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

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 32 24
Rank change year-on-year +12 -8 -3
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,981 1,188 1,732
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.88% 7.19% 8.32%
As % of the Qualifications category 37.98% 19.19% 31.26%
Number of salaries quoted 1,237 612 999
10th Percentile £44,259 £41,275 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £48,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,991 £62,500 £64,108
Median % change year-on-year +15.19% -2.51% +5.10%
75th Percentile £82,500 £78,750 £79,600
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 5,216 6,191 5,541
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.75% 37.45% 26.61%
Number of salaries quoted 3,193 2,279 2,738
10th Percentile £33,550 £30,915 £34,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £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 15 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 42 (2.12%) Apache
2 31 (1.56%) Apache Spark
3 25 (1.26%) SharePoint
4 21 (1.06%) Confluence
5 13 (0.66%) Anypoint
5 13 (0.66%) Mule
6 10 (0.50%) Apache Airflow
6 10 (0.50%) nginx
6 10 (0.50%) Oracle Workflow
7 9 (0.45%) Jupyter
7 9 (0.45%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 9 (0.45%) WebLogic
8 8 (0.40%) Camunda
9 5 (0.25%) Microsoft Exchange
10 4 (0.20%) ArcGIS
10 4 (0.20%) CMS
10 4 (0.20%) GeoServer
10 4 (0.20%) IIS
10 4 (0.20%) Oracle Spatial
11 2 (0.10%) Apache Solr
Applications
1 31 (1.56%) Microsoft Office
2 30 (1.51%) Microsoft Excel
3 23 (1.16%) Simulink
4 17 (0.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 15 (0.76%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.30%) Adobe XD
6 6 (0.30%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.20%) Mathcad
7 4 (0.20%) Windchill
8 3 (0.15%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.10%) InDesign
9 2 (0.10%) Revit
9 2 (0.10%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.050%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.050%) EPLAN
10 1 (0.050%) FrameMaker
10 1 (0.050%) Houdini
10 1 (0.050%) NUKE
10 1 (0.050%) SOLIDWORKS
10 1 (0.050%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 26 (1.31%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (0.86%) Primavera
3 11 (0.56%) Oracle EBS
4 7 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (0.35%) Workday HCM
5 6 (0.30%) SAP PM
6 5 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
6 5 (0.25%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 5 (0.25%) SAP ERP
6 5 (0.25%) SAP PSCD
6 5 (0.25%) SAP QM
6 5 (0.25%) Teamcenter
7 3 (0.15%) SAP CO
7 3 (0.15%) SAP FI
7 3 (0.15%) SAP FI/CO
7 3 (0.15%) SAP MM
7 3 (0.15%) SAP PP
7 3 (0.15%) SAP PS
7 3 (0.15%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 2 (0.10%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 483 (24.38%) Azure
2 441 (22.26%) AWS
3 124 (6.26%) GCP
4 99 (5.00%) Entra ID
5 93 (4.69%) Microsoft 365
6 80 (4.04%) Power Platform
7 55 (2.78%) GitHub
8 45 (2.27%) Serverless
9 41 (2.07%) AWS CloudFormation
10 38 (1.92%) Azure DevOps
10 38 (1.92%) dbt
11 35 (1.77%) Amazon S3
12 34 (1.72%) SaaS
13 28 (1.41%) OpenShift
14 27 (1.36%) PaaS
15 24 (1.21%) AWS Lambda
16 23 (1.16%) Amazon EC2
17 22 (1.11%) GitHub Actions
17 22 (1.11%) Microsoft Purview
18 21 (1.06%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 62 (3.13%) Firewall
2 54 (2.73%) Network Security
3 40 (2.02%) DNS
3 40 (2.02%) TCP/IP
4 19 (0.96%) DHCP
4 19 (0.96%) VPN
4 19 (0.96%) WAN
5 16 (0.81%) SSL
6 15 (0.76%) Wi-Fi
6 15 (0.76%) Wireless
7 13 (0.66%) LAN
8 11 (0.56%) ATM
9 10 (0.50%) Ethernet
10 8 (0.40%) BGP
10 8 (0.40%) OSPF
11 7 (0.35%) DMZ
11 7 (0.35%) Internet
11 7 (0.35%) SAN
12 6 (0.30%) NAS
13 5 (0.25%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (3.23%) Power BI
2 56 (2.83%) PostgreSQL
3 32 (1.62%) Big Data
3 32 (1.62%) NoSQL
4 31 (1.56%) Data Warehouse
5 25 (1.26%) SQL Server
6 23 (1.16%) Amazon Athena
6 23 (1.16%) Metadata
7 22 (1.11%) Relational Database
8 20 (1.01%) Tableau
9 18 (0.91%) Data Lake
10 15 (0.76%) MySQL
11 14 (0.71%) DynamoDB
12 12 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
12 12 (0.61%) MongoDB
13 10 (0.50%) Hadoop
14 9 (0.45%) Amazon Redshift
14 9 (0.45%) Azure SQL Database
15 7 (0.35%) Elasticsearch
16 6 (0.30%) Redis
Development Applications
1 75 (3.79%) Git
2 42 (2.12%) JIRA
3 41 (2.07%) GitLab
4 40 (2.02%) Jenkins
5 30 (1.51%) JUnit
6 25 (1.26%) Rational DOORS
7 21 (1.06%) Mockito
8 15 (0.76%) Selenium
9 13 (0.66%) Burp Suite
9 13 (0.66%) Metasploit
10 12 (0.61%) Maven
11 11 (0.56%) Cucumber
12 9 (0.45%) Cypress.io
12 9 (0.45%) Postman
13 8 (0.40%) Balsamiq
13 8 (0.40%) SonarQube
14 6 (0.30%) Axure RP
14 6 (0.30%) Gatling
14 6 (0.30%) LabVIEW
15 4 (0.20%) Snyk
General
1 566 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 472 (23.83%) Public Sector
3 389 (19.64%) Finance
4 368 (18.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 254 (12.82%) Analytical Skills
6 208 (10.50%) Aerospace
7 150 (7.57%) Law
8 78 (3.94%) Legal
9 66 (3.33%) Electronics
10 61 (3.08%) Presentation Skills
11 56 (2.83%) Military
12 55 (2.78%) Influencing Skills
13 53 (2.68%) Manufacturing
13 53 (2.68%) Organisational Skills
13 53 (2.68%) Retail
14 48 (2.42%) Police
15 36 (1.82%) Telecoms
16 17 (0.86%) Automotive
17 15 (0.76%) Documentation Skills
17 15 (0.76%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 387 (19.54%) Senior
2 300 (15.14%) Architect
3 206 (10.40%) Consultant
4 179 (9.04%) Lead
5 164 (8.28%) Software Engineer
6 132 (6.66%) Analyst
7 129 (6.51%) Developer
8 104 (5.25%) Data Engineer
9 102 (5.15%) Solutions Architect
10 84 (4.24%) Principal Engineer
11 70 (3.53%) Senior Manager
12 66 (3.33%) DevOps Engineer
13 63 (3.18%) Security Consultant
14 54 (2.73%) Cloud Engineer
14 54 (2.73%) Security Architect
15 51 (2.57%) Technical Architect
16 50 (2.52%) Java Engineer
17 48 (2.42%) Business Analyst
17 48 (2.42%) Senior Consultant
17 48 (2.42%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 132 (6.66%) Terraform
2 68 (3.43%) REST
3 62 (3.13%) React
4 55 (2.78%) .NET
5 48 (2.42%) Spring
6 35 (1.77%) Kafka
7 33 (1.67%) CSS
8 30 (1.51%) Spring Boot
9 28 (1.41%) HTML
10 26 (1.31%) OAuth
10 26 (1.31%) PySpark
11 25 (1.26%) RESTful
12 24 (1.21%) Node.js
13 23 (1.16%) AngularJS
13 23 (1.16%) Playwright
14 22 (1.11%) SOAP
15 20 (1.01%) .NET Core
15 20 (1.01%) JWT
16 19 (0.96%) JSON
16 19 (0.96%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 148 (7.47%) Cloud Native
2 70 (3.53%) Management Information System
3 62 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
4 57 (2.88%) Product Ownership
5 56 (2.83%) Onboarding
6 46 (2.32%) Security Posture
7 43 (2.17%) Driving Licence
8 36 (1.82%) Enterprise Software
9 33 (1.67%) Data Centre
9 33 (1.67%) Distributed Systems
10 32 (1.62%) Blog
11 31 (1.56%) FPGA
12 29 (1.46%) Legacy Systems
13 27 (1.36%) PKI
14 26 (1.31%) CMDB
15 22 (1.11%) Cyber Threat
16 21 (1.06%) Cyber Defence
17 19 (0.96%) Algorithms
17 19 (0.96%) Embedded Systems
18 18 (0.91%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 140 (7.07%) Linux
2 120 (6.06%) Windows
3 48 (2.42%) Windows Server
4 31 (1.56%) Unix
5 15 (0.76%) Windows 10
6 8 (0.40%) VxWorks
7 6 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (0.20%) Android
8 4 (0.20%) Embedded Linux
8 4 (0.20%) Kali Linux
8 4 (0.20%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.15%) FreeRTOS
9 3 (0.15%) OpenWrt
9 3 (0.15%) Solaris
9 3 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.10%) AIX
10 2 (0.10%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.10%) CentOS
10 2 (0.10%) macOS
10 2 (0.10%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 554 (27.97%) Agile
2 379 (19.13%) Continuous Improvement
3 329 (16.61%) Problem-Solving
4 313 (15.80%) Mentoring
5 305 (15.40%) Cybersecurity
6 295 (14.89%) CI/CD
7 287 (14.49%) Software Engineering
8 283 (14.29%) AI
9 263 (13.28%) DevOps
10 247 (12.47%) Stakeholder Management
11 237 (11.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 205 (10.35%) Technical Leadership
13 199 (10.05%) Decision-Making
14 191 (9.64%) Analytics
15 176 (8.88%) Coaching
16 154 (7.77%) Infrastructure as Code
17 149 (7.52%) Scrum
18 142 (7.17%) Community of Practice
19 140 (7.07%) ITIL
20 136 (6.87%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 232 (11.71%) Python
2 165 (8.33%) Java
3 154 (7.77%) SQL
4 110 (5.55%) JavaScript
5 73 (3.69%) C#
6 62 (3.13%) C++
7 54 (2.73%) Bash
8 46 (2.32%) PowerShell
9 39 (1.97%) TypeScript
10 36 (1.82%) C
11 25 (1.26%) MATLAB
12 21 (1.06%) Ada
13 17 (0.86%) Go
14 16 (0.81%) Bicep
15 15 (0.76%) Kusto Query Language
15 15 (0.76%) PL/SQL
16 14 (0.71%) Groovy
17 13 (0.66%) DataWeave
18 12 (0.61%) Ruby
18 12 (0.61%) Rust
Qualifications
1 1,560 (78.75%) SC Cleared
2 415 (20.95%) DV Cleared
3 323 (16.30%) Degree
4 232 (11.71%) BPSS Clearance
5 73 (3.69%) CISSP
6 58 (2.93%) Azure Certification
7 55 (2.78%) CISM
8 43 (2.17%) AWS Certification
9 40 (2.02%) Computer Science Degree
10 28 (1.41%) Master's Degree
11 24 (1.21%) DBS Check
11 24 (1.21%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 23 (1.16%) Cisco Certification
13 22 (1.11%) Microsoft Certification
14 21 (1.06%) PhD
15 19 (0.96%) TOGAF Certification
16 18 (0.91%) Chartered Engineer
16 18 (0.91%) CRISC
17 17 (0.86%) CHECK Team Member
17 17 (0.86%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 166 (8.38%) Accessibility
2 149 (7.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 95 (4.80%) NIST
4 75 (3.79%) NCSC
5 70 (3.53%) QA
6 58 (2.93%) Data Quality
7 54 (2.73%) GRC
8 49 (2.47%) GDPR
9 30 (1.51%) Cyber Essentials
10 27 (1.36%) PCI DSS
11 25 (1.26%) SLA
12 18 (0.91%) Def Stans
12 18 (0.91%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 18 (0.91%) JSP 440
13 16 (0.81%) WCAG
14 15 (0.76%) Actionable Recommendations
15 12 (0.61%) NIST 800
16 8 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 42001
17 7 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
18 6 (0.30%) SOC 2
System Software
1 124 (6.26%) Docker
2 88 (4.44%) Active Directory
3 42 (2.12%) Firmware
4 38 (1.92%) VMware Infrastructure
5 27 (1.36%) Hyper-V
6 16 (0.81%) VMware ESXi
7 11 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
8 7 (0.35%) vSphere
9 6 (0.30%) Squid
9 6 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
10 5 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
11 3 (0.15%) VMware NSX
12 2 (0.10%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 1 (0.050%) Embedded Firmware
13 1 (0.050%) IAG
13 1 (0.050%) Oracle RAC
13 1 (0.050%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 135 (6.81%) Kubernetes
2 44 (2.22%) Microsoft Intune
3 38 (1.92%) Ansible
4 32 (1.62%) Grafana
5 19 (0.96%) Prometheus
6 16 (0.81%) Argo
7 13 (0.66%) CloudHub
7 13 (0.66%) Nmap
7 13 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
8 10 (0.50%) Kustomize
9 9 (0.45%) Istio
10 7 (0.35%) FortiGate
10 7 (0.35%) QRadar
10 7 (0.35%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 6 (0.30%) Progress Chef
11 6 (0.30%) SCCM
12 5 (0.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 5 (0.25%) Kibana
12 5 (0.25%) Packer
13 3 (0.15%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 284 (14.34%) Microsoft
2 92 (4.64%) ServiceNow
3 73 (3.69%) Oracle
4 71 (3.58%) SAP
5 58 (2.93%) Google
6 49 (2.47%) VMware
7 37 (1.87%) Cisco
8 29 (1.46%) YouTube
9 28 (1.41%) Salesforce
10 24 (1.21%) Databricks
10 24 (1.21%) Red Hat
11 21 (1.06%) Workday
12 20 (1.01%) MuleSoft
13 19 (0.96%) CyberArk
13 19 (0.96%) OpenAI
13 19 (0.96%) Thales
14 18 (0.91%) Okta
15 16 (0.81%) EMC
15 16 (0.81%) Splunk
16 15 (0.76%) Veeam