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 12 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 85 45
Rank change year-on-year +59 -40 +19
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 1,217 482 1,678
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.99% 3.69% 5.29%
As % of the General category 12.35% 5.15% 8.60%
Number of salaries quoted 988 344 1,448
10th Percentile £38,200 £37,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,313 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +3.51% -3.39%
75th Percentile £73,813 £72,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £84,247 £86,750 £84,964
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -3.51%

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 9,854 9,365 19,514
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 56.63% 71.71% 61.56%
Number of salaries quoted 6,562 6,442 15,126
10th Percentile £30,500 £31,250 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,211 £43,750 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,743 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.22% +7.51% -9.60%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -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 12 April 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 39 (3.20%) SharePoint
2 13 (1.07%) Confluence
3 10 (0.82%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (0.74%) SAS
5 8 (0.66%) Drupal
6 6 (0.49%) CMS
7 5 (0.41%) Apache
7 5 (0.41%) nginx
7 5 (0.41%) WordPress
8 4 (0.33%) ArcGIS
8 4 (0.33%) Microsoft Exchange
9 3 (0.25%) Palantir Foundry
10 2 (0.16%) Camunda
10 2 (0.16%) JBoss
10 2 (0.16%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.16%) Umbraco
10 2 (0.16%) WebLogic
10 2 (0.16%) WebLogic Portal
11 1 (0.082%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 28 (2.30%) Adobe XD
2 19 (1.56%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (1.48%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.41%) InVision
4 5 (0.41%) Sketch
5 4 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.25%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.25%) Trello
7 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.082%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.082%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.082%) FrameMaker
8 1 (0.082%) MadCap Flare
8 1 (0.082%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 8 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.49%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.33%) Elite 3E
3 4 (0.33%) iTrent
3 4 (0.33%) Oracle ERP
3 4 (0.33%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 4 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
4 2 (0.16%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
4 2 (0.16%) Oracle Payables
4 2 (0.16%) Primavera
4 2 (0.16%) SAP HCM
4 2 (0.16%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (0.082%) Oracle Applications
5 1 (0.082%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.082%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.082%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.082%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 232 (19.06%) Azure
2 196 (16.11%) AWS
3 82 (6.74%) GCP
3 82 (6.74%) Power Platform
4 53 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
5 37 (3.04%) SaaS
6 35 (2.88%) Serverless
7 31 (2.55%) Entra ID
8 29 (2.38%) PowerApps
9 28 (2.30%) Figma
9 28 (2.30%) OCI
10 27 (2.22%) GitHub
10 27 (2.22%) Google Analytics
11 23 (1.89%) Azure DevOps
12 21 (1.73%) Dynamics 365
13 18 (1.48%) Amazon S3
13 18 (1.48%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
13 18 (1.48%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 16 (1.31%) Power Automate
15 14 (1.15%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 40 (3.29%) Firewall
2 25 (2.05%) WAN
3 20 (1.64%) LAN
4 19 (1.56%) Wi-Fi
5 16 (1.31%) Wireshark
6 15 (1.23%) Network Security
6 15 (1.23%) NGFW
6 15 (1.23%) VXLAN
7 11 (0.90%) Cisco ASA
8 10 (0.82%) BGP
8 10 (0.82%) SD-WAN
8 10 (0.82%) VLAN
8 10 (0.82%) VPN
9 9 (0.74%) SMTP
9 9 (0.74%) TCP/IP
9 9 (0.74%) Unified Communications
10 8 (0.66%) MPLS
11 7 (0.58%) Cisco Firepower
12 6 (0.49%) DMZ
12 6 (0.49%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (4.52%) Power BI
2 30 (2.47%) Metadata
3 25 (2.05%) MongoDB
4 24 (1.97%) PostgreSQL
5 23 (1.89%) NoSQL
6 16 (1.31%) SQL Server
7 13 (1.07%) Data Lake
7 13 (1.07%) Data Warehouse
8 12 (0.99%) MySQL
9 11 (0.90%) BigQuery
10 9 (0.74%) Tableau
11 8 (0.66%) Looker
12 7 (0.58%) Power Query
12 7 (0.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 6 (0.49%) Amazon Redshift
13 6 (0.49%) Oracle Reports
13 6 (0.49%) Relational Database
14 5 (0.41%) DynamoDB
14 5 (0.41%) MariaDB
14 5 (0.41%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 25 (2.05%) GitLab
2 24 (1.97%) Axure RP
3 23 (1.89%) Balsamiq
4 20 (1.64%) Git
5 16 (1.31%) JIRA
6 11 (0.90%) Jenkins
7 9 (0.74%) Selenium
7 9 (0.74%) Subversion
8 8 (0.66%) Bitbucket
9 7 (0.58%) Burp Suite
9 7 (0.58%) Cypress.io
9 7 (0.58%) Metasploit
10 5 (0.41%) Visual Studio
11 4 (0.33%) NUnit
12 3 (0.25%) Gatling
12 3 (0.25%) JMeter
12 3 (0.25%) Oracle Forms
12 3 (0.25%) REST Assured
12 3 (0.25%) WebDriver
13 2 (0.16%) TeamCity
General
1 326 (26.79%) Social Skills
2 253 (20.79%) Finance
3 208 (17.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 137 (11.26%) Analytical Skills
5 131 (10.76%) Law
6 80 (6.57%) Marketing
7 57 (4.68%) Telecoms
8 56 (4.60%) Presentation Skills
9 51 (4.19%) Local Government
10 45 (3.70%) Manufacturing
11 44 (3.62%) Legal
12 43 (3.53%) Retail
13 42 (3.45%) Influencing Skills
14 31 (2.55%) Electronics
15 28 (2.30%) Organisational Skills
16 22 (1.81%) Banking
17 17 (1.40%) Billing
18 13 (1.07%) Police
19 10 (0.82%) General Ledger
20 8 (0.66%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 327 (26.87%) Senior
2 161 (13.23%) Architect
3 142 (11.67%) Senior Manager
4 99 (8.13%) Lead
5 93 (7.64%) Developer
6 89 (7.31%) Consultant
7 63 (5.18%) Analyst
8 59 (4.85%) Solutions Architect
9 51 (4.19%) Project Manager
10 49 (4.03%) Designer
11 43 (3.53%) Data Engineer
12 42 (3.45%) Digital Project Manager
13 40 (3.29%) Business Analyst
13 40 (3.29%) Portfolio Manager
13 40 (3.29%) Senior Project Manager
14 37 (3.04%) Senior Digital Project Manager
14 37 (3.04%) Senior Portfolio Manager
15 36 (2.96%) Software Engineer
16 29 (2.38%) Data Architect
16 29 (2.38%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (3.20%) .NET
2 33 (2.71%) REST
3 26 (2.14%) CSS
3 26 (2.14%) HTML
4 25 (2.05%) React
5 24 (1.97%) RESTful
5 24 (1.97%) Spring
6 19 (1.56%) Middleware
7 18 (1.48%) SOAP
8 17 (1.40%) Lightning Web Components
8 17 (1.40%) Visualforce
9 15 (1.23%) SAP CAF
10 14 (1.15%) Spring Boot
11 12 (0.99%) HTML5 Canvas
12 10 (0.82%) .NET Core
12 10 (0.82%) PySpark
13 9 (0.74%) AngularJS
13 9 (0.74%) Kafka
13 9 (0.74%) Playwright
13 9 (0.74%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 68 (5.59%) Cloud Native
2 66 (5.42%) Product Ownership
3 52 (4.27%) Blog
4 40 (3.29%) Self-Motivation
5 39 (3.20%) NHS
6 36 (2.96%) Management Information System
7 34 (2.79%) Legacy Systems
7 34 (2.79%) Onboarding
8 31 (2.55%) Virtual Team
9 30 (2.47%) Data Centre
10 28 (2.30%) PKI
11 27 (2.22%) Hybrid Cloud
12 21 (1.73%) Legacy Applications
13 20 (1.64%) Public Cloud
14 18 (1.48%) Security Posture
15 17 (1.40%) Low-Code
16 15 (1.23%) Enterprise Cloud
16 15 (1.23%) Enterprise Software
17 14 (1.15%) PMI
18 12 (0.99%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 43 (3.53%) Windows
2 41 (3.37%) Linux
3 18 (1.48%) Unix
4 12 (0.99%) Windows Server
5 10 (0.82%) Android
6 9 (0.74%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.25%) VME
8 1 (0.082%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.082%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.082%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 355 (29.17%) Mentoring
2 333 (27.36%) Agile
3 305 (25.06%) Coaching
4 222 (18.24%) Continuous Improvement
5 185 (15.20%) Problem-Solving
6 165 (13.56%) AI
7 153 (12.57%) Community of Practice
8 136 (11.18%) Analytics
9 122 (10.02%) DevOps
10 117 (9.61%) CI/CD
11 116 (9.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 110 (9.04%) Decision-Making
12 110 (9.04%) Technology Strategy
13 107 (8.79%) Cybersecurity
14 106 (8.71%) Collaborative Culture
15 104 (8.55%) Business Intelligence
16 98 (8.05%) Roadmaps
17 84 (6.90%) Project Management
18 83 (6.82%) Stakeholder Management
19 82 (6.74%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 100 (8.22%) Python
2 82 (6.74%) SQL
3 75 (6.16%) Java
4 70 (5.75%) JavaScript
5 42 (3.45%) C#
6 17 (1.40%) Apex Code
7 16 (1.31%) PowerShell
8 14 (1.15%) VBA
9 12 (0.99%) Bash
10 11 (0.90%) R
10 11 (0.90%) TypeScript
11 8 (0.66%) Scala
12 6 (0.49%) PL/SQL
13 4 (0.33%) Bicep
13 4 (0.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 3 (0.25%) COBOL
15 2 (0.16%) ABAP
15 2 (0.16%) Google Apps Script
15 2 (0.16%) SPARQL
15 2 (0.16%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 342 (28.10%) Security Cleared
2 289 (23.75%) SC Cleared
3 224 (18.41%) Degree
4 47 (3.86%) Computer Science Degree
5 43 (3.53%) DV Cleared
6 36 (2.96%) CISSP
7 29 (2.38%) CISM
7 29 (2.38%) Microsoft Certification
8 26 (2.14%) BPSS Clearance
9 19 (1.56%) ACCA
9 19 (1.56%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 18 (1.48%) Azure Certification
11 15 (1.23%) CREST Certified
11 15 (1.23%) DBS Check
11 15 (1.23%) PMI Certification
12 12 (0.99%) CHECK Team Member
13 11 (0.90%) AWS Certification
14 10 (0.82%) Cisco Certification
15 9 (0.74%) Cyber Scheme
16 7 (0.58%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (5.83%) Accessibility
2 52 (4.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 50 (4.11%) Data Quality
4 49 (4.03%) QA
5 37 (3.04%) GRC
6 32 (2.63%) GDPR
7 30 (2.47%) NIST
8 27 (2.22%) WCAG
9 19 (1.56%) GAAP
9 19 (1.56%) IFRS
10 16 (1.31%) PCI DSS
11 13 (1.07%) Actionable Recommendations
11 13 (1.07%) P3O
12 11 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials
12 11 (0.90%) NCSC
13 8 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 8 (0.66%) ISO 9001
13 8 (0.66%) SLA
14 7 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 7 (0.58%) PMO
System Software
1 45 (3.70%) Active Directory
2 39 (3.20%) Docker
3 20 (1.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (1.15%) VMware NSX
5 10 (0.82%) vSphere
6 5 (0.41%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 5 (0.41%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.082%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.082%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.082%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 70 (5.75%) Terraform
2 36 (2.96%) Ansible
2 36 (2.96%) Kubernetes
3 20 (1.64%) Single Sign-On
4 11 (0.90%) Grafana
5 10 (0.82%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (0.58%) Nessus
6 7 (0.58%) Nmap
7 6 (0.49%) Cisco CUCM
8 4 (0.33%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.25%) Argo
9 3 (0.25%) Check_MK
9 3 (0.25%) Control-M
9 3 (0.25%) OpenView
9 3 (0.25%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.16%) Kibana
10 2 (0.16%) MIIS
10 2 (0.16%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 2 (0.16%) Tivoli
11 1 (0.082%) Rancher
Vendors
1 194 (15.94%) Microsoft
2 66 (5.42%) Google
3 44 (3.62%) SAP
4 36 (2.96%) Oracle
5 35 (2.88%) Salesforce
6 30 (2.47%) Adobe
7 24 (1.97%) VMware
8 21 (1.73%) ServiceNow
9 20 (1.64%) Cisco
10 18 (1.48%) MuleSoft
11 16 (1.31%) CyberArk
12 15 (1.23%) Arista
12 15 (1.23%) Aruba
12 15 (1.23%) NetScout
13 10 (0.82%) Splunk
14 8 (0.66%) Apple
14 8 (0.66%) Atlassian
14 8 (0.66%) Fortinet
14 8 (0.66%) Samsung
15 7 (0.58%) HubSpot