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

6 months to
17 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 248 311 192
Rank change year-on-year +63 -119 +392
Permanent jobs citing BPSS Clearance 135 128 471
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.83% 0.82% 1.70%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.74% 2.81% 6.26%
Number of salaries quoted 70 72 363
10th Percentile £37,500 £47,683 £31,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £50,319 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,514 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.52% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £75,900 £74,063 £69,298
90th Percentile £81,625 £75,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £53,750 £56,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.02% +1.82% -15.38%

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 4,922 4,555 7,526
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 30.21% 29.31% 27.13%
Number of salaries quoted 2,615 2,388 5,502
10th Percentile £30,750 £32,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £42,598
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £74,144 £73,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £88,750 £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 17 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 11 (8.15%) Microsoft Exchange
2 8 (5.93%) SharePoint
3 3 (2.22%) WordPress
4 2 (1.48%) Confluence
5 1 (0.74%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 6 (4.44%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.22%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.22%) Simulink
3 1 (0.74%) CATIA
3 1 (0.74%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.74%) PTC Creo
3 1 (0.74%) Siemens NX
3 1 (0.74%) SOLIDWORKS
3 1 (0.74%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.74%) SAP IBP
1 1 (0.74%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 22 (16.30%) Azure
2 17 (12.59%) Entra ID
3 13 (9.63%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (4.44%) PaaS
5 5 (3.70%) Azure Monitor
5 5 (3.70%) Azure Sentinel
5 5 (3.70%) IaaS
6 4 (2.96%) AWS
6 4 (2.96%) GitHub
6 4 (2.96%) Google Workspace
6 4 (2.96%) SaaS
7 3 (2.22%) Power Platform
8 2 (1.48%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 2 (1.48%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 1 (0.74%) Amazon ECS
9 1 (0.74%) Amazon EKS
9 1 (0.74%) Azure Functions
9 1 (0.74%) Google Data Studio
9 1 (0.74%) Google Sheets
9 1 (0.74%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 13 (9.63%) DNS
1 13 (9.63%) VPN
2 9 (6.67%) WAN
3 8 (5.93%) DHCP
3 8 (5.93%) LAN
3 8 (5.93%) Wi-Fi
4 5 (3.70%) Firewall
5 3 (2.22%) Internet
6 2 (1.48%) SSH
7 1 (0.74%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.96%) Big Data
1 4 (2.96%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.22%) Power BI
3 2 (1.48%) MongoDB
3 2 (1.48%) MySQL
3 2 (1.48%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.74%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.74%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.74%) Hadoop
4 1 (0.74%) Neo4j
4 1 (0.74%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.74%) Power Query
4 1 (0.74%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.74%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.74%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 26 (19.26%) Rational DOORS
2 8 (5.93%) Git
3 4 (2.96%) GitLab
3 4 (2.96%) JIRA
4 1 (0.74%) Android Studio
4 1 (0.74%) MSTest
4 1 (0.74%) NUnit
4 1 (0.74%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.74%) Visual Studio
General
1 49 (36.30%) Social Skills
2 30 (22.22%) Electronics
3 23 (17.04%) Analytical Skills
4 22 (16.30%) Public Sector
5 17 (12.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 15 (11.11%) Aerospace
7 10 (7.41%) Finance
8 7 (5.19%) Marketing
9 5 (3.70%) Telecoms
10 4 (2.96%) Police
10 4 (2.96%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (2.22%) Aeronautics
11 3 (2.22%) Aviation
11 3 (2.22%) Avionics
11 3 (2.22%) Brand Awareness
11 3 (2.22%) Games
12 2 (1.48%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (1.48%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.74%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.74%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 27 (20.00%) Systems Engineer
2 26 (19.26%) Principal Engineer
2 26 (19.26%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 12 (8.89%) Lead
3 12 (8.89%) Senior
4 11 (8.15%) Analyst
5 9 (6.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 9 (6.67%) IT Engineer
5 9 (6.67%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
6 8 (5.93%) Developer
6 8 (5.93%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
6 8 (5.93%) Operations Engineer
7 7 (5.19%) Project Manager
8 6 (4.44%) Finance Manager
8 6 (4.44%) Senior Manager
8 6 (4.44%) Systems Manager
9 4 (2.96%) Head of Support
9 4 (2.96%) IT Analyst
9 4 (2.96%) IT Risk Analyst
9 4 (2.96%) Systems Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.70%) CSS
1 5 (3.70%) HTML
2 4 (2.96%) Oracle Fusion
3 3 (2.22%) OpenGL
3 3 (2.22%) REST
3 3 (2.22%) SOAP
3 3 (2.22%) Vulkan
4 2 (1.48%) .NET
4 2 (1.48%) .NET Framework
4 2 (1.48%) ASP.NET
4 2 (1.48%) Lightning Web Components
4 2 (1.48%) Middleware
4 2 (1.48%) Node.js
4 2 (1.48%) Visualforce
5 1 (0.74%) Ajax
5 1 (0.74%) jQuery
5 1 (0.74%) JSON
5 1 (0.74%) NHibernate
5 1 (0.74%) RESTful
5 1 (0.74%) WCF
Miscellaneous
1 39 (28.89%) Algorithms
2 14 (10.37%) Driving Licence
3 13 (9.63%) Onboarding
4 12 (8.89%) Management Information System
5 7 (5.19%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (3.70%) Product Ownership
6 5 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
7 3 (2.22%) 3D Graphics
7 3 (2.22%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (2.22%) Arduino
7 3 (2.22%) Augmented Reality
7 3 (2.22%) CUDA
7 3 (2.22%) IoT
7 3 (2.22%) PKI
7 3 (2.22%) Raspberry Pi
7 3 (2.22%) Virtual Reality
8 2 (1.48%) Data Centre
8 2 (1.48%) PMI
8 2 (1.48%) Robotics
8 2 (1.48%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 12 (8.89%) Linux
2 8 (5.93%) Windows
3 2 (1.48%) Ubuntu
3 2 (1.48%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.74%) Android
4 1 (0.74%) Rocky
4 1 (0.74%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.74%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (27.41%) Problem-Solving
2 32 (23.70%) Technical Leadership
3 31 (22.96%) Signal Processing
4 29 (21.48%) Systems Engineering
5 26 (19.26%) Innovative Thinking
5 26 (19.26%) Test Planning
6 23 (17.04%) AI
7 22 (16.30%) Computer Science
8 20 (14.81%) Agile
9 18 (13.33%) ITIL
10 17 (12.59%) Project Management
11 16 (11.85%) Analytics
11 16 (11.85%) Continuous Improvement
12 15 (11.11%) Service Delivery
13 13 (9.63%) Migration
13 13 (9.63%) Software Engineering
14 12 (8.89%) Collaborative Culture
15 11 (8.15%) Mathematics
15 11 (8.15%) Physics
15 11 (8.15%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 27 (20.00%) Python
2 14 (10.37%) C
3 13 (9.63%) C++
4 12 (8.89%) Java
5 10 (7.41%) JavaScript
6 8 (5.93%) PowerShell
7 6 (4.44%) MATLAB
8 5 (3.70%) Bicep
9 4 (2.96%) SQL
10 3 (2.22%) Assembly Language
10 3 (2.22%) C#
10 3 (2.22%) GLSL
10 3 (2.22%) Google Apps Script
10 3 (2.22%) Objective-C
10 3 (2.22%) Swift
10 3 (2.22%) Tcl
10 3 (2.22%) TypeScript
11 2 (1.48%) Shell Script
11 2 (1.48%) SOQL
11 2 (1.48%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 75 (55.56%) Security Cleared
2 57 (42.22%) SC Cleared
3 41 (30.37%) Degree
4 15 (11.11%) Microsoft Certification
5 9 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (4.44%) Azure Certification
6 6 (4.44%) DBS Check
7 4 (2.96%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (2.96%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 3 (2.22%) CISM
8 3 (2.22%) CISSP
8 3 (2.22%) PMI Certification
9 2 (1.48%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 2 (1.48%) CCNA
10 1 (0.74%) A+ Certification
10 1 (0.74%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.74%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.74%) Network+ Certification
10 1 (0.74%) PMP
10 1 (0.74%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (19.26%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 12 (8.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials
3 9 (6.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 7 (5.19%) GDPR
5 5 (3.70%) NEBOSH
6 4 (2.96%) QA
7 2 (1.48%) PMO
8 1 (0.74%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.74%) GRC
8 1 (0.74%) NCSC
8 1 (0.74%) NIST
8 1 (0.74%) SLA
System Software
1 8 (5.93%) Active Directory
2 6 (4.44%) Hyper-V
3 5 (3.70%) Firmware
3 5 (3.70%) Virtual Machines
3 5 (3.70%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (1.48%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (8.15%) Microsoft Intune
2 7 (5.19%) Terraform
3 5 (3.70%) SCOM
4 3 (2.22%) Ansible
5 2 (1.48%) Kubernetes
6 1 (0.74%) Grafana
6 1 (0.74%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.74%) SCCM
Vendors
1 26 (19.26%) IBM
2 25 (18.52%) Microsoft
3 11 (8.15%) Cisco
4 8 (5.93%) Google
4 8 (5.93%) Meraki
5 6 (4.44%) Salesforce
6 5 (3.70%) VMware
7 4 (2.96%) Oracle
8 3 (2.22%) HubSpot
9 2 (1.48%) Mercator
9 2 (1.48%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.74%) Atlassian
10 1 (0.74%) Dell
10 1 (0.74%) Juniper
10 1 (0.74%) SAP