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

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 167 197 188
Rank change year-on-year +30 -9 +236
Permanent jobs citing DV Cleared 249 237 505
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.49% 1.63% 1.78%
As % of the Qualifications category 5.13% 5.51% 6.61%
Number of salaries quoted 160 103 237
10th Percentile £39,280 £44,485 £45,600
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +13.64% -0.90%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £68,250 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +17.67% +5.45% -

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 4,858 4,302 7,637
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 29.10% 29.64% 26.89%
Number of salaries quoted 2,627 2,397 5,552
10th Percentile £31,070 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £73,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £88,750 £88,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -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 5 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 5 (2.01%) Apache
2 3 (1.20%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.20%) Tomcat
2 3 (1.20%) WebLogic
2 3 (1.20%) WebLogic Portal
3 1 (0.40%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.40%) Camunda
3 1 (0.40%) Confluence
3 1 (0.40%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 9 (3.61%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.01%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (1.20%) Oracle EBS
1 3 (1.20%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 31 (12.45%) AWS
2 29 (11.65%) Azure
3 8 (3.21%) OpenShift
4 7 (2.81%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (2.81%) Power Platform
5 5 (2.01%) AWS CloudFormation
6 4 (1.61%) GCP
6 4 (1.61%) OCI
7 2 (0.80%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (0.80%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.40%) AWS KMS
8 1 (0.40%) Azure AKS
8 1 (0.40%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (0.40%) Azure Storage
8 1 (0.40%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.40%) GitHub
8 1 (0.40%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 18 (7.23%) Firewall
2 14 (5.62%) Network Security
3 13 (5.22%) VPN
4 10 (4.02%) BGP
4 10 (4.02%) MPLS
5 7 (2.81%) DMZ
6 6 (2.41%) Cisco Firepower
6 6 (2.41%) HTTP
6 6 (2.41%) SNMP
6 6 (2.41%) VoIP
6 6 (2.41%) WAN
7 5 (2.01%) IPsec
7 5 (2.01%) LAN
8 4 (1.61%) Cisco IOS
8 4 (1.61%) Ethernet
8 4 (1.61%) Intrusion Detection
8 4 (1.61%) Junos
8 4 (1.61%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (1.61%) Wireshark
9 3 (1.20%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.21%) NoSQL
2 7 (2.81%) MongoDB
3 6 (2.41%) Power BI
4 5 (2.01%) MySQL
5 4 (1.61%) Qlik Sense
5 4 (1.61%) Tableau
6 3 (1.20%) Oracle Database
6 3 (1.20%) Oracle Discoverer
6 3 (1.20%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (1.20%) PostgreSQL
6 3 (1.20%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.80%) InfluxDB
8 1 (0.40%) Amazon Aurora
8 1 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.40%) Apache Cassandra
8 1 (0.40%) Big Data
8 1 (0.40%) DB2
8 1 (0.40%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.40%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 9 (3.61%) Jenkins
2 5 (2.01%) Robot Framework
3 3 (1.20%) Bitbucket
3 3 (1.20%) Eclipse
3 3 (1.20%) GitLab
3 3 (1.20%) JMeter
3 3 (1.20%) Oracle APEX
3 3 (1.20%) Oracle Forms
3 3 (1.20%) Selenium
3 3 (1.20%) SonarQube
4 2 (0.80%) IDA Disassembler
4 2 (0.80%) TestRail
5 1 (0.40%) Git
5 1 (0.40%) JIRA
5 1 (0.40%) Subversion
General
1 58 (23.29%) Finance
2 41 (16.47%) Social Skills
3 36 (14.46%) Public Sector
4 27 (10.84%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (7.23%) Manufacturing
6 17 (6.83%) Telecoms
7 16 (6.43%) Electronics
8 12 (4.82%) Marketing
9 11 (4.42%) Legal
10 8 (3.21%) Military
11 6 (2.41%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (1.20%) Games
14 2 (0.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 2 (0.80%) Influencing Skills
15 1 (0.40%) Law
15 1 (0.40%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 49 (19.68%) Analyst
2 46 (18.47%) Senior
3 37 (14.86%) Business Analyst
4 25 (10.04%) Architect
5 17 (6.83%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 16 (6.43%) Senior Manager
7 15 (6.02%) Administrator
7 15 (6.02%) Security Analyst
8 14 (5.62%) Consultant
9 12 (4.82%) Lead
9 12 (4.82%) Systems Administrator
10 11 (4.42%) Data Scientist
11 10 (4.02%) Solutions Architect
12 8 (3.21%) DV Cleared Business Analyst
12 8 (3.21%) Network Engineer
12 8 (3.21%) Senior Analyst
13 7 (2.81%) Data Analyst
13 7 (2.81%) Systems Engineer
14 6 (2.41%) Data Engineer
14 6 (2.41%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.42%) OLE
2 6 (2.41%) Spring
3 5 (2.01%) Elastic Stack
3 5 (2.01%) Spring Boot
4 4 (1.61%) React
5 3 (1.20%) AngularJS
5 3 (1.20%) Apache NiFi
5 3 (1.20%) Kafka
5 3 (1.20%) ModSecurity
5 3 (1.20%) Oracle ADF
5 3 (1.20%) REST
5 3 (1.20%) Vue
5 3 (1.20%) WebCenter
6 1 (0.40%) EDI
6 1 (0.40%) Flash
6 1 (0.40%) JSON
6 1 (0.40%) Pandas
6 1 (0.40%) RESTful
6 1 (0.40%) Web Services
6 1 (0.40%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (8.84%) Security Posture
1 22 (8.84%) Self-Motivation
2 18 (7.23%) Product Ownership
3 12 (4.82%) PKI
4 11 (4.42%) Cyber Security Posture
5 10 (4.02%) Blog
6 8 (3.21%) Cloud Native
6 8 (3.21%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 8 (3.21%) e-Learning
7 7 (2.81%) Analytical Mindset
7 7 (2.81%) Cloud Security Posture
8 5 (2.01%) Security Operations Centre
9 4 (1.61%) Cyber Defence
9 4 (1.61%) Management Information System
9 4 (1.61%) Microsoft Licensing
10 3 (1.20%) Driving Licence
11 2 (0.80%) Cyber Threat
11 2 (0.80%) Linux Command Line
11 2 (0.80%) Onboarding
11 2 (0.80%) YubiKey
Operating Systems
1 33 (13.25%) Linux
2 21 (8.43%) Windows
3 10 (4.02%) Unix
4 5 (2.01%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.61%) Windows 10
6 3 (1.20%) CentOS
7 2 (0.80%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.40%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (26.51%) Agile
2 33 (13.25%) Problem-Solving
3 32 (12.85%) Cybersecurity
4 27 (10.84%) Collaborative Culture
5 23 (9.24%) Risk Management
6 21 (8.43%) DevOps
7 20 (8.03%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 20 (8.03%) Technology Transformation
8 19 (7.63%) Data Science
9 17 (6.83%) Coaching
10 16 (6.43%) AI
10 16 (6.43%) Information Security
10 16 (6.43%) Roadmaps
11 15 (6.02%) Requirements Gathering
12 14 (5.62%) Business Intelligence
12 14 (5.62%) Cloud Security
12 14 (5.62%) Collaborative Working
12 14 (5.62%) Data Analysis
12 14 (5.62%) Scaled Agile Framework
13 13 (5.22%) Security Architecture
Programming Languages
1 20 (8.03%) Python
2 15 (6.02%) Java
3 12 (4.82%) SQL
4 10 (4.02%) Bash
5 8 (3.21%) PowerShell
6 6 (2.41%) C
6 6 (2.41%) C++
7 5 (2.01%) JavaScript
8 3 (1.20%) PL/SQL
9 2 (0.80%) Go
9 2 (0.80%) Groovy
9 2 (0.80%) VBA
10 1 (0.40%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 249 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 129 (51.81%) SC Cleared
3 29 (11.65%) Degree
4 20 (8.03%) CISSP
5 17 (6.83%) Cisco Certification
6 13 (5.22%) CCNA
6 13 (5.22%) CCNP
7 9 (3.61%) CISM
7 9 (3.61%) HNC
8 5 (2.01%) Azure Certification
9 4 (1.61%) A+ Certification
9 4 (1.61%) CCIE
9 4 (1.61%) CRISC
9 4 (1.61%) GSEC
9 4 (1.61%) JNCIS
9 4 (1.61%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (1.20%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (1.20%) NVQ Level 3
11 2 (0.80%) ACCA
11 2 (0.80%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (12.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (7.23%) NIST
3 17 (6.83%) GDPR
4 13 (5.22%) JSP 440
5 10 (4.02%) GRC
6 9 (3.61%) NCSC
7 8 (3.21%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 8 (3.21%) PCI DSS
8 7 (2.81%) QA
9 4 (1.61%) Government Security Classifications
9 4 (1.61%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 3 (1.20%) Accessibility
10 3 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (1.20%) ISO 14001
10 3 (1.20%) ISO 9001
10 3 (1.20%) NEBOSH
11 2 (0.80%) Data Quality
System Software
1 12 (4.82%) Docker
2 7 (2.81%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.20%) Firmware
4 2 (0.80%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.40%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.40%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.40%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 13 (5.22%) Kubernetes
2 7 (2.81%) Ansible
2 7 (2.81%) Terraform
3 5 (2.01%) Endace
4 4 (1.61%) Puppet
4 4 (1.61%) SCCM
4 4 (1.61%) WSUS
5 3 (1.20%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 2 (0.80%) Grafana
6 2 (0.80%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.80%) Nessus
6 2 (0.80%) ZABBIX
7 1 (0.40%) Docker Swarm
7 1 (0.40%) Kibana
7 1 (0.40%) Nagios
7 1 (0.40%) OpenView
7 1 (0.40%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.40%) Rancher
7 1 (0.40%) Tivoli
7 1 (0.40%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 23 (9.24%) Cisco
2 17 (6.83%) Microsoft
3 12 (4.82%) SAP
4 9 (3.61%) Juniper
5 8 (3.21%) Oracle
5 8 (3.21%) Splunk
6 6 (2.41%) F5
6 6 (2.41%) Red Hat
6 6 (2.41%) VMware
7 5 (2.01%) Google
8 3 (1.20%) Atlassian
8 3 (1.20%) Dell
8 3 (1.20%) IFS
9 2 (0.80%) Palo Alto
9 2 (0.80%) Tenable
10 1 (0.40%) ArcSight
10 1 (0.40%) EMC
10 1 (0.40%) ExtraHop
10 1 (0.40%) Foundry
10 1 (0.40%) Palantir