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

6 months to
28 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 52 57
Rank change year-on-year +22 +5 +3
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 1,612 913 1,100
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.93% 5.52% 4.43%
As % of the General category 11.50% 7.73% 7.23%
Number of salaries quoted 1,248 495 817
10th Percentile £37,000 £33,000 £36,656
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £55,000 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.68% -1.79% +1.82%
75th Percentile £78,750 £68,125 £71,991
90th Percentile £91,638 £84,000 £84,964
UK median annual salary £63,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.57% +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 14,016 11,812 15,208
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.23% 71.46% 61.29%
Number of salaries quoted 8,807 6,577 9,770
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,500 £33,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,000 £43,500
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 £78,750 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £107,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -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 28 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 (2.17%) SharePoint
2 17 (1.05%) Apache Spark
3 15 (0.93%) Apache
4 13 (0.81%) Apache Airflow
5 12 (0.74%) Confluence
6 9 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
7 8 (0.50%) Jupyter
7 8 (0.50%) SharePoint Server
8 7 (0.43%) CMS
9 5 (0.31%) SAS
10 4 (0.25%) Camunda
10 4 (0.25%) MS Project Server
10 4 (0.25%) WordPress
11 2 (0.12%) Drupal
11 2 (0.12%) nginx
11 2 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
12 1 (0.062%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.062%) JBoss
12 1 (0.062%) Oracle HTTP Server
12 1 (0.062%) Tomcat
Applications
1 38 (2.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (1.61%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (1.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (0.81%) Adobe XD
5 11 (0.68%) Chatbot
6 9 (0.56%) AutoCAD
6 9 (0.56%) Civil 3D
7 6 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
7 6 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
8 4 (0.25%) MS Visio
8 4 (0.25%) Navisworks
8 4 (0.25%) Revit
8 4 (0.25%) Windchill
9 2 (0.12%) InDesign
9 2 (0.12%) PlantUML
10 1 (0.062%) Elementor
10 1 (0.062%) InVision
10 1 (0.062%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.062%) Sketch
10 1 (0.062%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 16 (0.99%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (0.93%) Workday HCM
3 9 (0.56%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.43%) iTrent
5 4 (0.25%) Distributed Ledger
6 3 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.12%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.062%) Elite 3E
8 1 (0.062%) HFM
8 1 (0.062%) Oracle Assets
8 1 (0.062%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 1 (0.062%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 313 (19.42%) AWS
2 279 (17.31%) Azure
3 90 (5.58%) GCP
4 64 (3.97%) Power Platform
5 59 (3.66%) Microsoft 365
6 54 (3.35%) SaaS
7 37 (2.30%) Azure DevOps
8 26 (1.61%) Google Analytics
9 25 (1.55%) Azure AKS
9 25 (1.55%) GitHub
10 24 (1.49%) Entra ID
10 24 (1.49%) Serverless
11 23 (1.43%) Microsoft Copilot
12 19 (1.18%) Amazon EC2
12 19 (1.18%) Slack
13 17 (1.05%) Azure Service Bus
13 17 (1.05%) Figma
14 16 (0.99%) Amazon EKS
14 16 (0.99%) Amazon S3
14 16 (0.99%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 40 (2.48%) WAN
2 36 (2.23%) Network Security
3 34 (2.11%) LAN
4 32 (1.99%) Firewall
5 19 (1.18%) DNS
6 16 (0.99%) DHCP
7 15 (0.93%) VLAN
8 13 (0.81%) BGP
8 13 (0.81%) Unified Communications
9 12 (0.74%) VoIP
10 11 (0.68%) CTI
10 11 (0.68%) MPLS
11 10 (0.62%) Cisco ASA
12 9 (0.56%) TCP/IP
12 9 (0.56%) VPN
13 8 (0.50%) Cisco Firepower
13 8 (0.50%) OSPF
13 8 (0.50%) WebEx
13 8 (0.50%) Wi-Fi
14 6 (0.37%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (3.91%) PostgreSQL
2 58 (3.60%) Power BI
3 50 (3.10%) MongoDB
4 40 (2.48%) MySQL
5 36 (2.23%) Metadata
6 28 (1.74%) NoSQL
7 27 (1.67%) SQL Server
8 20 (1.24%) Relational Database
9 14 (0.87%) Big Data
9 14 (0.87%) Data Lake
10 11 (0.68%) Data Warehouse
10 11 (0.68%) Tableau
11 10 (0.62%) Amazon Athena
12 9 (0.56%) Azure SQL Database
12 9 (0.56%) DynamoDB
13 7 (0.43%) BigQuery
13 7 (0.43%) Metadata Repository
14 6 (0.37%) Spark SQL
15 5 (0.31%) Looker
16 4 (0.25%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 56 (3.47%) Git
2 42 (2.61%) GitLab
3 22 (1.36%) JIRA
4 19 (1.18%) Jenkins
5 10 (0.62%) Balsamiq
6 8 (0.50%) Axure RP
7 7 (0.43%) Selenium
8 6 (0.37%) Cypress.io
9 5 (0.31%) TeamCity
10 4 (0.25%) SonarQube
11 3 (0.19%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 3 (0.19%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.19%) Gatling
11 3 (0.19%) JMeter
11 3 (0.19%) Mercurial
11 3 (0.19%) REST Assured
12 2 (0.12%) Jasmine
12 2 (0.12%) NUnit
12 2 (0.12%) Sonatype Nexus
12 2 (0.12%) Visual Studio
General
1 375 (23.26%) Social Skills
2 218 (13.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 205 (12.72%) Finance
4 162 (10.05%) Analytical Skills
5 141 (8.75%) Law
6 82 (5.09%) Local Government
7 81 (5.02%) Influencing Skills
8 73 (4.53%) Legal
9 66 (4.09%) Marketing
10 59 (3.66%) Presentation Skills
11 47 (2.92%) Retail
12 39 (2.42%) Organisational Skills
13 37 (2.30%) Telecoms
14 25 (1.55%) Banking
15 20 (1.24%) Police
16 14 (0.87%) Aerospace
17 11 (0.68%) Multimedia
18 8 (0.50%) Environmental Health
18 8 (0.50%) Social Housing
19 7 (0.43%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 389 (24.13%) Senior
2 278 (17.25%) Architect
3 170 (10.55%) Lead
4 136 (8.44%) Consultant
5 133 (8.25%) Analyst
6 95 (5.89%) Business Analyst
7 92 (5.71%) Technical Architect
8 90 (5.58%) Developer
9 75 (4.65%) Senior Manager
10 62 (3.85%) Data Architect
11 58 (3.60%) Account Manager
12 57 (3.54%) Software Engineer
13 55 (3.41%) Designer
13 55 (3.41%) Lead Architect
13 55 (3.41%) Solutions Architect
14 53 (3.29%) DevOps Engineer
14 53 (3.29%) Senior Architect
15 51 (3.16%) Technical Leader
16 48 (2.98%) Delivery Manager
17 44 (2.73%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (5.15%) Terraform
2 60 (3.72%) .NET
3 49 (3.04%) Node.js
4 40 (2.48%) CSS
5 37 (2.30%) React
6 35 (2.17%) HTML
7 30 (1.86%) REST
8 25 (1.55%) Spring
9 24 (1.49%) RESTful
10 21 (1.30%) Middleware
10 21 (1.30%) PySpark
11 19 (1.18%) .NET Core
11 19 (1.18%) AngularJS
12 17 (1.05%) Kafka
12 17 (1.05%) Spring Boot
13 15 (0.93%) SOAP
14 14 (0.87%) Entity Framework
15 13 (0.81%) Oracle Fusion
16 10 (0.62%) .NET Framework
16 10 (0.62%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 91 (5.65%) Cloud Native
2 73 (4.53%) Product Ownership
3 60 (3.72%) Onboarding
4 51 (3.16%) Self-Motivation
5 43 (2.67%) Management Information System
6 42 (2.61%) NHS
7 40 (2.48%) Blog
8 37 (2.30%) e-Learning
9 32 (1.99%) Legacy Systems
10 30 (1.86%) Virtual Team
11 21 (1.30%) Data Centre
12 20 (1.24%) Hybrid Cloud
12 20 (1.24%) Security Posture
13 19 (1.18%) CMDB
14 18 (1.12%) Greenfield Project
15 17 (1.05%) Enterprise Software
15 17 (1.05%) PKI
15 17 (1.05%) Public Cloud
16 16 (0.99%) Legacy Applications
17 14 (0.87%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 79 (4.90%) Windows
2 73 (4.53%) Linux
3 51 (3.16%) Unix
4 25 (1.55%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.19%) VME
5 3 (0.19%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.12%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.062%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.062%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 528 (32.75%) Agile
2 470 (29.16%) Mentoring
3 416 (25.81%) Coaching
4 309 (19.17%) Continuous Improvement
5 201 (12.47%) CI/CD
6 199 (12.34%) Community of Practice
7 197 (12.22%) AI
8 185 (11.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 183 (11.35%) Analytics
10 180 (11.17%) Problem-Solving
11 171 (10.61%) DevOps
12 169 (10.48%) Technology Strategy
13 166 (10.30%) Decision-Making
14 155 (9.62%) Scrum
15 144 (8.93%) Roadmaps
16 141 (8.75%) Stakeholder Management
17 138 (8.56%) Cybersecurity
18 129 (8.00%) Software Engineering
19 123 (7.63%) Technical Leadership
20 122 (7.57%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 140 (8.68%) Java
2 112 (6.95%) JavaScript
3 107 (6.64%) Python
4 102 (6.33%) SQL
5 54 (3.35%) C#
6 21 (1.30%) Bash
6 21 (1.30%) TypeScript
7 14 (0.87%) C++
7 14 (0.87%) PowerShell
8 8 (0.50%) PHP
8 8 (0.50%) Scala
9 7 (0.43%) Ruby
10 5 (0.31%) Bicep
10 5 (0.31%) R
11 4 (0.25%) C
11 4 (0.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 4 (0.25%) Perl
11 4 (0.25%) PL/SQL
12 3 (0.19%) COBOL
12 3 (0.19%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 415 (25.74%) Security Cleared
2 332 (20.60%) SC Cleared
3 210 (13.03%) Degree
4 92 (5.71%) DV Cleared
5 56 (3.47%) Computer Science Degree
6 41 (2.54%) CISSP
7 40 (2.48%) BPSS Clearance
8 32 (1.99%) CISM
9 23 (1.43%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 13 (0.81%) CREST Certified
10 13 (0.81%) Master's Degree
11 12 (0.74%) AWS Certification
12 11 (0.68%) DBS Check
12 11 (0.68%) PMI Certification
13 10 (0.62%) PMP
14 8 (0.50%) Microsoft Certification
15 7 (0.43%) CCNP
15 7 (0.43%) Cisco Certification
15 7 (0.43%) CISMP
15 7 (0.43%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 144 (8.93%) Accessibility
2 77 (4.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 56 (3.47%) QA
4 55 (3.41%) Data Quality
5 51 (3.16%) NCSC
6 39 (2.42%) NIST
7 36 (2.23%) Actionable Recommendations
8 31 (1.92%) WCAG
9 26 (1.61%) GRC
10 24 (1.49%) GDPR
11 20 (1.24%) PCI DSS
12 19 (1.18%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 12 (0.74%) SLA
14 11 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
15 9 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 42001
16 8 (0.50%) ISO 9001
16 8 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 20000
17 7 (0.43%) PMO
18 6 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
19 5 (0.31%) JSP 440
System Software
1 55 (3.41%) Docker
2 43 (2.67%) Active Directory
3 25 (1.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (0.74%) VMware NSX
5 9 (0.56%) vSphere
6 8 (0.50%) Hyper-V
7 5 (0.31%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 5 (0.31%) Virtual Servers
7 5 (0.31%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.062%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 63 (3.91%) Kubernetes
2 33 (2.05%) Ansible
3 14 (0.87%) Argo
3 14 (0.87%) Grafana
4 8 (0.50%) Cisco CUCM
4 8 (0.50%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (0.43%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 5 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (0.25%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.19%) Check_MK
8 3 (0.19%) Prometheus
8 3 (0.19%) SCCM
9 2 (0.12%) MIIS
9 2 (0.12%) Oracle RMAN
10 1 (0.062%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.062%) Kibana
10 1 (0.062%) OpenView
10 1 (0.062%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 179 (11.10%) Microsoft
2 57 (3.54%) Google
3 40 (2.48%) ServiceNow
4 36 (2.23%) Oracle
5 32 (1.99%) Cisco
6 31 (1.92%) VMware
7 23 (1.43%) Adobe
7 23 (1.43%) Workday
8 17 (1.05%) Salesforce
8 17 (1.05%) Splunk
9 15 (0.93%) YouTube
10 14 (0.87%) SAP
11 13 (0.81%) Avaya
11 13 (0.81%) Databricks
11 13 (0.81%) Pega
12 11 (0.68%) Fortinet
12 11 (0.68%) Genesys
12 11 (0.68%) Palo Alto
13 7 (0.43%) NetApp
14 6 (0.37%) HubSpot