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 31 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 36 22
Rank change year-on-year +12 -14 +5
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,621 1,146 2,064
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.32% 6.95% 7.76%
As % of the Qualifications category 35.44% 20.59% 28.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1,172 573 1,400
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,608 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £47,500
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 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £94,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £62,500 £58,000
% change year-on-year +12.00% +7.76% -3.33%

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 4,574 5,565 7,125
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.65% 33.77% 26.79%
Number of salaries quoted 3,051 2,470 4,302
10th Percentile £33,250 £29,725 £33,750
25th Percentile £46,743 £41,250 £42,812
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £74,258 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,050 £86,250
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 31 July 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 (2.28%) Apache
2 36 (2.22%) SharePoint
3 25 (1.54%) Apache Spark
4 12 (0.74%) Anypoint
4 12 (0.74%) Apache Airflow
4 12 (0.74%) Mule
5 8 (0.49%) Confluence
5 8 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
6 7 (0.43%) Jupyter
6 7 (0.43%) nginx
7 6 (0.37%) Camunda
8 5 (0.31%) IIS
8 5 (0.31%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 3 (0.19%) Apache Solr
10 2 (0.12%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.12%) GeoServer
10 2 (0.12%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.12%) Oracle Spatial
10 2 (0.12%) WordPress
11 1 (0.062%) Appian
Applications
1 24 (1.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (0.86%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (0.74%) Simulink
4 11 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (0.56%) Adobe XD
6 5 (0.31%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.25%) Windchill
8 3 (0.19%) Mathcad
8 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.062%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.062%) CATIA
9 1 (0.062%) FrameMaker
9 1 (0.062%) Houdini
9 1 (0.062%) InDesign
9 1 (0.062%) InVision
9 1 (0.062%) NUKE
9 1 (0.062%) Sketch
9 1 (0.062%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 28 (1.73%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (0.43%) SAP ERP
3 6 (0.37%) Oracle ERP
3 6 (0.37%) Primavera
4 5 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.25%) Remedy ITSM
5 4 (0.25%) SAP FSCM
5 4 (0.25%) Workday HCM
6 3 (0.19%) Elite 3E
6 3 (0.19%) SAP CO
6 3 (0.19%) SAP FI
6 3 (0.19%) SAP FI/CO
6 3 (0.19%) SAP HCM
7 2 (0.12%) SAP Payroll
7 2 (0.12%) SAP QM
7 2 (0.12%) Teamcenter
8 1 (0.062%) Dynamics CRM
8 1 (0.062%) Magento
8 1 (0.062%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.062%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 440 (27.14%) Azure
2 394 (24.31%) AWS
3 127 (7.83%) GCP
4 85 (5.24%) Microsoft 365
5 71 (4.38%) Entra ID
6 70 (4.32%) Power Platform
7 39 (2.41%) dbt
8 37 (2.28%) AWS CloudFormation
9 34 (2.10%) GitHub
10 30 (1.85%) Serverless
11 28 (1.73%) SaaS
12 27 (1.67%) Azure DevOps
13 25 (1.54%) PaaS
14 22 (1.36%) Azure Sentinel
15 21 (1.30%) Google Analytics
16 20 (1.23%) Microsoft Purview
17 19 (1.17%) Amazon EC2
18 18 (1.11%) Amazon S3
18 18 (1.11%) Dynamics 365
19 16 (0.99%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 48 (2.96%) Firewall
2 45 (2.78%) Network Security
3 39 (2.41%) TCP/IP
4 32 (1.97%) DNS
5 27 (1.67%) WAN
6 19 (1.17%) VPN
7 18 (1.11%) LAN
8 16 (0.99%) DHCP
9 15 (0.93%) SSL
10 14 (0.86%) BGP
11 12 (0.74%) MPLS
12 11 (0.68%) ATM
13 9 (0.56%) SMTP
14 8 (0.49%) HTTP
15 7 (0.43%) Wi-Fi
16 6 (0.37%) Intrusion Detection
16 6 (0.37%) OSPF
16 6 (0.37%) Wireless
17 5 (0.31%) SNMP
18 4 (0.25%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (3.33%) Power BI
2 42 (2.59%) PostgreSQL
3 24 (1.48%) Big Data
4 23 (1.42%) Data Warehouse
5 22 (1.36%) NoSQL
6 17 (1.05%) SQL Server
7 16 (0.99%) Metadata
7 16 (0.99%) MongoDB
8 13 (0.80%) Amazon Athena
9 12 (0.74%) Redis
10 11 (0.68%) DynamoDB
10 11 (0.68%) Tableau
11 10 (0.62%) Relational Database
12 9 (0.56%) Data Lake
12 9 (0.56%) Elasticsearch
13 8 (0.49%) MySQL
14 7 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
15 6 (0.37%) SAP HANA
16 5 (0.31%) Hadoop
16 5 (0.31%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 59 (3.64%) Git
2 38 (2.34%) GitLab
2 38 (2.34%) Jenkins
3 20 (1.23%) JIRA
4 19 (1.17%) JUnit
5 15 (0.93%) Selenium
6 13 (0.80%) Rational DOORS
7 11 (0.68%) Mockito
8 10 (0.62%) Maven
9 9 (0.56%) Balsamiq
9 9 (0.56%) Cucumber
10 8 (0.49%) Axure RP
10 8 (0.49%) Postman
11 7 (0.43%) Burp Suite
11 7 (0.43%) Gatling
11 7 (0.43%) Metasploit
12 5 (0.31%) Cypress.io
12 5 (0.31%) SonarQube
13 4 (0.25%) LabVIEW
14 3 (0.19%) JMeter
General
1 484 (29.86%) Social Skills
2 382 (23.57%) Public Sector
3 269 (16.59%) Finance
4 258 (15.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 183 (11.29%) Analytical Skills
6 153 (9.44%) Law
7 81 (5.00%) Aerospace
8 67 (4.13%) Legal
9 51 (3.15%) Presentation Skills
10 41 (2.53%) Telecoms
11 38 (2.34%) Retail
12 37 (2.28%) Manufacturing
13 34 (2.10%) Organisational Skills
14 30 (1.85%) Influencing Skills
15 27 (1.67%) Military
16 26 (1.60%) Electronics
17 19 (1.17%) Police
18 13 (0.80%) Aviation
19 12 (0.74%) Documentation Skills
20 11 (0.68%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 305 (18.82%) Senior
2 285 (17.58%) Architect
3 190 (11.72%) Consultant
4 148 (9.13%) Lead
5 121 (7.46%) Solutions Architect
6 117 (7.22%) Developer
7 111 (6.85%) Analyst
8 110 (6.79%) Software Engineer
9 63 (3.89%) Cloud Engineer
9 63 (3.89%) Data Engineer
10 59 (3.64%) Security Consultant
11 53 (3.27%) Senior Manager
12 51 (3.15%) Senior Consultant
13 50 (3.08%) DevOps Engineer
14 48 (2.96%) Security Architect
15 47 (2.90%) Senior Developer
16 46 (2.84%) Business Analyst
17 41 (2.53%) Java Developer
17 41 (2.53%) Senior Analyst
18 38 (2.34%) Cloud Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (3.21%) REST
2 43 (2.65%) React
3 42 (2.59%) Spring
4 31 (1.91%) Kafka
5 29 (1.79%) .NET
6 24 (1.48%) OAuth
6 24 (1.48%) SOAP
7 21 (1.30%) CSS
8 20 (1.23%) Spring Boot
9 19 (1.17%) AngularJS
9 19 (1.17%) HTML
9 19 (1.17%) Playwright
10 16 (0.99%) PySpark
11 15 (0.93%) JWT
11 15 (0.93%) Middleware
11 15 (0.93%) OAuth2
11 15 (0.93%) RESTful
12 14 (0.86%) Web Services
13 13 (0.80%) SAML
14 12 (0.74%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 128 (7.90%) Cloud Native
2 58 (3.58%) Product Ownership
3 56 (3.45%) Management Information System
4 55 (3.39%) Onboarding
5 47 (2.90%) Self-Motivation
6 44 (2.71%) Security Posture
7 32 (1.97%) Driving Licence
8 31 (1.91%) Data Centre
8 31 (1.91%) Legacy Systems
9 26 (1.60%) Blog
10 24 (1.48%) PKI
11 22 (1.36%) Cyber Threat
11 22 (1.36%) Distributed Systems
12 20 (1.23%) Security Operations Centre
13 17 (1.05%) CMDB
13 17 (1.05%) Cyber Defence
14 15 (0.93%) Data Structures
14 15 (0.93%) FPGA
14 15 (0.93%) Public Cloud
15 14 (0.86%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 123 (7.59%) Linux
2 97 (5.98%) Windows
3 40 (2.47%) Windows Server
4 31 (1.91%) Unix
5 14 (0.86%) Windows 10
6 5 (0.31%) Android
6 5 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.31%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.19%) Kali Linux
8 2 (0.12%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.12%) CentOS
8 2 (0.12%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.12%) VxWorks
8 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.062%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.062%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.062%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 427 (26.34%) Agile
2 266 (16.41%) Continuous Improvement
3 249 (15.36%) Cybersecurity
4 235 (14.50%) Mentoring
5 226 (13.94%) Problem-Solving
6 215 (13.26%) DevOps
7 210 (12.95%) CI/CD
8 201 (12.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 184 (11.35%) Software Engineering
10 164 (10.12%) Stakeholder Management
11 159 (9.81%) AI
12 130 (8.02%) Community of Practice
13 128 (7.90%) Collaborative Culture
14 123 (7.59%) Infrastructure as Code
15 122 (7.53%) Decision-Making
15 122 (7.53%) Technical Leadership
16 120 (7.40%) Analytics
17 118 (7.28%) Project Delivery
18 114 (7.03%) Technology Strategy
19 113 (6.97%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 200 (12.34%) Python
2 152 (9.38%) Java
3 106 (6.54%) SQL
4 82 (5.06%) JavaScript
5 49 (3.02%) C++
6 44 (2.71%) C#
7 39 (2.41%) PowerShell
8 38 (2.34%) Bash
9 27 (1.67%) C
9 27 (1.67%) TypeScript
10 16 (0.99%) Groovy
11 14 (0.86%) Ada
12 12 (0.74%) DataWeave
13 11 (0.68%) MATLAB
13 11 (0.68%) Rust
14 9 (0.56%) PL/SQL
15 8 (0.49%) Go
15 8 (0.49%) Ruby
15 8 (0.49%) SystemVerilog
15 8 (0.49%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1,277 (78.78%) SC Cleared
2 335 (20.67%) DV Cleared
3 283 (17.46%) Degree
4 157 (9.69%) BPSS Clearance
5 75 (4.63%) CISSP
6 53 (3.27%) CISM
7 52 (3.21%) Computer Science Degree
8 41 (2.53%) Azure Certification
9 35 (2.16%) Microsoft Certification
10 28 (1.73%) AWS Certification
11 20 (1.23%) Master's Degree
12 19 (1.17%) CREST Certified
13 18 (1.11%) Cisco Certification
13 18 (1.11%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 17 (1.05%) CRISC
15 16 (0.99%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 13 (0.80%) TOGAF Certification
17 12 (0.74%) HNC
18 11 (0.68%) (ISC)2 CCSP
19 10 (0.62%) CompTIA CySA+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 135 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 87 (5.37%) NIST
3 82 (5.06%) Accessibility
4 55 (3.39%) NCSC
5 53 (3.27%) QA
6 42 (2.59%) GDPR
7 41 (2.53%) GRC
8 38 (2.34%) Data Quality
9 25 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials
10 24 (1.48%) PCI DSS
11 22 (1.36%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 22 (1.36%) SLA
12 20 (1.23%) WCAG
13 16 (0.99%) JSP 440
14 11 (0.68%) Actionable Recommendations
15 10 (0.62%) Def Stans
16 9 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 8 (0.49%) NIST 800
18 6 (0.37%) Government Security Classifications
18 6 (0.37%) SOC 2
System Software
1 92 (5.68%) Docker
2 73 (4.50%) Active Directory
3 28 (1.73%) VMware Infrastructure
4 25 (1.54%) Firmware
5 24 (1.48%) Hyper-V
6 13 (0.80%) VMware ESXi
7 7 (0.43%) vSphere
8 6 (0.37%) Squid
8 6 (0.37%) Virtual Machines
9 5 (0.31%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.062%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.062%) Embedded Firmware
11 1 (0.062%) IAG
11 1 (0.062%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.062%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.062%) Xen
Systems Management
1 108 (6.66%) Terraform
2 103 (6.35%) Kubernetes
3 44 (2.71%) Ansible
4 39 (2.41%) Microsoft Intune
5 19 (1.17%) Prometheus
6 17 (1.05%) Grafana
7 12 (0.74%) CloudHub
8 10 (0.62%) Argo
9 8 (0.49%) Progress Chef
10 7 (0.43%) Nmap
10 7 (0.43%) QRadar
10 7 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
11 6 (0.37%) Kustomize
11 6 (0.37%) Puppet
12 5 (0.31%) AWS Copilot
12 5 (0.31%) Istio
12 5 (0.31%) Packer
12 5 (0.31%) vCenter Server
13 4 (0.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 4 (0.25%) Kibana
Vendors
1 234 (14.44%) Microsoft
2 68 (4.19%) Google
3 57 (3.52%) ServiceNow
4 54 (3.33%) SAP
5 47 (2.90%) Oracle
6 38 (2.34%) VMware
7 33 (2.04%) Cisco
8 28 (1.73%) Salesforce
9 22 (1.36%) Databricks
9 22 (1.36%) MuleSoft
9 22 (1.36%) Red Hat
10 18 (1.11%) OpenAI
10 18 (1.11%) Splunk
11 17 (1.05%) CyberArk
12 15 (0.93%) Okta
13 12 (0.74%) Adobe
14 8 (0.49%) Juniper
14 8 (0.49%) Veeam
15 7 (0.43%) Dell
15 7 (0.43%) Xilinx