Public Sector Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Public Sector
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in permanent job vacancies in West Yorkshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 18 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 40 24
Rank change year-on-year +4 -16 +40
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 133 67 206
As % of all permanent jobs in West Yorkshire 4.37% 5.87% 7.20%
As % of the General category 8.83% 8.15% 11.41%
Number of salaries quoted 114 56 175
10th Percentile £29,500 £28,813 £31,579
25th Percentile £44,578 £38,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £49,500 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.06% - +13.79%
75th Percentile £68,750 £61,750 £71,991
90th Percentile £77,500 £74,125 £91,000
Yorkshire median annual salary £51,500 £50,000 £57,965
% change year-on-year +3.00% -13.74% +28.81%

All General Skills
West Yorkshire

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 general skills in West Yorkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,506 822 1,805
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 49.46% 72.04% 63.11%
Number of salaries quoted 876 533 1,384
10th Percentile £28,250 £25,313 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,886 £70,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,000 £85,000
Yorkshire median annual salary £48,445 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +1.99% - -12.04%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Public Sector relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire.

Public Sector job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

Public Sector
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Public Sector.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Public Sector

Public Sector
Salary Histogram in West Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 18 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Public Sector in West Yorkshire

Public Sector
Job Locations in West Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 18 April 2026. 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
Leeds -3 118 £55,000 +11.11% 44
Bradford -17 7 £40,000 -20.00% 5
Wakefield -5 3 £40,000 -16.74%
Huddersfield -10 2 £47,000 -24.80% 4
Public Sector
Yorkshire

Public Sector
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 5 (3.76%) Drupal
1 5 (3.76%) nginx
1 5 (3.76%) SharePoint
1 5 (3.76%) WordPress
2 4 (3.01%) Apache Spark
2 4 (3.01%) CMS
3 2 (1.50%) Confluence
3 2 (1.50%) Umbraco
4 1 (0.75%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.75%) Palantir Foundry
4 1 (0.75%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (2.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.75%) FrameMaker
2 1 (0.75%) MadCap Flare
2 1 (0.75%) MS Visio
2 1 (0.75%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 2 (1.50%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.75%) Oracle EBS
Cloud Services
1 35 (26.32%) AWS
2 28 (21.05%) Azure
3 13 (9.77%) Power Platform
4 9 (6.77%) Serverless
5 8 (6.02%) GCP
6 7 (5.26%) OCI
7 6 (4.51%) PowerApps
8 5 (3.76%) Amazon ECS
8 5 (3.76%) GitHub
9 4 (3.01%) Amazon EKS
9 4 (3.01%) AWS Lambda
10 3 (2.26%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (2.26%) Entra ID
10 3 (2.26%) Microsoft 365
11 2 (1.50%) AWS Fargate
11 2 (1.50%) Azure AKS
11 2 (1.50%) Azure Data Factory
11 2 (1.50%) Dynamics 365
11 2 (1.50%) GitHub Actions
11 2 (1.50%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 7 (5.26%) Firewall
2 5 (3.76%) NGFW
2 5 (3.76%) VXLAN
2 5 (3.76%) Wi-Fi
2 5 (3.76%) Wireshark
3 2 (1.50%) Intranet
3 2 (1.50%) VPN
4 1 (0.75%) Cisco Firepower
4 1 (0.75%) LAN
4 1 (0.75%) SSL
4 1 (0.75%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.26%) MongoDB
1 7 (5.26%) Power BI
2 6 (4.51%) Metadata
2 6 (4.51%) MySQL
3 5 (3.76%) MariaDB
4 4 (3.01%) NoSQL
4 4 (3.01%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (3.01%) SQL Server
5 3 (2.26%) BigQuery
5 3 (2.26%) Relational Database
6 2 (1.50%) DynamoDB
6 2 (1.50%) Looker
6 2 (1.50%) Oracle BI Publisher
7 1 (0.75%) Amazon Athena
7 1 (0.75%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.75%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.75%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.75%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.75%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 7 (5.26%) Jenkins
2 5 (3.76%) GitLab
3 3 (2.26%) Git
4 2 (1.50%) JIRA
5 1 (0.75%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.75%) Gatling
5 1 (0.75%) JMeter
5 1 (0.75%) JUnit
5 1 (0.75%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.75%) Selenium
General
1 39 (29.32%) Social Skills
2 19 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 18 (13.53%) Finance
4 7 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 7 (5.26%) Local Government
5 6 (4.51%) Legal
6 5 (3.76%) Police
7 4 (3.01%) Influencing Skills
7 4 (3.01%) Marketing
7 4 (3.01%) Pharmaceutical
7 4 (3.01%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (2.26%) Telecoms
9 2 (1.50%) Advertising
9 2 (1.50%) Banking
9 2 (1.50%) Billing
9 2 (1.50%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.50%) Health Technology
9 2 (1.50%) Investment Banking
9 2 (1.50%) Law
9 2 (1.50%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 43 (32.33%) Senior
2 22 (16.54%) Senior Manager
3 15 (11.28%) Developer
4 14 (10.53%) Architect
5 12 (9.02%) Analyst
6 9 (6.77%) Account Manager
7 8 (6.02%) Digital Project Manager
7 8 (6.02%) Project Manager
8 7 (5.26%) Python Developer
8 7 (5.26%) Senior Digital Project Manager
8 7 (5.26%) Senior Project Manager
9 6 (4.51%) Business Analyst
9 6 (4.51%) Data Engineer
9 6 (4.51%) Portfolio Manager
10 5 (3.76%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
10 5 (3.76%) Network Manager
10 5 (3.76%) Network Operations Manager
10 5 (3.76%) Sales Manager
10 5 (3.76%) Senior Architect
10 5 (3.76%) Supplier Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (7.52%) React
2 7 (5.26%) Vue
3 6 (4.51%) CSS
3 6 (4.51%) HTML
4 5 (3.76%) RESTful
5 4 (3.01%) Django
5 4 (3.01%) FastAPI
5 4 (3.01%) Flask
5 4 (3.01%) REST
6 3 (2.26%) Elastic Stack
6 3 (2.26%) Node.js
6 3 (2.26%) PySpark
6 3 (2.26%) Spring
6 3 (2.26%) Spring Boot
7 2 (1.50%) .NET Framework
7 2 (1.50%) ASP.NET
7 2 (1.50%) Java EE
7 2 (1.50%) JPA
7 2 (1.50%) Oracle Fusion
7 2 (1.50%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 9 (6.77%) Legacy Systems
2 7 (5.26%) NHS
2 7 (5.26%) Onboarding
3 6 (4.51%) Data Centre
3 6 (4.51%) Legacy Applications
3 6 (4.51%) PKI
4 5 (3.76%) Data Structures
4 5 (3.76%) Hybrid Cloud
5 4 (3.01%) Low-Code
5 4 (3.01%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (2.26%) Cloud Native
6 3 (2.26%) Distributed Systems
6 3 (2.26%) PMI
7 2 (1.50%) Distributed Architecture
7 2 (1.50%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.50%) Hedge funds
7 2 (1.50%) Linux Command Line
7 2 (1.50%) Management Information System
7 2 (1.50%) Product Ownership
7 2 (1.50%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.50%) Windows
2 1 (0.75%) Linux
2 1 (0.75%) Unix
2 1 (0.75%) VME
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (44.36%) Mentoring
2 54 (40.60%) Coaching
3 43 (32.33%) Agile
4 30 (22.56%) Problem-Solving
5 22 (16.54%) Continuous Improvement
6 16 (12.03%) CI/CD
7 13 (9.77%) Analytics
7 13 (9.77%) Roadmaps
8 12 (9.02%) Project Delivery
9 11 (8.27%) Business Intelligence
9 11 (8.27%) Cybersecurity
9 11 (8.27%) Decision-Making
9 11 (8.27%) Stakeholder Management
9 11 (8.27%) Test Automation
10 10 (7.52%) DevOps
11 9 (6.77%) Data Analysis
12 8 (6.02%) AI
12 8 (6.02%) Collaborative Working
12 8 (6.02%) Data Modelling
12 8 (6.02%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 21 (15.79%) Python
2 18 (13.53%) SQL
3 11 (8.27%) JavaScript
4 7 (5.26%) Java
5 4 (3.01%) Scala
5 4 (3.01%) VBA
6 3 (2.26%) T-SQL
7 2 (1.50%) Bash
7 2 (1.50%) C#
7 2 (1.50%) PL/SQL
7 2 (1.50%) PowerShell
7 2 (1.50%) R
8 1 (0.75%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 8 (6.02%) Degree
2 7 (5.26%) Security Cleared
3 6 (4.51%) SC Cleared
4 5 (3.76%) AWS Certification
5 3 (2.26%) PMI Certification
6 2 (1.50%) ACCA
6 2 (1.50%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.75%) CBAP
7 1 (0.75%) CCNA
7 1 (0.75%) CCNP
7 1 (0.75%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.75%) CISM
7 1 (0.75%) CISSP
7 1 (0.75%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (6.02%) Accessibility
2 7 (5.26%) Data Quality
3 6 (4.51%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (4.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 6 (4.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (3.76%) ISO 9001
4 5 (3.76%) QA
5 2 (1.50%) EU AI Act
5 2 (1.50%) GAAP
5 2 (1.50%) GDPR
5 2 (1.50%) IFRS
5 2 (1.50%) P3O
5 2 (1.50%) WCAG
6 1 (0.75%) HL7
6 1 (0.75%) PMO
6 1 (0.75%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (9.02%) Docker
2 2 (1.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 14 (10.53%) Terraform
2 8 (6.02%) Ansible
3 6 (4.51%) Kubernetes
4 3 (2.26%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (1.50%) Kibana
6 1 (0.75%) Argo
Vendors
1 14 (10.53%) Microsoft
2 9 (6.77%) Oracle
3 7 (5.26%) Databricks
3 7 (5.26%) Palantir
4 5 (3.76%) Arista
4 5 (3.76%) Aruba
4 5 (3.76%) NetScout
5 3 (2.26%) Google
5 3 (2.26%) SAP
6 2 (1.50%) AppDynamics
6 2 (1.50%) CyberArk
6 2 (1.50%) IBM
6 2 (1.50%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.50%) Sparx
7 1 (0.75%) Foundry
7 1 (0.75%) Juniper
7 1 (0.75%) Okta
7 1 (0.75%) OutSystems
7 1 (0.75%) Palo Alto
7 1 (0.75%) Splunk