BPSS Clearance Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

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 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 70 254 542
Rank change year-on-year +184 +288 +128
Permanent jobs citing BPSS Clearance 827 418 121
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 4.59% 1.24% 0.29%
As % of the Qualifications category 12.89% 4.39% 1.15%
Number of salaries quoted 736 327 89
10th Percentile - £31,250 £40,000
25th Percentile - £48,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,683 £57,500 £63,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.07% -8.73% -3.08%
75th Percentile £70,600 £66,250 £82,500
90th Percentile - £76,000 £88,000
UK median annual salary £50,818 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.60% - +7.32%

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 6,415 9,531 10,516
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.64% 28.19% 25.42%
Number of salaries quoted 3,086 5,914 6,452
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £70,600 £72,500 £77,715
90th Percentile £83,750 £87,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £59,526
% change year-on-year +1.85% -9.28% +8.23%

BPSS Clearance
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing BPSS Clearance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

BPSS Clearance trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

BPSS Clearance
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing BPSS Clearance.

BPSS Clearance salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

BPSS Clearance
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing BPSS Clearance over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

BPSS Clearance salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

BPSS Clearance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 11 (1.33%) Confluence
2 5 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.12%) Anypoint
4 1 (0.12%) Mule
4 1 (0.12%) nginx
4 1 (0.12%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.12%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 40 (4.84%) Microsoft Office
1 40 (4.84%) Simulink
2 4 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.48%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.12%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 26 (3.14%) Azure
2 18 (2.18%) GitHub
3 14 (1.69%) Azure DevOps
3 14 (1.69%) GitHub Actions
4 13 (1.57%) AWS
5 12 (1.45%) PaaS
6 9 (1.09%) SaaS
7 8 (0.97%) GCP
7 8 (0.97%) IaaS
8 7 (0.85%) Power Platform
9 4 (0.48%) Azure Cosmos DB
9 4 (0.48%) Google Analytics
9 4 (0.48%) Google Data Studio
9 4 (0.48%) Google Sheets
9 4 (0.48%) Google Tag Manager
10 3 (0.36%) Microsoft Copilot
10 3 (0.36%) Prefect
11 2 (0.24%) Azure Monitor
11 2 (0.24%) Dynamics 365
12 1 (0.12%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.24%) HTTP
2 1 (0.12%) LAN
2 1 (0.12%) Skype
2 1 (0.12%) Unified Communications
2 1 (0.12%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (0.73%) PostgreSQL
1 6 (0.73%) Power BI
2 5 (0.60%) Azure SQL Database
2 5 (0.60%) Redis
3 4 (0.48%) Power Query
4 3 (0.36%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.12%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.12%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.12%) MariaDB
5 1 (0.12%) MySQL
5 1 (0.12%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 172 (20.80%) Rational DOORS
2 13 (1.57%) Git
2 13 (1.57%) SonarQube
3 12 (1.45%) JIRA
4 6 (0.73%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.48%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.36%) MLflow
7 2 (0.24%) JUnit
7 2 (0.24%) Subversion
8 1 (0.12%) ERwin
8 1 (0.12%) Gatling
8 1 (0.12%) JMeter
8 1 (0.12%) Locust
8 1 (0.12%) Postman
General
1 504 (60.94%) Presentation Skills
2 200 (24.18%) Electronics
3 66 (7.98%) Social Skills
4 40 (4.84%) Aerospace
5 25 (3.02%) Public Sector
6 20 (2.42%) Avionics
7 12 (1.45%) Finance
8 6 (0.73%) Military
9 4 (0.48%) Legal
9 4 (0.48%) Marketing
10 3 (0.36%) Analytical Skills
10 3 (0.36%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.24%) Publishing
12 1 (0.12%) Local Government
12 1 (0.12%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.12%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 736 (89.00%) Systems Engineer
2 172 (20.80%) Principal Engineer
2 172 (20.80%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 65 (7.86%) Senior
4 60 (7.26%) Senior Systems Engineer
5 42 (5.08%) Lead
6 40 (4.84%) Lead Systems Engineer
6 40 (4.84%) Team Leader
7 14 (1.69%) Radar Engineer
8 11 (1.33%) Developer
9 8 (0.97%) Analyst
9 8 (0.97%) DevOps Engineer
10 5 (0.60%) Backend Developer
10 5 (0.60%) Senior Backend Developer
10 5 (0.60%) Senior Developer
11 4 (0.48%) Architect
11 4 (0.48%) Azure Architect
11 4 (0.48%) IAM Specialist
11 4 (0.48%) Performance Analyst
12 3 (0.36%) Research Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (0.97%) ARM Templates
1 8 (0.97%) Azure Blueprints
2 7 (0.85%) Django
2 7 (0.85%) JSON
3 6 (0.73%) RESTful
4 5 (0.60%) .NET
4 5 (0.60%) FastAPI
4 5 (0.60%) Flask
4 5 (0.60%) GraphQL
4 5 (0.60%) Keycloak
4 5 (0.60%) OAuth
4 5 (0.60%) pytest
4 5 (0.60%) SQLAlchemy
4 5 (0.60%) WebSockets
5 4 (0.48%) XML
6 3 (0.36%) CSS
6 3 (0.36%) HTML
6 3 (0.36%) scikit-learn
6 3 (0.36%) SOAP
6 3 (0.36%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 200 (24.18%) Algorithms
2 19 (2.30%) Onboarding
3 11 (1.33%) Management Information System
4 8 (0.97%) Product Ownership
5 7 (0.85%) e-Learning
6 4 (0.48%) Social Media
7 3 (0.36%) Cloud Native
7 3 (0.36%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.12%) CMDB
8 1 (0.12%) Distributed Architecture
8 1 (0.12%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.12%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.09%) Linux
2 7 (0.85%) Windows
3 4 (0.48%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.12%) Android
4 1 (0.12%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 775 (93.71%) Systems Engineering
2 587 (70.98%) Agile
3 567 (68.56%) SysML
4 528 (63.85%) UML
5 517 (62.52%) Cybersecurity
6 504 (60.94%) MODAF
7 248 (29.99%) Technical Leadership
8 200 (24.18%) Signal Processing
9 173 (20.92%) Test Planning
10 60 (7.26%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
11 51 (6.17%) Project Management
12 42 (5.08%) Coaching
13 40 (4.84%) Safety Engineering
13 40 (4.84%) Software Delivery
13 40 (4.84%) System Testing
14 28 (3.39%) Architectural Design
15 27 (3.26%) Line Management
16 26 (3.14%) Business Continuity
17 20 (2.42%) Requirements Analysis
17 20 (2.42%) Situational Awareness
Programming Languages
1 504 (60.94%) MATLAB
2 18 (2.18%) Python
3 14 (1.69%) SQL
4 4 (0.48%) Perl
4 4 (0.48%) PHP
5 3 (0.36%) Java
6 2 (0.24%) C#
6 2 (0.24%) Ruby
7 1 (0.12%) Data Analysis Expressions
7 1 (0.12%) JavaScript
7 1 (0.12%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 547 (66.14%) Degree
2 29 (3.51%) Security Cleared
3 14 (1.69%) Master's Degree
3 14 (1.69%) PhD
4 7 (0.85%) Chartered Engineer
5 5 (0.60%) SC Cleared
6 2 (0.24%) DBS Check
6 2 (0.24%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
7 1 (0.12%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.12%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.12%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 211 (25.51%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 8 (0.97%) NCSC
3 3 (0.36%) Accessibility
3 3 (0.36%) QA
4 2 (0.24%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.12%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.12%) SLA
5 1 (0.12%) WCAG
System Software
1 16 (1.93%) Docker
2 1 (0.12%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 16 (1.93%) Kubernetes
2 11 (1.33%) Terraform
3 8 (0.97%) Ansible
4 5 (0.60%) Grafana
4 5 (0.60%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 172 (20.80%) IBM
2 53 (6.41%) Microsoft
3 40 (4.84%) MathWorks
4 9 (1.09%) Mercator
5 7 (0.85%) Google
6 4 (0.48%) Oracle
7 1 (0.12%) Databricks
7 1 (0.12%) MuleSoft
7 1 (0.12%) Ribbon
7 1 (0.12%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.12%) Splunk
7 1 (0.12%) Verint
7 1 (0.12%) Yealink