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 10 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 156 261 332
Rank change year-on-year +105 +71 -36
Permanent jobs citing BPSS Clearance 421 159 154
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.69% 0.95% 0.71%
As % of the Qualifications category 8.23% 2.53% 2.57%
Number of salaries quoted 145 95 98
10th Percentile £26,227 £35,854 £47,201
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,625 £50,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +16.67% +12.96%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,700 £71,250
90th Percentile £91,436 £80,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £57,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +0.88% -

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 5,117 6,275 5,990
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.59% 37.63% 27.67%
Number of salaries quoted 3,150 2,262 2,744
10th Percentile £32,750 £30,956 £34,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -0.04%

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 10 October 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 10 (2.38%) Confluence
2 4 (0.95%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.48%) SharePoint
Applications
1 21 (4.99%) Simulink
2 6 (1.43%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.19%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.19%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (0.95%) Mathcad
4 4 (0.95%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.24%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.24%) Sketch
6 1 (0.24%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 17 (4.04%) Primavera
2 6 (1.43%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (1.19%) Teamcenter
4 4 (0.95%) Distributed Ledger
5 2 (0.48%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.24%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.24%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 29 (6.89%) AWS
2 25 (5.94%) Azure
3 19 (4.51%) Microsoft 365
4 18 (4.28%) Entra ID
5 7 (1.66%) Power Platform
6 3 (0.71%) Azure Machine Learning
6 3 (0.71%) Cloud Computing
6 3 (0.71%) Figma
7 2 (0.48%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (0.48%) Azure Sentinel
7 2 (0.48%) GCP
7 2 (0.48%) GitHub
7 2 (0.48%) SaaS
8 1 (0.24%) Azure API Management
8 1 (0.24%) Azure Monitor
8 1 (0.24%) Azure Service Bus
8 1 (0.24%) Boomi
8 1 (0.24%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.85%) TCP/IP
2 6 (1.43%) DHCP
2 6 (1.43%) DNS
2 6 (1.43%) Ethernet
3 5 (1.19%) Network Security
4 4 (0.95%) Firewall
5 3 (0.71%) 3GPP
5 3 (0.71%) NAS
5 3 (0.71%) SAN
5 3 (0.71%) TETRA
6 2 (0.48%) Cisco ISE
6 2 (0.48%) OSPF
6 2 (0.48%) VLAN
6 2 (0.48%) VPN
6 2 (0.48%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (1.90%) Data Warehouse
2 7 (1.66%) Power BI
3 6 (1.43%) Big Data
4 4 (0.95%) Hadoop
4 4 (0.95%) NoSQL
4 4 (0.95%) OLAP
4 4 (0.95%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 4 (0.95%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (0.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (0.71%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.48%) Metadata
7 1 (0.24%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.24%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.24%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.24%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 19 (4.51%) JIRA
1 19 (4.51%) Rational DOORS
2 8 (1.90%) Git
3 6 (1.43%) Jenkins
3 6 (1.43%) LabVIEW
4 4 (0.95%) SonarQube
5 3 (0.71%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 3 (0.71%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.71%) CMake
5 3 (0.71%) Mercurial
5 3 (0.71%) TeamCity
6 2 (0.48%) Balsamiq
7 1 (0.24%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.24%) Maven
7 1 (0.24%) Postman
7 1 (0.24%) Rational Rhapsody
7 1 (0.24%) REST Assured
General
1 269 (63.90%) Finance
2 198 (47.03%) Social Skills
3 138 (32.78%) Aerospace
4 120 (28.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 120 (28.50%) Legal
5 107 (25.42%) Organisational Skills
6 38 (9.03%) Public Sector
7 35 (8.31%) Electronics
8 33 (7.84%) Military
9 29 (6.89%) Analytical Skills
10 20 (4.75%) Games
11 16 (3.80%) Manufacturing
12 12 (2.85%) Influencing Skills
13 10 (2.38%) Italian Language
13 10 (2.38%) Japanese Language
14 5 (1.19%) Telecoms
15 2 (0.48%) Automotive
15 2 (0.48%) Law
15 2 (0.48%) Presentation Skills
16 1 (0.24%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 40 (9.50%) Architect
2 39 (9.26%) Senior
3 36 (8.55%) Lead
4 27 (6.41%) Software Engineer
5 26 (6.18%) Analyst
6 25 (5.94%) Systems Engineer
7 21 (4.99%) Principal Engineer
8 17 (4.04%) Customer Service Specialist
8 17 (4.04%) Technical Architect
9 15 (3.56%) Consultant
10 14 (3.33%) Solutions Architect
11 13 (3.09%) Business Analyst
11 13 (3.09%) Project Manager
12 12 (2.85%) AWS Architect
12 12 (2.85%) AWS Solution Architect
12 12 (2.85%) Data Engineer
13 11 (2.61%) Technical Specialist
14 9 (2.14%) Principal Software Engineer
14 9 (2.14%) Principal Systems Engineer
14 9 (2.14%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.43%) TensorFlow
1 6 (1.43%) Terraform
2 5 (1.19%) OpenID
3 4 (0.95%) .NET
3 4 (0.95%) Apache NiFi
3 4 (0.95%) JSON
3 4 (0.95%) PySpark
4 3 (0.71%) OAuth
4 3 (0.71%) OpenGL
4 3 (0.71%) pgvector
4 3 (0.71%) PostGIS
4 3 (0.71%) PyTorch
4 3 (0.71%) Vulkan
5 2 (0.48%) React
5 2 (0.48%) SAML
6 1 (0.24%) ASP.NET
6 1 (0.24%) SGML
6 1 (0.24%) XML
6 1 (0.24%) XSL
6 1 (0.24%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 117 (27.79%) Podcast
1 117 (27.79%) Web Conferencing
2 100 (23.75%) Virtual Team
3 40 (9.50%) Self-Motivation
4 26 (6.18%) Management Information System
5 23 (5.46%) FPGA
6 17 (4.04%) Mobile App
6 17 (4.04%) Social Media
7 12 (2.85%) Algorithms
7 12 (2.85%) Driving Licence
8 11 (2.61%) Product Ownership
9 10 (2.38%) Cyber Defence
9 10 (2.38%) VHDL
10 9 (2.14%) Enterprise Software
11 8 (1.90%) Onboarding
11 8 (1.90%) Verilog
12 7 (1.66%) AI Agents
13 6 (1.43%) Embedded Systems
13 6 (1.43%) IoT
14 5 (1.19%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 24 (5.70%) Windows
2 14 (3.33%) Windows Server
3 13 (3.09%) Linux
4 3 (0.71%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 129 (30.64%) Customer Service
2 85 (20.19%) Agile
3 60 (14.25%) Problem-Solving
4 45 (10.69%) Software Engineering
5 42 (9.98%) Decision-Making
5 42 (9.98%) Systems Engineering
6 41 (9.74%) DevOps
7 37 (8.79%) Continuous Improvement
8 30 (7.13%) Cybersecurity
8 30 (7.13%) Project Management
8 30 (7.13%) Roadmaps
9 29 (6.89%) Digital Transformation Programme
9 29 (6.89%) Validation
10 26 (6.18%) Technical Leadership
11 24 (5.70%) Stakeholder Management
12 22 (5.23%) Mentoring
13 21 (4.99%) CI/CD
13 21 (4.99%) ITIL
13 21 (4.99%) Verification and Validation
14 20 (4.75%) Emotional Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 22 (5.23%) MATLAB
2 21 (4.99%) Python
3 16 (3.80%) C++
4 11 (2.61%) C
5 10 (2.38%) SQL
6 9 (2.14%) Java
6 9 (2.14%) SystemVerilog
7 7 (1.66%) C#
8 6 (1.43%) JavaScript
8 6 (1.43%) Kusto Query Language
8 6 (1.43%) PowerShell
9 5 (1.19%) Ada
10 3 (0.71%) GLSL
11 2 (0.48%) R
12 1 (0.24%) ABAP
12 1 (0.24%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.24%) Bash
12 1 (0.24%) Embedded C
12 1 (0.24%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 230 (54.63%) Security Cleared
2 184 (43.71%) SC Cleared
3 123 (29.22%) DV Cleared
4 85 (20.19%) Degree
5 17 (4.04%) Chartered Engineer
6 13 (3.09%) PhD
7 9 (2.14%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (2.14%) Master's Degree
8 7 (1.66%) HNC
9 5 (1.19%) AWS Certification
9 5 (1.19%) Azure Certification
9 5 (1.19%) HND
10 4 (0.95%) CISSP
11 3 (0.71%) MCSA
11 3 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (0.71%) TOGAF Certification
12 2 (0.48%) CCNA
12 2 (0.48%) Cisco Certification
13 1 (0.24%) ITIL Certification
13 1 (0.24%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 108 (25.65%) Accessibility
2 19 (4.51%) QA
3 13 (3.09%) SLA
4 11 (2.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (1.43%) NIST
6 4 (0.95%) GDPR
7 3 (0.71%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.48%) AUTOSAR
8 2 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.48%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.48%) MISRA
8 2 (0.48%) MISRA C
9 1 (0.24%) Def Stans
9 1 (0.24%) DO-160
9 1 (0.24%) ECSS
9 1 (0.24%) ISO/IEC 15288
9 1 (0.24%) PMO
9 1 (0.24%) PSD2
9 1 (0.24%) SEPA
System Software
1 29 (6.89%) Firmware
2 15 (3.56%) Active Directory
3 9 (2.14%) Docker
4 4 (0.95%) Hyper-V
5 3 (0.71%) VMware Infrastructure
6 2 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.48%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 9 (2.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (1.90%) Kubernetes
3 7 (1.66%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (1.43%) Ansible
5 3 (0.71%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (0.71%) SCCM
5 3 (0.71%) SCVMM
6 1 (0.24%) Argo
6 1 (0.24%) Grafana
Vendors
1 42 (9.98%) Microsoft
2 22 (5.23%) SAP
3 11 (2.61%) Siemens
4 9 (2.14%) ServiceNow
5 8 (1.90%) Atlassian
5 8 (1.90%) Xilinx
6 6 (1.43%) Google
6 6 (1.43%) IBM
7 5 (1.19%) Cisco
7 5 (1.19%) SolarWinds
7 5 (1.19%) Tagetik
8 4 (0.95%) Intel
8 4 (0.95%) Microsemi
8 4 (0.95%) Oracle
9 3 (0.71%) BeyondTrust
9 3 (0.71%) Okta
9 3 (0.71%) Perforce
9 3 (0.71%) Salesforce
9 3 (0.71%) VMware
10 2 (0.48%) Veeam