Public Sector Jobs with Work from Home Options

Public Sector
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH). Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Public Sector over the 6 months to 8 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 48 60 62
Rank change year-on-year +12 +2 +27
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 1,742 2,086 3,646
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 5.14% 5.02% 5.31%
As % of the General category 8.39% 7.60% 8.43%
Number of salaries quoted 1,420 1,347 1,743
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,103 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £43,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,965 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.39% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £84,964 £89,007 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £56,480 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.62% +2.69% -

All General Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 20,774 27,449 43,229
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.35% 66.02% 62.92%
Number of salaries quoted 15,088 18,261 24,404
10th Percentile £31,750 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,500 £46,570 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,751 £79,406
90th Percentile £95,000 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Public Sector
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Public Sector as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Public Sector trend for jobs with a WFH option

Public Sector
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Public Sector.

Public Sector salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Public Sector
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Public Sector over the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

Public Sector salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 55 (3.16%) Confluence
2 39 (2.24%) SharePoint
3 32 (1.84%) IIS
4 29 (1.66%) Microsoft Exchange
5 27 (1.55%) Apache
6 21 (1.21%) Tomcat
7 14 (0.80%) OpenStack
8 13 (0.75%) CMS
9 12 (0.69%) Anypoint
10 8 (0.46%) JBoss
10 8 (0.46%) Red Hat Fuse
11 6 (0.34%) nginx
12 5 (0.29%) ArcGIS
13 4 (0.23%) Umbraco
14 3 (0.17%) Totara
15 2 (0.11%) Drupal
15 2 (0.11%) Oracle Workflow
15 2 (0.11%) Sitecore CMS
15 2 (0.11%) WordPress
16 1 (0.057%) Appian
Applications
1 49 (2.81%) Microsoft Office
2 40 (2.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (0.80%) Adobe XD
4 11 (0.63%) MS Visio
5 10 (0.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 10 (0.57%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.34%) AutoCAD
6 6 (0.34%) InVision
6 6 (0.34%) Sketch
7 4 (0.23%) Trello
8 3 (0.17%) Photoshop
8 3 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.057%) Adobe After Effects
10 1 (0.057%) Adobe Premiere
10 1 (0.057%) Blender
10 1 (0.057%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 29 (1.66%) NEC Housing
2 13 (0.75%) Unit4 Business World
3 12 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
4 8 (0.46%) Oracle EBS
5 6 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
6 5 (0.29%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 5 (0.29%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 4 (0.23%) Oracle ERP
8 3 (0.17%) NetSuite
9 2 (0.11%) iTrent
9 2 (0.11%) Magento
9 2 (0.11%) Oracle EBS R12
9 2 (0.11%) SAP GRC
9 2 (0.11%) SAP HCM
9 2 (0.11%) SAP MM
10 1 (0.057%) MIS ActiveH
10 1 (0.057%) Oracle Payroll
10 1 (0.057%) Payment Gateway
10 1 (0.057%) SAP FI/CO
10 1 (0.057%) Scribe Insight
Cloud Services
1 414 (23.77%) Azure
2 236 (13.55%) Power Platform
3 230 (13.20%) AWS
4 90 (5.17%) Microsoft 365
5 43 (2.47%) GCP
6 42 (2.41%) PowerApps
7 37 (2.12%) Serverless
8 36 (2.07%) Cloud Computing
9 35 (2.01%) Power Automate
10 32 (1.84%) Entra ID
11 31 (1.78%) SaaS
12 29 (1.66%) PaaS
13 27 (1.55%) IaaS
14 26 (1.49%) Azure DevOps
14 26 (1.49%) GitHub
15 24 (1.38%) Amazon EKS
15 24 (1.38%) Azure Data Factory
16 22 (1.26%) GitHub Actions
17 19 (1.09%) Dynamics 365
18 18 (1.03%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 42 (2.41%) Firewall
2 34 (1.95%) Network Security
3 26 (1.49%) Wi-Fi
4 23 (1.32%) DNS
5 22 (1.26%) WAN
6 19 (1.09%) SAN
7 16 (0.92%) LAN
7 16 (0.92%) SD-WAN
8 12 (0.69%) MQTT
8 12 (0.69%) Wireless
9 11 (0.63%) HTTP
10 9 (0.52%) Internet
11 8 (0.46%) Unified Communications
12 7 (0.40%) Intranet
12 7 (0.40%) SSL
13 6 (0.34%) BGP
13 6 (0.34%) IGRP
13 6 (0.34%) LTE
13 6 (0.34%) MPLS
13 6 (0.34%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 226 (12.97%) Power BI
2 129 (7.41%) SQL Server
3 99 (5.68%) Data Warehouse
4 92 (5.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 71 (4.08%) NoSQL
6 67 (3.85%) PostgreSQL
7 63 (3.62%) Relational Database
7 63 (3.62%) Tableau
8 47 (2.70%) MySQL
9 41 (2.35%) MongoDB
10 26 (1.49%) Oracle Database
11 18 (1.03%) Data Lake
12 16 (0.92%) GIS
13 15 (0.86%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 14 (0.80%) Power Query
15 13 (0.75%) DB2
16 12 (0.69%) Redis
17 11 (0.63%) Metadata
18 9 (0.52%) QlikView
19 7 (0.40%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 86 (4.94%) JIRA
2 70 (4.02%) Git
3 43 (2.47%) Jenkins
4 38 (2.18%) GitLab
5 22 (1.26%) Visual Studio
6 21 (1.21%) Artifactory
7 13 (0.75%) Axure RP
7 13 (0.75%) Balsamiq
8 11 (0.63%) Subversion
9 10 (0.57%) JUnit
10 7 (0.40%) CircleCI
10 7 (0.40%) Eclipse
10 7 (0.40%) git-flow
11 6 (0.34%) JMeter
11 6 (0.34%) Metasploit
11 6 (0.34%) SoapUI
12 5 (0.29%) Maven
12 5 (0.29%) Oracle APEX
12 5 (0.29%) Selenium
13 4 (0.23%) WebDriver
General
1 525 (30.14%) Social Skills
2 498 (28.59%) Finance
3 189 (10.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 171 (9.82%) Analytical Skills
5 115 (6.60%) Marketing
6 112 (6.43%) Retail
7 87 (4.99%) Presentation Skills
8 83 (4.76%) Telecoms
9 81 (4.65%) Manufacturing
10 78 (4.48%) Electronics
11 64 (3.67%) Police
12 58 (3.33%) Local Government
13 57 (3.27%) Influencing Skills
14 26 (1.49%) Legal
15 17 (0.98%) Aerospace
16 15 (0.86%) Law
17 14 (0.80%) Organisational Skills
18 13 (0.75%) French Language
19 9 (0.52%) Fire and Rescue
20 7 (0.40%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 374 (21.47%) Senior
2 258 (14.81%) Lead
3 214 (12.28%) Architect
4 169 (9.70%) Developer
5 162 (9.30%) Consultant
6 154 (8.84%) Analyst
7 99 (5.68%) Project Manager
8 80 (4.59%) Business Intelligence Consultant
9 76 (4.36%) Business Analyst
10 75 (4.31%) Solutions Architect
11 60 (3.44%) Senior Architect
12 59 (3.39%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 56 (3.21%) Software Engineer
14 52 (2.99%) IT Manager
14 52 (2.99%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
15 48 (2.76%) Agile Coach
15 48 (2.76%) Programme Manager
15 48 (2.76%) Senior Developer
16 46 (2.64%) Designer
17 43 (2.47%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 81 (4.65%) .NET
2 76 (4.36%) HTML
2 76 (4.36%) RESTful
3 65 (3.73%) CSS
4 52 (2.99%) Web Services
5 39 (2.24%) AngularJS
5 39 (2.24%) Node.js
6 38 (2.18%) React
7 29 (1.66%) Spring
8 24 (1.38%) REST
8 24 (1.38%) Spring Boot
9 22 (1.26%) .NET Core
10 21 (1.21%) Elastic Stack
10 21 (1.21%) SOAP
11 18 (1.03%) Django
11 18 (1.03%) Flask
11 18 (1.03%) XML
12 17 (0.98%) .NET Framework
13 16 (0.92%) HTML5 Canvas
14 14 (0.80%) Apache Camel
Miscellaneous
1 108 (6.20%) Public Cloud
2 75 (4.31%) Product Ownership
3 59 (3.39%) Management Information System
4 39 (2.24%) Onboarding
5 33 (1.89%) Hybrid Cloud
6 31 (1.78%) Enterprise Software
7 28 (1.61%) NHS
7 28 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
8 23 (1.32%) IoT
9 22 (1.26%) Distributed Systems
10 15 (0.86%) Data Centre
11 12 (0.69%) Cloud Native
11 12 (0.69%) PKI
12 11 (0.63%) Driving Licence
12 11 (0.63%) Mobile App
13 10 (0.57%) Legacy Systems
14 8 (0.46%) Virtual Team
15 7 (0.40%) Arduino
15 7 (0.40%) Raspberry Pi
15 7 (0.40%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 145 (8.32%) Windows
2 123 (7.06%) Linux
3 52 (2.99%) Unix
4 37 (2.12%) Windows Server
5 21 (1.21%) Solaris
6 13 (0.75%) Windows Server 2016
7 12 (0.69%) Windows Server 2019
8 10 (0.57%) Windows 10
9 7 (0.40%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (0.23%) AIX
11 3 (0.17%) Amazon Linux
11 3 (0.17%) Kali Linux
11 3 (0.17%) Windows Server 2008
12 2 (0.11%) Oracle Linux
12 2 (0.11%) VMS
13 1 (0.057%) Android
13 1 (0.057%) CentOS
13 1 (0.057%) Mac OS
13 1 (0.057%) Ubuntu
13 1 (0.057%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 531 (30.48%) Agile
2 473 (27.15%) Mentoring
3 458 (26.29%) Coaching
4 317 (18.20%) Business Intelligence
5 219 (12.57%) Project Management
6 214 (12.28%) Stakeholder Management
7 205 (11.77%) Roadmaps
8 200 (11.48%) Problem-Solving
9 162 (9.30%) Migration
10 159 (9.13%) Project Delivery
11 156 (8.96%) Artificial Intelligence
12 151 (8.67%) Machine Learning
13 145 (8.32%) Microservices
14 128 (7.35%) Programme Management
15 126 (7.23%) Analytics
16 125 (7.18%) DevOps
17 124 (7.12%) ETL
18 119 (6.83%) Service Delivery
19 116 (6.66%) ITIL
20 115 (6.60%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 296 (16.99%) SQL
2 139 (7.98%) Java
3 136 (7.81%) JavaScript
4 117 (6.72%) C#
5 109 (6.26%) Python
6 32 (1.84%) Shell Script
7 27 (1.55%) PowerShell
8 26 (1.49%) TypeScript
9 17 (0.98%) C
10 15 (0.86%) Bash
10 15 (0.86%) C++
10 15 (0.86%) PHP
11 11 (0.63%) Go
11 11 (0.63%) Ruby
11 11 (0.63%) T-SQL
12 10 (0.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 7 (0.40%) Embedded C
13 7 (0.40%) PL/SQL
14 6 (0.34%) Embedded C++
15 4 (0.23%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 381 (21.87%) Security Cleared
2 286 (16.42%) SC Cleared
3 240 (13.78%) Degree
4 68 (3.90%) DV Cleared
5 55 (3.16%) BPSS Clearance
6 49 (2.81%) Microsoft Certification
7 45 (2.58%) Computer Science Degree
8 19 (1.09%) Azure Certification
8 19 (1.09%) Cisco Certification
9 16 (0.92%) DBS Check
9 16 (0.92%) Master's Degree
10 15 (0.86%) CISA
10 15 (0.86%) CISSP
11 12 (0.69%) AWS Certification
11 12 (0.69%) CCNP
12 11 (0.63%) CCSP
12 11 (0.63%) CISM
13 8 (0.46%) PMI Certification
14 7 (0.40%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 7 (0.40%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 139 (7.98%) Accessibility
2 74 (4.25%) WCAG
3 73 (4.19%) QA
4 40 (2.30%) PMO
5 29 (1.66%) Data Quality
6 23 (1.32%) NIST
7 17 (0.98%) NCSC
8 13 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials
8 13 (0.75%) ITGC
9 11 (0.63%) SLA
10 9 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 8 (0.46%) GDPR
12 7 (0.40%) GRC
13 6 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
14 4 (0.23%) ISO 14000
15 3 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 2 (0.11%) Government Security Classifications
16 2 (0.11%) ISO 9001
17 1 (0.057%) COBIT
17 1 (0.057%) HL7
System Software
1 79 (4.54%) Docker
2 62 (3.56%) Active Directory
3 29 (1.66%) VMware Infrastructure
4 26 (1.49%) Hyper-V
5 17 (0.98%) Firmware
6 8 (0.46%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (0.34%) Forefront TMG
7 6 (0.34%) Virtual Servers
7 6 (0.34%) VMware Workstation
7 6 (0.34%) vSphere
8 5 (0.29%) Embedded Firmware
8 5 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
9 4 (0.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 2 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
10 2 (0.11%) XenApp
10 2 (0.11%) XenDesktop
11 1 (0.057%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.057%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 71 (4.08%) Terraform
2 62 (3.56%) Kubernetes
3 56 (3.21%) Ansible
4 18 (1.03%) Single Sign-On
5 12 (0.69%) CA Single Sign-On
6 10 (0.57%) Microsoft Intune
7 9 (0.52%) SCCM
8 7 (0.40%) SysTrack
9 6 (0.34%) Nessus
9 6 (0.34%) SCOM
9 6 (0.34%) WSUS
10 5 (0.29%) Grafana
10 5 (0.29%) vRealize
11 4 (0.23%) Kibana
11 4 (0.23%) Progress Chef
11 4 (0.23%) Puppet
12 3 (0.17%) FortiGate
12 3 (0.17%) Nmap
13 2 (0.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 1 (0.057%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 395 (22.68%) Microsoft
2 110 (6.31%) SAP
3 67 (3.85%) Oracle
4 46 (2.64%) VMware
5 44 (2.53%) Atlassian
6 41 (2.35%) ServiceNow
7 36 (2.07%) Salesforce
8 34 (1.95%) Cisco
9 33 (1.89%) Google
10 29 (1.66%) NEC
11 26 (1.49%) Adobe
12 17 (0.98%) Splunk
13 15 (0.86%) Aruba
14 14 (0.80%) WSO2
15 13 (0.75%) BMC
15 13 (0.75%) CA
15 13 (0.75%) Sage
16 12 (0.69%) CyberArk
16 12 (0.69%) MuleSoft
17 10 (0.57%) Palo Alto