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

6 months to
29 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 82 45
Rank change year-on-year +57 -37 +17
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 1,303 489 1,684
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.19% 3.63% 5.19%
As % of the General category 12.91% 5.04% 8.38%
Number of salaries quoted 1,076 354 1,435
10th Percentile £38,984 £37,072 £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 £74,987 £68,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £84,462 £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 10,093 9,710 20,097
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 55.68% 72.09% 61.92%
Number of salaries quoted 6,729 6,471 15,095
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,750 £41,750
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 £57,560 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.45% +9.64% -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 29 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 39 (2.99%) SharePoint
2 10 (0.77%) Apache Airflow
2 10 (0.77%) Confluence
2 10 (0.77%) SAS
3 8 (0.61%) Drupal
4 6 (0.46%) Apache
4 6 (0.46%) CMS
4 6 (0.46%) nginx
5 5 (0.38%) WordPress
6 4 (0.31%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.31%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.23%) Palantir Foundry
8 2 (0.15%) Apache Spark
8 2 (0.15%) Camunda
8 2 (0.15%) JBoss
8 2 (0.15%) Umbraco
Applications
1 28 (2.15%) Adobe XD
2 21 (1.61%) Microsoft Office
3 19 (1.46%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.38%) InVision
4 5 (0.38%) Sketch
5 4 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.23%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.077%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.077%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.077%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.077%) Civil 3D
8 1 (0.077%) FrameMaker
8 1 (0.077%) MadCap Flare
8 1 (0.077%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.077%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.54%) iTrent
3 4 (0.31%) Elite 3E
3 4 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.31%) Oracle ERP
3 4 (0.31%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 4 (0.31%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.15%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 2 (0.15%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.15%) SAP HCM
4 2 (0.15%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (0.077%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.077%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.077%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 249 (19.11%) Azure
2 214 (16.42%) AWS
3 82 (6.29%) GCP
4 81 (6.22%) Power Platform
5 54 (4.14%) Microsoft 365
6 33 (2.53%) Azure DevOps
7 32 (2.46%) SaaS
8 30 (2.30%) Entra ID
9 29 (2.23%) Serverless
10 28 (2.15%) Figma
11 26 (2.00%) Google Analytics
11 26 (2.00%) OCI
12 25 (1.92%) PowerApps
13 23 (1.77%) GitHub
14 18 (1.38%) Amazon S3
14 18 (1.38%) Azure AKS
14 18 (1.38%) Dynamics 365
15 17 (1.30%) Azure Service Bus
15 17 (1.30%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 17 (1.30%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 43 (3.30%) Firewall
2 32 (2.46%) WAN
3 26 (2.00%) LAN
4 19 (1.46%) Wi-Fi
5 17 (1.30%) Network Security
6 16 (1.23%) Wireshark
7 15 (1.15%) NGFW
7 15 (1.15%) VXLAN
8 13 (1.00%) Cisco ASA
8 13 (1.00%) VLAN
9 11 (0.84%) SD-WAN
9 11 (0.84%) Unified Communications
10 10 (0.77%) BGP
10 10 (0.77%) VPN
11 9 (0.69%) Cisco Firepower
11 9 (0.69%) SMTP
11 9 (0.69%) TCP/IP
12 8 (0.61%) MPLS
12 8 (0.61%) WebEx
13 6 (0.46%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (4.07%) Power BI
2 38 (2.92%) MongoDB
3 36 (2.76%) Metadata
3 36 (2.76%) PostgreSQL
4 23 (1.77%) NoSQL
5 15 (1.15%) SQL Server
6 14 (1.07%) Data Lake
6 14 (1.07%) Data Warehouse
7 12 (0.92%) MySQL
8 11 (0.84%) BigQuery
9 8 (0.61%) Looker
9 8 (0.61%) Tableau
10 7 (0.54%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 6 (0.46%) Amazon Redshift
12 5 (0.38%) Amazon RDS
12 5 (0.38%) DynamoDB
12 5 (0.38%) MariaDB
12 5 (0.38%) Power Query
12 5 (0.38%) Relational Database
12 5 (0.38%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 38 (2.92%) GitLab
2 22 (1.69%) Axure RP
3 21 (1.61%) Balsamiq
4 20 (1.53%) Git
5 14 (1.07%) Jenkins
6 13 (1.00%) JIRA
7 8 (0.61%) Subversion
8 7 (0.54%) Bitbucket
8 7 (0.54%) Burp Suite
8 7 (0.54%) Metasploit
8 7 (0.54%) Selenium
9 4 (0.31%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.31%) NUnit
10 3 (0.23%) Gatling
10 3 (0.23%) JMeter
10 3 (0.23%) REST Assured
10 3 (0.23%) Visual Studio
11 2 (0.15%) Jasmine
11 2 (0.15%) TeamCity
11 2 (0.15%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 319 (24.48%) Social Skills
2 233 (17.88%) Finance
3 202 (15.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 129 (9.90%) Law
5 123 (9.44%) Analytical Skills
6 74 (5.68%) Marketing
7 54 (4.14%) Local Government
8 52 (3.99%) Telecoms
9 51 (3.91%) Influencing Skills
10 46 (3.53%) Presentation Skills
11 42 (3.22%) Legal
11 42 (3.22%) Retail
12 37 (2.84%) Manufacturing
13 30 (2.30%) Organisational Skills
14 25 (1.92%) Banking
14 25 (1.92%) Electronics
15 17 (1.30%) Billing
16 14 (1.07%) Police
17 10 (0.77%) General Ledger
18 7 (0.54%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 357 (27.40%) Senior
2 164 (12.59%) Architect
3 153 (11.74%) Senior Manager
4 107 (8.21%) Lead
5 91 (6.98%) Analyst
6 88 (6.75%) Consultant
7 82 (6.29%) Developer
8 69 (5.30%) Business Analyst
9 56 (4.30%) Designer
10 50 (3.84%) Project Manager
11 49 (3.76%) Solutions Architect
12 44 (3.38%) Data Engineer
13 43 (3.30%) Portfolio Manager
14 42 (3.22%) Digital Project Manager
15 40 (3.07%) Senior Project Manager
16 37 (2.84%) Senior Digital Project Manager
16 37 (2.84%) Senior Portfolio Manager
17 35 (2.69%) Data Architect
17 35 (2.69%) Delivery Manager
17 35 (2.69%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (2.69%) .NET
2 33 (2.53%) REST
3 23 (1.77%) RESTful
4 22 (1.69%) CSS
4 22 (1.69%) HTML
5 21 (1.61%) Middleware
5 21 (1.61%) React
5 21 (1.61%) Spring
6 20 (1.53%) Node.js
7 18 (1.38%) SOAP
8 16 (1.23%) Lightning Web Components
8 16 (1.23%) Visualforce
9 12 (0.92%) SAP CAF
9 12 (0.92%) Spring Boot
10 11 (0.84%) Oracle Fusion
11 10 (0.77%) PySpark
12 9 (0.69%) AngularJS
12 9 (0.69%) HTML5 Canvas
12 9 (0.69%) Kafka
12 9 (0.69%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 74 (5.68%) Product Ownership
2 64 (4.91%) Cloud Native
3 44 (3.38%) Blog
4 43 (3.30%) Management Information System
5 37 (2.84%) NHS
6 36 (2.76%) Legacy Systems
7 35 (2.69%) Onboarding
8 32 (2.46%) Data Centre
9 28 (2.15%) Hybrid Cloud
9 28 (2.15%) PKI
10 26 (2.00%) Self-Motivation
11 21 (1.61%) Legacy Applications
11 21 (1.61%) Public Cloud
11 21 (1.61%) Virtual Team
12 20 (1.53%) Security Posture
13 16 (1.23%) Low-Code
14 14 (1.07%) Enterprise Software
14 14 (1.07%) PMI
15 13 (1.00%) Video Conferencing
16 11 (0.84%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 52 (3.99%) Windows
2 50 (3.84%) Linux
3 26 (2.00%) Unix
4 12 (0.92%) Windows Server
5 10 (0.77%) Android
6 9 (0.69%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.23%) VME
8 1 (0.077%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.077%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.077%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 410 (31.47%) Mentoring
2 364 (27.94%) Agile
2 364 (27.94%) Coaching
3 219 (16.81%) Continuous Improvement
4 170 (13.05%) Problem-Solving
5 163 (12.51%) Community of Practice
6 142 (10.90%) AI
7 136 (10.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 128 (9.82%) DevOps
9 127 (9.75%) Analytics
9 127 (9.75%) CI/CD
10 112 (8.60%) Technology Strategy
11 110 (8.44%) Cybersecurity
12 108 (8.29%) Collaborative Culture
12 108 (8.29%) Decision-Making
13 103 (7.90%) Roadmaps
14 99 (7.60%) Business Intelligence
15 84 (6.45%) Project Delivery
16 79 (6.06%) Stakeholder Management
17 78 (5.99%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 103 (7.90%) Python
2 82 (6.29%) Java
2 82 (6.29%) SQL
3 61 (4.68%) JavaScript
4 36 (2.76%) C#
5 16 (1.23%) Apex Code
6 15 (1.15%) PowerShell
7 14 (1.07%) VBA
8 13 (1.00%) Bash
9 11 (0.84%) R
9 11 (0.84%) Scala
10 10 (0.77%) TypeScript
11 4 (0.31%) Bicep
11 4 (0.31%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (0.23%) COBOL
12 3 (0.23%) PHP
12 3 (0.23%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.15%) ABAP
13 2 (0.15%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.15%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 336 (25.79%) Security Cleared
2 284 (21.80%) SC Cleared
3 215 (16.50%) Degree
4 45 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
5 40 (3.07%) DV Cleared
6 38 (2.92%) CISSP
7 30 (2.30%) CISM
8 26 (2.00%) Microsoft Certification
9 24 (1.84%) BPSS Clearance
10 19 (1.46%) ACCA
11 16 (1.23%) Azure Certification
11 16 (1.23%) CREST Certified
12 15 (1.15%) DBS Check
12 15 (1.15%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 15 (1.15%) PMI Certification
13 13 (1.00%) CHECK Team Member
14 10 (0.77%) AWS Certification
14 10 (0.77%) Cisco Certification
14 10 (0.77%) Cyber Scheme
15 9 (0.69%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (5.76%) Accessibility
2 51 (3.91%) Data Quality
2 51 (3.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 46 (3.53%) QA
4 33 (2.53%) GDPR
5 30 (2.30%) GRC
6 29 (2.23%) NIST
7 28 (2.15%) WCAG
8 19 (1.46%) GAAP
8 19 (1.46%) IFRS
9 15 (1.15%) PCI DSS
10 14 (1.07%) Actionable Recommendations
11 13 (1.00%) NCSC
11 13 (1.00%) P3O
12 11 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials
13 9 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 9 (0.69%) SLA
14 6 (0.46%) ISO 9001
14 6 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 6 (0.46%) JSP 440
System Software
1 42 (3.22%) Active Directory
2 38 (2.92%) Docker
3 22 (1.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (1.23%) VMware NSX
5 10 (0.77%) vSphere
6 5 (0.38%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 5 (0.38%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (0.31%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.077%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.077%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.077%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 78 (5.99%) Terraform
2 39 (2.99%) Ansible
3 35 (2.69%) Kubernetes
4 19 (1.46%) Single Sign-On
5 14 (1.07%) Argo
6 12 (0.92%) Grafana
7 10 (0.77%) Microsoft Intune
8 8 (0.61%) Cisco CUCM
9 7 (0.54%) Nessus
9 7 (0.54%) Nmap
10 4 (0.31%) 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 (0.077%) Oracle RMAN
13 1 (0.077%) SCCM
13 1 (0.077%) WSUS
Vendors
1 197 (15.12%) Microsoft
2 66 (5.07%) Google
3 39 (2.99%) Oracle
4 38 (2.92%) SAP
5 33 (2.53%) Salesforce
6 30 (2.30%) Adobe
7 26 (2.00%) VMware
8 23 (1.77%) Cisco
9 20 (1.53%) ServiceNow
10 17 (1.30%) MuleSoft
11 16 (1.23%) CyberArk
12 15 (1.15%) Arista
12 15 (1.15%) Aruba
12 15 (1.15%) NetScout
13 12 (0.92%) Splunk
14 10 (0.77%) Fortinet
15 8 (0.61%) Apple
15 8 (0.61%) Palo Alto
15 8 (0.61%) Samsung
16 7 (0.54%) HubSpot