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

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 62 47
Rank change year-on-year +33 -15 +15
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 1,466 837 1,564
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.86% 5.07% 4.92%
As % of the General category 11.55% 7.01% 8.01%
Number of salaries quoted 1,231 420 1,267
10th Percentile £38,984 £33,000 £37,229
25th Percentile £46,446 £44,580 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £55,500 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year +13.65% -4.25% +0.81%
75th Percentile £76,201 £68,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £88,148 £81,375 £84,964
UK median annual salary £60,000 £59,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.84% +8.18% -

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 12,690 11,941 19,517
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 59.42% 72.34% 61.36%
Number of salaries quoted 8,226 6,694 14,054
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +1.77% -9.60%
75th Percentile £79,000 £80,000 £76,188
90th Percentile £98,750 £107,500 £97,500
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 16 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 33 (2.25%) SharePoint
2 16 (1.09%) Apache Airflow
3 14 (0.95%) Apache
3 14 (0.95%) Apache Spark
4 11 (0.75%) SAS
5 8 (0.55%) SharePoint Server
6 7 (0.48%) Jupyter
7 6 (0.41%) Confluence
8 5 (0.34%) Microsoft Exchange
9 4 (0.27%) CMS
10 3 (0.20%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.20%) Drupal
11 2 (0.14%) Camunda
11 2 (0.14%) JBoss
11 2 (0.14%) Palantir Foundry
12 1 (0.068%) nginx
12 1 (0.068%) WordPress
Applications
1 26 (1.77%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (1.57%) Microsoft Office
3 14 (0.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (0.75%) Adobe XD
4 11 (0.75%) Chatbot
5 4 (0.27%) AutoCAD
5 4 (0.27%) Civil 3D
5 4 (0.27%) Windchill
6 3 (0.20%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.14%) InVision
7 2 (0.14%) PlantUML
7 2 (0.14%) Sketch
8 1 (0.068%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.068%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 16 (1.09%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (0.55%) Workday HCM
3 7 (0.48%) iTrent
4 4 (0.27%) Elite 3E
5 3 (0.20%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.20%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.14%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
6 2 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.14%) Oracle Receivables
6 2 (0.14%) SAP HCM
6 2 (0.14%) SAP Payroll
7 1 (0.068%) HFM
7 1 (0.068%) Oracle General Ledger
7 1 (0.068%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 289 (19.71%) Azure
2 281 (19.17%) AWS
3 78 (5.32%) GCP
4 74 (5.05%) Power Platform
5 60 (4.09%) Microsoft 365
6 38 (2.59%) Azure DevOps
7 35 (2.39%) Entra ID
8 27 (1.84%) Google Analytics
9 26 (1.77%) SaaS
10 20 (1.36%) Amazon S3
10 20 (1.36%) Serverless
11 19 (1.30%) OCI
12 18 (1.23%) Azure AKS
12 18 (1.23%) Azure Service Bus
13 17 (1.16%) GitHub
14 16 (1.09%) Amazon EC2
15 13 (0.89%) PowerApps
16 12 (0.82%) Dynamics 365
16 12 (0.82%) Microsoft Copilot
17 11 (0.75%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 37 (2.52%) WAN
2 34 (2.32%) Firewall
3 31 (2.11%) LAN
4 29 (1.98%) Network Security
5 16 (1.09%) Unified Communications
6 15 (1.02%) DNS
6 15 (1.02%) VoIP
7 14 (0.95%) Wi-Fi
8 12 (0.82%) DHCP
8 12 (0.82%) VLAN
9 11 (0.75%) CTI
10 10 (0.68%) Cisco ASA
10 10 (0.68%) Cisco Firepower
10 10 (0.68%) MPLS
11 9 (0.61%) BGP
11 9 (0.61%) SMTP
11 9 (0.61%) WebEx
12 8 (0.55%) VPN
12 8 (0.55%) Wireshark
13 7 (0.48%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (4.43%) PostgreSQL
2 62 (4.23%) Power BI
3 58 (3.96%) MongoDB
4 39 (2.66%) MySQL
4 39 (2.66%) NoSQL
5 34 (2.32%) Metadata
6 19 (1.30%) SQL Server
7 16 (1.09%) BigQuery
8 14 (0.95%) Data Lake
9 13 (0.89%) Amazon Athena
10 12 (0.82%) Big Data
11 11 (0.75%) Looker
11 11 (0.75%) Relational Database
11 11 (0.75%) Tableau
12 10 (0.68%) Data Warehouse
12 10 (0.68%) DynamoDB
13 9 (0.61%) Azure SQL Database
14 7 (0.48%) Amazon Redshift
15 6 (0.41%) Amazon RDS
16 4 (0.27%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 41 (2.80%) GitLab
2 36 (2.46%) Git
3 17 (1.16%) Jenkins
4 11 (0.75%) JIRA
5 8 (0.55%) Selenium
6 6 (0.41%) Cypress.io
7 5 (0.34%) Axure RP
7 5 (0.34%) Balsamiq
8 3 (0.20%) Gatling
8 3 (0.20%) JMeter
8 3 (0.20%) REST Assured
9 2 (0.14%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.14%) Jasmine
9 2 (0.14%) JUnit
9 2 (0.14%) NUnit
9 2 (0.14%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.14%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.14%) Visual Studio Code
10 1 (0.068%) SpecFlow
10 1 (0.068%) Zephyr
General
1 318 (21.69%) Social Skills
2 197 (13.44%) Finance
3 181 (12.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 133 (9.07%) Analytical Skills
5 118 (8.05%) Law
6 64 (4.37%) Influencing Skills
7 54 (3.68%) Legal
8 50 (3.41%) Marketing
9 43 (2.93%) Local Government
9 43 (2.93%) Presentation Skills
10 37 (2.52%) Retail
11 33 (2.25%) Organisational Skills
12 27 (1.84%) Telecoms
13 20 (1.36%) Banking
14 12 (0.82%) Multimedia
15 9 (0.61%) Environmental Health
16 8 (0.55%) Advertising
16 8 (0.55%) Police
17 7 (0.48%) General Ledger
18 6 (0.41%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 387 (26.40%) Senior
2 240 (16.37%) Architect
3 141 (9.62%) Lead
4 125 (8.53%) Senior Manager
5 114 (7.78%) Analyst
6 103 (7.03%) Consultant
7 81 (5.53%) Developer
8 79 (5.39%) Business Analyst
9 70 (4.77%) Technical Architect
10 59 (4.02%) Software Engineer
11 57 (3.89%) Data Architect
12 56 (3.82%) Solutions Architect
13 54 (3.68%) Account Manager
14 47 (3.21%) Project Manager
15 46 (3.14%) Delivery Manager
15 46 (3.14%) DevOps Engineer
16 44 (3.00%) Lead Architect
17 43 (2.93%) Designer
18 42 (2.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
18 42 (2.86%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (2.80%) REST
2 39 (2.66%) .NET
2 39 (2.66%) Node.js
3 33 (2.25%) RESTful
4 24 (1.64%) React
4 24 (1.64%) Spring
5 21 (1.43%) SOAP
6 17 (1.16%) Middleware
6 17 (1.16%) Oracle Fusion
7 16 (1.09%) Spring Boot
8 15 (1.02%) CSS
9 14 (0.95%) HTML
9 14 (0.95%) Kafka
9 14 (0.95%) PySpark
10 13 (0.89%) SAML
11 10 (0.68%) Lightning Web Components
11 10 (0.68%) Visualforce
12 9 (0.61%) Playwright
12 9 (0.61%) XMPP
13 8 (0.55%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 99 (6.75%) Cloud Native
2 58 (3.96%) Product Ownership
3 51 (3.48%) Onboarding
4 47 (3.21%) Management Information System
5 44 (3.00%) Legacy Systems
6 37 (2.52%) e-Learning
7 35 (2.39%) Virtual Team
8 27 (1.84%) NHS
8 27 (1.84%) Self-Motivation
9 23 (1.57%) Data Centre
10 21 (1.43%) Enterprise Software
10 21 (1.43%) Hybrid Cloud
10 21 (1.43%) Legacy Applications
11 20 (1.36%) PKI
11 20 (1.36%) Security Posture
12 19 (1.30%) CMDB
13 17 (1.16%) Blog
14 16 (1.09%) Greenfield Project
15 12 (0.82%) Linux Command Line
15 12 (0.82%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 77 (5.25%) Windows
2 66 (4.50%) Linux
3 40 (2.73%) Unix
4 18 (1.23%) Windows Server
5 8 (0.55%) Android
5 8 (0.55%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.20%) VME
6 3 (0.20%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.14%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.068%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.068%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.068%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 488 (33.29%) Mentoring
2 466 (31.79%) Agile
3 423 (28.85%) Coaching
4 294 (20.05%) Continuous Improvement
5 176 (12.01%) CI/CD
6 175 (11.94%) Problem-Solving
7 165 (11.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 158 (10.78%) Analytics
8 158 (10.78%) Community of Practice
9 150 (10.23%) AI
10 146 (9.96%) DevOps
11 133 (9.07%) Roadmaps
12 128 (8.73%) Decision-Making
13 126 (8.59%) Technology Strategy
14 112 (7.64%) Cybersecurity
15 111 (7.57%) Software Engineering
16 107 (7.30%) Stakeholder Management
17 105 (7.16%) Test Automation
18 104 (7.09%) Scrum
19 95 (6.48%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 132 (9.00%) Java
2 116 (7.91%) SQL
3 105 (7.16%) Python
4 91 (6.21%) JavaScript
5 37 (2.52%) C#
6 21 (1.43%) Bash
7 18 (1.23%) PowerShell
8 10 (0.68%) Apex Code
8 10 (0.68%) TypeScript
9 8 (0.55%) C++
9 8 (0.55%) R
10 7 (0.48%) Scala
11 6 (0.41%) PHP
11 6 (0.41%) VBA
12 5 (0.34%) Bicep
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
1 349 (23.81%) Security Cleared
2 300 (20.46%) SC Cleared
3 190 (12.96%) Degree
4 68 (4.64%) DV Cleared
5 55 (3.75%) Computer Science Degree
6 37 (2.52%) CISSP
7 26 (1.77%) CISM
8 25 (1.71%) BPSS Clearance
9 20 (1.36%) PMI Certification
10 16 (1.09%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 16 (1.09%) Microsoft Certification
11 10 (0.68%) DBS Check
12 9 (0.61%) Azure Certification
12 9 (0.61%) Cisco Certification
12 9 (0.61%) CREST Certified
12 9 (0.61%) PMP
13 8 (0.55%) CCNP
14 7 (0.48%) Master's Degree
15 6 (0.41%) AWS Certification
15 6 (0.41%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 109 (7.44%) Accessibility
2 63 (4.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 59 (4.02%) QA
4 48 (3.27%) Data Quality
5 37 (2.52%) NCSC
6 33 (2.25%) GDPR
7 31 (2.11%) NIST
8 28 (1.91%) Actionable Recommendations
9 20 (1.36%) PCI DSS
10 18 (1.23%) GRC
11 16 (1.09%) WCAG
12 13 (0.89%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 10 (0.68%) P3O
13 10 (0.68%) SLA
14 8 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
15 7 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 42001
16 6 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 6 (0.41%) PMO
17 5 (0.34%) ISO 9001
17 5 (0.34%) JSP 440
System Software
1 51 (3.48%) Active Directory
2 41 (2.80%) Docker
3 22 (1.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (0.82%) VMware NSX
5 10 (0.68%) vSphere
6 6 (0.41%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 6 (0.41%) Virtual Servers
7 5 (0.34%) Hyper-V
8 4 (0.27%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 73 (4.98%) Terraform
2 50 (3.41%) Kubernetes
3 34 (2.32%) Ansible
4 14 (0.95%) Argo
4 14 (0.95%) Microsoft Intune
5 13 (0.89%) Grafana
6 11 (0.75%) Single Sign-On
7 9 (0.61%) Cisco CUCM
8 6 (0.41%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 4 (0.27%) vCenter Server
10 3 (0.20%) Check_MK
10 3 (0.20%) OpenView
10 3 (0.20%) Prometheus
10 3 (0.20%) SCCM
11 2 (0.14%) MIIS
11 2 (0.14%) Tivoli
12 1 (0.068%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 1 (0.068%) Kibana
12 1 (0.068%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 174 (11.87%) Microsoft
2 49 (3.34%) ServiceNow
3 46 (3.14%) Google
3 46 (3.14%) Oracle
4 30 (2.05%) Cisco
5 29 (1.98%) VMware
6 22 (1.50%) Salesforce
7 20 (1.36%) CyberArk
8 15 (1.02%) Splunk
8 15 (1.02%) Workday
9 13 (0.89%) Avaya
9 13 (0.89%) Databricks
9 13 (0.89%) SAP
10 12 (0.82%) Fortinet
10 12 (0.82%) Palo Alto
10 12 (0.82%) Pega
11 11 (0.75%) Adobe
11 11 (0.75%) Genesys
11 11 (0.75%) MuleSoft
12 10 (0.68%) Apple