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

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 71 48
Rank change year-on-year +47 -23 +16
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 1,369 738 1,681
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.31% 4.89% 5.16%
As % of the General category 13.10% 6.55% 8.31%
Number of salaries quoted 1,130 353 1,431
10th Percentile £40,875 £37,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,696 £46,486 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £60,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year +5.13% +3.51% -3.39%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,565 £82,500 £84,964
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -0.48%

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 10,452 11,264 20,228
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 55.78% 74.63% 62.07%
Number of salaries quoted 6,937 6,394 15,097
10th Percentile £31,530 £29,000 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,996 £42,500 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £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 19 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 38 (2.78%) SharePoint
2 13 (0.95%) Apache Airflow
3 10 (0.73%) SAS
4 9 (0.66%) Apache
5 7 (0.51%) SharePoint Server
6 6 (0.44%) CMS
6 6 (0.44%) Confluence
7 5 (0.37%) Drupal
8 4 (0.29%) Apache Spark
8 4 (0.29%) ArcGIS
8 4 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
9 3 (0.22%) Jupyter
9 3 (0.22%) nginx
9 3 (0.22%) Palantir Foundry
10 2 (0.15%) Camunda
10 2 (0.15%) JBoss
10 2 (0.15%) Umbraco
10 2 (0.15%) WordPress
Applications
1 25 (1.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
3 22 (1.61%) Adobe XD
4 9 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.37%) InVision
5 5 (0.37%) Sketch
6 3 (0.22%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.22%) Windchill
7 2 (0.15%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.15%) Civil 3D
7 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.073%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.073%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.073%) FrameMaker
8 1 (0.073%) MadCap Flare
8 1 (0.073%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.073%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 10 (0.73%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.51%) iTrent
2 7 (0.51%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.29%) Elite 3E
3 4 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
3 4 (0.29%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
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 (0.073%) HFM
5 1 (0.073%) Oracle General Ledger
5 1 (0.073%) Oracle Receivables
5 1 (0.073%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 275 (20.09%) Azure
2 227 (16.58%) AWS
3 86 (6.28%) Power Platform
4 76 (5.55%) GCP
5 57 (4.16%) Microsoft 365
6 41 (2.99%) Azure DevOps
7 31 (2.26%) Entra ID
7 31 (2.26%) SaaS
8 27 (1.97%) Serverless
9 26 (1.90%) Google Analytics
9 26 (1.90%) OCI
10 25 (1.83%) PowerApps
11 22 (1.61%) Figma
11 22 (1.61%) GitHub
12 21 (1.53%) Amazon S3
13 18 (1.31%) Azure AKS
14 16 (1.17%) Azure Service Bus
15 15 (1.10%) Dynamics 365
15 15 (1.10%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 15 (1.10%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 43 (3.14%) Firewall
2 37 (2.70%) WAN
3 31 (2.26%) LAN
4 18 (1.31%) Network Security
4 18 (1.31%) Wi-Fi
5 16 (1.17%) Wireshark
6 15 (1.10%) NGFW
6 15 (1.10%) VXLAN
7 14 (1.02%) Cisco ASA
7 14 (1.02%) Unified Communications
7 14 (1.02%) VLAN
8 10 (0.73%) BGP
8 10 (0.73%) Cisco Firepower
8 10 (0.73%) SD-WAN
9 9 (0.66%) SMTP
9 9 (0.66%) VPN
9 9 (0.66%) WebEx
10 8 (0.58%) MPLS
11 6 (0.44%) DMZ
11 6 (0.44%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (4.31%) Power BI
2 47 (3.43%) PostgreSQL
3 45 (3.29%) MongoDB
4 41 (2.99%) Metadata
5 30 (2.19%) NoSQL
6 23 (1.68%) MySQL
7 16 (1.17%) SQL Server
8 14 (1.02%) Data Lake
8 14 (1.02%) Data Warehouse
9 11 (0.80%) BigQuery
10 8 (0.58%) Amazon Athena
10 8 (0.58%) DynamoDB
10 8 (0.58%) Looker
11 7 (0.51%) Azure SQL Database
11 7 (0.51%) Tableau
12 6 (0.44%) Amazon RDS
12 6 (0.44%) Amazon Redshift
12 6 (0.44%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 5 (0.37%) Relational Database
13 5 (0.37%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 40 (2.92%) GitLab
2 35 (2.56%) Git
3 16 (1.17%) Axure RP
3 16 (1.17%) Jenkins
4 15 (1.10%) Balsamiq
5 9 (0.66%) Selenium
6 8 (0.58%) JIRA
7 6 (0.44%) Cypress.io
8 4 (0.29%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.29%) Burp Suite
8 4 (0.29%) Metasploit
8 4 (0.29%) Subversion
9 3 (0.22%) Gatling
9 3 (0.22%) JMeter
9 3 (0.22%) NUnit
9 3 (0.22%) 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
1 313 (22.86%) Social Skills
2 230 (16.80%) Finance
3 202 (14.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 134 (9.79%) Analytical Skills
5 126 (9.20%) Law
6 58 (4.24%) Marketing
7 56 (4.09%) Influencing Skills
8 46 (3.36%) Local Government
9 41 (2.99%) Legal
10 39 (2.85%) Retail
11 38 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
12 36 (2.63%) Telecoms
13 31 (2.26%) Organisational Skills
14 23 (1.68%) Banking
15 20 (1.46%) Manufacturing
16 12 (0.88%) Billing
17 11 (0.80%) Electronics
18 10 (0.73%) General Ledger
18 10 (0.73%) Police
19 7 (0.51%) Environmental Health
Job Titles
1 385 (28.12%) Senior
2 197 (14.39%) Architect
3 156 (11.40%) Senior Manager
4 121 (8.84%) Lead
5 89 (6.50%) Analyst
6 87 (6.36%) Consultant
7 85 (6.21%) Developer
8 64 (4.67%) Business Analyst
9 58 (4.24%) Solutions Architect
10 53 (3.87%) Designer
11 49 (3.58%) Project Manager
12 47 (3.43%) Data Engineer
12 47 (3.43%) Software Engineer
13 43 (3.14%) Portfolio Manager
13 43 (3.14%) Technical Architect
14 42 (3.07%) Digital Project Manager
15 41 (2.99%) Data Architect
16 40 (2.92%) Delivery Manager
16 40 (2.92%) Senior Project Manager
17 38 (2.78%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (3.07%) .NET
2 35 (2.56%) REST
3 30 (2.19%) RESTful
4 26 (1.90%) Node.js
5 22 (1.61%) CSS
5 22 (1.61%) HTML
6 21 (1.53%) Middleware
6 21 (1.53%) React
6 21 (1.53%) Spring
7 20 (1.46%) SOAP
8 14 (1.02%) Lightning Web Components
8 14 (1.02%) Oracle Fusion
8 14 (1.02%) Visualforce
9 13 (0.95%) Spring Boot
10 10 (0.73%) EDI
10 10 (0.73%) PySpark
11 9 (0.66%) HTML5 Canvas
11 9 (0.66%) Playwright
11 9 (0.66%) SAML
11 9 (0.66%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 73 (5.33%) Cloud Native
2 67 (4.89%) Product Ownership
3 45 (3.29%) Management Information System
4 42 (3.07%) Legacy Systems
4 42 (3.07%) Onboarding
5 34 (2.48%) Virtual Team
6 32 (2.34%) Data Centre
7 30 (2.19%) Blog
8 29 (2.12%) Hybrid Cloud
9 28 (2.05%) Legacy Applications
9 28 (2.05%) PKI
10 27 (1.97%) NHS
11 23 (1.68%) Public Cloud
12 22 (1.61%) Security Posture
13 16 (1.17%) Low-Code
14 15 (1.10%) Self-Motivation
14 15 (1.10%) Video Conferencing
15 14 (1.02%) Enterprise Software
15 14 (1.02%) PMI
16 10 (0.73%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 53 (3.87%) Linux
2 51 (3.73%) Windows
3 26 (1.90%) Unix
4 12 (0.88%) Windows Server
5 9 (0.66%) Android
6 8 (0.58%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.22%) VME
8 2 (0.15%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 449 (32.80%) Mentoring
2 398 (29.07%) Agile
3 393 (28.71%) Coaching
4 224 (16.36%) Continuous Improvement
5 180 (13.15%) Problem-Solving
6 163 (11.91%) Community of Practice
7 150 (10.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 148 (10.81%) CI/CD
9 145 (10.59%) Analytics
10 143 (10.45%) AI
11 136 (9.93%) DevOps
12 116 (8.47%) Technology Strategy
13 107 (7.82%) Roadmaps
14 106 (7.74%) Cybersecurity
15 104 (7.60%) Collaborative Culture
16 103 (7.52%) Decision-Making
17 93 (6.79%) Business Intelligence
18 90 (6.57%) Software Engineering
19 86 (6.28%) Stakeholder Management
20 82 (5.99%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 112 (8.18%) Python
2 108 (7.89%) Java
3 98 (7.16%) SQL
4 88 (6.43%) JavaScript
5 42 (3.07%) C#
6 14 (1.02%) Apex Code
6 14 (1.02%) Bash
6 14 (1.02%) VBA
7 13 (0.95%) PowerShell
8 12 (0.88%) Scala
9 11 (0.80%) R
10 7 (0.51%) C++
10 7 (0.51%) TypeScript
11 5 (0.37%) PHP
12 4 (0.29%) Bicep
12 4 (0.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (0.22%) COBOL
13 3 (0.22%) Perl
13 3 (0.22%) PL/SQL
14 2 (0.15%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 352 (25.71%) Security Cleared
2 295 (21.55%) SC Cleared
3 198 (14.46%) Degree
4 51 (3.73%) DV Cleared
5 47 (3.43%) Computer Science Degree
6 33 (2.41%) CISSP
7 26 (1.90%) CISM
8 25 (1.83%) BPSS Clearance
8 25 (1.83%) Microsoft Certification
9 18 (1.31%) DBS Check
9 18 (1.31%) PMI Certification
10 15 (1.10%) Azure Certification
11 13 (0.95%) CREST Certified
12 12 (0.88%) ACCA
13 9 (0.66%) CHECK Team Member
13 9 (0.66%) Cisco Certification
13 9 (0.66%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 9 (0.66%) Master's Degree
14 8 (0.58%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
15 7 (0.51%) Cyber Scheme
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (5.84%) Accessibility
2 59 (4.31%) QA
3 57 (4.16%) Data Quality
4 47 (3.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 31 (2.26%) GDPR
6 25 (1.83%) GRC
6 25 (1.83%) NIST
7 22 (1.61%) WCAG
8 20 (1.46%) NCSC
9 18 (1.31%) Actionable Recommendations
10 15 (1.10%) PCI DSS
11 14 (1.02%) SLA
12 13 (0.95%) P3O
13 11 (0.80%) GAAP
13 11 (0.80%) IFRS
14 8 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
15 6 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 6 (0.44%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 6 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 6 (0.44%) JSP 440
System Software
1 43 (3.14%) Active Directory
2 34 (2.48%) Docker
3 22 (1.61%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (1.17%) VMware NSX
5 10 (0.73%) vSphere
6 6 (0.44%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 6 (0.44%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (0.29%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.073%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.073%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.073%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 78 (5.70%) Terraform
2 41 (2.99%) Ansible
3 34 (2.48%) Kubernetes
4 16 (1.17%) Single Sign-On
5 14 (1.02%) Argo
6 13 (0.95%) Grafana
7 10 (0.73%) Microsoft Intune
8 9 (0.66%) Cisco CUCM
9 4 (0.29%) Nessus
9 4 (0.29%) Nmap
9 4 (0.29%) vCenter Server
10 3 (0.22%) Check_MK
10 3 (0.22%) Control-M
10 3 (0.22%) OpenView
10 3 (0.22%) Prometheus
11 2 (0.15%) MIIS
11 2 (0.15%) Tivoli
12 1 (0.073%) Oracle RMAN
12 1 (0.073%) SCCM
12 1 (0.073%) WSUS
Vendors
1 206 (15.05%) Microsoft
2 62 (4.53%) Google
3 39 (2.85%) Oracle
4 32 (2.34%) Salesforce
5 28 (2.05%) ServiceNow
6 26 (1.90%) SAP
6 26 (1.90%) VMware
7 24 (1.75%) Adobe
8 23 (1.68%) Cisco
9 16 (1.17%) CyberArk
10 15 (1.10%) Arista
10 15 (1.10%) Aruba
10 15 (1.10%) NetScout
10 15 (1.10%) Splunk
11 14 (1.02%) MuleSoft
12 10 (0.73%) Fortinet
13 9 (0.66%) Palo Alto
14 8 (0.58%) Apple
14 8 (0.58%) Samsung
15 7 (0.51%) Red Hat