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

6 months to
23 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 155 138 228
Rank change year-on-year -17 +90 +133
Permanent jobs citing DV Cleared 319 389 469
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.69% 2.68% 1.44%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.46% 7.95% 5.32%
Number of salaries quoted 235 84 259
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £43,750
25th Percentile £50,625 £51,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.17% -1.67%
75th Percentile £80,000 £70,625 £82,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £85,875 £90,250
UK median annual salary £70,000 £57,670 £57,500
% change year-on-year +21.38% +0.30% +1.68%

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 4,277 4,893 8,820
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 22.65% 33.72% 27.08%
Number of salaries quoted 2,903 2,252 5,891
10th Percentile £33,150 £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £48,165 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £88,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.85% -10.00%

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 23 May 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 6 (1.88%) Apache
2 2 (0.63%) Camunda
2 2 (0.63%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.31%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.31%) Confluence
3 1 (0.31%) OpenStack
3 1 (0.31%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 8 (2.51%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (0.94%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 49 (15.36%) Azure
2 47 (14.73%) AWS
3 9 (2.82%) GCP
4 5 (1.57%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (1.25%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (1.25%) OpenShift
6 3 (0.94%) Entra ID
6 3 (0.94%) Power Platform
7 2 (0.63%) AWS CloudFormation
8 1 (0.31%) Azure AKS
8 1 (0.31%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (0.31%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.31%) Azure Storage
8 1 (0.31%) BrowserStack
8 1 (0.31%) GitHub
8 1 (0.31%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.31%) Pulumi
8 1 (0.31%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 20 (6.27%) Network Security
2 19 (5.96%) Firewall
3 12 (3.76%) VPN
3 12 (3.76%) WAN
4 10 (3.13%) BGP
5 9 (2.82%) MPLS
6 7 (2.19%) DNS
6 7 (2.19%) Intrusion Detection
7 6 (1.88%) Cisco Firepower
7 6 (1.88%) DMZ
8 5 (1.57%) DHCP
8 5 (1.57%) HTTP
8 5 (1.57%) SNMP
9 4 (1.25%) VoIP
10 3 (0.94%) LAN
11 2 (0.63%) SD-WAN
11 2 (0.63%) TCP/IP
11 2 (0.63%) WLAN
12 1 (0.31%) BIG-IP
12 1 (0.31%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.51%) NoSQL
2 7 (2.19%) MongoDB
3 6 (1.88%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (1.25%) MySQL
5 3 (0.94%) SQL Server
6 2 (0.63%) InfluxDB
6 2 (0.63%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.63%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.31%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.31%) Big Data
7 1 (0.31%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.31%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.31%) Power BI
7 1 (0.31%) Qlik Sense
7 1 (0.31%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (1.88%) Jenkins
2 4 (1.25%) Git
2 4 (1.25%) GitLab
3 3 (0.94%) JMeter
4 2 (0.63%) JIRA
4 2 (0.63%) Robot Framework
4 2 (0.63%) Selenium
5 1 (0.31%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.31%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.31%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.31%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.31%) Postman
5 1 (0.31%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.31%) Snyk
5 1 (0.31%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.31%) SonarQube
5 1 (0.31%) TestRail
General
1 60 (18.81%) Social Skills
2 56 (17.55%) Public Sector
3 49 (15.36%) Finance
4 16 (5.02%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (3.76%) Organisational Skills
6 11 (3.45%) Legal
7 10 (3.13%) Manufacturing
8 5 (1.57%) French Language
8 5 (1.57%) Presentation Skills
9 3 (0.94%) Electronics
9 3 (0.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (0.94%) Military
10 2 (0.63%) Aerospace
10 2 (0.63%) Games
10 2 (0.63%) Law
10 2 (0.63%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.31%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.31%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 49 (15.36%) Senior
2 41 (12.85%) Analyst
3 34 (10.66%) Architect
4 33 (10.34%) Business Analyst
5 31 (9.72%) Consultant
6 25 (7.84%) Lead
7 20 (6.27%) Software Engineer
8 17 (5.33%) Senior Manager
9 15 (4.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 14 (4.39%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
10 14 (4.39%) Security Analyst
11 12 (3.76%) Data Engineer
11 12 (3.76%) Security Consultant
12 11 (3.45%) Data Scientist
12 11 (3.45%) Java Engineer
12 11 (3.45%) Solutions Architect
13 8 (2.51%) Designer
13 8 (2.51%) DevOps Engineer
13 8 (2.51%) ServiceNow Consultant
13 8 (2.51%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.76%) REST
2 8 (2.51%) SOAP
3 6 (1.88%) Kafka
3 6 (1.88%) Spring
4 5 (1.57%) Apache NiFi
5 4 (1.25%) React
5 4 (1.25%) Spring Boot
6 3 (0.94%) AngularJS
6 3 (0.94%) Elastic Stack
6 3 (0.94%) OLE
6 3 (0.94%) Vue
7 1 (0.31%) Flash
7 1 (0.31%) JSON
7 1 (0.31%) ModSecurity
7 1 (0.31%) Oracle GoldenGate
7 1 (0.31%) RabbitMQ
7 1 (0.31%) RESTful
7 1 (0.31%) Web Services
7 1 (0.31%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 25 (7.84%) Security Posture
2 21 (6.58%) Self-Motivation
3 19 (5.96%) Blog
4 15 (4.70%) PKI
5 14 (4.39%) Product Ownership
6 12 (3.76%) CMDB
7 11 (3.45%) Cyber Security Posture
8 8 (2.51%) Cloud Native
8 8 (2.51%) Management Information System
9 6 (1.88%) Cloud Security Posture
9 6 (1.88%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 5 (1.57%) Security Operations Centre
11 4 (1.25%) Greenfield Project
11 4 (1.25%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (1.25%) Microsoft Licensing
12 3 (0.94%) Analytical Mindset
12 3 (0.94%) Arduino
12 3 (0.94%) Data Centre
12 3 (0.94%) Raspberry Pi
13 2 (0.63%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 27 (8.46%) Linux
2 23 (7.21%) Windows
3 9 (2.82%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.57%) Unix
5 4 (1.25%) Windows 10
6 3 (0.94%) Windows Server 2016
7 2 (0.63%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (15.99%) Agile
2 47 (14.73%) Cybersecurity
3 35 (10.97%) Problem-Solving
4 34 (10.66%) Software Engineering
5 30 (9.40%) AI
6 29 (9.09%) DevOps
7 28 (8.78%) Risk Management
8 27 (8.46%) Technical Leadership
9 26 (8.15%) Collaborative Culture
10 24 (7.52%) Stakeholder Management
11 23 (7.21%) ITIL
11 23 (7.21%) Presales
12 22 (6.90%) Data Science
12 22 (6.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 21 (6.58%) Cloud Security
13 21 (6.58%) Continuous Improvement
13 21 (6.58%) User Experience
14 20 (6.27%) Information Security
14 20 (6.27%) Infrastructure Engineering
14 20 (6.27%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 26 (8.15%) Java
2 19 (5.96%) Python
3 10 (3.13%) PowerShell
3 10 (3.13%) SQL
4 7 (2.19%) Bash
5 4 (1.25%) C
5 4 (1.25%) C++
5 4 (1.25%) Groovy
5 4 (1.25%) JavaScript
6 3 (0.94%) Bicep
6 3 (0.94%) Go
6 3 (0.94%) Pascal
6 3 (0.94%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.31%) Korn
7 1 (0.31%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 319 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 194 (60.82%) SC Cleared
3 32 (10.03%) Degree
4 24 (7.52%) CISSP
5 10 (3.13%) CISM
6 9 (2.82%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (2.82%) HNC
7 8 (2.51%) CRISC
8 7 (2.19%) CREST Certified
8 7 (2.19%) GSEC
9 6 (1.88%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (1.57%) CCIE
10 5 (1.57%) Cisco Certification
10 5 (1.57%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 4 (1.25%) A+ Certification
11 4 (1.25%) AWS Certification
12 3 (0.94%) ISTQB
12 3 (0.94%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.63%) ACCA
13 2 (0.63%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (13.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 22 (6.90%) GDPR
3 21 (6.58%) NIST
4 16 (5.02%) PCI DSS
5 14 (4.39%) JSP 440
6 11 (3.45%) NCSC
7 8 (2.51%) GRC
8 7 (2.19%) Government Security Classifications
8 7 (2.19%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 7 (2.19%) QA
9 6 (1.88%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 5 (1.57%) Actionable Recommendations
10 5 (1.57%) NEBOSH
11 4 (1.25%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.94%) Data Quality
13 2 (0.63%) Accessibility
14 1 (0.31%) Def Stans
System Software
1 16 (5.02%) Active Directory
2 8 (2.51%) Docker
2 8 (2.51%) VMware Infrastructure
3 5 (1.57%) Firmware
3 5 (1.57%) vSphere
4 4 (1.25%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (1.25%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.31%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 1 (0.31%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.31%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.31%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 1 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 12 (3.76%) Kubernetes
2 10 (3.13%) Ansible
3 9 (2.82%) Terraform
4 5 (1.57%) Endace
5 4 (1.25%) SCCM
5 4 (1.25%) vCenter Server
6 3 (0.94%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 3 (0.94%) Oracle RMAN
6 3 (0.94%) Puppet
6 3 (0.94%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.63%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.63%) Data Guard
7 2 (0.63%) Kibana
7 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.63%) Nagios
7 2 (0.63%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.63%) WSUS
8 1 (0.31%) Grafana
Vendors
1 19 (5.96%) Microsoft
2 12 (3.76%) ServiceNow
3 10 (3.13%) Cisco
3 10 (3.13%) VMware
4 8 (2.51%) Splunk
5 7 (2.19%) Google
6 6 (1.88%) F5
6 6 (1.88%) Juniper
6 6 (1.88%) Oracle
6 6 (1.88%) Red Hat
7 3 (0.94%) Dell
7 3 (0.94%) Motorola
8 2 (0.63%) Commvault
8 2 (0.63%) Tenable
9 1 (0.31%) Atlassian
9 1 (0.31%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.31%) Foundry
9 1 (0.31%) Palantir
9 1 (0.31%) Palo Alto
9 1 (0.31%) SAP