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

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 49 62
Rank change year-on-year +25 +13 -2
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 1,848 919 877
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.34% 5.60% 4.24%
As % of the General category 11.90% 7.92% 6.82%
Number of salaries quoted 1,339 521 473
10th Percentile £38,536 £32,500 £37,020
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,780 £42,238
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.68% - -2.65%
75th Percentile £78,125 £69,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £91,269 £87,500 £83,750
UK median annual salary £63,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.43% +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 15,531 11,609 12,852
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.69% 70.69% 62.19%
Number of salaries quoted 9,305 6,194 7,384
10th Percentile £32,000 £28,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,585 £38,750 £45,388
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 £111,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £58,500
% change year-on-year +4.76% -10.26% -2.50%

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 16 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 42 (2.27%) SharePoint
2 23 (1.24%) Oracle Workflow
3 18 (0.97%) Apache Spark
4 16 (0.87%) Confluence
5 14 (0.76%) Microsoft Exchange
6 13 (0.70%) Apache
7 10 (0.54%) Apache Airflow
8 9 (0.49%) CMS
8 9 (0.49%) Jupyter
9 8 (0.43%) SharePoint Server
10 5 (0.27%) MS Project Server
10 5 (0.27%) SAS
11 4 (0.22%) WordPress
12 3 (0.16%) Camunda
13 2 (0.11%) nginx
13 2 (0.11%) Oracle SOA Suite
13 2 (0.11%) WebLogic
13 2 (0.11%) WebLogic Portal
14 1 (0.054%) Oracle HTTP Server
14 1 (0.054%) Tomcat
Applications
1 45 (2.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 40 (2.16%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (0.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (0.81%) Spreadsheet
5 14 (0.76%) AutoCAD
6 13 (0.70%) Microsoft Project
7 12 (0.65%) Chatbot
8 11 (0.60%) Navisworks
8 11 (0.60%) Revit
9 9 (0.49%) Adobe XD
9 9 (0.49%) Civil 3D
10 4 (0.22%) MS Visio
10 4 (0.22%) Windchill
11 3 (0.16%) ProjectWise
12 2 (0.11%) InDesign
12 2 (0.11%) PlantUML
13 1 (0.054%) Elementor
13 1 (0.054%) Photoshop
13 1 (0.054%) SPSS
13 1 (0.054%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 20 (1.08%) Oracle EBS
2 19 (1.03%) SAP S/4HANA
3 16 (0.87%) Workday HCM
4 15 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
4 15 (0.81%) Oracle Payables
5 14 (0.76%) Oracle Cash Management
5 14 (0.76%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 7 (0.38%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
7 6 (0.32%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 5 (0.27%) iTrent
8 5 (0.27%) SAP PSCD
9 4 (0.22%) Distributed Ledger
10 3 (0.16%) Integrated Workplace Management System
10 3 (0.16%) SAP CO
10 3 (0.16%) SAP FI
10 3 (0.16%) SAP FI/CO
11 2 (0.11%) Elite 3E
11 2 (0.11%) Oracle Applications
11 2 (0.11%) Oracle EBS R12
12 1 (0.054%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 359 (19.43%) AWS
2 330 (17.86%) Azure
3 93 (5.03%) Power Platform
4 92 (4.98%) GCP
5 77 (4.17%) Microsoft 365
6 66 (3.57%) SaaS
7 53 (2.87%) Azure DevOps
8 49 (2.65%) Entra ID
9 44 (2.38%) GitHub
10 43 (2.33%) Serverless
11 35 (1.89%) Amazon EC2
12 30 (1.62%) Microsoft Copilot
13 28 (1.52%) AWS Lambda
14 23 (1.24%) Amazon EMR
14 23 (1.24%) Azure AKS
15 22 (1.19%) Amazon S3
16 21 (1.14%) Azure Monitor
17 20 (1.08%) Azure Service Bus
17 20 (1.08%) Google Analytics
18 19 (1.03%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 43 (2.33%) Network Security
2 36 (1.95%) Firewall
2 36 (1.95%) LAN
3 34 (1.84%) WAN
4 30 (1.62%) DNS
5 24 (1.30%) DHCP
6 15 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
7 13 (0.70%) VPN
8 12 (0.65%) TCP/IP
9 11 (0.60%) CTI
9 11 (0.60%) Unified Communications
9 11 (0.60%) VLAN
9 11 (0.60%) VoIP
10 10 (0.54%) BGP
10 10 (0.54%) OSPF
10 10 (0.54%) TETRA
11 7 (0.38%) Cisco Nexus
11 7 (0.38%) DMZ
11 7 (0.38%) Intranet
11 7 (0.38%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (3.95%) Power BI
2 66 (3.57%) PostgreSQL
3 45 (2.44%) MongoDB
4 41 (2.22%) MySQL
5 37 (2.00%) Metadata
6 28 (1.52%) NoSQL
7 25 (1.35%) SQL Server
8 19 (1.03%) Relational Database
9 17 (0.92%) Spark SQL
10 16 (0.87%) Oracle Reports
11 14 (0.76%) Big Data
11 14 (0.76%) Data Lake
11 14 (0.76%) Data Warehouse
11 14 (0.76%) Oracle BI Publisher
11 14 (0.76%) Tableau
12 12 (0.65%) Amazon Athena
12 12 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
12 12 (0.65%) Azure SQL Database
13 9 (0.49%) Metadata Repository
14 7 (0.38%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 74 (4.00%) Git
2 37 (2.00%) GitLab
3 29 (1.57%) JIRA
4 15 (0.81%) Jenkins
5 8 (0.43%) Balsamiq
6 6 (0.32%) 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%) Team Foundation Server
9 3 (0.16%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.11%) Flyway
10 2 (0.11%) Selenium
11 1 (0.054%) Artifactory
11 1 (0.054%) JUnit
11 1 (0.054%) Oracle APEX
General
1 447 (24.19%) Social Skills
2 279 (15.10%) Finance
3 229 (12.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 202 (10.93%) Analytical Skills
5 133 (7.20%) Law
6 98 (5.30%) Local Government
7 97 (5.25%) Legal
8 80 (4.33%) Influencing Skills
9 79 (4.27%) Marketing
10 76 (4.11%) Presentation Skills
11 45 (2.44%) Retail
12 41 (2.22%) Telecoms
13 37 (2.00%) Police
14 36 (1.95%) Organisational Skills
15 22 (1.19%) General Ledger
16 21 (1.14%) Banking
17 12 (0.65%) Multimedia
18 9 (0.49%) Aerospace
19 8 (0.43%) Documentation Skills
19 8 (0.43%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 479 (25.92%) Senior
2 273 (14.77%) Architect
3 196 (10.61%) Lead
4 154 (8.33%) Analyst
5 139 (7.52%) Consultant
6 107 (5.79%) Developer
7 96 (5.19%) Business Analyst
8 95 (5.14%) Senior Manager
9 93 (5.03%) Technical Architect
10 69 (3.73%) Delivery Manager
11 67 (3.63%) DevOps Engineer
11 67 (3.63%) Senior Architect
12 65 (3.52%) Software Engineer
13 64 (3.46%) Data Architect
13 64 (3.46%) Solutions Architect
14 59 (3.19%) User Researcher
15 57 (3.08%) Data Engineer
15 57 (3.08%) Technical Leader
16 52 (2.81%) IT Manager
17 48 (2.60%) Lead Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 102 (5.52%) Terraform
2 82 (4.44%) .NET
3 50 (2.71%) Node.js
4 40 (2.16%) CSS
5 35 (1.89%) HTML
5 35 (1.89%) REST
6 31 (1.68%) React
7 30 (1.62%) Middleware
7 30 (1.62%) PySpark
8 27 (1.46%) Spring
9 26 (1.41%) Spring Boot
10 25 (1.35%) Oracle Fusion
11 23 (1.24%) RESTful
12 19 (1.03%) .NET Core
13 17 (0.92%) Web Services
14 16 (0.87%) AngularJS
14 16 (0.87%) XML
15 14 (0.76%) Entity Framework
15 14 (0.76%) Kafka
15 14 (0.76%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 101 (5.47%) Cloud Native
2 68 (3.68%) Product Ownership
3 64 (3.46%) Self-Motivation
4 60 (3.25%) Management Information System
5 55 (2.98%) Onboarding
6 51 (2.76%) NHS
7 38 (2.06%) e-Learning
8 36 (1.95%) Blog
8 36 (1.95%) Enterprise Software
9 33 (1.79%) Virtual Team
10 30 (1.62%) Legacy Systems
11 25 (1.35%) Data Centre
12 22 (1.19%) Hybrid Cloud
13 21 (1.14%) Driving Licence
14 20 (1.08%) AI Agents
14 20 (1.08%) CMDB
14 20 (1.08%) Security Posture
15 19 (1.03%) Greenfield Project
15 19 (1.03%) PKI
15 19 (1.03%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 75 (4.06%) Windows
2 70 (3.79%) Linux
3 53 (2.87%) Unix
4 18 (0.97%) 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 (0.054%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.054%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.054%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 595 (32.20%) Agile
2 540 (29.22%) Mentoring
3 495 (26.79%) Coaching
4 405 (21.92%) Continuous Improvement
5 270 (14.61%) CI/CD
6 253 (13.69%) AI
7 251 (13.58%) Decision-Making
8 237 (12.82%) Analytics
9 226 (12.23%) DevOps
10 224 (12.12%) Stakeholder Management
11 216 (11.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 209 (11.31%) Problem-Solving
13 185 (10.01%) Community of Practice
14 175 (9.47%) Technical Leadership
15 169 (9.15%) Cybersecurity
16 159 (8.60%) Software Engineering
16 159 (8.60%) Technology Strategy
17 155 (8.39%) Scrum
18 150 (8.12%) Roadmaps
19 137 (7.41%) User Research
Programming Languages
1 155 (8.39%) Java
2 152 (8.23%) SQL
3 134 (7.25%) Python
4 121 (6.55%) JavaScript
5 75 (4.06%) C#
6 30 (1.62%) Bash
7 25 (1.35%) C++
7 25 (1.35%) TypeScript
8 20 (1.08%) Bicep
9 19 (1.03%) PL/SQL
9 19 (1.03%) PowerShell
10 8 (0.43%) PHP
10 8 (0.43%) Scala
11 7 (0.38%) ABAP
11 7 (0.38%) Ruby
12 4 (0.22%) C
13 3 (0.16%) Go
13 3 (0.16%) Objective-C
13 3 (0.16%) Perl
13 3 (0.16%) R
Qualifications
1 481 (26.03%) Security Cleared
2 363 (19.64%) SC Cleared
3 194 (10.50%) Degree
4 89 (4.82%) DV Cleared
5 45 (2.44%) CISSP
6 41 (2.22%) BPSS Clearance
7 37 (2.00%) Computer Science Degree
8 29 (1.57%) CISM
9 23 (1.24%) Azure Certification
10 22 (1.19%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 19 (1.03%) TOGAF Certification
12 18 (0.97%) AWS Certification
13 17 (0.92%) DBS Check
14 15 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
15 11 (0.60%) APMP
15 11 (0.60%) Master's Degree
16 10 (0.54%) PMP
17 9 (0.49%) ACCA
17 9 (0.49%) CIMA
17 9 (0.49%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 162 (8.77%) Accessibility
2 78 (4.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 76 (4.11%) Data Quality
4 58 (3.14%) NCSC
5 57 (3.08%) QA
6 41 (2.22%) NIST
7 39 (2.11%) GDPR
8 34 (1.84%) GRC
9 30 (1.62%) WCAG
10 25 (1.35%) Actionable Recommendations
11 18 (0.97%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 18 (0.97%) PCI DSS
12 13 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
12 13 (0.70%) PMO
12 13 (0.70%) SLA
13 11 (0.60%) ISO 19650
13 11 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 9 (0.49%) ISO 9001
15 7 (0.38%) JSP 440
16 6 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 63 (3.41%) Docker
2 45 (2.44%) Active Directory
3 20 (1.08%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.60%) Hyper-V
5 5 (0.27%) Virtual Servers
5 5 (0.27%) VMware NSX
6 4 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.16%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 3 (0.16%) vSphere
8 1 (0.054%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.054%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.054%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 75 (4.06%) Kubernetes
2 28 (1.52%) Ansible
3 21 (1.14%) Grafana
4 17 (0.92%) Microsoft Intune
5 14 (0.76%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 13 (0.70%) Argo
7 7 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (0.27%) 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 (0.054%) Avamar
12 1 (0.054%) Cisco UCCE
12 1 (0.054%) Data Guard
12 1 (0.054%) logstash
12 1 (0.054%) NetBackup
Vendors
1 241 (13.04%) Microsoft
2 77 (4.17%) Oracle
3 52 (2.81%) ServiceNow
4 51 (2.76%) Google
5 37 (2.00%) Workday
6 32 (1.73%) YouTube
7 31 (1.68%) Cisco
8 30 (1.62%) SAP
9 23 (1.24%) VMware
10 22 (1.19%) Adobe
11 17 (0.92%) Databricks
12 14 (0.76%) Salesforce
13 13 (0.70%) Pega
14 12 (0.65%) Genesys
15 11 (0.60%) Avaya
15 11 (0.60%) Fortinet
15 11 (0.60%) Splunk
16 10 (0.54%) Dynatrace
17 7 (0.38%) Palo Alto
18 6 (0.32%) Blue Prism