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 15 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 30 21
Rank change year-on-year +6 -9 +20
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,165 1,378 1,947
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.64% 7.79% 9.72%
As % of the Qualifications category 22.90% 28.54% 34.77%
Number of salaries quoted 732 840 1,321
10th Percentile £43,875 £41,250 £38,856
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £78,790 £79,600 £74,923
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,325 £86,250
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -

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 5,087 4,829 5,599
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 33.34% 27.31% 27.96%
Number of salaries quoted 2,442 2,536 4,122
10th Percentile £30,165 £35,000 £35,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £46,050
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £75,781
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,230 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.55% +1.27% -

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 15 December 2025.

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 26 (2.23%) SharePoint
2 9 (0.77%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.60%) Confluence
4 5 (0.43%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (0.43%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.34%) ArcGIS
5 4 (0.34%) GeoServer
5 4 (0.34%) Oracle Spatial
6 3 (0.26%) Tomcat
6 3 (0.26%) WebLogic
6 3 (0.26%) WebLogic Portal
6 3 (0.26%) WordPress
7 2 (0.17%) Apache
7 2 (0.17%) Camunda
8 1 (0.086%) IIS
Applications
1 40 (3.43%) Microsoft Office
2 25 (2.15%) Adobe XD
3 16 (1.37%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.26%) AutoCAD
5 3 (0.26%) Simulink
6 1 (0.086%) EPLAN
6 1 (0.086%) InVision
6 1 (0.086%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.086%) Oracle Smart View
6 1 (0.086%) Revit
6 1 (0.086%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 34 (2.92%) SAP S/4HANA
2 25 (2.15%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 17 (1.46%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (0.60%) SAP PP
5 6 (0.52%) SAP SCM
6 4 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.34%) Primavera
6 4 (0.34%) SAP CO
6 4 (0.34%) SAP FI
6 4 (0.34%) SAP FI/CO
7 3 (0.26%) SAP PM
8 2 (0.17%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.17%) Remedy ITSM
8 2 (0.17%) SAP APO
8 2 (0.17%) SAP BPC
8 2 (0.17%) SAP EWM
8 2 (0.17%) SAP IBP
8 2 (0.17%) SAP MM
8 2 (0.17%) SAP QM
9 1 (0.086%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 211 (18.11%) Azure
2 176 (15.11%) AWS
3 76 (6.52%) Microsoft 365
4 48 (4.12%) Power Platform
5 43 (3.69%) GCP
6 36 (3.09%) AWS CloudFormation
7 34 (2.92%) Azure DevOps
8 29 (2.49%) PowerApps
9 28 (2.40%) Entra ID
10 27 (2.32%) Figma
11 26 (2.23%) GitHub
11 26 (2.23%) Serverless
12 25 (2.15%) Amazon EKS
12 25 (2.15%) Dynamics 365
12 25 (2.15%) Power Automate
13 24 (2.06%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 23 (1.97%) Amazon ECS
15 19 (1.63%) AWS Lambda
16 18 (1.55%) GitHub Actions
17 16 (1.37%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 39 (3.35%) Network Security
2 38 (3.26%) Firewall
3 27 (2.32%) VPN
4 19 (1.63%) Wireless
5 18 (1.55%) TCP/IP
6 17 (1.46%) Software-Defined Radio
7 15 (1.29%) LAN
8 12 (1.03%) WAN
9 10 (0.86%) DNS
9 10 (0.86%) Ethernet
10 8 (0.69%) BGP
10 8 (0.69%) Wi-Fi
11 7 (0.60%) IPsec
11 7 (0.60%) MPLS
11 7 (0.60%) SAN
11 7 (0.60%) SD-WAN
12 5 (0.43%) Cisco Firepower
12 5 (0.43%) Junos
12 5 (0.43%) Wireshark
13 4 (0.34%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (3.09%) PostgreSQL
2 34 (2.92%) Power BI
3 18 (1.55%) NoSQL
4 16 (1.37%) Amazon RDS
5 15 (1.29%) MongoDB
6 14 (1.20%) MySQL
7 13 (1.12%) SQL Server
8 11 (0.94%) Relational Database
9 10 (0.86%) Elasticsearch
10 9 (0.77%) Metadata
11 8 (0.69%) Redis
11 8 (0.69%) Tableau
12 6 (0.52%) Data Warehouse
12 6 (0.52%) GIS
12 6 (0.52%) SAP HANA
13 5 (0.43%) Big Data
14 4 (0.34%) Amazon Redshift
14 4 (0.34%) Oracle Reports
14 4 (0.34%) QGIS
14 4 (0.34%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 30 (2.58%) Git
1 30 (2.58%) Jenkins
2 27 (2.32%) Balsamiq
3 25 (2.15%) Axure RP
4 18 (1.55%) JIRA
5 14 (1.20%) Selenium
6 12 (1.03%) GitLab
7 11 (0.94%) Cypress.io
8 9 (0.77%) WebDriver
9 6 (0.52%) Babel
9 6 (0.52%) webpack
10 5 (0.43%) TeamCity
11 4 (0.34%) Burp Suite
11 4 (0.34%) Metasploit
11 4 (0.34%) MLflow
11 4 (0.34%) Robot Framework
11 4 (0.34%) SonarQube
12 3 (0.26%) Oracle APEX
12 3 (0.26%) Oracle Forms
12 3 (0.26%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 287 (24.64%) Social Skills
2 257 (22.06%) Public Sector
3 225 (19.31%) Finance
4 177 (15.19%) Analytical Skills
5 102 (8.76%) Manufacturing
6 98 (8.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 97 (8.33%) Law
8 89 (7.64%) Electronics
9 83 (7.12%) Telecoms
10 77 (6.61%) Marketing
11 27 (2.32%) Aerospace
11 27 (2.32%) Military
11 27 (2.32%) Presentation Skills
12 23 (1.97%) Back Office
13 17 (1.46%) Organisational Skills
14 14 (1.20%) Retail
15 11 (0.94%) Documentation Skills
15 11 (0.94%) Legal
16 8 (0.69%) Aviation
17 7 (0.60%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 141 (12.10%) Senior
2 138 (11.85%) Systems Engineer
3 134 (11.50%) Consultant
4 117 (10.04%) Architect
5 92 (7.90%) Analyst
6 86 (7.38%) Developer
7 78 (6.70%) Lead
8 61 (5.24%) Software Engineer
9 60 (5.15%) Security Consultant
10 47 (4.03%) Business Analyst
11 46 (3.95%) Administrator
12 37 (3.18%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 37 (3.18%) Solutions Architect
12 37 (3.18%) Support Engineer
13 35 (3.00%) Designer
13 35 (3.00%) Systems Administrator
14 30 (2.58%) Senior Developer
15 29 (2.49%) Cybersecurity Consultant
16 27 (2.32%) Cloud Engineer
16 27 (2.32%) Embedded Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (4.03%) React
2 32 (2.75%) .NET
3 27 (2.32%) OLE
4 26 (2.23%) HTML
5 25 (2.15%) CSS
6 24 (2.06%) Node.js
6 24 (2.06%) SAP CAF
7 21 (1.80%) Spring
8 19 (1.63%) Django
9 18 (1.55%) Spring Boot
10 16 (1.37%) SAP Fiori
11 15 (1.29%) HTML5 Canvas
12 14 (1.20%) REST
13 13 (1.12%) AngularJS
14 11 (0.94%) Kafka
14 11 (0.94%) Web Services
15 10 (0.86%) Lightning Web Components
16 9 (0.77%) .NET Core
16 9 (0.77%) Middleware
16 9 (0.77%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 104 (8.93%) e-Learning
2 57 (4.89%) Cloud Native
3 46 (3.95%) Product Ownership
4 42 (3.61%) Self-Motivation
5 38 (3.26%) Analytical Mindset
6 37 (3.18%) Data Centre
7 23 (1.97%) Onboarding
8 22 (1.89%) Management Information System
8 22 (1.89%) Security Posture
9 17 (1.46%) Embedded Systems
10 16 (1.37%) Algorithms
10 16 (1.37%) Driving Licence
10 16 (1.37%) Hybrid Cloud
10 16 (1.37%) MicroBlaze
10 16 (1.37%) RISC-V
11 12 (1.03%) Private Cloud
12 11 (0.94%) Distributed Systems
12 11 (0.94%) PKI
12 11 (0.94%) Virtual Team
13 8 (0.69%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 134 (11.50%) Linux
2 82 (7.04%) Windows
3 46 (3.95%) Unix
4 24 (2.06%) Windows 10
5 19 (1.63%) Windows Server
6 16 (1.37%) Embedded Linux
7 9 (0.77%) Ubuntu
8 8 (0.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 6 (0.52%) Rocky
9 6 (0.52%) Windows Server 2019
10 5 (0.43%) CentOS
10 5 (0.43%) Debian
10 5 (0.43%) Mac OS X
10 5 (0.43%) Solaris
11 3 (0.26%) VMS
12 1 (0.086%) Kali Linux
12 1 (0.086%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.086%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 249 (21.37%) Agile
2 190 (16.31%) Problem-Solving
3 152 (13.05%) Software Engineering
4 141 (12.10%) Cybersecurity
5 132 (11.33%) Innovative Thinking
6 126 (10.82%) DevOps
7 116 (9.96%) Continuous Improvement
8 111 (9.53%) Business Intelligence
9 107 (9.18%) CI/CD
10 93 (7.98%) Analytics
10 93 (7.98%) Mentoring
11 79 (6.78%) Computer Science
12 78 (6.70%) Community of Practice
13 77 (6.61%) Collaborative Culture
14 73 (6.27%) Technology Strategy
15 71 (6.09%) Digital Marketing
16 70 (6.01%) AI
17 69 (5.92%) Programme Management
17 69 (5.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 67 (5.75%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 135 (11.59%) Python
2 85 (7.30%) JavaScript
3 80 (6.87%) Java
4 51 (4.38%) SQL
5 45 (3.86%) C#
6 38 (3.26%) PowerShell
7 37 (3.18%) C
8 36 (3.09%) C++
9 34 (2.92%) Bash
10 29 (2.49%) TypeScript
11 22 (1.89%) Bicep
12 13 (1.12%) Go
13 11 (0.94%) MATLAB
14 10 (0.86%) Apex Code
15 9 (0.77%) Ada
16 8 (0.69%) ABAP
17 7 (0.60%) Scala
18 6 (0.52%) PL/SQL
18 6 (0.52%) VBA
19 5 (0.43%) Korn
Qualifications
1 740 (63.52%) SC Cleared
2 273 (23.43%) Degree
3 241 (20.69%) DV Cleared
4 75 (6.44%) BPSS Clearance
4 75 (6.44%) CISSP
5 63 (5.41%) Cisco Certification
6 58 (4.98%) Computer Science Degree
7 46 (3.95%) CISM
8 45 (3.86%) CCNP
9 43 (3.69%) Azure Certification
9 43 (3.69%) Microsoft Certification
10 38 (3.26%) CCNA
11 33 (2.83%) CompTIA Security+
12 32 (2.75%) CEH
13 31 (2.66%) AWS Certification
14 29 (2.49%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 23 (1.97%) CTC Cleared
16 20 (1.72%) SAP Certification
17 17 (1.46%) Master's Degree
18 10 (0.86%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (8.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 83 (7.12%) NIST
3 53 (4.55%) Accessibility
4 42 (3.61%) GRC
5 40 (3.43%) QA
6 31 (2.66%) GDPR
6 31 (2.66%) PCI DSS
7 30 (2.58%) SLA
8 27 (2.32%) WCAG
9 13 (1.12%) Data Quality
10 11 (0.94%) JSP 440
11 9 (0.77%) NCSC
12 7 (0.60%) ISO 9001
13 6 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 5 (0.43%) NIST 800
15 3 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
15 3 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
15 3 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 3 (0.26%) ISO 14001
15 3 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 60 (5.15%) Docker
2 31 (2.66%) Firmware
3 29 (2.49%) Active Directory
4 28 (2.40%) VMware Infrastructure
5 16 (1.37%) Embedded Firmware
6 14 (1.20%) Hyper-V
7 13 (1.12%) Virtual Machines
8 6 (0.52%) vSphere
9 4 (0.34%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.17%) IAG
10 2 (0.17%) pfSense
11 1 (0.086%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.086%) vCloud
11 1 (0.086%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 77 (6.61%) Kubernetes
2 70 (6.01%) Terraform
3 41 (3.52%) Ansible
4 29 (2.49%) Grafana
5 7 (0.60%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.52%) SCOM
7 5 (0.43%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (0.34%) Kibana
8 4 (0.34%) Nmap
9 3 (0.26%) Argo
9 3 (0.26%) Docker Swarm
9 3 (0.26%) Endace
9 3 (0.26%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.26%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 3 (0.26%) SCCM
9 3 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.17%) Nagios
10 2 (0.17%) Nessus
10 2 (0.17%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 127 (10.90%) Microsoft
2 118 (10.13%) SAP
3 87 (7.47%) Cisco
4 40 (3.43%) Google
5 36 (3.09%) Salesforce
6 35 (3.00%) VMware
7 25 (2.15%) Adobe
7 25 (2.15%) Sparx
8 19 (1.63%) Oracle
9 18 (1.55%) Red Hat
10 17 (1.46%) ServiceNow
11 12 (1.03%) Juniper
12 11 (0.94%) Splunk
13 8 (0.69%) Dell
14 7 (0.60%) Databricks
14 7 (0.60%) MuleSoft
15 6 (0.52%) F5
15 6 (0.52%) Fortinet
16 5 (0.43%) CheckPoint
16 5 (0.43%) NetApp