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 16 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 70 47
Rank change year-on-year +45 -23 +14
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 1,364 732 1,668
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.33% 4.94% 5.14%
As % of the General category 13.15% 6.61% 8.27%
Number of salaries quoted 1,125 347 1,421
10th Percentile £40,350 £36,850 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,696 £46,368 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £60,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year +5.13% +3.51% -3.39%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £88,148 £82,500 £84,964
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -0.48%

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 10,374 11,070 20,179
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 55.74% 74.73% 62.14%
Number of salaries quoted 6,899 6,355 15,066
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £31,750
25th Percentile £43,000 £42,500 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -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 16 May 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 38 (2.79%) SharePoint
2 13 (0.95%) Apache Airflow
3 9 (0.66%) Apache
3 9 (0.66%) SAS
4 7 (0.51%) SharePoint Server
5 6 (0.44%) CMS
5 6 (0.44%) Confluence
5 6 (0.44%) Drupal
6 4 (0.29%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.29%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (0.29%) nginx
7 3 (0.22%) Jupyter
7 3 (0.22%) Palantir Foundry
7 3 (0.22%) WordPress
8 2 (0.15%) Camunda
8 2 (0.15%) JBoss
8 2 (0.15%) Umbraco
Applications
1 24 (1.76%) Microsoft Excel
1 24 (1.76%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (1.61%) Adobe XD
3 8 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.37%) InVision
4 5 (0.37%) Sketch
5 3 (0.22%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.15%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.15%) Civil 3D
6 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.15%) Windchill
7 1 (0.073%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.073%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.073%) FrameMaker
7 1 (0.073%) MadCap Flare
7 1 (0.073%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.073%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 10 (0.73%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.51%) iTrent
3 6 (0.44%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.29%) Elite 3E
4 4 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
4 4 (0.29%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (0.15%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
5 2 (0.15%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.15%) SAP HCM
5 2 (0.15%) SAP Payroll
6 1 (0.073%) HFM
6 1 (0.073%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.073%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.073%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 276 (20.23%) Azure
2 229 (16.79%) AWS
3 84 (6.16%) Power Platform
4 76 (5.57%) GCP
5 57 (4.18%) Microsoft 365
6 41 (3.01%) Azure DevOps
7 31 (2.27%) Entra ID
8 30 (2.20%) SaaS
9 27 (1.98%) Serverless
10 26 (1.91%) OCI
11 25 (1.83%) Google Analytics
11 25 (1.83%) PowerApps
12 22 (1.61%) Figma
12 22 (1.61%) GitHub
13 21 (1.54%) Amazon S3
14 18 (1.32%) Azure AKS
15 16 (1.17%) Azure Service Bus
16 15 (1.10%) Dynamics 365
16 15 (1.10%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
16 15 (1.10%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 44 (3.23%) Firewall
2 37 (2.71%) WAN
3 31 (2.27%) LAN
4 19 (1.39%) Network Security
5 18 (1.32%) Wi-Fi
6 16 (1.17%) Wireshark
7 15 (1.10%) NGFW
7 15 (1.10%) VXLAN
8 14 (1.03%) Cisco ASA
8 14 (1.03%) Unified Communications
8 14 (1.03%) VLAN
9 10 (0.73%) BGP
9 10 (0.73%) Cisco Firepower
9 10 (0.73%) SD-WAN
10 9 (0.66%) SMTP
10 9 (0.66%) VPN
10 9 (0.66%) WebEx
11 8 (0.59%) MPLS
12 7 (0.51%) DMZ
13 6 (0.44%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (4.18%) Power BI
2 47 (3.45%) PostgreSQL
3 45 (3.30%) MongoDB
4 41 (3.01%) Metadata
5 30 (2.20%) NoSQL
6 23 (1.69%) MySQL
7 16 (1.17%) SQL Server
8 15 (1.10%) Data Lake
9 14 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
10 11 (0.81%) BigQuery
11 8 (0.59%) Amazon Athena
11 8 (0.59%) DynamoDB
11 8 (0.59%) Looker
12 7 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
12 7 (0.51%) Tableau
13 6 (0.44%) Amazon RDS
13 6 (0.44%) Amazon Redshift
13 6 (0.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 5 (0.37%) Relational Database
14 5 (0.37%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 40 (2.93%) GitLab
2 35 (2.57%) Git
3 16 (1.17%) Axure RP
3 16 (1.17%) Jenkins
4 15 (1.10%) Balsamiq
5 9 (0.66%) JIRA
5 9 (0.66%) Selenium
6 6 (0.44%) Cypress.io
7 4 (0.29%) Bitbucket
7 4 (0.29%) Burp Suite
7 4 (0.29%) Metasploit
7 4 (0.29%) Subversion
8 3 (0.22%) Gatling
8 3 (0.22%) JMeter
8 3 (0.22%) NUnit
8 3 (0.22%) REST Assured
9 2 (0.15%) Jasmine
9 2 (0.15%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.15%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.15%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 316 (23.17%) Social Skills
2 231 (16.94%) Finance
3 201 (14.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 132 (9.68%) Analytical Skills
5 125 (9.16%) Law
6 60 (4.40%) Marketing
7 56 (4.11%) Influencing Skills
8 51 (3.74%) Local Government
9 41 (3.01%) Legal
10 40 (2.93%) Retail
11 38 (2.79%) Presentation Skills
11 38 (2.79%) Telecoms
12 31 (2.27%) Organisational Skills
13 24 (1.76%) Banking
14 21 (1.54%) Manufacturing
15 16 (1.17%) Billing
16 12 (0.88%) Electronics
17 11 (0.81%) Police
18 10 (0.73%) General Ledger
19 6 (0.44%) Environmental Health
Job Titles
1 383 (28.08%) Senior
2 195 (14.30%) Architect
3 156 (11.44%) Senior Manager
4 120 (8.80%) Lead
5 89 (6.52%) Consultant
6 88 (6.45%) Analyst
7 85 (6.23%) Developer
8 64 (4.69%) Business Analyst
9 59 (4.33%) Solutions Architect
10 52 (3.81%) Designer
11 49 (3.59%) Project Manager
12 47 (3.45%) Software Engineer
13 46 (3.37%) Data Engineer
14 43 (3.15%) Portfolio Manager
15 42 (3.08%) Digital Project Manager
15 42 (3.08%) Technical Architect
16 40 (2.93%) Data Architect
16 40 (2.93%) Delivery Manager
16 40 (2.93%) Senior Project Manager
17 37 (2.71%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (3.08%) .NET
2 36 (2.64%) REST
3 29 (2.13%) RESTful
4 26 (1.91%) Node.js
5 21 (1.54%) CSS
5 21 (1.54%) HTML
5 21 (1.54%) Middleware
5 21 (1.54%) React
5 21 (1.54%) SOAP
5 21 (1.54%) Spring
6 14 (1.03%) Lightning Web Components
6 14 (1.03%) Oracle Fusion
6 14 (1.03%) Visualforce
7 13 (0.95%) Spring Boot
8 10 (0.73%) EDI
8 10 (0.73%) PySpark
9 9 (0.66%) HTML5 Canvas
9 9 (0.66%) Playwright
9 9 (0.66%) SAML
9 9 (0.66%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 74 (5.43%) Cloud Native
2 66 (4.84%) Product Ownership
3 45 (3.30%) Management Information System
4 42 (3.08%) Legacy Systems
4 42 (3.08%) Onboarding
5 34 (2.49%) Virtual Team
6 32 (2.35%) Data Centre
7 31 (2.27%) Blog
7 31 (2.27%) NHS
8 29 (2.13%) Hybrid Cloud
8 29 (2.13%) PKI
9 28 (2.05%) Legacy Applications
10 23 (1.69%) Security Posture
11 22 (1.61%) Public Cloud
12 16 (1.17%) Low-Code
12 16 (1.17%) Self-Motivation
13 15 (1.10%) Video Conferencing
14 14 (1.03%) Enterprise Software
14 14 (1.03%) PMI
15 10 (0.73%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 53 (3.89%) Linux
2 51 (3.74%) Windows
3 26 (1.91%) Unix
4 12 (0.88%) Windows Server
5 9 (0.66%) Android
6 8 (0.59%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.22%) VME
8 2 (0.15%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 449 (32.92%) Mentoring
2 397 (29.11%) Agile
3 393 (28.81%) Coaching
4 220 (16.13%) Continuous Improvement
5 181 (13.27%) Problem-Solving
6 162 (11.88%) Community of Practice
7 152 (11.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 149 (10.92%) CI/CD
9 143 (10.48%) AI
9 143 (10.48%) Analytics
10 136 (9.97%) DevOps
11 115 (8.43%) Technology Strategy
12 107 (7.84%) Cybersecurity
12 107 (7.84%) Roadmaps
13 104 (7.62%) Collaborative Culture
14 101 (7.40%) Decision-Making
15 93 (6.82%) Business Intelligence
16 89 (6.52%) Software Engineering
17 85 (6.23%) Stakeholder Management
18 82 (6.01%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 112 (8.21%) Python
2 109 (7.99%) Java
3 98 (7.18%) SQL
4 87 (6.38%) JavaScript
5 43 (3.15%) C#
6 14 (1.03%) Apex Code
6 14 (1.03%) Bash
6 14 (1.03%) PowerShell
6 14 (1.03%) VBA
7 12 (0.88%) Scala
8 11 (0.81%) R
9 7 (0.51%) C++
9 7 (0.51%) TypeScript
10 4 (0.29%) Bicep
10 4 (0.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 4 (0.29%) PHP
11 3 (0.22%) COBOL
11 3 (0.22%) Perl
11 3 (0.22%) PL/SQL
12 2 (0.15%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 349 (25.59%) Security Cleared
2 292 (21.41%) SC Cleared
3 196 (14.37%) Degree
4 49 (3.59%) DV Cleared
5 47 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
6 34 (2.49%) CISSP
7 27 (1.98%) CISM
8 25 (1.83%) BPSS Clearance
8 25 (1.83%) Microsoft Certification
9 18 (1.32%) DBS Check
10 17 (1.25%) PMI Certification
11 16 (1.17%) ACCA
12 15 (1.10%) Azure Certification
13 13 (0.95%) CREST Certified
14 10 (0.73%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 9 (0.66%) CHECK Team Member
15 9 (0.66%) Cisco Certification
15 9 (0.66%) Master's Degree
16 8 (0.59%) AWS Certification
17 7 (0.51%) Cyber Scheme
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (5.87%) Accessibility
2 58 (4.25%) QA
3 57 (4.18%) Data Quality
4 48 (3.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 32 (2.35%) GDPR
6 27 (1.98%) NIST
7 26 (1.91%) GRC
8 22 (1.61%) WCAG
9 19 (1.39%) NCSC
10 16 (1.17%) Actionable Recommendations
10 16 (1.17%) PCI DSS
11 15 (1.10%) GAAP
11 15 (1.10%) IFRS
12 14 (1.03%) SLA
13 13 (0.95%) P3O
14 9 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials
15 7 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 7 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 7 (0.51%) JSP 440
16 6 (0.44%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 43 (3.15%) Active Directory
2 36 (2.64%) Docker
3 22 (1.61%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (1.17%) VMware NSX
5 10 (0.73%) vSphere
6 6 (0.44%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 6 (0.44%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.073%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.073%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.073%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 79 (5.79%) Terraform
2 41 (3.01%) Ansible
3 35 (2.57%) Kubernetes
4 16 (1.17%) Single Sign-On
5 14 (1.03%) Argo
6 13 (0.95%) Grafana
7 10 (0.73%) Microsoft Intune
8 9 (0.66%) Cisco CUCM
9 4 (0.29%) Nessus
9 4 (0.29%) Nmap
9 4 (0.29%) vCenter Server
10 3 (0.22%) Check_MK
10 3 (0.22%) Control-M
10 3 (0.22%) OpenView
10 3 (0.22%) Prometheus
11 2 (0.15%) MIIS
11 2 (0.15%) Tivoli
12 1 (0.073%) Oracle RMAN
12 1 (0.073%) SCCM
12 1 (0.073%) WSUS
Vendors
1 205 (15.03%) Microsoft
2 61 (4.47%) Google
3 39 (2.86%) Oracle
4 32 (2.35%) Salesforce
5 28 (2.05%) ServiceNow
6 26 (1.91%) SAP
6 26 (1.91%) VMware
7 24 (1.76%) Adobe
8 23 (1.69%) Cisco
9 16 (1.17%) CyberArk
10 15 (1.10%) Arista
10 15 (1.10%) Aruba
10 15 (1.10%) MuleSoft
10 15 (1.10%) NetScout
10 15 (1.10%) Splunk
11 10 (0.73%) Fortinet
12 9 (0.66%) Palo Alto
13 8 (0.59%) Apple
13 8 (0.59%) Samsung
14 7 (0.51%) Red Hat