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 1 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 284 313 211
Rank change year-on-year +29 -102 +385
Permanent jobs citing BPSS Clearance 110 77 450
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.66% 0.60% 1.45%
As % of the Qualifications category 2.70% 2.09% 5.47%
Number of salaries quoted 69 63 345
10th Percentile £37,500 £43,173 £31,250
25th Percentile £51,875 £47,683 £48,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +12.07% -10.77%
75th Percentile £77,500 £72,175 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £75,000 £77,500
UK median annual salary £54,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.91% - -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 4,067 3,693 8,223
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 24.29% 28.83% 26.47%
Number of salaries quoted 2,694 2,449 5,948
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £88,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.86% +5.45% -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 1 April 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 (10.00%) SharePoint
2 8 (7.27%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.82%) Confluence
3 2 (1.82%) WordPress
4 1 (0.91%) NetWeaver
4 1 (0.91%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 5 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.91%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (0.91%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (3.64%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (2.73%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.91%) SAP IBP
3 1 (0.91%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 14 (12.73%) Azure
2 12 (10.91%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (9.09%) Entra ID
4 4 (3.64%) AWS
4 4 (3.64%) GitHub
5 3 (2.73%) Power Platform
5 3 (2.73%) SaaS
6 2 (1.82%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
6 2 (1.82%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 1 (0.91%) Amazon CloudWatch
7 1 (0.91%) Amazon ECS
7 1 (0.91%) Amazon EKS
7 1 (0.91%) Asana
7 1 (0.91%) AWS Lambda
7 1 (0.91%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (0.91%) Azure Functions
7 1 (0.91%) GCP
7 1 (0.91%) Google Sheets
7 1 (0.91%) Google Tag Manager
7 1 (0.91%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 9 (8.18%) WAN
2 8 (7.27%) DHCP
2 8 (7.27%) DNS
2 8 (7.27%) LAN
2 8 (7.27%) VPN
2 8 (7.27%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (2.73%) Skype
4 2 (1.82%) SSH
5 1 (0.91%) 4G
5 1 (0.91%) 5G
5 1 (0.91%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.64%) SQL Server
2 3 (2.73%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (2.73%) Power BI
3 2 (1.82%) MySQL
3 2 (1.82%) Oracle Database
4 1 (0.91%) Amazon RDS
4 1 (0.91%) Azure SQL Database
4 1 (0.91%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.91%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.91%) Power Query
4 1 (0.91%) SAP HANA
4 1 (0.91%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (0.91%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 15 (13.64%) Rational DOORS
2 5 (4.55%) Git
3 4 (3.64%) JIRA
4 1 (0.91%) Android Studio
4 1 (0.91%) GitLab
4 1 (0.91%) MSTest
4 1 (0.91%) NUnit
4 1 (0.91%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.91%) Visual Studio
General
1 39 (35.45%) Social Skills
2 27 (24.55%) Public Sector
3 16 (14.55%) Electronics
4 15 (13.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 13 (11.82%) Finance
6 12 (10.91%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (5.45%) Marketing
8 4 (3.64%) Manufacturing
8 4 (3.64%) Police
8 4 (3.64%) Retail
9 3 (2.73%) Games
9 3 (2.73%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (1.82%) Brand Awareness
10 2 (1.82%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (1.82%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.91%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.91%) Billing
11 1 (0.91%) Digital Health
11 1 (0.91%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.91%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 24 (21.82%) Senior
2 16 (14.55%) Systems Engineer
3 15 (13.64%) Principal Engineer
3 15 (13.64%) Principal Systems Engineer
4 12 (10.91%) Lead
5 11 (10.00%) Bid Writer
5 11 (10.00%) Developer
5 11 (10.00%) Senior Bid Writer
6 8 (7.27%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 8 (7.27%) Infrastructure Operations Engineer
6 8 (7.27%) IT Engineer
6 8 (7.27%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
6 8 (7.27%) Operations Engineer
6 8 (7.27%) Project Manager
7 6 (5.45%) Finance Manager
7 6 (5.45%) Java Developer
7 6 (5.45%) Systems Manager
8 5 (4.55%) Administrator
8 5 (4.55%) Senior Developer
8 5 (4.55%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (3.64%) CSS
1 4 (3.64%) HTML
1 4 (3.64%) Oracle Fusion
2 3 (2.73%) OpenGL
2 3 (2.73%) REST
2 3 (2.73%) SOAP
2 3 (2.73%) Vulkan
3 2 (1.82%) .NET
3 2 (1.82%) .NET Framework
3 2 (1.82%) ASP.NET
3 2 (1.82%) Lightning Web Components
3 2 (1.82%) Middleware
3 2 (1.82%) Node.js
3 2 (1.82%) Visualforce
4 1 (0.91%) jQuery
4 1 (0.91%) JSON
4 1 (0.91%) NHibernate
4 1 (0.91%) WCF
4 1 (0.91%) Web Dynpro
4 1 (0.91%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 15 (13.64%) Algorithms
2 14 (12.73%) Driving Licence
3 9 (8.18%) Management Information System
4 6 (5.45%) Onboarding
5 4 (3.64%) Product Ownership
6 3 (2.73%) 3D Graphics
6 3 (2.73%) CUDA
6 3 (2.73%) Data Structures
7 2 (1.82%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.82%) PMI
7 2 (1.82%) Replication
7 2 (1.82%) Robotics
7 2 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.82%) Video Conferencing
8 1 (0.91%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.91%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (0.91%) Data Centre
8 1 (0.91%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.91%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.91%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 8 (7.27%) Linux
1 8 (7.27%) Windows
2 2 (1.82%) Ubuntu
2 2 (1.82%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.91%) Android
3 1 (0.91%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (24.55%) Problem-Solving
2 21 (19.09%) Technical Leadership
3 16 (14.55%) Continuous Improvement
3 16 (14.55%) Signal Processing
4 15 (13.64%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 15 (13.64%) Systems Engineering
4 15 (13.64%) Test Planning
5 14 (12.73%) Agile
5 14 (12.73%) Service Delivery
6 12 (10.91%) Data Migration
6 12 (10.91%) ITIL
6 12 (10.91%) Migration
7 11 (10.00%) ERP
8 9 (8.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 9 (8.18%) User Experience
9 8 (7.27%) CI/CD
9 8 (7.27%) Cloud Security
9 8 (7.27%) Disaster Recovery
9 8 (7.27%) Performance Optimisation
9 8 (7.27%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (5.45%) Java
1 6 (5.45%) JavaScript
1 6 (5.45%) Python
2 5 (4.55%) SQL
3 3 (2.73%) C
3 3 (2.73%) C++
3 3 (2.73%) GLSL
3 3 (2.73%) TypeScript
4 2 (1.82%) Apex Code
4 2 (1.82%) C#
4 2 (1.82%) PowerShell
4 2 (1.82%) Shell Script
4 2 (1.82%) SOQL
4 2 (1.82%) SOSL
5 1 (0.91%) ABAP
5 1 (0.91%) Kotlin
5 1 (0.91%) PHP
Qualifications
1 56 (50.91%) Security Cleared
2 30 (27.27%) SC Cleared
3 19 (17.27%) Degree
4 10 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
5 7 (6.36%) DBS Check
6 6 (5.45%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (3.64%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (3.64%) CISM
7 4 (3.64%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 3 (2.73%) CISSP
8 3 (2.73%) HNC
8 3 (2.73%) PMI Certification
9 2 (1.82%) (ISC)2 CCSP
9 2 (1.82%) CCNA
9 2 (1.82%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.91%) A+ Certification
10 1 (0.91%) APMP
10 1 (0.91%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
10 1 (0.91%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.91%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (13.64%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 13 (11.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 9 (8.18%) Cyber Essentials
3 9 (8.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 6 (5.45%) GDPR
5 5 (4.55%) NEBOSH
6 3 (2.73%) QA
7 2 (1.82%) GRC
7 2 (1.82%) PMO
8 1 (0.91%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.91%) NCSC
8 1 (0.91%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (0.91%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.91%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (9.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.73%) Ansible
3 2 (1.82%) Data Guard
3 2 (1.82%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 2 (1.82%) Oracle RMAN
3 2 (1.82%) Terraform
4 1 (0.91%) Grafana
4 1 (0.91%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.91%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 21 (19.09%) Microsoft
2 15 (13.64%) IBM
3 11 (10.00%) Cisco
4 8 (7.27%) Meraki
5 6 (5.45%) Oracle
6 5 (4.55%) Salesforce
6 5 (4.55%) SAP
7 2 (1.82%) Google
7 2 (1.82%) HubSpot
7 2 (1.82%) Mercator
8 1 (0.91%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.91%) Juniper
8 1 (0.91%) ServiceNow