Hybrid/Remote Security Cleared Job Trends

Security Clearance
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid work with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 15 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 43 25
Rank change year-on-year +27 -18 +8
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,644 987 2,476
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.87% 6.75% 7.64%
As % of the Qualifications category 38.76% 21.52% 28.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1,195 522 1,723
10th Percentile £45,599 £46,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £54,468 £52,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -
75th Percentile £79,864 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £89,500 £95,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £61,644 £57,500
% change year-on-year +5.44% +7.21% -4.17%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

Security 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 4,242 4,587 8,766
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 22.89% 31.35% 27.03%
Number of salaries quoted 2,872 2,406 5,892
10th Percentile £32,500 £27,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,043
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.77% -9.21%

Security Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Security Cleared and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Security Cleared job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Security Cleared
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Security Cleared.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Security Cleared

Security Cleared
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Security Cleared over the 6 months to 15 May 2026.

Security Cleared salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Security 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 34 (2.07%) SharePoint
2 18 (1.09%) Apache
3 14 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
4 13 (0.79%) Apache Airflow
5 11 (0.67%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.24%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.24%) GeoServer
6 4 (0.24%) Oracle Spatial
7 3 (0.18%) Apache Solr
7 3 (0.18%) Confluence
7 3 (0.18%) Jupyter
7 3 (0.18%) SAS
8 2 (0.12%) Camunda
8 2 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.061%) Appian
9 1 (0.061%) Drupal
9 1 (0.061%) nginx
9 1 (0.061%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.061%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.061%) WordPress
Applications
1 66 (4.01%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (1.22%) Adobe XD
3 12 (0.73%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.30%) InVision
4 5 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (0.30%) Sketch
5 3 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.12%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.12%) Weka
6 2 (0.12%) Windchill
7 1 (0.061%) CATIA
7 1 (0.061%) EngageOne
7 1 (0.061%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.061%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 28 (1.70%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.36%) Oracle ERP
2 6 (0.36%) SAP ERP
3 4 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (0.24%) SAP FSCM
4 3 (0.18%) Elite 3E
4 3 (0.18%) Primavera
4 3 (0.18%) SAP CO
4 3 (0.18%) SAP FI
4 3 (0.18%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (0.18%) SAP HCM
5 2 (0.12%) SAP Payroll
6 1 (0.061%) Magento
6 1 (0.061%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.061%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.061%) SAP PSCD
6 1 (0.061%) SAP QM
6 1 (0.061%) SAP SCM
6 1 (0.061%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.061%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 300 (18.25%) Azure
2 266 (16.18%) AWS
3 103 (6.27%) Microsoft 365
4 93 (5.66%) GCP
5 58 (3.53%) Entra ID
6 48 (2.92%) Power Platform
7 26 (1.58%) Serverless
8 22 (1.34%) SaaS
9 21 (1.28%) Figma
10 20 (1.22%) AWS CloudFormation
10 20 (1.22%) Azure DevOps
10 20 (1.22%) Dynamics 365
11 19 (1.16%) GitHub
12 18 (1.09%) Google Analytics
12 18 (1.09%) PaaS
12 18 (1.09%) PowerApps
13 17 (1.03%) Azure Sentinel
14 16 (0.97%) Power Automate
14 16 (0.97%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 16 (0.97%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 40 (2.43%) Firewall
2 32 (1.95%) Network Security
3 30 (1.82%) WAN
4 25 (1.52%) VPN
5 23 (1.40%) DNS
6 21 (1.28%) LAN
7 19 (1.16%) DHCP
8 18 (1.09%) BGP
9 14 (0.85%) MPLS
10 12 (0.73%) SMTP
10 12 (0.73%) TCP/IP
10 12 (0.73%) Wi-Fi
11 8 (0.49%) HTTP
12 7 (0.43%) DMZ
12 7 (0.43%) Intrusion Detection
12 7 (0.43%) SNMP
13 6 (0.36%) Cisco ASA
13 6 (0.36%) Cisco Firepower
13 6 (0.36%) SD-WAN
13 6 (0.36%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (2.25%) Power BI
2 33 (2.01%) PostgreSQL
3 20 (1.22%) NoSQL
4 19 (1.16%) Metadata
5 15 (0.91%) MongoDB
6 14 (0.85%) SQL Server
7 10 (0.61%) DynamoDB
7 10 (0.61%) Elasticsearch
7 10 (0.61%) Redis
8 9 (0.55%) Data Warehouse
9 8 (0.49%) Relational Database
10 7 (0.43%) Amazon Athena
10 7 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
10 7 (0.43%) Big Data
10 7 (0.43%) MySQL
10 7 (0.43%) SAP HANA
11 6 (0.36%) BigQuery
11 6 (0.36%) Tableau
12 5 (0.30%) Amazon Redshift
13 4 (0.24%) GIS
Development Applications
1 51 (3.10%) Git
2 30 (1.82%) Jenkins
3 24 (1.46%) GitLab
4 16 (0.97%) Axure RP
5 15 (0.91%) Balsamiq
5 15 (0.91%) JIRA
6 12 (0.73%) Selenium
7 8 (0.49%) JUnit
8 6 (0.36%) JMeter
8 6 (0.36%) Maven
9 5 (0.30%) Mockito
10 4 (0.24%) Babel
10 4 (0.24%) Burp Suite
10 4 (0.24%) Metasploit
10 4 (0.24%) SonarQube
10 4 (0.24%) webpack
11 3 (0.18%) Cypress.io
11 3 (0.18%) MSTest
11 3 (0.18%) Postman
11 3 (0.18%) SoapUI
General
1 373 (22.69%) Social Skills
2 347 (21.11%) Public Sector
3 186 (11.31%) Finance
4 166 (10.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 131 (7.97%) Analytical Skills
6 121 (7.36%) Law
7 53 (3.22%) Back Office
8 51 (3.10%) Legal
9 48 (2.92%) Manufacturing
10 43 (2.62%) Telecoms
11 37 (2.25%) Presentation Skills
12 28 (1.70%) Influencing Skills
13 26 (1.58%) Organisational Skills
14 22 (1.34%) Retail
15 21 (1.28%) Aerospace
16 19 (1.16%) Military
17 17 (1.03%) Marketing
18 16 (0.97%) Electronics
19 11 (0.67%) Aviation
20 10 (0.61%) Banking
Job Titles
1 269 (16.36%) Senior
2 206 (12.53%) Architect
3 162 (9.85%) Consultant
4 149 (9.06%) Analyst
5 123 (7.48%) Lead
6 111 (6.75%) Systems Engineer
7 108 (6.57%) Developer
8 100 (6.08%) Software Engineer
9 96 (5.84%) Business Analyst
10 93 (5.66%) Solutions Architect
11 68 (4.14%) Support Engineer
12 53 (3.22%) Cloud Engineer
13 52 (3.16%) Data Engineer
13 52 (3.16%) Site Engineer
14 51 (3.10%) Senior Manager
15 50 (3.04%) Desktop Engineer
15 50 (3.04%) Desktop Support
15 50 (3.04%) Desktop Support Engineer
16 44 (2.68%) Java Developer
17 42 (2.55%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (2.98%) REST
2 37 (2.25%) .NET
3 36 (2.19%) Spring
4 31 (1.89%) React
5 27 (1.64%) SOAP
6 22 (1.34%) CSS
6 22 (1.34%) HTML
7 19 (1.16%) Lightning Web Components
7 19 (1.16%) Middleware
7 19 (1.16%) Spring Boot
8 17 (1.03%) Kafka
9 16 (0.97%) Visualforce
10 14 (0.85%) SAML
11 12 (0.73%) AngularJS
11 12 (0.73%) SAP Fiori
12 11 (0.67%) ASP.NET
12 11 (0.67%) Playwright
12 11 (0.67%) RESTful
13 10 (0.61%) Django
13 10 (0.61%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 78 (4.74%) Cloud Native
2 72 (4.38%) Product Ownership
3 52 (3.16%) Security Posture
4 51 (3.10%) Onboarding
5 40 (2.43%) Data Centre
6 39 (2.37%) Management Information System
7 33 (2.01%) Self-Motivation
8 28 (1.70%) PKI
9 22 (1.34%) Legacy Systems
10 21 (1.28%) Blog
11 18 (1.09%) Low-Code
12 17 (1.03%) Driving Licence
13 16 (0.97%) Security Operations Centre
14 15 (0.91%) Data Structures
15 12 (0.73%) Cyber Threat
16 11 (0.67%) Analytical Mindset
16 11 (0.67%) Cloud Security Posture
16 11 (0.67%) Cyber Security Posture
16 11 (0.67%) Cyberattack
17 10 (0.61%) Cyber Kill Chain
Operating Systems
1 122 (7.42%) Windows
2 93 (5.66%) Linux
3 58 (3.53%) Windows 10
4 25 (1.52%) Windows Server
5 20 (1.22%) Unix
6 7 (0.43%) Ubuntu
7 5 (0.30%) Android
7 5 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.18%) CentOS
8 3 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.061%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.061%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.061%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 315 (19.16%) Agile
2 203 (12.35%) Continuous Improvement
3 199 (12.10%) Cybersecurity
4 169 (10.28%) DevOps
5 160 (9.73%) Problem-Solving
6 150 (9.12%) Software Engineering
7 149 (9.06%) Mentoring
8 133 (8.09%) ITIL
9 130 (7.91%) Analytics
10 119 (7.24%) CI/CD
10 119 (7.24%) Community of Practice
11 111 (6.75%) Stakeholder Management
12 108 (6.57%) Technology Strategy
13 102 (6.20%) Collaborative Culture
14 98 (5.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 94 (5.72%) Risk Management
16 82 (4.99%) Project Delivery
16 82 (4.99%) Roadmaps
17 81 (4.93%) AI
17 81 (4.93%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 132 (8.03%) Python
2 125 (7.60%) Java
3 79 (4.81%) SQL
4 73 (4.44%) JavaScript
5 50 (3.04%) C#
6 29 (1.76%) PowerShell
7 26 (1.58%) C++
7 26 (1.58%) TypeScript
8 21 (1.28%) Bash
9 19 (1.16%) Apex Code
10 10 (0.61%) C
11 9 (0.55%) Groovy
11 9 (0.55%) Rust
12 6 (0.36%) Go
12 6 (0.36%) Scala
13 5 (0.30%) Ada
13 5 (0.30%) PL/SQL
14 4 (0.24%) T-SQL
14 4 (0.24%) VBA
15 3 (0.18%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 1,075 (65.39%) SC Cleared
2 314 (19.10%) DV Cleared
3 272 (16.55%) Degree
4 80 (4.87%) BPSS Clearance
5 65 (3.95%) CISSP
6 55 (3.35%) CTC Cleared
7 46 (2.80%) Computer Science Degree
8 42 (2.55%) Microsoft Certification
9 38 (2.31%) CISM
10 25 (1.52%) Azure Certification
11 19 (1.16%) AWS Certification
12 16 (0.97%) Cisco Certification
13 15 (0.91%) CREST Certified
13 15 (0.91%) HNC
14 14 (0.85%) TOGAF Certification
15 11 (0.67%) PMI Certification
16 10 (0.61%) GIAC
17 9 (0.55%) Master's Degree
18 8 (0.49%) CCNA
18 8 (0.49%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (5.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 61 (3.71%) NIST
3 60 (3.65%) SLA
4 52 (3.16%) QA
5 45 (2.74%) Accessibility
5 45 (2.74%) GDPR
6 30 (1.82%) GRC
7 29 (1.76%) Data Quality
8 28 (1.70%) NCSC
9 21 (1.28%) PCI DSS
10 19 (1.16%) WCAG
11 15 (0.91%) JSP 440
12 13 (0.79%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 12 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials
14 8 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
14 8 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 7 (0.43%) Government Security Classifications
15 7 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 42001
16 6 (0.36%) PMO
17 5 (0.30%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 67 (4.08%) Docker
2 38 (2.31%) Active Directory
3 18 (1.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.67%) VMware NSX
5 8 (0.49%) Firmware
5 8 (0.49%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (0.30%) vSphere
7 4 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.061%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.061%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.061%) IAG
9 1 (0.061%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.061%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.061%) Xen
Systems Management
1 86 (5.23%) Terraform
2 73 (4.44%) Kubernetes
3 53 (3.22%) Ansible
4 18 (1.09%) Microsoft Intune
5 15 (0.91%) Grafana
6 14 (0.85%) Prometheus
7 8 (0.49%) Puppet
8 6 (0.36%) Endace
8 6 (0.36%) Packer
8 6 (0.36%) Progress Chef
9 5 (0.30%) AWS Copilot
9 5 (0.30%) QRadar
10 4 (0.24%) Argo
10 4 (0.24%) Istio
10 4 (0.24%) Kustomize
10 4 (0.24%) Nmap
10 4 (0.24%) SCCM
10 4 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.24%) vCenter Server
10 4 (0.24%) WSUS
Vendors
1 193 (11.74%) Microsoft
2 91 (5.54%) Cisco
3 53 (3.22%) Google
4 47 (2.86%) SAP
5 43 (2.62%) Oracle
6 28 (1.70%) Salesforce
6 28 (1.70%) VMware
7 25 (1.52%) ServiceNow
8 20 (1.22%) Adobe
8 20 (1.22%) Red Hat
9 15 (0.91%) MuleSoft
10 14 (0.85%) Databricks
11 13 (0.79%) Splunk
12 12 (0.73%) CyberArk
13 11 (0.67%) Meraki
14 10 (0.61%) Juniper
15 8 (0.49%) F5
15 8 (0.49%) Okta
16 6 (0.36%) Ariba
16 6 (0.36%) CheckPoint