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

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 57 48
Rank change year-on-year +25 -9 +18
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 1,444 873 1,254
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.60% 5.30% 4.70%
As % of the General category 11.08% 7.30% 7.68%
Number of salaries quoted 1,190 459 991
10th Percentile £38,625 £33,100 £37,199
25th Percentile £46,276 £44,196 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £55,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year +14.68% -5.11% +0.81%
75th Percentile £77,500 £68,750 £71,991
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £84,964
UK median annual salary £60,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% +5.45% -

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 13,033 11,954 16,318
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.54% 72.62% 61.19%
Number of salaries quoted 8,390 6,690 11,272
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,679 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,751
90th Percentile £100,000 £106,250 £101,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 29 July 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 31 (2.15%) SharePoint
2 15 (1.04%) Apache
2 15 (1.04%) Apache Spark
3 14 (0.97%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (0.62%) Confluence
4 9 (0.62%) SAS
5 8 (0.55%) SharePoint Server
6 7 (0.48%) Jupyter
7 5 (0.35%) CMS
7 5 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.21%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.21%) Camunda
8 3 (0.21%) Drupal
9 2 (0.14%) Palantir Foundry
9 2 (0.14%) WordPress
10 1 (0.069%) JBoss
10 1 (0.069%) nginx
Applications
1 29 (2.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (1.73%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (1.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (0.97%) Adobe XD
5 11 (0.76%) Chatbot
6 6 (0.42%) AutoCAD
6 6 (0.42%) Civil 3D
7 4 (0.28%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.28%) Windchill
8 2 (0.14%) InVision
8 2 (0.14%) PlantUML
8 2 (0.14%) Sketch
9 1 (0.069%) InDesign
9 1 (0.069%) Navisworks
9 1 (0.069%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.069%) Revit
9 1 (0.069%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (0.83%) Workday HCM
3 9 (0.62%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.48%) iTrent
5 4 (0.28%) Distributed Ledger
5 4 (0.28%) Elite 3E
6 3 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.21%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.14%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
7 2 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.14%) SAP HCM
7 2 (0.14%) SAP Payroll
8 1 (0.069%) HFM
8 1 (0.069%) Oracle Assets
8 1 (0.069%) Oracle General Ledger
8 1 (0.069%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 1 (0.069%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 279 (19.32%) AWS
2 277 (19.18%) Azure
3 81 (5.61%) GCP
4 64 (4.43%) Power Platform
5 60 (4.16%) Microsoft 365
6 37 (2.56%) Azure DevOps
7 33 (2.29%) SaaS
8 31 (2.15%) Google Analytics
9 28 (1.94%) Entra ID
10 21 (1.45%) Serverless
11 19 (1.32%) Amazon S3
11 19 (1.32%) GitHub
12 18 (1.25%) Azure AKS
12 18 (1.25%) Azure Service Bus
13 16 (1.11%) Figma
14 15 (1.04%) Amazon EC2
15 11 (0.76%) AWS Lambda
15 11 (0.76%) iPaaS
15 11 (0.76%) Microsoft Copilot
16 10 (0.69%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 36 (2.49%) WAN
2 30 (2.08%) LAN
3 27 (1.87%) Firewall
3 27 (1.87%) Network Security
4 16 (1.11%) DNS
5 15 (1.04%) Unified Communications
6 14 (0.97%) VoIP
7 13 (0.90%) DHCP
8 11 (0.76%) CTI
8 11 (0.76%) VLAN
9 10 (0.69%) Cisco ASA
10 9 (0.62%) Cisco Firepower
10 9 (0.62%) MPLS
10 9 (0.62%) WebEx
11 8 (0.55%) BGP
11 8 (0.55%) VPN
11 8 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
12 7 (0.48%) TCP/IP
13 6 (0.42%) SD-WAN
14 5 (0.35%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (4.71%) PostgreSQL
2 60 (4.16%) Power BI
3 58 (4.02%) MongoDB
4 42 (2.91%) MySQL
5 38 (2.63%) NoSQL
6 35 (2.42%) Metadata
7 21 (1.45%) SQL Server
8 16 (1.11%) BigQuery
9 15 (1.04%) Data Lake
10 14 (0.97%) Relational Database
11 13 (0.90%) Amazon Athena
12 12 (0.83%) Big Data
13 11 (0.76%) Data Warehouse
13 11 (0.76%) Looker
13 11 (0.76%) Tableau
14 10 (0.69%) DynamoDB
15 9 (0.62%) Azure SQL Database
16 7 (0.48%) Amazon Redshift
17 5 (0.35%) Amazon RDS
18 4 (0.28%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 41 (2.84%) Git
2 40 (2.77%) GitLab
3 18 (1.25%) Jenkins
4 16 (1.11%) JIRA
5 9 (0.62%) Balsamiq
6 8 (0.55%) Axure RP
6 8 (0.55%) Selenium
7 6 (0.42%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.21%) Gatling
8 3 (0.21%) JMeter
8 3 (0.21%) REST Assured
8 3 (0.21%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.14%) Jasmine
9 2 (0.14%) NUnit
9 2 (0.14%) SonarQube
9 2 (0.14%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.14%) Visual Studio Code
10 1 (0.069%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.069%) Mercurial
10 1 (0.069%) Zephyr
General
1 325 (22.51%) Social Skills
2 198 (13.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 193 (13.37%) Finance
4 139 (9.63%) Analytical Skills
5 130 (9.00%) Law
6 71 (4.92%) Influencing Skills
7 64 (4.43%) Legal
8 59 (4.09%) Local Government
9 52 (3.60%) Marketing
10 49 (3.39%) Presentation Skills
11 36 (2.49%) Retail
12 32 (2.22%) Organisational Skills
13 27 (1.87%) Telecoms
14 19 (1.32%) Banking
15 13 (0.90%) Police
16 11 (0.76%) Multimedia
17 9 (0.62%) Environmental Health
18 7 (0.48%) Aerospace
18 7 (0.48%) Welsh Language
19 6 (0.42%) Military
Job Titles
1 363 (25.14%) Senior
2 243 (16.83%) Architect
3 144 (9.97%) Lead
4 122 (8.45%) Analyst
5 108 (7.48%) Consultant
6 88 (6.09%) Senior Manager
7 83 (5.75%) Business Analyst
8 79 (5.47%) Developer
9 76 (5.26%) Technical Architect
10 59 (4.09%) Software Engineer
11 58 (4.02%) Account Manager
12 55 (3.81%) Solutions Architect
13 53 (3.67%) Data Architect
14 51 (3.53%) Delivery Manager
15 48 (3.32%) Lead Architect
16 47 (3.25%) DevOps Engineer
17 46 (3.19%) Designer
18 44 (3.05%) Senior Architect
19 41 (2.84%) Technical Leader
20 39 (2.70%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (2.91%) .NET
2 41 (2.84%) Node.js
3 36 (2.49%) REST
4 33 (2.29%) RESTful
5 28 (1.94%) React
6 23 (1.59%) CSS
6 23 (1.59%) Spring
7 21 (1.45%) HTML
8 19 (1.32%) SOAP
9 17 (1.18%) Middleware
9 17 (1.18%) Oracle Fusion
10 15 (1.04%) Kafka
11 14 (0.97%) PySpark
11 14 (0.97%) Spring Boot
12 11 (0.76%) AngularJS
13 9 (0.62%) SAML
13 9 (0.62%) XMPP
14 8 (0.55%) .NET Core
14 8 (0.55%) Playwright
14 8 (0.55%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 99 (6.86%) Cloud Native
2 64 (4.43%) Product Ownership
3 55 (3.81%) Onboarding
4 45 (3.12%) Management Information System
5 37 (2.56%) e-Learning
5 37 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
6 34 (2.35%) NHS
6 34 (2.35%) Virtual Team
7 33 (2.29%) Legacy Systems
8 22 (1.52%) Blog
9 19 (1.32%) CMDB
9 19 (1.32%) Greenfield Project
9 19 (1.32%) Security Posture
10 15 (1.04%) Enterprise Software
10 15 (1.04%) Hybrid Cloud
10 15 (1.04%) Legacy Applications
11 14 (0.97%) Data Centre
12 13 (0.90%) PKI
13 12 (0.83%) AI Agents
13 12 (0.83%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 74 (5.12%) Windows
2 64 (4.43%) Linux
3 42 (2.91%) Unix
4 19 (1.32%) Windows Server
5 7 (0.48%) Android
5 7 (0.48%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.21%) VME
6 3 (0.21%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.14%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.069%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.069%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.069%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 473 (32.76%) Agile
2 457 (31.65%) Mentoring
3 388 (26.87%) Coaching
4 294 (20.36%) Continuous Improvement
5 176 (12.19%) CI/CD
6 172 (11.91%) Community of Practice
7 170 (11.77%) Problem-Solving
8 165 (11.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 162 (11.22%) Analytics
10 158 (10.94%) AI
11 146 (10.11%) DevOps
12 145 (10.04%) Technology Strategy
13 130 (9.00%) Roadmaps
14 124 (8.59%) Decision-Making
15 120 (8.31%) Cybersecurity
15 120 (8.31%) Scrum
16 118 (8.17%) Software Engineering
17 111 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
18 103 (7.13%) Test Automation
19 94 (6.51%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 129 (8.93%) Java
2 112 (7.76%) SQL
3 98 (6.79%) Python
4 96 (6.65%) JavaScript
5 42 (2.91%) C#
6 15 (1.04%) Bash
7 12 (0.83%) PowerShell
8 11 (0.76%) TypeScript
9 9 (0.62%) R
10 8 (0.55%) Apex Code
10 8 (0.55%) C++
11 7 (0.48%) PHP
12 6 (0.42%) Scala
13 5 (0.35%) Bicep
14 4 (0.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 4 (0.28%) Perl
14 4 (0.28%) Ruby
15 3 (0.21%) COBOL
15 3 (0.21%) PL/SQL
16 2 (0.14%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 377 (26.11%) Security Cleared
2 313 (21.68%) SC Cleared
3 207 (14.34%) Degree
4 76 (5.26%) DV Cleared
5 59 (4.09%) Computer Science Degree
6 40 (2.77%) CISSP
7 35 (2.42%) BPSS Clearance
8 28 (1.94%) CISM
9 19 (1.32%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 13 (0.90%) Microsoft Certification
11 12 (0.83%) CREST Certified
12 11 (0.76%) DBS Check
12 11 (0.76%) PMI Certification
13 10 (0.69%) PMP
14 9 (0.62%) Azure Certification
14 9 (0.62%) Master's Degree
15 8 (0.55%) AWS Certification
15 8 (0.55%) Cisco Certification
16 7 (0.48%) CCNP
17 6 (0.42%) CISMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 114 (7.89%) Accessibility
2 68 (4.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 51 (3.53%) QA
4 46 (3.19%) Data Quality
5 40 (2.77%) NCSC
6 34 (2.35%) NIST
7 30 (2.08%) GDPR
8 28 (1.94%) Actionable Recommendations
9 22 (1.52%) WCAG
10 19 (1.32%) GRC
11 18 (1.25%) PCI DSS
12 16 (1.11%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 10 (0.69%) SLA
14 8 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
15 7 (0.48%) ISO 9001
15 7 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 42001
16 6 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 6 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 20000
17 4 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 15288
17 4 (0.28%) PMO
System Software
1 44 (3.05%) Docker
2 42 (2.91%) Active Directory
3 23 (1.59%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (0.83%) VMware NSX
5 10 (0.69%) vSphere
6 6 (0.42%) Hyper-V
6 6 (0.42%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 6 (0.42%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 69 (4.78%) Terraform
2 52 (3.60%) Kubernetes
3 28 (1.94%) Ansible
4 14 (0.97%) Argo
4 14 (0.97%) Microsoft Intune
5 13 (0.90%) Grafana
6 9 (0.62%) Cisco CUCM
7 7 (0.48%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 4 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.28%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.21%) Check_MK
9 3 (0.21%) OpenView
9 3 (0.21%) Prometheus
9 3 (0.21%) SCCM
10 2 (0.14%) MIIS
10 2 (0.14%) Tivoli
11 1 (0.069%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.069%) Kibana
11 1 (0.069%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 168 (11.63%) Microsoft
2 50 (3.46%) Google
2 50 (3.46%) ServiceNow
3 42 (2.91%) Oracle
4 29 (2.01%) VMware
5 28 (1.94%) Cisco
6 20 (1.39%) Salesforce
6 20 (1.39%) Workday
7 15 (1.04%) Adobe
7 15 (1.04%) Splunk
8 14 (0.97%) Databricks
8 14 (0.97%) SAP
9 13 (0.90%) Avaya
9 13 (0.90%) Pega
10 12 (0.83%) Fortinet
10 12 (0.83%) Palo Alto
11 11 (0.76%) Genesys
12 9 (0.62%) Apple
12 9 (0.62%) CyberArk
12 9 (0.62%) MuleSoft