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 9 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 32 24
Rank change year-on-year +9 -8 -1
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,811 1,158 1,818
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.62% 7.15% 7.79%
As % of the Qualifications category 37.00% 20.73% 28.70%
Number of salaries quoted 1,194 602 1,132
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,125 £51,250 £47,848
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% -1.64%
75th Percentile £81,250 £80,000 £79,225
90th Percentile £95,875 £93,750 £86,250
UK median annual salary £70,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +12.00% +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 4,895 5,585 6,335
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.58% 34.50% 27.16%
Number of salaries quoted 3,132 2,353 3,145
10th Percentile £33,750 £30,500 £34,375
25th Percentile £46,250 £41,895 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £59,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.04% -0.83% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -5.44%

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 9 September 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 39 (2.15%) Apache
2 33 (1.82%) SharePoint
3 31 (1.71%) Apache Spark
4 18 (0.99%) Confluence
5 13 (0.72%) Anypoint
5 13 (0.72%) Mule
6 10 (0.55%) Apache Airflow
7 8 (0.44%) Jupyter
7 8 (0.44%) nginx
8 7 (0.39%) Camunda
8 7 (0.39%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 5 (0.28%) IIS
10 3 (0.17%) Apache Solr
10 3 (0.17%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.17%) GeoServer
10 3 (0.17%) Oracle Spatial
11 2 (0.11%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.11%) WordPress
12 1 (0.055%) Drupal
12 1 (0.055%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 29 (1.60%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (1.27%) Simulink
3 18 (0.99%) Microsoft Office
4 13 (0.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (0.50%) Microsoft Project
6 8 (0.44%) Adobe XD
7 7 (0.39%) MS Visio
8 4 (0.22%) Mathcad
8 4 (0.22%) Windchill
9 2 (0.11%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.11%) InDesign
9 2 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.055%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.055%) CATIA
10 1 (0.055%) EPLAN
10 1 (0.055%) FrameMaker
10 1 (0.055%) Houdini
10 1 (0.055%) Revit
10 1 (0.055%) Sketch
10 1 (0.055%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 16 (0.88%) Primavera
2 15 (0.83%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.33%) Workday HCM
4 5 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
4 5 (0.28%) Oracle ERP
4 5 (0.28%) SAP ERP
4 5 (0.28%) Teamcenter
5 2 (0.11%) SAP QM
6 1 (0.055%) Magento
6 1 (0.055%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.055%) SAP BPC
6 1 (0.055%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.055%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.055%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.055%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.055%) SAP PSCD
6 1 (0.055%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 453 (25.01%) Azure
2 425 (23.47%) AWS
3 130 (7.18%) GCP
4 82 (4.53%) Microsoft 365
4 82 (4.53%) Power Platform
5 75 (4.14%) Entra ID
6 43 (2.37%) AWS CloudFormation
6 43 (2.37%) GitHub
7 38 (2.10%) dbt
8 31 (1.71%) Serverless
9 27 (1.49%) Azure DevOps
10 26 (1.44%) OpenShift
11 24 (1.33%) Amazon S3
11 24 (1.33%) SaaS
12 22 (1.21%) Azure Sentinel
13 20 (1.10%) Google Analytics
13 20 (1.10%) Microsoft Purview
14 19 (1.05%) GitHub Actions
15 18 (0.99%) Amazon EC2
15 18 (0.99%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 51 (2.82%) Firewall
1 51 (2.82%) Network Security
2 43 (2.37%) TCP/IP
3 33 (1.82%) DNS
4 22 (1.21%) WAN
5 16 (0.88%) SSL
5 16 (0.88%) VPN
6 14 (0.77%) DHCP
6 14 (0.77%) LAN
7 13 (0.72%) BGP
8 12 (0.66%) ATM
9 11 (0.61%) Wireless
10 10 (0.55%) Ethernet
11 8 (0.44%) MPLS
11 8 (0.44%) OSPF
12 6 (0.33%) HTTP
13 5 (0.28%) DMZ
13 5 (0.28%) VLAN
14 4 (0.22%) Internet
14 4 (0.22%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (3.64%) Power BI
2 47 (2.60%) PostgreSQL
3 29 (1.60%) Big Data
3 29 (1.60%) Data Warehouse
4 25 (1.38%) NoSQL
4 25 (1.38%) SQL Server
5 21 (1.16%) Relational Database
6 20 (1.10%) Tableau
7 17 (0.94%) Amazon Athena
8 15 (0.83%) DynamoDB
8 15 (0.83%) Metadata
8 15 (0.83%) MongoDB
8 15 (0.83%) MySQL
9 13 (0.72%) Data Lake
10 9 (0.50%) Hadoop
11 7 (0.39%) Redis
12 6 (0.33%) Elasticsearch
12 6 (0.33%) Spark SQL
13 5 (0.28%) GIS
14 4 (0.22%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 72 (3.98%) Git
2 41 (2.26%) Jenkins
3 38 (2.10%) GitLab
4 34 (1.88%) JIRA
5 23 (1.27%) JUnit
5 23 (1.27%) Rational DOORS
6 17 (0.94%) Selenium
7 14 (0.77%) Mockito
8 13 (0.72%) Maven
9 10 (0.55%) Cucumber
10 9 (0.50%) Balsamiq
10 9 (0.50%) Burp Suite
10 9 (0.50%) Metasploit
10 9 (0.50%) Postman
11 8 (0.44%) Cypress.io
11 8 (0.44%) SonarQube
12 7 (0.39%) Axure RP
12 7 (0.39%) Gatling
13 6 (0.33%) LabVIEW
14 3 (0.17%) JMeter
General
1 543 (29.98%) Social Skills
2 424 (23.41%) Public Sector
3 358 (19.77%) Finance
4 341 (18.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 229 (12.64%) Analytical Skills
6 180 (9.94%) Aerospace
7 167 (9.22%) Law
8 68 (3.75%) Legal
9 57 (3.15%) Presentation Skills
10 55 (3.04%) Electronics
11 54 (2.98%) Organisational Skills
12 53 (2.93%) Military
13 48 (2.65%) Influencing Skills
14 44 (2.43%) Retail
15 43 (2.37%) Manufacturing
16 34 (1.88%) Telecoms
17 30 (1.66%) Police
18 16 (0.88%) Automotive
18 16 (0.88%) Aviation
19 15 (0.83%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 320 (17.67%) Senior
2 291 (16.07%) Architect
3 203 (11.21%) Consultant
4 165 (9.11%) Lead
5 149 (8.23%) Software Engineer
6 136 (7.51%) Developer
7 132 (7.29%) Analyst
8 106 (5.85%) Solutions Architect
9 73 (4.03%) Data Engineer
10 68 (3.75%) Security Consultant
11 65 (3.59%) Cloud Engineer
12 61 (3.37%) Principal Engineer
13 58 (3.20%) DevOps Engineer
14 55 (3.04%) Security Architect
15 54 (2.98%) Senior Manager
16 50 (2.76%) Business Analyst
17 49 (2.71%) Senior Consultant
17 49 (2.71%) Senior Developer
18 45 (2.48%) Senior Analyst
19 40 (2.21%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 118 (6.52%) Terraform
2 64 (3.53%) React
3 53 (2.93%) REST
4 45 (2.48%) Spring
5 41 (2.26%) .NET
6 34 (1.88%) CSS
7 32 (1.77%) Kafka
8 28 (1.55%) AngularJS
8 28 (1.55%) HTML
9 24 (1.33%) OAuth
9 24 (1.33%) Playwright
10 22 (1.21%) Node.js
10 22 (1.21%) SOAP
11 20 (1.10%) .NET Core
11 20 (1.10%) PySpark
11 20 (1.10%) RESTful
11 20 (1.10%) Spring Boot
12 17 (0.94%) JWT
12 17 (0.94%) Web Services
13 16 (0.88%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 131 (7.23%) Cloud Native
2 65 (3.59%) Self-Motivation
3 60 (3.31%) Product Ownership
4 56 (3.09%) Management Information System
5 50 (2.76%) Onboarding
6 44 (2.43%) Security Posture
7 38 (2.10%) Blog
8 33 (1.82%) Driving Licence
9 32 (1.77%) Legacy Systems
10 30 (1.66%) Cyber Threat
10 30 (1.66%) Distributed Systems
11 28 (1.55%) FPGA
12 27 (1.49%) PKI
13 24 (1.33%) Cyber Defence
14 23 (1.27%) CMDB
14 23 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
15 22 (1.21%) Data Centre
16 21 (1.16%) Algorithms
16 21 (1.16%) Security Operations Centre
17 19 (1.05%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 140 (7.73%) Linux
2 109 (6.02%) Windows
3 41 (2.26%) Windows Server
4 35 (1.93%) Unix
5 13 (0.72%) Windows 10
6 6 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.33%) VxWorks
7 5 (0.28%) Android
8 4 (0.22%) Embedded Linux
8 4 (0.22%) Kali Linux
8 4 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.17%) CentOS
9 3 (0.17%) OpenWrt
9 3 (0.17%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.11%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.11%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.11%) Solaris
10 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.055%) Debian
11 1 (0.055%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 510 (28.16%) Agile
2 331 (18.28%) Continuous Improvement
3 287 (15.85%) Cybersecurity
4 280 (15.46%) Problem-Solving
5 275 (15.18%) Mentoring
6 253 (13.97%) Software Engineering
7 251 (13.86%) CI/CD
8 234 (12.92%) DevOps
9 229 (12.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 218 (12.04%) AI
11 185 (10.22%) Stakeholder Management
12 160 (8.83%) Decision-Making
13 154 (8.50%) Technical Leadership
14 146 (8.06%) Analytics
14 146 (8.06%) Collaborative Culture
15 145 (8.01%) Community of Practice
15 145 (8.01%) Project Delivery
16 144 (7.95%) Coaching
17 142 (7.84%) Scrum
18 132 (7.29%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 217 (11.98%) Python
2 165 (9.11%) Java
3 124 (6.85%) SQL
4 107 (5.91%) JavaScript
5 63 (3.48%) C++
6 57 (3.15%) C#
7 49 (2.71%) Bash
8 44 (2.43%) PowerShell
9 38 (2.10%) TypeScript
10 34 (1.88%) C
11 25 (1.38%) MATLAB
12 21 (1.16%) Ada
13 16 (0.88%) Groovy
14 15 (0.83%) Go
15 14 (0.77%) Rust
16 13 (0.72%) DataWeave
16 13 (0.72%) Kusto Query Language
17 12 (0.66%) PL/SQL
17 12 (0.66%) Ruby
18 9 (0.50%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1,432 (79.07%) SC Cleared
2 422 (23.30%) DV Cleared
3 334 (18.44%) Degree
4 234 (12.92%) BPSS Clearance
5 83 (4.58%) CISSP
6 63 (3.48%) CISM
7 53 (2.93%) Computer Science Degree
8 46 (2.54%) Azure Certification
9 40 (2.21%) AWS Certification
10 31 (1.71%) Master's Degree
11 26 (1.44%) Microsoft Certification
12 23 (1.27%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 22 (1.21%) Cisco Certification
14 21 (1.16%) CREST Certified
15 20 (1.10%) CRISC
16 18 (0.99%) PhD
17 17 (0.94%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
18 15 (0.83%) Chartered Engineer
19 13 (0.72%) CHECK Team Member
19 13 (0.72%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 154 (8.50%) Accessibility
2 151 (8.34%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 98 (5.41%) NIST
4 72 (3.98%) NCSC
5 71 (3.92%) QA
6 52 (2.87%) GRC
7 46 (2.54%) Data Quality
8 43 (2.37%) GDPR
9 29 (1.60%) PCI DSS
10 25 (1.38%) Cyber Essentials
11 23 (1.27%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 22 (1.21%) SLA
13 19 (1.05%) WCAG
14 18 (0.99%) JSP 440
15 16 (0.88%) Def Stans
16 14 (0.77%) Actionable Recommendations
17 11 (0.61%) NIST 800
18 7 (0.39%) PMO
19 6 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 42001
19 6 (0.33%) SOC 2
System Software
1 113 (6.24%) Docker
2 80 (4.42%) Active Directory
3 45 (2.48%) Firmware
4 33 (1.82%) VMware Infrastructure
5 22 (1.21%) Hyper-V
6 15 (0.83%) VMware ESXi
7 8 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
8 7 (0.39%) VMware NSX
8 7 (0.39%) vSphere
9 6 (0.33%) Squid
10 2 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
10 2 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.055%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.055%) Embedded Firmware
11 1 (0.055%) IAG
11 1 (0.055%) QEMU
11 1 (0.055%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.055%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 124 (6.85%) Kubernetes
2 47 (2.60%) Ansible
3 38 (2.10%) Microsoft Intune
4 17 (0.94%) Grafana
4 17 (0.94%) Prometheus
5 13 (0.72%) CloudHub
6 12 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
7 11 (0.61%) Argo
8 9 (0.50%) Nmap
9 8 (0.44%) Progress Chef
10 7 (0.39%) Kustomize
10 7 (0.39%) QRadar
11 6 (0.33%) Istio
11 6 (0.33%) Packer
12 5 (0.28%) vCenter Server
13 4 (0.22%) FortiGate
13 4 (0.22%) Oracle RMAN
14 3 (0.17%) Check_MK
14 3 (0.17%) Kibana
14 3 (0.17%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 245 (13.53%) Microsoft
2 81 (4.47%) ServiceNow
3 66 (3.64%) Google
4 52 (2.87%) SAP
5 50 (2.76%) Oracle
6 47 (2.60%) VMware
7 31 (1.71%) Cisco
8 25 (1.38%) Red Hat
9 24 (1.33%) Salesforce
10 20 (1.10%) Databricks
10 20 (1.10%) Splunk
11 19 (1.05%) OpenAI
12 17 (0.94%) MuleSoft
13 15 (0.83%) CyberArk
13 15 (0.83%) Okta
14 13 (0.72%) Adobe
14 13 (0.72%) Veeam
15 12 (0.66%) EMC
15 12 (0.66%) YouTube
16 11 (0.61%) Siemens