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

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 40 24
Rank change year-on-year +19 -16 +6
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,564 1,034 2,630
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.83% 6.74% 7.61%
As % of the Qualifications category 36.63% 19.57% 28.75%
Number of salaries quoted 1,189 522 1,773
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,672 £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 £76,500
90th Percentile £90,921 £92,300 £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 4,270 5,283 9,147
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 21.39% 34.41% 26.46%
Number of salaries quoted 2,950 2,360 5,899
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 £53,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% +2.80% -10.83%

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 17 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 (2.30%) SharePoint
2 23 (1.47%) Apache
3 17 (1.09%) Apache Airflow
4 15 (0.96%) Apache Spark
5 13 (0.83%) Microsoft Exchange
6 7 (0.45%) Jupyter
7 4 (0.26%) IIS
8 3 (0.19%) Anypoint
8 3 (0.19%) Apache Solr
8 3 (0.19%) Confluence
8 3 (0.19%) Mule
8 3 (0.19%) SAS
9 2 (0.13%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.13%) Camunda
9 2 (0.13%) GeoServer
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle Spatial
10 1 (0.064%) Drupal
10 1 (0.064%) NetWeaver
10 1 (0.064%) Site Server
Applications
1 43 (2.75%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (1.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (0.83%) Adobe XD
4 6 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.26%) InVision
5 4 (0.26%) Sketch
5 4 (0.26%) Windchill
6 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.19%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.13%) Weka
8 1 (0.064%) CATIA
8 1 (0.064%) EngageOne
8 1 (0.064%) Siemens NX
8 1 (0.064%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 28 (1.79%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (0.45%) SAP ERP
3 5 (0.32%) Oracle ERP
3 5 (0.32%) Primavera
4 4 (0.26%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.26%) 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%) C-CURE
7 1 (0.064%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.064%) SAP BPC
7 1 (0.064%) SAP EWM
7 1 (0.064%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.064%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.064%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 349 (22.31%) Azure
2 311 (19.88%) AWS
3 106 (6.78%) GCP
4 100 (6.39%) Microsoft 365
5 78 (4.99%) Entra ID
6 56 (3.58%) Power Platform
7 28 (1.79%) SaaS
8 26 (1.66%) AWS CloudFormation
8 26 (1.66%) GitHub
8 26 (1.66%) Serverless
9 21 (1.34%) PaaS
10 20 (1.28%) Amazon S3
10 20 (1.28%) Azure DevOps
10 20 (1.28%) Google Analytics
11 18 (1.15%) Azure Sentinel
11 18 (1.15%) Dynamics 365
12 17 (1.09%) Amazon EC2
13 16 (1.02%) PowerApps
14 14 (0.90%) Figma
14 14 (0.90%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 41 (2.62%) Firewall
1 41 (2.62%) Network Security
2 31 (1.98%) WAN
3 24 (1.53%) TCP/IP
3 24 (1.53%) VPN
4 22 (1.41%) DNS
5 21 (1.34%) LAN
6 19 (1.21%) DHCP
7 18 (1.15%) BGP
8 14 (0.90%) MPLS
9 13 (0.83%) SMTP
10 11 (0.70%) Wi-Fi
11 9 (0.58%) HTTP
12 7 (0.45%) Intrusion Detection
12 7 (0.45%) SNMP
13 6 (0.38%) DMZ
13 6 (0.38%) SD-WAN
13 6 (0.38%) VoIP
14 5 (0.32%) Cisco Firepower
14 5 (0.32%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (2.75%) Power BI
2 37 (2.37%) PostgreSQL
3 21 (1.34%) Metadata
4 19 (1.21%) NoSQL
5 16 (1.02%) MongoDB
6 14 (0.90%) Big Data
6 14 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
6 14 (0.90%) SQL Server
7 12 (0.77%) Amazon Athena
7 12 (0.77%) DynamoDB
7 12 (0.77%) Redis
8 9 (0.58%) Elasticsearch
9 7 (0.45%) Amazon RDS
9 7 (0.45%) Data Lake
9 7 (0.45%) MySQL
9 7 (0.45%) Relational Database
9 7 (0.45%) Tableau
10 6 (0.38%) BigQuery
10 6 (0.38%) SAP HANA
11 5 (0.32%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 50 (3.20%) Git
2 36 (2.30%) GitLab
3 34 (2.17%) Jenkins
4 14 (0.90%) JIRA
5 13 (0.83%) JUnit
5 13 (0.83%) Selenium
6 9 (0.58%) Axure RP
6 9 (0.58%) Balsamiq
7 8 (0.51%) Maven
8 7 (0.45%) Mockito
9 6 (0.38%) Burp Suite
9 6 (0.38%) JMeter
9 6 (0.38%) Metasploit
10 5 (0.32%) Cucumber
10 5 (0.32%) Postman
11 4 (0.26%) SonarQube
12 3 (0.19%) Cypress.io
12 3 (0.19%) Gatling
12 3 (0.19%) SoapUI
13 2 (0.13%) MSTest
General
1 382 (24.42%) Social Skills
2 369 (23.59%) Public Sector
3 190 (12.15%) Finance
4 169 (10.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 155 (9.91%) Analytical Skills
6 124 (7.93%) Law
7 52 (3.32%) Legal
8 40 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
9 36 (2.30%) Back Office
10 35 (2.24%) Manufacturing
11 32 (2.05%) Telecoms
12 28 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
13 26 (1.66%) Organisational Skills
13 26 (1.66%) Retail
14 23 (1.47%) Aerospace
15 13 (0.83%) Aviation
15 13 (0.83%) Military
16 10 (0.64%) Banking
17 8 (0.51%) Automotive
18 7 (0.45%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 291 (18.61%) Senior
2 222 (14.19%) Architect
3 169 (10.81%) Consultant
4 130 (8.31%) Analyst
5 118 (7.54%) Lead
6 112 (7.16%) Developer
7 99 (6.33%) Solutions Architect
8 89 (5.69%) Software Engineer
9 73 (4.67%) Business Analyst
10 65 (4.16%) Data Engineer
11 58 (3.71%) Senior Manager
12 57 (3.64%) Cloud Engineer
13 56 (3.58%) Systems Engineer
14 53 (3.39%) Support Engineer
15 49 (3.13%) Security Consultant
16 48 (3.07%) Senior Consultant
17 47 (3.01%) Java Developer
18 44 (2.81%) DevOps Engineer
19 40 (2.56%) Senior Developer
20 39 (2.49%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (3.26%) REST
2 40 (2.56%) Spring
3 32 (2.05%) .NET
3 32 (2.05%) React
4 28 (1.79%) SOAP
5 22 (1.41%) Middleware
6 21 (1.34%) Spring Boot
7 17 (1.09%) Kafka
8 16 (1.02%) CSS
8 16 (1.02%) HTML
9 15 (0.96%) Lightning Web Components
9 15 (0.96%) Playwright
10 14 (0.90%) AngularJS
10 14 (0.90%) RESTful
10 14 (0.90%) SAML
10 14 (0.90%) Visualforce
11 12 (0.77%) SAP Fiori
12 9 (0.58%) JSON
12 9 (0.58%) OAuth
12 9 (0.58%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 102 (6.52%) Cloud Native
2 66 (4.22%) Product Ownership
3 56 (3.58%) Security Posture
4 50 (3.20%) Onboarding
5 39 (2.49%) Management Information System
6 37 (2.37%) Self-Motivation
7 35 (2.24%) Data Centre
8 31 (1.98%) PKI
9 26 (1.66%) Legacy Systems
10 20 (1.28%) Blog
11 17 (1.09%) Driving Licence
11 17 (1.09%) Security Operations Centre
12 16 (1.02%) Low-Code
13 15 (0.96%) CMDB
13 15 (0.96%) Data Structures
14 13 (0.83%) Analytical Mindset
14 13 (0.83%) Cyber Threat
15 11 (0.70%) Cyber Security Posture
15 11 (0.70%) Cyberattack
15 11 (0.70%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 106 (6.78%) Windows
2 94 (6.01%) Linux
3 40 (2.56%) Windows 10
4 30 (1.92%) 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%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 333 (21.29%) Agile
2 227 (14.51%) Continuous Improvement
3 203 (12.98%) Cybersecurity
4 181 (11.57%) Problem-Solving
5 180 (11.51%) DevOps
6 178 (11.38%) Mentoring
7 153 (9.78%) CI/CD
8 134 (8.57%) Software Engineering
9 128 (8.18%) ITIL
10 127 (8.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 125 (7.99%) Analytics
12 122 (7.80%) Stakeholder Management
13 121 (7.74%) Community of Practice
14 111 (7.10%) Technology Strategy
15 107 (6.84%) Collaborative Culture
16 103 (6.59%) Infrastructure as Code
16 103 (6.59%) Risk Management
17 96 (6.14%) AI
18 94 (6.01%) Decision-Making
19 93 (5.95%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 150 (9.59%) Python
2 134 (8.57%) Java
3 88 (5.63%) SQL
4 70 (4.48%) JavaScript
5 45 (2.88%) C#
6 31 (1.98%) Bash
6 31 (1.98%) PowerShell
7 28 (1.79%) C++
8 25 (1.60%) TypeScript
9 15 (0.96%) Apex Code
10 11 (0.70%) Groovy
11 9 (0.58%) C
11 9 (0.58%) Rust
12 6 (0.38%) Go
12 6 (0.38%) PL/SQL
13 5 (0.32%) Scala
13 5 (0.32%) VBA
14 3 (0.19%) Google Apps Script
14 3 (0.19%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.19%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 1,138 (72.76%) SC Cleared
2 304 (19.44%) DV Cleared
3 264 (16.88%) Degree
4 90 (5.75%) BPSS Clearance
5 77 (4.92%) CISSP
6 47 (3.01%) CISM
7 45 (2.88%) Computer Science Degree
8 37 (2.37%) CTC Cleared
9 34 (2.17%) Microsoft Certification
10 29 (1.85%) Azure Certification
11 26 (1.66%) AWS Certification
12 18 (1.15%) Cisco Certification
13 15 (0.96%) CREST Certified
13 15 (0.96%) HNC
13 15 (0.96%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 15 (0.96%) PMI Certification
14 14 (0.90%) TOGAF Certification
15 13 (0.83%) CRISC
16 10 (0.64%) GIAC
16 10 (0.64%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 127 (8.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 74 (4.73%) NIST
3 58 (3.71%) QA
4 51 (3.26%) SLA
5 49 (3.13%) GDPR
6 46 (2.94%) NCSC
7 38 (2.43%) Accessibility
8 36 (2.30%) Data Quality
9 30 (1.92%) GRC
10 26 (1.66%) PCI DSS
11 23 (1.47%) Cyber Essentials
12 18 (1.15%) JSP 440
13 17 (1.09%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 14 (0.90%) Actionable Recommendations
14 14 (0.90%) WCAG
15 11 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 10 (0.64%) Def Stans
17 7 (0.45%) Government Security Classifications
18 6 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 42001
18 6 (0.38%) PMO
System Software
1 78 (4.99%) Docker
2 53 (3.39%) Active Directory
3 17 (1.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (1.02%) Hyper-V
5 10 (0.64%) VMware NSX
6 8 (0.51%) Firmware
7 6 (0.38%) vSphere
8 5 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
9 4 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.064%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 1 (0.064%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.064%) IAG
10 1 (0.064%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.064%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.064%) Xen
Systems Management
1 99 (6.33%) Terraform
2 85 (5.43%) Kubernetes
3 50 (3.20%) Ansible
4 28 (1.79%) Microsoft Intune
5 21 (1.34%) Prometheus
6 20 (1.28%) Grafana
7 10 (0.64%) Argo
8 8 (0.51%) Progress Chef
8 8 (0.51%) Puppet
8 8 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
9 7 (0.45%) Packer
9 7 (0.45%) QRadar
10 6 (0.38%) Kustomize
10 6 (0.38%) Nmap
11 5 (0.32%) AWS Copilot
11 5 (0.32%) Endace
11 5 (0.32%) Istio
11 5 (0.32%) vCenter Server
12 4 (0.26%) Kibana
12 4 (0.26%) Nagios
Vendors
1 218 (13.94%) Microsoft
2 68 (4.35%) Cisco
3 54 (3.45%) Google
4 45 (2.88%) Oracle
5 43 (2.75%) SAP
6 40 (2.56%) ServiceNow
7 28 (1.79%) VMware
8 27 (1.73%) Salesforce
9 20 (1.28%) Red Hat
10 16 (1.02%) MuleSoft
10 16 (1.02%) Splunk
11 15 (0.96%) Databricks
12 13 (0.83%) Adobe
13 12 (0.77%) CyberArk
14 10 (0.64%) Juniper
14 10 (0.64%) Meraki
15 8 (0.51%) Okta
16 7 (0.45%) Dell
16 7 (0.45%) F5
17 6 (0.38%) Ariba