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 11 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 39 23
Rank change year-on-year +15 -16 +5
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,578 1,105 2,505
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.40% 6.71% 7.81%
As % of the Qualifications category 35.27% 19.98% 29.02%
Number of salaries quoted 1,187 565 1,715
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,608 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.38% +8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,250 £85,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +12.00% +8.70% -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 4,474 5,531 8,632
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.99% 33.58% 26.92%
Number of salaries quoted 3,068 2,475 5,526
10th Percentile £33,250 £29,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £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 £73,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £89,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.85% -10.00%

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 11 July 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 38 (2.41%) SharePoint
2 31 (1.96%) Apache
3 21 (1.33%) Apache Spark
4 14 (0.89%) Apache Airflow
5 12 (0.76%) Microsoft Exchange
6 9 (0.57%) Anypoint
6 9 (0.57%) Mule
7 7 (0.44%) Jupyter
8 5 (0.32%) Confluence
8 5 (0.32%) IIS
9 4 (0.25%) nginx
10 3 (0.19%) Apache Solr
10 3 (0.19%) Camunda
10 3 (0.19%) SAS
11 2 (0.13%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.13%) GeoServer
11 2 (0.13%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 2 (0.13%) Oracle Spatial
11 2 (0.13%) WordPress
Applications
1 45 (2.85%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (1.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.44%) Adobe XD
5 4 (0.25%) Simulink
5 4 (0.25%) Windchill
6 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.19%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.13%) InVision
7 2 (0.13%) Sketch
7 2 (0.13%) Weka
8 1 (0.063%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.063%) CATIA
8 1 (0.063%) EngageOne
8 1 (0.063%) FrameMaker
8 1 (0.063%) Houdini
8 1 (0.063%) NUKE
8 1 (0.063%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 28 (1.77%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (0.44%) SAP ERP
3 5 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
3 5 (0.32%) Primavera
4 4 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
4 4 (0.25%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.25%) SAP FSCM
5 3 (0.19%) Elite 3E
5 3 (0.19%) SAP CO
5 3 (0.19%) SAP FI
5 3 (0.19%) SAP FI/CO
5 3 (0.19%) SAP HCM
6 2 (0.13%) SAP Payroll
6 2 (0.13%) SAP QM
6 2 (0.13%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.063%) Magento
7 1 (0.063%) SAP EWM
7 1 (0.063%) SAP GRC
7 1 (0.063%) SAP PSCD
7 1 (0.063%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 399 (25.29%) Azure
2 351 (22.24%) AWS
3 115 (7.29%) Microsoft 365
4 110 (6.97%) GCP
5 94 (5.96%) Entra ID
6 65 (4.12%) Power Platform
7 34 (2.15%) SaaS
8 33 (2.09%) GitHub
9 28 (1.77%) AWS CloudFormation
9 28 (1.77%) Serverless
10 26 (1.65%) Azure DevOps
10 26 (1.65%) dbt
10 26 (1.65%) PaaS
11 19 (1.20%) Amazon EC2
11 19 (1.20%) Azure Sentinel
11 19 (1.20%) Dynamics 365
11 19 (1.20%) Microsoft Purview
12 17 (1.08%) Amazon S3
12 17 (1.08%) Google Analytics
13 16 (1.01%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 46 (2.92%) Firewall
2 43 (2.72%) Network Security
3 32 (2.03%) WAN
4 28 (1.77%) DNS
5 27 (1.71%) TCP/IP
6 23 (1.46%) VPN
7 21 (1.33%) LAN
8 19 (1.20%) DHCP
9 17 (1.08%) BGP
10 14 (0.89%) MPLS
11 13 (0.82%) SMTP
12 12 (0.76%) SSL
13 11 (0.70%) Wi-Fi
14 10 (0.63%) HTTP
15 8 (0.51%) ATM
16 7 (0.44%) Intrusion Detection
16 7 (0.44%) SNMP
17 6 (0.38%) SD-WAN
18 5 (0.32%) Cisco Firepower
18 5 (0.32%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (3.04%) Power BI
2 38 (2.41%) PostgreSQL
3 21 (1.33%) Big Data
4 20 (1.27%) NoSQL
5 19 (1.20%) Data Warehouse
5 19 (1.20%) MongoDB
6 14 (0.89%) Metadata
7 13 (0.82%) SQL Server
8 12 (0.76%) Amazon Athena
8 12 (0.76%) Redis
9 10 (0.63%) DynamoDB
9 10 (0.63%) Elasticsearch
10 8 (0.51%) Tableau
11 7 (0.44%) Amazon RDS
11 7 (0.44%) Data Lake
11 7 (0.44%) MySQL
12 6 (0.38%) Relational Database
12 6 (0.38%) SAP HANA
13 5 (0.32%) Amazon Redshift
14 4 (0.25%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 54 (3.42%) Git
2 38 (2.41%) Jenkins
3 35 (2.22%) GitLab
4 18 (1.14%) JIRA
5 14 (0.89%) JUnit
5 14 (0.89%) Selenium
6 9 (0.57%) Maven
7 8 (0.51%) Mockito
8 6 (0.38%) Burp Suite
8 6 (0.38%) Cucumber
8 6 (0.38%) JMeter
8 6 (0.38%) Metasploit
9 5 (0.32%) Axure RP
9 5 (0.32%) Balsamiq
9 5 (0.32%) Postman
9 5 (0.32%) SonarQube
10 4 (0.25%) Cypress.io
11 3 (0.19%) Gatling
11 3 (0.19%) SoapUI
12 2 (0.13%) Babel
General
1 461 (29.21%) Social Skills
2 353 (22.37%) Public Sector
3 219 (13.88%) Finance
4 199 (12.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 167 (10.58%) Analytical Skills
6 134 (8.49%) Law
7 58 (3.68%) Legal
8 43 (2.72%) Presentation Skills
9 38 (2.41%) Back Office
10 35 (2.22%) Telecoms
11 34 (2.15%) Manufacturing
12 32 (2.03%) Retail
13 30 (1.90%) Aerospace
14 27 (1.71%) Organisational Skills
15 22 (1.39%) Influencing Skills
16 17 (1.08%) Military
17 13 (0.82%) Aviation
18 11 (0.70%) Electronics
19 10 (0.63%) Banking
19 10 (0.63%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 290 (18.38%) Senior
2 274 (17.36%) Architect
3 178 (11.28%) Consultant
4 127 (8.05%) Lead
5 123 (7.79%) Solutions Architect
6 122 (7.73%) Developer
7 103 (6.53%) Analyst
8 101 (6.40%) Software Engineer
9 62 (3.93%) Data Engineer
10 59 (3.74%) Senior Manager
11 58 (3.68%) Support Engineer
12 57 (3.61%) Cloud Engineer
13 55 (3.49%) Security Consultant
14 48 (3.04%) Senior Consultant
15 47 (2.98%) Java Developer
16 46 (2.92%) DevOps Engineer
16 46 (2.92%) Security Architect
17 43 (2.72%) Business Analyst
17 43 (2.72%) Senior Developer
18 39 (2.47%) Site Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (3.49%) REST
2 41 (2.60%) Spring
3 32 (2.03%) React
4 31 (1.96%) SOAP
5 30 (1.90%) Kafka
6 28 (1.77%) .NET
7 22 (1.39%) Middleware
7 22 (1.39%) Spring Boot
8 19 (1.20%) OAuth
9 17 (1.08%) RESTful
10 16 (1.01%) Playwright
10 16 (1.01%) SAML
11 15 (0.95%) AngularJS
12 14 (0.89%) CSS
12 14 (0.89%) HTML
12 14 (0.89%) Lightning Web Components
12 14 (0.89%) PySpark
13 13 (0.82%) Visualforce
14 12 (0.76%) OAuth2
14 12 (0.76%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 122 (7.73%) Cloud Native
2 65 (4.12%) Product Ownership
3 55 (3.49%) Security Posture
4 51 (3.23%) Management Information System
4 51 (3.23%) Onboarding
5 44 (2.79%) Self-Motivation
6 35 (2.22%) Data Centre
7 28 (1.77%) Driving Licence
7 28 (1.77%) Legacy Systems
8 27 (1.71%) PKI
9 21 (1.33%) Blog
10 19 (1.20%) Security Operations Centre
11 17 (1.08%) Cyber Threat
12 16 (1.01%) CMDB
13 15 (0.95%) Enterprise Software
14 13 (0.82%) Analytical Mindset
14 13 (0.82%) Data Structures
14 13 (0.82%) Distributed Systems
14 13 (0.82%) Low-Code
14 13 (0.82%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 120 (7.60%) Windows
2 107 (6.78%) Linux
3 43 (2.72%) Windows 10
4 34 (2.15%) Windows Server
5 24 (1.52%) Unix
6 5 (0.32%) Android
6 5 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.19%) CentOS
7 3 (0.19%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.13%) Kali Linux
8 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.063%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.063%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.063%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 380 (24.08%) Agile
2 264 (16.73%) Continuous Improvement
3 247 (15.65%) Cybersecurity
4 208 (13.18%) Problem-Solving
5 201 (12.74%) Mentoring
6 200 (12.67%) DevOps
7 180 (11.41%) CI/CD
7 180 (11.41%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 158 (10.01%) Software Engineering
9 146 (9.25%) Stakeholder Management
10 145 (9.19%) ITIL
11 135 (8.56%) Analytics
12 125 (7.92%) AI
13 122 (7.73%) Community of Practice
14 116 (7.35%) Collaborative Culture
15 115 (7.29%) Technical Leadership
16 113 (7.16%) Infrastructure as Code
17 112 (7.10%) Risk Management
18 107 (6.78%) Decision-Making
18 107 (6.78%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 181 (11.47%) Python
2 153 (9.70%) Java
3 102 (6.46%) SQL
4 71 (4.50%) JavaScript
5 41 (2.60%) C#
6 40 (2.53%) C++
7 34 (2.15%) PowerShell
8 32 (2.03%) Bash
9 27 (1.71%) TypeScript
10 23 (1.46%) C
11 16 (1.01%) Groovy
12 14 (0.89%) Apex Code
13 11 (0.70%) Rust
14 9 (0.57%) DataWeave
15 8 (0.51%) Go
16 7 (0.44%) Ada
16 7 (0.44%) Scala
16 7 (0.44%) VBA
17 6 (0.38%) PL/SQL
17 6 (0.38%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 1,220 (77.31%) SC Cleared
2 304 (19.26%) DV Cleared
3 277 (17.55%) Degree
4 100 (6.34%) BPSS Clearance
5 84 (5.32%) CISSP
6 54 (3.42%) CISM
7 47 (2.98%) Computer Science Degree
8 41 (2.60%) CTC Cleared
9 38 (2.41%) Azure Certification
10 36 (2.28%) Microsoft Certification
11 24 (1.52%) AWS Certification
12 18 (1.14%) Cisco Certification
13 17 (1.08%) CREST Certified
14 16 (1.01%) CRISC
15 15 (0.95%) HNC
15 15 (0.95%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
15 15 (0.95%) TOGAF Certification
16 13 (0.82%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 13 (0.82%) Master's Degree
17 10 (0.63%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 143 (9.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 76 (4.82%) NIST
3 58 (3.68%) QA
4 57 (3.61%) SLA
5 51 (3.23%) GDPR
6 48 (3.04%) NCSC
7 36 (2.28%) GRC
8 34 (2.15%) Accessibility
9 33 (2.09%) Data Quality
10 28 (1.77%) Cyber Essentials
11 25 (1.58%) PCI DSS
12 20 (1.27%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 17 (1.08%) JSP 440
14 11 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
14 11 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 11 (0.70%) WCAG
15 10 (0.63%) Def Stans
16 7 (0.44%) Government Security Classifications
17 6 (0.38%) PMO
17 6 (0.38%) SOC 2
System Software
1 82 (5.20%) Docker
2 65 (4.12%) Active Directory
3 25 (1.58%) Hyper-V
4 23 (1.46%) VMware Infrastructure
5 10 (0.63%) Firmware
6 9 (0.57%) VMware ESXi
6 9 (0.57%) VMware NSX
7 7 (0.44%) vSphere
8 5 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
8 5 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
9 3 (0.19%) Squid
10 1 (0.063%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 1 (0.063%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.063%) IAG
10 1 (0.063%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.063%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.063%) Xen
Systems Management
1 100 (6.34%) Terraform
2 91 (5.77%) Kubernetes
3 50 (3.17%) Ansible
4 36 (2.28%) Microsoft Intune
5 21 (1.33%) Prometheus
6 20 (1.27%) Grafana
7 10 (0.63%) Argo
7 10 (0.63%) Progress Chef
8 9 (0.57%) CloudHub
9 8 (0.51%) Puppet
9 8 (0.51%) QRadar
10 7 (0.44%) Packer
10 7 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
11 6 (0.38%) Kustomize
11 6 (0.38%) Nmap
12 5 (0.32%) AWS Copilot
12 5 (0.32%) Endace
12 5 (0.32%) Istio
12 5 (0.32%) vCenter Server
13 4 (0.25%) Kibana
Vendors
1 248 (15.72%) Microsoft
2 67 (4.25%) Cisco
3 54 (3.42%) ServiceNow
4 53 (3.36%) Google
5 51 (3.23%) Oracle
6 49 (3.11%) SAP
7 34 (2.15%) Salesforce
7 34 (2.15%) VMware
8 23 (1.46%) MuleSoft
9 20 (1.27%) Red Hat
10 17 (1.08%) Splunk
11 16 (1.01%) Databricks
12 15 (0.95%) CyberArk
12 15 (0.95%) OpenAI
13 11 (0.70%) Okta
14 10 (0.63%) Juniper
15 9 (0.57%) Adobe
15 9 (0.57%) Meraki
16 7 (0.44%) Dell
17 6 (0.38%) Ariba