Public Sector Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Public Sector
UK > UK excluding London

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in permanent job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 7 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 91 59
Rank change year-on-year +45 -32 +31
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 2,157 996 2,902
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 3.23% 3.36% 3.85%
As % of the General category 7.12% 4.71% 6.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,830 470 2,069
10th Percentile £33,130 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,728 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.78% +4.76% +6.94%
75th Percentile £73,171 £71,459 £67,968
90th Percentile £92,500 £87,500 £84,964
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -

All General Skills
UK excluding London

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 general skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 30,300 21,160 41,912
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 45.42% 71.41% 55.58%
Number of salaries quoted 17,719 9,393 27,186
10th Percentile £28,250 £25,750 £26,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £31,335 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £48,507 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.08% +2.12% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £62,200
90th Percentile £83,750 £80,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -3.51% +8.57% -12.50%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Public Sector relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Public Sector job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Public Sector
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Public Sector.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Public Sector

Public Sector
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 7 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Public Sector in the UK excluding London

Public Sector
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Public Sector within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 7 June 2026. 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
North of England +125 802 £57,500 +7.98% 321
Midlands +25 385 £55,500 +0.91% 153
South East +4 362 £60,000 +9.09% 254
North West +116 331 £63,076 -2.96% 141
West Midlands +33 306 £60,000 - 120
Yorkshire +43 284 £51,250 +4.59% 111
South West +14 259 £55,000 -12.00% 148
North East +42 187 £57,500 -9.80% 69
East of England -14 129 £60,000 -6.25% 36
Wales +13 109 £55,000 -4.35% 56
Scotland +24 91 £50,000 -4.76% 70
East Midlands -7 77 £45,000 +26.76% 33
Northern Ireland -30 23 £70,000 +21.74% 34
Isle of Man - 3 - -
Public Sector
UK

Public Sector
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 45 (2.09%) SharePoint
2 26 (1.21%) SAS
3 15 (0.70%) Microsoft Exchange
4 13 (0.60%) Apache Airflow
5 9 (0.42%) Apache
6 8 (0.37%) Apache Spark
6 8 (0.37%) Confluence
7 7 (0.32%) Jupyter
7 7 (0.32%) SharePoint Server
8 4 (0.19%) CMS
8 4 (0.19%) GeoServer
8 4 (0.19%) WordPress
9 3 (0.14%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.093%) JBoss
11 1 (0.046%) IIS
11 1 (0.046%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.046%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.046%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.046%) WebLogic
Applications
1 73 (3.38%) Microsoft Excel
2 69 (3.20%) Microsoft Office
3 30 (1.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.23%) Adobe XD
5 4 (0.19%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.19%) Sketch
5 4 (0.19%) Windchill
6 2 (0.093%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.093%) Civil 3D
6 2 (0.093%) InVision
6 2 (0.093%) PlantUML
6 2 (0.093%) Trello
7 1 (0.046%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.046%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.046%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 15 (0.70%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.32%) iTrent
3 3 (0.14%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.093%) Dynamics GP
4 2 (0.093%) NEC Housing
4 2 (0.093%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.093%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.093%) SAP HCM
4 2 (0.093%) SAP Payroll
4 2 (0.093%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.046%) NetSuite
5 1 (0.046%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.046%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 300 (13.91%) Azure
2 266 (12.33%) AWS
3 96 (4.45%) Power Platform
4 89 (4.13%) Microsoft 365
5 69 (3.20%) SaaS
6 66 (3.06%) Azure DevOps
7 55 (2.55%) GCP
8 52 (2.41%) Serverless
9 33 (1.53%) GitHub
10 30 (1.39%) Amazon S3
11 28 (1.30%) AWS Lambda
12 22 (1.02%) Amazon EC2
12 22 (1.02%) Entra ID
13 21 (0.97%) Amazon ECS
14 20 (0.93%) OCI
15 19 (0.88%) Amazon EKS
15 19 (0.88%) PowerApps
16 18 (0.83%) Azure Service Bus
17 17 (0.79%) Azure AKS
18 16 (0.74%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 96 (4.45%) Firewall
2 66 (3.06%) WAN
3 49 (2.27%) LAN
4 30 (1.39%) Wi-Fi
5 28 (1.30%) Network Security
6 26 (1.21%) SD-WAN
7 24 (1.11%) VLAN
8 21 (0.97%) Unified Communications
9 17 (0.79%) SAN
10 16 (0.74%) VPN
11 14 (0.65%) Cisco ASA
11 14 (0.65%) Cisco Firepower
11 14 (0.65%) WLAN
12 13 (0.60%) NGFW
12 13 (0.60%) WebEx
12 13 (0.60%) Wireless
12 13 (0.60%) Wireshark
13 12 (0.56%) VXLAN
14 10 (0.46%) DNS
15 9 (0.42%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (3.06%) Power BI
2 57 (2.64%) PostgreSQL
3 49 (2.27%) MongoDB
4 32 (1.48%) Metadata
4 32 (1.48%) NoSQL
5 26 (1.21%) MySQL
6 18 (0.83%) Data Lake
6 18 (0.83%) Data Warehouse
7 17 (0.79%) SQL Server
8 15 (0.70%) Power Query
8 15 (0.70%) Relational Database
9 13 (0.60%) BigQuery
10 12 (0.56%) DynamoDB
11 11 (0.51%) Star Schema
12 10 (0.46%) Amazon Athena
12 10 (0.46%) Looker
13 9 (0.42%) Amazon RDS
13 9 (0.42%) Tableau
14 8 (0.37%) Azure SQL Database
14 8 (0.37%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 52 (2.41%) Jenkins
2 49 (2.27%) Git
3 40 (1.85%) GitLab
4 23 (1.07%) JIRA
5 13 (0.60%) fastlane
6 12 (0.56%) JUnit
7 11 (0.51%) Selenium
8 10 (0.46%) JMeter
9 8 (0.37%) REST Assured
10 7 (0.32%) Cypress.io
10 7 (0.32%) Mockito
10 7 (0.32%) Xcode
11 6 (0.28%) Android Studio
11 6 (0.28%) Crashlytics
11 6 (0.28%) Gradle
11 6 (0.28%) Postman
12 5 (0.23%) Bitbucket
13 4 (0.19%) MLflow
13 4 (0.19%) Zephyr
14 3 (0.14%) Gatling
General
1 399 (18.50%) Social Skills
2 250 (11.59%) Finance
3 175 (8.11%) Analytical Skills
4 170 (7.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 74 (3.43%) Law
6 64 (2.97%) Marketing
7 62 (2.87%) Local Government
8 57 (2.64%) Legal
9 55 (2.55%) Organisational Skills
10 53 (2.46%) Telecoms
11 44 (2.04%) Retail
12 40 (1.85%) Influencing Skills
13 30 (1.39%) Fire and Rescue
14 27 (1.25%) Presentation Skills
15 22 (1.02%) Banking
16 21 (0.97%) Manufacturing
17 20 (0.93%) Social Housing
18 12 (0.56%) Advertising
19 11 (0.51%) Police
20 10 (0.46%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 390 (18.08%) Senior
2 197 (9.13%) Architect
3 180 (8.34%) Lead
4 152 (7.05%) Senior Manager
5 136 (6.31%) Analyst
6 135 (6.26%) Account Manager
7 134 (6.21%) Consultant
8 115 (5.33%) Developer
9 104 (4.82%) Business Manager
10 95 (4.40%) Development Manager
11 94 (4.36%) Business Development Manager
12 83 (3.85%) Data Engineer
13 82 (3.80%) Business Analyst
14 74 (3.43%) Sales Manager
15 70 (3.25%) Enterprise Account Manager
15 70 (3.25%) Sales Account Manager
16 69 (3.20%) IT Manager
16 69 (3.20%) ServiceNow Manager
17 64 (2.97%) Network Engineer
18 63 (2.92%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (2.69%) Node.js
2 53 (2.46%) .NET
3 49 (2.27%) RESTful
4 34 (1.58%) REST
5 30 (1.39%) Spring
6 27 (1.25%) Spring Boot
7 20 (0.93%) HTML
8 18 (0.83%) React
9 17 (0.79%) PySpark
10 16 (0.74%) Oracle Fusion
11 12 (0.56%) CSS
11 12 (0.56%) Middleware
11 12 (0.56%) Playwright
11 12 (0.56%) Web Services
12 10 (0.46%) AngularJS
12 10 (0.46%) Ruby on Rails
13 9 (0.42%) SOAP
13 9 (0.42%) XMPP
14 8 (0.37%) ASP.NET
14 8 (0.37%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 71 (3.29%) Cloud Native
2 69 (3.20%) NHS
3 59 (2.74%) Onboarding
3 59 (2.74%) Product Ownership
4 58 (2.69%) Data Centre
5 57 (2.64%) Legacy Systems
6 50 (2.32%) Management Information System
7 39 (1.81%) Driving Licence
8 36 (1.67%) Self-Motivation
9 34 (1.58%) Hybrid Cloud
10 29 (1.34%) Enterprise Software
11 27 (1.25%) Legacy Applications
12 26 (1.21%) Security Posture
13 25 (1.16%) PKI
14 24 (1.11%) Low-Code
15 22 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
15 22 (1.02%) Virtual Team
16 16 (0.74%) Distributed Systems
17 15 (0.70%) Public Cloud
18 14 (0.65%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 90 (4.17%) Windows
2 56 (2.60%) Linux
3 21 (0.97%) Unix
3 21 (0.97%) Windows Server
4 19 (0.88%) Apple iOS
5 14 (0.65%) Android
6 13 (0.60%) Mac OS
7 3 (0.14%) VME
7 3 (0.14%) Windows Server 2012
8 2 (0.093%) AIX
8 2 (0.093%) CentOS
8 2 (0.093%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.046%) Solaris
9 1 (0.046%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.046%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 440 (20.40%) Mentoring
2 422 (19.56%) Agile
3 378 (17.52%) Coaching
4 281 (13.03%) Continuous Improvement
5 222 (10.29%) Problem-Solving
6 190 (8.81%) CI/CD
7 188 (8.72%) Cybersecurity
8 175 (8.11%) Decision-Making
9 156 (7.23%) Business Development
10 154 (7.14%) DevOps
11 144 (6.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 140 (6.49%) Analytics
13 126 (5.84%) Stakeholder Management
14 125 (5.80%) AI
15 123 (5.70%) Scrum
16 121 (5.61%) ITIL
17 108 (5.01%) Software Engineering
18 105 (4.87%) Business Intelligence
19 98 (4.54%) Roadmaps
20 95 (4.40%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 136 (6.31%) Python
2 130 (6.03%) Java
3 120 (5.56%) SQL
4 84 (3.89%) JavaScript
5 43 (1.99%) C#
6 29 (1.34%) Bash
6 29 (1.34%) PowerShell
7 14 (0.65%) VBA
8 10 (0.46%) Ruby
9 9 (0.42%) R
10 8 (0.37%) Bicep
10 8 (0.37%) C++
10 8 (0.37%) Shell Script
10 8 (0.37%) TypeScript
11 7 (0.32%) Scala
12 6 (0.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 6 (0.28%) Kotlin
12 6 (0.28%) PHP
12 6 (0.28%) PL/SQL
12 6 (0.28%) Swift
Qualifications
1 365 (16.92%) Security Cleared
2 272 (12.61%) SC Cleared
3 110 (5.10%) Degree
4 100 (4.64%) DV Cleared
5 43 (1.99%) BPSS Clearance
6 40 (1.85%) Cisco Certification
7 27 (1.25%) CISSP
8 24 (1.11%) Computer Science Degree
9 22 (1.02%) CCNA
9 22 (1.02%) Microsoft Certification
10 21 (0.97%) CISM
10 21 (0.97%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 18 (0.83%) PMI Certification
12 16 (0.74%) A+ Certification
13 15 (0.70%) Network+ Certification
14 13 (0.60%) CCNP
14 13 (0.60%) MCSE
15 12 (0.56%) AWS Certification
16 11 (0.51%) DBS Check
17 9 (0.42%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 102 (4.73%) Accessibility
2 69 (3.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 66 (3.06%) Data Quality
4 61 (2.83%) QA
5 40 (1.85%) GDPR
6 38 (1.76%) NIST
7 32 (1.48%) NCSC
8 31 (1.44%) WCAG
9 30 (1.39%) GRC
10 26 (1.21%) PCI DSS
11 21 (0.97%) Actionable Recommendations
12 15 (0.70%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 13 (0.60%) JSP 440
14 12 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
14 12 (0.56%) ISO 9001
15 11 (0.51%) P3O
15 11 (0.51%) PMO
16 9 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 9 (0.42%) SLA
17 7 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 55 (2.55%) Docker
2 53 (2.46%) Active Directory
3 35 (1.62%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (0.74%) Hyper-V
5 12 (0.56%) Virtual Desktop
6 10 (0.46%) vSphere
7 8 (0.37%) VMware NSX
8 6 (0.28%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 6 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
9 4 (0.19%) iptables
9 4 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.046%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 112 (5.19%) Terraform
2 51 (2.36%) Ansible
3 46 (2.13%) Kubernetes
4 20 (0.93%) Grafana
5 14 (0.65%) Argo
5 14 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
6 12 (0.56%) Proxmox
6 12 (0.56%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 11 (0.51%) Kibana
8 10 (0.46%) Prometheus
9 9 (0.42%) Cisco CUCM
10 7 (0.32%) Microsoft Intune
11 4 (0.19%) Progress Chef
11 4 (0.19%) Puppet
11 4 (0.19%) vCenter Server
12 3 (0.14%) Check_MK
12 3 (0.14%) Kubeflow
12 3 (0.14%) Tivoli
13 2 (0.093%) Control-M
13 2 (0.093%) Netcool
Vendors
1 278 (12.89%) Microsoft
2 95 (4.40%) ServiceNow
3 48 (2.23%) Google
4 45 (2.09%) VMware
5 42 (1.95%) Cisco
6 41 (1.90%) Oracle
7 37 (1.72%) Salesforce
8 26 (1.21%) Dell
9 23 (1.07%) Splunk
10 22 (1.02%) Fortinet
11 20 (0.93%) Dynatrace
12 19 (0.88%) SAP
13 18 (0.83%) Aruba
14 17 (0.79%) Palantir
15 15 (0.70%) Palo Alto
16 13 (0.60%) Apple
17 12 (0.56%) Arista
17 12 (0.56%) NetScout
18 11 (0.51%) Databricks
19 10 (0.46%) Talend