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 17 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 114 206 185
Rank change year-on-year +92 -21 +317
Permanent jobs citing DV Cleared 469 372 437
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 2.89% 1.59% 1.76%
As % of the Qualifications category 8.24% 5.84% 6.57%
Number of salaries quoted 142 198 268
10th Percentile £48,750 £43,999 £40,000
25th Percentile £58,750 £53,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,564 £80,000 £56,525
Median % change year-on-year -15.54% +41.53% -14.36%
75th Percentile £76,250 £85,000 £74,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £93,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +16.67% +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 5,691 6,369 6,650
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.04% 27.29% 26.77%
Number of salaries quoted 2,327 3,096 4,998
10th Percentile £31,000 £34,404 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £87,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £56,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year -1.79% -3.45% +5.45%

DV Cleared
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing DV Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

DV Cleared trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

DV Cleared
Salary Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing DV Cleared.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing DV Cleared

DV Cleared
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing DV Cleared over the 6 months to 17 September 2025.

DV Cleared salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

DV Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 9 (1.92%) Microsoft Exchange
2 6 (1.28%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.43%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 5 (1.07%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (0.64%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 259 (55.22%) Azure
2 253 (53.94%) AWS
3 190 (40.51%) GCP
4 52 (11.09%) AWS CloudFormation
5 49 (10.45%) Amazon EKS
6 8 (1.71%) Azure Stack
6 8 (1.71%) Entra ID
6 8 (1.71%) SaaS
7 7 (1.49%) IaaS
7 7 (1.49%) OCI
7 7 (1.49%) PaaS
8 4 (0.85%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (0.64%) Azure DevOps
9 3 (0.64%) Serverless
10 2 (0.43%) Amazon EC2
10 2 (0.43%) AWS Lambda
10 2 (0.43%) GitHub
10 2 (0.43%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (0.43%) Power Platform
10 2 (0.43%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 12 (2.56%) VPN
2 9 (1.92%) LAN
3 8 (1.71%) Junos
4 7 (1.49%) Firewall
4 7 (1.49%) SAN
5 6 (1.28%) DHCP
5 6 (1.28%) DNS
5 6 (1.28%) WAN
6 5 (1.07%) NAS
6 5 (1.07%) TCP/IP
7 4 (0.85%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.64%) BGP
8 3 (0.64%) Cisco IOS
8 3 (0.64%) IPsec
8 3 (0.64%) MPLS
8 3 (0.64%) S/MIME
8 3 (0.64%) SSL
8 3 (0.64%) X.509
9 2 (0.43%) Network Security
9 2 (0.43%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 51 (10.87%) Elasticsearch
2 4 (0.85%) SQL Server
3 2 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (0.43%) NoSQL
3 2 (0.43%) Power BI
3 2 (0.43%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.21%) Amazon Aurora
4 1 (0.21%) DB2
4 1 (0.21%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (0.21%) GIS
4 1 (0.21%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.21%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 8 (1.71%) GitLab
2 7 (1.49%) Jenkins
3 5 (1.07%) Git
4 2 (0.43%) Selenium
5 1 (0.21%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.21%) Gatling
5 1 (0.21%) JMeter
5 1 (0.21%) JUnit
5 1 (0.21%) LoadRunner
5 1 (0.21%) Yeoman
General
1 231 (49.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 108 (23.03%) Analytical Skills
3 98 (20.90%) Finance
4 63 (13.43%) Social Skills
5 43 (9.17%) Public Sector
6 39 (8.32%) Electronics
7 33 (7.04%) Telecoms
8 24 (5.12%) Manufacturing
9 22 (4.69%) Marketing
10 14 (2.99%) Presentation Skills
11 10 (2.13%) Law
12 4 (0.85%) Police
13 3 (0.64%) Military
14 2 (0.43%) Advertising
14 2 (0.43%) Aerospace
14 2 (0.43%) Organisational Skills
15 1 (0.21%) Games
15 1 (0.21%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 210 (44.78%) Senior
2 181 (38.59%) Software Engineer
3 178 (37.95%) Senior Software Engineer
4 55 (11.73%) Developer
5 49 (10.45%) Software Developer
6 45 (9.59%) Administrator
6 45 (9.59%) Systems Administrator
7 43 (9.17%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 32 (6.82%) Systems Engineer
9 27 (5.76%) Architect
10 13 (2.77%) IT Engineer
10 13 (2.77%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
11 12 (2.56%) Electronics Engineer
11 12 (2.56%) Senior Electronics Engineer
12 10 (2.13%) Security Architect
13 9 (1.92%) Analyst
13 9 (1.92%) Lead
14 8 (1.71%) Cloud Architect
14 8 (1.71%) Consultant
15 7 (1.49%) Network Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 228 (48.61%) Node.js
2 227 (48.40%) .NET
3 49 (10.45%) Pandas
4 27 (5.76%) OLE
5 4 (0.85%) GWT
5 4 (0.85%) J2EE
5 4 (0.85%) JPA
5 4 (0.85%) Middleware
5 4 (0.85%) React
5 4 (0.85%) Vaadin
6 3 (0.64%) EDI
6 3 (0.64%) EJB
6 3 (0.64%) Elastic Stack
7 1 (0.21%) Kafka
7 1 (0.21%) OAuth
7 1 (0.21%) OAuth2
7 1 (0.21%) REST
7 1 (0.21%) Spring
7 1 (0.21%) Spring Boot
7 1 (0.21%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 227 (48.40%) Cyberattack
2 181 (38.59%) Self-Motivation
3 180 (38.38%) Linux Command Line
4 72 (15.35%) e-Learning
5 18 (3.84%) PMI
6 12 (2.56%) Data Centre
6 12 (2.56%) FPGA
7 9 (1.92%) Onboarding
8 8 (1.71%) Hybrid Cloud
9 7 (1.49%) Private Cloud
10 5 (1.07%) Cloud Native
10 5 (1.07%) Public Cloud
11 4 (0.85%) Mobile App
11 4 (0.85%) PKI
12 3 (0.64%) Algorithms
12 3 (0.64%) Greenfield Project
12 3 (0.64%) Management Information System
13 2 (0.43%) Cyber Threat
13 2 (0.43%) Legacy Systems
13 2 (0.43%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 293 (62.47%) Linux
2 49 (10.45%) Android
3 25 (5.33%) Windows
4 21 (4.48%) Unix
5 19 (4.05%) Windows Server
6 12 (2.56%) Rocky
6 12 (2.56%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 2 (0.43%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.43%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (0.21%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 275 (58.64%) Agile
2 244 (52.03%) Software Engineering
3 186 (39.66%) Mentoring
4 183 (39.02%) Machine Learning
4 183 (39.02%) Scrum
5 181 (38.59%) Cloud Security
5 181 (38.59%) Microservices
5 181 (38.59%) Site Reliability Engineering
6 179 (38.17%) Data Engineering
6 179 (38.17%) User Experience
7 76 (16.20%) Mathematics
8 74 (15.78%) Problem-Solving
9 72 (15.35%) Innovative Thinking
10 64 (13.65%) CI/CD
11 62 (13.22%) Containerisation
12 55 (11.73%) High Availability
13 52 (11.09%) Design Patterns
13 52 (11.09%) Line Management
14 51 (10.87%) Collaborative Working
15 50 (10.66%) Secure Coding
Programming Languages
1 243 (51.81%) Python
2 237 (50.53%) Java
3 230 (49.04%) Go
3 230 (49.04%) JavaScript
4 228 (48.61%) C++
5 227 (48.40%) Rust
6 11 (2.35%) SQL
7 9 (1.92%) PowerShell
8 7 (1.49%) Bash
9 4 (0.85%) TypeScript
10 2 (0.43%) Bicep
10 2 (0.43%) Perl
10 2 (0.43%) VBA
11 1 (0.21%) PL/1
Qualifications
1 469 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 180 (38.38%) AWS Certification
3 178 (37.95%) AWS Certified Developer
3 178 (37.95%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 136 (29.00%) SC Cleared
5 58 (12.37%) Degree
6 57 (12.15%) Cisco Certification
7 54 (11.51%) CCNP
8 31 (6.61%) CCNA
9 24 (5.12%) RHCSA
10 18 (3.84%) PMI Certification
11 11 (2.35%) Azure Certification
12 9 (1.92%) Network+ Certification
13 8 (1.71%) BPSS Clearance
13 8 (1.71%) CISM
13 8 (1.71%) CISSP
14 5 (1.07%) City & Guilds
14 5 (1.07%) NVQ Level 3
15 4 (0.85%) JNCIA
16 3 (0.64%) JNCIS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (2.13%) NIST
2 9 (1.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (1.07%) GDPR
4 4 (0.85%) JSP 440
4 4 (0.85%) QA
5 2 (0.43%) Accessibility
5 2 (0.43%) NCSC
5 2 (0.43%) SLA
6 1 (0.21%) GRC
6 1 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27005
6 1 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 1 (0.21%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.21%) RMADS
System Software
1 61 (13.01%) Docker
2 23 (4.90%) Active Directory
3 12 (2.56%) Firmware
4 10 (2.13%) Hyper-V
5 6 (1.28%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.43%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.43%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 70 (14.93%) Kubernetes
2 59 (12.58%) Ansible
2 59 (12.58%) Terraform
3 5 (1.07%) Prometheus
4 4 (0.85%) SCOM
5 3 (0.64%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 3 (0.64%) Grafana
5 3 (0.64%) Kibana
6 2 (0.43%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.43%) Endace
6 2 (0.43%) Nagios
6 2 (0.43%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.43%) Puppet
6 2 (0.43%) SCCM
6 2 (0.43%) SCOrch
6 2 (0.43%) SCSM
6 2 (0.43%) vCenter Server
7 1 (0.21%) Argo
7 1 (0.21%) Docker Swarm
Vendors
1 60 (12.79%) Cisco
2 31 (6.61%) Red Hat
3 22 (4.69%) SAP
4 15 (3.20%) Microsoft
5 14 (2.99%) Juniper
6 13 (2.77%) VMware
7 8 (1.71%) Dell
8 7 (1.49%) Splunk
9 3 (0.64%) Thales
10 2 (0.43%) arcserve
10 2 (0.43%) ArcSight
10 2 (0.43%) Commvault
10 2 (0.43%) McAfee
10 2 (0.43%) NetApp
10 2 (0.43%) Oracle
10 2 (0.43%) ServiceNow
11 1 (0.21%) Citrix
11 1 (0.21%) Google
11 1 (0.21%) SolarWinds
11 1 (0.21%) YouTube