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

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 98 49
Rank change year-on-year +72 -49 +17
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 1,113 480 1,590
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.59% 3.54% 5.30%
As % of the General category 11.53% 4.94% 8.62%
Number of salaries quoted 885 319 1,361
10th Percentile £35,500 £37,250 £37,250
25th Percentile £46,696 £46,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £59,500
Median % change year-on-year - +0.84% -0.83%
75th Percentile £72,908 £73,750 £74,500
90th Percentile £81,161 £87,500 £85,000
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 9,654 9,717 18,445
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 57.15% 71.57% 61.45%
Number of salaries quoted 6,184 6,281 14,717
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £31,800
25th Percentile £41,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +8.70% -8.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £83,000 £75,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +12.15% -10.83%

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 17 March 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 (3.59%) SharePoint
2 14 (1.26%) Confluence
3 9 (0.81%) SAS
4 8 (0.72%) Drupal
5 7 (0.63%) Apache Airflow
6 6 (0.54%) CMS
7 5 (0.45%) nginx
7 5 (0.45%) WordPress
8 4 (0.36%) Apache
8 4 (0.36%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.18%) Camunda
9 2 (0.18%) JBoss
9 2 (0.18%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.18%) Umbraco
9 2 (0.18%) WebLogic
9 2 (0.18%) WebLogic Portal
10 1 (0.090%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.090%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.090%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.090%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 29 (2.61%) Adobe XD
2 19 (1.71%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (1.35%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.36%) InVision
4 4 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.36%) Sketch
5 3 (0.27%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.27%) Trello
6 2 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.090%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.090%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.090%) FrameMaker
7 1 (0.090%) MadCap Flare
7 1 (0.090%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.090%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 6 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
1 6 (0.54%) Oracle EBS
1 6 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.36%) Oracle ERP
2 4 (0.36%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 3 (0.27%) Elite 3E
3 3 (0.27%) Primavera
3 3 (0.27%) SAP PM
4 2 (0.18%) SAP HCM
4 2 (0.18%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (0.090%) iTrent
5 1 (0.090%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.090%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.090%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.090%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.090%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 229 (20.58%) Azure
2 182 (16.35%) AWS
3 75 (6.74%) Power Platform
4 72 (6.47%) GCP
5 52 (4.67%) Microsoft 365
6 36 (3.23%) SaaS
7 35 (3.14%) Serverless
8 33 (2.96%) PowerApps
9 32 (2.88%) Entra ID
10 30 (2.70%) Figma
11 26 (2.34%) GitHub
11 26 (2.34%) OCI
12 25 (2.25%) Dynamics 365
13 23 (2.07%) Google Analytics
14 20 (1.80%) Azure DevOps
14 20 (1.80%) Power Automate
14 20 (1.80%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 20 (1.80%) Salesforce Service Cloud
15 18 (1.62%) Amazon S3
16 14 (1.26%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 39 (3.50%) Firewall
2 19 (1.71%) LAN
2 19 (1.71%) WAN
3 18 (1.62%) Wi-Fi
4 16 (1.44%) Wireshark
5 15 (1.35%) NGFW
5 15 (1.35%) VXLAN
6 11 (0.99%) TCP/IP
7 9 (0.81%) Cisco ASA
7 9 (0.81%) Network Security
7 9 (0.81%) SMTP
8 8 (0.72%) SD-WAN
8 8 (0.72%) VPN
9 7 (0.63%) Unified Communications
9 7 (0.63%) VLAN
10 6 (0.54%) BGP
10 6 (0.54%) DMZ
10 6 (0.54%) VoIP
11 5 (0.45%) DNS
11 5 (0.45%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (4.40%) Power BI
2 32 (2.88%) Metadata
3 22 (1.98%) PostgreSQL
4 20 (1.80%) NoSQL
5 17 (1.53%) MongoDB
6 16 (1.44%) MySQL
7 15 (1.35%) Data Warehouse
7 15 (1.35%) SQL Server
8 9 (0.81%) BigQuery
8 9 (0.81%) Data Lake
9 8 (0.72%) Relational Database
9 8 (0.72%) Tableau
10 6 (0.54%) Amazon Redshift
10 6 (0.54%) Geospatial Data
10 6 (0.54%) Looker
10 6 (0.54%) Oracle Reports
10 6 (0.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 5 (0.45%) MariaDB
12 4 (0.36%) Amazon RDS
12 4 (0.36%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 26 (2.34%) Axure RP
2 25 (2.25%) Balsamiq
3 22 (1.98%) Git
4 17 (1.53%) JIRA
5 16 (1.44%) GitLab
6 10 (0.90%) Jenkins
6 10 (0.90%) Selenium
7 9 (0.81%) Subversion
8 8 (0.72%) Bitbucket
8 8 (0.72%) Cypress.io
9 7 (0.63%) Burp Suite
9 7 (0.63%) Metasploit
10 4 (0.36%) Visual Studio
10 4 (0.36%) WebDriver
11 3 (0.27%) Gatling
11 3 (0.27%) JMeter
11 3 (0.27%) NUnit
11 3 (0.27%) Oracle Forms
11 3 (0.27%) REST Assured
12 2 (0.18%) Oracle APEX
General
1 326 (29.29%) Social Skills
2 245 (22.01%) Finance
3 190 (17.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 145 (13.03%) Analytical Skills
5 126 (11.32%) Law
6 83 (7.46%) Marketing
7 67 (6.02%) Telecoms
8 58 (5.21%) Manufacturing
9 51 (4.58%) Local Government
9 51 (4.58%) Presentation Skills
10 46 (4.13%) Legal
11 39 (3.50%) Electronics
12 38 (3.41%) Retail
13 34 (3.05%) Influencing Skills
14 27 (2.43%) Organisational Skills
15 19 (1.71%) Banking
16 17 (1.53%) Billing
17 13 (1.17%) Police
18 12 (1.08%) Pharmaceutical
19 10 (0.90%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 274 (24.62%) Senior
2 130 (11.68%) Architect
3 123 (11.05%) Senior Manager
4 99 (8.89%) Developer
5 89 (8.00%) Consultant
6 86 (7.73%) Lead
7 56 (5.03%) Analyst
8 46 (4.13%) Project Manager
9 45 (4.04%) Solutions Architect
10 41 (3.68%) Designer
11 38 (3.41%) Portfolio Manager
12 37 (3.32%) Data Engineer
12 37 (3.32%) Senior Portfolio Manager
13 34 (3.05%) Business Analyst
14 33 (2.96%) Software Engineer
15 32 (2.88%) Data Architect
16 31 (2.79%) Digital Project Manager
16 31 (2.79%) Security Consultant
17 28 (2.52%) Senior Architect
17 28 (2.52%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (3.68%) .NET
2 34 (3.05%) REST
3 30 (2.70%) CSS
3 30 (2.70%) HTML
4 27 (2.43%) React
5 25 (2.25%) Spring
6 22 (1.98%) RESTful
6 22 (1.98%) SOAP
7 21 (1.89%) SAP CAF
8 18 (1.62%) Lightning Web Components
8 18 (1.62%) Middleware
8 18 (1.62%) Visualforce
9 16 (1.44%) HTML5 Canvas
9 16 (1.44%) Spring Boot
10 13 (1.17%) .NET Core
11 12 (1.08%) Node.js
12 10 (0.90%) AngularJS
12 10 (0.90%) Django
12 10 (0.90%) Entity Framework
13 9 (0.81%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 70 (6.29%) Cloud Native
2 57 (5.12%) Product Ownership
3 50 (4.49%) Blog
4 43 (3.86%) Self-Motivation
5 37 (3.32%) NHS
6 34 (3.05%) Legacy Systems
7 31 (2.79%) Onboarding
7 31 (2.79%) Virtual Team
8 29 (2.61%) Data Centre
9 28 (2.52%) Management Information System
10 24 (2.16%) PKI
11 22 (1.98%) Hybrid Cloud
12 20 (1.80%) Public Cloud
13 17 (1.53%) Legacy Applications
13 17 (1.53%) Low-Code
14 16 (1.44%) Security Posture
15 15 (1.35%) Enterprise Cloud
16 14 (1.26%) Enterprise Software
17 13 (1.17%) PMI
18 12 (1.08%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 33 (2.96%) Windows
2 29 (2.61%) Linux
3 10 (0.90%) Android
4 9 (0.81%) Apple iOS
5 8 (0.72%) Unix
6 6 (0.54%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.18%) VME
7 2 (0.18%) VMS
8 1 (0.090%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.090%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.090%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 314 (28.21%) Agile
2 313 (28.12%) Mentoring
3 256 (23.00%) Coaching
4 212 (19.05%) Continuous Improvement
5 173 (15.54%) Problem-Solving
6 165 (14.82%) AI
7 140 (12.58%) Analytics
8 132 (11.86%) Community of Practice
9 117 (10.51%) DevOps
10 111 (9.97%) CI/CD
10 111 (9.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 107 (9.61%) Collaborative Culture
12 103 (9.25%) Business Intelligence
13 101 (9.07%) Cybersecurity
14 99 (8.89%) Decision-Making
15 95 (8.54%) Technology Strategy
16 93 (8.36%) Project Management
17 91 (8.18%) Stakeholder Management
18 90 (8.09%) Roadmaps
19 82 (7.37%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 97 (8.72%) Python
2 77 (6.92%) JavaScript
3 72 (6.47%) Java
4 68 (6.11%) SQL
5 48 (4.31%) C#
6 19 (1.71%) PowerShell
7 18 (1.62%) Apex Code
8 14 (1.26%) VBA
9 13 (1.17%) Bash
10 11 (0.99%) TypeScript
11 8 (0.72%) R
11 8 (0.72%) Scala
12 7 (0.63%) Bicep
13 4 (0.36%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.18%) ABAP
14 2 (0.18%) COBOL
14 2 (0.18%) Google Apps Script
14 2 (0.18%) Kotlin
14 2 (0.18%) SPARQL
15 1 (0.090%) Go
Qualifications
1 314 (28.21%) Security Cleared
2 262 (23.54%) SC Cleared
3 199 (17.88%) Degree
4 40 (3.59%) DV Cleared
5 37 (3.32%) Computer Science Degree
5 37 (3.32%) Microsoft Certification
6 36 (3.23%) CISSP
7 30 (2.70%) CISM
8 27 (2.43%) BPSS Clearance
9 24 (2.16%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 22 (1.98%) Azure Certification
11 19 (1.71%) ACCA
12 15 (1.35%) DBS Check
12 15 (1.35%) PMI Certification
13 13 (1.17%) CREST Certified
14 12 (1.08%) AWS Certification
14 12 (1.08%) CHECK Team Member
15 11 (0.99%) Cisco Certification
16 9 (0.81%) Cyber Scheme
17 8 (0.72%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (6.83%) Accessibility
2 54 (4.85%) QA
3 53 (4.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 41 (3.68%) Data Quality
5 39 (3.50%) GRC
6 33 (2.96%) GDPR
7 32 (2.88%) NIST
8 29 (2.61%) WCAG
9 19 (1.71%) GAAP
9 19 (1.71%) IFRS
10 15 (1.35%) PCI DSS
11 13 (1.17%) P3O
12 11 (0.99%) NCSC
13 9 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials
14 8 (0.72%) ISO 9001
14 8 (0.72%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 8 (0.72%) PMO
14 8 (0.72%) SLA
15 7 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 7 (0.63%) JSP 440
System Software
1 40 (3.59%) Active Directory
2 36 (3.23%) Docker
3 17 (1.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.81%) VMware NSX
5 5 (0.45%) vSphere
6 4 (0.36%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 4 (0.36%) Virtual Servers
7 3 (0.27%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.090%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.090%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 61 (5.48%) Terraform
2 30 (2.70%) Kubernetes
3 24 (2.16%) Ansible
4 20 (1.80%) Single Sign-On
5 10 (0.90%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (0.63%) Grafana
6 7 (0.63%) Nessus
6 7 (0.63%) Nmap
7 4 (0.36%) Cisco CUCM
7 4 (0.36%) OpenView
8 3 (0.27%) Control-M
8 3 (0.27%) Tivoli
9 2 (0.18%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 2 (0.18%) SCOM
10 1 (0.090%) Check_MK
10 1 (0.090%) FortiGate
10 1 (0.090%) Kibana
10 1 (0.090%) MIIS
10 1 (0.090%) Puppet
10 1 (0.090%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 193 (17.34%) Microsoft
2 60 (5.39%) Google
3 51 (4.58%) SAP
4 34 (3.05%) Oracle
4 34 (3.05%) Salesforce
5 33 (2.96%) Adobe
6 21 (1.89%) ServiceNow
7 19 (1.71%) Cisco
7 19 (1.71%) MuleSoft
7 19 (1.71%) VMware
8 16 (1.44%) Aruba
8 16 (1.44%) CyberArk
9 15 (1.35%) Arista
9 15 (1.35%) NetScout
10 8 (0.72%) Apple
10 8 (0.72%) Atlassian
10 8 (0.72%) Samsung
11 7 (0.63%) Fortinet
11 7 (0.63%) NEC
12 6 (0.54%) Talend