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

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 70 48
Rank change year-on-year +45 -22 +13
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 1,452 749 1,706
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.35% 4.91% 4.96%
As % of the General category 12.69% 6.58% 8.18%
Number of salaries quoted 1,207 344 1,432
10th Percentile £40,825 £34,225 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,789 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £60,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year +5.13% +3.51% -1.45%
75th Percentile £75,000 £69,063 £73,750
90th Percentile £88,148 £80,000 £84,964
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -

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 11,439 11,380 20,848
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 57.93% 74.67% 60.61%
Number of salaries quoted 7,464 6,238 15,280
10th Percentile £32,500 £27,500 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,903 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £79,688 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £56,250 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.22% +7.14% -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 June 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 35 (2.41%) SharePoint
2 17 (1.17%) Apache Airflow
3 13 (0.90%) Apache
4 12 (0.83%) SAS
5 8 (0.55%) Apache Spark
5 8 (0.55%) SharePoint Server
6 7 (0.48%) Jupyter
7 5 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.21%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.21%) CMS
8 3 (0.21%) Drupal
8 3 (0.21%) Palantir Foundry
9 2 (0.14%) Camunda
9 2 (0.14%) Confluence
9 2 (0.14%) JBoss
10 1 (0.069%) nginx
Applications
1 30 (2.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (1.86%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (1.17%) Adobe XD
4 13 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.28%) InVision
5 4 (0.28%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.28%) Sketch
5 4 (0.28%) Windchill
6 2 (0.14%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.14%) Civil 3D
6 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.14%) PlantUML
7 1 (0.069%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 13 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.48%) iTrent
4 4 (0.28%) Elite 3E
4 4 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.14%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
5 2 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.14%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.14%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (0.14%) SAP HCM
5 2 (0.14%) SAP Payroll
6 1 (0.069%) HFM
6 1 (0.069%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.069%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.069%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 290 (19.97%) Azure
2 249 (17.15%) AWS
3 85 (5.85%) Power Platform
4 84 (5.79%) GCP
5 57 (3.93%) Microsoft 365
6 39 (2.69%) Azure DevOps
7 29 (2.00%) Google Analytics
8 28 (1.93%) Entra ID
9 26 (1.79%) OCI
9 26 (1.79%) SaaS
10 25 (1.72%) Serverless
11 24 (1.65%) Amazon S3
12 22 (1.52%) PowerApps
13 19 (1.31%) Azure Service Bus
14 18 (1.24%) Azure AKS
15 17 (1.17%) Figma
15 17 (1.17%) GitHub
16 16 (1.10%) Amazon EC2
17 13 (0.90%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
17 13 (0.90%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 45 (3.10%) Firewall
2 38 (2.62%) WAN
3 32 (2.20%) LAN
4 26 (1.79%) Network Security
5 18 (1.24%) Wi-Fi
6 16 (1.10%) Unified Communications
6 16 (1.10%) Wireshark
7 15 (1.03%) NGFW
7 15 (1.03%) VXLAN
8 14 (0.96%) Cisco ASA
8 14 (0.96%) VLAN
9 11 (0.76%) BGP
9 11 (0.76%) VPN
10 10 (0.69%) Cisco Firepower
11 9 (0.62%) DNS
11 9 (0.62%) MPLS
11 9 (0.62%) SD-WAN
11 9 (0.62%) SMTP
11 9 (0.62%) WebEx
12 6 (0.41%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (4.27%) Power BI
2 58 (3.99%) PostgreSQL
3 52 (3.58%) MongoDB
4 44 (3.03%) Metadata
5 37 (2.55%) NoSQL
6 32 (2.20%) MySQL
7 16 (1.10%) Data Lake
7 16 (1.10%) SQL Server
8 14 (0.96%) BigQuery
9 13 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
10 12 (0.83%) Amazon Athena
11 10 (0.69%) DynamoDB
11 10 (0.69%) Looker
11 10 (0.69%) Tableau
12 8 (0.55%) Azure SQL Database
13 7 (0.48%) Big Data
13 7 (0.48%) Relational Database
14 6 (0.41%) Amazon RDS
14 6 (0.41%) Amazon Redshift
14 6 (0.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 39 (2.69%) GitLab
2 36 (2.48%) Git
3 15 (1.03%) Jenkins
4 9 (0.62%) Axure RP
4 9 (0.62%) Balsamiq
4 9 (0.62%) Selenium
5 6 (0.41%) Cypress.io
5 6 (0.41%) JIRA
6 3 (0.21%) Gatling
6 3 (0.21%) JMeter
6 3 (0.21%) REST Assured
7 2 (0.14%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.14%) Jasmine
7 2 (0.14%) JUnit
7 2 (0.14%) NUnit
7 2 (0.14%) TeamCity
7 2 (0.14%) Visual Studio
7 2 (0.14%) Visual Studio Code
8 1 (0.069%) SpecFlow
8 1 (0.069%) Zephyr
General
1 326 (22.45%) Social Skills
2 203 (13.98%) Finance
3 195 (13.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 144 (9.92%) Analytical Skills
5 122 (8.40%) Law
6 56 (3.86%) Marketing
7 54 (3.72%) Influencing Skills
8 48 (3.31%) Legal
9 44 (3.03%) Local Government
10 42 (2.89%) Presentation Skills
11 36 (2.48%) Retail
12 34 (2.34%) Organisational Skills
13 29 (2.00%) Telecoms
14 23 (1.58%) Banking
15 9 (0.62%) Advertising
15 9 (0.62%) Environmental Health
15 9 (0.62%) Multimedia
16 8 (0.55%) Police
17 7 (0.48%) Billing
17 7 (0.48%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 405 (27.89%) Senior
2 224 (15.43%) Architect
3 157 (10.81%) Senior Manager
4 127 (8.75%) Lead
5 108 (7.44%) Analyst
6 88 (6.06%) Consultant
7 86 (5.92%) Developer
8 80 (5.51%) Business Analyst
9 58 (3.99%) Technical Architect
10 57 (3.93%) Software Engineer
11 55 (3.79%) Solutions Architect
12 53 (3.65%) Data Engineer
13 52 (3.58%) Project Manager
14 51 (3.51%) Data Architect
14 51 (3.51%) Designer
15 45 (3.10%) Delivery Manager
16 43 (2.96%) Portfolio Manager
17 42 (2.89%) Digital Project Manager
17 42 (2.89%) Senior Project Manager
18 40 (2.75%) Account Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (2.82%) .NET
2 40 (2.75%) REST
3 32 (2.20%) RESTful
4 30 (2.07%) Node.js
5 25 (1.72%) Spring
6 21 (1.45%) React
6 21 (1.45%) SOAP
7 18 (1.24%) Middleware
8 17 (1.17%) Oracle Fusion
9 16 (1.10%) CSS
9 16 (1.10%) HTML
9 16 (1.10%) Spring Boot
10 12 (0.83%) Lightning Web Components
10 12 (0.83%) PySpark
10 12 (0.83%) Visualforce
11 10 (0.69%) EDI
11 10 (0.69%) Kafka
12 9 (0.62%) Playwright
12 9 (0.62%) SAML
12 9 (0.62%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 90 (6.20%) Cloud Native
2 64 (4.41%) Product Ownership
3 46 (3.17%) Legacy Systems
4 45 (3.10%) Management Information System
5 44 (3.03%) Onboarding
6 34 (2.34%) Virtual Team
7 33 (2.27%) Data Centre
8 30 (2.07%) Hybrid Cloud
9 29 (2.00%) Legacy Applications
10 28 (1.93%) PKI
11 27 (1.86%) Self-Motivation
12 25 (1.72%) NHS
12 25 (1.72%) Security Posture
13 24 (1.65%) Public Cloud
14 18 (1.24%) Blog
15 17 (1.17%) CMDB
16 16 (1.10%) e-Learning
17 15 (1.03%) Low-Code
18 14 (0.96%) PMI
19 13 (0.90%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 53 (3.65%) Linux
2 52 (3.58%) Windows
3 24 (1.65%) Unix
4 14 (0.96%) Windows Server
5 9 (0.62%) Android
6 8 (0.55%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.21%) VME
8 2 (0.14%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.069%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.069%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.069%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 477 (32.85%) Mentoring
2 444 (30.58%) Agile
3 415 (28.58%) Coaching
4 249 (17.15%) Continuous Improvement
5 177 (12.19%) Problem-Solving
6 162 (11.16%) Community of Practice
6 162 (11.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 160 (11.02%) CI/CD
8 147 (10.12%) Analytics
9 133 (9.16%) AI
9 133 (9.16%) DevOps
10 120 (8.26%) Technology Strategy
11 117 (8.06%) Roadmaps
12 116 (7.99%) Cybersecurity
12 116 (7.99%) Decision-Making
13 102 (7.02%) Software Engineering
14 94 (6.47%) Collaborative Culture
15 89 (6.13%) Stakeholder Management
16 88 (6.06%) Business Intelligence
17 87 (5.99%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 124 (8.54%) Java
2 111 (7.64%) Python
3 103 (7.09%) SQL
4 88 (6.06%) JavaScript
5 40 (2.75%) C#
6 17 (1.17%) Bash
7 14 (0.96%) VBA
8 13 (0.90%) PowerShell
9 12 (0.83%) Apex Code
10 11 (0.76%) Scala
11 10 (0.69%) R
12 8 (0.55%) C++
12 8 (0.55%) TypeScript
13 5 (0.34%) Bicep
13 5 (0.34%) PHP
14 4 (0.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 4 (0.28%) Perl
14 4 (0.28%) PL/SQL
15 3 (0.21%) COBOL
15 3 (0.21%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 366 (25.21%) Security Cleared
2 310 (21.35%) SC Cleared
3 190 (13.09%) Degree
4 62 (4.27%) DV Cleared
5 53 (3.65%) Computer Science Degree
6 36 (2.48%) CISSP
7 28 (1.93%) BPSS Clearance
8 25 (1.72%) CISM
9 23 (1.58%) Microsoft Certification
10 19 (1.31%) PMI Certification
11 15 (1.03%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 12 (0.83%) Azure Certification
13 10 (0.69%) Cisco Certification
13 10 (0.69%) DBS Check
14 9 (0.62%) CREST Certified
14 9 (0.62%) Master's Degree
15 7 (0.48%) ACCA
15 7 (0.48%) CCNP
15 7 (0.48%) CITP
16 6 (0.41%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 91 (6.27%) Accessibility
2 64 (4.41%) QA
3 57 (3.93%) Data Quality
4 56 (3.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 32 (2.20%) NCSC
6 31 (2.13%) GDPR
7 28 (1.93%) NIST
8 25 (1.72%) Actionable Recommendations
9 21 (1.45%) GRC
10 20 (1.38%) PCI DSS
11 16 (1.10%) WCAG
12 13 (0.90%) P3O
13 11 (0.76%) SLA
14 9 (0.62%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 6 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
15 6 (0.41%) GAAP
15 6 (0.41%) IFRS
15 6 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 6 (0.41%) JSP 440
16 5 (0.34%) PMO
System Software
1 41 (2.82%) Active Directory
2 40 (2.75%) Docker
3 23 (1.58%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (0.96%) VMware NSX
5 10 (0.69%) vSphere
6 6 (0.41%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 6 (0.41%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.14%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 83 (5.72%) Terraform
2 43 (2.96%) Kubernetes
3 41 (2.82%) Ansible
4 16 (1.10%) Single Sign-On
5 14 (0.96%) Argo
6 13 (0.90%) Grafana
7 9 (0.62%) Cisco CUCM
7 9 (0.62%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (0.28%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.21%) Check_MK
9 3 (0.21%) OpenView
9 3 (0.21%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.14%) Control-M
10 2 (0.14%) MIIS
10 2 (0.14%) Tivoli
11 1 (0.069%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.069%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.069%) Kibana
11 1 (0.069%) Oracle RMAN
11 1 (0.069%) SCCM
Vendors
1 199 (13.71%) Microsoft
2 60 (4.13%) Google
3 46 (3.17%) Oracle
4 42 (2.89%) ServiceNow
5 31 (2.13%) Salesforce
6 28 (1.93%) VMware
7 24 (1.65%) Cisco
8 17 (1.17%) Adobe
8 17 (1.17%) SAP
9 16 (1.10%) CyberArk
10 15 (1.03%) Arista
10 15 (1.03%) Aruba
10 15 (1.03%) NetScout
10 15 (1.03%) Splunk
11 12 (0.83%) MuleSoft
12 11 (0.76%) Fortinet
13 10 (0.69%) Apple
13 10 (0.69%) Palo Alto
14 8 (0.55%) Databricks
14 8 (0.55%) Samsung