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 23 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 43 24
Rank change year-on-year +27 -19 +9
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,644 952 2,496
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.71% 6.56% 7.66%
As % of the Qualifications category 38.44% 19.46% 28.30%
Number of salaries quoted 1,208 478 1,737
10th Percentile £46,250 £45,350 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £61,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +5.69% +6.96% -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 4,277 4,893 8,820
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 22.65% 33.72% 27.08%
Number of salaries quoted 2,903 2,252 5,891
10th Percentile £33,150 £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £48,165 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £88,750 £87,500
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 23 May 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 34 (2.07%) SharePoint
2 19 (1.16%) Apache
3 15 (0.91%) Apache Airflow
4 14 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
5 13 (0.79%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.30%) Jupyter
7 4 (0.24%) ArcGIS
7 4 (0.24%) GeoServer
7 4 (0.24%) Oracle Spatial
8 3 (0.18%) Apache Solr
8 3 (0.18%) Confluence
8 3 (0.18%) SAS
9 2 (0.12%) Anypoint
9 2 (0.12%) Camunda
9 2 (0.12%) Mule
9 2 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.061%) Appian
10 1 (0.061%) nginx
10 1 (0.061%) WordPress
Applications
1 63 (3.83%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (1.09%) Adobe XD
3 13 (0.79%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.30%) InVision
4 5 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (0.30%) Sketch
5 3 (0.18%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.18%) Windchill
6 2 (0.12%) Weka
7 1 (0.061%) CATIA
7 1 (0.061%) EngageOne
7 1 (0.061%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.061%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 27 (1.64%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.36%) Oracle ERP
2 6 (0.36%) SAP ERP
3 4 (0.24%) Primavera
3 4 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (0.24%) SAP FSCM
4 3 (0.18%) Elite 3E
4 3 (0.18%) SAP CO
4 3 (0.18%) SAP FI
4 3 (0.18%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (0.18%) SAP HCM
5 2 (0.12%) SAP Payroll
6 1 (0.061%) C-CURE
6 1 (0.061%) Magento
6 1 (0.061%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.061%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.061%) SAP PSCD
6 1 (0.061%) SAP QM
6 1 (0.061%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.061%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 319 (19.40%) Azure
2 286 (17.40%) AWS
3 101 (6.14%) Microsoft 365
4 98 (5.96%) GCP
5 60 (3.65%) Entra ID
6 50 (3.04%) Power Platform
7 26 (1.58%) Serverless
8 23 (1.40%) SaaS
9 22 (1.34%) AWS CloudFormation
9 22 (1.34%) GitHub
10 20 (1.22%) Google Analytics
11 19 (1.16%) Azure DevOps
11 19 (1.16%) Figma
12 18 (1.09%) Amazon S3
12 18 (1.09%) PaaS
13 17 (1.03%) Azure Sentinel
13 17 (1.03%) Dynamics 365
14 16 (0.97%) PowerApps
15 15 (0.91%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 15 (0.91%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 36 (2.19%) Firewall
2 35 (2.13%) Network Security
3 30 (1.82%) WAN
4 25 (1.52%) VPN
5 23 (1.40%) DNS
6 21 (1.28%) LAN
7 19 (1.16%) DHCP
8 18 (1.09%) BGP
9 14 (0.85%) MPLS
10 12 (0.73%) SMTP
10 12 (0.73%) TCP/IP
10 12 (0.73%) Wi-Fi
11 8 (0.49%) HTTP
12 7 (0.43%) Intrusion Detection
12 7 (0.43%) SNMP
13 6 (0.36%) Cisco ASA
13 6 (0.36%) Cisco Firepower
13 6 (0.36%) DMZ
13 6 (0.36%) SD-WAN
13 6 (0.36%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (2.43%) Power BI
2 35 (2.13%) PostgreSQL
3 20 (1.22%) NoSQL
4 19 (1.16%) Metadata
5 16 (0.97%) MongoDB
6 14 (0.85%) SQL Server
7 11 (0.67%) DynamoDB
8 10 (0.61%) Elasticsearch
8 10 (0.61%) Redis
9 9 (0.55%) Amazon Athena
9 9 (0.55%) Data Warehouse
10 8 (0.49%) Big Data
10 8 (0.49%) MySQL
11 7 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
11 7 (0.43%) Relational Database
11 7 (0.43%) Tableau
12 6 (0.36%) BigQuery
12 6 (0.36%) SAP HANA
13 5 (0.30%) Amazon Redshift
14 4 (0.24%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 53 (3.22%) Git
2 32 (1.95%) Jenkins
3 28 (1.70%) GitLab
4 15 (0.91%) JIRA
5 14 (0.85%) Axure RP
6 13 (0.79%) Balsamiq
7 12 (0.73%) Selenium
8 11 (0.67%) JUnit
9 8 (0.49%) Maven
10 7 (0.43%) Mockito
11 6 (0.36%) JMeter
12 4 (0.24%) Burp Suite
12 4 (0.24%) Metasploit
12 4 (0.24%) SonarQube
13 3 (0.18%) Babel
13 3 (0.18%) Cucumber
13 3 (0.18%) Cypress.io
13 3 (0.18%) MSTest
13 3 (0.18%) Postman
13 3 (0.18%) webpack
General
1 375 (22.81%) Social Skills
2 362 (22.02%) Public Sector
3 184 (11.19%) Finance
4 169 (10.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 135 (8.21%) Analytical Skills
6 126 (7.66%) Law
7 52 (3.16%) Legal
8 51 (3.10%) Back Office
9 39 (2.37%) Manufacturing
10 38 (2.31%) Presentation Skills
11 36 (2.19%) Telecoms
12 28 (1.70%) Influencing Skills
13 26 (1.58%) Organisational Skills
14 22 (1.34%) Retail
15 20 (1.22%) Aerospace
16 16 (0.97%) Military
17 11 (0.67%) Aviation
17 11 (0.67%) Marketing
18 10 (0.61%) Banking
18 10 (0.61%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 278 (16.91%) Senior
2 213 (12.96%) Architect
3 159 (9.67%) Consultant
4 152 (9.25%) Analyst
5 121 (7.36%) Lead
6 114 (6.93%) Developer
7 103 (6.27%) Systems Engineer
8 101 (6.14%) Software Engineer
9 98 (5.96%) Business Analyst
9 98 (5.96%) Solutions Architect
10 66 (4.01%) Support Engineer
11 60 (3.65%) Cloud Engineer
12 54 (3.28%) Data Engineer
13 53 (3.22%) Senior Manager
14 52 (3.16%) Site Engineer
15 48 (2.92%) Desktop Engineer
15 48 (2.92%) Desktop Support
15 48 (2.92%) Desktop Support Engineer
16 47 (2.86%) Java Developer
17 42 (2.55%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (3.16%) REST
2 41 (2.49%) Spring
3 36 (2.19%) .NET
4 34 (2.07%) React
5 28 (1.70%) SOAP
6 22 (1.34%) Spring Boot
7 20 (1.22%) CSS
7 20 (1.22%) HTML
8 18 (1.09%) Lightning Web Components
8 18 (1.09%) Middleware
9 16 (0.97%) Kafka
10 15 (0.91%) Visualforce
11 14 (0.85%) SAML
12 13 (0.79%) AngularJS
13 12 (0.73%) Playwright
13 12 (0.73%) RESTful
14 11 (0.67%) SAP Fiori
15 10 (0.61%) ASP.NET
15 10 (0.61%) Django
15 10 (0.61%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 81 (4.93%) Cloud Native
2 71 (4.32%) Product Ownership
3 52 (3.16%) Security Posture
4 51 (3.10%) Onboarding
5 39 (2.37%) Management Information System
6 38 (2.31%) Data Centre
7 35 (2.13%) Self-Motivation
8 27 (1.64%) PKI
9 24 (1.46%) Legacy Systems
10 20 (1.22%) Blog
11 18 (1.09%) Driving Licence
11 18 (1.09%) Low-Code
12 16 (0.97%) Data Structures
12 16 (0.97%) Security Operations Centre
13 14 (0.85%) CMDB
14 12 (0.73%) Cyber Threat
15 11 (0.67%) Analytical Mindset
15 11 (0.67%) Cyber Security Posture
15 11 (0.67%) Cyberattack
16 10 (0.61%) Cloud Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 116 (7.06%) Windows
2 91 (5.54%) Linux
3 56 (3.41%) Windows 10
4 23 (1.40%) Windows Server
5 19 (1.16%) Unix
6 7 (0.43%) Ubuntu
7 5 (0.30%) Android
7 5 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.18%) CentOS
8 3 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.061%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.061%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.061%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 329 (20.01%) Agile
2 214 (13.02%) Continuous Improvement
3 198 (12.04%) Cybersecurity
4 175 (10.64%) DevOps
5 165 (10.04%) Problem-Solving
6 157 (9.55%) Mentoring
7 150 (9.12%) Software Engineering
8 135 (8.21%) ITIL
9 131 (7.97%) Analytics
9 131 (7.97%) CI/CD
10 121 (7.36%) Community of Practice
11 115 (7.00%) Stakeholder Management
12 110 (6.69%) Technology Strategy
13 108 (6.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 104 (6.33%) Collaborative Culture
15 95 (5.78%) Risk Management
16 89 (5.41%) Infrastructure as Code
17 88 (5.35%) AI
18 84 (5.11%) Roadmaps
19 82 (4.99%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 135 (8.21%) Python
2 132 (8.03%) Java
3 85 (5.17%) SQL
4 76 (4.62%) JavaScript
5 49 (2.98%) C#
6 31 (1.89%) PowerShell
7 26 (1.58%) C++
7 26 (1.58%) TypeScript
8 25 (1.52%) Bash
9 18 (1.09%) Apex Code
10 10 (0.61%) Groovy
11 9 (0.55%) Rust
12 8 (0.49%) C
13 7 (0.43%) PL/SQL
13 7 (0.43%) Scala
14 5 (0.30%) Go
15 4 (0.24%) Ada
15 4 (0.24%) T-SQL
15 4 (0.24%) VBA
16 3 (0.18%) Pascal
Qualifications
1 1,105 (67.21%) SC Cleared
2 319 (19.40%) DV Cleared
3 272 (16.55%) Degree
4 84 (5.11%) BPSS Clearance
5 66 (4.01%) CISSP
6 52 (3.16%) CTC Cleared
7 45 (2.74%) Computer Science Degree
8 39 (2.37%) Microsoft Certification
9 36 (2.19%) CISM
10 23 (1.40%) Azure Certification
11 22 (1.34%) AWS Certification
12 16 (0.97%) Cisco Certification
13 15 (0.91%) CREST Certified
13 15 (0.91%) HNC
14 14 (0.85%) TOGAF Certification
15 12 (0.73%) PMI Certification
16 10 (0.61%) GIAC
17 9 (0.55%) CRISC
17 9 (0.55%) Master's Degree
18 8 (0.49%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 101 (6.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 63 (3.83%) NIST
3 58 (3.53%) SLA
4 57 (3.47%) QA
5 48 (2.92%) GDPR
6 45 (2.74%) Accessibility
7 32 (1.95%) NCSC
8 30 (1.82%) Data Quality
9 26 (1.58%) GRC
10 23 (1.40%) PCI DSS
11 17 (1.03%) WCAG
12 15 (0.91%) JSP 440
13 14 (0.85%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 12 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials
15 10 (0.61%) Actionable Recommendations
16 8 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 7 (0.43%) Government Security Classifications
18 6 (0.36%) Def Stans
18 6 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 42001
18 6 (0.36%) PMO
System Software
1 74 (4.50%) Docker
2 40 (2.43%) Active Directory
3 18 (1.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.67%) VMware NSX
5 8 (0.49%) Firmware
5 8 (0.49%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (0.30%) vSphere
7 4 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.061%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.061%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.061%) IAG
9 1 (0.061%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.061%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.061%) Xen
Systems Management
1 91 (5.54%) Terraform
2 79 (4.81%) Kubernetes
3 54 (3.28%) Ansible
4 18 (1.09%) Microsoft Intune
5 16 (0.97%) Grafana
5 16 (0.97%) Prometheus
6 8 (0.49%) Puppet
7 7 (0.43%) Progress Chef
7 7 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
8 6 (0.36%) Argo
8 6 (0.36%) Endace
8 6 (0.36%) Packer
9 5 (0.30%) AWS Copilot
9 5 (0.30%) QRadar
10 4 (0.24%) Istio
10 4 (0.24%) Kustomize
10 4 (0.24%) Nmap
10 4 (0.24%) SCCM
10 4 (0.24%) vCenter Server
11 3 (0.18%) Nagios
Vendors
1 196 (11.92%) Microsoft
2 89 (5.41%) Cisco
3 55 (3.35%) Google
4 46 (2.80%) Oracle
5 43 (2.62%) SAP
6 33 (2.01%) ServiceNow
7 29 (1.76%) Salesforce
8 28 (1.70%) VMware
9 20 (1.22%) Red Hat
10 18 (1.09%) Adobe
11 16 (0.97%) MuleSoft
12 14 (0.85%) Databricks
13 13 (0.79%) Splunk
14 12 (0.73%) CyberArk
15 11 (0.67%) Meraki
16 10 (0.61%) Juniper
17 8 (0.49%) F5
17 8 (0.49%) Okta
18 6 (0.36%) Ariba
18 6 (0.36%) CheckPoint