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 13 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 246 309 192
Rank change year-on-year +63 -117 +382
Permanent jobs citing BPSS Clearance 134 127 470
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.83% 0.81% 1.70%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.73% 2.80% 6.25%
Number of salaries quoted 68 71 362
10th Percentile £37,500 £47,683 £30,346
25th Percentile £51,250 £50,138 £46,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,128 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £75,900 £75,000 £69,298
90th Percentile £82,375 - £80,000
UK median annual salary £54,500 £56,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.68% +1.82% -12.00%

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 4,902 4,543 7,518
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 30.36% 28.96% 27.20%
Number of salaries quoted 2,598 2,424 5,497
10th Percentile £30,500 £32,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £42,779
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,312 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £89,700 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -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 13 February 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 9 (6.72%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (4.48%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.24%) WordPress
4 2 (1.49%) Confluence
5 1 (0.75%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 6 (4.48%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.24%) Simulink
3 1 (0.75%) CATIA
3 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.75%) PTC Creo
3 1 (0.75%) Siemens NX
3 1 (0.75%) SOLIDWORKS
3 1 (0.75%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.75%) SAP IBP
1 1 (0.75%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 21 (15.67%) Azure
2 15 (11.19%) Entra ID
3 11 (8.21%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (4.48%) PaaS
5 5 (3.73%) AWS
5 5 (3.73%) Azure Monitor
5 5 (3.73%) Azure Sentinel
5 5 (3.73%) IaaS
6 4 (2.99%) GitHub
6 4 (2.99%) Google Workspace
6 4 (2.99%) SaaS
7 3 (2.24%) Power Platform
8 2 (1.49%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 2 (1.49%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 1 (0.75%) Amazon EKS
9 1 (0.75%) Asana
9 1 (0.75%) Azure Functions
9 1 (0.75%) Azure Stack
9 1 (0.75%) Google Sheets
9 1 (0.75%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 11 (8.21%) DNS
1 11 (8.21%) VPN
2 7 (5.22%) WAN
3 6 (4.48%) DHCP
3 6 (4.48%) LAN
3 6 (4.48%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (3.73%) Firewall
5 3 (2.24%) Internet
6 2 (1.49%) SSH
7 1 (0.75%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.99%) Big Data
1 4 (2.99%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.24%) MongoDB
2 3 (2.24%) MySQL
2 3 (2.24%) NoSQL
2 3 (2.24%) Power BI
3 2 (1.49%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.75%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.75%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.75%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.75%) Neo4j
4 1 (0.75%) Power Query
4 1 (0.75%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.75%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.75%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 27 (20.15%) Rational DOORS
2 8 (5.97%) Git
3 4 (2.99%) GitLab
3 4 (2.99%) JIRA
4 1 (0.75%) Android Studio
4 1 (0.75%) MSTest
4 1 (0.75%) NUnit
4 1 (0.75%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.75%) Visual Studio
General
1 47 (35.07%) Social Skills
2 31 (23.13%) Electronics
3 23 (17.16%) Analytical Skills
4 20 (14.93%) Public Sector
5 15 (11.19%) Aerospace
5 15 (11.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 10 (7.46%) Finance
7 7 (5.22%) Marketing
8 5 (3.73%) Telecoms
9 4 (2.99%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (2.24%) Aeronautics
10 3 (2.24%) Aviation
10 3 (2.24%) Avionics
10 3 (2.24%) Brand Awareness
10 3 (2.24%) Games
10 3 (2.24%) Police
11 2 (1.49%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.49%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.75%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.75%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 28 (20.90%) Systems Engineer
2 27 (20.15%) Principal Engineer
2 27 (20.15%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 12 (8.96%) Lead
4 11 (8.21%) Analyst
4 11 (8.21%) Senior
5 9 (6.72%) Developer
6 7 (5.22%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 7 (5.22%) IT Engineer
6 7 (5.22%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
6 7 (5.22%) Project Manager
7 6 (4.48%) Finance Manager
7 6 (4.48%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
7 6 (4.48%) Operations Engineer
7 6 (4.48%) Senior Manager
7 6 (4.48%) Systems Manager
8 4 (2.99%) IT Analyst
8 4 (2.99%) IT Risk Analyst
8 4 (2.99%) Java Developer
8 4 (2.99%) Risk Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.73%) CSS
1 5 (3.73%) HTML
2 4 (2.99%) REST
3 3 (2.24%) OpenGL
3 3 (2.24%) Oracle Fusion
3 3 (2.24%) SOAP
3 3 (2.24%) Vulkan
4 2 (1.49%) .NET
4 2 (1.49%) .NET Framework
4 2 (1.49%) ASP.NET
4 2 (1.49%) Lightning Web Components
4 2 (1.49%) Middleware
4 2 (1.49%) Node.js
4 2 (1.49%) Visualforce
5 1 (0.75%) ASP.NET Web API
5 1 (0.75%) ASP.NET Web Forms
5 1 (0.75%) Dapper ORM
5 1 (0.75%) Entity Framework
5 1 (0.75%) Pandas
5 1 (0.75%) Razor View Engine
Miscellaneous
1 40 (29.85%) Algorithms
2 13 (9.70%) Onboarding
3 12 (8.96%) Driving Licence
4 11 (8.21%) Management Information System
5 7 (5.22%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (3.73%) Product Ownership
6 5 (3.73%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (2.24%) 3D Graphics
7 3 (2.24%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (2.24%) Arduino
7 3 (2.24%) Augmented Reality
7 3 (2.24%) CUDA
7 3 (2.24%) IoT
7 3 (2.24%) PKI
7 3 (2.24%) Raspberry Pi
7 3 (2.24%) Virtual Reality
8 2 (1.49%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.49%) PMI
8 2 (1.49%) Robotics
8 2 (1.49%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 12 (8.96%) Linux
2 8 (5.97%) Windows
3 2 (1.49%) Ubuntu
3 2 (1.49%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.75%) Android
4 1 (0.75%) Rocky
4 1 (0.75%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.75%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (26.12%) Problem-Solving
2 33 (24.63%) Technical Leadership
3 32 (23.88%) Signal Processing
4 31 (23.13%) Systems Engineering
5 27 (20.15%) Test Planning
6 26 (19.40%) Innovative Thinking
7 23 (17.16%) AI
8 21 (15.67%) Computer Science
9 20 (14.93%) Agile
10 17 (12.69%) Project Management
11 16 (11.94%) Analytics
11 16 (11.94%) Continuous Improvement
11 16 (11.94%) ITIL
12 13 (9.70%) Software Engineering
13 12 (8.96%) Service Delivery
14 11 (8.21%) Collaborative Culture
14 11 (8.21%) Mathematics
14 11 (8.21%) Migration
14 11 (8.21%) Physics
14 11 (8.21%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 27 (20.15%) Python
2 14 (10.45%) C
3 13 (9.70%) C++
3 13 (9.70%) Java
4 10 (7.46%) JavaScript
5 8 (5.97%) PowerShell
6 6 (4.48%) MATLAB
7 5 (3.73%) Bicep
7 5 (3.73%) SQL
8 3 (2.24%) Assembly Language
8 3 (2.24%) C#
8 3 (2.24%) GLSL
8 3 (2.24%) Google Apps Script
8 3 (2.24%) Objective-C
8 3 (2.24%) Swift
8 3 (2.24%) Tcl
8 3 (2.24%) TypeScript
9 2 (1.49%) Apex Code
9 2 (1.49%) Shell Script
9 2 (1.49%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 74 (55.22%) Security Cleared
2 56 (41.79%) SC Cleared
3 41 (30.60%) Degree
4 13 (9.70%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (5.97%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (4.48%) Azure Certification
6 6 (4.48%) DBS Check
7 4 (2.99%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (2.99%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 3 (2.24%) CISM
8 3 (2.24%) CISSP
8 3 (2.24%) PMI Certification
9 2 (1.49%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 2 (1.49%) CCNA
10 1 (0.75%) A+ Certification
10 1 (0.75%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.75%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.75%) Network+ Certification
10 1 (0.75%) PhD
10 1 (0.75%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (20.90%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 10 (7.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 7 (5.22%) Cyber Essentials
3 7 (5.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 7 (5.22%) GDPR
4 5 (3.73%) NEBOSH
5 4 (2.99%) QA
6 2 (1.49%) PMO
7 1 (0.75%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.75%) GRC
7 1 (0.75%) NCSC
7 1 (0.75%) NIST
7 1 (0.75%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (5.97%) Active Directory
2 6 (4.48%) Hyper-V
3 5 (3.73%) Firmware
3 5 (3.73%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (3.73%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.49%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (6.72%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (5.22%) Terraform
3 5 (3.73%) SCOM
4 3 (2.24%) Ansible
5 2 (1.49%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.75%) Grafana
6 1 (0.75%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.75%) SCCM
Vendors
1 27 (20.15%) IBM
2 23 (17.16%) Microsoft
3 9 (6.72%) Cisco
4 8 (5.97%) Google
5 6 (4.48%) Meraki
5 6 (4.48%) Salesforce
6 5 (3.73%) VMware
7 3 (2.24%) HubSpot
7 3 (2.24%) Oracle
8 2 (1.49%) Mercator
8 2 (1.49%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.75%) Atlassian
9 1 (0.75%) Dell
9 1 (0.75%) Juniper
9 1 (0.75%) SAP