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

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 161 220 185
Rank change year-on-year +59 -35 +247
Permanent jobs citing DV Cleared 264 199 513
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.56% 1.49% 1.70%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.63% 5.07% 6.35%
Number of salaries quoted 175 92 237
10th Percentile £39,280 £40,600 £43,227
25th Percentile £53,125 £47,385 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +4.35% +3.60%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +17.39% +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 4,690 3,926 8,077
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.73% 29.38% 26.81%
Number of salaries quoted 2,608 2,451 5,860
10th Percentile £30,750 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,000 £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 £55,500 £59,199 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% +7.63% -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 20 March 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 (2.27%) Apache
2 3 (1.14%) Tomcat
2 3 (1.14%) WebLogic
2 3 (1.14%) WebLogic Portal
3 2 (0.76%) Camunda
4 1 (0.38%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.38%) Confluence
4 1 (0.38%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.38%) Palantir Foundry
4 1 (0.38%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (3.41%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.14%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (1.14%) Oracle EBS
1 3 (1.14%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 39 (14.77%) AWS
2 37 (14.02%) Azure
3 9 (3.41%) OpenShift
4 7 (2.65%) GCP
5 6 (2.27%) AWS CloudFormation
6 5 (1.89%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (1.89%) Power Platform
7 4 (1.52%) OCI
8 3 (1.14%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.76%) GitHub
10 1 (0.38%) Azure AKS
10 1 (0.38%) Azure Key Vault
10 1 (0.38%) Azure Sentinel
10 1 (0.38%) Azure Storage
10 1 (0.38%) Entra ID
10 1 (0.38%) GitHub Actions
10 1 (0.38%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 20 (7.58%) Firewall
2 16 (6.06%) Network Security
3 11 (4.17%) VPN
4 10 (3.79%) WAN
5 8 (3.03%) BGP
5 8 (3.03%) MPLS
6 6 (2.27%) Cisco Firepower
6 6 (2.27%) DMZ
6 6 (2.27%) HTTP
6 6 (2.27%) Intrusion Detection
6 6 (2.27%) SNMP
7 5 (1.89%) LAN
7 5 (1.89%) VoIP
8 4 (1.52%) Ethernet
8 4 (1.52%) TCP/IP
8 4 (1.52%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (1.52%) Wireshark
9 3 (1.14%) DNS
10 2 (0.76%) IPsec
10 2 (0.76%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.41%) NoSQL
2 8 (3.03%) MongoDB
3 6 (2.27%) MySQL
4 5 (1.89%) Oracle Database
4 5 (1.89%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (1.52%) Power BI
5 4 (1.52%) Qlik Sense
5 4 (1.52%) Tableau
6 3 (1.14%) InfluxDB
6 3 (1.14%) Oracle Discoverer
6 3 (1.14%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (1.14%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.14%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.38%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.38%) Big Data
7 1 (0.38%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.38%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.38%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 10 (3.79%) Jenkins
2 5 (1.89%) Robot Framework
3 4 (1.52%) GitLab
3 4 (1.52%) JMeter
4 3 (1.14%) Bitbucket
4 3 (1.14%) Eclipse
4 3 (1.14%) Oracle APEX
4 3 (1.14%) Oracle Forms
4 3 (1.14%) SonarQube
5 2 (0.76%) IDA Disassembler
5 2 (0.76%) Selenium
5 2 (0.76%) TestRail
6 1 (0.38%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.38%) Git
6 1 (0.38%) JIRA
6 1 (0.38%) Postman
6 1 (0.38%) SoapUI
6 1 (0.38%) Subversion
General
1 55 (20.83%) Finance
2 49 (18.56%) Social Skills
3 40 (15.15%) Public Sector
4 27 (10.23%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (7.58%) Manufacturing
6 16 (6.06%) Electronics
7 15 (5.68%) Telecoms
8 13 (4.92%) Legal
9 11 (4.17%) Marketing
10 7 (2.65%) Military
10 7 (2.65%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.76%) Games
12 2 (0.76%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.38%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 1 (0.38%) Law
13 1 (0.38%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 46 (17.42%) Analyst
2 45 (17.05%) Senior
3 37 (14.02%) Business Analyst
4 26 (9.85%) Architect
5 19 (7.20%) Infrastructure Engineer
5 19 (7.20%) Senior Manager
6 16 (6.06%) Consultant
7 14 (5.30%) Lead
7 14 (5.30%) Security Analyst
8 12 (4.55%) Administrator
9 11 (4.17%) Data Scientist
10 10 (3.79%) Solutions Architect
11 9 (3.41%) Data Engineer
12 8 (3.03%) DV Cleared Business Analyst
12 8 (3.03%) Security Consultant
13 7 (2.65%) Data Analyst
13 7 (2.65%) Developer
13 7 (2.65%) DevOps Engineer
13 7 (2.65%) Systems Administrator
13 7 (2.65%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.17%) OLE
2 7 (2.65%) Spring
3 5 (1.89%) Elastic Stack
3 5 (1.89%) Kafka
3 5 (1.89%) Spring Boot
4 4 (1.52%) Apache NiFi
4 4 (1.52%) React
4 4 (1.52%) REST
5 3 (1.14%) AngularJS
5 3 (1.14%) ModSecurity
5 3 (1.14%) Oracle ADF
5 3 (1.14%) Vue
5 3 (1.14%) WebCenter
6 1 (0.38%) Flash
6 1 (0.38%) JSON
6 1 (0.38%) Oracle GoldenGate
6 1 (0.38%) Pandas
6 1 (0.38%) RabbitMQ
6 1 (0.38%) Web Services
6 1 (0.38%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 25 (9.47%) Self-Motivation
2 23 (8.71%) Security Posture
3 18 (6.82%) Product Ownership
4 16 (6.06%) Blog
5 12 (4.55%) PKI
6 11 (4.17%) Cyber Security Posture
7 9 (3.41%) Cloud Native
8 7 (2.65%) Analytical Mindset
9 6 (2.27%) Cloud Security Posture
9 6 (2.27%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 6 (2.27%) Management Information System
10 5 (1.89%) Security Operations Centre
11 4 (1.52%) Arduino
11 4 (1.52%) Cyber Defence
11 4 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (1.52%) Microsoft Licensing
11 4 (1.52%) Raspberry Pi
12 3 (1.14%) Driving Licence
13 2 (0.76%) Cyber Threat
13 2 (0.76%) YubiKey
Operating Systems
1 38 (14.39%) Linux
2 28 (10.61%) Windows
3 8 (3.03%) Windows Server
4 7 (2.65%) Unix
5 4 (1.52%) CentOS
5 4 (1.52%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.76%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.38%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (24.24%) Agile
2 36 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
3 33 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
4 29 (10.98%) Collaborative Culture
5 25 (9.47%) DevOps
6 23 (8.71%) Risk Management
7 22 (8.33%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 22 (8.33%) Roadmaps
8 20 (7.58%) Mentoring
8 20 (7.58%) Technology Transformation
9 18 (6.82%) Coaching
9 18 (6.82%) Data Science
9 18 (6.82%) Information Security
10 17 (6.44%) AI
11 16 (6.06%) Collaborative Working
12 15 (5.68%) Cloud Security
12 15 (5.68%) Technical Leadership
13 14 (5.30%) CI/CD
13 14 (5.30%) Infrastructure as Code
13 14 (5.30%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 20 (7.58%) Python
2 18 (6.82%) Java
3 15 (5.68%) SQL
4 10 (3.79%) Bash
4 10 (3.79%) PowerShell
5 9 (3.41%) C
6 6 (2.27%) C++
7 5 (1.89%) JavaScript
8 3 (1.14%) Bicep
8 3 (1.14%) Groovy
8 3 (1.14%) Pascal
8 3 (1.14%) PL/SQL
9 2 (0.76%) Go
10 1 (0.38%) Korn
10 1 (0.38%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 264 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 136 (51.52%) SC Cleared
3 31 (11.74%) Degree
4 19 (7.20%) CISSP
5 9 (3.41%) Cisco Certification
5 9 (3.41%) HNC
6 8 (3.03%) CISM
7 6 (2.27%) CCIE
7 6 (2.27%) CRISC
7 6 (2.27%) GSEC
8 5 (1.89%) CCNP
9 4 (1.52%) A+ Certification
9 4 (1.52%) Azure Certification
9 4 (1.52%) CCNA
9 4 (1.52%) CREST Certified
9 4 (1.52%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (1.14%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (1.14%) NVQ Level 3
11 2 (0.76%) ACCA
11 2 (0.76%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (12.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (7.20%) GDPR
3 16 (6.06%) NIST
4 12 (4.55%) JSP 440
5 11 (4.17%) PCI DSS
6 10 (3.79%) GRC
7 7 (2.65%) NCSC
8 6 (2.27%) Government Security Classifications
8 6 (2.27%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 6 (2.27%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 6 (2.27%) QA
9 3 (1.14%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (1.14%) Data Quality
9 3 (1.14%) ISO 14001
9 3 (1.14%) ISO 9001
9 3 (1.14%) NEBOSH
10 2 (0.76%) Accessibility
System Software
1 13 (4.92%) Docker
2 12 (4.55%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.89%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.52%) Firmware
5 2 (0.76%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.76%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.76%) vSphere
6 1 (0.38%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 1 (0.38%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.38%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.38%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 17 (6.44%) Kubernetes
2 11 (4.17%) Terraform
3 9 (3.41%) Ansible
4 6 (2.27%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 5 (1.89%) Endace
6 4 (1.52%) Puppet
6 4 (1.52%) SCCM
6 4 (1.52%) WSUS
7 3 (1.14%) Oracle RMAN
8 2 (0.76%) Data Guard
8 2 (0.76%) Grafana
8 2 (0.76%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.76%) Nessus
8 2 (0.76%) vCenter Server
8 2 (0.76%) ZABBIX
9 1 (0.38%) Docker Swarm
9 1 (0.38%) Kibana
9 1 (0.38%) OpenView
9 1 (0.38%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.38%) Rancher
Vendors
1 19 (7.20%) Microsoft
2 15 (5.68%) Cisco
3 11 (4.17%) Oracle
3 11 (4.17%) SAP
4 9 (3.41%) Splunk
4 9 (3.41%) VMware
5 7 (2.65%) Google
5 7 (2.65%) Juniper
5 7 (2.65%) Red Hat
6 6 (2.27%) F5
7 3 (1.14%) Atlassian
7 3 (1.14%) Dell
7 3 (1.14%) IFS
7 3 (1.14%) Motorola
8 2 (0.76%) Fortinet
8 2 (0.76%) Palo Alto
8 2 (0.76%) Tenable
9 1 (0.38%) ArcSight
9 1 (0.38%) ExtraHop
9 1 (0.38%) Riverbed