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

6 months to
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 169 195 189
Rank change year-on-year +26 -6 +239
Permanent jobs citing DV Cleared 243 269 469
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.48% 1.73% 1.71%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.91% 5.88% 6.29%
Number of salaries quoted 158 118 228
10th Percentile £39,280 £45,432 £46,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £50,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £67,820 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.16% +23.31% -0.90%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £83,750
UK median annual salary £67,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +12.50% +9.09% -

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 4,947 4,573 7,451
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 30.08% 29.45% 27.11%
Number of salaries quoted 2,636 2,427 5,453
10th Percentile £30,750 £32,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £42,779
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,563 £74,144 £73,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £88,750 £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 19 February 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 (1.65%) Apache
2 3 (1.23%) Tomcat
2 3 (1.23%) WebLogic
2 3 (1.23%) WebLogic Portal
3 2 (0.82%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.41%) Camunda
4 1 (0.41%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.06%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (1.23%) Oracle EBS
1 3 (1.23%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 31 (12.76%) AWS
2 30 (12.35%) Azure
3 8 (3.29%) OpenShift
4 7 (2.88%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (2.47%) Power Platform
6 5 (2.06%) AWS CloudFormation
6 5 (2.06%) GCP
7 4 (1.65%) OCI
8 2 (0.82%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (0.82%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.41%) AWS KMS
9 1 (0.41%) Azure AKS
9 1 (0.41%) Azure Key Vault
9 1 (0.41%) Azure Storage
9 1 (0.41%) Entra ID
9 1 (0.41%) GitHub
9 1 (0.41%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 17 (7.00%) Firewall
2 13 (5.35%) Network Security
3 12 (4.94%) VPN
4 9 (3.70%) BGP
4 9 (3.70%) MPLS
5 7 (2.88%) DMZ
6 6 (2.47%) VoIP
7 5 (2.06%) Cisco Firepower
7 5 (2.06%) HTTP
7 5 (2.06%) IPsec
7 5 (2.06%) LAN
7 5 (2.06%) SNMP
7 5 (2.06%) WAN
8 4 (1.65%) Cisco IOS
8 4 (1.65%) Ethernet
8 4 (1.65%) Junos
8 4 (1.65%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (1.65%) Wireshark
9 3 (1.23%) Intrusion Detection
9 3 (1.23%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.88%) NoSQL
2 6 (2.47%) MongoDB
2 6 (2.47%) Power BI
3 4 (1.65%) MySQL
3 4 (1.65%) Qlik Sense
3 4 (1.65%) Tableau
4 3 (1.23%) Oracle Database
4 3 (1.23%) Oracle Discoverer
4 3 (1.23%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (0.82%) InfluxDB
5 2 (0.82%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.82%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.41%) Amazon Aurora
6 1 (0.41%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.41%) DB2
6 1 (0.41%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.41%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 10 (4.12%) Jenkins
2 5 (2.06%) Robot Framework
3 4 (1.65%) GitLab
4 3 (1.23%) Bitbucket
4 3 (1.23%) Eclipse
4 3 (1.23%) JMeter
4 3 (1.23%) Oracle APEX
4 3 (1.23%) Oracle Forms
4 3 (1.23%) Selenium
4 3 (1.23%) SonarQube
5 2 (0.82%) Git
5 2 (0.82%) IDA Disassembler
5 2 (0.82%) TestRail
6 1 (0.41%) JIRA
6 1 (0.41%) Subversion
General
1 57 (23.46%) Finance
2 43 (17.70%) Social Skills
3 32 (13.17%) Public Sector
4 27 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (7.41%) Manufacturing
6 17 (7.00%) Electronics
6 17 (7.00%) Telecoms
7 12 (4.94%) Marketing
8 9 (3.70%) Legal
9 8 (3.29%) Military
10 7 (2.88%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (1.65%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (1.23%) Games
13 2 (0.82%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.41%) Aerospace
14 1 (0.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 1 (0.41%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 49 (20.16%) Analyst
2 45 (18.52%) Senior
3 36 (14.81%) Business Analyst
4 22 (9.05%) Architect
5 17 (7.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 16 (6.58%) Administrator
7 15 (6.17%) Security Analyst
7 15 (6.17%) Senior Manager
8 13 (5.35%) Consultant
8 13 (5.35%) Systems Administrator
9 12 (4.94%) Lead
10 11 (4.53%) Data Scientist
11 10 (4.12%) Solutions Architect
12 8 (3.29%) DV Cleared Business Analyst
12 8 (3.29%) Network Engineer
12 8 (3.29%) Senior Analyst
13 7 (2.88%) Systems Engineer
14 6 (2.47%) Data Analyst
14 6 (2.47%) Senior Business Analyst
14 6 (2.47%) Senior Data Scientist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.53%) OLE
2 6 (2.47%) Spring
3 5 (2.06%) Elastic Stack
3 5 (2.06%) Spring Boot
4 4 (1.65%) React
5 3 (1.23%) AngularJS
5 3 (1.23%) ModSecurity
5 3 (1.23%) Oracle ADF
5 3 (1.23%) REST
5 3 (1.23%) Vue
5 3 (1.23%) WebCenter
6 2 (0.82%) Apache NiFi
6 2 (0.82%) Kafka
6 2 (0.82%) Web Services
7 1 (0.41%) EDI
7 1 (0.41%) Flash
7 1 (0.41%) JSON
7 1 (0.41%) Pandas
7 1 (0.41%) RESTful
7 1 (0.41%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (9.05%) Security Posture
1 22 (9.05%) Self-Motivation
2 18 (7.41%) Product Ownership
3 11 (4.53%) Cyber Security Posture
3 11 (4.53%) PKI
4 10 (4.12%) e-Learning
5 9 (3.70%) Blog
5 9 (3.70%) Cloud Native
6 8 (3.29%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 7 (2.88%) Analytical Mindset
7 7 (2.88%) Cloud Security Posture
8 5 (2.06%) Security Operations Centre
9 4 (1.65%) Cyber Defence
9 4 (1.65%) Microsoft Licensing
10 3 (1.23%) Cyber Threat
10 3 (1.23%) Driving Licence
10 3 (1.23%) Management Information System
11 2 (0.82%) Linux Command Line
11 2 (0.82%) Private Cloud
11 2 (0.82%) YubiKey
Operating Systems
1 34 (13.99%) Linux
2 21 (8.64%) Windows
3 10 (4.12%) Unix
4 5 (2.06%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.65%) Windows 10
6 3 (1.23%) CentOS
7 2 (0.82%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.41%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (27.57%) Agile
2 33 (13.58%) Problem-Solving
3 32 (13.17%) Cybersecurity
4 27 (11.11%) Collaborative Culture
5 22 (9.05%) DevOps
5 22 (9.05%) Risk Management
6 20 (8.23%) Infrastructure Engineering
6 20 (8.23%) Technology Transformation
7 18 (7.41%) Data Science
8 17 (7.00%) Coaching
9 15 (6.17%) Information Security
9 15 (6.17%) Roadmaps
10 14 (5.76%) AI
10 14 (5.76%) Business Intelligence
10 14 (5.76%) CI/CD
10 14 (5.76%) Requirements Gathering
10 14 (5.76%) Scaled Agile Framework
11 13 (5.35%) Continuous Improvement
11 13 (5.35%) Data Analysis
11 13 (5.35%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 21 (8.64%) Python
2 15 (6.17%) Java
3 12 (4.94%) SQL
4 10 (4.12%) Bash
5 8 (3.29%) PowerShell
6 6 (2.47%) C
6 6 (2.47%) C++
7 5 (2.06%) JavaScript
8 3 (1.23%) PL/SQL
9 2 (0.82%) Go
9 2 (0.82%) Groovy
9 2 (0.82%) VBA
10 1 (0.41%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 243 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 128 (52.67%) SC Cleared
3 30 (12.35%) Degree
4 19 (7.82%) Cisco Certification
4 19 (7.82%) CISSP
5 15 (6.17%) CCNP
6 13 (5.35%) CCNA
7 9 (3.70%) HNC
8 8 (3.29%) CISM
9 5 (2.06%) Azure Certification
10 4 (1.65%) A+ Certification
10 4 (1.65%) CCIE
10 4 (1.65%) JNCIS
11 3 (1.23%) CRISC
11 3 (1.23%) GSEC
11 3 (1.23%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (1.23%) NVQ Level 3
12 2 (0.82%) AAT
12 2 (0.82%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.82%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (12.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 17 (7.00%) GDPR
2 17 (7.00%) NIST
3 12 (4.94%) JSP 440
4 10 (4.12%) GRC
5 9 (3.70%) NCSC
6 8 (3.29%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 8 (3.29%) PCI DSS
7 7 (2.88%) QA
8 3 (1.23%) Accessibility
8 3 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (1.23%) Government Security Classifications
8 3 (1.23%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 3 (1.23%) ISO 14001
8 3 (1.23%) ISO 9001
8 3 (1.23%) NEBOSH
9 2 (0.82%) Data Quality
System Software
1 12 (4.94%) Docker
2 7 (2.88%) Active Directory
3 3 (1.23%) Firmware
4 2 (0.82%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.41%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.41%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.41%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 14 (5.76%) Kubernetes
2 8 (3.29%) Ansible
2 8 (3.29%) Terraform
3 4 (1.65%) Endace
3 4 (1.65%) SCCM
3 4 (1.65%) WSUS
4 3 (1.23%) Grafana
4 3 (1.23%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 3 (1.23%) Puppet
5 2 (0.82%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.82%) Nessus
5 2 (0.82%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.82%) ZABBIX
6 1 (0.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.41%) Docker Swarm
6 1 (0.41%) Kibana
6 1 (0.41%) Nagios
6 1 (0.41%) OpenView
6 1 (0.41%) Rancher
6 1 (0.41%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 23 (9.47%) Cisco
2 16 (6.58%) Microsoft
3 12 (4.94%) SAP
4 8 (3.29%) Juniper
4 8 (3.29%) Oracle
4 8 (3.29%) Splunk
5 7 (2.88%) Red Hat
6 6 (2.47%) VMware
7 5 (2.06%) F5
8 4 (1.65%) Google
9 3 (1.23%) Atlassian
9 3 (1.23%) IFS
10 2 (0.82%) Dell
10 2 (0.82%) Palo Alto
10 2 (0.82%) Tenable
11 1 (0.41%) Commvault
11 1 (0.41%) EMC
11 1 (0.41%) HP
11 1 (0.41%) Riverbed
11 1 (0.41%) Siebel