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 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 60 89 57
Rank change year-on-year +29 -32 +36
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 2,962 2,249 3,552
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 4.21% 3.67% 5.00%
As % of the General category 7.32% 5.34% 8.34%
Number of salaries quoted 2,049 1,373 1,784
10th Percentile £29,266 £30,000 £30,500
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 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £84,964 £79,750 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £56,480 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.62% +2.69% -

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 40,444 42,125 42,590
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 57.46% 68.69% 59.89%
Number of salaries quoted 26,388 19,129 24,318
10th Percentile £26,000 £28,500 £28,341
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,284 £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 £81,250 £78,750
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 5 May 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 5 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
North of England +51 1,143 £57,965 +26.01% 218
South East +65 642 £50,000 - 189
North West +53 613 £57,965 +24.65% 131
Midlands +22 431 £52,500 -4.55% 139
Yorkshire +47 345 £57,965 +28.81% 67
South West -2 307 £51,750 +8.95% 104
West Midlands +11 280 £55,000 - 107
North East +35 186 £52,500 +12.90% 21
Scotland -77 175 £45,000 -11.66% 75
East Midlands +38 151 £47,500 +4.90% 32
East of England +10 121 £47,500 +6.66% 72
Wales +11 93 £52,956 +18.45% 35
Northern Ireland +46 56 £35,000 -9.68% 19
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 94 (3.17%) SharePoint
2 56 (1.89%) Confluence
3 48 (1.62%) Microsoft Exchange
4 40 (1.35%) nginx
5 34 (1.15%) Camunda
6 32 (1.08%) Red Hat Fuse
7 31 (1.05%) JBoss
8 22 (0.74%) 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%) Alfresco
17 2 (0.068%) Captiva
17 2 (0.068%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 129 (4.36%) Microsoft Office
2 92 (3.11%) Microsoft Excel
3 61 (2.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 42 (1.42%) Spreadsheet
5 14 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
6 12 (0.41%) MS Visio
6 12 (0.41%) Sketch
7 11 (0.37%) AutoCAD
8 9 (0.30%) Trello
9 7 (0.24%) InVision
10 6 (0.20%) 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 31 (1.05%) NEC Housing
2 18 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (0.41%) 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
1 720 (24.31%) Azure
2 359 (12.12%) IBM Cloud
3 290 (9.79%) AWS
4 240 (8.10%) Power Platform
5 183 (6.18%) Azure DevOps
6 158 (5.33%) Serverless
7 157 (5.30%) Microsoft 365
8 121 (4.09%) Azure API Management
9 119 (4.02%) Azure Service Bus
10 117 (3.95%) Azure Functions
11 115 (3.88%) Azure Logic Apps
12 77 (2.60%) Amazon EKS
13 58 (1.96%) OCI
14 55 (1.86%) Amazon S3
15 47 (1.59%) Amazon ECR
15 47 (1.59%) Route 53
16 44 (1.49%) SaaS
17 42 (1.42%) GitHub
18 40 (1.35%) Entra ID
19 37 (1.25%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 68 (2.30%) Firewall
2 42 (1.42%) Wi-Fi
3 41 (1.38%) DNS
4 37 (1.25%) Wireless
5 34 (1.15%) Network Security
6 26 (0.88%) HTTP
7 23 (0.78%) Internet
8 22 (0.74%) WAN
9 19 (0.64%) SAN
10 17 (0.57%) 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%) 4G
14 11 (0.37%) Cisco Firepower
14 11 (0.37%) iSCSI
15 10 (0.34%) LTE
15 10 (0.34%) Modbus
15 10 (0.34%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 316 (10.67%) PostgreSQL
2 303 (10.23%) NoSQL
3 301 (10.16%) MongoDB
4 243 (8.20%) DB2
5 208 (7.02%) Power BI
6 164 (5.54%) Relational Database
7 154 (5.20%) SQL Server
8 113 (3.81%) Data Warehouse
9 110 (3.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 65 (2.19%) Oracle Database
11 54 (1.82%) Tableau
12 48 (1.62%) Amazon RDS
13 42 (1.42%) MySQL
14 32 (1.08%) GIS
15 18 (0.61%) Data Lake
16 16 (0.54%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 15 (0.51%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
18 11 (0.37%) Redis
19 10 (0.34%) Geospatial Data
19 10 (0.34%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 117 (3.95%) JIRA
2 85 (2.87%) Git
3 45 (1.52%) Jenkins
4 34 (1.15%) GitLab
5 25 (0.84%) CircleCI
6 23 (0.78%) IntelliJ
7 22 (0.74%) Artifactory
8 20 (0.68%) Visual Studio
9 17 (0.57%) JUnit
10 15 (0.51%) Subversion
11 14 (0.47%) 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
1 763 (25.76%) Social Skills
2 665 (22.45%) Finance
3 392 (13.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 243 (8.20%) Analytical Skills
5 169 (5.71%) Marketing
6 159 (5.37%) Telecoms
7 158 (5.33%) Manufacturing
8 146 (4.93%) Retail
9 143 (4.83%) Electronics
10 115 (3.88%) Organisational Skills
11 114 (3.85%) Local Government
12 111 (3.75%) Presentation Skills
13 77 (2.60%) Legal
14 75 (2.53%) Influencing Skills
15 71 (2.40%) Police
16 32 (1.08%) Billing
17 20 (0.68%) Aerospace
17 20 (0.68%) Law
18 15 (0.51%) Back Office
19 14 (0.47%) Games
Job Titles
1 494 (16.68%) Senior
2 394 (13.30%) Developer
3 346 (11.68%) Lead
4 224 (7.56%) Analyst
5 205 (6.92%) Consultant
6 195 (6.58%) Architect
7 168 (5.67%) Full Stack Developer
7 168 (5.67%) Project Manager
8 152 (5.13%) Full Stack Engineer
9 128 (4.32%) Azure Developer
10 118 (3.98%) Azure Engineer
11 111 (3.75%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 108 (3.65%) Software Engineer
13 89 (3.00%) DevOps Engineer
14 78 (2.63%) Business Intelligence Consultant
15 76 (2.57%) Business Analyst
15 76 (2.57%) IT Manager
16 73 (2.46%) Solutions Architect
17 71 (2.40%) Java Engineer
18 68 (2.30%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 334 (11.28%) React
2 316 (10.67%) .NET
2 316 (10.67%) AngularJS
3 314 (10.60%) HTML
4 305 (10.30%) REST
5 294 (9.93%) CSS
6 291 (9.82%) Web Services
7 244 (8.24%) ASP.NET
8 235 (7.93%) Vue
9 234 (7.90%) jQuery
10 233 (7.87%) ASP.NET Core
11 231 (7.80%) Twitter Bootstrap
12 228 (7.70%) Backbone.js
12 228 (7.70%) Ember.js
13 198 (6.68%) Node.js
14 93 (3.14%) RESTful
15 78 (2.63%) Spring
16 55 (1.86%) JSON
17 53 (1.79%) XML
18 41 (1.38%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 392 (13.23%) Hybrid Cloud
2 364 (12.29%) Blockchain
3 233 (7.87%) Algorithms
4 231 (7.80%) Data Structures
5 203 (6.85%) e-Learning
6 119 (4.02%) Public Cloud
7 99 (3.34%) Management Information System
8 95 (3.21%) Distributed Systems
9 94 (3.17%) Driving Licence
10 84 (2.84%) NHS
11 69 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
12 67 (2.26%) Product Ownership
13 43 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
14 36 (1.22%) Housing Association
15 35 (1.18%) IoT
16 19 (0.64%) Onboarding
16 19 (0.64%) PKI
16 19 (0.64%) PMI
17 18 (0.61%) Embedded Systems
18 16 (0.54%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 425 (14.35%) Linux
2 423 (14.28%) Windows
3 231 (7.80%) Android
4 229 (7.73%) Apple iOS
5 67 (2.26%) Windows Server
6 49 (1.65%) Unix
7 42 (1.42%) CentOS
8 40 (1.35%) Alpine Linux
8 40 (1.35%) Debian
9 24 (0.81%) Windows 10
10 17 (0.57%) Windows Server 2016
10 17 (0.57%) Windows Server 2019
11 16 (0.54%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 9 (0.30%) 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
1 833 (28.12%) Mentoring
2 774 (26.13%) Coaching
3 744 (25.12%) Agile
4 511 (17.25%) Artificial Intelligence
5 378 (12.76%) Business Intelligence
6 374 (12.63%) Problem-Solving
7 371 (12.53%) DevOps
8 363 (12.26%) User Experience
9 361 (12.19%) Full Stack Development
10 317 (10.70%) Co-Creation
11 303 (10.23%) Design Patterns
12 270 (9.12%) Web Development
13 267 (9.01%) Project Management
14 257 (8.68%) OO
15 252 (8.51%) OOP
16 251 (8.47%) Stakeholder Management
17 245 (8.27%) MVC
18 240 (8.10%) SOLID
19 230 (7.77%) MVVM
19 230 (7.77%) Responsive Web Design
Programming Languages
1 557 (18.80%) SQL
2 420 (14.18%) JavaScript
3 357 (12.05%) C#
4 352 (11.88%) Java
5 295 (9.96%) Python
6 56 (1.89%) C
7 53 (1.79%) PowerShell
8 45 (1.52%) C++
9 38 (1.28%) Lua
10 35 (1.18%) TypeScript
11 31 (1.05%) Bash
12 24 (0.81%) Shell Script
12 24 (0.81%) T-SQL
13 17 (0.57%) 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 (0.30%) Apex Code
18 8 (0.27%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 471 (15.90%) Security Cleared
2 281 (9.49%) Degree
3 247 (8.34%) SC Cleared
4 72 (2.43%) DV Cleared
5 62 (2.09%) Microsoft Certification
6 57 (1.92%) Azure Certification
7 53 (1.79%) DBS Check
8 46 (1.55%) MCSE
9 41 (1.38%) MCSA
10 39 (1.32%) Cisco Certification
11 33 (1.11%) Computer Science Degree
12 32 (1.08%) PMI Certification
13 31 (1.05%) ACCA
14 23 (0.78%) CISSP
15 21 (0.71%) CCNP
16 19 (0.64%) CCNA
17 18 (0.61%) BPSS Clearance
18 16 (0.54%) APMP
19 15 (0.51%) AWS Certification
19 15 (0.51%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 118 (3.98%) Accessibility
2 62 (2.09%) WCAG
3 61 (2.06%) QA
4 59 (1.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 50 (1.69%) SLA
6 49 (1.65%) Cyber Essentials
7 43 (1.45%) ISO 9001
8 37 (1.25%) ISO/IEC 17025
8 37 (1.25%) PMO
9 36 (1.22%) GDPR
10 31 (1.05%) GAAP
10 31 (1.05%) IFRS
11 29 (0.98%) Data Quality
12 24 (0.81%) NIST
13 16 (0.54%) GRC
14 14 (0.47%) NCSC
15 12 (0.41%) ITGC
16 9 (0.30%) HMG Security Policy Framework
17 7 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
17 7 (0.24%) ISO 14000
System Software
1 180 (6.08%) Docker
2 105 (3.54%) Active Directory
3 50 (1.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 46 (1.55%) Hyper-V
5 37 (1.25%) Firmware
6 17 (0.57%) VMware ESXi
7 14 (0.47%) Virtual Servers
8 13 (0.44%) Embedded Firmware
9 11 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
10 10 (0.34%) vSphere
11 4 (0.14%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 3 (0.10%) Forefront TMG
12 3 (0.10%) VMware NSX
12 3 (0.10%) VMware Workstation
12 3 (0.10%) XenApp
12 3 (0.10%) XenDesktop
13 1 (0.034%) BitLocker
13 1 (0.034%) NFS
13 1 (0.034%) Time Sharing Option
13 1 (0.034%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 172 (5.81%) Terraform
2 166 (5.60%) Kubernetes
3 58 (1.96%) Ansible
4 48 (1.62%) Prometheus
5 37 (1.25%) EnCase
6 19 (0.64%) Microsoft Intune
7 18 (0.61%) Single Sign-On
8 17 (0.57%) SCCM
9 12 (0.41%) CA Single Sign-On
10 11 (0.37%) EMC NetWorker
10 11 (0.37%) ZABBIX
11 9 (0.30%) Nagios
11 9 (0.30%) 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%) vRealize
Vendors
1 539 (18.20%) Microsoft
2 379 (12.80%) Red Hat
3 368 (12.42%) IBM
4 185 (6.25%) SAP
5 120 (4.05%) Oracle
6 96 (3.24%) VMware
7 71 (2.40%) Cisco
8 55 (1.86%) YouTube
9 54 (1.82%) Dynatrace
10 46 (1.55%) CA
11 45 (1.52%) Atlassian
12 43 (1.45%) ServiceNow
13 35 (1.18%) NEC
13 35 (1.18%) Salesforce
14 30 (1.01%) EMC
15 22 (0.74%) Aruba
15 22 (0.74%) Splunk
15 22 (0.74%) Veeam
16 20 (0.68%) WSO2
17 17 (0.57%) Google