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 7 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 170 316 391
Rank change year-on-year +146 +75 -22
Permanent jobs citing BPSS Clearance 358 113 118
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.58% 0.69% 0.47%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.61% 2.02% 1.78%
Number of salaries quoted 134 83 97
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,854 £41,206
25th Percentile £55,000 £47,592 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,600 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.85% +17.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £85,000 £76,700 £67,500
90th Percentile £91,436 £80,000 £78,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -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 4,704 5,590 6,642
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.81% 33.91% 26.45%
Number of salaries quoted 3,099 2,474 3,890
10th Percentile £33,500 £29,575 £33,980
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,118 £42,999
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £79,688 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,675 £87,500
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 7 August 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 7 (1.96%) Confluence
1 7 (1.96%) SharePoint
2 4 (1.12%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.28%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 17 (4.75%) Simulink
2 9 (2.51%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.96%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (1.12%) Mathcad
4 4 (1.12%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (1.12%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.28%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.28%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 10 (2.79%) Primavera
2 9 (2.51%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (1.40%) SAP ERP
4 4 (1.12%) Distributed Ledger
4 4 (1.12%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.28%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.28%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (0.28%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 23 (6.42%) AWS
2 11 (3.07%) Entra ID
2 11 (3.07%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (2.79%) Azure
4 6 (1.68%) Power Platform
5 3 (0.84%) Figma
6 2 (0.56%) Azure Machine Learning
6 2 (0.56%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (0.28%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.28%) Boomi
7 1 (0.28%) GitHub
7 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (0.28%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.07%) TCP/IP
2 5 (1.40%) Network Security
3 4 (1.12%) DHCP
3 4 (1.12%) DNS
3 4 (1.12%) VPN
4 3 (0.84%) Ethernet
4 3 (0.84%) Skype
5 2 (0.56%) 3GPP
5 2 (0.56%) Cisco ISE
5 2 (0.56%) LAN
5 2 (0.56%) OSPF
5 2 (0.56%) TETRA
5 2 (0.56%) VLAN
5 2 (0.56%) WAN
5 2 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.56%) Wireshark
6 1 (0.28%) 4G
6 1 (0.28%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.23%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (1.68%) Big Data
2 6 (1.68%) Power BI
3 5 (1.40%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (1.12%) Hadoop
4 4 (1.12%) NoSQL
4 4 (1.12%) OLAP
4 4 (1.12%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 4 (1.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (1.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (0.84%) SQL Server
6 2 (0.56%) Metadata
6 2 (0.56%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.28%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.28%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.28%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 17 (4.75%) Rational DOORS
2 13 (3.63%) JIRA
3 5 (1.40%) Git
3 5 (1.40%) Jenkins
3 5 (1.40%) LabVIEW
4 3 (0.84%) SonarQube
5 2 (0.56%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 2 (0.56%) Balsamiq
5 2 (0.56%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.56%) Mercurial
5 2 (0.56%) TeamCity
6 1 (0.28%) CMake
6 1 (0.28%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.28%) Maven
6 1 (0.28%) Postman
6 1 (0.28%) Rational Rhapsody
6 1 (0.28%) REST Assured
General
1 214 (59.78%) Finance
2 172 (48.04%) Social Skills
3 112 (31.28%) Organisational Skills
4 105 (29.33%) Legal
5 92 (25.70%) Aerospace
6 88 (24.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 41 (11.45%) Public Sector
8 27 (7.54%) Electronics
9 24 (6.70%) Military
10 20 (5.59%) Analytical Skills
11 15 (4.19%) Manufacturing
12 9 (2.51%) Influencing Skills
12 9 (2.51%) Italian Language
12 9 (2.51%) Japanese Language
13 4 (1.12%) Retail
13 4 (1.12%) Telecoms
14 3 (0.84%) Games
15 2 (0.56%) Automotive
15 2 (0.56%) Documentation Skills
15 2 (0.56%) Police
Job Titles
1 48 (13.41%) Senior
2 26 (7.26%) Lead
3 22 (6.15%) Architect
4 20 (5.59%) Analyst
4 20 (5.59%) Systems Engineer
5 19 (5.31%) Principal Engineer
5 19 (5.31%) Software Engineer
6 15 (4.19%) Solutions Architect
7 14 (3.91%) AWS Architect
7 14 (3.91%) AWS Solution Architect
8 12 (3.35%) Developer
9 11 (3.07%) Bid Writer
9 11 (3.07%) Consultant
9 11 (3.07%) Senior Bid Writer
10 10 (2.79%) Data Engineer
10 10 (2.79%) Principal Systems Engineer
10 10 (2.79%) Project Manager
11 9 (2.51%) Business Analyst
11 9 (2.51%) Security Consultant
11 9 (2.51%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.12%) Apache NiFi
1 4 (1.12%) JSON
1 4 (1.12%) PySpark
1 4 (1.12%) TensorFlow
2 3 (0.84%) .NET
2 3 (0.84%) OpenGL
2 3 (0.84%) pgvector
2 3 (0.84%) PostGIS
2 3 (0.84%) Vulkan
3 2 (0.56%) OAuth
3 2 (0.56%) OpenID
3 2 (0.56%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (0.56%) PyTorch
3 2 (0.56%) React
4 1 (0.28%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.28%) Apache Camel
4 1 (0.28%) Playwright
4 1 (0.28%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (0.28%) SAPUI5
4 1 (0.28%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 105 (29.33%) Podcast
1 105 (29.33%) Virtual Team
1 105 (29.33%) Web Conferencing
2 19 (5.31%) Self-Motivation
3 18 (5.03%) FPGA
4 12 (3.35%) Algorithms
5 10 (2.79%) Management Information System
5 10 (2.79%) VHDL
6 9 (2.51%) Product Ownership
7 8 (2.23%) Verilog
8 7 (1.96%) Cyber Defence
9 6 (1.68%) AI Agents
9 6 (1.68%) Data Structures
9 6 (1.68%) Driving Licence
9 6 (1.68%) Embedded Systems
10 5 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (1.12%) IoT
11 4 (1.12%) Operational Technology
12 3 (0.84%) Legacy Systems
12 3 (0.84%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 20 (5.59%) Windows
2 13 (3.63%) Windows Server
3 8 (2.23%) Linux
4 2 (0.56%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (32.12%) Customer Service
2 53 (14.80%) Agile
3 46 (12.85%) Problem-Solving
4 36 (10.06%) Systems Engineering
5 35 (9.78%) Digital Transformation Programme
6 34 (9.50%) Decision-Making
7 32 (8.94%) Software Engineering
8 29 (8.10%) Validation
9 28 (7.82%) DevOps
10 27 (7.54%) Continuous Improvement
11 24 (6.70%) Cybersecurity
12 23 (6.42%) Roadmaps
13 19 (5.31%) Technical Leadership
14 18 (5.03%) Verification and Validation
15 17 (4.75%) Collaborative Working
15 17 (4.75%) ITIL
15 17 (4.75%) Project Management
16 15 (4.19%) AI
16 15 (4.19%) Mentoring
16 15 (4.19%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (5.03%) Python
2 17 (4.75%) MATLAB
3 12 (3.35%) C++
3 12 (3.35%) Java
3 12 (3.35%) SQL
4 11 (3.07%) C
5 9 (2.51%) SystemVerilog
6 7 (1.96%) C#
7 5 (1.40%) JavaScript
8 4 (1.12%) Ada
8 4 (1.12%) Kusto Query Language
9 3 (0.84%) GLSL
10 2 (0.56%) ABAP
10 2 (0.56%) R
11 1 (0.28%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.28%) Embedded C
11 1 (0.28%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 201 (56.15%) Security Cleared
2 154 (43.02%) SC Cleared
3 90 (25.14%) DV Cleared
4 69 (19.27%) Degree
5 11 (3.07%) PhD
6 9 (2.51%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (2.51%) HNC
7 8 (2.23%) Chartered Engineer
7 8 (2.23%) Master's Degree
8 4 (1.12%) CISSP
9 3 (0.84%) AWS Certification
9 3 (0.84%) HND
10 2 (0.56%) CCNA
10 2 (0.56%) Cisco Certification
10 2 (0.56%) CISM
10 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
11 1 (0.28%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.28%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.28%) MBA
11 1 (0.28%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 74 (20.67%) Accessibility
2 11 (3.07%) QA
3 10 (2.79%) SLA
4 7 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.12%) GDPR
5 4 (1.12%) NIST
6 3 (0.84%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 15288
6 3 (0.84%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.56%) AUTOSAR
7 2 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.56%) MISRA
7 2 (0.56%) MISRA C
8 1 (0.28%) ECSS
8 1 (0.28%) GRC
8 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.28%) PMO
8 1 (0.28%) PSD2
8 1 (0.28%) SEPA
System Software
1 21 (5.87%) Firmware
2 7 (1.96%) Docker
3 4 (1.12%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.56%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.56%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 11 (3.07%) Microsoft Intune
2 5 (1.40%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.40%) Terraform
3 4 (1.12%) Ansible
4 3 (0.84%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.56%) Data Guard
5 2 (0.56%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 2 (0.56%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.28%) Argo
Vendors
1 35 (9.78%) Microsoft
2 21 (5.87%) SAP
3 9 (2.51%) ServiceNow
4 8 (2.23%) Siemens
4 8 (2.23%) Xilinx
5 7 (1.96%) IBM
6 6 (1.68%) Oracle
7 5 (1.40%) Google
7 5 (1.40%) Tagetik
8 4 (1.12%) Cisco
8 4 (1.12%) Intel
8 4 (1.12%) Microsemi
9 3 (0.84%) Atlassian
9 3 (0.84%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.56%) Meraki
10 2 (0.56%) Peregrine
10 2 (0.56%) Perforce
10 2 (0.56%) SolarWinds
10 2 (0.56%) Veeam
10 2 (0.56%) VMware