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 28 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 162 222 186
Rank change year-on-year +60 -36 +247
Permanent jobs citing DV Cleared 269 181 511
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.59% 1.41% 1.65%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.22% 4.84% 6.24%
Number of salaries quoted 182 93 232
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £43,775
25th Percentile £52,813 £47,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +4.35% +3.60%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £84,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +17.39% +4.55% -

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 4,327 3,742 8,186
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 25.64% 29.09% 26.50%
Number of salaries quoted 2,665 2,455 5,928
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,850 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £88,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.86% +5.45% -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 28 March 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 7 (2.60%) Apache
2 3 (1.12%) Tomcat
2 3 (1.12%) WebLogic
2 3 (1.12%) WebLogic Portal
3 2 (0.74%) Camunda
3 2 (0.74%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.37%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.37%) Confluence
4 1 (0.37%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.37%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 9 (3.35%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.12%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (1.12%) Oracle EBS
1 3 (1.12%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 42 (15.61%) AWS
2 41 (15.24%) Azure
3 9 (3.35%) OpenShift
4 7 (2.60%) GCP
5 6 (2.23%) AWS CloudFormation
5 6 (2.23%) Power Platform
6 5 (1.86%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (1.49%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (1.49%) OCI
8 2 (0.74%) GitHub
9 1 (0.37%) Azure AKS
9 1 (0.37%) Azure Key Vault
9 1 (0.37%) Azure Sentinel
9 1 (0.37%) Azure Storage
9 1 (0.37%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.37%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.37%) Pulumi
9 1 (0.37%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 22 (8.18%) Firewall
2 17 (6.32%) Network Security
3 10 (3.72%) VPN
3 10 (3.72%) WAN
4 7 (2.60%) BGP
4 7 (2.60%) Intrusion Detection
4 7 (2.60%) MPLS
5 6 (2.23%) Cisco Firepower
5 6 (2.23%) DMZ
5 6 (2.23%) HTTP
5 6 (2.23%) SNMP
6 5 (1.86%) VoIP
7 4 (1.49%) DNS
7 4 (1.49%) LAN
7 4 (1.49%) TCP/IP
8 3 (1.12%) Ethernet
8 3 (1.12%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (1.12%) Wireshark
9 2 (0.74%) ICMP
9 2 (0.74%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.72%) NoSQL
2 9 (3.35%) MongoDB
3 6 (2.23%) MySQL
4 5 (1.86%) Oracle Database
4 5 (1.86%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (1.49%) Power BI
5 4 (1.49%) Qlik Sense
5 4 (1.49%) Tableau
6 3 (1.12%) InfluxDB
6 3 (1.12%) Oracle Discoverer
6 3 (1.12%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (1.12%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.12%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.37%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.37%) Big Data
7 1 (0.37%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.37%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.37%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 11 (4.09%) Jenkins
2 5 (1.86%) GitLab
2 5 (1.86%) Robot Framework
3 4 (1.49%) JMeter
4 3 (1.12%) Bitbucket
4 3 (1.12%) Eclipse
4 3 (1.12%) Oracle APEX
4 3 (1.12%) Oracle Forms
4 3 (1.12%) SonarQube
5 2 (0.74%) IDA Disassembler
5 2 (0.74%) TestRail
6 1 (0.37%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.37%) Git
6 1 (0.37%) JIRA
6 1 (0.37%) Postman
6 1 (0.37%) Selenium
6 1 (0.37%) SoapUI
6 1 (0.37%) Subversion
General
1 56 (20.82%) Finance
2 51 (18.96%) Social Skills
3 39 (14.50%) Public Sector
4 25 (9.29%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (7.43%) Manufacturing
6 15 (5.58%) Electronics
6 15 (5.58%) Telecoms
7 14 (5.20%) Legal
8 11 (4.09%) Marketing
9 8 (2.97%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (2.60%) Military
11 4 (1.49%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.74%) Games
12 2 (0.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.74%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.74%) Law
13 1 (0.37%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.37%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.37%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 45 (16.73%) Analyst
2 44 (16.36%) Senior
3 37 (13.75%) Business Analyst
4 27 (10.04%) Architect
5 20 (7.43%) Senior Manager
6 19 (7.06%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 17 (6.32%) Consultant
8 16 (5.95%) Lead
9 14 (5.20%) Security Analyst
10 11 (4.09%) Administrator
10 11 (4.09%) Data Engineer
10 11 (4.09%) Data Scientist
11 10 (3.72%) Solutions Architect
12 9 (3.35%) DevOps Engineer
12 9 (3.35%) Security Consultant
13 8 (2.97%) Cybersecurity Consultant
13 8 (2.97%) DV Cleared Business Analyst
14 7 (2.60%) Cybersecurity Manager
14 7 (2.60%) Java Engineer
14 7 (2.60%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.09%) OLE
2 7 (2.60%) Spring
3 6 (2.23%) Kafka
4 5 (1.86%) Apache NiFi
4 5 (1.86%) Elastic Stack
4 5 (1.86%) Spring Boot
5 4 (1.49%) React
5 4 (1.49%) REST
6 3 (1.12%) AngularJS
6 3 (1.12%) ModSecurity
6 3 (1.12%) Oracle ADF
6 3 (1.12%) Vue
6 3 (1.12%) WebCenter
7 1 (0.37%) Flash
7 1 (0.37%) JSON
7 1 (0.37%) Oracle GoldenGate
7 1 (0.37%) RabbitMQ
7 1 (0.37%) RESTful
7 1 (0.37%) Web Services
7 1 (0.37%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (8.92%) Security Posture
1 24 (8.92%) Self-Motivation
2 18 (6.69%) Blog
2 18 (6.69%) Product Ownership
3 12 (4.46%) PKI
4 11 (4.09%) Cyber Security Posture
5 9 (3.35%) Cloud Native
6 7 (2.60%) Management Information System
7 6 (2.23%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (2.23%) Cloud Security Posture
7 6 (2.23%) Cyber Kill Chain
8 5 (1.86%) Security Operations Centre
9 4 (1.49%) Arduino
9 4 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (1.49%) Microsoft Licensing
9 4 (1.49%) Raspberry Pi
10 3 (1.12%) Cyber Defence
10 3 (1.12%) Driving Licence
11 2 (0.74%) Linux Command Line
11 2 (0.74%) YubiKey
Operating Systems
1 39 (14.50%) Linux
2 30 (11.15%) Windows
3 9 (3.35%) Windows Server
4 6 (2.23%) Unix
5 4 (1.49%) CentOS
5 4 (1.49%) Windows 10
6 3 (1.12%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.37%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (24.16%) Agile
2 36 (13.38%) Cybersecurity
3 35 (13.01%) Problem-Solving
4 28 (10.41%) Collaborative Culture
4 28 (10.41%) DevOps
5 24 (8.92%) Risk Management
6 23 (8.55%) Roadmaps
7 22 (8.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
8 20 (7.43%) Technology Transformation
9 19 (7.06%) Data Science
9 19 (7.06%) Information Security
10 18 (6.69%) AI
10 18 (6.69%) Collaborative Working
10 18 (6.69%) Mentoring
11 16 (5.95%) Cloud Security
11 16 (5.95%) Coaching
11 16 (5.95%) Technical Leadership
12 15 (5.58%) CI/CD
12 15 (5.58%) Infrastructure as Code
12 15 (5.58%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 21 (7.81%) Python
2 19 (7.06%) Java
3 16 (5.95%) SQL
4 12 (4.46%) Bash
5 11 (4.09%) PowerShell
6 8 (2.97%) C
7 5 (1.86%) C++
7 5 (1.86%) JavaScript
8 4 (1.49%) Bicep
8 4 (1.49%) Groovy
9 3 (1.12%) Go
9 3 (1.12%) Pascal
9 3 (1.12%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.37%) Korn
10 1 (0.37%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 269 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 138 (51.30%) SC Cleared
3 31 (11.52%) Degree
4 20 (7.43%) CISSP
5 9 (3.35%) CISM
5 9 (3.35%) HNC
6 7 (2.60%) Cisco Certification
6 7 (2.60%) CRISC
6 7 (2.60%) GSEC
7 6 (2.23%) CCIE
8 5 (1.86%) CREST Certified
8 5 (1.86%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (1.49%) A+ Certification
9 4 (1.49%) Azure Certification
9 4 (1.49%) Computer Science Degree
10 3 (1.12%) CCNP
10 3 (1.12%) NVQ Level 3
11 2 (0.74%) ACCA
11 2 (0.74%) CCNA
11 2 (0.74%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (13.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (7.06%) GDPR
3 17 (6.32%) NIST
4 13 (4.83%) JSP 440
5 12 (4.46%) PCI DSS
6 10 (3.72%) GRC
7 7 (2.60%) Government Security Classifications
7 7 (2.60%) HMG Security Policy Framework
7 7 (2.60%) NCSC
8 6 (2.23%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 6 (2.23%) QA
9 4 (1.49%) Data Quality
10 3 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials
10 3 (1.12%) ISO 14001
10 3 (1.12%) ISO 9001
10 3 (1.12%) NEBOSH
11 1 (0.37%) Accessibility
System Software
1 14 (5.20%) Docker
2 13 (4.83%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.86%) VMware Infrastructure
4 4 (1.49%) Firmware
5 2 (0.74%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.74%) VMware NSX
5 2 (0.74%) vSphere
6 1 (0.37%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 1 (0.37%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.37%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.37%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 18 (6.69%) Kubernetes
2 12 (4.46%) Terraform
3 9 (3.35%) Ansible
4 6 (2.23%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 5 (1.86%) Endace
6 4 (1.49%) Puppet
6 4 (1.49%) SCCM
6 4 (1.49%) WSUS
7 3 (1.12%) Oracle RMAN
8 2 (0.74%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 2 (0.74%) Data Guard
8 2 (0.74%) Grafana
8 2 (0.74%) Kibana
8 2 (0.74%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.74%) Nagios
8 2 (0.74%) Nessus
8 2 (0.74%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.74%) vCenter Server
8 2 (0.74%) ZABBIX
9 1 (0.37%) Docker Swarm
Vendors
1 22 (8.18%) Microsoft
2 13 (4.83%) Cisco
3 11 (4.09%) Oracle
3 11 (4.09%) SAP
4 10 (3.72%) Splunk
4 10 (3.72%) VMware
5 8 (2.97%) Google
6 7 (2.60%) Red Hat
7 6 (2.23%) F5
7 6 (2.23%) Juniper
8 3 (1.12%) Atlassian
8 3 (1.12%) Dell
8 3 (1.12%) IFS
8 3 (1.12%) Motorola
9 2 (0.74%) Commvault
9 2 (0.74%) Fortinet
9 2 (0.74%) Palo Alto
9 2 (0.74%) Tenable
10 1 (0.37%) ArcSight
10 1 (0.37%) ExtraHop