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 17 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 273 318 202
Rank change year-on-year +45 -116 +397
Permanent jobs citing BPSS Clearance 114 90 456
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.67% 0.66% 1.52%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.42% 2.27% 5.68%
Number of salaries quoted 72 68 349
10th Percentile £37,500 £47,137 £31,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,683 £48,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £77,500 £71,388 £69,298
90th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £53,750 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.27% - -10.20%

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 4,708 3,957 8,034
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.87% 29.15% 26.77%
Number of salaries quoted 2,620 2,439 5,836
10th Percentile £30,987 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,000 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £73,012
90th Percentile £92,500 £87,750 £88,000
UK median annual salary £55,117 £58,033 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.03% +5.51% -4.35%

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 17 March 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 (8.77%) SharePoint
2 8 (7.02%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.63%) WordPress
4 2 (1.75%) Confluence
5 1 (0.88%) NetWeaver
5 1 (0.88%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 4 (3.51%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (3.51%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.88%) CATIA
2 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.88%) PTC Creo
2 1 (0.88%) Siemens NX
2 1 (0.88%) SOLIDWORKS
2 1 (0.88%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (3.51%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (2.63%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.88%) SAP IBP
3 1 (0.88%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 20 (17.54%) Azure
2 15 (13.16%) Entra ID
3 12 (10.53%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (5.26%) PaaS
5 5 (4.39%) Azure Monitor
5 5 (4.39%) Azure Sentinel
5 5 (4.39%) IaaS
6 4 (3.51%) AWS
6 4 (3.51%) GitHub
6 4 (3.51%) SaaS
7 3 (2.63%) Power Platform
8 2 (1.75%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 2 (1.75%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 1 (0.88%) Amazon EKS
9 1 (0.88%) Asana
9 1 (0.88%) AWS Lambda
9 1 (0.88%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.88%) Azure Functions
9 1 (0.88%) Google Tag Manager
9 1 (0.88%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 13 (11.40%) DNS
1 13 (11.40%) VPN
2 9 (7.89%) WAN
3 8 (7.02%) DHCP
3 8 (7.02%) LAN
3 8 (7.02%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (4.39%) Firewall
5 2 (1.75%) Skype
5 2 (1.75%) SSH
6 1 (0.88%) 4G
6 1 (0.88%) 5G
6 1 (0.88%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.51%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.63%) Power BI
3 2 (1.75%) MySQL
3 2 (1.75%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.88%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.88%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.88%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.88%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.88%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.88%) Power Query
4 1 (0.88%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.88%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.88%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.88%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 18 (15.79%) Rational DOORS
2 5 (4.39%) Git
3 4 (3.51%) JIRA
4 1 (0.88%) Android Studio
4 1 (0.88%) GitLab
4 1 (0.88%) MSTest
4 1 (0.88%) NUnit
4 1 (0.88%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.88%) Visual Studio
General
1 41 (35.96%) Social Skills
2 27 (23.68%) Public Sector
3 19 (16.67%) Electronics
4 16 (14.04%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (14.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 13 (11.40%) Finance
6 7 (6.14%) Marketing
7 5 (4.39%) Manufacturing
8 4 (3.51%) Police
9 3 (2.63%) Brand Awareness
9 3 (2.63%) Games
9 3 (2.63%) Retail
10 2 (1.75%) Aerospace
10 2 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.75%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.88%) Automotive
11 1 (0.88%) Digital Health
11 1 (0.88%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.88%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 20 (17.54%) Senior
2 19 (16.67%) Systems Engineer
3 18 (15.79%) Principal Engineer
3 18 (15.79%) Principal Systems Engineer
4 13 (11.40%) Lead
5 10 (8.77%) Bid Writer
5 10 (8.77%) Senior Bid Writer
6 8 (7.02%) Developer
6 8 (7.02%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 8 (7.02%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
6 8 (7.02%) IT Engineer
6 8 (7.02%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
6 8 (7.02%) Operations Engineer
6 8 (7.02%) Project Manager
7 7 (6.14%) Analyst
8 6 (5.26%) Finance Manager
8 6 (5.26%) Senior Manager
8 6 (5.26%) Systems Manager
9 4 (3.51%) Head of Development
9 4 (3.51%) Head of Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (4.39%) CSS
1 5 (4.39%) HTML
2 4 (3.51%) Oracle Fusion
3 3 (2.63%) OpenGL
3 3 (2.63%) REST
3 3 (2.63%) SOAP
3 3 (2.63%) Vulkan
4 2 (1.75%) .NET
4 2 (1.75%) .NET Framework
4 2 (1.75%) ASP.NET
4 2 (1.75%) Lightning Web Components
4 2 (1.75%) Middleware
4 2 (1.75%) Node.js
4 2 (1.75%) Visualforce
5 1 (0.88%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (0.88%) Entity Framework
5 1 (0.88%) jQuery
5 1 (0.88%) JSON
5 1 (0.88%) RESTful
5 1 (0.88%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 18 (15.79%) Algorithms
2 14 (12.28%) Driving Licence
3 11 (9.65%) Onboarding
4 9 (7.89%) Management Information System
5 6 (5.26%) Hybrid Cloud
6 4 (3.51%) Product Ownership
7 3 (2.63%) 3D Graphics
7 3 (2.63%) CUDA
7 3 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.75%) Data Structures
8 2 (1.75%) PMI
8 2 (1.75%) Robotics
8 2 (1.75%) Video Conferencing
9 1 (0.88%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.88%) CMDB
9 1 (0.88%) Cyber Threat
9 1 (0.88%) Data Centre
9 1 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.88%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.88%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 8 (7.02%) Linux
2 7 (6.14%) Windows
3 2 (1.75%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.88%) Android
4 1 (0.88%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.88%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (26.32%) Problem-Solving
2 26 (22.81%) Technical Leadership
3 19 (16.67%) Signal Processing
4 18 (15.79%) Systems Engineering
4 18 (15.79%) Test Planning
5 17 (14.91%) ITIL
6 16 (14.04%) Agile
7 15 (13.16%) Continuous Improvement
7 15 (13.16%) Migration
8 14 (12.28%) Digital Transformation Programme
8 14 (12.28%) Service Delivery
9 12 (10.53%) Collaborative Culture
9 12 (10.53%) Data Migration
10 11 (9.65%) Disaster Recovery
11 10 (8.77%) ERP
12 9 (7.89%) Analytics
12 9 (7.89%) CI/CD
12 9 (7.89%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 9 (7.89%) Project Management
13 8 (7.02%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 7 (6.14%) JavaScript
1 7 (6.14%) PowerShell
1 7 (6.14%) Python
2 5 (4.39%) Bicep
3 4 (3.51%) C
3 4 (3.51%) C++
3 4 (3.51%) SQL
4 3 (2.63%) C#
4 3 (2.63%) GLSL
4 3 (2.63%) Java
4 3 (2.63%) TypeScript
5 2 (1.75%) Apex Code
5 2 (1.75%) Shell Script
5 2 (1.75%) SOQL
5 2 (1.75%) SOSL
6 1 (0.88%) ABAP
6 1 (0.88%) Kotlin
6 1 (0.88%) PHP
Qualifications
1 56 (49.12%) Security Cleared
2 31 (27.19%) SC Cleared
3 20 (17.54%) Degree
4 15 (13.16%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (6.14%) DBS Check
6 6 (5.26%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (4.39%) Azure Certification
8 4 (3.51%) Cisco Certification
8 4 (3.51%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 3 (2.63%) CISM
9 3 (2.63%) CISSP
9 3 (2.63%) HNC
9 3 (2.63%) PMI Certification
10 2 (1.75%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 2 (1.75%) CCNA
11 1 (0.88%) APMP
11 1 (0.88%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.88%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.88%) MBA
11 1 (0.88%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (15.79%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 12 (10.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (7.89%) Cyber Essentials
3 9 (7.89%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 6 (5.26%) GDPR
5 5 (4.39%) NEBOSH
6 4 (3.51%) QA
7 2 (1.75%) PMO
8 1 (0.88%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.88%) GRC
8 1 (0.88%) NCSC
8 1 (0.88%) NIST
System Software
1 6 (5.26%) Active Directory
2 5 (4.39%) Hyper-V
2 5 (4.39%) Virtual Machines
2 5 (4.39%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.88%) Docker
3 1 (0.88%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 10 (8.77%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (6.14%) Terraform
3 5 (4.39%) SCOM
4 3 (2.63%) Ansible
5 1 (0.88%) Data Guard
5 1 (0.88%) Grafana
5 1 (0.88%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.88%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 1 (0.88%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (0.88%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 24 (21.05%) Microsoft
2 18 (15.79%) IBM
3 11 (9.65%) Cisco
4 8 (7.02%) Meraki
5 6 (5.26%) Salesforce
6 5 (4.39%) Oracle
6 5 (4.39%) SAP
6 5 (4.39%) VMware
7 3 (2.63%) HubSpot
8 2 (1.75%) Google
8 2 (1.75%) Mercator
9 1 (0.88%) Atlassian
9 1 (0.88%) Juniper
9 1 (0.88%) ServiceNow