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 4 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 55 46
Rank change year-on-year +30 -9 +14
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 1,319 745 1,677
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.26% 5.36% 5.17%
As % of the General category 13.04% 7.33% 8.34%
Number of salaries quoted 1,082 350 1,431
10th Percentile £38,984 £37,150 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,446 £46,486 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,788 £60,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year +4.65% +3.51% -3.39%
75th Percentile £74,987 £68,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £84,892 £82,500 £84,964
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -1.00%

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 10,113 10,158 20,103
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 55.64% 73.05% 61.92%
Number of salaries quoted 6,732 6,512 15,098
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,913 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £112,500 £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 4 May 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 40 (3.03%) SharePoint
2 12 (0.91%) Apache Airflow
3 11 (0.83%) SAS
4 8 (0.61%) Apache
4 8 (0.61%) Confluence
5 7 (0.53%) Drupal
6 6 (0.45%) CMS
7 5 (0.38%) nginx
8 4 (0.30%) ArcGIS
8 4 (0.30%) Microsoft Exchange
8 4 (0.30%) WordPress
9 3 (0.23%) Palantir Foundry
10 2 (0.15%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.15%) Camunda
10 2 (0.15%) JBoss
10 2 (0.15%) Jupyter
10 2 (0.15%) Umbraco
Applications
1 27 (2.05%) Adobe XD
2 21 (1.59%) Microsoft Office
3 19 (1.44%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.38%) InVision
4 5 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.38%) Sketch
5 3 (0.23%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.076%) Acrobat
7 1 (0.076%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.076%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.076%) Civil 3D
7 1 (0.076%) FrameMaker
7 1 (0.076%) MadCap Flare
7 1 (0.076%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.076%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 8 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.53%) iTrent
3 4 (0.30%) Elite 3E
3 4 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.30%) Oracle ERP
3 4 (0.30%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 4 (0.30%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.15%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 2 (0.15%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.15%) SAP HCM
4 2 (0.15%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (0.076%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.076%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.076%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 249 (18.88%) Azure
2 214 (16.22%) AWS
3 81 (6.14%) GCP
4 80 (6.07%) Power Platform
5 54 (4.09%) Microsoft 365
6 33 (2.50%) Azure DevOps
6 33 (2.50%) SaaS
7 29 (2.20%) Entra ID
8 28 (2.12%) Serverless
9 27 (2.05%) Figma
10 26 (1.97%) OCI
10 26 (1.97%) PowerApps
11 25 (1.90%) Google Analytics
12 23 (1.74%) GitHub
13 19 (1.44%) Amazon S3
14 18 (1.36%) Azure AKS
14 18 (1.36%) Dynamics 365
15 17 (1.29%) Azure Service Bus
16 16 (1.21%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
16 16 (1.21%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 42 (3.18%) Firewall
2 32 (2.43%) WAN
3 26 (1.97%) LAN
4 19 (1.44%) Wi-Fi
5 17 (1.29%) Network Security
6 16 (1.21%) Wireshark
7 15 (1.14%) NGFW
7 15 (1.14%) VXLAN
8 13 (0.99%) Cisco ASA
8 13 (0.99%) VLAN
9 11 (0.83%) SD-WAN
9 11 (0.83%) Unified Communications
10 10 (0.76%) BGP
10 10 (0.76%) VPN
11 9 (0.68%) Cisco Firepower
11 9 (0.68%) SMTP
12 8 (0.61%) MPLS
12 8 (0.61%) TCP/IP
12 8 (0.61%) WebEx
13 6 (0.45%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (4.02%) Power BI
2 38 (2.88%) MongoDB
3 37 (2.81%) Metadata
4 36 (2.73%) PostgreSQL
5 23 (1.74%) NoSQL
6 15 (1.14%) SQL Server
7 14 (1.06%) Data Lake
7 14 (1.06%) Data Warehouse
8 12 (0.91%) MySQL
9 11 (0.83%) BigQuery
10 8 (0.61%) Looker
11 7 (0.53%) Amazon Athena
11 7 (0.53%) DynamoDB
11 7 (0.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 7 (0.53%) Tableau
12 6 (0.45%) Amazon Redshift
13 5 (0.38%) Amazon RDS
13 5 (0.38%) Relational Database
13 5 (0.38%) Star Schema
14 4 (0.30%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 39 (2.96%) GitLab
2 21 (1.59%) Axure RP
3 20 (1.52%) Balsamiq
3 20 (1.52%) Git
4 14 (1.06%) Jenkins
5 11 (0.83%) JIRA
6 7 (0.53%) Selenium
6 7 (0.53%) Subversion
7 6 (0.45%) Bitbucket
7 6 (0.45%) Burp Suite
7 6 (0.45%) Metasploit
8 4 (0.30%) Cypress.io
8 4 (0.30%) NUnit
9 3 (0.23%) Gatling
9 3 (0.23%) JMeter
9 3 (0.23%) REST Assured
10 2 (0.15%) Jasmine
10 2 (0.15%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.15%) Visual Studio
10 2 (0.15%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 315 (23.88%) Social Skills
2 243 (18.42%) Finance
3 206 (15.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 132 (10.01%) Analytical Skills
5 130 (9.86%) Law
6 73 (5.53%) Marketing
7 54 (4.09%) Local Government
8 53 (4.02%) Influencing Skills
9 50 (3.79%) Telecoms
10 47 (3.56%) Presentation Skills
11 41 (3.11%) Retail
12 40 (3.03%) Legal
13 35 (2.65%) Manufacturing
14 30 (2.27%) Organisational Skills
15 25 (1.90%) Banking
16 24 (1.82%) Electronics
17 17 (1.29%) Billing
18 13 (0.99%) Police
19 10 (0.76%) General Ledger
20 6 (0.45%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 361 (27.37%) Senior
2 178 (13.50%) Architect
3 154 (11.68%) Senior Manager
4 107 (8.11%) Lead
5 90 (6.82%) Analyst
5 90 (6.82%) Consultant
6 83 (6.29%) Developer
7 68 (5.16%) Business Analyst
8 60 (4.55%) Solutions Architect
9 55 (4.17%) Designer
10 49 (3.71%) Project Manager
11 45 (3.41%) Data Engineer
12 43 (3.26%) Portfolio Manager
13 42 (3.18%) Digital Project Manager
14 40 (3.03%) Senior Project Manager
15 37 (2.81%) Data Architect
15 37 (2.81%) Senior Digital Project Manager
15 37 (2.81%) Senior Portfolio Manager
16 36 (2.73%) Delivery Manager
17 34 (2.58%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (2.58%) .NET
2 32 (2.43%) REST
3 23 (1.74%) RESTful
4 21 (1.59%) CSS
4 21 (1.59%) HTML
5 20 (1.52%) Middleware
5 20 (1.52%) Node.js
5 20 (1.52%) React
5 20 (1.52%) Spring
6 17 (1.29%) SOAP
7 15 (1.14%) Lightning Web Components
7 15 (1.14%) Visualforce
8 12 (0.91%) SAP CAF
9 11 (0.83%) Oracle Fusion
9 11 (0.83%) Spring Boot
10 10 (0.76%) HTML5 Canvas
10 10 (0.76%) PySpark
11 9 (0.68%) Kafka
11 9 (0.68%) SAML
12 8 (0.61%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 71 (5.38%) Product Ownership
2 67 (5.08%) Cloud Native
3 43 (3.26%) Management Information System
4 42 (3.18%) Blog
5 36 (2.73%) Legacy Systems
5 36 (2.73%) NHS
6 35 (2.65%) Onboarding
7 33 (2.50%) Data Centre
7 33 (2.50%) Virtual Team
8 28 (2.12%) Hybrid Cloud
8 28 (2.12%) PKI
9 27 (2.05%) Self-Motivation
10 21 (1.59%) Legacy Applications
10 21 (1.59%) Public Cloud
11 20 (1.52%) Security Posture
12 16 (1.21%) Low-Code
13 14 (1.06%) Enterprise Software
13 14 (1.06%) PMI
14 13 (0.99%) Video Conferencing
15 10 (0.76%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 51 (3.87%) Windows
2 49 (3.71%) Linux
3 26 (1.97%) Unix
4 12 (0.91%) Windows Server
5 10 (0.76%) Android
6 9 (0.68%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.23%) VME
8 1 (0.076%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.076%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.076%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 413 (31.31%) Mentoring
2 366 (27.75%) Agile
3 365 (27.67%) Coaching
4 221 (16.76%) Continuous Improvement
5 178 (13.50%) Problem-Solving
6 166 (12.59%) Community of Practice
7 150 (11.37%) AI
8 140 (10.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 138 (10.46%) Analytics
10 126 (9.55%) CI/CD
10 126 (9.55%) DevOps
11 116 (8.79%) Technology Strategy
12 110 (8.34%) Cybersecurity
13 109 (8.26%) Collaborative Culture
14 108 (8.19%) Decision-Making
15 102 (7.73%) Roadmaps
16 99 (7.51%) Business Intelligence
17 83 (6.29%) Project Delivery
18 78 (5.91%) Project Management
18 78 (5.91%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 105 (7.96%) Python
2 84 (6.37%) SQL
3 82 (6.22%) Java
4 60 (4.55%) JavaScript
5 37 (2.81%) C#
6 15 (1.14%) Apex Code
6 15 (1.14%) Bash
6 15 (1.14%) PowerShell
7 14 (1.06%) VBA
8 11 (0.83%) R
8 11 (0.83%) Scala
9 9 (0.68%) TypeScript
10 5 (0.38%) Bicep
11 4 (0.30%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (0.23%) COBOL
12 3 (0.23%) PHP
12 3 (0.23%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.15%) Google Apps Script
13 2 (0.15%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.15%) SPARQL
Qualifications
1 340 (25.78%) Security Cleared
2 289 (21.91%) SC Cleared
3 215 (16.30%) Degree
4 46 (3.49%) Computer Science Degree
5 40 (3.03%) DV Cleared
6 37 (2.81%) CISSP
7 30 (2.27%) CISM
8 27 (2.05%) Microsoft Certification
9 24 (1.82%) BPSS Clearance
10 19 (1.44%) ACCA
11 16 (1.21%) Azure Certification
11 16 (1.21%) PMI Certification
12 15 (1.14%) CREST Certified
12 15 (1.14%) DBS Check
12 15 (1.14%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 12 (0.91%) CHECK Team Member
14 10 (0.76%) Cisco Certification
15 9 (0.68%) AWS Certification
15 9 (0.68%) Cyber Scheme
15 9 (0.68%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (5.61%) Accessibility
2 53 (4.02%) Data Quality
3 50 (3.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 48 (3.64%) QA
5 32 (2.43%) GDPR
6 30 (2.27%) GRC
7 29 (2.20%) NIST
8 27 (2.05%) WCAG
9 19 (1.44%) GAAP
9 19 (1.44%) IFRS
10 15 (1.14%) Actionable Recommendations
10 15 (1.14%) PCI DSS
11 14 (1.06%) NCSC
12 13 (0.99%) P3O
13 10 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials
13 10 (0.76%) SLA
14 8 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 6 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 6 (0.45%) JSP 440
16 5 (0.38%) PMO
System Software
1 41 (3.11%) Active Directory
2 37 (2.81%) Docker
3 23 (1.74%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (1.29%) VMware NSX
5 10 (0.76%) vSphere
6 5 (0.38%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 5 (0.38%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.076%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.076%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.076%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 78 (5.91%) Terraform
2 39 (2.96%) Ansible
3 34 (2.58%) Kubernetes
4 18 (1.36%) Single Sign-On
5 14 (1.06%) Argo
6 12 (0.91%) Grafana
7 10 (0.76%) Microsoft Intune
8 8 (0.61%) Cisco CUCM
9 6 (0.45%) Nessus
9 6 (0.45%) Nmap
10 4 (0.30%) vCenter Server
11 3 (0.23%) Check_MK
11 3 (0.23%) Control-M
11 3 (0.23%) OpenView
11 3 (0.23%) Prometheus
12 2 (0.15%) MIIS
12 2 (0.15%) Tivoli
13 1 (0.076%) Oracle RMAN
13 1 (0.076%) SCCM
13 1 (0.076%) WSUS
Vendors
1 196 (14.86%) Microsoft
2 65 (4.93%) Google
3 38 (2.88%) Oracle
4 36 (2.73%) SAP
5 32 (2.43%) Salesforce
6 29 (2.20%) Adobe
7 27 (2.05%) VMware
8 23 (1.74%) Cisco
9 19 (1.44%) ServiceNow
10 16 (1.21%) CyberArk
10 16 (1.21%) MuleSoft
11 15 (1.14%) Arista
11 15 (1.14%) Aruba
11 15 (1.14%) NetScout
12 12 (0.91%) Splunk
13 10 (0.76%) Fortinet
14 8 (0.61%) Apple
14 8 (0.61%) Palo Alto
14 8 (0.61%) Red Hat
14 8 (0.61%) Samsung