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

6 months to
31 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 35 23
Rank change year-on-year +18 -12 +9
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,423 1,167 2,314
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 9.00% 7.20% 8.80%
As % of the Qualifications category 28.09% 25.21% 32.60%
Number of salaries quoted 956 677 1,575
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £52,500 £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 £79,600 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,450 £88,750
UK median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +8.70% -

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 5,065 4,630 7,098
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 32.03% 28.57% 26.99%
Number of salaries quoted 2,568 2,406 5,182
10th Percentile £30,500 £35,000 £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 £78,500 £75,000 £74,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £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 31 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 27 (1.90%) SharePoint
2 12 (0.84%) Microsoft Exchange
3 10 (0.70%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (0.42%) Confluence
5 5 (0.35%) Apache
5 5 (0.35%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.28%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.28%) GeoServer
6 4 (0.28%) Oracle Spatial
7 3 (0.21%) Tomcat
7 3 (0.21%) WebLogic
7 3 (0.21%) WebLogic Portal
7 3 (0.21%) WordPress
8 2 (0.14%) Camunda
8 2 (0.14%) SAS
9 1 (0.070%) IIS
9 1 (0.070%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 82 (5.76%) Microsoft Office
2 28 (1.97%) Adobe XD
3 15 (1.05%) Microsoft Excel
4 7 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.28%) InVision
5 4 (0.28%) Sketch
6 3 (0.21%) AutoCAD
6 3 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.21%) Simulink
7 2 (0.14%) Weka
8 1 (0.070%) EngageOne
8 1 (0.070%) EPLAN
8 1 (0.070%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.070%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.070%) Revit
8 1 (0.070%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 22 (1.55%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (1.19%) Dynamics CRM
3 10 (0.70%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 4 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.28%) Primavera
4 4 (0.28%) SAP PP
5 3 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.21%) SAP PM
6 2 (0.14%) Remedy ITSM
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 (0.070%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.070%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.070%) SAP HCM
7 1 (0.070%) SAP HR
7 1 (0.070%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.070%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.070%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 212 (14.90%) Azure
2 192 (13.49%) AWS
3 122 (8.57%) Microsoft 365
4 52 (3.65%) Entra ID
5 51 (3.58%) GCP
5 51 (3.58%) Power Platform
6 38 (2.67%) AWS CloudFormation
7 32 (2.25%) PowerApps
8 31 (2.18%) Figma
9 30 (2.11%) Azure DevOps
10 27 (1.90%) Amazon EKS
10 27 (1.90%) Dynamics 365
11 26 (1.83%) Power Automate
12 25 (1.76%) GitHub
13 24 (1.69%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 24 (1.69%) Serverless
14 22 (1.55%) Amazon ECS
15 18 (1.26%) AWS Lambda
15 18 (1.26%) SaaS
16 17 (1.19%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 41 (2.88%) Firewall
2 26 (1.83%) VPN
3 19 (1.34%) Network Security
4 17 (1.19%) LAN
5 16 (1.12%) WAN
6 15 (1.05%) DNS
7 14 (0.98%) TCP/IP
8 12 (0.84%) BGP
9 11 (0.77%) Wi-Fi
10 9 (0.63%) MPLS
11 8 (0.56%) DHCP
11 8 (0.56%) Ethernet
12 7 (0.49%) DMZ
13 6 (0.42%) SD-WAN
13 6 (0.42%) VoIP
14 5 (0.35%) Cisco ASA
14 5 (0.35%) HTTP
14 5 (0.35%) IPsec
14 5 (0.35%) SAN
14 5 (0.35%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (2.67%) Power BI
2 32 (2.25%) PostgreSQL
3 24 (1.69%) NoSQL
4 17 (1.19%) MongoDB
4 17 (1.19%) SQL Server
5 14 (0.98%) Amazon RDS
5 14 (0.98%) Metadata
5 14 (0.98%) MySQL
6 13 (0.91%) Relational Database
7 11 (0.77%) Elasticsearch
8 8 (0.56%) Redis
8 8 (0.56%) Tableau
9 7 (0.49%) Data Warehouse
10 6 (0.42%) GIS
11 5 (0.35%) Big Data
11 5 (0.35%) BigQuery
11 5 (0.35%) DynamoDB
11 5 (0.35%) SAP HANA
12 4 (0.28%) Amazon Redshift
12 4 (0.28%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 37 (2.60%) Git
2 34 (2.39%) Jenkins
3 27 (1.90%) Balsamiq
4 25 (1.76%) Axure RP
5 20 (1.41%) JIRA
6 18 (1.26%) Selenium
7 15 (1.05%) GitLab
8 11 (0.77%) Cypress.io
9 9 (0.63%) WebDriver
10 7 (0.49%) Burp Suite
10 7 (0.49%) Metasploit
11 6 (0.42%) JMeter
11 6 (0.42%) SonarQube
12 5 (0.35%) Robot Framework
13 4 (0.28%) Babel
13 4 (0.28%) MLflow
13 4 (0.28%) webpack
14 3 (0.21%) Bitbucket
14 3 (0.21%) Oracle APEX
14 3 (0.21%) TeamCity
General
1 342 (24.03%) Social Skills
2 283 (19.89%) Public Sector
3 177 (12.44%) Finance
4 137 (9.63%) Analytical Skills
5 113 (7.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 103 (7.24%) Law
7 84 (5.90%) Manufacturing
8 63 (4.43%) Back Office
9 61 (4.29%) Telecoms
10 55 (3.87%) Electronics
10 55 (3.87%) Marketing
11 32 (2.25%) Military
12 24 (1.69%) Aerospace
13 23 (1.62%) Presentation Skills
14 21 (1.48%) Retail
15 15 (1.05%) Legal
15 15 (1.05%) Organisational Skills
16 14 (0.98%) Influencing Skills
17 10 (0.70%) Games
18 9 (0.63%) Banking
Job Titles
1 192 (13.49%) Senior
2 159 (11.17%) Systems Engineer
3 129 (9.07%) Analyst
3 129 (9.07%) Architect
4 127 (8.92%) Consultant
5 93 (6.54%) Developer
6 91 (6.39%) Lead
7 82 (5.76%) Business Analyst
8 80 (5.62%) Support Engineer
9 76 (5.34%) Software Engineer
10 64 (4.50%) Site Engineer
11 61 (4.29%) Desktop Engineer
12 60 (4.22%) Desktop Support
12 60 (4.22%) Desktop Support Engineer
13 45 (3.16%) Security Consultant
14 39 (2.74%) Data Engineer
15 38 (2.67%) Solutions Architect
16 36 (2.53%) Designer
17 33 (2.32%) Cloud Engineer
18 30 (2.11%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (3.44%) React
2 42 (2.95%) .NET
3 30 (2.11%) REST
4 29 (2.04%) HTML
5 28 (1.97%) CSS
6 27 (1.90%) Spring
7 24 (1.69%) SAP CAF
8 21 (1.48%) Spring Boot
9 19 (1.34%) SOAP
10 18 (1.26%) Django
10 18 (1.26%) Lightning Web Components
11 17 (1.19%) Middleware
11 17 (1.19%) Node.js
12 16 (1.12%) AngularJS
13 15 (1.05%) HTML5 Canvas
13 15 (1.05%) Kafka
14 14 (0.98%) Visualforce
15 13 (0.91%) ASP.NET
15 13 (0.91%) RESTful
16 11 (0.77%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 64 (4.50%) Cloud Native
2 61 (4.29%) Product Ownership
3 49 (3.44%) e-Learning
4 45 (3.16%) Security Posture
5 40 (2.81%) Self-Motivation
6 29 (2.04%) Data Centre
7 27 (1.90%) Onboarding
8 25 (1.76%) Management Information System
9 19 (1.34%) PKI
10 15 (1.05%) Algorithms
10 15 (1.05%) Analytical Mindset
11 13 (0.91%) Driving Licence
12 12 (0.84%) Distributed Systems
13 11 (0.77%) Cyber Security Posture
14 10 (0.70%) Hybrid Cloud
14 10 (0.70%) Legacy Systems
14 10 (0.70%) Low-Code
14 10 (0.70%) Private Cloud
15 9 (0.63%) AI Agents
16 8 (0.56%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 122 (8.57%) Windows
2 111 (7.80%) Linux
3 66 (4.64%) Windows 10
4 38 (2.67%) Unix
5 17 (1.19%) Windows Server
6 10 (0.70%) Ubuntu
7 8 (0.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (0.42%) CentOS
9 4 (0.28%) Debian
9 4 (0.28%) Solaris
10 3 (0.21%) Embedded Linux
10 3 (0.21%) VMS
11 1 (0.070%) Android
11 1 (0.070%) Rocky
11 1 (0.070%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.070%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.070%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 277 (19.47%) Agile
2 192 (13.49%) Problem-Solving
3 174 (12.23%) Continuous Improvement
4 172 (12.09%) Cybersecurity
5 167 (11.74%) Software Engineering
6 147 (10.33%) DevOps
7 140 (9.84%) Analytics
8 116 (8.15%) CI/CD
9 112 (7.87%) ITIL
10 95 (6.68%) Collaborative Culture
11 91 (6.39%) Community of Practice
12 90 (6.32%) Business Intelligence
13 89 (6.25%) Mentoring
14 87 (6.11%) Technology Strategy
15 79 (5.55%) AI
16 78 (5.48%) Innovative Thinking
17 75 (5.27%) Infrastructure as Code
18 70 (4.92%) User Experience
18 70 (4.92%) Validation
19 69 (4.85%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 155 (10.89%) Python
2 104 (7.31%) Java
3 85 (5.97%) JavaScript
4 65 (4.57%) C#
5 63 (4.43%) SQL
6 43 (3.02%) PowerShell
7 34 (2.39%) Bash
8 29 (2.04%) TypeScript
9 26 (1.83%) C++
10 25 (1.76%) C
11 21 (1.48%) Bicep
12 18 (1.26%) Apex Code
13 14 (0.98%) Go
14 11 (0.77%) 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%) R
Qualifications
1 869 (61.07%) SC Cleared
2 313 (22.00%) Degree
3 250 (17.57%) DV Cleared
4 72 (5.06%) BPSS Clearance
5 71 (4.99%) CISSP
6 63 (4.43%) CTC Cleared
7 49 (3.44%) CISM
7 49 (3.44%) Computer Science Degree
8 48 (3.37%) Cisco Certification
8 48 (3.37%) Microsoft Certification
9 39 (2.74%) Azure Certification
10 29 (2.04%) CCNA
10 29 (2.04%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 28 (1.97%) AWS Certification
12 25 (1.76%) CCNP
13 15 (1.05%) Master's Degree
14 13 (0.91%) CREST Certified
15 12 (0.84%) OSCP
16 11 (0.77%) CEH
16 11 (0.77%) CISMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (6.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 70 (4.92%) SLA
3 67 (4.71%) NIST
4 58 (4.08%) Accessibility
5 47 (3.30%) QA
6 46 (3.23%) GDPR
6 46 (3.23%) GRC
7 28 (1.97%) WCAG
8 21 (1.48%) Data Quality
9 19 (1.34%) NCSC
10 15 (1.05%) JSP 440
10 15 (1.05%) PCI DSS
11 9 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
11 9 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 7 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
13 6 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 5 (0.35%) ISO 9001
14 5 (0.35%) NIST 800
15 3 (0.21%) ISO 14001
15 3 (0.21%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 67 (4.71%) Docker
2 26 (1.83%) Active Directory
3 24 (1.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (0.70%) Firmware
4 10 (0.70%) Hyper-V
4 10 (0.70%) VMware NSX
5 9 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.28%) vSphere
7 3 (0.21%) Embedded Firmware
8 2 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.070%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.070%) vCloud
9 1 (0.070%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 82 (5.76%) Terraform
2 78 (5.48%) Kubernetes
3 48 (3.37%) Ansible
4 31 (2.18%) Grafana
5 10 (0.70%) Prometheus
6 9 (0.63%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (0.49%) Nmap
8 6 (0.42%) SCOM
9 5 (0.35%) Endace
9 5 (0.35%) SCCM
10 4 (0.28%) Kibana
10 4 (0.28%) WSUS
10 4 (0.28%) ZABBIX
11 3 (0.21%) Docker Swarm
11 3 (0.21%) FortiGate
11 3 (0.21%) Nagios
11 3 (0.21%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 3 (0.21%) Puppet
11 3 (0.21%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.14%) QRadar
Vendors
1 167 (11.74%) Microsoft
2 120 (8.43%) Cisco
3 78 (5.48%) SAP
4 47 (3.30%) Google
4 47 (3.30%) Salesforce
5 32 (2.25%) VMware
6 28 (1.97%) Adobe
6 28 (1.97%) Oracle
7 19 (1.34%) ServiceNow
8 16 (1.12%) Red Hat
9 13 (0.91%) Splunk
10 12 (0.84%) Juniper
10 12 (0.84%) MuleSoft
11 10 (0.70%) CheckPoint
11 10 (0.70%) Sparx
12 9 (0.63%) F5
13 8 (0.56%) Databricks
14 5 (0.35%) Meraki
15 4 (0.28%) CyberArk
15 4 (0.28%) Palo Alto