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

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 33 24
Rank change year-on-year +10 -9 +2
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,709 1,163 1,926
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.56% 7.05% 7.67%
As % of the Qualifications category 36.33% 20.81% 29.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1,188 575 1,277
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,543 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £47,250
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 £85,000
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 4,704 5,590 6,642
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.81% 33.91% 26.45%
Number of salaries quoted 3,099 2,474 3,890
10th Percentile £33,500 £29,575 £33,980
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,118 £42,999
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £79,688 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,675 £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 7 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 38 (2.22%) Apache
2 36 (2.11%) SharePoint
3 28 (1.64%) Apache Spark
4 13 (0.76%) Anypoint
4 13 (0.76%) Mule
5 11 (0.64%) Apache Airflow
5 11 (0.64%) Confluence
6 7 (0.41%) Camunda
6 7 (0.41%) Jupyter
6 7 (0.41%) nginx
6 7 (0.41%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 5 (0.29%) IIS
7 5 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
8 3 (0.18%) Apache Solr
9 2 (0.12%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.12%) GeoServer
9 2 (0.12%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.12%) Oracle Spatial
9 2 (0.12%) WordPress
10 1 (0.059%) Appian
Applications
1 28 (1.64%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (0.99%) Simulink
3 15 (0.88%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (0.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (0.53%) Adobe XD
6 7 (0.41%) MS Visio
7 6 (0.35%) Microsoft Project
8 4 (0.23%) Mathcad
8 4 (0.23%) Windchill
9 1 (0.059%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.059%) CATIA
9 1 (0.059%) FrameMaker
9 1 (0.059%) Houdini
9 1 (0.059%) InDesign
9 1 (0.059%) InVision
9 1 (0.059%) NUKE
9 1 (0.059%) Sketch
9 1 (0.059%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.059%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 28 (1.64%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (0.59%) Primavera
3 7 (0.41%) Oracle ERP
3 7 (0.41%) SAP ERP
4 6 (0.35%) Workday HCM
5 5 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.23%) SAP FSCM
6 4 (0.23%) Teamcenter
7 3 (0.18%) Elite 3E
7 3 (0.18%) Remedy ITSM
7 3 (0.18%) SAP CO
7 3 (0.18%) SAP FI
7 3 (0.18%) SAP FI/CO
7 3 (0.18%) SAP HCM
8 2 (0.12%) SAP Payroll
8 2 (0.12%) SAP QM
9 1 (0.059%) Dynamics CRM
9 1 (0.059%) Magento
9 1 (0.059%) Oracle Applications
9 1 (0.059%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 453 (26.51%) Azure
2 419 (24.52%) AWS
3 136 (7.96%) GCP
4 83 (4.86%) Microsoft 365
5 73 (4.27%) Power Platform
6 72 (4.21%) Entra ID
7 45 (2.63%) AWS CloudFormation
8 43 (2.52%) dbt
9 37 (2.17%) GitHub
10 31 (1.81%) Serverless
11 28 (1.64%) SaaS
12 27 (1.58%) Azure DevOps
13 25 (1.46%) PaaS
14 22 (1.29%) Azure Sentinel
15 21 (1.23%) Google Analytics
16 20 (1.17%) Microsoft Purview
17 18 (1.05%) Amazon EC2
17 18 (1.05%) Amazon S3
18 17 (0.99%) Dynamics 365
18 17 (0.99%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 49 (2.87%) Firewall
2 46 (2.69%) Network Security
3 44 (2.57%) TCP/IP
4 32 (1.87%) DNS
5 26 (1.52%) WAN
6 18 (1.05%) LAN
6 18 (1.05%) VPN
7 16 (0.94%) SSL
8 15 (0.88%) DHCP
9 14 (0.82%) BGP
10 12 (0.70%) ATM
11 11 (0.64%) MPLS
12 9 (0.53%) SMTP
13 8 (0.47%) OSPF
14 7 (0.41%) HTTP
14 7 (0.41%) Wireless
15 6 (0.35%) Intrusion Detection
16 5 (0.29%) Ethernet
16 5 (0.29%) VLAN
16 5 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (3.28%) Power BI
2 46 (2.69%) PostgreSQL
3 28 (1.64%) Big Data
4 26 (1.52%) Data Warehouse
5 25 (1.46%) NoSQL
6 21 (1.23%) SQL Server
7 16 (0.94%) Metadata
7 16 (0.94%) MongoDB
8 14 (0.82%) Amazon Athena
9 13 (0.76%) Relational Database
10 12 (0.70%) DynamoDB
10 12 (0.70%) MySQL
10 12 (0.70%) Redis
10 12 (0.70%) Tableau
11 11 (0.64%) Data Lake
12 9 (0.53%) Elasticsearch
13 8 (0.47%) Hadoop
14 7 (0.41%) Amazon RDS
15 6 (0.35%) SAP HANA
16 5 (0.29%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 66 (3.86%) Git
2 39 (2.28%) Jenkins
3 38 (2.22%) GitLab
4 27 (1.58%) JIRA
5 22 (1.29%) JUnit
6 18 (1.05%) Rational DOORS
7 16 (0.94%) Selenium
8 13 (0.76%) Mockito
9 12 (0.70%) Maven
10 10 (0.59%) Balsamiq
11 9 (0.53%) Cucumber
11 9 (0.53%) Postman
12 8 (0.47%) Axure RP
13 7 (0.41%) Burp Suite
13 7 (0.41%) Gatling
13 7 (0.41%) Metasploit
14 6 (0.35%) Cypress.io
14 6 (0.35%) SonarQube
15 5 (0.29%) LabVIEW
16 3 (0.18%) JMeter
General
1 519 (30.37%) Social Skills
2 407 (23.82%) Public Sector
3 323 (18.90%) Finance
4 305 (17.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 196 (11.47%) Analytical Skills
6 162 (9.48%) Law
7 120 (7.02%) Aerospace
8 76 (4.45%) Legal
9 54 (3.16%) Presentation Skills
10 42 (2.46%) Organisational Skills
11 41 (2.40%) Manufacturing
12 40 (2.34%) Retail
12 40 (2.34%) Telecoms
13 39 (2.28%) Military
14 37 (2.17%) Electronics
15 34 (1.99%) Influencing Skills
16 22 (1.29%) Police
17 13 (0.76%) Aviation
17 13 (0.76%) Documentation Skills
17 13 (0.76%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 324 (18.96%) Senior
2 292 (17.09%) Architect
3 200 (11.70%) Consultant
4 160 (9.36%) Lead
5 124 (7.26%) Software Engineer
6 123 (7.20%) Developer
7 122 (7.14%) Analyst
7 122 (7.14%) Solutions Architect
8 67 (3.92%) Data Engineer
9 63 (3.69%) Cloud Engineer
10 60 (3.51%) Security Consultant
11 54 (3.16%) Senior Manager
12 53 (3.10%) Senior Consultant
12 53 (3.10%) Senior Developer
13 51 (2.98%) DevOps Engineer
14 50 (2.93%) Business Analyst
15 49 (2.87%) Security Architect
16 45 (2.63%) Senior Analyst
17 43 (2.52%) Principal Engineer
18 42 (2.46%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (3.39%) REST
2 56 (3.28%) React
3 46 (2.69%) Spring
4 37 (2.17%) .NET
5 33 (1.93%) Kafka
6 27 (1.58%) CSS
7 26 (1.52%) OAuth
8 25 (1.46%) SOAP
9 24 (1.40%) AngularJS
10 23 (1.35%) HTML
11 21 (1.23%) Playwright
11 21 (1.23%) Spring Boot
12 16 (0.94%) JWT
12 16 (0.94%) OAuth2
12 16 (0.94%) PySpark
12 16 (0.94%) RESTful
13 15 (0.88%) .NET Core
14 14 (0.82%) Middleware
14 14 (0.82%) Web Services
15 13 (0.76%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 128 (7.49%) Cloud Native
2 62 (3.63%) Product Ownership
3 59 (3.45%) Management Information System
3 59 (3.45%) Onboarding
4 56 (3.28%) Self-Motivation
5 45 (2.63%) Security Posture
6 36 (2.11%) Legacy Systems
7 34 (1.99%) Blog
8 31 (1.81%) Driving Licence
9 30 (1.76%) Data Centre
10 26 (1.52%) Distributed Systems
11 24 (1.40%) FPGA
12 23 (1.35%) Cyber Threat
12 23 (1.35%) PKI
13 20 (1.17%) Cyber Defence
14 18 (1.05%) Public Cloud
14 18 (1.05%) Security Operations Centre
15 17 (0.99%) CMDB
15 17 (0.99%) Data Structures
16 16 (0.94%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 130 (7.61%) Linux
2 101 (5.91%) Windows
3 41 (2.40%) Windows Server
4 36 (2.11%) Unix
5 13 (0.76%) Windows 10
6 5 (0.29%) Android
6 5 (0.29%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.18%) Kali Linux
8 3 (0.18%) VxWorks
9 2 (0.12%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.12%) CentOS
9 2 (0.12%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.059%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.059%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.059%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 471 (27.56%) Agile
2 287 (16.79%) Continuous Improvement
3 266 (15.56%) Cybersecurity
4 261 (15.27%) Mentoring
5 246 (14.39%) Problem-Solving
6 235 (13.75%) DevOps
7 234 (13.69%) CI/CD
8 216 (12.64%) Software Engineering
9 207 (12.11%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 178 (10.42%) AI
11 173 (10.12%) Stakeholder Management
12 139 (8.13%) Community of Practice
13 137 (8.02%) Collaborative Culture
13 137 (8.02%) Infrastructure as Code
14 134 (7.84%) Decision-Making
14 134 (7.84%) Technical Leadership
15 127 (7.43%) Analytics
15 127 (7.43%) Project Delivery
16 126 (7.37%) Coaching
16 126 (7.37%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 214 (12.52%) Python
2 163 (9.54%) Java
3 112 (6.55%) SQL
4 91 (5.32%) JavaScript
5 53 (3.10%) C#
5 53 (3.10%) C++
6 40 (2.34%) Bash
6 40 (2.34%) PowerShell
7 30 (1.76%) TypeScript
8 29 (1.70%) C
9 18 (1.05%) Ada
9 18 (1.05%) MATLAB
10 16 (0.94%) Groovy
11 13 (0.76%) DataWeave
12 11 (0.64%) PL/SQL
12 11 (0.64%) Ruby
12 11 (0.64%) Rust
13 9 (0.53%) Go
13 9 (0.53%) SystemVerilog
13 9 (0.53%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1,347 (78.82%) SC Cleared
2 381 (22.29%) DV Cleared
3 313 (18.31%) Degree
4 201 (11.76%) BPSS Clearance
5 77 (4.51%) CISSP
6 56 (3.28%) Computer Science Degree
7 55 (3.22%) CISM
8 41 (2.40%) Azure Certification
9 33 (1.93%) AWS Certification
10 31 (1.81%) Microsoft Certification
11 26 (1.52%) Master's Degree
12 21 (1.23%) Cisco Certification
13 20 (1.17%) CREST Certified
14 19 (1.11%) CRISC
15 18 (1.05%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
16 16 (0.94%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
17 13 (0.76%) PhD
17 13 (0.76%) TOGAF Certification
18 12 (0.70%) HNC
19 11 (0.64%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 135 (7.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 121 (7.08%) Accessibility
3 89 (5.21%) NIST
4 60 (3.51%) QA
5 57 (3.34%) NCSC
6 44 (2.57%) GRC
7 43 (2.52%) GDPR
8 40 (2.34%) Data Quality
9 24 (1.40%) Cyber Essentials
9 24 (1.40%) PCI DSS
10 22 (1.29%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 22 (1.29%) SLA
11 20 (1.17%) WCAG
12 17 (0.99%) JSP 440
13 11 (0.64%) Actionable Recommendations
14 10 (0.59%) Def Stans
15 8 (0.47%) NIST 800
16 7 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 6 (0.35%) Government Security Classifications
17 6 (0.35%) PMO
System Software
1 101 (5.91%) Docker
2 78 (4.56%) Active Directory
3 35 (2.05%) Firmware
4 30 (1.76%) VMware Infrastructure
5 23 (1.35%) Hyper-V
6 14 (0.82%) VMware ESXi
7 7 (0.41%) Virtual Machines
7 7 (0.41%) vSphere
8 6 (0.35%) Squid
8 6 (0.35%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.059%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 1 (0.059%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.059%) IAG
10 1 (0.059%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.059%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 118 (6.90%) Terraform
2 109 (6.38%) Kubernetes
3 45 (2.63%) Ansible
4 37 (2.17%) Microsoft Intune
5 18 (1.05%) Prometheus
6 17 (0.99%) Grafana
7 13 (0.76%) CloudHub
8 10 (0.59%) Argo
9 8 (0.47%) Progress Chef
10 7 (0.41%) Nmap
10 7 (0.41%) QRadar
10 7 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
11 6 (0.35%) Kustomize
12 5 (0.29%) AWS Copilot
12 5 (0.29%) Istio
12 5 (0.29%) Packer
12 5 (0.29%) Puppet
12 5 (0.29%) vCenter Server
13 3 (0.18%) FortiGate
13 3 (0.18%) Kibana
Vendors
1 236 (13.81%) Microsoft
2 76 (4.45%) Google
3 59 (3.45%) ServiceNow
4 58 (3.39%) SAP
5 51 (2.98%) Oracle
6 39 (2.28%) VMware
7 34 (1.99%) Cisco
8 30 (1.76%) Salesforce
9 23 (1.35%) Databricks
9 23 (1.35%) Red Hat
10 22 (1.29%) MuleSoft
11 19 (1.11%) OpenAI
12 17 (0.99%) CyberArk
12 17 (0.99%) Splunk
13 15 (0.88%) Okta
14 12 (0.70%) Adobe
15 9 (0.53%) Veeam
16 8 (0.47%) Juniper
16 8 (0.47%) Siemens
16 8 (0.47%) Xilinx