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

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 56 52
Rank change year-on-year +24 -4 +14
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 1,495 884 1,160
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.71% 5.36% 4.59%
As % of the General category 11.23% 7.38% 7.50%
Number of salaries quoted 1,217 469 910
10th Percentile £38,250 £33,000 £36,975
25th Percentile £46,276 £44,196 £42,238
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 £85,000 £84,964
UK median annual salary £62,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.90% +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 13,317 11,978 15,462
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.79% 72.59% 61.15%
Number of salaries quoted 8,514 6,695 10,479
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,000 £33,103
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -0.80% -7.26%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £105,000
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 4 August 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 35 (2.34%) SharePoint
2 15 (1.00%) Apache
2 15 (1.00%) Apache Spark
3 14 (0.94%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (0.60%) Confluence
4 9 (0.60%) SAS
5 8 (0.54%) SharePoint Server
6 7 (0.47%) Jupyter
7 6 (0.40%) CMS
8 5 (0.33%) Microsoft Exchange
9 4 (0.27%) Camunda
10 3 (0.20%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.20%) Drupal
10 3 (0.20%) WordPress
11 2 (0.13%) Palantir Foundry
12 1 (0.067%) JBoss
12 1 (0.067%) nginx
Applications
1 31 (2.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (1.74%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (1.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (0.87%) Adobe XD
5 11 (0.74%) Chatbot
6 7 (0.47%) AutoCAD
6 7 (0.47%) Civil 3D
7 4 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.27%) Windchill
8 3 (0.20%) MS Visio
9 2 (0.13%) Navisworks
9 2 (0.13%) PlantUML
9 2 (0.13%) Revit
10 1 (0.067%) InDesign
10 1 (0.067%) InVision
10 1 (0.067%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.067%) Sketch
10 1 (0.067%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 14 (0.94%) Dynamics CRM
1 14 (0.94%) Workday HCM
2 9 (0.60%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.47%) iTrent
4 4 (0.27%) Distributed Ledger
4 4 (0.27%) Elite 3E
5 3 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.13%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
6 2 (0.13%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.13%) SAP HCM
6 2 (0.13%) SAP Payroll
7 1 (0.067%) HFM
7 1 (0.067%) Oracle Assets
7 1 (0.067%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.067%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 1 (0.067%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 292 (19.53%) AWS
2 281 (18.80%) Azure
3 83 (5.55%) GCP
4 66 (4.41%) Power Platform
5 61 (4.08%) Microsoft 365
6 37 (2.47%) Azure DevOps
6 37 (2.47%) SaaS
7 32 (2.14%) Google Analytics
8 28 (1.87%) Entra ID
9 21 (1.40%) Serverless
10 20 (1.34%) GitHub
11 19 (1.27%) Amazon S3
12 18 (1.20%) Azure AKS
12 18 (1.20%) Azure Service Bus
13 15 (1.00%) Amazon EC2
13 15 (1.00%) Figma
14 11 (0.74%) AWS Lambda
14 11 (0.74%) Microsoft Copilot
14 11 (0.74%) Slack
15 10 (0.67%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 37 (2.47%) WAN
2 31 (2.07%) LAN
3 28 (1.87%) Firewall
4 27 (1.81%) Network Security
5 16 (1.07%) DNS
6 15 (1.00%) Unified Communications
7 13 (0.87%) DHCP
7 13 (0.87%) VoIP
8 12 (0.80%) VLAN
9 11 (0.74%) Cisco ASA
9 11 (0.74%) CTI
10 10 (0.67%) Cisco Firepower
10 10 (0.67%) WebEx
11 9 (0.60%) MPLS
12 8 (0.54%) BGP
12 8 (0.54%) VPN
12 8 (0.54%) Wi-Fi
13 7 (0.47%) TCP/IP
14 6 (0.40%) SD-WAN
15 5 (0.33%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (4.75%) PostgreSQL
2 62 (4.15%) Power BI
3 59 (3.95%) MongoDB
4 45 (3.01%) MySQL
5 39 (2.61%) NoSQL
6 36 (2.41%) Metadata
7 23 (1.54%) SQL Server
8 16 (1.07%) BigQuery
9 15 (1.00%) Data Lake
9 15 (1.00%) Relational Database
10 13 (0.87%) Amazon Athena
11 12 (0.80%) Big Data
11 12 (0.80%) Data Warehouse
12 11 (0.74%) Looker
12 11 (0.74%) Tableau
13 10 (0.67%) DynamoDB
14 9 (0.60%) Azure SQL Database
15 7 (0.47%) Amazon Redshift
16 5 (0.33%) Amazon RDS
17 4 (0.27%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 45 (3.01%) Git
2 41 (2.74%) GitLab
3 19 (1.27%) Jenkins
4 17 (1.14%) JIRA
5 9 (0.60%) Balsamiq
6 8 (0.54%) Axure RP
6 8 (0.54%) Selenium
7 6 (0.40%) Cypress.io
8 4 (0.27%) TeamCity
9 3 (0.20%) Gatling
9 3 (0.20%) JMeter
9 3 (0.20%) REST Assured
9 3 (0.20%) SonarQube
10 2 (0.13%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 2 (0.13%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.13%) Jasmine
10 2 (0.13%) Mercurial
10 2 (0.13%) NUnit
10 2 (0.13%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.13%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 339 (22.68%) Social Skills
2 207 (13.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 206 (13.78%) Finance
4 145 (9.70%) Analytical Skills
5 137 (9.16%) Law
6 71 (4.75%) Influencing Skills
7 70 (4.68%) Legal
8 65 (4.35%) Local Government
9 56 (3.75%) Marketing
10 52 (3.48%) Presentation Skills
11 39 (2.61%) Retail
12 37 (2.47%) Organisational Skills
13 30 (2.01%) Telecoms
14 20 (1.34%) Banking
15 12 (0.80%) Police
16 11 (0.74%) Multimedia
17 10 (0.67%) Aerospace
18 9 (0.60%) Environmental Health
19 7 (0.47%) Welsh Language
20 6 (0.40%) Military
Job Titles
1 374 (25.02%) Senior
2 249 (16.66%) Architect
3 151 (10.10%) Lead
4 128 (8.56%) Analyst
5 119 (7.96%) Consultant
6 90 (6.02%) Senior Manager
7 85 (5.69%) Business Analyst
8 84 (5.62%) Developer
9 79 (5.28%) Technical Architect
10 63 (4.21%) Software Engineer
11 58 (3.88%) Account Manager
12 56 (3.75%) Solutions Architect
13 55 (3.68%) Data Architect
14 52 (3.48%) Delivery Manager
15 50 (3.34%) Lead Architect
16 48 (3.21%) DevOps Engineer
17 46 (3.08%) Designer
17 46 (3.08%) Senior Architect
18 45 (3.01%) Technical Leader
19 39 (2.61%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (3.08%) .NET
2 43 (2.88%) Node.js
3 37 (2.47%) REST
4 34 (2.27%) RESTful
5 31 (2.07%) React
6 27 (1.81%) CSS
7 25 (1.67%) HTML
8 24 (1.61%) Spring
9 19 (1.27%) SOAP
10 17 (1.14%) Kafka
10 17 (1.14%) Middleware
10 17 (1.14%) Spring Boot
11 16 (1.07%) Oracle Fusion
12 14 (0.94%) AngularJS
12 14 (0.94%) PySpark
13 10 (0.67%) .NET Core
13 10 (0.67%) XMPP
14 9 (0.60%) OAuth
14 9 (0.60%) SAML
15 8 (0.54%) OpenID
Miscellaneous
1 98 (6.56%) Cloud Native
2 66 (4.41%) Product Ownership
3 59 (3.95%) Onboarding
4 45 (3.01%) Management Information System
5 42 (2.81%) Self-Motivation
6 37 (2.47%) e-Learning
7 36 (2.41%) NHS
8 34 (2.27%) Virtual Team
9 33 (2.21%) Legacy Systems
10 26 (1.74%) Blog
11 19 (1.27%) CMDB
11 19 (1.27%) Greenfield Project
11 19 (1.27%) Security Posture
12 16 (1.07%) Hybrid Cloud
13 15 (1.00%) Legacy Applications
14 14 (0.94%) AI Agents
14 14 (0.94%) Data Centre
14 14 (0.94%) Enterprise Software
15 13 (0.87%) PKI
15 13 (0.87%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 75 (5.02%) Windows
2 65 (4.35%) Linux
3 42 (2.81%) Unix
4 20 (1.34%) Windows Server
5 7 (0.47%) Android
5 7 (0.47%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.20%) VME
6 3 (0.20%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.13%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.067%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.067%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.067%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 491 (32.84%) Agile
2 470 (31.44%) Mentoring
3 401 (26.82%) Coaching
4 309 (20.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 184 (12.31%) CI/CD
6 180 (12.04%) Community of Practice
7 178 (11.91%) Problem-Solving
8 169 (11.30%) Analytics
8 169 (11.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 163 (10.90%) AI
10 155 (10.37%) DevOps
11 150 (10.03%) Technology Strategy
12 133 (8.90%) Decision-Making
13 131 (8.76%) Roadmaps
14 129 (8.63%) Software Engineering
15 128 (8.56%) Scrum
16 125 (8.36%) Cybersecurity
17 124 (8.29%) Stakeholder Management
18 105 (7.02%) Test Automation
19 97 (6.49%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 138 (9.23%) Java
2 114 (7.63%) SQL
3 103 (6.89%) Python
4 102 (6.82%) JavaScript
5 44 (2.94%) C#
6 16 (1.07%) Bash
7 12 (0.80%) PowerShell
8 11 (0.74%) TypeScript
9 9 (0.60%) R
10 8 (0.54%) C++
10 8 (0.54%) PHP
11 7 (0.47%) Apex Code
12 6 (0.40%) Scala
13 4 (0.27%) Bicep
13 4 (0.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 4 (0.27%) Perl
13 4 (0.27%) Ruby
14 3 (0.20%) C
14 3 (0.20%) COBOL
14 3 (0.20%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 393 (26.29%) Security Cleared
2 323 (21.61%) SC Cleared
3 213 (14.25%) Degree
4 84 (5.62%) DV Cleared
5 60 (4.01%) Computer Science Degree
6 41 (2.74%) CISSP
7 37 (2.47%) BPSS Clearance
8 29 (1.94%) CISM
9 19 (1.27%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 12 (0.80%) CREST Certified
10 12 (0.80%) DBS Check
10 12 (0.80%) Microsoft Certification
11 11 (0.74%) Master's Degree
11 11 (0.74%) PMI Certification
12 10 (0.67%) AWS Certification
12 10 (0.67%) PMP
13 8 (0.54%) Azure Certification
13 8 (0.54%) Cisco Certification
14 7 (0.47%) CCNP
15 6 (0.40%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 118 (7.89%) Accessibility
2 68 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 53 (3.55%) QA
4 47 (3.14%) Data Quality
5 42 (2.81%) NCSC
6 34 (2.27%) NIST
7 30 (2.01%) GDPR
8 28 (1.87%) Actionable Recommendations
9 24 (1.61%) WCAG
10 20 (1.34%) GRC
11 18 (1.20%) PCI DSS
12 16 (1.07%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 12 (0.80%) SLA
14 8 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials
14 8 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 7 (0.47%) ISO 9001
15 7 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 42001
16 6 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 4 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 15288
17 4 (0.27%) PMO
System Software
1 48 (3.21%) Docker
2 43 (2.88%) Active Directory
3 24 (1.61%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (0.80%) VMware NSX
5 11 (0.74%) vSphere
6 7 (0.47%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 7 (0.47%) Virtual Servers
7 6 (0.40%) Hyper-V
8 4 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 73 (4.88%) Terraform
2 55 (3.68%) Kubernetes
3 30 (2.01%) Ansible
4 14 (0.94%) Argo
4 14 (0.94%) Grafana
4 14 (0.94%) Microsoft Intune
5 10 (0.67%) Cisco CUCM
6 7 (0.47%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 4 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.27%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.20%) Check_MK
8 3 (0.20%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.20%) SCCM
9 2 (0.13%) MIIS
9 2 (0.13%) OpenView
9 2 (0.13%) Tivoli
10 1 (0.067%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.067%) Kibana
10 1 (0.067%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 171 (11.44%) Microsoft
2 53 (3.55%) Google
3 51 (3.41%) ServiceNow
4 41 (2.74%) Oracle
5 30 (2.01%) VMware
6 29 (1.94%) Cisco
7 22 (1.47%) Workday
8 19 (1.27%) Salesforce
9 16 (1.07%) Splunk
10 14 (0.94%) Adobe
10 14 (0.94%) Databricks
10 14 (0.94%) SAP
11 13 (0.87%) Avaya
11 13 (0.87%) Fortinet
11 13 (0.87%) Palo Alto
11 13 (0.87%) Pega
12 11 (0.74%) Genesys
13 9 (0.60%) Apple
13 9 (0.60%) CyberArk
13 9 (0.60%) MuleSoft