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

6 months to
23 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 79 54
Rank change year-on-year +52 -25 +11
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 1,065 597 1,429
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.52% 3.91% 5.15%
As % of the General category 11.07% 5.55% 8.30%
Number of salaries quoted 857 338 1,206
10th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,446 £50,067 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,546 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.90% +0.91% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £75,767
90th Percentile £80,000 £86,975 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -4.04%

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 9,620 10,752 17,227
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 58.93% 70.38% 62.03%
Number of salaries quoted 6,082 6,191 13,764
10th Percentile £29,750 £33,875 £32,180
25th Percentile £40,000 £47,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +9.09% -9.84%

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 23 February 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 (3.66%) SharePoint
2 16 (1.50%) Confluence
3 9 (0.85%) SAS
4 5 (0.47%) Drupal
4 5 (0.47%) nginx
4 5 (0.47%) WordPress
5 4 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.28%) CMS
7 2 (0.19%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.19%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.19%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.19%) WebLogic
7 2 (0.19%) WebLogic Portal
8 1 (0.094%) Apache
8 1 (0.094%) Camunda
8 1 (0.094%) JBoss
8 1 (0.094%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.094%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.094%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 26 (2.44%) Adobe XD
2 20 (1.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 19 (1.78%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.38%) InVision
5 4 (0.38%) Sketch
6 3 (0.28%) Trello
7 2 (0.19%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.094%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.094%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.094%) FrameMaker
8 1 (0.094%) MadCap Flare
8 1 (0.094%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 1 (0.094%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.094%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 7 (0.66%) Oracle EBS
1 7 (0.66%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.56%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.38%) Oracle ERP
3 4 (0.38%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 3 (0.28%) Elite 3E
4 3 (0.28%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.28%) Primavera
4 3 (0.28%) SAP PM
5 2 (0.19%) NEC Housing
5 2 (0.19%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.094%) Integrated Workplace Management System
6 1 (0.094%) iTrent
6 1 (0.094%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.094%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.094%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.094%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.094%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 224 (21.03%) Azure
2 171 (16.06%) AWS
3 74 (6.95%) Power Platform
4 65 (6.10%) GCP
5 51 (4.79%) Microsoft 365
6 40 (3.76%) SaaS
7 36 (3.38%) PowerApps
7 36 (3.38%) Serverless
8 35 (3.29%) Entra ID
9 28 (2.63%) Dynamics 365
10 27 (2.54%) Figma
11 26 (2.44%) OCI
12 24 (2.25%) GitHub
13 22 (2.07%) Power Automate
14 20 (1.88%) Google Analytics
15 19 (1.78%) Azure DevOps
16 18 (1.69%) Amazon S3
17 17 (1.60%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
17 17 (1.60%) Salesforce Service Cloud
18 14 (1.31%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 35 (3.29%) Firewall
2 18 (1.69%) Wi-Fi
3 16 (1.50%) LAN
3 16 (1.50%) WAN
3 16 (1.50%) Wireshark
4 15 (1.41%) NGFW
4 15 (1.41%) VXLAN
5 10 (0.94%) Network Security
5 10 (0.94%) TCP/IP
6 9 (0.85%) SMTP
7 8 (0.75%) SD-WAN
7 8 (0.75%) VPN
8 7 (0.66%) DMZ
9 5 (0.47%) BGP
9 5 (0.47%) Cisco ASA
9 5 (0.47%) DNS
9 5 (0.47%) SSL
9 5 (0.47%) VoIP
10 4 (0.38%) Unified Communications
10 4 (0.38%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (4.32%) Power BI
2 31 (2.91%) Metadata
3 18 (1.69%) PostgreSQL
4 17 (1.60%) NoSQL
5 16 (1.50%) Data Warehouse
6 15 (1.41%) MongoDB
6 15 (1.41%) MySQL
6 15 (1.41%) SQL Server
7 9 (0.85%) BigQuery
7 9 (0.85%) Data Lake
8 8 (0.75%) Relational Database
9 7 (0.66%) Geospatial Data
9 7 (0.66%) Tableau
10 6 (0.56%) Looker
10 6 (0.56%) Oracle Reports
10 6 (0.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 5 (0.47%) MariaDB
11 5 (0.47%) Metadata Repository
12 4 (0.38%) Amazon Athena
12 4 (0.38%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 23 (2.16%) Axure RP
2 22 (2.07%) Balsamiq
3 20 (1.88%) Git
4 19 (1.78%) JIRA
5 11 (1.03%) GitLab
6 9 (0.85%) Subversion
7 8 (0.75%) Bitbucket
8 7 (0.66%) Burp Suite
8 7 (0.66%) Cypress.io
8 7 (0.66%) Metasploit
8 7 (0.66%) Selenium
9 6 (0.56%) WebDriver
10 5 (0.47%) Jenkins
11 4 (0.38%) Oracle Forms
12 3 (0.28%) Visual Studio
13 2 (0.19%) NUnit
13 2 (0.19%) Oracle APEX
13 2 (0.19%) Toad
14 1 (0.094%) LoadRunner
14 1 (0.094%) Maven
General
1 327 (30.70%) Social Skills
2 244 (22.91%) Finance
3 184 (17.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 140 (13.15%) Analytical Skills
5 125 (11.74%) Law
6 79 (7.42%) Marketing
7 70 (6.57%) Telecoms
8 66 (6.20%) Manufacturing
9 49 (4.60%) Local Government
10 46 (4.32%) Legal
11 45 (4.23%) Electronics
12 44 (4.13%) Presentation Skills
13 32 (3.00%) Retail
14 31 (2.91%) Influencing Skills
15 25 (2.35%) Organisational Skills
16 20 (1.88%) Billing
17 14 (1.31%) Police
18 13 (1.22%) Banking
19 12 (1.13%) Pharmaceutical
20 10 (0.94%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 259 (24.32%) Senior
2 126 (11.83%) Architect
3 120 (11.27%) Senior Manager
4 100 (9.39%) Consultant
4 100 (9.39%) Developer
5 82 (7.70%) Lead
6 54 (5.07%) Analyst
7 48 (4.51%) Solutions Architect
8 40 (3.76%) Project Manager
9 38 (3.57%) Portfolio Manager
10 37 (3.47%) Senior Portfolio Manager
11 36 (3.38%) Security Consultant
12 34 (3.19%) Data Engineer
12 34 (3.19%) Designer
13 33 (3.10%) Software Engineer
14 32 (3.00%) Data Architect
15 29 (2.72%) Business Analyst
16 28 (2.63%) Senior Architect
16 28 (2.63%) Senior Project Manager
17 26 (2.44%) Digital Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (3.66%) .NET
2 33 (3.10%) REST
3 29 (2.72%) React
4 26 (2.44%) CSS
4 26 (2.44%) HTML
4 26 (2.44%) SAP CAF
5 23 (2.16%) Spring
6 22 (2.07%) SOAP
7 18 (1.69%) RESTful
8 16 (1.50%) HTML5 Canvas
8 16 (1.50%) Lightning Web Components
8 16 (1.50%) Middleware
8 16 (1.50%) Spring Boot
8 16 (1.50%) Visualforce
9 12 (1.13%) .NET Core
10 11 (1.03%) Node.js
11 10 (0.94%) Django
12 9 (0.85%) .NET Framework
12 9 (0.85%) SAML
12 9 (0.85%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 69 (6.48%) Cloud Native
2 51 (4.79%) Product Ownership
3 46 (4.32%) Blog
3 46 (4.32%) Self-Motivation
4 33 (3.10%) Legacy Systems
4 33 (3.10%) NHS
5 29 (2.72%) Virtual Team
6 28 (2.63%) Data Centre
7 26 (2.44%) Onboarding
8 25 (2.35%) PKI
9 23 (2.16%) Management Information System
10 21 (1.97%) Hybrid Cloud
11 20 (1.88%) Public Cloud
12 19 (1.78%) Low-Code
13 15 (1.41%) Enterprise Cloud
13 15 (1.41%) Security Posture
14 14 (1.31%) Enterprise Software
14 14 (1.31%) Legacy Applications
15 13 (1.22%) PMI
16 9 (0.85%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 29 (2.72%) Windows
2 21 (1.97%) Linux
3 10 (0.94%) Android
3 10 (0.94%) Unix
4 9 (0.85%) Apple iOS
5 8 (0.75%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.19%) VMS
7 1 (0.094%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.094%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.094%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.094%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 301 (28.26%) Agile
2 297 (27.89%) Mentoring
3 251 (23.57%) Coaching
4 208 (19.53%) Continuous Improvement
5 174 (16.34%) Problem-Solving
6 164 (15.40%) AI
7 133 (12.49%) Analytics
8 114 (10.70%) Community of Practice
8 114 (10.70%) DevOps
9 107 (10.05%) Cybersecurity
10 106 (9.95%) CI/CD
10 106 (9.95%) Collaborative Culture
11 105 (9.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 103 (9.67%) Business Intelligence
13 97 (9.11%) Decision-Making
13 97 (9.11%) Project Management
14 90 (8.45%) Stakeholder Management
15 85 (7.98%) Business Development
16 83 (7.79%) Technology Strategy
17 78 (7.32%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 92 (8.64%) Python
2 73 (6.85%) JavaScript
3 68 (6.38%) SQL
4 66 (6.20%) Java
5 50 (4.69%) C#
6 23 (2.16%) PowerShell
7 16 (1.50%) Apex Code
8 14 (1.31%) Bash
8 14 (1.31%) VBA
9 13 (1.22%) TypeScript
10 8 (0.75%) R
10 8 (0.75%) Scala
11 7 (0.66%) Bicep
12 5 (0.47%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.28%) Go
14 2 (0.19%) Google Apps Script
14 2 (0.19%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.19%) SPARQL
14 2 (0.19%) VB
15 1 (0.094%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 303 (28.45%) Security Cleared
2 254 (23.85%) SC Cleared
3 187 (17.56%) Degree
4 44 (4.13%) CISSP
5 38 (3.57%) CISM
6 37 (3.47%) Microsoft Certification
7 35 (3.29%) Computer Science Degree
8 33 (3.10%) DV Cleared
9 32 (3.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 24 (2.25%) Azure Certification
11 23 (2.16%) BPSS Clearance
12 19 (1.78%) ACCA
13 15 (1.41%) PMI Certification
14 13 (1.22%) AWS Certification
15 12 (1.13%) DBS Check
16 11 (1.03%) CHECK Team Member
17 9 (0.85%) Cisco Certification
17 9 (0.85%) CREST Certified
17 9 (0.85%) Cyber Scheme
18 8 (0.75%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 67 (6.29%) Accessibility
2 59 (5.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 50 (4.69%) QA
4 48 (4.51%) GRC
5 42 (3.94%) NIST
6 36 (3.38%) Data Quality
7 34 (3.19%) GDPR
8 26 (2.44%) WCAG
9 19 (1.78%) GAAP
9 19 (1.78%) IFRS
10 14 (1.31%) P3O
11 12 (1.13%) JSP 440
11 12 (1.13%) NCSC
12 11 (1.03%) PCI DSS
13 10 (0.94%) SLA
14 9 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 9 (0.85%) PMO
15 8 (0.75%) ISO 9001
16 7 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials
17 5 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 40 (3.76%) Active Directory
2 32 (3.00%) Docker
3 14 (1.31%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.75%) VMware NSX
5 4 (0.38%) Hyper-V
6 3 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.19%) vSphere
8 1 (0.094%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.094%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 1 (0.094%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.094%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 54 (5.07%) Terraform
2 32 (3.00%) Kubernetes
3 22 (2.07%) Ansible
4 20 (1.88%) Single Sign-On
5 11 (1.03%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (0.66%) Nessus
6 7 (0.66%) Nmap
7 5 (0.47%) Grafana
8 3 (0.28%) Control-M
8 3 (0.28%) OpenView
8 3 (0.28%) SCOM
9 2 (0.19%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 2 (0.19%) Tivoli
10 1 (0.094%) Cisco CUCM
10 1 (0.094%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.094%) Kibana
10 1 (0.094%) Puppet
10 1 (0.094%) Rancher
10 1 (0.094%) WSUS
10 1 (0.094%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 190 (17.84%) Microsoft
2 61 (5.73%) SAP
3 57 (5.35%) Google
4 39 (3.66%) Oracle
5 33 (3.10%) Salesforce
6 30 (2.82%) Adobe
7 29 (2.72%) ServiceNow
8 17 (1.60%) MuleSoft
9 16 (1.50%) Aruba
9 16 (1.50%) CyberArk
10 15 (1.41%) Arista
10 15 (1.41%) Cisco
10 15 (1.41%) NetScout
10 15 (1.41%) VMware
11 9 (0.85%) NEC
12 8 (0.75%) Apple
12 8 (0.75%) Atlassian
12 8 (0.75%) Samsung
13 6 (0.56%) Planon
13 6 (0.56%) Talend