Public Sector Jobs with Work from Home Options

Public Sector
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH). Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Public Sector over the 6 months to 19 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 48 63 62
Rank change year-on-year +15 -1 +27
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 1,747 1,996 3,771
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 5.16% 4.92% 5.35%
As % of the General category 8.38% 7.47% 8.41%
Number of salaries quoted 1,431 1,311 1,750
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,500 £35,250
25th Percentile £43,750 £43,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,965 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.39% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £84,964 £88,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,554 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.00% +1.01% -

All General Skills
Work from Home

Public Sector is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 20,854 26,724 44,823
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 61.63% 65.87% 63.57%
Number of salaries quoted 15,095 17,866 24,582
10th Percentile £31,750 £36,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,500 £46,570 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £83,684 £79,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £103,750 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Public Sector
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Public Sector as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Public Sector trend for jobs with a WFH option

Public Sector
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Public Sector.

Public Sector salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Public Sector
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Public Sector over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Public Sector salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 55 (3.15%) Confluence
2 43 (2.46%) SharePoint
3 38 (2.18%) IIS
4 34 (1.95%) Apache
5 29 (1.66%) Microsoft Exchange
6 27 (1.55%) Tomcat
7 13 (0.74%) CMS
7 13 (0.74%) OpenStack
8 7 (0.40%) JBoss
8 7 (0.40%) Red Hat Fuse
9 6 (0.34%) nginx
10 5 (0.29%) ArcGIS
11 4 (0.23%) Umbraco
12 3 (0.17%) Totara
13 2 (0.11%) Drupal
13 2 (0.11%) Oracle Workflow
13 2 (0.11%) Sitecore CMS
13 2 (0.11%) WordPress
14 1 (0.057%) Appian
Applications
1 53 (3.03%) Microsoft Office
2 38 (2.18%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (0.80%) Adobe XD
4 11 (0.63%) MS Visio
5 10 (0.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 10 (0.57%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.34%) AutoCAD
6 6 (0.34%) InVision
6 6 (0.34%) Sketch
7 4 (0.23%) Trello
8 3 (0.17%) Photoshop
8 3 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
9 2 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.057%) Adobe After Effects
10 1 (0.057%) Adobe Premiere
10 1 (0.057%) Blender
10 1 (0.057%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 39 (2.23%) NEC Housing
2 13 (0.74%) Unit4 Business World
3 12 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
4 8 (0.46%) Oracle EBS
5 6 (0.34%) SAP S/4HANA
6 5 (0.29%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 5 (0.29%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 4 (0.23%) Oracle ERP
8 3 (0.17%) NetSuite
9 2 (0.11%) iTrent
9 2 (0.11%) Magento
9 2 (0.11%) Oracle EBS R12
9 2 (0.11%) SAP GRC
9 2 (0.11%) SAP HCM
9 2 (0.11%) SAP MM
10 1 (0.057%) Oracle Payroll
10 1 (0.057%) Payment Gateway
10 1 (0.057%) SAP CO
10 1 (0.057%) SAP FI
10 1 (0.057%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 415 (23.76%) Azure
2 241 (13.80%) Power Platform
3 224 (12.82%) AWS
4 93 (5.32%) Microsoft 365
5 47 (2.69%) PowerApps
6 41 (2.35%) GCP
7 40 (2.29%) Power Automate
8 37 (2.12%) Cloud Computing
9 34 (1.95%) Serverless
10 32 (1.83%) Entra ID
10 32 (1.83%) SaaS
11 30 (1.72%) PaaS
12 28 (1.60%) IaaS
13 24 (1.37%) Azure Data Factory
13 24 (1.37%) GitHub
14 22 (1.26%) Azure DevOps
14 22 (1.26%) Dynamics 365
15 21 (1.20%) Amazon EKS
16 20 (1.14%) GitHub Actions
17 18 (1.03%) Azure Synapse Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 42 (2.40%) Firewall
2 34 (1.95%) Network Security
3 26 (1.49%) Wi-Fi
4 24 (1.37%) DNS
5 22 (1.26%) WAN
6 19 (1.09%) SAN
7 16 (0.92%) LAN
7 16 (0.92%) SD-WAN
8 12 (0.69%) MQTT
8 12 (0.69%) Wireless
9 11 (0.63%) HTTP
10 9 (0.52%) Internet
11 8 (0.46%) Unified Communications
12 7 (0.40%) Intranet
12 7 (0.40%) SSL
13 6 (0.34%) BGP
13 6 (0.34%) IGRP
13 6 (0.34%) MPLS
13 6 (0.34%) VPLS
13 6 (0.34%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 231 (13.22%) Power BI
2 130 (7.44%) SQL Server
3 101 (5.78%) Data Warehouse
4 92 (5.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 71 (4.06%) NoSQL
6 68 (3.89%) PostgreSQL
7 64 (3.66%) Relational Database
8 63 (3.61%) Tableau
9 46 (2.63%) MySQL
10 41 (2.35%) MongoDB
11 32 (1.83%) Oracle Database
12 18 (1.03%) Data Lake
13 16 (0.92%) GIS
14 13 (0.74%) DB2
14 13 (0.74%) Power Query
14 13 (0.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 12 (0.69%) Redis
16 9 (0.52%) Metadata
16 9 (0.52%) QlikView
17 7 (0.40%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 84 (4.81%) JIRA
2 69 (3.95%) Git
3 41 (2.35%) Jenkins
4 36 (2.06%) GitLab
5 22 (1.26%) Visual Studio
6 21 (1.20%) Artifactory
7 13 (0.74%) Axure RP
7 13 (0.74%) Balsamiq
8 11 (0.63%) Subversion
9 9 (0.52%) JUnit
10 7 (0.40%) Eclipse
10 7 (0.40%) JMeter
11 6 (0.34%) Metasploit
11 6 (0.34%) Selenium
11 6 (0.34%) SoapUI
12 5 (0.29%) git-flow
12 5 (0.29%) Maven
12 5 (0.29%) Oracle APEX
12 5 (0.29%) Postman
12 5 (0.29%) REST Assured
General
1 523 (29.94%) Social Skills
2 508 (29.08%) Finance
3 193 (11.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 171 (9.79%) Analytical Skills
5 115 (6.58%) Marketing
6 112 (6.41%) Retail
7 84 (4.81%) Presentation Skills
7 84 (4.81%) Telecoms
8 82 (4.69%) Manufacturing
9 79 (4.52%) Electronics
10 74 (4.24%) Police
11 70 (4.01%) Local Government
12 56 (3.21%) Influencing Skills
13 30 (1.72%) Legal
14 17 (0.97%) Aerospace
15 14 (0.80%) Law
15 14 (0.80%) Organisational Skills
16 12 (0.69%) French Language
17 9 (0.52%) Fire and Rescue
18 8 (0.46%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 371 (21.24%) Senior
2 256 (14.65%) Lead
3 202 (11.56%) Architect
4 175 (10.02%) Developer
5 160 (9.16%) Consultant
6 148 (8.47%) Analyst
7 100 (5.72%) Project Manager
8 80 (4.58%) Business Intelligence Consultant
9 73 (4.18%) Business Analyst
10 65 (3.72%) Solutions Architect
11 59 (3.38%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 59 (3.38%) Senior Architect
12 55 (3.15%) Software Engineer
13 52 (2.98%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
14 51 (2.92%) Category Manager
14 51 (2.92%) IT Manager
15 49 (2.80%) Senior Developer
16 48 (2.75%) Agile Coach
16 48 (2.75%) Programme Manager
17 46 (2.63%) ICT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 87 (4.98%) .NET
2 78 (4.46%) HTML
3 76 (4.35%) RESTful
4 67 (3.84%) CSS
5 58 (3.32%) Web Services
6 39 (2.23%) AngularJS
6 39 (2.23%) Node.js
6 39 (2.23%) React
7 29 (1.66%) Spring
8 24 (1.37%) REST
9 23 (1.32%) .NET Core
10 22 (1.26%) Spring Boot
11 20 (1.14%) SOAP
12 19 (1.09%) Elastic Stack
12 19 (1.09%) HTML5 Canvas
13 18 (1.03%) .NET Framework
13 18 (1.03%) Django
13 18 (1.03%) Flask
13 18 (1.03%) XML
14 15 (0.86%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 114 (6.53%) Public Cloud
2 76 (4.35%) Product Ownership
3 60 (3.43%) Management Information System
4 36 (2.06%) Onboarding
5 33 (1.89%) Hybrid Cloud
6 31 (1.77%) Enterprise Software
7 29 (1.66%) NHS
8 28 (1.60%) Self-Motivation
9 23 (1.32%) IoT
10 21 (1.20%) Distributed Systems
11 16 (0.92%) Cloud Native
11 16 (0.92%) Data Centre
12 12 (0.69%) PKI
13 11 (0.63%) Driving Licence
13 11 (0.63%) Mobile App
14 10 (0.57%) Legacy Systems
15 7 (0.40%) Arduino
15 7 (0.40%) Raspberry Pi
15 7 (0.40%) Social Media
16 6 (0.34%) Distributed Denial-of-Service
Operating Systems
1 151 (8.64%) Windows
2 127 (7.27%) Linux
3 58 (3.32%) Unix
4 37 (2.12%) Windows Server
5 27 (1.55%) Solaris
6 13 (0.74%) Windows Server 2016
7 12 (0.69%) Windows Server 2019
8 11 (0.63%) Windows 10
9 7 (0.40%) Windows Server 2012
10 4 (0.23%) AIX
11 3 (0.17%) Amazon Linux
11 3 (0.17%) Kali Linux
11 3 (0.17%) Windows Server 2008
12 2 (0.11%) Oracle Linux
12 2 (0.11%) VMS
13 1 (0.057%) Android
13 1 (0.057%) Apple iOS
13 1 (0.057%) CentOS
13 1 (0.057%) Mac OS
13 1 (0.057%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 512 (29.31%) Agile
2 470 (26.90%) Mentoring
3 459 (26.27%) Coaching
4 323 (18.49%) Business Intelligence
5 221 (12.65%) Project Management
6 204 (11.68%) Roadmaps
7 202 (11.56%) Stakeholder Management
8 198 (11.33%) Problem-Solving
9 162 (9.27%) Migration
10 159 (9.10%) Artificial Intelligence
11 153 (8.76%) Machine Learning
12 143 (8.19%) Project Delivery
13 142 (8.13%) Microservices
14 127 (7.27%) Analytics
15 126 (7.21%) Programme Management
16 123 (7.04%) ETL
17 122 (6.98%) DevOps
18 119 (6.81%) Service Delivery
19 115 (6.58%) ITIL
20 112 (6.41%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 297 (17.00%) SQL
2 140 (8.01%) JavaScript
3 138 (7.90%) Java
4 125 (7.16%) C#
5 108 (6.18%) Python
6 36 (2.06%) Shell Script
7 27 (1.55%) PowerShell
8 26 (1.49%) TypeScript
9 17 (0.97%) C
10 16 (0.92%) C++
11 15 (0.86%) Bash
11 15 (0.86%) PHP
12 11 (0.63%) Ruby
13 10 (0.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 10 (0.57%) Go
13 10 (0.57%) T-SQL
14 7 (0.40%) Embedded C
14 7 (0.40%) PL/SQL
15 6 (0.34%) Embedded C++
16 4 (0.23%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 382 (21.87%) Security Cleared
2 284 (16.26%) SC Cleared
3 253 (14.48%) Degree
4 69 (3.95%) DV Cleared
5 51 (2.92%) BPSS Clearance
6 49 (2.80%) Computer Science Degree
7 48 (2.75%) Microsoft Certification
8 20 (1.14%) Azure Certification
8 20 (1.14%) DBS Check
9 19 (1.09%) Cisco Certification
10 17 (0.97%) Master's Degree
11 15 (0.86%) CISA
11 15 (0.86%) CISSP
12 12 (0.69%) AWS Certification
12 12 (0.69%) CCNP
13 11 (0.63%) CCSP
13 11 (0.63%) CISM
14 8 (0.46%) PMI Certification
15 7 (0.40%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 7 (0.40%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 149 (8.53%) Accessibility
2 76 (4.35%) QA
3 74 (4.24%) WCAG
4 40 (2.29%) PMO
5 28 (1.60%) Data Quality
6 22 (1.26%) NIST
7 17 (0.97%) NCSC
8 13 (0.74%) ITGC
9 12 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials
10 11 (0.63%) SLA
11 8 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 7 (0.40%) GDPR
12 7 (0.40%) GRC
13 6 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
14 4 (0.23%) ISO 14000
15 3 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 2 (0.11%) Government Security Classifications
17 1 (0.057%) Disclosure Scotland
17 1 (0.057%) ISO 26262
17 1 (0.057%) MISRA
System Software
1 75 (4.29%) Docker
2 61 (3.49%) Active Directory
3 29 (1.66%) VMware Infrastructure
4 26 (1.49%) Hyper-V
5 17 (0.97%) Firmware
6 8 (0.46%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (0.34%) Forefront TMG
7 6 (0.34%) Virtual Servers
7 6 (0.34%) VMware Workstation
7 6 (0.34%) vSphere
8 5 (0.29%) Embedded Firmware
8 5 (0.29%) Virtual Desktop
9 4 (0.23%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 2 (0.11%) Virtual Machines
10 2 (0.11%) XenApp
10 2 (0.11%) XenDesktop
11 1 (0.057%) BitLocker
11 1 (0.057%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 70 (4.01%) Terraform
2 60 (3.43%) Kubernetes
3 54 (3.09%) Ansible
4 18 (1.03%) Single Sign-On
5 12 (0.69%) CA Single Sign-On
6 10 (0.57%) Microsoft Intune
7 9 (0.52%) SCCM
8 7 (0.40%) SysTrack
9 6 (0.34%) Nessus
9 6 (0.34%) SCOM
9 6 (0.34%) WSUS
10 5 (0.29%) Grafana
10 5 (0.29%) vRealize
11 4 (0.23%) Kibana
11 4 (0.23%) Progress Chef
11 4 (0.23%) Puppet
12 3 (0.17%) FortiGate
12 3 (0.17%) Nmap
13 2 (0.11%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 1 (0.057%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 408 (23.35%) Microsoft
2 111 (6.35%) SAP
3 73 (4.18%) Oracle
4 46 (2.63%) VMware
5 44 (2.52%) Atlassian
6 42 (2.40%) ServiceNow
7 39 (2.23%) NEC
8 34 (1.95%) Cisco
9 31 (1.77%) Google
10 26 (1.49%) Adobe
11 24 (1.37%) Salesforce
12 17 (0.97%) Splunk
13 15 (0.86%) Aruba
14 13 (0.74%) BMC
14 13 (0.74%) CA
14 13 (0.74%) Sage
14 13 (0.74%) WSO2
15 12 (0.69%) CyberArk
16 10 (0.57%) Databricks
16 10 (0.57%) Palo Alto