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

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 86 45
Rank change year-on-year +60 -41 +18
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 1,236 473 1,683
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.98% 3.58% 5.18%
As % of the General category 12.36% 4.98% 8.34%
Number of salaries quoted 1,007 349 1,450
10th Percentile £38,650 £37,250 £37,250
25th Percentile £46,696 £46,486 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +3.51% -3.39%
75th Percentile £73,750 £70,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £83,000 £84,964
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -2.62%

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 9,997 9,490 20,187
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 56.42% 71.80% 62.09%
Number of salaries quoted 6,638 6,480 15,195
10th Percentile £30,500 £30,500 £31,552
25th Percentile £42,000 £43,750 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year - +7.14% -10.40%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -6.78% +12.38% -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 18 April 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 40 (3.24%) SharePoint
2 12 (0.97%) Confluence
3 10 (0.81%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (0.73%) SAS
5 8 (0.65%) Drupal
6 6 (0.49%) CMS
7 5 (0.40%) Apache
7 5 (0.40%) nginx
7 5 (0.40%) WordPress
8 4 (0.32%) ArcGIS
8 4 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
9 3 (0.24%) Palantir Foundry
10 2 (0.16%) Camunda
10 2 (0.16%) JBoss
10 2 (0.16%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.081%) Apache Spark
11 1 (0.081%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.081%) WebLogic
11 1 (0.081%) WebLogic Portal
Applications
1 29 (2.35%) Adobe XD
2 21 (1.70%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (1.62%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.40%) InVision
4 5 (0.40%) Sketch
5 4 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.24%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.16%) Trello
8 1 (0.081%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.081%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.081%) FrameMaker
8 1 (0.081%) MadCap Flare
8 1 (0.081%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 8 (0.65%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (0.40%) iTrent
2 5 (0.40%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.32%) Elite 3E
3 4 (0.32%) Oracle ERP
3 4 (0.32%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 4 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.16%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 2 (0.16%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.16%) SAP HCM
4 2 (0.16%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (0.081%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.081%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.081%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.081%) Primavera
5 1 (0.081%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 232 (18.77%) Azure
2 196 (15.86%) AWS
3 84 (6.80%) Power Platform
4 81 (6.55%) GCP
5 53 (4.29%) Microsoft 365
6 37 (2.99%) SaaS
7 31 (2.51%) Entra ID
8 30 (2.43%) Serverless
9 29 (2.35%) Figma
10 27 (2.18%) Google Analytics
10 27 (2.18%) OCI
11 26 (2.10%) GitHub
11 26 (2.10%) PowerApps
12 25 (2.02%) Azure DevOps
13 19 (1.54%) Dynamics 365
14 18 (1.46%) Amazon S3
14 18 (1.46%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 18 (1.46%) Salesforce Service Cloud
15 14 (1.13%) GitHub Actions
16 13 (1.05%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 41 (3.32%) Firewall
2 28 (2.27%) WAN
3 22 (1.78%) LAN
4 19 (1.54%) Wi-Fi
5 16 (1.29%) Wireshark
6 15 (1.21%) NGFW
6 15 (1.21%) VXLAN
7 14 (1.13%) Network Security
8 13 (1.05%) Cisco ASA
8 13 (1.05%) VLAN
9 11 (0.89%) SD-WAN
9 11 (0.89%) Unified Communications
10 10 (0.81%) BGP
10 10 (0.81%) VPN
11 9 (0.73%) Cisco Firepower
11 9 (0.73%) SMTP
11 9 (0.73%) TCP/IP
12 8 (0.65%) MPLS
12 8 (0.65%) WebEx
13 5 (0.40%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (4.45%) Power BI
2 32 (2.59%) Metadata
3 29 (2.35%) MongoDB
4 27 (2.18%) PostgreSQL
5 23 (1.86%) NoSQL
6 16 (1.29%) SQL Server
7 13 (1.05%) Data Lake
7 13 (1.05%) Data Warehouse
8 11 (0.89%) BigQuery
8 11 (0.89%) MySQL
9 9 (0.73%) Tableau
10 8 (0.65%) Looker
11 7 (0.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 6 (0.49%) Amazon Redshift
12 6 (0.49%) Power Query
13 5 (0.40%) Amazon Athena
13 5 (0.40%) DynamoDB
13 5 (0.40%) MariaDB
13 5 (0.40%) Relational Database
13 5 (0.40%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 27 (2.18%) GitLab
2 24 (1.94%) Axure RP
3 23 (1.86%) Balsamiq
4 19 (1.54%) Git
5 15 (1.21%) JIRA
6 13 (1.05%) Jenkins
7 9 (0.73%) Subversion
8 8 (0.65%) Bitbucket
9 7 (0.57%) Burp Suite
9 7 (0.57%) Metasploit
9 7 (0.57%) Selenium
10 5 (0.40%) Cypress.io
11 4 (0.32%) NUnit
11 4 (0.32%) Visual Studio
12 3 (0.24%) Gatling
12 3 (0.24%) JMeter
12 3 (0.24%) REST Assured
13 2 (0.16%) Jasmine
13 2 (0.16%) TeamCity
13 2 (0.16%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 329 (26.62%) Social Skills
2 252 (20.39%) Finance
3 211 (17.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 134 (10.84%) Analytical Skills
5 133 (10.76%) Law
6 78 (6.31%) Marketing
7 58 (4.69%) Presentation Skills
8 56 (4.53%) Telecoms
9 52 (4.21%) Local Government
10 46 (3.72%) Retail
11 45 (3.64%) Legal
12 44 (3.56%) Influencing Skills
13 43 (3.48%) Manufacturing
14 28 (2.27%) Electronics
14 28 (2.27%) Organisational Skills
15 24 (1.94%) Banking
16 17 (1.38%) Billing
17 13 (1.05%) Police
18 10 (0.81%) General Ledger
19 8 (0.65%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 331 (26.78%) Senior
2 166 (13.43%) Architect
3 147 (11.89%) Senior Manager
4 100 (8.09%) Lead
5 87 (7.04%) Consultant
6 84 (6.80%) Developer
7 70 (5.66%) Analyst
8 60 (4.85%) Solutions Architect
9 53 (4.29%) Designer
10 50 (4.05%) Project Manager
11 48 (3.88%) Business Analyst
12 43 (3.48%) Data Engineer
12 43 (3.48%) Portfolio Manager
13 42 (3.40%) Digital Project Manager
14 40 (3.24%) Senior Project Manager
15 37 (2.99%) Senior Digital Project Manager
15 37 (2.99%) Senior Portfolio Manager
16 35 (2.83%) Software Engineer
17 32 (2.59%) Account Manager
18 31 (2.51%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (2.99%) .NET
2 33 (2.67%) REST
3 24 (1.94%) CSS
3 24 (1.94%) HTML
3 24 (1.94%) React
3 24 (1.94%) RESTful
4 23 (1.86%) Spring
5 21 (1.70%) Middleware
6 18 (1.46%) SOAP
7 17 (1.38%) Lightning Web Components
7 17 (1.38%) Visualforce
8 13 (1.05%) SAP CAF
8 13 (1.05%) Spring Boot
9 11 (0.89%) Node.js
10 10 (0.81%) AngularJS
10 10 (0.81%) HTML5 Canvas
10 10 (0.81%) Kafka
10 10 (0.81%) PySpark
11 9 (0.73%) .NET Core
11 9 (0.73%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 69 (5.58%) Product Ownership
2 64 (5.18%) Cloud Native
3 52 (4.21%) Blog
4 39 (3.16%) NHS
5 38 (3.07%) Management Information System
5 38 (3.07%) Self-Motivation
6 36 (2.91%) Onboarding
7 35 (2.83%) Legacy Systems
8 31 (2.51%) Data Centre
8 31 (2.51%) Virtual Team
9 29 (2.35%) Hybrid Cloud
10 27 (2.18%) PKI
11 21 (1.70%) Legacy Applications
12 20 (1.62%) Public Cloud
13 18 (1.46%) Security Posture
14 17 (1.38%) Low-Code
15 15 (1.21%) Enterprise Cloud
15 15 (1.21%) Enterprise Software
16 14 (1.13%) PMI
17 13 (1.05%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 44 (3.56%) Windows
2 41 (3.32%) Linux
3 18 (1.46%) Unix
4 12 (0.97%) Windows Server
5 10 (0.81%) Android
6 9 (0.73%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.24%) VME
8 1 (0.081%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.081%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.081%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 372 (30.10%) Mentoring
2 338 (27.35%) Agile
3 326 (26.38%) Coaching
4 227 (18.37%) Continuous Improvement
5 184 (14.89%) Problem-Solving
6 164 (13.27%) AI
7 158 (12.78%) Community of Practice
8 134 (10.84%) Analytics
9 122 (9.87%) DevOps
10 121 (9.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 116 (9.39%) CI/CD
12 114 (9.22%) Decision-Making
13 111 (8.98%) Technology Strategy
14 108 (8.74%) Collaborative Culture
15 104 (8.41%) Cybersecurity
16 103 (8.33%) Business Intelligence
17 98 (7.93%) Roadmaps
18 84 (6.80%) Project Delivery
18 84 (6.80%) Stakeholder Management
19 81 (6.55%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 100 (8.09%) Python
2 80 (6.47%) SQL
3 75 (6.07%) Java
4 65 (5.26%) JavaScript
5 38 (3.07%) C#
6 17 (1.38%) Apex Code
7 16 (1.29%) PowerShell
8 14 (1.13%) VBA
9 12 (0.97%) TypeScript
10 11 (0.89%) Bash
10 11 (0.89%) R
11 10 (0.81%) Scala
12 4 (0.32%) Bicep
12 4 (0.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 4 (0.32%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.24%) COBOL
14 2 (0.16%) ABAP
14 2 (0.16%) Kotlin
14 2 (0.16%) PHP
14 2 (0.16%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 333 (26.94%) Security Cleared
2 282 (22.82%) SC Cleared
3 222 (17.96%) Degree
4 45 (3.64%) Computer Science Degree
5 40 (3.24%) DV Cleared
6 33 (2.67%) CISSP
7 27 (2.18%) Microsoft Certification
8 26 (2.10%) CISM
9 24 (1.94%) BPSS Clearance
10 19 (1.54%) ACCA
11 18 (1.46%) Azure Certification
12 16 (1.29%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 15 (1.21%) CREST Certified
13 15 (1.21%) DBS Check
13 15 (1.21%) PMI Certification
14 12 (0.97%) CHECK Team Member
15 11 (0.89%) AWS Certification
16 10 (0.81%) Cisco Certification
17 9 (0.73%) Cyber Scheme
18 7 (0.57%) CITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (5.91%) Accessibility
2 50 (4.05%) Data Quality
3 48 (3.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 47 (3.80%) QA
5 32 (2.59%) GDPR
6 31 (2.51%) GRC
7 28 (2.27%) WCAG
8 27 (2.18%) NIST
9 19 (1.54%) GAAP
9 19 (1.54%) IFRS
10 14 (1.13%) PCI DSS
11 13 (1.05%) Actionable Recommendations
11 13 (1.05%) P3O
12 12 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials
13 10 (0.81%) NCSC
14 9 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 8 (0.65%) SLA
16 7 (0.57%) ISO 9001
17 5 (0.40%) JSP 440
17 5 (0.40%) PMO
System Software
1 44 (3.56%) Active Directory
2 39 (3.16%) Docker
3 21 (1.70%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (1.21%) VMware NSX
5 10 (0.81%) vSphere
6 5 (0.40%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 5 (0.40%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.081%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.081%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.081%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 72 (5.83%) Terraform
2 39 (3.16%) Ansible
3 37 (2.99%) Kubernetes
4 20 (1.62%) Single Sign-On
5 12 (0.97%) Grafana
6 10 (0.81%) Microsoft Intune
7 8 (0.65%) Cisco CUCM
8 7 (0.57%) Nessus
8 7 (0.57%) Nmap
9 5 (0.40%) Argo
10 4 (0.32%) vCenter Server
11 3 (0.24%) Check_MK
11 3 (0.24%) Control-M
11 3 (0.24%) OpenView
11 3 (0.24%) Prometheus
12 2 (0.16%) Kibana
12 2 (0.16%) MIIS
12 2 (0.16%) Tivoli
13 1 (0.081%) Docker Swarm
13 1 (0.081%) Rancher
Vendors
1 199 (16.10%) Microsoft
2 66 (5.34%) Google
3 41 (3.32%) SAP
4 34 (2.75%) Salesforce
5 33 (2.67%) Oracle
6 31 (2.51%) Adobe
7 25 (2.02%) VMware
8 23 (1.86%) Cisco
9 20 (1.62%) ServiceNow
10 18 (1.46%) MuleSoft
11 16 (1.29%) CyberArk
12 15 (1.21%) Arista
12 15 (1.21%) Aruba
12 15 (1.21%) NetScout
13 12 (0.97%) Splunk
14 10 (0.81%) Fortinet
15 8 (0.65%) Apple
15 8 (0.65%) Atlassian
15 8 (0.65%) Palo Alto
15 8 (0.65%) Samsung