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 19 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 183 117 214
Rank change year-on-year -66 +97 +46
Permanent jobs citing DV Cleared 300 472 463
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.39% 2.86% 1.52%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.70% 8.49% 5.63%
Number of salaries quoted 219 131 257
10th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £43,227
25th Percentile £53,750 £57,585 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% -3.92%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £74,600 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +14.77% +13.04% -0.86%

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 4,480 5,557 8,221
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.78% 33.69% 26.98%
Number of salaries quoted 3,053 2,494 5,184
10th Percentile £33,350 £29,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £73,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £93,500 £90,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 19 July 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 10 (3.33%) Apache
2 2 (0.67%) Camunda
2 2 (0.67%) OpenStack
2 2 (0.67%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.33%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.33%) Confluence
3 1 (0.33%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 6 (2.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (2.00%) Microsoft Office
1 6 (2.00%) Simulink
2 3 (1.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (0.33%) Mathcad
Cloud Services
1 47 (15.67%) Azure
2 45 (15.00%) AWS
3 9 (3.00%) GCP
4 5 (1.67%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (1.67%) Entra ID
4 5 (1.67%) SaaS
5 2 (0.67%) OpenShift
5 2 (0.67%) Power Platform
5 2 (0.67%) WhatsApp
6 1 (0.33%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (0.33%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (0.33%) BrowserStack
6 1 (0.33%) GitHub
6 1 (0.33%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (0.33%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 18 (6.00%) Network Security
2 17 (5.67%) Firewall
3 15 (5.00%) WAN
4 10 (3.33%) BGP
4 10 (3.33%) VPN
5 9 (3.00%) MPLS
6 7 (2.33%) Intrusion Detection
7 6 (2.00%) DNS
7 6 (2.00%) LAN
8 5 (1.67%) Cisco Firepower
8 5 (1.67%) DHCP
8 5 (1.67%) DMZ
8 5 (1.67%) HTTP
8 5 (1.67%) SNMP
9 2 (0.67%) SD-WAN
9 2 (0.67%) UWB
9 2 (0.67%) VLAN
9 2 (0.67%) Wi-Fi
9 2 (0.67%) Wireless
9 2 (0.67%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.33%) NoSQL
2 8 (2.67%) MongoDB
3 5 (1.67%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (1.00%) SQL Server
5 2 (0.67%) InfluxDB
5 2 (0.67%) MySQL
5 2 (0.67%) Oracle Database
5 2 (0.67%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.33%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.33%) Big Data
6 1 (0.33%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.33%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 6 (2.00%) Git
1 6 (2.00%) Jenkins
2 5 (1.67%) GitLab
3 2 (0.67%) JIRA
3 2 (0.67%) JMeter
3 2 (0.67%) Rational DOORS
3 2 (0.67%) Selenium
4 1 (0.33%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.33%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.33%) LabVIEW
4 1 (0.33%) Postman
4 1 (0.33%) REST Assured
4 1 (0.33%) Robot Framework
4 1 (0.33%) Snyk
4 1 (0.33%) SoapUI
4 1 (0.33%) TestRail
General
1 70 (23.33%) Public Sector
2 69 (23.00%) Social Skills
3 47 (15.67%) Finance
4 18 (6.00%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (3.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 10 (3.33%) Legal
5 10 (3.33%) Organisational Skills
6 8 (2.67%) Aerospace
7 6 (2.00%) Military
8 5 (1.67%) French Language
8 5 (1.67%) Manufacturing
9 4 (1.33%) Electronics
9 4 (1.33%) Law
9 4 (1.33%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.33%) Advertising
10 1 (0.33%) Banking
10 1 (0.33%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 42 (14.00%) Consultant
2 40 (13.33%) Senior
3 29 (9.67%) Architect
4 27 (9.00%) Lead
5 26 (8.67%) Software Engineer
6 18 (6.00%) Security Consultant
7 16 (5.33%) Data Engineer
8 14 (4.67%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 14 (4.67%) Senior Manager
9 13 (4.33%) Analyst
10 12 (4.00%) Designer
11 11 (3.67%) DV Cleared Technical Consultant
11 11 (3.67%) Principal Engineer
11 11 (3.67%) Project Manager
11 11 (3.67%) ServiceNow Consultant
11 11 (3.67%) Technical Consultant
12 10 (3.33%) Auditor
12 10 (3.33%) Java Engineer
13 9 (3.00%) Business Analyst
13 9 (3.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (4.67%) REST
2 11 (3.67%) SOAP
3 9 (3.00%) Kafka
4 7 (2.33%) Apache NiFi
5 5 (1.67%) ModSecurity
6 4 (1.33%) Elastic Stack
7 3 (1.00%) Godot
7 3 (1.00%) Spring
7 3 (1.00%) Unreal Engine
8 2 (0.67%) RabbitMQ
9 1 (0.33%) Flash
9 1 (0.33%) JSON
9 1 (0.33%) Middleware
9 1 (0.33%) Oracle GoldenGate
9 1 (0.33%) React
9 1 (0.33%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 25 (8.33%) Security Posture
2 18 (6.00%) Blog
3 15 (5.00%) CMDB
3 15 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
4 14 (4.67%) PKI
5 11 (3.67%) Cloud Native
6 10 (3.33%) Cyber Security Posture
7 9 (3.00%) Management Information System
8 7 (2.33%) Embedded Systems
8 7 (2.33%) FPGA
8 7 (2.33%) Product Ownership
8 7 (2.33%) VHDL
9 5 (1.67%) Cloud Security Posture
9 5 (1.67%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 5 (1.67%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (1.67%) Raspberry Pi
9 5 (1.67%) Security Operations Centre
9 5 (1.67%) Verilog
10 4 (1.33%) Data Centre
10 4 (1.33%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 30 (10.00%) Linux
2 21 (7.00%) Windows
3 11 (3.67%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.67%) Unix
4 5 (1.67%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.67%) CentOS
5 2 (0.67%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (22.00%) Cybersecurity
2 38 (12.67%) Software Engineering
3 37 (12.33%) Agile
4 35 (11.67%) AI
4 35 (11.67%) Technical Leadership
5 34 (11.33%) Problem-Solving
6 33 (11.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 32 (10.67%) Stakeholder Management
8 31 (10.33%) Continuous Improvement
9 27 (9.00%) Risk Management
10 25 (8.33%) DevOps
10 25 (8.33%) Presales
11 23 (7.67%) Information Security
11 23 (7.67%) ITIL
11 23 (7.67%) Mentoring
12 22 (7.33%) Cloud Security
12 22 (7.33%) Collaborative Culture
13 21 (7.00%) Containerisation
13 21 (7.00%) User Experience
14 20 (6.67%) Cyber Assurance
Programming Languages
1 27 (9.00%) Python
2 23 (7.67%) Java
3 17 (5.67%) C
4 12 (4.00%) SQL
5 11 (3.67%) C++
6 8 (2.67%) PowerShell
7 6 (2.00%) Groovy
7 6 (2.00%) SystemVerilog
8 5 (1.67%) Bash
8 5 (1.67%) JavaScript
9 4 (1.33%) TypeScript
10 3 (1.00%) Bicep
10 3 (1.00%) C#
10 3 (1.00%) Go
10 3 (1.00%) Pascal
11 2 (0.67%) MATLAB
11 2 (0.67%) Rust
12 1 (0.33%) Embedded C
12 1 (0.33%) Korn
12 1 (0.33%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 300 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 177 (59.00%) SC Cleared
3 46 (15.33%) Degree
4 28 (9.33%) CISSP
5 16 (5.33%) BPSS Clearance
6 14 (4.67%) CISM
7 12 (4.00%) CRISC
8 10 (3.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
9 9 (3.00%) Computer Science Degree
10 8 (2.67%) CREST Certified
11 7 (2.33%) GSEC
11 7 (2.33%) HNC
12 5 (1.67%) AWS Certification
12 5 (1.67%) Cisco Certification
12 5 (1.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 3 (1.00%) CCIE
13 3 (1.00%) CHECK Team Member
13 3 (1.00%) ISTQB
13 3 (1.00%) PhD
13 3 (1.00%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (16.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 22 (7.33%) NIST
3 17 (5.67%) GDPR
3 17 (5.67%) JSP 440
4 16 (5.33%) NCSC
4 16 (5.33%) PCI DSS
5 12 (4.00%) GRC
6 10 (3.33%) Actionable Recommendations
7 9 (3.00%) QA
8 7 (2.33%) Accessibility
8 7 (2.33%) Government Security Classifications
8 7 (2.33%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 5 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 5 (1.67%) NEBOSH
10 4 (1.33%) Data Quality
11 3 (1.00%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.67%) Def Stans
12 2 (0.67%) JTAG
System Software
1 17 (5.67%) Active Directory
2 11 (3.67%) Firmware
3 9 (3.00%) Docker
3 9 (3.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (2.00%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (1.67%) vSphere
6 4 (1.33%) VMware NSX
7 3 (1.00%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.33%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 1 (0.33%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.33%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 11 (3.67%) Kubernetes
2 9 (3.00%) Terraform
3 8 (2.67%) Ansible
4 5 (1.67%) Endace
5 4 (1.33%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (1.33%) vCenter Server
6 3 (1.00%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (1.00%) Kibana
6 3 (1.00%) Nagios
6 3 (1.00%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 3 (1.00%) Oracle RMAN
6 3 (1.00%) Prometheus
6 3 (1.00%) Puppet
7 2 (0.67%) Data Guard
8 1 (0.33%) Grafana
Vendors
1 16 (5.33%) Microsoft
2 15 (5.00%) ServiceNow
3 12 (4.00%) Cisco
3 12 (4.00%) VMware
4 8 (2.67%) Splunk
5 7 (2.33%) Google
5 7 (2.33%) Juniper
6 5 (1.67%) F5
6 5 (1.67%) Red Hat
6 5 (1.67%) Xilinx
7 4 (1.33%) Intel
7 4 (1.33%) Microsemi
7 4 (1.33%) Oracle
8 3 (1.00%) Commvault
8 3 (1.00%) Dell
8 3 (1.00%) Motorola
9 2 (0.67%) Fortinet
9 2 (0.67%) Yahoo!
10 1 (0.33%) Altera
10 1 (0.33%) Foundry