Public Sector Jobs in Staffordshire

Public Sector
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in permanent job vacancies in Staffordshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 42 45 30
Rank change year-on-year +3 -15 +16
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 23 46 36
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Staffordshire 3.65% 4.44% 6.86%
As % of the General category 7.01% 7.86% 9.84%
Number of salaries quoted 22 45 36
10th Percentile - - £21,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £21,500 £28,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,754 £25,000 £39,539
Median % change year-on-year +55.02% -36.77% -4.73%
75th Percentile £50,313 £41,000 £58,750
90th Percentile £53,444 £56,500 £67,500
West Midlands median annual salary £54,344 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.19% - +1.90%

All General Skills
Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 328 585 366
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Staffordshire 51.98% 56.41% 69.71%
Number of salaries quoted 147 409 248
10th Percentile £27,900 £23,500 £24,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £28,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,000 £43,250
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -7.51% -3.89%
75th Percentile £53,688 £56,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £60,000 £62,500 £67,500
West Midlands median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.53% -9.52% +10.53%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

Job postings citing Public Sector as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire.

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in Staffordshire

Public Sector
Salary Trend in Staffordshire

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Public Sector in Staffordshire.

Salary trend for Public Sector in Staffordshire

Public Sector
Salary Histogram in Staffordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in Staffordshire over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Public Sector in Staffordshire

Public Sector
Job Locations in Staffordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Public Sector within the Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 22 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
Stafford +3 8 £38,754 +55.02% 1
Stoke-on-Trent -4 8 £35,000 +62.79% 9
Public Sector
West Midlands

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Staffordshire 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 (17.39%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 7 (30.43%) Azure
2 4 (17.39%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 7 (30.43%) LAN
1 7 (30.43%) WAN
2 1 (4.35%) Network Security
2 1 (4.35%) SAN
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) JIRA
General
1 5 (21.74%) Finance
1 5 (21.74%) Retail
2 4 (17.39%) Police
3 2 (8.70%) Social Skills
4 1 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (52.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 7 (30.43%) Infrastructure Support
2 7 (30.43%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
2 7 (30.43%) Support Engineer
3 5 (21.74%) Project Manager
4 4 (17.39%) Vendor Manager
4 4 (17.39%) Virtualisation Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) Analyst
5 1 (4.35%) Business Analyst
5 1 (4.35%) Digital Analyst
5 1 (4.35%) Digital Business Analyst
5 1 (4.35%) IT Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
5 1 (4.35%) PMO Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (17.39%) Data Centre
2 3 (13.04%) Enterprise Storage
3 2 (8.70%) Onboarding
4 1 (4.35%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 11 (47.83%) Windows
2 8 (34.78%) Windows Server
3 4 (17.39%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (4.35%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (4.35%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (52.17%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 5 (21.74%) Decision-Making
2 5 (21.74%) ITIL
2 5 (21.74%) Performance Management
3 4 (17.39%) Commercial Awareness
3 4 (17.39%) Project Management
3 4 (17.39%) Server Management
3 4 (17.39%) Supply Chain Management
4 3 (13.04%) Availability Management
4 3 (13.04%) Change Management
4 3 (13.04%) Incident Management
4 3 (13.04%) Proactive Monitoring
4 3 (13.04%) Release Management
4 3 (13.04%) Roadmaps
4 3 (13.04%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (8.70%) Asset Management
5 2 (8.70%) Budget Management
5 2 (8.70%) Change Advisory Board
5 2 (8.70%) Innovative Thinking
5 2 (8.70%) Matrix Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (30.43%) SQL
2 3 (13.04%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 10 (43.48%) Microsoft Certification
2 7 (30.43%) A+ Certification
2 7 (30.43%) MCP
2 7 (30.43%) MCSA
2 7 (30.43%) MCSE
3 1 (4.35%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.35%) PMO
1 1 (4.35%) QA
System Software
1 8 (34.78%) Active Directory
2 4 (17.39%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (4.35%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 11 (47.83%) Microsoft
2 4 (17.39%) VMware
3 3 (13.04%) Citrix
3 3 (13.04%) Dell
3 3 (13.04%) Isilon
4 1 (4.35%) NetApp
4 1 (4.35%) Nimble Storage