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 2 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 32 24
Rank change year-on-year +12 -8 -3
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,947 1,205 1,788
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.81% 7.14% 7.95%
As % of the Qualifications category 37.62% 18.83% 28.76%
Number of salaries quoted 1,242 617 1,020
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £56,250 £48,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,075 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.12% - +2.46%
75th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,250 £92,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% - -

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 5,176 6,400 6,218
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.76% 37.94% 27.66%
Number of salaries quoted 3,216 2,287 2,846
10th Percentile £33,013 £31,000 £34,404
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,813
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -3.51% -1.72%

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 2 October 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 40 (2.05%) Apache
2 32 (1.64%) Apache Spark
3 26 (1.34%) SharePoint
4 20 (1.03%) Confluence
5 13 (0.67%) Anypoint
5 13 (0.67%) Mule
6 10 (0.51%) Apache Airflow
6 10 (0.51%) Oracle Workflow
7 9 (0.46%) nginx
7 9 (0.46%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 8 (0.41%) Camunda
8 8 (0.41%) Jupyter
9 5 (0.26%) WebLogic
10 4 (0.21%) ArcGIS
10 4 (0.21%) GeoServer
10 4 (0.21%) IIS
10 4 (0.21%) Oracle Spatial
11 3 (0.15%) Apache Solr
11 3 (0.15%) CMS
11 3 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 31 (1.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 29 (1.49%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (1.18%) Simulink
4 17 (0.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 15 (0.77%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.31%) Adobe XD
6 6 (0.31%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.21%) Mathcad
7 4 (0.21%) Windchill
8 2 (0.10%) AutoCAD
8 2 (0.10%) InDesign
8 2 (0.10%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.051%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.051%) EPLAN
9 1 (0.051%) FrameMaker
9 1 (0.051%) Houdini
9 1 (0.051%) NUKE
9 1 (0.051%) Revit
9 1 (0.051%) SOLIDWORKS
9 1 (0.051%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 21 (1.08%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (0.82%) Primavera
3 9 (0.46%) Oracle EBS
4 7 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (0.36%) Workday HCM
5 5 (0.26%) Oracle ERP
5 5 (0.26%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 5 (0.26%) SAP ERP
5 5 (0.26%) SAP PSCD
5 5 (0.26%) Teamcenter
6 3 (0.15%) SAP QM
6 3 (0.15%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 2 (0.10%) Oracle Applications
7 2 (0.10%) Oracle EBS R12
7 2 (0.10%) SAP PM
8 1 (0.051%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.051%) SAP BPC
8 1 (0.051%) SAP EWM
8 1 (0.051%) SAP GRC
8 1 (0.051%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 471 (24.19%) Azure
2 439 (22.55%) AWS
3 129 (6.63%) GCP
4 91 (4.67%) Entra ID
4 91 (4.67%) Microsoft 365
5 82 (4.21%) Power Platform
6 48 (2.47%) GitHub
7 45 (2.31%) Serverless
8 40 (2.05%) AWS CloudFormation
9 38 (1.95%) dbt
10 35 (1.80%) Amazon S3
11 34 (1.75%) Azure DevOps
12 31 (1.59%) SaaS
13 25 (1.28%) AWS Lambda
13 25 (1.28%) OpenShift
14 22 (1.13%) Amazon EC2
14 22 (1.13%) Azure Sentinel
14 22 (1.13%) Microsoft Purview
15 21 (1.08%) PaaS
16 20 (1.03%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 57 (2.93%) Firewall
2 55 (2.82%) Network Security
3 41 (2.11%) TCP/IP
4 36 (1.85%) DNS
5 21 (1.08%) WAN
6 19 (0.98%) VPN
7 16 (0.82%) DHCP
7 16 (0.82%) SSL
8 14 (0.72%) Wireless
9 13 (0.67%) LAN
9 13 (0.67%) Wi-Fi
10 11 (0.56%) ATM
10 11 (0.56%) BGP
11 10 (0.51%) Ethernet
12 8 (0.41%) Internet
12 8 (0.41%) OSPF
13 6 (0.31%) DMZ
13 6 (0.31%) HTTP
14 5 (0.26%) MPLS
14 5 (0.26%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (3.44%) Power BI
2 49 (2.52%) PostgreSQL
3 32 (1.64%) Big Data
4 31 (1.59%) Data Warehouse
5 29 (1.49%) NoSQL
6 24 (1.23%) SQL Server
7 23 (1.18%) Relational Database
8 22 (1.13%) Amazon Athena
8 22 (1.13%) Metadata
9 19 (0.98%) Tableau
10 18 (0.92%) Data Lake
11 14 (0.72%) DynamoDB
11 14 (0.72%) MySQL
12 10 (0.51%) Hadoop
12 10 (0.51%) MongoDB
13 9 (0.46%) Amazon Redshift
14 7 (0.36%) Amazon RDS
14 7 (0.36%) Elasticsearch
14 7 (0.36%) Redis
15 6 (0.31%) GIS
Development Applications
1 79 (4.06%) Git
2 42 (2.16%) Jenkins
3 41 (2.11%) JIRA
4 39 (2.00%) GitLab
5 27 (1.39%) JUnit
6 24 (1.23%) Rational DOORS
7 18 (0.92%) Mockito
8 16 (0.82%) Selenium
9 12 (0.62%) Maven
10 11 (0.56%) Burp Suite
10 11 (0.56%) Cucumber
10 11 (0.56%) Metasploit
11 9 (0.46%) Cypress.io
11 9 (0.46%) Postman
12 8 (0.41%) Balsamiq
12 8 (0.41%) SonarQube
13 6 (0.31%) Axure RP
13 6 (0.31%) Gatling
13 6 (0.31%) LabVIEW
14 3 (0.15%) Visual Studio
General
1 560 (28.76%) Social Skills
2 468 (24.04%) Public Sector
3 394 (20.24%) Finance
4 373 (19.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 242 (12.43%) Analytical Skills
6 196 (10.07%) Aerospace
7 158 (8.12%) Law
8 74 (3.80%) Legal
9 64 (3.29%) Presentation Skills
10 62 (3.18%) Electronics
11 56 (2.88%) Influencing Skills
12 55 (2.82%) Military
12 55 (2.82%) Organisational Skills
13 52 (2.67%) Retail
14 49 (2.52%) Police
15 43 (2.21%) Manufacturing
16 38 (1.95%) Telecoms
17 15 (0.77%) Automotive
17 15 (0.77%) Local Government
18 13 (0.67%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 374 (19.21%) Senior
2 302 (15.51%) Architect
3 198 (10.17%) Consultant
4 170 (8.73%) Lead
4 170 (8.73%) Software Engineer
5 135 (6.93%) Analyst
6 131 (6.73%) Developer
7 109 (5.60%) Solutions Architect
8 99 (5.08%) Data Engineer
9 81 (4.16%) Principal Engineer
10 70 (3.60%) Senior Manager
11 63 (3.24%) Security Consultant
12 59 (3.03%) Cloud Engineer
13 55 (2.82%) Security Architect
14 54 (2.77%) DevOps Engineer
15 47 (2.41%) Java Engineer
15 47 (2.41%) Senior Consultant
16 46 (2.36%) Business Analyst
16 46 (2.36%) Senior Developer
17 44 (2.26%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 127 (6.52%) Terraform
2 64 (3.29%) React
3 63 (3.24%) REST
4 48 (2.47%) Spring
5 43 (2.21%) .NET
6 32 (1.64%) CSS
6 32 (1.64%) Kafka
7 26 (1.34%) HTML
7 26 (1.34%) Spring Boot
8 25 (1.28%) AngularJS
8 25 (1.28%) PySpark
9 24 (1.23%) OAuth
9 24 (1.23%) Playwright
10 22 (1.13%) Node.js
10 22 (1.13%) RESTful
10 22 (1.13%) SOAP
11 20 (1.03%) .NET Core
12 19 (0.98%) JWT
12 19 (0.98%) Web Services
13 18 (0.92%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 139 (7.14%) Cloud Native
2 73 (3.75%) Management Information System
3 62 (3.18%) Self-Motivation
4 61 (3.13%) Onboarding
5 60 (3.08%) Product Ownership
6 44 (2.26%) Security Posture
7 38 (1.95%) Driving Licence
8 37 (1.90%) Data Centre
9 33 (1.69%) Distributed Systems
10 31 (1.59%) Blog
10 31 (1.59%) FPGA
11 29 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
11 29 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
11 29 (1.49%) PKI
12 26 (1.34%) CMDB
13 25 (1.28%) Cyber Threat
14 22 (1.13%) Cyber Defence
15 20 (1.03%) Algorithms
16 19 (0.98%) Embedded Systems
17 18 (0.92%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 139 (7.14%) Linux
2 117 (6.01%) Windows
3 46 (2.36%) Windows Server
4 31 (1.59%) Unix
5 15 (0.77%) Windows 10
6 7 (0.36%) VxWorks
7 6 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (0.26%) Android
9 4 (0.21%) Embedded Linux
9 4 (0.21%) Kali Linux
9 4 (0.21%) Ubuntu
10 3 (0.15%) OpenWrt
10 3 (0.15%) Solaris
10 3 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.10%) AIX
11 2 (0.10%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.10%) CentOS
11 2 (0.10%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.10%) Rocky
11 2 (0.10%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 536 (27.53%) Agile
2 368 (18.90%) Continuous Improvement
3 311 (15.97%) Cybersecurity
3 311 (15.97%) Mentoring
4 310 (15.92%) Problem-Solving
5 286 (14.69%) Software Engineering
6 274 (14.07%) CI/CD
7 271 (13.92%) AI
8 247 (12.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 244 (12.53%) DevOps
10 225 (11.56%) Stakeholder Management
11 191 (9.81%) Analytics
12 188 (9.66%) Decision-Making
13 185 (9.50%) Technical Leadership
14 181 (9.30%) Coaching
15 147 (7.55%) Scrum
16 146 (7.50%) Community of Practice
17 145 (7.45%) Infrastructure as Code
18 139 (7.14%) Collaborative Culture
19 136 (6.99%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 233 (11.97%) Python
2 171 (8.78%) Java
3 148 (7.60%) SQL
4 109 (5.60%) JavaScript
5 64 (3.29%) C++
6 62 (3.18%) C#
7 52 (2.67%) Bash
8 46 (2.36%) PowerShell
9 39 (2.00%) TypeScript
10 35 (1.80%) C
11 25 (1.28%) MATLAB
12 21 (1.08%) Ada
13 16 (0.82%) Go
13 16 (0.82%) Kusto Query Language
13 16 (0.82%) PL/SQL
14 15 (0.77%) Groovy
15 13 (0.67%) Bicep
15 13 (0.67%) DataWeave
15 13 (0.67%) Rust
16 12 (0.62%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 1,548 (79.51%) SC Cleared
2 415 (21.31%) DV Cleared
3 331 (17.00%) Degree
4 230 (11.81%) BPSS Clearance
5 77 (3.95%) CISSP
6 57 (2.93%) CISM
7 50 (2.57%) Azure Certification
8 45 (2.31%) Computer Science Degree
9 43 (2.21%) AWS Certification
10 30 (1.54%) Master's Degree
11 23 (1.18%) Cisco Certification
11 23 (1.18%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 23 (1.18%) Microsoft Certification
12 21 (1.08%) DBS Check
13 20 (1.03%) PhD
14 18 (0.92%) Chartered Engineer
14 18 (0.92%) TOGAF Certification
15 17 (0.87%) CRISC
16 16 (0.82%) CHECK Team Member
16 16 (0.82%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 162 (8.32%) Accessibility
2 149 (7.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 95 (4.88%) NIST
4 74 (3.80%) NCSC
4 74 (3.80%) QA
5 55 (2.82%) Data Quality
6 51 (2.62%) GRC
7 48 (2.47%) GDPR
8 27 (1.39%) Cyber Essentials
8 27 (1.39%) PCI DSS
9 25 (1.28%) SLA
10 20 (1.03%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 18 (0.92%) Def Stans
12 17 (0.87%) WCAG
13 16 (0.82%) JSP 440
14 14 (0.72%) Actionable Recommendations
15 11 (0.56%) NIST 800
16 7 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 42001
16 7 (0.36%) PMO
17 6 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 118 (6.06%) Docker
2 83 (4.26%) Active Directory
3 43 (2.21%) Firmware
4 39 (2.00%) VMware Infrastructure
5 24 (1.23%) Hyper-V
6 17 (0.87%) VMware ESXi
7 10 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
8 9 (0.46%) vSphere
9 6 (0.31%) Squid
9 6 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
10 5 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
10 5 (0.26%) VMware NSX
11 2 (0.10%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.051%) Embedded Firmware
12 1 (0.051%) IAG
12 1 (0.051%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.051%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 129 (6.63%) Kubernetes
2 45 (2.31%) Microsoft Intune
3 41 (2.11%) Ansible
4 26 (1.34%) Grafana
5 16 (0.82%) Prometheus
6 13 (0.67%) CloudHub
6 13 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
7 12 (0.62%) Argo
8 11 (0.56%) Nmap
9 8 (0.41%) QRadar
10 7 (0.36%) FortiGate
10 7 (0.36%) Kustomize
11 6 (0.31%) Istio
11 6 (0.31%) Progress Chef
12 5 (0.26%) Kibana
12 5 (0.26%) Packer
12 5 (0.26%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
13 3 (0.15%) Oracle RMAN
13 3 (0.15%) SCCM
13 3 (0.15%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 274 (14.07%) Microsoft
2 93 (4.78%) ServiceNow
3 69 (3.54%) Oracle
4 66 (3.39%) SAP
5 60 (3.08%) Google
6 51 (2.62%) VMware
7 35 (1.80%) Cisco
8 28 (1.44%) Salesforce
9 26 (1.34%) YouTube
10 24 (1.23%) Databricks
11 21 (1.08%) Red Hat
11 21 (1.08%) Workday
12 19 (0.98%) OpenAI
13 18 (0.92%) CyberArk
13 18 (0.92%) Splunk
14 17 (0.87%) MuleSoft
14 17 (0.87%) Okta
15 15 (0.77%) Thales
15 15 (0.77%) Veeam
16 14 (0.72%) EMC