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

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 54 55
Rank change year-on-year +23 +1 +6
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 1,560 906 1,108
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.78% 5.47% 4.49%
As % of the General category 11.24% 7.66% 7.32%
Number of salaries quoted 1,210 487 844
10th Percentile £36,457 £33,000 £36,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.68% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £78,750 £68,750 £71,991
90th Percentile £92,500 £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 13,875 11,833 15,135
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.29% 71.44% 61.30%
Number of salaries quoted 8,761 6,544 9,924
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,500 £33,125
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,000 £43,087
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £59,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -3.36% -4.80%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.92% -0.91% -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 22 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 (2.18%) SharePoint
2 17 (1.09%) Apache Spark
3 16 (1.03%) Apache
4 14 (0.90%) Apache Airflow
5 11 (0.71%) Confluence
6 8 (0.51%) Jupyter
6 8 (0.51%) Microsoft Exchange
6 8 (0.51%) SharePoint Server
7 7 (0.45%) CMS
8 5 (0.32%) SAS
9 4 (0.26%) Camunda
9 4 (0.26%) WordPress
10 3 (0.19%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.19%) Drupal
10 3 (0.19%) MS Project Server
11 2 (0.13%) nginx
11 2 (0.13%) Palantir Foundry
12 1 (0.064%) JBoss
12 1 (0.064%) Oracle HTTP Server
12 1 (0.064%) Tomcat
Applications
1 38 (2.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (1.73%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (1.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (0.90%) Adobe XD
5 11 (0.71%) Chatbot
6 9 (0.58%) AutoCAD
6 9 (0.58%) Civil 3D
7 6 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
8 5 (0.32%) Microsoft Project
9 4 (0.26%) MS Visio
9 4 (0.26%) Navisworks
9 4 (0.26%) Revit
9 4 (0.26%) Windchill
10 2 (0.13%) InDesign
10 2 (0.13%) PlantUML
11 1 (0.064%) Elementor
11 1 (0.064%) InVision
11 1 (0.064%) Photoshop
11 1 (0.064%) Sketch
11 1 (0.064%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 16 (1.03%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (0.96%) Workday HCM
3 9 (0.58%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.45%) iTrent
5 4 (0.26%) Distributed Ledger
6 3 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.13%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
7 2 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.064%) Elite 3E
8 1 (0.064%) HFM
8 1 (0.064%) Oracle Assets
8 1 (0.064%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 1 (0.064%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.064%) Payment Gateway
8 1 (0.064%) SAP HCM
8 1 (0.064%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 298 (19.10%) AWS
2 273 (17.50%) Azure
3 85 (5.45%) GCP
4 64 (4.10%) Power Platform
5 58 (3.72%) Microsoft 365
6 51 (3.27%) SaaS
7 37 (2.37%) Azure DevOps
8 27 (1.73%) Google Analytics
9 25 (1.60%) GitHub
10 24 (1.54%) Azure AKS
11 23 (1.47%) Entra ID
12 21 (1.35%) Serverless
13 19 (1.22%) Microsoft Copilot
13 19 (1.22%) Slack
14 18 (1.15%) Amazon S3
14 18 (1.15%) Azure Service Bus
14 18 (1.15%) Figma
15 16 (1.03%) Amazon EKS
16 15 (0.96%) Amazon EC2
17 13 (0.83%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 40 (2.56%) WAN
2 35 (2.24%) Network Security
3 34 (2.18%) LAN
4 31 (1.99%) Firewall
5 18 (1.15%) DNS
6 15 (0.96%) DHCP
6 15 (0.96%) VLAN
7 14 (0.90%) Unified Communications
8 12 (0.77%) BGP
8 12 (0.77%) VoIP
9 11 (0.71%) Cisco ASA
9 11 (0.71%) CTI
9 11 (0.71%) MPLS
10 9 (0.58%) Cisco Firepower
10 9 (0.58%) VPN
10 9 (0.58%) WebEx
11 8 (0.51%) TCP/IP
11 8 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
12 7 (0.45%) OSPF
13 6 (0.38%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (4.17%) PostgreSQL
2 59 (3.78%) Power BI
3 51 (3.27%) MongoDB
4 40 (2.56%) MySQL
5 32 (2.05%) Metadata
6 30 (1.92%) NoSQL
7 28 (1.79%) SQL Server
8 20 (1.28%) Relational Database
9 14 (0.90%) Big Data
9 14 (0.90%) Data Lake
10 12 (0.77%) Tableau
11 10 (0.64%) Amazon Athena
11 10 (0.64%) DynamoDB
12 9 (0.58%) Azure SQL Database
12 9 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
13 7 (0.45%) BigQuery
14 5 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
14 5 (0.32%) Looker
15 4 (0.26%) Hadoop
15 4 (0.26%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 56 (3.59%) Git
2 42 (2.69%) GitLab
3 21 (1.35%) JIRA
4 20 (1.28%) Jenkins
5 11 (0.71%) Balsamiq
6 9 (0.58%) Axure RP
7 8 (0.51%) Selenium
8 6 (0.38%) Cypress.io
9 5 (0.32%) TeamCity
10 4 (0.26%) SonarQube
11 3 (0.19%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 3 (0.19%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.19%) Gatling
11 3 (0.19%) JMeter
11 3 (0.19%) Mercurial
11 3 (0.19%) REST Assured
12 2 (0.13%) Jasmine
12 2 (0.13%) NUnit
12 2 (0.13%) Visual Studio
12 2 (0.13%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 376 (24.10%) Social Skills
2 224 (14.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 206 (13.21%) Finance
4 159 (10.19%) Analytical Skills
5 146 (9.36%) Law
6 81 (5.19%) Local Government
7 79 (5.06%) Influencing Skills
8 73 (4.68%) Legal
9 68 (4.36%) Marketing
10 58 (3.72%) Presentation Skills
11 47 (3.01%) Retail
12 39 (2.50%) Organisational Skills
13 37 (2.37%) Telecoms
14 25 (1.60%) Banking
15 20 (1.28%) Police
16 14 (0.90%) Aerospace
17 11 (0.71%) Multimedia
18 8 (0.51%) Environmental Health
19 7 (0.45%) Social Housing
19 7 (0.45%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 374 (23.97%) Senior
2 265 (16.99%) Architect
3 165 (10.58%) Lead
4 134 (8.59%) Analyst
5 125 (8.01%) Consultant
6 96 (6.15%) Business Analyst
7 85 (5.45%) Developer
7 85 (5.45%) Technical Architect
8 74 (4.74%) Senior Manager
9 59 (3.78%) Software Engineer
10 58 (3.72%) Account Manager
11 56 (3.59%) Data Architect
11 56 (3.59%) Designer
12 54 (3.46%) Solutions Architect
13 51 (3.27%) DevOps Engineer
13 51 (3.27%) Lead Architect
14 48 (3.08%) Delivery Manager
15 47 (3.01%) Technical Leader
16 46 (2.95%) Senior Architect
17 39 (2.50%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 82 (5.26%) Terraform
2 56 (3.59%) .NET
3 45 (2.88%) Node.js
4 39 (2.50%) React
5 38 (2.44%) CSS
6 33 (2.12%) HTML
7 29 (1.86%) REST
8 27 (1.73%) Spring
9 25 (1.60%) RESTful
10 20 (1.28%) .NET Core
11 19 (1.22%) AngularJS
11 19 (1.22%) Middleware
12 18 (1.15%) Spring Boot
13 17 (1.09%) Kafka
14 16 (1.03%) SOAP
15 15 (0.96%) Entity Framework
15 15 (0.96%) PySpark
16 13 (0.83%) Oracle Fusion
17 11 (0.71%) .NET Framework
18 10 (0.64%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 90 (5.77%) Cloud Native
2 74 (4.74%) Product Ownership
3 61 (3.91%) Onboarding
4 51 (3.27%) Self-Motivation
5 43 (2.76%) Management Information System
6 40 (2.56%) NHS
7 39 (2.50%) Blog
8 37 (2.37%) e-Learning
9 32 (2.05%) Legacy Systems
10 30 (1.92%) Virtual Team
11 20 (1.28%) Data Centre
12 19 (1.22%) CMDB
12 19 (1.22%) Greenfield Project
12 19 (1.22%) Security Posture
13 18 (1.15%) Public Cloud
14 16 (1.03%) Enterprise Software
14 16 (1.03%) Legacy Applications
14 16 (1.03%) PKI
15 15 (0.96%) Hybrid Cloud
16 14 (0.90%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 77 (4.94%) Windows
2 71 (4.55%) Linux
3 48 (3.08%) Unix
4 26 (1.67%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.19%) VME
5 3 (0.19%) 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 (0.064%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.064%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 515 (33.01%) Agile
2 437 (28.01%) Mentoring
3 382 (24.49%) Coaching
4 304 (19.49%) Continuous Improvement
5 199 (12.76%) Community of Practice
6 193 (12.37%) AI
7 189 (12.12%) CI/CD
8 185 (11.86%) Problem-Solving
9 184 (11.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 176 (11.28%) Analytics
11 172 (11.03%) Technology Strategy
12 169 (10.83%) DevOps
13 153 (9.81%) Scrum
14 149 (9.55%) Decision-Making
15 141 (9.04%) Roadmaps
16 137 (8.78%) Stakeholder Management
17 133 (8.53%) Cybersecurity
18 131 (8.40%) Software Engineering
19 119 (7.63%) Project Delivery
20 100 (6.41%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 136 (8.72%) Java
2 109 (6.99%) Python
3 108 (6.92%) JavaScript
4 98 (6.28%) SQL
5 51 (3.27%) C#
6 20 (1.28%) Bash
7 16 (1.03%) TypeScript
8 13 (0.83%) PowerShell
9 8 (0.51%) C++
9 8 (0.51%) PHP
9 8 (0.51%) Scala
10 7 (0.45%) Ruby
11 5 (0.32%) R
12 4 (0.26%) Apex Code
12 4 (0.26%) Bicep
12 4 (0.26%) C
12 4 (0.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 4 (0.26%) Perl
12 4 (0.26%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.19%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 423 (27.12%) Security Cleared
2 341 (21.86%) SC Cleared
3 218 (13.97%) Degree
4 90 (5.77%) DV Cleared
5 58 (3.72%) Computer Science Degree
6 42 (2.69%) CISSP
7 41 (2.63%) BPSS Clearance
8 33 (2.12%) CISM
9 22 (1.41%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 13 (0.83%) AWS Certification
10 13 (0.83%) CREST Certified
10 13 (0.83%) Master's Degree
11 12 (0.77%) DBS Check
12 11 (0.71%) PMI Certification
13 10 (0.64%) PMP
14 9 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
15 8 (0.51%) Azure Certification
15 8 (0.51%) Cisco Certification
16 7 (0.45%) CISMP
16 7 (0.45%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 136 (8.72%) Accessibility
2 74 (4.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 59 (3.78%) QA
4 49 (3.14%) NCSC
5 45 (2.88%) Data Quality
6 37 (2.37%) NIST
7 30 (1.92%) Actionable Recommendations
8 27 (1.73%) WCAG
9 23 (1.47%) GDPR
9 23 (1.47%) GRC
10 19 (1.22%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 19 (1.22%) PCI DSS
11 12 (0.77%) SLA
12 9 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
13 8 (0.51%) ISO 9001
13 8 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 8 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 6 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 6 (0.38%) PMO
15 4 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 56 (3.59%) Docker
2 43 (2.76%) Active Directory
3 26 (1.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (0.77%) VMware NSX
5 10 (0.64%) vSphere
6 8 (0.51%) Hyper-V
7 6 (0.38%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 6 (0.38%) Virtual Servers
8 5 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.064%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 63 (4.04%) Kubernetes
2 33 (2.12%) Ansible
3 15 (0.96%) Grafana
4 14 (0.90%) Argo
5 9 (0.58%) Cisco CUCM
6 8 (0.51%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (0.45%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 5 (0.32%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.26%) vCenter Server
10 3 (0.19%) Check_MK
10 3 (0.19%) Prometheus
10 3 (0.19%) SCCM
11 2 (0.13%) MIIS
11 2 (0.13%) Oracle RMAN
12 1 (0.064%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 1 (0.064%) Kibana
12 1 (0.064%) OpenView
12 1 (0.064%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 178 (11.41%) Microsoft
2 56 (3.59%) Google
3 40 (2.56%) ServiceNow
4 33 (2.12%) Oracle
5 32 (2.05%) Cisco
5 32 (2.05%) VMware
6 23 (1.47%) Workday
7 21 (1.35%) Adobe
8 20 (1.28%) Salesforce
9 18 (1.15%) Splunk
10 14 (0.90%) Databricks
10 14 (0.90%) SAP
11 13 (0.83%) Avaya
11 13 (0.83%) Pega
11 13 (0.83%) YouTube
12 12 (0.77%) Fortinet
12 12 (0.77%) Palo Alto
13 11 (0.71%) Genesys
14 8 (0.51%) NetApp
15 7 (0.45%) HubSpot