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 2 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 218 324 274
Rank change year-on-year +106 -50 +165
Permanent jobs citing BPSS Clearance 240 103 392
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.15% 0.65% 1.17%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.45% 1.91% 4.39%
Number of salaries quoted 131 70 314
10th Percentile £35,000 £45,875 £37,101
25th Percentile £54,375 £47,683 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,600 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.93% +22.78% +4.55%
75th Percentile £85,000 £73,900 £65,000
90th Percentile £91,436 £80,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £57,750 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -4.35%

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 4,402 5,386 8,928
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 21.15% 33.74% 26.68%
Number of salaries quoted 3,037 2,416 5,777
10th Percentile £33,250 £28,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,000 £60,000 £56,650
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% +5.91% -5.58%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £88,750 £86,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +3.77% -11.67%

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 2 July 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 10 (4.17%) SharePoint
2 6 (2.50%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.42%) Confluence
3 1 (0.42%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 4 (1.67%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (1.25%) Simulink
3 1 (0.42%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.42%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 6 (2.50%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (2.08%) Primavera
2 5 (2.08%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.42%) SAP HCM
3 1 (0.42%) SAP Payroll
3 1 (0.42%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 17 (7.08%) AWS
2 16 (6.67%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (6.25%) Entra ID
4 7 (2.92%) Azure
5 3 (1.25%) Power Platform
6 2 (0.83%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
6 2 (0.83%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 1 (0.42%) Figma
7 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 9 (3.75%) TCP/IP
2 7 (2.92%) WAN
3 6 (2.50%) DHCP
3 6 (2.50%) DNS
3 6 (2.50%) LAN
3 6 (2.50%) VPN
3 6 (2.50%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (1.25%) Network Security
4 3 (1.25%) Skype
5 1 (0.42%) 4G
5 1 (0.42%) 5G
5 1 (0.42%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.25%) Data Warehouse
1 3 (1.25%) Power BI
2 2 (0.83%) OLAP
2 2 (0.83%) Oracle Database
2 2 (0.83%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (0.83%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.83%) SQL Server Analysis Services
2 2 (0.83%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (0.83%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (0.42%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 6 (2.50%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (0.83%) Git
2 2 (0.83%) JIRA
3 1 (0.42%) Cucumber
3 1 (0.42%) Postman
3 1 (0.42%) Rational Rhapsody
3 1 (0.42%) REST Assured
General
1 136 (56.67%) Social Skills
2 120 (50.00%) Finance
3 104 (43.33%) Organisational Skills
4 101 (42.08%) Legal
5 26 (10.83%) Public Sector
6 11 (4.58%) Analytical Skills
7 7 (2.92%) Aerospace
7 7 (2.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (2.50%) Electronics
9 5 (2.08%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (2.08%) Manufacturing
10 4 (1.67%) Police
10 4 (1.67%) Retail
11 3 (1.25%) Games
11 3 (1.25%) Italian Language
11 3 (1.25%) Japanese Language
12 2 (0.83%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (0.83%) Marketing
12 2 (0.83%) Military
13 1 (0.42%) Billing
Job Titles
1 37 (15.42%) Senior
2 16 (6.67%) Analyst
3 15 (6.25%) Architect
3 15 (6.25%) Solutions Architect
4 14 (5.83%) AWS Architect
4 14 (5.83%) AWS Solution Architect
5 11 (4.58%) Bid Writer
5 11 (4.58%) Senior Bid Writer
6 10 (4.17%) Developer
7 9 (3.75%) Penetration Tester
7 9 (3.75%) Senior Developer
7 9 (3.75%) Tester
8 8 (3.33%) Service Desk Engineer
9 7 (2.92%) Business Analyst
9 7 (2.92%) Java Developer
9 7 (2.92%) Operations Analyst
9 7 (2.92%) Senior Analyst
9 7 (2.92%) Senior Java Developer
9 7 (2.92%) Senior Operations Analyst
10 6 (2.50%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (1.67%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (1.25%) OpenGL
2 3 (1.25%) Vulkan
3 2 (0.83%) CSS
3 2 (0.83%) HTML
3 2 (0.83%) Lightning Web Components
3 2 (0.83%) Middleware
3 2 (0.83%) PySpark
3 2 (0.83%) REST
3 2 (0.83%) SOAP
3 2 (0.83%) Visualforce
4 1 (0.42%) Flash
4 1 (0.42%) Playwright
4 1 (0.42%) React
4 1 (0.42%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (0.42%) SAPUI5
4 1 (0.42%) Spring
4 1 (0.42%) Spring Boot
4 1 (0.42%) Spring MVC
4 1 (0.42%) Web Dynpro
Miscellaneous
1 101 (42.08%) Podcast
1 101 (42.08%) Virtual Team
1 101 (42.08%) Web Conferencing
2 8 (3.33%) Driving Licence
2 8 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
3 7 (2.92%) Management Information System
4 6 (2.50%) Algorithms
5 5 (2.08%) Onboarding
5 5 (2.08%) Product Ownership
6 4 (1.67%) FPGA
6 4 (1.67%) VHDL
7 3 (1.25%) 3D Graphics
7 3 (1.25%) CUDA
7 3 (1.25%) Data Structures
7 3 (1.25%) Embedded Systems
7 3 (1.25%) Verilog
8 2 (0.83%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.83%) Replication
9 1 (0.42%) Private Cloud
9 1 (0.42%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 16 (6.67%) Windows
2 11 (4.58%) Windows Server
3 3 (1.25%) Linux
4 1 (0.42%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (46.25%) Customer Service
2 28 (11.67%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 21 (8.75%) Problem-Solving
4 19 (7.92%) ITIL
5 13 (5.42%) Agile
5 13 (5.42%) Decision-Making
5 13 (5.42%) ERP
6 12 (5.00%) ITSM
7 11 (4.58%) Cybersecurity
7 11 (4.58%) Data Migration
7 11 (4.58%) Migration
7 11 (4.58%) Service Delivery
8 10 (4.17%) Logistics
8 10 (4.17%) Technical Leadership
8 10 (4.17%) Validation
9 9 (3.75%) Cloud Security
9 9 (3.75%) Continuous Improvement
9 9 (3.75%) SFIA
9 9 (3.75%) Signal Processing
9 9 (3.75%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 8 (3.33%) Java
2 7 (2.92%) C
3 4 (1.67%) C++
3 4 (1.67%) JavaScript
3 4 (1.67%) Python
3 4 (1.67%) SQL
4 3 (1.25%) Apex Code
4 3 (1.25%) GLSL
4 3 (1.25%) SystemVerilog
5 2 (0.83%) ABAP
5 2 (0.83%) C#
5 2 (0.83%) Kusto Query Language
5 2 (0.83%) SOQL
5 2 (0.83%) SOSL
Qualifications
1 98 (40.83%) Security Cleared
2 69 (28.75%) SC Cleared
3 25 (10.42%) Degree
4 9 (3.75%) DV Cleared
5 7 (2.92%) HNC
6 6 (2.50%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (2.50%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.25%) CISSP
7 3 (1.25%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.83%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (0.42%) A+ Certification
9 1 (0.42%) APMP
9 1 (0.42%) CISM
9 1 (0.42%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
9 1 (0.42%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.42%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.42%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.42%) MBA
9 1 (0.42%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 10 (4.17%) SLA
3 6 (2.50%) Cyber Essentials
3 6 (2.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 5 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 4 (1.67%) GDPR
5 4 (1.67%) QA
6 3 (1.25%) NIST
6 3 (1.25%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.42%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.42%) GRC
7 1 (0.42%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.42%) NCSC
7 1 (0.42%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (0.42%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.42%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 15 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (1.25%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (1.25%) Terraform
3 2 (0.83%) Data Guard
3 2 (0.83%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 2 (0.83%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 31 (12.92%) Microsoft
2 13 (5.42%) SAP
3 10 (4.17%) ServiceNow
4 7 (2.92%) Cisco
5 6 (2.50%) Meraki
5 6 (2.50%) Oracle
6 5 (2.08%) IBM
7 4 (1.67%) Salesforce
8 3 (1.25%) Intel
8 3 (1.25%) Microsemi
8 3 (1.25%) Xilinx
9 2 (0.83%) Peregrine
10 1 (0.42%) Adobe
10 1 (0.42%) Conga
10 1 (0.42%) GoCardless
10 1 (0.42%) Google
10 1 (0.42%) Juniper
10 1 (0.42%) Tagetik