Public Sector Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

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 5 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 81 48 60
Rank change year-on-year -33 +12 +9
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 808 1,694 1,789
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 3.93% 4.97% 4.96%
As % of the General category 5.12% 8.17% 7.61%
Number of salaries quoted 392 1,347 1,248
10th Percentile £33,000 £37,199 £35,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,000 £57,965 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.06% +0.81% +4.55%
75th Percentile £69,625 £72,500 £75,150
90th Percentile £84,750 £84,964 £86,625
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -

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 common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 15,792 20,739 23,502
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 76.74% 60.79% 65.15%
Number of salaries quoted 8,008 14,684 16,585
10th Percentile £25,087 £31,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £33,750 £41,498 £46,353
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,772 £82,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £97,500 £103,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Public Sector
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Public Sector as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Public Sector trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Public Sector
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Public Sector.

Public Sector salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Public Sector
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Public Sector over the 6 months to 5 July 2025.

Public Sector salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 11 (1.36%) Confluence
2 8 (0.99%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (0.99%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.62%) Apache
3 5 (0.62%) IIS
4 2 (0.25%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.12%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.12%) CMS
5 1 (0.12%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.12%) Moodle
5 1 (0.12%) Totara
5 1 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 28 (3.47%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (2.48%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (1.49%) Adobe XD
4 9 (1.11%) AutoCAD
5 7 (0.87%) Trello
6 6 (0.74%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 6 (0.74%) Spreadsheet
7 5 (0.62%) Microsoft Project
8 4 (0.50%) Notion
9 3 (0.37%) MS Visio
10 2 (0.25%) Oracle Smart View
10 2 (0.25%) Stata
11 1 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 1 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
11 1 (0.12%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.12%) InDesign
11 1 (0.12%) MicroStation
11 1 (0.12%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 14 (1.73%) Salesforce CRM
2 10 (1.24%) Dynamics CRM
3 9 (1.11%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.62%) NetSuite
5 4 (0.50%) SAP SCM
6 3 (0.37%) SAP PP
6 3 (0.37%) Shopify
6 3 (0.37%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
6 3 (0.37%) Unit4 Business World
7 2 (0.25%) Oracle Assets
7 2 (0.25%) Oracle Cash Management
7 2 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.25%) Oracle Financials
7 2 (0.25%) Oracle General Ledger
7 2 (0.25%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.25%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.25%) SAP APO
7 2 (0.25%) SAP EWM
7 2 (0.25%) SAP QM
8 1 (0.12%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 100 (12.38%) Azure
2 72 (8.91%) AWS
3 48 (5.94%) Power Platform
4 25 (3.09%) GCP
5 24 (2.97%) Azure DevOps
6 23 (2.85%) SaaS
7 22 (2.72%) Dynamics 365
8 20 (2.48%) GitHub
9 19 (2.35%) Microsoft 365
9 19 (2.35%) Serverless
10 18 (2.23%) Power Automate
11 16 (1.98%) PaaS
11 16 (1.98%) PowerApps
12 14 (1.73%) Google Analytics
13 12 (1.49%) AWS Lambda
13 12 (1.49%) GitHub Actions
14 11 (1.36%) Entra ID
15 10 (1.24%) Figma
15 10 (1.24%) IaaS
16 8 (0.99%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 21 (2.60%) Firewall
2 19 (2.35%) Network Security
3 15 (1.86%) WAN
4 14 (1.73%) DNS
5 12 (1.49%) TCP/IP
6 10 (1.24%) Wi-Fi
7 9 (1.11%) LAN
8 6 (0.74%) DHCP
8 6 (0.74%) VPN
9 5 (0.62%) 4G
9 5 (0.62%) 5G
9 5 (0.62%) BGP
9 5 (0.62%) MPLS
9 5 (0.62%) SAN
9 5 (0.62%) Unified Communications
10 4 (0.50%) Ethernet
10 4 (0.50%) VoIP
11 3 (0.37%) Intrusion Detection
11 3 (0.37%) OSPF
11 3 (0.37%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (3.71%) Power BI
2 25 (3.09%) SQL Server
3 15 (1.86%) Relational Database
4 13 (1.61%) PostgreSQL
5 11 (1.36%) MySQL
6 10 (1.24%) MongoDB
7 8 (0.99%) DynamoDB
8 6 (0.74%) Azure SQL Database
9 5 (0.62%) Amazon RDS
9 5 (0.62%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (0.62%) NoSQL
10 4 (0.50%) Metadata
10 4 (0.50%) Power Query
11 3 (0.37%) Data Lake
11 3 (0.37%) Redis
11 3 (0.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (0.37%) Tableau
12 2 (0.25%) Big Data
12 2 (0.25%) Looker
12 2 (0.25%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 21 (2.60%) JIRA
2 12 (1.49%) Axure RP
2 12 (1.49%) Balsamiq
3 11 (1.36%) Git
4 9 (1.11%) SonarQube
5 7 (0.87%) Jenkins
6 5 (0.62%) JMeter
7 4 (0.50%) JUnit
7 4 (0.50%) Mockito
7 4 (0.50%) Selenium
7 4 (0.50%) Visual Studio
8 3 (0.37%) ERwin
8 3 (0.37%) GitLab
9 2 (0.25%) Cypress.io
9 2 (0.25%) Locust
9 2 (0.25%) Octopus Deploy
9 2 (0.25%) Postman
9 2 (0.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 2 (0.25%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.25%) WebDriver
General
1 473 (58.54%) Social Skills
2 398 (49.26%) Finance
3 341 (42.20%) Marketing
4 103 (12.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 66 (8.17%) Telecoms
6 62 (7.67%) Analytical Skills
6 62 (7.67%) Local Government
6 62 (7.67%) Manufacturing
7 54 (6.68%) Electronics
8 41 (5.07%) Legal
9 35 (4.33%) Law
10 20 (2.48%) Presentation Skills
11 12 (1.49%) Organisational Skills
12 10 (1.24%) Retail
13 9 (1.11%) Aerospace
14 7 (0.87%) Influencing Skills
14 7 (0.87%) Tech for Good
15 6 (0.74%) Advertising
16 5 (0.62%) Back Office
16 5 (0.62%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 274 (33.91%) Business Manager
2 272 (33.66%) Development Manager
3 269 (33.29%) Business Development Manager
4 65 (8.04%) Consultant
5 62 (7.67%) Senior
6 46 (5.69%) Developer
7 41 (5.07%) Analyst
8 38 (4.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
9 36 (4.46%) Architect
9 36 (4.46%) Lead
10 30 (3.71%) Civil Engineer
11 27 (3.34%) Development Engineer
12 20 (2.48%) Designer
13 17 (2.10%) IT Consultant
14 16 (1.98%) Senior Developer
15 15 (1.86%) Principal Engineer
16 14 (1.73%) 1st Line Support
16 14 (1.73%) Product Manager
16 14 (1.73%) Recruitment Consultant
17 12 (1.49%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (2.48%) HTML
2 18 (2.23%) CSS
3 15 (1.86%) RESTful
4 14 (1.73%) Kafka
5 13 (1.61%) React
5 13 (1.61%) Spring Boot
6 10 (1.24%) .NET
6 10 (1.24%) AngularJS
6 10 (1.24%) JSON
6 10 (1.24%) REST
6 10 (1.24%) Spring
7 8 (0.99%) XML
8 7 (0.87%) OAuth
9 6 (0.74%) .NET Framework
9 6 (0.74%) ARM Templates
9 6 (0.74%) ASP.NET Web API
9 6 (0.74%) PySpark
10 5 (0.62%) Azure Blueprints
10 5 (0.62%) Lightning Web Components
10 5 (0.62%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 49 (6.06%) NHS
2 29 (3.59%) Cloud Native
2 29 (3.59%) Management Information System
3 27 (3.34%) Onboarding
4 25 (3.09%) Product Ownership
4 25 (3.09%) Self-Motivation
5 22 (2.72%) Data Centre
6 19 (2.35%) PMI
7 17 (2.10%) Renewable Energy
8 14 (1.73%) Social Media
9 12 (1.49%) SCADA
10 11 (1.36%) Housing Association
10 11 (1.36%) IoT
11 7 (0.87%) Analytical Mindset
11 7 (0.87%) Hybrid Cloud
11 7 (0.87%) Operational Technology
12 6 (0.74%) Legacy Systems
13 5 (0.62%) Client/Server
13 5 (0.62%) Public Cloud
14 4 (0.50%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 36 (4.46%) Windows
2 26 (3.22%) Windows Server
3 17 (2.10%) Linux
4 10 (1.24%) Windows Server 2019
5 9 (1.11%) Unix
6 5 (0.62%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.50%) Mac OS
7 4 (0.50%) Rocky
8 2 (0.25%) Android
8 2 (0.25%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.12%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.12%) Robot Operating System
9 1 (0.12%) Solaris
9 1 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 301 (37.25%) Business Development
2 286 (35.40%) Collaborative Culture
3 282 (34.90%) Collaborative Working
4 268 (33.17%) Facilities Management
4 268 (33.17%) Marketing Strategy
5 141 (17.45%) Agile
6 114 (14.11%) Project Management
7 100 (12.38%) Continuous Improvement
8 98 (12.13%) Project Delivery
9 87 (10.77%) Problem-Solving
10 86 (10.64%) Mentoring
11 84 (10.40%) Business Intelligence
12 80 (9.90%) Stakeholder Management
13 79 (9.78%) Cybersecurity
14 66 (8.17%) DevOps
15 65 (8.04%) Analytics
16 57 (7.05%) Digital Marketing
17 56 (6.93%) Programme Management
18 50 (6.19%) Roadmaps
19 43 (5.32%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 56 (6.93%) SQL
2 53 (6.56%) Python
3 31 (3.84%) JavaScript
4 27 (3.34%) Java
5 22 (2.72%) C#
6 17 (2.10%) PowerShell
7 9 (1.11%) TypeScript
8 6 (0.74%) PHP
8 6 (0.74%) Ruby
9 5 (0.62%) Apex Code
9 5 (0.62%) R
10 3 (0.37%) Bicep
10 3 (0.37%) C++
10 3 (0.37%) Groovy
11 2 (0.25%) ABAP
11 2 (0.25%) Bash
12 1 (0.12%) C
12 1 (0.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 1 (0.12%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.12%) VBA
Qualifications
1 165 (20.42%) Security Cleared
2 106 (13.12%) Degree
3 102 (12.62%) SC Cleared
4 37 (4.58%) DV Cleared
5 24 (2.97%) PMI Certification
6 22 (2.72%) BPSS Clearance
7 17 (2.10%) Azure Certification
8 15 (1.86%) Postgraduate
9 14 (1.73%) Master's Degree
10 13 (1.61%) CISSP
10 13 (1.61%) Microsoft Certification
11 12 (1.49%) AWS Certification
11 12 (1.49%) Chartered Engineer
12 9 (1.11%) CEH
12 9 (1.11%) DBS Check
12 9 (1.11%) ITIL Certification
12 9 (1.11%) SAP Certification
13 8 (0.99%) APMG
13 8 (0.99%) CompTIA Security+
14 6 (0.74%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (6.31%) Accessibility
2 18 (2.23%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 15 (1.86%) QA
4 14 (1.73%) WCAG
5 11 (1.36%) PMO
6 10 (1.24%) NIST
7 9 (1.11%) PCI DSS
8 8 (0.99%) Data Quality
8 8 (0.99%) NCSC
9 6 (0.74%) Def Stans
10 5 (0.62%) GDPR
10 5 (0.62%) ITGC
11 4 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.37%) IEC 61508
13 2 (0.25%) GRC
13 2 (0.25%) ISO 14001
13 2 (0.25%) ISO 9001
14 1 (0.12%) HIPAA
14 1 (0.12%) SLA
14 1 (0.12%) SOC 2
System Software
1 25 (3.09%) Docker
2 21 (2.60%) Active Directory
3 13 (1.61%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.74%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
5 2 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.12%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.12%) Firmware
6 1 (0.12%) IAG
6 1 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.12%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 27 (3.34%) Kubernetes
2 24 (2.97%) Terraform
3 10 (1.24%) Ansible
4 7 (0.87%) Grafana
5 6 (0.74%) Microsoft Intune
5 6 (0.74%) ZABBIX
6 4 (0.50%) Cisco CUCM
6 4 (0.50%) Prometheus
7 3 (0.37%) Functional Safety
7 3 (0.37%) SmoothWall
8 2 (0.25%) FortiGate
8 2 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
8 2 (0.25%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.12%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.12%) DameWare
9 1 (0.12%) Data Guard
9 1 (0.12%) Nessus
9 1 (0.12%) Oracle ZFS
9 1 (0.12%) SCCM
Vendors
1 109 (13.49%) Microsoft
2 69 (8.54%) SAP
3 30 (3.71%) Google
3 30 (3.71%) Salesforce
4 21 (2.60%) VMware
5 20 (2.48%) Cisco
5 20 (2.48%) Oracle
6 17 (2.10%) Adobe
7 14 (1.73%) Facebook
8 12 (1.49%) Apple
8 12 (1.49%) YouTube
9 11 (1.36%) ServiceNow
10 9 (1.11%) Fortinet
10 9 (1.11%) Palo Alto
11 6 (0.74%) Databricks
11 6 (0.74%) Meraki
12 5 (0.62%) EMC
12 5 (0.62%) Extreme Networks
12 5 (0.62%) Mercator
13 4 (0.50%) Dell