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 4 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 46 64 63
Rank change year-on-year +18 -1 +15
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 781 857 948
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.10% 4.50% 4.65%
As % of the General category 8.09% 6.85% 7.13%
Number of salaries quoted 608 474 782
10th Percentile £26,250 £37,290 £36,250
25th Percentile £40,412 £46,887 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% +0.87% -
75th Percentile £70,262 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £55,500 £57,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.63% +3.64% -4.15%

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 common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 9,657 12,508 13,301
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 63.07% 65.61% 65.23%
Number of salaries quoted 6,202 7,294 10,448
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,920 £36,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £108,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 4 December 2025.

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 29 (3.71%) SharePoint
2 18 (2.30%) Confluence
3 5 (0.64%) Drupal
3 5 (0.64%) nginx
3 5 (0.64%) WordPress
4 4 (0.51%) Oracle Workflow
5 3 (0.38%) CMS
6 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.26%) SAS
6 2 (0.26%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.26%) Umbraco
6 2 (0.26%) WebLogic
6 2 (0.26%) WebLogic Portal
7 1 (0.13%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.13%) OpenStack
7 1 (0.13%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 27 (3.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (3.20%) Adobe XD
3 16 (2.05%) Microsoft Office
4 7 (0.90%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.64%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.51%) AutoCAD
6 4 (0.51%) Civil 3D
6 4 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.51%) Trello
7 1 (0.13%) FrameMaker
7 1 (0.13%) MadCap Flare
7 1 (0.13%) Revit
7 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 16 (2.05%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.02%) Unit4 Business World
3 6 (0.77%) NEC Housing
4 4 (0.51%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.51%) SAP SCM
5 3 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.38%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.38%) Primavera
5 3 (0.38%) SAP PM
5 3 (0.38%) SAP PP
6 2 (0.26%) Oracle Applications
6 2 (0.26%) SAP APO
6 2 (0.26%) SAP EWM
6 2 (0.26%) SAP QM
6 2 (0.26%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.13%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.13%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.13%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.13%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.13%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 134 (17.16%) Azure
2 92 (11.78%) AWS
3 49 (6.27%) Power Platform
4 41 (5.25%) SaaS
5 40 (5.12%) Microsoft 365
6 31 (3.97%) Serverless
7 27 (3.46%) Dynamics 365
7 27 (3.46%) Entra ID
7 27 (3.46%) Figma
8 25 (3.20%) GCP
9 24 (3.07%) Power Automate
10 23 (2.94%) PowerApps
11 19 (2.43%) GitHub
12 17 (2.18%) Google Analytics
13 14 (1.79%) Azure DevOps
13 14 (1.79%) Miro
13 14 (1.79%) PaaS
14 12 (1.54%) AWS Lambda
15 11 (1.41%) IaaS
16 10 (1.28%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 35 (4.48%) Network Security
2 14 (1.79%) Firewall
3 11 (1.41%) WAN
4 10 (1.28%) LAN
4 10 (1.28%) TCP/IP
5 6 (0.77%) DNS
5 6 (0.77%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (0.51%) DMZ
7 3 (0.38%) DHCP
7 3 (0.38%) Internet
7 3 (0.38%) SD-WAN
7 3 (0.38%) VPN
7 3 (0.38%) VSAT
8 2 (0.26%) HTTP
8 2 (0.26%) Intranet
8 2 (0.26%) SAN
8 2 (0.26%) Unified Communications
8 2 (0.26%) VoIP
8 2 (0.26%) Wireless
9 1 (0.13%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (4.87%) Power BI
2 23 (2.94%) SQL Server
3 11 (1.41%) Metadata
4 9 (1.15%) Relational Database
5 6 (0.77%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (0.77%) Geospatial Data
5 6 (0.77%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (0.77%) Tableau
6 5 (0.64%) Azure SQL Database
6 5 (0.64%) MariaDB
6 5 (0.64%) Metadata Repository
6 5 (0.64%) MySQL
6 5 (0.64%) SAP Data Services
7 4 (0.51%) BusinessObjects
7 4 (0.51%) Data Mining
7 4 (0.51%) MS Access
7 4 (0.51%) NoSQL
7 4 (0.51%) Oracle Database
8 3 (0.38%) MongoDB
8 3 (0.38%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 25 (3.20%) Axure RP
1 25 (3.20%) Balsamiq
2 22 (2.82%) JIRA
3 13 (1.66%) Git
4 9 (1.15%) Selenium
5 8 (1.02%) Cypress.io
6 7 (0.90%) Burp Suite
6 7 (0.90%) GitLab
6 7 (0.90%) Metasploit
6 7 (0.90%) Subversion
6 7 (0.90%) WebDriver
7 6 (0.77%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.51%) Jenkins
8 4 (0.51%) Oracle Forms
8 4 (0.51%) Toad
9 3 (0.38%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.26%) ER Studio
10 2 (0.26%) LoadRunner
10 2 (0.26%) NUnit
10 2 (0.26%) Oracle APEX
General
1 264 (33.80%) Social Skills
2 205 (26.25%) Finance
3 164 (21.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 132 (16.90%) Analytical Skills
5 119 (15.24%) Law
6 96 (12.29%) Telecoms
7 95 (12.16%) Manufacturing
8 91 (11.65%) Marketing
9 73 (9.35%) Electronics
10 69 (8.83%) Local Government
11 44 (5.63%) Legal
12 41 (5.25%) Presentation Skills
13 22 (2.82%) Retail
14 15 (1.92%) Billing
14 15 (1.92%) Pharmaceutical
15 14 (1.79%) Police
16 12 (1.54%) Organisational Skills
17 9 (1.15%) Influencing Skills
18 8 (1.02%) Military
19 7 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 115 (14.72%) Consultant
2 80 (10.24%) Architect
3 79 (10.12%) Developer
3 79 (10.12%) Senior
4 60 (7.68%) Security Consultant
5 57 (7.30%) Lead
6 45 (5.76%) Analyst
6 45 (5.76%) Solutions Architect
7 30 (3.84%) Cybersecurity Consultant
7 30 (3.84%) Designer
8 27 (3.46%) Senior Developer
9 25 (3.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 23 (2.94%) IT Manager
11 21 (2.69%) Account Manager
12 20 (2.56%) IT Support
13 17 (2.18%) Service Designer
14 16 (2.05%) Recruitment Consultant
14 16 (2.05%) Senior Consultant
15 15 (1.92%) Power Platform Developer
16 14 (1.79%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (3.97%) .NET
2 27 (3.46%) React
3 26 (3.33%) CSS
3 26 (3.33%) HTML
4 24 (3.07%) SAP CAF
5 20 (2.56%) REST
6 17 (2.18%) SOAP
6 17 (2.18%) Spring
7 16 (2.05%) HTML5 Canvas
8 13 (1.66%) Spring Boot
9 12 (1.54%) .NET Framework
10 11 (1.41%) Node.js
10 11 (1.41%) Web Services
11 10 (1.28%) .NET Core
12 9 (1.15%) Django
12 9 (1.15%) Entity Framework
12 9 (1.15%) JSON
13 8 (1.02%) AngularJS
13 8 (1.02%) Middleware
13 8 (1.02%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 53 (6.79%) Cloud Native
2 47 (6.02%) Self-Motivation
3 44 (5.63%) Product Ownership
4 42 (5.38%) Blog
5 41 (5.25%) NHS
6 33 (4.23%) Onboarding
7 31 (3.97%) Analytical Mindset
8 27 (3.46%) Virtual Team
9 15 (1.92%) Data Centre
9 15 (1.92%) Hybrid Cloud
10 13 (1.66%) Management Information System
11 10 (1.28%) Legacy Systems
12 9 (1.15%) Enterprise Cloud
13 8 (1.02%) Social Media
14 7 (0.90%) Greenfield Project
14 7 (0.90%) IoT
14 7 (0.90%) Reference Data
14 7 (0.90%) Security Posture
14 7 (0.90%) Team-Oriented Environment
15 6 (0.77%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 33 (4.23%) Windows
2 22 (2.82%) Linux
2 22 (2.82%) Windows Server
3 12 (1.54%) Unix
4 10 (1.28%) Windows Server 2019
5 8 (1.02%) Rocky
6 2 (0.26%) Android
6 2 (0.26%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.26%) VMS
7 1 (0.13%) Kali Linux
7 1 (0.13%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.13%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 176 (22.54%) Agile
2 142 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
3 139 (17.80%) AI
4 136 (17.41%) Problem-Solving
5 113 (14.47%) Mentoring
6 111 (14.21%) Business Intelligence
7 104 (13.32%) Analytics
8 103 (13.19%) Cybersecurity
9 90 (11.52%) Business Development
10 89 (11.40%) Decision-Making
11 83 (10.63%) Programme Management
12 82 (10.50%) Collaborative Culture
13 81 (10.37%) Project Management
14 79 (10.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 78 (9.99%) Community of Practice
16 73 (9.35%) Customer Service
16 73 (9.35%) Digital Marketing
17 69 (8.83%) Technology Strategy
18 67 (8.58%) DevOps
19 62 (7.94%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 63 (8.07%) JavaScript
2 60 (7.68%) SQL
3 55 (7.04%) Python
4 52 (6.66%) C#
5 39 (4.99%) Java
6 19 (2.43%) PowerShell
7 15 (1.92%) TypeScript
8 9 (1.15%) Bash
8 9 (1.15%) Bicep
9 7 (0.90%) Apex Code
10 4 (0.51%) PL/SQL
10 4 (0.51%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.51%) VB
11 3 (0.38%) Go
11 3 (0.38%) R
11 3 (0.38%) Scala
11 3 (0.38%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.26%) ABAP
12 2 (0.26%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.13%) Fortran
Qualifications
1 252 (32.27%) Security Cleared
2 196 (25.10%) SC Cleared
3 186 (23.82%) Degree
4 62 (7.94%) CISSP
5 40 (5.12%) DV Cleared
6 37 (4.74%) CISM
7 31 (3.97%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
8 29 (3.71%) Computer Science Degree
9 27 (3.46%) Microsoft Certification
10 26 (3.33%) Azure Certification
10 26 (3.33%) CompTIA Security+
11 25 (3.20%) CEH
12 21 (2.69%) DBS Check
13 20 (2.56%) ACCA
13 20 (2.56%) BPSS Clearance
14 18 (2.30%) AWS Certification
15 14 (1.79%) ITIL Certification
16 13 (1.66%) SAP Certification
17 9 (1.15%) CHECK Team Member
17 9 (1.15%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 79 (10.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 65 (8.32%) NIST
3 56 (7.17%) Accessibility
4 43 (5.51%) GRC
5 36 (4.61%) QA
6 32 (4.10%) PCI DSS
6 32 (4.10%) WCAG
7 17 (2.18%) GDPR
8 14 (1.79%) ISO 9001
9 12 (1.54%) GAAP
9 12 (1.54%) IFRS
10 9 (1.15%) JSP 440
10 9 (1.15%) NCSC
11 8 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials
11 8 (1.02%) PMO
12 6 (0.77%) Data Quality
12 6 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 5 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 4 (0.51%) NIST 800
15 3 (0.38%) P3O
System Software
1 29 (3.71%) Active Directory
2 23 (2.94%) Docker
3 12 (1.54%) Hyper-V
4 11 (1.41%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.38%) VMware NSX
7 1 (0.13%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.13%) IAG
7 1 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
7 1 (0.13%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 34 (4.35%) Kubernetes
2 25 (3.20%) Terraform
3 8 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
4 7 (0.90%) Nessus
5 6 (0.77%) Ansible
5 6 (0.77%) Nmap
6 4 (0.51%) Grafana
6 4 (0.51%) Microsoft Intune
7 3 (0.38%) SCOM
8 2 (0.26%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 1 (0.13%) Docker Swarm
9 1 (0.13%) FortiGate
9 1 (0.13%) Kibana
9 1 (0.13%) OpenView
9 1 (0.13%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.13%) Puppet
9 1 (0.13%) Rancher
9 1 (0.13%) Tivoli
9 1 (0.13%) WSUS
9 1 (0.13%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 124 (15.88%) Microsoft
2 102 (13.06%) SAP
3 35 (4.48%) Google
4 28 (3.59%) Adobe
5 26 (3.33%) Oracle
6 17 (2.18%) Salesforce
6 17 (2.18%) ServiceNow
7 11 (1.41%) NEC
7 11 (1.41%) VMware
8 10 (1.28%) MuleSoft
9 9 (1.15%) Atlassian
9 9 (1.15%) Cisco
9 9 (1.15%) Dell
10 8 (1.02%) Apple
10 8 (1.02%) Mercator
11 6 (0.77%) Fortinet
12 5 (0.64%) Ariba
13 4 (0.51%) Civica
13 4 (0.51%) Northgate
13 4 (0.51%) Talend