Public Sector Jobs in the South East

Public Sector
England > South East

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Public Sector over the 6 months to 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 64 127 170
Rank change year-on-year +63 +43 -16
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 634 368 432
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 3.76% 2.57% 2.16%
As % of the General category 6.63% 4.04% 3.64%
Number of salaries quoted 340 219 229
10th Percentile £29,650 £29,000 £33,400
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% - -
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £73,593
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

All General Skills
South East

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 South East with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 9,568 9,112 11,872
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 56.70% 63.53% 59.37%
Number of salaries quoted 6,038 4,430 6,483
10th Percentile £25,750 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -2.78% +8.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £82,250
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 South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in the South East

Public Sector
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Public Sector in the South East.

Salary trend for Public Sector in the South East

Public Sector
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in the South East over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Public Sector in the South East

Public Sector
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Public Sector within the South East region over the 6 months to 19 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
Hampshire +76 279 £46,664 -3.79% 52
Thames Valley +56 195 £55,000 -6.38% 86
Berkshire +36 118 £52,500 -19.23% 45
Surrey -6 83 £50,000 -16.67% 28
Oxfordshire +43 53 £57,789 +5.07% 17
Kent -26 30 £27,965 -20.10% 9
East Sussex +21 25 £62,822 +8.78% 4
Buckinghamshire -11 24 £47,500 +40.74% 24
West Sussex +35 14 £55,000 +9.62% 8
Home Counties +14 4 - -
Public Sector
England

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 40 (6.31%) nginx
2 34 (5.36%) Camunda
3 19 (3.00%) OpenStack
4 11 (1.74%) Apache
5 9 (1.42%) Confluence
6 8 (1.26%) JBoss
6 8 (1.26%) Red Hat Fuse
6 8 (1.26%) SharePoint
7 6 (0.95%) IIS
8 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.32%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.16%) WebSphere
Applications
1 20 (3.15%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (2.52%) Spreadsheet
3 7 (1.10%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (0.95%) InVision
4 6 (0.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.95%) OrCAD
4 6 (0.95%) Sketch
5 5 (0.79%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.63%) Doxygen
7 1 (0.16%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.16%) PTC Creo
7 1 (0.16%) Simulink
7 1 (0.16%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 3 (0.47%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.32%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 215 (33.91%) Azure
2 157 (24.76%) IBM Cloud
3 121 (19.09%) Azure DevOps
4 100 (15.77%) Serverless
5 76 (11.99%) Azure API Management
5 76 (11.99%) Azure Functions
6 74 (11.67%) Azure Logic Apps
6 74 (11.67%) Azure Service Bus
7 55 (8.68%) AWS
8 38 (5.99%) Power Platform
9 34 (5.36%) OpenShift
10 27 (4.26%) Amazon EKS
11 25 (3.94%) Microsoft 365
12 23 (3.63%) Amazon ECS
13 13 (2.05%) GitHub
13 13 (2.05%) PaaS
13 13 (2.05%) SaaS
14 8 (1.26%) Entra ID
14 8 (1.26%) Power Automate
15 7 (1.10%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 17 (2.68%) DNS
2 16 (2.52%) Internet
3 10 (1.58%) Wireless
4 7 (1.10%) Modbus
5 6 (0.95%) 3G
5 6 (0.95%) 4G
5 6 (0.95%) GPRS
5 6 (0.95%) Intranet
6 5 (0.79%) Network Security
7 4 (0.63%) Ethernet
7 4 (0.63%) LTE
8 3 (0.47%) 5G
8 3 (0.47%) DHCP
8 3 (0.47%) Firewall
8 3 (0.47%) SAN
8 3 (0.47%) SSL
9 2 (0.32%) Software-Defined Radio
9 2 (0.32%) VPN
9 2 (0.32%) Wi-Fi
10 1 (0.16%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 115 (18.14%) PostgreSQL
2 114 (17.98%) MongoDB
3 105 (16.56%) Relational Database
4 86 (13.56%) NoSQL
5 76 (11.99%) DB2
6 41 (6.47%) Oracle Database
7 34 (5.36%) Power BI
8 33 (5.21%) SQL Server
9 26 (4.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 24 (3.79%) Data Warehouse
11 10 (1.58%) GIS
12 8 (1.26%) Redis
13 4 (0.63%) Oracle Reports
13 4 (0.63%) RDBMS
14 3 (0.47%) DTS
15 2 (0.32%) Data Lake
15 2 (0.32%) Elasticsearch
15 2 (0.32%) MySQL
15 2 (0.32%) Oracle BI Publisher
15 2 (0.32%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 46 (7.26%) Git
2 33 (5.21%) Jenkins
3 24 (3.79%) JIRA
4 16 (2.52%) JUnit
5 12 (1.89%) Maven
6 7 (1.10%) Bitbucket
6 7 (1.10%) Selenium
7 6 (0.95%) Cucumber
7 6 (0.95%) GitLab
7 6 (0.95%) WebDriver
8 5 (0.79%) JMeter
8 5 (0.79%) Oracle APEX
8 5 (0.79%) TestNG
9 4 (0.63%) Eclipse
9 4 (0.63%) Mockito
9 4 (0.63%) REST Assured
9 4 (0.63%) Subversion
9 4 (0.63%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.32%) Oracle Forms
11 1 (0.16%) IntelliJ
General
1 157 (24.76%) Social Skills
2 141 (22.24%) Finance
3 61 (9.62%) Marketing
3 61 (9.62%) Telecoms
4 59 (9.31%) Electronics
4 59 (9.31%) Manufacturing
5 56 (8.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 54 (8.52%) Analytical Skills
7 27 (4.26%) Retail
8 19 (3.00%) Organisational Skills
8 19 (3.00%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (1.10%) Influencing Skills
10 6 (0.95%) Local Government
11 5 (0.79%) Aerospace
11 5 (0.79%) Legal
11 5 (0.79%) Police
12 4 (0.63%) Financial Institution
13 3 (0.47%) Fire and Rescue
14 2 (0.32%) Tech for Good
15 1 (0.16%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 157 (24.76%) Developer
2 97 (15.30%) Full Stack Developer
3 79 (12.46%) Azure Developer
4 67 (10.57%) Senior
5 51 (8.04%) Consultant
6 40 (6.31%) Full Stack Engineer
7 37 (5.84%) Lead
8 34 (5.36%) Analyst
9 28 (4.42%) Java Developer
9 28 (4.42%) Project Manager
10 25 (3.94%) Senior Developer
11 22 (3.47%) Delivery Manager
12 21 (3.31%) Business Analyst
12 21 (3.31%) Business Intelligence Consultant
13 20 (3.15%) Service Delivery Manager
13 20 (3.15%) Service Manager
14 18 (2.84%) Technical Analyst
15 17 (2.68%) DevOps Engineer
15 17 (2.68%) IT Manager
15 17 (2.68%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 135 (21.29%) React
2 134 (21.14%) Node.js
3 115 (18.14%) REST
4 105 (16.56%) AngularJS
5 104 (16.40%) Web Services
6 101 (15.93%) HTML
7 98 (15.46%) .NET
8 97 (15.30%) CSS
9 80 (12.62%) ASP.NET
9 80 (12.62%) jQuery
10 77 (12.15%) ASP.NET Core
11 76 (11.99%) Backbone.js
11 76 (11.99%) Ember.js
11 76 (11.99%) Twitter Bootstrap
11 76 (11.99%) Vue
12 35 (5.52%) Swagger
13 34 (5.36%) KeystoneJS
14 32 (5.05%) Spring
15 25 (3.94%) Spring Boot
16 23 (3.63%) Apache Camel
Miscellaneous
1 157 (24.76%) Blockchain
1 157 (24.76%) Hybrid Cloud
2 79 (12.46%) Algorithms
3 76 (11.99%) Data Structures
4 66 (10.41%) Distributed Systems
5 43 (6.78%) e-Learning
6 25 (3.94%) Product Ownership
7 17 (2.68%) NHS
7 17 (2.68%) Self-Motivation
8 13 (2.05%) Cyber Threat
9 12 (1.89%) IoT
9 12 (1.89%) Management Information System
10 11 (1.74%) Analytical Mindset
11 10 (1.58%) Onboarding
12 9 (1.42%) Embedded Systems
12 9 (1.42%) Fibre Optics
13 7 (1.10%) Legacy Systems
13 7 (1.10%) NB-IoT
14 5 (0.79%) Data Centre
14 5 (0.79%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 151 (23.82%) Linux
2 97 (15.30%) Windows
3 76 (11.99%) Android
3 76 (11.99%) Apple iOS
4 40 (6.31%) Alpine Linux
4 40 (6.31%) CentOS
4 40 (6.31%) Debian
5 5 (0.79%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.63%) VMS
7 2 (0.32%) AIX
7 2 (0.32%) Oracle Linux
7 2 (0.32%) Unix
8 1 (0.16%) Embedded Linux
8 1 (0.16%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 205 (32.33%) Artificial Intelligence
2 178 (28.08%) DevOps
3 146 (23.03%) Full Stack Development
4 119 (18.77%) Co-Creation
5 109 (17.19%) Agile
6 104 (16.40%) User Experience
7 95 (14.98%) Business Intelligence
8 87 (13.72%) Design Patterns
8 87 (13.72%) Technology Transformation
9 85 (13.41%) SOLID
9 85 (13.41%) Web Development
10 83 (13.09%) OO
11 81 (12.78%) MVC
12 80 (12.62%) OOP
13 78 (12.30%) CI/CD
13 78 (12.30%) Mentoring
14 76 (11.99%) Design Thinking
14 76 (11.99%) MVVM
14 76 (11.99%) Responsive Web Design
15 75 (11.83%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 179 (28.23%) Java
2 178 (28.08%) JavaScript
3 137 (21.61%) Python
4 136 (21.45%) SQL
5 108 (17.03%) C#
6 34 (5.36%) Lua
7 21 (3.31%) C
8 17 (2.68%) C++
9 12 (1.89%) Shell Script
10 10 (1.58%) TypeScript
11 8 (1.26%) Go
11 8 (1.26%) PL/SQL
12 7 (1.10%) Embedded C
12 7 (1.10%) MATLAB
12 7 (1.10%) Ruby
13 6 (0.95%) PowerShell
14 5 (0.79%) Assembly Language
15 4 (0.63%) Bicep
16 3 (0.47%) R
17 1 (0.16%) Bash
Qualifications
1 131 (20.66%) Security Cleared
2 83 (13.09%) SC Cleared
3 80 (12.62%) Degree
4 48 (7.57%) Azure Certification
5 44 (6.94%) Microsoft Certification
6 43 (6.78%) MCSE
7 41 (6.47%) MCSA
8 27 (4.26%) DV Cleared
9 19 (3.00%) DBS Check
10 13 (2.05%) Computer Science Degree
11 10 (1.58%) BPSS Clearance
12 9 (1.42%) Cisco Certification
12 9 (1.42%) CISSP
13 8 (1.26%) AWS Certification
13 8 (1.26%) CCNA
14 7 (1.10%) CESG Certified Professional
14 7 (1.10%) CISMP
14 7 (1.10%) CREST Certified
14 7 (1.10%) Master's Degree
14 7 (1.10%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (3.00%) SLA
2 17 (2.68%) GDPR
3 13 (2.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 11 (1.74%) QA
5 8 (1.26%) Accessibility
5 8 (1.26%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 7 (1.10%) GRC
6 7 (1.10%) PMO
7 6 (0.95%) Actionable Recommendations
8 4 (0.63%) Data Quality
8 4 (0.63%) IEC 61131
8 4 (0.63%) ISO 14001
8 4 (0.63%) ISO 9001
8 4 (0.63%) JTAG
9 2 (0.32%) NIST
10 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27005
10 1 (0.16%) NCSC
System Software
1 118 (18.61%) Docker
2 12 (1.89%) Hyper-V
3 10 (1.58%) Firmware
4 6 (0.95%) Active Directory
5 4 (0.63%) Embedded Firmware
6 3 (0.47%) XenApp
6 3 (0.47%) XenDesktop
7 2 (0.32%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 72 (11.36%) Kubernetes
2 67 (10.57%) Terraform
3 22 (3.47%) Ansible
4 4 (0.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 4 (0.63%) Kibana
5 2 (0.32%) SCOM
6 1 (0.16%) Packer
6 1 (0.16%) SCCM
Vendors
1 161 (25.39%) IBM
2 158 (24.92%) Red Hat
3 90 (14.20%) Microsoft
4 64 (10.09%) SAP
5 46 (7.26%) Oracle
6 19 (3.00%) WSO2
7 8 (1.26%) YouTube
8 7 (1.10%) Adobe
8 7 (1.10%) Cisco
8 7 (1.10%) EMC
8 7 (1.10%) Google
9 6 (0.95%) Hotjar
10 4 (0.63%) Dynatrace
10 4 (0.63%) Splunk
11 3 (0.47%) Cadence
11 3 (0.47%) Citrix
11 3 (0.47%) webMethods
12 2 (0.32%) Dell
13 1 (0.16%) CA
13 1 (0.16%) Juniper