Public Sector
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Public Sector over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 59 87 84
Rank change year-on-year +28 -3 +14
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 4,098 3,918 6,269
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 4.18% 3.74% 4.07%
As % of the General category 6.98% 5.45% 6.40%
Number of salaries quoted 2,954 2,388 2,992
10th Percentile £28,769 £32,500 £32,887
25th Percentile £40,988 £41,500 £41,089
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £56,480 £54,474
Median % change year-on-year -2.62% +3.68% -0.96%
75th Percentile £70,750 £75,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £84,964 £87,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £48,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +8.25% +2.11% -5.00%

All General Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 58,670 71,907 98,006
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 59.84% 68.71% 63.59%
Number of salaries quoted 39,462 38,624 51,085
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £102,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +5.26%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in the UK

Public Sector
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Public Sector in the UK

Public Sector
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Public Sector over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Public Sector in the UK

Public Sector
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Public Sector within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 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
England +41 3,569 £55,000 - 988
UK excluding London +27 2,946 £52,500 +8.25% 731
Work from Home +13 1,760 £57,965 -3.39% 458
North of England +53 1,140 £57,965 +28.81% 195
London +44 903 £60,000 -7.69% 312
South East +58 639 £50,000 -0.34% 166
North West +51 616 £57,965 +26.54% 114
Midlands +16 426 £52,500 -4.55% 112
Yorkshire +43 342 £57,965 +28.81% 66
South West +2 304 £52,500 +10.53% 92
West Midlands +11 281 £55,000 - 84
North East +36 183 £56,250 +17.80% 15
Scotland -75 174 £45,000 -11.66% 68
East Midlands +31 145 £47,500 +13.10% 28
East of England +18 122 £47,500 +4.22% 74
Wales +9 92 £52,956 +18.45% 30
Northern Ireland +50 55 £35,000 -9.68% 12

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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
1 120 (2.93%) SharePoint
2 67 (1.63%) Confluence
3 61 (1.49%) Microsoft Exchange
4 42 (1.02%) nginx
5 37 (0.90%) Red Hat Fuse
6 36 (0.88%) Camunda
6 36 (0.88%) JBoss
7 35 (0.85%) IIS
8 33 (0.81%) Apache
9 27 (0.66%) OpenStack
10 14 (0.34%) Tomcat
11 13 (0.32%) CMS
12 12 (0.29%) Anypoint
12 12 (0.29%) Apache Spark
13 9 (0.22%) Office Communications Server
14 8 (0.20%) Drupal
14 8 (0.20%) Jupyter
15 6 (0.15%) ArcGIS
16 4 (0.098%) Umbraco
16 4 (0.098%) WordPress
Applications
1 154 (3.76%) Microsoft Office
2 126 (3.07%) Microsoft Excel
3 102 (2.49%) Spreadsheet
4 75 (1.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 17 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
5 17 (0.41%) MS Visio
6 16 (0.39%) Adobe XD
6 16 (0.39%) Sketch
7 14 (0.34%) Trello
8 11 (0.27%) AutoCAD
8 11 (0.27%) InVision
9 6 (0.15%) Chatbot
10 5 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 5 (0.12%) OrCAD
11 4 (0.098%) Doxygen
11 4 (0.098%) InfoPath
12 3 (0.073%) Photoshop
13 2 (0.049%) Fusion 360
14 1 (0.024%) PTC Creo
14 1 (0.024%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 41 (1.00%) NEC Housing
2 40 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
3 19 (0.46%) Unit4 Business World
4 15 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
5 13 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
6 6 (0.15%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 5 (0.12%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 4 (0.098%) Oracle ERP
9 3 (0.073%) NetSuite
10 2 (0.049%) Dynamics AX
10 2 (0.049%) iTrent
10 2 (0.049%) Magento
10 2 (0.049%) Oracle EBS R12
10 2 (0.049%) Salesforce CRM
10 2 (0.049%) SAP CO
10 2 (0.049%) SAP FI
10 2 (0.049%) SAP FI/CO
10 2 (0.049%) SAP GRC
10 2 (0.049%) SAP HCM
10 2 (0.049%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 957 (23.35%) Azure
2 511 (12.47%) AWS
3 367 (8.96%) IBM Cloud
4 327 (7.98%) Power Platform
5 225 (5.49%) Azure DevOps
6 214 (5.22%) Microsoft 365
7 206 (5.03%) Serverless
8 132 (3.22%) Azure Service Bus
9 130 (3.17%) Azure Logic Apps
10 129 (3.15%) Azure Functions
11 124 (3.03%) Azure API Management
12 107 (2.61%) Amazon EKS
13 92 (2.24%) GCP
14 87 (2.12%) OCI
15 80 (1.95%) PowerApps
16 74 (1.81%) SaaS
17 67 (1.63%) Amazon S3
18 66 (1.61%) GitHub
18 66 (1.61%) Power Automate
19 59 (1.44%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 104 (2.54%) Firewall
2 55 (1.34%) DNS
3 52 (1.27%) LAN
4 48 (1.17%) Wi-Fi
5 47 (1.15%) Network Security
6 43 (1.05%) WAN
7 40 (0.98%) Wireless
8 33 (0.81%) Internet
9 28 (0.68%) HTTP
10 26 (0.63%) SAN
11 20 (0.49%) TCP/IP
12 19 (0.46%) Intranet
12 19 (0.46%) SD-WAN
13 16 (0.39%) MQTT
13 16 (0.39%) VPN
14 14 (0.34%) DHCP
14 14 (0.34%) Unified Communications
15 12 (0.29%) Remote Desktop
16 11 (0.27%) Cisco Firepower
16 11 (0.27%) iSCSI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 330 (8.05%) PostgreSQL
2 325 (7.93%) MongoDB
2 325 (7.93%) NoSQL
3 278 (6.78%) Power BI
4 251 (6.12%) DB2
5 217 (5.30%) Relational Database
6 190 (4.64%) SQL Server
7 122 (2.98%) Data Warehouse
8 113 (2.76%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 79 (1.93%) Oracle Database
10 64 (1.56%) MySQL
10 64 (1.56%) Tableau
11 57 (1.39%) Amazon RDS
12 36 (0.88%) GIS
13 26 (0.63%) Redis
14 20 (0.49%) Data Lake
14 20 (0.49%) Metadata
15 19 (0.46%) Power Query
16 17 (0.41%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 16 (0.39%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 137 (3.34%) JIRA
2 133 (3.25%) Git
3 110 (2.68%) Jenkins
4 64 (1.56%) GitLab
5 39 (0.95%) Visual Studio
6 29 (0.71%) CircleCI
7 28 (0.68%) IntelliJ
8 22 (0.54%) Artifactory
9 18 (0.44%) Subversion
10 17 (0.41%) JMeter
10 17 (0.41%) JUnit
11 16 (0.39%) Maven
12 15 (0.37%) Axure RP
13 13 (0.32%) Balsamiq
13 13 (0.32%) Eclipse
13 13 (0.32%) TeamCity
14 12 (0.29%) Cucumber
14 12 (0.29%) Selenium
15 10 (0.24%) Bitbucket
15 10 (0.24%) REST Assured
General
1 1,134 (27.67%) Social Skills
2 887 (21.64%) Finance
3 621 (15.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 354 (8.64%) Analytical Skills
5 280 (6.83%) Marketing
6 215 (5.25%) Telecoms
7 206 (5.03%) Manufacturing
8 202 (4.93%) Retail
9 189 (4.61%) Local Government
9 189 (4.61%) Presentation Skills
10 179 (4.37%) Electronics
11 124 (3.03%) Organisational Skills
12 112 (2.73%) Police
13 94 (2.29%) Legal
14 91 (2.22%) Influencing Skills
15 43 (1.05%) Law
16 38 (0.93%) Digital Economy
17 33 (0.81%) Billing
18 24 (0.59%) Aerospace
18 24 (0.59%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 662 (16.15%) Senior
2 516 (12.59%) Developer
3 433 (10.57%) Lead
4 358 (8.74%) Architect
5 326 (7.96%) Consultant
6 303 (7.39%) Analyst
7 220 (5.37%) Project Manager
8 207 (5.05%) Full Stack Developer
9 145 (3.54%) Full Stack Engineer
10 138 (3.37%) Software Engineer
11 130 (3.17%) Azure Developer
12 129 (3.15%) DevOps Engineer
13 123 (3.00%) Azure Engineer
14 116 (2.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 113 (2.76%) Business Analyst
16 108 (2.64%) IT Manager
16 108 (2.64%) Solutions Architect
17 92 (2.24%) Java Engineer
18 86 (2.10%) Delivery Manager
19 81 (1.98%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 367 (8.96%) .NET
2 352 (8.59%) React
3 347 (8.47%) HTML
4 329 (8.03%) AngularJS
5 326 (7.96%) CSS
6 322 (7.86%) Web Services
7 319 (7.78%) REST
8 249 (6.08%) ASP.NET
9 240 (5.86%) Node.js
10 235 (5.73%) ASP.NET Core
11 229 (5.59%) jQuery
12 228 (5.56%) Vue
13 224 (5.47%) Twitter Bootstrap
14 221 (5.39%) Backbone.js
14 221 (5.39%) Ember.js
15 129 (3.15%) RESTful
16 115 (2.81%) Spring
17 75 (1.83%) JSON
18 67 (1.63%) XML
19 55 (1.34%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 400 (9.76%) Hybrid Cloud
2 372 (9.08%) Blockchain
3 227 (5.54%) Algorithms
4 225 (5.49%) Data Structures
5 205 (5.00%) e-Learning
6 189 (4.61%) Management Information System
7 133 (3.25%) Public Cloud
8 123 (3.00%) Product Ownership
9 115 (2.81%) Self-Motivation
10 109 (2.66%) Distributed Systems
11 101 (2.46%) Driving Licence
11 101 (2.46%) NHS
12 88 (2.15%) Onboarding
13 58 (1.42%) Social Media
14 54 (1.32%) Enterprise Software
15 53 (1.29%) Data Centre
16 49 (1.20%) IoT
17 41 (1.00%) Housing Association
18 30 (0.73%) Cyberattack
19 29 (0.71%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 485 (11.84%) Windows
2 464 (11.32%) Linux
3 228 (5.56%) Android
4 227 (5.54%) Apple iOS
5 84 (2.05%) Windows Server
6 67 (1.63%) Unix
7 42 (1.02%) CentOS
8 40 (0.98%) Alpine Linux
8 40 (0.98%) Debian
9 29 (0.71%) Windows 10
10 18 (0.44%) Windows Server 2016
10 18 (0.44%) Windows Server 2019
11 16 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 15 (0.37%) Solaris
13 9 (0.22%) VMS
13 9 (0.22%) Windows Server 2012
14 6 (0.15%) Windows Server 2008
15 4 (0.098%) AIX
15 4 (0.098%) DC/OS
16 3 (0.073%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,037 (25.31%) Agile
2 965 (23.55%) Mentoring
3 871 (21.25%) Coaching
4 577 (14.08%) Artificial Intelligence
5 525 (12.81%) DevOps
6 523 (12.76%) Problem-Solving
7 492 (12.01%) Business Intelligence
8 407 (9.93%) Full Stack Development
9 404 (9.86%) Project Management
10 400 (9.76%) User Experience
11 374 (9.13%) Stakeholder Management
12 311 (7.59%) Co-Creation
13 304 (7.42%) Design Patterns
14 295 (7.20%) Roadmaps
15 285 (6.95%) Programme Management
16 273 (6.66%) Project Delivery
17 270 (6.59%) Web Development
18 258 (6.30%) Software Engineering
19 257 (6.27%) Cybersecurity
20 255 (6.22%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 637 (15.54%) SQL
2 515 (12.57%) JavaScript
3 476 (11.62%) Java
4 456 (11.13%) C#
5 395 (9.64%) Python
6 76 (1.85%) PowerShell
7 69 (1.68%) C
8 52 (1.27%) C++
8 52 (1.27%) TypeScript
9 47 (1.15%) Bash
9 47 (1.15%) Shell Script
10 41 (1.00%) PHP
11 40 (0.98%) Lua
12 30 (0.73%) Go
12 30 (0.73%) T-SQL
13 19 (0.46%) Ruby
14 16 (0.39%) Embedded C
15 15 (0.37%) MATLAB
16 14 (0.34%) Apex Code
17 13 (0.32%) Scala
Qualifications
1 861 (21.01%) Security Cleared
2 544 (13.27%) SC Cleared
3 501 (12.23%) Degree
4 135 (3.29%) DV Cleared
5 127 (3.10%) DBS Check
6 123 (3.00%) Microsoft Certification
7 113 (2.76%) BPSS Clearance
8 102 (2.49%) Azure Certification
9 83 (2.03%) Computer Science Degree
10 62 (1.51%) CISSP
11 58 (1.42%) Cisco Certification
12 52 (1.27%) Master's Degree
13 46 (1.12%) MCSE
14 41 (1.00%) AWS Certification
14 41 (1.00%) MCSA
14 41 (1.00%) PMI Certification
15 40 (0.98%) CISM
16 34 (0.83%) ACCA
17 29 (0.71%) CCNP
18 24 (0.59%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 163 (3.98%) Accessibility
2 112 (2.73%) GDPR
3 104 (2.54%) QA
4 89 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 75 (1.83%) WCAG
6 65 (1.59%) Cyber Essentials
7 64 (1.56%) PMO
8 58 (1.42%) SLA
9 46 (1.12%) Data Quality
10 44 (1.07%) ISO 9001
11 37 (0.90%) ISO/IEC 17025
12 33 (0.81%) IFRS
12 33 (0.81%) NIST
13 32 (0.78%) GAAP
14 30 (0.73%) NCSC
15 24 (0.59%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 21 (0.51%) GRC
17 19 (0.46%) ITGC
18 16 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
19 11 (0.27%) ISO 14000
System Software
1 286 (6.98%) Docker
2 154 (3.76%) Active Directory
3 64 (1.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 56 (1.37%) Hyper-V
5 38 (0.93%) Firmware
6 18 (0.44%) VMware ESXi
7 14 (0.34%) Virtual Servers
8 13 (0.32%) Embedded Firmware
8 13 (0.32%) vSphere
9 11 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
10 7 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
11 6 (0.15%) Forefront TMG
11 6 (0.15%) VMware Workstation
12 5 (0.12%) VMware NSX
13 4 (0.098%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 4 (0.098%) NFS
14 3 (0.073%) XenApp
14 3 (0.073%) XenDesktop
15 1 (0.024%) BitLocker
15 1 (0.024%) Time Sharing Option
Systems Management
1 253 (6.17%) Terraform
2 251 (6.12%) Kubernetes
3 99 (2.42%) Ansible
4 60 (1.46%) Prometheus
5 37 (0.90%) EnCase
6 20 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
6 20 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
7 19 (0.46%) SCCM
8 13 (0.32%) Grafana
8 13 (0.32%) Kibana
8 13 (0.32%) ZABBIX
9 12 (0.29%) CA Single Sign-On
10 11 (0.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 11 (0.27%) EMC NetWorker
10 11 (0.27%) vCenter Server
11 9 (0.22%) Nagios
12 8 (0.20%) Puppet
12 8 (0.20%) SCOM
13 7 (0.17%) SysTrack
14 6 (0.15%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 738 (18.01%) Microsoft
2 389 (9.49%) Red Hat
3 377 (9.20%) IBM
4 240 (5.86%) SAP
5 180 (4.39%) Oracle
6 113 (2.76%) VMware
7 83 (2.03%) Cisco
7 83 (2.03%) YouTube
8 73 (1.78%) Google
9 66 (1.61%) Dynatrace
10 59 (1.44%) Salesforce
11 54 (1.32%) ServiceNow
12 50 (1.22%) CA
13 47 (1.15%) Atlassian
14 45 (1.10%) NEC
15 33 (0.81%) Splunk
16 31 (0.76%) Adobe
16 31 (0.76%) EMC
17 27 (0.66%) WSO2
18 24 (0.59%) Databricks