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

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 48 65
Rank change year-on-year +24 +17 -2
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 1,804 917 877
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.26% 5.50% 4.05%
As % of the General category 11.82% 7.77% 6.45%
Number of salaries quoted 1,322 516 485
10th Percentile £37,518 £32,500 £36,356
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £42,238
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.68% - -2.65%
75th Percentile £77,500 £68,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £91,269 £86,250 £82,500
UK median annual salary £63,750 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.87% +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 15,268 11,796 13,590
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.44% 70.74% 62.77%
Number of salaries quoted 9,164 6,200 7,566
10th Percentile £31,506 £28,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,585 £38,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -6.50% -1.60%
75th Percentile £80,000 £79,039 £84,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £110,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% -4.17%

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 10 October 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 42 (2.33%) SharePoint
2 23 (1.27%) Oracle Workflow
3 18 (1.00%) Apache Spark
4 15 (0.83%) Confluence
5 13 (0.72%) Apache
5 13 (0.72%) Microsoft Exchange
6 10 (0.55%) Apache Airflow
7 9 (0.50%) Jupyter
8 8 (0.44%) CMS
8 8 (0.44%) SharePoint Server
9 5 (0.28%) MS Project Server
9 5 (0.28%) SAS
10 4 (0.22%) WordPress
11 3 (0.17%) Camunda
12 2 (0.11%) nginx
12 2 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 2 (0.11%) WebLogic
12 2 (0.11%) WebLogic Portal
13 1 (0.055%) Oracle HTTP Server
13 1 (0.055%) Tomcat
Applications
1 47 (2.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 38 (2.11%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (1.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (0.72%) AutoCAD
4 13 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
4 13 (0.72%) Spreadsheet
5 11 (0.61%) Chatbot
6 10 (0.55%) Adobe XD
7 9 (0.50%) Civil 3D
7 9 (0.50%) Navisworks
7 9 (0.50%) Revit
8 4 (0.22%) MS Visio
8 4 (0.22%) Windchill
9 3 (0.17%) ProjectWise
10 2 (0.11%) InDesign
10 2 (0.11%) PlantUML
11 1 (0.055%) Elementor
11 1 (0.055%) Photoshop
11 1 (0.055%) SPSS
11 1 (0.055%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 20 (1.11%) Oracle EBS
2 18 (1.00%) SAP S/4HANA
3 16 (0.89%) Workday HCM
4 15 (0.83%) Oracle Payables
5 14 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
5 14 (0.78%) Oracle Cash Management
5 14 (0.78%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 7 (0.39%) iTrent
7 6 (0.33%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
7 6 (0.33%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 5 (0.28%) SAP PSCD
9 4 (0.22%) Distributed Ledger
10 3 (0.17%) Integrated Workplace Management System
11 2 (0.11%) Elite 3E
11 2 (0.11%) Oracle Applications
11 2 (0.11%) Oracle EBS R12
11 2 (0.11%) SAP CO
11 2 (0.11%) SAP FI
11 2 (0.11%) SAP FI/CO
12 1 (0.055%) HFM
Cloud Services
1 355 (19.68%) AWS
2 318 (17.63%) Azure
3 93 (5.16%) GCP
4 87 (4.82%) Power Platform
5 74 (4.10%) Microsoft 365
6 62 (3.44%) SaaS
7 49 (2.72%) Azure DevOps
8 44 (2.44%) Entra ID
9 43 (2.38%) GitHub
10 41 (2.27%) Serverless
11 35 (1.94%) Amazon EC2
12 28 (1.55%) AWS Lambda
12 28 (1.55%) Microsoft Copilot
13 23 (1.27%) Amazon EMR
13 23 (1.27%) Azure AKS
14 21 (1.16%) Amazon S3
14 21 (1.16%) Azure Monitor
15 20 (1.11%) Google Analytics
16 19 (1.05%) Azure Service Bus
16 19 (1.05%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 43 (2.38%) Network Security
2 37 (2.05%) Firewall
2 37 (2.05%) LAN
3 36 (2.00%) WAN
4 29 (1.61%) DNS
5 23 (1.27%) DHCP
6 14 (0.78%) Wi-Fi
7 13 (0.72%) VLAN
7 13 (0.72%) VPN
8 12 (0.67%) TCP/IP
8 12 (0.67%) Unified Communications
9 11 (0.61%) CTI
9 11 (0.61%) VoIP
10 10 (0.55%) BGP
10 10 (0.55%) OSPF
11 7 (0.39%) Cisco Nexus
11 7 (0.39%) Intranet
11 7 (0.39%) Structured Cabling
11 7 (0.39%) TETRA
12 6 (0.33%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 70 (3.88%) Power BI
2 66 (3.66%) PostgreSQL
3 45 (2.49%) MongoDB
4 41 (2.27%) MySQL
5 38 (2.11%) Metadata
6 29 (1.61%) NoSQL
7 25 (1.39%) SQL Server
8 20 (1.11%) Relational Database
9 17 (0.94%) Spark SQL
10 16 (0.89%) Oracle Reports
11 14 (0.78%) Big Data
11 14 (0.78%) Data Lake
11 14 (0.78%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 13 (0.72%) Data Warehouse
13 12 (0.67%) Amazon Athena
13 12 (0.67%) Azure SQL Database
14 11 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
15 10 (0.55%) Tableau
16 9 (0.50%) Metadata Repository
17 7 (0.39%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 73 (4.05%) Git
2 37 (2.05%) GitLab
3 29 (1.61%) JIRA
4 15 (0.83%) Jenkins
5 8 (0.44%) Balsamiq
6 6 (0.33%) Axure RP
7 5 (0.28%) Claude Code
8 4 (0.22%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.22%) Cypress.io
8 4 (0.22%) Sonatype Nexus
9 3 (0.17%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 3 (0.17%) Mercurial
9 3 (0.17%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.17%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.11%) Flyway
10 2 (0.11%) Selenium
11 1 (0.055%) Ranorex
11 1 (0.055%) Team Foundation Server
11 1 (0.055%) Visual Studio Team System
11 1 (0.055%) Zephyr
General
1 439 (24.33%) Social Skills
2 270 (14.97%) Finance
3 223 (12.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 193 (10.70%) Analytical Skills
5 130 (7.21%) Law
6 96 (5.32%) Local Government
7 94 (5.21%) Legal
8 81 (4.49%) Influencing Skills
9 76 (4.21%) Marketing
10 74 (4.10%) Presentation Skills
11 46 (2.55%) Retail
12 39 (2.16%) Telecoms
13 34 (1.88%) Organisational Skills
13 34 (1.88%) Police
14 22 (1.22%) Banking
14 22 (1.22%) General Ledger
15 12 (0.67%) Multimedia
16 9 (0.50%) Aerospace
17 8 (0.44%) Environmental Health
17 8 (0.44%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 460 (25.50%) Senior
2 280 (15.52%) Architect
3 191 (10.59%) Lead
4 145 (8.04%) Analyst
5 136 (7.54%) Consultant
6 105 (5.82%) Developer
7 96 (5.32%) Technical Architect
8 92 (5.10%) Business Analyst
9 90 (4.99%) Senior Manager
10 66 (3.66%) Senior Architect
11 65 (3.60%) Data Architect
12 63 (3.49%) Delivery Manager
12 63 (3.49%) DevOps Engineer
12 63 (3.49%) Solutions Architect
13 61 (3.38%) Software Engineer
14 58 (3.22%) Data Engineer
14 58 (3.22%) Technical Leader
15 56 (3.10%) User Researcher
16 53 (2.94%) IT Manager
17 52 (2.88%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 96 (5.32%) Terraform
2 77 (4.27%) .NET
3 49 (2.72%) Node.js
4 39 (2.16%) CSS
5 34 (1.88%) HTML
6 32 (1.77%) REST
7 30 (1.66%) Middleware
7 30 (1.66%) PySpark
8 29 (1.61%) React
9 25 (1.39%) Spring
10 24 (1.33%) Oracle Fusion
10 24 (1.33%) Spring Boot
11 22 (1.22%) RESTful
12 19 (1.05%) .NET Core
13 17 (0.94%) Web Services
14 16 (0.89%) XML
15 15 (0.83%) AngularJS
15 15 (0.83%) Kafka
16 14 (0.78%) Entity Framework
16 14 (0.78%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 99 (5.49%) Cloud Native
2 68 (3.77%) Product Ownership
3 61 (3.38%) Management Information System
4 59 (3.27%) Self-Motivation
5 56 (3.10%) Onboarding
6 51 (2.83%) NHS
7 38 (2.11%) e-Learning
8 36 (2.00%) Blog
9 35 (1.94%) Enterprise Software
10 31 (1.72%) Virtual Team
11 30 (1.66%) Legacy Systems
12 25 (1.39%) Data Centre
13 23 (1.27%) Hybrid Cloud
14 20 (1.11%) CMDB
15 19 (1.05%) AI Agents
15 19 (1.05%) Driving Licence
15 19 (1.05%) Greenfield Project
15 19 (1.05%) Public Cloud
15 19 (1.05%) Security Posture
16 18 (1.00%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 74 (4.10%) Windows
2 70 (3.88%) Linux
3 53 (2.94%) Unix
4 18 (1.00%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.28%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.11%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.055%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.055%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.055%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 578 (32.04%) Agile
2 536 (29.71%) Mentoring
3 498 (27.61%) Coaching
4 398 (22.06%) Continuous Improvement
5 258 (14.30%) CI/CD
6 240 (13.30%) Decision-Making
7 235 (13.03%) AI
8 227 (12.58%) Analytics
9 215 (11.92%) DevOps
10 210 (11.64%) Stakeholder Management
11 209 (11.59%) Problem-Solving
12 208 (11.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 185 (10.25%) Community of Practice
14 168 (9.31%) Technical Leadership
15 163 (9.04%) Cybersecurity
16 160 (8.87%) Technology Strategy
17 156 (8.65%) Scrum
18 151 (8.37%) Roadmaps
18 151 (8.37%) Software Engineering
19 134 (7.43%) User Research
Programming Languages
1 152 (8.43%) Java
2 148 (8.20%) SQL
3 127 (7.04%) Python
4 119 (6.60%) JavaScript
5 70 (3.88%) C#
6 29 (1.61%) Bash
7 25 (1.39%) C++
8 23 (1.27%) TypeScript
9 19 (1.05%) PL/SQL
10 17 (0.94%) Bicep
11 16 (0.89%) PowerShell
12 8 (0.44%) PHP
12 8 (0.44%) Scala
13 7 (0.39%) ABAP
13 7 (0.39%) Ruby
14 4 (0.22%) C
15 3 (0.17%) Go
15 3 (0.17%) Objective-C
15 3 (0.17%) Perl
15 3 (0.17%) R
Qualifications
1 459 (25.44%) Security Cleared
2 348 (19.29%) SC Cleared
3 192 (10.64%) Degree
4 86 (4.77%) DV Cleared
5 44 (2.44%) CISSP
6 38 (2.11%) BPSS Clearance
6 38 (2.11%) Computer Science Degree
7 31 (1.72%) CISM
8 22 (1.22%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 21 (1.16%) Azure Certification
10 18 (1.00%) AWS Certification
10 18 (1.00%) TOGAF Certification
11 15 (0.83%) DBS Check
12 12 (0.67%) Microsoft Certification
13 10 (0.55%) Master's Degree
13 10 (0.55%) PMP
14 9 (0.50%) ACCA
14 9 (0.50%) APMP
14 9 (0.50%) CIMA
14 9 (0.50%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 161 (8.92%) Accessibility
2 76 (4.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 73 (4.05%) Data Quality
4 58 (3.22%) NCSC
5 56 (3.10%) QA
6 42 (2.33%) NIST
7 38 (2.11%) GDPR
8 32 (1.77%) GRC
9 31 (1.72%) WCAG
10 28 (1.55%) Actionable Recommendations
11 19 (1.05%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 17 (0.94%) PCI DSS
13 14 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials
14 13 (0.72%) PMO
14 13 (0.72%) SLA
15 10 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 42001
16 9 (0.50%) ISO 19650
16 9 (0.50%) ISO 9001
17 7 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 20000
18 6 (0.33%) JSP 440
System Software
1 59 (3.27%) Docker
2 42 (2.33%) Active Directory
3 21 (1.16%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.61%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.33%) VMware NSX
6 5 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (0.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 3 (0.17%) vSphere
9 1 (0.055%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.055%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.055%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 72 (3.99%) Kubernetes
2 29 (1.61%) Ansible
3 22 (1.22%) Grafana
4 16 (0.89%) Microsoft Intune
5 13 (0.72%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 12 (0.67%) Argo
7 6 (0.33%) Cisco CUCM
7 6 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.22%) FTK
8 4 (0.22%) Prometheus
9 3 (0.17%) Oracle RMAN
10 2 (0.11%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 2 (0.11%) Packer
10 2 (0.11%) Proxmox
10 2 (0.11%) SCCM
11 1 (0.055%) Cisco UCCE
11 1 (0.055%) Data Guard
11 1 (0.055%) logstash
Vendors
1 225 (12.47%) Microsoft
2 76 (4.21%) Oracle
3 51 (2.83%) Google
3 51 (2.83%) ServiceNow
4 37 (2.05%) Workday
5 32 (1.77%) Cisco
5 32 (1.77%) YouTube
6 29 (1.61%) SAP
7 24 (1.33%) VMware
8 23 (1.27%) Adobe
9 14 (0.78%) Databricks
10 13 (0.72%) Pega
10 13 (0.72%) Salesforce
11 12 (0.67%) Avaya
11 12 (0.67%) Fortinet
11 12 (0.67%) Genesys
11 12 (0.67%) Splunk
12 10 (0.55%) Dynatrace
13 8 (0.44%) Palo Alto
14 6 (0.33%) Blue Prism