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

6 months to
4 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 45 25
Rank change year-on-year +29 -20 +3
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,564 761 2,544
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 9.25% 5.91% 8.09%
As % of the Qualifications category 37.92% 20.48% 30.79%
Number of salaries quoted 1,097 557 1,743
10th Percentile £47,300 £46,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -
75th Percentile £79,727 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £93,000 £86,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £61,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +5.69% +6.96% -

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 4,124 3,716 8,263
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 24.39% 28.87% 26.27%
Number of salaries quoted 2,736 2,472 5,973
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,670 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.29% +4.85% -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 4 April 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 36 (2.30%) SharePoint
2 16 (1.02%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (0.83%) Apache Airflow
4 12 (0.77%) Apache
5 6 (0.38%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.26%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.26%) Confluence
6 4 (0.26%) GeoServer
6 4 (0.26%) Oracle Spatial
7 3 (0.19%) Camunda
7 3 (0.19%) SAS
7 3 (0.19%) Tomcat
7 3 (0.19%) WebLogic
7 3 (0.19%) WebLogic Portal
8 2 (0.13%) Palantir Foundry
8 2 (0.13%) WordPress
9 1 (0.064%) Drupal
9 1 (0.064%) NetWeaver
9 1 (0.064%) nginx
9 1 (0.064%) OpenStack
Applications
1 78 (4.99%) Microsoft Office
2 28 (1.79%) Adobe XD
3 12 (0.77%) Microsoft Excel
4 7 (0.45%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.32%) InVision
5 5 (0.32%) Sketch
6 2 (0.13%) Weka
7 1 (0.064%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.064%) CATIA
7 1 (0.064%) EngageOne
7 1 (0.064%) EPLAN
7 1 (0.064%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.064%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.064%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 25 (1.60%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.38%) Oracle ERP
4 4 (0.26%) Primavera
4 4 (0.26%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.26%) SAP CO
4 4 (0.26%) SAP FI
4 4 (0.26%) SAP FI/CO
4 4 (0.26%) SAP FSCM
5 3 (0.19%) Elite 3E
5 3 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.19%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.19%) SAP HCM
6 2 (0.13%) SAP Payroll
6 2 (0.13%) SAP PP
6 2 (0.13%) SAP SCM
7 1 (0.064%) Magento
7 1 (0.064%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.064%) SAP PSCD
7 1 (0.064%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 267 (17.07%) Azure
2 228 (14.58%) AWS
3 114 (7.29%) Microsoft 365
4 83 (5.31%) GCP
5 51 (3.26%) Entra ID
6 50 (3.20%) Power Platform
7 37 (2.37%) AWS CloudFormation
8 29 (1.85%) Figma
9 26 (1.66%) PowerApps
10 24 (1.53%) Dynamics 365
11 23 (1.47%) Azure DevOps
11 23 (1.47%) Power Automate
11 23 (1.47%) Serverless
12 21 (1.34%) Amazon ECS
12 21 (1.34%) Amazon EKS
13 20 (1.28%) GitHub
14 19 (1.21%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 19 (1.21%) Salesforce Service Cloud
15 17 (1.09%) Google Analytics
16 16 (1.02%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 40 (2.56%) Firewall
2 25 (1.60%) VPN
2 25 (1.60%) WAN
3 23 (1.47%) Network Security
4 20 (1.28%) DNS
4 20 (1.28%) TCP/IP
5 19 (1.21%) LAN
6 17 (1.09%) DHCP
7 14 (0.90%) BGP
7 14 (0.90%) Wi-Fi
8 11 (0.70%) MPLS
9 10 (0.64%) SMTP
10 8 (0.51%) HTTP
11 7 (0.45%) Intrusion Detection
11 7 (0.45%) SNMP
12 6 (0.38%) Cisco ASA
12 6 (0.38%) Cisco Firepower
12 6 (0.38%) DMZ
12 6 (0.38%) VoIP
13 5 (0.32%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (2.56%) PostgreSQL
1 40 (2.56%) Power BI
2 24 (1.53%) NoSQL
3 19 (1.21%) MongoDB
4 17 (1.09%) Amazon RDS
4 17 (1.09%) Metadata
5 16 (1.02%) SQL Server
6 15 (0.96%) Elasticsearch
7 14 (0.90%) Redis
8 12 (0.77%) MySQL
9 11 (0.70%) Relational Database
10 9 (0.58%) DynamoDB
10 9 (0.58%) Tableau
11 8 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
11 8 (0.51%) SAP HANA
12 6 (0.38%) BigQuery
12 6 (0.38%) Oracle Database
13 5 (0.32%) Amazon Redshift
14 4 (0.26%) QGIS
14 4 (0.26%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 50 (3.20%) Git
2 34 (2.17%) Jenkins
3 26 (1.66%) Balsamiq
4 24 (1.53%) Axure RP
5 23 (1.47%) GitLab
6 17 (1.09%) JIRA
7 10 (0.64%) Selenium
8 8 (0.51%) SonarQube
9 7 (0.45%) Burp Suite
9 7 (0.45%) JMeter
9 7 (0.45%) Metasploit
10 6 (0.38%) Babel
10 6 (0.38%) webpack
11 5 (0.32%) Cypress.io
11 5 (0.32%) Robot Framework
12 4 (0.26%) WebDriver
13 3 (0.19%) JUnit
13 3 (0.19%) Maven
13 3 (0.19%) Oracle APEX
13 3 (0.19%) Oracle Forms
General
1 388 (24.81%) Social Skills
2 327 (20.91%) Public Sector
3 184 (11.76%) Finance
4 157 (10.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 142 (9.08%) Analytical Skills
6 119 (7.61%) Law
7 67 (4.28%) Manufacturing
8 63 (4.03%) Back Office
9 58 (3.71%) Telecoms
10 46 (2.94%) Legal
11 37 (2.37%) Electronics
12 35 (2.24%) Marketing
13 31 (1.98%) Presentation Skills
14 28 (1.79%) Military
15 27 (1.73%) Retail
16 22 (1.41%) Influencing Skills
17 17 (1.09%) Aerospace
17 17 (1.09%) Organisational Skills
18 10 (0.64%) Banking
19 7 (0.45%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 250 (15.98%) Senior
2 163 (10.42%) Architect
3 147 (9.40%) Analyst
4 143 (9.14%) Consultant
5 140 (8.95%) Systems Engineer
6 111 (7.10%) Lead
7 99 (6.33%) Business Analyst
7 99 (6.33%) Developer
8 82 (5.24%) Software Engineer
9 78 (4.99%) Support Engineer
10 64 (4.09%) Site Engineer
11 60 (3.84%) Desktop Engineer
11 60 (3.84%) Desktop Support
11 60 (3.84%) Desktop Support Engineer
12 58 (3.71%) Solutions Architect
13 47 (3.01%) Data Engineer
14 46 (2.94%) Senior Manager
15 42 (2.69%) Security Consultant
16 41 (2.62%) Senior Consultant
17 39 (2.49%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (2.75%) .NET
2 40 (2.56%) React
2 40 (2.56%) REST
3 33 (2.11%) CSS
3 33 (2.11%) HTML
4 31 (1.98%) Spring
5 23 (1.47%) Django
5 23 (1.47%) Lightning Web Components
5 23 (1.47%) SOAP
6 22 (1.41%) Middleware
7 19 (1.21%) Kafka
7 19 (1.21%) Visualforce
8 18 (1.15%) Spring Boot
9 16 (1.02%) AngularJS
9 16 (1.02%) Node.js
10 14 (0.90%) SAML
10 14 (0.90%) SAP CAF
11 13 (0.83%) ASP.NET
11 13 (0.83%) HTML5 Canvas
12 11 (0.70%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 76 (4.86%) Product Ownership
2 64 (4.09%) Cloud Native
3 51 (3.26%) Security Posture
4 40 (2.56%) Onboarding
5 38 (2.43%) Data Centre
6 35 (2.24%) Management Information System
7 32 (2.05%) Self-Motivation
8 22 (1.41%) Legacy Systems
9 21 (1.34%) PKI
10 19 (1.21%) Blog
11 17 (1.09%) Driving Licence
12 15 (0.96%) Low-Code
13 14 (0.90%) Security Operations Centre
14 13 (0.83%) Distributed Systems
15 12 (0.77%) Cyber Threat
15 12 (0.77%) Data Structures
16 11 (0.70%) Analytical Mindset
16 11 (0.70%) Cyber Security Posture
16 11 (0.70%) Enterprise Software
17 10 (0.64%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 129 (8.25%) Windows
2 104 (6.65%) Linux
3 67 (4.28%) Windows 10
4 31 (1.98%) Unix
5 21 (1.34%) Windows Server
6 10 (0.64%) Ubuntu
7 7 (0.45%) CentOS
8 6 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.13%) Android
11 1 (0.064%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.064%) Embedded Linux
11 1 (0.064%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 311 (19.88%) Agile
2 198 (12.66%) Continuous Improvement
3 180 (11.51%) Cybersecurity
3 180 (11.51%) Problem-Solving
4 163 (10.42%) DevOps
5 142 (9.08%) Software Engineering
6 139 (8.89%) Analytics
7 126 (8.06%) Mentoring
8 124 (7.93%) ITIL
9 116 (7.42%) Community of Practice
10 111 (7.10%) CI/CD
11 104 (6.65%) Technology Strategy
12 97 (6.20%) Collaborative Culture
13 92 (5.88%) Stakeholder Management
14 79 (5.05%) Project Delivery
14 79 (5.05%) Risk Management
15 78 (4.99%) Infrastructure as Code
16 77 (4.92%) Validation
17 73 (4.67%) Business Intelligence
17 73 (4.67%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 136 (8.70%) Python
2 112 (7.16%) Java
3 87 (5.56%) JavaScript
4 70 (4.48%) SQL
5 62 (3.96%) C#
6 32 (2.05%) PowerShell
7 27 (1.73%) TypeScript
8 23 (1.47%) Apex Code
9 22 (1.41%) Bash
10 20 (1.28%) C++
11 11 (0.70%) C
12 10 (0.64%) Go
13 9 (0.58%) Ada
14 7 (0.45%) Groovy
14 7 (0.45%) Rust
15 6 (0.38%) ABAP
15 6 (0.38%) Bicep
15 6 (0.38%) PL/SQL
15 6 (0.38%) Scala
16 4 (0.26%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 946 (60.49%) SC Cleared
2 309 (19.76%) Degree
3 277 (17.71%) DV Cleared
4 75 (4.80%) CISSP
5 66 (4.22%) CTC Cleared
6 57 (3.64%) BPSS Clearance
7 52 (3.32%) Computer Science Degree
8 47 (3.01%) Microsoft Certification
9 44 (2.81%) CISM
10 26 (1.66%) Azure Certification
11 24 (1.53%) Cisco Certification
12 19 (1.21%) AWS Certification
12 19 (1.21%) CREST Certified
13 15 (0.96%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 13 (0.83%) HNC
14 13 (0.83%) Master's Degree
14 13 (0.83%) TOGAF Certification
15 12 (0.77%) GIAC
15 12 (0.77%) OSCP
16 11 (0.70%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (6.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 69 (4.41%) SLA
3 64 (4.09%) NIST
4 52 (3.32%) Accessibility
5 50 (3.20%) GDPR
6 45 (2.88%) QA
7 39 (2.49%) GRC
8 26 (1.66%) Data Quality
8 26 (1.66%) WCAG
9 19 (1.21%) NCSC
9 19 (1.21%) PCI DSS
10 13 (0.83%) JSP 440
11 12 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials
12 9 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 8 (0.51%) Actionable Recommendations
13 8 (0.51%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 7 (0.45%) Government Security Classifications
14 7 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 7 (0.45%) PMO
15 3 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 17025
System Software
1 81 (5.18%) Docker
2 35 (2.24%) Active Directory
3 13 (0.83%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (0.64%) VMware NSX
5 7 (0.45%) Firmware
6 6 (0.38%) Hyper-V
7 5 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.19%) vSphere
9 2 (0.13%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 2 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.064%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 1 (0.064%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.064%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.064%) vCloud
10 1 (0.064%) Xen
Systems Management
1 90 (5.75%) Terraform
2 76 (4.86%) Kubernetes
3 55 (3.52%) Ansible
4 19 (1.21%) Grafana
5 15 (0.96%) Prometheus
6 12 (0.77%) Microsoft Intune
7 9 (0.58%) Puppet
8 7 (0.45%) Nmap
9 6 (0.38%) Endace
9 6 (0.38%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 5 (0.32%) AWS Copilot
10 5 (0.32%) Kibana
11 4 (0.26%) Progress Chef
11 4 (0.26%) SCCM
11 4 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
11 4 (0.26%) WSUS
11 4 (0.26%) ZABBIX
12 3 (0.19%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
12 3 (0.19%) Nagios
12 3 (0.19%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 181 (11.57%) Microsoft
2 105 (6.71%) Cisco
3 65 (4.16%) Google
4 63 (4.03%) SAP
5 45 (2.88%) Salesforce
6 40 (2.56%) Oracle
7 28 (1.79%) Adobe
8 24 (1.53%) VMware
9 19 (1.21%) ServiceNow
10 18 (1.15%) MuleSoft
11 17 (1.09%) Red Hat
11 17 (1.09%) Splunk
12 11 (0.70%) CyberArk
12 11 (0.70%) Databricks
13 9 (0.58%) Juniper
13 9 (0.58%) Meraki
14 8 (0.51%) F5
14 8 (0.51%) Okta
15 6 (0.38%) CheckPoint
15 6 (0.38%) Dell