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 9 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 228 332 262
Rank change year-on-year +104 -70 +164
Permanent jobs citing BPSS Clearance 243 108 383
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.15% 0.66% 1.18%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.47% 1.97% 4.38%
Number of salaries quoted 133 75 308
10th Percentile £35,000 £41,600 £37,101
25th Percentile £53,750 £47,683 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £70,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.14% +21.74% +3.60%
75th Percentile £85,000 £72,800 £65,000
90th Percentile £91,436 £80,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £58,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.45% - -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 4,445 5,495 8,754
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.97% 33.49% 26.87%
Number of salaries quoted 3,034 2,477 5,634
10th Percentile £33,250 £29,150 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,125 £42,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,150 £60,000 £56,525
Median % change year-on-year +3.58% +6.15% -5.79%
75th Percentile £78,750 £73,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £93,634 £90,000 £86,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% +2.80% -10.83%

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 9 July 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 10 (4.12%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.47%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.41%) Confluence
3 1 (0.41%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 4 (1.65%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (1.65%) Simulink
2 3 (1.23%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.41%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.41%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 6 (2.47%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (2.06%) Primavera
2 5 (2.06%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.41%) SAP HCM
3 1 (0.41%) SAP Payroll
3 1 (0.41%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 17 (7.00%) AWS
2 16 (6.58%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (6.17%) Entra ID
4 8 (3.29%) Azure
5 4 (1.65%) Power Platform
6 2 (0.82%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
6 2 (0.82%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 1 (0.41%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.41%) Boomi
7 1 (0.41%) Figma
7 1 (0.41%) GitHub
7 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.70%) TCP/IP
2 7 (2.88%) WAN
3 6 (2.47%) DHCP
3 6 (2.47%) DNS
3 6 (2.47%) LAN
3 6 (2.47%) VPN
3 6 (2.47%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (1.23%) Network Security
4 3 (1.23%) Skype
5 1 (0.41%) 4G
5 1 (0.41%) 5G
5 1 (0.41%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.65%) Data Warehouse
1 4 (1.65%) Power BI
2 3 (1.23%) OLAP
2 3 (1.23%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 3 (1.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 3 (1.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (0.82%) Oracle Database
3 2 (0.82%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.82%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.41%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 4 (1.65%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (0.82%) Git
2 2 (0.82%) JIRA
3 1 (0.41%) Cucumber
3 1 (0.41%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.41%) Maven
3 1 (0.41%) Postman
3 1 (0.41%) Rational Rhapsody
3 1 (0.41%) REST Assured
3 1 (0.41%) SonarQube
General
1 137 (56.38%) Social Skills
2 122 (50.21%) Finance
3 105 (43.21%) Organisational Skills
4 102 (41.98%) Legal
5 26 (10.70%) Public Sector
6 11 (4.53%) Analytical Skills
7 8 (3.29%) Aerospace
8 7 (2.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (2.06%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (2.06%) Manufacturing
10 4 (1.65%) Electronics
10 4 (1.65%) Italian Language
10 4 (1.65%) Japanese Language
10 4 (1.65%) Police
10 4 (1.65%) Retail
11 3 (1.23%) Games
11 3 (1.23%) Military
12 2 (0.82%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.82%) Marketing
13 1 (0.41%) Digital Health
Job Titles
1 37 (15.23%) Senior
2 17 (7.00%) Architect
3 16 (6.58%) Analyst
4 15 (6.17%) Solutions Architect
5 14 (5.76%) AWS Architect
5 14 (5.76%) AWS Solution Architect
6 11 (4.53%) Bid Writer
6 11 (4.53%) Developer
6 11 (4.53%) Senior Bid Writer
7 9 (3.70%) Penetration Tester
7 9 (3.70%) Senior Developer
7 9 (3.70%) Tester
8 8 (3.29%) Service Desk Engineer
9 7 (2.88%) Business Analyst
9 7 (2.88%) Java Developer
9 7 (2.88%) Operations Analyst
9 7 (2.88%) Senior Analyst
9 7 (2.88%) Senior Java Developer
9 7 (2.88%) Senior Operations Analyst
10 6 (2.47%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.65%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (1.23%) OpenGL
2 3 (1.23%) PySpark
2 3 (1.23%) Vulkan
3 2 (0.82%) CSS
3 2 (0.82%) HTML
3 2 (0.82%) Lightning Web Components
3 2 (0.82%) Middleware
3 2 (0.82%) REST
3 2 (0.82%) SOAP
3 2 (0.82%) Visualforce
4 1 (0.41%) Flash
4 1 (0.41%) Kafka
4 1 (0.41%) Playwright
4 1 (0.41%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (0.41%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (0.41%) SAPUI5
4 1 (0.41%) Spring
4 1 (0.41%) Spring MVC
4 1 (0.41%) Web Dynpro
Miscellaneous
1 102 (41.98%) Podcast
1 102 (41.98%) Virtual Team
1 102 (41.98%) Web Conferencing
2 9 (3.70%) Driving Licence
3 8 (3.29%) Self-Motivation
4 7 (2.88%) Management Information System
5 5 (2.06%) FPGA
5 5 (2.06%) Onboarding
5 5 (2.06%) Product Ownership
5 5 (2.06%) VHDL
6 4 (1.65%) Algorithms
6 4 (1.65%) Embedded Systems
6 4 (1.65%) Verilog
7 3 (1.23%) 3D Graphics
7 3 (1.23%) CUDA
7 3 (1.23%) Data Structures
8 2 (0.82%) Cloud Native
8 2 (0.82%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.82%) Replication
9 1 (0.41%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 16 (6.58%) Windows
2 11 (4.53%) Windows Server
3 3 (1.23%) Linux
4 1 (0.41%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 112 (46.09%) Customer Service
2 29 (11.93%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 21 (8.64%) Problem-Solving
4 19 (7.82%) ITIL
5 14 (5.76%) Decision-Making
6 13 (5.35%) Agile
6 13 (5.35%) ERP
7 12 (4.94%) ITSM
8 11 (4.53%) Cybersecurity
8 11 (4.53%) Data Migration
8 11 (4.53%) Migration
8 11 (4.53%) Service Delivery
9 10 (4.12%) Logistics
9 10 (4.12%) Validation
10 9 (3.70%) Cloud Security
10 9 (3.70%) SFIA
10 9 (3.70%) User Stories
11 8 (3.29%) Acceptance Criteria
11 8 (3.29%) Signal Processing
11 8 (3.29%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 8 (3.29%) C
1 8 (3.29%) Java
2 5 (2.06%) SQL
3 4 (1.65%) C++
3 4 (1.65%) JavaScript
3 4 (1.65%) Python
3 4 (1.65%) SystemVerilog
4 3 (1.23%) Apex Code
4 3 (1.23%) C#
4 3 (1.23%) GLSL
4 3 (1.23%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (0.82%) ABAP
5 2 (0.82%) SOQL
5 2 (0.82%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 100 (41.15%) Security Cleared
2 70 (28.81%) SC Cleared
3 25 (10.29%) Degree
4 10 (4.12%) DV Cleared
5 7 (2.88%) HNC
6 6 (2.47%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (2.47%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.23%) CISSP
8 2 (0.82%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.41%) A+ Certification
9 1 (0.41%) APMP
9 1 (0.41%) CISM
9 1 (0.41%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 1 (0.41%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.41%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.41%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.41%) MBA
9 1 (0.41%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.41%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (4.12%) SLA
3 6 (2.47%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (2.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 4 (1.65%) GDPR
4 4 (1.65%) QA
5 3 (1.23%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 3 (1.23%) NIST
5 3 (1.23%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.41%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.41%) GRC
6 1 (0.41%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.41%) NCSC
6 1 (0.41%) PMO
6 1 (0.41%) PSD2
6 1 (0.41%) SEPA
System Software
1 1 (0.41%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.41%) Docker
1 1 (0.41%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 15 (6.17%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.65%) Terraform
3 3 (1.23%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.82%) Data Guard
4 2 (0.82%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 2 (0.82%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (0.41%) Argo
5 1 (0.41%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 32 (13.17%) Microsoft
2 13 (5.35%) SAP
3 10 (4.12%) ServiceNow
4 7 (2.88%) Cisco
5 6 (2.47%) Meraki
5 6 (2.47%) Oracle
6 4 (1.65%) Intel
6 4 (1.65%) Microsemi
6 4 (1.65%) Salesforce
6 4 (1.65%) Xilinx
7 3 (1.23%) IBM
8 2 (0.82%) Peregrine
8 2 (0.82%) Tagetik
9 1 (0.41%) Adobe
9 1 (0.41%) Conga
9 1 (0.41%) Dell
9 1 (0.41%) GoCardless
9 1 (0.41%) Google
9 1 (0.41%) Juniper
9 1 (0.41%) MuleSoft