Punjab SD&ED SPU IT Jobs 2026: 4 Posts, Salaries Up to Rs 726,290 — Apply by 19 November

By Daniyal Sheikh | Updated: November 8, 2026

The Punjab Skill Development & Entrepreneurship Department (SD&ED) has announced four IT jobs in its Strategic Planning Unit (SPU) in Lahore, with salaries going up to Rs 726,290 a month. The two senior posts — General Manager Analytics and General Manager Digitalization — are both on the MPS-II scale at Rs 726,290 per month, while the two Assistant Manager posts — Full Stack Developer and Backend Developer — carry a lump-sum salary of Rs 145,000 per month. The advertisement was posted on the Punjab Jobs Portal on 5 November 2026, and the last date to apply is 19 November 2026. Applications are accepted online only through jobs.punjab.gov.pk.

These are contract-based posts in the Strategic Planning Unit, the team that plans and oversees the department’s skills and entrepreneurship programmes across Punjab. The two General Manager roles are among the best-paid government IT jobs announced in Punjab this month — the MPS-II package is roughly five times the Rs 145,000 offered to the Assistant Managers, and the General Manager Analytics post also carries an annual increment of Rs 26,760. The eligibility split is simple: the General Manager posts are for senior professionals, while the Assistant Manager posts need a 16-year degree and suit working developers. All degrees must be from HEC-recognised institutions.

Key facts at a glance

Important: do not confuse this with the other SD&ED SPU advertisement

There are two different SD&ED Strategic Planning Unit advertisements circulating this month, and mixing them up could cost you your application. This article covers only the four IT posts advertised on the Punjab Jobs Portal on 5 November 2026, with a last date of 19 November 2026 and applications through jobs.punjab.gov.pk.

The separate advertisement — reference IPL-11605, published around 2 November 2026 — covers 11 to 12 posts in policy, finance, marketing and administration, including General Managers for Admin, Marketing & Branding, Business Development and Finance, plus seven to eight Assistant Managers in those same non-IT areas. That advertisement has a different last date, 30 November 2026, and a different application route: the department’s own website at sded.punjab.gov.pk/spu/. If you apply for the IT posts, use jobs.punjab.gov.pk and the 19 November deadline. Do not assume the 30 November date applies to these four IT posts — it does not.

Vacancies and salaries

All four posts are based in Lahore, each has exactly one vacancy, and all four are contract appointments. The two General Manager posts sit on the Management Position Scale (MPS-II), the senior contract scale used for specialist leadership roles in Punjab government projects. The two Assistant Manager posts are offered on a fixed lump-sum monthly salary.

At Rs 726,290 a month, the two MPS-II posts pay several times more than a typical BPS-17 or BPS-18 government salary, which is why the experience bar is set so high. No annual increment figure has been published for the General Manager Digitalization post, so applicants should not assume one applies there.

General Manager Analytics — what the job needs

The General Manager Analytics will lead the data and analytics work of the Strategic Planning Unit — turning programme data from skills training, entrepreneurship schemes and partner institutions into evidence the department can act on. It is a leadership role, not a hands-on coding post.

Applicants need either a PhD in information technology, artificial intelligence, computer science, ICT or a related field with at least eight years of relevant experience, or a 16-year education in one of those fields with at least ten years of relevant experience. In practice, this means the post is open to senior data leaders — people who have built analytics teams or led data-driven planning in government or industry — rather than to early-career analysts. The maximum age is 50 years, and the degree must be HEC-recognised.

General Manager Digitalization — what the job needs

The General Manager Digitalization will lead the department’s digital transformation work — the systems, platforms and digital processes through which the Strategic Planning Unit runs its programmes. Like the Analytics role, it is a senior leadership post on the same MPS-II scale and the same Rs 726,290 monthly salary, with the same maximum age of 50 years and the same eligibility criteria: a PhD with eight-plus years of experience, or a 16-year degree with ten-plus years.

The difference is in the kind of experience that counts. For Digitalization, the relevant background is in leading digital systems and transformation — building or running government or enterprise digital platforms and digitising manual processes — while for Analytics it is in data leadership. Candidates should match their strongest experience to the post that fits it best, rather than applying for both with the same application.

Assistant Manager Full Stack Developer — what the job needs

The Assistant Manager Full Stack Developer is the most accessible of the four posts for working developers. It needs a 16-year education in computer science, information technology, artificial intelligence, ICT or software engineering from an HEC-recognised institution, with no multi-year experience requirement of the kind the General Manager posts carry.

The portal listing spells out the technology stack: React.js and Next.js on the front end, React Native or Flutter for mobile, Node.js on the back end, Prisma as the ORM, PostgreSQL or MySQL and MongoDB as databases, plus APIs, Git and basic DevOps. That is a modern full-stack profile — a developer who can take a feature from a user interface through an API to a database and deploy it. The maximum age is 40 years — the portal lists the age range as 25 to 40 — and the salary is a lump sum of Rs 145,000 per month.

Assistant Manager Backend Developer — what the job needs

The Assistant Manager Backend Developer is aimed at engineers who specialise in the server side: backend architecture, database optimisation, security and scalable systems. The qualification requirement is a 16-year education in computer science, IT, artificial intelligence, ICT, software engineering, economics or engineering — a slightly wider set of fields than the Full Stack post, reflecting the fact that backend work draws on a broader engineering background.

As with the Full Stack post, the salary is a lump sum of Rs 145,000 per month and the maximum age is 40 years. The practical difference is the work itself: the Full Stack Developer builds across the whole application, from the screen the user sees to the database underneath, while the Backend Developer owns the systems behind the screen — the services, the data layer and the infrastructure that has to keep working as usage grows. Developers stronger on APIs, databases and system design should aim for the Backend post; developers equally comfortable on the front end should aim for the Full Stack post.

Who should apply — and who should not

The General Manager posts suit senior technology leaders in their late thirties or forties who already have eight to ten years of relevant experience and a PhD or a 16-year degree, and who want a senior public-sector role with a salary that competes with the private sector. The Assistant Manager posts suit working developers with a 16-year degree who can show real experience across the listed stack.

They are not entry-level jobs, they are not remote — all four are based in Lahore — and they are not permanent BPS appointments; they are contract posts, so check the contract terms, duration and renewal conditions in the portal listing before applying. Anyone who does not meet the degree requirement should not apply hoping it will be waived — government contract hiring in Punjab applies the advertised criteria as written.

How to apply — step by step

Applications are online only, through the Punjab Jobs Portal. There is no application form to download, no email address to send a CV to, and no postal or courier option. Follow these steps before the deadline:

1. Go to jobs.punjab.gov.pk and search for the Skill Development & Entrepreneurship Department listings, or the Strategic Planning Unit IT posts posted on 5 November 2026.
2. Create an account or sign in with your existing portal account. Keep your CNIC, contact details and educational record ready.
3. Read the full listing for the post you want — the portal carries the detailed terms, including the contract conditions and any post-specific requirements the short advertisement does not spell out.
4. Fill in the online application form completely, matching your qualifications and experience exactly to what the listing asks for, and upload the documents the portal asks for — typically degree certificates, experience letters and CNIC.
5. Submit before 19 November 2026. Do not leave it to the last day: government portals slow down under deadline-day traffic. Apply at least a day early and keep the confirmation or tracking number the portal gives you.

Only shortlisted candidates will be called for the next stage. Make sure the phone number and email address on your application are ones you actually check.

Important dates

• Advertisement posted on the Punjab Jobs Portal: 5 November 2026
• Last date to apply: 19 November 2026
• Where to apply: jobs.punjab.gov.pk (online only)
• Posts: 4 — two General Managers (MPS-II) and two Assistant Managers (lump sum)
• Location: Lahore, Strategic Planning Unit, SD&ED Punjab

Stay safe: never pay anyone for a government job

No genuine government recruitment in Pakistan asks applicants to pay a fee to an individual, an agent or a middleman. The Punjab Jobs Portal is free to use, and this advertisement asks for an online application only. If anyone contacts you claiming they can secure one of these four posts in exchange for money, a “processing fee” or a payment to a personal bank account or mobile wallet, it is a scam. Do not pay, do not share your CNIC, bank details or portal password with them, and report the contact to the department through its official channels. The only place to apply for these four posts is jobs.punjab.gov.pk, and the only deadline that applies to them is 19 November 2026.

More government jobs on TimelyUps

If these four IT posts are not the right fit, other current openings may be. The Punjab Tourism Department’s Strategic Management Unit is hiring eight specialists with salaries up to Rs 950,000 — read Punjab Tourism SMU Jobs 2026. The federal Finance Division has also advertised posts this month — see Finance Division Jobs 2026. And the Federal Public Service Commission’s Consolidated Advertisement 4/2026 covers 278 vacancies across 48 posts from BS-16 to BS-20 — see FPSC Jobs 2026. Check the last dates on each before you apply, because they differ from the 19 November deadline for these SD&ED posts.

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