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 26 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 43 25
Rank change year-on-year +27 -18 +4
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,524 804 2,513
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 9.04% 6.22% 8.17%
As % of the Qualifications category 34.18% 21.31% 30.80%
Number of salaries quoted 1,064 557 1,700
10th Percentile £45,445 £46,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £53,750 £49,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -
75th Percentile £78,800 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £86,025
UK median annual salary £65,000 £61,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +5.69% +6.96% -

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 4,459 3,773 8,158
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.44% 29.20% 26.54%
Number of salaries quoted 2,652 2,458 5,905
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £43,762 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £88,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £58,033 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.92% +5.51% -4.35%

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 26 March 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 33 (2.17%) SharePoint
2 16 (1.05%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (0.85%) Apache Airflow
4 12 (0.79%) Apache
5 6 (0.39%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.33%) Confluence
7 4 (0.26%) ArcGIS
7 4 (0.26%) GeoServer
7 4 (0.26%) Oracle Spatial
7 4 (0.26%) WordPress
8 3 (0.20%) Camunda
8 3 (0.20%) SAS
8 3 (0.20%) Tomcat
8 3 (0.20%) WebLogic
8 3 (0.20%) WebLogic Portal
9 2 (0.13%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.066%) Drupal
10 1 (0.066%) IIS
10 1 (0.066%) NetWeaver
10 1 (0.066%) nginx
Applications
1 79 (5.18%) Microsoft Office
2 29 (1.90%) Adobe XD
3 11 (0.72%) Microsoft Excel
4 7 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.26%) InVision
5 4 (0.26%) Sketch
6 2 (0.13%) Weka
7 1 (0.066%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.066%) CATIA
7 1 (0.066%) EngageOne
7 1 (0.066%) EPLAN
7 1 (0.066%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.066%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.066%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 26 (1.71%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (0.92%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.39%) Oracle ERP
3 6 (0.39%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.26%) Primavera
4 4 (0.26%) SAP CO
4 4 (0.26%) SAP FI
4 4 (0.26%) SAP FI/CO
4 4 (0.26%) SAP FSCM
4 4 (0.26%) SAP PP
5 3 (0.20%) Elite 3E
5 3 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.20%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.20%) SAP HCM
5 3 (0.20%) SAP PM
6 2 (0.13%) SAP Payroll
6 2 (0.13%) SAP SCM
7 1 (0.066%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.066%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.066%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 260 (17.06%) Azure
2 225 (14.76%) AWS
3 115 (7.55%) Microsoft 365
4 79 (5.18%) GCP
5 50 (3.28%) Entra ID
6 47 (3.08%) Power Platform
7 39 (2.56%) AWS CloudFormation
8 31 (2.03%) Figma
9 28 (1.84%) PowerApps
10 26 (1.71%) Power Automate
11 25 (1.64%) Dynamics 365
11 25 (1.64%) Serverless
12 24 (1.57%) Azure DevOps
13 22 (1.44%) Amazon ECS
14 21 (1.38%) Amazon EKS
15 20 (1.31%) GitHub
15 20 (1.31%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 20 (1.31%) Salesforce Service Cloud
16 18 (1.18%) SaaS
17 16 (1.05%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 38 (2.49%) Firewall
2 24 (1.57%) WAN
3 23 (1.51%) VPN
4 22 (1.44%) Network Security
5 20 (1.31%) TCP/IP
6 19 (1.25%) LAN
7 18 (1.18%) DNS
8 16 (1.05%) DHCP
9 15 (0.98%) Wi-Fi
10 12 (0.79%) BGP
11 10 (0.66%) MPLS
12 9 (0.59%) SMTP
13 8 (0.52%) SNMP
14 7 (0.46%) HTTP
14 7 (0.46%) Intrusion Detection
14 7 (0.46%) VoIP
15 6 (0.39%) Cisco Firepower
15 6 (0.39%) DMZ
16 5 (0.33%) Cisco ASA
16 5 (0.33%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (2.76%) PostgreSQL
2 38 (2.49%) Power BI
3 24 (1.57%) NoSQL
4 19 (1.25%) Amazon RDS
5 18 (1.18%) MongoDB
5 18 (1.18%) SQL Server
6 17 (1.12%) Metadata
7 15 (0.98%) Elasticsearch
8 14 (0.92%) MySQL
8 14 (0.92%) Redis
9 12 (0.79%) Relational Database
10 9 (0.59%) Data Warehouse
10 9 (0.59%) DynamoDB
10 9 (0.59%) Tableau
11 8 (0.52%) SAP HANA
12 6 (0.39%) Amazon Redshift
13 5 (0.33%) Oracle Database
14 4 (0.26%) BigQuery
14 4 (0.26%) Oracle Reports
14 4 (0.26%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 48 (3.15%) Git
2 35 (2.30%) Jenkins
3 28 (1.84%) Balsamiq
4 26 (1.71%) Axure RP
5 21 (1.38%) GitLab
6 18 (1.18%) JIRA
7 10 (0.66%) Selenium
8 7 (0.46%) Burp Suite
8 7 (0.46%) Cypress.io
8 7 (0.46%) JMeter
8 7 (0.46%) Metasploit
8 7 (0.46%) SonarQube
9 6 (0.39%) Babel
9 6 (0.39%) webpack
10 5 (0.33%) Robot Framework
10 5 (0.33%) WebDriver
11 3 (0.20%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.20%) JUnit
11 3 (0.20%) Oracle APEX
11 3 (0.20%) SoapUI
General
1 387 (25.39%) Social Skills
2 315 (20.67%) Public Sector
3 176 (11.55%) Finance
4 149 (9.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 143 (9.38%) Analytical Skills
6 114 (7.48%) Law
7 72 (4.72%) Manufacturing
8 62 (4.07%) Back Office
9 61 (4.00%) Telecoms
10 46 (3.02%) Legal
11 41 (2.69%) Electronics
11 41 (2.69%) Marketing
12 29 (1.90%) Presentation Skills
13 28 (1.84%) Military
14 23 (1.51%) Retail
15 20 (1.31%) Influencing Skills
16 16 (1.05%) Organisational Skills
17 13 (0.85%) Aerospace
18 10 (0.66%) Banking
19 6 (0.39%) Games
Job Titles
1 240 (15.75%) Senior
2 155 (10.17%) Architect
3 142 (9.32%) Consultant
4 141 (9.25%) Analyst
5 139 (9.12%) Systems Engineer
6 106 (6.96%) Lead
7 104 (6.82%) Developer
8 97 (6.36%) Business Analyst
9 78 (5.12%) Software Engineer
10 77 (5.05%) Support Engineer
11 64 (4.20%) Site Engineer
12 60 (3.94%) Desktop Engineer
12 60 (3.94%) Desktop Support
12 60 (3.94%) Desktop Support Engineer
13 56 (3.67%) Solutions Architect
14 46 (3.02%) Data Engineer
15 45 (2.95%) Senior Manager
16 44 (2.89%) Security Consultant
17 41 (2.69%) Senior Consultant
18 37 (2.43%) Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (3.02%) .NET
2 40 (2.62%) React
2 40 (2.62%) REST
3 36 (2.36%) HTML
4 35 (2.30%) CSS
5 28 (1.84%) Spring
6 24 (1.57%) Lightning Web Components
6 24 (1.57%) SOAP
7 23 (1.51%) Django
7 23 (1.51%) Middleware
8 20 (1.31%) Kafka
8 20 (1.31%) Visualforce
9 18 (1.18%) Spring Boot
10 17 (1.12%) SAP CAF
11 16 (1.05%) Node.js
12 15 (0.98%) AngularJS
12 15 (0.98%) HTML5 Canvas
13 14 (0.92%) SAML
14 13 (0.85%) ASP.NET
15 12 (0.79%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 76 (4.99%) Product Ownership
2 68 (4.46%) Cloud Native
3 51 (3.35%) Security Posture
4 36 (2.36%) Data Centre
5 35 (2.30%) Onboarding
6 32 (2.10%) Self-Motivation
7 29 (1.90%) Management Information System
8 22 (1.44%) Legacy Systems
9 21 (1.38%) PKI
10 19 (1.25%) Blog
11 17 (1.12%) Driving Licence
12 12 (0.79%) Distributed Systems
12 12 (0.79%) Security Operations Centre
13 11 (0.72%) Analytical Mindset
13 11 (0.72%) Cyber Security Posture
13 11 (0.72%) Data Structures
13 11 (0.72%) Enterprise Software
13 11 (0.72%) Private Cloud
14 10 (0.66%) AI Agents
14 10 (0.66%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 130 (8.53%) Windows
2 104 (6.82%) Linux
3 67 (4.40%) Windows 10
4 30 (1.97%) Unix
5 20 (1.31%) Windows Server
6 10 (0.66%) Ubuntu
7 7 (0.46%) CentOS
8 6 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.13%) Android
11 1 (0.066%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.066%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 301 (19.75%) Agile
2 198 (12.99%) Continuous Improvement
3 192 (12.60%) Problem-Solving
4 170 (11.15%) Cybersecurity
5 159 (10.43%) DevOps
6 140 (9.19%) Analytics
6 140 (9.19%) Software Engineering
7 121 (7.94%) Mentoring
8 119 (7.81%) ITIL
9 114 (7.48%) Community of Practice
10 109 (7.15%) CI/CD
11 103 (6.76%) Technology Strategy
12 94 (6.17%) Collaborative Culture
13 88 (5.77%) Stakeholder Management
14 77 (5.05%) Validation
15 76 (4.99%) Risk Management
16 75 (4.92%) Business Intelligence
16 75 (4.92%) Infrastructure as Code
17 74 (4.86%) User Experience
18 72 (4.72%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 132 (8.66%) Python
2 108 (7.09%) Java
3 95 (6.23%) JavaScript
4 67 (4.40%) SQL
5 66 (4.33%) C#
6 28 (1.84%) PowerShell
6 28 (1.84%) TypeScript
7 24 (1.57%) Apex Code
8 23 (1.51%) Bash
9 18 (1.18%) C++
10 12 (0.79%) C
11 10 (0.66%) Go
12 9 (0.59%) Ada
13 8 (0.52%) ABAP
14 7 (0.46%) Bicep
15 6 (0.39%) Groovy
15 6 (0.39%) Rust
15 6 (0.39%) Scala
16 5 (0.33%) PL/SQL
17 4 (0.26%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 918 (60.24%) SC Cleared
2 311 (20.41%) Degree
3 265 (17.39%) DV Cleared
4 75 (4.92%) CISSP
5 66 (4.33%) CTC Cleared
6 54 (3.54%) BPSS Clearance
7 52 (3.41%) Computer Science Degree
8 46 (3.02%) Microsoft Certification
9 45 (2.95%) CISM
10 28 (1.84%) Azure Certification
11 26 (1.71%) Cisco Certification
12 22 (1.44%) AWS Certification
13 19 (1.25%) CREST Certified
14 17 (1.12%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 14 (0.92%) TOGAF Certification
16 13 (0.85%) CCNA
16 13 (0.85%) HNC
17 12 (0.79%) GIAC
17 12 (0.79%) Master's Degree
17 12 (0.79%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (6.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 69 (4.53%) SLA
3 66 (4.33%) NIST
4 55 (3.61%) Accessibility
5 51 (3.35%) GDPR
6 42 (2.76%) QA
7 39 (2.56%) GRC
8 28 (1.84%) WCAG
9 26 (1.71%) Data Quality
10 20 (1.31%) PCI DSS
11 19 (1.25%) NCSC
12 13 (0.85%) JSP 440
13 12 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials
14 9 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 8 (0.52%) Actionable Recommendations
16 7 (0.46%) Government Security Classifications
16 7 (0.46%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 7 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 42001
17 6 (0.39%) PMO
18 3 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 17025
System Software
1 79 (5.18%) Docker
2 34 (2.23%) Active Directory
3 12 (0.79%) VMware Infrastructure
4 9 (0.59%) VMware NSX
5 6 (0.39%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.33%) Firmware
6 5 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.13%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 2 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.13%) vSphere
8 1 (0.066%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 1 (0.066%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.066%) vCloud
8 1 (0.066%) Xen
Systems Management
1 85 (5.58%) Terraform
2 74 (4.86%) Kubernetes
3 51 (3.35%) Ansible
4 21 (1.38%) Grafana
5 15 (0.98%) Prometheus
6 12 (0.79%) Microsoft Intune
7 9 (0.59%) Puppet
8 7 (0.46%) Nmap
9 6 (0.39%) Endace
9 6 (0.39%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 5 (0.33%) AWS Copilot
10 5 (0.33%) Kibana
11 4 (0.26%) Progress Chef
11 4 (0.26%) SCCM
11 4 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
11 4 (0.26%) WSUS
11 4 (0.26%) ZABBIX
12 3 (0.20%) OpenView
12 3 (0.20%) Oracle RMAN
12 3 (0.20%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 177 (11.61%) Microsoft
2 106 (6.96%) Cisco
3 70 (4.59%) SAP
4 62 (4.07%) Google
5 52 (3.41%) Salesforce
6 38 (2.49%) Oracle
7 29 (1.90%) Adobe
8 22 (1.44%) VMware
9 19 (1.25%) MuleSoft
10 17 (1.12%) Red Hat
11 15 (0.98%) ServiceNow
11 15 (0.98%) Splunk
12 11 (0.72%) Databricks
13 10 (0.66%) CyberArk
14 9 (0.59%) Juniper
14 9 (0.59%) Meraki
15 8 (0.52%) F5
16 7 (0.46%) Okta
16 7 (0.46%) Remedy
17 6 (0.39%) BMC