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 in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 20 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 216 28 79
Rank change year-on-year -188 +51 -38
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 69 629 304
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.93% 5.40% 4.21%
As % of the General category 1.32% 10.52% 6.30%
Number of salaries quoted 38 411 176
10th Percentile £40,782 £29,000 £28,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £40,988 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £46,775
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% +17.59% -11.93%
75th Percentile £73,250 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £107,125 £84,964 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -

All General Skills
North West

Public Sector falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring common skills in the North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 5,232 5,979 4,828
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 70.22% 51.32% 66.79%
Number of salaries quoted 2,282 4,149 2,359
10th Percentile £25,313 £26,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,857 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.38% -9.52% +2.94%
75th Percentile £61,000 £62,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,772 £81,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

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 20 June 2025.

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 20 June 2025. 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 -88 51 £60,000 +3.51% 424
Cheshire -49 6 - - 91
Merseyside +7 5 £65,000 +62.50% 56
Lancashire -120 5 £52,500 -16.38% 90
Cumbria -56 1 £52,500 +23.53% 7
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 3 (4.35%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.90%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.45%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (1.45%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (5.80%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.45%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.45%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 8 (11.59%) Azure
2 6 (8.70%) AWS
3 5 (7.25%) SaaS
4 4 (5.80%) AWS Lambda
4 4 (5.80%) Serverless
5 3 (4.35%) Power Platform
6 2 (2.90%) GCP
6 2 (2.90%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (2.90%) OCI
7 1 (1.45%) Azure Stack
7 1 (1.45%) Entra ID
7 1 (1.45%) Google Docs
7 1 (1.45%) Google Drive
7 1 (1.45%) Google Workspace
7 1 (1.45%) IaaS
7 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Purview
7 1 (1.45%) OneDrive
7 1 (1.45%) PaaS
7 1 (1.45%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.35%) Firewall
1 3 (4.35%) VoIP
2 2 (2.90%) MPLS
2 2 (2.90%) VPN
3 1 (1.45%) BGP
3 1 (1.45%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (1.45%) Cisco Firepower
3 1 (1.45%) Cisco IOS
3 1 (1.45%) DHCP
3 1 (1.45%) DNS
3 1 (1.45%) EIGRP
3 1 (1.45%) HSRP
3 1 (1.45%) IPsec
3 1 (1.45%) LAN
3 1 (1.45%) Network Security
3 1 (1.45%) OSPF
3 1 (1.45%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.45%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (4.35%) MongoDB
1 3 (4.35%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (2.90%) DynamoDB
2 2 (2.90%) GIS
3 1 (1.45%) Big Data
3 1 (1.45%) Data Lake
3 1 (1.45%) Geospatial Data
3 1 (1.45%) MySQL
3 1 (1.45%) Oracle Exadata
3 1 (1.45%) Power BI
3 1 (1.45%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.45%) Spatial Data
3 1 (1.45%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.45%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 3 (4.35%) JIRA
2 1 (1.45%) Git
2 1 (1.45%) Jenkins
General
1 21 (30.43%) Social Skills
2 17 (24.64%) Local Government
3 14 (20.29%) Finance
4 10 (14.49%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (14.49%) Telecoms
5 8 (11.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (10.14%) Legal
7 3 (4.35%) Electronics
7 3 (4.35%) Manufacturing
7 3 (4.35%) Marketing
7 3 (4.35%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (2.90%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.45%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.45%) Automotive
9 1 (1.45%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.45%) Police
9 1 (1.45%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.45%) Retail
9 1 (1.45%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 13 (18.84%) Senior
2 10 (14.49%) Lead
3 8 (11.59%) Audit Manager
3 8 (11.59%) Senior Audit Manager
3 8 (11.59%) Senior Manager
4 7 (10.14%) Analyst
5 6 (8.70%) Business Analyst
6 5 (7.25%) Project Manager
7 4 (5.80%) Architect
8 3 (4.35%) Buyer
8 3 (4.35%) Developer
8 3 (4.35%) Head of Business Transformation
8 3 (4.35%) IT Buyer
8 3 (4.35%) Senior Developer
8 3 (4.35%) Systems Engineer
9 2 (2.90%) Client Director
9 2 (2.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 2 (2.90%) Java Software Engineer
9 2 (2.90%) Python Engineer
9 2 (2.90%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.90%) FastAPI
1 2 (2.90%) Node.js
1 2 (2.90%) Spring
1 2 (2.90%) Spring Boot
2 1 (1.45%) COM+
2 1 (1.45%) CSS
2 1 (1.45%) D3.js
2 1 (1.45%) HTML
2 1 (1.45%) Plotly
2 1 (1.45%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.80%) NHS
2 3 (4.35%) Cloud Native
2 3 (4.35%) Driving Licence
2 3 (4.35%) Management Information System
2 3 (4.35%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (2.90%) CCTV
3 2 (2.90%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (2.90%) Housing Association
4 1 (1.45%) AI Agents
4 1 (1.45%) Cyber Defence
4 1 (1.45%) Cyber Kill Chain
4 1 (1.45%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
4 1 (1.45%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.45%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (1.45%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.35%) Windows
2 2 (2.90%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.45%) Android
3 1 (1.45%) Mac OS
3 1 (1.45%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (26.09%) Agile
2 16 (23.19%) Continuous Improvement
3 14 (20.29%) Project Delivery
4 13 (18.84%) Project Management
5 8 (11.59%) Coaching
5 8 (11.59%) ITIL
6 7 (10.14%) Artificial Intelligence
6 7 (10.14%) Business Case
6 7 (10.14%) Mentoring
6 7 (10.14%) Risk Assessment
6 7 (10.14%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (8.70%) Business Strategy
7 6 (8.70%) PRINCE2
7 6 (8.70%) Service Management
8 5 (7.25%) BCP
8 5 (7.25%) Roadmaps
8 5 (7.25%) Root Cause Analysis
8 5 (7.25%) Software Engineering
9 4 (5.80%) Budget Management
9 4 (5.80%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 6 (8.70%) Python
2 3 (4.35%) JavaScript
3 2 (2.90%) Java
3 2 (2.90%) PHP
3 2 (2.90%) SQL
3 2 (2.90%) TypeScript
4 1 (1.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
4 1 (1.45%) PowerShell
4 1 (1.45%) R
Qualifications
1 12 (17.39%) Degree
1 12 (17.39%) Security Cleared
2 8 (11.59%) ACCA
3 6 (8.70%) SC Cleared
4 5 (7.25%) Chartered Engineer
5 3 (4.35%) DV Cleared
6 2 (2.90%) Postgraduate
7 1 (1.45%) CBAP
7 1 (1.45%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.45%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (1.45%) MCP
7 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (11.59%) GAAP
1 8 (11.59%) IFRS
2 6 (8.70%) Accessibility
3 3 (4.35%) IEC 61508
4 2 (2.90%) GDPR
5 1 (1.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.45%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (1.45%) Active Directory
1 1 (1.45%) Hyper-V
1 1 (1.45%) RHEV
1 1 (1.45%) Virtual Machines
1 1 (1.45%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (4.35%) Functional Safety
2 2 (2.90%) Cisco CUCM
3 1 (1.45%) Ansible
3 1 (1.45%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (1.45%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.45%) SCCM
3 1 (1.45%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (11.59%) Microsoft
2 5 (7.25%) Oracle
3 4 (5.80%) Cisco
4 3 (4.35%) SAP
4 3 (4.35%) ServiceNow
5 2 (2.90%) Apple
5 2 (2.90%) Google
5 2 (2.90%) Liquidlogic
5 2 (2.90%) Palo Alto
5 2 (2.90%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.45%) Avaya
6 1 (1.45%) CheckPoint
6 1 (1.45%) Citrix
6 1 (1.45%) Informatica
6 1 (1.45%) Monzo
6 1 (1.45%) MuleSoft
6 1 (1.45%) Rapid7
6 1 (1.45%) Samsung
6 1 (1.45%) Talend
6 1 (1.45%) VMware
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