Public Sector Jobs in the West Midlands

Public Sector
England > West Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in permanent job vacancies in the West Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 76 71 53
Rank change year-on-year -5 -18 +15
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 203 191 445
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 2.90% 3.76% 5.10%
As % of the General category 5.21% 5.08% 7.50%
Number of salaries quoted 154 164 318
10th Percentile £22,400 £33,575 £31,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year - +3.77% +6.00%
75th Percentile £66,713 £72,500 £66,000
90th Percentile £84,964 £80,000 £79,125
England median annual salary £55,000 £53,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.77% -3.64% -

All General Skills
West Midlands

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 in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 3,893 3,759 5,932
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 55.65% 74.05% 67.95%
Number of salaries quoted 2,254 2,205 3,443
10th Percentile £26,000 £30,000 £30,945
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £36,624
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £66,250 £63,546
90th Percentile £76,107 £78,350 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +4.35%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Public Sector as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in the West Midlands

Public Sector
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Public Sector in the West Midlands

Public Sector
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Public Sector in the West Midlands

Public Sector
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Public Sector within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 26 July 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
Birmingham -1 117 £60,159 +5.54% 36
Staffordshire -25 31 £22,400 -45.37% 4
Coventry +21 11 £47,500 -26.92% 2
Worcestershire -14 11 £59,500 +50.10% 5
Warwickshire +15 6 £57,500 +25.00% 1
Solihull 0 2 £40,000 -19.19% 1
Public Sector
England

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 8 (3.94%) Apache
1 8 (3.94%) IIS
1 8 (3.94%) SharePoint
1 8 (3.94%) Tomcat
2 4 (1.97%) Office Communications Server
3 3 (1.48%) Confluence
4 2 (0.99%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.99%) Tuxedo
5 1 (0.49%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.49%) WordPress
Applications
1 10 (4.93%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 26 (12.81%) NEC Housing
2 10 (4.93%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.49%) MIS ActiveH
3 1 (0.49%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.49%) Scribe Insight
Cloud Services
1 30 (14.78%) Azure
2 22 (10.84%) AWS
3 19 (9.36%) SaaS
4 13 (6.40%) Microsoft 365
4 13 (6.40%) Power Platform
5 10 (4.93%) Dynamics 365
6 8 (3.94%) IaaS
6 8 (3.94%) PaaS
7 7 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (3.45%) GitHub
7 7 (3.45%) GitHub Actions
8 5 (2.46%) Figma
9 4 (1.97%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 3 (1.48%) GCP
11 2 (0.99%) Power Automate
11 2 (0.99%) PowerApps
12 1 (0.49%) Azure API Management
12 1 (0.49%) Azure Logic Apps
12 1 (0.49%) Azure Storage
12 1 (0.49%) Scribe Online
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.93%) Firewall
2 4 (1.97%) Cisco Firepower
2 4 (1.97%) DNS
2 4 (1.97%) Network Security
2 4 (1.97%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (1.48%) SAN
4 2 (0.99%) Broadband
4 2 (0.99%) LAN
5 1 (0.49%) Ethernet
5 1 (0.49%) FlexRay
5 1 (0.49%) Intranet
5 1 (0.49%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.49%) VLAN
5 1 (0.49%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (7.39%) Oracle Database
2 14 (6.90%) PostgreSQL
3 12 (5.91%) Power BI
4 10 (4.93%) NoSQL
5 8 (3.94%) SQL Server
6 7 (3.45%) MySQL
6 7 (3.45%) Oracle Database 12c
7 6 (2.96%) MongoDB
7 6 (2.96%) Tableau
8 5 (2.46%) Data Warehouse
8 5 (2.46%) GIS
9 3 (1.48%) BusinessObjects
9 3 (1.48%) Semantic Layer
10 1 (0.49%) Data Mining
10 1 (0.49%) Geospatial Data
10 1 (0.49%) Metadata
10 1 (0.49%) Oracle Reports
10 1 (0.49%) QGIS
10 1 (0.49%) Spatial Data
10 1 (0.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 8 (3.94%) JIRA
2 7 (3.45%) SonarQube
3 1 (0.49%) GitLab
3 1 (0.49%) Visual Studio
General
1 67 (33.00%) Social Skills
2 59 (29.06%) Finance
3 43 (21.18%) Local Government
4 29 (14.29%) Police
5 25 (12.32%) Organisational Skills
6 22 (10.84%) Analytical Skills
7 13 (6.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 10 (4.93%) Marketing
9 8 (3.94%) Influencing Skills
9 8 (3.94%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (3.45%) Back Office
10 7 (3.45%) Retail
11 6 (2.96%) Electronics
11 6 (2.96%) Games
11 6 (2.96%) Legal
12 5 (2.46%) Social Housing
12 5 (2.46%) Telecoms
13 4 (1.97%) Manufacturing
14 3 (1.48%) Billing
15 2 (0.99%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 28 (13.79%) Lead
2 27 (13.30%) Consultant
3 26 (12.81%) Senior
4 19 (9.36%) Project Manager
5 18 (8.87%) Graduate
5 18 (8.87%) Graduate Consultant
5 18 (8.87%) Research Consultant
5 18 (8.87%) Resource Consultant
6 16 (7.88%) Business Manager
6 16 (7.88%) Developer
7 12 (5.91%) Architect
8 11 (5.42%) Lead Developer
9 10 (4.93%) Software Engineer
10 9 (4.43%) Business Change Manager
10 9 (4.43%) Business Change Project Manager
10 9 (4.43%) Business Project Manager
10 9 (4.43%) Change Manager
10 9 (4.43%) Change Project Manager
10 9 (4.43%) DevOps Engineer
10 9 (4.43%) Senior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.94%) RESTful
1 8 (3.94%) Web Services
2 7 (3.45%) ARM Templates
2 7 (3.45%) Azure Blueprints
3 6 (2.96%) Unity (Game Engine)
4 2 (0.99%) .NET
5 1 (0.49%) HTML
5 1 (0.49%) HTML5
5 1 (0.49%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 22 (10.84%) Self-Motivation
2 12 (5.91%) Public Cloud
3 11 (5.42%) Driving Licence
3 11 (5.42%) Mobile App
4 9 (4.43%) Management Information System
5 8 (3.94%) NHS
6 7 (3.45%) Onboarding
7 6 (2.96%) Augmented Reality
7 6 (2.96%) e-Learning
7 6 (2.96%) Virtual Reality
8 3 (1.48%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.48%) Housing Association
8 3 (1.48%) PMI
9 2 (0.99%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (0.99%) Data Centre
9 2 (0.99%) Product Ownership
10 1 (0.49%) Algorithms
10 1 (0.49%) IoT
10 1 (0.49%) Renewable Energy
10 1 (0.49%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 20 (9.85%) Windows
2 16 (7.88%) Unix
3 11 (5.42%) Linux
4 8 (3.94%) Solaris
5 5 (2.46%) Windows 10
6 3 (1.48%) Windows Server
6 3 (1.48%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (1.48%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (1.48%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.99%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.99%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.49%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (23.65%) Mentoring
2 42 (20.69%) Coaching
3 39 (19.21%) Customer Service
4 37 (18.23%) Agile
5 22 (10.84%) Problem-Solving
6 21 (10.34%) Stakeholder Management
7 20 (9.85%) Business Intelligence
7 20 (9.85%) CRM
8 19 (9.36%) Project Management
9 17 (8.37%) Software Engineering
9 17 (8.37%) Test Automation
10 16 (7.88%) Roadmaps
11 15 (7.39%) Business Development
11 15 (7.39%) Cybersecurity
12 14 (6.90%) Change Management
12 14 (6.90%) Data Governance
12 14 (6.90%) Server Management
13 13 (6.40%) ITIL
14 12 (5.91%) PRINCE2
15 10 (4.93%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 22 (10.84%) SQL
2 10 (4.93%) C#
3 9 (4.43%) JavaScript
4 8 (3.94%) Shell Script
5 7 (3.45%) Java
5 7 (3.45%) Python
6 2 (0.99%) C
6 2 (0.99%) COBOL
6 2 (0.99%) Embedded C
6 2 (0.99%) Micro Focus COBOL
7 1 (0.49%) C++
7 1 (0.49%) Embedded C++
7 1 (0.49%) MATLAB
7 1 (0.49%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.49%) VB
Qualifications
1 54 (26.60%) Security Cleared
2 39 (19.21%) Degree
3 12 (5.91%) DBS Check
4 11 (5.42%) SC Cleared
5 7 (3.45%) BPSS Clearance
5 7 (3.45%) Oracle Certification
6 5 (2.46%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (2.46%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (1.97%) CCNA
7 4 (1.97%) CISSP
7 4 (1.97%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.97%) Network+ Certification
8 3 (1.48%) ACCA
8 3 (1.48%) CISM
8 3 (1.48%) PMI Certification
8 3 (1.48%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
9 2 (0.99%) A+ Certification
9 2 (0.99%) AWS Certification
9 2 (0.99%) Citrix Certification
9 2 (0.99%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (15.27%) Accessibility
2 10 (4.93%) QA
3 9 (4.43%) NCSC
4 4 (1.97%) WCAG
5 3 (1.48%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (1.48%) GAAP
5 3 (1.48%) GDPR
5 3 (1.48%) IFRS
5 3 (1.48%) SLA
6 2 (0.99%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.99%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.99%) Disclosure Scotland
6 2 (0.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.49%) ISO 26262
7 1 (0.49%) MISRA
System Software
1 7 (3.45%) Docker
2 6 (2.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (2.46%) Hyper-V
4 3 (1.48%) Active Directory
4 3 (1.48%) vSphere
5 2 (0.99%) XenApp
5 2 (0.99%) XenDesktop
6 1 (0.49%) Firmware
6 1 (0.49%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.49%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 8 (3.94%) Ansible
1 8 (3.94%) Kubernetes
1 8 (3.94%) Terraform
2 1 (0.49%) Grafana
2 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.49%) Prometheus
2 1 (0.49%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 37 (18.23%) Microsoft
2 26 (12.81%) NEC
3 16 (7.88%) Oracle
4 9 (4.43%) Cisco
4 9 (4.43%) Salesforce
5 7 (3.45%) VMware
6 6 (2.96%) SAP
7 3 (1.48%) Atlassian
7 3 (1.48%) CA
7 3 (1.48%) YouTube
8 2 (0.99%) Citrix
8 2 (0.99%) Google
8 2 (0.99%) Meraki
8 2 (0.99%) Micro Focus
9 1 (0.49%) Databricks
9 1 (0.49%) NVIDIA