Public Sector Jobs in Scotland

Public Sector
UK > Scotland

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland. 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 131 55 38
Rank change year-on-year -76 -17 +40
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 171 225 381
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 2.54% 4.86% 6.59%
As % of the General category 3.52% 6.46% 10.74%
Number of salaries quoted 74 98 160
10th Percentile £31,250 £24,450 £32,988
25th Percentile £38,849 £37,010 £39,659
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,674 £50,719 £45,741
Median % change year-on-year -11.92% +10.88% -3.70%
75th Percentile £52,500 £65,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £62,016 £75,750 £66,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £56,480 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.62% +2.69% -

All General Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 4,862 3,482 3,548
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 72.32% 75.17% 61.36%
Number of salaries quoted 1,553 1,677 1,946
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,650 £31,133
25th Percentile £38,750 £41,250 £40,606
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £57,500 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.43% +5.50% +9.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £83,510 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing Public Sector as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in Scotland

Public Sector
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Public Sector in Scotland.

Salary trend for Public Sector in Scotland

Public Sector
Salary Histogram in Scotland

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

Salary histogram for Public Sector in Scotland

Public Sector
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Public Sector within the Scotland 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
Glasgow -122 69 £42,500 -26.82% 33
Edinburgh +21 51 £47,500 +3.26% 27
Dundee +3 17 £47,495 +7.49% 3
Scottish Borders +7 5 - -
Stirling -2 5 - - 2
West Lothian -9 5 - -
North Lanarkshire - 5 £32,500 -
Lanarkshire -4 3 - - 22
East Ayrshire - 3 £29,500 - 1
Dumfries and Galloway - 1 £42,500 - 1
Inverclyde - 1 £45,000 -
East Lothian - 1 - -
Aberdeen - 1 £27,500 - 1
Public Sector
UK

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 4 (2.34%) JBoss
1 4 (2.34%) Red Hat Fuse
2 3 (1.75%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.17%) Anypoint
3 2 (1.17%) WebLogic
4 1 (0.58%) CMS
4 1 (0.58%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 6 (3.51%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.92%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.34%) AutoCAD
3 4 (2.34%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.17%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.58%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.58%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (6.43%) Unit4 Business World
2 4 (2.34%) NEC Housing
3 2 (1.17%) Oracle EBS
4 1 (0.58%) Oracle Cash Management
4 1 (0.58%) Oracle Payroll
4 1 (0.58%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 22 (12.87%) Azure
2 11 (6.43%) AWS
3 10 (5.85%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (4.09%) Cloud Computing
4 7 (4.09%) SaaS
5 5 (2.92%) OCI
6 4 (2.34%) Power Platform
7 2 (1.17%) Entra ID
7 2 (1.17%) Serverless
8 1 (0.58%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 1 (0.58%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (0.58%) Azure Data Factory
8 1 (0.58%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.58%) OpenShift
8 1 (0.58%) Power Automate
8 1 (0.58%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.09%) HTTP
1 7 (4.09%) MQTT
2 3 (1.75%) LAN
2 3 (1.75%) Remote Desktop
2 3 (1.75%) VLAN
2 3 (1.75%) WAN
2 3 (1.75%) Wireless
3 1 (0.58%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.58%) Modbus
3 1 (0.58%) SAN
3 1 (0.58%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (7.02%) DB2
2 5 (2.92%) MongoDB
3 3 (1.75%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.17%) MySQL
4 2 (1.17%) Oracle Database
4 2 (1.17%) Power BI
5 1 (0.58%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.58%) NonStop SQL
5 1 (0.58%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.58%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.58%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.58%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 11 (6.43%) Git
2 4 (2.34%) IntelliJ
2 4 (2.34%) JIRA
3 2 (1.17%) Jenkins
4 1 (0.58%) GitLab
4 1 (0.58%) Travis CI
4 1 (0.58%) Visual Studio
General
1 96 (56.14%) Social Skills
2 50 (29.24%) Finance
3 26 (15.20%) Presentation Skills
4 24 (14.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 23 (13.45%) Analytical Skills
6 22 (12.87%) Marketing
7 17 (9.94%) Manufacturing
8 14 (8.19%) Legal
9 12 (7.02%) Retail
10 10 (5.85%) Local Government
10 10 (5.85%) Police
11 9 (5.26%) Electronics
11 9 (5.26%) Telecoms
12 3 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (1.75%) Publishing
13 2 (1.17%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (1.17%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 37 (21.64%) Analyst
2 29 (16.96%) Business Analyst
3 25 (14.62%) Senior
4 16 (9.36%) Architect
5 15 (8.77%) Developer
6 12 (7.02%) IT Manager
6 12 (7.02%) Project Manager
7 11 (6.43%) Software Engineer
8 9 (5.26%) Business Manager
8 9 (5.26%) Development Manager
9 8 (4.68%) Business Development Manager
9 8 (4.68%) Solutions Architect
10 7 (4.09%) Audit Manager
10 7 (4.09%) Consultant
10 7 (4.09%) Delivery Manager
10 7 (4.09%) IT Audit Manager
10 7 (4.09%) Payroll Manager
11 6 (3.51%) Java Engineer
11 6 (3.51%) Senior Java Engineer
11 6 (3.51%) Senior Java Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (7.60%) AngularJS
1 13 (7.60%) CSS
1 13 (7.60%) Hibernate
1 13 (7.60%) HTML
1 13 (7.60%) Spring
2 11 (6.43%) React
3 7 (4.09%) Django
3 7 (4.09%) Flask
3 7 (4.09%) JPA
3 7 (4.09%) RESTful
4 6 (3.51%) Java EE
4 6 (3.51%) Web Services
4 6 (3.51%) XML
5 5 (2.92%) .NET
5 5 (2.92%) Node.js
5 5 (2.92%) REST
6 4 (2.34%) Entity Framework
6 4 (2.34%) JSON
6 4 (2.34%) SOAP
6 4 (2.34%) XSD
Miscellaneous
1 14 (8.19%) Management Information System
2 8 (4.68%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (4.09%) Arduino
3 7 (4.09%) IoT
3 7 (4.09%) Onboarding
3 7 (4.09%) Raspberry Pi
4 3 (1.75%) Product Ownership
5 2 (1.17%) Driving Licence
5 2 (1.17%) PMI
6 1 (0.58%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.58%) Device Driver
6 1 (0.58%) FPGA
6 1 (0.58%) Renewable Energy
6 1 (0.58%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 18 (10.53%) Windows
2 17 (9.94%) Linux
3 13 (7.60%) Windows Server
4 12 (7.02%) Unix
5 1 (0.58%) Android
5 1 (0.58%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.58%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (30.41%) Agile
2 48 (28.07%) Stakeholder Management
3 36 (21.05%) Business Analysis
4 34 (19.88%) Programme Management
5 33 (19.30%) Project Management
6 26 (15.20%) Problem-Solving
6 26 (15.20%) Service Delivery
7 25 (14.62%) Actionable Insight
7 25 (14.62%) Impact Assessments
7 25 (14.62%) User Experience
8 24 (14.04%) Business Case
8 24 (14.04%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
9 23 (13.45%) Self-Awareness
10 22 (12.87%) ITIL
11 19 (11.11%) Analytics
12 18 (10.53%) Creative Thinking
12 18 (10.53%) Data Analytics
12 18 (10.53%) Software Engineering
13 14 (8.19%) Continuous Improvement
14 13 (7.60%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 28 (16.37%) SQL
2 14 (8.19%) Python
3 13 (7.60%) Java
4 12 (7.02%) C#
5 8 (4.68%) JavaScript
6 7 (4.09%) TypeScript
7 2 (1.17%) C
7 2 (1.17%) C++
7 2 (1.17%) Ruby
8 1 (0.58%) PHP
8 1 (0.58%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 42 (24.56%) Degree
2 27 (15.79%) Security Cleared
3 22 (12.87%) SC Cleared
4 11 (6.43%) CISA
5 8 (4.68%) Computer Science Degree
5 8 (4.68%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 6 (3.51%) HND
7 5 (2.92%) CCNP
7 5 (2.92%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (2.92%) DBS Check
7 5 (2.92%) PMI Certification
7 5 (2.92%) PMP
8 4 (2.34%) CCDP
8 4 (2.34%) CCSP
8 4 (2.34%) ITIL Certification
9 3 (1.75%) DV Cleared
9 3 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (1.75%) Oracle Certification
10 2 (1.17%) OCA
10 2 (1.17%) OCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (7.60%) PMO
2 11 (6.43%) ITGC
3 7 (4.09%) Accessibility
4 5 (2.92%) QA
5 4 (2.34%) Disclosure Scotland
6 3 (1.75%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (5.26%) Firmware
2 3 (1.75%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.75%) Hyper-V
2 3 (1.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.58%) BitLocker
3 1 (0.58%) Docker
3 1 (0.58%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (0.58%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.58%) Terraform
Vendors
1 41 (23.98%) Microsoft
2 20 (11.70%) SAP
3 19 (11.11%) Oracle
4 11 (6.43%) Sage
5 7 (4.09%) NVIDIA
6 5 (2.92%) VMware
7 4 (2.34%) NEC
8 3 (1.75%) Salesforce
9 2 (1.17%) MuleSoft
10 1 (0.58%) Adobe
10 1 (0.58%) Atlassian
10 1 (0.58%) Cisco
10 1 (0.58%) Mitel