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

6 months to
1 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 76 48
Rank change year-on-year +51 -28 +13
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 1,426 712 1,683
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.43% 4.75% 5.04%
As % of the General category 12.95% 6.34% 8.24%
Number of salaries quoted 1,185 327 1,428
10th Percentile £41,000 £34,450 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,789 £45,711 £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 £69,375 £73,750
90th Percentile £88,148 £82,050 £84,964
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £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 general skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 11,009 11,227 20,429
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 57.34% 74.97% 61.18%
Number of salaries quoted 7,253 6,192 15,113
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,000 £31,750
25th Percentile £43,250 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,063 £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 1 June 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 (2.45%) SharePoint
2 17 (1.19%) Apache Airflow
3 13 (0.91%) Apache
4 12 (0.84%) SAS
5 8 (0.56%) Apache Spark
5 8 (0.56%) SharePoint Server
6 7 (0.49%) Jupyter
7 5 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
8 4 (0.28%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.21%) Camunda
9 3 (0.21%) CMS
9 3 (0.21%) Confluence
9 3 (0.21%) Drupal
9 3 (0.21%) Palantir Foundry
10 2 (0.14%) JBoss
11 1 (0.070%) nginx
Applications
1 31 (2.17%) Microsoft Excel
2 29 (2.03%) Microsoft Office
3 20 (1.40%) Adobe XD
4 14 (0.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.35%) InVision
5 5 (0.35%) Sketch
6 4 (0.28%) Windchill
7 3 (0.21%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.14%) AutoCAD
8 2 (0.14%) Civil 3D
8 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.14%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.14%) PlantUML
9 1 (0.070%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.070%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 15 (1.05%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.56%) iTrent
2 8 (0.56%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.28%) Elite 3E
3 4 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
3 4 (0.28%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (0.14%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 2 (0.14%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.14%) SAP HCM
4 2 (0.14%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (0.070%) HFM
5 1 (0.070%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.070%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.070%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 286 (20.06%) Azure
2 243 (17.04%) AWS
3 87 (6.10%) Power Platform
4 79 (5.54%) GCP
5 60 (4.21%) Microsoft 365
6 42 (2.95%) Azure DevOps
7 32 (2.24%) SaaS
8 31 (2.17%) Entra ID
9 28 (1.96%) Google Analytics
9 28 (1.96%) Serverless
10 26 (1.82%) Amazon S3
10 26 (1.82%) OCI
11 22 (1.54%) PowerApps
12 21 (1.47%) GitHub
13 20 (1.40%) Figma
14 18 (1.26%) Azure AKS
15 16 (1.12%) Amazon EC2
15 16 (1.12%) Azure Service Bus
16 14 (0.98%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
16 14 (0.98%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 43 (3.02%) Firewall
2 38 (2.66%) WAN
3 32 (2.24%) LAN
4 25 (1.75%) Network Security
5 18 (1.26%) Wi-Fi
6 16 (1.12%) Unified Communications
6 16 (1.12%) Wireshark
7 15 (1.05%) NGFW
7 15 (1.05%) VXLAN
8 14 (0.98%) Cisco ASA
8 14 (0.98%) VLAN
9 10 (0.70%) BGP
9 10 (0.70%) Cisco Firepower
10 9 (0.63%) SD-WAN
10 9 (0.63%) SMTP
10 9 (0.63%) VPN
10 9 (0.63%) WebEx
11 8 (0.56%) MPLS
12 7 (0.49%) DNS
13 6 (0.42%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (4.21%) Power BI
2 54 (3.79%) PostgreSQL
3 51 (3.58%) MongoDB
4 44 (3.09%) Metadata
5 36 (2.52%) NoSQL
6 30 (2.10%) MySQL
7 17 (1.19%) SQL Server
8 16 (1.12%) Data Lake
9 13 (0.91%) Data Warehouse
10 12 (0.84%) Amazon Athena
11 11 (0.77%) BigQuery
12 10 (0.70%) DynamoDB
13 9 (0.63%) Tableau
14 8 (0.56%) Azure SQL Database
14 8 (0.56%) Looker
15 7 (0.49%) Big Data
16 6 (0.42%) Amazon RDS
16 6 (0.42%) Amazon Redshift
16 6 (0.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
17 5 (0.35%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 41 (2.88%) GitLab
2 39 (2.73%) Git
3 15 (1.05%) Jenkins
4 13 (0.91%) Axure RP
5 12 (0.84%) Balsamiq
6 9 (0.63%) Selenium
7 6 (0.42%) Cypress.io
7 6 (0.42%) JIRA
8 3 (0.21%) Gatling
8 3 (0.21%) JMeter
8 3 (0.21%) NUnit
8 3 (0.21%) REST Assured
9 2 (0.14%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.14%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.14%) Jasmine
9 2 (0.14%) JUnit
9 2 (0.14%) Subversion
9 2 (0.14%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.14%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.14%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 329 (23.07%) Social Skills
2 216 (15.15%) Finance
3 197 (13.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 144 (10.10%) Analytical Skills
5 129 (9.05%) Law
6 57 (4.00%) Influencing Skills
6 57 (4.00%) Marketing
7 45 (3.16%) Legal
8 44 (3.09%) Local Government
9 42 (2.95%) Presentation Skills
10 40 (2.81%) Retail
11 31 (2.17%) Telecoms
12 27 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
13 22 (1.54%) Banking
14 11 (0.77%) Manufacturing
15 9 (0.63%) Advertising
15 9 (0.63%) Police
16 8 (0.56%) Billing
16 8 (0.56%) Environmental Health
16 8 (0.56%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 404 (28.33%) Senior
2 213 (14.94%) Architect
3 161 (11.29%) Senior Manager
4 128 (8.98%) Lead
5 107 (7.50%) Analyst
6 88 (6.17%) Consultant
7 86 (6.03%) Developer
8 81 (5.68%) Business Analyst
9 57 (4.00%) Solutions Architect
10 54 (3.79%) Software Engineer
11 53 (3.72%) Designer
12 52 (3.65%) Data Engineer
13 51 (3.58%) Project Manager
14 50 (3.51%) Technical Architect
15 45 (3.16%) Data Architect
16 44 (3.09%) Delivery Manager
17 43 (3.02%) Portfolio Manager
18 42 (2.95%) Digital Project Manager
18 42 (2.95%) Senior Project Manager
18 42 (2.95%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (3.02%) .NET
2 37 (2.59%) REST
3 33 (2.31%) RESTful
4 30 (2.10%) Node.js
5 24 (1.68%) Spring
6 22 (1.54%) React
7 21 (1.47%) SOAP
8 20 (1.40%) CSS
8 20 (1.40%) HTML
9 19 (1.33%) Middleware
10 17 (1.19%) Oracle Fusion
11 14 (0.98%) PySpark
11 14 (0.98%) Spring Boot
12 13 (0.91%) Lightning Web Components
12 13 (0.91%) Visualforce
13 11 (0.77%) EDI
14 9 (0.63%) Playwright
14 9 (0.63%) SAML
14 9 (0.63%) XMPP
15 8 (0.56%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 82 (5.75%) Cloud Native
2 68 (4.77%) Product Ownership
3 48 (3.37%) Management Information System
4 45 (3.16%) Onboarding
5 44 (3.09%) Legacy Systems
6 34 (2.38%) Virtual Team
7 32 (2.24%) Data Centre
8 29 (2.03%) Hybrid Cloud
8 29 (2.03%) Legacy Applications
9 28 (1.96%) PKI
10 25 (1.75%) NHS
10 25 (1.75%) Public Cloud
11 24 (1.68%) Security Posture
12 21 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
13 18 (1.26%) Blog
14 16 (1.12%) CMDB
14 16 (1.12%) Low-Code
15 15 (1.05%) Video Conferencing
16 14 (0.98%) Enterprise Software
16 14 (0.98%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 54 (3.79%) Linux
2 51 (3.58%) Windows
3 26 (1.82%) Unix
4 13 (0.91%) Windows Server
5 9 (0.63%) Android
6 8 (0.56%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.21%) VME
8 2 (0.14%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.070%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.070%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.070%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 465 (32.61%) Mentoring
2 430 (30.15%) Agile
3 403 (28.26%) Coaching
4 238 (16.69%) Continuous Improvement
5 179 (12.55%) Problem-Solving
6 166 (11.64%) Community of Practice
7 158 (11.08%) CI/CD
7 158 (11.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 150 (10.52%) Analytics
9 140 (9.82%) DevOps
10 138 (9.68%) AI
11 119 (8.35%) Technology Strategy
12 115 (8.06%) Roadmaps
13 114 (7.99%) Cybersecurity
14 109 (7.64%) Decision-Making
15 98 (6.87%) Collaborative Culture
15 98 (6.87%) Software Engineering
16 94 (6.59%) Stakeholder Management
17 87 (6.10%) Business Intelligence
17 87 (6.10%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 118 (8.27%) Java
2 115 (8.06%) Python
3 105 (7.36%) SQL
4 93 (6.52%) JavaScript
5 42 (2.95%) C#
6 17 (1.19%) Bash
7 14 (0.98%) VBA
8 13 (0.91%) Apex Code
8 13 (0.91%) PowerShell
8 13 (0.91%) Scala
9 10 (0.70%) R
10 8 (0.56%) C++
10 8 (0.56%) TypeScript
11 5 (0.35%) Bicep
11 5 (0.35%) PHP
12 4 (0.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 4 (0.28%) Perl
12 4 (0.28%) PL/SQL
13 3 (0.21%) COBOL
13 3 (0.21%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 371 (26.02%) Security Cleared
2 313 (21.95%) SC Cleared
3 189 (13.25%) Degree
4 61 (4.28%) DV Cleared
5 49 (3.44%) Computer Science Degree
6 35 (2.45%) CISSP
7 29 (2.03%) BPSS Clearance
8 24 (1.68%) CISM
8 24 (1.68%) Microsoft Certification
9 19 (1.33%) PMI Certification
10 15 (1.05%) Azure Certification
11 13 (0.91%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 11 (0.77%) DBS Check
13 10 (0.70%) CREST Certified
14 9 (0.63%) Cisco Certification
14 9 (0.63%) Master's Degree
15 8 (0.56%) ACCA
16 7 (0.49%) CITP
17 6 (0.42%) AWS Certification
17 6 (0.42%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (5.82%) Accessibility
2 62 (4.35%) QA
3 59 (4.14%) Data Quality
4 52 (3.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 33 (2.31%) GDPR
6 28 (1.96%) NCSC
6 28 (1.96%) NIST
7 22 (1.54%) Actionable Recommendations
7 22 (1.54%) GRC
8 19 (1.33%) PCI DSS
8 19 (1.33%) WCAG
9 13 (0.91%) P3O
9 13 (0.91%) SLA
10 8 (0.56%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 7 (0.49%) GAAP
11 7 (0.49%) IFRS
12 6 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
12 6 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 6 (0.42%) JSP 440
13 5 (0.35%) PMO
System Software
1 44 (3.09%) Active Directory
2 37 (2.59%) Docker
3 22 (1.54%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (0.98%) VMware NSX
5 10 (0.70%) vSphere
6 6 (0.42%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 6 (0.42%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.070%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 85 (5.96%) Terraform
2 40 (2.81%) Ansible
3 36 (2.52%) Kubernetes
4 18 (1.26%) Single Sign-On
5 14 (0.98%) Argo
6 13 (0.91%) Grafana
7 9 (0.63%) Cisco CUCM
7 9 (0.63%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (0.28%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.21%) Check_MK
9 3 (0.21%) Control-M
9 3 (0.21%) OpenView
9 3 (0.21%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.14%) MIIS
10 2 (0.14%) Tivoli
11 1 (0.070%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.070%) Nessus
11 1 (0.070%) Nmap
11 1 (0.070%) Oracle RMAN
11 1 (0.070%) SCCM
Vendors
1 210 (14.73%) Microsoft
2 61 (4.28%) Google
3 47 (3.30%) Oracle
4 37 (2.59%) ServiceNow
5 32 (2.24%) Salesforce
6 26 (1.82%) VMware
7 23 (1.61%) Cisco
8 21 (1.47%) Adobe
8 21 (1.47%) SAP
9 16 (1.12%) CyberArk
10 15 (1.05%) Arista
10 15 (1.05%) Aruba
10 15 (1.05%) NetScout
10 15 (1.05%) Splunk
11 13 (0.91%) MuleSoft
12 10 (0.70%) Apple
12 10 (0.70%) Fortinet
13 9 (0.63%) Palo Alto
14 8 (0.56%) Samsung
15 7 (0.49%) HubSpot