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

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 164 204 233
Rank change year-on-year +40 +29 +211
Permanent jobs citing DV Cleared 293 212 446
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.63% 1.59% 1.37%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.86% 5.21% 5.11%
Number of salaries quoted 210 96 243
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £43,227
25th Percentile £53,750 £48,750 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +6.84% +1.96%
75th Percentile £80,000 £68,938 £75,625
90th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +21.74% +4.55% -2.14%

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 4,269 4,073 8,723
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 23.79% 30.52% 26.85%
Number of salaries quoted 2,852 2,480 5,945
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,750 £42,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,100 £60,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.17% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £78,790 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £58,750 £57,500 £54,296
% change year-on-year +2.17% +5.90% -6.08%

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 24 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 (2.39%) Apache
2 2 (0.68%) Camunda
2 2 (0.68%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.34%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.34%) Confluence
3 1 (0.34%) OpenStack
3 1 (0.34%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 9 (3.07%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.02%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 43 (14.68%) Azure
2 42 (14.33%) AWS
3 9 (3.07%) GCP
4 7 (2.39%) OpenShift
5 6 (2.05%) Power Platform
6 5 (1.71%) AWS CloudFormation
6 5 (1.71%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (1.02%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (0.68%) GitHub
9 1 (0.34%) Azure AKS
9 1 (0.34%) Azure Key Vault
9 1 (0.34%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.34%) Azure Storage
9 1 (0.34%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.34%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.34%) OCI
9 1 (0.34%) Pulumi
9 1 (0.34%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 20 (6.83%) Firewall
2 16 (5.46%) Network Security
3 12 (4.10%) VPN
3 12 (4.10%) WAN
4 10 (3.41%) BGP
5 9 (3.07%) MPLS
6 7 (2.39%) Intrusion Detection
7 6 (2.05%) Cisco Firepower
7 6 (2.05%) DNS
8 5 (1.71%) DMZ
8 5 (1.71%) HTTP
8 5 (1.71%) SNMP
9 4 (1.37%) DHCP
9 4 (1.37%) VoIP
10 3 (1.02%) LAN
11 2 (0.68%) SD-WAN
11 2 (0.68%) TCP/IP
11 2 (0.68%) WLAN
12 1 (0.34%) Cisco ASA
12 1 (0.34%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.41%) NoSQL
2 8 (2.73%) MongoDB
3 5 (1.71%) MySQL
3 5 (1.71%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (1.37%) Power BI
4 4 (1.37%) Qlik Sense
4 4 (1.37%) Tableau
5 3 (1.02%) InfluxDB
5 3 (1.02%) Relational Database
5 3 (1.02%) SQL Server
6 2 (0.68%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.34%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.34%) Big Data
7 1 (0.34%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.34%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.34%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 9 (3.07%) Jenkins
2 4 (1.37%) GitLab
2 4 (1.37%) Robot Framework
3 3 (1.02%) JMeter
4 2 (0.68%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.68%) Eclipse
4 2 (0.68%) JIRA
4 2 (0.68%) SonarQube
4 2 (0.68%) TestRail
5 1 (0.34%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.34%) Git
5 1 (0.34%) Postman
5 1 (0.34%) Selenium
5 1 (0.34%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.34%) Subversion
General
1 56 (19.11%) Finance
2 50 (17.06%) Social Skills
3 38 (12.97%) Public Sector
4 20 (6.83%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (6.14%) Manufacturing
6 14 (4.78%) Legal
7 13 (4.44%) Telecoms
8 10 (3.41%) Electronics
9 9 (3.07%) Marketing
9 9 (3.07%) Organisational Skills
10 8 (2.73%) Presentation Skills
11 7 (2.39%) Military
12 4 (1.37%) French Language
13 2 (0.68%) Aerospace
13 2 (0.68%) Games
13 2 (0.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 2 (0.68%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (0.68%) Law
14 1 (0.34%) Documentation Skills
14 1 (0.34%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 47 (16.04%) Senior
2 43 (14.68%) Analyst
3 37 (12.63%) Business Analyst
4 29 (9.90%) Architect
5 22 (7.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 20 (6.83%) Lead
7 19 (6.48%) Senior Manager
8 18 (6.14%) Consultant
9 14 (4.78%) Security Analyst
10 13 (4.44%) Data Engineer
11 11 (3.75%) Data Scientist
11 11 (3.75%) Java Engineer
12 10 (3.41%) Solutions Architect
13 9 (3.07%) DevOps Engineer
13 9 (3.07%) Security Consultant
13 9 (3.07%) Software Engineer
14 8 (2.73%) Cybersecurity Consultant
14 8 (2.73%) Designer
14 8 (2.73%) Project Manager
14 8 (2.73%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.75%) OLE
2 6 (2.05%) Kafka
2 6 (2.05%) Spring
3 5 (1.71%) Apache NiFi
4 4 (1.37%) Elastic Stack
4 4 (1.37%) React
4 4 (1.37%) REST
4 4 (1.37%) Spring Boot
5 3 (1.02%) AngularJS
5 3 (1.02%) Vue
6 1 (0.34%) JSON
6 1 (0.34%) Oracle GoldenGate
6 1 (0.34%) Pandas
6 1 (0.34%) RabbitMQ
6 1 (0.34%) RESTful
6 1 (0.34%) Web Services
6 1 (0.34%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 23 (7.85%) Security Posture
1 23 (7.85%) Self-Motivation
2 18 (6.14%) Blog
3 17 (5.80%) Product Ownership
4 14 (4.78%) PKI
5 11 (3.75%) Cyber Security Posture
6 8 (2.73%) Cloud Native
7 7 (2.39%) Management Information System
8 5 (1.71%) Cloud Security Posture
8 5 (1.71%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 5 (1.71%) Security Operations Centre
9 4 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.37%) Microsoft Licensing
10 3 (1.02%) Arduino
10 3 (1.02%) Raspberry Pi
11 2 (0.68%) Data Centre
11 2 (0.68%) Enterprise Software
11 2 (0.68%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (0.68%) Public Cloud
11 2 (0.68%) YubiKey
Operating Systems
1 34 (11.60%) Linux
2 28 (9.56%) Windows
3 11 (3.75%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.71%) Unix
5 4 (1.37%) Windows 10
6 3 (1.02%) CentOS
6 3 (1.02%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (20.82%) Agile
2 39 (13.31%) Cybersecurity
3 34 (11.60%) Problem-Solving
4 28 (9.56%) DevOps
5 27 (9.22%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 26 (8.87%) Collaborative Culture
7 24 (8.19%) Risk Management
8 23 (7.85%) Software Engineering
9 22 (7.51%) Roadmaps
10 20 (6.83%) Stakeholder Management
10 20 (6.83%) Technical Leadership
11 19 (6.48%) AI
11 19 (6.48%) Collaborative Working
11 19 (6.48%) Data Science
11 19 (6.48%) Information Security
12 18 (6.14%) Mentoring
12 18 (6.14%) Technology Transformation
13 17 (5.80%) Cloud Security
14 16 (5.46%) CI/CD
14 16 (5.46%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 22 (7.51%) Java
2 16 (5.46%) Python
3 13 (4.44%) SQL
4 12 (4.10%) PowerShell
5 10 (3.41%) Bash
6 4 (1.37%) Bicep
6 4 (1.37%) Groovy
7 3 (1.02%) C
7 3 (1.02%) Go
7 3 (1.02%) Pascal
8 2 (0.68%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.34%) JavaScript
9 1 (0.34%) Korn
9 1 (0.34%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 293 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 164 (55.97%) SC Cleared
3 29 (9.90%) Degree
4 20 (6.83%) CISSP
5 9 (3.07%) CISM
5 9 (3.07%) HNC
6 8 (2.73%) Computer Science Degree
7 7 (2.39%) CRISC
7 7 (2.39%) GSEC
8 6 (2.05%) CREST Certified
9 5 (1.71%) CCIE
9 5 (1.71%) Cisco Certification
9 5 (1.71%) Microsoft Certification
10 4 (1.37%) A+ Certification
10 4 (1.37%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.68%) AAT
11 2 (0.68%) ACCA
11 2 (0.68%) AWS Certification
11 2 (0.68%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 2 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (11.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (6.14%) GDPR
3 16 (5.46%) NIST
4 12 (4.10%) JSP 440
4 12 (4.10%) PCI DSS
5 7 (2.39%) Government Security Classifications
5 7 (2.39%) GRC
5 7 (2.39%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 6 (2.05%) NCSC
6 6 (2.05%) QA
7 5 (1.71%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 5 (1.71%) NEBOSH
8 4 (1.37%) Data Quality
9 3 (1.02%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.34%) Accessibility
10 1 (0.34%) ISO 14001
10 1 (0.34%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 13 (4.44%) Active Directory
2 12 (4.10%) Docker
3 8 (2.73%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.37%) Firmware
4 4 (1.37%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (1.37%) VMware NSX
4 4 (1.37%) vSphere
5 1 (0.34%) Citrix Hypervisor
5 1 (0.34%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.34%) Oracle RAC
5 1 (0.34%) Slurm Workload Manager
5 1 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 16 (5.46%) Kubernetes
2 11 (3.75%) Ansible
2 11 (3.75%) Terraform
3 5 (1.71%) Endace
4 4 (1.37%) Puppet
4 4 (1.37%) SCCM
4 4 (1.37%) vCenter Server
4 4 (1.37%) WSUS
5 3 (1.02%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 3 (1.02%) Oracle RMAN
6 2 (0.68%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.68%) Data Guard
6 2 (0.68%) Grafana
6 2 (0.68%) Kibana
6 2 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.68%) Nagios
6 2 (0.68%) Nessus
6 2 (0.68%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.68%) ZABBIX
7 1 (0.34%) Rancher
Vendors
1 24 (8.19%) Microsoft
2 12 (4.10%) Splunk
2 12 (4.10%) VMware
3 10 (3.41%) Cisco
4 9 (3.07%) SAP
5 8 (2.73%) Google
6 7 (2.39%) Oracle
6 7 (2.39%) Red Hat
7 6 (2.05%) F5
7 6 (2.05%) Juniper
8 3 (1.02%) Dell
8 3 (1.02%) Motorola
9 2 (0.68%) Atlassian
9 2 (0.68%) Commvault
9 2 (0.68%) Tenable
10 1 (0.34%) Fortinet
10 1 (0.34%) Foundry
10 1 (0.34%) Palantir
10 1 (0.34%) Palo Alto