Public Sector Job Trends, Salaries & Related Skills in the Wirral

Public Sector
Merseyside > Wirral

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in permanent job vacancies in the Wirral. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 13 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 13 Apr 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	8	-	-
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	-
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector	1	0	0
As % of all permanent jobs in the Wirral	1.89%	-	-
As % of the General category	7.14%	-	-
Number of salaries quoted	1	0	0
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£30,000	-	-
Merseyside median annual salary	£55,000	£32,000	£40,000
% change year-on-year	+71.88%	-20.00%	-15.06%

All General Skills
Wirral

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 the Wirral.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills	14	2	27
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Wirral	26.42%	40.00%	42.19%
Number of salaries quoted	11	2	23
10^th Percentile	-	£34,450	£31,000
25^th Percentile	-	£36,625	£36,250
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£55,000	£45,500	£37,500
Median % change year-on-year	+20.88%	+21.33%	-
75^th Percentile	£65,000	£56,625	£47,500
90^th Percentile	-	£60,150	£49,500
Merseyside median annual salary	£42,500	£41,000	£40,000
% change year-on-year	+3.66%	+2.50%	-11.11%