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 19 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 282 357 328
Rank change year-on-year +75 -29 +305
Permanent jobs citing BPSS Clearance 147 148 209
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.90% 0.63% 0.85%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.57% 2.32% 3.18%
Number of salaries quoted 90 97 164
10th Percentile £35,854 £45,000 £24,000
25th Percentile £43,125 £50,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,600 £60,000 £53,118
Median % change year-on-year +17.67% +12.96% -11.47%
75th Percentile £77,100 £71,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £82,125
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year - - +4.55%

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 5,720 6,378 6,579
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.07% 27.19% 26.66%
Number of salaries quoted 2,338 3,074 4,929
10th Percentile £31,000 £34,375 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,762 £58,500
% change year-on-year -1.37% -4.68% +6.36%

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 Hybrid Work Options

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing BPSS Clearance.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing BPSS Clearance

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 19 September 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 9 (6.12%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (2.72%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.68%) Anypoint
3 1 (0.68%) Mule
3 1 (0.68%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (2.72%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (2.72%) Simulink
2 1 (0.68%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (0.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (1.36%) Sage 200
2 1 (0.68%) Raiser’s Edge
Cloud Services
1 25 (17.01%) Azure
2 24 (16.33%) Entra ID
3 10 (6.80%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (5.44%) Azure Stack
5 6 (4.08%) AWS
5 6 (4.08%) Azure Monitor
6 5 (3.40%) Azure Sentinel
6 5 (3.40%) IaaS
6 5 (3.40%) PaaS
7 3 (2.04%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (2.04%) Google Workspace
7 3 (2.04%) Power Platform
8 2 (1.36%) Azure AI
8 2 (1.36%) Azure AKS
8 2 (1.36%) Azure App Service
8 2 (1.36%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (1.36%) OneDrive
8 2 (1.36%) Power Automate
9 1 (0.68%) GCP
9 1 (0.68%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.40%) DNS
1 5 (3.40%) Firewall
1 5 (3.40%) VPN
2 3 (2.04%) Internet
3 1 (0.68%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (7.48%) Oracle Reports
2 4 (2.72%) Big Data
3 3 (2.04%) MongoDB
3 3 (2.04%) MySQL
3 3 (2.04%) NoSQL
3 3 (2.04%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (2.04%) Power BI
3 3 (2.04%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.36%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.68%) Amazon Aurora
5 1 (0.68%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.68%) DB2
5 1 (0.68%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.68%) Neo4j
5 1 (0.68%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 33 (22.45%) Rational DOORS
2 3 (2.04%) Git
2 3 (2.04%) GitLab
3 1 (0.68%) Gatling
3 1 (0.68%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.68%) JMeter
3 1 (0.68%) Locust
3 1 (0.68%) Postman
General
1 47 (31.97%) Social Skills
2 40 (27.21%) Electronics
3 19 (12.93%) Public Sector
4 18 (12.24%) Finance
5 17 (11.56%) Analytical Skills
6 13 (8.84%) Aerospace
7 11 (7.48%) Police
8 9 (6.12%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (4.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (4.08%) Legal
10 5 (3.40%) Avionics
10 5 (3.40%) Telecoms
11 3 (2.04%) Aeronautics
11 3 (2.04%) Aviation
11 3 (2.04%) Military
12 2 (1.36%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.68%) Law
13 1 (0.68%) Local Government
13 1 (0.68%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 41 (27.89%) Systems Engineer
2 33 (22.45%) Principal Engineer
2 33 (22.45%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 22 (14.97%) Analyst
4 12 (8.16%) Support Analyst
5 11 (7.48%) Development Analyst
5 11 (7.48%) Development Support Analyst
5 11 (7.48%) Systems Analyst
5 11 (7.48%) Systems Development Analyst
5 11 (7.48%) Systems Support
5 11 (7.48%) Systems Support Analyst
6 8 (5.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 8 (5.44%) IT Engineer
6 8 (5.44%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
7 6 (4.08%) Business Analyst
8 4 (2.72%) Desktop Engineer
8 4 (2.72%) IAM Specialist
8 4 (2.72%) Integration Manager
8 4 (2.72%) IT Manager
8 4 (2.72%) Radar Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (7.48%) Oracle Fusion
2 6 (4.08%) .NET
3 2 (1.36%) REST
4 1 (0.68%) CSS
4 1 (0.68%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.68%) HTML
4 1 (0.68%) JSON
4 1 (0.68%) MUnit
4 1 (0.68%) RESTful
4 1 (0.68%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 50 (34.01%) Algorithms
2 16 (10.88%) Onboarding
3 15 (10.20%) Management Information System
4 13 (8.84%) Hybrid Cloud
5 10 (6.80%) Data Centre
6 8 (5.44%) e-Learning
6 8 (5.44%) Product Ownership
7 5 (3.40%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (2.04%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (2.04%) Arduino
8 3 (2.04%) Augmented Reality
8 3 (2.04%) Driving Licence
8 3 (2.04%) IoT
8 3 (2.04%) PKI
8 3 (2.04%) Raspberry Pi
8 3 (2.04%) Virtual Reality
9 1 (0.68%) Graphic Design
9 1 (0.68%) Photography
9 1 (0.68%) Replication
9 1 (0.68%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 20 (13.61%) Windows
2 16 (10.88%) Linux
3 14 (9.52%) Windows Server
4 10 (6.80%) Windows Server 2019
5 8 (5.44%) Rocky
6 4 (2.72%) Windows 10
7 3 (2.04%) Android
7 3 (2.04%) Apple iOS
8 2 (1.36%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (40.82%) Systems Engineering
2 45 (30.61%) Technical Leadership
3 41 (27.89%) Signal Processing
4 34 (23.13%) Test Planning
5 30 (20.41%) Innovative Thinking
5 30 (20.41%) Problem-Solving
6 26 (17.69%) Artificial Intelligence
7 22 (14.97%) ITIL
8 18 (12.24%) Computer Science
8 18 (12.24%) Continuous Improvement
9 17 (11.56%) Agile
9 17 (11.56%) Cybersecurity
10 15 (10.20%) Analytics
11 14 (9.52%) Project Management
12 13 (8.84%) Change Control
13 12 (8.16%) Customer Requirements
14 11 (7.48%) Data Security
14 11 (7.48%) Knowledge Management
14 11 (7.48%) Migration
14 11 (7.48%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 24 (16.33%) Python
2 13 (8.84%) MATLAB
3 12 (8.16%) C
3 12 (8.16%) PowerShell
4 11 (7.48%) C++
4 11 (7.48%) Java
5 5 (3.40%) Bicep
5 5 (3.40%) SQL
6 4 (2.72%) JavaScript
6 4 (2.72%) Perl
6 4 (2.72%) PHP
6 4 (2.72%) Tcl
7 3 (2.04%) Assembly Language
7 3 (2.04%) Google Apps Script
7 3 (2.04%) Objective-C
7 3 (2.04%) Swift
8 1 (0.68%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 69 (46.94%) Security Cleared
2 53 (36.05%) SC Cleared
3 48 (32.65%) Degree
4 13 (8.84%) Azure Certification
4 13 (8.84%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 13 (8.84%) PhD
5 10 (6.80%) Master's Degree
6 9 (6.12%) Network+ Certification
7 8 (5.44%) DV Cleared
8 6 (4.08%) Microsoft Certification
9 3 (2.04%) AWS Certification
9 3 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (2.04%) DBS Check
10 2 (1.36%) NVQ Level 4
10 2 (1.36%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 1 (0.68%) A+ Certification
11 1 (0.68%) Chartered Engineer
11 1 (0.68%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.68%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (31.97%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 12 (8.16%) Data Quality
3 4 (2.72%) QA
4 2 (1.36%) ISO 22301
5 1 (0.68%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.68%) GDPR
5 1 (0.68%) SLA
5 1 (0.68%) WCAG
System Software
1 22 (14.97%) Active Directory
2 13 (8.84%) Hyper-V
3 5 (3.40%) Firmware
3 5 (3.40%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (3.40%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.68%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (6.80%) Kubernetes
2 5 (3.40%) SCOM
2 5 (3.40%) Terraform
3 4 (2.72%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (2.72%) SCCM
Vendors
1 33 (22.45%) IBM
2 20 (13.61%) Microsoft
3 12 (8.16%) Oracle
4 8 (5.44%) Dell
5 7 (4.76%) Google
6 5 (3.40%) VMware
7 3 (2.04%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.36%) Concur
8 2 (1.36%) Foundry
8 2 (1.36%) HubSpot
8 2 (1.36%) Mercator
8 2 (1.36%) Pega
8 2 (1.36%) Sage
8 2 (1.36%) Snow
9 1 (0.68%) Adobe
9 1 (0.68%) Cognos
9 1 (0.68%) MuleSoft
9 1 (0.68%) Splunk