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 3 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 51 61
Rank change year-on-year +22 +10 0
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 1,645 916 1,040
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.04% 5.60% 4.30%
As % of the General category 11.67% 7.86% 6.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1,267 498 750
10th Percentile £37,000 £33,088 £36,726
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,750 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.68% - -
75th Percentile £78,750 £67,500 £71,991
90th Percentile £91,761 £83,250 £84,964
UK median annual salary £63,076 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.70% +4.55% -

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 14,093 11,654 14,928
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.31% 71.30% 61.68%
Number of salaries quoted 8,818 6,521 9,283
10th Percentile £32,500 £28,750 £33,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £39,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £108,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,284 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.32% -1.30% -8.33%

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 3 September 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 (2.13%) SharePoint
2 17 (1.03%) Apache Spark
3 14 (0.85%) Apache
4 12 (0.73%) Apache Airflow
4 12 (0.73%) Confluence
5 10 (0.61%) Microsoft Exchange
6 8 (0.49%) Jupyter
6 8 (0.49%) SharePoint Server
7 6 (0.36%) CMS
7 6 (0.36%) Oracle Workflow
8 5 (0.30%) MS Project Server
8 5 (0.30%) SAS
9 4 (0.24%) Camunda
9 4 (0.24%) WordPress
10 2 (0.12%) nginx
10 2 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
11 1 (0.061%) Drupal
11 1 (0.061%) JBoss
11 1 (0.061%) Moodle
11 1 (0.061%) Tomcat
Applications
1 38 (2.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (1.64%) Microsoft Office
3 18 (1.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (0.73%) Adobe XD
5 11 (0.67%) Chatbot
6 10 (0.61%) AutoCAD
7 9 (0.55%) Civil 3D
8 7 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
9 6 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
10 5 (0.30%) Navisworks
10 5 (0.30%) Revit
11 4 (0.24%) MS Visio
11 4 (0.24%) Windchill
12 2 (0.12%) InDesign
12 2 (0.12%) PlantUML
13 1 (0.061%) Elementor
13 1 (0.061%) InVision
13 1 (0.061%) Photoshop
13 1 (0.061%) ProjectWise
13 1 (0.061%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 16 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (0.91%) Workday HCM
3 11 (0.67%) SAP S/4HANA
4 9 (0.55%) Oracle EBS
5 8 (0.49%) Oracle Payables
6 7 (0.43%) iTrent
7 6 (0.36%) Oracle Cash Management
7 6 (0.36%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 4 (0.24%) Distributed Ledger
9 2 (0.12%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
10 1 (0.061%) Elite 3E
10 1 (0.061%) HFM
10 1 (0.061%) Integrated Workplace Management System
10 1 (0.061%) Oracle Assets
10 1 (0.061%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 1 (0.061%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 329 (20.00%) AWS
2 288 (17.51%) Azure
3 93 (5.65%) GCP
4 66 (4.01%) Power Platform
5 58 (3.53%) Microsoft 365
6 55 (3.34%) SaaS
7 39 (2.37%) Azure DevOps
8 32 (1.95%) Serverless
9 28 (1.70%) Amazon EC2
10 27 (1.64%) Azure AKS
11 26 (1.58%) GitHub
12 25 (1.52%) Entra ID
12 25 (1.52%) Google Analytics
13 24 (1.46%) AWS Lambda
13 24 (1.46%) Microsoft Copilot
14 20 (1.22%) Amazon EMR
15 19 (1.16%) Slack
16 17 (1.03%) Azure Service Bus
17 16 (0.97%) Amazon EKS
17 16 (0.97%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 39 (2.37%) WAN
2 38 (2.31%) Network Security
3 33 (2.01%) LAN
4 30 (1.82%) Firewall
5 19 (1.16%) DNS
6 16 (0.97%) DHCP
7 14 (0.85%) VLAN
8 12 (0.73%) BGP
8 12 (0.73%) Unified Communications
8 12 (0.73%) VoIP
9 11 (0.67%) CTI
9 11 (0.67%) MPLS
10 9 (0.55%) TCP/IP
10 9 (0.55%) VPN
11 8 (0.49%) Cisco ASA
11 8 (0.49%) OSPF
11 8 (0.49%) Wi-Fi
12 7 (0.43%) Cisco Firepower
12 7 (0.43%) WebEx
13 6 (0.36%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (3.77%) PostgreSQL
2 58 (3.53%) Power BI
3 50 (3.04%) MongoDB
4 40 (2.43%) MySQL
5 37 (2.25%) Metadata
6 28 (1.70%) NoSQL
7 27 (1.64%) SQL Server
8 20 (1.22%) Relational Database
9 16 (0.97%) Spark SQL
10 14 (0.85%) Big Data
10 14 (0.85%) Data Lake
11 11 (0.67%) Data Warehouse
11 11 (0.67%) Tableau
12 10 (0.61%) Amazon Athena
13 9 (0.55%) Azure SQL Database
13 9 (0.55%) Metadata Repository
14 8 (0.49%) DynamoDB
14 8 (0.49%) Oracle Reports
15 7 (0.43%) BigQuery
16 6 (0.36%) Oracle BI Publisher
Development Applications
1 57 (3.47%) Git
2 43 (2.61%) GitLab
3 22 (1.34%) JIRA
4 18 (1.09%) Jenkins
5 9 (0.55%) Balsamiq
6 7 (0.43%) Axure RP
6 7 (0.43%) Selenium
7 6 (0.36%) Cypress.io
8 5 (0.30%) TeamCity
9 4 (0.24%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.18%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 3 (0.18%) Bitbucket
10 3 (0.18%) Gatling
10 3 (0.18%) JMeter
10 3 (0.18%) Mercurial
10 3 (0.18%) REST Assured
11 2 (0.12%) Jasmine
11 2 (0.12%) NUnit
11 2 (0.12%) Sonatype Nexus
11 2 (0.12%) Visual Studio
General
1 387 (23.53%) Social Skills
2 216 (13.13%) Finance
3 213 (12.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 166 (10.09%) Analytical Skills
5 141 (8.57%) Law
6 86 (5.23%) Local Government
7 82 (4.98%) Influencing Skills
8 75 (4.56%) Legal
9 65 (3.95%) Marketing
10 63 (3.83%) Presentation Skills
11 44 (2.67%) Retail
12 40 (2.43%) Organisational Skills
13 35 (2.13%) Telecoms
14 23 (1.40%) Banking
15 20 (1.22%) Police
16 14 (0.85%) Aerospace
17 12 (0.73%) Multimedia
18 11 (0.67%) General Ledger
19 10 (0.61%) Social Housing
20 8 (0.49%) Environmental Health
Job Titles
1 397 (24.13%) Senior
2 285 (17.33%) Architect
3 177 (10.76%) Lead
4 140 (8.51%) Consultant
5 134 (8.15%) Analyst
6 95 (5.78%) Business Analyst
6 95 (5.78%) Technical Architect
7 89 (5.41%) Developer
8 76 (4.62%) Senior Manager
9 65 (3.95%) Data Architect
10 58 (3.53%) Account Manager
11 57 (3.47%) Lead Architect
11 57 (3.47%) Software Engineer
11 57 (3.47%) Solutions Architect
12 56 (3.40%) Senior Architect
13 55 (3.34%) DevOps Engineer
14 54 (3.28%) Designer
14 54 (3.28%) Technical Leader
15 50 (3.04%) Data Engineer
16 49 (2.98%) Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (5.05%) Terraform
2 70 (4.26%) .NET
3 50 (3.04%) Node.js
4 39 (2.37%) CSS
5 36 (2.19%) React
6 34 (2.07%) HTML
7 31 (1.88%) PySpark
8 29 (1.76%) REST
9 25 (1.52%) Spring
10 24 (1.46%) RESTful
11 20 (1.22%) Middleware
12 19 (1.16%) .NET Core
12 19 (1.16%) AngularJS
13 17 (1.03%) Kafka
13 17 (1.03%) Spring Boot
14 14 (0.85%) Entity Framework
14 14 (0.85%) SOAP
15 13 (0.79%) Oracle Fusion
16 10 (0.61%) .NET Framework
16 10 (0.61%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 90 (5.47%) Cloud Native
2 72 (4.38%) Product Ownership
3 59 (3.59%) Onboarding
4 51 (3.10%) Self-Motivation
5 44 (2.67%) Management Information System
6 41 (2.49%) NHS
7 40 (2.43%) Blog
8 38 (2.31%) e-Learning
9 31 (1.88%) Legacy Systems
10 30 (1.82%) Virtual Team
11 25 (1.52%) Hybrid Cloud
12 22 (1.34%) Data Centre
12 22 (1.34%) Enterprise Software
13 19 (1.16%) CMDB
13 19 (1.16%) Security Posture
14 18 (1.09%) Greenfield Project
15 17 (1.03%) PKI
15 17 (1.03%) Public Cloud
16 16 (0.97%) Legacy Applications
17 14 (0.85%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 81 (4.92%) Windows
2 75 (4.56%) Linux
3 54 (3.28%) Unix
4 24 (1.46%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.18%) VME
5 3 (0.18%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.12%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2012
6 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
7 1 (0.061%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.061%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 543 (33.01%) Agile
2 492 (29.91%) Mentoring
3 444 (26.99%) Coaching
4 317 (19.27%) Continuous Improvement
5 217 (13.19%) CI/CD
6 202 (12.28%) Community of Practice
7 199 (12.10%) AI
8 192 (11.67%) Analytics
9 188 (11.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 185 (11.25%) Problem-Solving
11 181 (11.00%) Decision-Making
12 174 (10.58%) DevOps
13 169 (10.27%) Technology Strategy
14 158 (9.60%) Scrum
15 151 (9.18%) Stakeholder Management
16 144 (8.75%) Roadmaps
17 140 (8.51%) Cybersecurity
18 132 (8.02%) Technical Leadership
19 129 (7.84%) Software Engineering
20 122 (7.42%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 149 (9.06%) Java
2 119 (7.23%) JavaScript
3 118 (7.17%) SQL
4 106 (6.44%) Python
5 64 (3.89%) C#
6 24 (1.46%) C++
7 23 (1.40%) Bash
8 22 (1.34%) TypeScript
9 16 (0.97%) PowerShell
10 10 (0.61%) PL/SQL
11 8 (0.49%) PHP
11 8 (0.49%) Scala
12 7 (0.43%) Bicep
12 7 (0.43%) Ruby
13 5 (0.30%) R
14 4 (0.24%) C
14 4 (0.24%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 4 (0.24%) Perl
15 3 (0.18%) COBOL
15 3 (0.18%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 412 (25.05%) Security Cleared
2 330 (20.06%) SC Cleared
3 209 (12.71%) Degree
4 90 (5.47%) DV Cleared
5 55 (3.34%) Computer Science Degree
6 42 (2.55%) CISSP
7 38 (2.31%) BPSS Clearance
8 33 (2.01%) CISM
9 23 (1.40%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 13 (0.79%) CREST Certified
10 13 (0.79%) Master's Degree
11 12 (0.73%) AWS Certification
12 10 (0.61%) PMI Certification
13 9 (0.55%) DBS Check
13 9 (0.55%) PMP
14 8 (0.49%) Azure Certification
14 8 (0.49%) Microsoft Certification
15 7 (0.43%) CCNP
15 7 (0.43%) Cisco Certification
15 7 (0.43%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 146 (8.88%) Accessibility
2 78 (4.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 66 (4.01%) Data Quality
4 56 (3.40%) QA
5 52 (3.16%) NCSC
6 40 (2.43%) NIST
7 36 (2.19%) Actionable Recommendations
8 30 (1.82%) WCAG
9 26 (1.58%) GDPR
9 26 (1.58%) GRC
10 20 (1.22%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 20 (1.22%) PCI DSS
11 12 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials
11 12 (0.73%) SLA
12 9 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 8 (0.49%) ISO 9001
13 8 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 20000
13 8 (0.49%) PMO
14 6 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 5 (0.30%) ISO 19650
System Software
1 57 (3.47%) Docker
2 43 (2.61%) Active Directory
3 23 (1.40%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.67%) VMware NSX
5 8 (0.49%) Hyper-V
5 8 (0.49%) vSphere
6 5 (0.30%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.24%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 4 (0.24%) Virtual Servers
8 1 (0.061%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 65 (3.95%) Kubernetes
2 32 (1.95%) Ansible
3 14 (0.85%) Argo
4 13 (0.79%) Grafana
5 8 (0.49%) Microsoft Intune
6 7 (0.43%) Cisco CUCM
6 7 (0.43%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 5 (0.30%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.24%) vCenter Server
9 3 (0.18%) Check_MK
9 3 (0.18%) Prometheus
9 3 (0.18%) SCCM
10 2 (0.12%) FTK
10 2 (0.12%) MIIS
10 2 (0.12%) Oracle RMAN
11 1 (0.061%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.061%) Kibana
11 1 (0.061%) OpenView
11 1 (0.061%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 183 (11.12%) Microsoft
2 56 (3.40%) Google
3 45 (2.74%) Oracle
4 41 (2.49%) ServiceNow
5 30 (1.82%) Cisco
6 29 (1.76%) VMware
7 23 (1.40%) Workday
8 22 (1.34%) Adobe
9 17 (1.03%) YouTube
10 16 (0.97%) SAP
10 16 (0.97%) Splunk
11 15 (0.91%) Salesforce
12 13 (0.79%) Avaya
12 13 (0.79%) Pega
13 12 (0.73%) Databricks
14 11 (0.67%) Genesys
15 10 (0.61%) Fortinet
15 10 (0.61%) Palo Alto
16 6 (0.36%) NetApp
17 5 (0.30%) Red Hat