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

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 65 47
Rank change year-on-year +40 -18 +14
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 1,335 728 1,672
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.28% 5.01% 5.15%
As % of the General category 13.09% 6.70% 8.30%
Number of salaries quoted 1,099 343 1,423
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,450 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,446 £46,250 £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 £86,250 £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 10,200 10,863 20,135
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 55.62% 74.74% 62.02%
Number of salaries quoted 6,788 6,353 15,057
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,450 £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 £111,250 £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 13 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 39 (2.92%) SharePoint
2 13 (0.97%) Apache Airflow
3 9 (0.67%) Apache
3 9 (0.67%) SAS
4 6 (0.45%) CMS
4 6 (0.45%) Confluence
4 6 (0.45%) Drupal
5 4 (0.30%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.30%) ArcGIS
5 4 (0.30%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.30%) nginx
6 3 (0.22%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.22%) Palantir Foundry
6 3 (0.22%) WordPress
7 2 (0.15%) Camunda
7 2 (0.15%) JBoss
7 2 (0.15%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.075%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 23 (1.72%) Adobe XD
1 23 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (1.65%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.37%) InVision
4 5 (0.37%) Sketch
5 3 (0.22%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.15%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.15%) Civil 3D
6 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.15%) Windchill
7 1 (0.075%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.075%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.075%) FrameMaker
7 1 (0.075%) MadCap Flare
7 1 (0.075%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 9 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.52%) 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
1 265 (19.85%) Azure
2 221 (16.55%) AWS
3 83 (6.22%) Power Platform
4 76 (5.69%) GCP
5 58 (4.34%) Microsoft 365
6 35 (2.62%) Azure DevOps
7 31 (2.32%) Entra ID
8 28 (2.10%) SaaS
8 28 (2.10%) Serverless
9 26 (1.95%) PowerApps
10 25 (1.87%) Google Analytics
10 25 (1.87%) OCI
11 23 (1.72%) Figma
12 21 (1.57%) Amazon S3
12 21 (1.57%) GitHub
13 18 (1.35%) Azure AKS
14 17 (1.27%) Azure Service Bus
15 16 (1.20%) Dynamics 365
16 15 (1.12%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
16 15 (1.12%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 44 (3.30%) Firewall
2 37 (2.77%) WAN
3 31 (2.32%) LAN
4 18 (1.35%) Network Security
4 18 (1.35%) Wi-Fi
5 16 (1.20%) Wireshark
6 15 (1.12%) NGFW
6 15 (1.12%) VXLAN
7 14 (1.05%) Cisco ASA
7 14 (1.05%) Unified Communications
7 14 (1.05%) VLAN
8 10 (0.75%) BGP
8 10 (0.75%) Cisco Firepower
8 10 (0.75%) SD-WAN
9 9 (0.67%) SMTP
9 9 (0.67%) VPN
9 9 (0.67%) WebEx
10 8 (0.60%) MPLS
11 7 (0.52%) DMZ
12 6 (0.45%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (4.19%) Power BI
2 42 (3.15%) PostgreSQL
3 40 (3.00%) MongoDB
4 39 (2.92%) Metadata
5 25 (1.87%) NoSQL
6 18 (1.35%) MySQL
7 15 (1.12%) SQL Server
8 14 (1.05%) Data Lake
8 14 (1.05%) Data Warehouse
9 11 (0.82%) BigQuery
10 8 (0.60%) Amazon Athena
10 8 (0.60%) DynamoDB
10 8 (0.60%) Looker
10 8 (0.60%) Tableau
11 6 (0.45%) Amazon RDS
11 6 (0.45%) Amazon Redshift
11 6 (0.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 5 (0.37%) Relational Database
12 5 (0.37%) Star Schema
13 4 (0.30%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 39 (2.92%) GitLab
2 28 (2.10%) Git
3 17 (1.27%) Axure RP
4 16 (1.20%) Balsamiq
4 16 (1.20%) Jenkins
5 9 (0.67%) JIRA
5 9 (0.67%) Selenium
6 6 (0.45%) Cypress.io
7 4 (0.30%) Bitbucket
7 4 (0.30%) Burp Suite
7 4 (0.30%) Metasploit
7 4 (0.30%) Subversion
8 3 (0.22%) Gatling
8 3 (0.22%) JMeter
8 3 (0.22%) NUnit
8 3 (0.22%) REST Assured
9 2 (0.15%) Jasmine
9 2 (0.15%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.15%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.15%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 312 (23.37%) Social Skills
2 234 (17.53%) Finance
3 200 (14.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 137 (10.26%) Analytical Skills
5 124 (9.29%) Law
6 64 (4.79%) Marketing
7 55 (4.12%) Influencing Skills
8 51 (3.82%) Local Government
9 42 (3.15%) Legal
10 41 (3.07%) Telecoms
11 40 (3.00%) Retail
12 36 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
13 31 (2.32%) Organisational Skills
14 25 (1.87%) Manufacturing
15 24 (1.80%) Banking
16 16 (1.20%) Electronics
17 15 (1.12%) Billing
18 11 (0.82%) Police
19 10 (0.75%) General Ledger
20 5 (0.37%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 373 (27.94%) Senior
2 188 (14.08%) Architect
3 155 (11.61%) Senior Manager
4 113 (8.46%) Lead
5 90 (6.74%) Consultant
6 89 (6.67%) Analyst
7 87 (6.52%) Developer
8 66 (4.94%) Business Analyst
9 60 (4.49%) Solutions Architect
10 52 (3.90%) Designer
11 49 (3.67%) Project Manager
12 45 (3.37%) Data Engineer
13 43 (3.22%) Portfolio Manager
14 42 (3.15%) Digital Project Manager
15 40 (3.00%) Senior Project Manager
16 39 (2.92%) Data Architect
16 39 (2.92%) Delivery Manager
17 37 (2.77%) Senior Digital Project Manager
17 37 (2.77%) Senior Portfolio Manager
17 37 (2.77%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (2.70%) .NET
1 36 (2.70%) REST
2 24 (1.80%) RESTful
3 22 (1.65%) CSS
3 22 (1.65%) HTML
4 21 (1.57%) Node.js
4 21 (1.57%) React
4 21 (1.57%) SOAP
4 21 (1.57%) Spring
5 19 (1.42%) Middleware
6 14 (1.05%) Lightning Web Components
6 14 (1.05%) Visualforce
7 13 (0.97%) Oracle Fusion
7 13 (0.97%) Spring Boot
8 10 (0.75%) EDI
8 10 (0.75%) HTML5 Canvas
8 10 (0.75%) PySpark
9 9 (0.67%) Playwright
9 9 (0.67%) SAML
9 9 (0.67%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 74 (5.54%) Cloud Native
2 69 (5.17%) Product Ownership
3 44 (3.30%) Management Information System
4 41 (3.07%) Onboarding
5 36 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
6 35 (2.62%) Blog
7 34 (2.55%) Virtual Team
8 33 (2.47%) Data Centre
9 31 (2.32%) NHS
10 29 (2.17%) Hybrid Cloud
10 29 (2.17%) PKI
11 22 (1.65%) Legacy Applications
11 22 (1.65%) Public Cloud
11 22 (1.65%) Security Posture
12 16 (1.20%) Low-Code
13 15 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
13 15 (1.12%) Video Conferencing
14 14 (1.05%) Enterprise Software
14 14 (1.05%) PMI
15 10 (0.75%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 51 (3.82%) Linux
2 49 (3.67%) Windows
3 26 (1.95%) Unix
4 12 (0.90%) Windows Server
5 9 (0.67%) Android
6 8 (0.60%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.22%) VME
Processes & Methodologies
1 429 (32.13%) Mentoring
2 382 (28.61%) Agile
3 375 (28.09%) Coaching
4 220 (16.48%) Continuous Improvement
5 184 (13.78%) Problem-Solving
6 161 (12.06%) Community of Practice
7 150 (11.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 145 (10.86%) AI
9 140 (10.49%) Analytics
10 135 (10.11%) CI/CD
11 129 (9.66%) DevOps
12 113 (8.46%) Technology Strategy
13 106 (7.94%) Cybersecurity
13 106 (7.94%) Roadmaps
14 101 (7.57%) Decision-Making
15 98 (7.34%) Collaborative Culture
16 94 (7.04%) Business Intelligence
17 83 (6.22%) Stakeholder Management
18 80 (5.99%) Project Delivery
19 79 (5.92%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 113 (8.46%) Python
2 93 (6.97%) Java
3 87 (6.52%) SQL
4 72 (5.39%) JavaScript
5 39 (2.92%) C#
6 14 (1.05%) Apex Code
6 14 (1.05%) Bash
6 14 (1.05%) PowerShell
6 14 (1.05%) VBA
7 12 (0.90%) Scala
8 11 (0.82%) R
9 7 (0.52%) TypeScript
10 4 (0.30%) Bicep
10 4 (0.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 4 (0.30%) PHP
11 3 (0.22%) COBOL
11 3 (0.22%) Perl
11 3 (0.22%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.15%) ABAP
12 2 (0.15%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 350 (26.22%) Security Cleared
2 292 (21.87%) SC Cleared
3 196 (14.68%) Degree
4 50 (3.75%) DV Cleared
5 48 (3.60%) Computer Science Degree
6 34 (2.55%) CISSP
7 27 (2.02%) CISM
8 26 (1.95%) Microsoft Certification
9 25 (1.87%) BPSS Clearance
10 17 (1.27%) PMI Certification
11 16 (1.20%) ACCA
11 16 (1.20%) DBS Check
12 15 (1.12%) Azure Certification
13 13 (0.97%) CREST Certified
14 11 (0.82%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 9 (0.67%) AWS Certification
15 9 (0.67%) CHECK Team Member
15 9 (0.67%) Cisco Certification
15 9 (0.67%) Master's Degree
16 8 (0.60%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (5.62%) Accessibility
2 58 (4.34%) QA
3 57 (4.27%) Data Quality
4 47 (3.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 32 (2.40%) GDPR
6 27 (2.02%) GRC
6 27 (2.02%) NIST
7 23 (1.72%) WCAG
8 17 (1.27%) NCSC
9 16 (1.20%) Actionable Recommendations
9 16 (1.20%) PCI DSS
10 15 (1.12%) GAAP
10 15 (1.12%) IFRS
11 14 (1.05%) SLA
12 13 (0.97%) P3O
13 9 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials
14 7 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 7 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 7 (0.52%) JSP 440
15 5 (0.37%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 43 (3.22%) Active Directory
2 36 (2.70%) Docker
3 23 (1.72%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (1.27%) 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 77 (5.77%) Terraform
2 40 (3.00%) Ansible
3 34 (2.55%) Kubernetes
4 16 (1.20%) Single Sign-On
5 14 (1.05%) Argo
6 13 (0.97%) Grafana
7 10 (0.75%) Microsoft Intune
8 9 (0.67%) Cisco CUCM
9 4 (0.30%) Nessus
9 4 (0.30%) Nmap
9 4 (0.30%) vCenter Server
10 3 (0.22%) Check_MK
10 3 (0.22%) Control-M
10 3 (0.22%) OpenView
10 3 (0.22%) Prometheus
11 2 (0.15%) MIIS
11 2 (0.15%) Tivoli
12 1 (0.075%) Oracle RMAN
12 1 (0.075%) SCCM
12 1 (0.075%) WSUS
Vendors
1 205 (15.36%) Microsoft
2 61 (4.57%) Google
3 38 (2.85%) Oracle
4 31 (2.32%) Salesforce
5 30 (2.25%) SAP
6 28 (2.10%) ServiceNow
7 27 (2.02%) VMware
8 25 (1.87%) Adobe
9 23 (1.72%) Cisco
10 16 (1.20%) CyberArk
11 15 (1.12%) Arista
11 15 (1.12%) Aruba
11 15 (1.12%) MuleSoft
11 15 (1.12%) NetScout
12 13 (0.97%) Splunk
13 10 (0.75%) Fortinet
14 9 (0.67%) Palo Alto
15 8 (0.60%) Apple
15 8 (0.60%) Red Hat
15 8 (0.60%) Samsung