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 13 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 32 24
Rank change year-on-year +12 -8 -3
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,961 1,174 1,703
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.85% 7.12% 8.00%
As % of the Qualifications category 37.97% 18.99% 28.77%
Number of salaries quoted 1,227 601 968
10th Percentile £44,259 £41,895 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £48,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,991 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.19% - +2.46%
75th Percentile £82,500 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% - -

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 5,165 6,181 5,920
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.67% 37.47% 27.80%
Number of salaries quoted 3,170 2,258 2,701
10th Percentile £32,750 £30,750 £34,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £76,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -

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 13 October 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 42 (2.14%) Apache
2 31 (1.58%) Apache Spark
3 25 (1.27%) SharePoint
4 20 (1.02%) Confluence
5 13 (0.66%) Anypoint
5 13 (0.66%) Mule
6 10 (0.51%) Apache Airflow
6 10 (0.51%) nginx
6 10 (0.51%) Oracle Workflow
7 9 (0.46%) Jupyter
7 9 (0.46%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 8 (0.41%) Camunda
8 8 (0.41%) WebLogic
9 5 (0.25%) Microsoft Exchange
10 4 (0.20%) ArcGIS
10 4 (0.20%) GeoServer
10 4 (0.20%) IIS
10 4 (0.20%) Oracle Spatial
11 3 (0.15%) CMS
12 2 (0.10%) WebLogic Portal
Applications
1 31 (1.58%) Microsoft Office
2 30 (1.53%) Microsoft Excel
3 23 (1.17%) Simulink
4 17 (0.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 15 (0.76%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.31%) Adobe XD
6 6 (0.31%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.20%) Mathcad
7 4 (0.20%) Windchill
8 3 (0.15%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.10%) InDesign
9 2 (0.10%) Revit
9 2 (0.10%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.051%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.051%) EPLAN
10 1 (0.051%) FrameMaker
10 1 (0.051%) Houdini
10 1 (0.051%) NUKE
10 1 (0.051%) SOLIDWORKS
10 1 (0.051%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 26 (1.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (0.87%) Primavera
3 11 (0.56%) Oracle EBS
4 7 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (0.36%) Workday HCM
5 6 (0.31%) SAP PM
6 5 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
6 5 (0.25%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 5 (0.25%) SAP ERP
6 5 (0.25%) SAP PSCD
6 5 (0.25%) SAP QM
6 5 (0.25%) Teamcenter
7 3 (0.15%) SAP CO
7 3 (0.15%) SAP FI
7 3 (0.15%) SAP FI/CO
7 3 (0.15%) SAP MM
7 3 (0.15%) SAP PP
7 3 (0.15%) SAP PS
7 3 (0.15%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 2 (0.10%) Oracle Applications
Cloud Services
1 480 (24.48%) Azure
2 439 (22.39%) AWS
3 124 (6.32%) GCP
4 99 (5.05%) Entra ID
5 94 (4.79%) Microsoft 365
6 80 (4.08%) Power Platform
7 55 (2.80%) GitHub
8 45 (2.29%) Serverless
9 41 (2.09%) AWS CloudFormation
10 38 (1.94%) Azure DevOps
10 38 (1.94%) dbt
11 35 (1.78%) Amazon S3
12 34 (1.73%) SaaS
13 28 (1.43%) OpenShift
14 27 (1.38%) PaaS
15 24 (1.22%) AWS Lambda
16 23 (1.17%) Amazon EC2
17 22 (1.12%) GitHub Actions
17 22 (1.12%) Microsoft Purview
18 21 (1.07%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 61 (3.11%) Firewall
2 53 (2.70%) Network Security
3 40 (2.04%) DNS
3 40 (2.04%) TCP/IP
4 19 (0.97%) DHCP
4 19 (0.97%) VPN
4 19 (0.97%) WAN
5 16 (0.82%) SSL
6 15 (0.76%) Wi-Fi
6 15 (0.76%) Wireless
7 13 (0.66%) LAN
8 11 (0.56%) ATM
9 10 (0.51%) Ethernet
10 8 (0.41%) BGP
10 8 (0.41%) OSPF
11 7 (0.36%) Internet
11 7 (0.36%) SAN
12 6 (0.31%) DMZ
12 6 (0.31%) NAS
13 5 (0.25%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (3.26%) Power BI
2 56 (2.86%) PostgreSQL
3 32 (1.63%) Big Data
3 32 (1.63%) NoSQL
4 31 (1.58%) Data Warehouse
5 25 (1.27%) SQL Server
6 23 (1.17%) Amazon Athena
6 23 (1.17%) Metadata
7 22 (1.12%) Relational Database
8 20 (1.02%) Tableau
9 18 (0.92%) Data Lake
10 15 (0.76%) MySQL
11 14 (0.71%) DynamoDB
12 12 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
12 12 (0.61%) MongoDB
13 10 (0.51%) Hadoop
14 9 (0.46%) Amazon Redshift
14 9 (0.46%) Azure SQL Database
15 6 (0.31%) Elasticsearch
15 6 (0.31%) Redis
Development Applications
1 75 (3.82%) Git
2 41 (2.09%) GitLab
2 41 (2.09%) JIRA
3 40 (2.04%) Jenkins
4 29 (1.48%) JUnit
5 24 (1.22%) Rational DOORS
6 20 (1.02%) Mockito
7 15 (0.76%) Selenium
8 12 (0.61%) Burp Suite
8 12 (0.61%) Maven
8 12 (0.61%) Metasploit
9 11 (0.56%) Cucumber
10 9 (0.46%) Cypress.io
10 9 (0.46%) Postman
11 8 (0.41%) Balsamiq
11 8 (0.41%) SonarQube
12 6 (0.31%) Axure RP
12 6 (0.31%) Gatling
12 6 (0.31%) LabVIEW
13 4 (0.20%) Snyk
General
1 565 (28.81%) Social Skills
2 466 (23.76%) Public Sector
3 388 (19.79%) Finance
4 366 (18.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 251 (12.80%) Analytical Skills
6 206 (10.50%) Aerospace
7 149 (7.60%) Law
8 78 (3.98%) Legal
9 65 (3.31%) Electronics
10 61 (3.11%) Presentation Skills
11 55 (2.80%) Influencing Skills
11 55 (2.80%) Military
12 53 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
13 52 (2.65%) Manufacturing
13 52 (2.65%) Retail
14 48 (2.45%) Police
15 36 (1.84%) Telecoms
16 16 (0.82%) Automotive
17 15 (0.76%) Documentation Skills
17 15 (0.76%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 380 (19.38%) Senior
2 296 (15.09%) Architect
3 204 (10.40%) Consultant
4 178 (9.08%) Lead
5 162 (8.26%) Software Engineer
6 130 (6.63%) Analyst
7 129 (6.58%) Developer
8 104 (5.30%) Data Engineer
9 101 (5.15%) Solutions Architect
10 83 (4.23%) Principal Engineer
11 69 (3.52%) Senior Manager
12 66 (3.37%) DevOps Engineer
13 63 (3.21%) Security Consultant
14 54 (2.75%) Cloud Engineer
15 52 (2.65%) Security Architect
16 50 (2.55%) Technical Architect
17 49 (2.50%) Java Engineer
18 48 (2.45%) Senior Consultant
18 48 (2.45%) Senior Developer
19 46 (2.35%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 132 (6.73%) Terraform
2 67 (3.42%) REST
3 62 (3.16%) React
4 54 (2.75%) .NET
5 47 (2.40%) Spring
6 34 (1.73%) Kafka
7 33 (1.68%) CSS
8 29 (1.48%) Spring Boot
9 28 (1.43%) HTML
10 26 (1.33%) OAuth
10 26 (1.33%) PySpark
11 25 (1.27%) RESTful
12 24 (1.22%) Node.js
13 23 (1.17%) AngularJS
13 23 (1.17%) Playwright
14 22 (1.12%) SOAP
15 20 (1.02%) .NET Core
15 20 (1.02%) JWT
16 19 (0.97%) JSON
16 19 (0.97%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 146 (7.45%) Cloud Native
2 69 (3.52%) Management Information System
3 61 (3.11%) Self-Motivation
4 57 (2.91%) Product Ownership
5 56 (2.86%) Onboarding
6 44 (2.24%) Security Posture
7 42 (2.14%) Driving Licence
8 35 (1.78%) Enterprise Software
9 33 (1.68%) Data Centre
9 33 (1.68%) Distributed Systems
10 31 (1.58%) Blog
10 31 (1.58%) FPGA
11 29 (1.48%) Legacy Systems
12 26 (1.33%) CMDB
12 26 (1.33%) PKI
13 22 (1.12%) Cyber Threat
14 21 (1.07%) Cyber Defence
15 19 (0.97%) Algorithms
15 19 (0.97%) Embedded Systems
16 18 (0.92%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 139 (7.09%) Linux
2 120 (6.12%) Windows
3 48 (2.45%) Windows Server
4 31 (1.58%) Unix
5 15 (0.76%) Windows 10
6 7 (0.36%) VxWorks
7 6 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (0.20%) Android
8 4 (0.20%) Embedded Linux
8 4 (0.20%) Kali Linux
8 4 (0.20%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.15%) OpenWrt
9 3 (0.15%) Solaris
9 3 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.10%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.10%) CentOS
10 2 (0.10%) FreeRTOS
10 2 (0.10%) macOS
10 2 (0.10%) Rocky
10 2 (0.10%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 548 (27.94%) Agile
2 377 (19.22%) Continuous Improvement
3 325 (16.57%) Problem-Solving
4 310 (15.81%) Mentoring
5 301 (15.35%) Cybersecurity
6 294 (14.99%) CI/CD
7 284 (14.48%) Software Engineering
8 280 (14.28%) AI
9 262 (13.36%) DevOps
10 242 (12.34%) Stakeholder Management
11 236 (12.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 202 (10.30%) Technical Leadership
13 197 (10.05%) Decision-Making
14 191 (9.74%) Analytics
15 176 (8.98%) Coaching
16 154 (7.85%) Infrastructure as Code
17 148 (7.55%) Scrum
18 140 (7.14%) Community of Practice
18 140 (7.14%) ITIL
19 136 (6.94%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 231 (11.78%) Python
2 164 (8.36%) Java
3 154 (7.85%) SQL
4 110 (5.61%) JavaScript
5 72 (3.67%) C#
6 61 (3.11%) C++
7 54 (2.75%) Bash
8 46 (2.35%) PowerShell
9 39 (1.99%) TypeScript
10 35 (1.78%) C
11 25 (1.27%) MATLAB
12 21 (1.07%) Ada
13 17 (0.87%) Go
14 16 (0.82%) Bicep
15 15 (0.76%) Kusto Query Language
15 15 (0.76%) PL/SQL
16 14 (0.71%) Groovy
17 13 (0.66%) DataWeave
18 12 (0.61%) Ruby
18 12 (0.61%) Rust
Qualifications
1 1,547 (78.89%) SC Cleared
2 411 (20.96%) DV Cleared
3 319 (16.27%) Degree
4 230 (11.73%) BPSS Clearance
5 73 (3.72%) CISSP
6 58 (2.96%) Azure Certification
7 55 (2.80%) CISM
8 43 (2.19%) AWS Certification
9 40 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
10 28 (1.43%) Master's Degree
11 24 (1.22%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 23 (1.17%) Cisco Certification
12 23 (1.17%) DBS Check
13 22 (1.12%) Microsoft Certification
14 21 (1.07%) PhD
15 19 (0.97%) TOGAF Certification
16 18 (0.92%) Chartered Engineer
16 18 (0.92%) CRISC
17 17 (0.87%) CHECK Team Member
17 17 (0.87%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 166 (8.47%) Accessibility
2 148 (7.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 94 (4.79%) NIST
4 74 (3.77%) NCSC
5 70 (3.57%) QA
6 58 (2.96%) Data Quality
7 53 (2.70%) GRC
8 48 (2.45%) GDPR
9 30 (1.53%) Cyber Essentials
10 26 (1.33%) PCI DSS
11 25 (1.27%) SLA
12 18 (0.92%) Def Stans
12 18 (0.92%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 17 (0.87%) JSP 440
14 16 (0.82%) WCAG
15 15 (0.76%) Actionable Recommendations
16 12 (0.61%) NIST 800
17 7 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 7 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 42001
18 6 (0.31%) SOC 2
System Software
1 123 (6.27%) Docker
2 88 (4.49%) Active Directory
3 42 (2.14%) Firmware
4 39 (1.99%) VMware Infrastructure
5 27 (1.38%) Hyper-V
6 16 (0.82%) VMware ESXi
7 11 (0.56%) Virtual Machines
8 7 (0.36%) vSphere
9 6 (0.31%) Squid
9 6 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
10 5 (0.25%) Virtual Servers
11 3 (0.15%) VMware NSX
12 2 (0.10%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 1 (0.051%) Embedded Firmware
13 1 (0.051%) IAG
13 1 (0.051%) Oracle RAC
13 1 (0.051%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 134 (6.83%) Kubernetes
2 44 (2.24%) Microsoft Intune
3 38 (1.94%) Ansible
4 32 (1.63%) Grafana
5 19 (0.97%) Prometheus
6 16 (0.82%) Argo
7 13 (0.66%) CloudHub
7 13 (0.66%) Single Sign-On
8 12 (0.61%) Nmap
9 10 (0.51%) Kustomize
10 9 (0.46%) Istio
11 7 (0.36%) FortiGate
11 7 (0.36%) QRadar
11 7 (0.36%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 6 (0.31%) Progress Chef
12 6 (0.31%) SCCM
13 5 (0.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 5 (0.25%) Kibana
13 5 (0.25%) Packer
14 3 (0.15%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 283 (14.43%) Microsoft
2 92 (4.69%) ServiceNow
3 72 (3.67%) Oracle
4 71 (3.62%) SAP
5 58 (2.96%) Google
6 50 (2.55%) VMware
7 37 (1.89%) Cisco
8 29 (1.48%) YouTube
9 28 (1.43%) Salesforce
10 24 (1.22%) Databricks
10 24 (1.22%) Red Hat
11 21 (1.07%) Workday
12 20 (1.02%) MuleSoft
13 19 (0.97%) CyberArk
13 19 (0.97%) OpenAI
14 18 (0.92%) Okta
14 18 (0.92%) Thales
15 16 (0.82%) EMC
15 16 (0.82%) Splunk
16 15 (0.76%) Veeam