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 18 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 156 282 357
Rank change year-on-year +126 +75 -30
Permanent jobs citing BPSS Clearance 398 147 148
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.64% 0.90% 0.63%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.87% 2.57% 2.32%
Number of salaries quoted 133 90 97
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,854 £45,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £43,125 £50,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,000 £70,600 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.10% +17.67% +12.96%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,100 £71,250
90th Percentile £91,436 £80,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +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 5,057 5,720 6,377
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.78% 35.06% 27.19%
Number of salaries quoted 3,188 2,338 3,073
10th Percentile £33,250 £31,000 £34,375
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,881
% change year-on-year +9.09% -1.58% -4.48%

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 18 September 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 (2.01%) Confluence
2 4 (1.01%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.50%) SharePoint
Applications
1 21 (5.28%) Simulink
2 6 (1.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (1.51%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (1.26%) Microsoft Project
4 4 (1.01%) Mathcad
4 4 (1.01%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.25%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.25%) Sketch
6 1 (0.25%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 17 (4.27%) Primavera
2 6 (1.51%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (1.26%) Teamcenter
4 4 (1.01%) Distributed Ledger
5 2 (0.50%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.25%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.25%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 28 (7.04%) AWS
2 14 (3.52%) Azure
2 14 (3.52%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (2.51%) Entra ID
4 7 (1.76%) Power Platform
5 3 (0.75%) Azure Machine Learning
5 3 (0.75%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (0.75%) Figma
6 1 (0.25%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.25%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (0.25%) Boomi
6 1 (0.25%) GCP
6 1 (0.25%) GitHub
6 1 (0.25%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.02%) TCP/IP
2 6 (1.51%) Ethernet
3 5 (1.26%) Network Security
4 3 (0.75%) 3GPP
4 3 (0.75%) DHCP
4 3 (0.75%) DNS
4 3 (0.75%) TETRA
5 2 (0.50%) Cisco ISE
5 2 (0.50%) OSPF
5 2 (0.50%) VLAN
5 2 (0.50%) VPN
5 2 (0.50%) Wireshark
6 1 (0.25%) Firewall
6 1 (0.25%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.01%) Data Warehouse
2 7 (1.76%) Power BI
3 6 (1.51%) Big Data
4 4 (1.01%) Hadoop
4 4 (1.01%) NoSQL
4 4 (1.01%) OLAP
4 4 (1.01%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 4 (1.01%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (1.01%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (0.75%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.50%) Metadata
7 1 (0.25%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.25%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.25%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.25%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 20 (5.03%) Rational DOORS
2 17 (4.27%) JIRA
3 8 (2.01%) Git
4 6 (1.51%) Jenkins
4 6 (1.51%) LabVIEW
5 4 (1.01%) SonarQube
6 3 (0.75%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 3 (0.75%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.75%) CMake
6 3 (0.75%) Mercurial
6 3 (0.75%) TeamCity
7 2 (0.50%) Balsamiq
8 1 (0.25%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.25%) Maven
8 1 (0.25%) Postman
8 1 (0.25%) Rational Rhapsody
8 1 (0.25%) REST Assured
General
1 256 (64.32%) Finance
2 185 (46.48%) Social Skills
3 133 (33.42%) Aerospace
4 120 (30.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 113 (28.39%) Organisational Skills
6 112 (28.14%) Legal
7 37 (9.30%) Public Sector
8 36 (9.05%) Electronics
9 33 (8.29%) Military
10 23 (5.78%) Analytical Skills
11 16 (4.02%) Manufacturing
12 10 (2.51%) Influencing Skills
12 10 (2.51%) Italian Language
12 10 (2.51%) Japanese Language
13 7 (1.76%) Games
14 5 (1.26%) Telecoms
15 2 (0.50%) Automotive
15 2 (0.50%) Law
16 1 (0.25%) Billing
16 1 (0.25%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 47 (11.81%) Senior
2 35 (8.79%) Lead
3 33 (8.29%) Architect
4 27 (6.78%) Analyst
4 27 (6.78%) Software Engineer
5 24 (6.03%) Systems Engineer
6 22 (5.53%) Principal Engineer
7 16 (4.02%) Solutions Architect
8 14 (3.52%) AWS Architect
8 14 (3.52%) AWS Solution Architect
9 13 (3.27%) Business Analyst
9 13 (3.27%) Project Manager
10 12 (3.02%) Consultant
10 12 (3.02%) Developer
11 11 (2.76%) Senior Analyst
11 11 (2.76%) Technical Specialist
12 10 (2.51%) Data Engineer
12 10 (2.51%) Principal Systems Engineer
12 10 (2.51%) Technical Architect
13 9 (2.26%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.51%) TensorFlow
1 6 (1.51%) Terraform
2 4 (1.01%) .NET
2 4 (1.01%) Apache NiFi
2 4 (1.01%) JSON
2 4 (1.01%) PySpark
3 3 (0.75%) OAuth
3 3 (0.75%) OpenGL
3 3 (0.75%) OpenID
3 3 (0.75%) pgvector
3 3 (0.75%) PostGIS
3 3 (0.75%) PyTorch
3 3 (0.75%) Vulkan
4 2 (0.50%) React
5 1 (0.25%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.25%) Apache Camel
5 1 (0.25%) Kafka
5 1 (0.25%) RabbitMQ
5 1 (0.25%) SGML
5 1 (0.25%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 112 (28.14%) Podcast
1 112 (28.14%) Web Conferencing
2 108 (27.14%) Virtual Team
3 27 (6.78%) Self-Motivation
4 23 (5.78%) FPGA
5 13 (3.27%) Algorithms
5 13 (3.27%) Management Information System
6 10 (2.51%) Cyber Defence
6 10 (2.51%) VHDL
7 9 (2.26%) Product Ownership
8 8 (2.01%) Driving Licence
8 8 (2.01%) Verilog
9 7 (1.76%) AI Agents
10 6 (1.51%) Embedded Systems
10 6 (1.51%) Enterprise Software
10 6 (1.51%) Onboarding
11 5 (1.26%) IoT
11 5 (1.26%) Legacy Systems
12 4 (1.01%) Mobile App
12 4 (1.01%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 21 (5.28%) Windows
2 12 (3.02%) Linux
3 11 (2.76%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.75%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 124 (31.16%) Customer Service
2 77 (19.35%) Agile
3 55 (13.82%) Problem-Solving
4 44 (11.06%) Software Engineering
4 44 (11.06%) Systems Engineering
5 39 (9.80%) Decision-Making
6 35 (8.79%) DevOps
7 33 (8.29%) Continuous Improvement
8 30 (7.54%) Validation
9 29 (7.29%) Cybersecurity
10 27 (6.78%) Project Management
10 27 (6.78%) Roadmaps
11 26 (6.53%) Digital Transformation Programme
12 22 (5.53%) Technical Leadership
12 22 (5.53%) Verification and Validation
13 20 (5.03%) Mentoring
14 19 (4.77%) Collaborative Working
14 19 (4.77%) Configuration Management
14 19 (4.77%) Signal Processing
15 18 (4.52%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 22 (5.53%) MATLAB
2 21 (5.28%) Python
3 16 (4.02%) C++
4 13 (3.27%) Java
5 11 (2.76%) C
6 10 (2.51%) SQL
7 9 (2.26%) SystemVerilog
8 7 (1.76%) C#
9 6 (1.51%) JavaScript
10 5 (1.26%) Ada
10 5 (1.26%) Kusto Query Language
11 3 (0.75%) GLSL
12 2 (0.50%) R
13 1 (0.25%) ABAP
13 1 (0.25%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.25%) Bash
13 1 (0.25%) Embedded C
13 1 (0.25%) Embedded C++
13 1 (0.25%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 230 (57.79%) Security Cleared
2 185 (46.48%) SC Cleared
3 122 (30.65%) DV Cleared
4 83 (20.85%) Degree
5 13 (3.27%) Chartered Engineer
5 13 (3.27%) PhD
6 9 (2.26%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (2.26%) Master's Degree
7 7 (1.76%) HNC
8 5 (1.26%) AWS Certification
8 5 (1.26%) HND
9 4 (1.01%) CISSP
10 3 (0.75%) TOGAF Certification
11 2 (0.50%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.50%) CCNA
11 2 (0.50%) Cisco Certification
11 2 (0.50%) CISM
12 1 (0.25%) ITIL Certification
12 1 (0.25%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.25%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 108 (27.14%) Accessibility
2 18 (4.52%) QA
3 11 (2.76%) SLA
4 10 (2.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 5 (1.26%) NIST
6 4 (1.01%) GDPR
7 3 (0.75%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.50%) AUTOSAR
8 2 (0.50%) Data Quality
8 2 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 15288
8 2 (0.50%) MISRA
8 2 (0.50%) MISRA C
9 1 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.25%) Def Stans
9 1 (0.25%) DO-160
9 1 (0.25%) ECSS
9 1 (0.25%) GRC
9 1 (0.25%) PSD2
9 1 (0.25%) SEPA
System Software
1 29 (7.29%) Firmware
2 9 (2.26%) Docker
3 8 (2.01%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.75%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.50%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.50%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.25%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 9 (2.26%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (1.76%) Kubernetes
3 6 (1.51%) Ansible
4 4 (1.01%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.25%) Argo
Vendors
1 33 (8.29%) Microsoft
2 21 (5.28%) SAP
3 11 (2.76%) Siemens
4 9 (2.26%) ServiceNow
5 8 (2.01%) Xilinx
6 7 (1.76%) IBM
7 6 (1.51%) Atlassian
7 6 (1.51%) Google
8 5 (1.26%) Tagetik
9 4 (1.01%) Intel
9 4 (1.01%) Microsemi
10 3 (0.75%) Oracle
10 3 (0.75%) Perforce
10 3 (0.75%) Salesforce
10 3 (0.75%) VMware
11 2 (0.50%) Cisco
11 2 (0.50%) Peregrine
11 2 (0.50%) SolarWinds
11 2 (0.50%) Veeam
12 1 (0.25%) Altera