Hybrid/Remote Social Housing Job Trends

Social Housing
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Housing in remote or hybrid work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Social Housing over the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 355 378 465
Rank change year-on-year +23 +87 +122
Permanent jobs citing Social Housing 19 63 24
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.13% 0.38% 0.11%
As % of the General category 0.21% 0.56% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 18 22 22
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,475 £44,687
25th Percentile £41,986 £44,063 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,390 £50,000 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year -9.22% -6.98% -14.00%
75th Percentile £63,234 £61,250 £75,045
90th Percentile £73,875 £68,078 £87,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £25,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +130.00% -58.33%

All General Skills
Work from Home

Social Housing 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 9,130 11,314 13,464
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 60.28% 68.86% 62.35%
Number of salaries quoted 5,790 6,389 10,479
10th Percentile £29,000 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £39,453 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,888 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.98% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £83,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £107,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% +3.45% -6.07%

Social Housing
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Social Housing and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Social Housing job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Social Housing
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Social Housing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Social Housing

Social Housing
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Social Housing over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Social Housing salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Social Housing
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:

Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (5.26%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Academy Housing
1 2 (10.53%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 2 (10.53%) Power Platform
2 1 (5.26%) AWS
2 1 (5.26%) Azure
2 1 (5.26%) Lucidchart
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (15.79%) Data Mining
2 2 (10.53%) MySQL
2 2 (10.53%) Power BI
3 1 (5.26%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (5.26%) SQL Server
3 1 (5.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (5.26%) Tableau
General
1 8 (42.11%) Social Skills
2 5 (26.32%) Local Government
2 5 (26.32%) Public Sector
3 4 (21.05%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (15.79%) Finance
4 3 (15.79%) Law
4 3 (15.79%) Legal
5 2 (10.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (10.53%) Tech for Good
6 1 (5.26%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (31.58%) Analyst
2 3 (15.79%) Senior
3 2 (10.53%) Data Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Head of Strategy
3 2 (10.53%) ICT Manager
3 2 (10.53%) Senior Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Senior Data Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Service Manager
4 1 (5.26%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Applications Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Business Change Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Change Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Customer Services Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Data Scientist
4 1 (5.26%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (5.26%) IT Services Delivery Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Process Improvement Analyst
4 1 (5.26%) Senior Software Engineer
4 1 (5.26%) Service Delivery Manager
4 1 (5.26%) Solutions Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) Housing Association
1 2 (10.53%) IoT
1 2 (10.53%) Mashup
1 2 (10.53%) Smart Home
2 1 (5.26%) Data Structures
2 1 (5.26%) Fat Client
2 1 (5.26%) Management Information System
2 1 (5.26%) Mobile App
2 1 (5.26%) PropTech
2 1 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (5.26%) Social Media
2 1 (5.26%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.26%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (42.11%) Service Delivery
2 5 (26.32%) Housing Management
2 5 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (21.05%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (21.05%) Decision-Making
3 4 (21.05%) ITIL
4 3 (15.79%) Actionable Insight
4 3 (15.79%) Asset Management
4 3 (15.79%) Cybersecurity
4 3 (15.79%) Disaster Recovery
4 3 (15.79%) Predictive Modelling
4 3 (15.79%) Statistical Analysis
5 2 (10.53%) Business Intelligence
5 2 (10.53%) Data Security
5 2 (10.53%) Enterprise Architecture
5 2 (10.53%) Infrastructure Management
5 2 (10.53%) IT Strategy
5 2 (10.53%) Project Management
5 2 (10.53%) Regulatory Compliance
5 2 (10.53%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (21.05%) SQL
2 2 (10.53%) TypeScript
3 1 (5.26%) JavaScript
3 1 (5.26%) Python
3 1 (5.26%) R
Qualifications
1 7 (36.84%) DBS Check
2 2 (10.53%) Degree
2 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (5.26%) APMG
3 1 (5.26%) Azure Certification
3 1 (5.26%) CCA
3 1 (5.26%) Citrix Certification
3 1 (5.26%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
3 1 (5.26%) MCSE
3 1 (5.26%) Six Sigma Black Belt
3 1 (5.26%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.53%) Data Quality
1 2 (10.53%) GDPR
1 2 (10.53%) QA
2 1 (5.26%) COBIT
System Software
1 1 (5.26%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (5.26%) AirWatch
1 1 (5.26%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 5 (26.32%) Civica
1 5 (26.32%) Northgate
2 4 (21.05%) Microsoft
3 2 (10.53%) Orchard
4 1 (5.26%) Aareon
4 1 (5.26%) Citrix
4 1 (5.26%) Google
4 1 (5.26%) Ivanti
4 1 (5.26%) VMware