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

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 42 24
Rank change year-on-year +26 -18 +8
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,505 883 2,536
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 9.07% 6.31% 8.48%
As % of the Qualifications category 31.54% 21.65% 31.57%
Number of salaries quoted 1,024 569 1,689
10th Percentile £45,000 £43,789 £39,166
25th Percentile £51,250 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -
75th Percentile £78,790 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,125 £86,250 £87,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% +4.35% -

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 4,772 4,078 8,032
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 28.76% 29.13% 26.86%
Number of salaries quoted 2,571 2,442 5,845
10th Percentile £30,987 £30,550 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,625 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £73,698 £73,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £87,500 £88,650
UK median annual salary £55,498 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.50% +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 March 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 33 (2.19%) SharePoint
2 19 (1.26%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (0.86%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (0.60%) Apache
5 6 (0.40%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.27%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.27%) Confluence
6 4 (0.27%) GeoServer
6 4 (0.27%) Oracle Spatial
7 3 (0.20%) SAS
7 3 (0.20%) Tomcat
7 3 (0.20%) WebLogic
7 3 (0.20%) WebLogic Portal
7 3 (0.20%) WordPress
8 2 (0.13%) Camunda
8 2 (0.13%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.066%) IIS
Applications
1 81 (5.38%) Microsoft Office
2 28 (1.86%) Adobe XD
3 11 (0.73%) Microsoft Excel
4 7 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.27%) InVision
5 4 (0.27%) Sketch
6 3 (0.20%) Simulink
7 2 (0.13%) Weka
8 1 (0.066%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.066%) EngageOne
8 1 (0.066%) EPLAN
8 1 (0.066%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.066%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 29 (1.93%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (1.13%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.40%) Oracle ERP
3 6 (0.40%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.27%) Primavera
4 4 (0.27%) SAP CO
4 4 (0.27%) SAP FI
4 4 (0.27%) SAP FI/CO
4 4 (0.27%) SAP FSCM
4 4 (0.27%) SAP PP
5 3 (0.20%) Elite 3E
5 3 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.20%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.20%) SAP HCM
5 3 (0.20%) SAP PM
6 2 (0.13%) SAP Payroll
6 2 (0.13%) SAP SCM
7 1 (0.066%) C-CURE
7 1 (0.066%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.066%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 249 (16.54%) Azure
2 214 (14.22%) AWS
3 119 (7.91%) Microsoft 365
4 75 (4.98%) GCP
5 56 (3.72%) Entra ID
6 51 (3.39%) Power Platform
7 37 (2.46%) AWS CloudFormation
8 33 (2.19%) PowerApps
9 30 (1.99%) Dynamics 365
9 30 (1.99%) Figma
10 28 (1.86%) Power Automate
11 26 (1.73%) Serverless
12 25 (1.66%) Azure DevOps
13 24 (1.59%) Amazon ECS
14 22 (1.46%) Amazon EKS
15 20 (1.33%) PaaS
15 20 (1.33%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 20 (1.33%) Salesforce Service Cloud
16 19 (1.26%) SaaS
17 18 (1.20%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 42 (2.79%) Firewall
2 29 (1.93%) VPN
3 22 (1.46%) DNS
4 21 (1.40%) WAN
5 20 (1.33%) Network Security
6 19 (1.26%) LAN
7 18 (1.20%) TCP/IP
8 16 (1.06%) Wi-Fi
9 15 (1.00%) DHCP
10 13 (0.86%) BGP
11 10 (0.66%) MPLS
12 9 (0.60%) SMTP
13 8 (0.53%) HTTP
14 7 (0.47%) SNMP
14 7 (0.47%) VoIP
15 6 (0.40%) Cisco Firepower
15 6 (0.40%) DMZ
15 6 (0.40%) Ethernet
16 5 (0.33%) Cisco ASA
16 5 (0.33%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (2.66%) PostgreSQL
2 39 (2.59%) Power BI
3 22 (1.46%) NoSQL
4 17 (1.13%) Amazon RDS
5 15 (1.00%) Elasticsearch
5 15 (1.00%) MongoDB
5 15 (1.00%) SQL Server
6 14 (0.93%) Metadata
6 14 (0.93%) MySQL
7 13 (0.86%) Redis
8 12 (0.80%) Relational Database
9 11 (0.73%) SAP HANA
10 8 (0.53%) Data Warehouse
10 8 (0.53%) DynamoDB
11 7 (0.47%) Tableau
12 6 (0.40%) Amazon Redshift
13 5 (0.33%) GIS
14 4 (0.27%) Big Data
14 4 (0.27%) BigQuery
14 4 (0.27%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 49 (3.26%) Git
2 34 (2.26%) Jenkins
3 27 (1.79%) Balsamiq
4 25 (1.66%) Axure RP
5 19 (1.26%) GitLab
6 18 (1.20%) JIRA
7 11 (0.73%) Selenium
8 8 (0.53%) Cypress.io
9 7 (0.47%) Burp Suite
9 7 (0.47%) Metasploit
9 7 (0.47%) SonarQube
10 6 (0.40%) Babel
10 6 (0.40%) WebDriver
10 6 (0.40%) webpack
11 5 (0.33%) JMeter
11 5 (0.33%) Robot Framework
12 3 (0.20%) Eclipse
12 3 (0.20%) JUnit
12 3 (0.20%) Oracle APEX
12 3 (0.20%) Oracle Forms
General
1 387 (25.71%) Social Skills
2 309 (20.53%) Public Sector
3 186 (12.36%) Finance
4 148 (9.83%) Analytical Skills
5 139 (9.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 107 (7.11%) Law
7 74 (4.92%) Manufacturing
8 70 (4.65%) Telecoms
9 61 (4.05%) Back Office
10 48 (3.19%) Electronics
11 46 (3.06%) Marketing
12 42 (2.79%) Legal
13 30 (1.99%) Military
14 29 (1.93%) Presentation Skills
15 21 (1.40%) Retail
16 20 (1.33%) Aerospace
17 18 (1.20%) Influencing Skills
18 15 (1.00%) Organisational Skills
19 10 (0.66%) Banking
20 8 (0.53%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 232 (15.42%) Senior
2 146 (9.70%) Architect
3 144 (9.57%) Systems Engineer
4 143 (9.50%) Analyst
5 131 (8.70%) Consultant
6 104 (6.91%) Lead
7 99 (6.58%) Developer
8 94 (6.25%) Business Analyst
9 81 (5.38%) Support Engineer
10 79 (5.25%) Software Engineer
11 64 (4.25%) Site Engineer
12 60 (3.99%) Desktop Engineer
12 60 (3.99%) Desktop Support
12 60 (3.99%) Desktop Support Engineer
13 52 (3.46%) Solutions Architect
14 43 (2.86%) Data Engineer
15 40 (2.66%) Security Consultant
16 39 (2.59%) Senior Consultant
16 39 (2.59%) Senior Manager
17 34 (2.26%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (3.06%) .NET
1 46 (3.06%) React
2 40 (2.66%) REST
3 34 (2.26%) HTML
4 33 (2.19%) CSS
5 29 (1.93%) Spring
6 25 (1.66%) SOAP
7 24 (1.59%) Lightning Web Components
8 23 (1.53%) Django
8 23 (1.53%) Middleware
9 21 (1.40%) SAP CAF
9 21 (1.40%) Spring Boot
10 20 (1.33%) Visualforce
11 18 (1.20%) Kafka
12 16 (1.06%) HTML5 Canvas
12 16 (1.06%) Node.js
13 15 (1.00%) AngularJS
14 14 (0.93%) ASP.NET
15 13 (0.86%) RESTful
15 13 (0.86%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 70 (4.65%) Product Ownership
2 69 (4.58%) Cloud Native
3 48 (3.19%) Security Posture
4 42 (2.79%) Onboarding
5 37 (2.46%) Data Centre
6 36 (2.39%) Self-Motivation
7 27 (1.79%) Management Information System
8 21 (1.40%) PKI
9 20 (1.33%) e-Learning
10 17 (1.13%) Legacy Systems
11 16 (1.06%) Driving Licence
12 15 (1.00%) Analytical Mindset
13 13 (0.86%) Algorithms
14 12 (0.80%) Distributed Systems
14 12 (0.80%) Low-Code
14 12 (0.80%) Private Cloud
15 11 (0.73%) Blog
15 11 (0.73%) Cyber Security Posture
16 10 (0.66%) AI Agents
16 10 (0.66%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 120 (7.97%) Windows
2 97 (6.45%) Linux
3 67 (4.45%) Windows 10
4 31 (2.06%) Unix
5 16 (1.06%) Windows Server
6 10 (0.66%) Ubuntu
7 6 (0.40%) CentOS
8 4 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.20%) VMS
10 2 (0.13%) Android
10 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.066%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.066%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 302 (20.07%) Agile
2 200 (13.29%) Problem-Solving
3 190 (12.62%) Continuous Improvement
4 169 (11.23%) Cybersecurity
5 153 (10.17%) DevOps
6 150 (9.97%) Software Engineering
7 147 (9.77%) Analytics
8 120 (7.97%) ITIL
9 118 (7.84%) Mentoring
10 110 (7.31%) CI/CD
11 105 (6.98%) Community of Practice
12 101 (6.71%) Collaborative Culture
13 95 (6.31%) Technology Strategy
14 84 (5.58%) Infrastructure as Code
15 83 (5.51%) Stakeholder Management
16 81 (5.38%) Business Intelligence
17 80 (5.32%) Validation
18 76 (5.05%) AI
19 75 (4.98%) Risk Management
20 74 (4.92%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 154 (10.23%) Python
2 114 (7.57%) Java
3 102 (6.78%) JavaScript
4 69 (4.58%) C#
5 61 (4.05%) SQL
6 38 (2.52%) PowerShell
7 32 (2.13%) TypeScript
8 27 (1.79%) C++
9 24 (1.59%) Apex Code
10 23 (1.53%) Bash
11 21 (1.40%) C
12 15 (1.00%) Bicep
13 12 (0.80%) Go
14 9 (0.60%) Ada
15 7 (0.47%) ABAP
16 6 (0.40%) Google Apps Script
16 6 (0.40%) MATLAB
16 6 (0.40%) Rust
16 6 (0.40%) Scala
16 6 (0.40%) VBA
Qualifications
1 915 (60.80%) SC Cleared
2 322 (21.40%) Degree
3 246 (16.35%) DV Cleared
4 74 (4.92%) BPSS Clearance
4 74 (4.92%) CISSP
5 66 (4.39%) CTC Cleared
6 54 (3.59%) Microsoft Certification
7 50 (3.32%) Computer Science Degree
8 45 (2.99%) CISM
9 33 (2.19%) Azure Certification
10 32 (2.13%) Cisco Certification
11 22 (1.46%) AWS Certification
11 22 (1.46%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 20 (1.33%) CCNA
13 14 (0.93%) CREST Certified
13 14 (0.93%) Master's Degree
13 14 (0.93%) TOGAF Certification
14 13 (0.86%) HNC
15 12 (0.80%) OSCP
16 11 (0.73%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (5.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 70 (4.65%) SLA
3 63 (4.19%) NIST
4 55 (3.65%) Accessibility
5 48 (3.19%) GDPR
6 40 (2.66%) QA
7 39 (2.59%) GRC
8 27 (1.79%) WCAG
9 23 (1.53%) Data Quality
10 18 (1.20%) NCSC
11 14 (0.93%) PCI DSS
12 13 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials
13 12 (0.80%) JSP 440
14 10 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 8 (0.53%) Actionable Recommendations
15 8 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 42001
16 4 (0.27%) Government Security Classifications
16 4 (0.27%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 4 (0.27%) PMO
17 3 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 75 (4.98%) Docker
2 32 (2.13%) Active Directory
3 18 (1.20%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (0.80%) Hyper-V
5 9 (0.60%) VMware NSX
6 8 (0.53%) Firmware
7 6 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
8 5 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.066%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.066%) vCloud
9 1 (0.066%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.066%) vSphere
9 1 (0.066%) Xen
Systems Management
1 90 (5.98%) Terraform
2 74 (4.92%) Kubernetes
3 44 (2.92%) Ansible
4 28 (1.86%) Grafana
5 14 (0.93%) Prometheus
6 12 (0.80%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (0.47%) Nmap
7 7 (0.47%) Puppet
8 6 (0.40%) Endace
8 6 (0.40%) SCOM
9 5 (0.33%) AWS Copilot
9 5 (0.33%) Kibana
10 4 (0.27%) SCCM
10 4 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.27%) WSUS
10 4 (0.27%) ZABBIX
11 3 (0.20%) Nagios
11 3 (0.20%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 2 (0.13%) OpenView
12 2 (0.13%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 176 (11.69%) Microsoft
2 112 (7.44%) Cisco
3 76 (5.05%) SAP
4 63 (4.19%) Google
5 55 (3.65%) Salesforce
6 31 (2.06%) Oracle
7 28 (1.86%) Adobe
8 26 (1.73%) VMware
9 19 (1.26%) MuleSoft
10 17 (1.13%) ServiceNow
11 14 (0.93%) Splunk
12 12 (0.80%) Red Hat
13 10 (0.66%) F5
13 10 (0.66%) Juniper
14 9 (0.60%) CyberArk
14 9 (0.60%) Databricks
14 9 (0.60%) Meraki
15 8 (0.53%) CheckPoint
16 7 (0.47%) Remedy
17 6 (0.40%) BMC