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

6 months to
21 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 1,248 478 1,670
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.99% 3.58% 5.16%
As % of the General category 12.42% 4.99% 8.33%
Number of salaries quoted 1,020 353 1,437
10th Percentile £38,772 £37,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,446 £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 £82,500 £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 10,051 9,577 20,049
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 56.27% 71.77% 61.97%
Number of salaries quoted 6,673 6,514 15,093
10th Percentile £30,987 £30,075 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,385
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -11.38%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.98% +11.43% -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 21 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 (3.21%) SharePoint
2 12 (0.96%) Confluence
3 10 (0.80%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (0.72%) SAS
5 8 (0.64%) Drupal
6 6 (0.48%) 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 (0.080%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 29 (2.32%) Adobe XD
2 21 (1.68%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (1.60%) 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 (0.080%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.080%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.080%) FrameMaker
8 1 (0.080%) MadCap Flare
8 1 (0.080%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 8 (0.64%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.56%) iTrent
3 4 (0.32%) Elite 3E
3 4 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.32%) Oracle ERP
3 4 (0.32%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 3 (0.24%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.16%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
5 2 (0.16%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.16%) SAP HCM
5 2 (0.16%) SAP Payroll
6 1 (0.080%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.080%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.080%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 232 (18.59%) Azure
2 195 (15.63%) AWS
3 84 (6.73%) Power Platform
4 82 (6.57%) GCP
5 54 (4.33%) Microsoft 365
6 36 (2.88%) SaaS
7 31 (2.48%) Entra ID
8 30 (2.40%) Serverless
9 29 (2.32%) Figma
10 27 (2.16%) Google Analytics
11 26 (2.08%) OCI
11 26 (2.08%) PowerApps
12 25 (2.00%) Azure DevOps
12 25 (2.00%) GitHub
13 19 (1.52%) Dynamics 365
14 18 (1.44%) Amazon S3
15 17 (1.36%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 17 (1.36%) Salesforce Service Cloud
16 13 (1.04%) GitHub Actions
16 13 (1.04%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 41 (3.29%) Firewall
2 29 (2.32%) WAN
3 23 (1.84%) LAN
4 19 (1.52%) Wi-Fi
5 16 (1.28%) Wireshark
6 15 (1.20%) Network Security
6 15 (1.20%) NGFW
6 15 (1.20%) VXLAN
7 13 (1.04%) Cisco ASA
7 13 (1.04%) VLAN
8 11 (0.88%) SD-WAN
8 11 (0.88%) Unified Communications
9 10 (0.80%) BGP
9 10 (0.80%) VPN
10 9 (0.72%) Cisco Firepower
10 9 (0.72%) SMTP
10 9 (0.72%) TCP/IP
11 8 (0.64%) MPLS
11 8 (0.64%) WebEx
12 5 (0.40%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (4.41%) Power BI
2 33 (2.64%) Metadata
3 30 (2.40%) MongoDB
4 28 (2.24%) PostgreSQL
5 23 (1.84%) NoSQL
6 16 (1.28%) SQL Server
7 13 (1.04%) Data Lake
7 13 (1.04%) Data Warehouse
8 11 (0.88%) BigQuery
8 11 (0.88%) MySQL
9 9 (0.72%) Tableau
10 8 (0.64%) Looker
11 7 (0.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 6 (0.48%) Amazon Redshift
12 6 (0.48%) 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 28 (2.24%) GitLab
2 24 (1.92%) Axure RP
3 23 (1.84%) Balsamiq
4 19 (1.52%) Git
5 15 (1.20%) JIRA
6 13 (1.04%) Jenkins
7 9 (0.72%) Subversion
8 8 (0.64%) Bitbucket
9 7 (0.56%) Burp Suite
9 7 (0.56%) Metasploit
9 7 (0.56%) 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 (26.36%) Social Skills
2 250 (20.03%) Finance
3 208 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 135 (10.82%) Analytical Skills
5 134 (10.74%) Law
6 77 (6.17%) Marketing
7 58 (4.65%) Presentation Skills
8 55 (4.41%) Telecoms
9 52 (4.17%) Local Government
10 46 (3.69%) Retail
11 45 (3.61%) Legal
12 44 (3.53%) Influencing Skills
13 41 (3.29%) Manufacturing
14 28 (2.24%) Organisational Skills
15 27 (2.16%) Electronics
16 24 (1.92%) Banking
17 17 (1.36%) Billing
18 14 (1.12%) Police
19 10 (0.80%) General Ledger
20 8 (0.64%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 337 (27.00%) Senior
2 170 (13.62%) Architect
3 150 (12.02%) Senior Manager
4 101 (8.09%) Lead
5 86 (6.89%) Consultant
6 82 (6.57%) Developer
7 76 (6.09%) Analyst
8 60 (4.81%) Solutions Architect
9 54 (4.33%) Business Analyst
9 54 (4.33%) Designer
10 50 (4.01%) Project Manager
11 43 (3.45%) Data Engineer
11 43 (3.45%) Portfolio Manager
12 42 (3.37%) Digital Project Manager
13 40 (3.21%) Senior Project Manager
14 37 (2.96%) Senior Digital Project Manager
14 37 (2.96%) Senior Portfolio Manager
15 34 (2.72%) Software Engineer
16 33 (2.64%) Technical Architect
17 32 (2.56%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (2.88%) .NET
2 32 (2.56%) REST
3 24 (1.92%) CSS
3 24 (1.92%) HTML
3 24 (1.92%) React
3 24 (1.92%) RESTful
4 22 (1.76%) Spring
5 20 (1.60%) Middleware
6 17 (1.36%) SOAP
7 16 (1.28%) Lightning Web Components
7 16 (1.28%) Visualforce
8 13 (1.04%) SAP CAF
8 13 (1.04%) Spring Boot
9 12 (0.96%) Node.js
10 10 (0.80%) AngularJS
10 10 (0.80%) HTML5 Canvas
10 10 (0.80%) Kafka
10 10 (0.80%) PySpark
11 9 (0.72%) .NET Core
11 9 (0.72%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 71 (5.69%) Product Ownership
2 64 (5.13%) Cloud Native
3 49 (3.93%) Blog
4 39 (3.13%) Management Information System
4 39 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
5 38 (3.04%) NHS
6 36 (2.88%) Onboarding
7 35 (2.80%) Legacy Systems
8 31 (2.48%) Data Centre
8 31 (2.48%) Virtual Team
9 28 (2.24%) Hybrid Cloud
10 27 (2.16%) PKI
11 21 (1.68%) Legacy Applications
12 20 (1.60%) Public Cloud
13 18 (1.44%) Security Posture
14 17 (1.36%) Low-Code
15 15 (1.20%) Enterprise Cloud
15 15 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
16 14 (1.12%) PMI
17 13 (1.04%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 44 (3.53%) Windows
2 41 (3.29%) Linux
3 18 (1.44%) Unix
4 12 (0.96%) Windows Server
5 10 (0.80%) Android
6 9 (0.72%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.24%) VME
8 1 (0.080%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.080%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.080%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 376 (30.13%) Mentoring
2 338 (27.08%) Agile
3 333 (26.68%) Coaching
4 229 (18.35%) Continuous Improvement
5 184 (14.74%) Problem-Solving
6 162 (12.98%) AI
7 159 (12.74%) Community of Practice
8 134 (10.74%) Analytics
9 123 (9.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 120 (9.62%) DevOps
11 116 (9.29%) Decision-Making
12 114 (9.13%) CI/CD
13 111 (8.89%) Technology Strategy
14 107 (8.57%) Collaborative Culture
15 104 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
16 102 (8.17%) Business Intelligence
17 97 (7.77%) Roadmaps
18 84 (6.73%) Project Delivery
19 83 (6.65%) Stakeholder Management
20 80 (6.41%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 97 (7.77%) Python
2 79 (6.33%) SQL
3 74 (5.93%) Java
4 63 (5.05%) JavaScript
5 38 (3.04%) C#
6 16 (1.28%) Apex Code
6 16 (1.28%) PowerShell
7 14 (1.12%) VBA
8 12 (0.96%) TypeScript
9 11 (0.88%) Bash
9 11 (0.88%) R
10 9 (0.72%) Scala
11 4 (0.32%) Bicep
11 4 (0.32%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (0.24%) COBOL
12 3 (0.24%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.16%) ABAP
13 2 (0.16%) Google Apps Script
13 2 (0.16%) PHP
13 2 (0.16%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 331 (26.52%) Security Cleared
2 280 (22.44%) SC Cleared
3 220 (17.63%) Degree
4 45 (3.61%) Computer Science Degree
5 39 (3.13%) DV Cleared
6 35 (2.80%) CISSP
7 27 (2.16%) CISM
7 27 (2.16%) Microsoft Certification
8 24 (1.92%) BPSS Clearance
9 19 (1.52%) ACCA
10 17 (1.36%) Azure Certification
11 16 (1.28%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 15 (1.20%) CREST Certified
12 15 (1.20%) DBS Check
12 15 (1.20%) PMI Certification
13 12 (0.96%) CHECK Team Member
14 10 (0.80%) AWS Certification
14 10 (0.80%) Cisco Certification
15 9 (0.72%) Cyber Scheme
16 7 (0.56%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (5.85%) Accessibility
2 49 (3.93%) Data Quality
2 49 (3.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 46 (3.69%) QA
4 31 (2.48%) GDPR
5 30 (2.40%) GRC
6 28 (2.24%) NIST
6 28 (2.24%) WCAG
7 19 (1.52%) GAAP
7 19 (1.52%) IFRS
8 14 (1.12%) PCI DSS
9 13 (1.04%) Actionable Recommendations
9 13 (1.04%) P3O
10 11 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials
11 10 (0.80%) NCSC
12 9 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 8 (0.64%) SLA
14 7 (0.56%) ISO 9001
15 5 (0.40%) JSP 440
15 5 (0.40%) PMO
System Software
1 43 (3.45%) Active Directory
2 38 (3.04%) Docker
3 21 (1.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (1.20%) VMware NSX
5 10 (0.80%) vSphere
6 5 (0.40%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 5 (0.40%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.080%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.080%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.080%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 71 (5.69%) Terraform
2 39 (3.13%) Ansible
3 36 (2.88%) Kubernetes
4 20 (1.60%) Single Sign-On
5 12 (0.96%) Grafana
6 10 (0.80%) Microsoft Intune
7 8 (0.64%) Cisco CUCM
8 7 (0.56%) Nessus
8 7 (0.56%) Nmap
9 6 (0.48%) 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 (0.080%) FortiGate
13 1 (0.080%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 198 (15.87%) Microsoft
2 66 (5.29%) Google
3 39 (3.13%) SAP
4 33 (2.64%) Salesforce
5 32 (2.56%) Oracle
6 31 (2.48%) Adobe
7 25 (2.00%) VMware
8 23 (1.84%) Cisco
9 20 (1.60%) ServiceNow
10 17 (1.36%) MuleSoft
11 16 (1.28%) CyberArk
12 15 (1.20%) Arista
12 15 (1.20%) Aruba
12 15 (1.20%) NetScout
13 12 (0.96%) Splunk
14 10 (0.80%) Fortinet
15 8 (0.64%) Apple
15 8 (0.64%) Atlassian
15 8 (0.64%) Palo Alto
15 8 (0.64%) Samsung