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 have cited Public Sector over the 6 months to 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 58 87 82
Rank change year-on-year +29 -5 +16
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 4,051 3,910 6,254
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.15% 3.70% 4.06%
As % of the General category 6.92% 5.38% 6.40%
Number of salaries quoted 2,953 2,372 3,011
10th Percentile £28,661 £32,873 £32,996
25th Percentile £40,988 £41,659 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,490 £54,145
Median % change year-on-year -2.64% +4.33% -1.55%
75th Percentile £70,250 £75,000 £72,304
90th Percentile £84,964 £87,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £48,628 £47,500
% change year-on-year +7.96% +2.37% -5.00%

All General Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 58,504 72,662 97,676
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 59.86% 68.74% 63.45%
Number of salaries quoted 39,524 38,961 51,095
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £102,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +5.26%

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 23 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Public Sector in the UK

Public Sector
Top 17 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 23 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
England +42 3,523 £55,000 -1.00% 1,011
UK excluding London +29 2,915 £52,500 +7.96% 746
Work from Home +15 1,745 £57,965 -3.39% 451
North of England +47 1,127 £57,965 +26.01% 212
London +47 888 £60,000 -7.79% 327
South East +57 635 £50,000 -0.34% 165
North West +54 608 £57,965 +24.52% 127
Midlands +19 412 £52,500 -4.55% 107
Yorkshire +44 340 £57,965 +28.81% 69
South West -6 302 £52,500 +10.53% 95
West Midlands +15 274 £55,000 - 83
North East +36 180 £53,750 +2.38% 16
Scotland -72 173 £45,000 -11.66% 71
East Midlands +36 138 £47,500 -2.19% 24
East of England +42 125 £47,500 +1.06% 72
Wales +4 91 £52,956 +18.45% 29
Northern Ireland +45 57 £35,000 -12.50% 11

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
1 119 (2.94%) SharePoint
2 66 (1.63%) Confluence
3 59 (1.46%) Microsoft Exchange
4 42 (1.04%) nginx
5 38 (0.94%) Red Hat Fuse
6 37 (0.91%) JBoss
7 36 (0.89%) Camunda
8 28 (0.69%) OpenStack
9 22 (0.54%) IIS
10 18 (0.44%) Apache
11 13 (0.32%) CMS
12 12 (0.30%) Anypoint
12 12 (0.30%) Apache Spark
13 9 (0.22%) Office Communications Server
14 8 (0.20%) Drupal
14 8 (0.20%) Jupyter
15 6 (0.15%) ArcGIS
16 4 (0.099%) Umbraco
16 4 (0.099%) WordPress
17 3 (0.074%) Documentum
Applications
1 156 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
2 123 (3.04%) Microsoft Excel
3 102 (2.52%) Spreadsheet
4 77 (1.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 19 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
6 16 (0.39%) MS Visio
7 15 (0.37%) Adobe XD
7 15 (0.37%) Sketch
8 14 (0.35%) Trello
9 11 (0.27%) AutoCAD
10 10 (0.25%) InVision
11 6 (0.15%) Chatbot
12 5 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 5 (0.12%) OrCAD
13 4 (0.099%) Doxygen
13 4 (0.099%) InfoPath
14 3 (0.074%) Photoshop
15 2 (0.049%) Fusion 360
16 1 (0.025%) PTC Creo
16 1 (0.025%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 40 (0.99%) Dynamics CRM
2 20 (0.49%) Unit4 Business World
3 15 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
4 13 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.12%) NEC Housing
5 5 (0.12%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 5 (0.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 4 (0.099%) Oracle ERP
7 3 (0.074%) NetSuite
8 2 (0.049%) Dynamics AX
8 2 (0.049%) iTrent
8 2 (0.049%) Magento
8 2 (0.049%) Oracle EBS R12
8 2 (0.049%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.049%) SAP CO
8 2 (0.049%) SAP FI
8 2 (0.049%) SAP FI/CO
8 2 (0.049%) SAP GRC
8 2 (0.049%) SAP HCM
8 2 (0.049%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 942 (23.25%) Azure
2 511 (12.61%) AWS
3 353 (8.71%) IBM Cloud
4 327 (8.07%) Power Platform
5 221 (5.46%) Azure DevOps
6 216 (5.33%) Microsoft 365
7 206 (5.09%) Serverless
8 129 (3.18%) Azure Service Bus
9 127 (3.14%) Azure Logic Apps
10 126 (3.11%) Azure Functions
11 121 (2.99%) Azure API Management
12 106 (2.62%) Amazon EKS
13 94 (2.32%) GCP
14 82 (2.02%) OCI
15 81 (2.00%) PowerApps
16 73 (1.80%) SaaS
17 66 (1.63%) GitHub
18 65 (1.60%) Amazon S3
18 65 (1.60%) Power Automate
19 57 (1.41%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 105 (2.59%) Firewall
2 55 (1.36%) DNS
3 52 (1.28%) LAN
4 47 (1.16%) Wi-Fi
5 46 (1.14%) Network Security
6 43 (1.06%) WAN
7 40 (0.99%) Wireless
8 33 (0.81%) Internet
9 28 (0.69%) HTTP
10 27 (0.67%) SAN
11 21 (0.52%) TCP/IP
12 20 (0.49%) Intranet
13 19 (0.47%) SD-WAN
14 18 (0.44%) VPN
15 16 (0.39%) MQTT
16 14 (0.35%) DHCP
16 14 (0.35%) Unified Communications
17 13 (0.32%) Remote Desktop
18 11 (0.27%) Cisco Firepower
18 11 (0.27%) LTE
Database & Business Intelligence
1 312 (7.70%) NoSQL
2 311 (7.68%) MongoDB
3 306 (7.55%) PostgreSQL
4 276 (6.81%) Power BI
5 239 (5.90%) DB2
6 213 (5.26%) Relational Database
7 175 (4.32%) SQL Server
8 123 (3.04%) Data Warehouse
9 114 (2.81%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 64 (1.58%) MySQL
10 64 (1.58%) Tableau
11 54 (1.33%) Amazon RDS
12 53 (1.31%) Oracle Database
13 36 (0.89%) GIS
14 26 (0.64%) Redis
15 21 (0.52%) Data Lake
15 21 (0.52%) Metadata
16 19 (0.47%) Power Query
17 17 (0.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
18 15 (0.37%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 139 (3.43%) JIRA
2 136 (3.36%) Git
3 110 (2.72%) Jenkins
4 66 (1.63%) GitLab
5 39 (0.96%) Visual Studio
6 28 (0.69%) CircleCI
6 28 (0.69%) IntelliJ
7 23 (0.57%) Artifactory
8 18 (0.44%) Subversion
9 17 (0.42%) JUnit
10 16 (0.39%) JMeter
10 16 (0.39%) Maven
11 14 (0.35%) Axure RP
12 13 (0.32%) Balsamiq
12 13 (0.32%) Eclipse
12 13 (0.32%) TeamCity
13 12 (0.30%) Cucumber
13 12 (0.30%) Selenium
14 10 (0.25%) Bitbucket
15 9 (0.22%) git-flow
General
1 1,112 (27.45%) Social Skills
2 857 (21.16%) Finance
3 610 (15.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 344 (8.49%) Analytical Skills
5 279 (6.89%) Marketing
6 215 (5.31%) Telecoms
7 206 (5.09%) Manufacturing
8 202 (4.99%) Retail
9 189 (4.67%) Presentation Skills
10 179 (4.42%) Electronics
11 155 (3.83%) Local Government
12 123 (3.04%) Organisational Skills
13 92 (2.27%) Legal
14 90 (2.22%) Influencing Skills
15 75 (1.85%) Police
16 45 (1.11%) Law
17 38 (0.94%) Digital Economy
18 34 (0.84%) Billing
19 24 (0.59%) Aerospace
20 21 (0.52%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 658 (16.24%) Senior
2 515 (12.71%) Developer
3 426 (10.52%) Lead
4 355 (8.76%) Architect
5 324 (8.00%) Consultant
6 302 (7.45%) Analyst
7 223 (5.50%) Project Manager
8 206 (5.09%) Full Stack Developer
9 138 (3.41%) Software Engineer
10 137 (3.38%) Full Stack Engineer
11 128 (3.16%) DevOps Engineer
12 127 (3.14%) Azure Developer
13 117 (2.89%) Azure Engineer
14 116 (2.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 113 (2.79%) Business Analyst
15 113 (2.79%) IT Manager
16 107 (2.64%) Solutions Architect
17 91 (2.25%) Java Engineer
18 86 (2.12%) Delivery Manager
19 81 (2.00%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 353 (8.71%) .NET
2 339 (8.37%) React
3 336 (8.29%) HTML
4 318 (7.85%) AngularJS
5 315 (7.78%) CSS
6 309 (7.63%) REST
7 299 (7.38%) Web Services
8 239 (5.90%) Node.js
9 238 (5.88%) ASP.NET
10 224 (5.53%) ASP.NET Core
11 218 (5.38%) jQuery
12 217 (5.36%) Vue
13 213 (5.26%) Twitter Bootstrap
14 210 (5.18%) Backbone.js
14 210 (5.18%) Ember.js
15 130 (3.21%) RESTful
16 113 (2.79%) Spring
17 76 (1.88%) JSON
18 67 (1.65%) XML
19 55 (1.36%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 386 (9.53%) Hybrid Cloud
2 358 (8.84%) Blockchain
3 216 (5.33%) Algorithms
4 214 (5.28%) Data Structures
5 194 (4.79%) e-Learning
6 179 (4.42%) Management Information System
7 123 (3.04%) Product Ownership
8 117 (2.89%) Public Cloud
9 110 (2.72%) Distributed Systems
10 102 (2.52%) NHS
11 100 (2.47%) Self-Motivation
12 92 (2.27%) Onboarding
13 90 (2.22%) Driving Licence
14 56 (1.38%) Social Media
15 54 (1.33%) Enterprise Software
16 53 (1.31%) Data Centre
17 49 (1.21%) IoT
18 42 (1.04%) Housing Association
19 29 (0.72%) Cyberattack
20 28 (0.69%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 464 (11.45%) Windows
2 442 (10.91%) Linux
3 217 (5.36%) Android
4 216 (5.33%) Apple iOS
5 86 (2.12%) Windows Server
6 42 (1.04%) CentOS
7 41 (1.01%) Unix
8 40 (0.99%) Alpine Linux
8 40 (0.99%) Debian
9 29 (0.72%) Windows 10
10 17 (0.42%) Windows Server 2016
10 17 (0.42%) Windows Server 2019
11 16 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 9 (0.22%) VMS
12 9 (0.22%) Windows Server 2012
13 6 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
14 4 (0.099%) AIX
14 4 (0.099%) DC/OS
15 3 (0.074%) Amazon Linux
15 3 (0.074%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,020 (25.18%) Agile
2 952 (23.50%) Mentoring
3 862 (21.28%) Coaching
4 562 (13.87%) Artificial Intelligence
5 527 (13.01%) Problem-Solving
6 520 (12.84%) DevOps
7 487 (12.02%) Business Intelligence
8 408 (10.07%) Project Management
9 397 (9.80%) Full Stack Development
10 387 (9.55%) User Experience
11 374 (9.23%) Stakeholder Management
12 300 (7.41%) Co-Creation
13 295 (7.28%) Roadmaps
14 292 (7.21%) Design Patterns
15 286 (7.06%) Programme Management
16 276 (6.81%) Project Delivery
17 259 (6.39%) Software Engineering
17 259 (6.39%) Web Development
18 258 (6.37%) Cybersecurity
19 252 (6.22%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 628 (15.50%) SQL
2 504 (12.44%) JavaScript
3 472 (11.65%) Java
4 445 (10.98%) C#
5 396 (9.78%) Python
6 76 (1.88%) PowerShell
7 69 (1.70%) C
8 52 (1.28%) C++
8 52 (1.28%) TypeScript
9 48 (1.18%) Bash
10 42 (1.04%) PHP
11 40 (0.99%) Lua
12 35 (0.86%) Shell Script
13 31 (0.77%) Go
14 30 (0.74%) T-SQL
15 20 (0.49%) Ruby
16 16 (0.39%) Embedded C
17 15 (0.37%) MATLAB
18 14 (0.35%) Apex Code
19 13 (0.32%) R
Qualifications
1 827 (20.41%) Security Cleared
2 545 (13.45%) SC Cleared
3 483 (11.92%) Degree
4 136 (3.36%) DV Cleared
5 123 (3.04%) Microsoft Certification
6 122 (3.01%) DBS Check
7 115 (2.84%) BPSS Clearance
8 99 (2.44%) Azure Certification
9 83 (2.05%) Computer Science Degree
10 60 (1.48%) CISSP
11 58 (1.43%) Cisco Certification
12 50 (1.23%) Master's Degree
13 47 (1.16%) MCSE
14 42 (1.04%) PMI Certification
15 41 (1.01%) MCSA
16 40 (0.99%) AWS Certification
16 40 (0.99%) CISM
17 36 (0.89%) ACCA
18 29 (0.72%) CCNP
19 25 (0.62%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 128 (3.16%) Accessibility
2 113 (2.79%) GDPR
3 103 (2.54%) QA
4 92 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 75 (1.85%) WCAG
6 67 (1.65%) PMO
7 66 (1.63%) Cyber Essentials
8 60 (1.48%) SLA
9 48 (1.18%) Data Quality
10 46 (1.14%) ISO 9001
11 39 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 17025
12 34 (0.84%) IFRS
12 34 (0.84%) NIST
13 33 (0.81%) GAAP
14 32 (0.79%) NCSC
15 22 (0.54%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 20 (0.49%) GRC
16 20 (0.49%) ITGC
17 15 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
18 11 (0.27%) ISO 14000
System Software
1 282 (6.96%) Docker
2 155 (3.83%) Active Directory
3 63 (1.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 56 (1.38%) Hyper-V
5 38 (0.94%) Firmware
6 18 (0.44%) VMware ESXi
7 14 (0.35%) Virtual Servers
7 14 (0.35%) vSphere
8 13 (0.32%) Embedded Firmware
9 11 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
10 7 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
11 6 (0.15%) Forefront TMG
11 6 (0.15%) VMware Workstation
12 5 (0.12%) VMware NSX
13 4 (0.099%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 4 (0.099%) NFS
14 3 (0.074%) XenApp
14 3 (0.074%) XenDesktop
15 1 (0.025%) BitLocker
15 1 (0.025%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 251 (6.20%) Terraform
2 247 (6.10%) Kubernetes
3 103 (2.54%) Ansible
4 57 (1.41%) Prometheus
5 39 (0.96%) EnCase
6 21 (0.52%) Microsoft Intune
7 20 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
8 18 (0.44%) SCCM
9 13 (0.32%) Grafana
9 13 (0.32%) Kibana
9 13 (0.32%) ZABBIX
10 12 (0.30%) CA Single Sign-On
11 11 (0.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 11 (0.27%) EMC NetWorker
11 11 (0.27%) vCenter Server
12 9 (0.22%) Nagios
13 8 (0.20%) Puppet
13 8 (0.20%) SCOM
14 7 (0.17%) SysTrack
15 6 (0.15%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 717 (17.70%) Microsoft
2 375 (9.26%) Red Hat
3 364 (8.99%) IBM
4 240 (5.92%) SAP
5 152 (3.75%) Oracle
6 112 (2.76%) VMware
7 85 (2.10%) Cisco
8 83 (2.05%) YouTube
9 74 (1.83%) Google
10 63 (1.56%) Dynatrace
11 59 (1.46%) Salesforce
12 55 (1.36%) ServiceNow
13 52 (1.28%) CA
14 47 (1.16%) Atlassian
15 34 (0.84%) Splunk
16 31 (0.77%) EMC
17 30 (0.74%) Adobe
18 28 (0.69%) WSO2
19 26 (0.64%) Aruba
20 25 (0.62%) Databricks