Public Sector Jobs in the North West

Public Sector
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West. 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 25 77 32
Rank change year-on-year +52 -45 +86
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 612 336 740
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 6.22% 4.29% 7.91%
As % of the General category 11.64% 6.32% 12.85%
Number of salaries quoted 396 198 287
10th Percentile £27,875 £29,650 £35,750
25th Percentile £40,988 £36,250 £40,132
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,965 £46,525 £53,112
Median % change year-on-year +24.59% -12.40% +6.22%
75th Percentile £71,991 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £84,964 £77,875 £90,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £54,100
% change year-on-year - +1.66% -1.64%

All General Skills
North West

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 West with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 5,258 5,320 5,759
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 53.45% 67.95% 61.56%
Number of salaries quoted 3,897 2,440 3,063
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,950 £28,250
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% - +10.53%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £67,500
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in the North West

Public Sector
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Public Sector in the North West

Public Sector
Salary Histogram in the North West

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

Salary histogram for Public Sector in the North West

Public Sector
Job Locations in the North West

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 West 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
Manchester +63 394 £57,965 +12.39% 77
Lancashire +28 101 £62,783 +69.81% 6
Cheshire +19 68 £55,000 +38.36% 19
Merseyside -17 38 £40,000 -14.42% 7
Cumbria - 11 £42,500 - 6
Public Sector
England

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 15 (2.45%) Confluence
2 11 (1.80%) SharePoint
3 9 (1.47%) IIS
4 6 (0.98%) Apache
4 6 (0.98%) Tomcat
5 5 (0.82%) JBoss
5 5 (0.82%) Red Hat Fuse
6 4 (0.65%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.33%) Anypoint
7 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.16%) CMS
8 1 (0.16%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.16%) Umbraco
Applications
1 13 (2.12%) Microsoft Office
2 11 (1.80%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.98%) Sketch
5 4 (0.65%) AutoCAD
5 4 (0.65%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.33%) Fusion 360
6 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.16%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.16%) InVision
7 1 (0.16%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 12 (1.96%) NEC Housing
2 4 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.65%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 4 (0.65%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.16%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 157 (25.65%) Azure
2 117 (19.12%) IBM Cloud
3 77 (12.58%) AWS
4 47 (7.68%) Power Platform
5 46 (7.52%) Serverless
6 43 (7.03%) Azure DevOps
7 41 (6.70%) Azure API Management
7 41 (6.70%) Azure Functions
7 41 (6.70%) Azure Logic Apps
7 41 (6.70%) Azure Service Bus
8 38 (6.21%) OCI
9 36 (5.88%) Amazon ECR
9 36 (5.88%) Amazon EKS
9 36 (5.88%) Amazon S3
9 36 (5.88%) Route 53
10 19 (3.10%) Microsoft 365
11 13 (2.12%) Azure Data Factory
12 10 (1.63%) PowerApps
13 9 (1.47%) Entra ID
14 7 (1.14%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.80%) WAN
2 9 (1.47%) Firewall
2 9 (1.47%) Network Security
3 8 (1.31%) DNS
3 8 (1.31%) SD-WAN
3 8 (1.31%) Wireless
4 6 (0.98%) Cisco Firepower
5 5 (0.82%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (0.65%) Cisco IOS
6 4 (0.65%) Cisco ISE
6 4 (0.65%) TETRA
6 4 (0.65%) VSAN
7 3 (0.49%) Internet
7 3 (0.49%) Intranet
7 3 (0.49%) SMS
8 2 (0.33%) BGP
8 2 (0.33%) Cisco ASA
8 2 (0.33%) EIGRP
8 2 (0.33%) OSPF
8 2 (0.33%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 98 (16.01%) NoSQL
2 90 (14.71%) PostgreSQL
3 85 (13.89%) MongoDB
4 78 (12.75%) DB2
5 41 (6.70%) Relational Database
6 37 (6.05%) Power BI
7 36 (5.88%) Amazon RDS
8 27 (4.41%) SQL Server
9 23 (3.76%) Data Warehouse
10 18 (2.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 15 (2.45%) Tableau
12 14 (2.29%) Oracle Database
13 10 (1.63%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
14 7 (1.14%) MySQL
15 6 (0.98%) Data Lake
15 6 (0.98%) Oracle Database 12c
16 5 (0.82%) Big Data
17 4 (0.65%) BusinessObjects
18 3 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
18 3 (0.49%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 21 (3.43%) JIRA
2 9 (1.47%) GitLab
3 7 (1.14%) Artifactory
4 5 (0.82%) IntelliJ
4 5 (0.82%) Visual Studio
5 4 (0.65%) Git
6 3 (0.49%) Burp Suite
6 3 (0.49%) Metasploit
7 2 (0.33%) LabVIEW
7 2 (0.33%) Maven
8 1 (0.16%) AdminStudio
8 1 (0.16%) Axure RP
8 1 (0.16%) Sonatype Nexus
8 1 (0.16%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 127 (20.75%) Social Skills
2 126 (20.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 114 (18.63%) Finance
4 44 (7.19%) Analytical Skills
5 36 (5.88%) Local Government
6 26 (4.25%) Presentation Skills
7 18 (2.94%) Organisational Skills
8 16 (2.61%) Influencing Skills
8 16 (2.61%) Police
9 15 (2.45%) Retail
10 14 (2.29%) Billing
11 11 (1.80%) Legal
12 9 (1.47%) Marketing
13 8 (1.31%) Back Office
14 7 (1.14%) Electronics
14 7 (1.14%) Manufacturing
15 6 (0.98%) Telecoms
16 4 (0.65%) Law
16 4 (0.65%) Military
17 3 (0.49%) Banking
Job Titles
1 127 (20.75%) Senior
2 92 (15.03%) Lead
3 83 (13.56%) Developer
4 48 (7.84%) Architect
5 47 (7.68%) Full Stack Developer
6 43 (7.03%) Azure Developer
7 40 (6.54%) DevOps Engineer
8 39 (6.37%) Azure Engineer
9 37 (6.05%) Full Stack Engineer
10 36 (5.88%) Senior DevOps
10 36 (5.88%) Senior DevOps Engineer
11 28 (4.58%) Analyst
12 27 (4.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 27 (4.41%) Project Manager
13 23 (3.76%) Junior
14 22 (3.59%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 20 (3.27%) Consultant
15 20 (3.27%) Designer
15 20 (3.27%) Programme Manager
16 18 (2.94%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 92 (15.03%) .NET
2 91 (14.87%) Web Services
3 86 (14.05%) HTML
4 85 (13.89%) AngularJS
4 85 (13.89%) REST
5 83 (13.56%) CSS
6 81 (13.24%) ASP.NET
6 81 (13.24%) ASP.NET Core
7 80 (13.07%) React
7 80 (13.07%) Vue
8 78 (12.75%) Backbone.js
8 78 (12.75%) Ember.js
8 78 (12.75%) jQuery
8 78 (12.75%) Twitter Bootstrap
9 46 (7.52%) Node.js
10 13 (2.12%) RESTful
11 8 (1.31%) Spring
12 7 (1.14%) Hibernate
13 5 (0.82%) JPA
13 5 (0.82%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 131 (21.41%) Hybrid Cloud
2 119 (19.44%) Blockchain
3 78 (12.75%) Algorithms
3 78 (12.75%) Data Structures
4 74 (12.09%) e-Learning
5 41 (6.70%) Public Cloud
6 22 (3.59%) Management Information System
7 18 (2.94%) NHS
8 17 (2.78%) Enterprise Software
9 15 (2.45%) Product Ownership
10 14 (2.29%) Housing Association
11 13 (2.12%) Driving Licence
12 12 (1.96%) Graphic Design
12 12 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
13 7 (1.14%) PKI
14 6 (0.98%) Data Centre
14 6 (0.98%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
15 4 (0.65%) Enterprise Storage
15 4 (0.65%) IoT
15 4 (0.65%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 108 (17.65%) Windows
2 95 (15.52%) Linux
3 78 (12.75%) Android
3 78 (12.75%) Apple iOS
4 20 (3.27%) Unix
5 7 (1.14%) Windows Server
6 6 (0.98%) Solaris
7 3 (0.49%) Kali Linux
7 3 (0.49%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.33%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.33%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.16%) Amazon Linux
9 1 (0.16%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 288 (47.06%) Coaching
2 275 (44.93%) Mentoring
3 203 (33.17%) Agile
4 129 (21.08%) Artificial Intelligence
5 105 (17.16%) DevOps
5 105 (17.16%) User Experience
6 103 (16.83%) Design Patterns
7 93 (15.20%) Co-Creation
8 84 (13.73%) Full Stack Development
9 82 (13.40%) OO
10 81 (13.24%) MVC
10 81 (13.24%) SOLID
11 80 (13.07%) MVVM
11 80 (13.07%) OOP
11 80 (13.07%) Web Development
12 79 (12.91%) Design Thinking
13 78 (12.75%) Responsive Web Design
14 63 (10.29%) Problem-Solving
15 56 (9.15%) Test Automation
16 54 (8.82%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 132 (21.57%) SQL
2 102 (16.67%) C#
3 98 (16.01%) JavaScript
4 72 (11.76%) Java
5 60 (9.80%) Python
6 14 (2.29%) T-SQL
7 6 (0.98%) Shell Script
8 5 (0.82%) C++
9 4 (0.65%) PowerShell
10 3 (0.49%) TypeScript
11 2 (0.33%) C
12 1 (0.16%) Bash
12 1 (0.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.16%) Kusto Query Language
12 1 (0.16%) PHP
Qualifications
1 62 (10.13%) Security Cleared
2 40 (6.54%) Degree
3 38 (6.21%) SC Cleared
4 14 (2.29%) ACCA
4 14 (2.29%) Cisco Certification
5 12 (1.96%) APMP
6 7 (1.14%) Azure Certification
6 7 (1.14%) DBS Check
7 6 (0.98%) (ISC)2 CCSP
7 6 (0.98%) AWS Certification
7 6 (0.98%) CCNP
7 6 (0.98%) CCSK
7 6 (0.98%) CCSP
7 6 (0.98%) CISM
7 6 (0.98%) CISSP
7 6 (0.98%) Oracle Certification
8 4 (0.65%) BC Cleared
8 4 (0.65%) CCNA
9 3 (0.49%) OSCE
9 3 (0.49%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (5.39%) Accessibility
2 21 (3.43%) WCAG
3 14 (2.29%) GAAP
3 14 (2.29%) IFRS
4 13 (2.12%) NIST
4 13 (2.12%) QA
5 7 (1.14%) NCSC
5 7 (1.14%) SLA
6 6 (0.98%) Data Quality
6 6 (0.98%) PMO
7 3 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.33%) Disclosure Scotland
8 2 (0.33%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.16%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.16%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 20 (3.27%) Active Directory
2 14 (2.29%) Hyper-V
3 11 (1.80%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (1.14%) Docker
5 4 (0.65%) vSphere
6 2 (0.33%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 50 (8.17%) Terraform
2 45 (7.35%) Kubernetes
3 36 (5.88%) Prometheus
4 13 (2.12%) Single Sign-On
5 12 (1.96%) Ansible
6 7 (1.14%) CA Single Sign-On
7 5 (0.82%) Microsoft Intune
8 3 (0.49%) Jamf Pro
8 3 (0.49%) Nessus
8 3 (0.49%) Nmap
8 3 (0.49%) SysTrack
9 2 (0.33%) SCCM
9 2 (0.33%) ZABBIX
10 1 (0.16%) Kiali
10 1 (0.16%) Kibana
Vendors
1 117 (19.12%) IBM
1 117 (19.12%) Red Hat
2 83 (13.56%) Microsoft
3 37 (6.05%) Dynatrace
4 28 (4.58%) YouTube
5 21 (3.43%) CA
6 20 (3.27%) ServiceNow
7 18 (2.94%) Oracle
8 17 (2.78%) SAP
9 16 (2.61%) VMware
10 14 (2.29%) Atlassian
11 12 (1.96%) NEC
12 11 (1.80%) Cisco
13 8 (1.31%) BMC
14 7 (1.14%) Aruba
14 7 (1.14%) CyberArk
15 6 (0.98%) HP
15 6 (0.98%) HubSpot
15 6 (0.98%) Splunk
16 5 (0.82%) Fortinet