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

6 months to
20 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 45 25
Rank change year-on-year +29 -20 +7
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,646 1,005 2,487
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.76% 6.66% 7.64%
As % of the Qualifications category 38.59% 20.11% 28.23%
Number of salaries quoted 1,197 529 1,725
10th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -
75th Percentile £79,727 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.84% +7.83% -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 4,265 4,997 8,811
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 22.69% 33.10% 27.05%
Number of salaries quoted 2,865 2,418 5,893
10th Percentile £33,125 £27,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £48,065 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £56,650
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +5.91% -5.58%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.85% -9.40%

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 May 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 35 (2.13%) SharePoint
2 17 (1.03%) Apache
3 14 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
4 13 (0.79%) Apache Airflow
5 11 (0.67%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.24%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.24%) GeoServer
6 4 (0.24%) Oracle Spatial
7 3 (0.18%) Apache Solr
7 3 (0.18%) Confluence
7 3 (0.18%) Jupyter
7 3 (0.18%) SAS
8 2 (0.12%) Camunda
8 2 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.061%) Appian
9 1 (0.061%) Drupal
9 1 (0.061%) nginx
9 1 (0.061%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.061%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.061%) WordPress
Applications
1 64 (3.89%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (1.15%) Adobe XD
3 13 (0.79%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.30%) InVision
4 5 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (0.30%) Sketch
5 3 (0.18%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.18%) Windchill
6 2 (0.12%) Weka
7 1 (0.061%) CATIA
7 1 (0.061%) EngageOne
7 1 (0.061%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.061%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 28 (1.70%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.36%) Oracle ERP
2 6 (0.36%) SAP ERP
3 4 (0.24%) Primavera
3 4 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (0.24%) SAP FSCM
4 3 (0.18%) Elite 3E
4 3 (0.18%) SAP CO
4 3 (0.18%) SAP FI
4 3 (0.18%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (0.18%) SAP HCM
5 2 (0.12%) SAP Payroll
6 1 (0.061%) Magento
6 1 (0.061%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.061%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.061%) SAP PSCD
6 1 (0.061%) SAP QM
6 1 (0.061%) SAP SCM
6 1 (0.061%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.061%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 308 (18.71%) Azure
2 274 (16.65%) AWS
3 102 (6.20%) Microsoft 365
4 95 (5.77%) GCP
5 59 (3.58%) Entra ID
6 50 (3.04%) Power Platform
7 27 (1.64%) Serverless
8 23 (1.40%) GitHub
9 22 (1.34%) SaaS
10 21 (1.28%) AWS CloudFormation
11 20 (1.22%) Azure DevOps
11 20 (1.22%) Figma
11 20 (1.22%) Google Analytics
12 19 (1.15%) Dynamics 365
13 18 (1.09%) PaaS
13 18 (1.09%) PowerApps
14 17 (1.03%) Azure Sentinel
15 16 (0.97%) Amazon S3
15 16 (0.97%) Power Automate
16 15 (0.91%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 37 (2.25%) Firewall
2 31 (1.88%) Network Security
3 30 (1.82%) WAN
4 25 (1.52%) VPN
5 23 (1.40%) DNS
6 21 (1.28%) LAN
7 19 (1.15%) DHCP
8 18 (1.09%) BGP
9 14 (0.85%) MPLS
10 12 (0.73%) SMTP
10 12 (0.73%) TCP/IP
10 12 (0.73%) Wi-Fi
11 8 (0.49%) HTTP
12 7 (0.43%) Intrusion Detection
12 7 (0.43%) SNMP
13 6 (0.36%) Cisco ASA
13 6 (0.36%) Cisco Firepower
13 6 (0.36%) DMZ
13 6 (0.36%) SD-WAN
13 6 (0.36%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (2.37%) Power BI
2 33 (2.00%) PostgreSQL
3 19 (1.15%) NoSQL
4 18 (1.09%) Metadata
5 15 (0.91%) MongoDB
6 14 (0.85%) SQL Server
7 10 (0.61%) DynamoDB
7 10 (0.61%) Elasticsearch
7 10 (0.61%) Redis
8 9 (0.55%) Data Warehouse
9 7 (0.43%) Amazon Athena
9 7 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
9 7 (0.43%) Big Data
9 7 (0.43%) MySQL
9 7 (0.43%) Relational Database
9 7 (0.43%) SAP HANA
10 6 (0.36%) BigQuery
10 6 (0.36%) Tableau
11 5 (0.30%) Amazon Redshift
12 4 (0.24%) GIS
Development Applications
1 51 (3.10%) Git
2 31 (1.88%) Jenkins
3 24 (1.46%) GitLab
4 15 (0.91%) Axure RP
4 15 (0.91%) JIRA
5 14 (0.85%) Balsamiq
6 12 (0.73%) Selenium
7 8 (0.49%) JUnit
8 6 (0.36%) JMeter
8 6 (0.36%) Maven
9 5 (0.30%) Mockito
10 4 (0.24%) Burp Suite
10 4 (0.24%) Metasploit
10 4 (0.24%) SonarQube
11 3 (0.18%) Babel
11 3 (0.18%) Cypress.io
11 3 (0.18%) MSTest
11 3 (0.18%) Postman
11 3 (0.18%) SoapUI
11 3 (0.18%) webpack
General
1 369 (22.42%) Social Skills
2 350 (21.26%) Public Sector
3 185 (11.24%) Finance
4 167 (10.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 131 (7.96%) Analytical Skills
6 122 (7.41%) Law
7 51 (3.10%) Back Office
7 51 (3.10%) Legal
8 44 (2.67%) Manufacturing
9 39 (2.37%) Telecoms
10 38 (2.31%) Presentation Skills
11 29 (1.76%) Influencing Skills
12 26 (1.58%) Organisational Skills
13 22 (1.34%) Retail
14 21 (1.28%) Aerospace
15 18 (1.09%) Military
16 14 (0.85%) Marketing
17 13 (0.79%) Electronics
18 11 (0.67%) Aviation
19 10 (0.61%) Banking
Job Titles
1 274 (16.65%) Senior
2 208 (12.64%) Architect
3 160 (9.72%) Consultant
4 150 (9.11%) Analyst
5 124 (7.53%) Lead
6 109 (6.62%) Developer
6 109 (6.62%) Systems Engineer
7 101 (6.14%) Software Engineer
8 96 (5.83%) Business Analyst
9 95 (5.77%) Solutions Architect
10 66 (4.01%) Support Engineer
11 58 (3.52%) Cloud Engineer
12 52 (3.16%) Data Engineer
12 52 (3.16%) Senior Manager
12 52 (3.16%) Site Engineer
13 48 (2.92%) Desktop Engineer
13 48 (2.92%) Desktop Support
13 48 (2.92%) Desktop Support Engineer
14 44 (2.67%) Java Developer
15 42 (2.55%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (2.98%) REST
2 38 (2.31%) Spring
3 36 (2.19%) .NET
4 32 (1.94%) React
5 26 (1.58%) SOAP
6 21 (1.28%) CSS
6 21 (1.28%) HTML
6 21 (1.28%) Spring Boot
7 18 (1.09%) Lightning Web Components
7 18 (1.09%) Middleware
8 17 (1.03%) Kafka
9 15 (0.91%) Visualforce
10 14 (0.85%) SAML
11 13 (0.79%) AngularJS
12 12 (0.73%) Playwright
12 12 (0.73%) SAP Fiori
13 11 (0.67%) ASP.NET
13 11 (0.67%) RESTful
14 10 (0.61%) Django
15 9 (0.55%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 78 (4.74%) Cloud Native
2 71 (4.31%) Product Ownership
3 51 (3.10%) Onboarding
3 51 (3.10%) Security Posture
4 39 (2.37%) Data Centre
4 39 (2.37%) Management Information System
5 34 (2.07%) Self-Motivation
6 27 (1.64%) PKI
7 22 (1.34%) Legacy Systems
8 20 (1.22%) Blog
9 18 (1.09%) Driving Licence
9 18 (1.09%) Low-Code
10 16 (0.97%) Security Operations Centre
11 15 (0.91%) Data Structures
12 12 (0.73%) Cyber Threat
13 11 (0.67%) Analytical Mindset
13 11 (0.67%) Cyber Security Posture
13 11 (0.67%) Cyberattack
14 10 (0.61%) Cloud Security Posture
14 10 (0.61%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 117 (7.11%) Windows
2 91 (5.53%) Linux
3 56 (3.40%) Windows 10
4 23 (1.40%) Windows Server
5 20 (1.22%) Unix
6 7 (0.43%) Ubuntu
7 5 (0.30%) Android
7 5 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.18%) CentOS
8 3 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.061%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.061%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.061%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 319 (19.38%) Agile
2 209 (12.70%) Continuous Improvement
3 194 (11.79%) Cybersecurity
4 172 (10.45%) DevOps
5 159 (9.66%) Problem-Solving
6 152 (9.23%) Mentoring
6 152 (9.23%) Software Engineering
7 131 (7.96%) ITIL
8 129 (7.84%) Analytics
9 123 (7.47%) CI/CD
10 119 (7.23%) Community of Practice
11 113 (6.87%) Stakeholder Management
12 108 (6.56%) Technology Strategy
13 103 (6.26%) Collaborative Culture
14 100 (6.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 93 (5.65%) Risk Management
16 85 (5.16%) Infrastructure as Code
17 84 (5.10%) Project Delivery
18 83 (5.04%) AI
18 83 (5.04%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 131 (7.96%) Python
2 126 (7.65%) Java
3 79 (4.80%) SQL
4 73 (4.43%) JavaScript
5 51 (3.10%) C#
6 29 (1.76%) PowerShell
7 26 (1.58%) C++
7 26 (1.58%) TypeScript
8 21 (1.28%) Bash
9 18 (1.09%) Apex Code
10 10 (0.61%) Groovy
11 9 (0.55%) C
11 9 (0.55%) Rust
12 6 (0.36%) Go
12 6 (0.36%) Scala
13 5 (0.30%) PL/SQL
14 4 (0.24%) Ada
14 4 (0.24%) T-SQL
14 4 (0.24%) VBA
15 3 (0.18%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 1,085 (65.92%) SC Cleared
2 311 (18.89%) DV Cleared
3 270 (16.40%) Degree
4 81 (4.92%) BPSS Clearance
5 63 (3.83%) CISSP
6 53 (3.22%) CTC Cleared
7 45 (2.73%) Computer Science Degree
8 40 (2.43%) Microsoft Certification
9 36 (2.19%) CISM
10 24 (1.46%) Azure Certification
11 22 (1.34%) AWS Certification
12 16 (0.97%) Cisco Certification
13 15 (0.91%) CREST Certified
13 15 (0.91%) HNC
14 14 (0.85%) TOGAF Certification
15 12 (0.73%) PMI Certification
16 10 (0.61%) GIAC
17 9 (0.55%) Master's Degree
18 8 (0.49%) CCNA
18 8 (0.49%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (5.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 58 (3.52%) NIST
2 58 (3.52%) SLA
3 53 (3.22%) QA
4 45 (2.73%) Accessibility
5 44 (2.67%) GDPR
6 29 (1.76%) NCSC
7 28 (1.70%) Data Quality
8 27 (1.64%) GRC
9 20 (1.22%) PCI DSS
10 18 (1.09%) WCAG
11 14 (0.85%) JSP 440
12 13 (0.79%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 12 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials
14 10 (0.61%) Actionable Recommendations
15 8 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 7 (0.43%) Government Security Classifications
17 6 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 42001
17 6 (0.36%) PMO
18 5 (0.30%) Def Stans
System Software
1 69 (4.19%) Docker
2 39 (2.37%) Active Directory
3 18 (1.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.67%) VMware NSX
5 8 (0.49%) Firmware
5 8 (0.49%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (0.30%) vSphere
7 4 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.061%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.061%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.061%) IAG
9 1 (0.061%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.061%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.061%) Xen
Systems Management
1 89 (5.41%) Terraform
2 77 (4.68%) Kubernetes
3 55 (3.34%) Ansible
4 18 (1.09%) Microsoft Intune
5 15 (0.91%) Grafana
6 14 (0.85%) Prometheus
7 8 (0.49%) Puppet
8 7 (0.43%) Progress Chef
9 6 (0.36%) Endace
9 6 (0.36%) Packer
10 5 (0.30%) AWS Copilot
10 5 (0.30%) QRadar
11 4 (0.24%) Argo
11 4 (0.24%) Istio
11 4 (0.24%) Kustomize
11 4 (0.24%) Nmap
11 4 (0.24%) SCCM
11 4 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
11 4 (0.24%) vCenter Server
12 3 (0.18%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 197 (11.97%) Microsoft
2 89 (5.41%) Cisco
3 55 (3.34%) Google
4 45 (2.73%) SAP
5 43 (2.61%) Oracle
6 28 (1.70%) VMware
7 27 (1.64%) Salesforce
8 26 (1.58%) ServiceNow
9 20 (1.22%) Red Hat
10 19 (1.15%) Adobe
11 14 (0.85%) Databricks
11 14 (0.85%) MuleSoft
12 13 (0.79%) Splunk
13 12 (0.73%) CyberArk
14 11 (0.67%) Meraki
15 10 (0.61%) Juniper
16 8 (0.49%) F5
16 8 (0.49%) Okta
17 6 (0.36%) Ariba
17 6 (0.36%) CheckPoint