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

6 months to
31 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 46 25
Rank change year-on-year +29 -21 +3
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,530 748 2,540
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 9.17% 5.83% 8.18%
As % of the Qualifications category 37.90% 20.19% 30.87%
Number of salaries quoted 1,071 544 1,732
10th Percentile £47,000 £46,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -
75th Percentile £78,800 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £86,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £61,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +6.56% +6.09% -

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 4,037 3,704 8,227
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 24.19% 28.87% 26.50%
Number of salaries quoted 2,667 2,451 5,951
10th Percentile £31,125 £29,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £88,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.86% +5.45% -4.35%

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 31 March 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 (2.29%) SharePoint
2 16 (1.05%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (0.85%) Apache Airflow
4 12 (0.78%) Apache
5 6 (0.39%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.26%) Confluence
7 3 (0.20%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.20%) Camunda
7 3 (0.20%) GeoServer
7 3 (0.20%) Oracle Spatial
7 3 (0.20%) SAS
7 3 (0.20%) Tomcat
7 3 (0.20%) WebLogic
7 3 (0.20%) WebLogic Portal
7 3 (0.20%) WordPress
8 2 (0.13%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.065%) Drupal
9 1 (0.065%) IIS
9 1 (0.065%) NetWeaver
9 1 (0.065%) nginx
Applications
1 79 (5.16%) Microsoft Office
2 29 (1.90%) Adobe XD
3 12 (0.78%) Microsoft Excel
4 7 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.33%) InVision
5 5 (0.33%) Sketch
6 2 (0.13%) Weka
7 1 (0.065%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.065%) CATIA
7 1 (0.065%) EngageOne
7 1 (0.065%) EPLAN
7 1 (0.065%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.065%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.065%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 26 (1.70%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.39%) Oracle ERP
4 4 (0.26%) Primavera
4 4 (0.26%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.26%) SAP CO
4 4 (0.26%) SAP FI
4 4 (0.26%) SAP FI/CO
4 4 (0.26%) SAP FSCM
5 3 (0.20%) Elite 3E
5 3 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.20%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.20%) SAP HCM
5 3 (0.20%) SAP PP
6 2 (0.13%) SAP Payroll
6 2 (0.13%) SAP PM
6 2 (0.13%) SAP SCM
7 1 (0.065%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.065%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.065%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 260 (16.99%) Azure
2 221 (14.44%) AWS
3 116 (7.58%) Microsoft 365
4 79 (5.16%) GCP
5 51 (3.33%) Entra ID
6 50 (3.27%) Power Platform
7 38 (2.48%) AWS CloudFormation
8 30 (1.96%) Figma
9 29 (1.90%) PowerApps
10 26 (1.70%) Dynamics 365
10 26 (1.70%) Power Automate
11 24 (1.57%) Azure DevOps
11 24 (1.57%) Serverless
12 21 (1.37%) Amazon ECS
12 21 (1.37%) Amazon EKS
13 19 (1.24%) GitHub
13 19 (1.24%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
13 19 (1.24%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 17 (1.11%) SaaS
15 15 (0.98%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 39 (2.55%) Firewall
2 24 (1.57%) VPN
2 24 (1.57%) WAN
3 22 (1.44%) Network Security
4 20 (1.31%) DNS
5 19 (1.24%) TCP/IP
6 18 (1.18%) LAN
7 17 (1.11%) DHCP
8 15 (0.98%) Wi-Fi
9 13 (0.85%) BGP
10 10 (0.65%) MPLS
11 9 (0.59%) SMTP
12 7 (0.46%) HTTP
12 7 (0.46%) Intrusion Detection
12 7 (0.46%) SNMP
13 6 (0.39%) Cisco Firepower
13 6 (0.39%) DMZ
13 6 (0.39%) VoIP
14 5 (0.33%) Cisco ASA
14 5 (0.33%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (2.75%) PostgreSQL
2 40 (2.61%) Power BI
3 24 (1.57%) NoSQL
4 18 (1.18%) Amazon RDS
4 18 (1.18%) MongoDB
5 17 (1.11%) Metadata
5 17 (1.11%) SQL Server
6 15 (0.98%) Elasticsearch
7 14 (0.92%) MySQL
7 14 (0.92%) Redis
8 13 (0.85%) Relational Database
9 9 (0.59%) Data Warehouse
9 9 (0.59%) DynamoDB
9 9 (0.59%) Tableau
10 8 (0.52%) SAP HANA
11 6 (0.39%) Amazon Redshift
12 5 (0.33%) Oracle Database
13 4 (0.26%) BigQuery
13 4 (0.26%) Oracle Reports
13 4 (0.26%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 49 (3.20%) Git
2 34 (2.22%) Jenkins
3 27 (1.76%) Balsamiq
4 25 (1.63%) Axure RP
5 22 (1.44%) GitLab
6 17 (1.11%) JIRA
7 11 (0.72%) Selenium
8 7 (0.46%) Burp Suite
8 7 (0.46%) Cypress.io
8 7 (0.46%) JMeter
8 7 (0.46%) Metasploit
8 7 (0.46%) SonarQube
9 6 (0.39%) Babel
9 6 (0.39%) webpack
10 5 (0.33%) Robot Framework
10 5 (0.33%) WebDriver
11 3 (0.20%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.20%) JUnit
11 3 (0.20%) Oracle APEX
11 3 (0.20%) SoapUI
General
1 384 (25.10%) Social Skills
2 316 (20.65%) Public Sector
3 174 (11.37%) Finance
4 149 (9.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 142 (9.28%) Analytical Skills
6 113 (7.39%) Law
7 69 (4.51%) Manufacturing
8 62 (4.05%) Back Office
9 59 (3.86%) Telecoms
10 46 (3.01%) Legal
11 39 (2.55%) Electronics
12 38 (2.48%) Marketing
13 28 (1.83%) Military
13 28 (1.83%) Presentation Skills
14 23 (1.50%) Retail
15 20 (1.31%) Influencing Skills
16 17 (1.11%) Organisational Skills
17 15 (0.98%) Aerospace
18 10 (0.65%) Banking
19 7 (0.46%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 242 (15.82%) Senior
2 154 (10.07%) Architect
3 142 (9.28%) Analyst
4 141 (9.22%) Consultant
5 140 (9.15%) Systems Engineer
6 109 (7.12%) Lead
7 103 (6.73%) Developer
8 97 (6.34%) Business Analyst
9 82 (5.36%) Software Engineer
10 78 (5.10%) Support Engineer
11 64 (4.18%) Site Engineer
12 60 (3.92%) Desktop Engineer
12 60 (3.92%) Desktop Support
12 60 (3.92%) Desktop Support Engineer
13 56 (3.66%) Solutions Architect
14 47 (3.07%) Data Engineer
15 44 (2.88%) Senior Manager
16 42 (2.75%) Security Consultant
16 42 (2.75%) Senior Consultant
17 37 (2.42%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (2.94%) .NET
2 42 (2.75%) React
3 39 (2.55%) REST
4 36 (2.35%) HTML
5 35 (2.29%) CSS
6 30 (1.96%) Spring
7 23 (1.50%) Lightning Web Components
7 23 (1.50%) SOAP
8 22 (1.44%) Django
8 22 (1.44%) Middleware
9 20 (1.31%) Kafka
10 19 (1.24%) Spring Boot
10 19 (1.24%) Visualforce
11 17 (1.11%) AngularJS
12 16 (1.05%) Node.js
13 15 (0.98%) HTML5 Canvas
13 15 (0.98%) SAP CAF
14 14 (0.92%) SAML
15 13 (0.85%) ASP.NET
16 12 (0.78%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 75 (4.90%) Product Ownership
2 67 (4.38%) Cloud Native
3 51 (3.33%) Security Posture
4 36 (2.35%) Data Centre
4 36 (2.35%) Onboarding
5 32 (2.09%) Self-Motivation
6 29 (1.90%) Management Information System
7 22 (1.44%) Legacy Systems
8 21 (1.37%) PKI
9 19 (1.24%) Blog
10 17 (1.11%) Driving Licence
11 12 (0.78%) Data Structures
11 12 (0.78%) Distributed Systems
12 11 (0.72%) Analytical Mindset
12 11 (0.72%) Cyber Security Posture
12 11 (0.72%) Cyber Threat
12 11 (0.72%) Enterprise Software
12 11 (0.72%) Security Operations Centre
13 10 (0.65%) AI Agents
13 10 (0.65%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 129 (8.43%) Windows
2 102 (6.67%) Linux
3 67 (4.38%) Windows 10
4 30 (1.96%) Unix
5 21 (1.37%) Windows Server
6 9 (0.59%) Ubuntu
7 7 (0.46%) CentOS
8 6 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.13%) Android
11 1 (0.065%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.065%) Embedded Linux
11 1 (0.065%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 301 (19.67%) Agile
2 197 (12.88%) Continuous Improvement
3 184 (12.03%) Problem-Solving
4 169 (11.05%) Cybersecurity
5 160 (10.46%) DevOps
6 146 (9.54%) Software Engineering
7 138 (9.02%) Analytics
8 120 (7.84%) ITIL
9 119 (7.78%) Mentoring
10 113 (7.39%) Community of Practice
11 110 (7.19%) CI/CD
12 102 (6.67%) Technology Strategy
13 91 (5.95%) Collaborative Culture
14 88 (5.75%) Stakeholder Management
15 77 (5.03%) Validation
16 75 (4.90%) Infrastructure as Code
17 74 (4.84%) Business Intelligence
17 74 (4.84%) Risk Management
17 74 (4.84%) User Experience
18 72 (4.71%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 131 (8.56%) Python
2 111 (7.25%) Java
3 92 (6.01%) JavaScript
4 68 (4.44%) SQL
5 67 (4.38%) C#
6 29 (1.90%) PowerShell
6 29 (1.90%) TypeScript
7 23 (1.50%) Apex Code
7 23 (1.50%) Bash
8 20 (1.31%) C++
9 12 (0.78%) C
10 10 (0.65%) Go
11 9 (0.59%) Ada
12 7 (0.46%) ABAP
12 7 (0.46%) Bicep
12 7 (0.46%) Rust
13 6 (0.39%) Groovy
13 6 (0.39%) Scala
14 5 (0.33%) PL/SQL
15 4 (0.26%) VBA
Qualifications
1 920 (60.13%) SC Cleared
2 309 (20.20%) Degree
3 273 (17.84%) DV Cleared
4 72 (4.71%) CISSP
5 66 (4.31%) CTC Cleared
6 56 (3.66%) BPSS Clearance
7 54 (3.53%) Computer Science Degree
8 47 (3.07%) Microsoft Certification
9 43 (2.81%) CISM
10 26 (1.70%) Azure Certification
11 24 (1.57%) Cisco Certification
12 19 (1.24%) AWS Certification
12 19 (1.24%) CREST Certified
13 16 (1.05%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 13 (0.85%) HNC
14 13 (0.85%) Master's Degree
14 13 (0.85%) TOGAF Certification
15 12 (0.78%) GIAC
15 12 (0.78%) OSCP
16 11 (0.72%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (6.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 69 (4.51%) SLA
3 63 (4.12%) NIST
4 54 (3.53%) Accessibility
5 50 (3.27%) GDPR
6 42 (2.75%) QA
7 38 (2.48%) GRC
8 27 (1.76%) WCAG
9 26 (1.70%) Data Quality
10 19 (1.24%) PCI DSS
11 18 (1.18%) NCSC
12 13 (0.85%) JSP 440
13 12 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials
14 9 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 8 (0.52%) Actionable Recommendations
16 7 (0.46%) Government Security Classifications
16 7 (0.46%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 7 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 42001
17 6 (0.39%) PMO
18 3 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 17025
System Software
1 78 (5.10%) Docker
2 35 (2.29%) Active Directory
3 13 (0.85%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (0.65%) VMware NSX
5 6 (0.39%) Firmware
5 6 (0.39%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (0.20%) vSphere
8 2 (0.13%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 2 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.065%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.065%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.065%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.065%) vCloud
9 1 (0.065%) Xen
Systems Management
1 86 (5.62%) Terraform
2 72 (4.71%) Kubernetes
3 51 (3.33%) Ansible
4 20 (1.31%) Grafana
5 15 (0.98%) Prometheus
6 12 (0.78%) Microsoft Intune
7 9 (0.59%) Puppet
8 7 (0.46%) Nmap
9 6 (0.39%) Endace
9 6 (0.39%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 5 (0.33%) AWS Copilot
10 5 (0.33%) Kibana
11 4 (0.26%) Progress Chef
11 4 (0.26%) SCCM
11 4 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
11 4 (0.26%) WSUS
11 4 (0.26%) ZABBIX
12 3 (0.20%) Nagios
12 3 (0.20%) Oracle RMAN
12 3 (0.20%) Packer
Vendors
1 180 (11.76%) Microsoft
2 104 (6.80%) Cisco
3 66 (4.31%) SAP
4 63 (4.12%) Google
5 48 (3.14%) Salesforce
6 37 (2.42%) Oracle
7 29 (1.90%) Adobe
8 23 (1.50%) VMware
9 18 (1.18%) MuleSoft
10 16 (1.05%) Red Hat
10 16 (1.05%) Splunk
11 15 (0.98%) ServiceNow
12 11 (0.72%) CyberArk
12 11 (0.72%) Databricks
13 9 (0.59%) Juniper
13 9 (0.59%) Meraki
14 8 (0.52%) F5
14 8 (0.52%) Okta
15 6 (0.39%) CheckPoint
15 6 (0.39%) Dell