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 13 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 48 62
Rank change year-on-year +24 +14 +1
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 1,821 913 872
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.29% 5.53% 4.10%
As % of the General category 11.82% 7.82% 6.50%
Number of salaries quoted 1,331 514 475
10th Percentile £37,682 £32,500 £36,356
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,570 £42,238
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.68% - -2.65%
75th Percentile £77,500 £68,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £91,250 £87,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £64,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +11.30% +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 15,404 11,680 13,420
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.64% 70.80% 63.03%
Number of salaries quoted 9,227 6,151 7,424
10th Percentile £31,750 £28,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,908 £38,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -8.80% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £112,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% -4.17%

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 13 October 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 43 (2.36%) SharePoint
2 23 (1.26%) Oracle Workflow
3 18 (0.99%) Apache Spark
4 15 (0.82%) Confluence
5 14 (0.77%) Microsoft Exchange
6 13 (0.71%) Apache
7 9 (0.49%) Apache Airflow
7 9 (0.49%) Jupyter
8 8 (0.44%) CMS
8 8 (0.44%) SharePoint Server
9 5 (0.27%) MS Project Server
9 5 (0.27%) SAS
10 4 (0.22%) WordPress
11 3 (0.16%) Camunda
12 2 (0.11%) nginx
12 2 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 2 (0.11%) WebLogic
12 2 (0.11%) WebLogic Portal
13 1 (0.055%) Oracle HTTP Server
13 1 (0.055%) Tomcat
Applications
1 47 (2.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 39 (2.14%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (0.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (0.77%) AutoCAD
5 13 (0.71%) Microsoft Project
5 13 (0.71%) Spreadsheet
6 12 (0.66%) Chatbot
7 10 (0.55%) Adobe XD
8 9 (0.49%) Civil 3D
8 9 (0.49%) Navisworks
8 9 (0.49%) Revit
9 4 (0.22%) MS Visio
9 4 (0.22%) Windchill
10 3 (0.16%) ProjectWise
11 2 (0.11%) InDesign
11 2 (0.11%) PlantUML
12 1 (0.055%) Elementor
12 1 (0.055%) Photoshop
12 1 (0.055%) SPSS
12 1 (0.055%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 20 (1.10%) Oracle EBS
2 19 (1.04%) SAP S/4HANA
3 16 (0.88%) Workday HCM
4 15 (0.82%) Oracle Payables
5 14 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
5 14 (0.77%) Oracle Cash Management
5 14 (0.77%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 6 (0.33%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
6 6 (0.33%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 5 (0.27%) iTrent
7 5 (0.27%) SAP PSCD
8 4 (0.22%) Distributed Ledger
9 3 (0.16%) Integrated Workplace Management System
9 3 (0.16%) SAP CO
9 3 (0.16%) SAP FI
9 3 (0.16%) SAP FI/CO
10 2 (0.11%) Elite 3E
10 2 (0.11%) Oracle Applications
10 2 (0.11%) Oracle EBS R12
11 1 (0.055%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 358 (19.66%) AWS
2 321 (17.63%) Azure
3 91 (5.00%) GCP
4 90 (4.94%) Power Platform
5 76 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
6 63 (3.46%) SaaS
7 50 (2.75%) Azure DevOps
8 47 (2.58%) Entra ID
9 44 (2.42%) GitHub
10 41 (2.25%) Serverless
11 35 (1.92%) Amazon EC2
12 28 (1.54%) AWS Lambda
12 28 (1.54%) Microsoft Copilot
13 23 (1.26%) Amazon EMR
13 23 (1.26%) Azure AKS
14 22 (1.21%) Amazon S3
15 21 (1.15%) Azure Monitor
16 20 (1.10%) Google Analytics
17 19 (1.04%) Azure Service Bus
17 19 (1.04%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 42 (2.31%) Network Security
2 37 (2.03%) LAN
3 36 (1.98%) Firewall
3 36 (1.98%) WAN
4 30 (1.65%) DNS
5 24 (1.32%) DHCP
6 15 (0.82%) Wi-Fi
7 13 (0.71%) VLAN
7 13 (0.71%) VPN
8 12 (0.66%) TCP/IP
8 12 (0.66%) Unified Communications
9 11 (0.60%) CTI
9 11 (0.60%) VoIP
10 10 (0.55%) BGP
10 10 (0.55%) OSPF
11 9 (0.49%) TETRA
12 7 (0.38%) Cisco Nexus
12 7 (0.38%) Intranet
12 7 (0.38%) Structured Cabling
13 6 (0.33%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (3.95%) Power BI
2 66 (3.62%) PostgreSQL
3 45 (2.47%) MongoDB
4 41 (2.25%) MySQL
5 38 (2.09%) Metadata
6 28 (1.54%) NoSQL
7 24 (1.32%) SQL Server
8 19 (1.04%) Relational Database
9 17 (0.93%) Spark SQL
10 16 (0.88%) Oracle Reports
11 14 (0.77%) Big Data
11 14 (0.77%) Oracle BI Publisher
12 13 (0.71%) Data Lake
12 13 (0.71%) Data Warehouse
13 12 (0.66%) Amazon Athena
13 12 (0.66%) Amazon RDS
13 12 (0.66%) Azure SQL Database
13 12 (0.66%) Tableau
14 9 (0.49%) Metadata Repository
15 7 (0.38%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 73 (4.01%) Git
2 37 (2.03%) GitLab
3 28 (1.54%) JIRA
4 15 (0.82%) Jenkins
5 8 (0.44%) Balsamiq
6 6 (0.33%) Axure RP
7 5 (0.27%) Claude Code
8 4 (0.22%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.22%) Cypress.io
8 4 (0.22%) Sonatype Nexus
9 3 (0.16%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 3 (0.16%) Mercurial
9 3 (0.16%) SonarQube
9 3 (0.16%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.11%) Flyway
10 2 (0.11%) Selenium
11 1 (0.055%) Mocha
11 1 (0.055%) Ranorex
11 1 (0.055%) Team Foundation Server
11 1 (0.055%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 440 (24.16%) Social Skills
2 274 (15.05%) Finance
3 227 (12.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 195 (10.71%) Analytical Skills
5 130 (7.14%) Law
6 96 (5.27%) Local Government
7 95 (5.22%) Legal
8 79 (4.34%) Influencing Skills
9 76 (4.17%) Marketing
10 74 (4.06%) Presentation Skills
11 46 (2.53%) Retail
12 39 (2.14%) Telecoms
13 35 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
14 34 (1.87%) Police
15 22 (1.21%) Banking
15 22 (1.21%) General Ledger
16 12 (0.66%) Multimedia
17 9 (0.49%) Aerospace
18 8 (0.44%) Environmental Health
18 8 (0.44%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 470 (25.81%) Senior
2 274 (15.05%) Architect
3 191 (10.49%) Lead
4 148 (8.13%) Analyst
5 138 (7.58%) Consultant
6 105 (5.77%) Developer
7 94 (5.16%) Senior Manager
7 94 (5.16%) Technical Architect
8 93 (5.11%) Business Analyst
9 67 (3.68%) Delivery Manager
10 66 (3.62%) Senior Architect
11 65 (3.57%) Data Architect
11 65 (3.57%) DevOps Engineer
12 64 (3.51%) Software Engineer
13 63 (3.46%) Solutions Architect
14 58 (3.19%) User Researcher
15 57 (3.13%) Data Engineer
15 57 (3.13%) Technical Leader
16 53 (2.91%) IT Manager
17 48 (2.64%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 99 (5.44%) Terraform
2 78 (4.28%) .NET
3 50 (2.75%) Node.js
4 39 (2.14%) CSS
5 34 (1.87%) HTML
5 34 (1.87%) REST
6 30 (1.65%) Middleware
6 30 (1.65%) PySpark
7 29 (1.59%) React
8 27 (1.48%) Spring
9 26 (1.43%) Spring Boot
10 24 (1.32%) Oracle Fusion
11 23 (1.26%) RESTful
12 19 (1.04%) .NET Core
13 17 (0.93%) Web Services
14 16 (0.88%) XML
15 15 (0.82%) AngularJS
16 14 (0.77%) Entity Framework
16 14 (0.77%) Kafka
16 14 (0.77%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 100 (5.49%) Cloud Native
2 68 (3.73%) Product Ownership
3 60 (3.29%) Management Information System
4 59 (3.24%) Self-Motivation
5 57 (3.13%) Onboarding
6 51 (2.80%) NHS
7 38 (2.09%) e-Learning
8 36 (1.98%) Blog
9 35 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
10 31 (1.70%) Virtual Team
11 30 (1.65%) Legacy Systems
12 25 (1.37%) Data Centre
13 23 (1.26%) Hybrid Cloud
14 20 (1.10%) CMDB
15 19 (1.04%) AI Agents
15 19 (1.04%) Driving Licence
15 19 (1.04%) Greenfield Project
15 19 (1.04%) Public Cloud
15 19 (1.04%) Security Posture
16 18 (0.99%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 75 (4.12%) Windows
2 70 (3.84%) Linux
3 53 (2.91%) Unix
4 18 (0.99%) Windows Server
5 5 (0.27%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.16%) Windows Server 2012
6 3 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.11%) macOS
8 1 (0.055%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.055%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.055%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 585 (32.13%) Agile
2 537 (29.49%) Mentoring
3 499 (27.40%) Coaching
4 405 (22.24%) Continuous Improvement
5 264 (14.50%) CI/CD
6 245 (13.45%) Decision-Making
7 238 (13.07%) AI
8 233 (12.80%) Analytics
9 222 (12.19%) DevOps
10 214 (11.75%) Stakeholder Management
11 212 (11.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 209 (11.48%) Problem-Solving
13 184 (10.10%) Community of Practice
14 172 (9.45%) Technical Leadership
15 164 (9.01%) Cybersecurity
16 158 (8.68%) Technology Strategy
17 156 (8.57%) Scrum
18 155 (8.51%) Software Engineering
19 149 (8.18%) Roadmaps
20 136 (7.47%) User Research
Programming Languages
1 155 (8.51%) Java
2 149 (8.18%) SQL
3 130 (7.14%) Python
4 120 (6.59%) JavaScript
5 71 (3.90%) C#
6 30 (1.65%) Bash
7 25 (1.37%) C++
8 23 (1.26%) TypeScript
9 19 (1.04%) PL/SQL
10 17 (0.93%) Bicep
10 17 (0.93%) PowerShell
11 8 (0.44%) PHP
11 8 (0.44%) Scala
12 7 (0.38%) ABAP
12 7 (0.38%) Ruby
13 4 (0.22%) C
14 3 (0.16%) Go
14 3 (0.16%) Objective-C
14 3 (0.16%) Perl
14 3 (0.16%) R
Qualifications
1 466 (25.59%) Security Cleared
2 352 (19.33%) SC Cleared
3 192 (10.54%) Degree
4 88 (4.83%) DV Cleared
5 43 (2.36%) CISSP
6 38 (2.09%) BPSS Clearance
6 38 (2.09%) Computer Science Degree
7 29 (1.59%) CISM
8 22 (1.21%) Azure Certification
8 22 (1.21%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 18 (0.99%) AWS Certification
9 18 (0.99%) TOGAF Certification
10 15 (0.82%) DBS Check
11 14 (0.77%) Microsoft Certification
12 10 (0.55%) Master's Degree
12 10 (0.55%) PMP
13 9 (0.49%) ACCA
13 9 (0.49%) APMP
13 9 (0.49%) CIMA
13 9 (0.49%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 161 (8.84%) Accessibility
2 75 (4.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 72 (3.95%) Data Quality
4 57 (3.13%) NCSC
4 57 (3.13%) QA
5 40 (2.20%) NIST
6 38 (2.09%) GDPR
7 33 (1.81%) GRC
8 30 (1.65%) WCAG
9 25 (1.37%) Actionable Recommendations
10 18 (0.99%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 17 (0.93%) PCI DSS
12 13 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials
12 13 (0.71%) PMO
12 13 (0.71%) SLA
13 10 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 9 (0.49%) ISO 19650
14 9 (0.49%) ISO 9001
15 7 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 20000
16 6 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 62 (3.40%) Docker
2 45 (2.47%) Active Directory
3 21 (1.15%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.60%) Hyper-V
5 6 (0.33%) VMware NSX
6 5 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (0.16%) Microsoft Virtual Server
8 3 (0.16%) vSphere
9 1 (0.055%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.055%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.055%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 75 (4.12%) Kubernetes
2 29 (1.59%) Ansible
3 22 (1.21%) Grafana
4 17 (0.93%) Microsoft Intune
5 14 (0.77%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 13 (0.71%) Argo
7 7 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
8 6 (0.33%) Cisco CUCM
9 4 (0.22%) FTK
10 3 (0.16%) Oracle RMAN
10 3 (0.16%) Prometheus
11 2 (0.11%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 2 (0.11%) Packer
11 2 (0.11%) Proxmox
11 2 (0.11%) SCCM
12 1 (0.055%) Avamar
12 1 (0.055%) Cisco UCCE
12 1 (0.055%) Data Guard
12 1 (0.055%) logstash
12 1 (0.055%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 230 (12.63%) Microsoft
2 76 (4.17%) Oracle
3 51 (2.80%) Google
3 51 (2.80%) ServiceNow
4 37 (2.03%) Workday
5 32 (1.76%) Cisco
5 32 (1.76%) YouTube
6 30 (1.65%) SAP
7 24 (1.32%) VMware
8 23 (1.26%) Adobe
9 16 (0.88%) Databricks
10 13 (0.71%) Pega
10 13 (0.71%) Salesforce
11 12 (0.66%) Avaya
11 12 (0.66%) Fortinet
11 12 (0.66%) Genesys
11 12 (0.66%) Splunk
12 10 (0.55%) Dynatrace
13 8 (0.44%) Palo Alto
14 6 (0.33%) Citrix