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

6 months to
11 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 32 25
Rank change year-on-year +12 -7 -4
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,939 1,184 1,716
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.79% 7.13% 7.95%
As % of the Qualifications category 37.84% 19.01% 28.74%
Number of salaries quoted 1,218 602 976
10th Percentile £44,259 £41,540 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £48,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,746 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.79% - +2.46%
75th Percentile £82,500 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £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 5,124 6,227 5,971
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.60% 37.47% 27.65%
Number of salaries quoted 3,148 2,263 2,739
10th Percentile £32,750 £30,791 £34,750
25th Percentile £46,188 £42,500 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £76,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +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 11 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 41 (2.11%) Apache
2 31 (1.60%) Apache Spark
3 24 (1.24%) SharePoint
4 20 (1.03%) Confluence
5 13 (0.67%) Anypoint
5 13 (0.67%) Mule
6 10 (0.52%) Apache Airflow
6 10 (0.52%) Oracle Workflow
7 9 (0.46%) Jupyter
7 9 (0.46%) nginx
7 9 (0.46%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 8 (0.41%) Camunda
8 8 (0.41%) WebLogic
9 5 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
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%) CMS
12 2 (0.10%) Apache Solr
Applications
1 30 (1.55%) Microsoft Excel
1 30 (1.55%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (1.19%) Simulink
3 17 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (0.77%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (0.31%) Adobe XD
5 6 (0.31%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.21%) Mathcad
6 4 (0.21%) Windchill
7 2 (0.10%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.10%) InDesign
7 2 (0.10%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.052%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.052%) EPLAN
8 1 (0.052%) FrameMaker
8 1 (0.052%) Houdini
8 1 (0.052%) NUKE
8 1 (0.052%) Revit
8 1 (0.052%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.052%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 23 (1.19%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (0.83%) Primavera
3 10 (0.52%) 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 4 (0.21%) SAP PM
6 4 (0.21%) SAP QM
7 3 (0.15%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 2 (0.10%) Oracle Applications
8 2 (0.10%) Oracle EBS R12
8 2 (0.10%) SAP CO
8 2 (0.10%) SAP FI
8 2 (0.10%) SAP FI/CO
8 2 (0.10%) SAP MM
8 2 (0.10%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 475 (24.50%) Azure
2 436 (22.49%) AWS
3 123 (6.34%) GCP
4 98 (5.05%) Entra ID
5 92 (4.74%) Microsoft 365
6 80 (4.13%) Power Platform
7 54 (2.78%) GitHub
8 45 (2.32%) Serverless
9 41 (2.11%) AWS CloudFormation
10 38 (1.96%) dbt
11 36 (1.86%) Azure DevOps
12 34 (1.75%) Amazon S3
13 33 (1.70%) SaaS
14 27 (1.39%) OpenShift
15 26 (1.34%) PaaS
16 24 (1.24%) AWS Lambda
17 22 (1.13%) Amazon EC2
17 22 (1.13%) Microsoft Purview
18 21 (1.08%) Azure Monitor
18 21 (1.08%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 60 (3.09%) Firewall
2 52 (2.68%) Network Security
3 40 (2.06%) TCP/IP
4 39 (2.01%) DNS
5 19 (0.98%) WAN
6 18 (0.93%) DHCP
7 17 (0.88%) VPN
8 16 (0.83%) SSL
9 14 (0.72%) Wi-Fi
9 14 (0.72%) Wireless
10 13 (0.67%) LAN
11 11 (0.57%) ATM
12 10 (0.52%) Ethernet
13 8 (0.41%) BGP
13 8 (0.41%) OSPF
14 7 (0.36%) Internet
14 7 (0.36%) SAN
15 6 (0.31%) DMZ
15 6 (0.31%) NAS
16 5 (0.26%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (3.30%) Power BI
2 53 (2.73%) PostgreSQL
3 32 (1.65%) Big Data
4 31 (1.60%) Data Warehouse
5 30 (1.55%) NoSQL
6 25 (1.29%) SQL Server
7 23 (1.19%) Amazon Athena
7 23 (1.19%) Metadata
8 22 (1.13%) Relational Database
9 20 (1.03%) Tableau
10 18 (0.93%) Data Lake
11 15 (0.77%) MySQL
12 14 (0.72%) DynamoDB
13 12 (0.62%) MongoDB
14 10 (0.52%) Amazon RDS
14 10 (0.52%) Hadoop
15 9 (0.46%) Amazon Redshift
15 9 (0.46%) Azure SQL Database
16 6 (0.31%) Elasticsearch
16 6 (0.31%) Redis
Development Applications
1 76 (3.92%) Git
2 41 (2.11%) JIRA
3 40 (2.06%) GitLab
4 39 (2.01%) Jenkins
5 29 (1.50%) JUnit
6 24 (1.24%) Rational DOORS
7 20 (1.03%) Mockito
8 15 (0.77%) Selenium
9 12 (0.62%) Burp Suite
9 12 (0.62%) Maven
9 12 (0.62%) Metasploit
10 11 (0.57%) Cucumber
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 4 (0.21%) Snyk
General
1 558 (28.78%) Social Skills
2 457 (23.57%) Public Sector
3 386 (19.91%) Finance
4 363 (18.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 248 (12.79%) Analytical Skills
6 201 (10.37%) Aerospace
7 147 (7.58%) Law
8 75 (3.87%) Legal
9 64 (3.30%) Electronics
10 61 (3.15%) Presentation Skills
11 55 (2.84%) Influencing Skills
11 55 (2.84%) Military
12 54 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
13 51 (2.63%) Retail
14 48 (2.48%) Manufacturing
15 47 (2.42%) Police
16 35 (1.81%) Telecoms
17 16 (0.83%) Automotive
18 15 (0.77%) Documentation Skills
18 15 (0.77%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 376 (19.39%) Senior
2 292 (15.06%) Architect
3 200 (10.31%) Consultant
4 175 (9.03%) Lead
5 162 (8.35%) Software Engineer
6 129 (6.65%) Analyst
7 128 (6.60%) Developer
8 102 (5.26%) Data Engineer
8 102 (5.26%) Solutions Architect
9 81 (4.18%) Principal Engineer
10 67 (3.46%) Senior Manager
11 63 (3.25%) DevOps Engineer
12 62 (3.20%) Security Consultant
13 55 (2.84%) Cloud Engineer
14 51 (2.63%) Java Engineer
15 50 (2.58%) Security Architect
16 49 (2.53%) Senior Consultant
17 48 (2.48%) Senior Developer
18 47 (2.42%) Technical Architect
19 46 (2.37%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 130 (6.70%) Terraform
2 67 (3.46%) REST
3 61 (3.15%) React
4 50 (2.58%) .NET
5 47 (2.42%) Spring
6 34 (1.75%) Kafka
7 33 (1.70%) CSS
8 29 (1.50%) Spring Boot
9 28 (1.44%) HTML
10 26 (1.34%) OAuth
10 26 (1.34%) PySpark
11 25 (1.29%) RESTful
12 23 (1.19%) AngularJS
12 23 (1.19%) Node.js
12 23 (1.19%) Playwright
13 22 (1.13%) SOAP
14 20 (1.03%) .NET Core
14 20 (1.03%) JWT
15 19 (0.98%) JSON
15 19 (0.98%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 146 (7.53%) Cloud Native
2 67 (3.46%) Management Information System
3 61 (3.15%) Self-Motivation
4 57 (2.94%) Product Ownership
5 56 (2.89%) Onboarding
6 44 (2.27%) Security Posture
7 42 (2.17%) Driving Licence
8 34 (1.75%) Enterprise Software
9 33 (1.70%) Data Centre
9 33 (1.70%) Distributed Systems
10 31 (1.60%) Blog
10 31 (1.60%) FPGA
11 29 (1.50%) Legacy Systems
12 27 (1.39%) PKI
13 26 (1.34%) CMDB
14 22 (1.13%) Cyber Threat
15 21 (1.08%) Cyber Defence
16 20 (1.03%) Algorithms
17 19 (0.98%) Embedded Systems
18 18 (0.93%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 138 (7.12%) Linux
2 118 (6.09%) Windows
3 48 (2.48%) Windows Server
4 31 (1.60%) Unix
5 15 (0.77%) Windows 10
6 7 (0.36%) VxWorks
7 6 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (0.21%) Android
8 4 (0.21%) Embedded Linux
8 4 (0.21%) Kali Linux
8 4 (0.21%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.15%) OpenWrt
9 3 (0.15%) Solaris
9 3 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.10%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.10%) CentOS
10 2 (0.10%) FreeRTOS
10 2 (0.10%) macOS
10 2 (0.10%) Rocky
10 2 (0.10%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 545 (28.11%) Agile
2 373 (19.24%) Continuous Improvement
3 321 (16.55%) Problem-Solving
4 308 (15.88%) Mentoring
5 299 (15.42%) Cybersecurity
6 288 (14.85%) CI/CD
7 282 (14.54%) Software Engineering
8 277 (14.29%) AI
9 257 (13.25%) DevOps
10 236 (12.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 236 (12.17%) Stakeholder Management
11 195 (10.06%) Technical Leadership
12 191 (9.85%) Decision-Making
13 190 (9.80%) Analytics
14 175 (9.03%) Coaching
15 151 (7.79%) Infrastructure as Code
16 148 (7.63%) Scrum
17 138 (7.12%) Community of Practice
17 138 (7.12%) ITIL
18 135 (6.96%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 228 (11.76%) Python
2 166 (8.56%) Java
3 152 (7.84%) SQL
4 109 (5.62%) JavaScript
5 68 (3.51%) C#
6 63 (3.25%) C++
7 53 (2.73%) Bash
8 46 (2.37%) PowerShell
9 38 (1.96%) TypeScript
10 35 (1.81%) C
11 25 (1.29%) MATLAB
12 21 (1.08%) Ada
13 17 (0.88%) Go
14 16 (0.83%) Bicep
15 15 (0.77%) Kusto Query Language
15 15 (0.77%) PL/SQL
16 14 (0.72%) Groovy
17 13 (0.67%) DataWeave
17 13 (0.67%) Rust
18 12 (0.62%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 1,534 (79.11%) SC Cleared
2 410 (21.14%) DV Cleared
3 315 (16.25%) Degree
4 230 (11.86%) BPSS Clearance
5 73 (3.76%) CISSP
6 56 (2.89%) Azure Certification
7 55 (2.84%) CISM
8 43 (2.22%) AWS Certification
9 40 (2.06%) Computer Science Degree
10 27 (1.39%) Master's Degree
11 24 (1.24%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 23 (1.19%) Cisco Certification
12 23 (1.19%) DBS Check
13 22 (1.13%) Microsoft Certification
14 20 (1.03%) PhD
15 19 (0.98%) TOGAF Certification
16 18 (0.93%) Chartered Engineer
16 18 (0.93%) CRISC
17 17 (0.88%) CHECK Team Member
17 17 (0.88%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 165 (8.51%) Accessibility
2 147 (7.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 93 (4.80%) NIST
4 73 (3.76%) NCSC
5 69 (3.56%) QA
6 58 (2.99%) Data Quality
7 52 (2.68%) GRC
8 48 (2.48%) GDPR
9 29 (1.50%) Cyber Essentials
10 26 (1.34%) PCI DSS
11 25 (1.29%) SLA
12 18 (0.93%) Def Stans
12 18 (0.93%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 17 (0.88%) JSP 440
14 16 (0.83%) WCAG
15 15 (0.77%) Actionable Recommendations
16 12 (0.62%) NIST 800
17 7 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 7 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 42001
18 6 (0.31%) SOC 2
System Software
1 120 (6.19%) Docker
2 87 (4.49%) Active Directory
3 42 (2.17%) Firmware
4 39 (2.01%) VMware Infrastructure
5 27 (1.39%) Hyper-V
6 16 (0.83%) VMware ESXi
7 11 (0.57%) Virtual Machines
8 7 (0.36%) vSphere
9 6 (0.31%) Squid
9 6 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
10 5 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
11 3 (0.15%) VMware NSX
12 2 (0.10%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 1 (0.052%) Embedded Firmware
13 1 (0.052%) IAG
13 1 (0.052%) Oracle RAC
13 1 (0.052%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 133 (6.86%) Kubernetes
2 43 (2.22%) Microsoft Intune
3 38 (1.96%) Ansible
4 30 (1.55%) Grafana
5 18 (0.93%) Prometheus
6 14 (0.72%) Argo
7 13 (0.67%) CloudHub
7 13 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
8 12 (0.62%) Nmap
9 9 (0.46%) Kustomize
10 8 (0.41%) Istio
11 7 (0.36%) FortiGate
11 7 (0.36%) QRadar
12 6 (0.31%) Progress Chef
12 6 (0.31%) SCCM
12 6 (0.31%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
13 5 (0.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 5 (0.26%) Packer
14 4 (0.21%) Kibana
15 3 (0.15%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 278 (14.34%) Microsoft
2 91 (4.69%) ServiceNow
3 71 (3.66%) Oracle
4 68 (3.51%) SAP
5 58 (2.99%) Google
6 50 (2.58%) VMware
7 37 (1.91%) Cisco
8 29 (1.50%) YouTube
9 28 (1.44%) Salesforce
10 24 (1.24%) Databricks
11 23 (1.19%) Red Hat
12 21 (1.08%) Workday
13 19 (0.98%) CyberArk
13 19 (0.98%) MuleSoft
13 19 (0.98%) OpenAI
14 18 (0.93%) Okta
15 17 (0.88%) Thales
16 16 (0.83%) EMC
16 16 (0.83%) Splunk
17 15 (0.77%) Veeam