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

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 33 24
Rank change year-on-year +9 -9 +2
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,691 1,162 1,932
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.50% 7.05% 7.65%
As % of the Qualifications category 36.16% 20.77% 28.93%
Number of salaries quoted 1,185 573 1,282
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,100 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £47,348
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 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,750 £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 4,677 5,594 6,678
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.75% 33.95% 26.45%
Number of salaries quoted 3,088 2,475 3,917
10th Percentile £33,350 £29,750 £33,780
25th Percentile £46,750 £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 £78,760 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,650 £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 6 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 38 (2.25%) Apache
2 36 (2.13%) SharePoint
3 27 (1.60%) Apache Spark
4 13 (0.77%) Anypoint
4 13 (0.77%) Mule
5 12 (0.71%) Apache Airflow
6 10 (0.59%) Confluence
7 7 (0.41%) Camunda
7 7 (0.41%) Jupyter
7 7 (0.41%) nginx
7 7 (0.41%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 6 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
9 5 (0.30%) IIS
10 3 (0.18%) Apache Solr
11 2 (0.12%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.12%) GeoServer
11 2 (0.12%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.12%) Oracle Spatial
11 2 (0.12%) WordPress
12 1 (0.059%) Appian
Applications
1 25 (1.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (0.95%) Simulink
3 14 (0.83%) Microsoft Office
4 11 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (0.53%) Adobe XD
6 5 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.30%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.24%) Windchill
8 3 (0.18%) Mathcad
9 1 (0.059%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.059%) CATIA
9 1 (0.059%) FrameMaker
9 1 (0.059%) Houdini
9 1 (0.059%) InDesign
9 1 (0.059%) InVision
9 1 (0.059%) NUKE
9 1 (0.059%) Sketch
9 1 (0.059%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.059%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 28 (1.66%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (0.53%) Primavera
3 7 (0.41%) Oracle ERP
3 7 (0.41%) SAP ERP
4 6 (0.35%) Workday HCM
5 5 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.24%) SAP FSCM
6 4 (0.24%) Teamcenter
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
8 2 (0.12%) SAP Payroll
8 2 (0.12%) SAP QM
9 1 (0.059%) Dynamics CRM
9 1 (0.059%) Magento
9 1 (0.059%) Oracle Applications
9 1 (0.059%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 452 (26.73%) Azure
2 417 (24.66%) AWS
3 135 (7.98%) GCP
4 83 (4.91%) Microsoft 365
5 73 (4.32%) Power Platform
6 70 (4.14%) Entra ID
7 44 (2.60%) AWS CloudFormation
8 43 (2.54%) dbt
9 37 (2.19%) GitHub
10 31 (1.83%) Serverless
11 28 (1.66%) SaaS
12 27 (1.60%) Azure DevOps
13 25 (1.48%) PaaS
14 22 (1.30%) Azure Sentinel
15 21 (1.24%) Google Analytics
16 20 (1.18%) Microsoft Purview
17 19 (1.12%) Amazon EC2
17 19 (1.12%) Amazon S3
18 17 (1.01%) Dynamics 365
18 17 (1.01%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 49 (2.90%) Firewall
2 46 (2.72%) Network Security
3 44 (2.60%) TCP/IP
4 32 (1.89%) DNS
5 26 (1.54%) WAN
6 18 (1.06%) VPN
7 17 (1.01%) LAN
8 16 (0.95%) SSL
9 15 (0.89%) BGP
9 15 (0.89%) DHCP
10 12 (0.71%) ATM
10 12 (0.71%) MPLS
11 9 (0.53%) SMTP
12 8 (0.47%) HTTP
12 8 (0.47%) OSPF
13 6 (0.35%) Intrusion Detection
13 6 (0.35%) Wireless
14 5 (0.30%) SNMP
14 5 (0.30%) VLAN
14 5 (0.30%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (3.31%) Power BI
2 46 (2.72%) PostgreSQL
3 27 (1.60%) Big Data
4 25 (1.48%) Data Warehouse
4 25 (1.48%) NoSQL
5 21 (1.24%) SQL Server
6 17 (1.01%) Metadata
7 16 (0.95%) MongoDB
8 14 (0.83%) Amazon Athena
9 13 (0.77%) DynamoDB
9 13 (0.77%) Relational Database
10 12 (0.71%) MySQL
10 12 (0.71%) Redis
10 12 (0.71%) Tableau
11 10 (0.59%) Data Lake
12 9 (0.53%) Elasticsearch
13 7 (0.41%) Amazon RDS
13 7 (0.41%) Hadoop
14 6 (0.35%) SAP HANA
15 5 (0.30%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 65 (3.84%) Git
2 40 (2.37%) Jenkins
3 38 (2.25%) GitLab
4 25 (1.48%) JIRA
5 22 (1.30%) JUnit
6 17 (1.01%) Rational DOORS
7 16 (0.95%) Selenium
8 13 (0.77%) Mockito
9 12 (0.71%) Maven
10 9 (0.53%) Balsamiq
10 9 (0.53%) Cucumber
10 9 (0.53%) Postman
11 8 (0.47%) Axure RP
12 7 (0.41%) Burp Suite
12 7 (0.41%) Gatling
12 7 (0.41%) Metasploit
13 6 (0.35%) Cypress.io
13 6 (0.35%) SonarQube
14 4 (0.24%) LabVIEW
15 3 (0.18%) JMeter
General
1 514 (30.40%) Social Skills
2 399 (23.60%) Public Sector
3 316 (18.69%) Finance
4 296 (17.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 195 (11.53%) Analytical Skills
6 162 (9.58%) Law
7 114 (6.74%) Aerospace
8 72 (4.26%) Legal
9 53 (3.13%) Presentation Skills
10 42 (2.48%) Organisational Skills
11 40 (2.37%) Manufacturing
11 40 (2.37%) Retail
11 40 (2.37%) Telecoms
12 35 (2.07%) Military
13 34 (2.01%) Electronics
14 31 (1.83%) Influencing Skills
15 21 (1.24%) Police
16 13 (0.77%) Aviation
16 13 (0.77%) Documentation Skills
17 12 (0.71%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 322 (19.04%) Senior
2 291 (17.21%) Architect
3 197 (11.65%) Consultant
4 156 (9.23%) Lead
5 124 (7.33%) Developer
6 123 (7.27%) Software Engineer
7 122 (7.21%) Solutions Architect
8 120 (7.10%) Analyst
9 67 (3.96%) Data Engineer
10 62 (3.67%) Cloud Engineer
11 58 (3.43%) Security Consultant
12 53 (3.13%) Senior Developer
12 53 (3.13%) Senior Manager
13 52 (3.08%) Senior Consultant
14 50 (2.96%) DevOps Engineer
15 49 (2.90%) Security Architect
16 48 (2.84%) Business Analyst
17 44 (2.60%) Senior Analyst
18 42 (2.48%) Java Developer
19 41 (2.42%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (3.49%) REST
2 55 (3.25%) React
3 45 (2.66%) Spring
4 36 (2.13%) .NET
5 33 (1.95%) Kafka
6 26 (1.54%) CSS
6 26 (1.54%) OAuth
6 26 (1.54%) SOAP
7 24 (1.42%) AngularJS
8 23 (1.36%) HTML
9 21 (1.24%) Playwright
9 21 (1.24%) Spring Boot
10 16 (0.95%) JWT
10 16 (0.95%) Middleware
10 16 (0.95%) OAuth2
10 16 (0.95%) PySpark
10 16 (0.95%) RESTful
11 14 (0.83%) Web Services
12 13 (0.77%) Node.js
12 13 (0.77%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 129 (7.63%) Cloud Native
2 59 (3.49%) Onboarding
2 59 (3.49%) Product Ownership
3 58 (3.43%) Management Information System
4 54 (3.19%) Self-Motivation
5 44 (2.60%) Security Posture
6 36 (2.13%) Legacy Systems
7 31 (1.83%) Blog
7 31 (1.83%) Driving Licence
8 30 (1.77%) Data Centre
9 26 (1.54%) Distributed Systems
10 24 (1.42%) PKI
11 23 (1.36%) Cyber Threat
11 23 (1.36%) FPGA
12 20 (1.18%) Cyber Defence
13 19 (1.12%) Security Operations Centre
14 17 (1.01%) CMDB
14 17 (1.01%) Public Cloud
15 16 (0.95%) Algorithms
15 16 (0.95%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 131 (7.75%) Linux
2 100 (5.91%) Windows
3 40 (2.37%) Windows Server
4 36 (2.13%) Unix
5 13 (0.77%) Windows 10
6 5 (0.30%) Android
6 5 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.18%) Kali Linux
8 3 (0.18%) VxWorks
9 2 (0.12%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.12%) CentOS
9 2 (0.12%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.059%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.059%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.059%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 463 (27.38%) Agile
2 285 (16.85%) Continuous Improvement
3 261 (15.43%) Cybersecurity
4 258 (15.26%) Mentoring
5 244 (14.43%) Problem-Solving
6 234 (13.84%) CI/CD
7 230 (13.60%) DevOps
8 212 (12.54%) Software Engineering
9 206 (12.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 176 (10.41%) AI
11 170 (10.05%) Stakeholder Management
12 138 (8.16%) Collaborative Culture
13 137 (8.10%) Community of Practice
14 136 (8.04%) Infrastructure as Code
15 134 (7.92%) Technical Leadership
16 132 (7.81%) Decision-Making
17 125 (7.39%) Project Delivery
18 124 (7.33%) Analytics
19 122 (7.21%) Coaching
19 122 (7.21%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 216 (12.77%) Python
2 162 (9.58%) Java
3 112 (6.62%) SQL
4 92 (5.44%) JavaScript
5 53 (3.13%) C++
6 51 (3.02%) C#
7 40 (2.37%) Bash
8 39 (2.31%) PowerShell
9 30 (1.77%) TypeScript
10 29 (1.71%) C
11 18 (1.06%) Ada
12 17 (1.01%) MATLAB
13 16 (0.95%) Groovy
14 13 (0.77%) DataWeave
15 12 (0.71%) Rust
16 11 (0.65%) PL/SQL
17 10 (0.59%) Ruby
18 9 (0.53%) Go
18 9 (0.53%) SystemVerilog
18 9 (0.53%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1,336 (79.01%) SC Cleared
2 373 (22.06%) DV Cleared
3 308 (18.21%) Degree
4 190 (11.24%) BPSS Clearance
5 76 (4.49%) CISSP
6 55 (3.25%) Computer Science Degree
7 54 (3.19%) CISM
8 41 (2.42%) Azure Certification
9 33 (1.95%) AWS Certification
10 31 (1.83%) Microsoft Certification
11 27 (1.60%) Master's Degree
12 20 (1.18%) Cisco Certification
13 19 (1.12%) CREST Certified
14 18 (1.06%) CRISC
14 18 (1.06%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
15 16 (0.95%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 13 (0.77%) TOGAF Certification
17 12 (0.71%) HNC
17 12 (0.71%) PhD
18 11 (0.65%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 134 (7.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 116 (6.86%) Accessibility
3 88 (5.20%) NIST
4 58 (3.43%) QA
5 57 (3.37%) NCSC
6 44 (2.60%) GRC
7 43 (2.54%) GDPR
8 39 (2.31%) Data Quality
9 24 (1.42%) PCI DSS
10 23 (1.36%) Cyber Essentials
10 23 (1.36%) SLA
11 22 (1.30%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 20 (1.18%) WCAG
13 16 (0.95%) JSP 440
14 11 (0.65%) Actionable Recommendations
15 10 (0.59%) Def Stans
16 8 (0.47%) NIST 800
17 7 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
18 6 (0.35%) Government Security Classifications
18 6 (0.35%) PMO
System Software
1 99 (5.85%) Docker
2 76 (4.49%) Active Directory
3 33 (1.95%) Firmware
4 31 (1.83%) VMware Infrastructure
5 24 (1.42%) Hyper-V
6 14 (0.83%) VMware ESXi
7 7 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
7 7 (0.41%) vSphere
8 6 (0.35%) Squid
8 6 (0.35%) VMware NSX
9 3 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.059%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 1 (0.059%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.059%) IAG
10 1 (0.059%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.059%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.059%) Xen
Systems Management
1 117 (6.92%) Terraform
2 108 (6.39%) Kubernetes
3 45 (2.66%) Ansible
4 37 (2.19%) Microsoft Intune
5 18 (1.06%) Prometheus
6 17 (1.01%) Grafana
7 13 (0.77%) CloudHub
8 10 (0.59%) Argo
9 8 (0.47%) Progress Chef
10 7 (0.41%) Nmap
10 7 (0.41%) QRadar
10 7 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
11 6 (0.35%) Kustomize
12 5 (0.30%) AWS Copilot
12 5 (0.30%) Istio
12 5 (0.30%) Packer
12 5 (0.30%) Puppet
12 5 (0.30%) vCenter Server
13 3 (0.18%) FortiGate
13 3 (0.18%) Kibana
Vendors
1 234 (13.84%) Microsoft
2 75 (4.44%) Google
3 59 (3.49%) ServiceNow
4 57 (3.37%) SAP
5 51 (3.02%) Oracle
6 40 (2.37%) VMware
7 34 (2.01%) Cisco
8 30 (1.77%) Salesforce
9 23 (1.36%) Databricks
9 23 (1.36%) MuleSoft
9 23 (1.36%) Red Hat
10 19 (1.12%) OpenAI
11 17 (1.01%) CyberArk
11 17 (1.01%) Splunk
12 15 (0.89%) Okta
13 12 (0.71%) Adobe
14 9 (0.53%) Juniper
14 9 (0.53%) Veeam
15 8 (0.47%) Siemens
15 8 (0.47%) Xilinx