Public Sector Jobs

Public Sector
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 1 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 109 57 93
Rank change year-on-year -52 +36 -9
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 1,362 3,835 4,013
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.70% 4.15% 3.62%
As % of the General category 3.99% 6.90% 5.24%
Number of salaries quoted 811 2,880 2,467
10th Percentile £35,500 £28,225 £33,000
25th Percentile £46,493 £40,975 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £56,480
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -2.62% +2.69%
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £84,964 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £47,900
% change year-on-year +9.52% +9.60% +0.84%

All General Skills
UK

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 common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 34,156 55,582 76,556
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 67.65% 60.20% 69.12%
Number of salaries quoted 17,609 38,495 40,860
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £36,250 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £92,500 £101,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,055 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.38% -9.52% +5.00%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Public Sector as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in the UK

Public Sector
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Public Sector in the UK

Public Sector
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Public Sector over the 6 months to 1 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Public Sector in the UK

Public Sector
Top 18 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 1 April 2025. 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
England -60 1,175 £60,000 +9.09% 1,965
UK excluding London -45 905 £57,500 +9.52% 1,142
Work from Home -58 455 £60,204 +3.86% 1,061
London -65 342 £67,500 +12.50% 1,002
North of England -58 286 £55,000 -5.11% 297
Midlands -20 202 £52,750 +0.48% 185
South East -58 155 £57,500 +15.00% 264
West Midlands -26 145 £55,000 - 130
North West -89 142 £61,992 +6.95% 182
Yorkshire -23 106 £50,000 -13.74% 76
South West -18 102 £60,000 +17.65% 194
East of England +24 77 £64,000 +34.74% 66
East Midlands -4 47 £52,500 +8.49% 54
Scotland +2 45 £51,695 +14.88% 79
Wales +11 43 £56,000 +6.65% 39
North East -21 37 £60,000 +3.51% 41
Northern Ireland +2 19 £75,000 +114.29% 33
Channel Islands - 2 £78,750 -

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 39 (2.86%) SharePoint
2 24 (1.76%) Confluence
3 14 (1.03%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (0.81%) JBoss
4 11 (0.81%) Red Hat Fuse
5 10 (0.73%) nginx
6 8 (0.59%) Camunda
7 7 (0.51%) Apache Spark
8 6 (0.44%) Apache
8 6 (0.44%) IIS
8 6 (0.44%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 5 (0.37%) CMS
10 3 (0.22%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.22%) Oracle Workflow
11 2 (0.15%) Jupyter
11 2 (0.15%) Skype for Business
12 1 (0.073%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.073%) Tomcat
12 1 (0.073%) Umbraco
12 1 (0.073%) WordPress
Applications
1 59 (4.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 40 (2.94%) Microsoft Office
3 26 (1.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (0.66%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (0.59%) Spreadsheet
6 7 (0.51%) Adobe XD
7 5 (0.37%) Stata
7 5 (0.37%) Trello
8 4 (0.29%) Notion
8 4 (0.29%) Oracle Smart View
9 3 (0.22%) Adobe Premiere
9 3 (0.22%) AutoCAD
9 3 (0.22%) InVision
9 3 (0.22%) Sketch
10 2 (0.15%) MS Visio
11 1 (0.073%) EPLAN
11 1 (0.073%) MicroStation
11 1 (0.073%) Revit
11 1 (0.073%) SOLIDWORKS
11 1 (0.073%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 151 (11.09%) NEC Housing
2 14 (1.03%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (0.88%) Oracle ERP
3 12 (0.88%) PeopleSoft HCM
4 11 (0.81%) Oracle EBS
5 7 (0.51%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 4 (0.29%) NetSuite
6 4 (0.29%) Oracle Financials
6 4 (0.29%) Salesforce CRM
6 4 (0.29%) SAP HCM
7 3 (0.22%) Dynamics NAV
7 3 (0.22%) Oracle Cash Management
7 3 (0.22%) Oracle General Ledger
7 3 (0.22%) Oracle Payables
7 3 (0.22%) Oracle Receivables
7 3 (0.22%) Sprinklr
8 2 (0.15%) Infor M3
8 2 (0.15%) Oracle Assets
8 2 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
8 2 (0.15%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 231 (16.96%) Azure
2 190 (13.95%) AWS
3 87 (6.39%) SaaS
4 72 (5.29%) Power Platform
5 61 (4.48%) Serverless
6 54 (3.96%) GitHub
7 53 (3.89%) GCP
8 49 (3.60%) IBM Cloud
8 49 (3.60%) Microsoft 365
9 48 (3.52%) PaaS
10 45 (3.30%) Azure DevOps
11 40 (2.94%) GitHub Actions
12 35 (2.57%) OCI
13 33 (2.42%) Amazon EC2
14 32 (2.35%) Amazon EKS
14 32 (2.35%) Dynamics 365
15 27 (1.98%) IaaS
16 26 (1.91%) Amazon ECS
16 26 (1.91%) Entra ID
17 25 (1.84%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 55 (4.04%) Firewall
2 29 (2.13%) Network Security
3 27 (1.98%) LAN
4 23 (1.69%) WAN
5 19 (1.40%) DNS
5 19 (1.40%) Wireless
6 18 (1.32%) TCP/IP
7 14 (1.03%) VPN
8 12 (0.88%) Wi-Fi
9 11 (0.81%) Intranet
10 10 (0.73%) SD-WAN
11 9 (0.66%) DHCP
11 9 (0.66%) Internet
12 6 (0.44%) IPsec
12 6 (0.44%) Modbus
12 6 (0.44%) MPLS
12 6 (0.44%) VoIP
12 6 (0.44%) WLAN
13 5 (0.37%) Cisco ASA
13 5 (0.37%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (4.70%) PostgreSQL
2 60 (4.41%) Relational Database
3 55 (4.04%) Power BI
4 50 (3.67%) Oracle Database
5 36 (2.64%) BusinessObjects
6 35 (2.57%) SQL Server
7 31 (2.28%) RDBMS
8 29 (2.13%) NoSQL
9 28 (2.06%) Big Data
10 19 (1.40%) Data Lake
11 18 (1.32%) Amazon RDS
12 17 (1.25%) MySQL
13 15 (1.10%) MongoDB
13 15 (1.10%) Tableau
14 13 (0.95%) Oracle Reports
15 11 (0.81%) Data Warehouse
16 10 (0.73%) Metadata
17 9 (0.66%) Redis
18 6 (0.44%) Amazon Redshift
18 6 (0.44%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 75 (5.51%) JIRA
2 67 (4.92%) Git
3 46 (3.38%) Jenkins
4 32 (2.35%) JUnit
5 27 (1.98%) SonarQube
6 22 (1.62%) JMeter
6 22 (1.62%) Maven
7 20 (1.47%) Mockito
8 13 (0.95%) GitLab
9 11 (0.81%) CircleCI
10 9 (0.66%) Selenium
11 6 (0.44%) Cypress.io
11 6 (0.44%) JDeveloper
11 6 (0.44%) Oracle Forms
11 6 (0.44%) TeamCity
11 6 (0.44%) Visual Studio
12 5 (0.37%) Axure RP
12 5 (0.37%) DbUnit
12 5 (0.37%) jMock
13 4 (0.29%) ERwin
General
1 451 (33.11%) Finance
2 431 (31.64%) Social Skills
3 244 (17.91%) Local Government
4 170 (12.48%) Police
5 145 (10.65%) Analytical Skills
6 140 (10.28%) Marketing
7 130 (9.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 106 (7.78%) Telecoms
9 100 (7.34%) Manufacturing
10 90 (6.61%) Electronics
11 76 (5.58%) Social Housing
12 47 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
13 45 (3.30%) Retail
14 43 (3.16%) Presentation Skills
15 40 (2.94%) Law
16 36 (2.64%) Influencing Skills
17 29 (2.13%) Legal
18 15 (1.10%) Back Office
19 10 (0.73%) Banking
20 9 (0.66%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 260 (19.09%) Senior
2 224 (16.45%) Consultant
3 137 (10.06%) Project Manager
4 129 (9.47%) Architect
5 120 (8.81%) Developer
6 115 (8.44%) Implementation Consultant
7 85 (6.24%) Lead
8 82 (6.02%) Analyst
9 59 (4.33%) Senior Manager
10 48 (3.52%) Solutions Architect
11 44 (3.23%) Senior Consultant
12 41 (3.01%) Technical Consultant
13 40 (2.94%) Technical Implementation Consultant
14 39 (2.86%) Senior Developer
14 39 (2.86%) Senior Project Manager
15 36 (2.64%) Senior Support Consultant
15 36 (2.64%) Support Consultant
16 33 (2.42%) Service Manager
17 32 (2.35%) DevOps Engineer
17 32 (2.35%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (4.41%) RESTful
2 55 (4.04%) REST
3 51 (3.74%) React
4 49 (3.60%) HTML
5 43 (3.16%) .NET
6 40 (2.94%) Spring
7 37 (2.72%) CSS
7 37 (2.72%) Web Services
8 32 (2.35%) Spring Boot
9 30 (2.20%) AngularJS
10 26 (1.91%) Apache Camel
10 26 (1.91%) SOAP
11 23 (1.69%) OAuth
12 22 (1.62%) Hibernate
12 22 (1.62%) Node.js
13 19 (1.40%) .NET Core
13 19 (1.40%) ActiveMQ
14 18 (1.32%) Oracle Fusion
15 17 (1.25%) XML
16 16 (1.17%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 80 (5.87%) Housing Association
2 60 (4.41%) Management Information System
3 54 (3.96%) Hybrid Cloud
4 50 (3.67%) Onboarding
5 49 (3.60%) Blockchain
6 44 (3.23%) Distributed Systems
7 35 (2.57%) Driving Licence
7 35 (2.57%) Self-Motivation
8 32 (2.35%) Data Centre
9 31 (2.28%) NHS
10 30 (2.20%) e-Learning
10 30 (2.20%) Public Cloud
11 26 (1.91%) Product Ownership
12 22 (1.62%) Cloud Native
13 20 (1.47%) Social Media
14 18 (1.32%) IoT
15 15 (1.10%) Legacy Systems
15 15 (1.10%) PMI
16 14 (1.03%) Linux Command Line
17 13 (0.95%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 113 (8.30%) Windows
2 81 (5.95%) Linux
3 80 (5.87%) Unix
4 38 (2.79%) Windows Server
5 36 (2.64%) Solaris
6 11 (0.81%) Windows 10
7 10 (0.73%) Apple iOS
8 8 (0.59%) Android
9 6 (0.44%) Mac OS
10 3 (0.22%) Windows Server 2012
10 3 (0.22%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 329 (24.16%) Agile
2 258 (18.94%) Project Management
3 202 (14.83%) Problem-Solving
4 172 (12.63%) DevOps
5 164 (12.04%) Project Delivery
6 156 (11.45%) Continuous Improvement
7 155 (11.38%) Business Intelligence
8 140 (10.28%) Mentoring
9 135 (9.91%) Stakeholder Management
10 125 (9.18%) Service Delivery
11 124 (9.10%) Artificial Intelligence
12 123 (9.03%) CI/CD
13 121 (8.88%) Analytics
13 121 (8.88%) Programme Management
14 119 (8.74%) Coaching
15 112 (8.22%) Cybersecurity
16 111 (8.15%) Housing Management
17 109 (8.00%) Software Engineering
18 95 (6.98%) Digital Marketing
18 95 (6.98%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 282 (20.70%) SQL
2 130 (9.54%) Python
3 117 (8.59%) Java
4 99 (7.27%) JavaScript
5 69 (5.07%) C#
6 42 (3.08%) PL/SQL
7 23 (1.69%) TypeScript
8 20 (1.47%) Ruby
9 19 (1.40%) PowerShell
10 16 (1.17%) R
11 15 (1.10%) Shell Script
12 11 (0.81%) C++
13 9 (0.66%) C
14 8 (0.59%) Lua
14 8 (0.59%) T-SQL
15 5 (0.37%) Apex Code
16 4 (0.29%) Bicep
16 4 (0.29%) Groovy
16 4 (0.29%) PHP
16 4 (0.29%) Scala
Qualifications
1 343 (25.18%) Security Cleared
2 190 (13.95%) SC Cleared
3 174 (12.78%) Degree
4 167 (12.26%) DBS Check
5 58 (4.26%) DV Cleared
6 39 (2.86%) BPSS Clearance
7 25 (1.84%) CISSP
8 24 (1.76%) PMI Certification
9 23 (1.69%) Master's Degree
10 21 (1.54%) Cisco Certification
10 21 (1.54%) CISM
11 20 (1.47%) Computer Science Degree
12 17 (1.25%) AWS Certification
13 16 (1.17%) Azure Certification
13 16 (1.17%) Microsoft Certification
14 15 (1.10%) MRICS
15 14 (1.03%) ACCA
16 12 (0.88%) CCNA
16 12 (0.88%) MAPM
17 11 (0.81%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 171 (12.56%) Accessibility
2 47 (3.45%) QA
3 44 (3.23%) ISO 9001
4 31 (2.28%) Data Quality
4 31 (2.28%) GDPR
5 28 (2.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 21 (1.54%) PMO
7 20 (1.47%) SLA
8 19 (1.40%) NCSC
9 17 (1.25%) NIST
10 13 (0.95%) GAAP
10 13 (0.95%) IFRS
11 11 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials
12 10 (0.73%) GRC
12 10 (0.73%) WCAG
13 6 (0.44%) California Consumer Privacy Act
14 5 (0.37%) P3O
15 3 (0.22%) COBIT
15 3 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 3 (0.22%) ISO 14001
System Software
1 120 (8.81%) Docker
2 55 (4.04%) Active Directory
3 20 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.44%) Hyper-V
4 6 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.22%) Firmware
5 3 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
5 3 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
5 3 (0.22%) VMware NSX
5 3 (0.22%) vSphere
6 2 (0.15%) Embedded Firmware
6 2 (0.15%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.073%) Postfix
7 1 (0.073%) RHEV
Systems Management
1 114 (8.37%) Kubernetes
2 71 (5.21%) Terraform
3 45 (3.30%) Ansible
4 43 (3.16%) Kibana
5 42 (3.08%) Grafana
6 14 (1.03%) Prometheus
6 14 (1.03%) SCCM
7 11 (0.81%) Microsoft Intune
8 6 (0.44%) Progress Chef
9 5 (0.37%) ZABBIX
10 3 (0.22%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 3 (0.22%) Puppet
11 2 (0.15%) Cisco Prime
11 2 (0.15%) FortiGate
11 2 (0.15%) Nagios
11 2 (0.15%) vCenter Server
12 1 (0.073%) HP Quality Center
12 1 (0.073%) Jamf Pro
12 1 (0.073%) logstash
12 1 (0.073%) PaperCut
Vendors
1 233 (17.11%) Microsoft
2 164 (12.04%) NEC
3 120 (8.81%) Oracle
4 95 (6.98%) SAP
5 53 (3.89%) ServiceNow
6 50 (3.67%) IBM
7 49 (3.60%) Red Hat
8 47 (3.45%) Google
9 46 (3.38%) Dynatrace
10 42 (3.08%) Salesforce
11 40 (2.94%) Citrix
12 37 (2.72%) Cisco
13 31 (2.28%) VMware
14 19 (1.40%) Splunk
15 18 (1.32%) Databricks
16 15 (1.10%) MuleSoft
17 13 (0.95%) Adobe
18 12 (0.88%) PeopleSoft
19 11 (0.81%) Palo Alto
20 10 (0.73%) Informatica