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

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 29 25
Rank change year-on-year +7 -4 -3
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,890 1,206 1,830
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.71% 7.39% 7.80%
As % of the Qualifications category 37.12% 21.08% 28.70%
Number of salaries quoted 1,223 623 1,113
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £56,250 £48,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £82,229 £80,000 £79,225
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £87,250
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 5,092 5,720 6,377
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.78% 35.06% 27.19%
Number of salaries quoted 3,205 2,338 3,073
10th Percentile £33,250 £31,000 £34,375
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,881
% change year-on-year +9.09% -1.58% -4.48%

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 19 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 (2.06%) Apache
2 31 (1.64%) Apache Spark
3 28 (1.48%) SharePoint
4 20 (1.06%) Confluence
5 13 (0.69%) Anypoint
5 13 (0.69%) Mule
6 10 (0.53%) Apache Airflow
6 10 (0.53%) Oracle Workflow
7 9 (0.48%) nginx
8 8 (0.42%) Jupyter
8 8 (0.42%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 6 (0.32%) Camunda
10 5 (0.26%) IIS
11 4 (0.21%) ArcGIS
11 4 (0.21%) GeoServer
11 4 (0.21%) Oracle Spatial
12 3 (0.16%) Apache Solr
13 2 (0.11%) CMS
13 2 (0.11%) OpenStack
13 2 (0.11%) WordPress
Applications
1 30 (1.59%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (1.27%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (1.22%) Simulink
4 15 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 12 (0.63%) Microsoft Project
6 7 (0.37%) Adobe XD
7 6 (0.32%) MS Visio
8 4 (0.21%) Mathcad
8 4 (0.21%) Windchill
9 2 (0.11%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.11%) InDesign
9 2 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.053%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.053%) EPLAN
10 1 (0.053%) FrameMaker
10 1 (0.053%) Houdini
10 1 (0.053%) InVision
10 1 (0.053%) Revit
10 1 (0.053%) Sketch
10 1 (0.053%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 17 (0.90%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (0.85%) Primavera
3 7 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
4 6 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
4 6 (0.32%) Workday HCM
5 5 (0.26%) Oracle ERP
5 5 (0.26%) SAP ERP
5 5 (0.26%) Teamcenter
6 3 (0.16%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 2 (0.11%) SAP PSCD
7 2 (0.11%) SAP QM
7 2 (0.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.053%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
8 1 (0.053%) Magento
8 1 (0.053%) Maximo
8 1 (0.053%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.053%) Oracle EBS R12
8 1 (0.053%) SAP BPC
8 1 (0.053%) SAP GRC
8 1 (0.053%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 456 (24.13%) Azure
2 428 (22.65%) AWS
3 131 (6.93%) GCP
4 84 (4.44%) Microsoft 365
5 80 (4.23%) Power Platform
6 79 (4.18%) Entra ID
7 43 (2.28%) GitHub
8 41 (2.17%) AWS CloudFormation
9 38 (2.01%) dbt
9 38 (2.01%) Serverless
10 32 (1.69%) Amazon S3
11 28 (1.48%) Azure DevOps
12 26 (1.38%) OpenShift
13 25 (1.32%) SaaS
14 22 (1.16%) Amazon EC2
14 22 (1.16%) AWS Lambda
14 22 (1.16%) Azure Sentinel
15 21 (1.11%) Microsoft Purview
16 19 (1.01%) GitHub Actions
16 19 (1.01%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 52 (2.75%) Firewall
2 50 (2.65%) Network Security
3 42 (2.22%) TCP/IP
4 35 (1.85%) DNS
5 21 (1.11%) WAN
6 17 (0.90%) VPN
7 16 (0.85%) DHCP
7 16 (0.85%) SSL
8 13 (0.69%) BGP
8 13 (0.69%) LAN
8 13 (0.69%) Wireless
9 11 (0.58%) ATM
10 10 (0.53%) Ethernet
11 8 (0.42%) OSPF
12 7 (0.37%) MPLS
12 7 (0.37%) Wi-Fi
13 6 (0.32%) HTTP
14 5 (0.26%) DMZ
14 5 (0.26%) Internet
14 5 (0.26%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (3.44%) Power BI
2 48 (2.54%) PostgreSQL
3 29 (1.53%) Big Data
3 29 (1.53%) Data Warehouse
4 26 (1.38%) NoSQL
5 24 (1.27%) SQL Server
6 21 (1.11%) Amazon Athena
6 21 (1.11%) Relational Database
7 19 (1.01%) Tableau
8 18 (0.95%) Metadata
9 17 (0.90%) Data Lake
10 15 (0.79%) DynamoDB
10 15 (0.79%) MySQL
11 13 (0.69%) MongoDB
12 10 (0.53%) Hadoop
13 7 (0.37%) Amazon Redshift
13 7 (0.37%) Elasticsearch
13 7 (0.37%) Redis
14 6 (0.32%) Parquet
14 6 (0.32%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 79 (4.18%) Git
2 43 (2.28%) Jenkins
3 39 (2.06%) JIRA
4 38 (2.01%) GitLab
5 24 (1.27%) Rational DOORS
6 23 (1.22%) JUnit
7 17 (0.90%) Selenium
8 14 (0.74%) Mockito
9 13 (0.69%) Maven
10 11 (0.58%) Cucumber
11 10 (0.53%) Burp Suite
11 10 (0.53%) Metasploit
12 9 (0.48%) Cypress.io
12 9 (0.48%) Postman
13 8 (0.42%) Balsamiq
13 8 (0.42%) SonarQube
14 7 (0.37%) Gatling
15 6 (0.32%) Axure RP
15 6 (0.32%) LabVIEW
16 3 (0.16%) JMeter
General
1 544 (28.78%) Social Skills
2 447 (23.65%) Public Sector
3 378 (20.00%) Finance
4 358 (18.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 234 (12.38%) Analytical Skills
6 192 (10.16%) Aerospace
7 164 (8.68%) Law
8 69 (3.65%) Legal
9 60 (3.17%) Electronics
9 60 (3.17%) Presentation Skills
10 55 (2.91%) Military
11 54 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
12 51 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
13 50 (2.65%) Retail
14 41 (2.17%) Manufacturing
15 37 (1.96%) Police
16 36 (1.90%) Telecoms
17 15 (0.79%) Automotive
17 15 (0.79%) Aviation
17 15 (0.79%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 350 (18.52%) Senior
2 298 (15.77%) Architect
3 203 (10.74%) Consultant
4 168 (8.89%) Lead
5 160 (8.47%) Software Engineer
6 137 (7.25%) Developer
7 131 (6.93%) Analyst
8 106 (5.61%) Solutions Architect
9 94 (4.97%) Data Engineer
10 67 (3.54%) Principal Engineer
11 65 (3.44%) Security Consultant
12 61 (3.23%) Cloud Engineer
13 58 (3.07%) Senior Manager
14 55 (2.91%) DevOps Engineer
15 54 (2.86%) Security Architect
16 51 (2.70%) Senior Consultant
17 49 (2.59%) Senior Developer
18 47 (2.49%) Business Analyst
19 43 (2.28%) Project Manager
20 42 (2.22%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 118 (6.24%) Terraform
2 65 (3.44%) React
3 54 (2.86%) REST
4 44 (2.33%) .NET
4 44 (2.33%) Spring
5 33 (1.75%) CSS
6 30 (1.59%) Kafka
7 27 (1.43%) AngularJS
7 27 (1.43%) HTML
8 25 (1.32%) Playwright
9 24 (1.27%) OAuth
9 24 (1.27%) PySpark
10 22 (1.16%) Node.js
10 22 (1.16%) SOAP
11 21 (1.11%) RESTful
11 21 (1.11%) Spring Boot
12 20 (1.06%) .NET Core
13 18 (0.95%) Web Services
14 17 (0.90%) JWT
14 17 (0.90%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 138 (7.30%) Cloud Native
2 63 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
3 62 (3.28%) Management Information System
4 59 (3.12%) Product Ownership
5 57 (3.02%) Onboarding
6 41 (2.17%) Security Posture
7 36 (1.90%) Driving Licence
8 32 (1.69%) Blog
9 30 (1.59%) Distributed Systems
9 30 (1.59%) FPGA
10 29 (1.53%) Cyber Threat
10 29 (1.53%) Data Centre
10 29 (1.53%) PKI
11 28 (1.48%) Legacy Systems
12 24 (1.27%) CMDB
13 23 (1.22%) Enterprise Software
14 22 (1.16%) Cyber Defence
15 21 (1.11%) Algorithms
16 20 (1.06%) Embedded Systems
17 19 (1.01%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 143 (7.57%) Linux
2 112 (5.93%) Windows
3 43 (2.28%) Windows Server
4 35 (1.85%) Unix
5 14 (0.74%) Windows 10
6 7 (0.37%) VxWorks
7 6 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (0.26%) Android
8 5 (0.26%) Embedded Linux
9 4 (0.21%) Kali Linux
9 4 (0.21%) Solaris
9 4 (0.21%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.21%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.16%) CentOS
10 3 (0.16%) OpenWrt
11 2 (0.11%) AIX
11 2 (0.11%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.11%) FreeRTOS
11 2 (0.11%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 525 (27.78%) Agile
2 350 (18.52%) Continuous Improvement
3 300 (15.87%) Mentoring
4 299 (15.82%) Problem-Solving
5 291 (15.40%) Cybersecurity
6 268 (14.18%) Software Engineering
7 259 (13.70%) CI/CD
8 242 (12.80%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 241 (12.75%) AI
10 239 (12.65%) DevOps
11 207 (10.95%) Stakeholder Management
12 183 (9.68%) Decision-Making
13 174 (9.21%) Analytics
14 170 (8.99%) Technical Leadership
15 166 (8.78%) Coaching
16 146 (7.72%) Collaborative Culture
17 145 (7.67%) Community of Practice
17 145 (7.67%) Scrum
18 142 (7.51%) Project Delivery
19 135 (7.14%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 228 (12.06%) Python
2 170 (8.99%) Java
3 139 (7.35%) SQL
4 109 (5.77%) JavaScript
5 66 (3.49%) C++
6 61 (3.23%) C#
7 49 (2.59%) Bash
8 47 (2.49%) PowerShell
9 40 (2.12%) TypeScript
10 35 (1.85%) C
11 25 (1.32%) MATLAB
12 21 (1.11%) Ada
13 16 (0.85%) Groovy
14 15 (0.79%) Go
14 15 (0.79%) PL/SQL
15 14 (0.74%) Rust
16 13 (0.69%) DataWeave
16 13 (0.69%) Kusto Query Language
17 12 (0.63%) Ruby
18 9 (0.48%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 1,505 (79.63%) SC Cleared
2 414 (21.90%) DV Cleared
3 339 (17.94%) Degree
4 230 (12.17%) BPSS Clearance
5 80 (4.23%) CISSP
6 60 (3.17%) CISM
7 50 (2.65%) Computer Science Degree
8 46 (2.43%) Azure Certification
9 40 (2.12%) AWS Certification
10 31 (1.64%) Master's Degree
11 25 (1.32%) Microsoft Certification
12 23 (1.22%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 21 (1.11%) Cisco Certification
14 19 (1.01%) PhD
15 18 (0.95%) Chartered Engineer
15 18 (0.95%) CRISC
16 17 (0.90%) CREST Certified
16 17 (0.90%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
17 14 (0.74%) CHECK Team Member
17 14 (0.74%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 159 (8.41%) Accessibility
2 149 (7.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 96 (5.08%) NIST
4 74 (3.92%) NCSC
4 74 (3.92%) QA
5 52 (2.75%) GRC
6 50 (2.65%) Data Quality
7 45 (2.38%) GDPR
8 26 (1.38%) Cyber Essentials
8 26 (1.38%) PCI DSS
9 24 (1.27%) SLA
10 21 (1.11%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 18 (0.95%) Def Stans
11 18 (0.95%) WCAG
12 16 (0.85%) JSP 440
13 14 (0.74%) Actionable Recommendations
14 11 (0.58%) NIST 800
15 9 (0.48%) PMO
16 6 (0.32%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 6 (0.32%) SOC 2
System Software
1 115 (6.08%) Docker
2 80 (4.23%) Active Directory
3 46 (2.43%) Firmware
4 38 (2.01%) VMware Infrastructure
5 23 (1.22%) Hyper-V
6 16 (0.85%) VMware ESXi
7 8 (0.42%) vSphere
8 7 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
8 7 (0.37%) VMware NSX
9 6 (0.32%) Squid
10 4 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
11 3 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
12 2 (0.11%) Embedded Firmware
13 1 (0.053%) Citrix Hypervisor
13 1 (0.053%) IAG
13 1 (0.053%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 1 (0.053%) Oracle RAC
13 1 (0.053%) QEMU
13 1 (0.053%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 122 (6.46%) Kubernetes
2 48 (2.54%) Ansible
3 42 (2.22%) Microsoft Intune
4 17 (0.90%) Grafana
4 17 (0.90%) Prometheus
5 13 (0.69%) CloudHub
6 12 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
7 11 (0.58%) Argo
8 10 (0.53%) Nmap
9 8 (0.42%) Progress Chef
10 7 (0.37%) Kustomize
10 7 (0.37%) QRadar
11 6 (0.32%) Istio
11 6 (0.32%) Packer
12 5 (0.26%) FortiGate
12 5 (0.26%) Kibana
12 5 (0.26%) vCenter Server
13 3 (0.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 3 (0.16%) SCCM
13 3 (0.16%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 253 (13.39%) Microsoft
2 89 (4.71%) ServiceNow
3 63 (3.33%) Google
3 63 (3.33%) Oracle
4 58 (3.07%) SAP
5 52 (2.75%) VMware
6 32 (1.69%) Cisco
7 26 (1.38%) Salesforce
8 25 (1.32%) Red Hat
9 21 (1.11%) Databricks
9 21 (1.11%) Splunk
10 19 (1.01%) OpenAI
11 17 (0.90%) CyberArk
11 17 (0.90%) MuleSoft
11 17 (0.90%) Okta
11 17 (0.90%) YouTube
12 15 (0.79%) Workday
13 14 (0.74%) Veeam
14 13 (0.69%) Adobe
14 13 (0.69%) EMC