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

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 40 25
Rank change year-on-year +19 -15 +5
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,571 1,035 2,630
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.80% 6.69% 7.57%
As % of the Qualifications category 36.55% 19.51% 28.76%
Number of salaries quoted 1,192 518 1,777
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,350 £40,000
25th Percentile £54,468 £52,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £92,375 £92,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +8.00% +8.70% -4.17%

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 4,298 5,304 9,144
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 21.34% 34.27% 26.33%
Number of salaries quoted 2,968 2,359 5,901
10th Percentile £33,250 £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £88,750 £86,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +3.77% -11.67%

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 20 June 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 36 (2.29%) SharePoint
2 23 (1.46%) Apache
3 16 (1.02%) Apache Airflow
3 16 (1.02%) Apache Spark
4 12 (0.76%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (0.45%) Jupyter
6 4 (0.25%) Anypoint
6 4 (0.25%) IIS
6 4 (0.25%) Mule
7 3 (0.19%) Apache Solr
7 3 (0.19%) Camunda
7 3 (0.19%) Confluence
7 3 (0.19%) SAS
8 2 (0.13%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.13%) GeoServer
8 2 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.13%) Oracle Spatial
9 1 (0.064%) Appian
9 1 (0.064%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.064%) Site Server
Applications
1 42 (2.67%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (1.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (0.70%) Adobe XD
4 6 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.25%) InVision
5 4 (0.25%) Sketch
5 4 (0.25%) Windchill
6 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.19%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.13%) Simulink
7 2 (0.13%) Weka
8 1 (0.064%) CATIA
8 1 (0.064%) EngageOne
8 1 (0.064%) FrameMaker
8 1 (0.064%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 28 (1.78%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (0.45%) SAP ERP
3 5 (0.32%) Oracle ERP
3 5 (0.32%) Primavera
4 4 (0.25%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.25%) SAP FSCM
5 3 (0.19%) Elite 3E
5 3 (0.19%) SAP CO
5 3 (0.19%) SAP FI
5 3 (0.19%) SAP FI/CO
5 3 (0.19%) SAP HCM
6 2 (0.13%) SAP Payroll
6 2 (0.13%) SAP QM
7 1 (0.064%) Magento
7 1 (0.064%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.064%) SAP BPC
7 1 (0.064%) SAP GRC
7 1 (0.064%) SAP PSCD
7 1 (0.064%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.064%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 355 (22.60%) Azure
2 317 (20.18%) AWS
3 106 (6.75%) GCP
4 99 (6.30%) Microsoft 365
5 78 (4.96%) Entra ID
6 59 (3.76%) Power Platform
7 30 (1.91%) SaaS
8 29 (1.85%) GitHub
9 27 (1.72%) AWS CloudFormation
10 26 (1.65%) Serverless
11 21 (1.34%) Azure DevOps
11 21 (1.34%) PaaS
12 19 (1.21%) Amazon S3
12 19 (1.21%) Dynamics 365
12 19 (1.21%) Google Analytics
13 18 (1.15%) Amazon EC2
13 18 (1.15%) Azure Sentinel
14 17 (1.08%) PowerApps
15 14 (0.89%) Azure Data Factory
15 14 (0.89%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 43 (2.74%) Network Security
2 41 (2.61%) Firewall
3 30 (1.91%) WAN
4 24 (1.53%) TCP/IP
4 24 (1.53%) VPN
5 22 (1.40%) DNS
6 20 (1.27%) LAN
7 18 (1.15%) DHCP
8 17 (1.08%) BGP
9 14 (0.89%) MPLS
10 13 (0.83%) SMTP
11 10 (0.64%) Wi-Fi
12 9 (0.57%) HTTP
13 7 (0.45%) Intrusion Detection
13 7 (0.45%) SNMP
14 6 (0.38%) DMZ
14 6 (0.38%) SD-WAN
14 6 (0.38%) SSL
15 5 (0.32%) Cisco Firepower
15 5 (0.32%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (2.80%) Power BI
2 39 (2.48%) PostgreSQL
3 20 (1.27%) Metadata
3 20 (1.27%) NoSQL
4 16 (1.02%) Big Data
4 16 (1.02%) Data Warehouse
4 16 (1.02%) MongoDB
5 14 (0.89%) SQL Server
6 12 (0.76%) Amazon Athena
6 12 (0.76%) DynamoDB
6 12 (0.76%) Redis
7 9 (0.57%) Elasticsearch
8 8 (0.51%) Relational Database
8 8 (0.51%) Tableau
9 7 (0.45%) Amazon RDS
9 7 (0.45%) Data Lake
9 7 (0.45%) MySQL
10 6 (0.38%) BigQuery
10 6 (0.38%) SAP HANA
11 5 (0.32%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 50 (3.18%) Git
2 37 (2.36%) Jenkins
3 36 (2.29%) GitLab
4 14 (0.89%) JIRA
4 14 (0.89%) JUnit
4 14 (0.89%) Selenium
5 9 (0.57%) Maven
6 8 (0.51%) Burp Suite
6 8 (0.51%) Metasploit
6 8 (0.51%) Mockito
7 7 (0.45%) Axure RP
7 7 (0.45%) Balsamiq
8 6 (0.38%) Cucumber
8 6 (0.38%) JMeter
9 5 (0.32%) Postman
9 5 (0.32%) SonarQube
10 4 (0.25%) Cypress.io
11 3 (0.19%) Gatling
11 3 (0.19%) SoapUI
12 2 (0.13%) Babel
General
1 386 (24.57%) Social Skills
2 365 (23.23%) Public Sector
3 196 (12.48%) Finance
4 163 (10.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 157 (9.99%) Analytical Skills
6 120 (7.64%) Law
7 52 (3.31%) Legal
8 40 (2.55%) Presentation Skills
9 37 (2.36%) Manufacturing
10 36 (2.29%) Back Office
11 31 (1.97%) Telecoms
12 28 (1.78%) Influencing Skills
12 28 (1.78%) Retail
13 26 (1.65%) Organisational Skills
14 25 (1.59%) Aerospace
15 14 (0.89%) Military
16 13 (0.83%) Aviation
17 10 (0.64%) Banking
18 9 (0.57%) Electronics
19 8 (0.51%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 293 (18.65%) Senior
2 225 (14.32%) Architect
3 172 (10.95%) Consultant
4 126 (8.02%) Analyst
5 119 (7.57%) Lead
6 113 (7.19%) Developer
7 100 (6.37%) Solutions Architect
8 91 (5.79%) Software Engineer
9 70 (4.46%) Business Analyst
10 65 (4.14%) Data Engineer
11 59 (3.76%) Senior Manager
12 57 (3.63%) Cloud Engineer
13 53 (3.37%) Support Engineer
13 53 (3.37%) Systems Engineer
14 52 (3.31%) Security Consultant
15 48 (3.06%) Senior Consultant
16 47 (2.99%) Java Developer
17 44 (2.80%) DevOps Engineer
18 40 (2.55%) Security Architect
18 40 (2.55%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (3.31%) REST
2 41 (2.61%) Spring
3 32 (2.04%) .NET
3 32 (2.04%) React
4 29 (1.85%) SOAP
5 22 (1.40%) Middleware
5 22 (1.40%) Spring Boot
6 19 (1.21%) Kafka
7 16 (1.02%) Playwright
8 15 (0.95%) CSS
8 15 (0.95%) HTML
8 15 (0.95%) Lightning Web Components
8 15 (0.95%) RESTful
9 14 (0.89%) AngularJS
9 14 (0.89%) SAML
9 14 (0.89%) Visualforce
10 12 (0.76%) SAP Fiori
11 11 (0.70%) OAuth
12 9 (0.57%) JSON
12 9 (0.57%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 106 (6.75%) Cloud Native
2 65 (4.14%) Product Ownership
3 58 (3.69%) Security Posture
4 50 (3.18%) Onboarding
5 40 (2.55%) Management Information System
5 40 (2.55%) Self-Motivation
6 34 (2.16%) Data Centre
7 30 (1.91%) PKI
8 26 (1.65%) Legacy Systems
9 20 (1.27%) Blog
10 17 (1.08%) Driving Licence
10 17 (1.08%) Security Operations Centre
11 16 (1.02%) Low-Code
12 15 (0.95%) CMDB
12 15 (0.95%) Data Structures
13 14 (0.89%) Cyber Threat
14 13 (0.83%) Analytical Mindset
15 11 (0.70%) Cyber Security Posture
15 11 (0.70%) Cyberattack
15 11 (0.70%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 106 (6.75%) Windows
2 97 (6.17%) Linux
3 39 (2.48%) Windows 10
4 30 (1.91%) Windows Server
5 21 (1.34%) Unix
6 5 (0.32%) Android
6 5 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.19%) CentOS
7 3 (0.19%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.064%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.064%) Embedded Linux
8 1 (0.064%) Kali Linux
8 1 (0.064%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 337 (21.45%) Agile
2 231 (14.70%) Continuous Improvement
3 208 (13.24%) Cybersecurity
4 186 (11.84%) DevOps
5 183 (11.65%) Problem-Solving
6 180 (11.46%) Mentoring
7 162 (10.31%) CI/CD
8 136 (8.66%) Software Engineering
9 131 (8.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 127 (8.08%) ITIL
11 124 (7.89%) Analytics
12 123 (7.83%) Stakeholder Management
13 116 (7.38%) Community of Practice
14 106 (6.75%) Collaborative Culture
14 106 (6.75%) Risk Management
14 106 (6.75%) Technology Strategy
15 103 (6.56%) AI
15 103 (6.56%) Infrastructure as Code
16 96 (6.11%) Decision-Making
16 96 (6.11%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 157 (9.99%) Python
2 139 (8.85%) Java
3 90 (5.73%) SQL
4 71 (4.52%) JavaScript
5 46 (2.93%) C#
6 34 (2.16%) PowerShell
7 31 (1.97%) Bash
8 29 (1.85%) C++
9 26 (1.65%) TypeScript
10 15 (0.95%) Apex Code
11 12 (0.76%) Groovy
12 10 (0.64%) C
13 9 (0.57%) Rust
14 6 (0.38%) Go
14 6 (0.38%) PL/SQL
14 6 (0.38%) Scala
15 5 (0.32%) VBA
16 4 (0.25%) DataWeave
17 3 (0.19%) ABAP
17 3 (0.19%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 1,143 (72.76%) SC Cleared
2 303 (19.29%) DV Cleared
3 264 (16.80%) Degree
4 90 (5.73%) BPSS Clearance
5 79 (5.03%) CISSP
6 49 (3.12%) CISM
7 45 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
8 37 (2.36%) CTC Cleared
9 34 (2.16%) Microsoft Certification
10 28 (1.78%) Azure Certification
11 25 (1.59%) AWS Certification
12 19 (1.21%) Cisco Certification
12 19 (1.21%) CREST Certified
13 15 (0.95%) HNC
13 15 (0.95%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 15 (0.95%) PMI Certification
14 14 (0.89%) CRISC
15 13 (0.83%) TOGAF Certification
16 11 (0.70%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
17 10 (0.64%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 132 (8.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 76 (4.84%) NIST
3 59 (3.76%) QA
4 51 (3.25%) GDPR
4 51 (3.25%) SLA
5 47 (2.99%) NCSC
6 36 (2.29%) Data Quality
7 35 (2.23%) Accessibility
8 34 (2.16%) GRC
9 26 (1.65%) PCI DSS
10 24 (1.53%) Cyber Essentials
11 19 (1.21%) JSP 440
12 17 (1.08%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 14 (0.89%) Actionable Recommendations
14 12 (0.76%) WCAG
15 11 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 10 (0.64%) Def Stans
17 7 (0.45%) Government Security Classifications
17 7 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 42001
18 6 (0.38%) PMO
System Software
1 80 (5.09%) Docker
2 54 (3.44%) Active Directory
3 16 (1.02%) Hyper-V
3 16 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.57%) VMware NSX
5 8 (0.51%) Firmware
6 6 (0.38%) vSphere
7 5 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.064%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.064%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.064%) IAG
9 1 (0.064%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.064%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.064%) Xen
Systems Management
1 102 (6.49%) Terraform
2 89 (5.67%) Kubernetes
3 51 (3.25%) Ansible
4 27 (1.72%) Microsoft Intune
5 21 (1.34%) Prometheus
6 20 (1.27%) Grafana
7 10 (0.64%) Argo
8 9 (0.57%) Progress Chef
9 8 (0.51%) Nmap
9 8 (0.51%) Puppet
9 8 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
10 7 (0.45%) Packer
10 7 (0.45%) QRadar
11 6 (0.38%) Kustomize
12 5 (0.32%) AWS Copilot
12 5 (0.32%) Endace
12 5 (0.32%) Istio
12 5 (0.32%) vCenter Server
13 4 (0.25%) CloudHub
13 4 (0.25%) Kibana
Vendors
1 217 (13.81%) Microsoft
2 67 (4.26%) Cisco
3 54 (3.44%) Google
4 45 (2.86%) Oracle
5 44 (2.80%) SAP
6 41 (2.61%) ServiceNow
7 29 (1.85%) Salesforce
8 27 (1.72%) VMware
9 20 (1.27%) Red Hat
10 18 (1.15%) MuleSoft
11 16 (1.02%) Databricks
11 16 (1.02%) Splunk
12 12 (0.76%) Adobe
12 12 (0.76%) CyberArk
13 10 (0.64%) Juniper
14 9 (0.57%) Meraki
15 8 (0.51%) Okta
16 7 (0.45%) Dell
16 7 (0.45%) F5
16 7 (0.45%) OpenAI