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

6 months to
13 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 152 116 204
Rank change year-on-year -36 +88 -9
Permanent jobs citing DV Cleared 417 467 360
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.74% 2.87% 1.54%
As % of the Qualifications category 8.42% 8.26% 5.66%
Number of salaries quoted 212 141 193
10th Percentile £45,798 £48,750 £43,821
25th Percentile £53,750 £58,750 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% -15.63% +37.93%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £93,750
UK median annual salary £75,000 £67,629 £58,000
% change year-on-year +10.90% +16.60% -

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 4,951 5,651 6,357
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.69% 34.70% 27.17%
Number of salaries quoted 3,120 2,351 3,160
10th Percentile £33,500 £30,750 £34,401
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,357
% change year-on-year +9.09% -0.64% -4.56%

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 13 September 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 15 (3.60%) Apache
2 7 (1.68%) Confluence
3 4 (0.96%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.72%) Camunda
5 2 (0.48%) OpenStack
5 2 (0.48%) SharePoint
Applications
1 21 (5.04%) Simulink
2 4 (0.96%) Mathcad
2 4 (0.96%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.72%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.24%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 10 (2.40%) Primavera
2 5 (1.20%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 54 (12.95%) Azure
2 53 (12.71%) AWS
3 11 (2.64%) GCP
4 9 (2.16%) Entra ID
5 6 (1.44%) SaaS
6 3 (0.72%) Azure DevOps
6 3 (0.72%) OpenShift
7 2 (0.48%) WhatsApp
8 1 (0.24%) BrowserStack
8 1 (0.24%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 17 (4.08%) Firewall
2 16 (3.84%) Network Security
3 11 (2.64%) WAN
4 9 (2.16%) DNS
4 9 (2.16%) Ethernet
5 8 (1.92%) BGP
5 8 (1.92%) DHCP
6 7 (1.68%) LAN
6 7 (1.68%) VPN
7 6 (1.44%) OSPF
8 5 (1.20%) DMZ
9 4 (0.96%) MPLS
9 4 (0.96%) TCP/IP
9 4 (0.96%) VLAN
10 3 (0.72%) 3GPP
10 3 (0.72%) Software-Defined Networking
10 3 (0.72%) TETRA
11 2 (0.48%) Bluetooth
11 2 (0.48%) Cisco ISE
11 2 (0.48%) UWB
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (4.08%) NoSQL
2 9 (2.16%) MongoDB
3 6 (1.44%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (0.96%) Big Data
4 4 (0.96%) Hadoop
5 3 (0.72%) InfluxDB
6 2 (0.48%) MariaDB
6 2 (0.48%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.24%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.24%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.24%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.24%) MySQL
7 1 (0.24%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.24%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 19 (4.56%) Rational DOORS
2 15 (3.60%) JIRA
3 11 (2.64%) Git
4 6 (1.44%) Jenkins
4 6 (1.44%) LabVIEW
5 3 (0.72%) CMake
5 3 (0.72%) Selenium
6 2 (0.48%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.48%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.48%) GitLab
6 2 (0.48%) JMeter
6 2 (0.48%) Robot Framework
6 2 (0.48%) TestRail
7 1 (0.24%) Postman
7 1 (0.24%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.24%) Snyk
7 1 (0.24%) SoapUI
General
1 134 (32.13%) Finance
2 124 (29.74%) Aerospace
3 116 (27.82%) Social Skills
4 114 (27.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 87 (20.86%) Public Sector
6 34 (8.15%) Analytical Skills
6 34 (8.15%) Military
7 33 (7.91%) Electronics
8 23 (5.52%) Organisational Skills
9 11 (2.64%) Influencing Skills
9 11 (2.64%) Manufacturing
10 6 (1.44%) Telecoms
11 5 (1.20%) French Language
11 5 (1.20%) Law
12 4 (0.96%) Aviation
12 4 (0.96%) Avionics
12 4 (0.96%) Police
13 2 (0.48%) Automotive
13 2 (0.48%) Legal
13 2 (0.48%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 56 (13.43%) Lead
2 53 (12.71%) Software Engineer
3 50 (11.99%) Consultant
4 43 (10.31%) Senior
5 30 (7.19%) Principal Engineer
6 27 (6.47%) Systems Engineer
7 25 (6.00%) Architect
8 24 (5.76%) Project Manager
9 23 (5.52%) Data Engineer
10 22 (5.28%) Security Consultant
11 19 (4.56%) Designer
12 14 (3.36%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
12 14 (3.36%) Auditor
13 12 (2.88%) Principal Software Engineer
14 11 (2.64%) Analyst
14 11 (2.64%) DV Cleared Technical Consultant
14 11 (2.64%) Principal Consultant
14 11 (2.64%) Senior Consultant
14 11 (2.64%) Technical Consultant
14 11 (2.64%) Technical Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (3.84%) REST
2 11 (2.64%) Apache NiFi
2 11 (2.64%) SOAP
2 11 (2.64%) Terraform
3 10 (2.40%) Kafka
4 7 (1.68%) ModSecurity
5 5 (1.20%) Elastic Stack
5 5 (1.20%) JSON
6 3 (0.72%) Godot
6 3 (0.72%) OAuth
6 3 (0.72%) OpenID
6 3 (0.72%) pgvector
6 3 (0.72%) PostGIS
6 3 (0.72%) PyTorch
6 3 (0.72%) RabbitMQ
6 3 (0.72%) Spring
6 3 (0.72%) TensorFlow
6 3 (0.72%) Unreal Engine
7 1 (0.24%) Pulumi
7 1 (0.24%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 23 (5.52%) FPGA
2 20 (4.80%) Self-Motivation
3 15 (3.60%) CMDB
4 12 (2.88%) Cloud Native
4 12 (2.88%) Embedded Systems
5 11 (2.64%) Blog
5 11 (2.64%) Legacy Systems
6 10 (2.40%) Algorithms
6 10 (2.40%) PKI
6 10 (2.40%) Security Posture
6 10 (2.40%) VHDL
7 9 (2.16%) Management Information System
8 8 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (1.92%) Greenfield Project
8 8 (1.92%) Verilog
9 6 (1.44%) AI Agents
9 6 (1.44%) Cyber Threat
9 6 (1.44%) Robotics
10 5 (1.20%) Cloud Security Posture
10 5 (1.20%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 36 (8.63%) Linux
2 26 (6.24%) Windows
3 11 (2.64%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.68%) Unix
5 4 (0.96%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.72%) CentOS
6 3 (0.72%) VxWorks
7 2 (0.48%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (21.58%) Agile
2 89 (21.34%) Cybersecurity
3 76 (18.23%) Software Engineering
4 68 (16.31%) Problem-Solving
5 64 (15.35%) AI
6 62 (14.87%) Continuous Improvement
7 53 (12.71%) Technical Leadership
8 51 (12.23%) Systems Engineering
9 47 (11.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 46 (11.03%) Stakeholder Management
11 43 (10.31%) DevOps
11 43 (10.31%) Mentoring
12 37 (8.87%) CI/CD
13 34 (8.15%) Machine Learning
14 33 (7.91%) Decision-Making
14 33 (7.91%) SDLC
15 32 (7.67%) ITIL
15 32 (7.67%) Presales
16 31 (7.43%) Validation
17 30 (7.19%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 37 (8.87%) Python
2 29 (6.95%) Java
3 26 (6.24%) C++
4 22 (5.28%) MATLAB
5 21 (5.04%) C
5 21 (5.04%) SQL
6 11 (2.64%) C#
7 9 (2.16%) PowerShell
7 9 (2.16%) SystemVerilog
8 8 (1.92%) Ada
9 7 (1.68%) Groovy
10 6 (1.44%) Bash
10 6 (1.44%) JavaScript
11 5 (1.20%) Rust
12 4 (0.96%) TypeScript
13 3 (0.72%) Ada 95
14 2 (0.48%) Go
14 2 (0.48%) Pascal
15 1 (0.24%) Embedded C
15 1 (0.24%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 417 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 288 (69.06%) SC Cleared
3 123 (29.50%) BPSS Clearance
4 102 (24.46%) Degree
5 19 (4.56%) CISSP
6 17 (4.08%) AWS Certification
6 17 (4.08%) Computer Science Degree
7 16 (3.84%) Chartered Engineer
8 14 (3.36%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 13 (3.12%) CISM
9 13 (3.12%) PhD
10 11 (2.64%) CRISC
11 9 (2.16%) Cisco Certification
11 9 (2.16%) Master's Degree
12 6 (1.44%) CREST Certified
13 5 (1.20%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 4 (0.96%) Azure Certification
14 4 (0.96%) CCNA
14 4 (0.96%) CCNP
14 4 (0.96%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 114 (27.34%) Accessibility
2 42 (10.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 24 (5.76%) NIST
4 22 (5.28%) NCSC
4 22 (5.28%) QA
5 16 (3.84%) GRC
5 16 (3.84%) JSP 440
6 14 (3.36%) Actionable Recommendations
7 13 (3.12%) PCI DSS
8 11 (2.64%) GDPR
9 6 (1.44%) Cyber Essentials
9 6 (1.44%) Def Stans
10 5 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 42001
10 5 (1.20%) NEBOSH
11 4 (0.96%) Data Quality
12 3 (0.72%) ARP4761
12 3 (0.72%) DO-254
12 3 (0.72%) IEC 61508
12 3 (0.72%) ISO 26262
12 3 (0.72%) SLA
System Software
1 32 (7.67%) Firmware
2 24 (5.76%) Active Directory
3 16 (3.84%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (3.60%) Docker
5 8 (1.92%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (1.68%) VMware NSX
7 5 (1.20%) vSphere
8 4 (0.96%) Hyper-V
9 2 (0.48%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.24%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 1 (0.24%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 15 (3.60%) Kubernetes
2 11 (2.64%) Ansible
3 7 (1.68%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (0.96%) vCenter Server
5 3 (0.72%) FortiGate
6 2 (0.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.48%) CASB
6 2 (0.48%) Grafana
6 2 (0.48%) Kibana
6 2 (0.48%) Nagios
6 2 (0.48%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.24%) Data Guard
7 1 (0.24%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 1 (0.24%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 19 (4.56%) VMware
2 18 (4.32%) Microsoft
3 15 (3.60%) ServiceNow
4 11 (2.64%) Siemens
5 9 (2.16%) Cisco
5 9 (2.16%) Splunk
6 8 (1.92%) SAP
6 8 (1.92%) Xilinx
7 6 (1.44%) Atlassian
8 5 (1.20%) Juniper
8 5 (1.20%) Oracle
9 4 (0.96%) IBM
9 4 (0.96%) Intel
9 4 (0.96%) Microsemi
10 3 (0.72%) Forcepoint
10 3 (0.72%) Palo Alto
10 3 (0.72%) Red Hat
10 3 (0.72%) SonicWALL
11 2 (0.48%) SolarWinds
11 2 (0.48%) Veeam