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 10 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 84 45
Rank change year-on-year +58 -39 +17
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 1,207 477 1,684
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.97% 3.67% 5.32%
As % of the General category 12.25% 5.12% 8.63%
Number of salaries quoted 977 341 1,453
10th Percentile £38,100 £37,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +3.51% -3.39%
75th Percentile £73,750 £71,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £86,750 £84,964
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -2.65%

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 9,851 9,316 19,503
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 56.93% 71.74% 61.62%
Number of salaries quoted 6,554 6,427 15,138
10th Percentile £30,125 £31,250 £31,750
25th Percentile £42,000 £44,000 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,743 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.22% +6.57% -8.80%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.29% -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 10 April 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 40 (3.31%) SharePoint
2 13 (1.08%) Confluence
3 9 (0.75%) Apache Airflow
3 9 (0.75%) SAS
4 8 (0.66%) Drupal
5 6 (0.50%) CMS
6 5 (0.41%) Apache
6 5 (0.41%) nginx
6 5 (0.41%) WordPress
7 4 (0.33%) ArcGIS
7 4 (0.33%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.25%) Palantir Foundry
9 2 (0.17%) Camunda
9 2 (0.17%) JBoss
9 2 (0.17%) Tomcat
9 2 (0.17%) Umbraco
9 2 (0.17%) WebLogic
9 2 (0.17%) WebLogic Portal
10 1 (0.083%) Apache Spark
10 1 (0.083%) OpenStack
Applications
1 28 (2.32%) Adobe XD
2 19 (1.57%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (1.49%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.41%) InVision
4 5 (0.41%) Sketch
5 4 (0.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.25%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.25%) Trello
7 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.083%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.083%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.083%) FrameMaker
8 1 (0.083%) MadCap Flare
8 1 (0.083%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 8 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.50%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.33%) Elite 3E
3 4 (0.33%) Oracle ERP
3 4 (0.33%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 4 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.25%) iTrent
5 2 (0.17%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
5 2 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.17%) Primavera
5 2 (0.17%) SAP HCM
5 2 (0.17%) SAP Payroll
6 1 (0.083%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.083%) Oracle General Ledger
6 1 (0.083%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.083%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.083%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 232 (19.22%) Azure
2 195 (16.16%) AWS
3 83 (6.88%) Power Platform
4 80 (6.63%) GCP
5 54 (4.47%) Microsoft 365
6 37 (3.07%) SaaS
7 36 (2.98%) Serverless
8 31 (2.57%) Entra ID
9 30 (2.49%) PowerApps
10 28 (2.32%) Figma
10 28 (2.32%) OCI
11 27 (2.24%) GitHub
11 27 (2.24%) Google Analytics
12 23 (1.91%) Azure DevOps
13 22 (1.82%) Dynamics 365
14 18 (1.49%) Amazon S3
14 18 (1.49%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 18 (1.49%) Salesforce Service Cloud
15 17 (1.41%) Power Automate
16 14 (1.16%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 39 (3.23%) Firewall
2 25 (2.07%) WAN
3 20 (1.66%) LAN
4 19 (1.57%) Wi-Fi
5 16 (1.33%) Wireshark
6 15 (1.24%) NGFW
6 15 (1.24%) VXLAN
7 14 (1.16%) Network Security
8 11 (0.91%) Cisco ASA
9 10 (0.83%) BGP
9 10 (0.83%) SD-WAN
9 10 (0.83%) VLAN
9 10 (0.83%) VPN
10 9 (0.75%) SMTP
10 9 (0.75%) TCP/IP
10 9 (0.75%) Unified Communications
11 8 (0.66%) MPLS
12 7 (0.58%) Cisco Firepower
13 6 (0.50%) DMZ
13 6 (0.50%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (4.64%) Power BI
2 30 (2.49%) Metadata
3 25 (2.07%) PostgreSQL
4 24 (1.99%) MongoDB
5 22 (1.82%) NoSQL
6 16 (1.33%) SQL Server
7 13 (1.08%) Data Warehouse
7 13 (1.08%) MySQL
8 12 (0.99%) Data Lake
9 11 (0.91%) BigQuery
10 9 (0.75%) Tableau
11 8 (0.66%) Looker
12 7 (0.58%) Power Query
12 7 (0.58%) Relational Database
12 7 (0.58%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 6 (0.50%) Amazon Redshift
13 6 (0.50%) Oracle Reports
14 5 (0.41%) MariaDB
14 5 (0.41%) Star Schema
15 4 (0.33%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 25 (2.07%) GitLab
2 24 (1.99%) Axure RP
3 23 (1.91%) Balsamiq
4 22 (1.82%) Git
5 15 (1.24%) JIRA
6 12 (0.99%) Jenkins
7 9 (0.75%) Selenium
7 9 (0.75%) Subversion
8 8 (0.66%) Bitbucket
9 7 (0.58%) Burp Suite
9 7 (0.58%) Cypress.io
9 7 (0.58%) Metasploit
10 5 (0.41%) Visual Studio
11 4 (0.33%) NUnit
12 3 (0.25%) Gatling
12 3 (0.25%) JMeter
12 3 (0.25%) Oracle Forms
12 3 (0.25%) REST Assured
12 3 (0.25%) WebDriver
13 2 (0.17%) TeamCity
General
1 323 (26.76%) Social Skills
2 255 (21.13%) Finance
3 208 (17.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 139 (11.52%) Analytical Skills
5 132 (10.94%) Law
6 80 (6.63%) Marketing
7 58 (4.81%) Telecoms
8 55 (4.56%) Presentation Skills
9 51 (4.23%) Local Government
10 46 (3.81%) Manufacturing
11 44 (3.65%) Legal
12 43 (3.56%) Retail
13 40 (3.31%) Influencing Skills
14 31 (2.57%) Electronics
15 28 (2.32%) Organisational Skills
16 22 (1.82%) Banking
17 17 (1.41%) Billing
18 13 (1.08%) Police
19 10 (0.83%) General Ledger
20 9 (0.75%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 324 (26.84%) Senior
2 154 (12.76%) Architect
3 141 (11.68%) Senior Manager
4 96 (7.95%) Developer
4 96 (7.95%) Lead
5 88 (7.29%) Consultant
6 63 (5.22%) Analyst
7 58 (4.81%) Solutions Architect
8 52 (4.31%) Project Manager
9 47 (3.89%) Designer
10 42 (3.48%) Data Engineer
10 42 (3.48%) Digital Project Manager
11 40 (3.31%) Business Analyst
11 40 (3.31%) Portfolio Manager
11 40 (3.31%) Senior Project Manager
12 37 (3.07%) Senior Digital Project Manager
12 37 (3.07%) Senior Portfolio Manager
13 36 (2.98%) Software Engineer
14 29 (2.40%) Account Manager
14 29 (2.40%) Data Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (3.31%) .NET
2 34 (2.82%) REST
3 27 (2.24%) CSS
3 27 (2.24%) HTML
4 26 (2.15%) React
5 25 (2.07%) Spring
6 24 (1.99%) RESTful
7 19 (1.57%) Middleware
8 18 (1.49%) SOAP
9 17 (1.41%) Lightning Web Components
9 17 (1.41%) Visualforce
10 15 (1.24%) SAP CAF
10 15 (1.24%) Spring Boot
11 13 (1.08%) HTML5 Canvas
12 11 (0.91%) .NET Core
12 11 (0.91%) AngularJS
13 10 (0.83%) PySpark
14 9 (0.75%) ASP.NET
14 9 (0.75%) Node.js
14 9 (0.75%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 69 (5.72%) Cloud Native
2 66 (5.47%) Product Ownership
3 52 (4.31%) Blog
4 40 (3.31%) Self-Motivation
5 39 (3.23%) NHS
6 35 (2.90%) Management Information System
7 34 (2.82%) Legacy Systems
7 34 (2.82%) Onboarding
8 31 (2.57%) Virtual Team
9 30 (2.49%) Data Centre
10 28 (2.32%) PKI
11 27 (2.24%) Hybrid Cloud
12 21 (1.74%) Legacy Applications
13 20 (1.66%) Public Cloud
14 18 (1.49%) Security Posture
15 17 (1.41%) Low-Code
16 15 (1.24%) Enterprise Cloud
16 15 (1.24%) Enterprise Software
17 14 (1.16%) PMI
18 12 (0.99%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 43 (3.56%) Windows
2 41 (3.40%) Linux
3 18 (1.49%) Unix
4 12 (0.99%) Windows Server
5 10 (0.83%) Android
6 9 (0.75%) Apple iOS
7 3 (0.25%) VME
8 1 (0.083%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.083%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.083%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 348 (28.83%) Mentoring
2 334 (27.67%) Agile
3 298 (24.69%) Coaching
4 222 (18.39%) Continuous Improvement
5 183 (15.16%) Problem-Solving
6 166 (13.75%) AI
7 153 (12.68%) Community of Practice
8 137 (11.35%) Analytics
9 123 (10.19%) DevOps
10 118 (9.78%) CI/CD
11 113 (9.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 109 (9.03%) Decision-Making
12 109 (9.03%) Technology Strategy
13 106 (8.78%) Collaborative Culture
14 105 (8.70%) Business Intelligence
14 105 (8.70%) Cybersecurity
15 94 (7.79%) Roadmaps
16 84 (6.96%) Project Management
17 83 (6.88%) Stakeholder Management
18 82 (6.79%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 99 (8.20%) Python
2 81 (6.71%) SQL
3 76 (6.30%) Java
4 73 (6.05%) JavaScript
5 44 (3.65%) C#
6 17 (1.41%) Apex Code
7 16 (1.33%) PowerShell
8 14 (1.16%) VBA
9 12 (0.99%) Bash
10 11 (0.91%) R
10 11 (0.91%) TypeScript
11 8 (0.66%) Scala
12 6 (0.50%) PL/SQL
13 4 (0.33%) Bicep
13 4 (0.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 3 (0.25%) COBOL
15 2 (0.17%) ABAP
15 2 (0.17%) Google Apps Script
15 2 (0.17%) SPARQL
15 2 (0.17%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 342 (28.33%) Security Cleared
2 289 (23.94%) SC Cleared
3 223 (18.48%) Degree
4 48 (3.98%) Computer Science Degree
5 43 (3.56%) DV Cleared
6 34 (2.82%) CISSP
7 30 (2.49%) Microsoft Certification
8 27 (2.24%) CISM
9 26 (2.15%) BPSS Clearance
10 19 (1.57%) ACCA
10 19 (1.57%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 18 (1.49%) Azure Certification
12 15 (1.24%) CREST Certified
12 15 (1.24%) DBS Check
12 15 (1.24%) PMI Certification
13 12 (0.99%) CHECK Team Member
14 11 (0.91%) AWS Certification
15 10 (0.83%) Cisco Certification
16 9 (0.75%) Cyber Scheme
17 7 (0.58%) CCNP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 70 (5.80%) Accessibility
2 50 (4.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 49 (4.06%) Data Quality
4 48 (3.98%) QA
5 37 (3.07%) GRC
6 32 (2.65%) GDPR
7 28 (2.32%) NIST
8 26 (2.15%) WCAG
9 19 (1.57%) GAAP
9 19 (1.57%) IFRS
10 16 (1.33%) PCI DSS
11 13 (1.08%) P3O
12 10 (0.83%) Actionable Recommendations
12 10 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials
12 10 (0.83%) NCSC
13 8 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 8 (0.66%) ISO 9001
13 8 (0.66%) SLA
14 7 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 7 (0.58%) PMO
System Software
1 45 (3.73%) Active Directory
2 40 (3.31%) Docker
3 20 (1.66%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (1.16%) VMware NSX
5 10 (0.83%) vSphere
6 5 (0.41%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 5 (0.41%) Virtual Servers
7 4 (0.33%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.083%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.083%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.083%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 71 (5.88%) Terraform
2 37 (3.07%) Ansible
2 37 (3.07%) Kubernetes
3 20 (1.66%) Single Sign-On
4 10 (0.83%) Grafana
4 10 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (0.58%) Nessus
5 7 (0.58%) Nmap
6 6 (0.50%) Cisco CUCM
7 4 (0.33%) vCenter Server
8 3 (0.25%) Argo
8 3 (0.25%) Check_MK
8 3 (0.25%) Control-M
8 3 (0.25%) OpenView
9 2 (0.17%) Kibana
9 2 (0.17%) MIIS
9 2 (0.17%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 2 (0.17%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.17%) Tivoli
10 1 (0.083%) Docker Swarm
Vendors
1 195 (16.16%) Microsoft
2 66 (5.47%) Google
3 44 (3.65%) SAP
4 36 (2.98%) Oracle
5 35 (2.90%) Salesforce
6 30 (2.49%) Adobe
7 24 (1.99%) VMware
8 21 (1.74%) ServiceNow
9 20 (1.66%) Cisco
10 18 (1.49%) MuleSoft
11 16 (1.33%) CyberArk
12 15 (1.24%) Arista
12 15 (1.24%) Aruba
12 15 (1.24%) NetScout
13 10 (0.83%) Splunk
14 8 (0.66%) Apple
14 8 (0.66%) Atlassian
14 8 (0.66%) Fortinet
14 8 (0.66%) Samsung
15 7 (0.58%) HubSpot