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

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 36 23
Rank change year-on-year +20 -13 +10
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,440 1,091 2,432
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.96% 6.94% 8.78%
As % of the Qualifications category 28.50% 24.00% 32.35%
Number of salaries quoted 982 630 1,673
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,608 £38,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £53,688 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £78,780 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,775 £87,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £62,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +0.81% +7.83% -

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 5,053 4,545 7,517
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 31.43% 28.90% 27.15%
Number of salaries quoted 2,570 2,392 5,505
10th Percentile £30,500 £32,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £43,470
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £88,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -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 10 February 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 29 (2.01%) SharePoint
2 15 (1.04%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (0.76%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (0.49%) Confluence
5 6 (0.42%) Apache
6 5 (0.35%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.28%) ArcGIS
7 4 (0.28%) GeoServer
7 4 (0.28%) Oracle Spatial
8 3 (0.21%) Tomcat
8 3 (0.21%) WebLogic
8 3 (0.21%) WebLogic Portal
8 3 (0.21%) WordPress
9 2 (0.14%) Camunda
9 2 (0.14%) SAS
10 1 (0.069%) IIS
10 1 (0.069%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 81 (5.63%) Microsoft Office
2 28 (1.94%) Adobe XD
3 14 (0.97%) Microsoft Excel
4 7 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.28%) InVision
5 4 (0.28%) Sketch
6 3 (0.21%) Simulink
7 2 (0.14%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 2 (0.14%) Weka
8 1 (0.069%) EngageOne
8 1 (0.069%) EPLAN
8 1 (0.069%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.069%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.069%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 25 (1.74%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.42%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 4 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.28%) Primavera
4 4 (0.28%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.28%) SAP PP
5 3 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.21%) SAP PM
6 2 (0.14%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.14%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.14%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.14%) SAP SCM
7 1 (0.069%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.069%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.069%) SAP HCM
7 1 (0.069%) SAP HR
7 1 (0.069%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.069%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.069%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 223 (15.49%) Azure
2 198 (13.75%) AWS
3 126 (8.75%) Microsoft 365
4 56 (3.89%) GCP
5 53 (3.68%) Entra ID
6 52 (3.61%) Power Platform
7 36 (2.50%) AWS CloudFormation
8 32 (2.22%) PowerApps
9 31 (2.15%) Figma
10 29 (2.01%) Azure DevOps
11 27 (1.88%) Dynamics 365
11 27 (1.88%) Serverless
12 26 (1.81%) Amazon EKS
12 26 (1.81%) Power Automate
13 24 (1.67%) GitHub
14 23 (1.60%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 22 (1.53%) Amazon ECS
16 19 (1.32%) AWS Lambda
17 18 (1.25%) Amazon S3
17 18 (1.25%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 41 (2.85%) Firewall
2 29 (2.01%) VPN
3 19 (1.32%) LAN
3 19 (1.32%) Network Security
3 19 (1.32%) WAN
4 17 (1.18%) DNS
5 13 (0.90%) TCP/IP
5 13 (0.90%) Wi-Fi
6 12 (0.83%) BGP
7 10 (0.69%) DHCP
7 10 (0.69%) MPLS
8 8 (0.56%) Ethernet
9 7 (0.49%) DMZ
10 6 (0.42%) HTTP
10 6 (0.42%) SD-WAN
10 6 (0.42%) VoIP
11 5 (0.35%) Cisco ASA
11 5 (0.35%) IPsec
11 5 (0.35%) SMTP
12 4 (0.28%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (2.71%) Power BI
2 33 (2.29%) PostgreSQL
3 22 (1.53%) NoSQL
4 17 (1.18%) MongoDB
4 17 (1.18%) SQL Server
5 14 (0.97%) Amazon RDS
5 14 (0.97%) Metadata
5 14 (0.97%) MySQL
6 12 (0.83%) Relational Database
7 10 (0.69%) Elasticsearch
8 8 (0.56%) Data Warehouse
8 8 (0.56%) Redis
8 8 (0.56%) Tableau
9 6 (0.42%) DynamoDB
9 6 (0.42%) GIS
9 6 (0.42%) SAP HANA
10 5 (0.35%) Amazon Redshift
10 5 (0.35%) Big Data
10 5 (0.35%) BigQuery
11 4 (0.28%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 42 (2.92%) Git
2 34 (2.36%) Jenkins
3 27 (1.88%) Balsamiq
4 25 (1.74%) Axure RP
5 20 (1.39%) JIRA
6 17 (1.18%) GitLab
6 17 (1.18%) Selenium
7 10 (0.69%) Cypress.io
8 8 (0.56%) WebDriver
9 7 (0.49%) Burp Suite
9 7 (0.49%) Metasploit
9 7 (0.49%) SonarQube
10 5 (0.35%) Babel
10 5 (0.35%) JMeter
10 5 (0.35%) Robot Framework
10 5 (0.35%) webpack
11 3 (0.21%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.21%) Eclipse
11 3 (0.21%) JUnit
11 3 (0.21%) Oracle Forms
General
1 349 (24.24%) Social Skills
2 286 (19.86%) Public Sector
3 164 (11.39%) Finance
4 138 (9.58%) Analytical Skills
5 118 (8.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 102 (7.08%) Law
7 83 (5.76%) Manufacturing
8 62 (4.31%) Back Office
9 61 (4.24%) Telecoms
10 52 (3.61%) Marketing
11 51 (3.54%) Electronics
12 32 (2.22%) Military
13 27 (1.88%) Presentation Skills
14 24 (1.67%) Aerospace
15 22 (1.53%) Retail
16 15 (1.04%) Influencing Skills
16 15 (1.04%) Legal
17 14 (0.97%) Organisational Skills
18 10 (0.69%) Aviation
18 10 (0.69%) Games
Job Titles
1 199 (13.82%) Senior
2 153 (10.63%) Systems Engineer
3 132 (9.17%) Consultant
4 131 (9.10%) Analyst
4 131 (9.10%) Architect
5 100 (6.94%) Developer
6 98 (6.81%) Lead
7 82 (5.69%) Business Analyst
8 81 (5.63%) Support Engineer
9 76 (5.28%) Software Engineer
10 64 (4.44%) Site Engineer
11 61 (4.24%) Desktop Engineer
12 60 (4.17%) Desktop Support
12 60 (4.17%) Desktop Support Engineer
13 46 (3.19%) Security Consultant
14 42 (2.92%) Solutions Architect
15 39 (2.71%) Data Engineer
16 36 (2.50%) Designer
17 35 (2.43%) Cloud Engineer
18 32 (2.22%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (3.47%) React
2 42 (2.92%) .NET
3 32 (2.22%) REST
4 31 (2.15%) HTML
5 30 (2.08%) CSS
6 28 (1.94%) Spring
7 24 (1.67%) SAP CAF
8 21 (1.46%) Spring Boot
9 20 (1.39%) Lightning Web Components
9 20 (1.39%) SOAP
10 19 (1.32%) Middleware
11 18 (1.25%) Django
12 17 (1.18%) Node.js
13 16 (1.11%) AngularJS
13 16 (1.11%) Kafka
13 16 (1.11%) Visualforce
14 15 (1.04%) HTML5 Canvas
15 14 (0.97%) ASP.NET
16 13 (0.90%) RESTful
17 12 (0.83%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 67 (4.65%) Cloud Native
2 62 (4.31%) Product Ownership
3 45 (3.13%) Security Posture
4 37 (2.57%) Self-Motivation
5 33 (2.29%) e-Learning
6 30 (2.08%) Data Centre
7 26 (1.81%) Onboarding
8 22 (1.53%) Management Information System
9 20 (1.39%) PKI
10 15 (1.04%) Analytical Mindset
10 15 (1.04%) Driving Licence
11 14 (0.97%) Algorithms
12 12 (0.83%) Distributed Systems
13 11 (0.76%) Cyber Security Posture
13 11 (0.76%) Legacy Systems
13 11 (0.76%) Low-Code
14 10 (0.69%) Hybrid Cloud
14 10 (0.69%) Private Cloud
15 9 (0.63%) AI Agents
15 9 (0.63%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 121 (8.40%) Windows
2 103 (7.15%) Linux
3 67 (4.65%) Windows 10
4 33 (2.29%) Unix
5 17 (1.18%) Windows Server
6 10 (0.69%) Ubuntu
7 7 (0.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (0.42%) CentOS
9 3 (0.21%) Debian
9 3 (0.21%) Solaris
9 3 (0.21%) VMS
10 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.069%) Android
11 1 (0.069%) Rocky
11 1 (0.069%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.069%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 277 (19.24%) Agile
2 189 (13.13%) Problem-Solving
3 177 (12.29%) Continuous Improvement
4 172 (11.94%) Cybersecurity
5 164 (11.39%) Software Engineering
6 147 (10.21%) DevOps
7 141 (9.79%) Analytics
8 117 (8.13%) ITIL
9 114 (7.92%) CI/CD
10 97 (6.74%) Collaborative Culture
11 95 (6.60%) Community of Practice
12 90 (6.25%) Mentoring
13 88 (6.11%) Business Intelligence
13 88 (6.11%) Technology Strategy
14 78 (5.42%) AI
15 75 (5.21%) Infrastructure as Code
16 73 (5.07%) Computer Science
16 73 (5.07%) Validation
17 72 (5.00%) User Experience
18 70 (4.86%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 157 (10.90%) Python
2 108 (7.50%) Java
3 91 (6.32%) JavaScript
4 68 (4.72%) C#
5 63 (4.38%) SQL
6 41 (2.85%) PowerShell
7 31 (2.15%) TypeScript
8 30 (2.08%) Bash
9 24 (1.67%) C++
10 22 (1.53%) C
11 20 (1.39%) Apex Code
12 19 (1.32%) Bicep
13 14 (0.97%) Go
14 10 (0.69%) MATLAB
15 9 (0.63%) Ada
16 6 (0.42%) ABAP
16 6 (0.42%) Scala
16 6 (0.42%) VBA
17 5 (0.35%) Google Apps Script
17 5 (0.35%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 876 (60.83%) SC Cleared
2 313 (21.74%) Degree
3 240 (16.67%) DV Cleared
4 73 (5.07%) BPSS Clearance
5 71 (4.93%) CISSP
6 63 (4.38%) CTC Cleared
7 51 (3.54%) Computer Science Degree
7 51 (3.54%) Microsoft Certification
8 49 (3.40%) CISM
9 43 (2.99%) Cisco Certification
10 39 (2.71%) Azure Certification
11 28 (1.94%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 27 (1.88%) AWS Certification
13 25 (1.74%) CCNA
14 20 (1.39%) CCNP
15 16 (1.11%) Master's Degree
16 14 (0.97%) TOGAF Certification
17 13 (0.90%) CREST Certified
18 12 (0.83%) OSCP
19 11 (0.76%) CEH
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (6.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 71 (4.93%) SLA
3 65 (4.51%) NIST
4 58 (4.03%) Accessibility
5 46 (3.19%) GDPR
6 45 (3.13%) GRC
7 44 (3.06%) QA
8 28 (1.94%) WCAG
9 22 (1.53%) Data Quality
10 19 (1.32%) NCSC
11 15 (1.04%) PCI DSS
12 14 (0.97%) JSP 440
13 11 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials
14 9 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 8 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 7 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
17 5 (0.35%) NIST 800
18 4 (0.28%) ISO 9001
19 3 (0.21%) ISO 14001
19 3 (0.21%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 68 (4.72%) Docker
2 28 (1.94%) Active Directory
3 24 (1.67%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.76%) Hyper-V
5 10 (0.69%) VMware NSX
6 9 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
7 7 (0.49%) Firmware
8 4 (0.28%) vSphere
9 3 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.069%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.069%) vCloud
10 1 (0.069%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.069%) Xen
Systems Management
1 82 (5.69%) Terraform
2 78 (5.42%) Kubernetes
3 47 (3.26%) Ansible
4 32 (2.22%) Grafana
5 13 (0.90%) Prometheus
6 11 (0.76%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (0.49%) Nmap
8 6 (0.42%) Endace
8 6 (0.42%) SCOM
9 5 (0.35%) Kibana
9 5 (0.35%) Puppet
9 5 (0.35%) SCCM
10 4 (0.28%) Nagios
10 4 (0.28%) WSUS
10 4 (0.28%) ZABBIX
11 3 (0.21%) FortiGate
11 3 (0.21%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 3 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.14%) Docker Swarm
12 2 (0.14%) QRadar
Vendors
1 173 (12.01%) Microsoft
2 119 (8.26%) Cisco
3 78 (5.42%) SAP
4 49 (3.40%) Google
4 49 (3.40%) Salesforce
5 33 (2.29%) VMware
6 30 (2.08%) Oracle
7 28 (1.94%) Adobe
8 18 (1.25%) ServiceNow
9 15 (1.04%) Red Hat
10 14 (0.97%) MuleSoft
10 14 (0.97%) Splunk
11 13 (0.90%) Juniper
12 10 (0.69%) CheckPoint
12 10 (0.69%) F5
13 8 (0.56%) Databricks
14 7 (0.49%) Meraki
15 6 (0.42%) Sparx
16 5 (0.35%) CyberArk
16 5 (0.35%) Remedy