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

6 months to
26 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 187 112 211
Rank change year-on-year -75 +99 +41
Permanent jobs citing DV Cleared 316 481 422
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.45% 2.92% 1.54%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.97% 8.64% 5.73%
Number of salaries quoted 213 132 235
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,672 £43,227
25th Percentile £53,750 £57,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £60,202
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +7.97% +0.34%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £75,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +15.38% +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 4,531 5,565 7,368
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.75% 33.76% 26.91%
Number of salaries quoted 3,055 2,480 4,500
10th Percentile £33,350 £29,494 £33,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,750 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.23% +0.43% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £73,784 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £86,250
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 26 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 13 (4.11%) Apache
2 3 (0.95%) Apache Spark
2 3 (0.95%) Camunda
3 2 (0.63%) Confluence
3 2 (0.63%) OpenStack
3 2 (0.63%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.32%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 10 (3.16%) Simulink
2 5 (1.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.58%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.63%) Mathcad
Business Applications
1 2 (0.63%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 50 (15.82%) Azure
2 48 (15.19%) AWS
3 11 (3.48%) GCP
4 5 (1.58%) Azure DevOps
4 5 (1.58%) Entra ID
4 5 (1.58%) SaaS
5 2 (0.63%) OpenShift
5 2 (0.63%) Power Platform
5 2 (0.63%) WhatsApp
6 1 (0.32%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (0.32%) Azure Sentinel
6 1 (0.32%) BrowserStack
6 1 (0.32%) GitHub
6 1 (0.32%) GitHub Actions
6 1 (0.32%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 17 (5.38%) Network Security
2 16 (5.06%) Firewall
2 16 (5.06%) WAN
3 11 (3.48%) BGP
3 11 (3.48%) VPN
4 9 (2.85%) MPLS
5 7 (2.22%) DNS
5 7 (2.22%) LAN
6 6 (1.90%) DHCP
6 6 (1.90%) Intrusion Detection
7 5 (1.58%) Cisco Firepower
7 5 (1.58%) HTTP
7 5 (1.58%) SNMP
8 4 (1.27%) DMZ
9 3 (0.95%) OSPF
9 3 (0.95%) VLAN
10 2 (0.63%) TCP/IP
10 2 (0.63%) UWB
10 2 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
10 2 (0.63%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (4.43%) NoSQL
2 10 (3.16%) MongoDB
3 6 (1.90%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (1.27%) SQL Server
5 3 (0.95%) Big Data
6 2 (0.63%) Hadoop
6 2 (0.63%) InfluxDB
6 2 (0.63%) MariaDB
6 2 (0.63%) MySQL
6 2 (0.63%) Oracle Database
6 2 (0.63%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.32%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.32%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.32%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.32%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 7 (2.22%) Git
2 6 (1.90%) Jenkins
2 6 (1.90%) Rational DOORS
3 5 (1.58%) GitLab
4 4 (1.27%) JIRA
5 2 (0.63%) JMeter
5 2 (0.63%) LabVIEW
5 2 (0.63%) Selenium
6 1 (0.32%) CMake
6 1 (0.32%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.32%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.32%) Postman
6 1 (0.32%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.32%) Robot Framework
6 1 (0.32%) Snyk
6 1 (0.32%) SoapUI
6 1 (0.32%) TestRail
General
1 81 (25.63%) Social Skills
2 73 (23.10%) Public Sector
3 57 (18.04%) Finance
4 32 (10.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 31 (9.81%) Aerospace
6 19 (6.01%) Analytical Skills
7 13 (4.11%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (3.16%) Electronics
9 9 (2.85%) Military
10 8 (2.53%) Legal
11 5 (1.58%) French Language
12 4 (1.27%) Law
12 4 (1.27%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.95%) Telecoms
14 2 (0.63%) Police
15 1 (0.32%) Advertising
15 1 (0.32%) Automotive
15 1 (0.32%) Documentation Skills
15 1 (0.32%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 42 (13.29%) Senior
2 41 (12.97%) Consultant
3 34 (10.76%) Software Engineer
4 33 (10.44%) Lead
5 28 (8.86%) Architect
6 21 (6.65%) Data Engineer
7 20 (6.33%) Principal Engineer
8 18 (5.70%) Security Consultant
9 14 (4.43%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 14 (4.43%) Project Manager
10 13 (4.11%) Senior Manager
11 12 (3.80%) Analyst
11 12 (3.80%) Designer
11 12 (3.80%) Systems Engineer
12 11 (3.48%) DV Cleared Technical Consultant
12 11 (3.48%) Java Engineer
12 11 (3.48%) ServiceNow Consultant
12 11 (3.48%) Technical Consultant
13 10 (3.16%) Auditor
13 10 (3.16%) DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (5.06%) REST
2 12 (3.80%) Kafka
3 11 (3.48%) Apache NiFi
3 11 (3.48%) SOAP
4 5 (1.58%) ModSecurity
5 4 (1.27%) Elastic Stack
5 4 (1.27%) Spring
6 3 (0.95%) Godot
6 3 (0.95%) JSON
6 3 (0.95%) RabbitMQ
6 3 (0.95%) Unreal Engine
7 2 (0.63%) React
8 1 (0.32%) AngularJS
8 1 (0.32%) OAuth
8 1 (0.32%) OpenID
8 1 (0.32%) Oracle GoldenGate
8 1 (0.32%) PostGIS
8 1 (0.32%) TensorFlow
8 1 (0.32%) XML
8 1 (0.32%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (5.06%) Blog
2 15 (4.75%) CMDB
2 15 (4.75%) Self-Motivation
3 13 (4.11%) PKI
3 13 (4.11%) Security Posture
4 10 (3.16%) Cloud Native
4 10 (3.16%) Management Information System
5 8 (2.53%) Embedded Systems
5 8 (2.53%) FPGA
5 8 (2.53%) VHDL
6 7 (2.22%) Product Ownership
7 6 (1.90%) Greenfield Project
7 6 (1.90%) Verilog
8 5 (1.58%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (1.58%) Raspberry Pi
9 4 (1.27%) AI Agents
9 4 (1.27%) Cloud Security Posture
9 4 (1.27%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 4 (1.27%) Distributed Computing
9 4 (1.27%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 32 (10.13%) Linux
2 23 (7.28%) Windows
3 12 (3.80%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.58%) Unix
4 5 (1.58%) Windows Server 2016
5 2 (0.63%) CentOS
5 2 (0.63%) Windows Server 2019
6 1 (0.32%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (18.99%) Cybersecurity
2 54 (17.09%) Agile
3 48 (15.19%) Software Engineering
4 43 (13.61%) AI
5 40 (12.66%) Technical Leadership
6 38 (12.03%) Problem-Solving
7 36 (11.39%) Continuous Improvement
7 36 (11.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 35 (11.08%) Stakeholder Management
9 34 (10.76%) DevOps
10 29 (9.18%) CI/CD
10 29 (9.18%) Mentoring
11 26 (8.23%) Collaborative Culture
11 26 (8.23%) Presales
12 25 (7.91%) ITIL
13 24 (7.59%) Containerisation
14 22 (6.96%) Cloud Security
14 22 (6.96%) Infrastructure as Code
15 21 (6.65%) Data Science
15 21 (6.65%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 34 (10.76%) Python
2 28 (8.86%) Java
3 17 (5.38%) C
3 17 (5.38%) SQL
4 15 (4.75%) C++
5 8 (2.53%) Groovy
5 8 (2.53%) PowerShell
6 7 (2.22%) MATLAB
6 7 (2.22%) SystemVerilog
7 6 (1.90%) JavaScript
8 5 (1.58%) Bash
8 5 (1.58%) C#
9 4 (1.27%) TypeScript
10 3 (0.95%) Bicep
10 3 (0.95%) Go
10 3 (0.95%) Pascal
11 2 (0.63%) Ada
11 2 (0.63%) Rust
12 1 (0.32%) Embedded C
12 1 (0.32%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 316 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 196 (62.03%) SC Cleared
3 58 (18.35%) Degree
4 40 (12.66%) BPSS Clearance
5 16 (5.06%) CISSP
6 13 (4.11%) Computer Science Degree
7 12 (3.80%) CISM
8 11 (3.48%) CRISC
9 10 (3.16%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 8 (2.53%) AWS Certification
10 8 (2.53%) CREST Certified
11 6 (1.90%) Cisco Certification
11 6 (1.90%) GSEC
12 5 (1.58%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 5 (1.58%) PhD
13 4 (1.27%) HNC
14 3 (0.95%) CCNA
14 3 (0.95%) CCNP
14 3 (0.95%) ISTQB
14 3 (0.95%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (11.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 30 (9.49%) Accessibility
3 19 (6.01%) NIST
4 15 (4.75%) JSP 440
4 15 (4.75%) NCSC
5 14 (4.43%) PCI DSS
6 13 (4.11%) GDPR
7 11 (3.48%) GRC
8 10 (3.16%) Actionable Recommendations
8 10 (3.16%) QA
9 6 (1.90%) Government Security Classifications
9 6 (1.90%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 5 (1.58%) Data Quality
10 5 (1.58%) NEBOSH
11 4 (1.27%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 2 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
12 2 (0.63%) Def Stans
12 2 (0.63%) JTAG
13 1 (0.32%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (6.01%) Active Directory
2 15 (4.75%) Firmware
3 11 (3.48%) Docker
3 11 (3.48%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (2.22%) VMware ESXi
5 5 (1.58%) VMware NSX
5 5 (1.58%) vSphere
6 3 (0.95%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.32%) Citrix Hypervisor
7 1 (0.32%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.32%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 14 (4.43%) Kubernetes
2 11 (3.48%) Terraform
3 9 (2.85%) Ansible
4 5 (1.58%) Endace
5 4 (1.27%) Single Sign-On
5 4 (1.27%) vCenter Server
6 3 (0.95%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 3 (0.95%) Kibana
6 3 (0.95%) Nagios
6 3 (0.95%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 3 (0.95%) Oracle RMAN
6 3 (0.95%) Prometheus
6 3 (0.95%) Puppet
7 2 (0.63%) Data Guard
8 1 (0.32%) FortiGate
8 1 (0.32%) Grafana
Vendors
1 17 (5.38%) Microsoft
2 15 (4.75%) ServiceNow
3 14 (4.43%) Cisco
3 14 (4.43%) VMware
4 8 (2.53%) Juniper
4 8 (2.53%) Splunk
5 6 (1.90%) Google
5 6 (1.90%) Xilinx
6 5 (1.58%) F5
6 5 (1.58%) Oracle
6 5 (1.58%) Red Hat
7 4 (1.27%) Intel
7 4 (1.27%) Microsemi
8 3 (0.95%) Commvault
8 3 (0.95%) Dell
8 3 (0.95%) Motorola
8 3 (0.95%) Siemens
9 2 (0.63%) Fortinet
9 2 (0.63%) IBM
9 2 (0.63%) Yahoo!