Hybrid/Remote Public Sector Job Trends

Public Sector
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in remote or hybrid work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 13 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 54 55
Rank change year-on-year +24 +1 +7
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 1,531 897 1,116
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.74% 5.40% 4.48%
As % of the General category 11.21% 7.49% 7.32%
Number of salaries quoted 1,207 481 866
10th Percentile £36,457 £33,000 £36,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £44,196 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £55,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year +14.68% -5.11% +2.59%
75th Percentile £78,750 £68,750 £71,991
90th Percentile £91,750 £85,000 £84,964
UK median annual salary £62,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.70% +4.55% -

All General Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring general skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 13,661 11,982 15,253
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.11% 72.12% 61.29%
Number of salaries quoted 8,647 6,626 10,239
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,000 £33,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £58,800
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -2.21% -5.92%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

Public Sector job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Public Sector
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Public Sector.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Public Sector

Public Sector
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Public Sector over the 6 months to 13 August 2026.

Public Sector salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Public Sector
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 34 (2.22%) SharePoint
2 16 (1.05%) Apache Spark
3 15 (0.98%) Apache
4 13 (0.85%) Apache Airflow
5 11 (0.72%) Confluence
6 8 (0.52%) SharePoint Server
7 7 (0.46%) CMS
7 7 (0.46%) Jupyter
7 7 (0.46%) Microsoft Exchange
8 6 (0.39%) SAS
9 4 (0.26%) Camunda
9 4 (0.26%) WordPress
10 3 (0.20%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.20%) Drupal
11 2 (0.13%) MS Project Server
11 2 (0.13%) nginx
11 2 (0.13%) Palantir Foundry
12 1 (0.065%) JBoss
12 1 (0.065%) Oracle HTTP Server
12 1 (0.065%) Tomcat
Applications
1 38 (2.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (1.76%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (1.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (0.85%) Adobe XD
5 11 (0.72%) Chatbot
6 8 (0.52%) AutoCAD
6 8 (0.52%) Civil 3D
7 6 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
8 4 (0.26%) MS Visio
8 4 (0.26%) Navisworks
8 4 (0.26%) Revit
8 4 (0.26%) Windchill
9 2 (0.13%) InDesign
9 2 (0.13%) PlantUML
10 1 (0.065%) Elementor
10 1 (0.065%) InVision
10 1 (0.065%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.065%) Sketch
10 1 (0.065%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 15 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
1 15 (0.98%) Workday HCM
2 8 (0.52%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.46%) iTrent
4 4 (0.26%) Distributed Ledger
5 3 (0.20%) Elite 3E
5 3 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.13%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
6 2 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.13%) SAP HCM
6 2 (0.13%) SAP Payroll
7 1 (0.065%) HFM
7 1 (0.065%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.065%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 1 (0.065%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.065%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 299 (19.53%) AWS
2 280 (18.29%) Azure
3 84 (5.49%) GCP
4 63 (4.11%) Power Platform
5 59 (3.85%) Microsoft 365
6 44 (2.87%) SaaS
7 37 (2.42%) Azure DevOps
8 27 (1.76%) Google Analytics
9 25 (1.63%) Entra ID
10 23 (1.50%) GitHub
10 23 (1.50%) Serverless
11 20 (1.31%) Azure AKS
12 19 (1.24%) Slack
13 18 (1.18%) Amazon S3
13 18 (1.18%) Azure Service Bus
14 17 (1.11%) Figma
15 15 (0.98%) Microsoft Copilot
16 14 (0.91%) Amazon EC2
17 13 (0.85%) AWS CloudFormation
17 13 (0.85%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 39 (2.55%) WAN
2 33 (2.16%) LAN
3 30 (1.96%) Firewall
4 29 (1.89%) Network Security
5 16 (1.05%) DNS
6 15 (0.98%) Unified Communications
7 13 (0.85%) DHCP
7 13 (0.85%) VLAN
7 13 (0.85%) VoIP
8 12 (0.78%) Cisco ASA
9 11 (0.72%) CTI
10 10 (0.65%) Cisco Firepower
10 10 (0.65%) MPLS
10 10 (0.65%) WebEx
11 9 (0.59%) BGP
11 9 (0.59%) VPN
12 8 (0.52%) Wi-Fi
13 7 (0.46%) TCP/IP
14 6 (0.39%) SD-WAN
15 5 (0.33%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (4.44%) PostgreSQL
2 59 (3.85%) Power BI
3 53 (3.46%) MongoDB
4 43 (2.81%) MySQL
5 34 (2.22%) NoSQL
6 33 (2.16%) Metadata
7 27 (1.76%) SQL Server
8 19 (1.24%) Relational Database
9 13 (0.85%) Big Data
9 13 (0.85%) Data Lake
10 12 (0.78%) Tableau
11 10 (0.65%) Amazon Athena
12 9 (0.59%) Azure SQL Database
12 9 (0.59%) Data Warehouse
12 9 (0.59%) DynamoDB
13 8 (0.52%) BigQuery
14 6 (0.39%) Looker
15 5 (0.33%) Amazon RDS
16 4 (0.26%) Hadoop
16 4 (0.26%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 54 (3.53%) Git
2 41 (2.68%) GitLab
3 21 (1.37%) Jenkins
3 21 (1.37%) JIRA
4 10 (0.65%) Balsamiq
5 8 (0.52%) Axure RP
5 8 (0.52%) Selenium
6 6 (0.39%) Cypress.io
7 5 (0.33%) TeamCity
8 4 (0.26%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.20%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 3 (0.20%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.20%) Gatling
9 3 (0.20%) JMeter
9 3 (0.20%) Mercurial
9 3 (0.20%) REST Assured
10 2 (0.13%) Jasmine
10 2 (0.13%) NUnit
10 2 (0.13%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.13%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 367 (23.97%) Social Skills
2 219 (14.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 210 (13.72%) Finance
4 152 (9.93%) Analytical Skills
5 143 (9.34%) Law
6 83 (5.42%) Legal
7 78 (5.09%) Local Government
8 70 (4.57%) Influencing Skills
9 66 (4.31%) Marketing
10 56 (3.66%) Presentation Skills
11 44 (2.87%) Retail
12 36 (2.35%) Organisational Skills
13 35 (2.29%) Telecoms
14 23 (1.50%) Banking
15 20 (1.31%) Police
16 12 (0.78%) Aerospace
17 11 (0.72%) Multimedia
18 9 (0.59%) Environmental Health
19 7 (0.46%) Welsh Language
20 6 (0.39%) Military
Job Titles
1 380 (24.82%) Senior
2 256 (16.72%) Architect
3 159 (10.39%) Lead
4 132 (8.62%) Analyst
5 130 (8.49%) Consultant
6 94 (6.14%) Business Analyst
7 85 (5.55%) Developer
8 84 (5.49%) Senior Manager
8 84 (5.49%) Technical Architect
9 61 (3.98%) Software Engineer
10 58 (3.79%) Account Manager
11 56 (3.66%) Data Architect
12 55 (3.59%) Solutions Architect
13 52 (3.40%) Designer
14 51 (3.33%) Lead Architect
15 50 (3.27%) Delivery Manager
15 50 (3.27%) DevOps Engineer
16 47 (3.07%) Technical Leader
17 46 (3.00%) Senior Architect
18 39 (2.55%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (3.66%) .NET
2 43 (2.81%) Node.js
3 38 (2.48%) React
4 35 (2.29%) REST
5 34 (2.22%) CSS
6 29 (1.89%) HTML
7 28 (1.83%) RESTful
8 26 (1.70%) Spring
9 20 (1.31%) Middleware
10 19 (1.24%) .NET Core
11 18 (1.18%) AngularJS
11 18 (1.18%) SOAP
12 17 (1.11%) Kafka
12 17 (1.11%) Spring Boot
13 14 (0.91%) Entity Framework
13 14 (0.91%) Oracle Fusion
13 14 (0.91%) PySpark
14 10 (0.65%) .NET Framework
14 10 (0.65%) OAuth
14 10 (0.65%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 92 (6.01%) Cloud Native
2 71 (4.64%) Product Ownership
3 60 (3.92%) Onboarding
4 50 (3.27%) Self-Motivation
5 46 (3.00%) Management Information System
6 41 (2.68%) NHS
7 37 (2.42%) Blog
7 37 (2.42%) e-Learning
8 33 (2.16%) Legacy Systems
9 32 (2.09%) Virtual Team
10 19 (1.24%) CMDB
10 19 (1.24%) Greenfield Project
10 19 (1.24%) Security Posture
11 16 (1.05%) Hybrid Cloud
11 16 (1.05%) Legacy Applications
12 15 (0.98%) Data Centre
12 15 (0.98%) Enterprise Software
12 15 (0.98%) PKI
13 14 (0.91%) AI Agents
13 14 (0.91%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 78 (5.09%) Windows
2 68 (4.44%) Linux
3 44 (2.87%) Unix
4 23 (1.50%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.20%) Android
5 3 (0.20%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.20%) VME
5 3 (0.20%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.13%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.065%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.065%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 508 (33.18%) Agile
2 450 (29.39%) Mentoring
3 381 (24.89%) Coaching
4 299 (19.53%) Continuous Improvement
5 192 (12.54%) Community of Practice
6 189 (12.34%) CI/CD
7 184 (12.02%) Problem-Solving
8 179 (11.69%) AI
9 175 (11.43%) Analytics
10 171 (11.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 168 (10.97%) DevOps
12 158 (10.32%) Technology Strategy
13 147 (9.60%) Scrum
14 141 (9.21%) Decision-Making
15 138 (9.01%) Stakeholder Management
16 134 (8.75%) Cybersecurity
17 133 (8.69%) Software Engineering
18 128 (8.36%) Roadmaps
19 114 (7.45%) Project Delivery
20 100 (6.53%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 138 (9.01%) Java
2 109 (7.12%) Python
3 106 (6.92%) JavaScript
4 104 (6.79%) SQL
5 53 (3.46%) C#
6 18 (1.18%) Bash
7 12 (0.78%) PowerShell
7 12 (0.78%) TypeScript
8 8 (0.52%) C++
8 8 (0.52%) PHP
8 8 (0.52%) R
9 7 (0.46%) Ruby
10 6 (0.39%) Apex Code
10 6 (0.39%) Scala
11 4 (0.26%) Bicep
11 4 (0.26%) C
11 4 (0.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 4 (0.26%) Perl
11 4 (0.26%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.20%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 427 (27.89%) Security Cleared
2 346 (22.60%) SC Cleared
3 221 (14.44%) Degree
4 88 (5.75%) DV Cleared
5 60 (3.92%) Computer Science Degree
6 44 (2.87%) CISSP
7 40 (2.61%) BPSS Clearance
8 31 (2.02%) CISM
9 21 (1.37%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 13 (0.85%) AWS Certification
10 13 (0.85%) CREST Certified
10 13 (0.85%) Master's Degree
11 12 (0.78%) DBS Check
12 11 (0.72%) Microsoft Certification
12 11 (0.72%) PMI Certification
13 10 (0.65%) PMP
14 9 (0.59%) Cisco Certification
15 8 (0.52%) Azure Certification
15 8 (0.52%) CCNP
16 7 (0.46%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 124 (8.10%) Accessibility
2 72 (4.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 56 (3.66%) QA
4 46 (3.00%) Data Quality
4 46 (3.00%) NCSC
5 36 (2.35%) NIST
6 29 (1.89%) Actionable Recommendations
6 29 (1.89%) GDPR
7 24 (1.57%) WCAG
8 22 (1.44%) GRC
9 19 (1.24%) PCI DSS
10 17 (1.11%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 12 (0.78%) SLA
12 8 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials
12 8 (0.52%) ISO 9001
12 8 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 8 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 6 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 5 (0.33%) PMO
15 4 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 54 (3.53%) Docker
2 45 (2.94%) Active Directory
3 26 (1.70%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (0.78%) VMware NSX
5 11 (0.72%) vSphere
6 7 (0.46%) Hyper-V
6 7 (0.46%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 7 (0.46%) Virtual Servers
7 5 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.065%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 78 (5.09%) Terraform
2 59 (3.85%) Kubernetes
3 32 (2.09%) Ansible
4 14 (0.91%) Argo
4 14 (0.91%) Grafana
5 11 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
6 10 (0.65%) Cisco CUCM
7 7 (0.46%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 4 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.26%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.20%) Check_MK
9 3 (0.20%) Prometheus
9 3 (0.20%) SCCM
10 2 (0.13%) MIIS
10 2 (0.13%) OpenView
10 2 (0.13%) Oracle RMAN
10 2 (0.13%) Tivoli
11 1 (0.065%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.065%) Kibana
Vendors
1 172 (11.23%) Microsoft
2 56 (3.66%) Google
3 44 (2.87%) ServiceNow
4 38 (2.48%) Oracle
5 32 (2.09%) VMware
6 31 (2.02%) Cisco
7 23 (1.50%) Workday
8 20 (1.31%) Salesforce
9 19 (1.24%) Adobe
10 16 (1.05%) Splunk
11 14 (0.91%) Databricks
12 13 (0.85%) Avaya
12 13 (0.85%) Fortinet
12 13 (0.85%) Palo Alto
12 13 (0.85%) Pega
12 13 (0.85%) SAP
13 11 (0.72%) Genesys
14 9 (0.59%) NetApp
15 8 (0.52%) HubSpot
15 8 (0.52%) MuleSoft