Hybrid/Remote BPSS Clearance Job Trends

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid work with a requirement for BPSS Clearance qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 233 300 282
Rank change year-on-year +67 -18 +276
Permanent jobs citing BPSS Clearance 140 141 212
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.92% 0.86% 0.98%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.80% 3.01% 3.66%
Number of salaries quoted 70 86 161
10th Percentile £35,854 £48,144 £26,000
25th Percentile £41,500 £51,313 £42,069
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +13.04% -
75th Percentile £75,900 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £75,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £53,750 £58,000 £58,078
% change year-on-year -7.33% -0.13% -7.08%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

BPSS Clearance falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 5,002 4,691 5,798
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 32.88% 28.49% 26.93%
Number of salaries quoted 2,515 2,397 4,153
10th Percentile £30,500 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,852 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £59,556
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.94% -0.74%
75th Percentile £78,500 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £92,800 £90,000 £91,934
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,908 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.19% +4.19% -

BPSS Clearance
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

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

BPSS Clearance job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

BPSS Clearance
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing BPSS Clearance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing BPSS Clearance

BPSS Clearance
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing BPSS Clearance over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

BPSS Clearance salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

BPSS Clearance
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 5 (3.57%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.14%) WordPress
3 2 (1.43%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.71%) Confluence
4 1 (0.71%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 6 (4.29%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.14%) Simulink
3 1 (0.71%) CATIA
3 1 (0.71%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.71%) PTC Creo
3 1 (0.71%) Siemens NX
3 1 (0.71%) SOLIDWORKS
3 1 (0.71%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.71%) SAP IBP
1 1 (0.71%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 21 (15.00%) Azure
2 15 (10.71%) Entra ID
3 7 (5.00%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (4.29%) PaaS
5 5 (3.57%) AWS
5 5 (3.57%) Azure Monitor
5 5 (3.57%) Azure Sentinel
5 5 (3.57%) IaaS
6 4 (2.86%) GitHub
6 4 (2.86%) Google Workspace
6 4 (2.86%) SaaS
7 3 (2.14%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (2.14%) Power Platform
8 2 (1.43%) Azure AI
8 2 (1.43%) Azure AKS
8 2 (1.43%) Azure App Service
8 2 (1.43%) Azure Stack
9 1 (0.71%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 1 (0.71%) Azure Functions
9 1 (0.71%) Google Data Studio
Communications & Networking
1 7 (5.00%) DNS
1 7 (5.00%) VPN
2 5 (3.57%) Firewall
3 3 (2.14%) Internet
3 3 (2.14%) WAN
4 2 (1.43%) DHCP
4 2 (1.43%) LAN
4 2 (1.43%) SSH
4 2 (1.43%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.71%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.00%) Oracle Reports
2 4 (2.86%) Big Data
2 4 (2.86%) SQL Server
3 3 (2.14%) MongoDB
3 3 (2.14%) MySQL
3 3 (2.14%) NoSQL
3 3 (2.14%) Power BI
4 2 (1.43%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.71%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.71%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.71%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.71%) Neo4j
5 1 (0.71%) Power Query
5 1 (0.71%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.71%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.71%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 30 (21.43%) Rational DOORS
2 7 (5.00%) Git
3 4 (2.86%) GitLab
4 3 (2.14%) JIRA
5 1 (0.71%) Android Studio
5 1 (0.71%) MSTest
5 1 (0.71%) NUnit
5 1 (0.71%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.71%) Visual Studio
General
1 49 (35.00%) Social Skills
2 34 (24.29%) Electronics
3 24 (17.14%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (11.43%) Public Sector
5 15 (10.71%) Aerospace
6 12 (8.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (7.14%) Finance
8 7 (5.00%) Police
9 6 (4.29%) Marketing
10 5 (3.57%) Telecoms
11 4 (2.86%) Presentation Skills
12 3 (2.14%) Aeronautics
12 3 (2.14%) Aviation
12 3 (2.14%) Avionics
12 3 (2.14%) Brand Awareness
12 3 (2.14%) Games
13 2 (1.43%) Documentation Skills
13 2 (1.43%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (1.43%) Manufacturing
14 1 (0.71%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 31 (22.14%) Systems Engineer
2 30 (21.43%) Principal Engineer
2 30 (21.43%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 17 (12.14%) Analyst
4 11 (7.86%) Lead
5 8 (5.71%) Developer
5 8 (5.71%) Senior
5 8 (5.71%) Support Analyst
6 7 (5.00%) Development Analyst
6 7 (5.00%) Development Support Analyst
6 7 (5.00%) Project Manager
6 7 (5.00%) Systems Analyst
6 7 (5.00%) Systems Development Analyst
6 7 (5.00%) Systems Support
6 7 (5.00%) Systems Support Analyst
7 6 (4.29%) Finance Manager
7 6 (4.29%) Senior Manager
7 6 (4.29%) Systems Manager
8 4 (2.86%) Architect
8 4 (2.86%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (5.00%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (2.86%) .NET
2 4 (2.86%) CSS
2 4 (2.86%) HTML
3 3 (2.14%) OpenGL
3 3 (2.14%) REST
3 3 (2.14%) Vulkan
4 2 (1.43%) .NET Framework
4 2 (1.43%) ASP.NET
4 2 (1.43%) Node.js
4 2 (1.43%) SOAP
5 1 (0.71%) Ajax
5 1 (0.71%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (0.71%) jQuery
5 1 (0.71%) JSON
5 1 (0.71%) NHibernate
5 1 (0.71%) RESTful
5 1 (0.71%) Visualforce
5 1 (0.71%) WCF
5 1 (0.71%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 43 (30.71%) Algorithms
2 15 (10.71%) Management Information System
3 13 (9.29%) Onboarding
4 8 (5.71%) Driving Licence
4 8 (5.71%) Hybrid Cloud
5 5 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (2.86%) Data Centre
6 4 (2.86%) Product Ownership
7 3 (2.14%) 3D Graphics
7 3 (2.14%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (2.14%) Arduino
7 3 (2.14%) Augmented Reality
7 3 (2.14%) CUDA
7 3 (2.14%) IoT
7 3 (2.14%) PKI
7 3 (2.14%) Raspberry Pi
7 3 (2.14%) Virtual Reality
8 2 (1.43%) PMI
8 2 (1.43%) Robotics
8 2 (1.43%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 13 (9.29%) Linux
2 9 (6.43%) Windows
3 2 (1.43%) Rocky
3 2 (1.43%) Ubuntu
3 2 (1.43%) Windows 10
3 2 (1.43%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.43%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (0.71%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (28.57%) Systems Engineering
2 38 (27.14%) Problem-Solving
3 36 (25.71%) Technical Leadership
4 35 (25.00%) Signal Processing
5 30 (21.43%) Test Planning
6 26 (18.57%) Innovative Thinking
7 25 (17.86%) AI
8 20 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
9 19 (13.57%) Agile
10 18 (12.86%) ITIL
11 17 (12.14%) Computer Science
11 17 (12.14%) Project Management
12 16 (11.43%) Analytics
13 13 (9.29%) Software Engineering
14 12 (8.57%) Change Control
15 11 (7.86%) Mathematics
15 11 (7.86%) Physics
15 11 (7.86%) Validation
16 9 (6.43%) Configuration Management
16 9 (6.43%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 27 (19.29%) Python
2 14 (10.00%) C
3 13 (9.29%) C++
3 13 (9.29%) Java
4 9 (6.43%) JavaScript
4 9 (6.43%) PowerShell
5 6 (4.29%) MATLAB
6 5 (3.57%) Bicep
6 5 (3.57%) SQL
7 3 (2.14%) Assembly Language
7 3 (2.14%) C#
7 3 (2.14%) GLSL
7 3 (2.14%) Google Apps Script
7 3 (2.14%) Objective-C
7 3 (2.14%) Swift
7 3 (2.14%) Tcl
7 3 (2.14%) TypeScript
8 2 (1.43%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.71%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.71%) PHP
Qualifications
1 71 (50.71%) Security Cleared
2 52 (37.14%) SC Cleared
3 42 (30.00%) Degree
4 9 (6.43%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (5.71%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 7 (5.00%) Azure Certification
7 6 (4.29%) DBS Check
7 6 (4.29%) Master's Degree
7 6 (4.29%) PhD
8 4 (2.86%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
8 4 (2.86%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 3 (2.14%) CISM
9 3 (2.14%) CISSP
9 3 (2.14%) PMI Certification
10 2 (1.43%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 2 (1.43%) CCNA
10 2 (1.43%) DV Cleared
10 2 (1.43%) Network+ Certification
11 1 (0.71%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (25.71%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 7 (5.00%) Data Quality
2 7 (5.00%) GDPR
3 6 (4.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (3.57%) NEBOSH
4 5 (3.57%) QA
5 3 (2.14%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (2.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.71%) GRC
6 1 (0.71%) NCSC
6 1 (0.71%) NIST
6 1 (0.71%) PMO
6 1 (0.71%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (6.43%) Active Directory
2 7 (5.00%) Hyper-V
3 5 (3.57%) Firmware
3 5 (3.57%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (3.57%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.43%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (5.00%) Terraform
2 6 (4.29%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (3.57%) Kubernetes
3 5 (3.57%) SCOM
4 3 (2.14%) Ansible
5 2 (1.43%) SCCM
6 1 (0.71%) Grafana
6 1 (0.71%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 30 (21.43%) IBM
2 21 (15.00%) Microsoft
3 8 (5.71%) Google
4 7 (5.00%) Oracle
5 5 (3.57%) Cisco
5 5 (3.57%) VMware
6 4 (2.86%) Salesforce
7 3 (2.14%) HubSpot
8 2 (1.43%) Dell
8 2 (1.43%) Foundry
8 2 (1.43%) Meraki
8 2 (1.43%) Mercator
9 1 (0.71%) Atlassian
9 1 (0.71%) Juniper
9 1 (0.71%) SAP
9 1 (0.71%) ServiceNow