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

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 56 52
Rank change year-on-year +24 -4 +12
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 1,522 887 1,150
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.73% 5.38% 4.58%
As % of the General category 11.22% 7.42% 7.49%
Number of salaries quoted 1,227 473 902
10th Percentile £37,000 £33,025 £37,000
25th Percentile £46,276 £44,196 £42,238
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £55,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year +14.68% -5.11% +0.81%
75th Percentile £78,125 £68,750 £71,991
90th Percentile £90,000 £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 13,564 11,962 15,354
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.00% 72.56% 61.13%
Number of salaries quoted 8,661 6,675 10,404
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,000 £33,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -1.71% -6.40%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £105,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 7 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 35 (2.30%) SharePoint
2 16 (1.05%) Apache Spark
3 15 (0.99%) Apache
4 13 (0.85%) Apache Airflow
5 10 (0.66%) Confluence
6 9 (0.59%) SAS
7 8 (0.53%) SharePoint Server
8 7 (0.46%) CMS
8 7 (0.46%) Jupyter
9 6 (0.39%) Microsoft Exchange
10 4 (0.26%) Camunda
10 4 (0.26%) WordPress
11 3 (0.20%) ArcGIS
11 3 (0.20%) Drupal
12 2 (0.13%) Palantir Foundry
13 1 (0.066%) JBoss
13 1 (0.066%) nginx
Applications
1 33 (2.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (1.77%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (0.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (0.85%) Adobe XD
5 11 (0.72%) Chatbot
6 8 (0.53%) AutoCAD
6 8 (0.53%) Civil 3D
7 6 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.26%) MS Visio
8 4 (0.26%) Navisworks
8 4 (0.26%) Revit
8 4 (0.26%) Windchill
9 2 (0.13%) PlantUML
10 1 (0.066%) Elementor
10 1 (0.066%) InDesign
10 1 (0.066%) InVision
10 1 (0.066%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.066%) Sketch
10 1 (0.066%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 15 (0.99%) Workday HCM
2 14 (0.92%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (0.59%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.46%) iTrent
5 4 (0.26%) Distributed Ledger
5 4 (0.26%) Elite 3E
6 3 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.13%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
7 2 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.13%) SAP HCM
7 2 (0.13%) SAP Payroll
8 1 (0.066%) HFM
8 1 (0.066%) Oracle Assets
8 1 (0.066%) Oracle General Ledger
8 1 (0.066%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 1 (0.066%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 296 (19.45%) AWS
2 283 (18.59%) Azure
3 84 (5.52%) GCP
4 65 (4.27%) Power Platform
5 61 (4.01%) Microsoft 365
6 40 (2.63%) SaaS
7 37 (2.43%) Azure DevOps
8 32 (2.10%) Google Analytics
9 29 (1.91%) Entra ID
10 23 (1.51%) GitHub
11 22 (1.45%) Serverless
12 18 (1.18%) Amazon S3
12 18 (1.18%) Azure AKS
12 18 (1.18%) Azure Service Bus
13 16 (1.05%) Figma
14 15 (0.99%) Slack
15 14 (0.92%) Amazon EC2
16 12 (0.79%) AWS Lambda
16 12 (0.79%) Microsoft Copilot
17 11 (0.72%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 38 (2.50%) WAN
2 32 (2.10%) LAN
3 29 (1.91%) Firewall
4 27 (1.77%) Network Security
5 16 (1.05%) DNS
6 15 (0.99%) Unified Communications
7 13 (0.85%) DHCP
7 13 (0.85%) VoIP
8 12 (0.79%) Cisco ASA
8 12 (0.79%) VLAN
9 11 (0.72%) CTI
10 10 (0.66%) Cisco Firepower
10 10 (0.66%) WebEx
11 9 (0.59%) MPLS
11 9 (0.59%) VPN
12 8 (0.53%) BGP
12 8 (0.53%) Wi-Fi
13 7 (0.46%) TCP/IP
14 6 (0.39%) SD-WAN
15 5 (0.33%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (4.73%) PostgreSQL
2 61 (4.01%) Power BI
3 59 (3.88%) MongoDB
4 47 (3.09%) MySQL
5 40 (2.63%) NoSQL
6 36 (2.37%) Metadata
7 25 (1.64%) SQL Server
8 17 (1.12%) Relational Database
9 16 (1.05%) BigQuery
9 16 (1.05%) Data Lake
10 13 (0.85%) Amazon Athena
10 13 (0.85%) Big Data
10 13 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
11 11 (0.72%) Looker
11 11 (0.72%) Tableau
12 9 (0.59%) Azure SQL Database
12 9 (0.59%) DynamoDB
13 6 (0.39%) Amazon Redshift
14 5 (0.33%) Amazon RDS
15 4 (0.26%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 49 (3.22%) Git
2 41 (2.69%) GitLab
3 19 (1.25%) Jenkins
3 19 (1.25%) JIRA
4 10 (0.66%) Balsamiq
5 8 (0.53%) Axure RP
5 8 (0.53%) Selenium
6 6 (0.39%) Cypress.io
7 4 (0.26%) TeamCity
8 3 (0.20%) Gatling
8 3 (0.20%) JMeter
8 3 (0.20%) REST Assured
8 3 (0.20%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.13%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 2 (0.13%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.13%) Jasmine
9 2 (0.13%) Mercurial
9 2 (0.13%) NUnit
9 2 (0.13%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.13%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 346 (22.73%) Social Skills
2 211 (13.86%) Finance
2 211 (13.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 147 (9.66%) Analytical Skills
4 138 (9.07%) Law
5 75 (4.93%) Legal
6 72 (4.73%) Influencing Skills
6 72 (4.73%) Local Government
7 60 (3.94%) Marketing
8 53 (3.48%) Presentation Skills
9 40 (2.63%) Retail
10 37 (2.43%) Organisational Skills
11 30 (1.97%) Telecoms
12 20 (1.31%) Banking
13 13 (0.85%) Police
14 11 (0.72%) Multimedia
15 10 (0.66%) Aerospace
16 9 (0.59%) Environmental Health
17 7 (0.46%) Welsh Language
18 6 (0.39%) Military
Job Titles
1 378 (24.84%) Senior
2 251 (16.49%) Architect
3 154 (10.12%) Lead
4 131 (8.61%) Analyst
5 122 (8.02%) Consultant
6 90 (5.91%) Senior Manager
7 88 (5.78%) Business Analyst
8 86 (5.65%) Developer
9 81 (5.32%) Technical Architect
10 65 (4.27%) Software Engineer
11 59 (3.88%) Account Manager
12 56 (3.68%) Solutions Architect
13 55 (3.61%) Data Architect
14 52 (3.42%) Delivery Manager
15 50 (3.29%) Lead Architect
16 48 (3.15%) DevOps Engineer
17 46 (3.02%) Designer
17 46 (3.02%) Senior Architect
18 45 (2.96%) Technical Leader
19 39 (2.56%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (3.29%) .NET
2 43 (2.83%) Node.js
3 36 (2.37%) REST
4 35 (2.30%) React
5 34 (2.23%) RESTful
6 31 (2.04%) CSS
7 27 (1.77%) HTML
8 25 (1.64%) Spring
9 18 (1.18%) SOAP
10 17 (1.12%) Kafka
10 17 (1.12%) Spring Boot
11 16 (1.05%) AngularJS
11 16 (1.05%) Middleware
11 16 (1.05%) Oracle Fusion
12 15 (0.99%) .NET Core
13 14 (0.92%) PySpark
14 11 (0.72%) Entity Framework
15 10 (0.66%) XMPP
16 9 (0.59%) OAuth
16 9 (0.59%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 96 (6.31%) Cloud Native
2 69 (4.53%) Product Ownership
3 60 (3.94%) Onboarding
4 49 (3.22%) Self-Motivation
5 45 (2.96%) Management Information System
6 40 (2.63%) NHS
7 37 (2.43%) e-Learning
8 34 (2.23%) Virtual Team
9 33 (2.17%) Legacy Systems
10 31 (2.04%) Blog
11 20 (1.31%) Greenfield Project
12 19 (1.25%) CMDB
12 19 (1.25%) Security Posture
13 16 (1.05%) Hybrid Cloud
14 15 (0.99%) Legacy Applications
15 14 (0.92%) AI Agents
15 14 (0.92%) Data Centre
15 14 (0.92%) Enterprise Software
16 13 (0.85%) PKI
16 13 (0.85%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 76 (4.99%) Windows
2 65 (4.27%) Linux
3 42 (2.76%) Unix
4 20 (1.31%) Windows Server
5 7 (0.46%) Android
5 7 (0.46%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.20%) VME
6 3 (0.20%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.13%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.066%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.066%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.066%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 503 (33.05%) Agile
2 475 (31.21%) Mentoring
3 409 (26.87%) Coaching
4 313 (20.57%) Continuous Improvement
5 186 (12.22%) CI/CD
6 184 (12.09%) Community of Practice
7 180 (11.83%) Problem-Solving
8 172 (11.30%) Analytics
9 170 (11.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 165 (10.84%) AI
11 160 (10.51%) DevOps
12 150 (9.86%) Technology Strategy
13 136 (8.94%) Decision-Making
14 135 (8.87%) Scrum
15 134 (8.80%) Software Engineering
16 132 (8.67%) Roadmaps
17 129 (8.48%) Cybersecurity
18 128 (8.41%) Stakeholder Management
19 104 (6.83%) Test Automation
20 101 (6.64%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 140 (9.20%) Java
2 114 (7.49%) SQL
3 104 (6.83%) Python
4 102 (6.70%) JavaScript
5 48 (3.15%) C#
6 16 (1.05%) Bash
7 12 (0.79%) PowerShell
8 11 (0.72%) TypeScript
9 10 (0.66%) R
10 8 (0.53%) C++
10 8 (0.53%) PHP
11 6 (0.39%) Apex Code
11 6 (0.39%) Ruby
11 6 (0.39%) Scala
12 4 (0.26%) Bicep
12 4 (0.26%) C
12 4 (0.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 4 (0.26%) Perl
13 3 (0.20%) COBOL
13 3 (0.20%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 407 (26.74%) Security Cleared
2 332 (21.81%) SC Cleared
3 216 (14.19%) Degree
4 86 (5.65%) DV Cleared
5 60 (3.94%) Computer Science Degree
6 41 (2.69%) BPSS Clearance
6 41 (2.69%) CISSP
7 29 (1.91%) CISM
8 19 (1.25%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 12 (0.79%) CREST Certified
9 12 (0.79%) DBS Check
9 12 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
10 11 (0.72%) Master's Degree
10 11 (0.72%) PMI Certification
11 10 (0.66%) AWS Certification
11 10 (0.66%) PMP
12 9 (0.59%) Cisco Certification
13 8 (0.53%) Azure Certification
13 8 (0.53%) CCNP
14 6 (0.39%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 119 (7.82%) Accessibility
2 69 (4.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 54 (3.55%) QA
4 51 (3.35%) Data Quality
5 42 (2.76%) NCSC
6 34 (2.23%) NIST
7 31 (2.04%) GDPR
8 28 (1.84%) Actionable Recommendations
9 24 (1.58%) WCAG
10 21 (1.38%) GRC
11 18 (1.18%) PCI DSS
12 16 (1.05%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 12 (0.79%) SLA
14 8 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
14 8 (0.53%) ISO 9001
14 8 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 8 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 6 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 4 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 15288
16 4 (0.26%) PMO
System Software
1 50 (3.29%) Docker
2 44 (2.89%) Active Directory
3 24 (1.58%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (0.79%) VMware NSX
5 11 (0.72%) vSphere
6 7 (0.46%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 7 (0.46%) Virtual Servers
7 6 (0.39%) Hyper-V
8 4 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 74 (4.86%) Terraform
2 56 (3.68%) Kubernetes
3 30 (1.97%) Ansible
4 15 (0.99%) Microsoft Intune
5 14 (0.92%) Argo
5 14 (0.92%) Grafana
6 10 (0.66%) Cisco CUCM
7 7 (0.46%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 4 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.26%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.20%) Check_MK
9 3 (0.20%) Prometheus
9 3 (0.20%) SCCM
10 2 (0.13%) MIIS
10 2 (0.13%) OpenView
10 2 (0.13%) Tivoli
11 1 (0.066%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.066%) Kibana
11 1 (0.066%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 174 (11.43%) Microsoft
2 55 (3.61%) Google
3 51 (3.35%) ServiceNow
4 40 (2.63%) Oracle
5 30 (1.97%) Cisco
5 30 (1.97%) VMware
6 23 (1.51%) Workday
7 20 (1.31%) Salesforce
8 16 (1.05%) Splunk
9 14 (0.92%) Adobe
9 14 (0.92%) Databricks
9 14 (0.92%) SAP
10 13 (0.85%) Avaya
10 13 (0.85%) Fortinet
10 13 (0.85%) Palo Alto
10 13 (0.85%) Pega
11 11 (0.72%) Genesys
12 9 (0.59%) Apple
12 9 (0.59%) CyberArk
12 9 (0.59%) HubSpot