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

6 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 40 25
Rank change year-on-year +18 -15 +5
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,562 1,035 2,629
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.80% 6.72% 7.59%
As % of the Qualifications category 36.59% 19.55% 28.72%
Number of salaries quoted 1,187 521 1,780
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,608 £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 £76,250 £76,250
90th Percentile £90,921 £92,500 £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 4,269 5,293 9,153
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 21.33% 34.35% 26.42%
Number of salaries quoted 2,949 2,356 5,915
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 £57,500
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 £86,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% +2.80% -10.83%

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 18 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 (2.37%) SharePoint
2 23 (1.47%) Apache
3 16 (1.02%) Apache Airflow
4 15 (0.96%) Apache Spark
5 13 (0.83%) Microsoft Exchange
6 7 (0.45%) Jupyter
7 4 (0.26%) IIS
8 3 (0.19%) Anypoint
8 3 (0.19%) Apache Solr
8 3 (0.19%) Confluence
8 3 (0.19%) Mule
8 3 (0.19%) SAS
9 2 (0.13%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.13%) Camunda
9 2 (0.13%) GeoServer
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle Spatial
10 1 (0.064%) NetWeaver
10 1 (0.064%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.064%) Site Server
Applications
1 43 (2.75%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (1.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 12 (0.77%) Adobe XD
4 6 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.26%) InVision
5 4 (0.26%) Sketch
5 4 (0.26%) Windchill
6 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.19%) MS Visio
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
8 1 (0.064%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 28 (1.79%) 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%) 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 BPC
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
1 348 (22.28%) Azure
2 310 (19.85%) AWS
3 106 (6.79%) GCP
4 101 (6.47%) Microsoft 365
5 79 (5.06%) Entra ID
6 57 (3.65%) Power Platform
7 28 (1.79%) SaaS
8 27 (1.73%) AWS CloudFormation
8 27 (1.73%) GitHub
9 26 (1.66%) Serverless
10 21 (1.34%) PaaS
11 20 (1.28%) Azure DevOps
12 19 (1.22%) Amazon S3
12 19 (1.22%) Google Analytics
13 18 (1.15%) Amazon EC2
13 18 (1.15%) Azure Sentinel
13 18 (1.15%) Dynamics 365
14 17 (1.09%) PowerApps
15 14 (0.90%) Power Automate
15 14 (0.90%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 42 (2.69%) Network Security
2 41 (2.62%) Firewall
3 31 (1.98%) WAN
4 25 (1.60%) VPN
5 24 (1.54%) TCP/IP
6 23 (1.47%) DNS
7 21 (1.34%) LAN
8 19 (1.22%) DHCP
9 18 (1.15%) BGP
10 14 (0.90%) MPLS
11 13 (0.83%) SMTP
12 11 (0.70%) Wi-Fi
13 9 (0.58%) HTTP
14 7 (0.45%) Intrusion Detection
14 7 (0.45%) SNMP
15 6 (0.38%) DMZ
15 6 (0.38%) SD-WAN
15 6 (0.38%) VoIP
16 5 (0.32%) Cisco Firepower
16 5 (0.32%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (2.75%) Power BI
2 37 (2.37%) PostgreSQL
3 21 (1.34%) Metadata
4 19 (1.22%) NoSQL
5 16 (1.02%) MongoDB
6 14 (0.90%) Big Data
6 14 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
6 14 (0.90%) SQL Server
7 12 (0.77%) Amazon Athena
7 12 (0.77%) DynamoDB
7 12 (0.77%) Redis
8 9 (0.58%) Elasticsearch
9 7 (0.45%) Amazon RDS
9 7 (0.45%) Data Lake
9 7 (0.45%) MySQL
9 7 (0.45%) Relational Database
9 7 (0.45%) Tableau
10 6 (0.38%) BigQuery
10 6 (0.38%) SAP HANA
11 5 (0.32%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 50 (3.20%) Git
2 36 (2.30%) GitLab
3 35 (2.24%) Jenkins
4 14 (0.90%) JIRA
5 13 (0.83%) JUnit
5 13 (0.83%) Selenium
6 8 (0.51%) Axure RP
6 8 (0.51%) Balsamiq
6 8 (0.51%) Maven
7 7 (0.45%) Mockito
8 6 (0.38%) Burp Suite
8 6 (0.38%) JMeter
8 6 (0.38%) Metasploit
9 5 (0.32%) Cucumber
9 5 (0.32%) Postman
10 4 (0.26%) SonarQube
11 3 (0.19%) Cypress.io
11 3 (0.19%) Gatling
11 3 (0.19%) SoapUI
12 2 (0.13%) Babel
General
1 384 (24.58%) Social Skills
2 367 (23.50%) Public Sector
3 191 (12.23%) Finance
4 167 (10.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 151 (9.67%) Analytical Skills
6 122 (7.81%) Law
7 52 (3.33%) Legal
8 40 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
9 36 (2.30%) Back Office
10 35 (2.24%) Manufacturing
11 32 (2.05%) Telecoms
12 28 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
13 26 (1.66%) Organisational Skills
13 26 (1.66%) Retail
14 24 (1.54%) Aerospace
15 14 (0.90%) Military
16 13 (0.83%) Aviation
17 10 (0.64%) Banking
18 8 (0.51%) Automotive
18 8 (0.51%) Police
Job Titles
1 291 (18.63%) Senior
2 223 (14.28%) Architect
3 170 (10.88%) Consultant
4 128 (8.19%) Analyst
5 118 (7.55%) Lead
6 112 (7.17%) Developer
7 100 (6.40%) Solutions Architect
8 89 (5.70%) Software Engineer
9 71 (4.55%) Business Analyst
10 64 (4.10%) Data Engineer
11 58 (3.71%) Senior Manager
12 57 (3.65%) Cloud Engineer
13 56 (3.59%) Systems Engineer
14 53 (3.39%) Support Engineer
15 50 (3.20%) Security Consultant
16 48 (3.07%) Senior Consultant
17 47 (3.01%) Java Developer
18 44 (2.82%) DevOps Engineer
19 40 (2.56%) Senior Developer
20 38 (2.43%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (3.27%) REST
2 40 (2.56%) Spring
3 32 (2.05%) .NET
3 32 (2.05%) React
4 28 (1.79%) SOAP
5 22 (1.41%) Middleware
6 21 (1.34%) Spring Boot
7 17 (1.09%) Kafka
8 15 (0.96%) CSS
8 15 (0.96%) HTML
8 15 (0.96%) Lightning Web Components
8 15 (0.96%) Playwright
9 14 (0.90%) AngularJS
9 14 (0.90%) RESTful
9 14 (0.90%) SAML
9 14 (0.90%) Visualforce
10 12 (0.77%) SAP Fiori
11 9 (0.58%) JSON
11 9 (0.58%) OAuth
11 9 (0.58%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 104 (6.66%) Cloud Native
2 65 (4.16%) Product Ownership
3 56 (3.59%) Security Posture
4 50 (3.20%) Onboarding
5 39 (2.50%) Management Information System
6 38 (2.43%) Self-Motivation
7 35 (2.24%) Data Centre
8 30 (1.92%) PKI
9 25 (1.60%) Legacy Systems
10 20 (1.28%) Blog
11 17 (1.09%) Driving Licence
11 17 (1.09%) Security Operations Centre
12 16 (1.02%) Low-Code
13 15 (0.96%) CMDB
13 15 (0.96%) Data Structures
14 13 (0.83%) Analytical Mindset
14 13 (0.83%) Cyber Threat
15 11 (0.70%) Cyber Security Posture
15 11 (0.70%) Cyberattack
15 11 (0.70%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 106 (6.79%) Windows
2 95 (6.08%) Linux
3 40 (2.56%) Windows 10
4 30 (1.92%) Windows Server
5 21 (1.34%) 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%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 333 (21.32%) Agile
2 227 (14.53%) Continuous Improvement
3 203 (13.00%) Cybersecurity
4 181 (11.59%) DevOps
4 181 (11.59%) Problem-Solving
5 179 (11.46%) Mentoring
6 155 (9.92%) CI/CD
7 134 (8.58%) Software Engineering
8 129 (8.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 128 (8.19%) ITIL
10 123 (7.87%) Analytics
10 123 (7.87%) Stakeholder Management
11 119 (7.62%) Community of Practice
12 109 (6.98%) Technology Strategy
13 106 (6.79%) Collaborative Culture
14 104 (6.66%) Infrastructure as Code
14 104 (6.66%) Risk Management
15 98 (6.27%) AI
16 93 (5.95%) Technical Leadership
17 92 (5.89%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 152 (9.73%) Python
2 134 (8.58%) Java
3 88 (5.63%) SQL
4 69 (4.42%) JavaScript
5 45 (2.88%) C#
6 32 (2.05%) PowerShell
7 31 (1.98%) Bash
8 28 (1.79%) C++
9 25 (1.60%) TypeScript
10 15 (0.96%) Apex Code
11 12 (0.77%) Groovy
12 9 (0.58%) C
12 9 (0.58%) Rust
13 6 (0.38%) Go
13 6 (0.38%) PL/SQL
14 5 (0.32%) Scala
14 5 (0.32%) VBA
15 3 (0.19%) ABAP
15 3 (0.19%) Perl
15 3 (0.19%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1,134 (72.60%) SC Cleared
2 301 (19.27%) DV Cleared
3 263 (16.84%) Degree
4 90 (5.76%) BPSS Clearance
5 77 (4.93%) CISSP
6 47 (3.01%) CISM
7 45 (2.88%) Computer Science Degree
8 37 (2.37%) CTC Cleared
9 35 (2.24%) Microsoft Certification
10 28 (1.79%) Azure Certification
11 25 (1.60%) AWS Certification
12 18 (1.15%) Cisco Certification
13 16 (1.02%) CREST Certified
14 15 (0.96%) HNC
14 15 (0.96%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 15 (0.96%) PMI Certification
15 13 (0.83%) CRISC
15 13 (0.83%) TOGAF Certification
16 10 (0.64%) GIAC
16 10 (0.64%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 128 (8.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 74 (4.74%) NIST
3 58 (3.71%) QA
4 51 (3.27%) SLA
5 49 (3.14%) GDPR
6 46 (2.94%) NCSC
7 37 (2.37%) Accessibility
8 35 (2.24%) Data Quality
9 31 (1.98%) GRC
10 25 (1.60%) PCI DSS
11 24 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials
12 18 (1.15%) JSP 440
13 17 (1.09%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 14 (0.90%) Actionable Recommendations
15 13 (0.83%) WCAG
16 11 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 10 (0.64%) Def Stans
18 7 (0.45%) Government Security Classifications
18 7 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 42001
19 6 (0.38%) PMO
System Software
1 79 (5.06%) Docker
2 53 (3.39%) Active Directory
3 17 (1.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 16 (1.02%) Hyper-V
5 10 (0.64%) VMware NSX
6 8 (0.51%) Firmware
7 6 (0.38%) vSphere
8 5 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
9 4 (0.26%) 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
1 101 (6.47%) Terraform
2 87 (5.57%) Kubernetes
3 50 (3.20%) Ansible
4 28 (1.79%) Microsoft Intune
5 21 (1.34%) Prometheus
6 20 (1.28%) 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%) Packer
10 7 (0.45%) QRadar
11 6 (0.38%) Kustomize
11 6 (0.38%) Nmap
12 5 (0.32%) AWS Copilot
12 5 (0.32%) Endace
12 5 (0.32%) Istio
12 5 (0.32%) vCenter Server
13 4 (0.26%) Kibana
13 4 (0.26%) Nagios
Vendors
1 218 (13.96%) Microsoft
2 69 (4.42%) Cisco
3 54 (3.46%) Google
4 45 (2.88%) Oracle
5 43 (2.75%) SAP
6 40 (2.56%) ServiceNow
7 28 (1.79%) VMware
8 27 (1.73%) Salesforce
9 20 (1.28%) Red Hat
10 16 (1.02%) MuleSoft
10 16 (1.02%) Splunk
11 15 (0.96%) Databricks
12 13 (0.83%) Adobe
13 12 (0.77%) CyberArk
14 10 (0.64%) Juniper
14 10 (0.64%) Meraki
15 8 (0.51%) Okta
16 7 (0.45%) Dell
16 7 (0.45%) F5
16 7 (0.45%) OpenAI