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 5 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 41 25
Rank change year-on-year +22 -16 +4
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,612 989 2,596
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.36% 6.65% 7.73%
As % of the Qualifications category 37.97% 19.74% 28.87%
Number of salaries quoted 1,202 500 1,767
10th Percentile £45,454 £45,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £54,813 £52,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -1.64%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% +8.70% -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 4,246 5,010 8,992
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 22.02% 33.70% 26.76%
Number of salaries quoted 2,901 2,313 5,890
10th Percentile £33,350 £27,336 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £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 £88,750 £86,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.85% -10.00%

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 5 June 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 35 (2.17%) SharePoint
2 23 (1.43%) Apache
3 16 (0.99%) Apache Airflow
4 14 (0.87%) Apache Spark
4 14 (0.87%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (0.43%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.19%) Anypoint
6 3 (0.19%) Apache Solr
6 3 (0.19%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.19%) Confluence
6 3 (0.19%) GeoServer
6 3 (0.19%) IIS
6 3 (0.19%) Mule
6 3 (0.19%) Oracle Spatial
6 3 (0.19%) SAS
7 2 (0.12%) Camunda
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.062%) nginx
8 1 (0.062%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.062%) WordPress
Applications
1 61 (3.78%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (0.93%) Adobe XD
3 14 (0.87%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.31%) InVision
5 5 (0.31%) Sketch
6 4 (0.25%) Windchill
7 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.19%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.12%) Weka
9 1 (0.062%) CATIA
9 1 (0.062%) EngageOne
9 1 (0.062%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 27 (1.67%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (0.43%) SAP ERP
3 4 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
3 4 (0.25%) Primavera
3 4 (0.25%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (0.25%) SAP FSCM
4 3 (0.19%) Elite 3E
4 3 (0.19%) SAP CO
4 3 (0.19%) SAP FI
4 3 (0.19%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (0.19%) SAP HCM
5 2 (0.12%) SAP Payroll
5 2 (0.12%) SAP QM
6 1 (0.062%) Magento
6 1 (0.062%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.062%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.062%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.062%) SAP PSCD
6 1 (0.062%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.062%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 329 (20.41%) Azure
2 300 (18.61%) AWS
3 106 (6.58%) Microsoft 365
4 101 (6.27%) GCP
5 66 (4.09%) Entra ID
6 51 (3.16%) Power Platform
7 26 (1.61%) GitHub
7 26 (1.61%) SaaS
7 26 (1.61%) Serverless
8 25 (1.55%) AWS CloudFormation
9 21 (1.30%) PaaS
10 20 (1.24%) Google Analytics
11 19 (1.18%) Amazon S3
12 18 (1.12%) Azure Sentinel
13 17 (1.05%) Amazon EC2
13 17 (1.05%) Azure DevOps
13 17 (1.05%) Dynamics 365
14 16 (0.99%) Figma
14 16 (0.99%) PowerApps
15 15 (0.93%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 41 (2.54%) Firewall
2 38 (2.36%) Network Security
3 31 (1.92%) WAN
4 26 (1.61%) VPN
5 24 (1.49%) DNS
6 21 (1.30%) LAN
7 20 (1.24%) BGP
7 20 (1.24%) DHCP
8 19 (1.18%) TCP/IP
9 14 (0.87%) MPLS
10 12 (0.74%) SMTP
10 12 (0.74%) Wi-Fi
11 8 (0.50%) HTTP
12 7 (0.43%) Intrusion Detection
12 7 (0.43%) SNMP
12 7 (0.43%) VoIP
13 6 (0.37%) Cisco ASA
13 6 (0.37%) Cisco Firepower
13 6 (0.37%) DMZ
13 6 (0.37%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (2.48%) Power BI
2 37 (2.30%) PostgreSQL
3 18 (1.12%) Metadata
3 18 (1.12%) NoSQL
4 16 (0.99%) MongoDB
5 14 (0.87%) Big Data
5 14 (0.87%) SQL Server
6 12 (0.74%) Data Warehouse
6 12 (0.74%) DynamoDB
6 12 (0.74%) Redis
7 11 (0.68%) Amazon Athena
8 9 (0.56%) Elasticsearch
9 7 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
9 7 (0.43%) MySQL
9 7 (0.43%) Relational Database
10 6 (0.37%) BigQuery
10 6 (0.37%) SAP HANA
10 6 (0.37%) Tableau
11 5 (0.31%) Data Lake
12 4 (0.25%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 54 (3.35%) Git
2 35 (2.17%) GitLab
3 34 (2.11%) Jenkins
4 13 (0.81%) JIRA
4 13 (0.81%) JUnit
4 13 (0.81%) Selenium
5 11 (0.68%) Axure RP
6 10 (0.62%) Balsamiq
7 8 (0.50%) Maven
8 7 (0.43%) Mockito
9 6 (0.37%) JMeter
10 5 (0.31%) Burp Suite
10 5 (0.31%) Cucumber
10 5 (0.31%) Metasploit
10 5 (0.31%) Postman
11 4 (0.25%) SonarQube
12 3 (0.19%) Cypress.io
12 3 (0.19%) Gatling
12 3 (0.19%) SoapUI
12 3 (0.19%) webpack
General
1 384 (23.82%) Social Skills
2 369 (22.89%) Public Sector
3 182 (11.29%) Finance
4 172 (10.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 149 (9.24%) Analytical Skills
6 126 (7.82%) Law
7 52 (3.23%) Legal
8 51 (3.16%) Back Office
9 38 (2.36%) Presentation Skills
10 36 (2.23%) Manufacturing
11 34 (2.11%) Telecoms
12 27 (1.67%) Influencing Skills
13 26 (1.61%) Organisational Skills
14 23 (1.43%) Aerospace
14 23 (1.43%) Retail
15 16 (0.99%) Military
16 13 (0.81%) Aviation
17 10 (0.62%) Banking
18 9 (0.56%) Electronics
18 9 (0.56%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 286 (17.74%) Senior
2 213 (13.21%) Architect
3 163 (10.11%) Consultant
4 145 (9.00%) Analyst
5 123 (7.63%) Lead
6 118 (7.32%) Developer
7 97 (6.02%) Solutions Architect
8 93 (5.77%) Software Engineer
9 90 (5.58%) Business Analyst
10 77 (4.78%) Systems Engineer
11 68 (4.22%) Support Engineer
12 62 (3.85%) Data Engineer
13 60 (3.72%) Cloud Engineer
14 55 (3.41%) Senior Manager
15 54 (3.35%) Site Engineer
16 48 (2.98%) Desktop Engineer
16 48 (2.98%) Desktop Support
16 48 (2.98%) Desktop Support Engineer
17 47 (2.92%) Java Developer
18 44 (2.73%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (3.23%) REST
2 41 (2.54%) Spring
3 35 (2.17%) .NET
4 33 (2.05%) React
5 28 (1.74%) SOAP
6 22 (1.36%) Middleware
7 21 (1.30%) Spring Boot
8 18 (1.12%) CSS
8 18 (1.12%) HTML
9 17 (1.05%) Kafka
9 17 (1.05%) Lightning Web Components
10 15 (0.93%) Playwright
10 15 (0.93%) Visualforce
11 14 (0.87%) AngularJS
11 14 (0.87%) SAML
12 13 (0.81%) RESTful
13 12 (0.74%) SAP Fiori
14 10 (0.62%) JSON
15 9 (0.56%) Django
15 9 (0.56%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 96 (5.96%) Cloud Native
2 70 (4.34%) Product Ownership
3 55 (3.41%) Security Posture
4 51 (3.16%) Onboarding
5 38 (2.36%) Management Information System
6 37 (2.30%) Data Centre
7 36 (2.23%) Self-Motivation
8 30 (1.86%) PKI
9 26 (1.61%) Legacy Systems
10 20 (1.24%) Blog
11 18 (1.12%) Driving Licence
11 18 (1.12%) Low-Code
12 17 (1.05%) Security Operations Centre
13 15 (0.93%) Data Structures
14 14 (0.87%) CMDB
15 12 (0.74%) Analytical Mindset
15 12 (0.74%) Cyber Threat
16 11 (0.68%) Cyber Security Posture
16 11 (0.68%) Cyberattack
16 11 (0.68%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 118 (7.32%) Windows
2 96 (5.96%) Linux
3 56 (3.47%) Windows 10
4 26 (1.61%) Windows Server
5 21 (1.30%) Unix
6 5 (0.31%) Android
6 5 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.31%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.19%) CentOS
7 3 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.062%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.062%) Embedded Linux
8 1 (0.062%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 335 (20.78%) Agile
2 229 (14.21%) Continuous Improvement
3 207 (12.84%) Cybersecurity
4 180 (11.17%) DevOps
5 176 (10.92%) Problem-Solving
6 168 (10.42%) Mentoring
7 147 (9.12%) CI/CD
8 138 (8.56%) Software Engineering
9 136 (8.44%) Analytics
10 135 (8.37%) ITIL
11 123 (7.63%) Community of Practice
12 120 (7.44%) Stakeholder Management
13 118 (7.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 113 (7.01%) Technology Strategy
15 107 (6.64%) Collaborative Culture
16 103 (6.39%) Infrastructure as Code
17 97 (6.02%) Risk Management
18 90 (5.58%) AI
19 87 (5.40%) Technical Leadership
20 86 (5.33%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 148 (9.18%) Python
2 136 (8.44%) Java
3 90 (5.58%) SQL
4 74 (4.59%) JavaScript
5 47 (2.92%) C#
6 34 (2.11%) PowerShell
7 31 (1.92%) Bash
8 27 (1.67%) C++
9 26 (1.61%) TypeScript
10 17 (1.05%) Apex Code
11 12 (0.74%) Groovy
12 9 (0.56%) Rust
13 7 (0.43%) C
14 6 (0.37%) PL/SQL
14 6 (0.37%) Scala
15 5 (0.31%) Go
16 4 (0.25%) T-SQL
16 4 (0.25%) VBA
17 3 (0.19%) ABAP
17 3 (0.19%) Perl
Qualifications
1 1,141 (70.78%) SC Cleared
2 317 (19.67%) DV Cleared
3 278 (17.25%) Degree
4 85 (5.27%) BPSS Clearance
5 71 (4.40%) CISSP
6 52 (3.23%) CTC Cleared
7 46 (2.85%) Computer Science Degree
8 40 (2.48%) CISM
9 38 (2.36%) Microsoft Certification
10 25 (1.55%) Azure Certification
11 24 (1.49%) AWS Certification
12 17 (1.05%) Cisco Certification
13 16 (0.99%) CREST Certified
14 15 (0.93%) HNC
14 15 (0.93%) TOGAF Certification
15 14 (0.87%) PMI Certification
16 12 (0.74%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
17 10 (0.62%) CRISC
17 10 (0.62%) GIAC
18 9 (0.56%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 110 (6.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 67 (4.16%) NIST
3 62 (3.85%) SLA
4 57 (3.54%) QA
5 48 (2.98%) GDPR
6 44 (2.73%) Accessibility
7 39 (2.42%) NCSC
8 34 (2.11%) Data Quality
9 26 (1.61%) GRC
10 25 (1.55%) PCI DSS
11 17 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials
11 17 (1.05%) JSP 440
12 16 (0.99%) WCAG
13 15 (0.93%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 13 (0.81%) Actionable Recommendations
15 10 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 9 (0.56%) Def Stans
17 7 (0.43%) Government Security Classifications
18 6 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 42001
18 6 (0.37%) PMO
System Software
1 79 (4.90%) Docker
2 44 (2.73%) Active Directory
3 19 (1.18%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.68%) VMware NSX
5 9 (0.56%) Hyper-V
6 8 (0.50%) Firmware
7 6 (0.37%) vSphere
8 5 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
9 4 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.062%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 1 (0.062%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.062%) IAG
10 1 (0.062%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.062%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.062%) Xen
Systems Management
1 100 (6.20%) Terraform
2 87 (5.40%) Kubernetes
3 53 (3.29%) Ansible
4 21 (1.30%) Microsoft Intune
5 20 (1.24%) Grafana
5 20 (1.24%) Prometheus
6 10 (0.62%) Argo
7 8 (0.50%) Progress Chef
7 8 (0.50%) Puppet
7 8 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
8 7 (0.43%) Packer
9 6 (0.37%) Kustomize
9 6 (0.37%) QRadar
10 5 (0.31%) AWS Copilot
10 5 (0.31%) Endace
10 5 (0.31%) Istio
10 5 (0.31%) Nmap
10 5 (0.31%) vCenter Server
11 4 (0.25%) SCCM
12 3 (0.19%) CloudHub
Vendors
1 202 (12.53%) Microsoft
2 88 (5.46%) Cisco
3 54 (3.35%) Google
4 44 (2.73%) SAP
5 43 (2.67%) Oracle
6 35 (2.17%) ServiceNow
7 30 (1.86%) Salesforce
8 29 (1.80%) VMware
9 22 (1.36%) Red Hat
10 17 (1.05%) MuleSoft
11 15 (0.93%) Adobe
12 14 (0.87%) Splunk
13 13 (0.81%) Databricks
14 12 (0.74%) CyberArk
15 11 (0.68%) Meraki
16 10 (0.62%) Juniper
17 8 (0.50%) F5
17 8 (0.50%) Okta
18 7 (0.43%) CheckPoint
18 7 (0.43%) Dell