Public Sector Jobs in the Thames Valley

Public Sector
South East > Thames Valley

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Public Sector over the 6 months to 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 86 134 138
Rank change year-on-year +48 +4 -27
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 196 129 159
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 2.93% 2.15% 2.27%
As % of the General category 5.53% 3.33% 3.88%
Number of salaries quoted 126 64 95
10th Percentile £38,095 £27,600 £37,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,932 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,750 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% +3.98% +0.44%
75th Percentile £70,000 £74,235 £78,750
90th Percentile £86,875 £88,750 £82,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year - -3.85% +4.00%

All General Skills
Thames Valley

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 the Thames Valley with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 3,545 3,872 4,103
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 52.91% 64.61% 58.51%
Number of salaries quoted 2,207 1,719 2,103
10th Percentile £26,400 £27,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £35,933 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -6.54% +7.00%
75th Percentile £60,750 £67,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £81,500 £82,475
South East median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% -4.55% +10.00%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in the Thames Valley

Public Sector
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Public Sector in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Public Sector in the Thames Valley

Public Sector
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Public Sector in the Thames Valley

Public Sector
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Public Sector within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 13 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
Berkshire +51 119 £52,500 -19.23% 41
Oxfordshire +50 53 £57,789 +2.74% 20
Buckinghamshire -10 24 £47,500 +40.74% 21
Public Sector
South East

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 20 (10.20%) OpenStack
2 9 (4.59%) JBoss
2 9 (4.59%) Red Hat Fuse
3 5 (2.55%) Apache
4 3 (1.53%) Confluence
5 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.51%) nginx
5 1 (0.51%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (2.55%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (1.02%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 50 (25.51%) Azure
2 41 (20.92%) AWS
3 27 (13.78%) Serverless
4 25 (12.76%) Amazon EKS
5 24 (12.24%) Amazon ECS
6 13 (6.63%) Power Platform
7 8 (4.08%) Microsoft 365
8 6 (3.06%) SaaS
9 5 (2.55%) Amazon EC2
10 4 (2.04%) GitHub
11 3 (1.53%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (1.53%) Entra ID
11 3 (1.53%) GCP
11 3 (1.53%) PaaS
11 3 (1.53%) Power Automate
11 3 (1.53%) PowerApps
11 3 (1.53%) SuccessFactors
12 2 (1.02%) Azure Data Factory
12 2 (1.02%) Azure Functions
12 2 (1.02%) Google Docs
Communications & Networking
1 13 (6.63%) Internet
2 8 (4.08%) DNS
3 3 (1.53%) DHCP
4 2 (1.02%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.51%) 5G
5 1 (0.51%) Firewall
5 1 (0.51%) LTE
5 1 (0.51%) Radio Access Network
5 1 (0.51%) SAN
5 1 (0.51%) WAN
5 1 (0.51%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (16.84%) Relational Database
2 25 (12.76%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (5.10%) NoSQL
3 10 (5.10%) Power BI
4 7 (3.57%) SQL Server
5 6 (3.06%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (3.06%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 5 (2.55%) Oracle Database
7 4 (2.04%) GIS
7 4 (2.04%) RDBMS
8 3 (1.53%) DTS
8 3 (1.53%) Redis
9 2 (1.02%) Elasticsearch
9 2 (1.02%) MySQL
10 1 (0.51%) Data Lake
10 1 (0.51%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 26 (13.27%) Jenkins
2 23 (11.73%) Git
3 17 (8.67%) JUnit
4 6 (3.06%) Cucumber
4 6 (3.06%) JIRA
5 5 (2.55%) JMeter
5 5 (2.55%) Oracle APEX
5 5 (2.55%) Selenium
5 5 (2.55%) TestNG
6 4 (2.04%) Mockito
6 4 (2.04%) REST Assured
6 4 (2.04%) WebDriver
7 3 (1.53%) Bitbucket
8 2 (1.02%) GitLab
9 1 (0.51%) Artifactory
9 1 (0.51%) Bitbucket Server
9 1 (0.51%) Postman
9 1 (0.51%) Serenity BDD
9 1 (0.51%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.51%) SonarQube
General
1 68 (34.69%) Social Skills
2 35 (17.86%) Analytical Skills
3 25 (12.76%) Finance
4 10 (5.10%) Organisational Skills
5 9 (4.59%) Presentation Skills
6 7 (3.57%) Retail
7 6 (3.06%) Telecoms
8 5 (2.55%) Local Government
9 4 (2.04%) Electronics
9 4 (2.04%) Legal
9 4 (2.04%) Manufacturing
9 4 (2.04%) Marketing
10 2 (1.02%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.02%) Tech for Good
11 1 (0.51%) Automotive
11 1 (0.51%) Digital Economy
11 1 (0.51%) Health Technology
11 1 (0.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.51%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 49 (25.00%) Developer
2 33 (16.84%) Senior
3 24 (12.24%) Java Developer
4 23 (11.73%) Senior Developer
5 21 (10.71%) Consultant
6 20 (10.20%) Lead
7 18 (9.18%) Full Stack Developer
8 13 (6.63%) Principal Consultant
8 13 (6.63%) Technical Consultant
9 12 (6.12%) Analyst
9 12 (6.12%) Delivery Manager
9 12 (6.12%) Principal Technical Consultant
9 12 (6.12%) Project Manager
10 11 (5.61%) Full Stack Java Developer
10 11 (5.61%) Service Delivery Manager
10 11 (5.61%) Service Manager
11 10 (5.10%) Senior Java Developer
12 9 (4.59%) Software Developer
12 9 (4.59%) Team Leader
13 8 (4.08%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (19.39%) REST
2 31 (15.82%) Spring
3 29 (14.80%) Web Services
4 24 (12.24%) Apache Camel
4 24 (12.24%) Spring Boot
5 21 (10.71%) AngularJS
5 21 (10.71%) Elastic Stack
6 20 (10.20%) Node.js
7 19 (9.69%) React
8 17 (8.67%) JSON
9 16 (8.16%) XML
10 15 (7.65%) SOAP
11 14 (7.14%) RESTful
12 9 (4.59%) HTML
13 8 (4.08%) J2EE
13 8 (4.08%) WireMock
14 6 (3.06%) .NET
15 5 (2.55%) CSS
15 5 (2.55%) Hibernate
15 5 (2.55%) Ruby on Rails
Miscellaneous
1 23 (11.73%) Distributed Systems
2 13 (6.63%) Cyber Threat
3 9 (4.59%) Analytical Mindset
3 9 (4.59%) Fibre Optics
4 5 (2.55%) Product Ownership
5 4 (2.04%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (1.53%) NHS
6 3 (1.53%) PKI
7 2 (1.02%) Data Centre
7 2 (1.02%) Onboarding
8 1 (0.51%) FPGA
8 1 (0.51%) Private Cloud
8 1 (0.51%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.55%) Linux
1 5 (2.55%) Windows
2 1 (0.51%) Mac OS
2 1 (0.51%) Windows Server
2 1 (0.51%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (0.51%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (35.71%) Agile
2 46 (23.47%) Problem-Solving
3 41 (20.92%) DevOps
4 39 (19.90%) Scrum
5 31 (15.82%) Full Stack Development
5 31 (15.82%) Microservices
6 29 (14.80%) BDD
7 28 (14.29%) Kanban
8 27 (13.78%) CI/CD
8 27 (13.78%) TDD
9 25 (12.76%) Continuous Improvement
10 23 (11.73%) Service Delivery
11 22 (11.22%) Mentoring
12 21 (10.71%) Roadmaps
13 20 (10.20%) Project Management
14 19 (9.69%) Artificial Intelligence
14 19 (9.69%) Process Management
14 19 (9.69%) Project Delivery
14 19 (9.69%) Workflow
15 17 (8.67%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 50 (25.51%) Java
1 50 (25.51%) JavaScript
2 41 (20.92%) Python
3 29 (14.80%) SQL
4 12 (6.12%) Shell Script
5 6 (3.06%) C#
5 6 (3.06%) PL/SQL
6 5 (2.55%) Ruby
6 5 (2.55%) TypeScript
7 2 (1.02%) R
8 1 (0.51%) C
8 1 (0.51%) C++
8 1 (0.51%) Groovy
8 1 (0.51%) Perl
Qualifications
1 71 (36.22%) Security Cleared
2 43 (21.94%) SC Cleared
3 23 (11.73%) Degree
4 16 (8.16%) DV Cleared
5 9 (4.59%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (3.57%) AWS Certification
6 7 (3.57%) Azure Certification
7 6 (3.06%) BPSS Clearance
7 6 (3.06%) CCNA
7 6 (3.06%) CCNP
7 6 (3.06%) Cisco Certification
8 2 (1.02%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.51%) A+ Certification
9 1 (0.51%) CCSK
9 1 (0.51%) CISA
9 1 (0.51%) CISM
9 1 (0.51%) CISSP
9 1 (0.51%) MCDST
9 1 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.51%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.10%) SLA
2 4 (2.04%) Data Quality
3 3 (1.53%) PMO
4 1 (0.51%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 1 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.51%) NIST
4 1 (0.51%) QA
System Software
1 39 (19.90%) Docker
2 12 (6.12%) Hyper-V
3 3 (1.53%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.53%) XenApp
3 3 (1.53%) XenDesktop
4 1 (0.51%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 30 (15.31%) Kubernetes
2 22 (11.22%) Ansible
3 14 (7.14%) Terraform
4 4 (2.04%) Kibana
5 3 (1.53%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.51%) Packer
6 1 (0.51%) SCOM
Vendors
1 33 (16.84%) Microsoft
2 20 (10.20%) WSO2
3 7 (3.57%) Cisco
3 7 (3.57%) SAP
4 5 (2.55%) Oracle
4 5 (2.55%) YouTube
5 4 (2.04%) Dynatrace
5 4 (2.04%) Splunk
6 3 (1.53%) Citrix
7 2 (1.02%) Cadence
7 2 (1.02%) Google
8 1 (0.51%) Adobe
8 1 (0.51%) Apple
8 1 (0.51%) Aruba
8 1 (0.51%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.51%) F5
8 1 (0.51%) Fortinet
8 1 (0.51%) IBM
8 1 (0.51%) Juniper
8 1 (0.51%) Ruckus Wireless