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

6 months to
8 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 59 46
Rank change year-on-year +34 -13 +16
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 1,332 753 1,664
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.30% 5.29% 5.12%
As % of the General category 13.09% 7.15% 8.28%
Number of salaries quoted 1,090 349 1,424
10th Percentile £39,922 £37,050 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,446 £46,486 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £60,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year +5.13% +3.51% -3.39%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £84,964
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -1.79%

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 10,177 10,534 20,093
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 55.76% 74.07% 61.87%
Number of salaries quoted 6,758 6,457 15,092
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,717
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -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 8 May 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 (3.00%) SharePoint
2 12 (0.90%) Apache Airflow
3 11 (0.83%) SAS
4 8 (0.60%) Apache
5 7 (0.53%) Confluence
5 7 (0.53%) Drupal
6 6 (0.45%) CMS
7 5 (0.38%) nginx
8 4 (0.30%) ArcGIS
8 4 (0.30%) Microsoft Exchange
8 4 (0.30%) WordPress
9 3 (0.23%) Apache Spark
9 3 (0.23%) Palantir Foundry
10 2 (0.15%) Camunda
10 2 (0.15%) JBoss
10 2 (0.15%) Jupyter
10 2 (0.15%) Umbraco
Applications
1 25 (1.88%) Adobe XD
2 23 (1.73%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (1.58%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (0.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.38%) InVision
5 5 (0.38%) Sketch
6 3 (0.23%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.15%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.15%) Civil 3D
7 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.075%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.075%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.075%) FrameMaker
8 1 (0.075%) MadCap Flare
8 1 (0.075%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.075%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 9 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.53%) iTrent
3 5 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.30%) Elite 3E
4 4 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.30%) Oracle ERP
4 4 (0.30%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (0.15%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
5 2 (0.15%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.15%) SAP HCM
5 2 (0.15%) SAP Payroll
6 1 (0.075%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.075%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.075%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 253 (18.99%) Azure
2 218 (16.37%) AWS
3 81 (6.08%) Power Platform
4 79 (5.93%) GCP
5 57 (4.28%) Microsoft 365
6 33 (2.48%) Azure DevOps
7 29 (2.18%) Entra ID
8 28 (2.10%) SaaS
8 28 (2.10%) Serverless
9 26 (1.95%) OCI
9 26 (1.95%) PowerApps
10 25 (1.88%) Figma
11 24 (1.80%) Google Analytics
12 22 (1.65%) GitHub
13 19 (1.43%) Amazon S3
14 18 (1.35%) Azure AKS
15 17 (1.28%) Azure Service Bus
15 17 (1.28%) Dynamics 365
16 16 (1.20%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
16 16 (1.20%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 43 (3.23%) Firewall
2 35 (2.63%) WAN
3 29 (2.18%) LAN
4 19 (1.43%) Wi-Fi
5 17 (1.28%) Network Security
6 16 (1.20%) Wireshark
7 15 (1.13%) NGFW
7 15 (1.13%) VXLAN
8 14 (1.05%) Cisco ASA
8 14 (1.05%) VLAN
9 13 (0.98%) Unified Communications
10 11 (0.83%) SD-WAN
11 10 (0.75%) BGP
11 10 (0.75%) Cisco Firepower
11 10 (0.75%) VPN
12 9 (0.68%) SMTP
12 9 (0.68%) WebEx
13 8 (0.60%) MPLS
14 7 (0.53%) TCP/IP
15 6 (0.45%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (4.05%) Power BI
2 39 (2.93%) Metadata
3 38 (2.85%) MongoDB
4 37 (2.78%) PostgreSQL
5 23 (1.73%) NoSQL
6 16 (1.20%) SQL Server
7 14 (1.05%) Data Lake
7 14 (1.05%) Data Warehouse
8 13 (0.98%) MySQL
9 11 (0.83%) BigQuery
10 8 (0.60%) Looker
10 8 (0.60%) Tableau
11 7 (0.53%) Amazon Athena
11 7 (0.53%) DynamoDB
11 7 (0.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 6 (0.45%) Amazon Redshift
13 5 (0.38%) Amazon RDS
13 5 (0.38%) Relational Database
13 5 (0.38%) Star Schema
14 4 (0.30%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 38 (2.85%) GitLab
2 22 (1.65%) Git
3 19 (1.43%) Axure RP
4 18 (1.35%) Balsamiq
5 15 (1.13%) Jenkins
6 10 (0.75%) JIRA
7 8 (0.60%) Selenium
8 6 (0.45%) Subversion
9 5 (0.38%) Bitbucket
9 5 (0.38%) Burp Suite
9 5 (0.38%) Cypress.io
9 5 (0.38%) Metasploit
10 3 (0.23%) Gatling
10 3 (0.23%) JMeter
10 3 (0.23%) NUnit
10 3 (0.23%) REST Assured
11 2 (0.15%) Jasmine
11 2 (0.15%) TeamCity
11 2 (0.15%) Visual Studio
11 2 (0.15%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 322 (24.17%) Social Skills
2 250 (18.77%) Finance
3 202 (15.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 143 (10.74%) Analytical Skills
5 124 (9.31%) Law
6 69 (5.18%) Marketing
7 53 (3.98%) Influencing Skills
7 53 (3.98%) Local Government
8 47 (3.53%) Presentation Skills
8 47 (3.53%) Telecoms
9 40 (3.00%) Legal
10 38 (2.85%) Retail
11 31 (2.33%) Manufacturing
11 31 (2.33%) Organisational Skills
12 25 (1.88%) Banking
13 21 (1.58%) Electronics
14 19 (1.43%) Billing
15 13 (0.98%) Police
16 10 (0.75%) General Ledger
17 5 (0.38%) Military
Job Titles
1 365 (27.40%) Senior
2 196 (14.71%) Architect
3 153 (11.49%) Senior Manager
4 105 (7.88%) Lead
5 88 (6.61%) Analyst
5 88 (6.61%) Consultant
6 84 (6.31%) Developer
7 71 (5.33%) Solutions Architect
8 66 (4.95%) Business Analyst
9 55 (4.13%) Designer
10 49 (3.68%) Project Manager
11 46 (3.45%) Data Engineer
12 43 (3.23%) Portfolio Manager
13 42 (3.15%) Digital Project Manager
14 40 (3.00%) Senior Project Manager
15 39 (2.93%) Data Architect
16 37 (2.78%) Delivery Manager
16 37 (2.78%) Senior Digital Project Manager
16 37 (2.78%) Senior Portfolio Manager
17 34 (2.55%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (2.55%) .NET
1 34 (2.55%) REST
2 21 (1.58%) React
2 21 (1.58%) RESTful
3 20 (1.50%) CSS
3 20 (1.50%) HTML
3 20 (1.50%) Middleware
4 19 (1.43%) Node.js
4 19 (1.43%) SOAP
4 19 (1.43%) Spring
5 15 (1.13%) Lightning Web Components
5 15 (1.13%) Visualforce
6 12 (0.90%) Oracle Fusion
7 11 (0.83%) Spring Boot
8 10 (0.75%) HTML5 Canvas
8 10 (0.75%) PySpark
8 10 (0.75%) SAP CAF
9 9 (0.68%) SAML
9 9 (0.68%) XMPP
10 8 (0.60%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 70 (5.26%) Cloud Native
2 69 (5.18%) Product Ownership
3 46 (3.45%) Virtual Team
4 44 (3.30%) Management Information System
5 40 (3.00%) Onboarding
6 36 (2.70%) Blog
6 36 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
7 35 (2.63%) NHS
8 33 (2.48%) Data Centre
9 29 (2.18%) Hybrid Cloud
10 28 (2.10%) PKI
11 26 (1.95%) Self-Motivation
12 21 (1.58%) Legacy Applications
12 21 (1.58%) Public Cloud
12 21 (1.58%) Security Posture
13 16 (1.20%) Low-Code
14 14 (1.05%) Enterprise Software
14 14 (1.05%) PMI
15 13 (0.98%) Video Conferencing
16 10 (0.75%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 51 (3.83%) Windows
2 49 (3.68%) Linux
3 26 (1.95%) Unix
4 13 (0.98%) Windows Server
5 10 (0.75%) Android
6 9 (0.68%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.23%) VME
8 1 (0.075%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.075%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.075%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 417 (31.31%) Mentoring
2 371 (27.85%) Agile
3 365 (27.40%) Coaching
4 224 (16.82%) Continuous Improvement
5 193 (14.49%) Problem-Solving
6 163 (12.24%) Community of Practice
7 154 (11.56%) AI
8 150 (11.26%) Analytics
9 148 (11.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 129 (9.68%) CI/CD
11 126 (9.46%) DevOps
12 114 (8.56%) Technology Strategy
13 109 (8.18%) Decision-Making
14 108 (8.11%) Cybersecurity
15 105 (7.88%) Collaborative Culture
16 102 (7.66%) Roadmaps
17 97 (7.28%) Business Intelligence
18 91 (6.83%) Project Management
19 83 (6.23%) Project Delivery
20 78 (5.86%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 108 (8.11%) Python
2 84 (6.31%) SQL
3 82 (6.16%) Java
4 61 (4.58%) JavaScript
5 36 (2.70%) C#
6 15 (1.13%) Apex Code
6 15 (1.13%) Bash
6 15 (1.13%) PowerShell
7 14 (1.05%) VBA
8 12 (0.90%) Scala
9 11 (0.83%) R
10 8 (0.60%) TypeScript
11 5 (0.38%) Bicep
12 4 (0.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (0.23%) COBOL
13 3 (0.23%) PHP
13 3 (0.23%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.15%) ABAP
14 2 (0.15%) Shell Script
14 2 (0.15%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 342 (25.68%) Security Cleared
2 288 (21.62%) SC Cleared
3 205 (15.39%) Degree
4 47 (3.53%) Computer Science Degree
5 43 (3.23%) DV Cleared
6 36 (2.70%) CISSP
7 29 (2.18%) CISM
8 26 (1.95%) Microsoft Certification
9 25 (1.88%) BPSS Clearance
10 19 (1.43%) ACCA
11 16 (1.20%) Azure Certification
11 16 (1.20%) PMI Certification
12 15 (1.13%) DBS Check
13 14 (1.05%) CREST Certified
14 13 (0.98%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 11 (0.83%) CHECK Team Member
16 9 (0.68%) AWS Certification
16 9 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
16 9 (0.68%) Master's Degree
17 8 (0.60%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (5.48%) Accessibility
2 56 (4.20%) Data Quality
3 50 (3.75%) QA
4 49 (3.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 33 (2.48%) GDPR
6 28 (2.10%) GRC
6 28 (2.10%) NIST
7 25 (1.88%) WCAG
8 19 (1.43%) GAAP
8 19 (1.43%) IFRS
9 15 (1.13%) Actionable Recommendations
9 15 (1.13%) NCSC
9 15 (1.13%) PCI DSS
10 13 (0.98%) P3O
11 12 (0.90%) SLA
12 10 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials
13 8 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 6 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 6 (0.45%) JSP 440
15 5 (0.38%) PMO
System Software
1 41 (3.08%) Active Directory
2 36 (2.70%) Docker
3 23 (1.73%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (1.28%) VMware NSX
5 10 (0.75%) vSphere
6 6 (0.45%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 6 (0.45%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.075%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.075%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.075%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 79 (5.93%) Terraform
2 41 (3.08%) Ansible
3 34 (2.55%) Kubernetes
4 17 (1.28%) Single Sign-On
5 14 (1.05%) Argo
6 13 (0.98%) Grafana
7 10 (0.75%) Microsoft Intune
8 9 (0.68%) Cisco CUCM
9 5 (0.38%) Nessus
9 5 (0.38%) Nmap
10 4 (0.30%) vCenter Server
11 3 (0.23%) Check_MK
11 3 (0.23%) Control-M
11 3 (0.23%) OpenView
11 3 (0.23%) Prometheus
12 2 (0.15%) MIIS
12 2 (0.15%) Tivoli
13 1 (0.075%) Oracle RMAN
13 1 (0.075%) SCCM
13 1 (0.075%) WSUS
Vendors
1 200 (15.02%) Microsoft
2 62 (4.65%) Google
3 40 (3.00%) Oracle
4 34 (2.55%) SAP
5 32 (2.40%) Salesforce
6 27 (2.03%) Adobe
6 27 (2.03%) VMware
7 23 (1.73%) Cisco
7 23 (1.73%) ServiceNow
8 16 (1.20%) CyberArk
8 16 (1.20%) MuleSoft
9 15 (1.13%) Arista
9 15 (1.13%) Aruba
9 15 (1.13%) NetScout
10 13 (0.98%) Splunk
11 11 (0.83%) Fortinet
12 9 (0.68%) Palo Alto
13 8 (0.60%) Apple
13 8 (0.60%) Red Hat
13 8 (0.60%) Samsung