Security Cleared Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

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 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 49 22 25
Rank change year-on-year -27 +3 +44
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 792 3,161 3,716
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 5.29% 9.34% 8.70%
As % of the Qualifications category 16.83% 33.29% 34.19%
Number of salaries quoted 534 1,731 1,656
10th Percentile £46,250 £39,166 £35,218
25th Percentile £52,500 £48,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £88,750
UK median annual salary £61,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.09% -4.17% +9.09%

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 4,707 9,495 10,870
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 31.45% 28.05% 25.46%
Number of salaries quoted 3,039 5,938 6,645
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% -5.00% +0.45%
75th Percentile £70,600 £72,500 £77,715
90th Percentile £85,000 £87,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £59,000
% change year-on-year +1.85% -8.47% +7.27%

Security Cleared
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Security Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Security Cleared trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Security Cleared
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options 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 remote working options citing Security Cleared over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

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 23 (2.90%) Jupyter
2 20 (2.53%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (1.52%) SharePoint
4 9 (1.14%) OpenEdge
4 9 (1.14%) Skype for Business
5 8 (1.01%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 7 (0.88%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 7 (0.88%) Exchange Server 2013
7 6 (0.76%) Confluence
8 3 (0.38%) Apache Airflow
9 2 (0.25%) Apache Spark
9 2 (0.25%) nginx
9 2 (0.25%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.13%) Apache
10 1 (0.13%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 16 (2.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.01%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 3 (0.38%) Simulink
5 2 (0.25%) Adobe XD
5 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.25%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.25%) Oracle Smart View
5 2 (0.25%) Revit
5 2 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (0.13%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.13%) Autodesk Inventor
6 1 (0.13%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.13%) InVision
6 1 (0.13%) Sketch
6 1 (0.13%) Trello
Business Applications
1 16 (2.02%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (1.77%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (1.52%) Oracle EBS
4 8 (1.01%) Oracle ERP
5 5 (0.63%) SAP HR
6 4 (0.51%) PeopleSoft HCM
6 4 (0.51%) Q-Pulse
6 4 (0.51%) SAP HCM
7 3 (0.38%) SAP FI
7 3 (0.38%) SAP MDG
8 2 (0.25%) Oracle Assets
8 2 (0.25%) Oracle Cash Management
8 2 (0.25%) Oracle Financials
8 2 (0.25%) Oracle General Ledger
8 2 (0.25%) Oracle Payables
8 2 (0.25%) Oracle Receivables
8 2 (0.25%) SAP CO
8 2 (0.25%) SAP FI/CO
8 2 (0.25%) SAP PM
9 1 (0.13%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 190 (23.99%) AWS
2 179 (22.60%) Azure
3 83 (10.48%) AWS CloudFormation
4 57 (7.20%) Amazon EKS
5 52 (6.57%) Power Platform
6 36 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
6 36 (4.55%) Serverless
7 32 (4.04%) GCP
8 30 (3.79%) Dynamics 365
9 27 (3.41%) AWS Lambda
10 26 (3.28%) Microsoft 365
11 25 (3.16%) OCI
12 23 (2.90%) SaaS
13 22 (2.78%) PaaS
14 20 (2.53%) GitHub
15 18 (2.27%) GitHub Actions
15 18 (2.27%) IaaS
16 14 (1.77%) Amazon ECS
17 13 (1.64%) AWS KMS
17 13 (1.64%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 35 (4.42%) Firewall
2 31 (3.91%) TCP/IP
3 30 (3.79%) Network Security
4 28 (3.54%) VPN
5 26 (3.28%) BGP
6 18 (2.27%) OSPF
7 16 (2.02%) SAN
8 15 (1.89%) DNS
8 15 (1.89%) VLAN
8 15 (1.89%) WAN
9 13 (1.64%) IPsec
10 12 (1.52%) Wireless
11 11 (1.39%) DHCP
11 11 (1.39%) LAN
11 11 (1.39%) SMTP
12 9 (1.14%) Skype
13 8 (1.01%) Wi-Fi
14 7 (0.88%) IMAP
14 7 (0.88%) MPLS
14 7 (0.88%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (7.83%) Elasticsearch
2 50 (6.31%) Big Data
3 31 (3.91%) PostgreSQL
4 29 (3.66%) Power BI
5 23 (2.90%) SQL Server
6 19 (2.40%) Redis
7 14 (1.77%) Amazon RDS
8 13 (1.64%) MySQL
9 12 (1.52%) Relational Database
10 10 (1.26%) MongoDB
11 8 (1.01%) Tableau
12 6 (0.76%) Oracle ODI
13 5 (0.63%) Spark SQL
14 4 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
14 4 (0.51%) Oracle Database
15 3 (0.38%) BusinessObjects
15 3 (0.38%) DynamoDB
15 3 (0.38%) Metadata
16 2 (0.25%) Metadata Repository
16 2 (0.25%) Triplestore
Development Applications
1 58 (7.32%) Git
2 27 (3.41%) Jenkins
3 17 (2.15%) JIRA
3 17 (2.15%) SonarQube
4 15 (1.89%) GitLab
5 7 (0.88%) JMeter
5 7 (0.88%) Selenium
6 6 (0.76%) Subversion
7 5 (0.63%) JUnit
8 4 (0.51%) Cucumber
8 4 (0.51%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.38%) Artifactory
9 3 (0.38%) Gatling
9 3 (0.38%) LabVIEW
9 3 (0.38%) Locust
9 3 (0.38%) LSMW
9 3 (0.38%) MLflow
9 3 (0.38%) Mockito
9 3 (0.38%) Oracle APEX
9 3 (0.38%) Postman
General
1 227 (28.66%) Social Skills
2 185 (23.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 161 (20.33%) Finance
4 158 (19.95%) Public Sector
5 146 (18.43%) Analytical Skills
6 54 (6.82%) Marketing
7 46 (5.81%) Electronics
8 44 (5.56%) Law
8 44 (5.56%) Telecoms
9 35 (4.42%) Manufacturing
10 29 (3.66%) Retail
11 28 (3.54%) Aerospace
11 28 (3.54%) Presentation Skills
12 20 (2.53%) Influencing Skills
13 15 (1.89%) Military
14 14 (1.77%) Police
15 12 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
15 12 (1.52%) Legal
16 8 (1.01%) Organisational Skills
17 7 (0.88%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 154 (19.44%) Senior
2 140 (17.68%) Developer
3 126 (15.91%) Architect
4 73 (9.22%) Consultant
5 62 (7.83%) Solutions Architect
6 54 (6.82%) Data Scientist
6 54 (6.82%) Lead
7 53 (6.69%) Software Developer
8 40 (5.05%) Senior Developer
9 36 (4.55%) Software Engineer
10 33 (4.17%) Analyst
11 29 (3.66%) Cloud Architect
12 28 (3.54%) DevOps Engineer
12 28 (3.54%) Network Engineer
13 25 (3.16%) Senior Consultant
14 23 (2.90%) Senior Data Scientist
15 19 (2.40%) Systems Engineer
16 18 (2.27%) Lead Architect
17 17 (2.15%) ServiceNow Consultant
18 16 (2.02%) SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (9.72%) .NET
2 58 (7.32%) Node.js
3 49 (6.19%) Pandas
4 40 (5.05%) React
5 33 (4.17%) RESTful
6 27 (3.41%) AngularJS
6 27 (3.41%) Kafka
7 26 (3.28%) HTML
8 23 (2.90%) CSS
9 22 (2.78%) Elastic Stack
10 20 (2.53%) Django
11 17 (2.15%) .NET Framework
12 14 (1.77%) Spring
12 14 (1.77%) Vue
13 12 (1.52%) Middleware
13 12 (1.52%) Spring Boot
14 11 (1.39%) .NET Core
15 10 (1.26%) OAuth
15 10 (1.26%) RabbitMQ
15 10 (1.26%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 95 (11.99%) Cyberattack
2 67 (8.46%) Algorithms
3 50 (6.31%) Management Information System
4 39 (4.92%) Onboarding
5 30 (3.79%) Cloud Native
5 30 (3.79%) Data Centre
6 19 (2.40%) PMI
7 18 (2.27%) e-Learning
8 16 (2.02%) Virtual Team
9 15 (1.89%) Self-Motivation
10 14 (1.77%) FPGA
10 14 (1.77%) Security Posture
11 13 (1.64%) Distributed Systems
11 13 (1.64%) Product Ownership
12 10 (1.26%) CSOC
12 10 (1.26%) Linux Command Line
12 10 (1.26%) NHS
13 9 (1.14%) Hybrid Cloud
13 9 (1.14%) Operational Technology
14 8 (1.01%) Housing Association
Operating Systems
1 133 (16.79%) Linux
2 51 (6.44%) Windows
3 50 (6.31%) Android
4 29 (3.66%) Unix
5 22 (2.78%) Windows Server
6 6 (0.76%) Windows Server 2019
7 5 (0.63%) Rocky
7 5 (0.63%) Windows 10
8 4 (0.51%) Windows 7
8 4 (0.51%) Windows 8
9 3 (0.38%) AIX
9 3 (0.38%) Embedded Linux
9 3 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.38%) Solaris
10 2 (0.25%) Oracle Linux
10 2 (0.25%) Windows Server 2003
10 2 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 205 (25.88%) Agile
2 182 (22.98%) Software Engineering
3 177 (22.35%) DevOps
4 150 (18.94%) Problem-Solving
5 144 (18.18%) CI/CD
6 130 (16.41%) Mentoring
7 121 (15.28%) Cybersecurity
8 117 (14.77%) Containerisation
9 114 (14.39%) Mathematics
10 97 (12.25%) Statistics
11 91 (11.49%) Computer Science
12 81 (10.23%) Artificial Intelligence
13 79 (9.97%) Collaborative Working
13 79 (9.97%) Continuous Improvement
14 77 (9.72%) Microservices
15 75 (9.47%) Project Management
16 74 (9.34%) Analytics
16 74 (9.34%) Business Intelligence
16 74 (9.34%) Design Patterns
17 66 (8.33%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 176 (22.22%) Python
2 138 (17.42%) Java
3 131 (16.54%) JavaScript
4 73 (9.22%) C++
5 68 (8.59%) SQL
6 53 (6.69%) Go
7 49 (6.19%) Rust
8 42 (5.30%) C#
9 32 (4.04%) TypeScript
10 28 (3.54%) C
11 20 (2.53%) Bash
12 14 (1.77%) PowerShell
13 9 (1.14%) Fortran
13 9 (1.14%) Perl
13 9 (1.14%) Ruby
14 6 (0.76%) R
14 6 (0.76%) Shell Script
15 5 (0.63%) MATLAB
15 5 (0.63%) PL/SQL
16 4 (0.51%) VB
Qualifications
1 474 (59.85%) SC Cleared
2 212 (26.77%) DV Cleared
3 177 (22.35%) Degree
4 53 (6.69%) Computer Science Degree
5 37 (4.67%) AWS Certification
6 31 (3.91%) CISSP
7 29 (3.66%) BPSS Clearance
8 28 (3.54%) Cisco Certification
9 27 (3.41%) Master's Degree
10 24 (3.03%) Numerate Degree
11 21 (2.65%) CISM
11 21 (2.65%) PMI Certification
12 20 (2.53%) CCNP
13 17 (2.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 17 (2.15%) TOGAF Certification
14 15 (1.89%) Microsoft Certification
15 14 (1.77%) CCNA
16 12 (1.52%) PhD
17 9 (1.14%) CISA
18 7 (0.88%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (4.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 31 (3.91%) QA
3 28 (3.54%) NIST
4 26 (3.28%) GDPR
5 18 (2.27%) NCSC
6 16 (2.02%) HIPAA
7 14 (1.77%) GRC
8 12 (1.52%) Def Stans
9 10 (1.26%) Accessibility
9 10 (1.26%) JSP 440
10 9 (1.14%) Data Quality
11 8 (1.01%) Cyber Essentials
11 8 (1.01%) NIST 800
11 8 (1.01%) SLA
12 6 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 6 (0.76%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
13 4 (0.51%) ISO 9001
13 4 (0.51%) PMO
14 3 (0.38%) PCI DSS
14 3 (0.38%) SOC 2
System Software
1 151 (19.07%) Docker
2 30 (3.79%) Active Directory
3 13 (1.64%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (1.52%) Firmware
5 9 (1.14%) Virtual Machines
6 5 (0.63%) Embedded Firmware
6 5 (0.63%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.51%) Hyper-V
8 3 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.25%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.13%) IAG
10 1 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
10 1 (0.13%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 143 (18.06%) Kubernetes
2 108 (13.64%) Terraform
3 81 (10.23%) Ansible
4 28 (3.54%) Prometheus
5 22 (2.78%) Grafana
6 11 (1.39%) AWS Copilot
7 10 (1.26%) QRadar
7 10 (1.26%) SCCM
8 5 (0.63%) Puppet
8 5 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
8 5 (0.63%) vCenter Server
9 4 (0.51%) FortiGate
9 4 (0.51%) SCOM
9 4 (0.51%) WMI
10 3 (0.38%) Argo
10 3 (0.38%) Functional Safety
10 3 (0.38%) Kibana
10 3 (0.38%) Packer
10 3 (0.38%) Progress Chef
11 2 (0.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 114 (14.39%) Microsoft
2 54 (6.82%) SAP
3 37 (4.67%) VMware
4 33 (4.17%) Oracle
5 28 (3.54%) Cisco
6 27 (3.41%) ServiceNow
7 21 (2.65%) Google
8 17 (2.15%) Juniper
9 10 (1.26%) Dell
10 8 (1.01%) Palo Alto
10 8 (1.01%) Red Hat
11 7 (0.88%) F5
11 7 (0.88%) Fortinet
11 7 (0.88%) NetApp
11 7 (0.88%) Splunk
12 6 (0.76%) Dynatrace
12 6 (0.76%) Foundry
12 6 (0.76%) Palantir
13 5 (0.63%) Atlassian
13 5 (0.63%) SolarWinds