Hybrid/Remote DV Cleared Job Trends

Developed Vetting (DV) Clearance
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid work with a requirement for DV Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 4 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 140 184 146
Rank change year-on-year +44 -38 +307
Permanent jobs citing DV Cleared 361 364 517
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 2.25% 1.84% 2.34%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.93% 6.96% 8.32%
Number of salaries quoted 130 171 252
10th Percentile £45,608 £44,106 £42,500
25th Percentile £56,250 £57,013 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £77,500 £56,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.68% +37.17% -15.67%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £72,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £56,500
% change year-on-year +16.67% +6.19% -1.74%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

DV Cleared 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 6,084 5,232 6,215
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.87% 26.41% 28.16%
Number of salaries quoted 2,363 2,559 4,555
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 £58,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.17% +0.87% +3.47%

DV Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing DV Cleared and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

DV Cleared job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

DV Cleared
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing DV Cleared.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing DV Cleared

DV Cleared
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing DV Cleared over the 6 months to 4 November 2025.

DV Cleared salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

DV Cleared
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 5 (1.39%) SharePoint
2 3 (0.83%) Tomcat
2 3 (0.83%) WebLogic
2 3 (0.83%) WebLogic Portal
Applications
1 5 (1.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.55%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (0.83%) Oracle EBS
1 3 (0.83%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 157 (43.49%) Azure
2 152 (42.11%) AWS
3 137 (37.95%) GCP
4 10 (2.77%) OCI
5 8 (2.22%) Azure Stack
5 8 (2.22%) Entra ID
5 8 (2.22%) SaaS
6 7 (1.94%) IaaS
6 7 (1.94%) PaaS
7 5 (1.39%) Power Platform
8 3 (0.83%) AWS CloudFormation
8 3 (0.83%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (0.83%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (0.83%) OpenShift
8 3 (0.83%) PowerApps
9 2 (0.55%) GitHub
9 2 (0.55%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (0.55%) Serverless
10 1 (0.28%) AWS KMS
10 1 (0.28%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 12 (3.32%) VPN
2 11 (3.05%) LAN
3 9 (2.49%) Junos
4 8 (2.22%) Wi-Fi
5 7 (1.94%) WAN
6 6 (1.66%) Firewall
7 5 (1.39%) MPLS
8 4 (1.11%) BGP
8 4 (1.11%) Cisco IOS
8 4 (1.11%) Ethernet
8 4 (1.11%) IPsec
8 4 (1.11%) Wireshark
9 3 (0.83%) Network Security
10 2 (0.55%) DMZ
10 2 (0.55%) S/MIME
10 2 (0.55%) SSL
10 2 (0.55%) TCP/IP
10 2 (0.55%) VoIP
10 2 (0.55%) X.509
11 1 (0.28%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.39%) Power BI
2 3 (0.83%) Oracle Database
2 3 (0.83%) Oracle Discoverer
2 3 (0.83%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (0.55%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (0.55%) NoSQL
3 2 (0.55%) Qlik Sense
3 2 (0.55%) Tableau
4 1 (0.28%) Amazon Aurora
4 1 (0.28%) DB2
4 1 (0.28%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.28%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (0.28%) GIS
4 1 (0.28%) InfluxDB
4 1 (0.28%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.28%) MySQL
4 1 (0.28%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.28%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 8 (2.22%) Jenkins
2 6 (1.66%) GitLab
3 3 (0.83%) Oracle APEX
3 3 (0.83%) Oracle Forms
3 3 (0.83%) Selenium
4 2 (0.55%) Git
4 2 (0.55%) IDA Disassembler
4 2 (0.55%) JMeter
4 2 (0.55%) Robot Framework
5 1 (0.28%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.28%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.28%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.28%) Gatling
5 1 (0.28%) LoadRunner
5 1 (0.28%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.28%) TestRail
General
1 128 (35.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 89 (24.65%) Finance
3 50 (13.85%) Social Skills
4 49 (13.57%) Analytical Skills
5 34 (9.42%) Public Sector
6 26 (7.20%) Electronics
7 15 (4.16%) Telecoms
8 13 (3.60%) Presentation Skills
9 9 (2.49%) Manufacturing
10 8 (2.22%) Marketing
11 4 (1.11%) Military
12 3 (0.83%) Organisational Skills
13 2 (0.55%) Advertising
13 2 (0.55%) Legal
14 1 (0.28%) Aerospace
14 1 (0.28%) Games
14 1 (0.28%) Law
Job Titles
1 159 (44.04%) Senior
2 126 (34.90%) Software Engineer
3 125 (34.63%) Senior Software Engineer
4 52 (14.40%) Administrator
5 49 (13.57%) Systems Administrator
6 37 (10.25%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 33 (9.14%) Systems Engineer
8 28 (7.76%) Architect
9 15 (4.16%) Analyst
10 10 (2.77%) Security Architect
11 9 (2.49%) Consultant
11 9 (2.49%) Electronics Engineer
11 9 (2.49%) Senior Electronics Engineer
12 8 (2.22%) Cloud Architect
12 8 (2.22%) IT Engineer
12 8 (2.22%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
13 7 (1.94%) Network Engineer
14 6 (1.66%) DevOps Engineer
14 6 (1.66%) Lead
14 6 (1.66%) Senior Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 126 (34.90%) Node.js
2 125 (34.63%) .NET
3 28 (7.76%) OLE
4 3 (0.83%) EDI
4 3 (0.83%) Elastic Stack
4 3 (0.83%) ModSecurity
4 3 (0.83%) Oracle ADF
4 3 (0.83%) WebCenter
5 2 (0.55%) EJB
6 1 (0.28%) Flash
6 1 (0.28%) React
6 1 (0.28%) Spring
6 1 (0.28%) Spring Boot
6 1 (0.28%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 131 (36.29%) Self-Motivation
2 129 (35.73%) Linux Command Line
3 125 (34.63%) Cyberattack
4 76 (21.05%) e-Learning
5 11 (3.05%) Data Centre
6 9 (2.49%) FPGA
7 8 (2.22%) Hybrid Cloud
7 8 (2.22%) Onboarding
7 8 (2.22%) Private Cloud
8 7 (1.94%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (1.66%) Cloud Native
10 5 (1.39%) Public Cloud
11 4 (1.11%) Cyber Defence
11 4 (1.11%) PKI
11 4 (1.11%) Product Ownership
12 3 (0.83%) Cyber Kill Chain
12 3 (0.83%) Cyber Threat
12 3 (0.83%) Driving Licence
12 3 (0.83%) Security Posture
13 2 (0.55%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 200 (55.40%) Linux
2 28 (7.76%) Unix
3 22 (6.09%) Windows
4 13 (3.60%) Windows Server
5 8 (2.22%) Rocky
5 8 (2.22%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.55%) CentOS
6 2 (0.55%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.28%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 163 (45.15%) Agile
2 137 (37.95%) Software Engineering
3 132 (36.57%) Mentoring
4 130 (36.01%) Cloud Security
5 129 (35.73%) Scrum
6 128 (35.46%) Microservices
6 128 (35.46%) Site Reliability Engineering
7 126 (34.90%) Data Engineering
7 126 (34.90%) User Experience
8 125 (34.63%) Machine Learning
9 76 (21.05%) Innovative Thinking
10 56 (15.51%) Problem-Solving
11 52 (14.40%) High Availability
12 41 (11.36%) Infrastructure Engineering
13 27 (7.48%) Mathematics
14 26 (7.20%) Physics
14 26 (7.20%) Trend Analysis
15 20 (5.54%) Cybersecurity
16 17 (4.71%) Containerisation
17 15 (4.16%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 145 (40.17%) Python
2 131 (36.29%) C++
3 129 (35.73%) Java
3 129 (35.73%) JavaScript
4 128 (35.46%) Go
5 125 (34.63%) Rust
6 7 (1.94%) Bash
6 7 (1.94%) SQL
7 6 (1.66%) C
8 5 (1.39%) PowerShell
9 3 (0.83%) PL/SQL
9 3 (0.83%) VBA
10 2 (0.55%) Bicep
11 1 (0.28%) PL/1
11 1 (0.28%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 361 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 146 (40.44%) SC Cleared
3 127 (35.18%) AWS Certification
4 125 (34.63%) AWS Certified Developer
4 125 (34.63%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 62 (17.17%) Cisco Certification
6 60 (16.62%) CCNP
7 56 (15.51%) Degree
8 36 (9.97%) CCNA
9 24 (6.65%) RHCSA
10 12 (3.32%) Azure Certification
11 8 (2.22%) BPSS Clearance
11 8 (2.22%) CISM
11 8 (2.22%) CISSP
11 8 (2.22%) Network+ Certification
11 8 (2.22%) NVQ Level 3
12 5 (1.39%) City & Guilds
13 4 (1.11%) Computer Science Degree
13 4 (1.11%) JNCIA
13 4 (1.11%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 11 (3.05%) NIST
3 6 (1.66%) JSP 440
4 5 (1.39%) GDPR
4 5 (1.39%) GRC
4 5 (1.39%) NCSC
4 5 (1.39%) QA
5 3 (0.83%) Accessibility
5 3 (0.83%) ISO 14001
5 3 (0.83%) ISO 9001
5 3 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 42001
5 3 (0.83%) NEBOSH
6 2 (0.55%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27005
7 1 (0.28%) RMADS
System Software
1 16 (4.43%) Active Directory
2 12 (3.32%) Docker
3 9 (2.49%) Firmware
4 8 (2.22%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.11%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.83%) vSphere
7 1 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.28%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 21 (5.82%) Kubernetes
2 12 (3.32%) Terraform
3 10 (2.77%) Ansible
4 4 (1.11%) Grafana
4 4 (1.11%) Prometheus
5 3 (0.83%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 2 (0.55%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
6 2 (0.55%) Endace
7 1 (0.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.28%) Argo
7 1 (0.28%) Docker Swarm
7 1 (0.28%) Kibana
7 1 (0.28%) Nagios
7 1 (0.28%) OpenView
7 1 (0.28%) Tivoli
7 1 (0.28%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.28%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 66 (18.28%) Cisco
2 26 (7.20%) Red Hat
3 15 (4.16%) Juniper
4 9 (2.49%) Microsoft
5 8 (2.22%) Dell
5 8 (2.22%) SAP
6 7 (1.94%) VMware
7 6 (1.66%) Splunk
8 5 (1.39%) Oracle
9 3 (0.83%) IFS
10 2 (0.55%) McAfee
10 2 (0.55%) NetApp
10 2 (0.55%) Thales
11 1 (0.28%) ArcSight
11 1 (0.28%) ExtraHop
11 1 (0.28%) Google
11 1 (0.28%) HP
11 1 (0.28%) Palo Alto
11 1 (0.28%) Siebel
11 1 (0.28%) YouTube