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

6 months to
25 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 42 25
Rank change year-on-year +26 -17 +6
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,636 807 2,465
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 9.09% 5.97% 7.59%
As % of the Qualifications category 38.33% 19.77% 28.27%
Number of salaries quoted 1,164 544 1,730
10th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £53,750 £52,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,750 £57,500
% change year-on-year +7.00% +5.65% -2.54%

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 4,268 4,081 8,721
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 23.73% 30.21% 26.84%
Number of salaries quoted 2,858 2,480 5,935
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £43,375 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,100 £60,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.17% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £78,800 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £59,450 £57,500 £54,296
% change year-on-year +3.39% +5.90% -6.08%

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 25 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 35 (2.14%) SharePoint
2 16 (0.98%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (0.86%) Apache
3 14 (0.86%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (0.61%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.31%) ArcGIS
5 5 (0.31%) GeoServer
5 5 (0.31%) Oracle Spatial
6 3 (0.18%) Camunda
6 3 (0.18%) Confluence
6 3 (0.18%) SAS
7 2 (0.12%) Apache Solr
7 2 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.061%) Appian
8 1 (0.061%) Drupal
8 1 (0.061%) IIS
8 1 (0.061%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.061%) nginx
8 1 (0.061%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.061%) WordPress
Applications
1 76 (4.65%) Microsoft Office
2 27 (1.65%) Adobe XD
3 12 (0.73%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.31%) InVision
4 5 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (0.31%) Sketch
5 2 (0.12%) Weka
6 1 (0.061%) CATIA
6 1 (0.061%) EngageOne
6 1 (0.061%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.061%) Oracle Smart View
6 1 (0.061%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 27 (1.65%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.37%) Oracle ERP
3 4 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (0.24%) SAP ERP
3 4 (0.24%) SAP FSCM
3 4 (0.24%) SAP HCM
4 3 (0.18%) Elite 3E
4 3 (0.18%) SAP CO
4 3 (0.18%) SAP FI
4 3 (0.18%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (0.12%) SAP Payroll
5 2 (0.12%) SAP SCM
6 1 (0.061%) Magento
6 1 (0.061%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.061%) Primavera
6 1 (0.061%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.061%) SAP PSCD
6 1 (0.061%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.061%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 272 (16.63%) Azure
2 233 (14.24%) AWS
3 115 (7.03%) Microsoft 365
4 87 (5.32%) GCP
5 56 (3.42%) Entra ID
6 52 (3.18%) Power Platform
7 28 (1.71%) Figma
8 25 (1.53%) AWS CloudFormation
9 24 (1.47%) PowerApps
10 22 (1.34%) Serverless
11 21 (1.28%) Dynamics 365
12 20 (1.22%) Power Automate
13 19 (1.16%) Azure DevOps
13 19 (1.16%) Google Analytics
14 18 (1.10%) GitHub
14 18 (1.10%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 18 (1.10%) Salesforce Service Cloud
15 17 (1.04%) SaaS
16 16 (0.98%) Amazon EKS
16 16 (0.98%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 38 (2.32%) Firewall
2 29 (1.77%) WAN
3 26 (1.59%) Network Security
4 25 (1.53%) VPN
5 22 (1.34%) DNS
6 20 (1.22%) LAN
7 18 (1.10%) DHCP
8 17 (1.04%) BGP
9 14 (0.86%) MPLS
10 12 (0.73%) Wi-Fi
11 11 (0.67%) SMTP
11 11 (0.67%) TCP/IP
12 8 (0.49%) HTTP
13 7 (0.43%) Intrusion Detection
13 7 (0.43%) SNMP
14 6 (0.37%) Cisco ASA
14 6 (0.37%) Cisco Firepower
14 6 (0.37%) SD-WAN
14 6 (0.37%) VoIP
15 5 (0.31%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (2.57%) Power BI
2 34 (2.08%) PostgreSQL
3 23 (1.41%) NoSQL
4 18 (1.10%) Metadata
5 17 (1.04%) MongoDB
6 15 (0.92%) SQL Server
7 9 (0.55%) Amazon RDS
7 9 (0.55%) Data Warehouse
7 9 (0.55%) DynamoDB
7 9 (0.55%) Elasticsearch
7 9 (0.55%) MySQL
7 9 (0.55%) Relational Database
7 9 (0.55%) Tableau
8 8 (0.49%) Redis
8 8 (0.49%) SAP HANA
9 6 (0.37%) BigQuery
10 5 (0.31%) Amazon Redshift
10 5 (0.31%) GIS
10 5 (0.31%) QGIS
11 4 (0.24%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 50 (3.06%) Git
2 29 (1.77%) Jenkins
3 24 (1.47%) Balsamiq
4 23 (1.41%) Axure RP
5 22 (1.34%) GitLab
6 17 (1.04%) JIRA
7 9 (0.55%) Selenium
8 6 (0.37%) JMeter
8 6 (0.37%) SonarQube
9 5 (0.31%) Babel
9 5 (0.31%) Burp Suite
9 5 (0.31%) JUnit
9 5 (0.31%) Metasploit
9 5 (0.31%) webpack
10 4 (0.24%) Robot Framework
11 3 (0.18%) Maven
11 3 (0.18%) MSTest
11 3 (0.18%) Postman
11 3 (0.18%) SoapUI
12 2 (0.12%) NUnit
General
1 388 (23.72%) Social Skills
2 329 (20.11%) Public Sector
3 191 (11.67%) Finance
4 162 (9.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 136 (8.31%) Analytical Skills
6 126 (7.70%) Law
7 63 (3.85%) Back Office
8 60 (3.67%) Manufacturing
9 56 (3.42%) Telecoms
10 51 (3.12%) Legal
11 36 (2.20%) Presentation Skills
12 28 (1.71%) Marketing
13 27 (1.65%) Electronics
14 26 (1.59%) Influencing Skills
15 25 (1.53%) Military
15 25 (1.53%) Retail
16 24 (1.47%) Organisational Skills
17 21 (1.28%) Aerospace
18 10 (0.61%) Aviation
18 10 (0.61%) Banking
Job Titles
1 254 (15.53%) Senior
2 180 (11.00%) Architect
3 152 (9.29%) Analyst
4 150 (9.17%) Consultant
5 133 (8.13%) Systems Engineer
6 121 (7.40%) Lead
7 102 (6.23%) Business Analyst
8 97 (5.93%) Developer
9 95 (5.81%) Software Engineer
10 78 (4.77%) Support Engineer
11 71 (4.34%) Solutions Architect
12 60 (3.67%) Desktop Engineer
12 60 (3.67%) Desktop Support
12 60 (3.67%) Desktop Support Engineer
12 60 (3.67%) Site Engineer
13 52 (3.18%) Data Engineer
13 52 (3.18%) Senior Manager
14 45 (2.75%) Cloud Engineer
15 43 (2.63%) Security Consultant
16 42 (2.57%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (2.57%) .NET
2 41 (2.51%) REST
3 32 (1.96%) Spring
4 29 (1.77%) CSS
4 29 (1.77%) HTML
4 29 (1.77%) React
5 23 (1.41%) SOAP
6 22 (1.34%) Lightning Web Components
6 22 (1.34%) Middleware
7 19 (1.16%) Kafka
8 18 (1.10%) Visualforce
9 16 (0.98%) Spring Boot
10 14 (0.86%) AngularJS
10 14 (0.86%) SAML
11 13 (0.79%) ASP.NET
12 11 (0.67%) OLE
13 10 (0.61%) Django
13 10 (0.61%) RESTful
13 10 (0.61%) SAP CAF
13 10 (0.61%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 80 (4.89%) Product Ownership
2 64 (3.91%) Cloud Native
3 48 (2.93%) Security Posture
4 47 (2.87%) Onboarding
5 41 (2.51%) Data Centre
6 40 (2.44%) Management Information System
7 31 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
8 25 (1.53%) PKI
9 23 (1.41%) Legacy Systems
10 19 (1.16%) Blog
11 18 (1.10%) Low-Code
12 17 (1.04%) Driving Licence
13 16 (0.98%) Security Operations Centre
14 15 (0.92%) Data Structures
15 12 (0.73%) Cyber Threat
16 11 (0.67%) Cyber Security Posture
16 11 (0.67%) Cyberattack
17 10 (0.61%) Analytical Mindset
17 10 (0.61%) Enterprise Software
18 9 (0.55%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 131 (8.01%) Windows
2 92 (5.62%) Linux
3 68 (4.16%) Windows 10
4 22 (1.34%) Windows Server
5 21 (1.28%) Unix
6 9 (0.55%) Ubuntu
7 5 (0.31%) Android
7 5 (0.31%) CentOS
7 5 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.061%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.061%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.061%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 310 (18.95%) Agile
2 199 (12.16%) Cybersecurity
3 198 (12.10%) Continuous Improvement
4 161 (9.84%) Problem-Solving
5 156 (9.54%) DevOps
6 148 (9.05%) Software Engineering
7 147 (8.99%) Analytics
8 137 (8.37%) Mentoring
9 130 (7.95%) ITIL
10 125 (7.64%) Community of Practice
11 114 (6.97%) Technology Strategy
12 108 (6.60%) CI/CD
13 102 (6.23%) Stakeholder Management
14 98 (5.99%) Collaborative Culture
15 92 (5.62%) Risk Management
16 85 (5.20%) Project Delivery
17 80 (4.89%) Roadmaps
18 79 (4.83%) Validation
19 78 (4.77%) User Experience
20 75 (4.58%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 126 (7.70%) Python
2 119 (7.27%) Java
3 73 (4.46%) JavaScript
4 71 (4.34%) SQL
5 55 (3.36%) C#
6 32 (1.96%) PowerShell
7 26 (1.59%) TypeScript
8 22 (1.34%) Apex Code
9 21 (1.28%) C++
10 20 (1.22%) Bash
11 9 (0.55%) Ada
11 9 (0.55%) C
11 9 (0.55%) Go
11 9 (0.55%) Rust
12 7 (0.43%) Groovy
13 6 (0.37%) VBA
14 4 (0.24%) Bicep
14 4 (0.24%) Scala
14 4 (0.24%) T-SQL
15 3 (0.18%) Pascal
Qualifications
1 1,023 (62.53%) SC Cleared
2 299 (18.28%) Degree
3 294 (17.97%) DV Cleared
4 69 (4.22%) CISSP
5 68 (4.16%) BPSS Clearance
6 66 (4.03%) CTC Cleared
7 51 (3.12%) Computer Science Degree
8 43 (2.63%) Microsoft Certification
9 40 (2.44%) CISM
10 25 (1.53%) Azure Certification
11 20 (1.22%) Cisco Certification
12 19 (1.16%) AWS Certification
13 16 (0.98%) CREST Certified
14 14 (0.86%) HNC
15 13 (0.79%) TOGAF Certification
16 11 (0.67%) GIAC
16 11 (0.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 11 (0.67%) Master's Degree
17 10 (0.61%) CompTIA Security+
17 10 (0.61%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 91 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 69 (4.22%) SLA
3 59 (3.61%) NIST
4 49 (3.00%) Accessibility
5 46 (2.81%) GDPR
6 42 (2.57%) QA
7 33 (2.02%) GRC
8 28 (1.71%) Data Quality
9 26 (1.59%) WCAG
10 21 (1.28%) NCSC
11 19 (1.16%) PCI DSS
12 13 (0.79%) JSP 440
13 12 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials
14 10 (0.61%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 9 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 7 (0.43%) Government Security Classifications
16 7 (0.43%) PMO
17 6 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
18 5 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 42001
18 5 (0.31%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 74 (4.52%) Docker
2 37 (2.26%) Active Directory
3 17 (1.04%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.67%) VMware NSX
5 7 (0.43%) Firmware
5 7 (0.43%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.24%) vSphere
8 2 (0.12%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 2 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.061%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.061%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.061%) IAG
9 1 (0.061%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.061%) Xen
Systems Management
1 83 (5.07%) Terraform
2 78 (4.77%) Kubernetes
3 55 (3.36%) Ansible
4 20 (1.22%) Grafana
5 17 (1.04%) Microsoft Intune
5 17 (1.04%) Prometheus
6 9 (0.55%) Puppet
7 6 (0.37%) Argo
7 6 (0.37%) Endace
8 5 (0.31%) AWS Copilot
8 5 (0.31%) Nmap
8 5 (0.31%) Packer
9 4 (0.24%) Istio
9 4 (0.24%) Progress Chef
9 4 (0.24%) QRadar
9 4 (0.24%) SCCM
9 4 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.24%) vCenter Server
9 4 (0.24%) WSUS
9 4 (0.24%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 189 (11.55%) Microsoft
2 103 (6.30%) Cisco
3 58 (3.55%) Google
4 55 (3.36%) SAP
5 40 (2.44%) Oracle
6 37 (2.26%) Salesforce
7 28 (1.71%) VMware
8 27 (1.65%) Adobe
9 23 (1.41%) Red Hat
10 18 (1.10%) Splunk
11 17 (1.04%) MuleSoft
12 15 (0.92%) ServiceNow
13 13 (0.79%) Databricks
14 11 (0.67%) CyberArk
15 10 (0.61%) Juniper
15 10 (0.61%) Meraki
16 8 (0.49%) F5
17 7 (0.43%) Okta
18 6 (0.37%) Ariba
18 6 (0.37%) Dell