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 20 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 24 20
Rank change year-on-year -3 -4 +25
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,078 1,587 2,100
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.05% 8.08% 9.86%
As % of the Qualifications category 19.95% 30.77% 35.06%
Number of salaries quoted 687 899 1,403
10th Percentile £41,737 £40,600 £38,856
25th Percentile £48,750 £50,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +6.56% +1.67%
75th Percentile £80,000 £79,413 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £86,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -

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 5,404 5,157 5,989
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 35.33% 26.25% 28.13%
Number of salaries quoted 2,468 2,538 4,406
10th Percentile £29,750 £35,000 £35,226
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £45,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
75th Percentile £78,312 £76,250 £76,250
90th Percentile £93,750 £87,500 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.98% +1.74% +1.64%

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 20 November 2025.

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 29 (2.69%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.11%) Confluence
3 9 (0.83%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (0.56%) Appian
5 4 (0.37%) Apache Airflow
6 3 (0.28%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.28%) Tomcat
6 3 (0.28%) WebLogic
6 3 (0.28%) WebLogic Portal
6 3 (0.28%) WordPress
7 2 (0.19%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.19%) GeoServer
7 2 (0.19%) Oracle Spatial
8 1 (0.093%) Alfresco
8 1 (0.093%) Apache
8 1 (0.093%) Camunda
8 1 (0.093%) IIS
8 1 (0.093%) Moodle
Applications
1 34 (3.15%) Microsoft Office
2 22 (2.04%) Adobe XD
3 19 (1.76%) Microsoft Excel
4 7 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.46%) Revit
6 4 (0.37%) Simulink
7 3 (0.28%) AutoCAD
7 3 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.28%) MS Visio
7 3 (0.28%) Navisworks
8 2 (0.19%) Civil 3D
9 1 (0.093%) EPLAN
Business Applications
1 33 (3.06%) SAP S/4HANA
2 32 (2.97%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 17 (1.58%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (0.65%) SAP PP
5 5 (0.46%) SAP SCM
6 4 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.37%) Primavera
6 4 (0.37%) SAP CO
6 4 (0.37%) SAP FI
6 4 (0.37%) SAP FI/CO
7 3 (0.28%) SAP BPC
7 3 (0.28%) SAP PM
8 2 (0.19%) Q-Pulse
8 2 (0.19%) Remedy ITSM
8 2 (0.19%) SAP APO
8 2 (0.19%) SAP EWM
8 2 (0.19%) SAP IBP
8 2 (0.19%) SAP MM
8 2 (0.19%) SAP QM
9 1 (0.093%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 215 (19.94%) Azure
2 186 (17.25%) AWS
3 77 (7.14%) Microsoft 365
4 49 (4.55%) Power Platform
5 44 (4.08%) GCP
6 40 (3.71%) Entra ID
7 39 (3.62%) AWS CloudFormation
8 31 (2.88%) Azure DevOps
9 30 (2.78%) PowerApps
10 29 (2.69%) Serverless
11 27 (2.50%) GitHub
12 26 (2.41%) Dynamics 365
12 26 (2.41%) Power Automate
13 25 (2.32%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 24 (2.23%) Amazon ECS
14 24 (2.23%) Amazon EKS
14 24 (2.23%) Figma
15 22 (2.04%) AWS Lambda
16 21 (1.95%) GitHub Actions
17 20 (1.86%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 41 (3.80%) Firewall
2 38 (3.53%) Network Security
3 36 (3.34%) VPN
4 25 (2.32%) Wireless
5 23 (2.13%) LAN
5 23 (2.13%) Software-Defined Radio
6 20 (1.86%) WAN
7 17 (1.58%) TCP/IP
8 16 (1.48%) Wi-Fi
9 14 (1.30%) Junos
10 11 (1.02%) DNS
11 10 (0.93%) Ethernet
12 9 (0.83%) SAN
13 8 (0.74%) SD-WAN
14 7 (0.65%) BGP
14 7 (0.65%) MPLS
15 6 (0.56%) IPsec
16 5 (0.46%) Wireshark
17 4 (0.37%) Cisco IOS
17 4 (0.37%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (3.25%) PostgreSQL
1 35 (3.25%) Power BI
2 19 (1.76%) Amazon RDS
3 18 (1.67%) NoSQL
4 16 (1.48%) MongoDB
5 12 (1.11%) MySQL
5 12 (1.11%) Relational Database
5 12 (1.11%) SQL Server
6 11 (1.02%) Elasticsearch
7 8 (0.74%) Metadata
7 8 (0.74%) Redis
8 6 (0.56%) GIS
8 6 (0.56%) Tableau
9 5 (0.46%) Big Data
9 5 (0.46%) SAP HANA
10 3 (0.28%) Amazon Redshift
10 3 (0.28%) DB2
10 3 (0.28%) Neo4j
10 3 (0.28%) Oracle Database
10 3 (0.28%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 33 (3.06%) Git
2 30 (2.78%) Jenkins
3 25 (2.32%) Balsamiq
4 22 (2.04%) Axure RP
5 21 (1.95%) JIRA
6 14 (1.30%) GitLab
7 12 (1.11%) Selenium
8 11 (1.02%) Cypress.io
9 7 (0.65%) Babel
9 7 (0.65%) TeamCity
9 7 (0.65%) WebDriver
9 7 (0.65%) webpack
10 5 (0.46%) Burp Suite
10 5 (0.46%) Metasploit
11 4 (0.37%) MLflow
11 4 (0.37%) Robot Framework
11 4 (0.37%) SonarQube
12 3 (0.28%) JMeter
12 3 (0.28%) Oracle APEX
12 3 (0.28%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 289 (26.81%) Social Skills
2 253 (23.47%) Finance
3 246 (22.82%) Public Sector
4 181 (16.79%) Analytical Skills
5 96 (8.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 91 (8.44%) Manufacturing
7 88 (8.16%) Law
8 86 (7.98%) Electronics
9 77 (7.14%) Telecoms
10 75 (6.96%) Marketing
11 32 (2.97%) Presentation Skills
12 26 (2.41%) Aerospace
13 24 (2.23%) Military
14 23 (2.13%) Back Office
15 16 (1.48%) Organisational Skills
16 13 (1.21%) Legal
17 12 (1.11%) Documentation Skills
17 12 (1.11%) Retail
18 9 (0.83%) Aviation
19 6 (0.56%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 153 (14.19%) Senior
2 131 (12.15%) Consultant
3 121 (11.22%) Architect
4 105 (9.74%) Systems Engineer
5 97 (9.00%) Developer
6 66 (6.12%) Lead
7 65 (6.03%) Analyst
8 58 (5.38%) Security Consultant
9 52 (4.82%) Software Engineer
10 51 (4.73%) Administrator
11 47 (4.36%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 41 (3.80%) Systems Administrator
13 34 (3.15%) Designer
13 34 (3.15%) Senior Developer
14 31 (2.88%) Solutions Architect
15 29 (2.69%) Cybersecurity Consultant
15 29 (2.69%) Support Engineer
16 28 (2.60%) DevOps Engineer
17 27 (2.50%) Embedded Engineer
17 27 (2.50%) Embedded Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (4.36%) React
2 35 (3.25%) OLE
3 30 (2.78%) Node.js
4 25 (2.32%) .NET
4 25 (2.32%) HTML
5 24 (2.23%) CSS
6 20 (1.86%) SAP CAF
7 19 (1.76%) Spring
8 17 (1.58%) Django
8 17 (1.58%) Spring Boot
9 16 (1.48%) SAP Fiori
10 15 (1.39%) HTML5 Canvas
11 14 (1.30%) AngularJS
12 13 (1.21%) REST
13 10 (0.93%) Elastic Stack
14 9 (0.83%) Kafka
14 9 (0.83%) Middleware
14 9 (0.83%) RESTful
14 9 (0.83%) SOAP
15 8 (0.74%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 134 (12.43%) e-Learning
2 58 (5.38%) Cloud Native
3 48 (4.45%) Data Centre
4 44 (4.08%) Product Ownership
5 38 (3.53%) Analytical Mindset
5 38 (3.53%) Self-Motivation
6 27 (2.50%) Management Information System
7 23 (2.13%) Embedded Systems
8 22 (2.04%) Hybrid Cloud
8 22 (2.04%) MicroBlaze
8 22 (2.04%) Onboarding
8 22 (2.04%) RISC-V
9 21 (1.95%) Security Posture
10 20 (1.86%) Driving Licence
11 18 (1.67%) Algorithms
12 15 (1.39%) Private Cloud
13 13 (1.21%) PKI
14 12 (1.11%) Virtual Team
15 11 (1.02%) Distributed Systems
15 11 (1.02%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 151 (14.01%) Linux
2 85 (7.88%) Windows
3 51 (4.73%) Unix
4 25 (2.32%) Windows 10
5 22 (2.04%) Embedded Linux
6 18 (1.67%) Windows Server
7 12 (1.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 9 (0.83%) CentOS
8 9 (0.83%) Solaris
9 8 (0.74%) Rocky
9 8 (0.74%) Windows Server 2019
10 5 (0.46%) Debian
10 5 (0.46%) Mac OS X
10 5 (0.46%) Ubuntu
11 4 (0.37%) Android
11 4 (0.37%) HPUX
11 4 (0.37%) Oracle Linux
12 3 (0.28%) VMS
13 2 (0.19%) Kali Linux
14 1 (0.093%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 247 (22.91%) Agile
2 199 (18.46%) Problem-Solving
3 159 (14.75%) Innovative Thinking
4 151 (14.01%) Cybersecurity
5 139 (12.89%) Software Engineering
6 130 (12.06%) Continuous Improvement
7 123 (11.41%) DevOps
8 113 (10.48%) CI/CD
9 106 (9.83%) Business Intelligence
10 100 (9.28%) Mentoring
11 88 (8.16%) Analytics
12 84 (7.79%) Computer Science
13 74 (6.86%) Infrastructure as Code
14 71 (6.59%) Collaborative Culture
14 71 (6.59%) Technology Strategy
15 70 (6.49%) Community of Practice
16 68 (6.31%) Programme Management
16 68 (6.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 67 (6.22%) AI
18 65 (6.03%) Digital Marketing
Programming Languages
1 135 (12.52%) Python
2 87 (8.07%) JavaScript
3 77 (7.14%) Java
4 47 (4.36%) SQL
5 43 (3.99%) PowerShell
6 42 (3.90%) C
7 41 (3.80%) C++
8 40 (3.71%) C#
9 36 (3.34%) Bash
10 31 (2.88%) TypeScript
11 22 (2.04%) Bicep
12 15 (1.39%) Go
13 12 (1.11%) MATLAB
14 8 (0.74%) ABAP
14 8 (0.74%) Apex Code
14 8 (0.74%) Kotlin
15 7 (0.65%) VBA
16 6 (0.56%) PL/SQL
17 5 (0.46%) Korn
17 5 (0.46%) R
Qualifications
1 768 (71.24%) SC Cleared
2 283 (26.25%) Degree
3 248 (23.01%) DV Cleared
4 77 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
5 74 (6.86%) BPSS Clearance
5 74 (6.86%) CISSP
6 62 (5.75%) Computer Science Degree
7 60 (5.57%) CCNP
8 45 (4.17%) CCNA
9 44 (4.08%) CISM
10 42 (3.90%) Azure Certification
11 40 (3.71%) Microsoft Certification
12 36 (3.34%) CompTIA Security+
13 35 (3.25%) AWS Certification
14 32 (2.97%) CEH
15 25 (2.32%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 22 (2.04%) CTC Cleared
17 20 (1.86%) SAP Certification
18 18 (1.67%) Master's Degree
19 14 (1.30%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (8.72%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 81 (7.51%) NIST
3 49 (4.55%) Accessibility
4 42 (3.90%) QA
5 37 (3.43%) GRC
6 36 (3.34%) GDPR
7 33 (3.06%) SLA
8 31 (2.88%) PCI DSS
9 25 (2.32%) WCAG
10 13 (1.21%) NCSC
11 11 (1.02%) JSP 440
12 10 (0.93%) Data Quality
13 8 (0.74%) ISO 9001
14 6 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 5 (0.46%) NIST 800
16 4 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
16 4 (0.37%) ISO 19650
17 3 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
17 3 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 3 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 58 (5.38%) Docker
2 39 (3.62%) Firmware
3 36 (3.34%) Active Directory
4 29 (2.69%) VMware Infrastructure
5 22 (2.04%) Embedded Firmware
6 17 (1.58%) Hyper-V
7 16 (1.48%) Virtual Machines
8 8 (0.74%) vSphere
9 4 (0.37%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.28%) IAG
11 2 (0.19%) pfSense
12 1 (0.093%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 1 (0.093%) vCloud
12 1 (0.093%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 76 (7.05%) Kubernetes
2 70 (6.49%) Terraform
3 43 (3.99%) Ansible
4 31 (2.88%) Grafana
5 9 (0.83%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.56%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (0.56%) SCOM
7 5 (0.46%) Kibana
7 5 (0.46%) SCCM
8 4 (0.37%) Argo
8 4 (0.37%) Nmap
8 4 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.28%) Docker Swarm
9 3 (0.28%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.28%) Nagios
9 3 (0.28%) Nessus
9 3 (0.28%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 2 (0.19%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 2 (0.19%) WSUS
Vendors
1 133 (12.34%) Microsoft
2 110 (10.20%) SAP
3 98 (9.09%) Cisco
4 43 (3.99%) VMware
5 37 (3.43%) Google
6 32 (2.97%) Salesforce
6 32 (2.97%) Sparx
7 23 (2.13%) Adobe
8 21 (1.95%) Red Hat
9 20 (1.86%) Juniper
9 20 (1.86%) Oracle
10 16 (1.48%) ServiceNow
11 12 (1.11%) Splunk
12 10 (0.93%) Dell
13 7 (0.65%) Fortinet
13 7 (0.65%) MuleSoft
14 5 (0.46%) CheckPoint
14 5 (0.46%) Databricks
14 5 (0.46%) F5
14 5 (0.46%) NetApp