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 7 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 36 23
Rank change year-on-year +20 -13 +11
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,430 1,113 2,464
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.97% 7.01% 8.88%
As % of the Qualifications category 28.41% 24.43% 32.54%
Number of salaries quoted 974 650 1,692
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £38,856
25th Percentile £51,250 £53,688 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £74,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +8.70% -

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 5,033 4,555 7,573
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 31.55% 28.68% 27.28%
Number of salaries quoted 2,550 2,395 5,538
10th Percentile £30,500 £34,404 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £43,305
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -4.35%

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 7 February 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 30 (2.10%) SharePoint
2 15 (1.05%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (0.77%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (0.49%) Confluence
5 6 (0.42%) Apache
6 5 (0.35%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.28%) ArcGIS
7 4 (0.28%) GeoServer
7 4 (0.28%) Oracle Spatial
8 3 (0.21%) Tomcat
8 3 (0.21%) WebLogic
8 3 (0.21%) WebLogic Portal
8 3 (0.21%) WordPress
9 2 (0.14%) Camunda
9 2 (0.14%) SAS
10 1 (0.070%) IIS
10 1 (0.070%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 82 (5.73%) Microsoft Office
2 28 (1.96%) Adobe XD
3 15 (1.05%) Microsoft Excel
4 7 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.28%) InVision
5 4 (0.28%) Sketch
6 3 (0.21%) AutoCAD
6 3 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.21%) Simulink
7 2 (0.14%) Weka
8 1 (0.070%) EngageOne
8 1 (0.070%) EPLAN
8 1 (0.070%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.070%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.070%) Revit
8 1 (0.070%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 22 (1.54%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (1.19%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.49%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 4 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.28%) Primavera
4 4 (0.28%) SAP PP
5 3 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.21%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (0.21%) SAP PM
6 2 (0.14%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.14%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.14%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.14%) SAP SCM
7 1 (0.070%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.070%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.070%) SAP HCM
7 1 (0.070%) SAP HR
7 1 (0.070%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.070%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.070%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 221 (15.45%) Azure
2 196 (13.71%) AWS
3 127 (8.88%) Microsoft 365
4 55 (3.85%) GCP
5 53 (3.71%) Entra ID
6 52 (3.64%) Power Platform
7 37 (2.59%) AWS CloudFormation
8 33 (2.31%) PowerApps
9 31 (2.17%) Figma
10 30 (2.10%) Azure DevOps
11 28 (1.96%) Dynamics 365
12 27 (1.89%) Amazon EKS
12 27 (1.89%) Power Automate
13 26 (1.82%) GitHub
14 25 (1.75%) Serverless
15 24 (1.68%) Amazon CloudWatch
16 22 (1.54%) Amazon ECS
17 19 (1.33%) AWS Lambda
17 19 (1.33%) SaaS
18 18 (1.26%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 41 (2.87%) Firewall
2 29 (2.03%) VPN
3 19 (1.33%) LAN
3 19 (1.33%) Network Security
3 19 (1.33%) WAN
4 17 (1.19%) DNS
5 13 (0.91%) TCP/IP
5 13 (0.91%) Wi-Fi
6 12 (0.84%) BGP
7 10 (0.70%) DHCP
7 10 (0.70%) MPLS
8 8 (0.56%) Ethernet
9 7 (0.49%) DMZ
10 6 (0.42%) HTTP
10 6 (0.42%) SD-WAN
10 6 (0.42%) VoIP
11 5 (0.35%) Cisco ASA
11 5 (0.35%) IPsec
12 4 (0.28%) Cisco IOS
12 4 (0.28%) Junos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (2.73%) Power BI
2 33 (2.31%) PostgreSQL
3 22 (1.54%) NoSQL
4 17 (1.19%) MongoDB
4 17 (1.19%) SQL Server
5 14 (0.98%) Amazon RDS
5 14 (0.98%) Metadata
5 14 (0.98%) MySQL
6 13 (0.91%) Relational Database
7 11 (0.77%) Elasticsearch
8 8 (0.56%) Redis
8 8 (0.56%) Tableau
9 7 (0.49%) Data Warehouse
10 6 (0.42%) DynamoDB
10 6 (0.42%) GIS
11 5 (0.35%) Amazon Redshift
11 5 (0.35%) Big Data
11 5 (0.35%) BigQuery
11 5 (0.35%) SAP HANA
12 4 (0.28%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 39 (2.73%) Git
2 35 (2.45%) Jenkins
3 27 (1.89%) Balsamiq
4 25 (1.75%) Axure RP
5 20 (1.40%) JIRA
6 17 (1.19%) Selenium
7 16 (1.12%) GitLab
8 10 (0.70%) Cypress.io
9 8 (0.56%) WebDriver
10 7 (0.49%) Burp Suite
10 7 (0.49%) Metasploit
10 7 (0.49%) SonarQube
11 5 (0.35%) JMeter
11 5 (0.35%) Robot Framework
12 4 (0.28%) Babel
12 4 (0.28%) webpack
13 3 (0.21%) Bitbucket
13 3 (0.21%) Oracle APEX
13 3 (0.21%) Rational Rhapsody
13 3 (0.21%) TeamCity
General
1 343 (23.99%) Social Skills
2 287 (20.07%) Public Sector
3 166 (11.61%) Finance
4 134 (9.37%) Analytical Skills
5 120 (8.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 105 (7.34%) Law
7 83 (5.80%) Manufacturing
8 62 (4.34%) Back Office
9 61 (4.27%) Telecoms
10 52 (3.64%) Marketing
11 51 (3.57%) Electronics
12 32 (2.24%) Military
13 26 (1.82%) Presentation Skills
14 24 (1.68%) Aerospace
15 21 (1.47%) Retail
16 15 (1.05%) Legal
17 14 (0.98%) Influencing Skills
17 14 (0.98%) Organisational Skills
18 10 (0.70%) Aviation
18 10 (0.70%) Games
Job Titles
1 197 (13.78%) Senior
2 155 (10.84%) Systems Engineer
3 130 (9.09%) Analyst
4 129 (9.02%) Consultant
5 126 (8.81%) Architect
6 97 (6.78%) Developer
6 97 (6.78%) Lead
7 82 (5.73%) Business Analyst
7 82 (5.73%) Support Engineer
8 74 (5.17%) Software Engineer
9 64 (4.48%) Site Engineer
10 61 (4.27%) Desktop Engineer
11 60 (4.20%) Desktop Support
11 60 (4.20%) Desktop Support Engineer
12 46 (3.22%) Security Consultant
13 39 (2.73%) Data Engineer
14 37 (2.59%) Solutions Architect
15 36 (2.52%) Cloud Engineer
15 36 (2.52%) Designer
16 30 (2.10%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (3.43%) React
2 42 (2.94%) .NET
3 31 (2.17%) REST
4 30 (2.10%) HTML
5 29 (2.03%) CSS
6 28 (1.96%) Spring
7 24 (1.68%) SAP CAF
8 21 (1.47%) Spring Boot
9 20 (1.40%) Lightning Web Components
9 20 (1.40%) SOAP
10 19 (1.33%) Middleware
11 18 (1.26%) Django
12 17 (1.19%) Node.js
13 16 (1.12%) AngularJS
13 16 (1.12%) HTML5 Canvas
13 16 (1.12%) Visualforce
14 15 (1.05%) Kafka
15 14 (0.98%) ASP.NET
16 13 (0.91%) RESTful
17 12 (0.84%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 66 (4.62%) Cloud Native
2 61 (4.27%) Product Ownership
3 45 (3.15%) Security Posture
4 37 (2.59%) e-Learning
4 37 (2.59%) Self-Motivation
5 28 (1.96%) Data Centre
6 26 (1.82%) Onboarding
7 23 (1.61%) Management Information System
8 20 (1.40%) PKI
9 15 (1.05%) Analytical Mindset
9 15 (1.05%) Driving Licence
10 14 (0.98%) Algorithms
11 12 (0.84%) Distributed Systems
12 11 (0.77%) Cyber Security Posture
12 11 (0.77%) Low-Code
13 10 (0.70%) Hybrid Cloud
13 10 (0.70%) Legacy Systems
14 9 (0.63%) AI Agents
14 9 (0.63%) Private Cloud
14 9 (0.63%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 123 (8.60%) Windows
2 106 (7.41%) Linux
3 67 (4.69%) Windows 10
4 34 (2.38%) Unix
5 18 (1.26%) Windows Server
6 10 (0.70%) Ubuntu
7 7 (0.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (0.42%) CentOS
9 3 (0.21%) Debian
9 3 (0.21%) Solaris
9 3 (0.21%) VMS
10 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.070%) Android
11 1 (0.070%) Rocky
11 1 (0.070%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.070%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 275 (19.23%) Agile
2 189 (13.22%) Problem-Solving
3 179 (12.52%) Continuous Improvement
4 171 (11.96%) Cybersecurity
5 162 (11.33%) Software Engineering
6 147 (10.28%) DevOps
7 138 (9.65%) Analytics
8 116 (8.11%) ITIL
9 114 (7.97%) CI/CD
10 98 (6.85%) Collaborative Culture
11 97 (6.78%) Community of Practice
12 90 (6.29%) Technology Strategy
13 89 (6.22%) Mentoring
14 87 (6.08%) Business Intelligence
15 78 (5.45%) AI
16 75 (5.24%) Infrastructure as Code
17 72 (5.03%) Validation
18 71 (4.97%) Computer Science
18 71 (4.97%) User Experience
19 70 (4.90%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 157 (10.98%) Python
2 105 (7.34%) Java
3 89 (6.22%) JavaScript
4 67 (4.69%) C#
5 62 (4.34%) SQL
6 43 (3.01%) PowerShell
7 32 (2.24%) Bash
8 30 (2.10%) TypeScript
9 24 (1.68%) C++
10 22 (1.54%) C
11 20 (1.40%) Apex Code
11 20 (1.40%) Bicep
12 15 (1.05%) Go
13 10 (0.70%) MATLAB
14 9 (0.63%) Ada
15 6 (0.42%) ABAP
15 6 (0.42%) Scala
15 6 (0.42%) VBA
16 5 (0.35%) Google Apps Script
16 5 (0.35%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 874 (61.12%) SC Cleared
2 314 (21.96%) Degree
3 244 (17.06%) DV Cleared
4 74 (5.17%) BPSS Clearance
5 71 (4.97%) CISSP
6 63 (4.41%) CTC Cleared
7 52 (3.64%) Microsoft Certification
8 49 (3.43%) CISM
8 49 (3.43%) Computer Science Degree
9 45 (3.15%) Cisco Certification
10 40 (2.80%) Azure Certification
11 28 (1.96%) AWS Certification
11 28 (1.96%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 26 (1.82%) CCNA
13 22 (1.54%) CCNP
14 16 (1.12%) Master's Degree
15 13 (0.91%) CREST Certified
16 12 (0.84%) OSCP
17 11 (0.77%) CEH
17 11 (0.77%) CISMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (6.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 71 (4.97%) SLA
3 65 (4.55%) NIST
4 57 (3.99%) Accessibility
5 46 (3.22%) GDPR
6 45 (3.15%) GRC
7 43 (3.01%) QA
8 28 (1.96%) WCAG
9 21 (1.47%) Data Quality
10 19 (1.33%) NCSC
11 15 (1.05%) PCI DSS
12 14 (0.98%) JSP 440
13 11 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials
14 9 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 8 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 7 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
17 5 (0.35%) NIST 800
18 4 (0.28%) ISO 9001
19 3 (0.21%) ISO 14001
19 3 (0.21%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 68 (4.76%) Docker
2 27 (1.89%) Active Directory
3 24 (1.68%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.77%) Hyper-V
5 10 (0.70%) VMware NSX
6 9 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
7 6 (0.42%) Firmware
8 4 (0.28%) vSphere
9 3 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.070%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.070%) vCloud
10 1 (0.070%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.070%) Xen
Systems Management
1 82 (5.73%) Terraform
2 78 (5.45%) Kubernetes
3 47 (3.29%) Ansible
4 32 (2.24%) Grafana
5 12 (0.84%) Prometheus
6 11 (0.77%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (0.49%) Nmap
8 6 (0.42%) Endace
8 6 (0.42%) SCOM
9 5 (0.35%) Kibana
9 5 (0.35%) SCCM
10 4 (0.28%) Nagios
10 4 (0.28%) Puppet
10 4 (0.28%) WSUS
10 4 (0.28%) ZABBIX
11 3 (0.21%) Docker Swarm
11 3 (0.21%) FortiGate
11 3 (0.21%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 3 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.14%) QRadar
Vendors
1 172 (12.03%) Microsoft
2 120 (8.39%) Cisco
3 75 (5.24%) SAP
4 49 (3.43%) Google
4 49 (3.43%) Salesforce
5 33 (2.31%) VMware
6 28 (1.96%) Adobe
6 28 (1.96%) Oracle
7 18 (1.26%) ServiceNow
8 16 (1.12%) Red Hat
9 14 (0.98%) MuleSoft
9 14 (0.98%) Splunk
10 13 (0.91%) Juniper
11 10 (0.70%) CheckPoint
11 10 (0.70%) F5
12 8 (0.56%) Databricks
13 7 (0.49%) Meraki
13 7 (0.49%) Sparx
14 4 (0.28%) CyberArk
14 4 (0.28%) Palo Alto