Public Sector Jobs in the North of England

Public Sector
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Public Sector over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 26 75 40
Rank change year-on-year +49 -35 +38
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 1,143 745 1,252
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 6.54% 4.32% 6.94%
As % of the General category 11.77% 6.14% 11.92%
Number of salaries quoted 873 447 587
10th Percentile £31,579 £30,250 £31,200
25th Percentile £40,988 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,965 £46,223 £47,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.40% -1.65% -1.05%
75th Percentile £71,991 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £84,964 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £54,100
% change year-on-year - +1.66% -1.64%

All General Skills
North of England

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 advertised in the North of England with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 9,715 12,140 10,500
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 55.56% 70.39% 58.23%
Number of salaries quoted 7,357 5,141 6,085
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.65% +4.00% +9.89%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +4.35%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in the North of England

Public Sector
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Public Sector in the North of England.

Salary trend for Public Sector in the North of England

Public Sector
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in the North of England over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Public Sector in the North of England

Public Sector
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Public Sector within the North of England region over the 6 months to 8 May 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
North West +52 612 £57,965 +24.59% 126
Yorkshire +46 349 £57,965 +27.94% 59
North East +37 183 £50,251 +8.07% 19
Public Sector
England

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 38 (3.32%) Confluence
2 23 (2.01%) SharePoint
3 17 (1.49%) Microsoft Exchange
4 9 (0.79%) IIS
5 8 (0.70%) JBoss
5 8 (0.70%) Red Hat Fuse
6 6 (0.52%) Apache
6 6 (0.52%) Tomcat
7 5 (0.44%) ArcGIS
8 4 (0.35%) Umbraco
9 3 (0.26%) Anypoint
9 3 (0.26%) CMS
10 2 (0.17%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 32 (2.80%) Microsoft Office
2 31 (2.71%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (0.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.52%) Sketch
5 5 (0.44%) Spreadsheet
6 4 (0.35%) AutoCAD
6 4 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.35%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.17%) Fusion 360
8 1 (0.087%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.087%) InVision
8 1 (0.087%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 19 (1.66%) NEC Housing
2 11 (0.96%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.52%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.35%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 3 (0.26%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.26%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.17%) iTrent
6 2 (0.17%) SAP GRC
6 2 (0.17%) SAP HCM
6 2 (0.17%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 258 (22.57%) Azure
2 144 (12.60%) AWS
3 117 (10.24%) IBM Cloud
4 114 (9.97%) Power Platform
5 52 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
6 48 (4.20%) Microsoft 365
6 48 (4.20%) Serverless
7 41 (3.59%) Azure API Management
7 41 (3.59%) Azure Functions
7 41 (3.59%) Azure Logic Apps
7 41 (3.59%) Azure Service Bus
8 38 (3.32%) OCI
9 37 (3.24%) Amazon EKS
9 37 (3.24%) Amazon S3
10 36 (3.15%) Amazon ECR
10 36 (3.15%) Route 53
11 28 (2.45%) GitHub
12 25 (2.19%) GitHub Actions
13 20 (1.75%) Azure Data Factory
14 18 (1.57%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 24 (2.10%) Wi-Fi
2 23 (2.01%) Firewall
3 13 (1.14%) DNS
3 13 (1.14%) Network Security
3 13 (1.14%) WAN
4 9 (0.79%) SD-WAN
5 8 (0.70%) Wireless
6 7 (0.61%) Cisco Firepower
7 6 (0.52%) Intranet
8 4 (0.35%) Cisco IOS
8 4 (0.35%) Cisco ISE
8 4 (0.35%) TETRA
8 4 (0.35%) VSAN
9 3 (0.26%) 4G
9 3 (0.26%) 5G
9 3 (0.26%) BGP
9 3 (0.26%) Cisco ASA
9 3 (0.26%) Internet
9 3 (0.26%) OSPF
9 3 (0.26%) Spanning Tree
Database & Business Intelligence
1 131 (11.46%) NoSQL
2 107 (9.36%) PostgreSQL
3 101 (8.84%) Power BI
4 100 (8.75%) MongoDB
5 78 (6.82%) DB2
6 52 (4.55%) SQL Server
7 43 (3.76%) Relational Database
8 40 (3.50%) Data Warehouse
8 40 (3.50%) Tableau
9 37 (3.24%) Amazon RDS
10 34 (2.97%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 21 (1.84%) MySQL
12 14 (1.22%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
12 14 (1.22%) Oracle Database
13 9 (0.79%) Data Lake
13 9 (0.79%) Power Query
14 8 (0.70%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 6 (0.52%) Oracle Database 12c
15 6 (0.52%) QlikView
16 5 (0.44%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 51 (4.46%) JIRA
2 29 (2.54%) GitLab
3 25 (2.19%) CircleCI
4 21 (1.84%) Artifactory
5 12 (1.05%) Git
6 8 (0.70%) IntelliJ
7 5 (0.44%) Visual Studio
8 4 (0.35%) Cucumber
9 3 (0.26%) Burp Suite
9 3 (0.26%) Jenkins
9 3 (0.26%) Metasploit
9 3 (0.26%) Octopus Deploy
9 3 (0.26%) Selenium
9 3 (0.26%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.17%) Cypress.io
10 2 (0.17%) LabVIEW
10 2 (0.17%) Maven
10 2 (0.17%) SonarQube
10 2 (0.17%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 2 (0.17%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 250 (21.87%) Social Skills
2 232 (20.30%) Finance
3 152 (13.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 98 (8.57%) Analytical Skills
5 63 (5.51%) Local Government
6 47 (4.11%) Presentation Skills
7 41 (3.59%) Organisational Skills
8 38 (3.32%) Influencing Skills
9 37 (3.24%) Police
10 32 (2.80%) Retail
11 27 (2.36%) Billing
12 13 (1.14%) Marketing
13 12 (1.05%) Legal
14 10 (0.87%) Back Office
14 10 (0.87%) Law
15 9 (0.79%) Manufacturing
16 8 (0.70%) Banking
17 7 (0.61%) Electronics
17 7 (0.61%) Games
17 7 (0.61%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 282 (24.67%) Senior
2 210 (18.37%) Lead
3 149 (13.04%) Developer
4 103 (9.01%) Architect
5 79 (6.91%) Analyst
6 60 (5.25%) Full Stack Developer
7 59 (5.16%) DevOps Engineer
8 55 (4.81%) Project Manager
9 52 (4.55%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 49 (4.29%) Azure Developer
11 47 (4.11%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
12 44 (3.85%) Senior DevOps
12 44 (3.85%) Senior DevOps Engineer
13 41 (3.59%) Agile Coach
13 41 (3.59%) Consultant
13 41 (3.59%) Designer
13 41 (3.59%) Programme Manager
13 41 (3.59%) Solutions Architect
14 40 (3.50%) Azure Engineer
15 37 (3.24%) Full Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 128 (11.20%) .NET
2 103 (9.01%) AngularJS
3 97 (8.49%) React
4 95 (8.31%) HTML
5 94 (8.22%) Web Services
6 91 (7.96%) CSS
7 89 (7.79%) REST
8 85 (7.44%) ASP.NET
9 83 (7.26%) Vue
10 82 (7.17%) ASP.NET Core
11 78 (6.82%) Backbone.js
11 78 (6.82%) Ember.js
11 78 (6.82%) jQuery
11 78 (6.82%) Twitter Bootstrap
12 50 (4.37%) Node.js
13 43 (3.76%) RESTful
14 14 (1.22%) .NET Core
14 14 (1.22%) Spring
15 11 (0.96%) JSON
16 10 (0.87%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 150 (13.12%) Hybrid Cloud
2 122 (10.67%) Blockchain
3 107 (9.36%) Public Cloud
4 78 (6.82%) Algorithms
4 78 (6.82%) Data Structures
5 74 (6.47%) e-Learning
6 39 (3.41%) NHS
7 31 (2.71%) Enterprise Software
7 31 (2.71%) Management Information System
8 27 (2.36%) Housing Association
9 25 (2.19%) Distributed Systems
10 22 (1.92%) Driving Licence
11 21 (1.84%) Product Ownership
12 12 (1.05%) Graphic Design
12 12 (1.05%) PKI
12 12 (1.05%) Self-Motivation
13 8 (0.70%) Data Centre
14 7 (0.61%) IoT
15 6 (0.52%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
16 5 (0.44%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 137 (11.99%) Windows
2 124 (10.85%) Linux
3 78 (6.82%) Android
3 78 (6.82%) Apple iOS
4 30 (2.62%) Unix
5 10 (0.87%) Windows Server 2016
5 10 (0.87%) Windows Server 2019
6 9 (0.79%) Windows Server
7 6 (0.52%) Solaris
8 5 (0.44%) Windows 10
9 3 (0.26%) Amazon Linux
9 3 (0.26%) Kali Linux
9 3 (0.26%) Windows Server 2008
10 2 (0.17%) AIX
10 2 (0.17%) Mac OS
11 1 (0.087%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.087%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 508 (44.44%) Coaching
2 500 (43.74%) Mentoring
3 334 (29.22%) Agile
4 156 (13.65%) Artificial Intelligence
5 146 (12.77%) DevOps
6 141 (12.34%) Problem-Solving
7 131 (11.46%) Design Patterns
8 123 (10.76%) User Experience
9 120 (10.50%) Stakeholder Management
10 117 (10.24%) Business Intelligence
11 116 (10.15%) Full Stack Development
12 114 (9.97%) Co-Creation
13 101 (8.84%) Service Management
14 95 (8.31%) Project Management
15 93 (8.14%) ITIL
16 87 (7.61%) Roadmaps
17 85 (7.44%) MVC
18 84 (7.35%) Web Development
19 82 (7.17%) OO
20 81 (7.09%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 209 (18.29%) SQL
2 131 (11.46%) C#
3 119 (10.41%) JavaScript
4 95 (8.31%) Java
5 70 (6.12%) Python
6 22 (1.92%) T-SQL
7 11 (0.96%) TypeScript
8 10 (0.87%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 6 (0.52%) PowerShell
9 6 (0.52%) Shell Script
10 5 (0.44%) C++
11 3 (0.26%) Bash
12 2 (0.17%) C
13 1 (0.087%) JCL
13 1 (0.087%) Kusto Query Language
13 1 (0.087%) PHP
13 1 (0.087%) REXX
Qualifications
1 95 (8.31%) Security Cleared
2 60 (5.25%) SC Cleared
3 57 (4.99%) Degree
4 27 (2.36%) ACCA
5 16 (1.40%) Cisco Certification
6 12 (1.05%) APMP
7 11 (0.96%) Microsoft Certification
8 8 (0.70%) Azure Certification
8 8 (0.70%) CISM
8 8 (0.70%) CISSP
8 8 (0.70%) DBS Check
9 7 (0.61%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 7 (0.61%) AWS Certification
9 7 (0.61%) CCNP
9 7 (0.61%) CCSP
10 6 (0.52%) CCSK
10 6 (0.52%) Oracle Certification
11 5 (0.44%) BC Cleared
11 5 (0.44%) CCNA
12 4 (0.35%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (6.65%) Accessibility
2 56 (4.90%) WCAG
3 27 (2.36%) GAAP
3 27 (2.36%) IFRS
3 27 (2.36%) QA
4 18 (1.57%) NIST
5 15 (1.31%) SLA
6 11 (0.96%) Data Quality
7 10 (0.87%) NCSC
8 8 (0.70%) PMO
9 5 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 2 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.17%) Disclosure Scotland
10 2 (0.17%) GRC
10 2 (0.17%) ISO 9001
11 1 (0.087%) Actionable Recommendations
11 1 (0.087%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.087%) GDPR
11 1 (0.087%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.087%) SOC 2
System Software
1 44 (3.85%) Active Directory
2 42 (3.67%) Docker
3 18 (1.57%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (1.22%) Hyper-V
5 11 (0.96%) Virtual Servers
6 7 (0.61%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.35%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 4 (0.35%) vSphere
8 3 (0.26%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.087%) NFS
9 1 (0.087%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 95 (8.31%) Terraform
2 77 (6.74%) Kubernetes
3 40 (3.50%) Prometheus
4 30 (2.62%) Ansible
5 18 (1.57%) Single Sign-On
6 12 (1.05%) CA Single Sign-On
7 8 (0.70%) Grafana
8 7 (0.61%) SysTrack
9 5 (0.44%) Microsoft Intune
10 4 (0.35%) Jamf Pro
11 3 (0.26%) Nessus
11 3 (0.26%) Nmap
12 2 (0.17%) Kibana
12 2 (0.17%) SCCM
12 2 (0.17%) ZABBIX
13 1 (0.087%) HP ALM
13 1 (0.087%) Istio
13 1 (0.087%) Kiali
13 1 (0.087%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 190 (16.62%) Microsoft
2 120 (10.50%) IBM
3 119 (10.41%) Red Hat
4 40 (3.50%) CA
5 39 (3.41%) Dynatrace
6 37 (3.24%) ServiceNow
7 35 (3.06%) Atlassian
8 32 (2.80%) VMware
9 29 (2.54%) Oracle
10 28 (2.45%) YouTube
11 27 (2.36%) SAP
12 20 (1.75%) Cisco
13 19 (1.66%) NEC
14 15 (1.31%) Aruba
15 14 (1.22%) Splunk
16 13 (1.14%) BMC
17 12 (1.05%) CyberArk
17 12 (1.05%) Palo Alto
18 9 (0.79%) EMC
19 7 (0.61%) HP