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

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 31 24
Rank change year-on-year +11 -7 -3
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,930 1,195 1,776
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.76% 7.10% 7.95%
As % of the Qualifications category 37.55% 18.70% 28.71%
Number of salaries quoted 1,228 609 1,009
10th Percentile £45,000 £41,816 £40,000
25th Percentile £56,250 £48,750 £48,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,746 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.79% - +2.46%
75th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £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 5,140 6,390 6,185
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.66% 37.97% 27.67%
Number of salaries quoted 3,189 2,279 2,818
10th Percentile £32,770 £31,000 £34,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £45,456
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -0.86%

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 3 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 40 (2.07%) Apache
2 32 (1.66%) Apache Spark
3 25 (1.30%) SharePoint
4 20 (1.04%) Confluence
5 13 (0.67%) Anypoint
5 13 (0.67%) Mule
6 10 (0.52%) Apache Airflow
6 10 (0.52%) Oracle Workflow
7 9 (0.47%) nginx
7 9 (0.47%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 8 (0.41%) Camunda
8 8 (0.41%) Jupyter
9 5 (0.26%) WebLogic
10 4 (0.21%) IIS
11 3 (0.16%) Apache Solr
11 3 (0.16%) ArcGIS
11 3 (0.16%) CMS
11 3 (0.16%) GeoServer
11 3 (0.16%) Microsoft Exchange
11 3 (0.16%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 31 (1.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 29 (1.50%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (1.19%) Simulink
4 17 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 15 (0.78%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.31%) Adobe XD
6 6 (0.31%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.21%) Mathcad
7 4 (0.21%) Windchill
8 2 (0.10%) AutoCAD
8 2 (0.10%) InDesign
8 2 (0.10%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.052%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.052%) EPLAN
9 1 (0.052%) FrameMaker
9 1 (0.052%) Houdini
9 1 (0.052%) NUKE
9 1 (0.052%) Revit
9 1 (0.052%) SOLIDWORKS
9 1 (0.052%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 22 (1.14%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (0.83%) Primavera
3 9 (0.47%) Oracle EBS
4 7 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (0.36%) Workday HCM
5 5 (0.26%) Oracle ERP
5 5 (0.26%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 5 (0.26%) SAP ERP
5 5 (0.26%) SAP PSCD
5 5 (0.26%) Teamcenter
6 4 (0.21%) SAP QM
7 3 (0.16%) SAP PM
7 3 (0.16%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 2 (0.10%) Oracle Applications
8 2 (0.10%) Oracle EBS R12
8 2 (0.10%) SAP MM
8 2 (0.10%) SAP PP
9 1 (0.052%) Maximo
9 1 (0.052%) SAP FI/CO
9 1 (0.052%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 467 (24.20%) Azure
2 435 (22.54%) AWS
3 127 (6.58%) GCP
4 91 (4.72%) Entra ID
4 91 (4.72%) Microsoft 365
5 79 (4.09%) Power Platform
6 48 (2.49%) GitHub
7 43 (2.23%) Serverless
8 41 (2.12%) AWS CloudFormation
9 38 (1.97%) dbt
10 34 (1.76%) Amazon S3
10 34 (1.76%) Azure DevOps
11 31 (1.61%) SaaS
12 25 (1.30%) OpenShift
13 24 (1.24%) AWS Lambda
14 22 (1.14%) Microsoft Purview
15 21 (1.09%) Amazon EC2
15 21 (1.09%) PaaS
16 20 (1.04%) Azure Monitor
16 20 (1.04%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 56 (2.90%) Firewall
2 55 (2.85%) Network Security
3 40 (2.07%) TCP/IP
4 36 (1.87%) DNS
5 20 (1.04%) WAN
6 18 (0.93%) VPN
7 16 (0.83%) DHCP
7 16 (0.83%) SSL
8 14 (0.73%) Wireless
9 13 (0.67%) Wi-Fi
10 12 (0.62%) LAN
11 11 (0.57%) ATM
12 10 (0.52%) BGP
12 10 (0.52%) Ethernet
13 8 (0.41%) OSPF
14 7 (0.36%) Internet
15 6 (0.31%) DMZ
16 5 (0.26%) HTTP
16 5 (0.26%) Unified Communications
16 5 (0.26%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (3.37%) Power BI
2 49 (2.54%) PostgreSQL
3 32 (1.66%) Big Data
4 31 (1.61%) Data Warehouse
5 29 (1.50%) NoSQL
6 23 (1.19%) Relational Database
6 23 (1.19%) SQL Server
7 22 (1.14%) Amazon Athena
7 22 (1.14%) Metadata
8 19 (0.98%) Tableau
9 18 (0.93%) Data Lake
10 14 (0.73%) DynamoDB
10 14 (0.73%) MySQL
11 10 (0.52%) Hadoop
11 10 (0.52%) MongoDB
12 9 (0.47%) Amazon Redshift
13 8 (0.41%) Amazon RDS
14 7 (0.36%) Elasticsearch
14 7 (0.36%) Redis
15 6 (0.31%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 77 (3.99%) Git
2 41 (2.12%) JIRA
3 40 (2.07%) Jenkins
4 38 (1.97%) GitLab
5 27 (1.40%) JUnit
6 24 (1.24%) Rational DOORS
7 18 (0.93%) Mockito
8 16 (0.83%) Selenium
9 12 (0.62%) Maven
10 11 (0.57%) Burp Suite
10 11 (0.57%) Cucumber
10 11 (0.57%) Metasploit
11 9 (0.47%) Cypress.io
11 9 (0.47%) Postman
12 8 (0.41%) Balsamiq
13 7 (0.36%) SonarQube
14 6 (0.31%) Axure RP
14 6 (0.31%) Gatling
14 6 (0.31%) LabVIEW
15 3 (0.16%) TeamCity
General
1 555 (28.76%) Social Skills
2 461 (23.89%) Public Sector
3 386 (20.00%) Finance
4 369 (19.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 239 (12.38%) Analytical Skills
6 197 (10.21%) Aerospace
7 155 (8.03%) Law
8 75 (3.89%) Legal
9 63 (3.26%) Presentation Skills
10 62 (3.21%) Electronics
11 55 (2.85%) Influencing Skills
11 55 (2.85%) Military
11 55 (2.85%) Organisational Skills
12 51 (2.64%) Retail
13 47 (2.44%) Police
14 44 (2.28%) Manufacturing
15 38 (1.97%) Telecoms
16 15 (0.78%) Automotive
16 15 (0.78%) Local Government
17 13 (0.67%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 367 (19.02%) Senior
2 295 (15.28%) Architect
3 198 (10.26%) Consultant
4 171 (8.86%) Software Engineer
5 168 (8.70%) Lead
6 130 (6.74%) Analyst
6 130 (6.74%) Developer
7 107 (5.54%) Solutions Architect
8 100 (5.18%) Data Engineer
9 82 (4.25%) Principal Engineer
10 69 (3.58%) Senior Manager
11 62 (3.21%) Security Consultant
12 59 (3.06%) Cloud Engineer
13 55 (2.85%) DevOps Engineer
14 53 (2.75%) Security Architect
15 48 (2.49%) Java Engineer
16 47 (2.44%) Senior Consultant
17 46 (2.38%) Senior Developer
18 45 (2.33%) Business Analyst
18 45 (2.33%) Principal Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 125 (6.48%) Terraform
2 62 (3.21%) React
2 62 (3.21%) REST
3 46 (2.38%) Spring
4 42 (2.18%) .NET
5 32 (1.66%) CSS
5 32 (1.66%) Kafka
6 26 (1.35%) HTML
7 25 (1.30%) PySpark
7 25 (1.30%) Spring Boot
8 24 (1.24%) OAuth
8 24 (1.24%) Playwright
9 23 (1.19%) AngularJS
10 22 (1.14%) Node.js
10 22 (1.14%) RESTful
10 22 (1.14%) SOAP
11 20 (1.04%) .NET Core
12 19 (0.98%) JWT
13 18 (0.93%) JSON
13 18 (0.93%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 138 (7.15%) Cloud Native
2 70 (3.63%) Management Information System
3 62 (3.21%) Self-Motivation
4 59 (3.06%) Onboarding
4 59 (3.06%) Product Ownership
5 44 (2.28%) Security Posture
6 38 (1.97%) Driving Licence
7 36 (1.87%) Data Centre
8 32 (1.66%) Distributed Systems
9 31 (1.61%) Blog
9 31 (1.61%) FPGA
10 29 (1.50%) Enterprise Software
10 29 (1.50%) Legacy Systems
10 29 (1.50%) PKI
11 26 (1.35%) CMDB
12 24 (1.24%) Cyber Threat
13 21 (1.09%) Cyber Defence
14 20 (1.04%) Algorithms
15 19 (0.98%) Embedded Systems
16 18 (0.93%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 137 (7.10%) Linux
2 117 (6.06%) Windows
3 46 (2.38%) Windows Server
4 31 (1.61%) Unix
5 15 (0.78%) Windows 10
6 7 (0.36%) VxWorks
7 6 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (0.26%) Android
9 4 (0.21%) Embedded Linux
9 4 (0.21%) Kali Linux
10 3 (0.16%) OpenWrt
10 3 (0.16%) Solaris
10 3 (0.16%) Ubuntu
10 3 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.10%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.10%) CentOS
11 2 (0.10%) FreeRTOS
11 2 (0.10%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.10%) Rocky
11 2 (0.10%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 530 (27.46%) Agile
2 369 (19.12%) Continuous Improvement
3 310 (16.06%) Problem-Solving
4 306 (15.85%) Mentoring
5 303 (15.70%) Cybersecurity
6 287 (14.87%) Software Engineering
7 273 (14.15%) CI/CD
8 269 (13.94%) AI
9 241 (12.49%) DevOps
9 241 (12.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 225 (11.66%) Stakeholder Management
11 188 (9.74%) Analytics
12 185 (9.59%) Technical Leadership
13 184 (9.53%) Decision-Making
14 176 (9.12%) Coaching
15 144 (7.46%) Community of Practice
15 144 (7.46%) Infrastructure as Code
15 144 (7.46%) Scrum
16 138 (7.15%) Collaborative Culture
17 133 (6.89%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 228 (11.81%) Python
2 170 (8.81%) Java
3 145 (7.51%) SQL
4 109 (5.65%) JavaScript
5 64 (3.32%) C++
6 61 (3.16%) C#
7 52 (2.69%) Bash
8 44 (2.28%) PowerShell
9 39 (2.02%) TypeScript
10 35 (1.81%) C
11 25 (1.30%) MATLAB
12 21 (1.09%) Ada
13 16 (0.83%) Go
13 16 (0.83%) Kusto Query Language
14 15 (0.78%) PL/SQL
15 14 (0.73%) Groovy
16 13 (0.67%) Bicep
16 13 (0.67%) DataWeave
16 13 (0.67%) Rust
17 12 (0.62%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 1,536 (79.59%) SC Cleared
2 416 (21.55%) DV Cleared
3 325 (16.84%) Degree
4 231 (11.97%) BPSS Clearance
5 74 (3.83%) CISSP
6 56 (2.90%) CISM
7 50 (2.59%) Azure Certification
8 44 (2.28%) Computer Science Degree
9 43 (2.23%) AWS Certification
10 28 (1.45%) Master's Degree
11 23 (1.19%) Cisco Certification
11 23 (1.19%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 23 (1.19%) Microsoft Certification
12 21 (1.09%) DBS Check
13 20 (1.04%) PhD
14 18 (0.93%) Chartered Engineer
14 18 (0.93%) TOGAF Certification
15 17 (0.88%) CRISC
16 16 (0.83%) CHECK Team Member
16 16 (0.83%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 162 (8.39%) Accessibility
2 148 (7.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 94 (4.87%) NIST
4 74 (3.83%) NCSC
5 70 (3.63%) QA
6 55 (2.85%) Data Quality
7 50 (2.59%) GRC
8 48 (2.49%) GDPR
9 27 (1.40%) Cyber Essentials
9 27 (1.40%) PCI DSS
10 25 (1.30%) SLA
11 20 (1.04%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 18 (0.93%) Def Stans
13 17 (0.88%) WCAG
14 16 (0.83%) JSP 440
15 14 (0.73%) Actionable Recommendations
16 11 (0.57%) NIST 800
17 7 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 42001
18 6 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
18 6 (0.31%) PMO
System Software
1 115 (5.96%) Docker
2 83 (4.30%) Active Directory
3 42 (2.18%) Firmware
4 39 (2.02%) VMware Infrastructure
5 24 (1.24%) Hyper-V
6 17 (0.88%) VMware ESXi
7 10 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
8 9 (0.47%) vSphere
9 6 (0.31%) Squid
9 6 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
10 5 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
10 5 (0.26%) VMware NSX
11 2 (0.10%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.052%) Embedded Firmware
12 1 (0.052%) IAG
12 1 (0.052%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.052%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 126 (6.53%) Kubernetes
2 45 (2.33%) Microsoft Intune
3 38 (1.97%) Ansible
4 26 (1.35%) Grafana
5 16 (0.83%) Prometheus
6 13 (0.67%) CloudHub
6 13 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
7 12 (0.62%) Argo
8 11 (0.57%) Nmap
9 7 (0.36%) FortiGate
9 7 (0.36%) Kustomize
9 7 (0.36%) QRadar
10 6 (0.31%) Istio
10 6 (0.31%) Progress Chef
11 5 (0.26%) Packer
11 5 (0.26%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 4 (0.21%) Kibana
13 3 (0.16%) Oracle RMAN
13 3 (0.16%) SCCM
13 3 (0.16%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 272 (14.09%) Microsoft
2 90 (4.66%) ServiceNow
3 67 (3.47%) Oracle
3 67 (3.47%) SAP
4 58 (3.01%) Google
5 51 (2.64%) VMware
6 34 (1.76%) Cisco
7 28 (1.45%) Salesforce
8 26 (1.35%) YouTube
9 24 (1.24%) Databricks
10 21 (1.09%) Workday
11 20 (1.04%) Red Hat
12 18 (0.93%) CyberArk
12 18 (0.93%) OpenAI
13 17 (0.88%) MuleSoft
13 17 (0.88%) Okta
13 17 (0.88%) Splunk
14 16 (0.83%) Thales
15 15 (0.78%) Veeam
16 14 (0.73%) EMC