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

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 191 309 335
Rank change year-on-year +118 +26 +60
Permanent jobs citing BPSS Clearance 312 110 191
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.42% 0.67% 0.72%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.84% 1.98% 2.68%
Number of salaries quoted 135 81 159
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,854 £41,850
25th Percentile £54,279 £47,683 £49,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,000 £70,600 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.10% +17.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £85,000 £75,900 £66,250
90th Percentile £91,436 £80,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £59,490 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.16% - -4.35%

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 4,563 5,559 7,136
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.71% 33.77% 26.76%
Number of salaries quoted 3,048 2,466 4,303
10th Percentile £33,250 £29,469 £33,750
25th Percentile £46,750 £41,250 £42,608
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £74,258 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £86,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 30 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 8 (2.56%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.28%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.96%) Confluence
4 2 (0.64%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.32%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 12 (3.85%) Simulink
2 6 (1.92%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (1.60%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.96%) Mathcad
5 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.64%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.32%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.32%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 8 (2.56%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (1.92%) Primavera
3 5 (1.60%) SAP ERP
4 4 (1.28%) Distributed Ledger
5 2 (0.64%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.32%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.32%) SAP Payroll
6 1 (0.32%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 19 (6.09%) AWS
2 14 (4.49%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (4.17%) Entra ID
4 8 (2.56%) Azure
5 6 (1.92%) Power Platform
6 2 (0.64%) Figma
7 1 (0.32%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.32%) Azure Machine Learning
7 1 (0.32%) Boomi
7 1 (0.32%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.32%) GitHub
7 1 (0.32%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.21%) TCP/IP
2 5 (1.60%) DHCP
2 5 (1.60%) DNS
2 5 (1.60%) VPN
3 4 (1.28%) LAN
3 4 (1.28%) Network Security
3 4 (1.28%) WAN
3 4 (1.28%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (0.96%) Skype
5 1 (0.32%) 3GPP
5 1 (0.32%) 4G
5 1 (0.32%) 5G
5 1 (0.32%) Cisco ISE
5 1 (0.32%) OSPF
5 1 (0.32%) TETRA
5 1 (0.32%) VLAN
5 1 (0.32%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.56%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (1.92%) Power BI
3 4 (1.28%) OLAP
3 4 (1.28%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (1.28%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 4 (1.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 4 (1.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (0.96%) Big Data
4 3 (0.96%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.64%) Hadoop
5 2 (0.64%) NoSQL
5 2 (0.64%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.32%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.32%) Metadata
6 1 (0.32%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.32%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 13 (4.17%) Rational DOORS
2 6 (1.92%) JIRA
3 3 (0.96%) Git
3 3 (0.96%) Jenkins
3 3 (0.96%) LabVIEW
4 2 (0.64%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.32%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.32%) Balsamiq
5 1 (0.32%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.32%) CMake
5 1 (0.32%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.32%) Maven
5 1 (0.32%) Mercurial
5 1 (0.32%) Postman
5 1 (0.32%) Rational Rhapsody
5 1 (0.32%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.32%) TeamCity
General
1 174 (55.77%) Finance
2 157 (50.32%) Social Skills
3 109 (34.94%) Organisational Skills
4 105 (33.65%) Legal
5 53 (16.99%) Aerospace
6 52 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 35 (11.22%) Public Sector
8 17 (5.45%) Electronics
9 15 (4.81%) Analytical Skills
9 15 (4.81%) Military
10 10 (3.21%) Manufacturing
11 8 (2.56%) Italian Language
11 8 (2.56%) Japanese Language
12 7 (2.24%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (1.28%) Retail
14 3 (0.96%) Games
14 3 (0.96%) Police
14 3 (0.96%) Telecoms
15 2 (0.64%) Documentation Skills
16 1 (0.32%) Digital Health
Job Titles
1 43 (13.78%) Senior
2 20 (6.41%) Architect
3 17 (5.45%) Analyst
3 17 (5.45%) Lead
4 14 (4.49%) AWS Architect
4 14 (4.49%) AWS Solution Architect
4 14 (4.49%) Solutions Architect
4 14 (4.49%) Systems Engineer
5 13 (4.17%) Principal Engineer
6 12 (3.85%) Developer
7 11 (3.53%) Bid Writer
7 11 (3.53%) Senior Bid Writer
8 10 (3.21%) Consultant
8 10 (3.21%) Software Engineer
9 9 (2.88%) Penetration Tester
9 9 (2.88%) Tester
10 8 (2.56%) Business Analyst
10 8 (2.56%) Principal Systems Engineer
10 8 (2.56%) Security Consultant
10 8 (2.56%) Service Desk Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.28%) PySpark
2 3 (0.96%) JSON
2 3 (0.96%) OpenGL
2 3 (0.96%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (0.96%) Vulkan
3 2 (0.64%) .NET
3 2 (0.64%) Apache NiFi
3 2 (0.64%) pgvector
3 2 (0.64%) PostGIS
3 2 (0.64%) React
3 2 (0.64%) TensorFlow
4 1 (0.32%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.32%) Apache Camel
4 1 (0.32%) Kafka
4 1 (0.32%) Playwright
4 1 (0.32%) PyTorch
4 1 (0.32%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (0.32%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (0.32%) SAPUI5
4 1 (0.32%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 105 (33.65%) Podcast
1 105 (33.65%) Virtual Team
1 105 (33.65%) Web Conferencing
2 13 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (3.21%) FPGA
4 9 (2.88%) VHDL
5 8 (2.56%) Algorithms
5 8 (2.56%) Driving Licence
5 8 (2.56%) Management Information System
6 7 (2.24%) Product Ownership
6 7 (2.24%) Verilog
7 5 (1.60%) AI Agents
7 5 (1.60%) Data Structures
7 5 (1.60%) Embedded Systems
8 4 (1.28%) Cyber Defence
8 4 (1.28%) IoT
9 3 (0.96%) 3D Graphics
9 3 (0.96%) CUDA
9 3 (0.96%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (0.96%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 18 (5.77%) Windows
2 12 (3.85%) Windows Server
3 5 (1.60%) Linux
4 1 (0.32%) VxWorks
4 1 (0.32%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (36.86%) Customer Service
2 33 (10.58%) Agile
3 32 (10.26%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 32 (10.26%) Problem-Solving
4 27 (8.65%) Decision-Making
5 25 (8.01%) Systems Engineering
6 22 (7.05%) Validation
7 19 (6.09%) Continuous Improvement
7 19 (6.09%) Cybersecurity
7 19 (6.09%) Software Engineering
8 18 (5.77%) ITIL
8 18 (5.77%) Roadmaps
9 17 (5.45%) DevOps
10 14 (4.49%) ERP
11 13 (4.17%) ITSM
11 13 (4.17%) Logistics
11 13 (4.17%) Technical Leadership
12 12 (3.85%) Collaborative Working
12 12 (3.85%) Risk Management
12 12 (3.85%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 12 (3.85%) Python
2 10 (3.21%) C
2 10 (3.21%) Java
2 10 (3.21%) MATLAB
3 9 (2.88%) C++
3 9 (2.88%) SQL
4 8 (2.56%) SystemVerilog
5 6 (1.92%) C#
6 4 (1.28%) JavaScript
6 4 (1.28%) Kusto Query Language
7 3 (0.96%) GLSL
8 2 (0.64%) ABAP
8 2 (0.64%) Ada
9 1 (0.32%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.32%) Embedded C
9 1 (0.32%) Embedded C++
9 1 (0.32%) R
Qualifications
1 155 (49.68%) Security Cleared
2 114 (36.54%) SC Cleared
3 51 (16.35%) DV Cleared
4 47 (15.06%) Degree
5 8 (2.56%) HNC
6 7 (2.24%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (2.24%) PhD
7 5 (1.60%) Master's Degree
8 4 (1.28%) CISSP
8 4 (1.28%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.64%) Chartered Engineer
9 2 (0.64%) CISM
9 2 (0.64%) HND
10 1 (0.32%) A+ Certification
10 1 (0.32%) CCNA
10 1 (0.32%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.32%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.32%) ITIL Certification
10 1 (0.32%) MBA
10 1 (0.32%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (11.86%) Accessibility
2 10 (3.21%) SLA
3 9 (2.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 8 (2.56%) QA
5 4 (1.28%) Cyber Essentials
5 4 (1.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 4 (1.28%) GDPR
5 4 (1.28%) NIST
6 3 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 3 (0.96%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.64%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.32%) AUTOSAR
8 1 (0.32%) ECSS
8 1 (0.32%) GRC
8 1 (0.32%) ISO 9001
8 1 (0.32%) MISRA
8 1 (0.32%) MISRA C
8 1 (0.32%) PMO
8 1 (0.32%) PSD2
8 1 (0.32%) SEPA
System Software
1 12 (3.85%) Firmware
2 4 (1.28%) Docker
3 3 (0.96%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 13 (4.17%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.28%) Terraform
3 3 (0.96%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.96%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.64%) Ansible
4 2 (0.64%) Data Guard
4 2 (0.64%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 2 (0.64%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (0.32%) Argo
Vendors
1 35 (11.22%) Microsoft
2 17 (5.45%) SAP
3 10 (3.21%) ServiceNow
4 7 (2.24%) Xilinx
5 6 (1.92%) IBM
5 6 (1.92%) Oracle
6 5 (1.60%) Cisco
6 5 (1.60%) Tagetik
7 4 (1.28%) Google
7 4 (1.28%) Intel
7 4 (1.28%) Meraki
7 4 (1.28%) Microsemi
7 4 (1.28%) Siemens
8 2 (0.64%) Atlassian
8 2 (0.64%) Peregrine
8 2 (0.64%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.32%) Adobe
9 1 (0.32%) Dell
9 1 (0.32%) Perforce
9 1 (0.32%) Sage