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 11 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 157 118 184
Rank change year-on-year -39 +66 -11
Permanent jobs citing DV Cleared 410 453 400
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.65% 2.73% 1.85%
As % of the Qualifications category 8.00% 7.27% 6.70%
Number of salaries quoted 190 125 200
10th Percentile £48,750 £45,608 £44,106
25th Percentile £56,250 £56,250 £56,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £70,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.57% -9.68% +35.94%
75th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% +16.67% +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 5,124 6,227 5,971
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.60% 37.47% 27.65%
Number of salaries quoted 3,148 2,263 2,739
10th Percentile £32,750 £30,791 £34,750
25th Percentile £46,188 £42,500 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £76,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +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 11 October 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 18 (4.39%) Apache
2 8 (1.95%) Confluence
3 4 (0.98%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.73%) Camunda
5 1 (0.24%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.24%) SharePoint
Applications
1 21 (5.12%) Simulink
2 5 (1.22%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.98%) Mathcad
4 3 (0.73%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.73%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.24%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 10 (2.44%) Primavera
2 6 (1.46%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (1.22%) Teamcenter
4 4 (0.98%) SAP PM
5 2 (0.49%) SAP CO
5 2 (0.49%) SAP FI
5 2 (0.49%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (0.49%) SAP MM
5 2 (0.49%) SAP PP
5 2 (0.49%) SAP PS
5 2 (0.49%) SAP QM
6 1 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
6 1 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 51 (12.44%) Azure
2 46 (11.22%) AWS
3 10 (2.44%) Entra ID
3 10 (2.44%) GCP
4 7 (1.71%) SaaS
5 3 (0.73%) OCI
6 2 (0.49%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (0.49%) OpenShift
6 2 (0.49%) WhatsApp
7 1 (0.24%) Boomi
7 1 (0.24%) BrowserStack
7 1 (0.24%) iPaaS
7 1 (0.24%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (4.63%) Firewall
2 17 (4.15%) Network Security
3 9 (2.20%) Ethernet
4 6 (1.46%) DMZ
4 6 (1.46%) LAN
4 6 (1.46%) OSPF
4 6 (1.46%) WAN
5 4 (0.98%) BGP
5 4 (0.98%) DHCP
5 4 (0.98%) DNS
5 4 (0.98%) VLAN
5 4 (0.98%) VPN
6 3 (0.73%) 3GPP
6 3 (0.73%) Software-Defined Networking
6 3 (0.73%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.73%) TETRA
7 2 (0.49%) Bluetooth
7 2 (0.49%) Cisco ISE
7 2 (0.49%) UWB
7 2 (0.49%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (4.88%) NoSQL
2 8 (1.95%) MongoDB
3 6 (1.46%) Big Data
4 4 (0.98%) Hadoop
4 4 (0.98%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.49%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (0.49%) InfluxDB
6 1 (0.24%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.24%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.24%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.24%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.24%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 19 (4.63%) Rational DOORS
2 17 (4.15%) JIRA
3 11 (2.68%) Git
4 6 (1.46%) LabVIEW
5 5 (1.22%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.73%) CMake
7 2 (0.49%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.49%) Robot Framework
7 2 (0.49%) Selenium
7 2 (0.49%) TestRail
8 1 (0.24%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.24%) GitLab
8 1 (0.24%) JMeter
8 1 (0.24%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.24%) Snyk
General
1 137 (33.41%) Aerospace
2 128 (31.22%) Finance
3 123 (30.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 107 (26.10%) Social Skills
5 86 (20.98%) Public Sector
6 36 (8.78%) Analytical Skills
7 35 (8.54%) Military
8 34 (8.29%) Electronics
9 23 (5.61%) Organisational Skills
10 15 (3.66%) Manufacturing
11 14 (3.41%) Influencing Skills
12 6 (1.46%) Legal
12 6 (1.46%) Police
12 6 (1.46%) Telecoms
13 5 (1.22%) Law
14 4 (0.98%) Aviation
14 4 (0.98%) Avionics
14 4 (0.98%) French Language
15 2 (0.49%) Automotive
15 2 (0.49%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 63 (15.37%) Consultant
2 53 (12.93%) Lead
3 48 (11.71%) Software Engineer
4 46 (11.22%) Senior
5 27 (6.59%) Principal Engineer
5 27 (6.59%) Systems Engineer
6 24 (5.85%) Architect
7 23 (5.61%) Data Engineer
8 20 (4.88%) Project Manager
8 20 (4.88%) Security Consultant
9 17 (4.15%) Designer
10 15 (3.66%) Analyst
11 14 (3.41%) Auditor
12 12 (2.93%) Principal Software Engineer
12 12 (2.93%) Senior Consultant
12 12 (2.93%) Technical Consultant
13 11 (2.68%) DV Cleared Technical Consultant
13 11 (2.68%) Principal Consultant
13 11 (2.68%) ServiceNow Consultant
13 11 (2.68%) Technical Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (4.15%) REST
2 11 (2.68%) SOAP
3 10 (2.44%) Apache NiFi
4 9 (2.20%) Kafka
4 9 (2.20%) Terraform
5 7 (1.71%) ModSecurity
6 6 (1.46%) Elastic Stack
6 6 (1.46%) JSON
7 3 (0.73%) Godot
7 3 (0.73%) OAuth
7 3 (0.73%) OpenID
7 3 (0.73%) pgvector
7 3 (0.73%) PostGIS
7 3 (0.73%) PyTorch
7 3 (0.73%) RabbitMQ
7 3 (0.73%) Spring
7 3 (0.73%) TensorFlow
7 3 (0.73%) Unreal Engine
8 2 (0.49%) YAML
9 1 (0.24%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 23 (5.61%) FPGA
2 17 (4.15%) Self-Motivation
3 15 (3.66%) CMDB
4 13 (3.17%) Cloud Native
5 12 (2.93%) Embedded Systems
6 11 (2.68%) Data Centre
7 10 (2.44%) Algorithms
7 10 (2.44%) PKI
7 10 (2.44%) VHDL
8 9 (2.20%) Legacy Systems
8 9 (2.20%) Security Posture
9 8 (1.95%) AI Agents
9 8 (1.95%) Verilog
10 7 (1.71%) Enterprise Software
10 7 (1.71%) Greenfield Project
10 7 (1.71%) Management Information System
11 6 (1.46%) Blog
11 6 (1.46%) Cloud Security Posture
11 6 (1.46%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 6 (1.46%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 28 (6.83%) Linux
2 20 (4.88%) Windows
3 9 (2.20%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.73%) Unix
4 3 (0.73%) VxWorks
4 3 (0.73%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.49%) CentOS
5 2 (0.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 2 (0.49%) Rocky
5 2 (0.49%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (22.44%) Cybersecurity
2 91 (22.20%) Agile
3 70 (17.07%) Problem-Solving
4 69 (16.83%) Software Engineering
5 65 (15.85%) AI
6 63 (15.37%) Continuous Improvement
7 52 (12.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 51 (12.44%) Systems Engineering
9 50 (12.20%) Technical Leadership
10 46 (11.22%) Stakeholder Management
11 45 (10.98%) Mentoring
12 41 (10.00%) DevOps
13 36 (8.78%) CI/CD
14 33 (8.05%) Decision-Making
14 33 (8.05%) ITIL
14 33 (8.05%) Machine Learning
14 33 (8.05%) SDLC
15 31 (7.56%) Presales
16 30 (7.32%) Validation
17 29 (7.07%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 34 (8.29%) Python
2 26 (6.34%) C++
3 24 (5.85%) Java
4 23 (5.61%) SQL
5 22 (5.37%) MATLAB
6 19 (4.63%) C
7 11 (2.68%) C#
8 9 (2.20%) SystemVerilog
9 8 (1.95%) Ada
10 6 (1.46%) Bash
10 6 (1.46%) Groovy
10 6 (1.46%) JavaScript
11 5 (1.22%) PowerShell
11 5 (1.22%) Rust
12 3 (0.73%) Ada 95
13 2 (0.49%) Shell Script
13 2 (0.49%) TypeScript
14 1 (0.24%) Embedded C
14 1 (0.24%) Go
14 1 (0.24%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 410 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 264 (64.39%) SC Cleared
3 123 (30.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 99 (24.15%) Degree
5 18 (4.39%) CISSP
6 17 (4.15%) Chartered Engineer
7 16 (3.90%) AWS Certification
8 15 (3.66%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 13 (3.17%) PhD
10 12 (2.93%) Cisco Certification
10 12 (2.93%) CISM
10 12 (2.93%) Computer Science Degree
11 10 (2.44%) CRISC
12 9 (2.20%) Master's Degree
13 7 (1.71%) CCNA
13 7 (1.71%) CCNP
14 6 (1.46%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 4 (0.98%) Azure Certification
15 4 (0.98%) HNC
15 4 (0.98%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 113 (27.56%) Accessibility
2 38 (9.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 24 (5.85%) NIST
4 23 (5.61%) GRC
4 23 (5.61%) NCSC
5 22 (5.37%) QA
6 16 (3.90%) JSP 440
7 14 (3.41%) Actionable Recommendations
8 10 (2.44%) GDPR
8 10 (2.44%) PCI DSS
9 7 (1.71%) Cyber Essentials
9 7 (1.71%) Def Stans
10 6 (1.46%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 4 (0.98%) ARP4761
11 4 (0.98%) DO-254
11 4 (0.98%) IEC 61508
11 4 (0.98%) ISO 26262
11 4 (0.98%) NEBOSH
12 3 (0.73%) Data Quality
12 3 (0.73%) SLA
System Software
1 31 (7.56%) Firmware
2 20 (4.88%) Active Directory
3 17 (4.15%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (3.66%) Docker
5 6 (1.46%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (1.22%) Hyper-V
7 4 (0.98%) Virtual Machines
8 3 (0.73%) VMware NSX
8 3 (0.73%) vSphere
9 2 (0.49%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 13 (3.17%) Kubernetes
2 8 (1.95%) Ansible
3 7 (1.71%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (1.46%) FortiGate
5 2 (0.49%) CASB
5 2 (0.49%) Grafana
5 2 (0.49%) Kibana
6 1 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.24%) logstash
6 1 (0.24%) Nagios
6 1 (0.24%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 19 (4.63%) ServiceNow
1 19 (4.63%) VMware
2 16 (3.90%) Microsoft
3 14 (3.41%) SAP
4 11 (2.68%) Cisco
4 11 (2.68%) Siemens
5 8 (1.95%) Xilinx
6 6 (1.46%) Atlassian
7 5 (1.22%) Citrix
7 5 (1.22%) SolarWinds
8 4 (0.98%) IBM
8 4 (0.98%) Intel
8 4 (0.98%) Juniper
8 4 (0.98%) Microsemi
8 4 (0.98%) Oracle
8 4 (0.98%) Splunk
9 3 (0.73%) Forcepoint
9 3 (0.73%) Palo Alto
9 3 (0.73%) SonicWALL
10 2 (0.49%) Yahoo!