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

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 52 60
Rank change year-on-year +23 +8 -1
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 1,677 920 995
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.05% 5.68% 4.27%
As % of the General category 11.68% 7.94% 6.85%
Number of salaries quoted 1,283 502 663
10th Percentile £37,050 £33,000 £37,120
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,563 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.68% - -2.65%
75th Percentile £78,750 £67,500 £71,991
90th Percentile £91,269 £83,625 £84,964
UK median annual salary £63,076 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.70% +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 14,362 11,593 14,518
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.39% 71.61% 62.24%
Number of salaries quoted 8,972 6,409 8,591
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,750 £34,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,471 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.97% -0.96% -8.33%

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 9 September 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 36 (2.15%) SharePoint
2 17 (1.01%) Apache Spark
3 14 (0.83%) Apache
4 12 (0.72%) Apache Airflow
4 12 (0.72%) Confluence
5 11 (0.66%) Microsoft Exchange
6 8 (0.48%) Jupyter
6 8 (0.48%) SharePoint Server
7 7 (0.42%) Oracle Workflow
8 6 (0.36%) CMS
9 5 (0.30%) MS Project Server
9 5 (0.30%) SAS
10 4 (0.24%) Camunda
10 4 (0.24%) WordPress
11 2 (0.12%) nginx
11 2 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
12 1 (0.060%) Drupal
12 1 (0.060%) JBoss
12 1 (0.060%) Moodle
12 1 (0.060%) Tomcat
Applications
1 40 (2.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (1.79%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (1.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (0.72%) Adobe XD
5 11 (0.66%) AutoCAD
5 11 (0.66%) Chatbot
6 9 (0.54%) Civil 3D
7 8 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
7 8 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
8 6 (0.36%) Navisworks
8 6 (0.36%) Revit
9 4 (0.24%) MS Visio
9 4 (0.24%) Windchill
10 2 (0.12%) InDesign
10 2 (0.12%) PlantUML
10 2 (0.12%) ProjectWise
11 1 (0.060%) Elementor
11 1 (0.060%) InVision
11 1 (0.060%) Sketch
11 1 (0.060%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 16 (0.95%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (0.89%) Workday HCM
3 11 (0.66%) SAP S/4HANA
4 9 (0.54%) Oracle EBS
5 8 (0.48%) Oracle Payables
6 7 (0.42%) iTrent
7 6 (0.36%) Oracle Cash Management
7 6 (0.36%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 4 (0.24%) Distributed Ledger
9 2 (0.12%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
9 2 (0.12%) Integrated Workplace Management System
9 2 (0.12%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 1 (0.060%) Elite 3E
10 1 (0.060%) HFM
10 1 (0.060%) Oracle Assets
10 1 (0.060%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 334 (19.92%) AWS
2 295 (17.59%) Azure
3 94 (5.61%) GCP
4 69 (4.11%) Power Platform
5 60 (3.58%) Microsoft 365
6 56 (3.34%) SaaS
7 40 (2.39%) Azure DevOps
8 33 (1.97%) Serverless
9 29 (1.73%) Amazon EC2
10 27 (1.61%) Azure AKS
10 27 (1.61%) Entra ID
11 26 (1.55%) GitHub
12 25 (1.49%) AWS Lambda
12 25 (1.49%) Google Analytics
12 25 (1.49%) Microsoft Copilot
13 20 (1.19%) Amazon EMR
14 19 (1.13%) Slack
15 17 (1.01%) Amazon EKS
15 17 (1.01%) Azure Service Bus
16 16 (0.95%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 41 (2.44%) WAN
2 38 (2.27%) Network Security
3 35 (2.09%) LAN
4 32 (1.91%) Firewall
5 22 (1.31%) DNS
6 19 (1.13%) DHCP
7 16 (0.95%) VLAN
8 14 (0.83%) BGP
9 12 (0.72%) Unified Communications
9 12 (0.72%) VoIP
10 11 (0.66%) CTI
10 11 (0.66%) MPLS
10 11 (0.66%) TCP/IP
11 10 (0.60%) OSPF
12 9 (0.54%) VPN
12 9 (0.54%) Wi-Fi
13 8 (0.48%) Cisco ASA
14 7 (0.42%) Cisco Nexus
14 7 (0.42%) Structured Cabling
14 7 (0.42%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (3.70%) PostgreSQL
2 59 (3.52%) Power BI
3 50 (2.98%) MongoDB
4 40 (2.39%) MySQL
5 37 (2.21%) Metadata
6 28 (1.67%) NoSQL
7 27 (1.61%) SQL Server
8 20 (1.19%) Relational Database
9 17 (1.01%) Spark SQL
10 14 (0.83%) Big Data
10 14 (0.83%) Data Lake
11 11 (0.66%) Data Warehouse
11 11 (0.66%) Tableau
12 10 (0.60%) Amazon Athena
13 9 (0.54%) Azure SQL Database
13 9 (0.54%) Metadata Repository
14 8 (0.48%) DynamoDB
14 8 (0.48%) Oracle Reports
15 7 (0.42%) BigQuery
16 6 (0.36%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 59 (3.52%) Git
2 43 (2.56%) GitLab
3 22 (1.31%) JIRA
4 18 (1.07%) Jenkins
5 9 (0.54%) Balsamiq
6 7 (0.42%) Axure RP
6 7 (0.42%) Selenium
7 6 (0.36%) Cypress.io
8 5 (0.30%) TeamCity
9 4 (0.24%) SonarQube
9 4 (0.24%) Sonatype Nexus
10 3 (0.18%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 3 (0.18%) Bitbucket
10 3 (0.18%) Gatling
10 3 (0.18%) JMeter
10 3 (0.18%) Mercurial
10 3 (0.18%) REST Assured
11 2 (0.12%) Jasmine
11 2 (0.12%) NUnit
11 2 (0.12%) Visual Studio
General
1 395 (23.55%) Social Skills
2 224 (13.36%) Finance
3 221 (13.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 169 (10.08%) Analytical Skills
5 143 (8.53%) Law
6 87 (5.19%) Local Government
7 83 (4.95%) Influencing Skills
8 76 (4.53%) Legal
9 67 (4.00%) Marketing
10 65 (3.88%) Presentation Skills
11 46 (2.74%) Retail
12 38 (2.27%) Organisational Skills
13 37 (2.21%) Telecoms
14 25 (1.49%) Banking
15 21 (1.25%) Police
16 14 (0.83%) Aerospace
17 12 (0.72%) General Ledger
17 12 (0.72%) Multimedia
18 10 (0.60%) Social Housing
19 8 (0.48%) Environmental Health
Job Titles
1 411 (24.51%) Senior
2 287 (17.11%) Architect
3 179 (10.67%) Lead
4 141 (8.41%) Consultant
5 137 (8.17%) Analyst
6 97 (5.78%) Business Analyst
7 95 (5.66%) Technical Architect
8 90 (5.37%) Developer
9 80 (4.77%) Senior Manager
10 65 (3.88%) Data Architect
11 59 (3.52%) Solutions Architect
12 58 (3.46%) Account Manager
13 57 (3.40%) Lead Architect
13 57 (3.40%) Senior Architect
13 57 (3.40%) Software Engineer
14 55 (3.28%) Designer
14 55 (3.28%) DevOps Engineer
15 54 (3.22%) Technical Leader
16 52 (3.10%) Data Engineer
16 52 (3.10%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 87 (5.19%) Terraform
2 72 (4.29%) .NET
3 50 (2.98%) Node.js
4 39 (2.33%) CSS
5 36 (2.15%) React
6 34 (2.03%) HTML
7 32 (1.91%) PySpark
8 29 (1.73%) REST
9 25 (1.49%) Spring
10 24 (1.43%) RESTful
11 20 (1.19%) Middleware
12 19 (1.13%) .NET Core
12 19 (1.13%) AngularJS
13 17 (1.01%) Kafka
13 17 (1.01%) Spring Boot
14 14 (0.83%) Entity Framework
14 14 (0.83%) Oracle Fusion
14 14 (0.83%) SOAP
15 10 (0.60%) .NET Framework
15 10 (0.60%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 91 (5.43%) Cloud Native
2 73 (4.35%) Product Ownership
3 58 (3.46%) Onboarding
4 51 (3.04%) Self-Motivation
5 45 (2.68%) Management Information System
6 41 (2.44%) NHS
7 40 (2.39%) Blog
8 38 (2.27%) e-Learning
9 31 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
10 30 (1.79%) Virtual Team
11 25 (1.49%) Hybrid Cloud
12 24 (1.43%) Data Centre
13 22 (1.31%) Enterprise Software
14 20 (1.19%) CMDB
15 19 (1.13%) Security Posture
16 18 (1.07%) Greenfield Project
17 17 (1.01%) PKI
17 17 (1.01%) Public Cloud
18 16 (0.95%) Legacy Applications
19 14 (0.83%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 82 (4.89%) Windows
2 75 (4.47%) Linux
3 54 (3.22%) Unix
4 24 (1.43%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.18%) VME
5 3 (0.18%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.12%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.060%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.060%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 549 (32.74%) Agile
2 498 (29.70%) Mentoring
3 451 (26.89%) Coaching
4 323 (19.26%) Continuous Improvement
5 222 (13.24%) CI/CD
6 203 (12.10%) AI
6 203 (12.10%) Community of Practice
7 196 (11.69%) Analytics
8 192 (11.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 187 (11.15%) Problem-Solving
10 186 (11.09%) Decision-Making
11 176 (10.49%) DevOps
12 171 (10.20%) Technology Strategy
13 161 (9.60%) Scrum
14 159 (9.48%) Stakeholder Management
15 148 (8.83%) Cybersecurity
16 146 (8.71%) Roadmaps
17 135 (8.05%) Technical Leadership
18 129 (7.69%) Software Engineering
19 125 (7.45%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 149 (8.88%) Java
2 121 (7.22%) JavaScript
3 120 (7.16%) SQL
4 111 (6.62%) Python
5 66 (3.94%) C#
6 25 (1.49%) C++
7 24 (1.43%) Bash
8 22 (1.31%) TypeScript
9 16 (0.95%) PowerShell
10 10 (0.60%) PL/SQL
11 8 (0.48%) Bicep
11 8 (0.48%) PHP
11 8 (0.48%) Scala
12 7 (0.42%) Ruby
13 5 (0.30%) R
14 4 (0.24%) C
14 4 (0.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 4 (0.24%) Perl
15 3 (0.18%) COBOL
15 3 (0.18%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 424 (25.28%) Security Cleared
2 339 (20.21%) SC Cleared
3 212 (12.64%) Degree
4 90 (5.37%) DV Cleared
5 56 (3.34%) Computer Science Degree
6 44 (2.62%) CISSP
7 38 (2.27%) BPSS Clearance
8 35 (2.09%) CISM
9 24 (1.43%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 13 (0.78%) CREST Certified
10 13 (0.78%) Master's Degree
11 12 (0.72%) AWS Certification
12 10 (0.60%) DBS Check
12 10 (0.60%) PMI Certification
13 9 (0.54%) Azure Certification
13 9 (0.54%) Microsoft Certification
13 9 (0.54%) PMP
14 7 (0.42%) Cisco Certification
14 7 (0.42%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 7 (0.42%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 146 (8.71%) Accessibility
2 79 (4.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 67 (4.00%) Data Quality
4 57 (3.40%) QA
5 54 (3.22%) NCSC
6 41 (2.44%) NIST
7 37 (2.21%) Actionable Recommendations
8 30 (1.79%) WCAG
9 27 (1.61%) GRC
10 26 (1.55%) GDPR
11 20 (1.19%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 20 (1.19%) PCI DSS
12 13 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials
13 12 (0.72%) SLA
14 9 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 8 (0.48%) ISO 9001
15 8 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 8 (0.48%) PMO
16 6 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 6 (0.36%) ISO 19650
System Software
1 57 (3.40%) Docker
2 44 (2.62%) Active Directory
3 23 (1.37%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.66%) VMware NSX
5 8 (0.48%) Hyper-V
5 8 (0.48%) vSphere
6 5 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.24%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 4 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.060%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 66 (3.94%) Kubernetes
2 34 (2.03%) Ansible
3 14 (0.83%) Argo
4 13 (0.78%) Grafana
5 9 (0.54%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (0.48%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 7 (0.42%) Cisco CUCM
8 5 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.24%) vCenter Server
10 3 (0.18%) Check_MK
10 3 (0.18%) Prometheus
10 3 (0.18%) SCCM
11 2 (0.12%) FTK
11 2 (0.12%) MIIS
11 2 (0.12%) Oracle RMAN
12 1 (0.060%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 1 (0.060%) Kibana
12 1 (0.060%) OpenView
12 1 (0.060%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 189 (11.27%) Microsoft
2 56 (3.34%) Google
3 48 (2.86%) Oracle
4 43 (2.56%) ServiceNow
5 32 (1.91%) Cisco
6 29 (1.73%) VMware
7 26 (1.55%) Workday
8 23 (1.37%) Adobe
9 18 (1.07%) SAP
9 18 (1.07%) YouTube
10 16 (0.95%) Splunk
11 15 (0.89%) Salesforce
12 13 (0.78%) Avaya
12 13 (0.78%) Pega
13 12 (0.72%) Databricks
14 11 (0.66%) Genesys
15 10 (0.60%) Fortinet
15 10 (0.60%) Palo Alto
16 6 (0.36%) NetApp
17 5 (0.30%) Red Hat