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 11 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 162 208 175
Rank change year-on-year +46 -33 +269
Permanent jobs citing DV Cleared 247 291 385
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.62% 1.55% 1.87%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.70% 5.74% 6.71%
Number of salaries quoted 149 151 220
10th Percentile £45,608 £44,106 £41,867
25th Percentile £56,250 £53,125 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £77,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.68% +40.91% -13.73%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £71,194
90th Percentile £90,000 - £80,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% +9.09% -4.35%

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 5,254 5,074 5,736
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.35% 26.98% 27.81%
Number of salaries quoted 2,437 2,617 4,273
10th Percentile £29,750 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,750 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +0.80%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £76,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £88,850 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,125 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.98% +2.83% -

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 11 December 2025.

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 3 (1.21%) Tomcat
1 3 (1.21%) WebLogic
1 3 (1.21%) WebLogic Portal
2 2 (0.81%) Apache
2 2 (0.81%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.40%) Camunda
Applications
1 3 (1.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.40%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.21%) Oracle EBS
1 3 (1.21%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 35 (14.17%) Azure
2 30 (12.15%) AWS
3 12 (4.86%) GCP
4 11 (4.45%) OCI
5 8 (3.24%) SaaS
6 7 (2.83%) Azure Stack
6 7 (2.83%) Entra ID
6 7 (2.83%) IaaS
6 7 (2.83%) PaaS
7 6 (2.43%) AWS CloudFormation
7 6 (2.43%) OpenShift
8 5 (2.02%) Power Platform
9 3 (1.21%) GitHub
9 3 (1.21%) Serverless
10 2 (0.81%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (0.81%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (0.81%) Microsoft 365
10 2 (0.81%) PowerApps
11 1 (0.40%) Amazon EC2
11 1 (0.40%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.05%) Firewall
1 10 (4.05%) VPN
2 9 (3.64%) LAN
3 7 (2.83%) Junos
4 6 (2.43%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (2.02%) MPLS
5 5 (2.02%) Network Security
5 5 (2.02%) WAN
6 4 (1.62%) BGP
6 4 (1.62%) Cisco IOS
6 4 (1.62%) DMZ
6 4 (1.62%) Ethernet
6 4 (1.62%) IPsec
6 4 (1.62%) Wireshark
7 2 (0.81%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.81%) VoIP
8 1 (0.40%) Frame Relay
8 1 (0.40%) ICMP
8 1 (0.40%) VLAN
8 1 (0.40%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (2.43%) NoSQL
2 5 (2.02%) Power BI
3 3 (1.21%) MongoDB
3 3 (1.21%) Oracle Database
3 3 (1.21%) Oracle Discoverer
3 3 (1.21%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (1.21%) Qlik Sense
3 3 (1.21%) Tableau
4 2 (0.81%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.81%) InfluxDB
4 2 (0.81%) MySQL
4 2 (0.81%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.81%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.40%) Amazon Aurora
5 1 (0.40%) DB2
5 1 (0.40%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (0.40%) Geospatial Data
5 1 (0.40%) GIS
5 1 (0.40%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 9 (3.64%) Jenkins
2 4 (1.62%) GitLab
2 4 (1.62%) Robot Framework
3 3 (1.21%) JMeter
3 3 (1.21%) Oracle APEX
3 3 (1.21%) Oracle Forms
3 3 (1.21%) Selenium
4 2 (0.81%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.81%) Eclipse
4 2 (0.81%) Git
4 2 (0.81%) IDA Disassembler
4 2 (0.81%) SonarQube
4 2 (0.81%) TestRail
5 1 (0.40%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.40%) Gatling
5 1 (0.40%) LoadRunner
5 1 (0.40%) Subversion
General
1 72 (29.15%) Finance
2 46 (18.62%) Analytical Skills
3 45 (18.22%) Social Skills
4 40 (16.19%) Public Sector
5 31 (12.55%) Electronics
6 24 (9.72%) Telecoms
7 15 (6.07%) Manufacturing
8 14 (5.67%) Marketing
9 12 (4.86%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (2.02%) Military
11 3 (1.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.21%) Legal
12 2 (0.81%) Advertising
12 2 (0.81%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.40%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.40%) Games
13 1 (0.40%) Law
13 1 (0.40%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 47 (19.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 39 (15.79%) Administrator
3 36 (14.57%) Systems Administrator
4 33 (13.36%) Senior
5 31 (12.55%) Architect
6 29 (11.74%) Systems Engineer
7 22 (8.91%) Analyst
8 12 (4.86%) Business Analyst
9 10 (4.05%) Cloud Architect
10 9 (3.64%) Consultant
10 9 (3.64%) Lead
10 9 (3.64%) Security Architect
11 8 (3.24%) Electronics Engineer
11 8 (3.24%) Senior Electronics Engineer
12 7 (2.83%) IT Engineer
12 7 (2.83%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
12 7 (2.83%) Network Engineer
13 6 (2.43%) Security Analyst
14 5 (2.02%) Security Consultant
14 5 (2.02%) Technical Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (15.38%) OLE
2 5 (2.02%) Elastic Stack
3 3 (1.21%) EDI
3 3 (1.21%) ModSecurity
3 3 (1.21%) Oracle ADF
3 3 (1.21%) WebCenter
4 2 (0.81%) Spring
4 2 (0.81%) Spring Boot
5 1 (0.40%) EJB
5 1 (0.40%) Flash
5 1 (0.40%) JSON
5 1 (0.40%) Node.js
5 1 (0.40%) Pandas
5 1 (0.40%) React
5 1 (0.40%) Web Services
5 1 (0.40%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 54 (21.86%) e-Learning
2 11 (4.45%) Self-Motivation
3 9 (3.64%) Cloud Native
3 9 (3.64%) Data Centre
4 8 (3.24%) FPGA
4 8 (3.24%) Private Cloud
5 7 (2.83%) Analytical Mindset
5 7 (2.83%) Hybrid Cloud
5 7 (2.83%) Onboarding
5 7 (2.83%) Product Ownership
6 5 (2.02%) Cyber Kill Chain
6 5 (2.02%) PKI
6 5 (2.02%) Public Cloud
6 5 (2.02%) Security Posture
7 4 (1.62%) Cloud Security Posture
7 4 (1.62%) Cyber Defence
8 3 (1.21%) Blog
8 3 (1.21%) Cyber Threat
8 3 (1.21%) Driving Licence
8 3 (1.21%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 63 (25.51%) Linux
2 28 (11.34%) Unix
3 23 (9.31%) Windows
4 11 (4.45%) Windows Server
5 7 (2.83%) Rocky
5 7 (2.83%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (1.21%) CentOS
7 1 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.40%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (21.86%) Innovative Thinking
2 53 (21.46%) Problem-Solving
3 51 (20.65%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 46 (18.62%) Agile
5 37 (14.98%) High Availability
6 24 (9.72%) Cybersecurity
7 19 (7.69%) Mathematics
7 19 (7.69%) Physics
7 19 (7.69%) Trend Analysis
8 18 (7.29%) Containerisation
9 17 (6.88%) CI/CD
10 16 (6.48%) Infrastructure as Code
11 15 (6.07%) Business Intelligence
11 15 (6.07%) DevOps
12 14 (5.67%) Collaborative Culture
12 14 (5.67%) Digital Marketing
12 14 (5.67%) Programme Management
12 14 (5.67%) Software Engineering
13 12 (4.86%) Continuous Improvement
14 11 (4.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 19 (7.69%) Python
2 12 (4.86%) SQL
3 9 (3.64%) Bash
4 8 (3.24%) PowerShell
5 6 (2.43%) C
5 6 (2.43%) C++
6 5 (2.02%) Java
7 4 (1.62%) JavaScript
8 3 (1.21%) Bicep
8 3 (1.21%) PL/SQL
9 2 (0.81%) Go
9 2 (0.81%) VBA
10 1 (0.40%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 247 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 128 (51.82%) SC Cleared
3 45 (18.22%) Cisco Certification
3 45 (18.22%) Degree
4 43 (17.41%) CCNP
5 34 (13.77%) CCNA
6 13 (5.26%) Azure Certification
7 9 (3.64%) RHCSA
8 8 (3.24%) NVQ Level 3
9 7 (2.83%) BPSS Clearance
9 7 (2.83%) CISM
9 7 (2.83%) CISSP
9 7 (2.83%) Network+ Certification
10 5 (2.02%) City & Guilds
11 4 (1.62%) Computer Science Degree
11 4 (1.62%) JNCIS
12 3 (1.21%) CITP
13 2 (0.81%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
13 2 (0.81%) JNCIA
13 2 (0.81%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (6.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 13 (5.26%) NIST
3 8 (3.24%) GRC
4 7 (2.83%) JSP 440
4 7 (2.83%) NCSC
4 7 (2.83%) QA
5 6 (2.43%) GDPR
6 5 (2.02%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 4 (1.62%) PCI DSS
8 3 (1.21%) Accessibility
8 3 (1.21%) ISO 14001
8 3 (1.21%) ISO 9001
8 3 (1.21%) NEBOSH
9 1 (0.40%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 15 (6.07%) Docker
2 12 (4.86%) Active Directory
3 8 (3.24%) Firmware
4 7 (2.83%) Hyper-V
5 4 (1.62%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.40%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.40%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.40%) VMware NSX
6 1 (0.40%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 22 (8.91%) Kubernetes
2 13 (5.26%) Terraform
3 10 (4.05%) Ansible
4 4 (1.62%) Grafana
5 3 (1.21%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 2 (0.81%) Docker Swarm
6 2 (0.81%) Endace
6 2 (0.81%) Nessus
6 2 (0.81%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.81%) WSUS
6 2 (0.81%) ZABBIX
7 1 (0.40%) Argo
7 1 (0.40%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 1 (0.40%) OpenView
7 1 (0.40%) Puppet
7 1 (0.40%) Rancher
7 1 (0.40%) Tivoli
7 1 (0.40%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 47 (19.03%) Cisco
2 14 (5.67%) SAP
3 12 (4.86%) Red Hat
4 11 (4.45%) Juniper
5 9 (3.64%) Microsoft
6 7 (2.83%) Dell
7 6 (2.43%) Oracle
7 6 (2.43%) Splunk
8 4 (1.62%) VMware
9 3 (1.21%) IFS
10 2 (0.81%) Atlassian
10 2 (0.81%) Google
11 1 (0.40%) ArcSight
11 1 (0.40%) Citrix
11 1 (0.40%) EMC
11 1 (0.40%) Fortinet
11 1 (0.40%) HP
11 1 (0.40%) Riverbed
11 1 (0.40%) Siebel
11 1 (0.40%) SolarWinds