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 21 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 35 24
Rank change year-on-year +13 -11 0
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,736 1,130 1,932
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.56% 6.82% 7.81%
As % of the Qualifications category 36.62% 19.80% 29.47%
Number of salaries quoted 1,163 576 1,265
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,750 £86,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £62,500 £58,800
% change year-on-year +12.00% +6.29% -2.00%

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 4,741 5,706 6,556
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.65% 34.43% 26.52%
Number of salaries quoted 3,076 2,415 3,684
10th Percentile £33,750 £29,750 £33,000
25th Percentile £46,743 £40,903 £43,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -0.86% -3.33%
75th Percentile £79,688 £75,900 £73,431
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,650 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 21 August 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 (2.30%) Apache
2 35 (2.02%) SharePoint
3 29 (1.67%) Apache Spark
4 14 (0.81%) Confluence
5 13 (0.75%) Anypoint
5 13 (0.75%) Mule
6 12 (0.69%) Apache Airflow
7 8 (0.46%) Jupyter
7 8 (0.46%) nginx
8 7 (0.40%) Camunda
8 7 (0.40%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 5 (0.29%) IIS
10 3 (0.17%) Apache Solr
10 3 (0.17%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.17%) GeoServer
10 3 (0.17%) Oracle Spatial
11 2 (0.12%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.12%) WordPress
12 1 (0.058%) CMS
12 1 (0.058%) Drupal
Applications
1 28 (1.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (1.21%) Simulink
3 13 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 10 (0.58%) Adobe XD
6 7 (0.40%) MS Visio
7 6 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
8 4 (0.23%) Mathcad
8 4 (0.23%) Windchill
9 2 (0.12%) InDesign
10 1 (0.058%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.058%) CATIA
10 1 (0.058%) FrameMaker
10 1 (0.058%) Houdini
10 1 (0.058%) InVision
10 1 (0.058%) NUKE
10 1 (0.058%) Sketch
10 1 (0.058%) SOLIDWORKS
10 1 (0.058%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.058%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 19 (1.09%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (0.86%) Primavera
3 7 (0.40%) SAP ERP
4 6 (0.35%) Oracle ERP
4 6 (0.35%) Workday HCM
5 5 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
5 5 (0.29%) Teamcenter
6 4 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
7 2 (0.12%) SAP HCM
7 2 (0.12%) SAP QM
8 1 (0.058%) Magento
8 1 (0.058%) SAP BPC
8 1 (0.058%) SAP CO
8 1 (0.058%) SAP EWM
8 1 (0.058%) SAP FI
8 1 (0.058%) SAP FI/CO
8 1 (0.058%) SAP FSCM
8 1 (0.058%) SAP GRC
8 1 (0.058%) SAP Payroll
8 1 (0.058%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 444 (25.58%) Azure
2 421 (24.25%) AWS
3 132 (7.60%) GCP
4 78 (4.49%) Power Platform
5 77 (4.44%) Microsoft 365
6 71 (4.09%) Entra ID
7 43 (2.48%) AWS CloudFormation
8 42 (2.42%) GitHub
9 38 (2.19%) dbt
10 31 (1.79%) Serverless
11 27 (1.56%) Azure DevOps
12 25 (1.44%) SaaS
13 23 (1.32%) Azure Sentinel
14 22 (1.27%) Amazon S3
14 22 (1.27%) Google Analytics
15 20 (1.15%) Microsoft Purview
16 19 (1.09%) Amazon EC2
16 19 (1.09%) GitHub Actions
16 19 (1.09%) OpenShift
17 18 (1.04%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 50 (2.88%) Firewall
2 49 (2.82%) Network Security
3 42 (2.42%) TCP/IP
4 33 (1.90%) DNS
5 24 (1.38%) WAN
6 18 (1.04%) VPN
7 16 (0.92%) LAN
7 16 (0.92%) SSL
8 15 (0.86%) BGP
9 14 (0.81%) DHCP
10 11 (0.63%) ATM
11 9 (0.52%) Ethernet
11 9 (0.52%) MPLS
11 9 (0.52%) OSPF
12 8 (0.46%) Wireless
13 7 (0.40%) HTTP
14 5 (0.29%) VLAN
15 4 (0.23%) FTP
15 4 (0.23%) Wi-Fi
15 4 (0.23%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (3.51%) Power BI
2 47 (2.71%) PostgreSQL
3 28 (1.61%) Big Data
4 26 (1.50%) Data Warehouse
5 25 (1.44%) SQL Server
6 24 (1.38%) NoSQL
7 20 (1.15%) Relational Database
8 17 (0.98%) Metadata
8 17 (0.98%) Tableau
9 16 (0.92%) MongoDB
10 15 (0.86%) DynamoDB
10 15 (0.86%) MySQL
11 13 (0.75%) Amazon Athena
12 12 (0.69%) Data Lake
13 9 (0.52%) Hadoop
14 7 (0.40%) Redis
15 6 (0.35%) Elasticsearch
16 5 (0.29%) SQL Server Analysis Services
17 4 (0.23%) GIS
17 4 (0.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 70 (4.03%) Git
2 40 (2.30%) GitLab
2 40 (2.30%) Jenkins
3 31 (1.79%) JIRA
4 23 (1.32%) Rational DOORS
5 22 (1.27%) JUnit
6 16 (0.92%) Selenium
7 13 (0.75%) Mockito
8 12 (0.69%) Maven
9 11 (0.63%) Balsamiq
10 9 (0.52%) Axure RP
10 9 (0.52%) Cucumber
10 9 (0.52%) Postman
11 7 (0.40%) Burp Suite
11 7 (0.40%) Cypress.io
11 7 (0.40%) Gatling
11 7 (0.40%) Metasploit
11 7 (0.40%) SonarQube
12 6 (0.35%) LabVIEW
13 3 (0.17%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 538 (30.99%) Social Skills
2 424 (24.42%) Public Sector
3 349 (20.10%) Finance
4 338 (19.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 219 (12.62%) Analytical Skills
6 172 (9.91%) Law
7 164 (9.45%) Aerospace
8 74 (4.26%) Legal
9 58 (3.34%) Presentation Skills
10 49 (2.82%) Electronics
11 48 (2.76%) Organisational Skills
12 47 (2.71%) Military
13 45 (2.59%) Influencing Skills
14 41 (2.36%) Manufacturing
14 41 (2.36%) Retail
15 37 (2.13%) Telecoms
16 29 (1.67%) Police
17 16 (0.92%) Local Government
18 15 (0.86%) Automotive
18 15 (0.86%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 311 (17.91%) Senior
2 288 (16.59%) Architect
3 193 (11.12%) Consultant
4 166 (9.56%) Lead
5 137 (7.89%) Software Engineer
6 126 (7.26%) Developer
7 123 (7.09%) Analyst
8 108 (6.22%) Solutions Architect
9 65 (3.74%) Cloud Engineer
9 65 (3.74%) Data Engineer
10 64 (3.69%) Security Consultant
11 56 (3.23%) DevOps Engineer
12 53 (3.05%) Principal Engineer
12 53 (3.05%) Senior Developer
13 52 (3.00%) Security Architect
14 51 (2.94%) Senior Manager
15 48 (2.76%) Senior Consultant
16 47 (2.71%) Business Analyst
17 44 (2.53%) Senior Analyst
18 41 (2.36%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 120 (6.91%) Terraform
2 62 (3.57%) React
3 54 (3.11%) REST
4 47 (2.71%) Spring
5 43 (2.48%) .NET
6 36 (2.07%) CSS
7 32 (1.84%) Kafka
8 30 (1.73%) HTML
9 27 (1.56%) AngularJS
10 25 (1.44%) OAuth
11 23 (1.32%) Playwright
11 23 (1.32%) SOAP
12 22 (1.27%) Spring Boot
13 20 (1.15%) .NET Core
14 18 (1.04%) RESTful
15 17 (0.98%) JWT
15 17 (0.98%) Node.js
15 17 (0.98%) PySpark
15 17 (0.98%) Web Services
16 16 (0.92%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 130 (7.49%) Cloud Native
2 62 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
3 61 (3.51%) Product Ownership
4 54 (3.11%) Management Information System
5 53 (3.05%) Onboarding
6 43 (2.48%) Security Posture
7 38 (2.19%) Blog
8 34 (1.96%) Legacy Systems
9 30 (1.73%) Distributed Systems
10 29 (1.67%) FPGA
11 28 (1.61%) Cyber Threat
11 28 (1.61%) Driving Licence
12 26 (1.50%) PKI
13 24 (1.38%) Cyber Defence
14 21 (1.21%) CMDB
14 21 (1.21%) Data Centre
14 21 (1.21%) Enterprise Software
14 21 (1.21%) Security Operations Centre
15 20 (1.15%) Algorithms
16 19 (1.09%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 134 (7.72%) Linux
2 99 (5.70%) Windows
3 41 (2.36%) Windows Server
4 34 (1.96%) Unix
5 12 (0.69%) Windows 10
6 6 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (0.29%) VxWorks
8 4 (0.23%) Android
8 4 (0.23%) Embedded Linux
8 4 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.17%) Kali Linux
9 3 (0.17%) OpenWrt
9 3 (0.17%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.12%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.12%) CentOS
10 2 (0.12%) Solaris
10 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.058%) Debian
11 1 (0.058%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 497 (28.63%) Agile
2 316 (18.20%) Continuous Improvement
3 277 (15.96%) Cybersecurity
4 271 (15.61%) Problem-Solving
5 263 (15.15%) Mentoring
6 243 (14.00%) CI/CD
7 238 (13.71%) Software Engineering
8 233 (13.42%) DevOps
9 220 (12.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 197 (11.35%) AI
11 173 (9.97%) Stakeholder Management
12 151 (8.70%) Community of Practice
13 149 (8.58%) Decision-Making
14 143 (8.24%) Collaborative Culture
15 141 (8.12%) Technical Leadership
16 140 (8.06%) Scrum
17 137 (7.89%) Project Delivery
18 136 (7.83%) Infrastructure as Code
19 132 (7.60%) Technology Strategy
20 131 (7.55%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 215 (12.38%) Python
2 162 (9.33%) Java
3 117 (6.74%) SQL
4 104 (5.99%) JavaScript
5 58 (3.34%) C#
5 58 (3.34%) C++
6 46 (2.65%) Bash
7 43 (2.48%) PowerShell
8 34 (1.96%) TypeScript
9 32 (1.84%) C
10 23 (1.32%) MATLAB
11 21 (1.21%) Ada
12 16 (0.92%) Groovy
13 14 (0.81%) Go
13 14 (0.81%) Rust
14 13 (0.75%) DataWeave
15 12 (0.69%) PL/SQL
15 12 (0.69%) Ruby
16 11 (0.63%) Kusto Query Language
17 9 (0.52%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 1,368 (78.80%) SC Cleared
2 415 (23.91%) DV Cleared
3 332 (19.12%) Degree
4 234 (13.48%) BPSS Clearance
5 79 (4.55%) CISSP
6 59 (3.40%) CISM
7 57 (3.28%) Computer Science Degree
8 46 (2.65%) Azure Certification
9 38 (2.19%) AWS Certification
10 31 (1.79%) Master's Degree
11 29 (1.67%) Microsoft Certification
12 23 (1.32%) Cisco Certification
13 21 (1.21%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 20 (1.15%) CREST Certified
15 19 (1.09%) CRISC
16 17 (0.98%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 17 (0.98%) PhD
17 12 (0.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 12 (0.69%) Chartered Engineer
17 12 (0.69%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 156 (8.99%) Accessibility
2 139 (8.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 93 (5.36%) NIST
4 70 (4.03%) QA
5 65 (3.74%) NCSC
6 46 (2.65%) GRC
7 42 (2.42%) Data Quality
8 38 (2.19%) GDPR
9 24 (1.38%) Cyber Essentials
9 24 (1.38%) PCI DSS
10 23 (1.32%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 21 (1.21%) SLA
11 21 (1.21%) WCAG
12 17 (0.98%) JSP 440
13 13 (0.75%) Actionable Recommendations
13 13 (0.75%) Def Stans
14 10 (0.58%) NIST 800
15 7 (0.40%) PMO
16 6 (0.35%) SOC 2
17 5 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 110 (6.34%) Docker
2 79 (4.55%) Active Directory
3 46 (2.65%) Firmware
4 33 (1.90%) VMware Infrastructure
5 22 (1.27%) Hyper-V
6 15 (0.86%) VMware ESXi
7 8 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
8 7 (0.40%) VMware NSX
8 7 (0.40%) vSphere
9 6 (0.35%) Squid
10 2 (0.12%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.058%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.058%) Embedded Firmware
11 1 (0.058%) IAG
11 1 (0.058%) QEMU
11 1 (0.058%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.058%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.058%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 118 (6.80%) Kubernetes
2 47 (2.71%) Ansible
3 36 (2.07%) Microsoft Intune
4 17 (0.98%) Prometheus
5 16 (0.92%) Grafana
6 13 (0.75%) CloudHub
7 12 (0.69%) Single Sign-On
8 10 (0.58%) Argo
9 8 (0.46%) Progress Chef
10 7 (0.40%) Nmap
10 7 (0.40%) QRadar
11 6 (0.35%) Kustomize
11 6 (0.35%) Packer
12 5 (0.29%) Istio
12 5 (0.29%) vCenter Server
13 4 (0.23%) FortiGate
13 4 (0.23%) Oracle RMAN
14 3 (0.17%) Kibana
14 3 (0.17%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
14 3 (0.17%) Puppet
Vendors
1 230 (13.25%) Microsoft
2 69 (3.97%) Google
3 66 (3.80%) ServiceNow
4 53 (3.05%) SAP
5 49 (2.82%) Oracle
6 43 (2.48%) VMware
7 32 (1.84%) Cisco
8 27 (1.56%) Salesforce
9 24 (1.38%) Red Hat
10 21 (1.21%) Databricks
11 19 (1.09%) MuleSoft
11 19 (1.09%) OpenAI
12 18 (1.04%) Splunk
13 14 (0.81%) Adobe
14 13 (0.75%) CyberArk
14 13 (0.75%) Okta
15 11 (0.63%) Siemens
16 9 (0.52%) Veeam
17 8 (0.46%) Atlassian
17 8 (0.46%) Xilinx