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

6 months to
31 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 41 25
Rank change year-on-year +24 -16 +5
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,628 987 2,570
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.48% 6.61% 7.72%
As % of the Qualifications category 37.92% 19.62% 28.73%
Number of salaries quoted 1,213 495 1,757
10th Percentile £46,250 £45,800 £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% -0.05%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,375 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.84% +7.83% -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 4,293 5,031 8,946
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 22.37% 33.67% 26.87%
Number of salaries quoted 2,927 2,325 5,898
10th Percentile £33,310 £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £88,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £53,795
% change year-on-year +9.09% +2.24% -10.34%

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 31 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 35 (2.15%) SharePoint
2 22 (1.35%) Apache
3 17 (1.04%) Apache Airflow
4 14 (0.86%) Apache Spark
4 14 (0.86%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (0.43%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.18%) Anypoint
6 3 (0.18%) Apache Solr
6 3 (0.18%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.18%) Camunda
6 3 (0.18%) Confluence
6 3 (0.18%) GeoServer
6 3 (0.18%) Mule
6 3 (0.18%) Oracle Spatial
6 3 (0.18%) SAS
7 2 (0.12%) IIS
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.061%) nginx
8 1 (0.061%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.061%) WordPress
Applications
1 62 (3.81%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (1.04%) Adobe XD
3 14 (0.86%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.31%) InVision
5 5 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.31%) Sketch
6 4 (0.25%) Windchill
7 3 (0.18%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.12%) Weka
9 1 (0.061%) CATIA
9 1 (0.061%) EngageOne
9 1 (0.061%) Oracle Smart View
9 1 (0.061%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 28 (1.72%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (0.43%) SAP ERP
3 6 (0.37%) Oracle ERP
4 4 (0.25%) Primavera
4 4 (0.25%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.25%) SAP FSCM
5 3 (0.18%) Elite 3E
5 3 (0.18%) SAP CO
5 3 (0.18%) SAP FI
5 3 (0.18%) SAP FI/CO
5 3 (0.18%) SAP HCM
6 2 (0.12%) SAP Payroll
6 2 (0.12%) SAP QM
7 1 (0.061%) Magento
7 1 (0.061%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.061%) SAP EWM
7 1 (0.061%) SAP GRC
7 1 (0.061%) SAP PSCD
7 1 (0.061%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.061%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 330 (20.27%) Azure
2 298 (18.30%) AWS
3 103 (6.33%) Microsoft 365
4 101 (6.20%) GCP
5 62 (3.81%) Entra ID
6 51 (3.13%) Power Platform
7 26 (1.60%) Serverless
8 25 (1.54%) AWS CloudFormation
8 25 (1.54%) SaaS
9 23 (1.41%) GitHub
10 21 (1.29%) Google Analytics
11 20 (1.23%) Amazon S3
11 20 (1.23%) Azure DevOps
11 20 (1.23%) PaaS
12 18 (1.11%) Figma
13 17 (1.04%) Azure Sentinel
13 17 (1.04%) Dynamics 365
14 16 (0.98%) Amazon EC2
14 16 (0.98%) PowerApps
15 15 (0.92%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 38 (2.33%) Network Security
2 37 (2.27%) Firewall
3 30 (1.84%) WAN
4 25 (1.54%) VPN
5 23 (1.41%) DNS
6 21 (1.29%) LAN
7 19 (1.17%) BGP
7 19 (1.17%) DHCP
8 16 (0.98%) TCP/IP
9 14 (0.86%) MPLS
10 12 (0.74%) SMTP
10 12 (0.74%) Wi-Fi
11 8 (0.49%) HTTP
12 7 (0.43%) Intrusion Detection
12 7 (0.43%) SNMP
12 7 (0.43%) VoIP
13 6 (0.37%) Cisco ASA
13 6 (0.37%) Cisco Firepower
13 6 (0.37%) DMZ
13 6 (0.37%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (2.46%) Power BI
2 36 (2.21%) PostgreSQL
3 20 (1.23%) NoSQL
4 19 (1.17%) Metadata
5 17 (1.04%) MongoDB
6 14 (0.86%) Big Data
6 14 (0.86%) SQL Server
7 13 (0.80%) Data Warehouse
8 12 (0.74%) DynamoDB
8 12 (0.74%) Redis
9 11 (0.68%) Amazon Athena
10 10 (0.61%) Elasticsearch
11 7 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
11 7 (0.43%) MySQL
11 7 (0.43%) Relational Database
12 6 (0.37%) BigQuery
12 6 (0.37%) SAP HANA
12 6 (0.37%) Tableau
13 5 (0.31%) Data Lake
14 4 (0.25%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 55 (3.38%) Git
2 34 (2.09%) GitLab
3 33 (2.03%) Jenkins
4 15 (0.92%) JIRA
5 13 (0.80%) Axure RP
5 13 (0.80%) JUnit
5 13 (0.80%) Selenium
6 12 (0.74%) Balsamiq
7 8 (0.49%) Maven
8 7 (0.43%) Mockito
9 6 (0.37%) JMeter
10 5 (0.31%) Burp Suite
10 5 (0.31%) Cucumber
10 5 (0.31%) Metasploit
10 5 (0.31%) Postman
11 4 (0.25%) SonarQube
12 3 (0.18%) Cypress.io
12 3 (0.18%) MSTest
12 3 (0.18%) SoapUI
12 3 (0.18%) webpack
General
1 385 (23.65%) Social Skills
2 371 (22.79%) Public Sector
3 185 (11.36%) Finance
4 172 (10.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 149 (9.15%) Analytical Skills
6 129 (7.92%) Law
7 52 (3.19%) Legal
8 51 (3.13%) Back Office
9 37 (2.27%) Manufacturing
9 37 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
10 34 (2.09%) Telecoms
11 27 (1.66%) Influencing Skills
11 27 (1.66%) Organisational Skills
12 24 (1.47%) Aerospace
12 24 (1.47%) Retail
13 16 (0.98%) Military
14 13 (0.80%) Aviation
15 10 (0.61%) Banking
16 9 (0.55%) Electronics
16 9 (0.55%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 283 (17.38%) Senior
2 215 (13.21%) Architect
3 162 (9.95%) Consultant
4 152 (9.34%) Analyst
5 122 (7.49%) Lead
6 116 (7.13%) Developer
7 99 (6.08%) Solutions Architect
8 96 (5.90%) Business Analyst
9 95 (5.84%) Software Engineer
10 80 (4.91%) Systems Engineer
11 67 (4.12%) Support Engineer
12 60 (3.69%) Cloud Engineer
12 60 (3.69%) Data Engineer
13 55 (3.38%) Senior Manager
14 52 (3.19%) Site Engineer
15 48 (2.95%) Desktop Engineer
15 48 (2.95%) Desktop Support
15 48 (2.95%) Desktop Support Engineer
16 47 (2.89%) Java Developer
17 43 (2.64%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (3.26%) REST
2 42 (2.58%) Spring
3 36 (2.21%) .NET
4 34 (2.09%) React
5 28 (1.72%) SOAP
6 22 (1.35%) Spring Boot
7 21 (1.29%) Middleware
8 20 (1.23%) CSS
8 20 (1.23%) HTML
9 17 (1.04%) Kafka
9 17 (1.04%) Lightning Web Components
10 15 (0.92%) Visualforce
11 14 (0.86%) AngularJS
11 14 (0.86%) Playwright
11 14 (0.86%) SAML
12 13 (0.80%) RESTful
13 12 (0.74%) SAP Fiori
14 10 (0.61%) JSON
15 9 (0.55%) ASP.NET
15 9 (0.55%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 88 (5.41%) Cloud Native
2 70 (4.30%) Product Ownership
3 56 (3.44%) Security Posture
4 51 (3.13%) Onboarding
5 39 (2.40%) Management Information System
6 37 (2.27%) Data Centre
7 36 (2.21%) Self-Motivation
8 28 (1.72%) PKI
9 26 (1.60%) Legacy Systems
10 20 (1.23%) Blog
11 18 (1.11%) Driving Licence
11 18 (1.11%) Low-Code
12 17 (1.04%) Data Structures
12 17 (1.04%) Security Operations Centre
13 14 (0.86%) CMDB
14 12 (0.74%) Analytical Mindset
14 12 (0.74%) Cyber Threat
15 11 (0.68%) Cyber Security Posture
15 11 (0.68%) Cyberattack
15 11 (0.68%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 115 (7.06%) Windows
2 92 (5.65%) Linux
3 56 (3.44%) Windows 10
4 23 (1.41%) Windows Server
5 20 (1.23%) Unix
6 5 (0.31%) Android
6 5 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.31%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.18%) CentOS
7 3 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.061%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.061%) Embedded Linux
8 1 (0.061%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 339 (20.82%) Agile
2 226 (13.88%) Continuous Improvement
3 206 (12.65%) Cybersecurity
4 183 (11.24%) DevOps
5 176 (10.81%) Problem-Solving
6 165 (10.14%) Mentoring
7 143 (8.78%) CI/CD
8 142 (8.72%) Software Engineering
9 141 (8.66%) Analytics
10 138 (8.48%) ITIL
11 123 (7.56%) Community of Practice
12 119 (7.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 118 (7.25%) Stakeholder Management
14 112 (6.88%) Technology Strategy
15 106 (6.51%) Collaborative Culture
16 98 (6.02%) Infrastructure as Code
16 98 (6.02%) Risk Management
17 95 (5.84%) AI
18 85 (5.22%) Decision-Making
18 85 (5.22%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 145 (8.91%) Python
2 135 (8.29%) Java
3 93 (5.71%) SQL
4 77 (4.73%) JavaScript
5 48 (2.95%) C#
6 34 (2.09%) PowerShell
7 30 (1.84%) Bash
8 27 (1.66%) C++
9 26 (1.60%) TypeScript
10 17 (1.04%) Apex Code
11 11 (0.68%) Groovy
12 9 (0.55%) Rust
13 7 (0.43%) C
13 7 (0.43%) PL/SQL
14 6 (0.37%) Scala
15 5 (0.31%) Go
16 4 (0.25%) T-SQL
16 4 (0.25%) VBA
17 3 (0.18%) ABAP
17 3 (0.18%) Perl
Qualifications
1 1,136 (69.78%) SC Cleared
2 322 (19.78%) DV Cleared
3 277 (17.01%) Degree
4 84 (5.16%) BPSS Clearance
5 70 (4.30%) CISSP
6 52 (3.19%) CTC Cleared
7 46 (2.83%) Computer Science Degree
8 39 (2.40%) CISM
9 38 (2.33%) Microsoft Certification
10 22 (1.35%) AWS Certification
10 22 (1.35%) Azure Certification
11 17 (1.04%) Cisco Certification
12 16 (0.98%) CREST Certified
13 15 (0.92%) HNC
14 14 (0.86%) PMI Certification
14 14 (0.86%) TOGAF Certification
15 13 (0.80%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
16 10 (0.61%) CRISC
16 10 (0.61%) GIAC
17 9 (0.55%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 111 (6.82%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 67 (4.12%) NIST
3 60 (3.69%) SLA
4 59 (3.62%) QA
5 48 (2.95%) GDPR
6 46 (2.83%) Accessibility
7 38 (2.33%) NCSC
8 36 (2.21%) Data Quality
9 26 (1.60%) GRC
10 24 (1.47%) PCI DSS
11 18 (1.11%) WCAG
12 16 (0.98%) Cyber Essentials
12 16 (0.98%) JSP 440
13 15 (0.92%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 13 (0.80%) Actionable Recommendations
15 9 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 9 (0.55%) Def Stans
16 7 (0.43%) Government Security Classifications
17 6 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 42001
17 6 (0.37%) PMO
System Software
1 80 (4.91%) Docker
2 41 (2.52%) Active Directory
3 18 (1.11%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.68%) VMware NSX
5 8 (0.49%) Firmware
5 8 (0.49%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (0.31%) vSphere
7 4 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.18%) 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 97 (5.96%) Terraform
2 85 (5.22%) Kubernetes
3 52 (3.19%) Ansible
4 19 (1.17%) Microsoft Intune
5 18 (1.11%) Grafana
5 18 (1.11%) Prometheus
6 8 (0.49%) Argo
6 8 (0.49%) Puppet
6 8 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (0.43%) Progress Chef
8 6 (0.37%) Packer
9 5 (0.31%) AWS Copilot
9 5 (0.31%) Endace
9 5 (0.31%) Nmap
9 5 (0.31%) QRadar
10 4 (0.25%) Istio
10 4 (0.25%) Kustomize
10 4 (0.25%) SCCM
10 4 (0.25%) vCenter Server
11 3 (0.18%) CloudHub
Vendors
1 202 (12.41%) Microsoft
2 88 (5.41%) Cisco
3 55 (3.38%) Google
4 45 (2.76%) Oracle
4 45 (2.76%) SAP
5 35 (2.15%) ServiceNow
6 29 (1.78%) Salesforce
7 28 (1.72%) VMware
8 20 (1.23%) Red Hat
9 17 (1.04%) Adobe
9 17 (1.04%) MuleSoft
10 13 (0.80%) Databricks
10 13 (0.80%) Splunk
11 12 (0.74%) CyberArk
12 11 (0.68%) Meraki
13 10 (0.61%) Juniper
14 8 (0.49%) F5
14 8 (0.49%) Okta
15 7 (0.43%) Dell
16 6 (0.37%) Ariba