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 27 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 42 25
Rank change year-on-year +24 -17 +7
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,641 961 2,523
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.61% 6.62% 7.67%
As % of the Qualifications category 38.28% 19.65% 28.50%
Number of salaries quoted 1,212 478 1,741
10th Percentile £46,250 £45,350 £40,000
25th Percentile £54,938 £52,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -
75th Percentile £79,795 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £61,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +5.69% +6.96% -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 4,287 4,891 8,853
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 22.50% 33.69% 26.93%
Number of salaries quoted 2,913 2,239 5,892
10th Percentile £33,270 £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,930 £42,500 £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 £88,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.85% -10.00%

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 27 May 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 35 (2.13%) SharePoint
2 18 (1.10%) Apache
3 15 (0.91%) Apache Airflow
4 14 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
5 12 (0.73%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.30%) Jupyter
7 4 (0.24%) ArcGIS
7 4 (0.24%) GeoServer
7 4 (0.24%) Oracle Spatial
8 3 (0.18%) Apache Solr
8 3 (0.18%) Camunda
8 3 (0.18%) Confluence
8 3 (0.18%) SAS
9 2 (0.12%) Anypoint
9 2 (0.12%) IIS
9 2 (0.12%) Mule
9 2 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.061%) Appian
10 1 (0.061%) NetWeaver
10 1 (0.061%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 62 (3.78%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (1.10%) Adobe XD
3 14 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.30%) InVision
5 5 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.30%) Sketch
6 4 (0.24%) Windchill
7 3 (0.18%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.12%) Weka
9 1 (0.061%) CATIA
9 1 (0.061%) EngageOne
9 1 (0.061%) Oracle Smart View
9 1 (0.061%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 28 (1.71%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (0.43%) SAP ERP
3 6 (0.37%) Oracle ERP
4 4 (0.24%) Primavera
4 4 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.24%) SAP FSCM
5 3 (0.18%) Elite 3E
5 3 (0.18%) SAP CO
5 3 (0.18%) SAP FI
5 3 (0.18%) SAP FI/CO
5 3 (0.18%) SAP HCM
6 2 (0.12%) SAP Payroll
6 2 (0.12%) SAP QM
7 1 (0.061%) Magento
7 1 (0.061%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.061%) SAP BPC
7 1 (0.061%) SAP GRC
7 1 (0.061%) SAP PSCD
7 1 (0.061%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.061%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 323 (19.68%) Azure
2 289 (17.61%) AWS
3 102 (6.22%) Microsoft 365
4 98 (5.97%) GCP
5 61 (3.72%) Entra ID
6 50 (3.05%) Power Platform
7 26 (1.58%) Serverless
8 25 (1.52%) SaaS
9 24 (1.46%) AWS CloudFormation
10 23 (1.40%) GitHub
11 20 (1.22%) Azure DevOps
11 20 (1.22%) Google Analytics
11 20 (1.22%) PaaS
12 19 (1.16%) Figma
13 18 (1.10%) Amazon S3
14 17 (1.04%) Azure Sentinel
14 17 (1.04%) Dynamics 365
15 16 (0.98%) PowerApps
16 15 (0.91%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
16 15 (0.91%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 36 (2.19%) Firewall
1 36 (2.19%) Network Security
2 29 (1.77%) WAN
3 24 (1.46%) VPN
4 23 (1.40%) DNS
5 20 (1.22%) LAN
6 19 (1.16%) DHCP
7 18 (1.10%) BGP
8 15 (0.91%) TCP/IP
9 14 (0.85%) MPLS
10 12 (0.73%) SMTP
10 12 (0.73%) Wi-Fi
11 8 (0.49%) HTTP
12 7 (0.43%) Intrusion Detection
12 7 (0.43%) SNMP
13 6 (0.37%) Cisco ASA
13 6 (0.37%) Cisco Firepower
13 6 (0.37%) DMZ
13 6 (0.37%) SD-WAN
13 6 (0.37%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (2.38%) Power BI
2 37 (2.25%) PostgreSQL
3 19 (1.16%) Metadata
3 19 (1.16%) NoSQL
4 16 (0.98%) MongoDB
5 15 (0.91%) SQL Server
6 12 (0.73%) Big Data
6 12 (0.73%) Data Warehouse
6 12 (0.73%) Redis
7 11 (0.67%) DynamoDB
8 10 (0.61%) Elasticsearch
9 9 (0.55%) Amazon Athena
10 7 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
10 7 (0.43%) MySQL
10 7 (0.43%) Relational Database
11 6 (0.37%) BigQuery
11 6 (0.37%) SAP HANA
11 6 (0.37%) Tableau
12 5 (0.30%) Amazon Redshift
13 4 (0.24%) GIS
Development Applications
1 53 (3.23%) Git
2 33 (2.01%) Jenkins
3 30 (1.83%) GitLab
4 15 (0.91%) JIRA
5 14 (0.85%) Axure RP
6 13 (0.79%) Balsamiq
7 11 (0.67%) JUnit
7 11 (0.67%) Selenium
8 8 (0.49%) Maven
9 7 (0.43%) Mockito
10 6 (0.37%) JMeter
11 4 (0.24%) Burp Suite
11 4 (0.24%) Metasploit
11 4 (0.24%) SonarQube
12 3 (0.18%) Babel
12 3 (0.18%) Cucumber
12 3 (0.18%) Cypress.io
12 3 (0.18%) MSTest
12 3 (0.18%) Postman
12 3 (0.18%) webpack
General
1 380 (23.16%) Social Skills
2 367 (22.36%) Public Sector
3 185 (11.27%) Finance
4 168 (10.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 142 (8.65%) Analytical Skills
6 126 (7.68%) Law
7 52 (3.17%) Legal
8 51 (3.11%) Back Office
9 38 (2.32%) Manufacturing
10 36 (2.19%) Presentation Skills
11 35 (2.13%) Telecoms
12 27 (1.65%) Influencing Skills
13 26 (1.58%) Organisational Skills
14 23 (1.40%) Aerospace
15 22 (1.34%) Retail
16 17 (1.04%) Military
17 13 (0.79%) Aviation
18 11 (0.67%) Banking
18 11 (0.67%) Electronics
18 11 (0.67%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 281 (17.12%) Senior
2 211 (12.86%) Architect
3 164 (9.99%) Consultant
4 151 (9.20%) Analyst
5 120 (7.31%) Lead
6 115 (7.01%) Developer
7 102 (6.22%) Software Engineer
8 98 (5.97%) Solutions Architect
9 96 (5.85%) Business Analyst
10 94 (5.73%) Systems Engineer
11 67 (4.08%) Support Engineer
12 61 (3.72%) Cloud Engineer
13 57 (3.47%) Data Engineer
14 54 (3.29%) Senior Manager
15 52 (3.17%) Site Engineer
16 48 (2.93%) Desktop Engineer
16 48 (2.93%) Desktop Support
16 48 (2.93%) Desktop Support Engineer
17 47 (2.86%) Java Developer
18 44 (2.68%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (3.23%) REST
2 42 (2.56%) Spring
3 38 (2.32%) .NET
4 34 (2.07%) React
5 28 (1.71%) SOAP
6 22 (1.34%) Spring Boot
7 21 (1.28%) Middleware
8 20 (1.22%) CSS
8 20 (1.22%) HTML
9 18 (1.10%) Lightning Web Components
10 16 (0.98%) Kafka
11 15 (0.91%) Visualforce
12 14 (0.85%) AngularJS
12 14 (0.85%) SAML
13 13 (0.79%) RESTful
14 12 (0.73%) Playwright
14 12 (0.73%) SAP Fiori
15 10 (0.61%) ASP.NET
15 10 (0.61%) Django
15 10 (0.61%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 83 (5.06%) Cloud Native
2 71 (4.33%) Product Ownership
3 53 (3.23%) Security Posture
4 52 (3.17%) Onboarding
5 38 (2.32%) Management Information System
6 37 (2.25%) Data Centre
6 37 (2.25%) Self-Motivation
7 28 (1.71%) PKI
8 25 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
9 20 (1.22%) Blog
10 18 (1.10%) Driving Licence
10 18 (1.10%) Low-Code
11 17 (1.04%) Security Operations Centre
12 16 (0.98%) Data Structures
13 14 (0.85%) CMDB
14 12 (0.73%) Analytical Mindset
14 12 (0.73%) Cyber Threat
15 11 (0.67%) Cyber Security Posture
15 11 (0.67%) Cyberattack
15 11 (0.67%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 115 (7.01%) Windows
2 92 (5.61%) Linux
3 56 (3.41%) Windows 10
4 23 (1.40%) Windows Server
5 20 (1.22%) Unix
6 6 (0.37%) Ubuntu
7 5 (0.30%) Android
7 5 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.18%) CentOS
8 3 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.061%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.061%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.061%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 334 (20.35%) Agile
2 220 (13.41%) Continuous Improvement
3 204 (12.43%) Cybersecurity
4 179 (10.91%) DevOps
5 173 (10.54%) Problem-Solving
6 159 (9.69%) Mentoring
7 153 (9.32%) Software Engineering
8 138 (8.41%) Analytics
8 138 (8.41%) ITIL
9 136 (8.29%) CI/CD
10 120 (7.31%) Community of Practice
11 118 (7.19%) Stakeholder Management
12 115 (7.01%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 109 (6.64%) Collaborative Culture
13 109 (6.64%) Technology Strategy
14 96 (5.85%) Risk Management
15 94 (5.73%) Infrastructure as Code
16 93 (5.67%) AI
17 85 (5.18%) Roadmaps
18 83 (5.06%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 143 (8.71%) Python
2 134 (8.17%) Java
3 88 (5.36%) SQL
4 77 (4.69%) JavaScript
5 50 (3.05%) C#
6 34 (2.07%) PowerShell
7 29 (1.77%) Bash
8 28 (1.71%) C++
9 26 (1.58%) TypeScript
10 18 (1.10%) Apex Code
11 10 (0.61%) Groovy
12 9 (0.55%) Rust
13 8 (0.49%) C
14 7 (0.43%) PL/SQL
15 6 (0.37%) Scala
16 5 (0.30%) Go
17 4 (0.24%) T-SQL
17 4 (0.24%) VBA
18 3 (0.18%) ABAP
18 3 (0.18%) Perl
Qualifications
1 1,120 (68.25%) SC Cleared
2 323 (19.68%) DV Cleared
3 274 (16.70%) Degree
4 84 (5.12%) BPSS Clearance
5 69 (4.20%) CISSP
6 52 (3.17%) CTC Cleared
7 45 (2.74%) Computer Science Degree
8 38 (2.32%) CISM
8 38 (2.32%) Microsoft Certification
9 22 (1.34%) AWS Certification
9 22 (1.34%) Azure Certification
10 15 (0.91%) Cisco Certification
10 15 (0.91%) CREST Certified
10 15 (0.91%) HNC
11 14 (0.85%) PMI Certification
11 14 (0.85%) TOGAF Certification
12 11 (0.67%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 10 (0.61%) CRISC
13 10 (0.61%) GIAC
14 9 (0.55%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 106 (6.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 65 (3.96%) NIST
3 59 (3.60%) SLA
4 58 (3.53%) QA
5 49 (2.99%) GDPR
6 45 (2.74%) Accessibility
7 34 (2.07%) NCSC
8 33 (2.01%) Data Quality
9 27 (1.65%) GRC
10 24 (1.46%) PCI DSS
11 17 (1.04%) WCAG
12 16 (0.98%) JSP 440
13 14 (0.85%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 13 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials
15 12 (0.73%) Actionable Recommendations
16 8 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 7 (0.43%) Def Stans
17 7 (0.43%) Government Security Classifications
18 6 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 42001
18 6 (0.37%) PMO
System Software
1 77 (4.69%) Docker
2 41 (2.50%) Active Directory
3 18 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.67%) VMware NSX
5 8 (0.49%) Firmware
5 8 (0.49%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (0.30%) vSphere
7 4 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.061%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.061%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.061%) IAG
9 1 (0.061%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.061%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.061%) Xen
Systems Management
1 95 (5.79%) Terraform
2 83 (5.06%) Kubernetes
3 53 (3.23%) Ansible
4 18 (1.10%) Grafana
4 18 (1.10%) Microsoft Intune
4 18 (1.10%) Prometheus
5 8 (0.49%) Argo
5 8 (0.49%) Puppet
5 8 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (0.43%) Progress Chef
7 6 (0.37%) Packer
8 5 (0.30%) AWS Copilot
8 5 (0.30%) Endace
8 5 (0.30%) QRadar
9 4 (0.24%) Istio
9 4 (0.24%) Kustomize
9 4 (0.24%) Nmap
9 4 (0.24%) SCCM
9 4 (0.24%) vCenter Server
10 3 (0.18%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 200 (12.19%) Microsoft
2 87 (5.30%) Cisco
3 55 (3.35%) Google
4 46 (2.80%) Oracle
4 46 (2.80%) SAP
5 34 (2.07%) ServiceNow
6 30 (1.83%) Salesforce
7 28 (1.71%) VMware
8 20 (1.22%) Red Hat
9 18 (1.10%) Adobe
10 16 (0.98%) MuleSoft
11 13 (0.79%) Databricks
11 13 (0.79%) Splunk
12 12 (0.73%) CyberArk
13 11 (0.67%) Meraki
14 9 (0.55%) Juniper
15 8 (0.49%) F5
15 8 (0.49%) Okta
16 7 (0.43%) Dell
17 6 (0.37%) Ariba