Public Sector Jobs 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 advertised in the UK excluding London. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Public Sector over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 60 87 57
Rank change year-on-year +27 -30 +31
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 2,946 2,304 3,517
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 4.21% 3.73% 4.98%
As % of the General category 7.32% 5.38% 8.35%
Number of salaries quoted 2,050 1,384 1,758
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,650 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £48,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.25% +2.11% -5.00%
75th Percentile £67,968 £65,500 £62,817
90th Percentile £84,964 £80,000 £77,875
UK median annual salary £55,000 £56,480 £54,474
% change year-on-year -2.62% +3.68% -0.96%

All General Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 40,269 42,823 42,101
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 57.49% 69.30% 59.64%
Number of salaries quoted 26,334 19,314 24,106
10th Percentile £26,000 £28,500 £28,216
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,750 £82,500 £78,575
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Public Sector as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in the UK excluding London

Public Sector
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Public Sector in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Public Sector in the UK excluding London

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 27 April 2024.

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 27 April 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
North of England +53 1,140 £57,965 +28.81% 193
South East +58 639 £50,000 -0.34% 166
North West +51 616 £57,965 +26.54% 115
Midlands +16 426 £52,500 -4.55% 114
Yorkshire +43 342 £57,965 +28.81% 64
South West +2 304 £52,500 +10.53% 94
West Midlands +11 281 £55,000 - 85
North East +36 183 £56,250 +17.80% 14
Scotland -75 174 £45,000 -11.66% 64
East Midlands +31 145 £47,500 +13.10% 29
East of England +18 122 £47,500 +4.22% 73
Wales +9 92 £52,956 +18.45% 31
Northern Ireland +50 55 £35,000 -9.68% 12
Public Sector
UK

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 92 (3.12%) SharePoint
2 56 (1.90%) Confluence
3 49 (1.66%) Microsoft Exchange
4 40 (1.36%) nginx
5 34 (1.15%) Camunda
6 32 (1.09%) Red Hat Fuse
7 31 (1.05%) JBoss
8 22 (0.75%) IIS
9 20 (0.68%) OpenStack
10 19 (0.64%) Apache
11 10 (0.34%) Anypoint
12 8 (0.27%) Tomcat
13 6 (0.20%) ArcGIS
14 5 (0.17%) Office Communications Server
15 4 (0.14%) CMS
15 4 (0.14%) Umbraco
16 3 (0.10%) Totara
17 2 (0.068%) Documentum
17 2 (0.068%) Oracle Workflow
17 2 (0.068%) WebLogic
Applications
1 126 (4.28%) Microsoft Office
2 92 (3.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 61 (2.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 42 (1.43%) Spreadsheet
5 14 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
6 12 (0.41%) MS Visio
6 12 (0.41%) Sketch
7 11 (0.37%) AutoCAD
8 9 (0.31%) Trello
9 7 (0.24%) InVision
10 5 (0.17%) OrCAD
11 4 (0.14%) Doxygen
11 4 (0.14%) InfoPath
12 2 (0.068%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 2 (0.068%) Adobe XD
12 2 (0.068%) Fusion 360
13 1 (0.034%) PTC Creo
13 1 (0.034%) Revit
13 1 (0.034%) Simulink
13 1 (0.034%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 25 (0.85%) NEC Housing
2 18 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
3 13 (0.44%) Unit4 Business World
4 11 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
4 11 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.14%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 3 (0.10%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.10%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.068%) iTrent
7 2 (0.068%) Magento
7 2 (0.068%) Oracle EBS R12
7 2 (0.068%) SAP GRC
7 2 (0.068%) SAP HCM
7 2 (0.068%) SAP MM
8 1 (0.034%) MIS ActiveH
8 1 (0.034%) Oracle Cash Management
8 1 (0.034%) Oracle Payroll
8 1 (0.034%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.034%) Scribe Insight
Cloud Services
1 705 (23.93%) Azure
2 343 (11.64%) IBM Cloud
3 287 (9.74%) AWS
4 240 (8.15%) Power Platform
5 178 (6.04%) Azure DevOps
6 157 (5.33%) Microsoft 365
7 152 (5.16%) Serverless
8 115 (3.90%) Azure API Management
9 113 (3.84%) Azure Service Bus
10 111 (3.77%) Azure Functions
11 109 (3.70%) Azure Logic Apps
12 76 (2.58%) Amazon EKS
13 57 (1.93%) OCI
14 54 (1.83%) Amazon S3
15 46 (1.56%) Amazon ECR
15 46 (1.56%) Route 53
16 43 (1.46%) SaaS
17 40 (1.36%) Entra ID
18 38 (1.29%) GitHub
19 36 (1.22%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 69 (2.34%) Firewall
2 43 (1.46%) Wi-Fi
3 41 (1.39%) DNS
4 37 (1.26%) Wireless
5 34 (1.15%) Network Security
6 26 (0.88%) HTTP
7 23 (0.78%) Internet
8 22 (0.75%) WAN
9 19 (0.64%) SAN
10 17 (0.58%) Intranet
11 16 (0.54%) MQTT
12 13 (0.44%) LAN
13 12 (0.41%) Remote Desktop
13 12 (0.41%) SD-WAN
14 11 (0.37%) Cisco Firepower
14 11 (0.37%) iSCSI
14 11 (0.37%) LTE
14 11 (0.37%) VPN
15 10 (0.34%) 4G
16 9 (0.31%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 299 (10.15%) PostgreSQL
2 288 (9.78%) NoSQL
3 285 (9.67%) MongoDB
4 228 (7.74%) DB2
5 208 (7.06%) Power BI
6 158 (5.36%) Relational Database
7 150 (5.09%) SQL Server
8 113 (3.84%) Data Warehouse
9 109 (3.70%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 63 (2.14%) Oracle Database
11 53 (1.80%) Tableau
12 47 (1.60%) Amazon RDS
13 42 (1.43%) MySQL
14 33 (1.12%) GIS
15 18 (0.61%) Data Lake
16 15 (0.51%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
16 15 (0.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 12 (0.41%) Geospatial Data
18 11 (0.37%) Redis
19 10 (0.34%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 117 (3.97%) JIRA
2 86 (2.92%) Git
3 43 (1.46%) Jenkins
4 34 (1.15%) GitLab
5 23 (0.78%) IntelliJ
6 22 (0.75%) Artifactory
7 21 (0.71%) CircleCI
8 20 (0.68%) Visual Studio
9 17 (0.58%) JUnit
10 16 (0.54%) Subversion
11 14 (0.48%) Maven
12 12 (0.41%) Selenium
13 11 (0.37%) Cucumber
13 11 (0.37%) Eclipse
14 8 (0.27%) JMeter
15 7 (0.24%) Bitbucket
16 6 (0.20%) REST Assured
16 6 (0.20%) WebDriver
17 5 (0.17%) Oracle APEX
17 5 (0.17%) TestNG
General
1 757 (25.70%) Social Skills
2 658 (22.34%) Finance
3 386 (13.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 244 (8.28%) Analytical Skills
5 165 (5.60%) Marketing
6 157 (5.33%) Telecoms
7 156 (5.30%) Manufacturing
8 150 (5.09%) Retail
9 141 (4.79%) Electronics
10 113 (3.84%) Organisational Skills
11 112 (3.80%) Presentation Skills
12 109 (3.70%) Local Government
13 76 (2.58%) Influencing Skills
14 74 (2.51%) Legal
15 65 (2.21%) Police
16 33 (1.12%) Billing
17 20 (0.68%) Aerospace
17 20 (0.68%) Law
18 14 (0.48%) Games
19 13 (0.44%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 493 (16.73%) Senior
2 385 (13.07%) Developer
3 343 (11.64%) Lead
4 225 (7.64%) Analyst
5 205 (6.96%) Consultant
6 199 (6.75%) Architect
7 170 (5.77%) Project Manager
8 162 (5.50%) Full Stack Developer
9 143 (4.85%) Full Stack Engineer
10 122 (4.14%) Azure Developer
11 111 (3.77%) Azure Engineer
11 111 (3.77%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 106 (3.60%) Software Engineer
13 84 (2.85%) DevOps Engineer
14 78 (2.65%) Business Analyst
14 78 (2.65%) Business Intelligence Consultant
15 77 (2.61%) IT Manager
16 74 (2.51%) Solutions Architect
17 71 (2.41%) Java Engineer
18 68 (2.31%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 317 (10.76%) React
2 300 (10.18%) .NET
3 299 (10.15%) AngularJS
3 299 (10.15%) HTML
4 290 (9.84%) REST
5 279 (9.47%) CSS
6 276 (9.37%) Web Services
7 229 (7.77%) ASP.NET
8 220 (7.47%) Vue
9 219 (7.43%) jQuery
10 218 (7.40%) ASP.NET Core
11 216 (7.33%) Twitter Bootstrap
12 213 (7.23%) Backbone.js
12 213 (7.23%) Ember.js
13 192 (6.52%) Node.js
14 92 (3.12%) RESTful
15 77 (2.61%) Spring
16 55 (1.87%) JSON
17 53 (1.80%) XML
18 41 (1.39%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 376 (12.76%) Hybrid Cloud
2 348 (11.81%) Blockchain
3 218 (7.40%) Algorithms
4 216 (7.33%) Data Structures
5 193 (6.55%) e-Learning
6 115 (3.90%) Public Cloud
7 99 (3.36%) Management Information System
8 91 (3.09%) Distributed Systems
8 91 (3.09%) Driving Licence
9 84 (2.85%) NHS
10 69 (2.34%) Product Ownership
11 67 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
12 43 (1.46%) Enterprise Software
13 37 (1.26%) Housing Association
14 36 (1.22%) IoT
15 19 (0.64%) Onboarding
15 19 (0.64%) PKI
15 19 (0.64%) PMI
16 17 (0.58%) Embedded Systems
17 16 (0.54%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 411 (13.95%) Windows
2 410 (13.92%) Linux
3 216 (7.33%) Android
4 215 (7.30%) Apple iOS
5 70 (2.38%) Windows Server
6 48 (1.63%) Unix
7 42 (1.43%) CentOS
8 40 (1.36%) Alpine Linux
8 40 (1.36%) Debian
9 24 (0.81%) Windows 10
10 17 (0.58%) Windows Server 2016
10 17 (0.58%) Windows Server 2019
11 16 (0.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 9 (0.31%) Solaris
13 8 (0.27%) Windows Server 2012
14 6 (0.20%) Windows Server 2008
15 4 (0.14%) AIX
15 4 (0.14%) VMS
16 3 (0.10%) Mac OS
16 3 (0.10%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 823 (27.94%) Mentoring
2 763 (25.90%) Coaching
3 737 (25.02%) Agile
4 493 (16.73%) Artificial Intelligence
5 379 (12.86%) Problem-Solving
6 374 (12.70%) Business Intelligence
7 364 (12.36%) DevOps
8 349 (11.85%) User Experience
9 345 (11.71%) Full Stack Development
10 302 (10.25%) Co-Creation
11 292 (9.91%) Design Patterns
12 268 (9.10%) Project Management
13 255 (8.66%) Web Development
14 252 (8.55%) Stakeholder Management
15 242 (8.21%) OO
16 237 (8.04%) OOP
17 230 (7.81%) MVC
18 225 (7.64%) SOLID
19 224 (7.60%) Roadmaps
20 215 (7.30%) Design Thinking
Programming Languages
1 542 (18.40%) SQL
2 405 (13.75%) JavaScript
3 345 (11.71%) Java
4 340 (11.54%) C#
5 289 (9.81%) Python
6 57 (1.93%) C
7 54 (1.83%) PowerShell
8 45 (1.53%) C++
9 38 (1.29%) Lua
10 35 (1.19%) TypeScript
11 31 (1.05%) Bash
12 24 (0.81%) Shell Script
12 24 (0.81%) T-SQL
13 17 (0.58%) Ruby
14 16 (0.54%) Embedded C
14 16 (0.54%) PHP
15 12 (0.41%) Go
16 10 (0.34%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 9 (0.31%) Apex Code
18 8 (0.27%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 474 (16.09%) Security Cleared
2 286 (9.71%) Degree
3 255 (8.66%) SC Cleared
4 72 (2.44%) DV Cleared
5 62 (2.10%) Microsoft Certification
6 57 (1.93%) Azure Certification
7 50 (1.70%) DBS Check
8 46 (1.56%) MCSE
9 41 (1.39%) MCSA
10 39 (1.32%) Cisco Certification
11 34 (1.15%) PMI Certification
12 33 (1.12%) Computer Science Degree
13 32 (1.09%) ACCA
14 23 (0.78%) CISSP
15 21 (0.71%) CCNP
16 20 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
17 19 (0.64%) CCNA
18 17 (0.58%) APMP
18 17 (0.58%) PMP
19 16 (0.54%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 112 (3.80%) Accessibility
2 62 (2.10%) WCAG
3 59 (2.00%) QA
4 58 (1.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 51 (1.73%) SLA
6 48 (1.63%) Cyber Essentials
7 43 (1.46%) ISO 9001
8 39 (1.32%) PMO
9 37 (1.26%) ISO/IEC 17025
10 36 (1.22%) GDPR
11 32 (1.09%) GAAP
11 32 (1.09%) IFRS
12 30 (1.02%) Data Quality
13 24 (0.81%) NIST
14 16 (0.54%) GRC
15 14 (0.48%) NCSC
16 13 (0.44%) ITGC
17 9 (0.31%) HMG Security Policy Framework
18 7 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
18 7 (0.24%) ISO 14000
System Software
1 173 (5.87%) Docker
2 107 (3.63%) Active Directory
3 50 (1.70%) VMware Infrastructure
4 47 (1.60%) Hyper-V
5 37 (1.26%) Firmware
6 17 (0.58%) VMware ESXi
7 14 (0.48%) Virtual Servers
8 13 (0.44%) Embedded Firmware
9 11 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
9 11 (0.37%) vSphere
10 4 (0.14%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 3 (0.10%) Forefront TMG
11 3 (0.10%) VMware NSX
11 3 (0.10%) VMware Workstation
11 3 (0.10%) XenApp
11 3 (0.10%) XenDesktop
12 1 (0.034%) BitLocker
12 1 (0.034%) NFS
12 1 (0.034%) Time Sharing Option
12 1 (0.034%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 168 (5.70%) Terraform
2 160 (5.43%) Kubernetes
3 58 (1.97%) Ansible
4 47 (1.60%) Prometheus
5 37 (1.26%) EnCase
6 19 (0.64%) Microsoft Intune
7 18 (0.61%) Single Sign-On
8 17 (0.58%) SCCM
9 12 (0.41%) CA Single Sign-On
10 11 (0.37%) EMC NetWorker
10 11 (0.37%) ZABBIX
11 9 (0.31%) Nagios
11 9 (0.31%) vCenter Server
12 7 (0.24%) SysTrack
13 6 (0.20%) Grafana
13 6 (0.20%) Kibana
14 5 (0.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 5 (0.17%) SCOM
15 4 (0.14%) Jamf Pro
15 4 (0.14%) Puppet
Vendors
1 538 (18.26%) Microsoft
2 363 (12.32%) Red Hat
3 352 (11.95%) IBM
4 184 (6.25%) SAP
5 117 (3.97%) Oracle
6 98 (3.33%) VMware
7 71 (2.41%) Cisco
8 55 (1.87%) YouTube
9 53 (1.80%) Dynatrace
10 47 (1.60%) CA
11 45 (1.53%) Atlassian
12 43 (1.46%) ServiceNow
13 35 (1.19%) Salesforce
14 30 (1.02%) EMC
15 29 (0.98%) NEC
16 23 (0.78%) Aruba
16 23 (0.78%) Veeam
17 22 (0.75%) Splunk
18 20 (0.68%) WSO2
19 17 (0.58%) Google