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

6 months to
4 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 154 243 190
Rank change year-on-year +89 -53 +236
Permanent jobs citing DV Cleared 277 159 512
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.64% 1.24% 1.63%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.72% 4.28% 6.20%
Number of salaries quoted 189 94 234
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £43,384
25th Percentile £53,750 £47,562 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +8.70% +3.60%
75th Percentile £80,000 £69,875 £71,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £82,125 £85,000
UK median annual salary £68,750 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +19.57% +4.55% -

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 4,124 3,716 8,263
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 24.39% 28.87% 26.27%
Number of salaries quoted 2,736 2,472 5,973
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 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,670 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.29% +4.85% -4.35%

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 April 2026.

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 7 (2.53%) Apache
2 3 (1.08%) Tomcat
2 3 (1.08%) WebLogic
2 3 (1.08%) WebLogic Portal
3 2 (0.72%) Camunda
3 2 (0.72%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.36%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.36%) Confluence
4 1 (0.36%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.36%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 9 (3.25%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.08%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (1.08%) Oracle EBS
1 3 (1.08%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 42 (15.16%) AWS
2 41 (14.80%) Azure
3 9 (3.25%) OpenShift
4 7 (2.53%) GCP
5 6 (2.17%) AWS CloudFormation
5 6 (2.17%) Power Platform
6 5 (1.81%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (1.44%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (1.44%) OCI
8 2 (0.72%) GitHub
9 1 (0.36%) Azure AKS
9 1 (0.36%) Azure Key Vault
9 1 (0.36%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.36%) Azure Storage
9 1 (0.36%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.36%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.36%) Pulumi
9 1 (0.36%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 22 (7.94%) Firewall
2 17 (6.14%) Network Security
3 11 (3.97%) VPN
4 10 (3.61%) WAN
5 8 (2.89%) BGP
6 7 (2.53%) Intrusion Detection
6 7 (2.53%) MPLS
7 6 (2.17%) Cisco Firepower
7 6 (2.17%) DMZ
7 6 (2.17%) HTTP
8 5 (1.81%) DNS
8 5 (1.81%) SNMP
9 4 (1.44%) VoIP
10 3 (1.08%) LAN
10 3 (1.08%) TCP/IP
11 2 (0.72%) ICMP
11 2 (0.72%) SD-WAN
11 2 (0.72%) Wi-Fi
11 2 (0.72%) Wireshark
11 2 (0.72%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.61%) NoSQL
2 9 (3.25%) MongoDB
3 6 (2.17%) MySQL
4 5 (1.81%) Oracle Database
4 5 (1.81%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (1.44%) Power BI
5 4 (1.44%) Qlik Sense
5 4 (1.44%) Tableau
6 3 (1.08%) InfluxDB
6 3 (1.08%) Oracle Discoverer
6 3 (1.08%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (1.08%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.08%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.36%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.36%) Big Data
7 1 (0.36%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.36%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.36%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 11 (3.97%) Jenkins
2 5 (1.81%) GitLab
2 5 (1.81%) Robot Framework
3 4 (1.44%) JMeter
4 3 (1.08%) Bitbucket
4 3 (1.08%) Eclipse
4 3 (1.08%) Oracle APEX
4 3 (1.08%) Oracle Forms
4 3 (1.08%) SonarQube
5 2 (0.72%) IDA Disassembler
5 2 (0.72%) TestRail
6 1 (0.36%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.36%) Git
6 1 (0.36%) JIRA
6 1 (0.36%) Postman
6 1 (0.36%) Selenium
6 1 (0.36%) SoapUI
6 1 (0.36%) Subversion
General
1 57 (20.58%) Finance
2 49 (17.69%) Social Skills
3 40 (14.44%) Public Sector
4 25 (9.03%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (7.22%) Manufacturing
6 15 (5.42%) Telecoms
7 14 (5.05%) Electronics
7 14 (5.05%) Legal
8 11 (3.97%) Marketing
9 7 (2.53%) Military
9 7 (2.53%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (1.44%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.72%) Games
11 2 (0.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 2 (0.72%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.72%) Law
12 1 (0.36%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.36%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.36%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 46 (16.61%) Senior
2 44 (15.88%) Analyst
3 37 (13.36%) Business Analyst
4 28 (10.11%) Architect
5 21 (7.58%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 20 (7.22%) Senior Manager
7 17 (6.14%) Consultant
7 17 (6.14%) Lead
8 14 (5.05%) Security Analyst
9 11 (3.97%) Data Engineer
9 11 (3.97%) Data Scientist
10 10 (3.61%) Administrator
10 10 (3.61%) Solutions Architect
11 9 (3.25%) DevOps Engineer
11 9 (3.25%) Java Engineer
11 9 (3.25%) Security Consultant
12 8 (2.89%) Cybersecurity Consultant
12 8 (2.89%) DV Cleared Business Analyst
13 7 (2.53%) Cybersecurity Manager
13 7 (2.53%) DV Cleared Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.97%) OLE
2 7 (2.53%) Spring
3 6 (2.17%) Kafka
4 5 (1.81%) Apache NiFi
4 5 (1.81%) Elastic Stack
4 5 (1.81%) Spring Boot
5 4 (1.44%) React
5 4 (1.44%) REST
6 3 (1.08%) AngularJS
6 3 (1.08%) ModSecurity
6 3 (1.08%) Oracle ADF
6 3 (1.08%) Vue
6 3 (1.08%) WebCenter
7 1 (0.36%) Flash
7 1 (0.36%) JSON
7 1 (0.36%) Pandas
7 1 (0.36%) RabbitMQ
7 1 (0.36%) RESTful
7 1 (0.36%) Web Services
7 1 (0.36%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 25 (9.03%) Self-Motivation
2 24 (8.66%) Security Posture
3 18 (6.50%) Blog
3 18 (6.50%) Product Ownership
4 13 (4.69%) PKI
5 11 (3.97%) Cyber Security Posture
6 9 (3.25%) Cloud Native
7 7 (2.53%) Management Information System
8 6 (2.17%) Cloud Security Posture
8 6 (2.17%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 5 (1.81%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (1.81%) Security Operations Centre
10 4 (1.44%) Arduino
10 4 (1.44%) Legacy Systems
10 4 (1.44%) Microsoft Licensing
10 4 (1.44%) Raspberry Pi
11 3 (1.08%) Driving Licence
12 2 (0.72%) Cyber Threat
12 2 (0.72%) Data Centre
12 2 (0.72%) YubiKey
Operating Systems
1 38 (13.72%) Linux
2 30 (10.83%) Windows
3 10 (3.61%) Windows Server
4 6 (2.17%) Unix
5 4 (1.44%) CentOS
5 4 (1.44%) Windows 10
6 3 (1.08%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.36%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (23.83%) Agile
2 37 (13.36%) Cybersecurity
3 36 (13.00%) Problem-Solving
4 29 (10.47%) Collaborative Culture
5 28 (10.11%) DevOps
6 24 (8.66%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 24 (8.66%) Risk Management
7 22 (7.94%) Roadmaps
8 20 (7.22%) Technology Transformation
9 19 (6.86%) AI
9 19 (6.86%) Data Science
9 19 (6.86%) Information Security
10 18 (6.50%) Collaborative Working
11 17 (6.14%) Mentoring
11 17 (6.14%) Software Engineering
11 17 (6.14%) Technical Leadership
12 16 (5.78%) Cloud Security
12 16 (5.78%) Coaching
13 15 (5.42%) CI/CD
13 15 (5.42%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 21 (7.58%) Java
1 21 (7.58%) Python
2 16 (5.78%) SQL
3 12 (4.33%) Bash
3 12 (4.33%) PowerShell
4 7 (2.53%) C
5 5 (1.81%) JavaScript
6 4 (1.44%) Bicep
6 4 (1.44%) C++
6 4 (1.44%) Groovy
7 3 (1.08%) Go
7 3 (1.08%) Pascal
7 3 (1.08%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.36%) Korn
8 1 (0.36%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.36%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 277 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 143 (51.62%) SC Cleared
3 31 (11.19%) Degree
4 20 (7.22%) CISSP
5 9 (3.25%) CISM
5 9 (3.25%) HNC
6 7 (2.53%) CRISC
6 7 (2.53%) GSEC
7 5 (1.81%) CCIE
7 5 (1.81%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (1.81%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (1.81%) CREST Certified
7 5 (1.81%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (1.44%) A+ Certification
8 4 (1.44%) Azure Certification
9 3 (1.08%) NVQ Level 3
10 2 (0.72%) AAT
10 2 (0.72%) ACCA
10 2 (0.72%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
10 2 (0.72%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (13.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (6.86%) GDPR
3 17 (6.14%) NIST
4 13 (4.69%) JSP 440
5 12 (4.33%) PCI DSS
6 10 (3.61%) GRC
7 7 (2.53%) Government Security Classifications
7 7 (2.53%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 7 (2.53%) NCSC
8 6 (2.17%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 6 (2.17%) QA
9 4 (1.44%) Data Quality
10 3 (1.08%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (1.08%) ISO 14001
10 3 (1.08%) ISO 9001
10 3 (1.08%) NEBOSH
11 1 (0.36%) Accessibility
System Software
1 14 (5.05%) Active Directory
1 14 (5.05%) Docker
2 6 (2.17%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (1.44%) Firmware
4 3 (1.08%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (1.08%) VMware NSX
4 3 (1.08%) vSphere
5 1 (0.36%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 1 (0.36%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.36%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.36%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 1 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 18 (6.50%) Kubernetes
2 12 (4.33%) Terraform
3 10 (3.61%) Ansible
4 6 (2.17%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 5 (1.81%) Endace
6 4 (1.44%) Puppet
6 4 (1.44%) SCCM
6 4 (1.44%) WSUS
7 3 (1.08%) Oracle RMAN
7 3 (1.08%) vCenter Server
8 2 (0.72%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.72%) Data Guard
8 2 (0.72%) Grafana
8 2 (0.72%) Kibana
8 2 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.72%) Nagios
8 2 (0.72%) Nessus
8 2 (0.72%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.72%) ZABBIX
9 1 (0.36%) Rancher
Vendors
1 23 (8.30%) Microsoft
2 11 (3.97%) Cisco
2 11 (3.97%) Oracle
2 11 (3.97%) SAP
2 11 (3.97%) Splunk
2 11 (3.97%) VMware
3 8 (2.89%) Google
4 7 (2.53%) Red Hat
5 6 (2.17%) F5
5 6 (2.17%) Juniper
6 3 (1.08%) Atlassian
6 3 (1.08%) Dell
6 3 (1.08%) IFS
6 3 (1.08%) Motorola
7 2 (0.72%) Commvault
7 2 (0.72%) Fortinet
7 2 (0.72%) Palo Alto
7 2 (0.72%) Tenable
8 1 (0.36%) Foundry
8 1 (0.36%) Palantir