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

6 months to
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 37 23
Rank change year-on-year +21 -14 +10
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,481 1,065 2,423
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 9.12% 6.80% 8.72%
As % of the Qualifications category 30.07% 23.43% 32.10%
Number of salaries quoted 1,017 617 1,661
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,608 £38,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £53,688 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,290 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.09% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £78,800 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £62,538 £61,644 £57,500
% change year-on-year +1.45% +7.21% -

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 4,925 4,546 7,549
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 30.34% 29.01% 27.15%
Number of salaries quoted 2,619 2,407 5,515
10th Percentile £30,700 £33,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £42,999
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,500 £74,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £88,750 £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 14 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 29 (1.96%) SharePoint
2 16 (1.08%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (0.74%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (0.47%) Confluence
5 6 (0.41%) Apache
6 5 (0.34%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.27%) ArcGIS
7 4 (0.27%) GeoServer
7 4 (0.27%) Oracle Spatial
8 3 (0.20%) Tomcat
8 3 (0.20%) WebLogic
8 3 (0.20%) WebLogic Portal
8 3 (0.20%) WordPress
9 2 (0.14%) Camunda
9 2 (0.14%) SAS
10 1 (0.068%) IIS
10 1 (0.068%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 81 (5.47%) Microsoft Office
2 27 (1.82%) Adobe XD
3 14 (0.95%) Microsoft Excel
4 8 (0.54%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.27%) InVision
5 4 (0.27%) Sketch
6 3 (0.20%) Simulink
7 2 (0.14%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.14%) Weka
8 1 (0.068%) EngageOne
8 1 (0.068%) EPLAN
8 1 (0.068%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 1 (0.068%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.068%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.068%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 27 (1.82%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (1.15%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.34%) Oracle ERP
4 4 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.27%) Primavera
4 4 (0.27%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.27%) SAP PP
4 4 (0.27%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
5 3 (0.20%) SAP CO
5 3 (0.20%) SAP FI
5 3 (0.20%) SAP FI/CO
5 3 (0.20%) SAP PM
6 2 (0.14%) Elite 3E
6 2 (0.14%) SAP SCM
7 1 (0.068%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.068%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.068%) Q-Pulse
7 1 (0.068%) SAP IBP
7 1 (0.068%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.068%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 243 (16.41%) Azure
2 215 (14.52%) AWS
3 128 (8.64%) Microsoft 365
4 65 (4.39%) GCP
5 54 (3.65%) Entra ID
6 52 (3.51%) Power Platform
7 41 (2.77%) AWS CloudFormation
8 32 (2.16%) PowerApps
9 30 (2.03%) Azure DevOps
9 30 (2.03%) Figma
10 27 (1.82%) Amazon ECS
10 27 (1.82%) Dynamics 365
10 27 (1.82%) Serverless
11 26 (1.76%) Amazon EKS
11 26 (1.76%) Power Automate
12 24 (1.62%) GitHub
13 23 (1.55%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 20 (1.35%) SaaS
15 19 (1.28%) AWS Lambda
15 19 (1.28%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 41 (2.77%) Firewall
2 28 (1.89%) VPN
3 20 (1.35%) Network Security
4 18 (1.22%) DNS
4 18 (1.22%) TCP/IP
4 18 (1.22%) WAN
5 17 (1.15%) LAN
6 13 (0.88%) BGP
6 13 (0.88%) Wi-Fi
7 11 (0.74%) DHCP
7 11 (0.74%) MPLS
8 8 (0.54%) Ethernet
9 7 (0.47%) DMZ
9 7 (0.47%) HTTP
9 7 (0.47%) SMTP
10 6 (0.41%) SD-WAN
10 6 (0.41%) VoIP
11 5 (0.34%) Cisco Firepower
11 5 (0.34%) IPsec
11 5 (0.34%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (2.63%) Power BI
2 37 (2.50%) PostgreSQL
3 21 (1.42%) NoSQL
4 19 (1.28%) Amazon RDS
5 17 (1.15%) SQL Server
6 16 (1.08%) MongoDB
7 15 (1.01%) Elasticsearch
8 14 (0.95%) Metadata
9 13 (0.88%) MySQL
9 13 (0.88%) Redis
10 12 (0.81%) Relational Database
11 8 (0.54%) Data Warehouse
11 8 (0.54%) Tableau
12 7 (0.47%) SAP HANA
13 6 (0.41%) DynamoDB
14 5 (0.34%) Amazon Redshift
14 5 (0.34%) Big Data
14 5 (0.34%) BigQuery
14 5 (0.34%) GIS
15 4 (0.27%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 43 (2.90%) Git
2 36 (2.43%) Jenkins
3 26 (1.76%) Balsamiq
4 24 (1.62%) Axure RP
5 21 (1.42%) JIRA
6 18 (1.22%) GitLab
7 17 (1.15%) Selenium
8 10 (0.68%) Cypress.io
9 8 (0.54%) WebDriver
10 7 (0.47%) Burp Suite
10 7 (0.47%) Metasploit
10 7 (0.47%) SonarQube
11 5 (0.34%) Babel
11 5 (0.34%) JMeter
11 5 (0.34%) Robot Framework
11 5 (0.34%) webpack
12 4 (0.27%) MLflow
13 3 (0.20%) Eclipse
13 3 (0.20%) JUnit
13 3 (0.20%) Oracle Forms
General
1 366 (24.71%) Social Skills
2 300 (20.26%) Public Sector
3 173 (11.68%) Finance
4 143 (9.66%) Analytical Skills
5 126 (8.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 103 (6.95%) Law
7 84 (5.67%) Manufacturing
8 67 (4.52%) Telecoms
9 62 (4.19%) Back Office
10 52 (3.51%) Electronics
10 52 (3.51%) Marketing
11 32 (2.16%) Military
12 28 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
13 25 (1.69%) Legal
14 24 (1.62%) Aerospace
15 22 (1.49%) Retail
16 15 (1.01%) Influencing Skills
17 14 (0.95%) Organisational Skills
18 10 (0.68%) Aviation
18 10 (0.68%) Games
Job Titles
1 221 (14.92%) Senior
2 150 (10.13%) Systems Engineer
3 141 (9.52%) Consultant
4 138 (9.32%) Architect
5 136 (9.18%) Analyst
6 106 (7.16%) Lead
7 99 (6.68%) Developer
8 85 (5.74%) Business Analyst
9 81 (5.47%) Support Engineer
10 77 (5.20%) Software Engineer
11 64 (4.32%) Site Engineer
12 61 (4.12%) Desktop Engineer
13 60 (4.05%) Desktop Support
13 60 (4.05%) Desktop Support Engineer
14 49 (3.31%) Solutions Architect
15 47 (3.17%) Security Consultant
16 40 (2.70%) Data Engineer
17 35 (2.36%) Cloud Engineer
18 34 (2.30%) Designer
18 34 (2.30%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (3.51%) React
2 42 (2.84%) .NET
3 33 (2.23%) REST
4 31 (2.09%) HTML
5 30 (2.03%) CSS
6 29 (1.96%) Spring
7 24 (1.62%) SAP CAF
8 23 (1.55%) Django
9 21 (1.42%) Spring Boot
10 20 (1.35%) Lightning Web Components
10 20 (1.35%) SOAP
11 19 (1.28%) Middleware
12 17 (1.15%) Node.js
13 16 (1.08%) AngularJS
13 16 (1.08%) Kafka
13 16 (1.08%) Visualforce
14 15 (1.01%) HTML5 Canvas
15 14 (0.95%) ASP.NET
16 13 (0.88%) RESTful
17 12 (0.81%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 69 (4.66%) Cloud Native
2 63 (4.25%) Product Ownership
3 47 (3.17%) Security Posture
4 39 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
5 32 (2.16%) Data Centre
5 32 (2.16%) Onboarding
6 26 (1.76%) e-Learning
7 25 (1.69%) Management Information System
8 22 (1.49%) PKI
9 16 (1.08%) Driving Licence
10 15 (1.01%) Analytical Mindset
11 14 (0.95%) Algorithms
12 12 (0.81%) Distributed Systems
12 12 (0.81%) Legacy Systems
13 11 (0.74%) Cyber Security Posture
13 11 (0.74%) Low-Code
13 11 (0.74%) Private Cloud
14 10 (0.68%) AI Agents
14 10 (0.68%) Hybrid Cloud
15 9 (0.61%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 124 (8.37%) Windows
2 104 (7.02%) Linux
3 68 (4.59%) Windows 10
4 35 (2.36%) Unix
5 17 (1.15%) Windows Server
6 10 (0.68%) Ubuntu
7 6 (0.41%) CentOS
7 6 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.20%) VMS
9 2 (0.14%) Android
9 2 (0.14%) Debian
9 2 (0.14%) Solaris
9 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.068%) Rocky
10 1 (0.068%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (0.068%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 297 (20.05%) Agile
2 193 (13.03%) Problem-Solving
3 183 (12.36%) Continuous Improvement
4 178 (12.02%) Cybersecurity
5 164 (11.07%) Software Engineering
6 157 (10.60%) DevOps
7 149 (10.06%) Analytics
8 122 (8.24%) CI/CD
9 119 (8.04%) ITIL
10 102 (6.89%) Collaborative Culture
11 100 (6.75%) Mentoring
12 96 (6.48%) Community of Practice
13 88 (5.94%) Business Intelligence
13 88 (5.94%) Technology Strategy
14 84 (5.67%) Infrastructure as Code
15 81 (5.47%) AI
16 76 (5.13%) Validation
17 74 (5.00%) Computer Science
18 73 (4.93%) User Experience
19 71 (4.79%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 164 (11.07%) Python
2 114 (7.70%) Java
3 92 (6.21%) JavaScript
4 69 (4.66%) C#
5 63 (4.25%) SQL
6 41 (2.77%) PowerShell
7 32 (2.16%) TypeScript
8 29 (1.96%) Bash
9 25 (1.69%) C++
10 22 (1.49%) C
11 20 (1.35%) Apex Code
12 19 (1.28%) Bicep
13 14 (0.95%) Go
14 10 (0.68%) MATLAB
15 9 (0.61%) Ada
16 6 (0.41%) ABAP
16 6 (0.41%) Scala
16 6 (0.41%) VBA
17 5 (0.34%) Google Apps Script
17 5 (0.34%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 904 (61.04%) SC Cleared
2 313 (21.13%) Degree
3 241 (16.27%) DV Cleared
4 76 (5.13%) CISSP
5 73 (4.93%) BPSS Clearance
6 64 (4.32%) CTC Cleared
7 51 (3.44%) CISM
7 51 (3.44%) Computer Science Degree
7 51 (3.44%) Microsoft Certification
8 40 (2.70%) Azure Certification
9 39 (2.63%) Cisco Certification
10 28 (1.89%) AWS Certification
10 28 (1.89%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 23 (1.55%) CCNA
12 16 (1.08%) CCNP
12 16 (1.08%) Master's Degree
13 15 (1.01%) TOGAF Certification
14 13 (0.88%) CREST Certified
15 12 (0.81%) OSCP
16 11 (0.74%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (6.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 71 (4.79%) SLA
3 68 (4.59%) NIST
4 57 (3.85%) Accessibility
5 50 (3.38%) GDPR
6 45 (3.04%) GRC
7 44 (2.97%) QA
8 27 (1.82%) WCAG
9 22 (1.49%) Data Quality
10 20 (1.35%) NCSC
11 16 (1.08%) PCI DSS
12 15 (1.01%) JSP 440
13 11 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials
14 9 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 8 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 7 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
17 5 (0.34%) NIST 800
18 3 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 17025
18 3 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
18 3 (0.20%) PMO
System Software
1 75 (5.06%) Docker
2 31 (2.09%) Active Directory
3 23 (1.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (0.81%) Hyper-V
5 10 (0.68%) VMware NSX
6 9 (0.61%) Virtual Machines
7 7 (0.47%) Firmware
8 4 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (0.27%) vSphere
9 1 (0.068%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.068%) vCloud
9 1 (0.068%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.068%) Xen
Systems Management
1 92 (6.21%) Terraform
2 81 (5.47%) Kubernetes
3 48 (3.24%) Ansible
4 32 (2.16%) Grafana
5 13 (0.88%) Prometheus
6 11 (0.74%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (0.47%) Nmap
8 6 (0.41%) SCOM
9 5 (0.34%) AWS Copilot
9 5 (0.34%) Endace
9 5 (0.34%) Kibana
9 5 (0.34%) Puppet
9 5 (0.34%) SCCM
10 4 (0.27%) Nagios
10 4 (0.27%) WSUS
10 4 (0.27%) ZABBIX
11 3 (0.20%) FortiGate
11 3 (0.20%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 3 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.14%) Docker Swarm
Vendors
1 180 (12.15%) Microsoft
2 114 (7.70%) Cisco
3 80 (5.40%) SAP
4 57 (3.85%) Google
5 49 (3.31%) Salesforce
6 33 (2.23%) Oracle
7 32 (2.16%) VMware
8 27 (1.82%) Adobe
9 18 (1.22%) ServiceNow
10 14 (0.95%) MuleSoft
10 14 (0.95%) Splunk
11 13 (0.88%) Red Hat
12 12 (0.81%) Juniper
13 11 (0.74%) F5
14 10 (0.68%) CheckPoint
14 10 (0.68%) Databricks
15 7 (0.47%) CyberArk
15 7 (0.47%) Meraki
16 5 (0.34%) Remedy
17 4 (0.27%) ESRI