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

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 153 244 184
Rank change year-on-year +91 -60 +244
Permanent jobs citing DV Cleared 291 161 523
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.68% 1.24% 1.65%
As % of the Qualifications category 6.92% 4.16% 6.24%
Number of salaries quoted 202 93 238
10th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £43,227
25th Percentile £53,750 £47,500 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% +8.70% +3.60%
75th Percentile £80,000 £68,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £82,000 £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 4,204 3,874 8,376
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 24.26% 29.77% 26.44%
Number of salaries quoted 2,796 2,484 5,969
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,750 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,100 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.17% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £57,553 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.09% +4.55% -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 11 April 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 (2.41%) Apache
2 3 (1.03%) Tomcat
2 3 (1.03%) WebLogic
2 3 (1.03%) WebLogic Portal
3 2 (0.69%) Camunda
3 2 (0.69%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.34%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.34%) Confluence
4 1 (0.34%) OpenStack
4 1 (0.34%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 9 (3.09%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.03%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (1.03%) Oracle EBS
1 3 (1.03%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 43 (14.78%) AWS
1 43 (14.78%) Azure
2 9 (3.09%) OpenShift
3 8 (2.75%) GCP
4 6 (2.06%) AWS CloudFormation
4 6 (2.06%) Power Platform
5 5 (1.72%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (1.37%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (1.37%) OCI
7 2 (0.69%) GitHub
8 1 (0.34%) Azure AKS
8 1 (0.34%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (0.34%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.34%) Azure Storage
8 1 (0.34%) Entra ID
8 1 (0.34%) GitHub Actions
8 1 (0.34%) Pulumi
8 1 (0.34%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 22 (7.56%) Firewall
2 17 (5.84%) Network Security
3 13 (4.47%) VPN
4 12 (4.12%) WAN
5 10 (3.44%) BGP
6 9 (3.09%) MPLS
7 7 (2.41%) DNS
7 7 (2.41%) Intrusion Detection
8 6 (2.06%) Cisco Firepower
8 6 (2.06%) DMZ
8 6 (2.06%) HTTP
9 5 (1.72%) SNMP
10 4 (1.37%) DHCP
10 4 (1.37%) VoIP
11 3 (1.03%) LAN
11 3 (1.03%) TCP/IP
12 2 (0.69%) ICMP
12 2 (0.69%) SD-WAN
12 2 (0.69%) WLAN
13 1 (0.34%) NGFW
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.44%) NoSQL
2 9 (3.09%) MongoDB
3 6 (2.06%) MySQL
4 5 (1.72%) Oracle Database
4 5 (1.72%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (1.37%) Power BI
5 4 (1.37%) Qlik Sense
5 4 (1.37%) Tableau
6 3 (1.03%) InfluxDB
6 3 (1.03%) Oracle Discoverer
6 3 (1.03%) Oracle Reports
6 3 (1.03%) Relational Database
6 3 (1.03%) SQL Server
7 1 (0.34%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.34%) Big Data
7 1 (0.34%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.34%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.34%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 11 (3.78%) Jenkins
2 5 (1.72%) GitLab
2 5 (1.72%) Robot Framework
3 4 (1.37%) JMeter
4 3 (1.03%) Bitbucket
4 3 (1.03%) Eclipse
4 3 (1.03%) Oracle APEX
4 3 (1.03%) Oracle Forms
4 3 (1.03%) SonarQube
5 2 (0.69%) IDA Disassembler
5 2 (0.69%) TestRail
6 1 (0.34%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.34%) Git
6 1 (0.34%) JIRA
6 1 (0.34%) Postman
6 1 (0.34%) Selenium
6 1 (0.34%) SoapUI
6 1 (0.34%) Subversion
General
1 59 (20.27%) Finance
2 51 (17.53%) Social Skills
3 43 (14.78%) Public Sector
4 25 (8.59%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (6.87%) Manufacturing
6 15 (5.15%) Telecoms
7 14 (4.81%) Legal
8 13 (4.47%) Electronics
9 11 (3.78%) Marketing
10 7 (2.41%) Military
10 7 (2.41%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.69%) Games
12 2 (0.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 2 (0.69%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.69%) Law
13 1 (0.34%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.34%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.34%) French Language
13 1 (0.34%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 48 (16.49%) Senior
2 43 (14.78%) Analyst
3 37 (12.71%) Business Analyst
4 29 (9.97%) Architect
5 23 (7.90%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 20 (6.87%) Senior Manager
7 18 (6.19%) Consultant
7 18 (6.19%) Lead
8 14 (4.81%) Security Analyst
9 12 (4.12%) Data Engineer
10 11 (3.78%) Data Scientist
11 10 (3.44%) Administrator
11 10 (3.44%) Security Consultant
11 10 (3.44%) Solutions Architect
12 9 (3.09%) Cybersecurity Consultant
12 9 (3.09%) DevOps Engineer
12 9 (3.09%) Java Engineer
13 8 (2.75%) DV Cleared Business Analyst
13 8 (2.75%) DV Cleared Project Manager
13 8 (2.75%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.78%) OLE
2 6 (2.06%) Kafka
2 6 (2.06%) Spring
3 5 (1.72%) Apache NiFi
3 5 (1.72%) Elastic Stack
4 4 (1.37%) React
4 4 (1.37%) REST
4 4 (1.37%) Spring Boot
5 3 (1.03%) AngularJS
5 3 (1.03%) ModSecurity
5 3 (1.03%) Oracle ADF
5 3 (1.03%) Vue
5 3 (1.03%) WebCenter
6 1 (0.34%) Flash
6 1 (0.34%) JSON
6 1 (0.34%) Oracle GoldenGate
6 1 (0.34%) RabbitMQ
6 1 (0.34%) RESTful
6 1 (0.34%) Web Services
6 1 (0.34%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 26 (8.93%) Self-Motivation
2 24 (8.25%) Security Posture
3 19 (6.53%) Blog
4 18 (6.19%) Product Ownership
5 15 (5.15%) PKI
6 11 (3.78%) Cyber Security Posture
7 9 (3.09%) Cloud Native
8 7 (2.41%) Management Information System
9 6 (2.06%) Cloud Security Posture
9 6 (2.06%) Cyber Kill Chain
10 5 (1.72%) Security Operations Centre
11 4 (1.37%) Analytical Mindset
11 4 (1.37%) Arduino
11 4 (1.37%) Legacy Systems
11 4 (1.37%) Microsoft Licensing
11 4 (1.37%) Raspberry Pi
12 3 (1.03%) Driving Licence
13 2 (0.69%) Data Centre
13 2 (0.69%) Enterprise Software
13 2 (0.69%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 41 (14.09%) Linux
2 33 (11.34%) Windows
3 12 (4.12%) Windows Server
4 8 (2.75%) Unix
5 4 (1.37%) CentOS
5 4 (1.37%) Windows 10
6 3 (1.03%) Windows Server 2016
7 1 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.34%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (22.68%) Agile
2 38 (13.06%) Cybersecurity
3 37 (12.71%) Problem-Solving
4 30 (10.31%) Collaborative Culture
5 28 (9.62%) DevOps
6 27 (9.28%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 24 (8.25%) Risk Management
8 22 (7.56%) Roadmaps
8 22 (7.56%) Software Engineering
9 20 (6.87%) AI
9 20 (6.87%) Technology Transformation
10 19 (6.53%) Data Science
10 19 (6.53%) Information Security
10 19 (6.53%) Technical Leadership
11 18 (6.19%) Collaborative Working
12 17 (5.84%) Cloud Security
12 17 (5.84%) Mentoring
13 16 (5.50%) CI/CD
13 16 (5.50%) Coaching
13 16 (5.50%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 20 (6.87%) Java
1 20 (6.87%) Python
2 16 (5.50%) SQL
3 14 (4.81%) PowerShell
4 12 (4.12%) Bash
5 6 (2.06%) C
6 4 (1.37%) Bicep
6 4 (1.37%) Groovy
6 4 (1.37%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.03%) C++
7 3 (1.03%) Go
7 3 (1.03%) Pascal
7 3 (1.03%) PL/SQL
8 2 (0.69%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.34%) Korn
9 1 (0.34%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 291 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 155 (53.26%) SC Cleared
3 32 (11.00%) Degree
4 20 (6.87%) CISSP
5 9 (3.09%) CISM
5 9 (3.09%) HNC
6 7 (2.41%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (2.41%) CRISC
6 7 (2.41%) GSEC
7 6 (2.06%) CREST Certified
8 5 (1.72%) CCIE
8 5 (1.72%) Cisco Certification
8 5 (1.72%) Microsoft Certification
9 4 (1.37%) A+ Certification
9 4 (1.37%) Azure Certification
10 3 (1.03%) NVQ Level 3
11 2 (0.69%) AAT
11 2 (0.69%) ACCA
11 2 (0.69%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.69%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (12.71%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 19 (6.53%) GDPR
3 17 (5.84%) NIST
4 13 (4.47%) JSP 440
4 13 (4.47%) PCI DSS
5 10 (3.44%) GRC
6 7 (2.41%) Government Security Classifications
6 7 (2.41%) HMG Security Policy Framework
6 7 (2.41%) NCSC
7 6 (2.06%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 6 (2.06%) QA
8 4 (1.37%) Data Quality
8 4 (1.37%) NEBOSH
9 3 (1.03%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (1.03%) ISO 14001
9 3 (1.03%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.34%) Accessibility
System Software
1 17 (5.84%) Active Directory
2 13 (4.47%) Docker
3 8 (2.75%) VMware Infrastructure
4 5 (1.72%) VMware ESXi
4 5 (1.72%) VMware NSX
4 5 (1.72%) vSphere
5 4 (1.37%) Firmware
6 1 (0.34%) Citrix Hypervisor
6 1 (0.34%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.34%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.34%) Slurm Workload Manager
6 1 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 17 (5.84%) Kubernetes
2 12 (4.12%) Ansible
2 12 (4.12%) Terraform
3 6 (2.06%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 5 (1.72%) Endace
4 5 (1.72%) vCenter Server
5 4 (1.37%) Puppet
5 4 (1.37%) SCCM
5 4 (1.37%) WSUS
6 3 (1.03%) Oracle RMAN
7 2 (0.69%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 2 (0.69%) Data Guard
7 2 (0.69%) Grafana
7 2 (0.69%) Kibana
7 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Intune
7 2 (0.69%) Nagios
7 2 (0.69%) Nessus
7 2 (0.69%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.69%) ZABBIX
8 1 (0.34%) Docker Swarm
Vendors
1 25 (8.59%) Microsoft
2 13 (4.47%) Splunk
2 13 (4.47%) VMware
3 11 (3.78%) Cisco
3 11 (3.78%) Oracle
3 11 (3.78%) SAP
4 8 (2.75%) Google
5 7 (2.41%) Red Hat
6 6 (2.06%) F5
6 6 (2.06%) Juniper
7 3 (1.03%) Atlassian
7 3 (1.03%) Dell
7 3 (1.03%) IFS
7 3 (1.03%) Motorola
8 2 (0.69%) Commvault
8 2 (0.69%) Fortinet
8 2 (0.69%) Palo Alto
8 2 (0.69%) Tenable
9 1 (0.34%) Foundry
9 1 (0.34%) Palantir