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

6 months to
19 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 73 69
Rank change year-on-year +7 -4 -25
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 128 340 274
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 3.60% 3.17% 4.27%
As % of the General category 5.57% 6.27% 6.90%
Number of salaries quoted 68 266 215
10th Percentile £30,125 £29,250 £33,150
25th Percentile £46,250 £43,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,750 £51,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +7.37% +5.56%
75th Percentile £72,500 £61,250 £63,125
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -

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 2,297 5,425 3,970
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 64.69% 50.60% 61.83%
Number of salaries quoted 1,300 3,593 2,279
10th Percentile £25,087 £26,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £34,500 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £47,500 £50,238
Median % change year-on-year +0.39% -5.45% +4.66%
75th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £67,070
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

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 19 June 2025.

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 19 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
Gloucestershire +36 63 £65,000 +18.18% 171
Bristol +23 38 £59,500 +8.18% 280
Somerset +7 7 £47,500 +3.26% 112
Wiltshire -16 7 £68,525 +34.36% 91
Dorset +30 5 £47,500 -9.52% 60
Devon +27 5 £55,500 -11.82% 113
Cornwall -12 1 - - 4
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 4 (3.13%) Confluence
2 3 (2.34%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.78%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (2.34%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.78%) AutoCAD
2 1 (0.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.78%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 1 (0.78%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 26 (20.31%) Azure
2 23 (17.97%) AWS
3 7 (5.47%) Azure DevOps
3 7 (5.47%) Microsoft 365
3 7 (5.47%) Serverless
4 6 (4.69%) Entra ID
5 5 (3.91%) Amazon EC2
5 5 (3.91%) Amazon S3
5 5 (3.91%) AWS Lambda
5 5 (3.91%) SaaS
5 5 (3.91%) Virtual Private Cloud
6 4 (3.13%) GCP
7 3 (2.34%) GitHub
7 3 (2.34%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (1.56%) Azure Stack
9 1 (0.78%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (0.78%) Google Workspace
9 1 (0.78%) IaaS
9 1 (0.78%) OCI
9 1 (0.78%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 8 (6.25%) Network Security
2 3 (2.34%) DHCP
2 3 (2.34%) DNS
2 3 (2.34%) SAN
3 2 (1.56%) Firewall
3 2 (1.56%) LAN
3 2 (1.56%) WAN
3 2 (1.56%) Wireless
4 1 (0.78%) BGP
4 1 (0.78%) Ethernet
4 1 (0.78%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (0.78%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.78%) Software-Defined Networking
4 1 (0.78%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.78%) VPN
4 1 (0.78%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.69%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (3.91%) MySQL
3 4 (3.13%) Relational Database
4 3 (2.34%) Data Lake
4 3 (2.34%) MongoDB
4 3 (2.34%) Redis
5 2 (1.56%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.78%) Big Data
6 1 (0.78%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.78%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.78%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 1 (0.78%) Oracle Exadata
6 1 (0.78%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.78%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.78%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 5 (3.91%) Git
2 3 (2.34%) GitLab
2 3 (2.34%) JIRA
2 3 (2.34%) SonarQube
3 1 (0.78%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.78%) CMake
3 1 (0.78%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.78%) Subversion
3 1 (0.78%) WiX
General
1 40 (31.25%) Social Skills
2 39 (30.47%) Finance
3 28 (21.88%) Marketing
4 20 (15.63%) Electronics
4 20 (15.63%) Manufacturing
4 20 (15.63%) Telecoms
5 9 (7.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (5.47%) Local Government
7 6 (4.69%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (2.34%) Aerospace
8 3 (2.34%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (2.34%) Legal
9 1 (0.78%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.78%) Health Technology
9 1 (0.78%) Military
9 1 (0.78%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.78%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 44 (34.38%) Senior
2 36 (28.13%) Java Engineer
3 32 (25.00%) Senior Java Engineer
4 12 (9.38%) Lead
5 10 (7.81%) Business Manager
6 9 (7.03%) Business Development Manager
6 9 (7.03%) Consultant
6 9 (7.03%) Development Manager
7 7 (5.47%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 7 (5.47%) Software Engineer
8 6 (4.69%) Architect
8 6 (4.69%) Developer
8 6 (4.69%) DevOps Engineer
8 6 (4.69%) Systems Engineer
9 4 (3.13%) Analyst
9 4 (3.13%) Cloud Architect
9 4 (3.13%) Java Software Engineer
9 4 (3.13%) Recruitment Consultant
9 4 (3.13%) Senior DevOps
9 4 (3.13%) Senior DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (6.25%) Kafka
2 6 (4.69%) Spring Boot
3 4 (3.13%) AWS CDK
3 4 (3.13%) Node.js
3 4 (3.13%) RESTful
4 3 (2.34%) Django
4 3 (2.34%) FastAPI
4 3 (2.34%) Flask
4 3 (2.34%) GraphQL
4 3 (2.34%) Keycloak
4 3 (2.34%) OAuth
4 3 (2.34%) pytest
4 3 (2.34%) SQLAlchemy
4 3 (2.34%) WebSockets
5 2 (1.56%) HTML
5 2 (1.56%) ModSecurity
5 2 (1.56%) Spring
6 1 (0.78%) CSS
6 1 (0.78%) CSS3
6 1 (0.78%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 39 (30.47%) Hybrid Cloud
2 6 (4.69%) Onboarding
3 5 (3.91%) e-Learning
4 4 (3.13%) Cloud Native
4 4 (3.13%) Data Centre
4 4 (3.13%) Renewable Energy
5 3 (2.34%) NHS
5 3 (2.34%) SCADA
6 2 (1.56%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.78%) IoT
7 1 (0.78%) Legacy Applications
7 1 (0.78%) Legacy Systems
7 1 (0.78%) Management Information System
7 1 (0.78%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 11 (8.59%) Windows
2 7 (5.47%) Windows Server
3 6 (4.69%) Linux
4 5 (3.91%) Windows Server 2019
5 2 (1.56%) Rocky
6 1 (0.78%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (46.88%) Agile
2 41 (32.03%) Artificial Intelligence
3 33 (25.78%) SDLC
4 24 (18.75%) DevOps
5 21 (16.41%) Business Intelligence
5 21 (16.41%) Programme Management
6 20 (15.63%) Digital Marketing
7 18 (14.06%) Project Management
8 17 (13.28%) Collaborative Culture
9 16 (12.50%) Project Delivery
10 15 (11.72%) Problem-Solving
11 14 (10.94%) Containerisation
11 14 (10.94%) Scrum
12 13 (10.16%) Mentoring
13 12 (9.38%) Business Development
14 11 (8.59%) Analytics
14 11 (8.59%) Business Case
14 11 (8.59%) CI/CD
14 11 (8.59%) Cybersecurity
14 11 (8.59%) Infrastructure Engineering
Programming Languages
1 42 (32.81%) Java
2 12 (9.38%) Python
3 8 (6.25%) SQL
4 5 (3.91%) PowerShell
5 2 (1.56%) Bash
5 2 (1.56%) C
5 2 (1.56%) C++
5 2 (1.56%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.78%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.78%) PHP
6 1 (0.78%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 38 (29.69%) Security Cleared
2 22 (17.19%) DV Cleared
2 22 (17.19%) SC Cleared
3 15 (11.72%) Degree
4 5 (3.91%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (3.13%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (2.34%) CCNA
6 3 (2.34%) CCNP
6 3 (2.34%) DBS Check
6 3 (2.34%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (2.34%) Network+ Certification
6 3 (2.34%) Postgraduate
7 2 (1.56%) APMG
7 2 (1.56%) AWS Certification
7 2 (1.56%) Azure Certification
7 2 (1.56%) CISSP
7 2 (1.56%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.56%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.78%) CCIE
8 1 (0.78%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.13%) Accessibility
2 3 (2.34%) Def Stans
2 3 (2.34%) SLA
3 2 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.78%) GDPR
4 1 (0.78%) GRC
4 1 (0.78%) HIPAA
4 1 (0.78%) JSP 440
4 1 (0.78%) NCSC
4 1 (0.78%) NIST
4 1 (0.78%) PCI DSS
4 1 (0.78%) PMO
4 1 (0.78%) SOC 2
System Software
1 15 (11.72%) Docker
2 7 (5.47%) Active Directory
3 4 (3.13%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.56%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.78%) Virtual Servers
5 1 (0.78%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (10.16%) Kubernetes
2 9 (7.03%) Terraform
3 7 (5.47%) Ansible
4 5 (3.91%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (2.34%) Grafana
5 3 (2.34%) Progress Chef
5 3 (2.34%) Prometheus
5 3 (2.34%) SmoothWall
6 1 (0.78%) FortiGate
6 1 (0.78%) SCCM
Vendors
1 20 (15.63%) SAP
2 15 (11.72%) IBM
2 15 (11.72%) Red Hat
3 12 (9.38%) Microsoft
4 8 (6.25%) VMware
5 6 (4.69%) Cisco
6 4 (3.13%) Palo Alto
7 3 (2.34%) EMC
7 3 (2.34%) Facebook
7 3 (2.34%) YouTube
8 2 (1.56%) Dell
8 2 (1.56%) Fortinet
8 2 (1.56%) Oracle
9 1 (0.78%) Aruba
9 1 (0.78%) CheckPoint
9 1 (0.78%) F5
9 1 (0.78%) HP
9 1 (0.78%) Meraki
9 1 (0.78%) SolarWinds
9 1 (0.78%) Xero