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

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 39 24
Rank change year-on-year +18 -15 +6
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,554 1,058 2,586
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.63% 6.76% 7.65%
As % of the Qualifications category 35.91% 19.71% 28.79%
Number of salaries quoted 1,186 532 1,753
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,511 £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 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £93,067 £95,000 £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 4,327 5,367 8,981
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 21.23% 34.31% 26.55%
Number of salaries quoted 3,005 2,382 5,814
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 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £93,500 £88,750 £86,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +3.77% -11.67%

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 26 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 37 (2.38%) SharePoint
2 23 (1.48%) Apache
3 16 (1.03%) Apache Spark
4 15 (0.97%) Apache Airflow
5 12 (0.77%) Microsoft Exchange
6 7 (0.45%) Jupyter
7 5 (0.32%) Anypoint
7 5 (0.32%) IIS
7 5 (0.32%) Mule
8 3 (0.19%) Apache Solr
8 3 (0.19%) Camunda
8 3 (0.19%) Confluence
8 3 (0.19%) SAS
9 2 (0.13%) ArcGIS
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%) nginx
10 1 (0.064%) WordPress
Applications
1 43 (2.77%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (1.09%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (0.58%) Adobe XD
4 6 (0.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.26%) Windchill
6 3 (0.19%) InVision
6 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.19%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.19%) Simulink
6 3 (0.19%) Sketch
7 2 (0.13%) Weka
8 1 (0.064%) CATIA
8 1 (0.064%) EngageOne
8 1 (0.064%) FrameMaker
8 1 (0.064%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 28 (1.80%) 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%) Oracle EBS
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%) Magento
7 1 (0.064%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.064%) SAP GRC
7 1 (0.064%) SAP PSCD
7 1 (0.064%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.064%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 361 (23.23%) Azure
2 321 (20.66%) AWS
3 107 (6.89%) GCP
4 106 (6.82%) Microsoft 365
5 85 (5.47%) Entra ID
6 61 (3.93%) Power Platform
7 32 (2.06%) SaaS
8 31 (1.99%) GitHub
9 27 (1.74%) AWS CloudFormation
10 26 (1.67%) Serverless
11 24 (1.54%) PaaS
12 23 (1.48%) Azure DevOps
13 19 (1.22%) Dynamics 365
14 18 (1.16%) Amazon EC2
14 18 (1.16%) Amazon S3
14 18 (1.16%) Azure Sentinel
14 18 (1.16%) Google Analytics
15 17 (1.09%) PowerApps
16 15 (0.97%) OCI
17 14 (0.90%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 42 (2.70%) Network Security
2 41 (2.64%) Firewall
3 30 (1.93%) WAN
4 25 (1.61%) TCP/IP
5 23 (1.48%) VPN
6 22 (1.42%) DNS
7 20 (1.29%) LAN
8 18 (1.16%) DHCP
9 17 (1.09%) BGP
10 14 (0.90%) MPLS
11 13 (0.84%) SMTP
12 10 (0.64%) Wi-Fi
13 9 (0.58%) HTTP
14 7 (0.45%) Intrusion Detection
14 7 (0.45%) SNMP
14 7 (0.45%) SSL
15 6 (0.39%) SD-WAN
16 5 (0.32%) Cisco Firepower
16 5 (0.32%) DMZ
16 5 (0.32%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (2.90%) Power BI
2 39 (2.51%) PostgreSQL
3 19 (1.22%) NoSQL
4 18 (1.16%) Metadata
5 17 (1.09%) Data Warehouse
6 16 (1.03%) Big Data
6 16 (1.03%) MongoDB
7 14 (0.90%) SQL Server
8 12 (0.77%) Amazon Athena
8 12 (0.77%) Redis
9 11 (0.71%) DynamoDB
10 9 (0.58%) Elasticsearch
11 8 (0.51%) Tableau
12 7 (0.45%) Amazon RDS
12 7 (0.45%) Data Lake
12 7 (0.45%) MySQL
12 7 (0.45%) Relational Database
13 6 (0.39%) SAP HANA
14 5 (0.32%) Amazon Redshift
14 5 (0.32%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 50 (3.22%) Git
2 37 (2.38%) Jenkins
3 36 (2.32%) GitLab
4 14 (0.90%) JIRA
4 14 (0.90%) JUnit
4 14 (0.90%) Selenium
5 9 (0.58%) Maven
6 8 (0.51%) Mockito
7 7 (0.45%) Burp Suite
7 7 (0.45%) Metasploit
8 6 (0.39%) Axure RP
8 6 (0.39%) Balsamiq
8 6 (0.39%) Cucumber
8 6 (0.39%) JMeter
9 5 (0.32%) Postman
9 5 (0.32%) SonarQube
10 4 (0.26%) Cypress.io
11 3 (0.19%) Gatling
11 3 (0.19%) SoapUI
12 2 (0.13%) Babel
General
1 400 (25.74%) Social Skills
2 364 (23.42%) Public Sector
3 204 (13.13%) Finance
4 164 (10.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 158 (10.17%) Analytical Skills
6 122 (7.85%) Law
7 56 (3.60%) Legal
8 42 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
9 37 (2.38%) Back Office
10 36 (2.32%) Manufacturing
11 32 (2.06%) Telecoms
12 29 (1.87%) Retail
13 27 (1.74%) Influencing Skills
14 26 (1.67%) Aerospace
14 26 (1.67%) Organisational Skills
15 13 (0.84%) Aviation
16 12 (0.77%) Military
17 10 (0.64%) Banking
17 10 (0.64%) Electronics
18 9 (0.58%) Police
Job Titles
1 294 (18.92%) Senior
2 230 (14.80%) Architect
3 173 (11.13%) Consultant
4 122 (7.85%) Analyst
5 121 (7.79%) Lead
6 114 (7.34%) Developer
7 102 (6.56%) Solutions Architect
8 94 (6.05%) Software Engineer
9 64 (4.12%) Business Analyst
9 64 (4.12%) Data Engineer
10 60 (3.86%) Senior Manager
11 56 (3.60%) Cloud Engineer
11 56 (3.60%) Support Engineer
12 54 (3.47%) Security Consultant
13 49 (3.15%) Senior Consultant
14 47 (3.02%) Java Developer
15 45 (2.90%) DevOps Engineer
16 43 (2.77%) Security Architect
17 40 (2.57%) Senior Developer
18 38 (2.45%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (3.41%) REST
2 41 (2.64%) Spring
3 32 (2.06%) React
4 31 (1.99%) .NET
5 30 (1.93%) SOAP
6 23 (1.48%) Middleware
7 22 (1.42%) Spring Boot
8 19 (1.22%) Kafka
9 16 (1.03%) Playwright
10 15 (0.97%) Lightning Web Components
10 15 (0.97%) RESTful
11 14 (0.90%) AngularJS
11 14 (0.90%) CSS
11 14 (0.90%) HTML
11 14 (0.90%) SAML
11 14 (0.90%) Visualforce
12 12 (0.77%) OAuth
12 12 (0.77%) SAP Fiori
13 9 (0.58%) JSON
13 9 (0.58%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 108 (6.95%) Cloud Native
2 64 (4.12%) Product Ownership
3 56 (3.60%) Security Posture
4 51 (3.28%) Onboarding
5 44 (2.83%) Management Information System
6 41 (2.64%) Self-Motivation
7 34 (2.19%) Data Centre
8 30 (1.93%) PKI
9 27 (1.74%) Legacy Systems
10 21 (1.35%) Blog
11 19 (1.22%) Driving Licence
12 17 (1.09%) Security Operations Centre
13 16 (1.03%) CMDB
14 15 (0.97%) Cyber Threat
14 15 (0.97%) Low-Code
15 14 (0.90%) Data Structures
16 13 (0.84%) Analytical Mindset
17 12 (0.77%) Enterprise Software
18 11 (0.71%) Hybrid Cloud
18 11 (0.71%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 109 (7.01%) Windows
2 97 (6.24%) Linux
3 40 (2.57%) Windows 10
4 29 (1.87%) Windows Server
5 22 (1.42%) 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%) Kali Linux
8 1 (0.064%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 344 (22.14%) Agile
2 240 (15.44%) Continuous Improvement
3 211 (13.58%) Cybersecurity
4 192 (12.36%) Problem-Solving
5 191 (12.29%) DevOps
6 187 (12.03%) Mentoring
7 167 (10.75%) CI/CD
8 144 (9.27%) Software Engineering
9 136 (8.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 134 (8.62%) ITIL
11 129 (8.30%) Stakeholder Management
12 125 (8.04%) Analytics
13 119 (7.66%) Community of Practice
14 108 (6.95%) Collaborative Culture
14 108 (6.95%) Risk Management
14 108 (6.95%) Technology Strategy
15 107 (6.89%) Infrastructure as Code
16 104 (6.69%) AI
17 101 (6.50%) Technical Leadership
18 99 (6.37%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 161 (10.36%) Python
2 142 (9.14%) Java
3 91 (5.86%) SQL
4 70 (4.50%) JavaScript
5 45 (2.90%) C#
6 34 (2.19%) PowerShell
7 32 (2.06%) Bash
7 32 (2.06%) C++
8 26 (1.67%) TypeScript
9 15 (0.97%) Apex Code
10 13 (0.84%) C
11 12 (0.77%) Groovy
12 9 (0.58%) Rust
13 7 (0.45%) Go
14 6 (0.39%) PL/SQL
14 6 (0.39%) Scala
14 6 (0.39%) VBA
15 5 (0.32%) DataWeave
15 5 (0.32%) Ruby
16 3 (0.19%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 1,153 (74.20%) SC Cleared
2 295 (18.98%) DV Cleared
3 268 (17.25%) Degree
4 94 (6.05%) BPSS Clearance
5 81 (5.21%) CISSP
6 51 (3.28%) CISM
7 45 (2.90%) Computer Science Degree
8 39 (2.51%) CTC Cleared
9 33 (2.12%) Microsoft Certification
10 32 (2.06%) Azure Certification
11 25 (1.61%) AWS Certification
12 19 (1.22%) Cisco Certification
13 18 (1.16%) CREST Certified
14 15 (0.97%) CRISC
14 15 (0.97%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 15 (0.97%) PMI Certification
15 14 (0.90%) HNC
16 13 (0.84%) TOGAF Certification
17 12 (0.77%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
18 11 (0.71%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 136 (8.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 76 (4.89%) NIST
3 59 (3.80%) QA
4 53 (3.41%) SLA
5 51 (3.28%) GDPR
6 48 (3.09%) NCSC
7 34 (2.19%) Accessibility
7 34 (2.19%) Data Quality
7 34 (2.19%) GRC
8 26 (1.67%) Cyber Essentials
8 26 (1.67%) PCI DSS
9 18 (1.16%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 18 (1.16%) JSP 440
10 13 (0.84%) Actionable Recommendations
11 11 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 11 (0.71%) WCAG
12 10 (0.64%) Def Stans
13 7 (0.45%) Government Security Classifications
14 6 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 6 (0.39%) PMO
System Software
1 80 (5.15%) Docker
2 58 (3.73%) Active Directory
3 20 (1.29%) Hyper-V
4 16 (1.03%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (0.58%) VMware NSX
6 8 (0.51%) Firmware
7 6 (0.39%) vSphere
8 5 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
8 5 (0.32%) 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 (6.37%) Terraform
2 88 (5.66%) Kubernetes
3 50 (3.22%) Ansible
4 29 (1.87%) Microsoft Intune
5 21 (1.35%) Prometheus
6 20 (1.29%) Grafana
7 10 (0.64%) Argo
8 9 (0.58%) Progress Chef
9 8 (0.51%) Puppet
9 8 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
10 7 (0.45%) Nmap
10 7 (0.45%) Packer
10 7 (0.45%) QRadar
11 6 (0.39%) Kustomize
12 5 (0.32%) AWS Copilot
12 5 (0.32%) CloudHub
12 5 (0.32%) Endace
12 5 (0.32%) Istio
12 5 (0.32%) vCenter Server
13 4 (0.26%) Kibana
Vendors
1 224 (14.41%) Microsoft
2 67 (4.31%) Cisco
3 53 (3.41%) Google
4 49 (3.15%) Oracle
5 45 (2.90%) SAP
6 44 (2.83%) ServiceNow
7 31 (1.99%) Salesforce
8 27 (1.74%) VMware
9 20 (1.29%) Red Hat
10 19 (1.22%) MuleSoft
11 16 (1.03%) Databricks
11 16 (1.03%) Splunk
12 13 (0.84%) CyberArk
13 10 (0.64%) Adobe
13 10 (0.64%) Juniper
14 9 (0.58%) Meraki
14 9 (0.58%) Okta
15 7 (0.45%) Dell
15 7 (0.45%) F5
15 7 (0.45%) OpenAI