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

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 222 304 264
Rank change year-on-year +82 -40 +319
Permanent jobs citing BPSS Clearance 149 141 214
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.99% 0.83% 1.05%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.96% 2.96% 3.81%
Number of salaries quoted 79 86 159
10th Percentile £35,854 £48,809 £25,350
25th Percentile £38,000 £53,750 £41,194
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +13.04% -
75th Percentile £75,900 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,750 £78,750 £79,000
UK median annual salary £54,793 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.68% +4.35% -4.17%

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 5,033 4,761 5,617
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 33.28% 27.95% 27.51%
Number of salaries quoted 2,450 2,463 4,045
10th Percentile £30,500 £35,000 £35,504
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,000 £46,038
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,644 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.67% +2.74% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £93,000 £90,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,498 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.56% +3.47% -

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 1 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 (3.36%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.01%) WordPress
3 2 (1.34%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.67%) Confluence
4 1 (0.67%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 6 (4.03%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.01%) Simulink
3 1 (0.67%) CATIA
3 1 (0.67%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.67%) PTC Creo
3 1 (0.67%) Siemens NX
3 1 (0.67%) SOLIDWORKS
3 1 (0.67%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.67%) SAP IBP
1 1 (0.67%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 22 (14.77%) Azure
2 19 (12.75%) Entra ID
3 9 (6.04%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (4.03%) PaaS
5 5 (3.36%) Azure Monitor
5 5 (3.36%) Azure Sentinel
5 5 (3.36%) IaaS
6 4 (2.68%) AWS
6 4 (2.68%) Azure Stack
6 4 (2.68%) GitHub
6 4 (2.68%) Google Workspace
6 4 (2.68%) SaaS
7 3 (2.01%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (2.01%) Power Platform
8 2 (1.34%) Azure AI
8 2 (1.34%) Azure AKS
8 2 (1.34%) Azure App Service
9 1 (0.67%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 1 (0.67%) Google Data Studio
9 1 (0.67%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.70%) DNS
1 7 (4.70%) VPN
2 5 (3.36%) Firewall
3 3 (2.01%) Internet
4 2 (1.34%) DHCP
4 2 (1.34%) LAN
4 2 (1.34%) SSH
4 2 (1.34%) WAN
4 2 (1.34%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (7.38%) Oracle Reports
2 4 (2.68%) Big Data
2 4 (2.68%) SQL Server
3 3 (2.01%) MongoDB
3 3 (2.01%) MySQL
3 3 (2.01%) NoSQL
3 3 (2.01%) Power BI
4 2 (1.34%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.67%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.67%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.67%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.67%) Neo4j
5 1 (0.67%) Power Query
5 1 (0.67%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.67%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.67%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 33 (22.15%) Rational DOORS
2 6 (4.03%) Git
3 4 (2.68%) GitLab
4 3 (2.01%) JIRA
5 1 (0.67%) Android Studio
5 1 (0.67%) MSTest
5 1 (0.67%) NUnit
5 1 (0.67%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.67%) Visual Studio
General
1 54 (36.24%) Social Skills
2 37 (24.83%) Electronics
3 22 (14.77%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (11.41%) Public Sector
5 15 (10.07%) Aerospace
6 12 (8.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (7.38%) Police
8 8 (5.37%) Finance
9 5 (3.36%) Marketing
9 5 (3.36%) Telecoms
10 4 (2.68%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (2.01%) Aeronautics
11 3 (2.01%) Aviation
11 3 (2.01%) Avionics
11 3 (2.01%) Brand Awareness
11 3 (2.01%) Games
12 2 (1.34%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (1.34%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (1.34%) Legal
12 2 (1.34%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 34 (22.82%) Systems Engineer
2 33 (22.15%) Principal Engineer
2 33 (22.15%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 23 (15.44%) Analyst
4 12 (8.05%) Support Analyst
5 11 (7.38%) Development Analyst
5 11 (7.38%) Development Support Analyst
5 11 (7.38%) Lead
5 11 (7.38%) Systems Analyst
5 11 (7.38%) Systems Development Analyst
5 11 (7.38%) Systems Support
5 11 (7.38%) Systems Support Analyst
6 7 (4.70%) Developer
6 7 (4.70%) Project Manager
6 7 (4.70%) Senior
7 6 (4.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 6 (4.03%) IT Engineer
7 6 (4.03%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
7 6 (4.03%) Senior Manager
8 4 (2.68%) IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (7.38%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (2.68%) .NET
3 3 (2.01%) CSS
3 3 (2.01%) HTML
3 3 (2.01%) OpenGL
3 3 (2.01%) Vulkan
4 2 (1.34%) .NET Framework
4 2 (1.34%) ASP.NET
4 2 (1.34%) Node.js
4 2 (1.34%) REST
5 1 (0.67%) Ajax
5 1 (0.67%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (0.67%) jQuery
5 1 (0.67%) JSON
5 1 (0.67%) NHibernate
5 1 (0.67%) PySpark
5 1 (0.67%) RESTful
5 1 (0.67%) SOAP
5 1 (0.67%) WCF
5 1 (0.67%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 46 (30.87%) Algorithms
2 18 (12.08%) Management Information System
3 14 (9.40%) Onboarding
4 9 (6.04%) Hybrid Cloud
5 8 (5.37%) Driving Licence
6 6 (4.03%) Data Centre
7 5 (3.36%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (2.01%) 3D Graphics
8 3 (2.01%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (2.01%) Arduino
8 3 (2.01%) Augmented Reality
8 3 (2.01%) CUDA
8 3 (2.01%) IoT
8 3 (2.01%) PKI
8 3 (2.01%) Product Ownership
8 3 (2.01%) Raspberry Pi
8 3 (2.01%) Virtual Reality
9 2 (1.34%) PMI
9 2 (1.34%) Robotics
9 2 (1.34%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 15 (10.07%) Linux
2 13 (8.72%) Windows
3 6 (4.03%) Windows Server
3 6 (4.03%) Windows Server 2019
4 4 (2.68%) Rocky
5 3 (2.01%) Android
6 2 (1.34%) Apple iOS
6 2 (1.34%) Mac OS
6 2 (1.34%) Ubuntu
6 2 (1.34%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (30.20%) Systems Engineering
2 39 (26.17%) Problem-Solving
2 39 (26.17%) Technical Leadership
3 38 (25.50%) Signal Processing
4 33 (22.15%) Test Planning
5 26 (17.45%) Innovative Thinking
6 25 (16.78%) AI
7 23 (15.44%) ITIL
8 21 (14.09%) Continuous Improvement
9 19 (12.75%) Agile
10 18 (12.08%) Change Control
11 16 (10.74%) Analytics
11 16 (10.74%) Computer Science
12 15 (10.07%) Project Management
13 13 (8.72%) Software Engineering
14 11 (7.38%) Data Security
14 11 (7.38%) Knowledge Management
14 11 (7.38%) Mathematics
14 11 (7.38%) Physics
14 11 (7.38%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 27 (18.12%) Python
2 14 (9.40%) C
3 13 (8.72%) C++
3 13 (8.72%) Java
4 11 (7.38%) PowerShell
5 8 (5.37%) JavaScript
6 6 (4.03%) MATLAB
7 5 (3.36%) Bicep
7 5 (3.36%) SQL
8 3 (2.01%) Assembly Language
8 3 (2.01%) C#
8 3 (2.01%) GLSL
8 3 (2.01%) Google Apps Script
8 3 (2.01%) Objective-C
8 3 (2.01%) Swift
8 3 (2.01%) Tcl
8 3 (2.01%) TypeScript
9 2 (1.34%) Shell Script
10 1 (0.67%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.67%) PHP
Qualifications
1 71 (47.65%) Security Cleared
2 52 (34.90%) SC Cleared
3 41 (27.52%) Degree
4 12 (8.05%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 9 (6.04%) Azure Certification
5 9 (6.04%) Microsoft Certification
6 8 (5.37%) Master's Degree
6 8 (5.37%) PhD
7 4 (2.68%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (2.68%) DBS Check
7 4 (2.68%) DV Cleared
7 4 (2.68%) Network+ Certification
8 3 (2.01%) CISM
8 3 (2.01%) CISSP
8 3 (2.01%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (2.01%) PMI Certification
9 2 (1.34%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 2 (1.34%) CCNA
9 2 (1.34%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 1 (0.67%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (27.52%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 11 (7.38%) Data Quality
3 7 (4.70%) GDPR
4 5 (3.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (3.36%) NEBOSH
4 5 (3.36%) QA
5 3 (2.01%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (2.01%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.67%) GRC
6 1 (0.67%) NIST
6 1 (0.67%) PMO
6 1 (0.67%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (8.72%) Active Directory
2 9 (6.04%) Hyper-V
3 5 (3.36%) Firmware
3 5 (3.36%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (3.36%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.34%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (4.70%) Kubernetes
2 6 (4.03%) Microsoft Intune
2 6 (4.03%) Terraform
3 5 (3.36%) SCOM
4 3 (2.01%) Ansible
5 2 (1.34%) SCCM
6 1 (0.67%) Grafana
6 1 (0.67%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 33 (22.15%) IBM
2 23 (15.44%) Microsoft
3 11 (7.38%) Oracle
4 8 (5.37%) Google
5 5 (3.36%) VMware
6 4 (2.68%) Cisco
6 4 (2.68%) Dell
7 3 (2.01%) HubSpot
7 3 (2.01%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.34%) Foundry
8 2 (1.34%) Meraki
8 2 (1.34%) Mercator
9 1 (0.67%) Atlassian
9 1 (0.67%) SAP
9 1 (0.67%) ServiceNow