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

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 73 48
Rank change year-on-year +48 -25 +14
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 1,423 739 1,694
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.32% 4.89% 4.96%
As % of the General category 12.67% 6.53% 8.18%
Number of salaries quoted 1,181 338 1,427
10th Percentile £41,250 £34,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,092 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £60,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year +5.13% +3.51% -0.94%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £88,148 £80,525 £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 11,228 11,325 20,713
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 57.72% 74.92% 60.60%
Number of salaries quoted 7,303 6,219 15,235
10th Percentile £32,500 £27,500 £31,750
25th Percentile £43,000 £40,931 £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 £80,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £98,750 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £56,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.65% +7.62% -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 10 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 (2.46%) 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 3 (0.21%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.21%) CMS
8 3 (0.21%) Drupal
8 3 (0.21%) Palantir Foundry
9 2 (0.14%) Camunda
9 2 (0.14%) Confluence
9 2 (0.14%) JBoss
10 1 (0.070%) nginx
Applications
1 30 (2.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (1.83%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (1.19%) Adobe XD
4 13 (0.91%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.28%) InVision
5 4 (0.28%) Sketch
5 4 (0.28%) Windchill
6 3 (0.21%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.14%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.14%) Civil 3D
7 2 (0.14%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.14%) PlantUML
8 1 (0.070%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 14 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.56%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.49%) iTrent
4 4 (0.28%) Elite 3E
4 4 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.21%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.21%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 2 (0.14%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
6 2 (0.14%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.14%) SAP HCM
6 2 (0.14%) SAP Payroll
7 1 (0.070%) HFM
7 1 (0.070%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.070%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.070%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 288 (20.24%) Azure
2 247 (17.36%) AWS
3 85 (5.97%) Power Platform
4 80 (5.62%) GCP
5 58 (4.08%) Microsoft 365
6 39 (2.74%) Azure DevOps
7 29 (2.04%) Entra ID
8 27 (1.90%) Google Analytics
9 26 (1.83%) Amazon S3
9 26 (1.83%) OCI
9 26 (1.83%) Serverless
10 24 (1.69%) SaaS
11 22 (1.55%) PowerApps
12 19 (1.34%) Azure Service Bus
13 18 (1.26%) Azure AKS
13 18 (1.26%) GitHub
14 17 (1.19%) Figma
15 16 (1.12%) Amazon EC2
16 13 (0.91%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
16 13 (0.91%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 43 (3.02%) Firewall
2 38 (2.67%) WAN
3 32 (2.25%) LAN
4 26 (1.83%) 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%) DNS
11 8 (0.56%) MPLS
12 6 (0.42%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (4.22%) Power BI
2 58 (4.08%) PostgreSQL
3 52 (3.65%) MongoDB
4 45 (3.16%) Metadata
5 37 (2.60%) NoSQL
6 32 (2.25%) MySQL
7 16 (1.12%) Data Lake
7 16 (1.12%) SQL Server
8 13 (0.91%) Data Warehouse
9 12 (0.84%) Amazon Athena
9 12 (0.84%) BigQuery
10 10 (0.70%) DynamoDB
10 10 (0.70%) Tableau
11 8 (0.56%) Azure SQL Database
11 8 (0.56%) Looker
12 7 (0.49%) Big Data
12 7 (0.49%) Relational Database
13 6 (0.42%) Amazon RDS
13 6 (0.42%) Amazon Redshift
13 6 (0.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 40 (2.81%) GitLab
2 36 (2.53%) Git
3 15 (1.05%) Jenkins
4 10 (0.70%) Axure RP
4 10 (0.70%) Balsamiq
5 9 (0.63%) Selenium
6 6 (0.42%) Cypress.io
6 6 (0.42%) JIRA
7 3 (0.21%) Gatling
7 3 (0.21%) JMeter
7 3 (0.21%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.14%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.14%) Jasmine
8 2 (0.14%) JUnit
8 2 (0.14%) NUnit
8 2 (0.14%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.14%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.14%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.070%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.070%) Zephyr
General
1 324 (22.77%) Social Skills
2 209 (14.69%) Finance
3 197 (13.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 143 (10.05%) Analytical Skills
5 122 (8.57%) Law
6 56 (3.94%) Influencing Skills
7 54 (3.79%) Marketing
8 44 (3.09%) Legal
9 43 (3.02%) Local Government
10 41 (2.88%) Presentation Skills
11 35 (2.46%) Retail
12 28 (1.97%) Telecoms
13 26 (1.83%) Organisational Skills
14 22 (1.55%) Banking
15 9 (0.63%) Advertising
15 9 (0.63%) Environmental Health
16 8 (0.56%) Manufacturing
16 8 (0.56%) Police
17 7 (0.49%) Billing
17 7 (0.49%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 402 (28.25%) Senior
2 218 (15.32%) Architect
3 161 (11.31%) Senior Manager
4 127 (8.92%) Lead
5 108 (7.59%) Analyst
6 87 (6.11%) Consultant
7 85 (5.97%) Developer
8 83 (5.83%) Business Analyst
9 55 (3.87%) Data Engineer
9 55 (3.87%) Solutions Architect
10 54 (3.79%) Software Engineer
10 54 (3.79%) Technical Architect
11 51 (3.58%) Designer
11 51 (3.58%) Project Manager
12 49 (3.44%) Data Architect
13 45 (3.16%) Delivery Manager
14 43 (3.02%) IT Manager
14 43 (3.02%) Portfolio Manager
15 42 (2.95%) Digital Project Manager
15 42 (2.95%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (2.95%) .NET
2 39 (2.74%) REST
3 33 (2.32%) RESTful
4 30 (2.11%) Node.js
5 25 (1.76%) Spring
6 21 (1.48%) React
7 20 (1.41%) SOAP
8 18 (1.26%) Middleware
9 17 (1.19%) Oracle Fusion
10 16 (1.12%) CSS
10 16 (1.12%) HTML
10 16 (1.12%) Spring Boot
11 14 (0.98%) PySpark
12 12 (0.84%) Lightning Web Components
12 12 (0.84%) Visualforce
13 10 (0.70%) EDI
13 10 (0.70%) Kafka
14 9 (0.63%) Playwright
14 9 (0.63%) SAML
14 9 (0.63%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 86 (6.04%) Cloud Native
2 66 (4.64%) Product Ownership
3 46 (3.23%) Management Information System
4 44 (3.09%) Legacy Systems
4 44 (3.09%) Onboarding
5 34 (2.39%) Virtual Team
6 32 (2.25%) Data Centre
7 29 (2.04%) Hybrid Cloud
7 29 (2.04%) Legacy Applications
8 28 (1.97%) PKI
9 25 (1.76%) Public Cloud
9 25 (1.76%) Security Posture
10 24 (1.69%) NHS
11 19 (1.34%) Self-Motivation
12 18 (1.26%) Blog
13 16 (1.12%) CMDB
13 16 (1.12%) Low-Code
14 14 (0.98%) Enterprise Software
14 14 (0.98%) PMI
15 13 (0.91%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 53 (3.72%) Linux
2 51 (3.58%) Windows
3 25 (1.76%) 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
1 467 (32.82%) Mentoring
2 435 (30.57%) Agile
3 406 (28.53%) Coaching
4 248 (17.43%) Continuous Improvement
5 173 (12.16%) Problem-Solving
6 165 (11.60%) Community of Practice
7 162 (11.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 161 (11.31%) CI/CD
9 149 (10.47%) Analytics
10 137 (9.63%) DevOps
11 133 (9.35%) AI
12 119 (8.36%) Technology Strategy
13 117 (8.22%) Roadmaps
14 115 (8.08%) Cybersecurity
15 112 (7.87%) Decision-Making
16 99 (6.96%) Software Engineering
17 94 (6.61%) Collaborative Culture
18 91 (6.39%) Stakeholder Management
19 86 (6.04%) Business Intelligence
20 85 (5.97%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 121 (8.50%) Java
2 112 (7.87%) Python
3 102 (7.17%) SQL
4 88 (6.18%) JavaScript
5 41 (2.88%) C#
6 17 (1.19%) Bash
7 14 (0.98%) VBA
8 13 (0.91%) PowerShell
8 13 (0.91%) Scala
9 12 (0.84%) Apex Code
10 10 (0.70%) R
11 8 (0.56%) C++
11 8 (0.56%) TypeScript
12 5 (0.35%) Bicep
12 5 (0.35%) PHP
13 4 (0.28%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 4 (0.28%) Perl
13 4 (0.28%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.21%) COBOL
14 3 (0.21%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 365 (25.65%) Security Cleared
2 312 (21.93%) SC Cleared
3 189 (13.28%) Degree
4 60 (4.22%) DV Cleared
5 51 (3.58%) Computer Science Degree
6 36 (2.53%) CISSP
7 28 (1.97%) BPSS Clearance
8 25 (1.76%) CISM
9 24 (1.69%) Microsoft Certification
10 19 (1.34%) PMI Certification
11 15 (1.05%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 14 (0.98%) Azure Certification
13 10 (0.70%) DBS Check
14 9 (0.63%) Cisco Certification
14 9 (0.63%) CREST Certified
14 9 (0.63%) Master's Degree
15 7 (0.49%) ACCA
15 7 (0.49%) CITP
16 6 (0.42%) Oracle Certification
16 6 (0.42%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (5.62%) Accessibility
2 63 (4.43%) QA
3 59 (4.15%) Data Quality
4 55 (3.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 31 (2.18%) NCSC
6 30 (2.11%) GDPR
7 28 (1.97%) NIST
8 23 (1.62%) Actionable Recommendations
9 21 (1.48%) GRC
10 19 (1.34%) PCI DSS
11 17 (1.19%) WCAG
12 13 (0.91%) P3O
13 12 (0.84%) SLA
14 9 (0.63%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 6 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
15 6 (0.42%) GAAP
15 6 (0.42%) IFRS
15 6 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 6 (0.42%) JSP 440
16 5 (0.35%) PMO
System Software
1 42 (2.95%) Active Directory
2 36 (2.53%) Docker
3 22 (1.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (0.91%) 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 (5.97%) Terraform
2 40 (2.81%) Ansible
3 39 (2.74%) Kubernetes
4 17 (1.19%) 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%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.070%) FortiGate
11 1 (0.070%) Kibana
11 1 (0.070%) Oracle RMAN
11 1 (0.070%) SCCM
Vendors
1 207 (14.55%) Microsoft
2 58 (4.08%) Google
3 48 (3.37%) Oracle
4 39 (2.74%) ServiceNow
5 31 (2.18%) Salesforce
6 26 (1.83%) VMware
7 23 (1.62%) Cisco
8 18 (1.26%) SAP
9 17 (1.19%) Adobe
10 16 (1.12%) CyberArk
11 15 (1.05%) Arista
11 15 (1.05%) Aruba
11 15 (1.05%) NetScout
11 15 (1.05%) Splunk
12 12 (0.84%) MuleSoft
13 10 (0.70%) Apple
13 10 (0.70%) Fortinet
14 9 (0.63%) Palo Alto
15 8 (0.56%) Databricks
15 8 (0.56%) Samsung