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

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 54 57
Rank change year-on-year +23 +3 +5
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 1,555 898 1,104
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.79% 5.45% 4.46%
As % of the General category 11.28% 7.59% 7.29%
Number of salaries quoted 1,204 481 846
10th Percentile £36,250 £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% +1.77%
75th Percentile £78,750 £68,750 £71,991
90th Percentile £92,500 £85,000 £84,964
UK median annual salary £62,500 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.76% +5.45% -

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 13,791 11,833 15,151
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.24% 71.76% 61.20%
Number of salaries quoted 8,701 6,558 10,031
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,250 £33,125
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,869 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -2.54% -5.60%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,266 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.35% -1.33% -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 19 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 (2.19%) 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 (1.74%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (0.84%) Adobe XD
5 11 (0.71%) Chatbot
6 9 (0.58%) AutoCAD
6 9 (0.58%) Civil 3D
7 6 (0.39%) 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 15 (0.96%) Dynamics CRM
1 15 (0.96%) Workday HCM
2 9 (0.58%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.45%) iTrent
4 4 (0.26%) Distributed Ledger
5 3 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.13%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
6 2 (0.13%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.064%) HFM
7 1 (0.064%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.064%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.064%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 1 (0.064%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.064%) Payment Gateway
7 1 (0.064%) SAP HCM
7 1 (0.064%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 297 (19.10%) AWS
2 274 (17.62%) Azure
3 85 (5.47%) GCP
4 64 (4.12%) Power Platform
5 58 (3.73%) Microsoft 365
6 50 (3.22%) SaaS
7 37 (2.38%) Azure DevOps
8 26 (1.67%) Google Analytics
9 25 (1.61%) GitHub
10 24 (1.54%) Azure AKS
11 23 (1.48%) Entra ID
12 22 (1.41%) Serverless
13 19 (1.22%) Microsoft Copilot
13 19 (1.22%) Slack
14 18 (1.16%) Amazon S3
14 18 (1.16%) Azure Service Bus
15 17 (1.09%) Figma
16 15 (0.96%) Amazon EC2
16 15 (0.96%) Amazon EKS
17 13 (0.84%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 40 (2.57%) WAN
2 34 (2.19%) LAN
2 34 (2.19%) Network Security
3 30 (1.93%) Firewall
4 17 (1.09%) DNS
5 14 (0.90%) DHCP
5 14 (0.90%) Unified Communications
5 14 (0.90%) VLAN
6 13 (0.84%) VoIP
7 12 (0.77%) MPLS
8 11 (0.71%) BGP
8 11 (0.71%) Cisco ASA
8 11 (0.71%) CTI
9 9 (0.58%) Cisco Firepower
9 9 (0.58%) VPN
9 9 (0.58%) WebEx
10 8 (0.51%) TCP/IP
10 8 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (0.39%) OSPF
11 6 (0.39%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (4.18%) PostgreSQL
2 59 (3.79%) Power BI
3 50 (3.22%) MongoDB
4 40 (2.57%) MySQL
5 32 (2.06%) Metadata
6 30 (1.93%) NoSQL
7 28 (1.80%) SQL Server
8 20 (1.29%) 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%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 55 (3.54%) Git
2 43 (2.77%) GitLab
3 21 (1.35%) Jenkins
3 21 (1.35%) JIRA
4 10 (0.64%) Balsamiq
5 8 (0.51%) Axure RP
5 8 (0.51%) Selenium
6 6 (0.39%) Cypress.io
7 5 (0.32%) TeamCity
8 4 (0.26%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.19%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 3 (0.19%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.19%) Gatling
9 3 (0.19%) JMeter
9 3 (0.19%) Mercurial
9 3 (0.19%) 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
1 379 (24.37%) Social Skills
2 220 (14.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 209 (13.44%) Finance
4 155 (9.97%) Analytical Skills
5 142 (9.13%) Law
6 81 (5.21%) Local Government
7 78 (5.02%) Influencing Skills
7 78 (5.02%) Legal
8 67 (4.31%) Marketing
9 57 (3.67%) Presentation Skills
10 46 (2.96%) Retail
11 39 (2.51%) Organisational Skills
12 36 (2.32%) Telecoms
13 24 (1.54%) Banking
14 20 (1.29%) Police
15 14 (0.90%) Aerospace
16 11 (0.71%) Multimedia
17 8 (0.51%) Environmental Health
18 7 (0.45%) Welsh Language
19 6 (0.39%) Military
Job Titles
1 373 (23.99%) Senior
2 263 (16.91%) Architect
3 165 (10.61%) Lead
4 133 (8.55%) Analyst
5 130 (8.36%) Consultant
6 95 (6.11%) Business Analyst
7 86 (5.53%) Technical Architect
8 85 (5.47%) Developer
9 74 (4.76%) Senior Manager
10 58 (3.73%) Account Manager
11 57 (3.67%) Software Engineer
12 55 (3.54%) Data Architect
12 55 (3.54%) Designer
12 55 (3.54%) Solutions Architect
13 51 (3.28%) DevOps Engineer
13 51 (3.28%) Lead Architect
14 47 (3.02%) Delivery Manager
14 47 (3.02%) Technical Leader
15 46 (2.96%) Senior Architect
16 39 (2.51%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 56 (3.60%) .NET
2 45 (2.89%) Node.js
3 40 (2.57%) React
4 37 (2.38%) CSS
5 32 (2.06%) HTML
6 31 (1.99%) REST
7 26 (1.67%) Spring
8 25 (1.61%) RESTful
9 20 (1.29%) .NET Core
10 19 (1.22%) AngularJS
10 19 (1.22%) Middleware
11 17 (1.09%) Kafka
11 17 (1.09%) Spring Boot
12 16 (1.03%) SOAP
13 15 (0.96%) Entity Framework
13 15 (0.96%) PySpark
14 13 (0.84%) Oracle Fusion
15 11 (0.71%) .NET Framework
16 10 (0.64%) OAuth
17 9 (0.58%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 89 (5.72%) Cloud Native
2 72 (4.63%) Product Ownership
3 61 (3.92%) Onboarding
4 51 (3.28%) Self-Motivation
5 45 (2.89%) Management Information System
6 41 (2.64%) NHS
7 38 (2.44%) Blog
8 37 (2.38%) e-Learning
9 33 (2.12%) Legacy Systems
10 31 (1.99%) Virtual Team
11 19 (1.22%) CMDB
11 19 (1.22%) Data Centre
11 19 (1.22%) Greenfield Project
11 19 (1.22%) Security Posture
12 18 (1.16%) Public Cloud
13 16 (1.03%) Enterprise Software
13 16 (1.03%) Legacy Applications
13 16 (1.03%) PKI
14 15 (0.96%) Hybrid Cloud
15 14 (0.90%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 80 (5.14%) Windows
2 72 (4.63%) Linux
3 48 (3.09%) 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
1 512 (32.93%) Agile
2 439 (28.23%) Mentoring
3 382 (24.57%) Coaching
4 302 (19.42%) Continuous Improvement
5 194 (12.48%) AI
6 193 (12.41%) Community of Practice
7 188 (12.09%) CI/CD
8 185 (11.90%) Problem-Solving
9 181 (11.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 178 (11.45%) Analytics
11 171 (11.00%) DevOps
12 168 (10.80%) Technology Strategy
13 150 (9.65%) Scrum
14 148 (9.52%) Decision-Making
15 141 (9.07%) Roadmaps
16 138 (8.87%) Stakeholder Management
17 133 (8.55%) Cybersecurity
18 130 (8.36%) Software Engineering
19 119 (7.65%) Project Delivery
20 102 (6.56%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 135 (8.68%) Java
2 109 (7.01%) Python
3 107 (6.88%) JavaScript
4 98 (6.30%) SQL
5 52 (3.34%) C#
6 20 (1.29%) Bash
7 16 (1.03%) TypeScript
8 13 (0.84%) PowerShell
9 8 (0.51%) C++
9 8 (0.51%) PHP
10 7 (0.45%) Ruby
10 7 (0.45%) Scala
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%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 425 (27.33%) Security Cleared
2 341 (21.93%) SC Cleared
3 215 (13.83%) Degree
4 90 (5.79%) DV Cleared
5 58 (3.73%) Computer Science Degree
6 43 (2.77%) CISSP
7 41 (2.64%) BPSS Clearance
8 32 (2.06%) CISM
9 21 (1.35%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 13 (0.84%) AWS Certification
10 13 (0.84%) CREST Certified
10 13 (0.84%) Master's Degree
11 12 (0.77%) DBS Check
12 11 (0.71%) PMI Certification
13 10 (0.64%) PMP
14 9 (0.58%) Cisco Certification
14 9 (0.58%) Microsoft Certification
15 8 (0.51%) Azure Certification
15 8 (0.51%) CCNP
16 7 (0.45%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 133 (8.55%) Accessibility
2 73 (4.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 59 (3.79%) QA
4 47 (3.02%) NCSC
5 46 (2.96%) Data Quality
6 37 (2.38%) NIST
7 29 (1.86%) Actionable Recommendations
8 26 (1.67%) GDPR
8 26 (1.67%) WCAG
9 23 (1.48%) GRC
10 19 (1.22%) PCI DSS
11 18 (1.16%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 12 (0.77%) SLA
13 9 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
14 8 (0.51%) ISO 9001
14 8 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 8 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 6 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 6 (0.39%) PMO
16 4 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 56 (3.60%) Docker
2 45 (2.89%) 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 (0.39%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 6 (0.39%) Virtual Servers
8 5 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.064%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 80 (5.14%) Terraform
2 61 (3.92%) Kubernetes
3 32 (2.06%) Ansible
4 14 (0.90%) Argo
4 14 (0.90%) Grafana
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%) OpenView
11 2 (0.13%) Oracle RMAN
11 2 (0.13%) Tivoli
12 1 (0.064%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 1 (0.064%) Kibana
Vendors
1 176 (11.32%) Microsoft
2 57 (3.67%) Google
3 40 (2.57%) ServiceNow
4 35 (2.25%) Oracle
5 32 (2.06%) Cisco
5 32 (2.06%) VMware
6 23 (1.48%) Workday
7 20 (1.29%) Adobe
8 19 (1.22%) Salesforce
9 17 (1.09%) Splunk
10 14 (0.90%) Databricks
10 14 (0.90%) SAP
11 13 (0.84%) Avaya
11 13 (0.84%) Pega
12 12 (0.77%) Fortinet
12 12 (0.77%) Palo Alto
12 12 (0.77%) YouTube
13 11 (0.71%) Genesys
14 8 (0.51%) NetApp
15 7 (0.45%) HubSpot