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 25 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 69 46
Rank change year-on-year +45 -23 +14
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 1,493 773 1,681
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.33% 4.94% 4.92%
As % of the General category 12.52% 6.65% 8.10%
Number of salaries quoted 1,259 363 1,396
10th Percentile £38,984 £33,100 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,789 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £59,500 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year +6.01% +2.65% +0.81%
75th Percentile £75,000 £69,125 £73,750
90th Percentile £88,148 £85,000 £84,964
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -

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 11,922 11,617 20,744
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 58.50% 74.29% 60.71%
Number of salaries quoted 7,817 6,429 15,176
10th Percentile £32,500 £27,500 £31,549
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £79,250 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £110,000 £96,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -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 25 June 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 35 (2.34%) SharePoint
2 17 (1.14%) Apache Airflow
3 14 (0.94%) Apache
4 12 (0.80%) SAS
5 9 (0.60%) Apache Spark
6 8 (0.54%) SharePoint Server
7 7 (0.47%) Jupyter
8 5 (0.33%) Microsoft Exchange
9 3 (0.20%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.20%) CMS
9 3 (0.20%) Drupal
9 3 (0.20%) Palantir Foundry
10 2 (0.13%) Camunda
10 2 (0.13%) Confluence
10 2 (0.13%) JBoss
11 1 (0.067%) nginx
Applications
1 29 (1.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (1.61%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (0.94%) Adobe XD
4 13 (0.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.27%) Windchill
6 3 (0.20%) InVision
6 3 (0.20%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.20%) Sketch
7 2 (0.13%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.13%) Civil 3D
7 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.13%) PlantUML
8 1 (0.067%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.067%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 15 (1.00%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.47%) iTrent
4 4 (0.27%) Elite 3E
4 4 (0.27%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.13%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
5 2 (0.13%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.13%) SAP HCM
5 2 (0.13%) SAP Payroll
6 1 (0.067%) HFM
6 1 (0.067%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.067%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.067%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.067%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.067%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 284 (19.02%) Azure
2 258 (17.28%) AWS
3 87 (5.83%) GCP
4 86 (5.76%) Power Platform
5 60 (4.02%) Microsoft 365
6 39 (2.61%) Azure DevOps
7 29 (1.94%) Google Analytics
8 27 (1.81%) OCI
9 26 (1.74%) Entra ID
9 26 (1.74%) SaaS
10 22 (1.47%) PowerApps
11 21 (1.41%) Amazon S3
12 20 (1.34%) Serverless
13 19 (1.27%) Azure Service Bus
14 18 (1.21%) Azure AKS
15 17 (1.14%) GitHub
16 16 (1.07%) Amazon EC2
17 14 (0.94%) Figma
18 13 (0.87%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
18 13 (0.87%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 41 (2.75%) Firewall
2 35 (2.34%) WAN
3 29 (1.94%) LAN
4 26 (1.74%) Network Security
5 20 (1.34%) Wi-Fi
6 16 (1.07%) Unified Communications
6 16 (1.07%) Wireshark
7 15 (1.00%) NGFW
7 15 (1.00%) VXLAN
8 13 (0.87%) VLAN
9 12 (0.80%) Cisco ASA
10 11 (0.74%) VPN
11 10 (0.67%) Cisco Firepower
11 10 (0.67%) DNS
12 9 (0.60%) BGP
12 9 (0.60%) SMTP
12 9 (0.60%) WebEx
13 8 (0.54%) MPLS
14 7 (0.47%) DHCP
15 6 (0.40%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (4.22%) Power BI
2 58 (3.88%) PostgreSQL
3 52 (3.48%) MongoDB
4 41 (2.75%) Metadata
5 37 (2.48%) NoSQL
6 32 (2.14%) MySQL
7 18 (1.21%) SQL Server
8 16 (1.07%) BigQuery
8 16 (1.07%) Data Lake
9 14 (0.94%) Data Warehouse
10 13 (0.87%) Amazon Athena
11 11 (0.74%) Looker
12 10 (0.67%) DynamoDB
12 10 (0.67%) Tableau
13 8 (0.54%) Azure SQL Database
14 7 (0.47%) Amazon Redshift
14 7 (0.47%) Big Data
14 7 (0.47%) Relational Database
15 6 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
15 6 (0.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 39 (2.61%) GitLab
2 35 (2.34%) Git
3 15 (1.00%) Jenkins
4 8 (0.54%) Selenium
5 7 (0.47%) Axure RP
5 7 (0.47%) Balsamiq
5 7 (0.47%) JIRA
6 5 (0.33%) Cypress.io
7 3 (0.20%) Gatling
7 3 (0.20%) JMeter
7 3 (0.20%) REST Assured
8 2 (0.13%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.13%) Jasmine
8 2 (0.13%) JUnit
8 2 (0.13%) NUnit
8 2 (0.13%) TeamCity
8 2 (0.13%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.13%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.067%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.067%) Zephyr
General
1 328 (21.97%) Social Skills
2 203 (13.60%) Finance
3 184 (12.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 147 (9.85%) Analytical Skills
5 117 (7.84%) Law
6 52 (3.48%) Marketing
7 51 (3.42%) Legal
8 50 (3.35%) Influencing Skills
9 41 (2.75%) Local Government
9 41 (2.75%) Presentation Skills
10 36 (2.41%) Organisational Skills
11 33 (2.21%) Retail
12 27 (1.81%) Telecoms
13 22 (1.47%) Banking
14 12 (0.80%) Multimedia
15 9 (0.60%) Advertising
15 9 (0.60%) Environmental Health
16 8 (0.54%) Police
17 7 (0.47%) General Ledger
18 6 (0.40%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 413 (27.66%) Senior
2 242 (16.21%) Architect
3 150 (10.05%) Senior Manager
4 130 (8.71%) Lead
5 107 (7.17%) Analyst
6 87 (5.83%) Consultant
7 86 (5.76%) Developer
8 76 (5.09%) Business Analyst
9 69 (4.62%) Data Architect
10 59 (3.95%) Technical Architect
11 57 (3.82%) Software Engineer
12 54 (3.62%) Solutions Architect
13 52 (3.48%) Project Manager
14 47 (3.15%) Account Manager
14 47 (3.15%) Data Engineer
15 46 (3.08%) Designer
16 45 (3.01%) Senior Architect
17 44 (2.95%) Delivery Manager
18 43 (2.88%) Portfolio Manager
19 42 (2.81%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (2.88%) .NET
2 41 (2.75%) REST
3 32 (2.14%) RESTful
4 30 (2.01%) Node.js
5 25 (1.67%) Spring
6 22 (1.47%) SOAP
7 21 (1.41%) React
8 18 (1.21%) Middleware
9 17 (1.14%) Oracle Fusion
10 16 (1.07%) Spring Boot
11 15 (1.00%) CSS
11 15 (1.00%) HTML
12 12 (0.80%) Lightning Web Components
12 12 (0.80%) Visualforce
13 10 (0.67%) EDI
13 10 (0.67%) Kafka
14 9 (0.60%) SAML
14 9 (0.60%) XMPP
15 8 (0.54%) AngularJS
15 8 (0.54%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 92 (6.16%) Cloud Native
2 61 (4.09%) Product Ownership
3 45 (3.01%) Management Information System
3 45 (3.01%) Onboarding
4 44 (2.95%) Legacy Systems
5 37 (2.48%) e-Learning
6 34 (2.28%) Virtual Team
7 31 (2.08%) Data Centre
8 30 (2.01%) Hybrid Cloud
9 29 (1.94%) Legacy Applications
10 27 (1.81%) PKI
11 26 (1.74%) Self-Motivation
12 24 (1.61%) NHS
12 24 (1.61%) Security Posture
13 19 (1.27%) Public Cloud
14 18 (1.21%) CMDB
15 17 (1.14%) Blog
16 16 (1.07%) Enterprise Software
17 15 (1.00%) Low-Code
18 14 (0.94%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 61 (4.09%) Linux
1 61 (4.09%) Windows
2 30 (2.01%) Unix
3 15 (1.00%) Windows Server
4 8 (0.54%) Android
4 8 (0.54%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.20%) VME
6 2 (0.13%) Mac OS
7 1 (0.067%) Windows Server 2012
7 1 (0.067%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.067%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 482 (32.28%) Mentoring
2 448 (30.01%) Agile
3 423 (28.33%) Coaching
4 255 (17.08%) Continuous Improvement
5 179 (11.99%) Problem-Solving
6 170 (11.39%) CI/CD
7 161 (10.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 153 (10.25%) Community of Practice
9 150 (10.05%) Analytics
10 141 (9.44%) DevOps
11 135 (9.04%) AI
12 127 (8.51%) Decision-Making
13 120 (8.04%) Roadmaps
14 118 (7.90%) Technology Strategy
15 115 (7.70%) Cybersecurity
16 105 (7.03%) Software Engineering
17 97 (6.50%) Stakeholder Management
18 92 (6.16%) Collaborative Culture
19 91 (6.10%) Scrum
19 91 (6.10%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 125 (8.37%) Java
2 108 (7.23%) Python
3 104 (6.97%) SQL
4 87 (5.83%) JavaScript
5 39 (2.61%) C#
6 17 (1.14%) Bash
7 14 (0.94%) PowerShell
7 14 (0.94%) VBA
8 12 (0.80%) Apex Code
9 10 (0.67%) R
10 8 (0.54%) C++
10 8 (0.54%) TypeScript
11 7 (0.47%) Scala
12 5 (0.33%) Bicep
12 5 (0.33%) PHP
13 4 (0.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 4 (0.27%) Perl
13 4 (0.27%) PL/SQL
14 3 (0.20%) COBOL
14 3 (0.20%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 364 (24.38%) Security Cleared
2 306 (20.50%) SC Cleared
3 192 (12.86%) Degree
4 65 (4.35%) DV Cleared
5 52 (3.48%) Computer Science Degree
6 35 (2.34%) CISSP
7 26 (1.74%) BPSS Clearance
8 24 (1.61%) CISM
9 19 (1.27%) PMI Certification
10 18 (1.21%) Microsoft Certification
11 16 (1.07%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 11 (0.74%) CREST Certified
13 10 (0.67%) DBS Check
14 9 (0.60%) Azure Certification
15 8 (0.54%) Cisco Certification
15 8 (0.54%) Master's Degree
16 7 (0.47%) AWS Certification
17 6 (0.40%) CHECK Team Member
17 6 (0.40%) Oracle Certification
17 6 (0.40%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 103 (6.90%) Accessibility
2 64 (4.29%) QA
3 58 (3.88%) Data Quality
4 57 (3.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 35 (2.34%) NCSC
6 31 (2.08%) GDPR
7 28 (1.88%) Actionable Recommendations
7 28 (1.88%) NIST
8 20 (1.34%) GRC
9 18 (1.21%) PCI DSS
10 15 (1.00%) WCAG
11 13 (0.87%) P3O
12 10 (0.67%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 9 (0.60%) SLA
14 6 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials
14 6 (0.40%) PMO
15 5 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 5 (0.33%) JSP 440
16 4 (0.27%) GAAP
16 4 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 42 (2.81%) Docker
2 41 (2.75%) Active Directory
3 22 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (0.80%) VMware NSX
5 10 (0.67%) vSphere
6 6 (0.40%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 6 (0.40%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.20%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 81 (5.43%) Terraform
2 46 (3.08%) Kubernetes
3 40 (2.68%) Ansible
4 16 (1.07%) Single Sign-On
5 14 (0.94%) Argo
6 13 (0.87%) Grafana
7 9 (0.60%) Cisco CUCM
7 9 (0.60%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (0.27%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.20%) Check_MK
9 3 (0.20%) OpenView
9 3 (0.20%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.13%) MIIS
10 2 (0.13%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
10 2 (0.13%) Tivoli
11 1 (0.067%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.067%) Kibana
11 1 (0.067%) Oracle RMAN
11 1 (0.067%) SCCM
Vendors
1 190 (12.73%) Microsoft
2 61 (4.09%) Google
3 48 (3.22%) ServiceNow
4 45 (3.01%) Oracle
5 30 (2.01%) Salesforce
6 27 (1.81%) VMware
7 22 (1.47%) Cisco
8 16 (1.07%) CyberArk
9 15 (1.00%) Arista
9 15 (1.00%) Aruba
9 15 (1.00%) NetScout
9 15 (1.00%) Splunk
10 14 (0.94%) Adobe
10 14 (0.94%) SAP
11 12 (0.80%) MuleSoft
12 11 (0.74%) Databricks
13 10 (0.67%) Apple
13 10 (0.67%) Fortinet
13 10 (0.67%) Palo Alto
14 8 (0.54%) Samsung