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

6 months to
18 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 35 24
Rank change year-on-year +13 -11 0
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,736 1,132 1,914
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.58% 6.84% 7.77%
As % of the Qualifications category 36.55% 19.97% 29.35%
Number of salaries quoted 1,157 578 1,272
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,576 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £47,285
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,750 £85,900
UK median annual salary £70,000 £62,500 £58,800
% change year-on-year +12.00% +6.29% -2.00%

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 4,750 5,669 6,521
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.74% 34.28% 26.47%
Number of salaries quoted 3,075 2,425 3,724
10th Percentile £33,500 £29,750 £33,250
25th Percentile £46,500 £41,074 £43,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £57,875
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -0.65% -3.54%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 18 August 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 41 (2.36%) Apache
2 35 (2.02%) SharePoint
3 30 (1.73%) Apache Spark
4 14 (0.81%) Confluence
5 13 (0.75%) Anypoint
5 13 (0.75%) Mule
6 12 (0.69%) Apache Airflow
7 8 (0.46%) Jupyter
7 8 (0.46%) nginx
8 7 (0.40%) Camunda
8 7 (0.40%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 5 (0.29%) IIS
10 3 (0.17%) Apache Solr
10 3 (0.17%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.17%) GeoServer
10 3 (0.17%) Oracle Spatial
11 2 (0.12%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.12%) WordPress
12 1 (0.058%) Drupal
12 1 (0.058%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 28 (1.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (1.21%) Simulink
3 13 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (0.52%) Adobe XD
6 7 (0.40%) MS Visio
7 6 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
8 4 (0.23%) Mathcad
8 4 (0.23%) Windchill
9 2 (0.12%) InDesign
10 1 (0.058%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.058%) CATIA
10 1 (0.058%) FrameMaker
10 1 (0.058%) Houdini
10 1 (0.058%) InVision
10 1 (0.058%) NUKE
10 1 (0.058%) Sketch
10 1 (0.058%) SOLIDWORKS
10 1 (0.058%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.058%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 21 (1.21%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (0.86%) Primavera
3 7 (0.40%) SAP ERP
4 6 (0.35%) Oracle ERP
4 6 (0.35%) Workday HCM
5 5 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
5 5 (0.29%) Teamcenter
6 4 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
7 2 (0.12%) SAP CO
7 2 (0.12%) SAP FI
7 2 (0.12%) SAP FI/CO
7 2 (0.12%) SAP FSCM
7 2 (0.12%) SAP HCM
7 2 (0.12%) SAP QM
8 1 (0.058%) Magento
8 1 (0.058%) SAP BPC
8 1 (0.058%) SAP EWM
8 1 (0.058%) SAP GRC
8 1 (0.058%) SAP Payroll
8 1 (0.058%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 445 (25.63%) Azure
2 421 (24.25%) AWS
3 134 (7.72%) GCP
4 77 (4.44%) Microsoft 365
5 76 (4.38%) Power Platform
6 71 (4.09%) Entra ID
7 43 (2.48%) AWS CloudFormation
8 41 (2.36%) GitHub
9 38 (2.19%) dbt
10 31 (1.79%) Serverless
11 27 (1.56%) Azure DevOps
12 25 (1.44%) SaaS
13 23 (1.32%) Azure Sentinel
14 21 (1.21%) Google Analytics
15 20 (1.15%) Amazon S3
15 20 (1.15%) Microsoft Purview
16 19 (1.09%) Amazon EC2
16 19 (1.09%) OpenShift
17 18 (1.04%) GitHub Actions
17 18 (1.04%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 50 (2.88%) Firewall
2 48 (2.76%) Network Security
3 41 (2.36%) TCP/IP
4 31 (1.79%) DNS
5 25 (1.44%) WAN
6 17 (0.98%) LAN
7 16 (0.92%) SSL
7 16 (0.92%) VPN
8 15 (0.86%) BGP
9 13 (0.75%) DHCP
10 12 (0.69%) ATM
11 10 (0.58%) MPLS
12 9 (0.52%) Ethernet
12 9 (0.52%) OSPF
13 7 (0.40%) HTTP
13 7 (0.40%) Wireless
14 6 (0.35%) SMTP
15 5 (0.29%) Intrusion Detection
15 5 (0.29%) VLAN
16 4 (0.23%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (3.40%) Power BI
2 47 (2.71%) PostgreSQL
3 29 (1.67%) Big Data
4 26 (1.50%) Data Warehouse
4 26 (1.50%) NoSQL
5 25 (1.44%) SQL Server
6 19 (1.09%) Relational Database
7 17 (0.98%) Metadata
7 17 (0.98%) MongoDB
8 16 (0.92%) MySQL
9 15 (0.86%) Tableau
10 13 (0.75%) DynamoDB
11 12 (0.69%) Data Lake
12 11 (0.63%) Amazon Athena
13 9 (0.52%) Hadoop
14 7 (0.40%) Redis
15 6 (0.35%) Elasticsearch
16 5 (0.29%) SQL Server Analysis Services
17 4 (0.23%) BigQuery
17 4 (0.23%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 71 (4.09%) Git
2 41 (2.36%) Jenkins
3 38 (2.19%) GitLab
4 31 (1.79%) JIRA
5 23 (1.32%) Rational DOORS
6 22 (1.27%) JUnit
7 16 (0.92%) Selenium
8 13 (0.75%) Mockito
9 12 (0.69%) Maven
10 10 (0.58%) Balsamiq
11 9 (0.52%) Cucumber
11 9 (0.52%) Postman
12 8 (0.46%) Axure RP
13 7 (0.40%) Burp Suite
13 7 (0.40%) Cypress.io
13 7 (0.40%) Gatling
13 7 (0.40%) Metasploit
13 7 (0.40%) SonarQube
14 6 (0.35%) LabVIEW
15 3 (0.17%) JMeter
General
1 538 (30.99%) Social Skills
2 424 (24.42%) Public Sector
3 354 (20.39%) Finance
4 336 (19.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 212 (12.21%) Analytical Skills
6 168 (9.68%) Law
7 163 (9.39%) Aerospace
8 80 (4.61%) Legal
9 56 (3.23%) Presentation Skills
10 50 (2.88%) Electronics
11 48 (2.76%) Military
12 47 (2.71%) Organisational Skills
13 43 (2.48%) Influencing Skills
14 42 (2.42%) Manufacturing
15 41 (2.36%) Retail
16 40 (2.30%) Telecoms
17 29 (1.67%) Police
18 16 (0.92%) Local Government
19 15 (0.86%) Automotive
19 15 (0.86%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 317 (18.26%) Senior
2 287 (16.53%) Architect
3 198 (11.41%) Consultant
4 164 (9.45%) Lead
5 134 (7.72%) Software Engineer
6 126 (7.26%) Analyst
7 125 (7.20%) Developer
8 111 (6.39%) Solutions Architect
9 66 (3.80%) Data Engineer
10 65 (3.74%) Cloud Engineer
11 63 (3.63%) Security Consultant
12 56 (3.23%) DevOps Engineer
13 53 (3.05%) Business Analyst
13 53 (3.05%) Senior Developer
13 53 (3.05%) Senior Manager
14 51 (2.94%) Principal Engineer
15 50 (2.88%) Security Architect
15 50 (2.88%) Senior Consultant
16 47 (2.71%) Senior Analyst
17 41 (2.36%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (3.40%) React
2 54 (3.11%) REST
3 47 (2.71%) Spring
4 43 (2.48%) .NET
5 33 (1.90%) Kafka
6 32 (1.84%) CSS
7 27 (1.56%) AngularJS
7 27 (1.56%) HTML
8 26 (1.50%) OAuth
9 23 (1.32%) SOAP
10 22 (1.27%) Playwright
10 22 (1.27%) Spring Boot
11 20 (1.15%) .NET Core
12 17 (0.98%) Node.js
12 17 (0.98%) PySpark
12 17 (0.98%) RESTful
13 16 (0.92%) OAuth2
14 15 (0.86%) JWT
14 15 (0.86%) Web Services
15 14 (0.81%) Apache NiFi
Miscellaneous
1 129 (7.43%) Cloud Native
2 64 (3.69%) Product Ownership
3 61 (3.51%) Self-Motivation
4 57 (3.28%) Management Information System
4 57 (3.28%) Onboarding
5 43 (2.48%) Security Posture
6 39 (2.25%) Blog
7 36 (2.07%) Legacy Systems
8 30 (1.73%) FPGA
9 28 (1.61%) Driving Licence
10 27 (1.56%) Distributed Systems
11 25 (1.44%) Cyber Threat
12 24 (1.38%) Data Centre
12 24 (1.38%) PKI
13 23 (1.32%) Cyber Defence
14 20 (1.15%) Algorithms
15 19 (1.09%) CMDB
15 19 (1.09%) Security Operations Centre
16 18 (1.04%) Enterprise Software
16 18 (1.04%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 133 (7.66%) Linux
2 102 (5.88%) Windows
3 41 (2.36%) Windows Server
4 34 (1.96%) Unix
5 12 (0.69%) Windows 10
6 6 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (0.29%) VxWorks
8 4 (0.23%) Android
8 4 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.17%) Kali Linux
9 3 (0.17%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.12%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.12%) CentOS
10 2 (0.12%) Solaris
10 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.058%) Embedded Linux
11 1 (0.058%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 497 (28.63%) Agile
2 312 (17.97%) Continuous Improvement
3 277 (15.96%) Cybersecurity
4 267 (15.38%) Problem-Solving
5 264 (15.21%) Mentoring
6 239 (13.77%) CI/CD
7 236 (13.59%) DevOps
8 233 (13.42%) Software Engineering
9 214 (12.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 197 (11.35%) AI
11 172 (9.91%) Stakeholder Management
12 147 (8.47%) Community of Practice
13 145 (8.35%) Decision-Making
14 143 (8.24%) Collaborative Culture
14 143 (8.24%) Scrum
15 142 (8.18%) Technical Leadership
16 137 (7.89%) Project Delivery
17 136 (7.83%) Coaching
17 136 (7.83%) Infrastructure as Code
18 131 (7.55%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 215 (12.38%) Python
2 160 (9.22%) Java
3 114 (6.57%) SQL
4 98 (5.65%) JavaScript
5 58 (3.34%) C++
6 57 (3.28%) C#
7 46 (2.65%) Bash
8 43 (2.48%) PowerShell
9 32 (1.84%) TypeScript
10 30 (1.73%) C
11 23 (1.32%) MATLAB
12 21 (1.21%) Ada
13 16 (0.92%) Groovy
14 13 (0.75%) DataWeave
15 12 (0.69%) PL/SQL
15 12 (0.69%) Ruby
15 12 (0.69%) Rust
16 11 (0.63%) Go
16 11 (0.63%) Kusto Query Language
17 9 (0.52%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 1,369 (78.86%) SC Cleared
2 414 (23.85%) DV Cleared
3 334 (19.24%) Degree
4 235 (13.54%) BPSS Clearance
5 80 (4.61%) CISSP
6 57 (3.28%) CISM
6 57 (3.28%) Computer Science Degree
7 45 (2.59%) Azure Certification
8 37 (2.13%) AWS Certification
9 31 (1.79%) Master's Degree
10 28 (1.61%) Microsoft Certification
11 24 (1.38%) Cisco Certification
12 20 (1.15%) CREST Certified
12 20 (1.15%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 19 (1.09%) CRISC
14 17 (0.98%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 17 (0.98%) PhD
15 12 (0.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 12 (0.69%) Chartered Engineer
15 12 (0.69%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 156 (8.99%) Accessibility
2 137 (7.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 93 (5.36%) NIST
4 67 (3.86%) QA
5 63 (3.63%) NCSC
6 46 (2.65%) GRC
7 40 (2.30%) Data Quality
7 40 (2.30%) GDPR
8 24 (1.38%) PCI DSS
9 23 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials
9 23 (1.32%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 22 (1.27%) SLA
11 20 (1.15%) WCAG
12 17 (0.98%) JSP 440
13 13 (0.75%) Def Stans
14 12 (0.69%) Actionable Recommendations
15 9 (0.52%) NIST 800
16 7 (0.40%) PMO
17 6 (0.35%) SOC 2
18 5 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 109 (6.28%) Docker
2 80 (4.61%) Active Directory
3 44 (2.53%) Firmware
4 33 (1.90%) VMware Infrastructure
5 22 (1.27%) Hyper-V
6 15 (0.86%) VMware ESXi
7 8 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
8 7 (0.40%) VMware NSX
8 7 (0.40%) vSphere
9 6 (0.35%) Squid
10 2 (0.12%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.058%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.058%) Embedded Firmware
11 1 (0.058%) IAG
11 1 (0.058%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.058%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.058%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 119 (6.85%) Kubernetes
2 117 (6.74%) Terraform
3 47 (2.71%) Ansible
4 36 (2.07%) Microsoft Intune
5 17 (0.98%) Prometheus
6 16 (0.92%) Grafana
7 13 (0.75%) CloudHub
8 10 (0.58%) Argo
9 9 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
10 8 (0.46%) Progress Chef
11 7 (0.40%) Nmap
11 7 (0.40%) QRadar
12 6 (0.35%) Kustomize
12 6 (0.35%) Packer
13 5 (0.29%) Istio
13 5 (0.29%) vCenter Server
14 4 (0.23%) FortiGate
14 4 (0.23%) Oracle RMAN
15 3 (0.17%) Check_MK
15 3 (0.17%) Kibana
Vendors
1 229 (13.19%) Microsoft
2 72 (4.15%) Google
3 63 (3.63%) ServiceNow
4 54 (3.11%) SAP
5 50 (2.88%) Oracle
6 43 (2.48%) VMware
7 33 (1.90%) Cisco
8 27 (1.56%) Salesforce
9 24 (1.38%) Red Hat
10 21 (1.21%) Databricks
11 19 (1.09%) MuleSoft
11 19 (1.09%) OpenAI
12 18 (1.04%) Splunk
13 15 (0.86%) CyberArk
14 14 (0.81%) Okta
15 13 (0.75%) Adobe
16 11 (0.63%) Siemens
17 9 (0.52%) Veeam
18 8 (0.46%) Fortinet
18 8 (0.46%) Xilinx