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

6 months to
14 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 32 25
Rank change year-on-year +11 -7 -2
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,849 1,187 1,814
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.74% 7.29% 7.79%
As % of the Qualifications category 37.46% 20.86% 28.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1,203 612 1,128
10th Percentile £45,000 £43,875 £40,000
25th Percentile £56,250 £51,250 £47,772
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% -1.64%
75th Percentile £81,250 £80,000 £78,869
90th Percentile £96,000 £93,750 £86,075
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 4,936 5,691 6,336
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.65% 34.97% 27.21%
Number of salaries quoted 3,113 2,343 3,144
10th Percentile £33,550 £30,750 £34,404
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 £55,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -0.90% -4.31%

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 14 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 (2.11%) Apache
2 32 (1.73%) SharePoint
3 31 (1.68%) Apache Spark
4 19 (1.03%) Confluence
5 13 (0.70%) Anypoint
5 13 (0.70%) Mule
6 10 (0.54%) Apache Airflow
7 8 (0.43%) Jupyter
7 8 (0.43%) nginx
8 7 (0.38%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 7 (0.38%) Oracle Workflow
9 6 (0.32%) Camunda
10 5 (0.27%) IIS
11 4 (0.22%) ArcGIS
11 4 (0.22%) GeoServer
11 4 (0.22%) Oracle Spatial
12 3 (0.16%) Apache Solr
13 2 (0.11%) OpenStack
13 2 (0.11%) WordPress
14 1 (0.054%) CMS
Applications
1 30 (1.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (1.24%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (1.24%) Simulink
3 14 (0.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.54%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (0.38%) Adobe XD
5 7 (0.38%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.22%) Mathcad
6 4 (0.22%) Windchill
7 2 (0.11%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.11%) InDesign
7 2 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.054%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.054%) EPLAN
8 1 (0.054%) FrameMaker
8 1 (0.054%) Houdini
8 1 (0.054%) InVision
8 1 (0.054%) Revit
8 1 (0.054%) Sketch
8 1 (0.054%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 16 (0.87%) Primavera
1 16 (0.87%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
2 6 (0.32%) Workday HCM
3 5 (0.27%) Oracle ERP
3 5 (0.27%) SAP ERP
3 5 (0.27%) Teamcenter
4 2 (0.11%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (0.11%) SAP PSCD
4 2 (0.11%) SAP QM
5 1 (0.054%) Magento
5 1 (0.054%) Oracle Cash Management
5 1 (0.054%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.054%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 1 (0.054%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.054%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.054%) SAP GRC
5 1 (0.054%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.054%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 454 (24.55%) Azure
2 426 (23.04%) AWS
3 128 (6.92%) GCP
4 85 (4.60%) Microsoft 365
5 80 (4.33%) Power Platform
6 78 (4.22%) Entra ID
7 42 (2.27%) GitHub
8 40 (2.16%) AWS CloudFormation
9 38 (2.06%) dbt
10 36 (1.95%) Serverless
11 29 (1.57%) Amazon S3
12 26 (1.41%) Azure DevOps
12 26 (1.41%) OpenShift
13 25 (1.35%) SaaS
14 22 (1.19%) Azure Sentinel
15 20 (1.08%) AWS Lambda
15 20 (1.08%) Microsoft Purview
16 19 (1.03%) Amazon EC2
16 19 (1.03%) Google Analytics
17 18 (0.97%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 50 (2.70%) Firewall
1 50 (2.70%) Network Security
2 42 (2.27%) TCP/IP
3 34 (1.84%) DNS
4 20 (1.08%) WAN
5 16 (0.87%) SSL
5 16 (0.87%) VPN
6 15 (0.81%) DHCP
7 13 (0.70%) BGP
8 12 (0.65%) LAN
9 11 (0.59%) ATM
9 11 (0.59%) Wireless
10 10 (0.54%) Ethernet
11 8 (0.43%) OSPF
12 7 (0.38%) MPLS
13 6 (0.32%) HTTP
14 5 (0.27%) DMZ
14 5 (0.27%) Internet
14 5 (0.27%) VLAN
14 5 (0.27%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (3.46%) Power BI
2 48 (2.60%) PostgreSQL
3 29 (1.57%) Big Data
3 29 (1.57%) Data Warehouse
4 26 (1.41%) NoSQL
5 24 (1.30%) SQL Server
6 21 (1.14%) Amazon Athena
6 21 (1.14%) Relational Database
7 19 (1.03%) Tableau
8 18 (0.97%) Data Lake
9 16 (0.87%) Metadata
10 15 (0.81%) DynamoDB
10 15 (0.81%) MySQL
11 14 (0.76%) MongoDB
12 10 (0.54%) Hadoop
13 7 (0.38%) Amazon Redshift
13 7 (0.38%) Redis
14 6 (0.32%) Elasticsearch
14 6 (0.32%) Parquet
14 6 (0.32%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 78 (4.22%) Git
2 41 (2.22%) Jenkins
3 36 (1.95%) JIRA
4 35 (1.89%) GitLab
5 23 (1.24%) JUnit
5 23 (1.24%) Rational DOORS
6 18 (0.97%) Selenium
7 14 (0.76%) Mockito
8 13 (0.70%) Maven
9 11 (0.59%) Cucumber
10 9 (0.49%) Burp Suite
10 9 (0.49%) Cypress.io
10 9 (0.49%) Metasploit
10 9 (0.49%) Postman
11 8 (0.43%) Balsamiq
11 8 (0.43%) SonarQube
12 7 (0.38%) Gatling
13 6 (0.32%) Axure RP
13 6 (0.32%) LabVIEW
14 3 (0.16%) JMeter
General
1 544 (29.42%) Social Skills
2 432 (23.36%) Public Sector
3 369 (19.96%) Finance
4 349 (18.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 233 (12.60%) Analytical Skills
6 189 (10.22%) Aerospace
7 164 (8.87%) Law
8 69 (3.73%) Legal
9 58 (3.14%) Electronics
9 58 (3.14%) Presentation Skills
10 56 (3.03%) Organisational Skills
11 54 (2.92%) Military
12 49 (2.65%) Influencing Skills
12 49 (2.65%) Retail
13 42 (2.27%) Manufacturing
14 35 (1.89%) Telecoms
15 34 (1.84%) Police
16 16 (0.87%) Documentation Skills
17 15 (0.81%) Aviation
17 15 (0.81%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 339 (18.33%) Senior
2 299 (16.17%) Architect
3 199 (10.76%) Consultant
4 163 (8.82%) Lead
5 153 (8.27%) Software Engineer
6 137 (7.41%) Developer
7 133 (7.19%) Analyst
8 108 (5.84%) Solutions Architect
9 91 (4.92%) Data Engineer
10 65 (3.52%) Security Consultant
11 62 (3.35%) Cloud Engineer
11 62 (3.35%) Principal Engineer
12 55 (2.97%) Security Architect
12 55 (2.97%) Senior Manager
13 54 (2.92%) DevOps Engineer
14 49 (2.65%) Business Analyst
14 49 (2.65%) Senior Consultant
14 49 (2.65%) Senior Developer
15 44 (2.38%) Senior Analyst
16 41 (2.22%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 116 (6.27%) Terraform
2 63 (3.41%) React
3 52 (2.81%) REST
4 44 (2.38%) Spring
5 42 (2.27%) .NET
6 33 (1.78%) CSS
7 30 (1.62%) Kafka
8 27 (1.46%) AngularJS
8 27 (1.46%) HTML
9 24 (1.30%) OAuth
9 24 (1.30%) Playwright
9 24 (1.30%) PySpark
10 22 (1.19%) Node.js
10 22 (1.19%) SOAP
11 21 (1.14%) Spring Boot
12 20 (1.08%) .NET Core
12 20 (1.08%) RESTful
13 18 (0.97%) Web Services
14 17 (0.92%) JWT
15 16 (0.87%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 136 (7.36%) Cloud Native
2 64 (3.46%) Self-Motivation
3 60 (3.24%) Management Information System
4 58 (3.14%) Product Ownership
5 51 (2.76%) Onboarding
6 43 (2.33%) Security Posture
7 35 (1.89%) Driving Licence
8 34 (1.84%) Blog
9 31 (1.68%) Legacy Systems
10 30 (1.62%) Distributed Systems
11 29 (1.57%) Cyber Threat
12 27 (1.46%) FPGA
12 27 (1.46%) PKI
13 25 (1.35%) Data Centre
14 24 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
15 23 (1.24%) CMDB
15 23 (1.24%) Cyber Defence
16 21 (1.14%) Algorithms
17 20 (1.08%) Security Operations Centre
18 19 (1.03%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 138 (7.46%) Linux
2 106 (5.73%) Windows
3 40 (2.16%) Windows Server
4 34 (1.84%) Unix
5 13 (0.70%) Windows 10
6 7 (0.38%) VxWorks
7 6 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (0.27%) Android
9 4 (0.22%) Embedded Linux
9 4 (0.22%) Kali Linux
9 4 (0.22%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.16%) CentOS
10 3 (0.16%) OpenWrt
10 3 (0.16%) Solaris
11 2 (0.11%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.11%) FreeRTOS
11 2 (0.11%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
12 1 (0.054%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 518 (28.02%) Agile
2 339 (18.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 292 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
4 288 (15.58%) Mentoring
5 287 (15.52%) Cybersecurity
6 259 (14.01%) Software Engineering
7 255 (13.79%) CI/CD
8 236 (12.76%) DevOps
8 236 (12.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 229 (12.39%) AI
10 193 (10.44%) Stakeholder Management
11 174 (9.41%) Decision-Making
12 164 (8.87%) Analytics
13 161 (8.71%) Technical Leadership
14 157 (8.49%) Coaching
15 146 (7.90%) Collaborative Culture
15 146 (7.90%) Community of Practice
16 143 (7.73%) Scrum
17 142 (7.68%) Project Delivery
18 133 (7.19%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 224 (12.11%) Python
2 166 (8.98%) Java
3 132 (7.14%) SQL
4 106 (5.73%) JavaScript
5 64 (3.46%) C++
6 58 (3.14%) C#
7 49 (2.65%) Bash
8 44 (2.38%) PowerShell
9 38 (2.06%) TypeScript
10 34 (1.84%) C
11 25 (1.35%) MATLAB
12 21 (1.14%) Ada
13 15 (0.81%) Go
13 15 (0.81%) Groovy
14 14 (0.76%) PL/SQL
14 14 (0.76%) Rust
15 13 (0.70%) DataWeave
15 13 (0.70%) Kusto Query Language
16 12 (0.65%) Ruby
17 9 (0.49%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1,472 (79.61%) SC Cleared
2 415 (22.44%) DV Cleared
3 335 (18.12%) Degree
4 233 (12.60%) BPSS Clearance
5 82 (4.43%) CISSP
6 62 (3.35%) CISM
7 50 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
8 46 (2.49%) Azure Certification
9 40 (2.16%) AWS Certification
10 32 (1.73%) Master's Degree
11 26 (1.41%) Microsoft Certification
12 23 (1.24%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 20 (1.08%) Cisco Certification
14 19 (1.03%) CRISC
15 18 (0.97%) CREST Certified
15 18 (0.97%) PhD
16 17 (0.92%) Chartered Engineer
16 17 (0.92%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
17 14 (0.76%) CHECK Team Member
17 14 (0.76%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 159 (8.60%) Accessibility
2 148 (8.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 97 (5.25%) NIST
4 73 (3.95%) QA
5 72 (3.89%) NCSC
6 53 (2.87%) GRC
7 50 (2.70%) Data Quality
8 43 (2.33%) GDPR
9 26 (1.41%) PCI DSS
10 25 (1.35%) Cyber Essentials
11 23 (1.24%) SLA
12 22 (1.19%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 18 (0.97%) WCAG
14 17 (0.92%) Def Stans
14 17 (0.92%) JSP 440
15 14 (0.76%) Actionable Recommendations
16 11 (0.59%) NIST 800
17 8 (0.43%) PMO
18 6 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 42001
18 6 (0.32%) SOC 2
System Software
1 114 (6.17%) Docker
2 80 (4.33%) Active Directory
3 45 (2.43%) Firmware
4 34 (1.84%) VMware Infrastructure
5 22 (1.19%) Hyper-V
6 15 (0.81%) VMware ESXi
7 8 (0.43%) Virtual Machines
8 7 (0.38%) VMware NSX
8 7 (0.38%) vSphere
9 6 (0.32%) Squid
10 2 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.054%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.054%) Embedded Firmware
11 1 (0.054%) IAG
11 1 (0.054%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.054%) QEMU
11 1 (0.054%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.054%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 122 (6.60%) Kubernetes
2 48 (2.60%) Ansible
3 39 (2.11%) Microsoft Intune
4 17 (0.92%) Grafana
4 17 (0.92%) Prometheus
5 13 (0.70%) CloudHub
6 12 (0.65%) Single Sign-On
7 11 (0.59%) Argo
8 9 (0.49%) Nmap
9 8 (0.43%) Progress Chef
10 7 (0.38%) Kustomize
10 7 (0.38%) QRadar
11 6 (0.32%) Istio
11 6 (0.32%) Packer
12 5 (0.27%) vCenter Server
13 4 (0.22%) FortiGate
14 3 (0.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 3 (0.16%) Check_MK
14 3 (0.16%) Kibana
15 2 (0.11%) CASB
Vendors
1 249 (13.47%) Microsoft
2 83 (4.49%) ServiceNow
3 64 (3.46%) Google
4 58 (3.14%) Oracle
5 56 (3.03%) SAP
6 49 (2.65%) VMware
7 29 (1.57%) Cisco
8 25 (1.35%) Red Hat
9 24 (1.30%) Salesforce
10 20 (1.08%) Databricks
10 20 (1.08%) Splunk
11 19 (1.03%) OpenAI
12 17 (0.92%) MuleSoft
12 17 (0.92%) Okta
13 16 (0.87%) CyberArk
14 15 (0.81%) YouTube
15 14 (0.76%) Veeam
16 13 (0.70%) Adobe
16 13 (0.70%) Thales
17 12 (0.65%) Workday