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 30 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 269 320 287
Rank change year-on-year +51 -33 +356
Permanent jobs citing BPSS Clearance 148 153 226
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.91% 0.76% 1.01%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.42% 2.89% 3.60%
Number of salaries quoted 87 97 177
10th Percentile £35,854 £48,144 £24,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £50,500 £39,428
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,600 £61,754 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.32% +23.51% -16.67%
75th Percentile £80,000 £71,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,500 £82,500 £79,250
UK median annual salary £55,409 £57,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.79% +3.64% -8.33%

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 6,114 5,293 6,284
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.39% 26.45% 28.05%
Number of salaries quoted 2,348 2,607 4,601
10th Percentile £30,500 £35,000 £36,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £77,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £87,500 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,560 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.45% +0.10% +4.55%

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 30 October 2025.

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 7 (4.73%) Microsoft Exchange
2 4 (2.70%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.70%) WordPress
3 1 (0.68%) Confluence
3 1 (0.68%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 4 (2.70%) Microsoft Office
1 4 (2.70%) Simulink
2 2 (1.35%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.68%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.68%) CATIA
3 1 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.68%) PTC Creo
3 1 (0.68%) Siemens NX
3 1 (0.68%) SOLIDWORKS
3 1 (0.68%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (1.35%) Sage 200
2 1 (0.68%) SAP IBP
2 1 (0.68%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 28 (18.92%) Azure
2 24 (16.22%) Entra ID
3 10 (6.76%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (5.41%) Azure Stack
5 7 (4.73%) AWS
6 6 (4.05%) PaaS
7 5 (3.38%) Azure Monitor
7 5 (3.38%) Azure Sentinel
7 5 (3.38%) IaaS
8 3 (2.03%) Google Workspace
8 3 (2.03%) Power Platform
8 3 (2.03%) SaaS
9 2 (1.35%) Azure AI
9 2 (1.35%) Azure AKS
9 2 (1.35%) Azure App Service
9 2 (1.35%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (1.35%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (1.35%) OneDrive
9 2 (1.35%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.68%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.38%) DNS
1 5 (3.38%) Firewall
1 5 (3.38%) VPN
2 3 (2.03%) Internet
3 2 (1.35%) SSH
4 1 (0.68%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (7.43%) Oracle Reports
2 4 (2.70%) Big Data
2 4 (2.70%) MongoDB
2 4 (2.70%) MySQL
2 4 (2.70%) NoSQL
3 3 (2.03%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (2.03%) Power BI
3 3 (2.03%) SQL Server
4 2 (1.35%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.68%) Amazon Aurora
5 1 (0.68%) Amazon RDS
5 1 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.68%) DB2
5 1 (0.68%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.68%) Neo4j
5 1 (0.68%) Power Query
5 1 (0.68%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.68%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 34 (22.97%) Rational DOORS
2 4 (2.70%) Git
3 3 (2.03%) GitLab
3 3 (2.03%) JIRA
4 1 (0.68%) Visual Studio
General
1 53 (35.81%) Social Skills
2 40 (27.03%) Electronics
3 19 (12.84%) Analytical Skills
3 19 (12.84%) Public Sector
4 14 (9.46%) Aerospace
5 12 (8.11%) Finance
6 11 (7.43%) Police
7 8 (5.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (3.38%) Marketing
8 5 (3.38%) Presentation Skills
8 5 (3.38%) Telecoms
9 4 (2.70%) Legal
10 3 (2.03%) Aeronautics
10 3 (2.03%) Aviation
10 3 (2.03%) Avionics
10 3 (2.03%) Brand Awareness
11 2 (1.35%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.68%) Advertising
12 1 (0.68%) Local Government
12 1 (0.68%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 37 (25.00%) Systems Engineer
2 34 (22.97%) Principal Engineer
2 34 (22.97%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 24 (16.22%) Analyst
4 12 (8.11%) Support Analyst
5 11 (7.43%) Development Analyst
5 11 (7.43%) Development Support Analyst
5 11 (7.43%) Systems Analyst
5 11 (7.43%) Systems Development Analyst
5 11 (7.43%) Systems Support
5 11 (7.43%) Systems Support Analyst
6 8 (5.41%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 8 (5.41%) IT Engineer
6 8 (5.41%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
7 6 (4.05%) Developer
8 5 (3.38%) Business Analyst
8 5 (3.38%) Java Developer
9 4 (2.70%) Architect
9 4 (2.70%) Desktop Engineer
9 4 (2.70%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (7.43%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (2.70%) .NET
3 3 (2.03%) REST
4 2 (1.35%) CSS
4 2 (1.35%) HTML
4 2 (1.35%) Node.js
5 1 (0.68%) JSON
5 1 (0.68%) RESTful
5 1 (0.68%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 50 (33.78%) Algorithms
2 16 (10.81%) Onboarding
3 15 (10.14%) Management Information System
4 13 (8.78%) Hybrid Cloud
5 10 (6.76%) Data Centre
6 7 (4.73%) Product Ownership
7 5 (3.38%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (2.03%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (2.03%) Arduino
8 3 (2.03%) Augmented Reality
8 3 (2.03%) Driving Licence
8 3 (2.03%) e-Learning
8 3 (2.03%) IoT
8 3 (2.03%) PKI
8 3 (2.03%) Raspberry Pi
8 3 (2.03%) Virtual Reality
9 2 (1.35%) Social Media
10 1 (0.68%) CMDB
10 1 (0.68%) Graphic Design
10 1 (0.68%) Photography
Operating Systems
1 18 (12.16%) Windows
2 16 (10.81%) Linux
3 12 (8.11%) Windows Server
4 10 (6.76%) Windows Server 2019
5 8 (5.41%) Rocky
6 4 (2.70%) Windows 10
7 2 (1.35%) Android
7 2 (1.35%) Apple iOS
7 2 (1.35%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (36.49%) Systems Engineering
2 46 (31.08%) Technical Leadership
3 41 (27.70%) Signal Processing
4 34 (22.97%) Problem-Solving
4 34 (22.97%) Test Planning
5 26 (17.57%) AI
6 25 (16.89%) Innovative Thinking
7 22 (14.86%) ITIL
8 18 (12.16%) Computer Science
9 16 (10.81%) Analytics
9 16 (10.81%) Continuous Improvement
10 15 (10.14%) Agile
10 15 (10.14%) Project Management
11 13 (8.78%) Change Control
11 13 (8.78%) Customer Requirements
12 11 (7.43%) Cybersecurity
12 11 (7.43%) Data Security
12 11 (7.43%) Knowledge Management
12 11 (7.43%) Mathematics
12 11 (7.43%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 23 (15.54%) Python
2 14 (9.46%) Java
3 12 (8.11%) C
3 12 (8.11%) PowerShell
4 11 (7.43%) C++
5 9 (6.08%) MATLAB
6 7 (4.73%) JavaScript
7 6 (4.05%) SQL
8 5 (3.38%) Bicep
9 4 (2.70%) Tcl
10 3 (2.03%) Assembly Language
10 3 (2.03%) Google Apps Script
10 3 (2.03%) Objective-C
10 3 (2.03%) PHP
10 3 (2.03%) Shell Script
10 3 (2.03%) Swift
11 2 (1.35%) Perl
11 2 (1.35%) TypeScript
12 1 (0.68%) C#
Qualifications
1 71 (47.97%) Security Cleared
2 56 (37.84%) SC Cleared
3 40 (27.03%) Degree
4 13 (8.78%) Azure Certification
4 13 (8.78%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 10 (6.76%) Master's Degree
5 10 (6.76%) PhD
6 9 (6.08%) Network+ Certification
7 8 (5.41%) DV Cleared
8 6 (4.05%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (2.70%) DBS Check
10 3 (2.03%) AWS Certification
10 3 (2.03%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (1.35%) NVQ Level 4
11 2 (1.35%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 1 (0.68%) A+ Certification
12 1 (0.68%) Chartered Engineer
12 1 (0.68%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (31.76%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 11 (7.43%) Data Quality
3 7 (4.73%) QA
4 3 (2.03%) GDPR
5 2 (1.35%) ISO 22301
6 1 (0.68%) SLA
System Software
1 22 (14.86%) Active Directory
2 13 (8.78%) Hyper-V
3 5 (3.38%) Firmware
3 5 (3.38%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (3.38%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.68%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (6.76%) Kubernetes
2 5 (3.38%) SCOM
2 5 (3.38%) Terraform
3 4 (2.70%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (2.70%) SCCM
Vendors
1 34 (22.97%) IBM
2 20 (13.51%) Microsoft
3 12 (8.11%) Oracle
4 8 (5.41%) Dell
5 7 (4.73%) Google
6 5 (3.38%) HubSpot
6 5 (3.38%) VMware
7 3 (2.03%) Salesforce
7 3 (2.03%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.35%) Concur
8 2 (1.35%) Foundry
8 2 (1.35%) Mercator
8 2 (1.35%) Pega
8 2 (1.35%) Sage
8 2 (1.35%) Snow
9 1 (0.68%) Adobe
9 1 (0.68%) Atlassian
9 1 (0.68%) Cognos
9 1 (0.68%) SAP