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 21 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 256 302 188
Rank change year-on-year +46 -114 +381
Permanent jobs citing BPSS Clearance 132 127 473
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.81% 0.83% 1.70%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.71% 2.80% 6.29%
Number of salaries quoted 67 74 364
10th Percentile £37,500 £47,683 £31,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £49,775 £47,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,528 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.50% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £75,900 £73,750 £68,887
90th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £53,625 £56,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.24% +1.82% -15.38%

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 4,876 4,537 7,516
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 29.74% 29.52% 27.04%
Number of salaries quoted 2,631 2,426 5,513
10th Percentile £30,750 £32,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,778 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £74,144 £73,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £89,375 £88,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -4.35%

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 21 February 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 11 (8.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (6.06%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.27%) WordPress
4 2 (1.52%) Confluence
5 1 (0.76%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 6 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.27%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.27%) Simulink
3 1 (0.76%) CATIA
3 1 (0.76%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.76%) PTC Creo
3 1 (0.76%) Siemens NX
3 1 (0.76%) SOLIDWORKS
3 1 (0.76%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (1.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.76%) SAP ERP
2 1 (0.76%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 20 (15.15%) Azure
2 15 (11.36%) Entra ID
3 12 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (4.55%) PaaS
5 5 (3.79%) Azure Monitor
5 5 (3.79%) Azure Sentinel
5 5 (3.79%) IaaS
6 4 (3.03%) AWS
6 4 (3.03%) GitHub
6 4 (3.03%) Google Workspace
6 4 (3.03%) SaaS
7 3 (2.27%) Power Platform
8 2 (1.52%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 2 (1.52%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 1 (0.76%) Amazon ECS
9 1 (0.76%) Amazon EKS
9 1 (0.76%) Asana
9 1 (0.76%) Azure Functions
9 1 (0.76%) Google Sheets
9 1 (0.76%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 13 (9.85%) DNS
1 13 (9.85%) VPN
2 9 (6.82%) WAN
3 8 (6.06%) DHCP
3 8 (6.06%) LAN
3 8 (6.06%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (3.79%) Firewall
5 3 (2.27%) Internet
6 2 (1.52%) SSH
7 1 (0.76%) 4G
7 1 (0.76%) 5G
7 1 (0.76%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.03%) Big Data
1 4 (3.03%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.27%) Power BI
3 2 (1.52%) MongoDB
3 2 (1.52%) MySQL
3 2 (1.52%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.76%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.76%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.76%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.76%) Neo4j
4 1 (0.76%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.76%) Power Query
4 1 (0.76%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.76%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.76%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 23 (17.42%) Rational DOORS
2 8 (6.06%) Git
3 4 (3.03%) GitLab
3 4 (3.03%) JIRA
4 1 (0.76%) Android Studio
4 1 (0.76%) MSTest
4 1 (0.76%) NUnit
4 1 (0.76%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.76%) Visual Studio
General
1 49 (37.12%) Social Skills
2 27 (20.45%) Electronics
3 24 (18.18%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (16.67%) Public Sector
5 16 (12.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 15 (11.36%) Aerospace
7 10 (7.58%) Finance
8 7 (5.30%) Marketing
9 6 (4.55%) Telecoms
10 4 (3.03%) Police
10 4 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (2.27%) Aeronautics
11 3 (2.27%) Aviation
11 3 (2.27%) Avionics
11 3 (2.27%) Brand Awareness
11 3 (2.27%) Games
11 3 (2.27%) Manufacturing
12 2 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.76%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.76%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 24 (18.18%) Systems Engineer
2 23 (17.42%) Principal Engineer
2 23 (17.42%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 13 (9.85%) Senior
4 12 (9.09%) Lead
5 11 (8.33%) Analyst
6 8 (6.06%) Developer
6 8 (6.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 8 (6.06%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
6 8 (6.06%) IT Engineer
6 8 (6.06%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
6 8 (6.06%) Operations Engineer
7 7 (5.30%) Project Manager
8 6 (4.55%) Finance Manager
8 6 (4.55%) Senior Manager
8 6 (4.55%) Systems Manager
9 4 (3.03%) Bid Writer
9 4 (3.03%) Head of Support
9 4 (3.03%) IT Analyst
9 4 (3.03%) Senior Bid Writer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.79%) CSS
1 5 (3.79%) HTML
2 4 (3.03%) Oracle Fusion
3 3 (2.27%) OpenGL
3 3 (2.27%) REST
3 3 (2.27%) SOAP
3 3 (2.27%) Vulkan
4 2 (1.52%) .NET
4 2 (1.52%) .NET Framework
4 2 (1.52%) ASP.NET
4 2 (1.52%) Lightning Web Components
4 2 (1.52%) Middleware
4 2 (1.52%) Node.js
4 2 (1.52%) Visualforce
5 1 (0.76%) Ajax
5 1 (0.76%) jQuery
5 1 (0.76%) JSON
5 1 (0.76%) NHibernate
5 1 (0.76%) RESTful
5 1 (0.76%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 36 (27.27%) Algorithms
2 14 (10.61%) Driving Licence
3 12 (9.09%) Onboarding
4 11 (8.33%) Management Information System
5 6 (4.55%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (3.79%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (3.03%) Product Ownership
8 3 (2.27%) 3D Graphics
8 3 (2.27%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (2.27%) Arduino
8 3 (2.27%) Augmented Reality
8 3 (2.27%) CUDA
8 3 (2.27%) IoT
8 3 (2.27%) PKI
8 3 (2.27%) Raspberry Pi
8 3 (2.27%) Virtual Reality
9 2 (1.52%) PMI
9 2 (1.52%) Robotics
9 2 (1.52%) Video Conferencing
10 1 (0.76%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 11 (8.33%) Linux
2 6 (4.55%) Windows
3 2 (1.52%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.76%) Android
4 1 (0.76%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (28.79%) Problem-Solving
2 29 (21.97%) Technical Leadership
3 28 (21.21%) Signal Processing
4 26 (19.70%) Innovative Thinking
5 25 (18.94%) Systems Engineering
6 23 (17.42%) AI
6 23 (17.42%) Test Planning
7 22 (16.67%) Computer Science
8 20 (15.15%) Agile
9 18 (13.64%) ITIL
10 17 (12.88%) Project Management
11 16 (12.12%) Analytics
11 16 (12.12%) Continuous Improvement
12 15 (11.36%) Service Delivery
13 13 (9.85%) Migration
13 13 (9.85%) Software Engineering
14 12 (9.09%) Collaborative Culture
14 12 (9.09%) Validation
15 11 (8.33%) Disaster Recovery
15 11 (8.33%) Mathematics
Programming Languages
1 27 (20.45%) Python
2 14 (10.61%) C
3 13 (9.85%) C++
4 12 (9.09%) Java
5 10 (7.58%) JavaScript
6 7 (5.30%) PowerShell
7 6 (4.55%) MATLAB
8 5 (3.79%) Bicep
9 4 (3.03%) SQL
10 3 (2.27%) Assembly Language
10 3 (2.27%) C#
10 3 (2.27%) GLSL
10 3 (2.27%) Google Apps Script
10 3 (2.27%) Objective-C
10 3 (2.27%) Swift
10 3 (2.27%) Tcl
10 3 (2.27%) TypeScript
11 2 (1.52%) Shell Script
11 2 (1.52%) SOQL
11 2 (1.52%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 73 (55.30%) Security Cleared
2 55 (41.67%) SC Cleared
3 41 (31.06%) Degree
4 15 (11.36%) Microsoft Certification
5 9 (6.82%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (4.55%) DBS Check
7 5 (3.79%) Azure Certification
8 4 (3.03%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (3.03%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 3 (2.27%) CISM
9 3 (2.27%) CISSP
9 3 (2.27%) PMI Certification
10 2 (1.52%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 2 (1.52%) CCNA
11 1 (0.76%) A+ Certification
11 1 (0.76%) APMP
11 1 (0.76%) HNC
11 1 (0.76%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 1 (0.76%) PMP
11 1 (0.76%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (17.42%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 12 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (6.82%) Cyber Essentials
3 9 (6.82%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 7 (5.30%) GDPR
5 5 (3.79%) NEBOSH
6 4 (3.03%) QA
7 2 (1.52%) PMO
8 1 (0.76%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.76%) GRC
8 1 (0.76%) NCSC
8 1 (0.76%) NIST
8 1 (0.76%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (4.55%) Active Directory
2 5 (3.79%) Firmware
2 5 (3.79%) Hyper-V
2 5 (3.79%) Virtual Machines
2 5 (3.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (1.52%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (7.58%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (5.30%) Terraform
3 5 (3.79%) SCOM
4 3 (2.27%) Ansible
5 1 (0.76%) Grafana
5 1 (0.76%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.76%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 24 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 23 (17.42%) IBM
3 11 (8.33%) Cisco
4 8 (6.06%) Google
4 8 (6.06%) Meraki
5 6 (4.55%) Salesforce
6 5 (3.79%) VMware
7 4 (3.03%) Oracle
8 3 (2.27%) HubSpot
9 2 (1.52%) Mercator
9 2 (1.52%) SAP
9 2 (1.52%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.76%) Atlassian
10 1 (0.76%) Juniper