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 17 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 36 24
Rank change year-on-year +14 -12 0
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,740 1,139 1,914
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.63% 6.86% 7.77%
As % of the Qualifications category 36.83% 19.96% 29.46%
Number of salaries quoted 1,162 585 1,272
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,250 £85,900
UK median annual salary £70,000 £62,500 £58,800
% change year-on-year +12.00% +6.29% -2.00%

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 4,725 5,706 6,498
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.71% 34.36% 26.39%
Number of salaries quoted 3,072 2,445 3,728
10th Percentile £33,500 £29,750 £33,250
25th Percentile £46,500 £41,074 £43,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £57,638
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -0.24% -3.94%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 17 August 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 (2.30%) Apache
2 37 (2.13%) SharePoint
3 30 (1.72%) Apache Spark
4 14 (0.80%) Confluence
5 13 (0.75%) Anypoint
5 13 (0.75%) Mule
6 12 (0.69%) Apache Airflow
7 8 (0.46%) Jupyter
7 8 (0.46%) nginx
8 7 (0.40%) Camunda
8 7 (0.40%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 5 (0.29%) IIS
10 3 (0.17%) Apache Solr
10 3 (0.17%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.17%) GeoServer
10 3 (0.17%) Oracle Spatial
11 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Exchange
11 2 (0.11%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.11%) WordPress
12 1 (0.057%) SAS
Applications
1 28 (1.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (1.21%) Simulink
3 13 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (0.52%) Adobe XD
6 7 (0.40%) MS Visio
7 6 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
8 4 (0.23%) Mathcad
8 4 (0.23%) Windchill
9 2 (0.11%) InDesign
10 1 (0.057%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.057%) CATIA
10 1 (0.057%) FrameMaker
10 1 (0.057%) Houdini
10 1 (0.057%) InVision
10 1 (0.057%) NUKE
10 1 (0.057%) Sketch
10 1 (0.057%) SOLIDWORKS
10 1 (0.057%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.057%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 22 (1.26%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (0.86%) Primavera
3 7 (0.40%) SAP ERP
4 6 (0.34%) Oracle ERP
4 6 (0.34%) Workday HCM
5 5 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
5 5 (0.29%) Teamcenter
6 4 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
7 3 (0.17%) SAP HCM
8 2 (0.11%) SAP CO
8 2 (0.11%) SAP FI
8 2 (0.11%) SAP FI/CO
8 2 (0.11%) SAP FSCM
8 2 (0.11%) SAP Payroll
8 2 (0.11%) SAP QM
9 1 (0.057%) Remedy ITSM
9 1 (0.057%) SAP BPC
9 1 (0.057%) SAP EWM
9 1 (0.057%) SAP GRC
9 1 (0.057%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 448 (25.75%) Azure
2 421 (24.20%) AWS
3 134 (7.70%) GCP
4 80 (4.60%) Microsoft 365
5 78 (4.48%) Power Platform
6 71 (4.08%) Entra ID
7 43 (2.47%) AWS CloudFormation
8 41 (2.36%) GitHub
9 38 (2.18%) dbt
10 31 (1.78%) Serverless
11 27 (1.55%) Azure DevOps
12 26 (1.49%) SaaS
13 23 (1.32%) Azure Sentinel
14 21 (1.21%) Google Analytics
15 20 (1.15%) Amazon S3
15 20 (1.15%) Dynamics 365
15 20 (1.15%) Microsoft Purview
15 20 (1.15%) PowerApps
16 19 (1.09%) Amazon EC2
16 19 (1.09%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 50 (2.87%) Firewall
2 48 (2.76%) Network Security
3 40 (2.30%) TCP/IP
4 30 (1.72%) DNS
5 25 (1.44%) WAN
6 17 (0.98%) LAN
7 16 (0.92%) SSL
7 16 (0.92%) VPN
8 15 (0.86%) BGP
9 12 (0.69%) ATM
9 12 (0.69%) DHCP
10 10 (0.57%) MPLS
11 9 (0.52%) Ethernet
11 9 (0.52%) OSPF
12 7 (0.40%) HTTP
12 7 (0.40%) Wireless
13 6 (0.34%) SMTP
14 5 (0.29%) Intrusion Detection
14 5 (0.29%) VLAN
15 4 (0.23%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (3.51%) Power BI
2 47 (2.70%) PostgreSQL
3 29 (1.67%) Big Data
4 26 (1.49%) Data Warehouse
5 25 (1.44%) NoSQL
5 25 (1.44%) SQL Server
6 19 (1.09%) Relational Database
7 17 (0.98%) Metadata
7 17 (0.98%) MongoDB
8 16 (0.92%) MySQL
9 15 (0.86%) Tableau
10 13 (0.75%) DynamoDB
11 12 (0.69%) Data Lake
12 11 (0.63%) Amazon Athena
13 9 (0.52%) Hadoop
14 7 (0.40%) Redis
15 6 (0.34%) Elasticsearch
16 5 (0.29%) SQL Server Analysis Services
17 4 (0.23%) GIS
17 4 (0.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 71 (4.08%) Git
2 41 (2.36%) Jenkins
3 38 (2.18%) GitLab
4 31 (1.78%) JIRA
5 23 (1.32%) Rational DOORS
6 22 (1.26%) JUnit
7 16 (0.92%) Selenium
8 13 (0.75%) Mockito
9 12 (0.69%) Maven
10 10 (0.57%) Balsamiq
11 9 (0.52%) Cucumber
11 9 (0.52%) Postman
12 8 (0.46%) Axure RP
13 7 (0.40%) Burp Suite
13 7 (0.40%) Cypress.io
13 7 (0.40%) Gatling
13 7 (0.40%) Metasploit
13 7 (0.40%) SonarQube
14 6 (0.34%) LabVIEW
15 3 (0.17%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 539 (30.98%) Social Skills
2 428 (24.60%) Public Sector
3 355 (20.40%) Finance
4 339 (19.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 210 (12.07%) Analytical Skills
6 171 (9.83%) Law
7 161 (9.25%) Aerospace
8 79 (4.54%) Legal
9 56 (3.22%) Presentation Skills
10 49 (2.82%) Electronics
11 48 (2.76%) Military
12 47 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
13 42 (2.41%) Influencing Skills
13 42 (2.41%) Manufacturing
14 41 (2.36%) Retail
15 40 (2.30%) Telecoms
16 29 (1.67%) Police
17 16 (0.92%) Local Government
18 15 (0.86%) Aviation
19 14 (0.80%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 320 (18.39%) Senior
2 287 (16.49%) Architect
3 199 (11.44%) Consultant
4 163 (9.37%) Lead
5 135 (7.76%) Software Engineer
6 128 (7.36%) Developer
7 126 (7.24%) Analyst
8 111 (6.38%) Solutions Architect
9 66 (3.79%) Data Engineer
10 65 (3.74%) Cloud Engineer
11 63 (3.62%) Security Consultant
12 56 (3.22%) DevOps Engineer
13 55 (3.16%) Senior Developer
14 53 (3.05%) Business Analyst
14 53 (3.05%) Senior Manager
15 50 (2.87%) Principal Engineer
15 50 (2.87%) Security Architect
15 50 (2.87%) Senior Consultant
16 47 (2.70%) Senior Analyst
17 41 (2.36%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (3.39%) React
2 56 (3.22%) REST
3 47 (2.70%) Spring
4 44 (2.53%) .NET
5 33 (1.90%) Kafka
6 32 (1.84%) CSS
7 27 (1.55%) AngularJS
7 27 (1.55%) HTML
8 26 (1.49%) OAuth
9 25 (1.44%) SOAP
10 22 (1.26%) Playwright
10 22 (1.26%) Spring Boot
11 20 (1.15%) .NET Core
12 17 (0.98%) Node.js
12 17 (0.98%) PySpark
12 17 (0.98%) RESTful
13 16 (0.92%) JWT
13 16 (0.92%) OAuth2
14 15 (0.86%) Web Services
15 14 (0.80%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 131 (7.53%) Cloud Native
2 65 (3.74%) Product Ownership
3 60 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
4 57 (3.28%) Management Information System
4 57 (3.28%) Onboarding
5 43 (2.47%) Security Posture
6 39 (2.24%) Blog
7 36 (2.07%) Legacy Systems
8 30 (1.72%) FPGA
9 28 (1.61%) Driving Licence
10 27 (1.55%) Distributed Systems
11 25 (1.44%) Cyber Threat
12 24 (1.38%) Data Centre
13 23 (1.32%) Cyber Defence
13 23 (1.32%) PKI
14 20 (1.15%) Algorithms
15 19 (1.09%) CMDB
15 19 (1.09%) Security Operations Centre
16 18 (1.03%) Enterprise Software
16 18 (1.03%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 132 (7.59%) Linux
2 101 (5.80%) Windows
3 41 (2.36%) Windows Server
4 34 (1.95%) Unix
5 12 (0.69%) Windows 10
6 6 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (0.29%) VxWorks
8 4 (0.23%) Android
8 4 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.17%) Kali Linux
9 3 (0.17%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.11%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.11%) CentOS
10 2 (0.11%) Solaris
10 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.057%) Embedded Linux
11 1 (0.057%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 498 (28.62%) Agile
2 312 (17.93%) Continuous Improvement
3 276 (15.86%) Cybersecurity
4 267 (15.34%) Problem-Solving
5 264 (15.17%) Mentoring
6 241 (13.85%) CI/CD
7 238 (13.68%) DevOps
8 237 (13.62%) Software Engineering
9 214 (12.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 195 (11.21%) AI
11 172 (9.89%) Stakeholder Management
12 150 (8.62%) Community of Practice
13 144 (8.28%) Decision-Making
14 143 (8.22%) Collaborative Culture
14 143 (8.22%) Scrum
15 140 (8.05%) Technical Leadership
16 137 (7.87%) Project Delivery
17 135 (7.76%) Coaching
17 135 (7.76%) Infrastructure as Code
18 131 (7.53%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 216 (12.41%) Python
2 161 (9.25%) Java
3 113 (6.49%) SQL
4 102 (5.86%) JavaScript
5 59 (3.39%) C#
5 59 (3.39%) C++
6 45 (2.59%) Bash
7 42 (2.41%) PowerShell
8 32 (1.84%) TypeScript
9 30 (1.72%) C
10 23 (1.32%) MATLAB
11 21 (1.21%) Ada
12 16 (0.92%) Groovy
13 13 (0.75%) DataWeave
14 12 (0.69%) PL/SQL
14 12 (0.69%) Ruby
14 12 (0.69%) Rust
15 11 (0.63%) Go
15 11 (0.63%) Kusto Query Language
16 9 (0.52%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1,376 (79.08%) SC Cleared
2 413 (23.74%) DV Cleared
3 336 (19.31%) Degree
4 234 (13.45%) BPSS Clearance
5 80 (4.60%) CISSP
6 59 (3.39%) Computer Science Degree
7 57 (3.28%) CISM
8 45 (2.59%) Azure Certification
9 37 (2.13%) AWS Certification
10 31 (1.78%) Master's Degree
11 30 (1.72%) Microsoft Certification
12 24 (1.38%) Cisco Certification
13 20 (1.15%) CREST Certified
13 20 (1.15%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 19 (1.09%) CRISC
15 17 (0.98%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 17 (0.98%) PhD
16 12 (0.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 12 (0.69%) Chartered Engineer
16 12 (0.69%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 155 (8.91%) Accessibility
2 137 (7.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 93 (5.34%) NIST
4 67 (3.85%) QA
5 63 (3.62%) NCSC
6 46 (2.64%) GRC
7 40 (2.30%) Data Quality
7 40 (2.30%) GDPR
8 24 (1.38%) PCI DSS
9 23 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials
9 23 (1.32%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 22 (1.26%) SLA
11 20 (1.15%) WCAG
12 17 (0.98%) JSP 440
13 12 (0.69%) Actionable Recommendations
13 12 (0.69%) Def Stans
14 9 (0.52%) NIST 800
15 7 (0.40%) PMO
16 6 (0.34%) SOC 2
17 5 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 108 (6.21%) Docker
2 79 (4.54%) Active Directory
3 44 (2.53%) Firmware
4 32 (1.84%) VMware Infrastructure
5 22 (1.26%) Hyper-V
6 15 (0.86%) VMware ESXi
7 8 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
8 7 (0.40%) VMware NSX
8 7 (0.40%) vSphere
9 6 (0.34%) Squid
10 2 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
10 2 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.057%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.057%) Embedded Firmware
11 1 (0.057%) IAG
11 1 (0.057%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.057%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 118 (6.78%) Kubernetes
2 116 (6.67%) Terraform
3 46 (2.64%) Ansible
4 36 (2.07%) Microsoft Intune
5 17 (0.98%) Prometheus
6 16 (0.92%) Grafana
7 13 (0.75%) CloudHub
8 10 (0.57%) Argo
9 9 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
10 8 (0.46%) Progress Chef
11 7 (0.40%) Nmap
11 7 (0.40%) QRadar
12 6 (0.34%) Kustomize
12 6 (0.34%) Packer
13 5 (0.29%) Istio
13 5 (0.29%) vCenter Server
14 4 (0.23%) FortiGate
14 4 (0.23%) Oracle RMAN
15 3 (0.17%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
15 3 (0.17%) Puppet
Vendors
1 232 (13.33%) Microsoft
2 72 (4.14%) Google
3 64 (3.68%) ServiceNow
4 56 (3.22%) SAP
5 50 (2.87%) Oracle
6 42 (2.41%) VMware
7 33 (1.90%) Cisco
8 29 (1.67%) Salesforce
9 24 (1.38%) Red Hat
10 21 (1.21%) Databricks
10 21 (1.21%) MuleSoft
11 19 (1.09%) OpenAI
12 18 (1.03%) Splunk
13 14 (0.80%) CyberArk
13 14 (0.80%) Okta
14 13 (0.75%) Adobe
15 11 (0.63%) Siemens
16 9 (0.52%) Veeam
17 8 (0.46%) Atlassian
17 8 (0.46%) Xilinx