Security Cleared Jobs with Work from Home Options

Security Clearance
UK > Work from Home

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 22 25 69
Rank change year-on-year +3 +44 +13
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 3,148 3,863 3,312
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.33% 8.95% 4.96%
As % of the Qualifications category 33.28% 34.91% 21.71%
Number of salaries quoted 1,723 1,666 1,545
10th Percentile £38,833 £34,605 £37,418
25th Percentile £48,750 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £88,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £59,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.54% +7.27% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

Security Cleared is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 9,458 11,067 15,253
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 28.03% 25.65% 22.85%
Number of salaries quoted 5,903 6,702 8,578
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £60,000 £59,732
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +0.45% +8.60%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,715 £76,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £54,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.90% +5.45% -

Security Cleared
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Security Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Security Cleared trend for jobs with a WFH option

Security Cleared
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Security Cleared.

Security Cleared salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Security Cleared
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Security Cleared over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Security Cleared salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Security Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 222 (7.05%) ArcGIS
2 214 (6.80%) GeoServer
3 49 (1.56%) WebLogic
4 40 (1.27%) SharePoint
5 33 (1.05%) IIS
6 31 (0.98%) Microsoft Exchange
7 30 (0.95%) Confluence
8 28 (0.89%) Apache
9 25 (0.79%) OpenStack
10 17 (0.54%) CMS
11 14 (0.44%) Tomcat
12 8 (0.25%) JBoss
13 7 (0.22%) nginx
13 7 (0.22%) Red Hat Fuse
14 6 (0.19%) Apache Spark
15 4 (0.13%) Appian
16 3 (0.095%) Drupal
16 3 (0.095%) Oracle Service Bus
16 3 (0.095%) WordPress
17 2 (0.064%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 66 (2.10%) Simulink
2 54 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
3 26 (0.83%) Microsoft Excel
4 17 (0.54%) MS Visio
5 15 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
6 12 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 4 (0.13%) AutoCAD
7 4 (0.13%) Photoshop
7 4 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.13%) Stateflow
7 4 (0.13%) Windchill
8 2 (0.064%) Fireworks
8 2 (0.064%) InDesign
9 1 (0.032%) 1Password
9 1 (0.032%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.032%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.032%) Blender
Business Applications
1 56 (1.78%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 47 (1.49%) Remedy ITSM
3 29 (0.92%) Primavera
4 17 (0.54%) NEC Housing
5 13 (0.41%) SAP HR
6 12 (0.38%) SAP S/4HANA
7 10 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
8 8 (0.25%) Siebel CRM
9 6 (0.19%) Maximo
9 6 (0.19%) SAP WM
10 4 (0.13%) Dynamics CRM
10 4 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
11 3 (0.095%) SAP CRM
11 3 (0.095%) SAP CX
11 3 (0.095%) SAP EWM
11 3 (0.095%) SAP GTS
11 3 (0.095%) SAP SD
12 2 (0.064%) Oracle Applications
12 2 (0.064%) Oracle Cash Management
12 2 (0.064%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 843 (26.78%) Azure
2 710 (22.55%) AWS
3 116 (3.68%) Dynamics 365
4 113 (3.59%) Azure DevOps
5 102 (3.24%) Power Platform
6 97 (3.08%) Microsoft 365
7 92 (2.92%) Amazon EKS
8 77 (2.45%) SaaS
9 75 (2.38%) Serverless
10 61 (1.94%) PaaS
11 52 (1.65%) GCP
12 51 (1.62%) GitHub
13 47 (1.49%) Amazon SQS
14 44 (1.40%) PowerApps
15 41 (1.30%) Entra ID
16 37 (1.18%) Amazon ECS
17 35 (1.11%) IaaS
18 34 (1.08%) Cloud Computing
18 34 (1.08%) Power Automate
19 31 (0.98%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 170 (5.40%) Firewall
2 106 (3.37%) DNS
3 85 (2.70%) VPN
4 81 (2.57%) TCP/IP
5 80 (2.54%) WAN
6 64 (2.03%) BGP
7 58 (1.84%) LAN
8 55 (1.75%) Network Security
8 55 (1.75%) SSL
9 49 (1.56%) Wireless
10 39 (1.24%) Internet
11 36 (1.14%) SAN
12 33 (1.05%) DHCP
13 30 (0.95%) SD-WAN
14 25 (0.79%) 5G
15 22 (0.70%) Ethernet
16 17 (0.54%) VSAN
17 15 (0.48%) Wi-Fi
18 14 (0.44%) MPLS
19 10 (0.32%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 250 (7.94%) PostgreSQL
2 218 (6.93%) GIS
3 214 (6.80%) QGIS
4 151 (4.80%) Relational Database
5 76 (2.41%) Oracle Database
6 66 (2.10%) Power BI
7 63 (2.00%) RDBMS
8 61 (1.94%) Amazon RDS
9 56 (1.78%) SQL Server
10 35 (1.11%) NoSQL
11 29 (0.92%) MySQL
12 18 (0.57%) Data Warehouse
13 15 (0.48%) Metadata
14 14 (0.44%) Big Data
15 10 (0.32%) Elasticsearch
16 9 (0.29%) Azure SQL Database
16 9 (0.29%) Data Lake
16 9 (0.29%) Hadoop
16 9 (0.29%) MongoDB
16 9 (0.29%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 144 (4.57%) JIRA
2 135 (4.29%) Git
3 114 (3.62%) Jenkins
4 102 (3.24%) GitLab
5 57 (1.81%) Rational DOORS
6 41 (1.30%) Selenium
7 38 (1.21%) Rational Rhapsody
8 26 (0.83%) Subversion
9 18 (0.57%) Visual Studio
10 17 (0.54%) Cucumber
11 16 (0.51%) CMake
11 16 (0.51%) JMeter
12 15 (0.48%) JUnit
13 13 (0.41%) Rational Team Concert
13 13 (0.41%) Team Foundation Server
14 12 (0.38%) SonarQube
15 11 (0.35%) Bitbucket
15 11 (0.35%) Vagrant
16 10 (0.32%) Trac
17 9 (0.29%) CircleCI
General
1 802 (25.48%) Social Skills
2 392 (12.45%) Public Sector
3 309 (9.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 289 (9.18%) Finance
5 222 (7.05%) Aerospace
6 181 (5.75%) Analytical Skills
7 123 (3.91%) Military
8 97 (3.08%) Police
9 83 (2.64%) Retail
10 78 (2.48%) Games
11 74 (2.35%) Law
11 74 (2.35%) Manufacturing
12 62 (1.97%) Influencing Skills
13 59 (1.87%) Presentation Skills
14 58 (1.84%) Telecoms
15 48 (1.52%) Electronics
16 39 (1.24%) Marketing
17 32 (1.02%) Local Government
18 24 (0.76%) French Language
19 20 (0.64%) Legal
Job Titles
1 650 (20.65%) Senior
2 525 (16.68%) Architect
3 438 (13.91%) Software Engineer
4 374 (11.88%) Lead
5 370 (11.75%) Developer
6 284 (9.02%) Senior Software Engineer
7 235 (7.47%) Solutions Architect
8 199 (6.32%) Systems Engineer
9 194 (6.16%) Analyst
10 170 (5.40%) Consultant
11 129 (4.10%) DevOps Engineer
12 123 (3.91%) Project Manager
13 116 (3.68%) Presales Solution Architect
14 100 (3.18%) Business Analyst
15 94 (2.99%) Senior Developer
16 74 (2.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 64 (2.03%) Lead Architect
18 60 (1.91%) Full Stack Developer
19 58 (1.84%) Embedded Engineer
19 58 (1.84%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 290 (9.21%) .NET
2 288 (9.15%) React
3 228 (7.24%) CSS
4 214 (6.80%) Leaflet
4 214 (6.80%) OpenLayers
4 214 (6.80%) PostGIS
5 188 (5.97%) .NET Core
6 117 (3.72%) Node.js
7 96 (3.05%) HTML
8 91 (2.89%) Web Services
9 90 (2.86%) AngularJS
10 85 (2.70%) RESTful
11 83 (2.64%) Spring Boot
12 79 (2.51%) Spring
13 69 (2.19%) REST
14 65 (2.06%) XML
15 63 (2.00%) Django
16 52 (1.65%) SOAP
17 51 (1.62%) RabbitMQ
18 47 (1.49%) Express.js
Miscellaneous
1 125 (3.97%) Management Information System
2 98 (3.11%) Product Ownership
3 97 (3.08%) Self-Motivation
4 89 (2.83%) Virtual Team
5 86 (2.73%) Private Cloud
6 85 (2.70%) Algorithms
7 80 (2.54%) Public Cloud
8 78 (2.48%) Data Centre
9 69 (2.19%) Onboarding
10 49 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
11 39 (1.24%) Operational Technology
12 34 (1.08%) PKI
13 30 (0.95%) Cyberattack
14 29 (0.92%) Mainframe
15 28 (0.89%) IoT
16 25 (0.79%) Distributed Systems
16 25 (0.79%) Driving Licence
17 24 (0.76%) CMDB
18 23 (0.73%) Cyber Threat
18 23 (0.73%) Satnav
Operating Systems
1 528 (16.77%) Linux
2 273 (8.67%) Windows
3 99 (3.14%) Windows Server
4 98 (3.11%) Ubuntu
5 66 (2.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 66 (2.10%) Unix
6 63 (2.00%) Embedded Linux
7 48 (1.52%) VMS
8 35 (1.11%) Windows Server 2016
9 31 (0.98%) Windows Server 2019
10 20 (0.64%) CentOS
10 20 (0.64%) Windows 10
11 19 (0.60%) Windows Server 2012
12 17 (0.54%) Solaris
13 12 (0.38%) Android
14 11 (0.35%) Windows NT
15 10 (0.32%) zOS
16 6 (0.19%) Windows 7
17 4 (0.13%) AIX
18 3 (0.095%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,190 (37.80%) Agile
2 815 (25.89%) Actionable Insight
3 714 (22.68%) Software Engineering
4 695 (22.08%) DevOps
5 577 (18.33%) Problem-Solving
6 356 (11.31%) Project Management
7 323 (10.26%) Scrum
8 288 (9.15%) Mentoring
9 283 (8.99%) CI/CD
10 282 (8.96%) Systems Engineering
11 273 (8.67%) Cybersecurity
12 245 (7.78%) ITIL
13 239 (7.59%) Continuous Integration
14 236 (7.50%) Web Development
15 222 (7.05%) Presales
16 218 (6.93%) Collaborative Working
17 215 (6.83%) Stakeholder Management
18 214 (6.80%) Analytics
19 202 (6.42%) Kanban
20 200 (6.35%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 573 (18.20%) Python
2 476 (15.12%) JavaScript
3 326 (10.36%) Java
4 239 (7.59%) C#
5 153 (4.86%) SQL
6 146 (4.64%) C
7 116 (3.68%) PowerShell
8 99 (3.14%) Bash
9 98 (3.11%) C++
10 70 (2.22%) TypeScript
11 58 (1.84%) MATLAB
12 54 (1.72%) Rust
13 50 (1.59%) Embedded C
14 41 (1.30%) Go
15 34 (1.08%) Shell Script
16 29 (0.92%) Ada
17 27 (0.86%) Bicep
17 27 (0.86%) VB
18 20 (0.64%) VBScript
19 19 (0.60%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 1,918 (60.93%) SC Cleared
2 580 (18.42%) Degree
3 503 (15.98%) DV Cleared
4 368 (11.69%) BPSS Clearance
5 97 (3.08%) Computer Science Degree
6 87 (2.76%) Azure Certification
7 85 (2.70%) AWS Certification
8 61 (1.94%) CISSP
9 59 (1.87%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 56 (1.78%) CISM
11 44 (1.40%) CTC Cleared
11 44 (1.40%) Microsoft Certification
12 43 (1.37%) DBS Check
13 35 (1.11%) Cisco Certification
13 35 (1.11%) Master's Degree
14 34 (1.08%) CRISC
15 29 (0.92%) NVQ Level 3
16 28 (0.89%) CCNA
17 27 (0.86%) CCNP
18 21 (0.67%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 117 (3.72%) QA
2 72 (2.29%) Accessibility
3 52 (1.65%) NCSC
4 46 (1.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 38 (1.21%) NIST
6 32 (1.02%) COBIT
7 28 (0.89%) PMO
8 27 (0.86%) SLA
9 24 (0.76%) JSP 440
10 22 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
10 22 (0.70%) GDPR
11 21 (0.67%) Data Quality
11 21 (0.67%) Software Quality Assurance
12 19 (0.60%) GRC
12 19 (0.60%) RMADS
13 16 (0.51%) NIST 800
14 13 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 11 (0.35%) Def Stans
16 10 (0.32%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 10 (0.32%) MISRA
System Software
1 206 (6.54%) Docker
2 180 (5.72%) Active Directory
3 62 (1.97%) VMware Infrastructure
4 60 (1.91%) Firmware
5 59 (1.87%) Hyper-V
6 35 (1.11%) Virtual Machines
7 25 (0.79%) vSphere
8 16 (0.51%) pfSense
8 16 (0.51%) Virtual Servers
9 14 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
9 14 (0.44%) VMware ESXi
10 10 (0.32%) Embedded Firmware
10 10 (0.32%) NFS
11 9 (0.29%) Forefront TMG
11 9 (0.29%) VMware Workstation
12 7 (0.22%) Microsoft App-V
13 5 (0.16%) VMware NSX
14 3 (0.095%) Oracle RAC
15 1 (0.032%) Slurm Workload Manager
15 1 (0.032%) Snort
Systems Management
1 235 (7.47%) Ansible
2 225 (7.15%) Terraform
3 197 (6.26%) Kubernetes
4 69 (2.19%) SCCM
5 52 (1.65%) WSUS
6 40 (1.27%) SCOM
7 32 (1.02%) Grafana
7 32 (1.02%) OpenView
8 25 (0.79%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 24 (0.76%) Puppet
10 22 (0.70%) vCenter Server
11 20 (0.64%) Microsoft Intune
12 17 (0.54%) Kibana
13 16 (0.51%) ZABBIX
14 14 (0.44%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
15 12 (0.38%) Prometheus
16 11 (0.35%) Sysprep
17 10 (0.32%) Progress Chef
17 10 (0.32%) SCDPM
18 8 (0.25%) HP UCMDB
Vendors
1 461 (14.64%) Microsoft
2 219 (6.96%) ESRI
3 151 (4.80%) Oracle
3 151 (4.80%) VMware
4 93 (2.95%) ServiceNow
5 87 (2.76%) Cisco
6 63 (2.00%) Juniper
7 58 (1.84%) HP
8 56 (1.78%) Sparx
9 50 (1.59%) IBM
10 47 (1.49%) Remedy
11 45 (1.43%) Fortinet
12 44 (1.40%) BMC
13 33 (1.05%) SAP
14 31 (0.98%) Thales
15 30 (0.95%) Xilinx
16 25 (0.79%) Google
16 25 (0.79%) NetApp
16 25 (0.79%) Red Hat
17 24 (0.76%) Citrix