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 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 60 90 57
Rank change year-on-year +30 -33 +34
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 2,919 2,288 3,519
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 4.18% 3.68% 4.98%
As % of the General category 7.26% 5.30% 8.37%
Number of salaries quoted 2,059 1,376 1,765
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,002 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £48,546 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.14% +2.20% -5.00%
75th Percentile £67,968 £66,250 £62,750
90th Percentile £84,964 £80,000 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £56,480 £54,296
% change year-on-year -2.62% +4.02% -1.28%

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 40,205 43,168 42,023
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 57.51% 69.37% 59.50%
Number of salaries quoted 26,378 19,425 24,157
10th Percentile £26,000 £28,704 £28,098
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 £75,757 £82,500 £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 24 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 24 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 +49 1,130 £57,965 +25.40% 206
South East +59 638 £50,000 -0.34% 178
North West +53 608 £57,965 +25.33% 125
Midlands +18 413 £52,500 -4.55% 117
Yorkshire +43 344 £57,965 +27.08% 66
South West -1 300 £51,750 +8.95% 102
West Midlands +14 275 £55,000 - 94
North East +38 179 £55,000 +8.37% 15
Scotland -71 172 £45,000 -11.28% 77
East Midlands +31 138 £47,500 -2.19% 23
East of England +34 124 £47,500 +2.37% 79
Wales +11 92 £52,956 +18.45% 30
Northern Ireland +48 57 £35,000 -9.68% 11
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 (3.15%) SharePoint
2 56 (1.92%) Confluence
3 48 (1.64%) Microsoft Exchange
4 40 (1.37%) nginx
5 34 (1.16%) Camunda
6 33 (1.13%) Red Hat Fuse
7 32 (1.10%) JBoss
8 21 (0.72%) OpenStack
9 15 (0.51%) IIS
10 10 (0.34%) Anypoint
10 10 (0.34%) Apache
11 6 (0.21%) ArcGIS
12 5 (0.17%) Office Communications Server
13 4 (0.14%) CMS
13 4 (0.14%) Umbraco
14 3 (0.10%) Totara
15 2 (0.069%) Alfresco
15 2 (0.069%) Captiva
15 2 (0.069%) Oracle Workflow
15 2 (0.069%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 127 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
2 89 (3.05%) Microsoft Excel
3 63 (2.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 42 (1.44%) Spreadsheet
5 15 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
6 12 (0.41%) MS Visio
6 12 (0.41%) Sketch
7 11 (0.38%) 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 (0.069%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 2 (0.069%) Adobe XD
12 2 (0.069%) 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 18 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (0.45%) Unit4 Business World
3 11 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
3 11 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.14%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 3 (0.10%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.10%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.069%) iTrent
6 2 (0.069%) Magento
6 2 (0.069%) Oracle EBS R12
6 2 (0.069%) SAP GRC
6 2 (0.069%) SAP HCM
6 2 (0.069%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.034%) Oracle Cash Management
7 1 (0.034%) Oracle Payroll
7 1 (0.034%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.034%) Primavera
7 1 (0.034%) Scribe Insight
Cloud Services
1 694 (23.78%) Azure
2 330 (11.31%) IBM Cloud
3 287 (9.83%) AWS
4 240 (8.22%) Power Platform
5 175 (6.00%) Azure DevOps
6 160 (5.48%) Microsoft 365
7 151 (5.17%) Serverless
8 112 (3.84%) Azure API Management
9 110 (3.77%) Azure Service Bus
10 108 (3.70%) Azure Functions
11 106 (3.63%) Azure Logic Apps
12 76 (2.60%) Amazon EKS
13 55 (1.88%) OCI
14 53 (1.82%) Amazon S3
15 44 (1.51%) Amazon ECR
15 44 (1.51%) Route 53
16 43 (1.47%) SaaS
17 40 (1.37%) Entra ID
18 38 (1.30%) GitHub
19 36 (1.23%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 71 (2.43%) Firewall
2 43 (1.47%) Wi-Fi
3 41 (1.40%) DNS
4 37 (1.27%) Wireless
5 34 (1.16%) Network Security
6 26 (0.89%) HTTP
7 24 (0.82%) Internet
8 22 (0.75%) WAN
9 20 (0.69%) SAN
10 17 (0.58%) Intranet
11 16 (0.55%) MQTT
12 14 (0.48%) LAN
13 13 (0.45%) Remote Desktop
13 13 (0.45%) VPN
14 12 (0.41%) SD-WAN
15 11 (0.38%) Cisco Firepower
15 11 (0.38%) iSCSI
15 11 (0.38%) LTE
16 10 (0.34%) 4G
16 10 (0.34%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 281 (9.63%) PostgreSQL
2 277 (9.49%) NoSQL
3 273 (9.35%) MongoDB
4 216 (7.40%) DB2
5 208 (7.13%) Power BI
6 155 (5.31%) Relational Database
7 142 (4.86%) SQL Server
8 113 (3.87%) Data Warehouse
9 110 (3.77%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 53 (1.82%) Tableau
11 48 (1.64%) Oracle Database
12 45 (1.54%) Amazon RDS
13 42 (1.44%) MySQL
14 33 (1.13%) GIS
15 18 (0.62%) 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 (0.38%) Redis
19 10 (0.34%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 118 (4.04%) JIRA
2 88 (3.01%) Git
3 44 (1.51%) Jenkins
4 34 (1.16%) GitLab
5 23 (0.79%) Artifactory
5 23 (0.79%) IntelliJ
6 21 (0.72%) CircleCI
7 20 (0.69%) Visual Studio
8 17 (0.58%) JUnit
9 16 (0.55%) Subversion
10 14 (0.48%) Maven
11 11 (0.38%) Cucumber
11 11 (0.38%) Eclipse
11 11 (0.38%) Selenium
12 8 (0.27%) JMeter
13 7 (0.24%) Bitbucket
14 5 (0.17%) Oracle APEX
14 5 (0.17%) REST Assured
14 5 (0.17%) WebDriver
15 4 (0.14%) TestNG
General
1 748 (25.63%) Social Skills
2 635 (21.75%) Finance
3 377 (12.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 236 (8.08%) Analytical Skills
5 163 (5.58%) Marketing
6 157 (5.38%) Telecoms
7 156 (5.34%) Manufacturing
8 150 (5.14%) Retail
9 141 (4.83%) Electronics
10 113 (3.87%) Presentation Skills
11 112 (3.84%) Organisational Skills
12 85 (2.91%) Local Government
13 76 (2.60%) Influencing Skills
14 73 (2.50%) Legal
15 40 (1.37%) Police
16 34 (1.16%) Billing
17 22 (0.75%) Law
18 20 (0.69%) Aerospace
19 14 (0.48%) Games
20 13 (0.45%) Fire and Rescue
Job Titles
1 493 (16.89%) Senior
2 383 (13.12%) Developer
3 339 (11.61%) Lead
4 222 (7.61%) Analyst
5 205 (7.02%) Consultant
6 199 (6.82%) Architect
7 173 (5.93%) Project Manager
8 159 (5.45%) Full Stack Developer
9 135 (4.62%) Full Stack Engineer
10 119 (4.08%) Azure Developer
11 111 (3.80%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 106 (3.63%) Software Engineer
13 104 (3.56%) Azure Engineer
14 83 (2.84%) DevOps Engineer
15 80 (2.74%) IT Manager
16 78 (2.67%) Business Analyst
16 78 (2.67%) Business Intelligence Consultant
17 74 (2.54%) Solutions Architect
18 71 (2.43%) Java Engineer
19 68 (2.33%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 306 (10.48%) React
2 289 (9.90%) AngularJS
3 288 (9.87%) .NET
3 288 (9.87%) HTML
4 280 (9.59%) REST
5 268 (9.18%) CSS
6 258 (8.84%) Web Services
7 218 (7.47%) ASP.NET
8 209 (7.16%) Vue
9 208 (7.13%) jQuery
10 207 (7.09%) ASP.NET Core
11 205 (7.02%) Twitter Bootstrap
12 202 (6.92%) Backbone.js
12 202 (6.92%) Ember.js
13 190 (6.51%) Node.js
14 93 (3.19%) RESTful
15 77 (2.64%) Spring
16 56 (1.92%) JSON
17 53 (1.82%) XML
18 42 (1.44%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 363 (12.44%) Hybrid Cloud
2 335 (11.48%) Blockchain
3 207 (7.09%) Algorithms
4 205 (7.02%) Data Structures
5 183 (6.27%) e-Learning
6 107 (3.67%) Public Cloud
7 97 (3.32%) Management Information System
8 93 (3.19%) Distributed Systems
9 86 (2.95%) Driving Licence
10 85 (2.91%) NHS
11 69 (2.36%) Product Ownership
12 59 (2.02%) Self-Motivation
13 43 (1.47%) Enterprise Software
14 38 (1.30%) Housing Association
15 36 (1.23%) IoT
16 19 (0.65%) Onboarding
16 19 (0.65%) PKI
16 19 (0.65%) PMI
17 17 (0.58%) Embedded Systems
17 17 (0.58%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 396 (13.57%) Windows
2 392 (13.43%) Linux
3 205 (7.02%) Android
4 204 (6.99%) Apple iOS
5 71 (2.43%) Windows Server
6 42 (1.44%) CentOS
7 40 (1.37%) Alpine Linux
7 40 (1.37%) Debian
8 32 (1.10%) Unix
9 24 (0.82%) Windows 10
10 17 (0.58%) Windows Server 2016
10 17 (0.58%) Windows Server 2019
11 16 (0.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 8 (0.27%) Windows Server 2012
13 6 (0.21%) Windows Server 2008
14 4 (0.14%) AIX
14 4 (0.14%) VMS
15 3 (0.10%) Amazon Linux
15 3 (0.10%) Mac OS
15 3 (0.10%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 813 (27.85%) Mentoring
2 755 (25.87%) Coaching
3 724 (24.80%) Agile
4 480 (16.44%) Artificial Intelligence
5 382 (13.09%) Problem-Solving
6 374 (12.81%) Business Intelligence
7 361 (12.37%) DevOps
8 338 (11.58%) User Experience
9 334 (11.44%) Full Stack Development
10 291 (9.97%) Co-Creation
11 280 (9.59%) Design Patterns
12 269 (9.22%) Project Management
13 255 (8.74%) Stakeholder Management
14 244 (8.36%) Web Development
15 231 (7.91%) OO
16 226 (7.74%) OOP
17 225 (7.71%) Roadmaps
18 219 (7.50%) MVC
19 214 (7.33%) SOLID
20 204 (6.99%) Responsive Web Design
Programming Languages
1 532 (18.23%) SQL
2 395 (13.53%) JavaScript
3 342 (11.72%) Java
4 329 (11.27%) C#
5 287 (9.83%) Python
6 57 (1.95%) C
7 54 (1.85%) PowerShell
8 45 (1.54%) C++
9 38 (1.30%) Lua
10 35 (1.20%) TypeScript
11 31 (1.06%) Bash
12 24 (0.82%) T-SQL
13 17 (0.58%) Ruby
13 17 (0.58%) Shell Script
14 16 (0.55%) Embedded C
14 16 (0.55%) 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
1 456 (15.62%) Security Cleared
2 279 (9.56%) Degree
3 257 (8.80%) SC Cleared
4 73 (2.50%) DV Cleared
5 63 (2.16%) Microsoft Certification
6 57 (1.95%) Azure Certification
7 47 (1.61%) DBS Check
7 47 (1.61%) MCSE
8 41 (1.40%) MCSA
9 40 (1.37%) Cisco Certification
10 34 (1.16%) PMI Certification
11 33 (1.13%) ACCA
11 33 (1.13%) Computer Science Degree
12 24 (0.82%) CISSP
13 21 (0.72%) CCNP
14 20 (0.69%) BPSS Clearance
14 20 (0.69%) CCNA
15 17 (0.58%) APMP
15 17 (0.58%) PMP
16 16 (0.55%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (2.98%) Accessibility
2 62 (2.12%) WCAG
3 61 (2.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 58 (1.99%) QA
5 53 (1.82%) SLA
6 50 (1.71%) Cyber Essentials
7 45 (1.54%) ISO 9001
8 40 (1.37%) PMO
9 39 (1.34%) ISO/IEC 17025
10 37 (1.27%) GDPR
11 33 (1.13%) GAAP
11 33 (1.13%) IFRS
12 30 (1.03%) Data Quality
13 24 (0.82%) NIST
14 16 (0.55%) GRC
15 15 (0.51%) NCSC
16 13 (0.45%) ITGC
17 9 (0.31%) HMG Security Policy Framework
18 7 (0.24%) Actionable Recommendations
18 7 (0.24%) ISO 14000
System Software
1 172 (5.89%) Docker
2 109 (3.73%) Active Directory
3 50 (1.71%) VMware Infrastructure
4 47 (1.61%) Hyper-V
5 37 (1.27%) Firmware
6 17 (0.58%) VMware ESXi
7 14 (0.48%) Virtual Servers
8 13 (0.45%) Embedded Firmware
9 12 (0.41%) vSphere
10 11 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
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
1 167 (5.72%) Terraform
2 159 (5.45%) Kubernetes
3 60 (2.06%) Ansible
4 45 (1.54%) Prometheus
5 39 (1.34%) EnCase
6 19 (0.65%) Microsoft Intune
7 18 (0.62%) Single Sign-On
8 17 (0.58%) SCCM
9 12 (0.41%) CA Single Sign-On
10 11 (0.38%) EMC NetWorker
10 11 (0.38%) ZABBIX
11 9 (0.31%) Nagios
11 9 (0.31%) vCenter Server
12 7 (0.24%) SysTrack
13 6 (0.21%) Grafana
13 6 (0.21%) 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
1 529 (18.12%) Microsoft
2 350 (11.99%) Red Hat
3 340 (11.65%) IBM
4 184 (6.30%) SAP
5 101 (3.46%) Oracle
6 98 (3.36%) VMware
7 72 (2.47%) Cisco
8 55 (1.88%) YouTube
9 51 (1.75%) Dynatrace
10 48 (1.64%) CA
11 46 (1.58%) Atlassian
12 43 (1.47%) ServiceNow
13 35 (1.20%) Salesforce
14 30 (1.03%) EMC
15 24 (0.82%) Aruba
15 24 (0.82%) Veeam
16 22 (0.75%) Splunk
17 21 (0.72%) WSO2
18 17 (0.58%) Google
18 17 (0.58%) Sage