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

6 months to
6 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 1,945 1,192 1,749
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.81% 7.11% 7.99%
As % of the Qualifications category 37.83% 18.74% 28.65%
Number of salaries quoted 1,232 605 990
10th Percentile £44,447 £41,658 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,375 £48,750 £48,000
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 £97,250 £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 5,142 6,362 6,105
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.66% 37.95% 27.89%
Number of salaries quoted 3,181 2,260 2,768
10th Percentile £32,750 £31,000 £34,404
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £45,393
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -0.86%

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 6 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 33 (1.70%) Apache Spark
3 24 (1.23%) SharePoint
4 20 (1.03%) Confluence
5 13 (0.67%) Anypoint
5 13 (0.67%) Mule
6 11 (0.57%) Apache Airflow
7 10 (0.51%) Oracle Workflow
8 9 (0.46%) Jupyter
8 9 (0.46%) nginx
8 9 (0.46%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 8 (0.41%) Camunda
10 5 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
10 5 (0.26%) WebLogic
11 4 (0.21%) IIS
12 3 (0.15%) Apache Solr
12 3 (0.15%) ArcGIS
12 3 (0.15%) CMS
12 3 (0.15%) GeoServer
12 3 (0.15%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 31 (1.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 30 (1.54%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (1.18%) Simulink
4 17 (0.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 15 (0.77%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.31%) Adobe XD
6 6 (0.31%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.21%) Mathcad
7 4 (0.21%) Windchill
8 2 (0.10%) AutoCAD
8 2 (0.10%) InDesign
8 2 (0.10%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.051%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.051%) EPLAN
9 1 (0.051%) FrameMaker
9 1 (0.051%) Houdini
9 1 (0.051%) NUKE
9 1 (0.051%) Revit
9 1 (0.051%) SOLIDWORKS
9 1 (0.051%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 24 (1.23%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (0.82%) Primavera
3 10 (0.51%) 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%) 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
8 2 (0.10%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 468 (24.06%) Azure
2 437 (22.47%) AWS
3 126 (6.48%) GCP
4 94 (4.83%) Entra ID
5 92 (4.73%) Microsoft 365
6 79 (4.06%) Power Platform
7 50 (2.57%) GitHub
8 45 (2.31%) Serverless
9 41 (2.11%) AWS CloudFormation
10 38 (1.95%) dbt
11 36 (1.85%) Azure DevOps
12 35 (1.80%) Amazon S3
13 32 (1.65%) SaaS
14 25 (1.29%) OpenShift
15 24 (1.23%) AWS Lambda
16 23 (1.18%) PaaS
17 22 (1.13%) Amazon EC2
17 22 (1.13%) Azure Monitor
17 22 (1.13%) Microsoft Purview
18 20 (1.03%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 57 (2.93%) Firewall
2 55 (2.83%) Network Security
3 40 (2.06%) TCP/IP
4 38 (1.95%) DNS
5 20 (1.03%) WAN
6 19 (0.98%) VPN
7 17 (0.87%) DHCP
8 16 (0.82%) SSL
9 14 (0.72%) Wi-Fi
9 14 (0.72%) Wireless
10 12 (0.62%) LAN
11 11 (0.57%) ATM
12 10 (0.51%) BGP
12 10 (0.51%) Ethernet
13 8 (0.41%) OSPF
14 7 (0.36%) Internet
15 6 (0.31%) DMZ
16 5 (0.26%) HTTP
16 5 (0.26%) Unified Communications
16 5 (0.26%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (3.34%) Power BI
2 50 (2.57%) PostgreSQL
3 32 (1.65%) Big Data
4 31 (1.59%) Data Warehouse
5 29 (1.49%) NoSQL
6 24 (1.23%) SQL Server
7 23 (1.18%) Amazon Athena
7 23 (1.18%) Relational Database
8 22 (1.13%) Metadata
9 20 (1.03%) Tableau
10 18 (0.93%) Data Lake
11 15 (0.77%) MySQL
12 14 (0.72%) DynamoDB
13 10 (0.51%) Hadoop
13 10 (0.51%) MongoDB
14 9 (0.46%) Amazon RDS
14 9 (0.46%) Amazon Redshift
15 7 (0.36%) Elasticsearch
15 7 (0.36%) Redis
16 6 (0.31%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 77 (3.96%) Git
2 41 (2.11%) JIRA
3 40 (2.06%) Jenkins
4 39 (2.01%) GitLab
5 27 (1.39%) JUnit
6 24 (1.23%) Rational DOORS
7 18 (0.93%) Mockito
8 16 (0.82%) Selenium
9 12 (0.62%) Maven
10 11 (0.57%) Burp Suite
10 11 (0.57%) Cucumber
10 11 (0.57%) Metasploit
11 9 (0.46%) Cypress.io
11 9 (0.46%) Postman
12 8 (0.41%) Balsamiq
13 7 (0.36%) SonarQube
14 6 (0.31%) Axure RP
14 6 (0.31%) Gatling
14 6 (0.31%) LabVIEW
15 3 (0.15%) Visual Studio
General
1 556 (28.59%) Social Skills
2 472 (24.27%) Public Sector
3 391 (20.10%) Finance
4 370 (19.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 242 (12.44%) Analytical Skills
6 199 (10.23%) Aerospace
7 154 (7.92%) Law
8 77 (3.96%) Legal
9 62 (3.19%) Electronics
9 62 (3.19%) Presentation Skills
10 55 (2.83%) Influencing Skills
10 55 (2.83%) Military
10 55 (2.83%) Organisational Skills
11 50 (2.57%) Retail
12 48 (2.47%) Police
13 46 (2.37%) Manufacturing
14 38 (1.95%) Telecoms
15 15 (0.77%) Automotive
15 15 (0.77%) Local Government
16 13 (0.67%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 375 (19.28%) Senior
2 295 (15.17%) Architect
3 200 (10.28%) Consultant
4 169 (8.69%) Lead
4 169 (8.69%) Software Engineer
5 132 (6.79%) Analyst
6 129 (6.63%) Developer
7 108 (5.55%) Solutions Architect
8 101 (5.19%) Data Engineer
9 82 (4.22%) Principal Engineer
10 72 (3.70%) Senior Manager
11 62 (3.19%) Security Consultant
12 59 (3.03%) Cloud Engineer
12 59 (3.03%) DevOps Engineer
13 53 (2.72%) Security Architect
14 48 (2.47%) Java Engineer
14 48 (2.47%) Senior Consultant
15 46 (2.37%) Business Analyst
15 46 (2.37%) Senior Developer
16 45 (2.31%) Principal Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 128 (6.58%) Terraform
2 63 (3.24%) REST
3 62 (3.19%) React
4 44 (2.26%) Spring
5 42 (2.16%) .NET
6 33 (1.70%) CSS
7 32 (1.65%) Kafka
8 27 (1.39%) HTML
9 26 (1.34%) PySpark
10 25 (1.29%) OAuth
10 25 (1.29%) Spring Boot
11 24 (1.23%) Playwright
12 23 (1.18%) AngularJS
12 23 (1.18%) Node.js
13 22 (1.13%) RESTful
13 22 (1.13%) SOAP
14 20 (1.03%) .NET Core
14 20 (1.03%) JWT
15 19 (0.98%) JSON
16 18 (0.93%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 140 (7.20%) Cloud Native
2 70 (3.60%) Management Information System
3 62 (3.19%) Self-Motivation
4 59 (3.03%) Onboarding
4 59 (3.03%) Product Ownership
5 45 (2.31%) Security Posture
6 38 (1.95%) Driving Licence
7 36 (1.85%) Data Centre
8 32 (1.65%) Distributed Systems
9 31 (1.59%) Blog
9 31 (1.59%) FPGA
10 29 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
10 29 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
10 29 (1.49%) PKI
11 26 (1.34%) CMDB
12 24 (1.23%) Cyber Threat
13 21 (1.08%) Cyber Defence
14 20 (1.03%) Algorithms
15 19 (0.98%) Embedded Systems
16 18 (0.93%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 137 (7.04%) Linux
2 119 (6.12%) Windows
3 47 (2.42%) Windows Server
4 31 (1.59%) Unix
5 15 (0.77%) Windows 10
6 7 (0.36%) VxWorks
7 6 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (0.26%) Android
9 4 (0.21%) Embedded Linux
9 4 (0.21%) Kali Linux
10 3 (0.15%) OpenWrt
10 3 (0.15%) Solaris
10 3 (0.15%) Ubuntu
10 3 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.10%) AIX
11 2 (0.10%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.10%) CentOS
11 2 (0.10%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.10%) Rocky
11 2 (0.10%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 536 (27.56%) Agile
2 371 (19.07%) Continuous Improvement
3 312 (16.04%) Problem-Solving
4 306 (15.73%) Mentoring
5 303 (15.58%) Cybersecurity
6 287 (14.76%) Software Engineering
7 277 (14.24%) CI/CD
8 272 (13.98%) AI
9 249 (12.80%) DevOps
10 239 (12.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 229 (11.77%) Stakeholder Management
12 192 (9.87%) Analytics
13 187 (9.61%) Decision-Making
14 185 (9.51%) Technical Leadership
15 177 (9.10%) Coaching
16 147 (7.56%) Infrastructure as Code
17 145 (7.46%) Community of Practice
18 144 (7.40%) Scrum
19 137 (7.04%) Collaborative Culture
20 135 (6.94%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 230 (11.83%) Python
2 168 (8.64%) Java
3 149 (7.66%) SQL
4 110 (5.66%) JavaScript
5 63 (3.24%) C++
6 61 (3.14%) C#
7 52 (2.67%) Bash
8 44 (2.26%) PowerShell
9 39 (2.01%) TypeScript
10 35 (1.80%) C
11 25 (1.29%) MATLAB
12 21 (1.08%) Ada
13 16 (0.82%) Go
13 16 (0.82%) Kusto Query Language
14 15 (0.77%) Bicep
14 15 (0.77%) PL/SQL
15 14 (0.72%) Groovy
16 13 (0.67%) DataWeave
16 13 (0.67%) Rust
17 12 (0.62%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 1,545 (79.43%) SC Cleared
2 418 (21.49%) DV Cleared
3 324 (16.66%) Degree
4 228 (11.72%) BPSS Clearance
5 73 (3.75%) CISSP
6 55 (2.83%) CISM
7 52 (2.67%) Azure Certification
8 44 (2.26%) Computer Science Degree
9 43 (2.21%) AWS Certification
10 28 (1.44%) Master's Degree
11 23 (1.18%) Cisco Certification
11 23 (1.18%) DBS Check
11 23 (1.18%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 21 (1.08%) Microsoft Certification
13 20 (1.03%) PhD
13 20 (1.03%) TOGAF Certification
14 18 (0.93%) Chartered Engineer
15 17 (0.87%) CHECK Team Member
15 17 (0.87%) CRISC
16 16 (0.82%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 164 (8.43%) Accessibility
2 147 (7.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 93 (4.78%) NIST
4 73 (3.75%) NCSC
5 70 (3.60%) QA
6 57 (2.93%) Data Quality
7 50 (2.57%) GRC
8 48 (2.47%) GDPR
9 27 (1.39%) Cyber Essentials
9 27 (1.39%) PCI DSS
10 25 (1.29%) SLA
11 19 (0.98%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 18 (0.93%) Def Stans
13 17 (0.87%) WCAG
14 16 (0.82%) JSP 440
15 14 (0.72%) Actionable Recommendations
16 11 (0.57%) NIST 800
17 7 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 42001
18 6 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
18 6 (0.31%) PMO
System Software
1 117 (6.02%) Docker
2 85 (4.37%) Active Directory
3 42 (2.16%) Firmware
4 40 (2.06%) VMware Infrastructure
5 24 (1.23%) Hyper-V
6 17 (0.87%) VMware ESXi
7 11 (0.57%) Virtual Machines
8 9 (0.46%) vSphere
9 6 (0.31%) Squid
9 6 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
10 5 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
10 5 (0.26%) VMware NSX
11 2 (0.10%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.051%) Embedded Firmware
12 1 (0.051%) IAG
12 1 (0.051%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.051%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 127 (6.53%) Kubernetes
2 46 (2.37%) Microsoft Intune
3 38 (1.95%) Ansible
4 28 (1.44%) Grafana
5 16 (0.82%) Prometheus
6 13 (0.67%) CloudHub
6 13 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
7 12 (0.62%) Argo
8 11 (0.57%) Nmap
9 7 (0.36%) FortiGate
9 7 (0.36%) Kustomize
9 7 (0.36%) QRadar
10 6 (0.31%) Istio
10 6 (0.31%) Progress Chef
10 6 (0.31%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 5 (0.26%) Packer
12 4 (0.21%) Kibana
13 3 (0.15%) Oracle RMAN
13 3 (0.15%) SCCM
13 3 (0.15%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 274 (14.09%) Microsoft
2 91 (4.68%) ServiceNow
3 69 (3.55%) SAP
4 67 (3.44%) Oracle
5 58 (2.98%) Google
6 52 (2.67%) VMware
7 34 (1.75%) Cisco
8 28 (1.44%) Salesforce
9 26 (1.34%) YouTube
10 24 (1.23%) Databricks
11 21 (1.08%) Workday
12 20 (1.03%) Red Hat
13 18 (0.93%) CyberArk
13 18 (0.93%) MuleSoft
13 18 (0.93%) OpenAI
14 17 (0.87%) Okta
14 17 (0.87%) Splunk
15 16 (0.82%) Thales
16 15 (0.77%) Dynatrace
16 15 (0.77%) Veeam