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 19 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 242 314 229
Rank change year-on-year +72 -85 +338
Permanent jobs citing BPSS Clearance 132 137 302
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.86% 0.84% 1.32%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.65% 2.94% 4.91%
Number of salaries quoted 64 80 232
10th Percentile £35,854 £47,683 £26,275
25th Percentile £41,500 £50,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £63,750 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.80% +9.91% +0.87%
75th Percentile £75,900 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £86,500 £75,000 £81,786
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,560 £58,539
% change year-on-year -8.79% -1.67% -6.34%

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 4,986 4,664 6,151
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 32.67% 28.48% 26.84%
Number of salaries quoted 2,497 2,386 4,462
10th Percentile £30,500 £34,102 £32,863
25th Percentile £43,750 £45,778 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £58,200
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +7.39% -3.00%
75th Percentile £78,312 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £94,250 £90,000 £91,225
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,499 £55,500
% change year-on-year -7.56% +7.21% -3.48%

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 19 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 (3.79%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.27%) WordPress
3 2 (1.52%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.76%) Confluence
4 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 1 (0.76%) SAP IBP
1 1 (0.76%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 19 (14.39%) Azure
2 13 (9.85%) Entra ID
3 6 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
3 6 (4.55%) PaaS
4 5 (3.79%) AWS
4 5 (3.79%) Azure Monitor
4 5 (3.79%) Azure Sentinel
4 5 (3.79%) IaaS
5 4 (3.03%) GitHub
5 4 (3.03%) Google Workspace
5 4 (3.03%) SaaS
6 3 (2.27%) Power Platform
7 2 (1.52%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (1.52%) Azure Stack
8 1 (0.76%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 1 (0.76%) Amazon ECS
8 1 (0.76%) Amazon EKS
8 1 (0.76%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (0.76%) GCP
8 1 (0.76%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 7 (5.30%) DNS
1 7 (5.30%) VPN
2 5 (3.79%) Firewall
3 3 (2.27%) Internet
3 3 (2.27%) WAN
4 2 (1.52%) DHCP
4 2 (1.52%) LAN
4 2 (1.52%) SSH
4 2 (1.52%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.76%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.79%) Oracle Reports
2 4 (3.03%) Big Data
2 4 (3.03%) SQL Server
3 3 (2.27%) MongoDB
3 3 (2.27%) MySQL
3 3 (2.27%) NoSQL
3 3 (2.27%) Power BI
4 2 (1.52%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.76%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.76%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.76%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.76%) Neo4j
5 1 (0.76%) Power Query
5 1 (0.76%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.76%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.76%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 29 (21.97%) Rational DOORS
2 7 (5.30%) Git
3 4 (3.03%) GitLab
4 3 (2.27%) JIRA
5 1 (0.76%) Android Studio
5 1 (0.76%) MSTest
5 1 (0.76%) NUnit
5 1 (0.76%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.76%) Visual Studio
General
1 46 (34.85%) Social Skills
2 33 (25.00%) Electronics
3 23 (17.42%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (11.36%) Aerospace
4 15 (11.36%) Public Sector
5 11 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 10 (7.58%) Finance
7 6 (4.55%) Marketing
8 5 (3.79%) Police
8 5 (3.79%) Telecoms
9 4 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (2.27%) Aeronautics
10 3 (2.27%) Aviation
10 3 (2.27%) Avionics
10 3 (2.27%) Brand Awareness
10 3 (2.27%) Games
11 2 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.52%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.76%) Advertising
12 1 (0.76%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 30 (22.73%) Systems Engineer
2 29 (21.97%) Principal Engineer
2 29 (21.97%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 15 (11.36%) Analyst
4 11 (8.33%) Lead
5 8 (6.06%) Developer
5 8 (6.06%) Senior
6 7 (5.30%) Project Manager
7 6 (4.55%) Finance Manager
7 6 (4.55%) Senior Manager
7 6 (4.55%) Support Analyst
7 6 (4.55%) Systems Manager
8 5 (3.79%) Development Analyst
8 5 (3.79%) Development Support Analyst
8 5 (3.79%) Systems Analyst
8 5 (3.79%) Systems Development Analyst
8 5 (3.79%) Systems Support
8 5 (3.79%) Systems Support Analyst
9 4 (3.03%) IT Risk Analyst
9 4 (3.03%) Risk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.79%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (3.03%) CSS
2 4 (3.03%) HTML
3 3 (2.27%) .NET
3 3 (2.27%) OpenGL
3 3 (2.27%) REST
3 3 (2.27%) Vulkan
4 2 (1.52%) .NET Framework
4 2 (1.52%) ASP.NET
4 2 (1.52%) Node.js
4 2 (1.52%) SOAP
5 1 (0.76%) Ajax
5 1 (0.76%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (0.76%) jQuery
5 1 (0.76%) JSON
5 1 (0.76%) NHibernate
5 1 (0.76%) RESTful
5 1 (0.76%) Visualforce
5 1 (0.76%) WCF
5 1 (0.76%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 42 (31.82%) Algorithms
2 13 (9.85%) Management Information System
3 12 (9.09%) Onboarding
4 8 (6.06%) Driving Licence
4 8 (6.06%) Hybrid Cloud
5 5 (3.79%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (2.27%) 3D Graphics
6 3 (2.27%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (2.27%) Arduino
6 3 (2.27%) Augmented Reality
6 3 (2.27%) CUDA
6 3 (2.27%) Data Centre
6 3 (2.27%) IoT
6 3 (2.27%) PKI
6 3 (2.27%) Product Ownership
6 3 (2.27%) Raspberry Pi
6 3 (2.27%) Virtual Reality
7 2 (1.52%) PMI
7 2 (1.52%) Robotics
7 2 (1.52%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 13 (9.85%) Linux
2 8 (6.06%) Windows
3 2 (1.52%) Rocky
3 2 (1.52%) Ubuntu
3 2 (1.52%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.52%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (0.76%) Android
4 1 (0.76%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (27.27%) Systems Engineering
2 35 (26.52%) Problem-Solving
3 34 (25.76%) Signal Processing
3 34 (25.76%) Technical Leadership
4 29 (21.97%) Test Planning
5 26 (19.70%) Innovative Thinking
6 24 (18.18%) AI
7 19 (14.39%) Agile
8 18 (13.64%) Continuous Improvement
9 17 (12.88%) Computer Science
9 17 (12.88%) Project Management
10 16 (12.12%) Analytics
10 16 (12.12%) ITIL
11 13 (9.85%) Software Engineering
12 11 (8.33%) Mathematics
12 11 (8.33%) Physics
12 11 (8.33%) Validation
13 10 (7.58%) Change Control
14 9 (6.82%) Configuration Management
14 9 (6.82%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 27 (20.45%) Python
2 14 (10.61%) C
3 13 (9.85%) C++
3 13 (9.85%) Java
4 9 (6.82%) JavaScript
5 8 (6.06%) PowerShell
6 6 (4.55%) MATLAB
7 5 (3.79%) Bicep
7 5 (3.79%) SQL
8 3 (2.27%) Assembly Language
8 3 (2.27%) C#
8 3 (2.27%) GLSL
8 3 (2.27%) Google Apps Script
8 3 (2.27%) Objective-C
8 3 (2.27%) Swift
8 3 (2.27%) Tcl
8 3 (2.27%) TypeScript
9 2 (1.52%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.76%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.76%) PHP
Qualifications
1 69 (52.27%) Security Cleared
2 51 (38.64%) SC Cleared
3 39 (29.55%) Degree
4 9 (6.82%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (5.30%) Azure Certification
6 6 (4.55%) DBS Check
6 6 (4.55%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 4 (3.03%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (3.03%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (3.03%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 3 (2.27%) CISM
8 3 (2.27%) CISSP
8 3 (2.27%) Master's Degree
8 3 (2.27%) PhD
8 3 (2.27%) PMI Certification
9 2 (1.52%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 2 (1.52%) CCNA
9 2 (1.52%) DV Cleared
9 2 (1.52%) Network+ Certification
10 1 (0.76%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (24.24%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 7 (5.30%) GDPR
3 6 (4.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (3.79%) Data Quality
4 5 (3.79%) NEBOSH
5 4 (3.03%) QA
6 3 (2.27%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (2.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.76%) GRC
7 1 (0.76%) NCSC
7 1 (0.76%) NIST
7 1 (0.76%) PMO
7 1 (0.76%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (6.06%) Active Directory
2 7 (5.30%) Hyper-V
3 5 (3.79%) Firmware
3 5 (3.79%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (3.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.52%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (5.30%) Terraform
2 5 (3.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (3.79%) SCOM
3 4 (3.03%) Kubernetes
4 3 (2.27%) Ansible
5 1 (0.76%) Grafana
5 1 (0.76%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.76%) SCCM
Vendors
1 29 (21.97%) IBM
2 19 (14.39%) Microsoft
3 8 (6.06%) Google
4 5 (3.79%) Cisco
4 5 (3.79%) Oracle
4 5 (3.79%) VMware
5 4 (3.03%) Salesforce
6 3 (2.27%) HubSpot
7 2 (1.52%) Dell
7 2 (1.52%) Meraki
7 2 (1.52%) Mercator
8 1 (0.76%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.76%) Foundry
8 1 (0.76%) Juniper
8 1 (0.76%) SAP
8 1 (0.76%) ServiceNow