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

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 39 23
Rank change year-on-year +15 -16 +5
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,561 1,103 2,517
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.36% 6.70% 7.78%
As % of the Qualifications category 35.06% 19.95% 28.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1,170 565 1,723
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,608 £40,000
25th Percentile £54,750 £52,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,076 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.73% +8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,250 £85,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +12.00% +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 4,452 5,528 8,687
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.98% 33.57% 26.87%
Number of salaries quoted 3,041 2,474 5,572
10th Percentile £33,250 £29,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £56,825
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +5.59% -5.29%
75th Percentile £78,750 £73,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £93,634 £90,000 £85,000
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 10 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 38 (2.43%) SharePoint
2 31 (1.99%) Apache
3 17 (1.09%) Apache Spark
4 14 (0.90%) Apache Airflow
5 12 (0.77%) Microsoft Exchange
6 8 (0.51%) Anypoint
6 8 (0.51%) Mule
7 7 (0.45%) Jupyter
8 5 (0.32%) Confluence
8 5 (0.32%) IIS
9 4 (0.26%) nginx
10 3 (0.19%) Apache Solr
10 3 (0.19%) Camunda
10 3 (0.19%) SAS
11 2 (0.13%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.13%) GeoServer
11 2 (0.13%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 2 (0.13%) Oracle Spatial
12 1 (0.064%) Appian
Applications
1 45 (2.88%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (1.28%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.45%) Adobe XD
5 4 (0.26%) Simulink
5 4 (0.26%) Windchill
6 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.19%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.13%) InVision
7 2 (0.13%) Sketch
7 2 (0.13%) Weka
8 1 (0.064%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.064%) CATIA
8 1 (0.064%) EngageOne
8 1 (0.064%) FrameMaker
8 1 (0.064%) Houdini
8 1 (0.064%) NUKE
8 1 (0.064%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 28 (1.79%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (0.45%) SAP ERP
3 5 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
3 5 (0.32%) Primavera
4 4 (0.26%) Oracle ERP
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
6 2 (0.13%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.064%) SAP BPC
7 1 (0.064%) SAP EWM
7 1 (0.064%) SAP GRC
7 1 (0.064%) SAP PSCD
7 1 (0.064%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 391 (25.05%) Azure
2 342 (21.91%) AWS
3 115 (7.37%) Microsoft 365
4 109 (6.98%) GCP
5 94 (6.02%) Entra ID
6 65 (4.16%) Power Platform
7 34 (2.18%) SaaS
8 33 (2.11%) GitHub
9 28 (1.79%) AWS CloudFormation
9 28 (1.79%) Serverless
10 26 (1.67%) Azure DevOps
10 26 (1.67%) PaaS
11 20 (1.28%) dbt
12 19 (1.22%) Amazon EC2
12 19 (1.22%) Azure Sentinel
12 19 (1.22%) Dynamics 365
12 19 (1.22%) Microsoft Purview
13 17 (1.09%) Amazon S3
13 17 (1.09%) Google Analytics
14 16 (1.02%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 46 (2.95%) Firewall
2 42 (2.69%) Network Security
3 32 (2.05%) WAN
4 28 (1.79%) DNS
5 27 (1.73%) TCP/IP
6 23 (1.47%) VPN
7 21 (1.35%) LAN
8 19 (1.22%) DHCP
9 17 (1.09%) BGP
10 14 (0.90%) MPLS
11 13 (0.83%) SMTP
12 11 (0.70%) SSL
12 11 (0.70%) Wi-Fi
13 10 (0.64%) HTTP
14 8 (0.51%) ATM
15 7 (0.45%) Intrusion Detection
15 7 (0.45%) SNMP
16 6 (0.38%) SD-WAN
17 5 (0.32%) Cisco Firepower
17 5 (0.32%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (3.07%) Power BI
2 38 (2.43%) PostgreSQL
3 20 (1.28%) NoSQL
4 19 (1.22%) Data Warehouse
4 19 (1.22%) MongoDB
5 17 (1.09%) Big Data
6 14 (0.90%) Metadata
7 13 (0.83%) SQL Server
8 12 (0.77%) Amazon Athena
8 12 (0.77%) Redis
9 10 (0.64%) DynamoDB
9 10 (0.64%) Elasticsearch
10 8 (0.51%) Tableau
11 7 (0.45%) Amazon RDS
11 7 (0.45%) Data Lake
11 7 (0.45%) MySQL
12 6 (0.38%) Relational Database
12 6 (0.38%) SAP HANA
13 5 (0.32%) Amazon Redshift
14 4 (0.26%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 54 (3.46%) Git
2 38 (2.43%) Jenkins
3 35 (2.24%) GitLab
4 18 (1.15%) JIRA
5 14 (0.90%) JUnit
5 14 (0.90%) Selenium
6 9 (0.58%) Maven
7 8 (0.51%) Mockito
8 6 (0.38%) Burp Suite
8 6 (0.38%) Cucumber
8 6 (0.38%) JMeter
8 6 (0.38%) Metasploit
9 5 (0.32%) Axure RP
9 5 (0.32%) Balsamiq
9 5 (0.32%) Postman
9 5 (0.32%) SonarQube
10 4 (0.26%) Cypress.io
11 3 (0.19%) Gatling
11 3 (0.19%) SoapUI
12 2 (0.13%) Robot Framework
General
1 450 (28.83%) Social Skills
2 347 (22.23%) Public Sector
3 219 (14.03%) Finance
4 189 (12.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 167 (10.70%) Analytical Skills
6 132 (8.46%) Law
7 58 (3.72%) Legal
8 43 (2.75%) Presentation Skills
9 38 (2.43%) Back Office
10 35 (2.24%) Telecoms
11 34 (2.18%) Manufacturing
12 32 (2.05%) Retail
13 30 (1.92%) Aerospace
14 27 (1.73%) Organisational Skills
15 22 (1.41%) Influencing Skills
16 17 (1.09%) Military
17 13 (0.83%) Aviation
18 11 (0.70%) Electronics
19 10 (0.64%) Documentation Skills
19 10 (0.64%) Police
Job Titles
1 286 (18.32%) Senior
2 264 (16.91%) Architect
3 178 (11.40%) Consultant
4 126 (8.07%) Lead
5 120 (7.69%) Developer
6 119 (7.62%) Solutions Architect
7 103 (6.60%) Analyst
8 101 (6.47%) Software Engineer
9 59 (3.78%) Senior Manager
10 58 (3.72%) Cloud Engineer
10 58 (3.72%) Data Engineer
10 58 (3.72%) Support Engineer
11 55 (3.52%) Security Consultant
12 48 (3.07%) Senior Consultant
13 47 (3.01%) Java Developer
14 45 (2.88%) DevOps Engineer
14 45 (2.88%) Security Architect
15 43 (2.75%) Business Analyst
16 42 (2.69%) Senior Developer
17 39 (2.50%) Site Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 55 (3.52%) REST
2 41 (2.63%) Spring
3 32 (2.05%) React
4 31 (1.99%) SOAP
5 28 (1.79%) .NET
6 26 (1.67%) Kafka
7 22 (1.41%) Middleware
7 22 (1.41%) Spring Boot
8 18 (1.15%) OAuth
9 17 (1.09%) RESTful
10 16 (1.02%) Playwright
10 16 (1.02%) SAML
11 15 (0.96%) AngularJS
12 14 (0.90%) Lightning Web Components
13 13 (0.83%) CSS
13 13 (0.83%) HTML
13 13 (0.83%) Visualforce
14 12 (0.77%) SAP Fiori
15 11 (0.70%) OAuth2
15 11 (0.70%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 121 (7.75%) Cloud Native
2 65 (4.16%) Product Ownership
3 55 (3.52%) Security Posture
4 51 (3.27%) Onboarding
5 50 (3.20%) Management Information System
6 44 (2.82%) Self-Motivation
7 34 (2.18%) Data Centre
8 28 (1.79%) Driving Licence
9 27 (1.73%) Legacy Systems
9 27 (1.73%) PKI
10 21 (1.35%) Blog
11 19 (1.22%) Security Operations Centre
12 17 (1.09%) Cyber Threat
13 16 (1.02%) CMDB
14 15 (0.96%) Enterprise Software
15 13 (0.83%) Analytical Mindset
15 13 (0.83%) Data Structures
15 13 (0.83%) Distributed Systems
15 13 (0.83%) Low-Code
15 13 (0.83%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 120 (7.69%) Windows
2 107 (6.85%) Linux
3 43 (2.75%) Windows 10
4 34 (2.18%) Windows Server
5 23 (1.47%) Unix
6 5 (0.32%) Android
6 5 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.19%) CentOS
7 3 (0.19%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.13%) Kali Linux
8 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.064%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.064%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.064%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 372 (23.83%) Agile
2 258 (16.53%) Continuous Improvement
3 242 (15.50%) Cybersecurity
4 206 (13.20%) Problem-Solving
5 200 (12.81%) DevOps
6 196 (12.56%) Mentoring
7 178 (11.40%) CI/CD
8 170 (10.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 157 (10.06%) Software Engineering
10 145 (9.29%) Stakeholder Management
11 144 (9.22%) ITIL
12 131 (8.39%) Analytics
13 123 (7.88%) AI
14 121 (7.75%) Community of Practice
15 116 (7.43%) Collaborative Culture
16 113 (7.24%) Infrastructure as Code
17 112 (7.17%) Risk Management
18 111 (7.11%) Technical Leadership
19 107 (6.85%) Decision-Making
20 106 (6.79%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 177 (11.34%) Python
2 152 (9.74%) Java
3 97 (6.21%) SQL
4 70 (4.48%) JavaScript
5 41 (2.63%) C#
6 40 (2.56%) C++
7 34 (2.18%) PowerShell
8 33 (2.11%) Bash
9 27 (1.73%) TypeScript
10 23 (1.47%) C
11 16 (1.02%) Groovy
12 14 (0.90%) Apex Code
13 11 (0.70%) Rust
14 8 (0.51%) DataWeave
14 8 (0.51%) Go
15 7 (0.45%) Ada
15 7 (0.45%) Scala
15 7 (0.45%) VBA
16 6 (0.38%) PL/SQL
16 6 (0.38%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 1,201 (76.94%) SC Cleared
2 304 (19.47%) DV Cleared
3 276 (17.68%) Degree
4 100 (6.41%) BPSS Clearance
5 82 (5.25%) CISSP
6 53 (3.40%) CISM
7 47 (3.01%) Computer Science Degree
8 41 (2.63%) CTC Cleared
9 38 (2.43%) Azure Certification
10 36 (2.31%) Microsoft Certification
11 24 (1.54%) AWS Certification
12 18 (1.15%) Cisco Certification
13 17 (1.09%) CREST Certified
14 16 (1.02%) CRISC
15 15 (0.96%) HNC
15 15 (0.96%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
16 14 (0.90%) TOGAF Certification
17 13 (0.83%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
17 13 (0.83%) Master's Degree
18 10 (0.64%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 142 (9.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 74 (4.74%) NIST
3 58 (3.72%) QA
4 57 (3.65%) SLA
5 51 (3.27%) GDPR
6 47 (3.01%) NCSC
7 36 (2.31%) GRC
8 33 (2.11%) Accessibility
8 33 (2.11%) Data Quality
9 28 (1.79%) Cyber Essentials
10 25 (1.60%) PCI DSS
11 19 (1.22%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 17 (1.09%) JSP 440
13 11 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
13 11 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 10 (0.64%) Def Stans
14 10 (0.64%) WCAG
15 7 (0.45%) Government Security Classifications
16 6 (0.38%) PMO
16 6 (0.38%) SOC 2
System Software
1 82 (5.25%) Docker
2 65 (4.16%) Active Directory
3 25 (1.60%) Hyper-V
4 23 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
5 10 (0.64%) Firmware
6 9 (0.58%) VMware ESXi
6 9 (0.58%) VMware NSX
7 7 (0.45%) vSphere
8 5 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
8 5 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
9 3 (0.19%) Squid
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
1 100 (6.41%) Terraform
2 90 (5.77%) Kubernetes
3 50 (3.20%) Ansible
4 36 (2.31%) Microsoft Intune
5 21 (1.35%) Prometheus
6 20 (1.28%) Grafana
7 10 (0.64%) Argo
7 10 (0.64%) Progress Chef
8 8 (0.51%) CloudHub
8 8 (0.51%) Puppet
8 8 (0.51%) QRadar
9 7 (0.45%) Packer
9 7 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
10 6 (0.38%) Kustomize
10 6 (0.38%) Nmap
11 5 (0.32%) AWS Copilot
11 5 (0.32%) Endace
11 5 (0.32%) Istio
11 5 (0.32%) vCenter Server
12 4 (0.26%) Kibana
Vendors
1 246 (15.76%) Microsoft
2 67 (4.29%) Cisco
3 53 (3.40%) Google
4 52 (3.33%) ServiceNow
5 51 (3.27%) Oracle
6 48 (3.07%) SAP
7 34 (2.18%) VMware
8 33 (2.11%) Salesforce
9 22 (1.41%) MuleSoft
10 20 (1.28%) Red Hat
11 17 (1.09%) Splunk
12 16 (1.02%) Databricks
13 15 (0.96%) CyberArk
14 13 (0.83%) OpenAI
15 11 (0.70%) Okta
16 10 (0.64%) Juniper
17 9 (0.58%) Adobe
17 9 (0.58%) Meraki
18 7 (0.45%) Dell
19 6 (0.38%) Ariba