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

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 50 62
Rank change year-on-year +24 +12 -2
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 1,765 932 987
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.25% 5.71% 4.21%
As % of the General category 11.88% 7.95% 6.71%
Number of salaries quoted 1,334 515 631
10th Percentile £37,075 £33,000 £37,199
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,498 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.68% - -2.65%
75th Percentile £78,750 £67,663 £71,991
90th Percentile £91,269 £86,500 £84,964
UK median annual salary £64,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +12.17% +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 14,856 11,730 14,717
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.03% 71.91% 62.75%
Number of salaries quoted 9,136 6,378 8,467
10th Percentile £32,069 £29,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £39,377 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £110,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,688 £56,000
% change year-on-year +2.44% -4.13% -6.67%

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 18 September 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 43 (2.44%) SharePoint
2 23 (1.30%) Oracle Workflow
3 17 (0.96%) Apache Spark
4 13 (0.74%) Apache
4 13 (0.74%) Confluence
5 12 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
6 11 (0.62%) Apache Airflow
7 8 (0.45%) Jupyter
7 8 (0.45%) SharePoint Server
8 6 (0.34%) CMS
9 5 (0.28%) MS Project Server
9 5 (0.28%) SAS
10 4 (0.23%) WordPress
11 3 (0.17%) Camunda
12 2 (0.11%) nginx
12 2 (0.11%) Palantir Foundry
13 1 (0.057%) Moodle
13 1 (0.057%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 1 (0.057%) Tomcat
13 1 (0.057%) WebLogic
Applications
1 49 (2.78%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (1.87%) Microsoft Office
3 19 (1.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (0.74%) AutoCAD
4 13 (0.74%) Spreadsheet
5 11 (0.62%) Adobe XD
5 11 (0.62%) Chatbot
6 9 (0.51%) Civil 3D
6 9 (0.51%) Microsoft Project
6 9 (0.51%) Navisworks
6 9 (0.51%) Revit
7 4 (0.23%) Windchill
8 3 (0.17%) MS Visio
8 3 (0.17%) ProjectWise
9 2 (0.11%) InDesign
9 2 (0.11%) PlantUML
10 1 (0.057%) Elementor
10 1 (0.057%) InVision
10 1 (0.057%) Sketch
10 1 (0.057%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 18 (1.02%) Oracle EBS
2 16 (0.91%) Oracle Payables
3 15 (0.85%) Dynamics CRM
3 15 (0.85%) Workday HCM
4 14 (0.79%) Oracle Cash Management
4 14 (0.79%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 13 (0.74%) SAP S/4HANA
6 7 (0.40%) iTrent
7 5 (0.28%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
8 4 (0.23%) Distributed Ledger
8 4 (0.23%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 3 (0.17%) Integrated Workplace Management System
10 2 (0.11%) Elite 3E
10 2 (0.11%) SAP PSCD
11 1 (0.057%) HFM
11 1 (0.057%) Oracle Applications
11 1 (0.057%) Oracle Assets
11 1 (0.057%) Oracle EBS R12
11 1 (0.057%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 340 (19.26%) AWS
2 300 (17.00%) Azure
3 93 (5.27%) GCP
4 83 (4.70%) Power Platform
5 72 (4.08%) Microsoft 365
6 58 (3.29%) SaaS
7 41 (2.32%) Azure DevOps
8 34 (1.93%) Serverless
9 32 (1.81%) Entra ID
10 31 (1.76%) Amazon EC2
10 31 (1.76%) Microsoft Copilot
11 28 (1.59%) GitHub
12 27 (1.53%) Azure AKS
13 26 (1.47%) AWS Lambda
14 24 (1.36%) Google Analytics
15 21 (1.19%) Amazon EMR
16 19 (1.08%) Slack
17 17 (0.96%) Amazon EKS
17 17 (0.96%) Amazon S3
17 17 (0.96%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 41 (2.32%) WAN
2 40 (2.27%) Network Security
3 36 (2.04%) LAN
4 32 (1.81%) Firewall
5 24 (1.36%) DNS
6 21 (1.19%) DHCP
7 15 (0.85%) VLAN
8 14 (0.79%) BGP
9 12 (0.68%) TCP/IP
9 12 (0.68%) Unified Communications
9 12 (0.68%) VPN
10 11 (0.62%) CTI
10 11 (0.62%) VoIP
11 10 (0.57%) MPLS
11 10 (0.57%) OSPF
11 10 (0.57%) Wi-Fi
12 7 (0.40%) Cisco ASA
12 7 (0.40%) Cisco Nexus
12 7 (0.40%) Intranet
12 7 (0.40%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (4.08%) Power BI
2 64 (3.63%) PostgreSQL
3 48 (2.72%) MongoDB
4 39 (2.21%) MySQL
5 37 (2.10%) Metadata
6 28 (1.59%) NoSQL
7 27 (1.53%) SQL Server
8 20 (1.13%) Relational Database
9 17 (0.96%) Spark SQL
10 16 (0.91%) Oracle Reports
11 15 (0.85%) Data Lake
12 14 (0.79%) Big Data
12 14 (0.79%) Oracle BI Publisher
13 12 (0.68%) Data Warehouse
14 11 (0.62%) Tableau
15 10 (0.57%) Amazon Athena
16 9 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
16 9 (0.51%) Metadata Repository
17 8 (0.45%) DynamoDB
18 7 (0.40%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 66 (3.74%) Git
2 40 (2.27%) GitLab
3 24 (1.36%) JIRA
4 17 (0.96%) Jenkins
5 8 (0.45%) Balsamiq
6 6 (0.34%) Axure RP
7 5 (0.28%) Claude Code
8 4 (0.23%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.23%) SonarQube
8 4 (0.23%) Sonatype Nexus
8 4 (0.23%) TeamCity
9 3 (0.17%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 3 (0.17%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.17%) Mercurial
9 3 (0.17%) Selenium
10 1 (0.057%) JUnit
10 1 (0.057%) NUnit
10 1 (0.057%) Oracle APEX
10 1 (0.057%) Visual Studio
10 1 (0.057%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 411 (23.29%) Social Skills
2 250 (14.16%) Finance
3 226 (12.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 177 (10.03%) Analytical Skills
5 143 (8.10%) Law
6 90 (5.10%) Local Government
7 87 (4.93%) Influencing Skills
8 85 (4.82%) Legal
9 71 (4.02%) Marketing
10 66 (3.74%) Presentation Skills
11 47 (2.66%) Retail
12 37 (2.10%) Telecoms
13 36 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
14 23 (1.30%) Banking
14 23 (1.30%) Police
15 22 (1.25%) General Ledger
16 13 (0.74%) Aerospace
17 12 (0.68%) Multimedia
18 9 (0.51%) Social Housing
19 8 (0.45%) Environmental Health
Job Titles
1 444 (25.16%) Senior
2 292 (16.54%) Architect
3 188 (10.65%) Lead
4 139 (7.88%) Analyst
5 134 (7.59%) Consultant
6 99 (5.61%) Technical Architect
7 96 (5.44%) Business Analyst
7 96 (5.44%) Developer
8 84 (4.76%) Senior Manager
9 65 (3.68%) Data Architect
10 62 (3.51%) Lead Architect
11 61 (3.46%) Data Engineer
11 61 (3.46%) Solutions Architect
12 59 (3.34%) Technical Leader
13 57 (3.23%) Senior Architect
14 56 (3.17%) DevOps Engineer
14 56 (3.17%) Software Engineer
15 55 (3.12%) Delivery Manager
16 54 (3.06%) Designer
16 54 (3.06%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 87 (4.93%) Terraform
2 73 (4.14%) .NET
3 50 (2.83%) Node.js
4 38 (2.15%) CSS
5 35 (1.98%) React
6 33 (1.87%) HTML
7 32 (1.81%) PySpark
8 27 (1.53%) REST
9 26 (1.47%) Middleware
10 24 (1.36%) Spring
11 23 (1.30%) Oracle Fusion
12 21 (1.19%) RESTful
13 19 (1.08%) .NET Core
13 19 (1.08%) AngularJS
13 19 (1.08%) Spring Boot
14 18 (1.02%) Web Services
15 16 (0.91%) Kafka
16 14 (0.79%) Entity Framework
16 14 (0.79%) SOAP
16 14 (0.79%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 92 (5.21%) Cloud Native
2 70 (3.97%) Product Ownership
3 59 (3.34%) Onboarding
4 56 (3.17%) Self-Motivation
5 50 (2.83%) Management Information System
6 45 (2.55%) NHS
7 38 (2.15%) e-Learning
8 36 (2.04%) Blog
9 31 (1.76%) Virtual Team
10 30 (1.70%) Enterprise Software
10 30 (1.70%) Legacy Systems
11 26 (1.47%) Data Centre
11 26 (1.47%) Hybrid Cloud
12 20 (1.13%) CMDB
13 19 (1.08%) Public Cloud
14 18 (1.02%) AI Agents
14 18 (1.02%) Greenfield Project
14 18 (1.02%) PKI
14 18 (1.02%) Security Posture
15 15 (0.85%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 81 (4.59%) Windows
2 76 (4.31%) Linux
3 58 (3.29%) Unix
4 24 (1.36%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.17%) Windows 10
5 3 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
5 3 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
5 3 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.11%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.057%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.057%) Solaris
7 1 (0.057%) VME
Processes & Methodologies
1 560 (31.73%) Agile
2 543 (30.76%) Mentoring
3 503 (28.50%) Coaching
4 366 (20.74%) Continuous Improvement
5 229 (12.97%) CI/CD
5 229 (12.97%) Decision-Making
6 222 (12.58%) AI
7 212 (12.01%) Analytics
8 206 (11.67%) Problem-Solving
9 202 (11.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 195 (11.05%) Community of Practice
11 189 (10.71%) DevOps
12 179 (10.14%) Stakeholder Management
13 171 (9.69%) Technology Strategy
14 159 (9.01%) Scrum
15 150 (8.50%) Cybersecurity
15 150 (8.50%) Technical Leadership
16 136 (7.71%) Roadmaps
17 130 (7.37%) Project Delivery
18 127 (7.20%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 144 (8.16%) Java
2 141 (7.99%) SQL
3 123 (6.97%) Python
4 119 (6.74%) JavaScript
5 67 (3.80%) C#
6 25 (1.42%) Bash
6 25 (1.42%) C++
7 22 (1.25%) TypeScript
8 20 (1.13%) PL/SQL
9 18 (1.02%) PowerShell
10 8 (0.45%) Bicep
10 8 (0.45%) PHP
10 8 (0.45%) Scala
11 7 (0.40%) Ruby
12 5 (0.28%) R
13 4 (0.23%) ABAP
13 4 (0.23%) C
13 4 (0.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 4 (0.23%) Perl
14 3 (0.17%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 441 (24.99%) Security Cleared
2 349 (19.77%) SC Cleared
3 214 (12.12%) Degree
4 84 (4.76%) DV Cleared
5 52 (2.95%) Computer Science Degree
6 45 (2.55%) CISSP
7 37 (2.10%) BPSS Clearance
8 36 (2.04%) CISM
9 23 (1.30%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 14 (0.79%) AWS Certification
11 12 (0.68%) Master's Degree
12 11 (0.62%) Azure Certification
12 11 (0.62%) DBS Check
13 10 (0.57%) Microsoft Certification
13 10 (0.57%) PMI Certification
14 9 (0.51%) CREST Certified
14 9 (0.51%) PMP
14 9 (0.51%) TOGAF Certification
15 7 (0.40%) ACCA
15 7 (0.40%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 148 (8.39%) Accessibility
2 75 (4.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 71 (4.02%) Data Quality
4 56 (3.17%) NCSC
4 56 (3.17%) QA
5 43 (2.44%) NIST
6 36 (2.04%) Actionable Recommendations
7 33 (1.87%) GDPR
8 29 (1.64%) WCAG
9 27 (1.53%) GRC
10 20 (1.13%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 17 (0.96%) PCI DSS
12 13 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials
13 12 (0.68%) SLA
14 11 (0.62%) PMO
15 9 (0.51%) ISO 19650
15 9 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 42001
16 8 (0.45%) ISO 9001
16 8 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 20000
17 5 (0.28%) JSP 440
System Software
1 56 (3.17%) Docker
2 44 (2.49%) Active Directory
3 25 (1.42%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.62%) VMware NSX
5 9 (0.51%) Hyper-V
6 7 (0.40%) vSphere
7 5 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 3 (0.17%) Virtual Servers
9 1 (0.057%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.057%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 65 (3.68%) Kubernetes
2 37 (2.10%) Ansible
3 14 (0.79%) Argo
4 12 (0.68%) Grafana
5 11 (0.62%) Microsoft Intune
6 9 (0.51%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 7 (0.40%) Cisco CUCM
8 5 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.23%) FTK
9 4 (0.23%) Prometheus
9 4 (0.23%) vCenter Server
10 3 (0.17%) Oracle RMAN
10 3 (0.17%) SCCM
11 2 (0.11%) Check_MK
12 1 (0.057%) Cisco UCCE
12 1 (0.057%) Data Guard
12 1 (0.057%) Kibana
12 1 (0.057%) logstash
12 1 (0.057%) MIIS
12 1 (0.057%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 215 (12.18%) Microsoft
2 72 (4.08%) Oracle
3 55 (3.12%) Google
4 52 (2.95%) ServiceNow
5 32 (1.81%) Cisco
5 32 (1.81%) Workday
6 30 (1.70%) VMware
7 26 (1.47%) YouTube
8 23 (1.30%) Adobe
8 23 (1.30%) SAP
9 16 (0.91%) Salesforce
9 16 (0.91%) Splunk
10 13 (0.74%) Avaya
10 13 (0.74%) Databricks
10 13 (0.74%) Pega
11 11 (0.62%) Genesys
12 10 (0.57%) Fortinet
13 9 (0.51%) Palo Alto
14 6 (0.34%) Citrix
14 6 (0.34%) NetApp