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

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 32 21
Rank change year-on-year +13 -11 +16
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,278 1,243 1,999
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.52% 7.53% 9.21%
As % of the Qualifications category 25.79% 26.54% 34.18%
Number of salaries quoted 838 739 1,333
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £38,734
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £74,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £88,750
UK median annual salary £62,500 £61,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +2.46% +6.09% -

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 4,956 4,683 5,848
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 33.05% 28.38% 26.95%
Number of salaries quoted 2,468 2,402 4,210
10th Percentile £30,500 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,754 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.84% +4.67% -1.67%
75th Percentile £78,500 £76,438 £75,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £90,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,498 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.56% +3.47% -

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 11 January 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 25 (1.96%) SharePoint
2 10 (0.78%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (0.63%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (0.47%) Confluence
5 5 (0.39%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.31%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.31%) GeoServer
6 4 (0.31%) Oracle Spatial
7 3 (0.23%) Apache
7 3 (0.23%) Tomcat
7 3 (0.23%) WebLogic
7 3 (0.23%) WebLogic Portal
7 3 (0.23%) WordPress
8 2 (0.16%) Camunda
9 1 (0.078%) IIS
Applications
1 49 (3.83%) Microsoft Office
2 29 (2.27%) Adobe XD
3 15 (1.17%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.39%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.23%) AutoCAD
6 3 (0.23%) InVision
6 3 (0.23%) Simulink
6 3 (0.23%) Sketch
7 1 (0.078%) EPLAN
7 1 (0.078%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.078%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.078%) Revit
Business Applications
1 25 (1.96%) SAP S/4HANA
2 19 (1.49%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 17 (1.33%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.31%) Primavera
4 4 (0.31%) SAP CO
4 4 (0.31%) SAP FI
4 4 (0.31%) SAP FI/CO
4 4 (0.31%) SAP PP
5 3 (0.23%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.23%) SAP PM
6 2 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.16%) SAP SCM
7 1 (0.078%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.078%) Q-Pulse
7 1 (0.078%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.078%) SAP HCM
7 1 (0.078%) SAP HR
7 1 (0.078%) SAP IBP
7 1 (0.078%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 201 (15.73%) Azure
2 174 (13.62%) AWS
3 85 (6.65%) Microsoft 365
4 49 (3.83%) Power Platform
5 44 (3.44%) GCP
6 36 (2.82%) AWS CloudFormation
7 31 (2.43%) Figma
7 31 (2.43%) PowerApps
8 30 (2.35%) Azure DevOps
9 26 (2.03%) Dynamics 365
9 26 (2.03%) Power Automate
10 25 (1.96%) Amazon EKS
10 25 (1.96%) GitHub
10 25 (1.96%) Serverless
11 23 (1.80%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 23 (1.80%) Entra ID
12 21 (1.64%) Amazon ECS
13 19 (1.49%) Amazon S3
13 19 (1.49%) AWS Lambda
14 16 (1.25%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 40 (3.13%) Firewall
2 31 (2.43%) Network Security
3 27 (2.11%) VPN
4 16 (1.25%) TCP/IP
5 15 (1.17%) LAN
6 13 (1.02%) Wireless
7 12 (0.94%) Software-Defined Radio
8 11 (0.86%) DNS
8 11 (0.86%) WAN
9 10 (0.78%) BGP
10 8 (0.63%) Ethernet
10 8 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
11 7 (0.55%) IPsec
11 7 (0.55%) MPLS
12 6 (0.47%) DMZ
12 6 (0.47%) SAN
13 5 (0.39%) SD-WAN
13 5 (0.39%) VoIP
14 4 (0.31%) Cisco IOS
14 4 (0.31%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (2.82%) Power BI
2 31 (2.43%) PostgreSQL
3 19 (1.49%) NoSQL
4 17 (1.33%) SQL Server
5 16 (1.25%) Amazon RDS
5 16 (1.25%) Metadata
6 13 (1.02%) Relational Database
7 12 (0.94%) MongoDB
7 12 (0.94%) MySQL
8 10 (0.78%) Elasticsearch
9 8 (0.63%) Redis
9 8 (0.63%) Tableau
10 6 (0.47%) GIS
11 5 (0.39%) Big Data
11 5 (0.39%) BigQuery
11 5 (0.39%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (0.39%) SAP HANA
12 4 (0.31%) Amazon Redshift
12 4 (0.31%) DynamoDB
12 4 (0.31%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 31 (2.43%) Jenkins
2 29 (2.27%) Balsamiq
3 27 (2.11%) Axure RP
4 26 (2.03%) Git
5 16 (1.25%) JIRA
6 14 (1.10%) Selenium
7 13 (1.02%) GitLab
8 11 (0.86%) Cypress.io
9 9 (0.70%) WebDriver
10 7 (0.55%) Burp Suite
10 7 (0.55%) Metasploit
11 4 (0.31%) Babel
11 4 (0.31%) MLflow
11 4 (0.31%) Robot Framework
11 4 (0.31%) SonarQube
11 4 (0.31%) webpack
12 3 (0.23%) JMeter
12 3 (0.23%) Oracle APEX
12 3 (0.23%) Rational Rhapsody
12 3 (0.23%) TeamCity
General
1 288 (22.54%) Social Skills
2 271 (21.21%) Public Sector
3 192 (15.02%) Finance
4 158 (12.36%) Analytical Skills
5 102 (7.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 99 (7.75%) Law
7 92 (7.20%) Manufacturing
8 69 (5.40%) Electronics
9 68 (5.32%) Telecoms
10 64 (5.01%) Marketing
11 31 (2.43%) Back Office
12 29 (2.27%) Military
13 25 (1.96%) Presentation Skills
14 24 (1.88%) Aerospace
15 19 (1.49%) Retail
16 18 (1.41%) Organisational Skills
17 13 (1.02%) Influencing Skills
18 10 (0.78%) Legal
19 9 (0.70%) Documentation Skills
20 8 (0.63%) Games
Job Titles
1 165 (12.91%) Systems Engineer
2 158 (12.36%) Senior
3 124 (9.70%) Analyst
3 124 (9.70%) Consultant
4 120 (9.39%) Architect
5 79 (6.18%) Business Analyst
5 79 (6.18%) Lead
6 75 (5.87%) Developer
7 68 (5.32%) Software Engineer
8 47 (3.68%) Security Consultant
9 44 (3.44%) Support Engineer
10 39 (3.05%) Administrator
11 38 (2.97%) Designer
12 36 (2.82%) Solutions Architect
13 32 (2.50%) Cloud Engineer
13 32 (2.50%) Site Engineer
14 30 (2.35%) Data Engineer
14 30 (2.35%) Desktop Engineer
14 30 (2.35%) Embedded Engineer
15 29 (2.27%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (3.60%) React
2 35 (2.74%) .NET
3 27 (2.11%) HTML
4 26 (2.03%) CSS
5 24 (1.88%) SAP CAF
6 23 (1.80%) Spring
7 20 (1.56%) Spring Boot
8 18 (1.41%) Django
9 15 (1.17%) Node.js
10 14 (1.10%) AngularJS
10 14 (1.10%) HTML5 Canvas
10 14 (1.10%) REST
11 12 (0.94%) Kafka
12 11 (0.86%) ASP.NET
12 11 (0.86%) OLE
12 11 (0.86%) SAP Fiori
13 10 (0.78%) Lightning Web Components
13 10 (0.78%) Web Services
14 9 (0.70%) .NET Core
14 9 (0.70%) Elastic Stack
Miscellaneous
1 82 (6.42%) e-Learning
2 61 (4.77%) Cloud Native
3 48 (3.76%) Product Ownership
4 39 (3.05%) Self-Motivation
5 30 (2.35%) Data Centre
6 29 (2.27%) Security Posture
7 25 (1.96%) Analytical Mindset
8 22 (1.72%) Onboarding
9 20 (1.56%) Management Information System
10 16 (1.25%) Algorithms
10 16 (1.25%) PKI
11 13 (1.02%) Driving Licence
12 12 (0.94%) Embedded Systems
12 12 (0.94%) Hybrid Cloud
13 11 (0.86%) Distributed Systems
13 11 (0.86%) MicroBlaze
13 11 (0.86%) RISC-V
14 10 (0.78%) Private Cloud
15 9 (0.70%) AI Agents
15 9 (0.70%) Cyber Kill Chain
Operating Systems
1 122 (9.55%) Linux
2 87 (6.81%) Windows
3 42 (3.29%) Unix
4 33 (2.58%) Windows 10
5 18 (1.41%) Windows Server
6 11 (0.86%) Embedded Linux
7 9 (0.70%) Ubuntu
8 8 (0.63%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (0.39%) CentOS
9 5 (0.39%) Debian
9 5 (0.39%) Solaris
10 3 (0.23%) Mac OS X
10 3 (0.23%) Rocky
10 3 (0.23%) VMS
10 3 (0.23%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.078%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.078%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 243 (19.01%) Agile
2 184 (14.40%) Problem-Solving
3 153 (11.97%) Software Engineering
4 137 (10.72%) Cybersecurity
5 125 (9.78%) Continuous Improvement
6 124 (9.70%) DevOps
7 111 (8.69%) Innovative Thinking
8 104 (8.14%) Analytics
9 102 (7.98%) CI/CD
10 98 (7.67%) Business Intelligence
11 83 (6.49%) Collaborative Culture
12 81 (6.34%) Community of Practice
12 81 (6.34%) Mentoring
13 80 (6.26%) Technology Strategy
14 74 (5.79%) AI
15 73 (5.71%) ITIL
16 69 (5.40%) Computer Science
17 66 (5.16%) Infrastructure as Code
17 66 (5.16%) User Experience
18 65 (5.09%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 141 (11.03%) Python
2 80 (6.26%) Java
3 77 (6.03%) JavaScript
4 55 (4.30%) C#
5 51 (3.99%) SQL
6 41 (3.21%) PowerShell
7 34 (2.66%) Bash
8 32 (2.50%) C
9 31 (2.43%) C++
10 26 (2.03%) TypeScript
11 22 (1.72%) Bicep
12 13 (1.02%) Go
13 11 (0.86%) MATLAB
14 10 (0.78%) Apex Code
15 9 (0.70%) Ada
16 7 (0.55%) Scala
17 6 (0.47%) ABAP
17 6 (0.47%) VBA
18 5 (0.39%) Korn
18 5 (0.39%) R
Qualifications
1 776 (60.72%) SC Cleared
2 278 (21.75%) Degree
3 226 (17.68%) DV Cleared
4 70 (5.48%) BPSS Clearance
5 67 (5.24%) CISSP
6 56 (4.38%) Cisco Certification
7 50 (3.91%) Computer Science Degree
8 47 (3.68%) CISM
9 45 (3.52%) Microsoft Certification
10 39 (3.05%) Azure Certification
11 37 (2.90%) CCNA
12 36 (2.82%) CCNP
13 31 (2.43%) CTC Cleared
14 29 (2.27%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 26 (2.03%) AWS Certification
16 23 (1.80%) CEH
17 22 (1.72%) CompTIA Security+
18 16 (1.25%) Master's Degree
19 11 (0.86%) CISMP
19 11 (0.86%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (6.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 76 (5.95%) NIST
3 55 (4.30%) Accessibility
4 43 (3.36%) GRC
5 38 (2.97%) SLA
6 36 (2.82%) QA
7 35 (2.74%) GDPR
8 29 (2.27%) WCAG
9 23 (1.80%) PCI DSS
10 19 (1.49%) Data Quality
11 14 (1.10%) NCSC
12 13 (1.02%) JSP 440
13 8 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 7 (0.55%) Actionable Recommendations
14 7 (0.55%) ISO 9001
15 6 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials
16 5 (0.39%) NIST 800
17 4 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
18 3 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
18 3 (0.23%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 59 (4.62%) Docker
2 26 (2.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 25 (1.96%) Active Directory
4 21 (1.64%) Firmware
5 11 (0.86%) Embedded Firmware
6 10 (0.78%) Hyper-V
7 9 (0.70%) Virtual Machines
8 6 (0.47%) VMware NSX
9 4 (0.31%) vSphere
10 2 (0.16%) pfSense
11 1 (0.078%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.078%) vCloud
11 1 (0.078%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 74 (5.79%) Kubernetes
1 74 (5.79%) Terraform
2 41 (3.21%) Ansible
3 28 (2.19%) Grafana
4 8 (0.63%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (0.55%) Nmap
5 7 (0.55%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.47%) SCOM
7 5 (0.39%) SCCM
8 4 (0.31%) Kibana
8 4 (0.31%) WSUS
9 3 (0.23%) Argo
9 3 (0.23%) Docker Swarm
9 3 (0.23%) Endace
9 3 (0.23%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.23%) Nagios
9 3 (0.23%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 2 (0.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.16%) Nessus
10 2 (0.16%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 132 (10.33%) Microsoft
2 93 (7.28%) SAP
3 92 (7.20%) Cisco
4 43 (3.36%) Google
5 36 (2.82%) Salesforce
6 32 (2.50%) VMware
7 29 (2.27%) Adobe
8 19 (1.49%) Oracle
8 19 (1.49%) Sparx
9 16 (1.25%) Red Hat
10 15 (1.17%) ServiceNow
11 11 (0.86%) Splunk
12 9 (0.70%) Juniper
13 8 (0.63%) CheckPoint
14 7 (0.55%) Databricks
14 7 (0.55%) F5
14 7 (0.55%) MuleSoft
15 5 (0.39%) Fortinet
15 5 (0.39%) NetApp
16 4 (0.31%) Dell