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 12 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 63 47
Rank change year-on-year +38 -16 +12
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 1,328 737 1,673
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.19% 5.07% 5.14%
As % of the General category 12.94% 6.82% 8.30%
Number of salaries quoted 1,091 350 1,422
10th Percentile £40,000 £37,150 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,571 £46,486 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £60,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year +5.13% +3.51% -3.39%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £84,964
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -0.48%

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 10,264 10,803 20,165
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 55.60% 74.27% 61.92%
Number of salaries quoted 6,811 6,473 15,093
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,996 £42,500 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

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 12 May 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 40 (3.01%) SharePoint
2 12 (0.90%) Apache Airflow
3 11 (0.83%) SAS
4 8 (0.60%) Apache
5 7 (0.53%) Confluence
6 6 (0.45%) CMS
6 6 (0.45%) Drupal
7 4 (0.30%) ArcGIS
7 4 (0.30%) Microsoft Exchange
7 4 (0.30%) nginx
8 3 (0.23%) Apache Spark
8 3 (0.23%) Palantir Foundry
8 3 (0.23%) WordPress
9 2 (0.15%) Camunda
9 2 (0.15%) JBoss
9 2 (0.15%) Jupyter
9 2 (0.15%) Umbraco
Applications
1 25 (1.88%) Adobe XD
2 23 (1.73%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (1.66%) Microsoft Excel
4 7 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.38%) InVision
5 5 (0.38%) Sketch
6 3 (0.23%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.15%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.15%) Civil 3D
7 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.15%) Windchill
8 1 (0.075%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.075%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.075%) FrameMaker
8 1 (0.075%) MadCap Flare
8 1 (0.075%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 9 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.53%) iTrent
3 6 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.30%) Elite 3E
4 4 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.30%) Oracle ERP
4 4 (0.30%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (0.15%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
5 2 (0.15%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.15%) SAP HCM
5 2 (0.15%) SAP Payroll
6 1 (0.075%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.075%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.075%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 260 (19.58%) Azure
2 220 (16.57%) AWS
3 83 (6.25%) Power Platform
4 78 (5.87%) GCP
5 59 (4.44%) Microsoft 365
6 34 (2.56%) Azure DevOps
7 31 (2.33%) Entra ID
8 29 (2.18%) Serverless
9 28 (2.11%) SaaS
10 26 (1.96%) OCI
10 26 (1.96%) PowerApps
11 25 (1.88%) Figma
11 25 (1.88%) Google Analytics
12 22 (1.66%) GitHub
13 20 (1.51%) Amazon S3
14 18 (1.36%) Azure AKS
15 17 (1.28%) Azure Service Bus
15 17 (1.28%) Dynamics 365
16 15 (1.13%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
16 15 (1.13%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 44 (3.31%) Firewall
2 37 (2.79%) WAN
3 31 (2.33%) LAN
4 19 (1.43%) Wi-Fi
5 18 (1.36%) Network Security
6 16 (1.20%) Wireshark
7 15 (1.13%) NGFW
7 15 (1.13%) VXLAN
8 14 (1.05%) Cisco ASA
8 14 (1.05%) Unified Communications
8 14 (1.05%) VLAN
9 11 (0.83%) SD-WAN
10 10 (0.75%) BGP
10 10 (0.75%) Cisco Firepower
10 10 (0.75%) VPN
11 9 (0.68%) SMTP
11 9 (0.68%) WebEx
12 8 (0.60%) MPLS
13 7 (0.53%) DMZ
13 7 (0.53%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (4.22%) Power BI
2 39 (2.94%) Metadata
3 38 (2.86%) PostgreSQL
4 37 (2.79%) MongoDB
5 23 (1.73%) NoSQL
6 15 (1.13%) SQL Server
7 14 (1.05%) Data Lake
7 14 (1.05%) Data Warehouse
7 14 (1.05%) MySQL
8 11 (0.83%) BigQuery
9 8 (0.60%) Looker
9 8 (0.60%) Tableau
10 7 (0.53%) Amazon Athena
10 7 (0.53%) DynamoDB
11 6 (0.45%) Amazon RDS
11 6 (0.45%) Amazon Redshift
11 6 (0.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 5 (0.38%) Relational Database
12 5 (0.38%) Star Schema
13 4 (0.30%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 38 (2.86%) GitLab
2 26 (1.96%) Git
3 19 (1.43%) Axure RP
4 18 (1.36%) Balsamiq
5 16 (1.20%) Jenkins
6 10 (0.75%) JIRA
7 9 (0.68%) Selenium
8 6 (0.45%) Cypress.io
8 6 (0.45%) Subversion
9 5 (0.38%) Bitbucket
9 5 (0.38%) Burp Suite
9 5 (0.38%) Metasploit
10 3 (0.23%) Gatling
10 3 (0.23%) JMeter
10 3 (0.23%) NUnit
10 3 (0.23%) REST Assured
11 2 (0.15%) Jasmine
11 2 (0.15%) TeamCity
11 2 (0.15%) Visual Studio
11 2 (0.15%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 310 (23.34%) Social Skills
2 236 (17.77%) Finance
3 200 (15.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 136 (10.24%) Analytical Skills
5 125 (9.41%) Law
6 65 (4.89%) Marketing
7 53 (3.99%) Influencing Skills
8 50 (3.77%) Local Government
9 44 (3.31%) Telecoms
10 41 (3.09%) Legal
11 40 (3.01%) Retail
12 35 (2.64%) Presentation Skills
13 31 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
14 28 (2.11%) Manufacturing
15 24 (1.81%) Banking
16 18 (1.36%) Electronics
17 15 (1.13%) Billing
18 11 (0.83%) Police
19 10 (0.75%) General Ledger
20 5 (0.38%) Environmental Health
Job Titles
1 372 (28.01%) Senior
2 188 (14.16%) Architect
3 155 (11.67%) Senior Manager
4 109 (8.21%) Lead
5 89 (6.70%) Analyst
5 89 (6.70%) Consultant
6 87 (6.55%) Developer
7 66 (4.97%) Business Analyst
8 60 (4.52%) Solutions Architect
9 54 (4.07%) Designer
10 49 (3.69%) Project Manager
11 47 (3.54%) Data Engineer
12 43 (3.24%) Portfolio Manager
13 42 (3.16%) Digital Project Manager
14 40 (3.01%) Senior Project Manager
15 39 (2.94%) Data Architect
16 38 (2.86%) Delivery Manager
17 37 (2.79%) Senior Digital Project Manager
17 37 (2.79%) Senior Portfolio Manager
18 36 (2.71%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (2.64%) .NET
2 34 (2.56%) REST
3 21 (1.58%) CSS
3 21 (1.58%) HTML
3 21 (1.58%) React
3 21 (1.58%) RESTful
3 21 (1.58%) Spring
4 19 (1.43%) Middleware
4 19 (1.43%) SOAP
5 18 (1.36%) Node.js
6 14 (1.05%) Lightning Web Components
6 14 (1.05%) Visualforce
7 13 (0.98%) Oracle Fusion
7 13 (0.98%) Spring Boot
8 10 (0.75%) HTML5 Canvas
8 10 (0.75%) PySpark
9 9 (0.68%) EDI
9 9 (0.68%) Playwright
9 9 (0.68%) SAML
9 9 (0.68%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 74 (5.57%) Cloud Native
2 71 (5.35%) Product Ownership
3 44 (3.31%) Management Information System
4 41 (3.09%) Onboarding
5 35 (2.64%) Legacy Systems
6 34 (2.56%) Blog
6 34 (2.56%) Virtual Team
7 33 (2.48%) Data Centre
8 31 (2.33%) NHS
9 29 (2.18%) Hybrid Cloud
9 29 (2.18%) PKI
10 22 (1.66%) Public Cloud
10 22 (1.66%) Security Posture
11 21 (1.58%) Legacy Applications
12 16 (1.20%) Low-Code
13 14 (1.05%) Enterprise Software
13 14 (1.05%) PMI
13 14 (1.05%) Self-Motivation
13 14 (1.05%) Video Conferencing
14 10 (0.75%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 51 (3.84%) Linux
1 51 (3.84%) Windows
2 26 (1.96%) Unix
3 13 (0.98%) Windows Server
4 10 (0.75%) Android
5 9 (0.68%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.23%) VME
7 1 (0.075%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.075%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.075%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 420 (31.63%) Mentoring
2 377 (28.39%) Agile
3 366 (27.56%) Coaching
4 219 (16.49%) Continuous Improvement
5 183 (13.78%) Problem-Solving
6 163 (12.27%) Community of Practice
7 150 (11.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 143 (10.77%) AI
9 142 (10.69%) Analytics
10 132 (9.94%) CI/CD
11 127 (9.56%) DevOps
12 114 (8.58%) Technology Strategy
13 107 (8.06%) Cybersecurity
14 105 (7.91%) Roadmaps
15 100 (7.53%) Decision-Making
16 98 (7.38%) Collaborative Culture
17 96 (7.23%) Business Intelligence
18 82 (6.17%) Stakeholder Management
19 79 (5.95%) Project Delivery
19 79 (5.95%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 113 (8.51%) Python
2 86 (6.48%) Java
3 85 (6.40%) SQL
4 65 (4.89%) JavaScript
5 38 (2.86%) C#
6 15 (1.13%) Bash
6 15 (1.13%) PowerShell
7 14 (1.05%) Apex Code
7 14 (1.05%) VBA
8 12 (0.90%) Scala
9 11 (0.83%) R
10 7 (0.53%) TypeScript
11 5 (0.38%) Bicep
12 4 (0.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 4 (0.30%) PHP
13 3 (0.23%) COBOL
13 3 (0.23%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.15%) Google Apps Script
14 2 (0.15%) Kotlin
14 2 (0.15%) Perl
Qualifications
1 348 (26.20%) Security Cleared
2 293 (22.06%) SC Cleared
3 196 (14.76%) Degree
4 49 (3.69%) DV Cleared
5 47 (3.54%) Computer Science Degree
6 34 (2.56%) CISSP
7 27 (2.03%) CISM
8 26 (1.96%) Microsoft Certification
9 25 (1.88%) BPSS Clearance
10 17 (1.28%) PMI Certification
11 16 (1.20%) ACCA
11 16 (1.20%) DBS Check
12 15 (1.13%) Azure Certification
13 14 (1.05%) CREST Certified
14 11 (0.83%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 10 (0.75%) CHECK Team Member
16 9 (0.68%) AWS Certification
16 9 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
16 9 (0.68%) Master's Degree
17 8 (0.60%) VCAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (5.65%) Accessibility
2 56 (4.22%) Data Quality
3 55 (4.14%) QA
4 47 (3.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 33 (2.48%) GDPR
6 27 (2.03%) GRC
6 27 (2.03%) NIST
7 25 (1.88%) WCAG
8 17 (1.28%) NCSC
9 16 (1.20%) Actionable Recommendations
9 16 (1.20%) PCI DSS
10 15 (1.13%) GAAP
10 15 (1.13%) IFRS
11 13 (0.98%) P3O
11 13 (0.98%) SLA
12 9 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
13 7 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 7 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 7 (0.53%) JSP 440
14 5 (0.38%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 43 (3.24%) Active Directory
2 37 (2.79%) Docker
3 23 (1.73%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (1.28%) VMware NSX
5 10 (0.75%) vSphere
6 6 (0.45%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 6 (0.45%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.075%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.075%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.075%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 78 (5.87%) Terraform
2 41 (3.09%) Ansible
3 36 (2.71%) Kubernetes
4 17 (1.28%) Single Sign-On
5 14 (1.05%) Argo
6 13 (0.98%) Grafana
7 10 (0.75%) Microsoft Intune
8 9 (0.68%) Cisco CUCM
9 5 (0.38%) Nessus
9 5 (0.38%) Nmap
10 4 (0.30%) vCenter Server
11 3 (0.23%) Check_MK
11 3 (0.23%) Control-M
11 3 (0.23%) OpenView
11 3 (0.23%) Prometheus
12 2 (0.15%) MIIS
12 2 (0.15%) Tivoli
13 1 (0.075%) Kibana
13 1 (0.075%) Oracle RMAN
13 1 (0.075%) Rancher
Vendors
1 206 (15.51%) Microsoft
2 62 (4.67%) Google
3 40 (3.01%) Oracle
4 32 (2.41%) SAP
5 31 (2.33%) Salesforce
6 27 (2.03%) Adobe
6 27 (2.03%) VMware
7 26 (1.96%) ServiceNow
8 23 (1.73%) Cisco
9 16 (1.20%) CyberArk
10 15 (1.13%) Arista
10 15 (1.13%) Aruba
10 15 (1.13%) MuleSoft
10 15 (1.13%) NetScout
11 13 (0.98%) Splunk
12 11 (0.83%) Fortinet
13 9 (0.68%) Palo Alto
14 8 (0.60%) Apple
14 8 (0.60%) Red Hat
14 8 (0.60%) Samsung