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

6 months to
12 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 169 216 190
Rank change year-on-year +47 -26 +245
Permanent jobs citing DV Cleared 242 229 471
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.49% 1.46% 1.71%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.76% 5.03% 6.29%
Number of salaries quoted 156 118 232
10th Percentile £39,280 £45,432 £46,250
25th Percentile £52,188 £50,000 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £69,750 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.81% +26.82% -0.90%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £83,750
UK median annual salary £69,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +15.00% +9.09% -

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 5,088 4,553 7,484
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 31.24% 28.93% 27.23%
Number of salaries quoted 2,584 2,431 5,470
10th Percentile £30,500 £32,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £42,757
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,312 £74,258 £73,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £88,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -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 12 February 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 4 (1.65%) Apache
2 3 (1.24%) Tomcat
2 3 (1.24%) WebLogic
2 3 (1.24%) WebLogic Portal
3 2 (0.83%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.41%) Camunda
4 1 (0.41%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (3.31%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (1.65%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (1.24%) Oracle EBS
1 3 (1.24%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 29 (11.98%) AWS
1 29 (11.98%) Azure
2 8 (3.31%) OpenShift
3 7 (2.89%) Microsoft 365
4 6 (2.48%) Power Platform
5 5 (2.07%) AWS CloudFormation
5 5 (2.07%) GCP
6 4 (1.65%) OCI
7 2 (0.83%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (0.83%) Entra ID
7 2 (0.83%) PowerApps
8 1 (0.41%) AWS KMS
8 1 (0.41%) Azure AKS
8 1 (0.41%) Azure Key Vault
8 1 (0.41%) Azure Stack
8 1 (0.41%) Azure Storage
8 1 (0.41%) GitHub
8 1 (0.41%) SaaS
8 1 (0.41%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 16 (6.61%) Firewall
2 12 (4.96%) VPN
3 11 (4.55%) Network Security
4 8 (3.31%) BGP
4 8 (3.31%) MPLS
5 7 (2.89%) DMZ
6 6 (2.48%) LAN
6 6 (2.48%) VoIP
7 5 (2.07%) IPsec
7 5 (2.07%) WAN
8 4 (1.65%) Cisco Firepower
8 4 (1.65%) Cisco IOS
8 4 (1.65%) Ethernet
8 4 (1.65%) HTTP
8 4 (1.65%) Junos
8 4 (1.65%) SNMP
8 4 (1.65%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (1.65%) Wireshark
9 3 (1.24%) TCP/IP
10 2 (0.83%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (2.89%) NoSQL
2 6 (2.48%) MongoDB
2 6 (2.48%) Power BI
3 4 (1.65%) MySQL
3 4 (1.65%) Qlik Sense
3 4 (1.65%) Tableau
4 3 (1.24%) Oracle Database
4 3 (1.24%) Oracle Discoverer
4 3 (1.24%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (0.83%) InfluxDB
5 2 (0.83%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.83%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.41%) Amazon Aurora
6 1 (0.41%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.41%) DB2
6 1 (0.41%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.41%) Geospatial Data
6 1 (0.41%) GIS
6 1 (0.41%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 10 (4.13%) Jenkins
2 5 (2.07%) Robot Framework
3 4 (1.65%) GitLab
4 3 (1.24%) Bitbucket
4 3 (1.24%) Eclipse
4 3 (1.24%) JMeter
4 3 (1.24%) Oracle APEX
4 3 (1.24%) Oracle Forms
4 3 (1.24%) Selenium
4 3 (1.24%) SonarQube
5 2 (0.83%) Git
5 2 (0.83%) IDA Disassembler
5 2 (0.83%) TestRail
6 1 (0.41%) JIRA
6 1 (0.41%) Subversion
General
1 56 (23.14%) Finance
2 42 (17.36%) Social Skills
3 32 (13.22%) Public Sector
4 27 (11.16%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (7.44%) Manufacturing
6 17 (7.02%) Electronics
6 17 (7.02%) Telecoms
7 12 (4.96%) Marketing
8 8 (3.31%) Military
9 7 (2.89%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (2.48%) Legal
11 4 (1.65%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (1.24%) Games
13 2 (0.83%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.41%) Aerospace
14 1 (0.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 1 (0.41%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 48 (19.83%) Analyst
2 43 (17.77%) Senior
3 35 (14.46%) Business Analyst
4 22 (9.09%) Architect
5 18 (7.44%) Administrator
5 18 (7.44%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 15 (6.20%) Security Analyst
6 15 (6.20%) Systems Administrator
7 13 (5.37%) Senior Manager
8 12 (4.96%) Consultant
8 12 (4.96%) Lead
9 11 (4.55%) Data Scientist
10 10 (4.13%) Solutions Architect
11 8 (3.31%) DV Cleared Business Analyst
11 8 (3.31%) Network Engineer
11 8 (3.31%) Senior Analyst
12 7 (2.89%) Systems Engineer
13 6 (2.48%) DevOps Engineer
13 6 (2.48%) Finance Manager
13 6 (2.48%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.55%) OLE
2 6 (2.48%) Spring
3 5 (2.07%) Elastic Stack
3 5 (2.07%) Spring Boot
4 4 (1.65%) React
5 3 (1.24%) AngularJS
5 3 (1.24%) ModSecurity
5 3 (1.24%) Oracle ADF
5 3 (1.24%) REST
5 3 (1.24%) Vue
5 3 (1.24%) WebCenter
6 2 (0.83%) Apache NiFi
6 2 (0.83%) Kafka
6 2 (0.83%) Web Services
7 1 (0.41%) EDI
7 1 (0.41%) Flash
7 1 (0.41%) JSON
7 1 (0.41%) Pandas
7 1 (0.41%) RESTful
7 1 (0.41%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 23 (9.50%) Self-Motivation
2 20 (8.26%) Security Posture
3 18 (7.44%) Product Ownership
4 13 (5.37%) e-Learning
5 11 (4.55%) Cyber Security Posture
6 10 (4.13%) PKI
7 9 (3.72%) Cloud Native
8 8 (3.31%) Cyber Kill Chain
9 7 (2.89%) Analytical Mindset
9 7 (2.89%) Blog
9 7 (2.89%) Cloud Security Posture
10 5 (2.07%) Security Operations Centre
11 4 (1.65%) Cyber Defence
11 4 (1.65%) Microsoft Licensing
12 3 (1.24%) Cyber Threat
12 3 (1.24%) Data Centre
12 3 (1.24%) Driving Licence
12 3 (1.24%) Onboarding
13 2 (0.83%) Linux Command Line
13 2 (0.83%) YubiKey
Operating Systems
1 37 (15.29%) Linux
2 22 (9.09%) Windows
3 11 (4.55%) Unix
4 6 (2.48%) Windows Server
5 4 (1.65%) Windows 10
6 3 (1.24%) CentOS
7 2 (0.83%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.41%) Rocky
8 1 (0.41%) Ubuntu
8 1 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (27.27%) Agile
2 33 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
3 30 (12.40%) Cybersecurity
4 28 (11.57%) Collaborative Culture
5 22 (9.09%) DevOps
6 21 (8.68%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 20 (8.26%) Risk Management
7 20 (8.26%) Technology Transformation
8 17 (7.02%) Coaching
8 17 (7.02%) Data Science
9 14 (5.79%) Business Intelligence
9 14 (5.79%) CI/CD
9 14 (5.79%) High Availability
9 14 (5.79%) Scaled Agile Framework
10 13 (5.37%) AI
10 13 (5.37%) Continuous Improvement
10 13 (5.37%) Information Security
10 13 (5.37%) Requirements Gathering
10 13 (5.37%) Roadmaps
10 13 (5.37%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 21 (8.68%) Python
2 15 (6.20%) Java
3 12 (4.96%) SQL
4 10 (4.13%) Bash
5 8 (3.31%) PowerShell
6 6 (2.48%) C
6 6 (2.48%) C++
7 5 (2.07%) JavaScript
8 3 (1.24%) PL/SQL
9 2 (0.83%) Go
9 2 (0.83%) Groovy
9 2 (0.83%) VBA
10 1 (0.41%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 242 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 127 (52.48%) SC Cleared
3 29 (11.98%) Degree
4 22 (9.09%) Cisco Certification
5 18 (7.44%) CCNP
6 17 (7.02%) CISSP
7 14 (5.79%) CCNA
8 8 (3.31%) HNC
9 6 (2.48%) Azure Certification
9 6 (2.48%) CISM
10 4 (1.65%) A+ Certification
10 4 (1.65%) CCIE
10 4 (1.65%) JNCIS
10 4 (1.65%) RHCSA
11 3 (1.24%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (1.24%) NVQ Level 3
12 2 (0.83%) AAT
12 2 (0.83%) ACCA
12 2 (0.83%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
12 2 (0.83%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (11.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 16 (6.61%) GDPR
3 15 (6.20%) NIST
4 10 (4.13%) GRC
4 10 (4.13%) JSP 440
5 9 (3.72%) NCSC
6 8 (3.31%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 8 (3.31%) PCI DSS
7 7 (2.89%) QA
8 3 (1.24%) Accessibility
8 3 (1.24%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (1.24%) ISO 14001
8 3 (1.24%) ISO 9001
8 3 (1.24%) NEBOSH
9 2 (0.83%) Data Quality
10 1 (0.41%) Government Security Classifications
10 1 (0.41%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 12 (4.96%) Docker
2 8 (3.31%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.83%) Firmware
3 2 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.41%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.41%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.41%) VMware NSX
4 1 (0.41%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 15 (6.20%) Kubernetes
2 8 (3.31%) Ansible
2 8 (3.31%) Terraform
3 4 (1.65%) Endace
3 4 (1.65%) SCCM
3 4 (1.65%) WSUS
4 3 (1.24%) Grafana
4 3 (1.24%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
5 2 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.83%) Nessus
5 2 (0.83%) Prometheus
5 2 (0.83%) Puppet
5 2 (0.83%) ZABBIX
6 1 (0.41%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.41%) Docker Swarm
6 1 (0.41%) Nagios
6 1 (0.41%) OpenView
6 1 (0.41%) Rancher
6 1 (0.41%) Tivoli
6 1 (0.41%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 25 (10.33%) Cisco
2 16 (6.61%) Microsoft
3 12 (4.96%) SAP
4 8 (3.31%) Juniper
4 8 (3.31%) Oracle
4 8 (3.31%) Red Hat
4 8 (3.31%) Splunk
5 6 (2.48%) VMware
6 4 (1.65%) F5
7 3 (1.24%) Atlassian
7 3 (1.24%) Google
7 3 (1.24%) IFS
8 2 (0.83%) Dell
8 2 (0.83%) Palo Alto
8 2 (0.83%) Tenable
9 1 (0.41%) ArcSight
9 1 (0.41%) EMC
9 1 (0.41%) ExtraHop
9 1 (0.41%) HP
9 1 (0.41%) YouTube