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

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 48 63
Rank change year-on-year +22 +15 -2
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 1,785 929 944
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.29% 5.76% 4.15%
As % of the General category 11.93% 8.00% 6.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1,338 511 585
10th Percentile £37,425 £33,000 £37,227
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,498 £42,200
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.68% - -2.65%
75th Percentile £78,750 £68,288 £71,991
90th Percentile £91,269 £85,000 £84,964
UK median annual salary £65,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +13.04% +4.55% -

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 14,960 11,606 14,245
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.10% 71.90% 62.57%
Number of salaries quoted 9,160 6,271 8,239
10th Percentile £32,260 £29,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £39,354 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £110,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,500 £56,500
% change year-on-year +2.80% -5.31% -5.83%

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 22 September 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 45 (2.52%) SharePoint
2 23 (1.29%) Oracle Workflow
3 17 (0.95%) Apache Spark
4 14 (0.78%) Microsoft Exchange
5 13 (0.73%) Apache
5 13 (0.73%) Confluence
6 11 (0.62%) Apache Airflow
7 8 (0.45%) Jupyter
7 8 (0.45%) SharePoint Server
8 6 (0.34%) CMS
9 5 (0.28%) MS Project Server
9 5 (0.28%) SAS
10 4 (0.22%) WordPress
11 3 (0.17%) Camunda
12 2 (0.11%) nginx
12 2 (0.11%) Palantir Foundry
13 1 (0.056%) Moodle
13 1 (0.056%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 1 (0.056%) Tomcat
13 1 (0.056%) WebLogic
Applications
1 50 (2.80%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (1.85%) Microsoft Office
3 19 (1.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (0.73%) AutoCAD
4 13 (0.73%) Spreadsheet
5 11 (0.62%) Adobe XD
5 11 (0.62%) Chatbot
6 9 (0.50%) Civil 3D
6 9 (0.50%) Microsoft Project
6 9 (0.50%) Navisworks
6 9 (0.50%) Revit
7 4 (0.22%) Windchill
8 3 (0.17%) MS Visio
8 3 (0.17%) ProjectWise
9 2 (0.11%) InDesign
9 2 (0.11%) PlantUML
10 1 (0.056%) Elementor
10 1 (0.056%) InVision
10 1 (0.056%) Sketch
10 1 (0.056%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 18 (1.01%) Oracle EBS
2 16 (0.90%) Oracle Payables
3 15 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
3 15 (0.84%) Workday HCM
4 14 (0.78%) Oracle Cash Management
4 14 (0.78%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 14 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
5 8 (0.45%) iTrent
6 6 (0.34%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
7 4 (0.22%) Distributed Ledger
7 4 (0.22%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 3 (0.17%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 3 (0.17%) SAP PSCD
9 2 (0.11%) Elite 3E
10 1 (0.056%) HFM
10 1 (0.056%) Oracle Applications
10 1 (0.056%) Oracle Assets
10 1 (0.056%) Oracle EBS R12
10 1 (0.056%) Oracle Receivables
10 1 (0.056%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 343 (19.22%) AWS
2 314 (17.59%) Azure
3 94 (5.27%) GCP
4 92 (5.15%) Power Platform
5 76 (4.26%) Microsoft 365
6 63 (3.53%) SaaS
7 48 (2.69%) Azure DevOps
8 40 (2.24%) Entra ID
9 38 (2.13%) Serverless
10 36 (2.02%) GitHub
11 31 (1.74%) Amazon EC2
11 31 (1.74%) Microsoft Copilot
12 28 (1.57%) Azure AKS
13 26 (1.46%) AWS Lambda
14 24 (1.34%) Google Analytics
15 21 (1.18%) Amazon EMR
15 21 (1.18%) Azure Service Bus
16 19 (1.06%) Slack
17 18 (1.01%) Azure Monitor
18 17 (0.95%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 44 (2.46%) Network Security
2 41 (2.30%) WAN
3 37 (2.07%) LAN
4 35 (1.96%) Firewall
5 26 (1.46%) DNS
6 22 (1.23%) DHCP
7 15 (0.84%) VLAN
8 13 (0.73%) BGP
8 13 (0.73%) VPN
9 12 (0.67%) TCP/IP
9 12 (0.67%) Unified Communications
9 12 (0.67%) Wi-Fi
10 11 (0.62%) CTI
10 11 (0.62%) VoIP
11 10 (0.56%) OSPF
12 9 (0.50%) MPLS
13 7 (0.39%) Cisco ASA
13 7 (0.39%) Cisco Nexus
13 7 (0.39%) Intranet
13 7 (0.39%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (4.37%) Power BI
2 65 (3.64%) PostgreSQL
3 48 (2.69%) MongoDB
4 40 (2.24%) Metadata
5 39 (2.18%) MySQL
6 28 (1.57%) NoSQL
7 27 (1.51%) SQL Server
8 22 (1.23%) Relational Database
9 17 (0.95%) Spark SQL
10 16 (0.90%) Data Lake
10 16 (0.90%) Oracle Reports
11 14 (0.78%) Big Data
11 14 (0.78%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 13 (0.73%) Data Warehouse
13 11 (0.62%) Azure SQL Database
13 11 (0.62%) Tableau
14 10 (0.56%) Amazon Athena
15 9 (0.50%) Metadata Repository
16 8 (0.45%) DynamoDB
17 7 (0.39%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 71 (3.98%) Git
2 41 (2.30%) GitLab
3 25 (1.40%) JIRA
4 17 (0.95%) Jenkins
5 8 (0.45%) Balsamiq
6 6 (0.34%) Axure RP
7 5 (0.28%) Claude Code
8 4 (0.22%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.22%) SonarQube
8 4 (0.22%) Sonatype Nexus
9 3 (0.17%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 3 (0.17%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.17%) Mercurial
9 3 (0.17%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.11%) Selenium
11 1 (0.056%) Artifactory
11 1 (0.056%) JUnit
11 1 (0.056%) Oracle APEX
11 1 (0.056%) TestComplete
11 1 (0.056%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 433 (24.26%) Social Skills
2 253 (14.17%) Finance
3 231 (12.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 183 (10.25%) Analytical Skills
5 143 (8.01%) Law
6 92 (5.15%) Local Government
7 88 (4.93%) Legal
8 87 (4.87%) Influencing Skills
9 73 (4.09%) Marketing
10 70 (3.92%) Presentation Skills
11 47 (2.63%) Retail
12 37 (2.07%) Telecoms
13 34 (1.90%) Organisational Skills
14 31 (1.74%) Police
15 23 (1.29%) Banking
16 22 (1.23%) General Ledger
17 13 (0.73%) Aerospace
18 12 (0.67%) Multimedia
19 9 (0.50%) Social Housing
20 8 (0.45%) Environmental Health
Job Titles
1 448 (25.10%) Senior
2 299 (16.75%) Architect
3 190 (10.64%) Lead
4 141 (7.90%) Analyst
5 134 (7.51%) Consultant
6 101 (5.66%) Technical Architect
7 100 (5.60%) Developer
8 95 (5.32%) Business Analyst
9 78 (4.37%) Senior Manager
10 66 (3.70%) Data Architect
11 64 (3.59%) Senior Architect
11 64 (3.59%) Solutions Architect
12 62 (3.47%) Lead Architect
13 61 (3.42%) Data Engineer
14 60 (3.36%) Technical Leader
15 57 (3.19%) Delivery Manager
15 57 (3.19%) Software Engineer
16 56 (3.14%) DevOps Engineer
17 54 (3.03%) Designer
18 53 (2.97%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 93 (5.21%) Terraform
2 74 (4.15%) .NET
3 50 (2.80%) Node.js
4 38 (2.13%) CSS
5 34 (1.90%) React
6 33 (1.85%) HTML
7 32 (1.79%) PySpark
7 32 (1.79%) REST
8 30 (1.68%) Middleware
9 24 (1.34%) Spring
10 23 (1.29%) Oracle Fusion
11 20 (1.12%) RESTful
11 20 (1.12%) Spring Boot
12 19 (1.06%) .NET Core
12 19 (1.06%) AngularJS
13 18 (1.01%) Web Services
14 16 (0.90%) Kafka
15 15 (0.84%) XML
16 14 (0.78%) Entity Framework
16 14 (0.78%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 93 (5.21%) Cloud Native
2 70 (3.92%) Product Ownership
3 61 (3.42%) Management Information System
4 59 (3.31%) Onboarding
5 57 (3.19%) Self-Motivation
6 46 (2.58%) NHS
7 38 (2.13%) e-Learning
8 37 (2.07%) Blog
9 35 (1.96%) Enterprise Software
10 31 (1.74%) Virtual Team
11 29 (1.62%) Legacy Systems
12 27 (1.51%) Data Centre
13 26 (1.46%) Hybrid Cloud
14 20 (1.12%) CMDB
14 20 (1.12%) PKI
15 19 (1.06%) Greenfield Project
15 19 (1.06%) Public Cloud
15 19 (1.06%) Security Posture
16 18 (1.01%) AI Agents
17 16 (0.90%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 82 (4.59%) Windows
2 76 (4.26%) Linux
3 57 (3.19%) Unix
4 23 (1.29%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.22%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.17%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (0.17%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.11%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.056%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.056%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 563 (31.54%) Agile
2 544 (30.48%) Mentoring
3 501 (28.07%) Coaching
4 382 (21.40%) Continuous Improvement
5 238 (13.33%) CI/CD
6 236 (13.22%) Decision-Making
7 230 (12.89%) AI
8 223 (12.49%) Analytics
9 208 (11.65%) Problem-Solving
10 207 (11.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 204 (11.43%) Community of Practice
12 200 (11.20%) DevOps
13 194 (10.87%) Stakeholder Management
14 174 (9.75%) Technology Strategy
15 162 (9.08%) Cybersecurity
16 159 (8.91%) Scrum
17 156 (8.74%) Technical Leadership
18 148 (8.29%) Roadmaps
19 140 (7.84%) Software Engineering
20 132 (7.39%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 148 (8.29%) Java
2 147 (8.24%) SQL
3 125 (7.00%) Python
4 118 (6.61%) JavaScript
5 68 (3.81%) C#
6 25 (1.40%) Bash
6 25 (1.40%) C++
7 23 (1.29%) TypeScript
8 20 (1.12%) PL/SQL
9 17 (0.95%) PowerShell
10 13 (0.73%) Bicep
11 8 (0.45%) PHP
11 8 (0.45%) Scala
12 7 (0.39%) Ruby
13 6 (0.34%) R
14 5 (0.28%) ABAP
15 4 (0.22%) C
15 4 (0.22%) Perl
16 3 (0.17%) Data Analysis Expressions
16 3 (0.17%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 456 (25.55%) Security Cleared
2 359 (20.11%) SC Cleared
3 214 (11.99%) Degree
4 85 (4.76%) DV Cleared
5 50 (2.80%) Computer Science Degree
6 45 (2.52%) CISSP
7 37 (2.07%) BPSS Clearance
8 36 (2.02%) CISM
9 23 (1.29%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 16 (0.90%) Azure Certification
11 15 (0.84%) AWS Certification
12 13 (0.73%) TOGAF Certification
13 12 (0.67%) DBS Check
13 12 (0.67%) Master's Degree
14 11 (0.62%) Microsoft Certification
15 10 (0.56%) PMI Certification
16 9 (0.50%) CREST Certified
16 9 (0.50%) PMP
17 7 (0.39%) ACCA
17 7 (0.39%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 149 (8.35%) Accessibility
2 77 (4.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 72 (4.03%) Data Quality
4 58 (3.25%) NCSC
5 55 (3.08%) QA
6 45 (2.52%) NIST
7 35 (1.96%) Actionable Recommendations
7 35 (1.96%) GDPR
8 29 (1.62%) WCAG
9 28 (1.57%) GRC
10 20 (1.12%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 18 (1.01%) PCI DSS
12 13 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials
13 12 (0.67%) SLA
14 11 (0.62%) PMO
15 10 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 42001
16 9 (0.50%) ISO 19650
17 8 (0.45%) ISO 9001
17 8 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 20000
18 6 (0.34%) JSP 440
System Software
1 56 (3.14%) Docker
2 45 (2.52%) Active Directory
3 24 (1.34%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (0.56%) Hyper-V
4 10 (0.56%) VMware NSX
5 6 (0.34%) vSphere
6 4 (0.22%) Virtual Servers
6 4 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (0.17%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 2 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.056%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.056%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 68 (3.81%) Kubernetes
2 37 (2.07%) Ansible
3 19 (1.06%) Grafana
4 14 (0.78%) Argo
5 13 (0.73%) Microsoft Intune
6 10 (0.56%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 7 (0.39%) Cisco CUCM
8 6 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.22%) FTK
9 4 (0.22%) Prometheus
10 3 (0.17%) Oracle RMAN
10 3 (0.17%) SCCM
10 3 (0.17%) vCenter Server
11 2 (0.11%) Check_MK
12 1 (0.056%) Cisco UCCE
12 1 (0.056%) Data Guard
12 1 (0.056%) Kibana
12 1 (0.056%) logstash
12 1 (0.056%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 1 (0.056%) Proxmox
Vendors
1 228 (12.77%) Microsoft
2 73 (4.09%) Oracle
3 55 (3.08%) Google
4 52 (2.91%) ServiceNow
5 34 (1.90%) Cisco
6 32 (1.79%) Workday
7 29 (1.62%) VMware
8 28 (1.57%) YouTube
9 24 (1.34%) Adobe
10 23 (1.29%) SAP
11 16 (0.90%) Salesforce
12 15 (0.84%) Splunk
13 13 (0.73%) Avaya
13 13 (0.73%) Databricks
13 13 (0.73%) Pega
14 12 (0.67%) Genesys
15 11 (0.62%) Fortinet
16 9 (0.50%) Palo Alto
17 8 (0.45%) Dynatrace
18 6 (0.34%) Blue Prism