BPSS Clearance Jobs with Work from Home Options

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance
UK > Work from Home

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) with a requirement for BPSS Clearance qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 247 561 677
Rank change year-on-year +314 +116 -294
Permanent jobs citing BPSS Clearance 432 114 154
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.28% 0.26% 0.23%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.56% 1.03% 1.01%
Number of salaries quoted 332 76 95
10th Percentile £31,250 £41,250 £44,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £51,647 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +13.04% +4.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £82,500 £90,000
90th Percentile £77,250 £85,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -4.55%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

BPSS Clearance is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 9,481 11,095 15,253
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 28.03% 25.66% 22.86%
Number of salaries quoted 5,934 6,713 8,578
10th Percentile £32,500 £34,990 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £54,043 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.82% +5.45% -

BPSS Clearance
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing BPSS Clearance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

BPSS Clearance trend for jobs with a WFH option

BPSS Clearance
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing BPSS Clearance.

BPSS Clearance salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

BPSS Clearance
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing BPSS Clearance over the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

BPSS Clearance salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

BPSS Clearance
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 6 (1.39%) Confluence
2 4 (0.93%) SharePoint
Applications
1 41 (9.49%) Simulink
2 6 (1.39%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.93%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.93%) Stateflow
4 1 (0.23%) 1Password
4 1 (0.23%) Blender
Business Applications
1 2 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.46%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.23%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (0.23%) SAP CO
2 1 (0.23%) SAP FI
2 1 (0.23%) SAP FI/CO
2 1 (0.23%) SAP MM
2 1 (0.23%) SAP PM
2 1 (0.23%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 80 (18.52%) Azure
2 68 (15.74%) AWS
3 30 (6.94%) Azure DevOps
4 27 (6.25%) GitHub
5 25 (5.79%) GitHub Actions
6 21 (4.86%) GCP
7 18 (4.17%) PaaS
8 15 (3.47%) Serverless
9 11 (2.55%) IaaS
9 11 (2.55%) Power Platform
10 10 (2.31%) SaaS
11 8 (1.85%) Amazon EKS
11 8 (1.85%) AWS Lambda
11 8 (1.85%) Slack
12 6 (1.39%) Cloud Computing
13 4 (0.93%) Azure Cognitive Services
13 4 (0.93%) Entra ID
14 3 (0.69%) Azure Monitor
14 3 (0.69%) OCI
14 3 (0.69%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.55%) Ethernet
2 8 (1.85%) Software-Defined Radio
2 8 (1.85%) Wireless
3 5 (1.16%) 5G
3 5 (1.16%) 5G NR
3 5 (1.16%) 802.11
3 5 (1.16%) LTE
3 5 (1.16%) SAN
4 4 (0.93%) DNS
4 4 (0.93%) Internet
5 3 (0.69%) Modbus
5 3 (0.69%) RS-232
5 3 (0.69%) RS-422
5 3 (0.69%) RS-485
5 3 (0.69%) Tactical Data Link
6 1 (0.23%) OpenVPN
6 1 (0.23%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.23%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (5.09%) Relational Database
2 7 (1.62%) Power BI
3 4 (0.93%) Redis
3 4 (0.93%) Tableau
4 2 (0.46%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (0.46%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 2 (0.46%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (0.46%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.23%) MySQL
5 1 (0.23%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 39 (9.03%) Rational DOORS
2 35 (8.10%) Rational Rhapsody
3 21 (4.86%) GitLab
4 16 (3.70%) Git
5 15 (3.47%) Jenkins
6 13 (3.01%) Rational Team Concert
7 12 (2.78%) JIRA
8 8 (1.85%) CircleCI
8 8 (1.85%) git-flow
8 8 (1.85%) SonarQube
9 5 (1.16%) Postman
9 5 (1.16%) Subversion
10 4 (0.93%) JMeter
10 4 (0.93%) Visual Studio
11 3 (0.69%) Eclipse
12 2 (0.46%) Octopus Deploy
12 2 (0.46%) Selenium
12 2 (0.46%) TeamCity
13 1 (0.23%) Cucumber
13 1 (0.23%) SoapUI
General
1 114 (26.39%) Social Skills
2 62 (14.35%) Public Sector
3 43 (9.95%) Analytical Skills
4 29 (6.71%) Military
5 24 (5.56%) French Language
5 24 (5.56%) Manufacturing
6 22 (5.09%) Electronics
7 19 (4.40%) Finance
8 18 (4.17%) Aerospace
9 14 (3.24%) Games
10 12 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (1.62%) Italian Language
12 4 (0.93%) German Language
12 4 (0.93%) Polish Language
12 4 (0.93%) Retail
13 3 (0.69%) Aeronautics
13 3 (0.69%) Influencing Skills
13 3 (0.69%) Marketing
13 3 (0.69%) Turkish Language
14 2 (0.46%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 74 (17.13%) Systems Engineer
2 67 (15.51%) Lead
3 52 (12.04%) Senior
4 47 (10.88%) Architect
5 41 (9.49%) Developer
6 40 (9.26%) Software Engineer
7 22 (5.09%) Security Architect
8 21 (4.86%) Full Stack Developer
9 19 (4.40%) Principal Architect
9 19 (4.40%) Principal Security Architect
10 18 (4.17%) Analyst
10 18 (4.17%) Systems Architect
11 17 (3.94%) Senior Developer
11 17 (3.94%) Senior Full Stack Developer
12 16 (3.70%) DevOps Engineer
12 16 (3.70%) Graduate
13 11 (2.55%) Consultant
14 10 (2.31%) Graduate Systems Engineer
14 10 (2.31%) Project Leader
14 10 (2.31%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (6.25%) Node.js
2 25 (5.79%) HTML
3 24 (5.56%) CSS
4 20 (4.63%) .NET
4 20 (4.63%) RESTful
4 20 (4.63%) Web Services
5 11 (2.55%) Middleware
6 9 (2.08%) ASP.NET
6 9 (2.08%) PyTorch
7 8 (1.85%) ARM Templates
7 8 (1.85%) Azure Blueprints
7 8 (1.85%) Elastic Stack
7 8 (1.85%) Express.js
8 7 (1.62%) ASP.NET Core
8 7 (1.62%) OAuth
8 7 (1.62%) OpenID
9 6 (1.39%) .NET Framework
10 5 (1.16%) 802.1X
11 4 (0.93%) REST
11 4 (0.93%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 56 (12.96%) Onboarding
2 46 (10.65%) Algorithms
3 29 (6.71%) Management Information System
4 21 (4.86%) Public Cloud
5 13 (3.01%) Product Ownership
5 13 (3.01%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (1.85%) CMDB
6 8 (1.85%) FPGA
6 8 (1.85%) PCIe
6 8 (1.85%) VHDL
6 8 (1.85%) Virtual Team
7 5 (1.16%) Cloud Native
8 4 (0.93%) Augmented Reality
8 4 (0.93%) Cyber Threat
8 4 (0.93%) Data Structures
8 4 (0.93%) Robotics
8 4 (0.93%) Virtual Reality
9 3 (0.69%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (0.69%) Ray Tracing
9 3 (0.69%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 30 (6.94%) Linux
2 14 (3.24%) Windows
3 4 (0.93%) Ubuntu
3 4 (0.93%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.69%) Embedded Linux
4 3 (0.69%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.46%) Unix
5 2 (0.46%) VMS
5 2 (0.46%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.46%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.23%) Android
6 1 (0.23%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (29.17%) Agile
2 121 (28.01%) Software Engineering
3 119 (27.55%) Systems Engineering
4 82 (18.98%) Validation
5 69 (15.97%) DevOps
5 69 (15.97%) Problem-Solving
6 56 (12.96%) Mentoring
7 55 (12.73%) Mathematics
8 52 (12.04%) Verification and Validation
9 51 (11.81%) Continuous Integration
10 47 (10.88%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
11 46 (10.65%) CI/CD
11 46 (10.65%) Software Testing
12 44 (10.19%) Project Management
13 40 (9.26%) Physics
14 39 (9.03%) Scrum
15 37 (8.56%) TDD
16 36 (8.33%) Continuous Delivery
17 34 (7.87%) Coaching
17 34 (7.87%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 52 (12.04%) C#
2 45 (10.42%) Python
3 41 (9.49%) C
4 40 (9.26%) JavaScript
5 36 (8.33%) MATLAB
6 32 (7.41%) Java
7 29 (6.71%) Ada
8 21 (4.86%) Go
9 11 (2.55%) PowerShell
9 11 (2.55%) Shell Script
10 6 (1.39%) SQL
11 4 (0.93%) R
11 4 (0.93%) VBA
12 3 (0.69%) C++
12 3 (0.69%) Rust
12 3 (0.69%) SystemVerilog
12 3 (0.69%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.46%) Bash
13 2 (0.46%) Ruby
13 2 (0.46%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 368 (85.19%) Security Cleared
2 127 (29.40%) Degree
3 74 (17.13%) SC Cleared
4 12 (2.78%) DV Cleared
5 10 (2.31%) DBS Check
6 5 (1.16%) Master's Degree
6 5 (1.16%) PhD
7 4 (0.93%) APMP
8 2 (0.46%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.46%) HNC
9 1 (0.23%) ACCA
9 1 (0.23%) CEH
9 1 (0.23%) CIMA
9 1 (0.23%) CISM
9 1 (0.23%) CISSP
9 1 (0.23%) HND
9 1 (0.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.23%) NVQ Level 3
9 1 (0.23%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 1 (0.23%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (6.71%) Accessibility
2 19 (4.40%) QA
3 10 (2.31%) Def Stans
3 10 (2.31%) MISRA
4 9 (2.08%) NCSC
5 4 (0.93%) IEC 61508
5 4 (0.93%) MISRA C
6 3 (0.69%) NIST
7 2 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.23%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.23%) NIST 800
8 1 (0.23%) WCAG
System Software
1 36 (8.33%) Firmware
2 25 (5.79%) Docker
3 12 (2.78%) Active Directory
4 8 (1.85%) Embedded Firmware
5 3 (0.69%) Virtual Machines
6 1 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 23 (5.32%) Terraform
2 21 (4.86%) Ansible
2 21 (4.86%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.93%) Grafana
3 4 (0.93%) Kibana
4 2 (0.46%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.23%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 39 (9.03%) Microsoft
2 30 (6.94%) IBM
3 9 (2.08%) Google
4 8 (1.85%) McAfee
5 7 (1.62%) Salesforce
6 5 (1.16%) ServiceNow
7 4 (0.93%) Automation Anywhere
7 4 (0.93%) Blue Prism
7 4 (0.93%) Mercator
7 4 (0.93%) NVIDIA
7 4 (0.93%) OpenAI
7 4 (0.93%) SIMUL8
7 4 (0.93%) Splunk
7 4 (0.93%) Sun
7 4 (0.93%) UiPath
8 3 (0.69%) Dell
8 3 (0.69%) EMC
8 3 (0.69%) Microsemi
8 3 (0.69%) Red Hat
8 3 (0.69%) Xilinx