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 20 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 66 64
Rank change year-on-year +19 -2 +15
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 772 831 998
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.05% 4.23% 4.69%
As % of the General category 7.70% 6.72% 7.17%
Number of salaries quoted 596 445 827
10th Percentile £28,250 £37,297 £36,400
25th Percentile £41,163 £45,000 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +1.77% -1.74%
75th Percentile £71,250 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £57,433 £55,762 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.00% +1.39% -4.15%

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 common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 10,030 12,365 13,915
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 65.58% 62.94% 65.35%
Number of salaries quoted 6,404 7,040 10,932
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £38,219 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £64,600 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.86% +3.36% +0.81%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 20 November 2025.

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 28 (3.63%) SharePoint
2 16 (2.07%) Confluence
3 4 (0.52%) Oracle Workflow
4 3 (0.39%) Drupal
4 3 (0.39%) nginx
4 3 (0.39%) WordPress
5 2 (0.26%) CMS
5 2 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.26%) SAS
5 2 (0.26%) Tomcat
5 2 (0.26%) Umbraco
5 2 (0.26%) WebLogic
5 2 (0.26%) WebLogic Portal
6 1 (0.13%) ArcGIS
6 1 (0.13%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.13%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 27 (3.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 22 (2.85%) Adobe XD
3 21 (2.72%) Microsoft Office
4 8 (1.04%) AutoCAD
4 8 (1.04%) Civil 3D
4 8 (1.04%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (0.78%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.65%) Trello
7 4 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 1 (0.13%) Revit
8 1 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 16 (2.07%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (1.04%) Unit4 Business World
3 6 (0.78%) NEC Housing
4 4 (0.52%) SAP SCM
5 3 (0.39%) NetSuite
5 3 (0.39%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.39%) Primavera
5 3 (0.39%) SAP PM
5 3 (0.39%) SAP PP
6 2 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.26%) Oracle Applications
6 2 (0.26%) SAP APO
6 2 (0.26%) SAP EWM
6 2 (0.26%) SAP QM
6 2 (0.26%) Shopify
6 2 (0.26%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.13%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.13%) SAP FI
7 1 (0.13%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.13%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 129 (16.71%) Azure
2 92 (11.92%) AWS
3 53 (6.87%) Power Platform
4 40 (5.18%) SaaS
5 36 (4.66%) Microsoft 365
6 35 (4.53%) Serverless
7 27 (3.50%) Dynamics 365
8 24 (3.11%) Entra ID
8 24 (3.11%) Figma
8 24 (3.11%) GCP
9 23 (2.98%) Power Automate
10 22 (2.85%) PowerApps
11 17 (2.20%) GitHub
12 16 (2.07%) AWS Lambda
12 16 (2.07%) PaaS
13 15 (1.94%) Azure DevOps
13 15 (1.94%) Google Analytics
14 13 (1.68%) IaaS
14 13 (1.68%) Miro
15 11 (1.42%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 37 (4.79%) Network Security
2 19 (2.46%) Firewall
3 14 (1.81%) WAN
4 13 (1.68%) LAN
5 8 (1.04%) TCP/IP
5 8 (1.04%) Wi-Fi
6 7 (0.91%) DNS
7 4 (0.52%) BGP
7 4 (0.52%) DHCP
7 4 (0.52%) DMZ
7 4 (0.52%) Internet
7 4 (0.52%) VPN
8 3 (0.39%) SD-WAN
8 3 (0.39%) VSAT
8 3 (0.39%) Wireless
9 2 (0.26%) Intranet
9 2 (0.26%) MPLS
9 2 (0.26%) OSPF
9 2 (0.26%) SAN
9 2 (0.26%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (4.92%) Power BI
2 26 (3.37%) SQL Server
3 12 (1.55%) Metadata
3 12 (1.55%) Relational Database
4 8 (1.04%) NoSQL
4 8 (1.04%) PostgreSQL
5 7 (0.91%) Data Warehouse
5 7 (0.91%) MySQL
6 6 (0.78%) Geospatial Data
6 6 (0.78%) Metadata Repository
6 6 (0.78%) Tableau
7 5 (0.65%) Azure SQL Database
7 5 (0.65%) DynamoDB
7 5 (0.65%) SAP Data Services
7 5 (0.65%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (0.52%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (0.52%) BusinessObjects
8 4 (0.52%) MongoDB
8 4 (0.52%) MS Access
8 4 (0.52%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 22 (2.85%) Axure RP
1 22 (2.85%) Balsamiq
1 22 (2.85%) JIRA
2 13 (1.68%) Git
3 9 (1.17%) Selenium
4 8 (1.04%) Cypress.io
5 7 (0.91%) WebDriver
6 5 (0.65%) Subversion
7 4 (0.52%) Bitbucket
7 4 (0.52%) Burp Suite
7 4 (0.52%) GitLab
7 4 (0.52%) Metasploit
7 4 (0.52%) Oracle Forms
7 4 (0.52%) Toad
8 3 (0.39%) Jenkins
8 3 (0.39%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.26%) ER Studio
9 2 (0.26%) LoadRunner
9 2 (0.26%) Oracle APEX
9 2 (0.26%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 265 (34.33%) Social Skills
2 202 (26.17%) Finance
3 154 (19.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 128 (16.58%) Analytical Skills
5 114 (14.77%) Law
6 91 (11.79%) Telecoms
7 90 (11.66%) Manufacturing
8 89 (11.53%) Marketing
9 72 (9.33%) Local Government
10 70 (9.07%) Electronics
11 51 (6.61%) Legal
12 41 (5.31%) Presentation Skills
13 21 (2.72%) Retail
14 13 (1.68%) Pharmaceutical
15 11 (1.42%) Billing
15 11 (1.42%) Police
16 9 (1.17%) Organisational Skills
17 8 (1.04%) Military
18 7 (0.91%) Documentation Skills
19 5 (0.65%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 111 (14.38%) Consultant
2 89 (11.53%) Developer
3 88 (11.40%) Senior
4 81 (10.49%) Architect
5 56 (7.25%) Security Consultant
6 54 (6.99%) Lead
7 46 (5.96%) Solutions Architect
8 45 (5.83%) Analyst
9 32 (4.15%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 30 (3.89%) Cybersecurity Consultant
10 30 (3.89%) Designer
10 30 (3.89%) Senior Developer
11 23 (2.98%) IT Manager
12 21 (2.72%) Civil Engineer
12 21 (2.72%) Development Engineer
12 21 (2.72%) IT Support
13 19 (2.46%) Account Manager
13 19 (2.46%) Service Designer
14 18 (2.33%) Recruitment Consultant
15 16 (2.07%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (3.89%) .NET
2 28 (3.63%) React
3 24 (3.11%) CSS
3 24 (3.11%) HTML
4 23 (2.98%) REST
5 22 (2.85%) Spring
6 20 (2.59%) SAP CAF
7 18 (2.33%) Spring Boot
8 17 (2.20%) SOAP
9 15 (1.94%) HTML5 Canvas
10 12 (1.55%) Web Services
11 11 (1.42%) .NET Framework
11 11 (1.42%) Node.js
12 10 (1.30%) JSON
13 9 (1.17%) .NET Core
13 9 (1.17%) Django
14 8 (1.04%) AngularJS
14 8 (1.04%) Entity Framework
14 8 (1.04%) RESTful
14 8 (1.04%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 51 (6.61%) Cloud Native
2 47 (6.09%) Self-Motivation
3 46 (5.96%) NHS
4 42 (5.44%) Product Ownership
5 32 (4.15%) Onboarding
6 31 (4.02%) Analytical Mindset
7 30 (3.89%) Blog
8 27 (3.50%) Virtual Team
9 15 (1.94%) Hybrid Cloud
10 14 (1.81%) Data Centre
10 14 (1.81%) Management Information System
11 12 (1.55%) Legacy Systems
11 12 (1.55%) Social Media
12 9 (1.17%) Enterprise Cloud
13 8 (1.04%) Greenfield Project
14 7 (0.91%) IoT
14 7 (0.91%) Reference Data
14 7 (0.91%) Team-Oriented Environment
15 6 (0.78%) Driving Licence
15 6 (0.78%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 37 (4.79%) Windows
2 24 (3.11%) Windows Server
3 22 (2.85%) Linux
4 12 (1.55%) Unix
5 10 (1.30%) Windows Server 2019
6 8 (1.04%) Rocky
7 5 (0.65%) Windows 10
8 2 (0.26%) Android
8 2 (0.26%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.26%) VMS
8 2 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.13%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.13%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.13%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 178 (23.06%) Agile
2 148 (19.17%) Continuous Improvement
3 130 (16.84%) AI
4 124 (16.06%) Problem-Solving
5 119 (15.41%) Mentoring
6 109 (14.12%) Business Intelligence
7 100 (12.95%) Analytics
8 99 (12.82%) Cybersecurity
9 92 (11.92%) Decision-Making
10 89 (11.53%) Project Management
11 80 (10.36%) Programme Management
12 77 (9.97%) Business Development
13 74 (9.59%) Digital Marketing
14 73 (9.46%) Collaborative Culture
14 73 (9.46%) Community of Practice
15 72 (9.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 71 (9.20%) Stakeholder Management
17 68 (8.81%) Technology Strategy
18 67 (8.68%) DevOps
19 63 (8.16%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 65 (8.42%) Python
2 64 (8.29%) SQL
3 61 (7.90%) JavaScript
4 52 (6.74%) C#
5 44 (5.70%) Java
6 21 (2.72%) PowerShell
7 17 (2.20%) TypeScript
8 9 (1.17%) Bash
8 9 (1.17%) Bicep
9 7 (0.91%) Apex Code
10 4 (0.52%) PL/SQL
10 4 (0.52%) Shell Script
10 4 (0.52%) VB
11 3 (0.39%) Go
11 3 (0.39%) R
11 3 (0.39%) Scala
11 3 (0.39%) T-SQL
12 2 (0.26%) ABAP
12 2 (0.26%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.13%) PHP
Qualifications
1 246 (31.87%) Security Cleared
2 191 (24.74%) SC Cleared
3 172 (22.28%) Degree
4 58 (7.51%) CISSP
5 39 (5.05%) DV Cleared
6 33 (4.27%) CISM
7 29 (3.76%) Computer Science Degree
8 28 (3.63%) Azure Certification
9 27 (3.50%) CompTIA Security+
9 27 (3.50%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 25 (3.24%) CEH
10 25 (3.24%) Microsoft Certification
11 19 (2.46%) DBS Check
12 18 (2.33%) BPSS Clearance
13 17 (2.20%) AWS Certification
14 16 (2.07%) ACCA
14 16 (2.07%) Postgraduate
15 14 (1.81%) ITIL Certification
16 13 (1.68%) SAP Certification
17 9 (1.17%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 72 (9.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 61 (7.90%) Accessibility
3 60 (7.77%) NIST
4 38 (4.92%) QA
5 37 (4.79%) GRC
6 32 (4.15%) PCI DSS
7 29 (3.76%) WCAG
8 14 (1.81%) GDPR
9 12 (1.55%) ISO 9001
10 10 (1.30%) PMO
11 9 (1.17%) JSP 440
11 9 (1.17%) NCSC
12 8 (1.04%) GAAP
12 8 (1.04%) IFRS
13 6 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials
13 6 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 5 (0.65%) Data Quality
15 4 (0.52%) NIST 800
16 3 (0.39%) ISO 19650
16 3 (0.39%) ITGC
System Software
1 30 (3.89%) Active Directory
2 21 (2.72%) Docker
3 12 (1.55%) Hyper-V
4 9 (1.17%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.39%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.13%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.13%) Firmware
6 1 (0.13%) IAG
6 1 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.13%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.13%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 35 (4.53%) Kubernetes
2 27 (3.50%) Terraform
3 6 (0.78%) Single Sign-On
4 5 (0.65%) Ansible
5 4 (0.52%) Nessus
6 3 (0.39%) Grafana
6 3 (0.39%) Microsoft Intune
6 3 (0.39%) Nmap
6 3 (0.39%) SCOM
7 2 (0.26%) FortiGate
7 2 (0.26%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 2 (0.26%) ZABBIX
8 1 (0.13%) Docker Swarm
8 1 (0.13%) Kibana
8 1 (0.13%) OpenView
8 1 (0.13%) Puppet
8 1 (0.13%) Rancher
8 1 (0.13%) SmoothWall
8 1 (0.13%) Tivoli
8 1 (0.13%) vRealize Orchestrator
Vendors
1 125 (16.19%) Microsoft
2 99 (12.82%) SAP
3 29 (3.76%) Google
4 28 (3.63%) Adobe
5 26 (3.37%) Oracle
6 19 (2.46%) Salesforce
7 17 (2.20%) ServiceNow
8 14 (1.81%) Cisco
9 12 (1.55%) Apple
10 11 (1.42%) NEC
11 10 (1.30%) Fortinet
11 10 (1.30%) MuleSoft
11 10 (1.30%) VMware
12 9 (1.17%) Dell
13 7 (0.91%) Atlassian
13 7 (0.91%) Mercator
14 6 (0.78%) Meraki
15 5 (0.65%) Ariba
15 5 (0.65%) Extreme Networks
16 4 (0.52%) Palo Alto