Hybrid/Remote NEC Housing Job Trends

NEC Housing (formerly Northgate Housing)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring NEC Housing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 352 316 463
Rank change year-on-year -36 +147 +171
Permanent jobs citing NEC Housing 16 129 14
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.11% 0.78% 0.067%
As % of the Business Applications category 1.85% 12.06% 1.22%
Number of salaries quoted 16 11 14
10th Percentile £32,875 - £50,075
25th Percentile £41,000 £50,750 £52,524
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £55,500 £54,296
Median % change year-on-year -24.32% +2.22% -
75th Percentile £43,389 £65,725 £55,696
90th Percentile £46,585 £71,200 £57,834
UK median annual salary £42,000 £53,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -21.50% -10.83% +21.21%

All Business Application Skills
Work from Home

NEC Housing falls under the Business Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring business application skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for business application skills 867 1,070 1,152
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 5.76% 6.44% 5.50%
Number of salaries quoted 579 475 825
10th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £38,734
25th Percentile £41,250 £43,750 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.00% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,250 £102,500 £92,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £58,033 £60,000
% change year-on-year -0.92% -3.28% -4.00%

NEC Housing
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing NEC Housing and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

NEC Housing job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

NEC Housing
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing NEC Housing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing NEC Housing

NEC Housing
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing NEC Housing over the 6 months to 5 January 2026.

NEC Housing salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

NEC Housing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 4 (25.00%) Oracle Workflow
Cloud Services
1 6 (37.50%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (37.50%) Power BI
2 4 (25.00%) BusinessObjects
2 4 (25.00%) MS Access
2 4 (25.00%) SAP Data Services
2 4 (25.00%) SQL Server
3 2 (12.50%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 4 (25.00%) Toad
General
1 6 (37.50%) Local Government
1 6 (37.50%) Public Sector
2 5 (31.25%) Social Skills
3 2 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (12.50%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 14 (87.50%) Applications Support
2 12 (75.00%) Senior
3 11 (68.75%) Analyst
4 10 (62.50%) Senior Applications Support
5 9 (56.25%) Applications Support Analyst
5 9 (56.25%) Support Analyst
6 8 (50.00%) Senior Analyst
7 6 (37.50%) Senior Applications Support Analyst
7 6 (37.50%) Senior Support Analyst
8 4 (25.00%) Applications Engineer
8 4 (25.00%) Applications Support Engineer
8 4 (25.00%) Senior Applications Engineer
8 4 (25.00%) Senior Support Engineer
8 4 (25.00%) Support Engineer
9 2 (12.50%) Data Analyst
9 2 (12.50%) Senior Data Analyst
10 1 (6.25%) Application Support Team Leader
10 1 (6.25%) Lead
10 1 (6.25%) Support Team Leader
10 1 (6.25%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Mashup
Operating Systems
1 4 (25.00%) Unix
1 4 (25.00%) Windows
1 4 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (68.75%) Housing Management
2 10 (62.50%) Customer Service
2 10 (62.50%) ITIL
3 6 (37.50%) Business Intelligence
3 6 (37.50%) Decision-Making
3 6 (37.50%) ETL
4 5 (31.25%) Agile
4 5 (31.25%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
5 4 (25.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 4 (25.00%) Digital Strategy
5 4 (25.00%) Migration
5 4 (25.00%) Workflow
6 2 (12.50%) Actionable Insight
6 2 (12.50%) Change Control
6 2 (12.50%) Customer Insight
6 2 (12.50%) Focus Group
6 2 (12.50%) Service Delivery
6 2 (12.50%) Statistical Analysis
6 2 (12.50%) Trend Analysis
Programming Languages
1 13 (81.25%) SQL
2 5 (31.25%) PowerShell
3 4 (25.00%) Shell Script
3 4 (25.00%) VB
Qualifications
1 4 (25.00%) Degree
2 2 (12.50%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.25%) GDPR
1 1 (6.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 1 (6.25%) SLA
Vendors
1 11 (68.75%) Northgate
2 5 (31.25%) NEC
3 4 (25.00%) Oracle
3 4 (25.00%) SAP
4 2 (12.50%) Civica
5 1 (6.25%) Microsoft
5 1 (6.25%) MuleSoft
5 1 (6.25%) Salesforce