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

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 31 24
Rank change year-on-year +9 -7 -1
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,842 1,163 1,828
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.69% 7.17% 7.82%
As % of the Qualifications category 37.23% 20.81% 28.78%
Number of salaries quoted 1,207 606 1,141
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £48,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% -1.64%
75th Percentile £81,250 £80,000 £79,225
90th Percentile £96,250 £93,750 £86,250
UK median annual salary £70,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +12.00% +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 4,947 5,590 6,352
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.66% 34.46% 27.18%
Number of salaries quoted 3,146 2,360 3,159
10th Percentile £33,500 £30,500 £34,398
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £59,857 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.42% -0.24% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -5.25%

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 September 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 39 (2.12%) Apache
2 33 (1.79%) SharePoint
3 31 (1.68%) Apache Spark
4 19 (1.03%) Confluence
5 13 (0.71%) Anypoint
5 13 (0.71%) Mule
6 10 (0.54%) Apache Airflow
7 8 (0.43%) Jupyter
7 8 (0.43%) nginx
8 7 (0.38%) Camunda
8 7 (0.38%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 5 (0.27%) IIS
10 4 (0.22%) ArcGIS
10 4 (0.22%) GeoServer
10 4 (0.22%) Oracle Spatial
11 3 (0.16%) Apache Solr
12 2 (0.11%) OpenStack
12 2 (0.11%) Oracle Workflow
12 2 (0.11%) WordPress
13 1 (0.054%) CMS
Applications
1 30 (1.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (1.25%) Simulink
3 21 (1.14%) Microsoft Office
4 13 (0.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 10 (0.54%) Microsoft Project
6 8 (0.43%) Adobe XD
7 7 (0.38%) MS Visio
8 4 (0.22%) Mathcad
8 4 (0.22%) Windchill
9 2 (0.11%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.11%) InDesign
9 2 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.054%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.054%) CATIA
10 1 (0.054%) EPLAN
10 1 (0.054%) FrameMaker
10 1 (0.054%) Houdini
10 1 (0.054%) InVision
10 1 (0.054%) Revit
10 1 (0.054%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 16 (0.87%) Primavera
2 15 (0.81%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.33%) Oracle EBS
3 6 (0.33%) Workday HCM
4 5 (0.27%) Oracle ERP
4 5 (0.27%) SAP ERP
4 5 (0.27%) Teamcenter
5 2 (0.11%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (0.11%) SAP QM
6 1 (0.054%) Magento
6 1 (0.054%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.054%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.054%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.054%) SAP BPC
6 1 (0.054%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.054%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.054%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.054%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.054%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 460 (24.97%) Azure
2 432 (23.45%) AWS
3 130 (7.06%) GCP
4 85 (4.61%) Microsoft 365
5 82 (4.45%) Power Platform
6 78 (4.23%) Entra ID
7 43 (2.33%) AWS CloudFormation
7 43 (2.33%) GitHub
8 38 (2.06%) dbt
9 32 (1.74%) Serverless
10 27 (1.47%) Azure DevOps
11 26 (1.41%) OpenShift
12 25 (1.36%) Amazon S3
13 24 (1.30%) SaaS
14 22 (1.19%) Azure Sentinel
15 20 (1.09%) Google Analytics
15 20 (1.09%) Microsoft Purview
16 19 (1.03%) GitHub Actions
17 18 (0.98%) Amazon EC2
17 18 (0.98%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 51 (2.77%) Firewall
1 51 (2.77%) Network Security
2 43 (2.33%) TCP/IP
3 34 (1.85%) DNS
4 22 (1.19%) WAN
5 16 (0.87%) SSL
5 16 (0.87%) VPN
6 15 (0.81%) DHCP
7 14 (0.76%) LAN
8 13 (0.71%) BGP
9 12 (0.65%) ATM
10 11 (0.60%) Wireless
11 10 (0.54%) Ethernet
12 8 (0.43%) MPLS
12 8 (0.43%) OSPF
13 6 (0.33%) HTTP
14 5 (0.27%) DMZ
14 5 (0.27%) VLAN
14 5 (0.27%) Wi-Fi
15 4 (0.22%) Intrusion Detection
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (3.58%) Power BI
2 49 (2.66%) PostgreSQL
3 29 (1.57%) Big Data
3 29 (1.57%) Data Warehouse
4 26 (1.41%) SQL Server
5 25 (1.36%) NoSQL
6 21 (1.14%) Relational Database
7 20 (1.09%) Tableau
8 18 (0.98%) Amazon Athena
9 15 (0.81%) DynamoDB
9 15 (0.81%) Metadata
9 15 (0.81%) MongoDB
9 15 (0.81%) MySQL
10 14 (0.76%) Data Lake
11 9 (0.49%) Hadoop
12 7 (0.38%) Redis
13 6 (0.33%) Elasticsearch
13 6 (0.33%) GIS
13 6 (0.33%) Spark SQL
14 4 (0.22%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 75 (4.07%) Git
2 42 (2.28%) Jenkins
3 38 (2.06%) GitLab
4 36 (1.95%) JIRA
5 23 (1.25%) JUnit
5 23 (1.25%) Rational DOORS
6 18 (0.98%) Selenium
7 14 (0.76%) Mockito
8 13 (0.71%) Maven
9 11 (0.60%) Cucumber
10 9 (0.49%) Balsamiq
10 9 (0.49%) Burp Suite
10 9 (0.49%) Cypress.io
10 9 (0.49%) Metasploit
10 9 (0.49%) Postman
11 8 (0.43%) SonarQube
12 7 (0.38%) Axure RP
12 7 (0.38%) Gatling
13 6 (0.33%) LabVIEW
14 3 (0.16%) JMeter
General
1 548 (29.75%) Social Skills
2 435 (23.62%) Public Sector
3 371 (20.14%) Finance
4 348 (18.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 232 (12.60%) Analytical Skills
6 184 (9.99%) Aerospace
7 167 (9.07%) Law
8 70 (3.80%) Legal
9 58 (3.15%) Presentation Skills
10 57 (3.09%) Organisational Skills
11 55 (2.99%) Electronics
12 53 (2.88%) Military
13 49 (2.66%) Influencing Skills
14 46 (2.50%) Retail
15 43 (2.33%) Manufacturing
16 35 (1.90%) Telecoms
17 31 (1.68%) Police
18 16 (0.87%) Automotive
18 16 (0.87%) Aviation
19 15 (0.81%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 330 (17.92%) Senior
2 296 (16.07%) Architect
3 203 (11.02%) Consultant
4 164 (8.90%) Lead
5 150 (8.14%) Software Engineer
6 138 (7.49%) Developer
7 133 (7.22%) Analyst
8 108 (5.86%) Solutions Architect
9 76 (4.13%) Data Engineer
10 68 (3.69%) Security Consultant
11 65 (3.53%) Cloud Engineer
12 62 (3.37%) Principal Engineer
13 58 (3.15%) DevOps Engineer
14 57 (3.09%) Senior Manager
15 55 (2.99%) Security Architect
16 50 (2.71%) Business Analyst
16 50 (2.71%) Senior Developer
17 49 (2.66%) Senior Consultant
18 45 (2.44%) Senior Analyst
19 40 (2.17%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 120 (6.51%) Terraform
2 64 (3.47%) React
3 53 (2.88%) REST
4 46 (2.50%) Spring
5 42 (2.28%) .NET
6 34 (1.85%) CSS
7 32 (1.74%) Kafka
8 28 (1.52%) AngularJS
8 28 (1.52%) HTML
9 24 (1.30%) OAuth
9 24 (1.30%) Playwright
10 22 (1.19%) Node.js
10 22 (1.19%) SOAP
11 21 (1.14%) PySpark
11 21 (1.14%) Spring Boot
12 20 (1.09%) .NET Core
12 20 (1.09%) RESTful
13 18 (0.98%) Web Services
14 17 (0.92%) JWT
15 16 (0.87%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 134 (7.27%) Cloud Native
2 65 (3.53%) Self-Motivation
3 60 (3.26%) Product Ownership
4 58 (3.15%) Management Information System
5 51 (2.77%) Onboarding
6 44 (2.39%) Security Posture
7 38 (2.06%) Blog
8 34 (1.85%) Driving Licence
9 32 (1.74%) Legacy Systems
10 30 (1.63%) Cyber Threat
10 30 (1.63%) Distributed Systems
11 27 (1.47%) FPGA
11 27 (1.47%) PKI
12 25 (1.36%) Enterprise Software
13 24 (1.30%) Cyber Defence
13 24 (1.30%) Data Centre
14 23 (1.25%) CMDB
15 21 (1.14%) Algorithms
15 21 (1.14%) Security Operations Centre
16 19 (1.03%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 142 (7.71%) Linux
2 110 (5.97%) Windows
3 41 (2.23%) Windows Server
4 35 (1.90%) Unix
5 13 (0.71%) Windows 10
6 6 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 6 (0.33%) VxWorks
7 5 (0.27%) Android
8 4 (0.22%) Embedded Linux
8 4 (0.22%) Kali Linux
8 4 (0.22%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.16%) CentOS
9 3 (0.16%) OpenWrt
9 3 (0.16%) Solaris
10 2 (0.11%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.11%) Mac OS
10 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.054%) AIX
11 1 (0.054%) FreeRTOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 518 (28.12%) Agile
2 338 (18.35%) Continuous Improvement
3 288 (15.64%) Problem-Solving
4 287 (15.58%) Cybersecurity
5 283 (15.36%) Mentoring
6 256 (13.90%) CI/CD
7 255 (13.84%) Software Engineering
8 237 (12.87%) DevOps
9 233 (12.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 226 (12.27%) AI
11 192 (10.42%) Stakeholder Management
12 166 (9.01%) Decision-Making
13 157 (8.52%) Technical Leadership
14 152 (8.25%) Coaching
15 150 (8.14%) Analytics
16 148 (8.03%) Collaborative Culture
17 147 (7.98%) Community of Practice
18 145 (7.87%) Project Delivery
18 145 (7.87%) Scrum
19 133 (7.22%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 219 (11.89%) Python
2 168 (9.12%) Java
3 127 (6.89%) SQL
4 108 (5.86%) JavaScript
5 63 (3.42%) C++
6 59 (3.20%) C#
7 49 (2.66%) Bash
8 44 (2.39%) PowerShell
9 38 (2.06%) TypeScript
10 34 (1.85%) C
11 25 (1.36%) MATLAB
12 21 (1.14%) Ada
13 16 (0.87%) Groovy
14 15 (0.81%) Go
15 14 (0.76%) PL/SQL
15 14 (0.76%) Rust
16 13 (0.71%) DataWeave
16 13 (0.71%) Kusto Query Language
17 12 (0.65%) Ruby
18 9 (0.49%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1,457 (79.10%) SC Cleared
2 426 (23.13%) DV Cleared
3 336 (18.24%) Degree
4 235 (12.76%) BPSS Clearance
5 83 (4.51%) CISSP
6 63 (3.42%) CISM
7 54 (2.93%) Computer Science Degree
8 46 (2.50%) Azure Certification
9 40 (2.17%) AWS Certification
10 31 (1.68%) Master's Degree
11 26 (1.41%) Microsoft Certification
12 23 (1.25%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 22 (1.19%) Cisco Certification
14 21 (1.14%) CREST Certified
15 20 (1.09%) CRISC
16 18 (0.98%) PhD
17 17 (0.92%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
18 15 (0.81%) Chartered Engineer
19 14 (0.76%) TOGAF Certification
20 13 (0.71%) CHECK Team Member
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 156 (8.47%) Accessibility
2 152 (8.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 98 (5.32%) NIST
4 73 (3.96%) QA
5 72 (3.91%) NCSC
6 52 (2.82%) GRC
7 47 (2.55%) Data Quality
8 43 (2.33%) GDPR
9 29 (1.57%) PCI DSS
10 25 (1.36%) Cyber Essentials
11 23 (1.25%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 22 (1.19%) SLA
13 19 (1.03%) WCAG
14 18 (0.98%) JSP 440
15 16 (0.87%) Def Stans
16 14 (0.76%) Actionable Recommendations
17 11 (0.60%) NIST 800
18 8 (0.43%) PMO
19 6 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 42001
19 6 (0.33%) SOC 2
System Software
1 115 (6.24%) Docker
2 83 (4.51%) Active Directory
3 45 (2.44%) Firmware
4 35 (1.90%) VMware Infrastructure
5 22 (1.19%) Hyper-V
6 15 (0.81%) VMware ESXi
7 8 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
8 7 (0.38%) VMware NSX
8 7 (0.38%) vSphere
9 6 (0.33%) Squid
10 2 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
10 2 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.054%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.054%) Embedded Firmware
11 1 (0.054%) IAG
11 1 (0.054%) QEMU
11 1 (0.054%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.054%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 126 (6.84%) Kubernetes
2 50 (2.71%) Ansible
3 39 (2.12%) Microsoft Intune
4 17 (0.92%) Grafana
4 17 (0.92%) Prometheus
5 13 (0.71%) CloudHub
6 12 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
7 11 (0.60%) Argo
8 9 (0.49%) Nmap
9 8 (0.43%) Progress Chef
10 7 (0.38%) Kustomize
10 7 (0.38%) QRadar
11 6 (0.33%) Istio
11 6 (0.33%) Packer
12 5 (0.27%) vCenter Server
13 4 (0.22%) FortiGate
13 4 (0.22%) Oracle RMAN
14 3 (0.16%) Check_MK
14 3 (0.16%) Kibana
14 3 (0.16%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 250 (13.57%) Microsoft
2 81 (4.40%) ServiceNow
3 66 (3.58%) Google
4 55 (2.99%) Oracle
5 54 (2.93%) SAP
6 49 (2.66%) VMware
7 31 (1.68%) Cisco
8 26 (1.41%) Red Hat
9 24 (1.30%) Salesforce
10 20 (1.09%) Databricks
10 20 (1.09%) Splunk
11 19 (1.03%) OpenAI
12 17 (0.92%) MuleSoft
12 17 (0.92%) Okta
13 16 (0.87%) CyberArk
14 14 (0.76%) Adobe
15 13 (0.71%) EMC
15 13 (0.71%) Veeam
15 13 (0.71%) YouTube
16 12 (0.65%) Workday