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

6 months to
11 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 41 25
Rank change year-on-year +21 -16 +5
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,589 1,010 2,629
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.09% 6.68% 7.69%
As % of the Qualifications category 37.14% 19.76% 28.87%
Number of salaries quoted 1,191 511 1,782
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £54,609 £53,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -3.42%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,375 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £65,576 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.92% +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 4,278 5,112 9,107
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 21.79% 33.82% 26.64%
Number of salaries quoted 2,937 2,349 5,923
10th Percentile £33,250 £27,319 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £88,333 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.85% -10.00%

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 11 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 35 (2.20%) SharePoint
2 23 (1.45%) Apache
3 17 (1.07%) Apache Airflow
4 13 (0.82%) Apache Spark
4 13 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (0.44%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.19%) Anypoint
6 3 (0.19%) Apache Solr
6 3 (0.19%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.19%) Confluence
6 3 (0.19%) GeoServer
6 3 (0.19%) IIS
6 3 (0.19%) Mule
6 3 (0.19%) Oracle Spatial
6 3 (0.19%) SAS
7 2 (0.13%) Camunda
7 2 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.063%) Drupal
8 1 (0.063%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.063%) WordPress
Applications
1 60 (3.78%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (0.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 14 (0.88%) 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%) Weka
8 1 (0.063%) CATIA
8 1 (0.063%) EngageOne
8 1 (0.063%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 27 (1.70%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (0.44%) SAP ERP
3 5 (0.31%) Oracle ERP
4 4 (0.25%) 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 (0.063%) Magento
7 1 (0.063%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.063%) SAP BPC
7 1 (0.063%) SAP GRC
7 1 (0.063%) SAP PSCD
7 1 (0.063%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.063%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 335 (21.08%) Azure
2 304 (19.13%) AWS
3 109 (6.86%) Microsoft 365
4 102 (6.42%) GCP
5 71 (4.47%) Entra ID
6 52 (3.27%) Power Platform
7 27 (1.70%) SaaS
8 26 (1.64%) GitHub
8 26 (1.64%) Serverless
9 25 (1.57%) AWS CloudFormation
10 21 (1.32%) PaaS
11 20 (1.26%) Google Analytics
12 19 (1.20%) Amazon S3
13 18 (1.13%) Azure Sentinel
14 17 (1.07%) Amazon EC2
14 17 (1.07%) Azure DevOps
14 17 (1.07%) Dynamics 365
15 16 (1.01%) PowerApps
16 15 (0.94%) Figma
17 14 (0.88%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 41 (2.58%) Firewall
2 39 (2.45%) Network Security
3 30 (1.89%) WAN
4 25 (1.57%) VPN
5 23 (1.45%) DNS
6 21 (1.32%) TCP/IP
7 20 (1.26%) LAN
8 19 (1.20%) BGP
8 19 (1.20%) DHCP
9 14 (0.88%) MPLS
10 12 (0.76%) SMTP
11 11 (0.69%) Wi-Fi
12 8 (0.50%) HTTP
13 7 (0.44%) Intrusion Detection
13 7 (0.44%) SNMP
13 7 (0.44%) VoIP
14 6 (0.38%) DMZ
14 6 (0.38%) SD-WAN
15 5 (0.31%) Cisco Firepower
15 5 (0.31%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (2.58%) Power BI
2 38 (2.39%) PostgreSQL
3 19 (1.20%) NoSQL
4 18 (1.13%) Metadata
5 17 (1.07%) MongoDB
6 15 (0.94%) SQL Server
7 14 (0.88%) Big Data
8 12 (0.76%) DynamoDB
8 12 (0.76%) Redis
9 11 (0.69%) Amazon Athena
9 11 (0.69%) Data Warehouse
10 9 (0.57%) Elasticsearch
11 7 (0.44%) Amazon RDS
11 7 (0.44%) MySQL
11 7 (0.44%) Relational Database
12 6 (0.38%) BigQuery
12 6 (0.38%) SAP HANA
13 5 (0.31%) Data Lake
13 5 (0.31%) Tableau
14 4 (0.25%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 49 (3.08%) Git
2 36 (2.27%) GitLab
3 34 (2.14%) Jenkins
4 14 (0.88%) JIRA
5 13 (0.82%) JUnit
5 13 (0.82%) Selenium
6 10 (0.63%) Axure RP
6 10 (0.63%) Balsamiq
7 8 (0.50%) Maven
8 7 (0.44%) Mockito
9 6 (0.38%) Burp Suite
9 6 (0.38%) JMeter
9 6 (0.38%) Metasploit
10 5 (0.31%) Cucumber
10 5 (0.31%) Postman
11 4 (0.25%) SonarQube
12 3 (0.19%) Cypress.io
12 3 (0.19%) Gatling
12 3 (0.19%) SoapUI
13 2 (0.13%) MSTest
General
1 387 (24.35%) Social Skills
2 366 (23.03%) Public Sector
3 179 (11.26%) Finance
4 170 (10.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 150 (9.44%) Analytical Skills
6 124 (7.80%) Law
7 51 (3.21%) Back Office
7 51 (3.21%) Legal
8 37 (2.33%) Presentation Skills
9 33 (2.08%) Manufacturing
10 32 (2.01%) Telecoms
11 27 (1.70%) Influencing Skills
12 26 (1.64%) Organisational Skills
13 24 (1.51%) Retail
14 23 (1.45%) Aerospace
15 14 (0.88%) Military
16 13 (0.82%) Aviation
17 10 (0.63%) Banking
18 8 (0.50%) Automotive
19 7 (0.44%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 281 (17.68%) Senior
2 213 (13.40%) Architect
3 166 (10.45%) Consultant
4 138 (8.68%) Analyst
5 123 (7.74%) Lead
6 113 (7.11%) Developer
7 96 (6.04%) Solutions Architect
8 91 (5.73%) Software Engineer
9 83 (5.22%) Business Analyst
10 67 (4.22%) Support Engineer
11 65 (4.09%) Systems Engineer
12 64 (4.03%) Data Engineer
13 59 (3.71%) Cloud Engineer
14 55 (3.46%) Senior Manager
15 54 (3.40%) Site Engineer
16 48 (3.02%) Desktop Engineer
16 48 (3.02%) Desktop Support
16 48 (3.02%) Desktop Support Engineer
17 47 (2.96%) Java Developer
17 47 (2.96%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (3.21%) REST
2 40 (2.52%) Spring
3 33 (2.08%) .NET
4 32 (2.01%) React
5 27 (1.70%) SOAP
6 21 (1.32%) Middleware
6 21 (1.32%) Spring Boot
7 17 (1.07%) Kafka
8 16 (1.01%) CSS
8 16 (1.01%) HTML
8 16 (1.01%) Lightning Web Components
9 15 (0.94%) Playwright
10 14 (0.88%) AngularJS
10 14 (0.88%) SAML
10 14 (0.88%) Visualforce
11 13 (0.82%) RESTful
12 12 (0.76%) SAP Fiori
13 9 (0.57%) Django
13 9 (0.57%) OAuth
13 9 (0.57%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 97 (6.10%) Cloud Native
2 68 (4.28%) Product Ownership
3 57 (3.59%) Security Posture
4 50 (3.15%) Onboarding
5 38 (2.39%) Management Information System
6 36 (2.27%) Data Centre
6 36 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
7 30 (1.89%) PKI
8 26 (1.64%) Legacy Systems
9 20 (1.26%) Blog
10 18 (1.13%) Low-Code
11 17 (1.07%) Driving Licence
11 17 (1.07%) Security Operations Centre
12 15 (0.94%) Data Structures
13 14 (0.88%) CMDB
14 12 (0.76%) Analytical Mindset
14 12 (0.76%) Cyber Threat
15 11 (0.69%) Cyber Security Posture
15 11 (0.69%) Cyberattack
15 11 (0.69%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 122 (7.68%) Windows
2 94 (5.92%) Linux
3 56 (3.52%) Windows 10
4 31 (1.95%) Windows Server
5 21 (1.32%) Unix
6 5 (0.31%) Android
6 5 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.25%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.19%) CentOS
9 1 (0.063%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.063%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.063%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 328 (20.64%) Agile
2 235 (14.79%) Continuous Improvement
3 213 (13.40%) Cybersecurity
4 178 (11.20%) DevOps
5 175 (11.01%) Problem-Solving
6 173 (10.89%) Mentoring
7 147 (9.25%) CI/CD
8 138 (8.68%) ITIL
9 137 (8.62%) Analytics
10 136 (8.56%) Software Engineering
11 123 (7.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 121 (7.61%) Community of Practice
12 121 (7.61%) Stakeholder Management
13 111 (6.99%) Technology Strategy
14 105 (6.61%) Collaborative Culture
15 103 (6.48%) Infrastructure as Code
16 99 (6.23%) Risk Management
17 89 (5.60%) AI
17 89 (5.60%) Technical Leadership
18 86 (5.41%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 148 (9.31%) Python
2 135 (8.50%) Java
3 88 (5.54%) SQL
4 70 (4.41%) JavaScript
5 46 (2.89%) C#
6 33 (2.08%) PowerShell
7 32 (2.01%) Bash
8 27 (1.70%) C++
9 24 (1.51%) TypeScript
10 16 (1.01%) Apex Code
11 12 (0.76%) Groovy
12 9 (0.57%) Rust
13 7 (0.44%) C
14 6 (0.38%) Go
14 6 (0.38%) PL/SQL
15 5 (0.31%) Scala
16 4 (0.25%) T-SQL
16 4 (0.25%) VBA
17 3 (0.19%) ABAP
17 3 (0.19%) Perl
Qualifications
1 1,143 (71.93%) SC Cleared
2 313 (19.70%) DV Cleared
3 277 (17.43%) Degree
4 87 (5.48%) BPSS Clearance
5 74 (4.66%) CISSP
6 52 (3.27%) CTC Cleared
7 44 (2.77%) Computer Science Degree
8 43 (2.71%) CISM
9 36 (2.27%) Microsoft Certification
10 26 (1.64%) Azure Certification
11 25 (1.57%) AWS Certification
12 17 (1.07%) Cisco Certification
13 16 (1.01%) CREST Certified
14 15 (0.94%) HNC
14 15 (0.94%) TOGAF Certification
15 14 (0.88%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
15 14 (0.88%) PMI Certification
16 11 (0.69%) CRISC
17 10 (0.63%) GIAC
18 9 (0.57%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 118 (7.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 71 (4.47%) NIST
3 65 (4.09%) SLA
4 57 (3.59%) QA
5 47 (2.96%) GDPR
6 42 (2.64%) NCSC
7 41 (2.58%) Accessibility
8 34 (2.14%) Data Quality
9 28 (1.76%) GRC
10 25 (1.57%) PCI DSS
11 19 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials
12 18 (1.13%) JSP 440
13 16 (1.01%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 15 (0.94%) WCAG
15 14 (0.88%) Actionable Recommendations
16 10 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 10 (0.63%) Def Stans
17 7 (0.44%) Government Security Classifications
18 6 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 42001
18 6 (0.38%) PMO
System Software
1 77 (4.85%) Docker
2 48 (3.02%) Active Directory
3 18 (1.13%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (0.76%) Hyper-V
5 11 (0.69%) VMware NSX
6 8 (0.50%) Firmware
7 6 (0.38%) vSphere
8 5 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
9 4 (0.25%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.063%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 1 (0.063%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.063%) IAG
10 1 (0.063%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.063%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.063%) Xen
Systems Management
1 99 (6.23%) Terraform
2 85 (5.35%) Kubernetes
3 51 (3.21%) Ansible
4 24 (1.51%) Microsoft Intune
5 21 (1.32%) Prometheus
6 20 (1.26%) Grafana
7 10 (0.63%) Argo
8 8 (0.50%) Progress Chef
8 8 (0.50%) Puppet
8 8 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
9 7 (0.44%) Packer
10 6 (0.38%) Kustomize
10 6 (0.38%) Nmap
10 6 (0.38%) QRadar
11 5 (0.31%) AWS Copilot
11 5 (0.31%) Endace
11 5 (0.31%) Istio
11 5 (0.31%) vCenter Server
12 4 (0.25%) Kibana
12 4 (0.25%) SCCM
Vendors
1 209 (13.15%) Microsoft
2 85 (5.35%) Cisco
3 53 (3.34%) Google
4 45 (2.83%) Oracle
5 41 (2.58%) SAP
6 38 (2.39%) ServiceNow
7 29 (1.83%) VMware
8 28 (1.76%) Salesforce
9 22 (1.38%) Red Hat
10 16 (1.01%) MuleSoft
11 15 (0.94%) Splunk
12 14 (0.88%) Adobe
13 12 (0.76%) CyberArk
13 12 (0.76%) Databricks
14 10 (0.63%) Juniper
14 10 (0.63%) Meraki
15 8 (0.50%) Okta
16 7 (0.44%) CheckPoint
16 7 (0.44%) Dell
16 7 (0.44%) F5