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 30 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 149 119 222
Rank change year-on-year -30 +103 -19
Permanent jobs citing DV Cleared 427 460 366
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.83% 2.79% 1.51%
As % of the Qualifications category 8.92% 8.11% 5.66%
Number of salaries quoted 222 138 201
10th Percentile £45,075 £48,750 £43,227
25th Percentile £53,750 £58,750 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,564 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.61% -12.82% +33.62%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,438 £85,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £87,875 £93,750
UK median annual salary £75,000 £65,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year +15.38% +12.07% +0.87%

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 4,785 5,674 6,468
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.46% 34.38% 26.70%
Number of salaries quoted 3,087 2,447 3,483
10th Percentile £33,750 £29,750 £33,250
25th Percentile £46,500 £41,074 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £58,700
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -2.04% -2.17%
75th Percentile £79,900 £76,075 £74,625
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,950 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -7.60%

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 30 August 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 14 (3.28%) Apache
2 7 (1.64%) Confluence
3 4 (0.94%) Apache Spark
3 4 (0.94%) Camunda
4 2 (0.47%) OpenStack
4 2 (0.47%) SharePoint
Applications
1 21 (4.92%) Simulink
2 4 (0.94%) Mathcad
2 4 (0.94%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (0.70%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.23%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 10 (2.34%) Primavera
2 5 (1.17%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 61 (14.29%) Azure
2 57 (13.35%) AWS
3 14 (3.28%) GCP
4 9 (2.11%) Entra ID
5 6 (1.41%) SaaS
6 4 (0.94%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (0.70%) OpenShift
8 2 (0.47%) WhatsApp
9 1 (0.23%) AWS CloudFormation
9 1 (0.23%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.23%) BrowserStack
9 1 (0.23%) GitHub
9 1 (0.23%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.23%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 19 (4.45%) Firewall
2 18 (4.22%) Network Security
3 13 (3.04%) WAN
4 9 (2.11%) DNS
4 9 (2.11%) Ethernet
4 9 (2.11%) LAN
5 8 (1.87%) BGP
5 8 (1.87%) DHCP
6 7 (1.64%) VPN
7 6 (1.41%) OSPF
8 5 (1.17%) DMZ
9 4 (0.94%) MPLS
9 4 (0.94%) TCP/IP
9 4 (0.94%) VLAN
10 3 (0.70%) 3GPP
10 3 (0.70%) Intrusion Detection
10 3 (0.70%) Software-Defined Networking
10 3 (0.70%) TETRA
11 2 (0.47%) Cisco ISE
11 2 (0.47%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (3.75%) NoSQL
2 10 (2.34%) MongoDB
3 7 (1.64%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (0.94%) Big Data
4 4 (0.94%) Hadoop
4 4 (0.94%) SQL Server
5 3 (0.70%) InfluxDB
6 2 (0.47%) MariaDB
6 2 (0.47%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.23%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.23%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.23%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.23%) MySQL
7 1 (0.23%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 19 (4.45%) Rational DOORS
2 14 (3.28%) JIRA
3 11 (2.58%) Git
4 7 (1.64%) Jenkins
5 6 (1.41%) LabVIEW
6 3 (0.70%) CMake
6 3 (0.70%) GitLab
7 2 (0.47%) JMeter
7 2 (0.47%) Robot Framework
7 2 (0.47%) Selenium
7 2 (0.47%) TestRail
8 1 (0.23%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.23%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.23%) Postman
8 1 (0.23%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.23%) Snyk
8 1 (0.23%) SoapUI
General
1 134 (31.38%) Finance
2 122 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 119 (27.87%) Aerospace
4 111 (26.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 92 (21.55%) Public Sector
6 35 (8.20%) Analytical Skills
7 32 (7.49%) Military
8 31 (7.26%) Electronics
9 24 (5.62%) Organisational Skills
10 12 (2.81%) Manufacturing
11 9 (2.11%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (1.41%) Telecoms
13 5 (1.17%) French Language
13 5 (1.17%) Law
14 4 (0.94%) Aviation
14 4 (0.94%) Avionics
14 4 (0.94%) Police
15 3 (0.70%) Legal
15 3 (0.70%) Presentation Skills
16 2 (0.47%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 57 (13.35%) Lead
2 53 (12.41%) Software Engineer
3 52 (12.18%) Consultant
4 46 (10.77%) Senior
5 32 (7.49%) Principal Engineer
6 27 (6.32%) Project Manager
6 27 (6.32%) Systems Engineer
7 26 (6.09%) Architect
8 24 (5.62%) Data Engineer
8 24 (5.62%) Security Consultant
9 18 (4.22%) Designer
10 14 (3.28%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 13 (3.04%) Auditor
12 12 (2.81%) Java Engineer
12 12 (2.81%) Principal Software Engineer
13 11 (2.58%) DV Cleared Technical Consultant
13 11 (2.58%) Principal Consultant
13 11 (2.58%) ServiceNow Consultant
13 11 (2.58%) Technical Consultant
13 11 (2.58%) Technical Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (3.98%) REST
2 13 (3.04%) Terraform
3 12 (2.81%) Apache NiFi
3 12 (2.81%) Kafka
4 11 (2.58%) SOAP
5 7 (1.64%) ModSecurity
6 5 (1.17%) Elastic Stack
6 5 (1.17%) JSON
7 4 (0.94%) RabbitMQ
7 4 (0.94%) Spring
8 3 (0.70%) Godot
8 3 (0.70%) OAuth
8 3 (0.70%) OpenID
8 3 (0.70%) pgvector
8 3 (0.70%) PostGIS
8 3 (0.70%) PyTorch
8 3 (0.70%) TensorFlow
8 3 (0.70%) Unreal Engine
9 1 (0.23%) AngularJS
9 1 (0.23%) Pulumi
Miscellaneous
1 23 (5.39%) FPGA
2 22 (5.15%) Self-Motivation
3 15 (3.51%) CMDB
4 14 (3.28%) Blog
4 14 (3.28%) Cloud Native
5 12 (2.81%) Embedded Systems
5 12 (2.81%) Legacy Systems
6 11 (2.58%) Security Posture
7 10 (2.34%) Algorithms
7 10 (2.34%) Management Information System
7 10 (2.34%) PKI
7 10 (2.34%) VHDL
8 9 (2.11%) Enterprise Software
9 8 (1.87%) Greenfield Project
9 8 (1.87%) Verilog
10 7 (1.64%) AI Agents
11 6 (1.41%) Cyber Threat
11 6 (1.41%) Robotics
12 5 (1.17%) Cloud Security Posture
12 5 (1.17%) Raspberry Pi
Operating Systems
1 39 (9.13%) Linux
2 29 (6.79%) Windows
3 12 (2.81%) Windows Server
4 8 (1.87%) Unix
5 4 (0.94%) Windows Server 2016
6 3 (0.70%) CentOS
6 3 (0.70%) VxWorks
7 2 (0.47%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 91 (21.31%) Cybersecurity
2 89 (20.84%) Agile
3 76 (17.80%) Software Engineering
4 70 (16.39%) Problem-Solving
5 65 (15.22%) AI
6 61 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
7 52 (12.18%) Technical Leadership
8 49 (11.48%) Stakeholder Management
8 49 (11.48%) Systems Engineering
9 45 (10.54%) DevOps
9 45 (10.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 42 (9.84%) Mentoring
11 38 (8.90%) CI/CD
12 34 (7.96%) Decision-Making
12 34 (7.96%) Machine Learning
12 34 (7.96%) Presales
13 31 (7.26%) Collaborative Culture
13 31 (7.26%) ITIL
13 31 (7.26%) SDLC
13 31 (7.26%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 40 (9.37%) Python
2 32 (7.49%) Java
3 26 (6.09%) C++
4 22 (5.15%) C
4 22 (5.15%) MATLAB
4 22 (5.15%) SQL
5 10 (2.34%) C#
5 10 (2.34%) PowerShell
6 9 (2.11%) SystemVerilog
7 8 (1.87%) Ada
7 8 (1.87%) Groovy
8 6 (1.41%) Bash
9 5 (1.17%) JavaScript
9 5 (1.17%) Rust
10 4 (0.94%) TypeScript
11 3 (0.70%) Ada 95
11 3 (0.70%) Bicep
11 3 (0.70%) Pascal
12 2 (0.47%) Go
13 1 (0.23%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 427 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 292 (68.38%) SC Cleared
3 124 (29.04%) BPSS Clearance
4 102 (23.89%) Degree
5 20 (4.68%) CISSP
6 17 (3.98%) Computer Science Degree
7 16 (3.75%) AWS Certification
8 14 (3.28%) Chartered Engineer
8 14 (3.28%) CISM
9 13 (3.04%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 13 (3.04%) PhD
10 12 (2.81%) CRISC
11 11 (2.58%) Cisco Certification
12 9 (2.11%) Master's Degree
13 8 (1.87%) CREST Certified
14 5 (1.17%) Azure Certification
14 5 (1.17%) CCNP
14 5 (1.17%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 4 (0.94%) CCNA
15 4 (0.94%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 113 (26.46%) Accessibility
2 44 (10.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 25 (5.85%) NIST
4 21 (4.92%) NCSC
4 21 (4.92%) QA
5 17 (3.98%) JSP 440
6 16 (3.75%) GRC
7 15 (3.51%) PCI DSS
8 13 (3.04%) Actionable Recommendations
9 12 (2.81%) GDPR
10 6 (1.41%) Cyber Essentials
11 5 (1.17%) Data Quality
11 5 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 5 (1.17%) NEBOSH
12 4 (0.94%) Def Stans
13 3 (0.70%) Government Security Classifications
13 3 (0.70%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 3 (0.70%) MIL-STD-1553
13 3 (0.70%) SLA
14 2 (0.47%) JTAG
System Software
1 32 (7.49%) Firmware
2 26 (6.09%) Active Directory
3 15 (3.51%) Docker
3 15 (3.51%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (1.87%) VMware ESXi
5 7 (1.64%) VMware NSX
6 5 (1.17%) vSphere
7 4 (0.94%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.47%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.23%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.23%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.23%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 17 (3.98%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.34%) Ansible
3 7 (1.64%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (0.94%) vCenter Server
5 3 (0.70%) FortiGate
5 3 (0.70%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 3 (0.70%) Oracle RMAN
6 2 (0.47%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.47%) CASB
6 2 (0.47%) Data Guard
6 2 (0.47%) Grafana
6 2 (0.47%) Kibana
6 2 (0.47%) Nagios
6 2 (0.47%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 19 (4.45%) Microsoft
2 18 (4.22%) VMware
3 15 (3.51%) ServiceNow
4 11 (2.58%) Siemens
5 9 (2.11%) Cisco
5 9 (2.11%) Splunk
6 8 (1.87%) SAP
6 8 (1.87%) Xilinx
7 7 (1.64%) Oracle
8 6 (1.41%) Atlassian
9 5 (1.17%) Juniper
10 4 (0.94%) IBM
10 4 (0.94%) Intel
10 4 (0.94%) Microsemi
11 3 (0.70%) Forcepoint
11 3 (0.70%) Google
11 3 (0.70%) Motorola
11 3 (0.70%) Palo Alto
11 3 (0.70%) Red Hat
11 3 (0.70%) SonicWALL