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

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 232 326 269
Rank change year-on-year +94 -57 +359
Permanent jobs citing BPSS Clearance 144 147 213
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.95% 0.76% 1.02%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.75% 2.82% 3.67%
Number of salaries quoted 78 90 159
10th Percentile £35,854 £48,750 £24,000
25th Percentile £38,000 £53,750 £37,759
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +25.00% -20.00%
75th Percentile £75,900 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £82,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +5.26% -5.00%

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 5,243 5,211 5,796
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.55% 26.77% 27.73%
Number of salaries quoted 2,420 2,653 4,322
10th Percentile £29,750 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,863 £45,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +0.10%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £76,250
90th Percentile £93,750 £88,750 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,269 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.61% +1.34% +0.75%

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 November 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 4 (2.78%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (2.08%) WordPress
3 2 (1.39%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.69%) Confluence
4 1 (0.69%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 5 (3.47%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.08%) Simulink
3 2 (1.39%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.69%) CATIA
4 1 (0.69%) PTC Creo
4 1 (0.69%) Siemens NX
4 1 (0.69%) SOLIDWORKS
4 1 (0.69%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.69%) Sage 200
1 1 (0.69%) SAP IBP
1 1 (0.69%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 27 (18.75%) Azure
2 23 (15.97%) Entra ID
3 9 (6.25%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (5.56%) AWS
4 8 (5.56%) Azure Stack
5 6 (4.17%) PaaS
6 5 (3.47%) Azure Monitor
6 5 (3.47%) Azure Sentinel
6 5 (3.47%) IaaS
7 4 (2.78%) Google Workspace
8 3 (2.08%) GitHub
8 3 (2.08%) Power Platform
8 3 (2.08%) SaaS
9 2 (1.39%) Amazon S3
9 2 (1.39%) Azure AI
9 2 (1.39%) Azure AKS
9 2 (1.39%) Azure App Service
9 2 (1.39%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.69%) AWS Lambda
10 1 (0.69%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.47%) DNS
1 5 (3.47%) Firewall
1 5 (3.47%) VPN
2 3 (2.08%) Internet
3 2 (1.39%) SSH
4 1 (0.69%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (7.64%) Oracle Reports
2 4 (2.78%) Big Data
2 4 (2.78%) MongoDB
2 4 (2.78%) MySQL
2 4 (2.78%) NoSQL
2 4 (2.78%) SQL Server
3 3 (2.08%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (2.08%) Power BI
4 2 (1.39%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (1.39%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.69%) Amazon Aurora
5 1 (0.69%) Azure SQL Database
5 1 (0.69%) DB2
5 1 (0.69%) Hadoop
5 1 (0.69%) Neo4j
5 1 (0.69%) Power Query
5 1 (0.69%) RDBMS
5 1 (0.69%) SAP HANA
5 1 (0.69%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.69%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 29 (20.14%) Rational DOORS
2 5 (3.47%) Git
3 4 (2.78%) GitLab
4 3 (2.08%) JIRA
5 1 (0.69%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.69%) Visual Studio
General
1 57 (39.58%) Social Skills
2 33 (22.92%) Electronics
3 20 (13.89%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (13.19%) Public Sector
5 15 (10.42%) Aerospace
6 11 (7.64%) Police
7 10 (6.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (4.17%) Finance
9 5 (3.47%) Marketing
10 4 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (2.78%) Telecoms
11 3 (2.08%) Aeronautics
11 3 (2.08%) Aviation
11 3 (2.08%) Avionics
11 3 (2.08%) Brand Awareness
11 3 (2.08%) Games
12 2 (1.39%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (1.39%) Legal
12 2 (1.39%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.69%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 30 (20.83%) Systems Engineer
2 29 (20.14%) Principal Engineer
2 29 (20.14%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 24 (16.67%) Analyst
4 12 (8.33%) Support Analyst
5 11 (7.64%) Development Analyst
5 11 (7.64%) Development Support Analyst
5 11 (7.64%) Systems Analyst
5 11 (7.64%) Systems Development Analyst
5 11 (7.64%) Systems Support
5 11 (7.64%) Systems Support Analyst
6 8 (5.56%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 8 (5.56%) IT Engineer
6 8 (5.56%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
7 7 (4.86%) Developer
7 7 (4.86%) Lead
8 5 (3.47%) Java Developer
8 5 (3.47%) Project Manager
9 4 (2.78%) Business Analyst
9 4 (2.78%) Integration Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (7.64%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (2.08%) .NET
2 3 (2.08%) OpenGL
2 3 (2.08%) REST
2 3 (2.08%) Vulkan
3 2 (1.39%) CSS
3 2 (1.39%) HTML
3 2 (1.39%) Node.js
4 1 (0.69%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.69%) ASP.NET
4 1 (0.69%) Elastic Stack
4 1 (0.69%) JSON
4 1 (0.69%) Pandas
4 1 (0.69%) Playwright
4 1 (0.69%) PySpark
4 1 (0.69%) pytest
4 1 (0.69%) RESTful
4 1 (0.69%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 42 (29.17%) Algorithms
2 17 (11.81%) Management Information System
2 17 (11.81%) Onboarding
3 13 (9.03%) Hybrid Cloud
4 10 (6.94%) Data Centre
5 7 (4.86%) Driving Licence
6 5 (3.47%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (2.78%) Product Ownership
8 3 (2.08%) 3D Graphics
8 3 (2.08%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (2.08%) Arduino
8 3 (2.08%) Augmented Reality
8 3 (2.08%) CUDA
8 3 (2.08%) IoT
8 3 (2.08%) PKI
8 3 (2.08%) Raspberry Pi
8 3 (2.08%) Virtual Reality
9 2 (1.39%) PMI
10 1 (0.69%) Client/Server
10 1 (0.69%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 18 (12.50%) Linux
1 18 (12.50%) Windows
2 10 (6.94%) Windows Server
2 10 (6.94%) Windows Server 2019
3 8 (5.56%) Rocky
4 3 (2.08%) Windows 10
5 2 (1.39%) Android
5 2 (1.39%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.39%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.69%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (28.47%) Systems Engineering
2 35 (24.31%) Technical Leadership
3 34 (23.61%) Problem-Solving
3 34 (23.61%) Signal Processing
4 29 (20.14%) Test Planning
5 26 (18.06%) AI
6 25 (17.36%) Innovative Thinking
7 21 (14.58%) ITIL
8 17 (11.81%) Agile
8 17 (11.81%) Change Control
8 17 (11.81%) Computer Science
8 17 (11.81%) Continuous Improvement
9 16 (11.11%) Analytics
10 14 (9.72%) Project Management
11 13 (9.03%) Software Engineering
12 12 (8.33%) Validation
13 11 (7.64%) Data Security
13 11 (7.64%) Knowledge Management
13 11 (7.64%) Mathematics
13 11 (7.64%) Physics
Programming Languages
1 26 (18.06%) Python
2 14 (9.72%) C
2 14 (9.72%) Java
3 13 (9.03%) C++
4 12 (8.33%) PowerShell
5 7 (4.86%) JavaScript
5 7 (4.86%) SQL
6 6 (4.17%) MATLAB
7 5 (3.47%) Bicep
8 3 (2.08%) Assembly Language
8 3 (2.08%) GLSL
8 3 (2.08%) Google Apps Script
8 3 (2.08%) Objective-C
8 3 (2.08%) Shell Script
8 3 (2.08%) Swift
8 3 (2.08%) Tcl
9 2 (1.39%) C#
9 2 (1.39%) TypeScript
10 1 (0.69%) PHP
Qualifications
1 75 (52.08%) Security Cleared
2 59 (40.97%) SC Cleared
3 37 (25.69%) Degree
4 13 (9.03%) Azure Certification
5 12 (8.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 8 (5.56%) DV Cleared
6 8 (5.56%) Master's Degree
6 8 (5.56%) Network+ Certification
6 8 (5.56%) PhD
7 6 (4.17%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (2.78%) DBS Check
9 3 (2.08%) AWS Certification
9 3 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
10 2 (1.39%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.69%) CCNA
11 1 (0.69%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.69%) CISM
11 1 (0.69%) CISSP
11 1 (0.69%) NVQ Level 4
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (25.69%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 11 (7.64%) Data Quality
3 5 (3.47%) GDPR
3 5 (3.47%) QA
4 4 (2.78%) NEBOSH
5 1 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.69%) GRC
5 1 (0.69%) ISO 22301
5 1 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.69%) NIST
5 1 (0.69%) PMO
5 1 (0.69%) SLA
System Software
1 20 (13.89%) Active Directory
2 13 (9.03%) Hyper-V
3 5 (3.47%) Firmware
3 5 (3.47%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (3.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.39%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (7.64%) Kubernetes
2 6 (4.17%) Terraform
3 5 (3.47%) SCOM
4 4 (2.78%) Microsoft Intune
5 3 (2.08%) SCCM
6 2 (1.39%) Ansible
7 1 (0.69%) Grafana
7 1 (0.69%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 29 (20.14%) IBM
2 21 (14.58%) Microsoft
3 12 (8.33%) Oracle
4 8 (5.56%) Dell
4 8 (5.56%) Google
5 5 (3.47%) VMware
6 4 (2.78%) HubSpot
7 3 (2.08%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.39%) Foundry
8 2 (1.39%) Mercator
8 2 (1.39%) Pega
9 1 (0.69%) Atlassian
9 1 (0.69%) Cisco
9 1 (0.69%) Cognos
9 1 (0.69%) Concur
9 1 (0.69%) Sage
9 1 (0.69%) SAP
9 1 (0.69%) ServiceNow