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 21 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 164 308 395
Rank change year-on-year +144 +87 -19
Permanent jobs citing BPSS Clearance 392 116 117
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.71% 0.70% 0.47%
As % of the Qualifications category 8.27% 2.03% 1.78%
Number of salaries quoted 129 84 94
10th Percentile £34,400 £35,854 £45,000
25th Percentile £54,808 £47,683 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,600 £60,877
Median % change year-on-year -0.85% +15.97% +10.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £70,938
90th Percentile £91,436 - £81,375
UK median annual salary £59,746 £55,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year +8.63% -3.51% -0.87%

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 4,741 5,706 6,556
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.65% 34.43% 26.52%
Number of salaries quoted 3,076 2,415 3,684
10th Percentile £33,750 £29,750 £33,000
25th Percentile £46,743 £40,903 £43,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -0.86% -3.33%
75th Percentile £79,688 £75,900 £73,431
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,650 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 21 August 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 8 (2.04%) Confluence
2 5 (1.28%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.02%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.26%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 21 (5.36%) Simulink
2 9 (2.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.79%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (1.28%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (1.02%) Mathcad
5 4 (1.02%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.26%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.26%) Sketch
7 1 (0.26%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 15 (3.83%) Primavera
2 8 (2.04%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (1.28%) Teamcenter
4 4 (1.02%) Distributed Ledger
4 4 (1.02%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.26%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.26%) SAP Payroll
5 1 (0.26%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 28 (7.14%) AWS
2 13 (3.32%) Azure
3 9 (2.30%) Entra ID
3 9 (2.30%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (1.53%) Power Platform
5 3 (0.77%) Azure Machine Learning
5 3 (0.77%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (0.77%) Figma
6 1 (0.26%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (0.26%) Boomi
6 1 (0.26%) GCP
6 1 (0.26%) GitHub
6 1 (0.26%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.06%) TCP/IP
2 6 (1.53%) Ethernet
3 5 (1.28%) Network Security
4 3 (0.77%) 3GPP
4 3 (0.77%) DHCP
4 3 (0.77%) DNS
4 3 (0.77%) Skype
4 3 (0.77%) TETRA
5 2 (0.51%) Cisco ISE
5 2 (0.51%) OSPF
5 2 (0.51%) VLAN
5 2 (0.51%) VPN
5 2 (0.51%) Wireshark
6 1 (0.26%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.04%) Data Warehouse
2 6 (1.53%) Big Data
2 6 (1.53%) Power BI
3 5 (1.28%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (1.02%) Hadoop
4 4 (1.02%) NoSQL
4 4 (1.02%) OLAP
4 4 (1.02%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 4 (1.02%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 4 (1.02%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (0.77%) SQL Server
6 2 (0.51%) Metadata
6 2 (0.51%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.26%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.26%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.26%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 20 (5.10%) Rational DOORS
2 17 (4.34%) JIRA
3 8 (2.04%) Git
4 6 (1.53%) Jenkins
4 6 (1.53%) LabVIEW
5 4 (1.02%) SonarQube
6 3 (0.77%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 3 (0.77%) Bitbucket
6 3 (0.77%) CMake
6 3 (0.77%) Mercurial
6 3 (0.77%) TeamCity
7 2 (0.51%) Balsamiq
8 1 (0.26%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.26%) Maven
8 1 (0.26%) Postman
8 1 (0.26%) Rational Rhapsody
8 1 (0.26%) REST Assured
General
1 251 (64.03%) Finance
2 183 (46.68%) Social Skills
3 128 (32.65%) Aerospace
4 118 (30.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 114 (29.08%) Organisational Skills
6 108 (27.55%) Legal
7 42 (10.71%) Public Sector
8 36 (9.18%) Electronics
9 32 (8.16%) Military
10 22 (5.61%) Analytical Skills
11 18 (4.59%) Manufacturing
12 10 (2.55%) Influencing Skills
12 10 (2.55%) Italian Language
12 10 (2.55%) Japanese Language
13 5 (1.28%) Telecoms
14 4 (1.02%) Retail
15 3 (0.77%) Games
16 2 (0.51%) Automotive
16 2 (0.51%) Law
17 1 (0.26%) Banking
Job Titles
1 53 (13.52%) Senior
2 35 (8.93%) Lead
3 27 (6.89%) Architect
3 27 (6.89%) Software Engineer
4 24 (6.12%) Systems Engineer
5 23 (5.87%) Analyst
6 22 (5.61%) Principal Engineer
7 16 (4.08%) Solutions Architect
8 14 (3.57%) AWS Architect
8 14 (3.57%) AWS Solution Architect
9 13 (3.32%) Project Manager
10 12 (3.06%) Consultant
10 12 (3.06%) Developer
11 11 (2.81%) Business Analyst
11 11 (2.81%) Technical Specialist
12 10 (2.55%) Data Engineer
12 10 (2.55%) Principal Systems Engineer
13 9 (2.30%) Penetration Tester
13 9 (2.30%) Principal Software Engineer
13 9 (2.30%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (1.53%) TensorFlow
1 6 (1.53%) Terraform
2 4 (1.02%) .NET
2 4 (1.02%) Apache NiFi
2 4 (1.02%) JSON
2 4 (1.02%) PySpark
3 3 (0.77%) OAuth
3 3 (0.77%) OpenGL
3 3 (0.77%) OpenID
3 3 (0.77%) pgvector
3 3 (0.77%) PostGIS
3 3 (0.77%) PyTorch
3 3 (0.77%) Vulkan
4 2 (0.51%) React
5 1 (0.26%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.26%) Kafka
5 1 (0.26%) RabbitMQ
5 1 (0.26%) SAP Fiori
5 1 (0.26%) SAPUI5
5 1 (0.26%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 108 (27.55%) Podcast
1 108 (27.55%) Virtual Team
1 108 (27.55%) Web Conferencing
2 24 (6.12%) Self-Motivation
3 23 (5.87%) FPGA
4 13 (3.32%) Algorithms
5 10 (2.55%) Cyber Defence
5 10 (2.55%) VHDL
6 9 (2.30%) Management Information System
6 9 (2.30%) Product Ownership
7 8 (2.04%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (2.04%) Verilog
8 7 (1.79%) AI Agents
9 6 (1.53%) Data Structures
9 6 (1.53%) Embedded Systems
10 5 (1.28%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (1.02%) Driving Licence
11 4 (1.02%) IoT
11 4 (1.02%) Operational Technology
12 3 (0.77%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 22 (5.61%) Windows
2 13 (3.32%) Windows Server
3 11 (2.81%) Linux
4 3 (0.77%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (30.36%) Customer Service
2 75 (19.13%) Agile
3 56 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 44 (11.22%) Software Engineering
4 44 (11.22%) Systems Engineering
5 41 (10.46%) Decision-Making
6 34 (8.67%) DevOps
6 34 (8.67%) Digital Transformation Programme
7 33 (8.42%) Continuous Improvement
8 32 (8.16%) Validation
9 28 (7.14%) Cybersecurity
9 28 (7.14%) Roadmaps
10 25 (6.38%) Project Management
10 25 (6.38%) Technical Leadership
11 22 (5.61%) Verification and Validation
12 21 (5.36%) Collaborative Working
13 20 (5.10%) Mentoring
14 19 (4.85%) Signal Processing
15 18 (4.59%) Coaching
15 18 (4.59%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 22 (5.61%) MATLAB
2 21 (5.36%) Python
3 16 (4.08%) C++
4 13 (3.32%) Java
5 12 (3.06%) SQL
6 11 (2.81%) C
7 9 (2.30%) SystemVerilog
8 7 (1.79%) C#
9 6 (1.53%) JavaScript
10 5 (1.28%) Ada
11 4 (1.02%) Kusto Query Language
12 3 (0.77%) GLSL
13 2 (0.51%) ABAP
13 2 (0.51%) R
14 1 (0.26%) Apex Code
14 1 (0.26%) Bash
14 1 (0.26%) Embedded C
14 1 (0.26%) Embedded C++
14 1 (0.26%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 234 (59.69%) Security Cleared
2 183 (46.68%) SC Cleared
3 123 (31.38%) DV Cleared
4 83 (21.17%) Degree
5 13 (3.32%) PhD
6 12 (3.06%) Chartered Engineer
7 10 (2.55%) Master's Degree
8 9 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (2.30%) HNC
9 5 (1.28%) AWS Certification
9 5 (1.28%) HND
10 4 (1.02%) CISSP
11 3 (0.77%) TOGAF Certification
12 2 (0.51%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.51%) CCNA
12 2 (0.51%) Cisco Certification
12 2 (0.51%) CISM
13 1 (0.26%) ISTQB
13 1 (0.26%) MBA
13 1 (0.26%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 107 (27.30%) Accessibility
2 14 (3.57%) QA
3 10 (2.55%) SLA
4 5 (1.28%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (1.02%) GDPR
5 4 (1.02%) NIST
6 3 (0.77%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.51%) AUTOSAR
7 2 (0.51%) Data Quality
7 2 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 15288
7 2 (0.51%) MISRA
7 2 (0.51%) MISRA C
8 1 (0.26%) Def Stans
8 1 (0.26%) DO-160
8 1 (0.26%) ECSS
8 1 (0.26%) GRC
8 1 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 20000
8 1 (0.26%) PMO
8 1 (0.26%) PSD2
8 1 (0.26%) SEPA
System Software
1 29 (7.40%) Firmware
2 9 (2.30%) Docker
3 7 (1.79%) Active Directory
4 3 (0.77%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.51%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.26%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 9 (2.30%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (1.79%) Kubernetes
3 6 (1.53%) Ansible
4 4 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.51%) Data Guard
5 2 (0.51%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 2 (0.51%) Oracle RMAN
6 1 (0.26%) Argo
Vendors
1 32 (8.16%) Microsoft
2 24 (6.12%) SAP
3 11 (2.81%) Siemens
4 9 (2.30%) ServiceNow
5 8 (2.04%) Xilinx
6 7 (1.79%) IBM
7 6 (1.53%) Atlassian
7 6 (1.53%) Google
8 5 (1.28%) Oracle
8 5 (1.28%) Tagetik
9 4 (1.02%) Intel
9 4 (1.02%) Microsemi
10 3 (0.77%) Perforce
10 3 (0.77%) Salesforce
10 3 (0.77%) VMware
11 2 (0.51%) Cisco
11 2 (0.51%) Peregrine
11 2 (0.51%) SolarWinds
11 2 (0.51%) Veeam
12 1 (0.26%) Adobe