11 (3.85%) Entra ID
7 9 (3.15%) OneDrive
8 7 (2.45%) PowerApps
9 6 (2.10%) OCI
9 6 (2.10%) Power Automate
10 5 (1.75%) Amazon EKS
10 5 (1.75%) Amazon S3
11 4 (1.40%) Amazon ECR
11 4 (1.40%) GCP
11 4 (1.40%) IaaS
11 4 (1.40%) PaaS
11 4 (1.40%) Route 53
12 3 (1.05%) Azure Data Factory
12 3 (1.05%) Azure Logic Apps
12 3 (1.05%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 19 (6.64%) Firewall
2 9 (3.15%) iSCSI
3 7 (2.45%) Fibre Channel
3 7 (2.45%) Network Security
4 6 (2.10%) SAN
4 6 (2.10%) Structured Cabling
4 6 (2.10%) Wireless
5 4 (1.40%) Remote Desktop
6 3 (1.05%) DHCP
6 3 (1.05%) DNS
6 3 (1.05%) Internet
6 3 (1.05%) SD-WAN
6 3 (1.05%) VSAN
7 2 (0.70%) Cisco ASA
7 2 (0.70%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.70%) VLAN
7 2 (0.70%) VoIP
7 2 (0.70%) VPN
7 2 (0.70%) VRRP
8 1 (0.35%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.20%) Power BI
2 11 (3.85%) NoSQL
2 11 (3.85%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (3.50%) DB2
3 10 (3.50%) MongoDB
4 7 (2.45%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (2.45%) Relational Database
5 5 (1.75%) Amazon RDS
5 5 (1.75%) Electronic Patient Records
5 5 (1.75%) SQL Server
6 3 (1.05%) RDBMS
6 3 (1.05%) SQLite
7 1 (0.35%) Big Data
7 1 (0.35%) MySQL
7 1 (0.35%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 1 (0.35%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.35%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 6 (2.10%) Rational DOORS
2 5 (1.75%) Jenkins
3 4 (1.40%) Git
4 3 (1.05%) Eclipse
4 3 (1.05%) GitLab
4 3 (1.05%) Subversion
4 3 (1.05%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.70%) JIRA
General
1 60 (20.98%) Finance
2 50 (17.48%) Social Skills
3 34 (11.89%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (8.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 22 (7.69%) Telecoms
6 18 (6.29%) Manufacturing
7 17 (5.94%) Legal
8 15 (5.24%) Marketing
9 13 (4.55%) Electronics
10 12 (4.20%) Organisational Skills
11 9 (3.15%) Influencing Skills
11 9 (3.15%) Local Government
11 9 (3.15%) Presentation Skills
11 9 (3.15%) Retail
12 8 (2.80%) Law
13 6 (2.10%) Aerospace
13 6 (2.10%) Military
14 5 (1.75%) Social Housing
15 4 (1.40%) Police
16 3 (1.05%) Billing
Job Titles
1 40 (13.99%) Consultant
2 39 (13.64%) Senior
3 28 (9.79%) Architect
4 24 (8.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 24 (8.39%) Lead
5 18 (6.29%) Analyst
6 17 (5.94%) Project Manager
7 15 (5.24%) Backup Engineer
7 15 (5.24%) Backup Infrastructure Engineer
7 15 (5.24%) Developer
7 15 (5.24%) DevOps Engineer
7 15 (5.24%) Storage and Backup Engineer
7 15 (5.24%) Storage Engineer
8 12 (4.20%) Team Leader
9 11 (3.85%) Network Engineer
9 11 (3.85%) Technical Consultant
10 10 (3.50%) Senior Network Engineer
10 10 (3.50%) Technical Architect
11 9 (3.15%) Presales Consultant
12 8 (2.80%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (5.59%) .NET
1 16 (5.59%) HTML
2 13 (4.55%) CSS
3 11 (3.85%) Web Services
4 10 (3.50%) AngularJS
4 10 (3.50%) React
5 9 (3.15%) REST
6 8 (2.80%) ASP.NET
6 8 (2.80%) ASP.NET Core
6 8 (2.80%) Backbone.js
6 8 (2.80%) Ember.js
6 8 (2.80%) jQuery
6 8 (2.80%) Twitter Bootstrap
6 8 (2.80%) Vue
7 6 (2.10%) Kafka
8 5 (1.75%) Apache NiFi
8 5 (1.75%) Elastic Stack
9 4 (1.40%) RESTful
10 3 (1.05%) OAuth
10 3 (1.05%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 15 (5.24%) Hybrid Cloud
2 12 (4.20%) Blockchain
2 12 (4.20%) e-Learning
2 12 (4.20%) Management Information System
3 10 (3.50%) Algorithms
4 8 (2.80%) Data Structures
5 7 (2.45%) Driving Licence
5 7 (2.45%) EMC VNX
5 7 (2.45%) Replication
5 7 (2.45%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (2.10%) Data Protection Act
6 6 (2.10%) Freedom of Information
6 6 (2.10%) NHS
6 6 (2.10%) PMI
7 5 (1.75%) Distributed Systems
7 5 (1.75%) Product Ownership
7 5 (1.75%) Renewable Energy
8 4 (1.40%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.05%) Cloud Native
9 3 (1.05%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 53 (18.53%) Windows
2 36 (12.59%) Linux
3 15 (5.24%) Windows 10
4 11 (3.85%) Windows Server
5 10 (3.50%) Apple iOS
6 9 (3.15%) Android
7 4 (1.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (1.05%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.70%) CentOS
9 2 (0.70%) Unix
10 1 (0.35%) Rocky
10 1 (0.35%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (19.58%) Agile
2 38 (13.29%) Mentoring
3 33 (11.54%) DevOps
3 33 (11.54%) Project Management
4 29 (10.14%) Problem-Solving
5 27 (9.44%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 23 (8.04%) Coaching
7 22 (7.69%) Project Delivery
8 20 (6.99%) Business Intelligence
8 20 (6.99%) Cybersecurity
9 18 (6.29%) CI/CD
9 18 (6.29%) Stakeholder Management
10 17 (5.94%) Full Stack Development
10 17 (5.94%) ITIL
11 16 (5.59%) Scrum
12 15 (5.24%) Continuous Improvement
12 15 (5.24%) Programme Management
12 15 (5.24%) Roadmaps
12 15 (5.24%) Service Delivery
13 14 (4.90%) Digital Transformation Programme
Programming Languages
1 34 (11.89%) SQL
2 18 (6.29%) C#
2 18 (6.29%) Python
3 16 (5.59%) PowerShell
4 15 (5.24%) JavaScript
5 12 (4.20%) Java
6 8 (2.80%) C
7 7 (2.45%) Bash
7 7 (2.45%) C++
8 4 (1.40%) Embedded C
8 4 (1.40%) Embedded C++
9 3 (1.05%) Perl
9 3 (1.05%) PHP
10 2 (0.70%) Lua
10 2 (0.70%) Ruby
10 2 (0.70%) Tcl
11 1 (0.35%) TypeScript
11 1 (0.35%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 77 (26.92%) Security Cleared
2 39 (13.64%) Degree
3 32 (11.19%) SC Cleared
4 26 (9.09%) DV Cleared
5 6 (2.10%) PMI Certification
6 4 (1.40%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.40%) HND
6 4 (1.40%) Master's Degree
7 2 (0.70%) Cisco Certification
7 2 (0.70%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (0.35%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.35%) ECDL
8 1 (0.35%) HNC
8 1 (0.35%) ISEB
8 1 (0.35%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.50%) Accessibility
2 4 (1.40%) Data Quality
2 4 (1.40%) GRC
3 3 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials
3 3 (1.05%) NIST
4 2 (0.70%) GDPR
4 2 (0.70%) Government Security Classifications
4 2 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 2 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
4 2 (0.70%) QA
4 2 (0.70%) SLA
5 1 (0.35%) HMG Security Policy Framework
5 1 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.35%) NCSC
5 1 (0.35%) PMO
System Software
1 25 (8.74%) Active Directory
2 16 (5.59%) VMware Infrastructure
3 15 (5.24%) VMware ESXi
4 11 (3.85%) Hyper-V
5 8 (2.80%) Docker
6 3 (1.05%) Firmware
6 3 (1.05%) Forefront TMG
6 3 (1.05%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (1.05%) VMware Workstation
6 3 (1.05%) vSphere
7 1 (0.35%) Embedded Firmware
7 1 (0.35%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 13 (4.55%) Kubernetes
2 10 (3.50%) Microsoft Intune
3 9 (3.15%) EMC NetWorker
3 9 (3.15%) Prometheus
3 9 (3.15%) SCCM
4 8 (2.80%) Ansible
4 8 (2.80%) Nagios
4 8 (2.80%) Terraform
4 8 (2.80%) vCenter Server
5 7 (2.45%) ZABBIX
6 5 (1.75%) FortiGate
6 5 (1.75%) Grafana
7 3 (1.05%) Jamf Pro
7 3 (1.05%) NetIQ Identity Manager
7 3 (1.05%) SCOM
7 3 (1.05%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (1.05%) WSUS
8 2 (0.70%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.70%) Puppet
8 2 (0.70%) vRealize
Vendors
1 37 (12.94%) Microsoft
2 26 (9.09%) VMware
3 17 (5.94%) Cisco
4 16 (5.59%) Red Hat
5 13 (4.55%) SAP
6 12 (4.20%) IBM
7 10 (3.50%) Oracle
8 9 (3.15%) Brocade
8 9 (3.15%) Dell
8 9 (3.15%) EMC
8 9 (3.15%) Veeam
9 8 (2.80%) SolarWinds
10 7 (2.45%) NetApp
11 5 (1.75%) Aruba
12 4 (1.40%) BiZZdesign
12 4 (1.40%) Dynatrace
12 4 (1.40%) NEC
12 4 (1.40%) Sparx
13 3 (1.05%) Databricks
13 3 (1.05%) YouTube