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 28 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 207 327 244
Rank change year-on-year +120 -83 +257
Permanent jobs citing BPSS Clearance 232 97 416
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.21% 0.67% 1.26%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.40% 1.98% 4.69%
Number of salaries quoted 117 70 328
10th Percentile £47,800 £45,875 £35,345
25th Percentile £59,750 £47,683 £48,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £67,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +17.39% -2.13%
75th Percentile £85,000 £70,600 £66,250
90th Percentile £91,436 £75,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% 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 4,297 4,905 8,866
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 22.42% 33.64% 26.92%
Number of salaries quoted 2,918 2,255 5,892
10th Percentile £33,250 £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,560 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £88,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.85% -10.00%

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 28 May 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 11 (4.74%) SharePoint
2 8 (3.45%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.43%) Confluence
3 1 (0.43%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 4 (1.72%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 5 (2.16%) SAP ERP
1 5 (2.16%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.72%) Primavera
3 1 (0.43%) SAP HCM
3 1 (0.43%) SAP Payroll
3 1 (0.43%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 17 (7.33%) AWS
2 12 (5.17%) Microsoft 365
3 11 (4.74%) Azure
3 11 (4.74%) Entra ID
4 2 (0.86%) GitHub
4 2 (0.86%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
4 2 (0.86%) Salesforce Service Cloud
5 1 (0.43%) Amazon CloudWatch
5 1 (0.43%) Amazon EC2
5 1 (0.43%) Amazon ECS
5 1 (0.43%) Amazon EKS
5 1 (0.43%) Amazon S3
5 1 (0.43%) Asana
5 1 (0.43%) AWS Lambda
5 1 (0.43%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (0.43%) Azure Functions
5 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (0.43%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.43%) SaaS
5 1 (0.43%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.88%) WAN
2 8 (3.45%) DHCP
2 8 (3.45%) DNS
2 8 (3.45%) LAN
2 8 (3.45%) VPN
2 8 (3.45%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (1.29%) Network Security
3 3 (1.29%) Skype
4 2 (0.86%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.43%) 4G
5 1 (0.43%) 5G
5 1 (0.43%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.29%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.86%) Oracle Database
2 2 (0.86%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (0.43%) Power BI
3 1 (0.43%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 9 (3.88%) Rational DOORS
2 3 (1.29%) Git
3 1 (0.43%) Android Studio
3 1 (0.43%) Cucumber
3 1 (0.43%) GitLab
3 1 (0.43%) JIRA
3 1 (0.43%) MSTest
3 1 (0.43%) NUnit
3 1 (0.43%) Postman
3 1 (0.43%) REST Assured
General
1 125 (53.88%) Social Skills
2 117 (50.43%) Finance
3 100 (43.10%) Organisational Skills
4 97 (41.81%) Legal
5 30 (12.93%) Public Sector
6 11 (4.74%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (4.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 10 (4.31%) Electronics
8 6 (2.59%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (2.16%) Manufacturing
10 4 (1.72%) Aerospace
10 4 (1.72%) Police
10 4 (1.72%) Retail
11 2 (0.86%) Billing
11 2 (0.86%) Documentation Skills
11 2 (0.86%) Marketing
11 2 (0.86%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.43%) Digital Health
Job Titles
1 40 (17.24%) Senior
2 15 (6.47%) Analyst
3 14 (6.03%) Architect
3 14 (6.03%) Solutions Architect
4 13 (5.60%) AWS Architect
4 13 (5.60%) AWS Solution Architect
5 11 (4.74%) Bid Writer
5 11 (4.74%) Senior Bid Writer
6 10 (4.31%) Developer
7 9 (3.88%) Penetration Tester
7 9 (3.88%) Principal Engineer
7 9 (3.88%) Principal Systems Engineer
7 9 (3.88%) Senior Developer
7 9 (3.88%) Senior Manager
7 9 (3.88%) Systems Engineer
7 9 (3.88%) Tester
8 8 (3.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 8 (3.45%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
8 8 (3.45%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
8 8 (3.45%) Operations Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.72%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (1.29%) CSS
2 3 (1.29%) HTML
3 2 (0.86%) Lightning Web Components
3 2 (0.86%) Middleware
3 2 (0.86%) React
3 2 (0.86%) REST
3 2 (0.86%) SOAP
3 2 (0.86%) Visualforce
4 1 (0.43%) .NET Core
4 1 (0.43%) ASP.NET Web API
4 1 (0.43%) ASP.NET Web Forms
4 1 (0.43%) Blazor
4 1 (0.43%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.43%) FHIR
4 1 (0.43%) Playwright
4 1 (0.43%) Razor View Engine
4 1 (0.43%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (0.43%) SAPUI5
4 1 (0.43%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 97 (41.81%) Podcast
1 97 (41.81%) Virtual Team
1 97 (41.81%) Web Conferencing
2 11 (4.74%) Driving Licence
3 9 (3.88%) Algorithms
4 7 (3.02%) Management Information System
5 6 (2.59%) Onboarding
5 6 (2.59%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.29%) Data Structures
6 3 (1.29%) Product Ownership
7 2 (0.86%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (0.86%) Replication
8 1 (0.43%) FPGA
8 1 (0.43%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.43%) NHS
8 1 (0.43%) PMI
8 1 (0.43%) Robotics
8 1 (0.43%) SCADA
8 1 (0.43%) VHDL
8 1 (0.43%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.02%) Windows
2 4 (1.72%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.86%) Linux
4 1 (0.43%) Android
4 1 (0.43%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.43%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (43.53%) Customer Service
2 28 (12.07%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 23 (9.91%) Problem-Solving
4 16 (6.90%) Continuous Improvement
5 15 (6.47%) ITIL
6 14 (6.03%) Data Migration
6 14 (6.03%) Migration
6 14 (6.03%) Service Delivery
7 13 (5.60%) Agile
7 13 (5.60%) Cybersecurity
7 13 (5.60%) ERP
7 13 (5.60%) Technical Leadership
8 11 (4.74%) Cloud Security
9 10 (4.31%) Signal Processing
9 10 (4.31%) Systems Engineering
9 10 (4.31%) User Stories
10 9 (3.88%) Decision-Making
10 9 (3.88%) Security Operations
10 9 (3.88%) SFIA
10 9 (3.88%) Test Planning
Programming Languages
1 8 (3.45%) Java
2 5 (2.16%) JavaScript
3 3 (1.29%) Apex Code
3 3 (1.29%) Python
4 2 (0.86%) ABAP
4 2 (0.86%) SOQL
4 2 (0.86%) SOSL
4 2 (0.86%) SQL
5 1 (0.43%) C
5 1 (0.43%) C#
5 1 (0.43%) C++
5 1 (0.43%) Kotlin
5 1 (0.43%) PowerShell
5 1 (0.43%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 84 (36.21%) Security Cleared
2 59 (25.43%) SC Cleared
3 20 (8.62%) Degree
4 9 (3.88%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (3.02%) HNC
6 6 (2.59%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (2.59%) DV Cleared
7 5 (2.16%) CISSP
7 5 (2.16%) DBS Check
8 4 (1.72%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 3 (1.29%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.29%) CISM
10 2 (0.86%) (ISC)2 CCSP
10 2 (0.86%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.43%) A+ Certification
11 1 (0.43%) CCNA
11 1 (0.43%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 1 (0.43%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.43%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.43%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (6.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 9 (3.88%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 8 (3.45%) Cyber Essentials
3 8 (3.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 6 (2.59%) GDPR
5 3 (1.29%) NEBOSH
5 3 (1.29%) NIST
5 3 (1.29%) PCI DSS
5 3 (1.29%) SLA
6 2 (0.86%) QA
7 1 (0.43%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.43%) GRC
7 1 (0.43%) NCSC
7 1 (0.43%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (0.43%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.43%) Docker
1 1 (0.43%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 11 (4.74%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (1.72%) Terraform
3 3 (1.29%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.86%) Ansible
4 2 (0.86%) Data Guard
4 2 (0.86%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 2 (0.86%) Oracle RMAN
5 1 (0.43%) Grafana
5 1 (0.43%) Kubernetes
5 1 (0.43%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 25 (10.78%) Microsoft
2 11 (4.74%) SAP
3 10 (4.31%) Cisco
4 9 (3.88%) IBM
5 8 (3.45%) Meraki
6 6 (2.59%) Oracle
7 4 (1.72%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.29%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.86%) Peregrine
10 1 (0.43%) Conga
10 1 (0.43%) GoCardless
10 1 (0.43%) Juniper
10 1 (0.43%) Mercator