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

6 months to
3 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 34 25
Rank change year-on-year +10 -9 +1
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,664 1,162 1,908
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.46% 7.00% 7.58%
As % of the Qualifications category 36.00% 20.69% 28.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1,181 578 1,275
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,576 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £47,500
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 £79,688 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £94,125 £85,000
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 4,622 5,616 6,654
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.72% 33.82% 26.45%
Number of salaries quoted 3,062 2,501 3,923
10th Percentile £33,250 £29,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £46,743 £41,250 £42,608
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £74,258 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £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 3 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 37 (2.22%) Apache
2 35 (2.10%) SharePoint
3 26 (1.56%) Apache Spark
4 12 (0.72%) Anypoint
4 12 (0.72%) Apache Airflow
4 12 (0.72%) Mule
5 9 (0.54%) Confluence
6 7 (0.42%) Jupyter
6 7 (0.42%) Microsoft Exchange
6 7 (0.42%) nginx
7 6 (0.36%) Camunda
7 6 (0.36%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 5 (0.30%) IIS
9 3 (0.18%) Apache Solr
10 2 (0.12%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.12%) GeoServer
10 2 (0.12%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.12%) Oracle Spatial
10 2 (0.12%) WordPress
11 1 (0.060%) Appian
Applications
1 24 (1.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (0.84%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (0.84%) Simulink
3 11 (0.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (0.54%) Adobe XD
5 5 (0.30%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.24%) Windchill
7 3 (0.18%) Mathcad
8 1 (0.060%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.060%) CATIA
8 1 (0.060%) FrameMaker
8 1 (0.060%) Houdini
8 1 (0.060%) InDesign
8 1 (0.060%) InVision
8 1 (0.060%) NUKE
8 1 (0.060%) Sketch
8 1 (0.060%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 28 (1.68%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (0.54%) Primavera
3 7 (0.42%) Oracle ERP
3 7 (0.42%) SAP ERP
4 6 (0.36%) Workday HCM
5 5 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.24%) SAP FSCM
7 3 (0.18%) Elite 3E
7 3 (0.18%) Remedy ITSM
7 3 (0.18%) SAP CO
7 3 (0.18%) SAP FI
7 3 (0.18%) SAP FI/CO
7 3 (0.18%) SAP HCM
7 3 (0.18%) Teamcenter
8 2 (0.12%) SAP Payroll
8 2 (0.12%) SAP QM
9 1 (0.060%) Dynamics CRM
9 1 (0.060%) Magento
9 1 (0.060%) Oracle Applications
9 1 (0.060%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 452 (27.16%) Azure
2 410 (24.64%) AWS
3 133 (7.99%) GCP
4 84 (5.05%) Microsoft 365
5 71 (4.27%) Power Platform
6 70 (4.21%) Entra ID
7 41 (2.46%) AWS CloudFormation
7 41 (2.46%) dbt
8 35 (2.10%) GitHub
9 30 (1.80%) Serverless
10 29 (1.74%) SaaS
11 28 (1.68%) Azure DevOps
12 25 (1.50%) PaaS
13 22 (1.32%) Azure Sentinel
14 21 (1.26%) Google Analytics
15 20 (1.20%) Microsoft Purview
16 19 (1.14%) Amazon EC2
17 18 (1.08%) Amazon S3
17 18 (1.08%) Dynamics 365
18 17 (1.02%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 49 (2.94%) Firewall
2 45 (2.70%) Network Security
3 41 (2.46%) TCP/IP
4 31 (1.86%) DNS
5 27 (1.62%) WAN
6 18 (1.08%) LAN
6 18 (1.08%) VPN
7 15 (0.90%) BGP
7 15 (0.90%) DHCP
7 15 (0.90%) SSL
8 12 (0.72%) ATM
8 12 (0.72%) MPLS
9 9 (0.54%) SMTP
10 8 (0.48%) HTTP
11 7 (0.42%) OSPF
12 6 (0.36%) Intrusion Detection
12 6 (0.36%) Wi-Fi
12 6 (0.36%) Wireless
13 5 (0.30%) SNMP
14 4 (0.24%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (3.31%) Power BI
2 44 (2.64%) PostgreSQL
3 25 (1.50%) Big Data
3 25 (1.50%) Data Warehouse
4 22 (1.32%) NoSQL
5 19 (1.14%) SQL Server
6 16 (0.96%) Metadata
6 16 (0.96%) MongoDB
7 13 (0.78%) Amazon Athena
8 12 (0.72%) Redis
8 12 (0.72%) Relational Database
9 11 (0.66%) DynamoDB
9 11 (0.66%) Tableau
10 10 (0.60%) Data Lake
10 10 (0.60%) MySQL
11 9 (0.54%) Elasticsearch
12 7 (0.42%) Amazon RDS
13 6 (0.36%) Hadoop
13 6 (0.36%) SAP HANA
14 5 (0.30%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 62 (3.73%) Git
2 39 (2.34%) GitLab
2 39 (2.34%) Jenkins
3 23 (1.38%) JIRA
4 21 (1.26%) JUnit
5 16 (0.96%) Selenium
6 15 (0.90%) Rational DOORS
7 12 (0.72%) Mockito
8 11 (0.66%) Maven
9 9 (0.54%) Balsamiq
9 9 (0.54%) Cucumber
9 9 (0.54%) Postman
10 8 (0.48%) Axure RP
11 7 (0.42%) Burp Suite
11 7 (0.42%) Gatling
11 7 (0.42%) Metasploit
12 6 (0.36%) Cypress.io
12 6 (0.36%) SonarQube
13 4 (0.24%) LabVIEW
14 3 (0.18%) JMeter
General
1 506 (30.41%) Social Skills
2 393 (23.62%) Public Sector
3 297 (17.85%) Finance
4 282 (16.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 192 (11.54%) Analytical Skills
6 159 (9.56%) Law
7 100 (6.01%) Aerospace
8 69 (4.15%) Legal
9 55 (3.31%) Presentation Skills
10 43 (2.58%) Telecoms
11 39 (2.34%) Manufacturing
11 39 (2.34%) Retail
12 38 (2.28%) Organisational Skills
13 31 (1.86%) Influencing Skills
13 31 (1.86%) Military
14 30 (1.80%) Electronics
15 20 (1.20%) Police
16 13 (0.78%) Documentation Skills
17 12 (0.72%) Automotive
17 12 (0.72%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 319 (19.17%) Senior
2 288 (17.31%) Architect
3 192 (11.54%) Consultant
4 155 (9.31%) Lead
5 122 (7.33%) Developer
6 121 (7.27%) Solutions Architect
7 116 (6.97%) Software Engineer
8 115 (6.91%) Analyst
9 65 (3.91%) Cloud Engineer
10 64 (3.85%) Data Engineer
11 58 (3.49%) Security Consultant
12 54 (3.25%) Senior Manager
13 51 (3.06%) DevOps Engineer
13 51 (3.06%) Senior Consultant
13 51 (3.06%) Senior Developer
14 49 (2.94%) Security Architect
15 48 (2.88%) Business Analyst
16 42 (2.52%) Senior Analyst
17 41 (2.46%) Java Developer
18 38 (2.28%) Cloud Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (3.43%) REST
2 50 (3.00%) React
3 43 (2.58%) Spring
4 33 (1.98%) .NET
5 32 (1.92%) Kafka
6 26 (1.56%) SOAP
7 25 (1.50%) OAuth
8 23 (1.38%) CSS
9 22 (1.32%) AngularJS
10 21 (1.26%) HTML
10 21 (1.26%) Playwright
11 20 (1.20%) Spring Boot
12 16 (0.96%) Middleware
12 16 (0.96%) PySpark
12 16 (0.96%) RESTful
13 15 (0.90%) JWT
13 15 (0.90%) OAuth2
14 14 (0.84%) Web Services
15 13 (0.78%) SAML
16 12 (0.72%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 132 (7.93%) Cloud Native
2 60 (3.61%) Product Ownership
3 58 (3.49%) Onboarding
4 56 (3.37%) Management Information System
5 50 (3.00%) Self-Motivation
6 44 (2.64%) Security Posture
7 34 (2.04%) Legacy Systems
8 31 (1.86%) Data Centre
8 31 (1.86%) Driving Licence
9 28 (1.68%) Blog
10 24 (1.44%) Distributed Systems
10 24 (1.44%) PKI
11 23 (1.38%) Cyber Threat
12 20 (1.20%) FPGA
12 20 (1.20%) Security Operations Centre
13 17 (1.02%) CMDB
13 17 (1.02%) Cyber Defence
14 16 (0.96%) Data Structures
14 16 (0.96%) Public Cloud
15 15 (0.90%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 128 (7.69%) Linux
2 98 (5.89%) Windows
3 40 (2.40%) Windows Server
4 33 (1.98%) Unix
5 14 (0.84%) Windows 10
6 5 (0.30%) Android
6 5 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.30%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.18%) Kali Linux
7 3 (0.18%) VxWorks
8 2 (0.12%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.12%) CentOS
8 2 (0.12%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.060%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.060%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.060%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 449 (26.98%) Agile
2 280 (16.83%) Continuous Improvement
3 256 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
4 249 (14.96%) Mentoring
5 239 (14.36%) Problem-Solving
6 227 (13.64%) DevOps
7 225 (13.52%) CI/CD
8 202 (12.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 198 (11.90%) Software Engineering
10 168 (10.10%) AI
10 168 (10.10%) Stakeholder Management
11 138 (8.29%) Collaborative Culture
12 136 (8.17%) Community of Practice
13 131 (7.87%) Infrastructure as Code
14 130 (7.81%) Technical Leadership
15 126 (7.57%) Decision-Making
16 124 (7.45%) Project Delivery
17 122 (7.33%) Analytics
18 119 (7.15%) Technology Strategy
19 118 (7.09%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 209 (12.56%) Python
2 156 (9.38%) Java
3 109 (6.55%) SQL
4 90 (5.41%) JavaScript
5 51 (3.06%) C++
6 47 (2.82%) C#
7 40 (2.40%) Bash
8 39 (2.34%) PowerShell
9 29 (1.74%) TypeScript
10 27 (1.62%) C
11 17 (1.02%) Ada
12 16 (0.96%) Groovy
13 14 (0.84%) MATLAB
14 12 (0.72%) DataWeave
14 12 (0.72%) Rust
15 10 (0.60%) Go
15 10 (0.60%) PL/SQL
16 9 (0.54%) Kusto Query Language
17 8 (0.48%) SystemVerilog
17 8 (0.48%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1,316 (79.09%) SC Cleared
2 357 (21.45%) DV Cleared
3 301 (18.09%) Degree
4 175 (10.52%) BPSS Clearance
5 76 (4.57%) CISSP
6 54 (3.25%) CISM
6 54 (3.25%) Computer Science Degree
7 42 (2.52%) Azure Certification
8 34 (2.04%) Microsoft Certification
9 32 (1.92%) AWS Certification
10 24 (1.44%) Master's Degree
11 19 (1.14%) Cisco Certification
11 19 (1.14%) CREST Certified
12 18 (1.08%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 17 (1.02%) CRISC
14 16 (0.96%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 13 (0.78%) HNC
15 13 (0.78%) TOGAF Certification
16 11 (0.66%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 10 (0.60%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 134 (8.05%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 102 (6.13%) Accessibility
3 88 (5.29%) NIST
4 58 (3.49%) QA
5 57 (3.43%) NCSC
6 42 (2.52%) GDPR
7 41 (2.46%) GRC
8 38 (2.28%) Data Quality
9 24 (1.44%) Cyber Essentials
9 24 (1.44%) PCI DSS
10 23 (1.38%) SLA
11 22 (1.32%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 20 (1.20%) WCAG
13 16 (0.96%) JSP 440
14 11 (0.66%) Actionable Recommendations
15 10 (0.60%) Def Stans
16 8 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 8 (0.48%) NIST 800
17 6 (0.36%) Government Security Classifications
17 6 (0.36%) SOC 2
System Software
1 98 (5.89%) Docker
2 74 (4.45%) Active Directory
3 31 (1.86%) Firmware
4 29 (1.74%) VMware Infrastructure
5 24 (1.44%) Hyper-V
6 13 (0.78%) VMware ESXi
7 7 (0.42%) vSphere
8 6 (0.36%) Squid
8 6 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
8 6 (0.36%) VMware NSX
9 3 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.060%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 1 (0.060%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.060%) IAG
10 1 (0.060%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.060%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.060%) Xen
Systems Management
1 113 (6.79%) Terraform
2 107 (6.43%) Kubernetes
3 44 (2.64%) Ansible
4 38 (2.28%) Microsoft Intune
5 20 (1.20%) Prometheus
6 18 (1.08%) Grafana
7 12 (0.72%) CloudHub
8 10 (0.60%) Argo
9 8 (0.48%) Progress Chef
10 7 (0.42%) Nmap
10 7 (0.42%) QRadar
10 7 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
11 6 (0.36%) Kustomize
11 6 (0.36%) Puppet
12 5 (0.30%) AWS Copilot
12 5 (0.30%) Istio
12 5 (0.30%) Packer
12 5 (0.30%) vCenter Server
13 4 (0.24%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 4 (0.24%) Kibana
Vendors
1 235 (14.12%) Microsoft
2 72 (4.33%) Google
3 57 (3.43%) ServiceNow
4 56 (3.37%) SAP
5 50 (3.00%) Oracle
6 39 (2.34%) VMware
7 34 (2.04%) Cisco
8 29 (1.74%) Salesforce
9 23 (1.38%) Databricks
9 23 (1.38%) MuleSoft
9 23 (1.38%) Red Hat
10 19 (1.14%) OpenAI
11 18 (1.08%) Splunk
12 17 (1.02%) CyberArk
13 15 (0.90%) Okta
14 12 (0.72%) Adobe
15 9 (0.54%) Juniper
16 8 (0.48%) Veeam
17 7 (0.42%) Fortinet
17 7 (0.42%) Siemens