Public Sector and Healthcare Systems

Selected skill: SCO24.12 · Parent category: Public Sector and Government · 2025 · partial year · 2026 figures have not been published yet.

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Skill demand · ONS UK online job adverts

How common is public sector and healthcare systems?

This requirement appears in 2.4% of UK new online job adverts in 2025. Its share rose by 1.8 percentage points compared with 2024.

The latest year is partial. Comparisons with full years need care. 2026 figures have not been published yet.
Share of new adverts2.4%UK · 2025
Change in share+1.8 pp2024 to 2025
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What this skill category covers

Official detailed requirements in this ONS group

Public Health and Human Services IT Skills

Ability to manage IT systems for public health and human services.

2.4% of UK new adverts

ONS Table 1 detailed requirements · SCO24.12. Shares can overlap because an advert may mention several requirements.

Occupations where public sector and healthcare systems appears most often in UK new adverts

#OccupationShare of occupation advertsView
1Residential, day and domiciliary care managers and proprietors

Example titles: Domiciliary care manager · Care manager · Principal officer · Head of care

35.0%
2Senior care workers

Example titles: Senior care worker · Home leader · Team leader · Senior carer

32.4%
3Care workers and home carers

Example titles: Home carer · Care aid · Home aid · PA carer

22.9%
4Nursing auxiliaries and assistants

Example titles: Nursing assistant · Ward aide · Ward help · Care worker

22.8%
5Houseparents and residential wardens

Example titles: Warden · Home matron · Home sister · Foster carer

20.9%
6Early education and childcare services proprietors

Example titles: Children's nursery owner · Children's nursery director · Owner · Director

13.0%
7Counsellors

Example titles: Counsellor · Life coach · Drug worker · Debt adviser

12.6%
8Care escorts

Example titles: Escort · Bus escort · Pupil guide · Bus attendant

12.4%
9Health services and public health managers and directors

Example titles: Public health manager · Care manager · Medical director · Nursing director

12.0%
10Social services managers and directors

Example titles: Social services manager · Unit manager · Commissioner · Director of social services

11.9%

ONS Table 4 · 2025 (partial year). Share is the proportion of new adverts in that occupation that report this skill group. Example titles come from the SOC 2020 coding index. 2026 figures have not been published yet.

Skills within Public Sector and Government

#SkillShare of advertsChange (pp)View
1Emergency Services

Emergency Medical Services and Crisis Response · Survival Skills

5.0%-0.2 pp
2Public Safety and Social Services

Child Protection Policies and Services

3.3%0.0 pp
3Public Sector and Healthcare Systems

Selected skill · Public Health and Human Services IT Skills

2.4%+1.8 pp
4Public Administration

Public Administration and Governance · Labor Laws and Collective Bargaining · Legislative Process Knowledge

2.3%+0.3 pp
5Public Sector and Justice

Case and Litigation Management · Legal Information System Management

1.4%+0.3 pp
6Economics and Applied Policy

Economic Theory and Microeconomics Knowledge · Economic Policy Analysis Technique Skills · Economic and Human Capital Concepts

1.3%+0.1 pp
7Public Policy and Social Services

Humanitarian Principles and Practices · Social and Political Advocacy Skills · Income Support Program Administration

0.0%0.0 pp
8Legal and Public Safety

Criminal Investigation Technique Skills · Concealed Firearms License Certification · Drug Recognition Techniques

0.0%0.0 pp
9Legal and Public Policy

European Union Policy and Legal Framework · Immigration Policy Knowledge

0.0%0.0 pp
10Public Policy and Governance

Government Affairs Management Skills · International Development Aid Process Skills

0.0%0.0 pp
11Public Sector and Statistics

Population Census Processes

0.0%0.0 pp
12Public Sector and IT

Digital Government Services

0.0%0.0 pp
13Public Policy and International Relations

Economic Sanctions Concepts

0.0%0.0 pp
14Public Policy and Research

Polling Techniques

0.0%0.0 pp
15Public Policy and Business Compliance0.0%0.0 pp

ONS UK new adverts · 2025 (partial year). Change compared with 2024, in percentage points. These skills share a classification group. They are not necessarily requested together. 2026 figures have not been published yet.

About these figures

How to interpret skill demand

Source: Office for National Statistics, UK online job adverts. Shares describe new adverts reporting the requirement. An advert may mention several skills, so their shares do not add up to 100%. A rise from 10% to 12% is an increase of 2 percentage points.

These figures do not establish a salary premium, proficiency level, or which skills are requested together. This page has no published skill-specific salary or location breakdown.

ONS · 2025 · partial year · 2026 figures have not been published yet. · Open Government Licence v3.0. ONS does not endorse Jobmundo.