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

6 months to
4 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 159 116 185
Rank change year-on-year -43 +69 -8
Permanent jobs citing DV Cleared 418 460 413
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.68% 2.73% 1.85%
As % of the Qualifications category 8.13% 7.19% 6.69%
Number of salaries quoted 200 128 203
10th Percentile £48,625 £45,608 £44,106
25th Percentile £55,000 £57,188 £54,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,150 £70,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.21% -9.68% +37.11%
75th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £93,750
UK median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% +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 5,142 6,398 6,173
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.67% 37.97% 27.71%
Number of salaries quoted 3,186 2,288 2,815
10th Percentile £32,750 £31,000 £34,543
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -0.95%

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 4 October 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 17 (4.07%) Apache
2 8 (1.91%) Confluence
3 4 (0.96%) Apache Spark
4 3 (0.72%) Camunda
5 1 (0.24%) OpenStack
5 1 (0.24%) SharePoint
Applications
1 21 (5.02%) Simulink
2 5 (1.20%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.96%) Mathcad
4 3 (0.72%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (0.24%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 10 (2.39%) Primavera
2 6 (1.44%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (1.20%) Teamcenter
4 4 (0.96%) SAP PM
5 2 (0.48%) SAP CO
5 2 (0.48%) SAP FI
5 2 (0.48%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (0.48%) SAP MM
5 2 (0.48%) SAP PP
5 2 (0.48%) SAP PS
5 2 (0.48%) SAP QM
6 1 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 53 (12.68%) Azure
2 48 (11.48%) AWS
3 11 (2.63%) GCP
4 10 (2.39%) Entra ID
5 6 (1.44%) SaaS
6 3 (0.72%) OCI
7 2 (0.48%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (0.48%) OpenShift
7 2 (0.48%) WhatsApp
8 1 (0.24%) BrowserStack
Communications & Networking
1 19 (4.55%) Firewall
2 17 (4.07%) Network Security
3 9 (2.15%) Ethernet
4 8 (1.91%) WAN
5 6 (1.44%) BGP
5 6 (1.44%) DHCP
5 6 (1.44%) DMZ
5 6 (1.44%) DNS
5 6 (1.44%) LAN
5 6 (1.44%) OSPF
5 6 (1.44%) VPN
6 4 (0.96%) VLAN
7 3 (0.72%) 3GPP
7 3 (0.72%) Software-Defined Networking
7 3 (0.72%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.72%) TETRA
8 2 (0.48%) Bluetooth
8 2 (0.48%) Cisco ISE
8 2 (0.48%) MPLS
8 2 (0.48%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (4.55%) NoSQL
2 8 (1.91%) MongoDB
3 6 (1.44%) Big Data
4 4 (0.96%) Hadoop
4 4 (0.96%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.48%) Elasticsearch
5 2 (0.48%) InfluxDB
6 1 (0.24%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.24%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.24%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.24%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.24%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 19 (4.55%) Rational DOORS
2 17 (4.07%) JIRA
3 11 (2.63%) Git
4 6 (1.44%) LabVIEW
5 5 (1.20%) Jenkins
6 3 (0.72%) CMake
7 2 (0.48%) Cucumber
7 2 (0.48%) Robot Framework
7 2 (0.48%) Selenium
7 2 (0.48%) TestRail
8 1 (0.24%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.24%) GitLab
8 1 (0.24%) JMeter
8 1 (0.24%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.24%) Snyk
General
1 136 (32.54%) Aerospace
2 130 (31.10%) Finance
3 122 (29.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 108 (25.84%) Social Skills
5 87 (20.81%) Public Sector
6 35 (8.37%) Analytical Skills
6 35 (8.37%) Military
7 33 (7.89%) Electronics
8 23 (5.50%) Organisational Skills
9 15 (3.59%) Manufacturing
10 14 (3.35%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (1.44%) Legal
11 6 (1.44%) Police
11 6 (1.44%) Telecoms
12 5 (1.20%) French Language
12 5 (1.20%) Law
13 4 (0.96%) Aviation
13 4 (0.96%) Avionics
14 2 (0.48%) Automotive
14 2 (0.48%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 61 (14.59%) Consultant
2 53 (12.68%) Lead
2 53 (12.68%) Software Engineer
3 48 (11.48%) Senior
4 28 (6.70%) Principal Engineer
5 27 (6.46%) Systems Engineer
6 25 (5.98%) Architect
7 23 (5.50%) Data Engineer
8 21 (5.02%) Project Manager
9 20 (4.78%) Security Consultant
10 18 (4.31%) Designer
11 14 (3.35%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
11 14 (3.35%) Auditor
12 13 (3.11%) Analyst
13 12 (2.87%) Principal Software Engineer
13 12 (2.87%) Senior Consultant
13 12 (2.87%) Technical Consultant
14 11 (2.63%) DV Cleared Technical Consultant
14 11 (2.63%) Principal Consultant
14 11 (2.63%) Technical Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (4.07%) REST
2 11 (2.63%) SOAP
3 10 (2.39%) Apache NiFi
4 9 (2.15%) Kafka
4 9 (2.15%) Terraform
5 7 (1.67%) ModSecurity
6 6 (1.44%) Elastic Stack
6 6 (1.44%) JSON
7 3 (0.72%) Godot
7 3 (0.72%) OAuth
7 3 (0.72%) OpenID
7 3 (0.72%) pgvector
7 3 (0.72%) PostGIS
7 3 (0.72%) PyTorch
7 3 (0.72%) RabbitMQ
7 3 (0.72%) Spring
7 3 (0.72%) TensorFlow
7 3 (0.72%) Unreal Engine
8 2 (0.48%) YAML
9 1 (0.24%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 23 (5.50%) FPGA
2 18 (4.31%) Self-Motivation
3 15 (3.59%) CMDB
4 13 (3.11%) Cloud Native
5 12 (2.87%) Embedded Systems
5 12 (2.87%) PKI
6 11 (2.63%) Data Centre
7 10 (2.39%) Algorithms
7 10 (2.39%) VHDL
8 9 (2.15%) Legacy Systems
8 9 (2.15%) Security Posture
9 8 (1.91%) Greenfield Project
9 8 (1.91%) Verilog
10 7 (1.67%) Blog
10 7 (1.67%) Enterprise Software
10 7 (1.67%) Management Information System
11 6 (1.44%) AI Agents
11 6 (1.44%) Cyber Kill Chain
11 6 (1.44%) Cyber Threat
11 6 (1.44%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 31 (7.42%) Linux
2 23 (5.50%) Windows
3 11 (2.63%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.20%) Unix
5 3 (0.72%) VxWorks
5 3 (0.72%) Windows Server 2016
6 2 (0.48%) CentOS
6 2 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.48%) Rocky
6 2 (0.48%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (21.53%) Agile
1 90 (21.53%) Cybersecurity
2 75 (17.94%) Software Engineering
3 69 (16.51%) Problem-Solving
4 64 (15.31%) AI
5 63 (15.07%) Continuous Improvement
6 52 (12.44%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 52 (12.44%) Technical Leadership
7 51 (12.20%) Systems Engineering
8 47 (11.24%) Stakeholder Management
9 44 (10.53%) Mentoring
10 40 (9.57%) DevOps
11 36 (8.61%) CI/CD
12 35 (8.37%) ITIL
13 34 (8.13%) Machine Learning
14 33 (7.89%) Decision-Making
14 33 (7.89%) SDLC
15 32 (7.66%) Presales
16 30 (7.18%) Validation
17 29 (6.94%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 35 (8.37%) Python
2 26 (6.22%) C++
3 24 (5.74%) Java
4 22 (5.26%) MATLAB
4 22 (5.26%) SQL
5 19 (4.55%) C
6 11 (2.63%) C#
7 9 (2.15%) SystemVerilog
8 8 (1.91%) Ada
9 7 (1.67%) PowerShell
10 6 (1.44%) Bash
10 6 (1.44%) Groovy
10 6 (1.44%) JavaScript
11 5 (1.20%) Rust
12 3 (0.72%) Ada 95
12 3 (0.72%) TypeScript
13 2 (0.48%) Shell Script
14 1 (0.24%) Embedded C
14 1 (0.24%) Go
14 1 (0.24%) Kusto Query Language
Qualifications
1 418 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 273 (65.31%) SC Cleared
3 123 (29.43%) BPSS Clearance
4 100 (23.92%) Degree
5 17 (4.07%) AWS Certification
5 17 (4.07%) Chartered Engineer
5 17 (4.07%) CISSP
6 14 (3.35%) Computer Science Degree
6 14 (3.35%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
7 13 (3.11%) PhD
8 12 (2.87%) Cisco Certification
9 11 (2.63%) CISM
10 9 (2.15%) CRISC
10 9 (2.15%) Master's Degree
11 7 (1.67%) CCNA
11 7 (1.67%) CCNP
12 5 (1.20%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 4 (0.96%) CITP
13 4 (0.96%) HNC
13 4 (0.96%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 113 (27.03%) Accessibility
2 38 (9.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 23 (5.50%) NCSC
3 23 (5.50%) NIST
4 21 (5.02%) QA
5 20 (4.78%) GRC
6 15 (3.59%) JSP 440
7 14 (3.35%) Actionable Recommendations
8 11 (2.63%) PCI DSS
9 10 (2.39%) GDPR
10 7 (1.67%) Def Stans
11 6 (1.44%) Cyber Essentials
11 6 (1.44%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 5 (1.20%) NEBOSH
13 4 (0.96%) ARP4761
13 4 (0.96%) DO-254
13 4 (0.96%) IEC 61508
13 4 (0.96%) ISO 26262
14 3 (0.72%) Data Quality
14 3 (0.72%) SLA
System Software
1 31 (7.42%) Firmware
2 23 (5.50%) Active Directory
3 19 (4.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (3.59%) Docker
5 8 (1.91%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (1.20%) Hyper-V
6 5 (1.20%) VMware NSX
6 5 (1.20%) vSphere
7 4 (0.96%) Virtual Machines
8 2 (0.48%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 13 (3.11%) Kubernetes
2 10 (2.39%) Ansible
3 7 (1.67%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (1.44%) FortiGate
5 2 (0.48%) CASB
5 2 (0.48%) Grafana
5 2 (0.48%) Kibana
5 2 (0.48%) vCenter Server
6 1 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 1 (0.24%) logstash
6 1 (0.24%) Nagios
6 1 (0.24%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 21 (5.02%) VMware
2 19 (4.55%) ServiceNow
3 18 (4.31%) Microsoft
4 14 (3.35%) SAP
5 11 (2.63%) Cisco
5 11 (2.63%) Siemens
6 8 (1.91%) Xilinx
7 6 (1.44%) Atlassian
7 6 (1.44%) Splunk
8 5 (1.20%) Citrix
8 5 (1.20%) SolarWinds
9 4 (0.96%) IBM
9 4 (0.96%) Intel
9 4 (0.96%) Juniper
9 4 (0.96%) Microsemi
10 3 (0.72%) Forcepoint
10 3 (0.72%) Oracle
10 3 (0.72%) Palo Alto
10 3 (0.72%) SonicWALL
11 2 (0.48%) Yahoo!