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 23 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 62 46
Rank change year-on-year +32 -16 +14
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 1,455 858 1,397
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.71% 5.20% 4.86%
As % of the General category 11.27% 7.18% 7.94%
Number of salaries quoted 1,217 439 1,122
10th Percentile £38,772 £33,000 £37,250
25th Percentile £46,446 £44,196 £44,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £55,000 £58,250
Median % change year-on-year +14.68% -5.58% +1.30%
75th Percentile £77,424 £68,750 £72,373
90th Percentile £88,889 £80,250 £84,964
UK median annual salary £60,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% +5.45% -

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 12,910 11,945 17,594
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.56% 72.45% 61.21%
Number of salaries quoted 8,325 6,687 12,401
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £42,202
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% - -8.00%
75th Percentile £79,250 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,697
% change year-on-year - +4.37% -12.17%

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 23 July 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 32 (2.20%) SharePoint
2 16 (1.10%) Apache Airflow
3 14 (0.96%) Apache
3 14 (0.96%) Apache Spark
4 11 (0.76%) SAS
5 8 (0.55%) Confluence
5 8 (0.55%) SharePoint Server
6 7 (0.48%) Jupyter
7 5 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
8 4 (0.27%) CMS
9 3 (0.21%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.21%) Drupal
10 2 (0.14%) Camunda
10 2 (0.14%) JBoss
10 2 (0.14%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.069%) nginx
11 1 (0.069%) WordPress
Applications
1 28 (1.92%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (1.65%) Microsoft Office
3 15 (1.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (0.82%) Adobe XD
5 11 (0.76%) Chatbot
6 6 (0.41%) AutoCAD
6 6 (0.41%) Civil 3D
7 4 (0.27%) Windchill
8 3 (0.21%) MS Visio
9 2 (0.14%) InVision
9 2 (0.14%) PlantUML
9 2 (0.14%) Sketch
10 1 (0.069%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 15 (1.03%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (0.69%) Workday HCM
3 8 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.48%) iTrent
5 4 (0.27%) Elite 3E
6 3 (0.21%) Distributed Ledger
6 3 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
6 3 (0.21%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.14%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
7 2 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
7 2 (0.14%) SAP HCM
7 2 (0.14%) SAP Payroll
8 1 (0.069%) HFM
8 1 (0.069%) Oracle General Ledger
8 1 (0.069%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 285 (19.59%) Azure
2 279 (19.18%) AWS
3 78 (5.36%) GCP
4 69 (4.74%) Power Platform
5 60 (4.12%) Microsoft 365
6 40 (2.75%) Azure DevOps
7 33 (2.27%) Entra ID
8 29 (1.99%) Google Analytics
8 29 (1.99%) SaaS
9 21 (1.44%) Serverless
10 20 (1.37%) Amazon S3
11 18 (1.24%) Azure AKS
11 18 (1.24%) Azure Service Bus
11 18 (1.24%) GitHub
12 16 (1.10%) Amazon EC2
13 12 (0.82%) Figma
13 12 (0.82%) OCI
14 11 (0.76%) AWS Lambda
14 11 (0.76%) Dynamics 365
14 11 (0.76%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 36 (2.47%) WAN
2 31 (2.13%) Firewall
3 30 (2.06%) LAN
4 27 (1.86%) Network Security
5 16 (1.10%) DNS
5 16 (1.10%) Unified Communications
6 15 (1.03%) VoIP
7 13 (0.89%) DHCP
8 12 (0.82%) Wi-Fi
9 11 (0.76%) CTI
9 11 (0.76%) VLAN
10 10 (0.69%) Cisco ASA
11 9 (0.62%) Cisco Firepower
11 9 (0.62%) MPLS
11 9 (0.62%) WebEx
12 8 (0.55%) BGP
12 8 (0.55%) VPN
13 7 (0.48%) SMTP
13 7 (0.48%) TCP/IP
14 6 (0.41%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (4.54%) PostgreSQL
2 61 (4.19%) Power BI
3 58 (3.99%) MongoDB
4 40 (2.75%) MySQL
5 39 (2.68%) NoSQL
6 35 (2.41%) Metadata
7 20 (1.37%) SQL Server
8 16 (1.10%) BigQuery
9 14 (0.96%) Data Lake
10 13 (0.89%) Amazon Athena
11 12 (0.82%) Big Data
11 12 (0.82%) Relational Database
12 11 (0.76%) Looker
12 11 (0.76%) Tableau
13 10 (0.69%) DynamoDB
14 9 (0.62%) Azure SQL Database
14 9 (0.62%) Data Warehouse
15 7 (0.48%) Amazon Redshift
16 6 (0.41%) Amazon RDS
17 4 (0.27%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 40 (2.75%) GitLab
2 39 (2.68%) Git
3 17 (1.17%) Jenkins
4 15 (1.03%) JIRA
5 8 (0.55%) Selenium
6 6 (0.41%) Axure RP
6 6 (0.41%) Balsamiq
6 6 (0.41%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.21%) Gatling
7 3 (0.21%) JMeter
7 3 (0.21%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.14%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.14%) Jasmine
8 2 (0.14%) JUnit
8 2 (0.14%) NUnit
8 2 (0.14%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.14%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.14%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.069%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.069%) TestComplete
General
1 321 (22.06%) Social Skills
2 189 (12.99%) Finance
2 189 (12.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 136 (9.35%) Analytical Skills
4 124 (8.52%) Law
5 69 (4.74%) Influencing Skills
6 56 (3.85%) Legal
7 50 (3.44%) Local Government
8 49 (3.37%) Marketing
9 45 (3.09%) Presentation Skills
10 37 (2.54%) Retail
11 32 (2.20%) Organisational Skills
12 28 (1.92%) Telecoms
13 19 (1.31%) Banking
14 12 (0.82%) Multimedia
15 9 (0.62%) Environmental Health
15 9 (0.62%) Police
16 7 (0.48%) General Ledger
16 7 (0.48%) Welsh Language
17 6 (0.41%) Military
Job Titles
1 375 (25.77%) Senior
2 242 (16.63%) Architect
3 139 (9.55%) Lead
4 117 (8.04%) Analyst
5 105 (7.22%) Consultant
5 105 (7.22%) Senior Manager
6 80 (5.50%) Business Analyst
6 80 (5.50%) Developer
7 72 (4.95%) Technical Architect
8 58 (3.99%) Account Manager
9 57 (3.92%) Data Architect
9 57 (3.92%) Software Engineer
10 54 (3.71%) Solutions Architect
11 49 (3.37%) Delivery Manager
12 47 (3.23%) DevOps Engineer
13 44 (3.02%) Lead Architect
13 44 (3.02%) Project Manager
14 43 (2.96%) Designer
15 41 (2.82%) IT Manager
15 41 (2.82%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (2.75%) Node.js
2 39 (2.68%) .NET
3 38 (2.61%) REST
4 34 (2.34%) RESTful
5 25 (1.72%) React
6 24 (1.65%) Spring
7 19 (1.31%) SOAP
8 17 (1.17%) CSS
9 16 (1.10%) HTML
9 16 (1.10%) Oracle Fusion
9 16 (1.10%) Spring Boot
10 15 (1.03%) Middleware
11 14 (0.96%) Kafka
11 14 (0.96%) PySpark
12 11 (0.76%) SAML
13 9 (0.62%) AngularJS
13 9 (0.62%) XMPP
14 8 (0.55%) Lightning Web Components
14 8 (0.55%) Playwright
14 8 (0.55%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 101 (6.94%) Cloud Native
2 62 (4.26%) Product Ownership
3 51 (3.51%) Onboarding
4 45 (3.09%) Management Information System
5 42 (2.89%) Legacy Systems
6 37 (2.54%) e-Learning
7 35 (2.41%) Virtual Team
8 32 (2.20%) Self-Motivation
9 31 (2.13%) NHS
10 19 (1.31%) CMDB
10 19 (1.31%) Enterprise Software
10 19 (1.31%) Greenfield Project
10 19 (1.31%) Security Posture
11 18 (1.24%) Data Centre
11 18 (1.24%) Hybrid Cloud
11 18 (1.24%) Legacy Applications
12 17 (1.17%) PKI
13 16 (1.10%) Blog
14 12 (0.82%) Video Conferencing
15 11 (0.76%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 76 (5.22%) Windows
2 65 (4.47%) Linux
3 41 (2.82%) Unix
4 19 (1.31%) Windows Server
5 8 (0.55%) Android
5 8 (0.55%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.21%) VME
6 3 (0.21%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.14%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.069%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.069%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.069%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 474 (32.58%) Agile
2 470 (32.30%) Mentoring
3 404 (27.77%) Coaching
4 302 (20.76%) Continuous Improvement
5 178 (12.23%) CI/CD
6 170 (11.68%) Problem-Solving
7 168 (11.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 164 (11.27%) Community of Practice
9 158 (10.86%) Analytics
10 152 (10.45%) AI
11 149 (10.24%) DevOps
12 136 (9.35%) Roadmaps
12 136 (9.35%) Technology Strategy
13 127 (8.73%) Decision-Making
14 116 (7.97%) Cybersecurity
15 113 (7.77%) Scrum
15 113 (7.77%) Software Engineering
16 109 (7.49%) Stakeholder Management
17 102 (7.01%) Test Automation
18 99 (6.80%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 131 (9.00%) Java
2 113 (7.77%) SQL
3 99 (6.80%) Python
4 91 (6.25%) JavaScript
5 39 (2.68%) C#
6 18 (1.24%) Bash
7 16 (1.10%) PowerShell
8 11 (0.76%) TypeScript
9 9 (0.62%) R
10 8 (0.55%) Apex Code
10 8 (0.55%) C++
11 7 (0.48%) Scala
12 6 (0.41%) PHP
13 5 (0.34%) Bicep
14 4 (0.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 4 (0.27%) Perl
15 3 (0.21%) COBOL
15 3 (0.21%) PL/SQL
15 3 (0.21%) Ruby
15 3 (0.21%) VBA
Qualifications
1 356 (24.47%) Security Cleared
2 305 (20.96%) SC Cleared
3 198 (13.61%) Degree
4 70 (4.81%) DV Cleared
5 58 (3.99%) Computer Science Degree
6 39 (2.68%) CISSP
7 29 (1.99%) BPSS Clearance
8 27 (1.86%) CISM
9 19 (1.31%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 16 (1.10%) PMI Certification
11 13 (0.89%) Microsoft Certification
12 12 (0.82%) CREST Certified
13 10 (0.69%) Azure Certification
13 10 (0.69%) DBS Check
13 10 (0.69%) PMP
14 8 (0.55%) Cisco Certification
15 7 (0.48%) AWS Certification
15 7 (0.48%) CCNP
15 7 (0.48%) Master's Degree
16 6 (0.41%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 111 (7.63%) Accessibility
2 67 (4.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 57 (3.92%) QA
4 44 (3.02%) Data Quality
5 38 (2.61%) NCSC
6 34 (2.34%) NIST
7 30 (2.06%) GDPR
8 28 (1.92%) Actionable Recommendations
9 19 (1.31%) GRC
9 19 (1.31%) PCI DSS
9 19 (1.31%) WCAG
10 16 (1.10%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 10 (0.69%) SLA
12 9 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
13 6 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 6 (0.41%) ISO 9001
13 6 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 6 (0.41%) PMO
14 5 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 5 (0.34%) P3O
System Software
1 47 (3.23%) Active Directory
2 42 (2.89%) Docker
3 23 (1.58%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (0.82%) VMware NSX
5 10 (0.69%) vSphere
6 6 (0.41%) Hyper-V
6 6 (0.41%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 6 (0.41%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 70 (4.81%) Terraform
2 52 (3.57%) Kubernetes
3 31 (2.13%) Ansible
4 15 (1.03%) Microsoft Intune
5 14 (0.96%) Argo
6 13 (0.89%) Grafana
7 9 (0.62%) Cisco CUCM
8 8 (0.55%) Single Sign-On
9 7 (0.48%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 4 (0.27%) vCenter Server
11 3 (0.21%) Check_MK
11 3 (0.21%) OpenView
11 3 (0.21%) Prometheus
11 3 (0.21%) SCCM
12 2 (0.14%) MIIS
12 2 (0.14%) Tivoli
13 1 (0.069%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 1 (0.069%) Kibana
13 1 (0.069%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 171 (11.75%) Microsoft
2 50 (3.44%) ServiceNow
3 46 (3.16%) Google
4 41 (2.82%) Oracle
5 30 (2.06%) VMware
6 28 (1.92%) Cisco
7 20 (1.37%) Salesforce
8 18 (1.24%) Workday
9 15 (1.03%) CyberArk
9 15 (1.03%) Splunk
10 13 (0.89%) Avaya
10 13 (0.89%) Databricks
10 13 (0.89%) Pega
10 13 (0.89%) SAP
11 12 (0.82%) Adobe
11 12 (0.82%) Fortinet
11 12 (0.82%) Palo Alto
12 11 (0.76%) Genesys
13 10 (0.69%) Apple
14 9 (0.62%) MuleSoft