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 15 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 77 72 71
Rank change year-on-year -5 -1 -17
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 136 274 259
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 3.34% 3.17% 4.50%
As % of the General category 5.66% 5.77% 5.96%
Number of salaries quoted 80 230 201
10th Percentile £32,500 £23,000 £31,710
25th Percentile £40,626 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,750 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.91% - +1.85%
75th Percentile £73,750 £66,222 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £84,964 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -

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 2,402 4,749 4,347
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 59.08% 55.00% 75.47%
Number of salaries quoted 1,089 3,089 2,227
10th Percentile £27,700 £25,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £33,750 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -9.52% +10.53%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £73,960 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

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 15 June 2025.

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 15 June 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
Birmingham -24 54 £72,500 +25.08% 75
Solihull +32 26 £60,000 +45.45% 3
Staffordshire +7 22 £35,000 +56.25% 18
Warwickshire -4 9 £69,700 +16.17% 12
Worcestershire +23 8 £65,000 +36.84% 1
Wolverhampton +18 3 £51,000 +7.37% 1
Coventry -6 2 £52,500 -24.59% 5
Shropshire +15 1 £65,000 +36.84%
Dudley - 1 - - 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 25 (18.38%) Confluence
2 4 (2.94%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.47%) nginx
4 1 (0.74%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.74%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.74%) SAS
Applications
1 5 (3.68%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (3.68%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.47%) Mozilla Thunderbird
Business Applications
1 1 (0.74%) Relativity
1 1 (0.74%) SAP ERP
1 1 (0.74%) SAP HCM
1 1 (0.74%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 43 (31.62%) AWS
2 35 (25.74%) Azure
3 28 (20.59%) Amazon EC2
4 26 (19.12%) Amazon S3
5 24 (17.65%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 24 (17.65%) AWS KMS
6 18 (13.24%) Amazon ELB
6 18 (13.24%) Virtual Private Cloud
7 16 (11.76%) Amazon Glacier
8 10 (7.35%) Microsoft 365
8 10 (7.35%) Power Platform
9 9 (6.62%) GitHub
10 8 (5.88%) Amazon SQS
10 8 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
10 8 (5.88%) GitHub Actions
10 8 (5.88%) Route 53
10 8 (5.88%) SaaS
11 6 (4.41%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 6 (4.41%) GCP
11 6 (4.41%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (13.24%) Firewall
2 12 (8.82%) WAN
3 11 (8.09%) LAN
4 7 (5.15%) DNS
4 7 (5.15%) FTP
4 7 (5.15%) HTTP
4 7 (5.15%) SMTP
4 7 (5.15%) SSH
5 2 (1.47%) IMAP
5 2 (1.47%) MPLS
5 2 (1.47%) OpenLDAP
5 2 (1.47%) VoIP
6 1 (0.74%) Network Security
6 1 (0.74%) PuTTY
6 1 (0.74%) SAN
6 1 (0.74%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.74%) VLAN
6 1 (0.74%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (19.12%) Amazon RDS
2 16 (11.76%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (7.35%) Amazon Aurora
4 8 (5.88%) Power BI
5 7 (5.15%) DynamoDB
5 7 (5.15%) NoSQL
6 6 (4.41%) BigQuery
7 5 (3.68%) Amazon Redshift
8 4 (2.94%) Tableau
9 3 (2.21%) RDBMS
9 3 (2.21%) Redis
9 3 (2.21%) Relational Database
10 2 (1.47%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (1.47%) Looker
10 2 (1.47%) Metadata
10 2 (1.47%) MongoDB
10 2 (1.47%) SQL Server
11 1 (0.74%) Data Mining
11 1 (0.74%) DB2
11 1 (0.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 32 (23.53%) Git
2 28 (20.59%) Jenkins
2 28 (20.59%) JIRA
3 18 (13.24%) Vagrant
4 15 (11.03%) SonarQube
5 9 (6.62%) JUnit
5 9 (6.62%) Maven
5 9 (6.62%) Mockito
6 6 (4.41%) Bitbucket Server
6 6 (4.41%) DbUnit
6 6 (4.41%) jMock
7 2 (1.47%) JMeter
8 1 (0.74%) ERwin
8 1 (0.74%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 49 (36.03%) Finance
2 27 (19.85%) Social Skills
3 25 (18.38%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (13.24%) Marketing
5 11 (8.09%) Local Government
6 10 (7.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (4.41%) Presentation Skills
7 6 (4.41%) Telecoms
8 4 (2.94%) Legal
8 4 (2.94%) Retail
9 3 (2.21%) Police
10 2 (1.47%) Advertising
10 2 (1.47%) Banking
11 1 (0.74%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.74%) Electronics
11 1 (0.74%) Games
11 1 (0.74%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.74%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.74%) Public Speaking
Job Titles
1 34 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 22 (16.18%) Support Engineer
3 21 (15.44%) Infrastructure Support
3 21 (15.44%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
4 17 (12.50%) Developer
5 16 (11.76%) Lead
6 12 (8.82%) DevOps Engineer
6 12 (8.82%) Java Developer
7 8 (5.88%) Architect
7 8 (5.88%) AWS Engineer
7 8 (5.88%) Senior
8 7 (5.15%) Analyst
8 7 (5.15%) Lead Developer
9 6 (4.41%) AWS Infrastructure Engineer
9 6 (4.41%) Data Architect
9 6 (4.41%) Lead Java Developer
9 6 (4.41%) Marketing Manager
9 6 (4.41%) Operations Manager
10 5 (3.68%) Civil Engineer
10 5 (3.68%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (8.82%) Spring
1 12 (8.82%) Spring Boot
2 10 (7.35%) ActiveMQ
2 10 (7.35%) RESTful
3 9 (6.62%) Web Services
4 8 (5.88%) AngularJS
4 8 (5.88%) Bootstrap
4 8 (5.88%) Hibernate
4 8 (5.88%) SOAP
5 7 (5.15%) JPA
5 7 (5.15%) REST
6 6 (4.41%) PowerMock
6 6 (4.41%) Spring Batch
6 6 (4.41%) Spring Integration
7 5 (3.68%) ARM Templates
7 5 (3.68%) Azure Blueprints
8 3 (2.21%) FastAPI
8 3 (2.21%) Flask
8 3 (2.21%) GraphQL
8 3 (2.21%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 13 (9.56%) Replication
2 11 (8.09%) Legacy Systems
2 11 (8.09%) Onboarding
3 7 (5.15%) Data Centre
3 7 (5.15%) Hybrid Cloud
3 7 (5.15%) Management Information System
3 7 (5.15%) NHS
4 6 (4.41%) Marketing Technology
5 5 (3.68%) Data Structures
5 5 (3.68%) Distributed Systems
5 5 (3.68%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (2.94%) Distributed Architecture
7 3 (2.21%) e-Learning
7 3 (2.21%) Enterprise Storage
7 3 (2.21%) Renewable Energy
7 3 (2.21%) SCADA
7 3 (2.21%) Social Media
8 2 (1.47%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.47%) CCTV
8 2 (1.47%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 32 (23.53%) Windows
2 28 (20.59%) Linux
3 18 (13.24%) VMS
4 14 (10.29%) Windows Server
5 7 (5.15%) Amazon Linux
6 4 (2.94%) Windows Server 2012
7 3 (2.21%) Ubuntu
7 3 (2.21%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (1.47%) Rocky
9 1 (0.74%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.74%) Unix
9 1 (0.74%) Windows 10
9 1 (0.74%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (25.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 32 (23.53%) Agile
3 31 (22.79%) DevOps
4 30 (22.06%) Software Engineering
5 23 (16.91%) Intelligent Automation
5 23 (16.91%) Project Management
6 22 (16.18%) Change Management
7 20 (14.71%) Artificial Intelligence
8 19 (13.97%) Analytics
8 19 (13.97%) Business Development
8 19 (13.97%) Containerisation
9 18 (13.24%) Cloud Security
9 18 (13.24%) Configuration Management
10 17 (12.50%) Decision-Making
10 17 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
11 16 (11.76%) Mentoring
12 14 (10.29%) Collaborative Working
13 13 (9.56%) Business Strategy
13 13 (9.56%) Data Governance
13 13 (9.56%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 28 (20.59%) Python
1 28 (20.59%) SQL
2 22 (16.18%) PowerShell
3 20 (14.71%) Java
4 18 (13.24%) Groovy
5 5 (3.68%) JavaScript
5 5 (3.68%) Perl
6 3 (2.21%) R
7 2 (1.47%) Bash
7 2 (1.47%) PHP
7 2 (1.47%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.74%) ABAP
8 1 (0.74%) C
8 1 (0.74%) C#
8 1 (0.74%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (0.74%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.74%) PROC SQL
Qualifications
1 39 (28.68%) Security Cleared
2 28 (20.59%) SC Cleared
3 14 (10.29%) Degree
3 14 (10.29%) Microsoft Certification
4 11 (8.09%) A+ Certification
4 11 (8.09%) BPSS Clearance
4 11 (8.09%) MCP
4 11 (8.09%) MCSA
4 11 (8.09%) MCSE
5 8 (5.88%) Azure Certification
6 4 (2.94%) AWS Certification
7 3 (2.21%) DBS Check
8 2 (1.47%) Chartered Engineer
8 2 (1.47%) CISA
8 2 (1.47%) CISM
8 2 (1.47%) CRISC
8 2 (1.47%) DV Cleared
8 2 (1.47%) HNC
8 2 (1.47%) HND
8 2 (1.47%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (5.88%) GDPR
2 7 (5.15%) QA
3 6 (4.41%) California Consumer Privacy Act
3 6 (4.41%) NCSC
4 4 (2.94%) Accessibility
5 3 (2.21%) GRC
5 3 (2.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (1.47%) Cyber Essentials
6 2 (1.47%) Data Quality
6 2 (1.47%) PMO
7 1 (0.74%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 20000
7 1 (0.74%) NIST
7 1 (0.74%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 31 (22.79%) Active Directory
2 28 (20.59%) Docker
3 13 (9.56%) DFS Replication
4 4 (2.94%) Postfix
4 4 (2.94%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (2.21%) Hyper-V
6 2 (1.47%) Dovecot
6 2 (1.47%) Squid
7 1 (0.74%) Apache Flume
7 1 (0.74%) HDFS
Systems Management
1 24 (17.65%) Grafana
1 24 (17.65%) Prometheus
1 24 (17.65%) Terraform
2 17 (12.50%) Ansible
3 15 (11.03%) Kubernetes
4 3 (2.21%) Kibana
5 2 (1.47%) Cisco CUCM
5 2 (1.47%) Nessus
5 2 (1.47%) Proxmox
6 1 (0.74%) EMC NetWorker
6 1 (0.74%) logstash
6 1 (0.74%) Oozie
6 1 (0.74%) SCCM
Vendors
1 31 (22.79%) Microsoft
2 19 (13.97%) ServiceNow
3 11 (8.09%) Juniper
4 10 (7.35%) Google
5 6 (4.41%) Atlassian
6 5 (3.68%) Dell
6 5 (3.68%) Facebook
7 4 (2.94%) Cisco
7 4 (2.94%) Citrix
7 4 (2.94%) Jaspersoft
7 4 (2.94%) Oracle
7 4 (2.94%) VMware
8 3 (2.21%) Databricks
8 3 (2.21%) IBM
8 3 (2.21%) Isilon
8 3 (2.21%) SAP
8 3 (2.21%) Splunk
8 3 (2.21%) YouTube
9 2 (1.47%) Dynatrace
9 2 (1.47%) Red Hat