Security Cleared Jobs with Work from Home Options

Security 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 Security Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 22 25 68
Rank change year-on-year +3 +43 +15
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 3,140 3,637 3,405
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.30% 8.77% 4.97%
As % of the Qualifications category 33.04% 34.52% 21.76%
Number of salaries quoted 1,721 1,615 1,552
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £36,667
25th Percentile £48,750 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £88,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

Security Cleared 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 9,505 10,536 15,647
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 28.15% 25.40% 22.86%
Number of salaries quoted 5,902 6,443 8,544
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 £77,313
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £93,525
UK median annual salary £54,000 £59,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.24% +8.18% -

Security Cleared
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Security Cleared trend for jobs with a WFH option

Security Cleared
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

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

Security Cleared salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Security Cleared over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Security Cleared salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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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
1 222 (7.07%) ArcGIS
2 214 (6.82%) GeoServer
3 48 (1.53%) WebLogic
4 40 (1.27%) IIS
5 39 (1.24%) SharePoint
6 35 (1.11%) Apache
7 33 (1.05%) Microsoft Exchange
8 30 (0.96%) Confluence
9 25 (0.80%) OpenStack
10 21 (0.67%) Tomcat
11 16 (0.51%) CMS
12 8 (0.25%) JBoss
13 7 (0.22%) Apache Spark
13 7 (0.22%) Red Hat Fuse
14 5 (0.16%) nginx
15 4 (0.13%) Appian
16 2 (0.064%) Oracle Service Bus
16 2 (0.064%) Oracle Workflow
17 1 (0.032%) Exchange Server 2010
17 1 (0.032%) Moodle
Applications
1 74 (2.36%) Simulink
2 49 (1.56%) Microsoft Office
3 27 (0.86%) Microsoft Excel
4 16 (0.51%) MS Visio
5 15 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
6 12 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 4 (0.13%) AutoCAD
7 4 (0.13%) Photoshop
7 4 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.13%) Stateflow
7 4 (0.13%) Windchill
8 2 (0.064%) Fireworks
8 2 (0.064%) InDesign
9 1 (0.032%) 1Password
9 1 (0.032%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.032%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.032%) Blender
Business Applications
1 56 (1.78%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 46 (1.46%) Remedy ITSM
3 29 (0.92%) Primavera
4 25 (0.80%) NEC Housing
5 13 (0.41%) SAP HR
6 10 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
6 10 (0.32%) SAP S/4HANA
7 8 (0.25%) Maximo
7 8 (0.25%) Siebel CRM
8 6 (0.19%) SAP WM
9 4 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
10 3 (0.096%) Dynamics CRM
10 3 (0.096%) SAP CRM
10 3 (0.096%) SAP CX
10 3 (0.096%) SAP EWM
10 3 (0.096%) SAP GTS
10 3 (0.096%) SAP SD
11 2 (0.064%) Oracle Cash Management
11 2 (0.064%) Oracle EBS R12
11 2 (0.064%) SAP Business ByDesign
Cloud Services
1 843 (26.85%) Azure
2 709 (22.58%) AWS
3 113 (3.60%) Dynamics 365
4 105 (3.34%) Azure DevOps
5 104 (3.31%) Power Platform
6 95 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
7 91 (2.90%) Amazon EKS
8 74 (2.36%) SaaS
9 72 (2.29%) Serverless
10 61 (1.94%) PaaS
11 48 (1.53%) PowerApps
12 47 (1.50%) Amazon SQS
12 47 (1.50%) GCP
13 45 (1.43%) GitHub
14 44 (1.40%) Entra ID
15 38 (1.21%) Power Automate
16 36 (1.15%) Amazon ECS
16 36 (1.15%) Cloud Computing
17 35 (1.11%) IaaS
18 30 (0.96%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 168 (5.35%) Firewall
2 114 (3.63%) DNS
3 83 (2.64%) TCP/IP
4 78 (2.48%) VPN
4 78 (2.48%) WAN
5 62 (1.97%) BGP
6 59 (1.88%) Network Security
7 56 (1.78%) LAN
8 53 (1.69%) SSL
9 47 (1.50%) Wireless
10 39 (1.24%) Internet
11 37 (1.18%) DHCP
12 35 (1.11%) SAN
13 29 (0.92%) SD-WAN
14 25 (0.80%) 5G
15 21 (0.67%) Ethernet
16 17 (0.54%) VSAN
17 15 (0.48%) Wi-Fi
18 14 (0.45%) MPLS
19 10 (0.32%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 252 (8.03%) PostgreSQL
2 218 (6.94%) GIS
3 214 (6.82%) QGIS
4 155 (4.94%) Relational Database
5 82 (2.61%) Oracle Database
6 70 (2.23%) Power BI
7 63 (2.01%) RDBMS
8 61 (1.94%) Amazon RDS
8 61 (1.94%) SQL Server
9 43 (1.37%) NoSQL
10 29 (0.92%) MySQL
11 18 (0.57%) Data Warehouse
12 16 (0.51%) Big Data
13 14 (0.45%) Metadata
14 13 (0.41%) Tableau
15 11 (0.35%) Hadoop
15 11 (0.35%) MongoDB
16 10 (0.32%) Azure SQL Database
16 10 (0.32%) Elasticsearch
17 9 (0.29%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 144 (4.59%) JIRA
2 140 (4.46%) Git
3 110 (3.50%) Jenkins
4 98 (3.12%) GitLab
5 57 (1.82%) Rational DOORS
6 38 (1.21%) Rational Rhapsody
6 38 (1.21%) Selenium
7 25 (0.80%) Subversion
8 18 (0.57%) Visual Studio
9 16 (0.51%) Cucumber
9 16 (0.51%) JUnit
9 16 (0.51%) SonarQube
9 16 (0.51%) Vagrant
10 15 (0.48%) CMake
11 13 (0.41%) JMeter
11 13 (0.41%) Rational Team Concert
11 13 (0.41%) Team Foundation Server
12 12 (0.38%) Bitbucket
13 10 (0.32%) Trac
14 7 (0.22%) CircleCI
General
1 793 (25.25%) Social Skills
2 380 (12.10%) Public Sector
3 297 (9.46%) Finance
4 295 (9.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 234 (7.45%) Aerospace
6 179 (5.70%) Analytical Skills
7 119 (3.79%) Military
8 103 (3.28%) Police
9 78 (2.48%) Games
10 74 (2.36%) Manufacturing
11 73 (2.32%) Law
11 73 (2.32%) Retail
12 61 (1.94%) Influencing Skills
13 59 (1.88%) Telecoms
14 58 (1.85%) Presentation Skills
15 48 (1.53%) Electronics
16 39 (1.24%) Local Government
17 38 (1.21%) Marketing
18 22 (0.70%) French Language
19 19 (0.61%) Legal
Job Titles
1 651 (20.73%) Senior
2 509 (16.21%) Architect
3 453 (14.43%) Software Engineer
4 383 (12.20%) Developer
5 359 (11.43%) Lead
6 290 (9.24%) Senior Software Engineer
7 224 (7.13%) Solutions Architect
8 210 (6.69%) Systems Engineer
9 192 (6.11%) Analyst
10 160 (5.10%) Consultant
11 126 (4.01%) DevOps Engineer
12 122 (3.89%) Project Manager
13 104 (3.31%) Presales Solution Architect
14 97 (3.09%) Senior Developer
15 95 (3.03%) Business Analyst
16 79 (2.52%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 66 (2.10%) Lead Architect
18 61 (1.94%) Full Stack Developer
19 58 (1.85%) Embedded Engineer
19 58 (1.85%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 288 (9.17%) .NET
1 288 (9.17%) React
2 227 (7.23%) CSS
3 214 (6.82%) Leaflet
3 214 (6.82%) OpenLayers
3 214 (6.82%) PostGIS
4 188 (5.99%) .NET Core
5 120 (3.82%) Node.js
6 92 (2.93%) HTML
6 92 (2.93%) Web Services
7 89 (2.83%) AngularJS
8 82 (2.61%) Spring Boot
9 80 (2.55%) RESTful
10 77 (2.45%) Spring
11 69 (2.20%) REST
12 63 (2.01%) Django
13 62 (1.97%) XML
14 51 (1.62%) RabbitMQ
15 48 (1.53%) Express.js
16 47 (1.50%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 126 (4.01%) Management Information System
2 99 (3.15%) Self-Motivation
3 96 (3.06%) Product Ownership
4 87 (2.77%) Public Cloud
5 86 (2.74%) Private Cloud
6 85 (2.71%) Algorithms
6 85 (2.71%) Virtual Team
7 78 (2.48%) Data Centre
8 66 (2.10%) Onboarding
9 49 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
10 38 (1.21%) Operational Technology
11 30 (0.96%) PKI
12 29 (0.92%) Mainframe
13 28 (0.89%) Cyberattack
13 28 (0.89%) IoT
14 25 (0.80%) Distributed Systems
15 23 (0.73%) Cloud Native
15 23 (0.73%) Cyber Threat
15 23 (0.73%) Driving Licence
15 23 (0.73%) Satnav
Operating Systems
1 540 (17.20%) Linux
2 276 (8.79%) Windows
3 103 (3.28%) Ubuntu
4 99 (3.15%) Windows Server
5 72 (2.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 71 (2.26%) Unix
7 67 (2.13%) Embedded Linux
8 48 (1.53%) VMS
9 31 (0.99%) Windows Server 2019
10 30 (0.96%) Windows Server 2016
11 25 (0.80%) CentOS
12 23 (0.73%) Solaris
13 21 (0.67%) Android
14 19 (0.61%) Windows 10
15 14 (0.45%) Windows Server 2012
16 10 (0.32%) zOS
17 9 (0.29%) Windows NT
18 4 (0.13%) AIX
18 4 (0.13%) Windows 7
19 3 (0.096%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,186 (37.77%) Agile
2 795 (25.32%) Actionable Insight
3 728 (23.18%) Software Engineering
4 702 (22.36%) DevOps
5 575 (18.31%) Problem-Solving
6 358 (11.40%) Project Management
7 326 (10.38%) Scrum
8 286 (9.11%) Systems Engineering
9 282 (8.98%) CI/CD
10 279 (8.89%) Mentoring
11 273 (8.69%) Cybersecurity
12 243 (7.74%) ITIL
13 241 (7.68%) Continuous Integration
14 236 (7.52%) Web Development
15 226 (7.20%) Collaborative Working
16 207 (6.59%) Presales
17 205 (6.53%) Kanban
18 203 (6.46%) Stakeholder Management
19 201 (6.40%) Open Source
20 200 (6.37%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 586 (18.66%) Python
2 481 (15.32%) JavaScript
3 337 (10.73%) Java
4 245 (7.80%) C#
5 159 (5.06%) SQL
6 154 (4.90%) C
7 115 (3.66%) PowerShell
8 113 (3.60%) C++
9 100 (3.18%) Bash
10 77 (2.45%) TypeScript
11 59 (1.88%) MATLAB
12 56 (1.78%) Rust
13 50 (1.59%) Embedded C
14 39 (1.24%) Shell Script
15 38 (1.21%) Go
16 29 (0.92%) Ada
17 27 (0.86%) Bicep
17 27 (0.86%) VB
18 20 (0.64%) VBScript
19 19 (0.61%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 1,882 (59.94%) SC Cleared
2 593 (18.89%) Degree
3 518 (16.50%) DV Cleared
4 357 (11.37%) BPSS Clearance
5 110 (3.50%) Computer Science Degree
6 90 (2.87%) Azure Certification
7 87 (2.77%) AWS Certification
8 60 (1.91%) CISSP
9 59 (1.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 56 (1.78%) CISM
11 47 (1.50%) Microsoft Certification
12 43 (1.37%) CTC Cleared
12 43 (1.37%) DBS Check
13 38 (1.21%) Master's Degree
14 36 (1.15%) Cisco Certification
15 33 (1.05%) CRISC
16 29 (0.92%) NVQ Level 3
17 28 (0.89%) CCNA
17 28 (0.89%) CCNP
18 23 (0.73%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 110 (3.50%) QA
2 76 (2.42%) Accessibility
3 50 (1.59%) NCSC
4 45 (1.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 37 (1.18%) NIST
6 32 (1.02%) COBIT
7 28 (0.89%) PMO
8 26 (0.83%) JSP 440
9 25 (0.80%) SLA
10 22 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
11 21 (0.67%) GDPR
11 21 (0.67%) Software Quality Assurance
12 19 (0.61%) Data Quality
12 19 (0.61%) GRC
13 17 (0.54%) RMADS
14 16 (0.51%) NIST 800
15 14 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 11 (0.35%) Def Stans
17 10 (0.32%) HMG Security Policy Framework
17 10 (0.32%) MISRA
System Software
1 207 (6.59%) Docker
2 177 (5.64%) Active Directory
3 62 (1.97%) VMware Infrastructure
4 60 (1.91%) Hyper-V
5 58 (1.85%) Firmware
6 34 (1.08%) Virtual Machines
7 22 (0.70%) vSphere
8 16 (0.51%) pfSense
9 15 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
9 15 (0.48%) Virtual Servers
10 14 (0.45%) VMware ESXi
11 10 (0.32%) Embedded Firmware
11 10 (0.32%) NFS
12 9 (0.29%) Forefront TMG
12 9 (0.29%) VMware Workstation
13 7 (0.22%) Microsoft App-V
14 2 (0.064%) Oracle RAC
15 1 (0.032%) Lustre
15 1 (0.032%) Snort
15 1 (0.032%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 239 (7.61%) Ansible
2 228 (7.26%) Terraform
3 203 (6.46%) Kubernetes
4 64 (2.04%) SCCM
5 50 (1.59%) WSUS
6 40 (1.27%) SCOM
7 32 (1.02%) Grafana
7 32 (1.02%) OpenView
8 25 (0.80%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 25 (0.80%) Puppet
9 22 (0.70%) vCenter Server
10 20 (0.64%) Microsoft Intune
11 16 (0.51%) Kibana
11 16 (0.51%) ZABBIX
12 12 (0.38%) Prometheus
13 11 (0.35%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
14 10 (0.32%) Progress Chef
14 10 (0.32%) SCDPM
15 9 (0.29%) Sysprep
16 6 (0.19%) HP UCMDB
Vendors
1 465 (14.81%) Microsoft
2 219 (6.97%) ESRI
3 157 (5.00%) Oracle
4 150 (4.78%) VMware
5 91 (2.90%) ServiceNow
6 90 (2.87%) Cisco
7 69 (2.20%) Juniper
8 56 (1.78%) HP
8 56 (1.78%) Sparx
9 52 (1.66%) IBM
10 46 (1.46%) Remedy
11 45 (1.43%) BMC
12 44 (1.40%) Fortinet
13 39 (1.24%) Xilinx
14 32 (1.02%) SAP
15 30 (0.96%) Thales
16 29 (0.92%) Palo Alto
17 28 (0.89%) Red Hat
17 28 (0.89%) Riverbed
18 26 (0.83%) NEC