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 16 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 215 307 271
Rank change year-on-year +92 -36 +151
Permanent jobs citing BPSS Clearance 246 116 384
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.15% 0.70% 1.21%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.55% 2.09% 4.46%
Number of salaries quoted 132 79 312
10th Percentile £35,000 £40,150 £37,101
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,683 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,600 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.01% +22.78% +4.55%
75th Percentile £85,000 £75,375 £65,000
90th Percentile £91,436 £80,000 £78,625
UK median annual salary £58,364 £55,160 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.81% +0.29% -

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 4,430 5,554 8,612
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.74% 33.65% 27.08%
Number of salaries quoted 3,020 2,497 5,510
10th Percentile £33,250 £29,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £56,825
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +5.59% -5.29%
75th Percentile £78,750 £73,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £93,500 £90,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.85% -10.00%

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 16 July 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 (4.07%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.44%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.41%) Confluence
3 1 (0.41%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 5 (2.03%) Simulink
2 4 (1.63%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.22%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.41%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.41%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 6 (2.44%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (2.03%) Primavera
2 5 (2.03%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.41%) SAP HCM
3 1 (0.41%) SAP Payroll
3 1 (0.41%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 16 (6.50%) AWS
1 16 (6.50%) Microsoft 365
2 15 (6.10%) Entra ID
3 7 (2.85%) Azure
4 6 (2.44%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.41%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (0.41%) Boomi
5 1 (0.41%) Figma
5 1 (0.41%) GitHub
5 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (0.41%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
5 1 (0.41%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.66%) TCP/IP
2 6 (2.44%) DHCP
2 6 (2.44%) DNS
2 6 (2.44%) LAN
2 6 (2.44%) VPN
2 6 (2.44%) WAN
2 6 (2.44%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (1.22%) Network Security
3 3 (1.22%) Skype
4 1 (0.41%) 4G
4 1 (0.41%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.44%) Power BI
2 5 (2.03%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (1.63%) OLAP
3 4 (1.63%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 4 (1.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 4 (1.63%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (0.81%) Oracle Database
4 2 (0.81%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.81%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.41%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 4 (1.63%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (0.81%) JIRA
3 1 (0.41%) Cucumber
3 1 (0.41%) Git
3 1 (0.41%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.41%) Maven
3 1 (0.41%) Postman
3 1 (0.41%) Rational Rhapsody
3 1 (0.41%) REST Assured
3 1 (0.41%) SonarQube
General
1 138 (56.10%) Social Skills
2 123 (50.00%) Finance
3 106 (43.09%) Organisational Skills
4 103 (41.87%) Legal
5 25 (10.16%) Public Sector
6 12 (4.88%) Analytical Skills
7 9 (3.66%) Aerospace
8 8 (3.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (2.03%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (2.03%) Manufacturing
10 4 (1.63%) Electronics
10 4 (1.63%) Italian Language
10 4 (1.63%) Japanese Language
10 4 (1.63%) Military
10 4 (1.63%) Police
10 4 (1.63%) Retail
11 3 (1.22%) Games
12 2 (0.81%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.41%) Digital Health
13 1 (0.41%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 36 (14.63%) Senior
2 16 (6.50%) Analyst
2 16 (6.50%) Architect
3 14 (5.69%) AWS Architect
3 14 (5.69%) AWS Solution Architect
3 14 (5.69%) Solutions Architect
4 11 (4.47%) Bid Writer
4 11 (4.47%) Developer
4 11 (4.47%) Senior Bid Writer
5 9 (3.66%) Penetration Tester
5 9 (3.66%) Tester
6 8 (3.25%) Senior Developer
6 8 (3.25%) Service Desk Engineer
7 7 (2.85%) Business Analyst
7 7 (2.85%) Java Developer
7 7 (2.85%) Operations Analyst
7 7 (2.85%) Senior Analyst
7 7 (2.85%) Senior Java Developer
7 7 (2.85%) Senior Operations Analyst
8 6 (2.44%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.63%) Oracle Fusion
1 4 (1.63%) PySpark
2 3 (1.22%) OpenGL
2 3 (1.22%) Vulkan
3 1 (0.41%) CSS
3 1 (0.41%) Flash
3 1 (0.41%) HTML
3 1 (0.41%) Kafka
3 1 (0.41%) Middleware
3 1 (0.41%) Playwright
3 1 (0.41%) RabbitMQ
3 1 (0.41%) React
3 1 (0.41%) REST
3 1 (0.41%) SAP Fiori
3 1 (0.41%) SAPUI5
3 1 (0.41%) SOAP
3 1 (0.41%) Spring
3 1 (0.41%) Spring MVC
3 1 (0.41%) Visualforce
3 1 (0.41%) Web Dynpro
Miscellaneous
1 103 (41.87%) Podcast
1 103 (41.87%) Virtual Team
1 103 (41.87%) Web Conferencing
2 10 (4.07%) Driving Licence
3 8 (3.25%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (2.44%) FPGA
4 6 (2.44%) Management Information System
4 6 (2.44%) VHDL
5 5 (2.03%) Verilog
6 4 (1.63%) Algorithms
6 4 (1.63%) Embedded Systems
6 4 (1.63%) Onboarding
6 4 (1.63%) Product Ownership
7 3 (1.22%) 3D Graphics
7 3 (1.22%) CUDA
7 3 (1.22%) Data Structures
8 2 (0.81%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.81%) Replication
9 1 (0.41%) NHS
9 1 (0.41%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 16 (6.50%) Windows
2 11 (4.47%) Windows Server
3 3 (1.22%) Linux
4 1 (0.41%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (45.93%) Customer Service
2 29 (11.79%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 22 (8.94%) Problem-Solving
4 18 (7.32%) ITIL
5 16 (6.50%) Decision-Making
6 13 (5.28%) Agile
6 13 (5.28%) ERP
7 12 (4.88%) ITSM
8 11 (4.47%) Cybersecurity
8 11 (4.47%) Data Migration
8 11 (4.47%) Migration
8 11 (4.47%) Service Delivery
9 10 (4.07%) Logistics
9 10 (4.07%) Validation
10 9 (3.66%) Cloud Security
10 9 (3.66%) SFIA
10 9 (3.66%) User Stories
11 8 (3.25%) Acceptance Criteria
11 8 (3.25%) Risk Management
11 8 (3.25%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 8 (3.25%) C
1 8 (3.25%) Java
2 6 (2.44%) SQL
3 5 (2.03%) SystemVerilog
4 4 (1.63%) C#
4 4 (1.63%) C++
4 4 (1.63%) Kusto Query Language
4 4 (1.63%) Python
5 3 (1.22%) GLSL
5 3 (1.22%) JavaScript
6 2 (0.81%) ABAP
6 2 (0.81%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.41%) MATLAB
7 1 (0.41%) SOQL
7 1 (0.41%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 102 (41.46%) Security Cleared
2 71 (28.86%) SC Cleared
3 24 (9.76%) Degree
4 11 (4.47%) DV Cleared
5 7 (2.85%) HNC
6 6 (2.44%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (2.03%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.22%) CISSP
9 2 (0.81%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.41%) A+ Certification
10 1 (0.41%) APMP
10 1 (0.41%) CISM
10 1 (0.41%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.41%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 1 (0.41%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.41%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.41%) MBA
10 1 (0.41%) PhD
10 1 (0.41%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 10 (4.07%) SLA
2 6 (2.44%) Cyber Essentials
2 6 (2.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 4 (1.63%) GDPR
3 4 (1.63%) QA
4 3 (1.22%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 3 (1.22%) NIST
4 3 (1.22%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.41%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.41%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.41%) GRC
5 1 (0.41%) ISO 9001
5 1 (0.41%) PMO
5 1 (0.41%) PSD2
5 1 (0.41%) SEPA
System Software
1 2 (0.81%) Firmware
2 1 (0.41%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.41%) Docker
Systems Management
1 15 (6.10%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.22%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (1.22%) Terraform
3 2 (0.81%) Data Guard
3 2 (0.81%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 2 (0.81%) Oracle RMAN
4 1 (0.41%) Argo
4 1 (0.41%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 33 (13.41%) Microsoft
2 13 (5.28%) SAP
3 10 (4.07%) ServiceNow
4 6 (2.44%) Cisco
4 6 (2.44%) Meraki
4 6 (2.44%) Oracle
5 5 (2.03%) Xilinx
6 4 (1.63%) Intel
6 4 (1.63%) Microsemi
7 3 (1.22%) IBM
7 3 (1.22%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.22%) Tagetik
8 2 (0.81%) Peregrine
9 1 (0.41%) Adobe
9 1 (0.41%) Conga
9 1 (0.41%) Dell
9 1 (0.41%) GoCardless
9 1 (0.41%) Google
9 1 (0.41%) MuleSoft
9 1 (0.41%) Siemens