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 30 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 159 209 174
Rank change year-on-year +50 -35 +260
Permanent jobs citing DV Cleared 242 308 386
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.59% 1.58% 1.85%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.62% 5.91% 6.66%
Number of salaries quoted 143 160 226
10th Percentile £45,608 £44,106 £42,500
25th Percentile £56,875 £54,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £77,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.68% +40.91% -17.91%
75th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £91,250 £79,375
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 5,243 5,211 5,796
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.55% 26.77% 27.73%
Number of salaries quoted 2,420 2,653 4,322
10th Percentile £29,750 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,863 £45,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +0.10%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £76,250
90th Percentile £93,750 £88,750 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,269 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.61% +1.34% +0.75%

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 30 November 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 (1.24%) Tomcat
1 3 (1.24%) WebLogic
1 3 (1.24%) WebLogic Portal
2 2 (0.83%) Apache
2 2 (0.83%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (1.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.41%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.24%) Oracle EBS
1 3 (1.24%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 35 (14.46%) Azure
2 29 (11.98%) AWS
3 12 (4.96%) GCP
4 11 (4.55%) OCI
5 8 (3.31%) Azure Stack
5 8 (3.31%) Entra ID
5 8 (3.31%) SaaS
6 7 (2.89%) IaaS
6 7 (2.89%) PaaS
7 6 (2.48%) AWS CloudFormation
7 6 (2.48%) OpenShift
8 5 (2.07%) Power Platform
9 3 (1.24%) GitHub
9 3 (1.24%) Serverless
10 2 (0.83%) Azure DevOps
10 2 (0.83%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (0.83%) Microsoft 365
10 2 (0.83%) PowerApps
11 1 (0.41%) AWS KMS
11 1 (0.41%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.13%) Firewall
1 10 (4.13%) VPN
2 9 (3.72%) LAN
3 7 (2.89%) Junos
4 6 (2.48%) Wi-Fi
5 5 (2.07%) MPLS
5 5 (2.07%) Network Security
5 5 (2.07%) WAN
6 4 (1.65%) BGP
6 4 (1.65%) Cisco IOS
6 4 (1.65%) DMZ
6 4 (1.65%) Ethernet
6 4 (1.65%) IPsec
6 4 (1.65%) Wireshark
7 2 (0.83%) TCP/IP
7 2 (0.83%) VoIP
8 1 (0.41%) ATM
8 1 (0.41%) DNS
8 1 (0.41%) HTTP
8 1 (0.41%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.07%) NoSQL
1 5 (2.07%) Power BI
2 3 (1.24%) Oracle Database
2 3 (1.24%) Oracle Discoverer
2 3 (1.24%) Oracle Reports
2 3 (1.24%) Qlik Sense
2 3 (1.24%) Tableau
3 2 (0.83%) Amazon RDS
3 2 (0.83%) InfluxDB
3 2 (0.83%) MongoDB
3 2 (0.83%) MySQL
3 2 (0.83%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.41%) Amazon Aurora
4 1 (0.41%) DB2
4 1 (0.41%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.41%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (0.41%) GIS
4 1 (0.41%) Metadata
4 1 (0.41%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 9 (3.72%) Jenkins
2 4 (1.65%) GitLab
2 4 (1.65%) Robot Framework
3 3 (1.24%) JMeter
3 3 (1.24%) Oracle APEX
3 3 (1.24%) Oracle Forms
3 3 (1.24%) Selenium
4 2 (0.83%) Bitbucket
4 2 (0.83%) Eclipse
4 2 (0.83%) Git
4 2 (0.83%) IDA Disassembler
4 2 (0.83%) SonarQube
4 2 (0.83%) TestRail
5 1 (0.41%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.41%) Gatling
5 1 (0.41%) LoadRunner
5 1 (0.41%) Subversion
General
1 72 (29.75%) Finance
2 47 (19.42%) Analytical Skills
3 44 (18.18%) Social Skills
4 40 (16.53%) Public Sector
5 31 (12.81%) Electronics
6 24 (9.92%) Telecoms
7 15 (6.20%) Manufacturing
8 14 (5.79%) Marketing
9 12 (4.96%) Presentation Skills
10 5 (2.07%) Military
11 3 (1.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 3 (1.24%) Legal
12 2 (0.83%) Advertising
12 2 (0.83%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.83%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.41%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.41%) Games
13 1 (0.41%) Law
13 1 (0.41%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 47 (19.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 39 (16.12%) Administrator
3 36 (14.88%) Systems Administrator
4 34 (14.05%) Senior
5 30 (12.40%) Systems Engineer
6 29 (11.98%) Architect
7 17 (7.02%) Analyst
8 10 (4.13%) Cloud Architect
8 10 (4.13%) Consultant
9 9 (3.72%) Lead
9 9 (3.72%) Security Architect
10 8 (3.31%) Electronics Engineer
10 8 (3.31%) IT Engineer
10 8 (3.31%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
10 8 (3.31%) Senior Electronics Engineer
11 7 (2.89%) Business Analyst
11 7 (2.89%) Network Engineer
12 6 (2.48%) Senior Systems Engineer
13 5 (2.07%) Developer
13 5 (2.07%) Trainer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (15.70%) OLE
2 5 (2.07%) Elastic Stack
3 3 (1.24%) EDI
3 3 (1.24%) ModSecurity
3 3 (1.24%) Oracle ADF
3 3 (1.24%) WebCenter
4 1 (0.41%) EJB
4 1 (0.41%) Flash
4 1 (0.41%) JSON
4 1 (0.41%) Node.js
4 1 (0.41%) Pandas
4 1 (0.41%) React
4 1 (0.41%) Spring
4 1 (0.41%) Spring Boot
4 1 (0.41%) Web Services
4 1 (0.41%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 55 (22.73%) e-Learning
2 11 (4.55%) Self-Motivation
3 10 (4.13%) Data Centre
4 9 (3.72%) Cloud Native
5 8 (3.31%) FPGA
5 8 (3.31%) Hybrid Cloud
5 8 (3.31%) Onboarding
5 8 (3.31%) Private Cloud
6 7 (2.89%) Analytical Mindset
6 7 (2.89%) Product Ownership
7 5 (2.07%) Cyber Kill Chain
7 5 (2.07%) PKI
7 5 (2.07%) Public Cloud
7 5 (2.07%) Security Posture
8 4 (1.65%) Cloud Security Posture
8 4 (1.65%) Cyber Defence
9 3 (1.24%) Blog
9 3 (1.24%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (1.24%) Driving Licence
9 3 (1.24%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 64 (26.45%) Linux
2 28 (11.57%) Unix
3 24 (9.92%) Windows
4 12 (4.96%) Windows Server
5 8 (3.31%) Rocky
5 8 (3.31%) Windows Server 2019
6 3 (1.24%) CentOS
7 1 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.41%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (22.73%) Innovative Thinking
2 53 (21.90%) Problem-Solving
3 51 (21.07%) Infrastructure Engineering
4 47 (19.42%) Agile
5 37 (15.29%) High Availability
6 23 (9.50%) Cybersecurity
7 20 (8.26%) Mathematics
7 20 (8.26%) Physics
7 20 (8.26%) Trend Analysis
8 19 (7.85%) Containerisation
9 16 (6.61%) CI/CD
9 16 (6.61%) Infrastructure as Code
10 15 (6.20%) Business Intelligence
11 14 (5.79%) Collaborative Culture
11 14 (5.79%) DevOps
11 14 (5.79%) Digital Marketing
11 14 (5.79%) Programme Management
12 13 (5.37%) Software Engineering
13 12 (4.96%) Continuous Improvement
14 11 (4.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 19 (7.85%) Python
2 11 (4.55%) SQL
3 9 (3.72%) Bash
4 8 (3.31%) PowerShell
5 6 (2.48%) C
5 6 (2.48%) C++
6 4 (1.65%) Java
6 4 (1.65%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.24%) Bicep
7 3 (1.24%) PL/SQL
8 2 (0.83%) Go
8 2 (0.83%) VBA
9 1 (0.41%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 242 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 124 (51.24%) SC Cleared
3 47 (19.42%) Degree
4 45 (18.60%) Cisco Certification
5 43 (17.77%) CCNP
6 34 (14.05%) CCNA
7 14 (5.79%) Azure Certification
8 9 (3.72%) RHCSA
9 8 (3.31%) BPSS Clearance
9 8 (3.31%) Network+ Certification
9 8 (3.31%) NVQ Level 3
10 7 (2.89%) CISM
10 7 (2.89%) CISSP
11 5 (2.07%) City & Guilds
12 4 (1.65%) Computer Science Degree
12 4 (1.65%) JNCIS
13 3 (1.24%) CITP
14 2 (0.83%) JNCIA
14 2 (0.83%) Master's Degree
14 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (5.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 12 (4.96%) NIST
3 7 (2.89%) GRC
3 7 (2.89%) JSP 440
3 7 (2.89%) NCSC
3 7 (2.89%) QA
4 5 (2.07%) GDPR
4 5 (2.07%) ISO/IEC 42001
5 4 (1.65%) PCI DSS
6 3 (1.24%) Accessibility
6 3 (1.24%) ISO 14001
6 3 (1.24%) ISO 9001
6 3 (1.24%) NEBOSH
7 1 (0.41%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 14 (5.79%) Docker
2 13 (5.37%) Active Directory
3 8 (3.31%) Firmware
3 8 (3.31%) Hyper-V
4 4 (1.65%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.41%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.41%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.41%) VMware NSX
5 1 (0.41%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 22 (9.09%) Kubernetes
2 13 (5.37%) Terraform
3 10 (4.13%) Ansible
4 4 (1.65%) Grafana
5 3 (1.24%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 2 (0.83%) Docker Swarm
6 2 (0.83%) Endace
6 2 (0.83%) Nessus
6 2 (0.83%) Prometheus
6 2 (0.83%) WSUS
6 2 (0.83%) ZABBIX
7 1 (0.41%) Argo
7 1 (0.41%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
7 1 (0.41%) OpenView
7 1 (0.41%) Puppet
7 1 (0.41%) Rancher
7 1 (0.41%) Tivoli
7 1 (0.41%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 47 (19.42%) Cisco
2 14 (5.79%) SAP
3 12 (4.96%) Red Hat
4 11 (4.55%) Juniper
5 9 (3.72%) Microsoft
6 8 (3.31%) Dell
7 6 (2.48%) Oracle
7 6 (2.48%) Splunk
8 4 (1.65%) VMware
9 3 (1.24%) IFS
10 2 (0.83%) Atlassian
10 2 (0.83%) Google
11 1 (0.41%) Citrix
11 1 (0.41%) EMC
11 1 (0.41%) Fortinet
11 1 (0.41%) HP
11 1 (0.41%) Riverbed
11 1 (0.41%) Siebel
11 1 (0.41%) SolarWinds
11 1 (0.41%) Thales