DV Cleared Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

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 3 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 155 204 278
Rank change year-on-year +49 +74 +262
Permanent jobs citing DV Cleared 463 564 419
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 2.27% 1.64% 1.17%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.18% 5.94% 4.35%
Number of salaries quoted 130 274 256
10th Percentile £45,608 £43,227 £38,500
25th Percentile £55,313 £50,000 £45,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £59,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.79% -0.42% +3.45%
75th Percentile £73,250 £85,000 £74,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £93,750 £83,750
UK median annual salary £62,500 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +8.70% - +3.60%

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 7,493 9,501 9,622
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.77% 27.55% 26.75%
Number of salaries quoted 3,043 5,749 5,889
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,231 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.88% -5.00% +2.65%
75th Percentile £70,600 £72,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £53,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +3.77% -11.67% +9.09%

DV Cleared
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing DV Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

DV Cleared trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

DV Cleared
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing DV Cleared.

DV Cleared salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

DV Cleared
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing DV Cleared over the 6 months to 3 July 2025.

DV Cleared salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 23 (4.97%) Jupyter
2 9 (1.94%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.30%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.43%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 5 (1.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (0.65%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 255 (55.08%) AWS
2 251 (54.21%) Azure
3 190 (41.04%) GCP
4 51 (11.02%) AWS CloudFormation
5 49 (10.58%) Amazon EKS
6 9 (1.94%) OCI
7 7 (1.51%) IaaS
7 7 (1.51%) PaaS
7 7 (1.51%) SaaS
8 4 (0.86%) Azure Stack
8 4 (0.86%) Entra ID
8 4 (0.86%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (0.65%) Amazon EC2
9 3 (0.65%) Amazon S3
9 3 (0.65%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (0.43%) AWS Lambda
10 2 (0.43%) Power Platform
10 2 (0.43%) PowerApps
10 2 (0.43%) Serverless
11 1 (0.22%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.73%) VPN
2 7 (1.51%) DHCP
2 7 (1.51%) DNS
2 7 (1.51%) SAN
3 6 (1.30%) Firewall
4 5 (1.08%) Junos
4 5 (1.08%) LAN
4 5 (1.08%) NAS
4 5 (1.08%) TCP/IP
4 5 (1.08%) WAN
5 4 (0.86%) Network Security
5 4 (0.86%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (0.65%) BGP
6 3 (0.65%) Cisco ASA
6 3 (0.65%) DMVPN
6 3 (0.65%) EIGRP
6 3 (0.65%) OSPF
6 3 (0.65%) S/MIME
6 3 (0.65%) SSL
6 3 (0.65%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (10.80%) Elasticsearch
2 46 (9.94%) Big Data
3 4 (0.86%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.43%) MySQL
4 2 (0.43%) Oracle Exadata
4 2 (0.43%) Power BI
5 1 (0.22%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.22%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.22%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.22%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (1.51%) Jenkins
2 6 (1.30%) Git
2 6 (1.30%) GitLab
3 1 (0.22%) JIRA
3 1 (0.22%) JUnit
3 1 (0.22%) Yeoman
General
1 274 (59.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 108 (23.33%) Finance
3 90 (19.44%) Analytical Skills
4 60 (12.96%) Social Skills
5 38 (8.21%) Electronics
6 37 (7.99%) Public Sector
7 36 (7.78%) Telecoms
8 27 (5.83%) Manufacturing
9 26 (5.62%) Marketing
10 10 (2.16%) Law
10 10 (2.16%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (1.08%) Police
12 3 (0.65%) Military
13 2 (0.43%) Advertising
13 2 (0.43%) Organisational Skills
14 1 (0.22%) Aerospace
14 1 (0.22%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.22%) Retail
Job Titles
1 223 (48.16%) Senior
2 187 (40.39%) Software Engineer
3 181 (39.09%) Senior Software Engineer
4 58 (12.53%) Developer
5 49 (10.58%) Software Developer
6 46 (9.94%) Data Scientist
7 37 (7.99%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 27 (5.83%) Architect
9 23 (4.97%) Senior Data Scientist
10 21 (4.54%) Administrator
11 20 (4.32%) Systems Administrator
12 18 (3.89%) Systems Engineer
13 11 (2.38%) Lead
13 11 (2.38%) Security Architect
14 9 (1.94%) Cloud Architect
14 9 (1.94%) IT Engineer
14 9 (1.94%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
15 7 (1.51%) Electronics Engineer
15 7 (1.51%) Lead Architect
15 7 (1.51%) Senior Electronics Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 229 (49.46%) Node.js
2 227 (49.03%) .NET
3 49 (10.58%) Pandas
4 24 (5.18%) OLE
5 5 (1.08%) GWT
5 5 (1.08%) J2EE
5 5 (1.08%) JPA
5 5 (1.08%) Middleware
5 5 (1.08%) Vaadin
6 4 (0.86%) Leaflet
6 4 (0.86%) React
7 3 (0.65%) EJB
7 3 (0.65%) Spring
7 3 (0.65%) Spring Boot
8 2 (0.43%) Elastic Stack
8 2 (0.43%) RabbitMQ
9 1 (0.22%) AngularJS
9 1 (0.22%) Kafka
9 1 (0.22%) OAuth2
9 1 (0.22%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 273 (58.96%) Cyberattack
2 181 (39.09%) Self-Motivation
3 179 (38.66%) Linux Command Line
4 55 (11.88%) Algorithms
5 32 (6.91%) e-Learning
6 19 (4.10%) PMI
7 7 (1.51%) Data Centre
7 7 (1.51%) FPGA
8 6 (1.30%) Hybrid Cloud
8 6 (1.30%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.08%) Mobile App
9 5 (1.08%) Onboarding
9 5 (1.08%) Private Cloud
9 5 (1.08%) Public Cloud
10 3 (0.65%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (0.65%) PKI
11 2 (0.43%) Cloud Native
11 2 (0.43%) Legacy Systems
12 1 (0.22%) Cyber Threat
12 1 (0.22%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 270 (58.32%) Linux
2 49 (10.58%) Android
3 20 (4.32%) Windows
4 15 (3.24%) Windows Server
5 9 (1.94%) Rocky
5 9 (1.94%) Unix
6 8 (1.73%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.43%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.43%) Windows Server 2003
7 2 (0.43%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 268 (57.88%) Agile
2 267 (57.67%) Software Engineering
3 229 (49.46%) Machine Learning
4 209 (45.14%) Mentoring
5 204 (44.06%) Microservices
6 181 (39.09%) Scrum
6 181 (39.09%) User Experience
7 180 (38.88%) Cloud Security
8 179 (38.66%) Site Reliability Engineering
9 178 (38.44%) Data Engineering
10 115 (24.84%) Mathematics
11 98 (21.17%) Problem-Solving
12 95 (20.52%) Statistics
13 57 (12.31%) CI/CD
14 56 (12.10%) Containerisation
15 54 (11.66%) Collaborative Working
15 54 (11.66%) Line Management
16 53 (11.45%) Computer Science
17 52 (11.23%) Design Patterns
18 51 (11.02%) Artificial Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 268 (57.88%) Python
2 263 (56.80%) Java
3 254 (54.86%) JavaScript
4 234 (50.54%) C++
5 229 (49.46%) Go
6 227 (49.03%) Rust
7 11 (2.38%) Bash
8 9 (1.94%) SQL
9 8 (1.73%) PowerShell
10 6 (1.30%) C
10 6 (1.30%) Fortran
11 3 (0.65%) TypeScript
12 2 (0.43%) Perl
12 2 (0.43%) VBA
13 1 (0.22%) PL/1
13 1 (0.22%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 463 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 181 (39.09%) AWS Certification
3 178 (38.44%) AWS Certified Developer
3 178 (38.44%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 88 (19.01%) Degree
4 88 (19.01%) SC Cleared
5 28 (6.05%) Cisco Certification
6 26 (5.62%) CCNP
7 23 (4.97%) Computer Science Degree
7 23 (4.97%) Numerate Degree
8 19 (4.10%) PMI Certification
9 18 (3.89%) RHCSA
10 11 (2.38%) CISSP
11 9 (1.94%) CCNA
12 8 (1.73%) Master's Degree
13 6 (1.30%) PhD
14 5 (1.08%) Azure Certification
14 5 (1.08%) CISM
14 5 (1.08%) Network+ Certification
15 4 (0.86%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (1.30%) NIST
2 4 (0.86%) GDPR
3 3 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.43%) SLA
5 1 (0.22%) Accessibility
5 1 (0.22%) Government Security Classifications
5 1 (0.22%) JSP 440
5 1 (0.22%) NCSC
5 1 (0.22%) NIST 800
5 1 (0.22%) QA
5 1 (0.22%) RMADS
System Software
1 83 (17.93%) Docker
2 19 (4.10%) Active Directory
3 7 (1.51%) Firmware
3 7 (1.51%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (1.30%) Hyper-V
5 4 (0.86%) Virtual Machines
6 3 (0.65%) Virtual Desktop
6 3 (0.65%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.43%) vSphere
8 1 (0.22%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 88 (19.01%) Kubernetes
2 61 (13.17%) Ansible
3 59 (12.74%) Terraform
4 4 (0.86%) Kibana
4 4 (0.86%) Prometheus
4 4 (0.86%) SCOM
5 3 (0.65%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 3 (0.65%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 3 (0.65%) FortiGate
5 3 (0.65%) Nagios
5 3 (0.65%) Progress Chef
5 3 (0.65%) Puppet
5 3 (0.65%) vCenter Server
6 2 (0.43%) SCCM
6 2 (0.43%) SCOrch
6 2 (0.43%) SCSM
7 1 (0.22%) Avamar
7 1 (0.22%) Grafana
7 1 (0.22%) MaaS360
7 1 (0.22%) VxRail
Vendors
1 34 (7.34%) Cisco
2 26 (5.62%) SAP
3 25 (5.40%) Red Hat
4 18 (3.89%) Microsoft
5 15 (3.24%) VMware
6 12 (2.59%) Juniper
7 8 (1.73%) Splunk
8 5 (1.08%) Dell
8 5 (1.08%) McAfee
9 3 (0.65%) Commvault
9 3 (0.65%) Fortinet
9 3 (0.65%) Oracle
9 3 (0.65%) Thales
10 2 (0.43%) arcserve
10 2 (0.43%) ArcSight
10 2 (0.43%) NetApp
10 2 (0.43%) ServiceNow
11 1 (0.22%) Aruba
11 1 (0.22%) Citrix
11 1 (0.22%) EMC