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 24 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 158 217 193
Rank change year-on-year +59 -24 +236
Permanent jobs citing DV Cleared 248 247 442
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.59% 1.51% 1.77%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.90% 5.32% 6.62%
Number of salaries quoted 152 125 224
10th Percentile £39,352 £46,250 £42,798
25th Percentile £53,438 £52,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +27.27% -0.90%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £88,625 £85,000 £83,750
UK median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% +9.09% -1.35%

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 5,066 4,647 6,681
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 32.46% 28.38% 26.82%
Number of salaries quoted 2,555 2,389 4,880
10th Percentile £30,500 £34,404 £32,500
25th Percentile £44,227 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £90,000 £90,000
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 24 January 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 4 (1.61%) Apache
2 3 (1.21%) Tomcat
2 3 (1.21%) WebLogic
2 3 (1.21%) WebLogic Portal
3 2 (0.81%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.40%) Camunda
Applications
1 7 (2.82%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.21%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (1.21%) Oracle EBS
1 3 (1.21%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 31 (12.50%) Azure
2 30 (12.10%) AWS
3 8 (3.23%) OpenShift
4 7 (2.82%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (2.42%) AWS CloudFormation
5 6 (2.42%) GCP
5 6 (2.42%) Power Platform
6 4 (1.61%) OCI
7 2 (0.81%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (0.81%) Entra ID
7 2 (0.81%) GitHub
7 2 (0.81%) PowerApps
7 2 (0.81%) Serverless
8 1 (0.40%) AWS KMS
8 1 (0.40%) Azure AKS
8 1 (0.40%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (0.40%) Azure Stack
8 1 (0.40%) Azure Storage
8 1 (0.40%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.40%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (7.26%) Firewall
2 11 (4.44%) Network Security
2 11 (4.44%) VPN
3 7 (2.82%) DMZ
3 7 (2.82%) LAN
4 6 (2.42%) VoIP
5 5 (2.02%) BGP
5 5 (2.02%) IPsec
5 5 (2.02%) MPLS
6 4 (1.61%) Cisco IOS
6 4 (1.61%) Ethernet
6 4 (1.61%) Junos
6 4 (1.61%) Wi-Fi
6 4 (1.61%) Wireshark
7 3 (1.21%) TCP/IP
7 3 (1.21%) WAN
8 2 (0.81%) DNS
8 2 (0.81%) ICMP
9 1 (0.40%) OSPF
9 1 (0.40%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (3.63%) NoSQL
2 6 (2.42%) MongoDB
2 6 (2.42%) Power BI
3 4 (1.61%) MySQL
3 4 (1.61%) Qlik Sense
3 4 (1.61%) Tableau
4 3 (1.21%) Oracle Database
4 3 (1.21%) Oracle Discoverer
4 3 (1.21%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (0.81%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (0.81%) InfluxDB
5 2 (0.81%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.81%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.40%) Amazon Aurora
6 1 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.40%) DB2
6 1 (0.40%) Geospatial Data
6 1 (0.40%) GIS
6 1 (0.40%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 9 (3.63%) Jenkins
2 5 (2.02%) Robot Framework
3 4 (1.61%) JMeter
4 3 (1.21%) Bitbucket
4 3 (1.21%) Eclipse
4 3 (1.21%) GitLab
4 3 (1.21%) Oracle APEX
4 3 (1.21%) Oracle Forms
4 3 (1.21%) Selenium
4 3 (1.21%) SonarQube
5 2 (0.81%) Git
5 2 (0.81%) IDA Disassembler
5 2 (0.81%) TestRail
6 1 (0.40%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 1 (0.40%) Gatling
6 1 (0.40%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.40%) Subversion
General
1 68 (27.42%) Finance
2 41 (16.53%) Social Skills
3 36 (14.52%) Public Sector
4 32 (12.90%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (8.87%) Manufacturing
6 21 (8.47%) Electronics
7 20 (8.06%) Telecoms
8 15 (6.05%) Marketing
9 8 (3.23%) Military
10 7 (2.82%) Presentation Skills
11 6 (2.42%) Legal
12 4 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (1.21%) Games
14 2 (0.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 2 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
15 1 (0.40%) Aerospace
15 1 (0.40%) Law
15 1 (0.40%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 44 (17.74%) Analyst
2 38 (15.32%) Senior
3 32 (12.90%) Business Analyst
4 26 (10.48%) Administrator
5 23 (9.27%) Architect
5 23 (9.27%) Systems Administrator
6 18 (7.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 15 (6.05%) Security Analyst
8 14 (5.65%) Consultant
8 14 (5.65%) Systems Engineer
9 11 (4.44%) Data Scientist
9 11 (4.44%) Solutions Architect
10 10 (4.03%) Lead
11 8 (3.23%) Network Engineer
11 8 (3.23%) Senior Analyst
12 7 (2.82%) Security Consultant
12 7 (2.82%) Senior Manager
13 6 (2.42%) Finance Manager
13 6 (2.42%) Senior Business Analyst
13 6 (2.42%) Senior Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.44%) OLE
2 6 (2.42%) Elastic Stack
3 5 (2.02%) Spring
3 5 (2.02%) Spring Boot
4 4 (1.61%) React
5 3 (1.21%) AngularJS
5 3 (1.21%) ModSecurity
5 3 (1.21%) Oracle ADF
5 3 (1.21%) REST
5 3 (1.21%) Vue
5 3 (1.21%) WebCenter
6 2 (0.81%) Apache NiFi
6 2 (0.81%) EDI
6 2 (0.81%) Kafka
6 2 (0.81%) Web Services
7 1 (0.40%) Flash
7 1 (0.40%) JSON
7 1 (0.40%) Node.js
7 1 (0.40%) Pandas
7 1 (0.40%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 29 (11.69%) e-Learning
2 20 (8.06%) Security Posture
2 20 (8.06%) Self-Motivation
3 14 (5.65%) Product Ownership
4 11 (4.44%) Cloud Native
4 11 (4.44%) Cyber Security Posture
5 8 (3.23%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 7 (2.82%) Analytical Mindset
6 7 (2.82%) Blog
6 7 (2.82%) Cloud Security Posture
6 7 (2.82%) PKI
7 4 (1.61%) Cyber Defence
7 4 (1.61%) Microsoft Licensing
8 3 (1.21%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (1.21%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.21%) Driving Licence
8 3 (1.21%) Linux Command Line
8 3 (1.21%) Onboarding
8 3 (1.21%) Private Cloud
9 2 (0.81%) YubiKey
Operating Systems
1 46 (18.55%) Linux
2 23 (9.27%) Windows
3 18 (7.26%) Unix
4 6 (2.42%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.61%) Windows 10
6 3 (1.21%) CentOS
7 1 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.40%) Rocky
7 1 (0.40%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (24.60%) Agile
2 41 (16.53%) Problem-Solving
3 33 (13.31%) Cybersecurity
4 29 (11.69%) Innovative Thinking
5 25 (10.08%) Collaborative Culture
6 24 (9.68%) High Availability
7 23 (9.27%) DevOps
8 22 (8.87%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 22 (8.87%) Risk Management
9 21 (8.47%) Technology Transformation
10 17 (6.85%) Business Intelligence
10 17 (6.85%) CI/CD
10 17 (6.85%) Data Science
11 16 (6.45%) Coaching
12 15 (6.05%) Digital Marketing
12 15 (6.05%) Programme Management
12 15 (6.05%) Software Engineering
13 13 (5.24%) AI
13 13 (5.24%) Containerisation
13 13 (5.24%) Information Security
Programming Languages
1 23 (9.27%) Python
2 15 (6.05%) SQL
3 14 (5.65%) Java
4 12 (4.84%) Bash
5 9 (3.63%) PowerShell
6 6 (2.42%) C
6 6 (2.42%) C++
7 4 (1.61%) JavaScript
8 3 (1.21%) Bicep
8 3 (1.21%) Go
8 3 (1.21%) PL/SQL
9 2 (0.81%) Groovy
9 2 (0.81%) VBA
10 1 (0.40%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 248 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 139 (56.05%) SC Cleared
3 35 (14.11%) Degree
4 31 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
5 27 (10.89%) CCNP
6 21 (8.47%) CCNA
7 18 (7.26%) CISSP
8 7 (2.82%) Azure Certification
8 7 (2.82%) CISM
8 7 (2.82%) HNC
9 6 (2.42%) RHCSA
10 4 (1.61%) A+ Certification
10 4 (1.61%) CCIE
10 4 (1.61%) JNCIS
11 3 (1.21%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (1.21%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (1.21%) NVQ Level 3
12 2 (0.81%) AAT
12 2 (0.81%) CRISC
12 2 (0.81%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (12.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 18 (7.26%) NIST
3 15 (6.05%) GDPR
4 11 (4.44%) GRC
4 11 (4.44%) JSP 440
5 9 (3.63%) NCSC
6 8 (3.23%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 8 (3.23%) PCI DSS
6 8 (3.23%) QA
7 3 (1.21%) Accessibility
7 3 (1.21%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (1.21%) ISO 14001
7 3 (1.21%) ISO 9001
7 3 (1.21%) NEBOSH
8 2 (0.81%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.40%) Government Security Classifications
9 1 (0.40%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 14 (5.65%) Docker
2 8 (3.23%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.81%) Firmware
3 2 (0.81%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.40%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.40%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.40%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.40%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 16 (6.45%) Kubernetes
2 10 (4.03%) Terraform
3 8 (3.23%) Ansible
4 4 (1.61%) SCCM
4 4 (1.61%) WSUS
5 3 (1.21%) Grafana
5 3 (1.21%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 2 (0.81%) Docker Swarm
6 2 (0.81%) Endace
6 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.81%) Nessus
6 2 (0.81%) ZABBIX
7 1 (0.40%) OpenView
7 1 (0.40%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.40%) Puppet
7 1 (0.40%) Rancher
7 1 (0.40%) Tivoli
7 1 (0.40%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 31 (12.50%) Cisco
2 15 (6.05%) Microsoft
2 15 (6.05%) SAP
3 10 (4.03%) Red Hat
4 8 (3.23%) Oracle
5 7 (2.82%) Splunk
6 6 (2.42%) Juniper
7 5 (2.02%) VMware
8 3 (1.21%) Atlassian
8 3 (1.21%) Google
8 3 (1.21%) IFS
9 2 (0.81%) Palo Alto
9 2 (0.81%) Tenable
10 1 (0.40%) ArcSight
10 1 (0.40%) ExtraHop
10 1 (0.40%) F5
10 1 (0.40%) Fortinet
10 1 (0.40%) HP
10 1 (0.40%) Riverbed
10 1 (0.40%) YouTube