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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 247 533 686
Rank change year-on-year +286 +153 -302
Permanent jobs citing BPSS Clearance 417 127 175
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.23% 0.31% 0.25%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.37% 1.22% 1.07%
Number of salaries quoted 329 93 93
10th Percentile £35,930 £40,000 £45,000
25th Percentile £48,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% -7.69% +18.18%
75th Percentile £66,250 £81,250 £90,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £87,000 £110,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £51,053
% change year-on-year - +7.73% -7.18%

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 9,552 10,403 16,413
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 28.25% 25.64% 23.03%
Number of salaries quoted 5,899 6,318 8,788
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £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 £77,715 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +9.09% -

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 20 May 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 (1.44%) Confluence
2 2 (0.48%) SharePoint
Applications
1 41 (9.83%) Simulink
2 6 (1.44%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.96%) Stateflow
4 3 (0.72%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.24%) 1Password
5 1 (0.24%) Blender
Business Applications
1 1 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.24%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 72 (17.27%) Azure
2 63 (15.11%) AWS
3 23 (5.52%) GitHub
3 23 (5.52%) GitHub Actions
4 20 (4.80%) Azure DevOps
5 17 (4.08%) GCP
5 17 (4.08%) PaaS
6 11 (2.64%) SaaS
7 10 (2.40%) IaaS
7 10 (2.40%) Power Platform
8 8 (1.92%) Serverless
9 6 (1.44%) Cloud Computing
9 6 (1.44%) Slack
10 5 (1.20%) Amazon EKS
10 5 (1.20%) AWS Lambda
11 4 (0.96%) Azure Cognitive Services
11 4 (0.96%) Entra ID
12 3 (0.72%) Microsoft 365
12 3 (0.72%) OCI
12 3 (0.72%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.64%) Ethernet
2 8 (1.92%) Software-Defined Radio
3 5 (1.20%) 5G
3 5 (1.20%) 5G NR
3 5 (1.20%) 802.11
3 5 (1.20%) LTE
3 5 (1.20%) SAN
3 5 (1.20%) Wireless
4 4 (0.96%) DNS
4 4 (0.96%) Internet
5 3 (0.72%) Modbus
5 3 (0.72%) RS-232
5 3 (0.72%) RS-422
5 3 (0.72%) RS-485
5 3 (0.72%) Tactical Data Link
6 2 (0.48%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.24%) Firewall
7 1 (0.24%) OpenVPN
7 1 (0.24%) VLAN
7 1 (0.24%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (5.76%) Relational Database
2 6 (1.44%) Power BI
3 4 (0.96%) Redis
3 4 (0.96%) Tableau
4 2 (0.48%) Azure SQL Database
4 2 (0.48%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 2 (0.48%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (0.24%) MySQL
5 1 (0.24%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 39 (9.35%) Rational DOORS
2 35 (8.39%) Rational Rhapsody
3 15 (3.60%) GitLab
4 13 (3.12%) Rational Team Concert
5 10 (2.40%) Git
5 10 (2.40%) JIRA
6 9 (2.16%) Jenkins
6 9 (2.16%) SonarQube
7 5 (1.20%) CircleCI
7 5 (1.20%) git-flow
7 5 (1.20%) Postman
7 5 (1.20%) Subversion
8 4 (0.96%) JMeter
8 4 (0.96%) Visual Studio
9 3 (0.72%) Eclipse
10 1 (0.24%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.24%) Moq
10 1 (0.24%) Selenium
10 1 (0.24%) SoapUI
10 1 (0.24%) SpecFlow
General
1 107 (25.66%) Social Skills
2 52 (12.47%) Public Sector
3 38 (9.11%) Analytical Skills
4 35 (8.39%) Military
5 22 (5.28%) Electronics
5 22 (5.28%) French Language
5 22 (5.28%) Manufacturing
6 16 (3.84%) Aerospace
7 14 (3.36%) Games
8 13 (3.12%) Finance
9 11 (2.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 7 (1.68%) Italian Language
11 4 (0.96%) German Language
11 4 (0.96%) Polish Language
11 4 (0.96%) Retail
12 3 (0.72%) Aeronautics
12 3 (0.72%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (0.72%) Turkish Language
13 2 (0.48%) Local Government
13 2 (0.48%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 74 (17.75%) Systems Engineer
2 63 (15.11%) Lead
3 49 (11.75%) Senior
4 47 (11.27%) Architect
5 41 (9.83%) Developer
6 39 (9.35%) Software Engineer
7 23 (5.52%) Full Stack Developer
8 22 (5.28%) Security Architect
9 19 (4.56%) Principal Architect
9 19 (4.56%) Principal Security Architect
10 18 (4.32%) Systems Architect
11 17 (4.08%) Senior Developer
11 17 (4.08%) Senior Full Stack Developer
12 16 (3.84%) Graduate
13 14 (3.36%) Analyst
14 12 (2.88%) DevOps Engineer
15 10 (2.40%) Full Stack .NET Developer
15 10 (2.40%) Graduate Systems Engineer
15 10 (2.40%) Project Leader
15 10 (2.40%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (6.95%) Node.js
2 27 (6.47%) HTML
3 26 (6.24%) CSS
4 22 (5.28%) RESTful
4 22 (5.28%) Web Services
5 18 (4.32%) .NET
6 11 (2.64%) ASP.NET
6 11 (2.64%) Middleware
7 10 (2.40%) ASP.NET Core
7 10 (2.40%) Express.js
8 9 (2.16%) ARM Templates
8 9 (2.16%) Azure Blueprints
8 9 (2.16%) OAuth
8 9 (2.16%) OpenID
8 9 (2.16%) PyTorch
9 7 (1.68%) SGML
10 5 (1.20%) .NET Framework
10 5 (1.20%) 802.1X
10 5 (1.20%) Elastic Stack
11 4 (0.96%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 52 (12.47%) Onboarding
2 46 (11.03%) Algorithms
3 27 (6.47%) Management Information System
4 21 (5.04%) Public Cloud
5 13 (3.12%) Product Ownership
5 13 (3.12%) Self-Motivation
6 8 (1.92%) CMDB
6 8 (1.92%) FPGA
6 8 (1.92%) PCIe
6 8 (1.92%) VHDL
7 5 (1.20%) Virtual Team
8 4 (0.96%) Augmented Reality
8 4 (0.96%) Cloud Native
8 4 (0.96%) Cyber Threat
8 4 (0.96%) Data Structures
8 4 (0.96%) Robotics
8 4 (0.96%) Virtual Reality
9 3 (0.72%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (0.72%) Ray Tracing
9 3 (0.72%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 27 (6.47%) Linux
2 12 (2.88%) Windows
3 4 (0.96%) Ubuntu
3 4 (0.96%) Windows Server
4 3 (0.72%) Embedded Linux
4 3 (0.72%) Mac OS
5 2 (0.48%) Unix
5 2 (0.48%) Windows 10
5 2 (0.48%) Windows Server 2012
6 1 (0.24%) Android
6 1 (0.24%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (28.54%) Systems Engineering
2 117 (28.06%) Software Engineering
3 112 (26.86%) Agile
4 81 (19.42%) Validation
5 69 (16.55%) Problem-Solving
6 60 (14.39%) DevOps
7 55 (13.19%) Mathematics
8 54 (12.95%) Mentoring
9 52 (12.47%) Verification and Validation
10 47 (11.27%) Continuous Integration
10 47 (11.27%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
10 47 (11.27%) Software Testing
11 43 (10.31%) Project Management
12 40 (9.59%) Physics
13 38 (9.11%) CI/CD
13 38 (9.11%) TDD
14 36 (8.63%) Continuous Delivery
15 34 (8.15%) Coaching
16 33 (7.91%) Roadmaps
17 32 (7.67%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 49 (11.75%) C#
2 41 (9.83%) C
3 40 (9.59%) Python
4 38 (9.11%) JavaScript
5 36 (8.63%) MATLAB
6 29 (6.95%) Ada
6 29 (6.95%) Java
7 19 (4.56%) Go
8 8 (1.92%) Shell Script
9 6 (1.44%) PowerShell
10 4 (0.96%) R
10 4 (0.96%) SQL
10 4 (0.96%) VBA
11 3 (0.72%) C++
11 3 (0.72%) Rust
11 3 (0.72%) SystemVerilog
12 2 (0.48%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.24%) PHP
13 1 (0.24%) VB
Qualifications
1 359 (86.09%) Security Cleared
2 124 (29.74%) Degree
3 63 (15.11%) SC Cleared
4 12 (2.88%) DV Cleared
5 10 (2.40%) DBS Check
6 5 (1.20%) Master's Degree
6 5 (1.20%) PhD
7 4 (0.96%) APMP
8 2 (0.48%) Azure Certification
8 2 (0.48%) CEH
8 2 (0.48%) HNC
9 1 (0.24%) ACCA
9 1 (0.24%) CIMA
9 1 (0.24%) CISM
9 1 (0.24%) CISSP
9 1 (0.24%) CompTIA Security+
9 1 (0.24%) HND
9 1 (0.24%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.24%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (6.00%) Accessibility
2 13 (3.12%) QA
3 10 (2.40%) Def Stans
3 10 (2.40%) MISRA
3 10 (2.40%) NCSC
4 4 (0.96%) IEC 61508
4 4 (0.96%) MISRA C
5 3 (0.72%) NIST
6 2 (0.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.24%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.24%) NIST 800
7 1 (0.24%) WCAG
System Software
1 36 (8.63%) Firmware
2 20 (4.80%) Docker
3 9 (2.16%) Active Directory
4 8 (1.92%) Embedded Firmware
5 1 (0.24%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
5 1 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 19 (4.56%) Ansible
1 19 (4.56%) Terraform
2 16 (3.84%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.96%) Grafana
3 4 (0.96%) Kibana
4 2 (0.48%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (0.24%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 36 (8.63%) Microsoft
2 30 (7.19%) IBM
3 6 (1.44%) Google
3 6 (1.44%) Salesforce
4 5 (1.20%) McAfee
4 5 (1.20%) ServiceNow
5 4 (0.96%) Automation Anywhere
5 4 (0.96%) Blue Prism
5 4 (0.96%) Mercator
5 4 (0.96%) NVIDIA
5 4 (0.96%) OpenAI
5 4 (0.96%) SIMUL8
5 4 (0.96%) Splunk
5 4 (0.96%) Sun
5 4 (0.96%) UiPath
6 3 (0.72%) Dell
6 3 (0.72%) EMC
6 3 (0.72%) Intel
6 3 (0.72%) Oracle
6 3 (0.72%) Red Hat