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

6 months to
15 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 40 24
Rank change year-on-year +20 -16 +6
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,575 1,027 2,637
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.93% 6.71% 7.64%
As % of the Qualifications category 37.01% 19.48% 28.81%
Number of salaries quoted 1,187 520 1,781
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,597 £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 £76,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £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 4,256 5,273 9,154
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 21.43% 34.44% 26.52%
Number of salaries quoted 2,934 2,364 5,904
10th Percentile £33,250 £27,385 £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 £88,333 £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 15 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 (2.29%) SharePoint
2 23 (1.46%) Apache
3 17 (1.08%) Apache Airflow
4 14 (0.89%) Apache Spark
5 13 (0.83%) Microsoft Exchange
6 7 (0.44%) Jupyter
7 4 (0.25%) 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 (0.063%) NetWeaver
10 1 (0.063%) nginx
10 1 (0.063%) Site Server
Applications
1 51 (3.24%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (1.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (0.83%) 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 28 (1.78%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (0.44%) SAP ERP
3 5 (0.32%) Oracle ERP
3 5 (0.32%) 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 EWM
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
1 344 (21.84%) Azure
2 308 (19.56%) AWS
3 104 (6.60%) GCP
3 104 (6.60%) Microsoft 365
4 74 (4.70%) Entra ID
5 56 (3.56%) Power Platform
6 28 (1.78%) SaaS
7 26 (1.65%) GitHub
7 26 (1.65%) Serverless
8 25 (1.59%) AWS CloudFormation
9 21 (1.33%) PaaS
10 20 (1.27%) Azure DevOps
10 20 (1.27%) Google Analytics
11 19 (1.21%) Amazon S3
11 19 (1.21%) Dynamics 365
12 18 (1.14%) Azure Sentinel
13 17 (1.08%) Amazon EC2
13 17 (1.08%) PowerApps
14 14 (0.89%) Figma
14 14 (0.89%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 41 (2.60%) Firewall
1 41 (2.60%) Network Security
2 31 (1.97%) WAN
3 24 (1.52%) VPN
4 23 (1.46%) TCP/IP
5 22 (1.40%) DNS
6 21 (1.33%) LAN
7 19 (1.21%) BGP
7 19 (1.21%) DHCP
8 14 (0.89%) MPLS
9 13 (0.83%) SMTP
10 11 (0.70%) Wi-Fi
11 9 (0.57%) HTTP
12 7 (0.44%) Intrusion Detection
12 7 (0.44%) 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 44 (2.79%) Power BI
2 37 (2.35%) PostgreSQL
3 20 (1.27%) Metadata
3 20 (1.27%) NoSQL
4 17 (1.08%) MongoDB
5 15 (0.95%) SQL Server
6 14 (0.89%) Big Data
7 12 (0.76%) Data Warehouse
7 12 (0.76%) DynamoDB
7 12 (0.76%) Redis
8 11 (0.70%) Amazon Athena
9 9 (0.57%) Elasticsearch
10 7 (0.44%) Amazon RDS
10 7 (0.44%) MySQL
10 7 (0.44%) Relational Database
10 7 (0.44%) Tableau
11 6 (0.38%) BigQuery
11 6 (0.38%) Data Lake
11 6 (0.38%) SAP HANA
12 4 (0.25%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 50 (3.17%) Git
2 36 (2.29%) GitLab
3 34 (2.16%) Jenkins
4 14 (0.89%) JIRA
5 13 (0.83%) JUnit
5 13 (0.83%) Selenium
6 9 (0.57%) Axure RP
6 9 (0.57%) Balsamiq
7 8 (0.51%) Maven
8 7 (0.44%) Burp Suite
8 7 (0.44%) Metasploit
8 7 (0.44%) Mockito
9 6 (0.38%) JMeter
10 5 (0.32%) Cucumber
10 5 (0.32%) 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 (24.57%) Social Skills
2 367 (23.30%) Public Sector
3 189 (12.00%) Finance
4 169 (10.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 156 (9.90%) Analytical Skills
6 124 (7.87%) Law
7 52 (3.30%) Legal
8 44 (2.79%) Back Office
9 40 (2.54%) Presentation Skills
10 35 (2.22%) Manufacturing
11 33 (2.10%) Telecoms
12 28 (1.78%) Influencing Skills
12 28 (1.78%) Retail
13 26 (1.65%) Organisational Skills
14 23 (1.46%) Aerospace
15 14 (0.89%) Military
16 13 (0.83%) Aviation
17 11 (0.70%) Banking
18 8 (0.51%) Automotive
19 7 (0.44%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 291 (18.48%) Senior
2 218 (13.84%) Architect
3 169 (10.73%) Consultant
4 131 (8.32%) Analyst
5 118 (7.49%) Lead
6 112 (7.11%) Developer
7 98 (6.22%) Solutions Architect
8 92 (5.84%) Software Engineer
9 74 (4.70%) Business Analyst
10 65 (4.13%) Data Engineer
11 61 (3.87%) Support Engineer
11 61 (3.87%) Systems Engineer
12 57 (3.62%) Cloud Engineer
12 57 (3.62%) Senior Manager
13 49 (3.11%) Security Consultant
14 48 (3.05%) Senior Consultant
15 47 (2.98%) Java Developer
16 46 (2.92%) Site Engineer
17 44 (2.79%) DevOps Engineer
18 41 (2.60%) Desktop Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (3.30%) REST
2 41 (2.60%) Spring
3 32 (2.03%) .NET
3 32 (2.03%) React
4 28 (1.78%) SOAP
5 22 (1.40%) Middleware
5 22 (1.40%) Spring Boot
6 18 (1.14%) Kafka
7 16 (1.02%) CSS
7 16 (1.02%) HTML
8 15 (0.95%) Lightning Web Components
8 15 (0.95%) Playwright
9 14 (0.89%) AngularJS
9 14 (0.89%) SAML
9 14 (0.89%) Visualforce
10 13 (0.83%) RESTful
11 12 (0.76%) SAP Fiori
12 9 (0.57%) JSON
12 9 (0.57%) OAuth
12 9 (0.57%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 100 (6.35%) Cloud Native
2 66 (4.19%) Product Ownership
3 58 (3.68%) Security Posture
4 50 (3.17%) Onboarding
5 39 (2.48%) Management Information System
6 38 (2.41%) Self-Motivation
7 36 (2.29%) Data Centre
8 31 (1.97%) PKI
9 26 (1.65%) Legacy Systems
10 20 (1.27%) Blog
11 17 (1.08%) Driving Licence
11 17 (1.08%) Low-Code
11 17 (1.08%) Security Operations Centre
12 15 (0.95%) CMDB
12 15 (0.95%) Data Structures
13 13 (0.83%) Analytical Mindset
13 13 (0.83%) Cyber Threat
14 11 (0.70%) Cyber Security Posture
14 11 (0.70%) Cyberattack
14 11 (0.70%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 111 (7.05%) Windows
2 93 (5.90%) Linux
3 48 (3.05%) Windows 10
4 28 (1.78%) Windows Server
5 21 (1.33%) 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 (0.063%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.063%) Embedded Linux
8 1 (0.063%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 333 (21.14%) Agile
2 231 (14.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 211 (13.40%) Cybersecurity
4 181 (11.49%) DevOps
4 181 (11.49%) Problem-Solving
5 176 (11.17%) Mentoring
6 151 (9.59%) CI/CD
7 135 (8.57%) Software Engineering
8 133 (8.44%) ITIL
9 131 (8.32%) Analytics
10 126 (8.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 121 (7.68%) Community of Practice
11 121 (7.68%) Stakeholder Management
12 111 (7.05%) Technology Strategy
13 106 (6.73%) Collaborative Culture
14 103 (6.54%) Infrastructure as Code
14 103 (6.54%) Risk Management
15 94 (5.97%) Decision-Making
16 93 (5.90%) AI
17 90 (5.71%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 150 (9.52%) Python
2 135 (8.57%) Java
3 90 (5.71%) SQL
4 70 (4.44%) JavaScript
5 46 (2.92%) C#
6 32 (2.03%) PowerShell
7 31 (1.97%) Bash
8 27 (1.71%) C++
9 24 (1.52%) TypeScript
10 15 (0.95%) 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 (0.32%) Scala
15 5 (0.32%) VBA
16 4 (0.25%) T-SQL
17 3 (0.19%) ABAP
17 3 (0.19%) Perl
Qualifications
1 1,139 (72.32%) SC Cleared
2 304 (19.30%) DV Cleared
3 271 (17.21%) Degree
4 87 (5.52%) BPSS Clearance
5 78 (4.95%) CISSP
6 47 (2.98%) CISM
7 45 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
7 45 (2.86%) CTC Cleared
8 35 (2.22%) Microsoft Certification
9 26 (1.65%) Azure Certification
10 24 (1.52%) AWS Certification
11 19 (1.21%) Cisco Certification
12 16 (1.02%) CREST Certified
13 15 (0.95%) HNC
13 15 (0.95%) PMI Certification
14 14 (0.89%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 14 (0.89%) TOGAF Certification
15 13 (0.83%) CRISC
16 11 (0.70%) GIAC
17 10 (0.63%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 124 (7.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 74 (4.70%) NIST
3 58 (3.68%) QA
3 58 (3.68%) SLA
4 49 (3.11%) GDPR
5 45 (2.86%) NCSC
6 38 (2.41%) Accessibility
7 36 (2.29%) Data Quality
8 30 (1.90%) GRC
9 26 (1.65%) PCI DSS
10 21 (1.33%) Cyber Essentials
11 18 (1.14%) JSP 440
12 17 (1.08%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 14 (0.89%) Actionable Recommendations
13 14 (0.89%) WCAG
14 11 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 10 (0.63%) Def Stans
16 7 (0.44%) Government Security Classifications
17 6 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 42001
17 6 (0.38%) PMO
System Software
1 77 (4.89%) Docker
2 50 (3.17%) Active Directory
3 18 (1.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (0.83%) Hyper-V
5 11 (0.70%) VMware NSX
6 8 (0.51%) Firmware
7 6 (0.38%) vSphere
8 5 (0.32%) 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 98 (6.22%) Terraform
2 84 (5.33%) Kubernetes
3 50 (3.17%) Ansible
4 25 (1.59%) Microsoft Intune
5 21 (1.33%) Prometheus
6 20 (1.27%) Grafana
7 10 (0.63%) Argo
8 8 (0.51%) Progress Chef
8 8 (0.51%) Puppet
8 8 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
9 7 (0.44%) Nmap
9 7 (0.44%) Packer
9 7 (0.44%) QRadar
10 6 (0.38%) Kustomize
11 5 (0.32%) AWS Copilot
11 5 (0.32%) Endace
11 5 (0.32%) Istio
11 5 (0.32%) vCenter Server
12 4 (0.25%) Kibana
12 4 (0.25%) Nagios
Vendors
1 215 (13.65%) Microsoft
2 78 (4.95%) Cisco
3 54 (3.43%) Google
4 45 (2.86%) Oracle
5 43 (2.73%) SAP
6 39 (2.48%) ServiceNow
7 29 (1.84%) VMware
8 28 (1.78%) Salesforce
9 20 (1.27%) Red Hat
10 16 (1.02%) MuleSoft
10 16 (1.02%) Splunk
11 14 (0.89%) Databricks
12 13 (0.83%) Adobe
13 12 (0.76%) CyberArk
14 10 (0.63%) Juniper
14 10 (0.63%) Meraki
15 8 (0.51%) Okta
16 7 (0.44%) CheckPoint
16 7 (0.44%) Dell
16 7 (0.44%) F5