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 26 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 161 211 174
Rank change year-on-year +50 -37 +252
Permanent jobs citing DV Cleared 241 270 390
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.57% 1.57% 1.91%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.76% 5.61% 6.91%
Number of salaries quoted 139 140 204
10th Percentile £45,186 £45,811 £42,589
25th Percentile £56,250 £52,500 £49,681
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £77,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.90% +40.91% -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,750 - £80,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% +9.09% -4.35%

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 5,059 4,810 5,647
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 32.95% 27.94% 27.64%
Number of salaries quoted 2,470 2,507 4,097
10th Percentile £30,500 £35,000 £35,434
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £46,038
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.64% +1.67% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £75,781
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,430 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.45% +3.36% -

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 26 December 2025.

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 3 (1.24%) Tomcat
1 3 (1.24%) WebLogic
1 3 (1.24%) WebLogic Portal
2 2 (0.83%) Apache
2 2 (0.83%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.41%) Camunda
Applications
1 4 (1.66%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (1.24%) Oracle EBS
1 3 (1.24%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 28 (11.62%) Azure
2 23 (9.54%) AWS
3 7 (2.90%) OpenShift
4 6 (2.49%) AWS CloudFormation
4 6 (2.49%) Entra ID
4 6 (2.49%) Power Platform
5 5 (2.07%) Azure Stack
5 5 (2.07%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (1.66%) GCP
6 4 (1.66%) OCI
7 3 (1.24%) GitHub
7 3 (1.24%) Serverless
8 2 (0.83%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (0.83%) GitHub Actions
8 2 (0.83%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.41%) AWS KMS
9 1 (0.41%) AWS Lambda
9 1 (0.41%) Azure Key Vault
9 1 (0.41%) Azure Storage
9 1 (0.41%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 14 (5.81%) Firewall
2 10 (4.15%) VPN
3 8 (3.32%) Network Security
4 7 (2.90%) LAN
5 5 (2.07%) BGP
5 5 (2.07%) DMZ
5 5 (2.07%) IPsec
5 5 (2.07%) MPLS
6 4 (1.66%) Cisco IOS
6 4 (1.66%) Ethernet
6 4 (1.66%) Junos
6 4 (1.66%) VoIP
6 4 (1.66%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (1.66%) Wireshark
7 3 (1.24%) TCP/IP
7 3 (1.24%) WAN
8 2 (0.83%) DNS
8 2 (0.83%) ICMP
9 1 (0.41%) Frame Relay
9 1 (0.41%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.49%) NoSQL
1 6 (2.49%) Power BI
2 4 (1.66%) Qlik Sense
2 4 (1.66%) Tableau
3 3 (1.24%) MongoDB
3 3 (1.24%) Oracle Database
3 3 (1.24%) Oracle Discoverer
3 3 (1.24%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (0.83%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.83%) InfluxDB
4 2 (0.83%) MySQL
4 2 (0.83%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.83%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.41%) Amazon Aurora
5 1 (0.41%) DB2
5 1 (0.41%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.41%) Geospatial Data
5 1 (0.41%) GIS
5 1 (0.41%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 9 (3.73%) Jenkins
2 4 (1.66%) GitLab
2 4 (1.66%) Robot Framework
3 3 (1.24%) JMeter
3 3 (1.24%) Oracle APEX
3 3 (1.24%) Oracle Forms
3 3 (1.24%) Selenium
4 2 (0.83%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.83%) Eclipse
4 2 (0.83%) Git
4 2 (0.83%) IDA Disassembler
4 2 (0.83%) SonarQube
4 2 (0.83%) TestRail
5 1 (0.41%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.41%) Gatling
5 1 (0.41%) LoadRunner
5 1 (0.41%) Subversion
General
1 67 (27.80%) Finance
2 39 (16.18%) Analytical Skills
2 39 (16.18%) Public Sector
3 38 (15.77%) Social Skills
4 26 (10.79%) Electronics
5 21 (8.71%) Telecoms
6 17 (7.05%) Manufacturing
7 15 (6.22%) Marketing
8 11 (4.56%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (2.07%) Military
10 4 (1.66%) Legal
11 3 (1.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.83%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.83%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.41%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.41%) Games
13 1 (0.41%) Law
13 1 (0.41%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 36 (14.94%) Analyst
1 36 (14.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 35 (14.52%) Administrator
3 32 (13.28%) Systems Administrator
4 31 (12.86%) Senior
5 24 (9.96%) Architect
5 24 (9.96%) Business Analyst
5 24 (9.96%) Systems Engineer
6 14 (5.81%) Security Analyst
7 10 (4.15%) Consultant
8 9 (3.73%) Solutions Architect
9 8 (3.32%) Security Architect
10 6 (2.49%) Electronics Engineer
10 6 (2.49%) IT Engineer
10 6 (2.49%) Lead
10 6 (2.49%) Network Engineer
10 6 (2.49%) Senior Analyst
10 6 (2.49%) Senior Electronics Engineer
11 5 (2.07%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
11 5 (2.07%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (11.20%) OLE
2 5 (2.07%) Elastic Stack
3 3 (1.24%) EDI
3 3 (1.24%) ModSecurity
3 3 (1.24%) Oracle ADF
3 3 (1.24%) Spring
3 3 (1.24%) Spring Boot
3 3 (1.24%) WebCenter
4 2 (0.83%) React
5 1 (0.41%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.41%) Flash
5 1 (0.41%) JSON
5 1 (0.41%) Node.js
5 1 (0.41%) Pandas
5 1 (0.41%) REST
5 1 (0.41%) Vue
5 1 (0.41%) Web Services
5 1 (0.41%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 46 (19.09%) e-Learning
2 13 (5.39%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (4.15%) Cloud Native
4 9 (3.73%) Product Ownership
5 7 (2.90%) Analytical Mindset
5 7 (2.90%) Data Centre
6 6 (2.49%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 6 (2.49%) FPGA
6 6 (2.49%) Security Posture
7 5 (2.07%) Cloud Security Posture
7 5 (2.07%) Hybrid Cloud
7 5 (2.07%) Onboarding
7 5 (2.07%) PKI
8 4 (1.66%) Blog
8 4 (1.66%) Cyber Defence
9 3 (1.24%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (1.24%) Driving Licence
9 3 (1.24%) Linux Command Line
9 3 (1.24%) Private Cloud
10 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Licensing
Operating Systems
1 57 (23.65%) Linux
2 27 (11.20%) Unix
3 24 (9.96%) Windows
4 10 (4.15%) Windows Server
5 5 (2.07%) Rocky
5 5 (2.07%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (1.24%) CentOS
7 2 (0.83%) Windows 10
8 1 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.41%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (19.50%) Agile
2 46 (19.09%) Innovative Thinking
3 45 (18.67%) Problem-Solving
4 40 (16.60%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 33 (13.69%) High Availability
6 24 (9.96%) Cybersecurity
7 17 (7.05%) CI/CD
7 17 (7.05%) Collaborative Culture
8 16 (6.64%) Business Intelligence
8 16 (6.64%) Containerisation
8 16 (6.64%) DevOps
9 15 (6.22%) Digital Marketing
9 15 (6.22%) Mathematics
9 15 (6.22%) Physics
9 15 (6.22%) Programme Management
9 15 (6.22%) Trend Analysis
10 14 (5.81%) Software Engineering
11 11 (4.56%) Coaching
11 11 (4.56%) Data Analysis
11 11 (4.56%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (7.88%) Python
2 12 (4.98%) SQL
3 10 (4.15%) Bash
4 9 (3.73%) Java
5 8 (3.32%) PowerShell
6 6 (2.49%) C
6 6 (2.49%) C++
7 4 (1.66%) JavaScript
8 3 (1.24%) Bicep
8 3 (1.24%) PL/SQL
9 2 (0.83%) Go
9 2 (0.83%) VBA
10 1 (0.41%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 241 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 133 (55.19%) SC Cleared
3 40 (16.60%) Degree
4 37 (15.35%) Cisco Certification
5 36 (14.94%) CCNP
6 30 (12.45%) CCNA
7 11 (4.56%) Azure Certification
8 6 (2.49%) CISM
8 6 (2.49%) CISSP
8 6 (2.49%) RHCSA
9 5 (2.07%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (2.07%) Network+ Certification
10 4 (1.66%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (1.66%) JNCIS
10 4 (1.66%) NVQ Level 3
11 3 (1.24%) CITP
11 3 (1.24%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.83%) A+ Certification
12 2 (0.83%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 2 (0.83%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 14 (5.81%) NIST
3 9 (3.73%) GRC
4 8 (3.32%) JSP 440
4 8 (3.32%) QA
5 7 (2.90%) GDPR
5 7 (2.90%) NCSC
6 6 (2.49%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 5 (2.07%) PCI DSS
8 3 (1.24%) Accessibility
8 3 (1.24%) ISO 14001
8 3 (1.24%) ISO 9001
8 3 (1.24%) NEBOSH
9 1 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.41%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 14 (5.81%) Docker
2 11 (4.56%) Active Directory
3 6 (2.49%) Firmware
4 5 (2.07%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.41%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.41%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.41%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 20 (8.30%) Kubernetes
2 10 (4.15%) Terraform
3 7 (2.90%) Ansible
4 4 (1.66%) Grafana
5 3 (1.24%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 3 (1.24%) WSUS
6 2 (0.83%) Docker Swarm
6 2 (0.83%) Endace
6 2 (0.83%) Nessus
6 2 (0.83%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.83%) SCCM
6 2 (0.83%) ZABBIX
7 1 (0.41%) Argo
7 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Intune
7 1 (0.41%) OpenView
7 1 (0.41%) Puppet
7 1 (0.41%) Rancher
7 1 (0.41%) Tivoli
7 1 (0.41%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 40 (16.60%) Cisco
2 15 (6.22%) SAP
3 12 (4.98%) Microsoft
4 10 (4.15%) Red Hat
5 6 (2.49%) Juniper
5 6 (2.49%) Oracle
5 6 (2.49%) Splunk
6 5 (2.07%) Dell
6 5 (2.07%) VMware
7 3 (1.24%) IFS
8 2 (0.83%) Atlassian
8 2 (0.83%) Google
8 2 (0.83%) Palo Alto
9 1 (0.41%) ArcSight
9 1 (0.41%) EMC
9 1 (0.41%) F5
9 1 (0.41%) Fortinet
9 1 (0.41%) HP
9 1 (0.41%) Riverbed
9 1 (0.41%) Siebel