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 8 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 19 32 25
Rank change year-on-year +13 -7 -4
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,941 1,188 1,747
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.83% 7.07% 7.99%
As % of the Qualifications category 37.92% 18.65% 28.88%
Number of salaries quoted 1,229 601 989
10th Percentile £44,207 £41,895 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £48,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,991 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.19% - +2.46%
75th Percentile £82,500 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,250 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% - -

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 5,119 6,371 6,050
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.64% 37.93% 27.67%
Number of salaries quoted 3,167 2,256 2,775
10th Percentile £33,060 £30,956 £34,404
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -0.38%

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 8 October 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 41 (2.11%) Apache
2 32 (1.65%) Apache Spark
3 23 (1.18%) SharePoint
4 20 (1.03%) Confluence
5 13 (0.67%) Anypoint
5 13 (0.67%) Mule
6 11 (0.57%) Apache Airflow
7 10 (0.52%) Oracle Workflow
8 9 (0.46%) Jupyter
8 9 (0.46%) nginx
8 9 (0.46%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 8 (0.41%) Camunda
10 7 (0.36%) WebLogic
11 5 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
12 4 (0.21%) IIS
13 3 (0.15%) ArcGIS
13 3 (0.15%) CMS
13 3 (0.15%) GeoServer
13 3 (0.15%) Oracle Spatial
14 2 (0.10%) Apache Solr
Applications
1 30 (1.55%) Microsoft Excel
1 30 (1.55%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (1.18%) Simulink
3 17 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (0.77%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (0.31%) Adobe XD
5 6 (0.31%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.21%) Mathcad
6 4 (0.21%) Windchill
7 2 (0.10%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.10%) InDesign
7 2 (0.10%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.052%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.052%) EPLAN
8 1 (0.052%) FrameMaker
8 1 (0.052%) Houdini
8 1 (0.052%) NUKE
8 1 (0.052%) Revit
8 1 (0.052%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.052%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 23 (1.18%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (0.82%) Primavera
3 10 (0.52%) Oracle EBS
4 7 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (0.36%) Workday HCM
5 5 (0.26%) Oracle ERP
5 5 (0.26%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 5 (0.26%) SAP ERP
5 5 (0.26%) SAP PSCD
5 5 (0.26%) Teamcenter
6 4 (0.21%) SAP PM
6 4 (0.21%) SAP QM
7 3 (0.15%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 2 (0.10%) Oracle Applications
8 2 (0.10%) SAP CO
8 2 (0.10%) SAP FI
8 2 (0.10%) SAP FI/CO
8 2 (0.10%) SAP MM
8 2 (0.10%) SAP PP
8 2 (0.10%) SAP PS
Cloud Services
1 468 (24.11%) Azure
2 438 (22.57%) AWS
3 126 (6.49%) GCP
4 95 (4.89%) Entra ID
5 91 (4.69%) Microsoft 365
6 78 (4.02%) Power Platform
7 50 (2.58%) GitHub
8 45 (2.32%) Serverless
9 41 (2.11%) AWS CloudFormation
10 38 (1.96%) dbt
11 35 (1.80%) Azure DevOps
12 34 (1.75%) Amazon S3
13 32 (1.65%) SaaS
14 26 (1.34%) OpenShift
15 24 (1.24%) AWS Lambda
16 23 (1.18%) PaaS
17 22 (1.13%) Amazon EC2
17 22 (1.13%) Microsoft Purview
18 21 (1.08%) Azure Monitor
19 20 (1.03%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 58 (2.99%) Firewall
2 55 (2.83%) Network Security
3 40 (2.06%) TCP/IP
4 38 (1.96%) DNS
5 19 (0.98%) WAN
6 18 (0.93%) VPN
7 17 (0.88%) DHCP
8 16 (0.82%) SSL
9 14 (0.72%) Wi-Fi
9 14 (0.72%) Wireless
10 12 (0.62%) LAN
11 11 (0.57%) ATM
12 10 (0.52%) Ethernet
13 9 (0.46%) BGP
14 8 (0.41%) OSPF
15 7 (0.36%) Internet
16 6 (0.31%) DMZ
17 5 (0.26%) HTTP
17 5 (0.26%) SAN
17 5 (0.26%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (3.30%) Power BI
2 49 (2.52%) PostgreSQL
3 32 (1.65%) Big Data
4 31 (1.60%) Data Warehouse
5 29 (1.49%) NoSQL
6 24 (1.24%) SQL Server
7 23 (1.18%) Amazon Athena
7 23 (1.18%) Metadata
8 22 (1.13%) Relational Database
9 20 (1.03%) Tableau
10 18 (0.93%) Data Lake
11 15 (0.77%) MySQL
12 14 (0.72%) DynamoDB
13 10 (0.52%) Hadoop
13 10 (0.52%) MongoDB
14 9 (0.46%) Amazon RDS
14 9 (0.46%) Amazon Redshift
15 6 (0.31%) Elasticsearch
15 6 (0.31%) Parquet
15 6 (0.31%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 76 (3.92%) Git
2 41 (2.11%) JIRA
3 40 (2.06%) GitLab
4 39 (2.01%) Jenkins
5 29 (1.49%) JUnit
6 24 (1.24%) Rational DOORS
7 20 (1.03%) Mockito
8 15 (0.77%) Selenium
9 12 (0.62%) Burp Suite
9 12 (0.62%) Maven
9 12 (0.62%) Metasploit
10 11 (0.57%) Cucumber
11 9 (0.46%) Cypress.io
11 9 (0.46%) Postman
12 8 (0.41%) Balsamiq
12 8 (0.41%) SonarQube
13 6 (0.31%) Axure RP
13 6 (0.31%) Gatling
13 6 (0.31%) LabVIEW
14 4 (0.21%) Snyk
General
1 556 (28.65%) Social Skills
2 467 (24.06%) Public Sector
3 391 (20.14%) Finance
4 369 (19.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 243 (12.52%) Analytical Skills
6 199 (10.25%) Aerospace
7 153 (7.88%) Law
8 78 (4.02%) Legal
9 64 (3.30%) Electronics
10 63 (3.25%) Presentation Skills
11 55 (2.83%) Influencing Skills
11 55 (2.83%) Military
11 55 (2.83%) Organisational Skills
12 51 (2.63%) Retail
13 48 (2.47%) Police
14 47 (2.42%) Manufacturing
15 38 (1.96%) Telecoms
16 16 (0.82%) Automotive
17 15 (0.77%) Local Government
18 14 (0.72%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 378 (19.47%) Senior
2 293 (15.10%) Architect
3 198 (10.20%) Consultant
4 168 (8.66%) Lead
4 168 (8.66%) Software Engineer
5 131 (6.75%) Analyst
6 127 (6.54%) Developer
7 106 (5.46%) Solutions Architect
8 100 (5.15%) Data Engineer
9 82 (4.22%) Principal Engineer
10 72 (3.71%) Senior Manager
11 62 (3.19%) Security Consultant
12 60 (3.09%) DevOps Engineer
13 58 (2.99%) Cloud Engineer
14 53 (2.73%) Security Architect
15 49 (2.52%) Java Engineer
16 48 (2.47%) Senior Consultant
17 47 (2.42%) Business Analyst
18 45 (2.32%) Principal Software Engineer
18 45 (2.32%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 127 (6.54%) Terraform
2 65 (3.35%) REST
3 62 (3.19%) React
4 45 (2.32%) Spring
5 41 (2.11%) .NET
6 33 (1.70%) CSS
6 33 (1.70%) Kafka
7 27 (1.39%) HTML
8 26 (1.34%) PySpark
8 26 (1.34%) Spring Boot
9 25 (1.29%) OAuth
10 23 (1.18%) AngularJS
10 23 (1.18%) Node.js
10 23 (1.18%) Playwright
11 22 (1.13%) RESTful
11 22 (1.13%) SOAP
12 20 (1.03%) .NET Core
12 20 (1.03%) JWT
13 19 (0.98%) JSON
14 18 (0.93%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 143 (7.37%) Cloud Native
2 70 (3.61%) Management Information System
3 62 (3.19%) Self-Motivation
4 59 (3.04%) Onboarding
4 59 (3.04%) Product Ownership
5 46 (2.37%) Security Posture
6 40 (2.06%) Driving Licence
7 36 (1.85%) Data Centre
8 32 (1.65%) Distributed Systems
9 31 (1.60%) Enterprise Software
9 31 (1.60%) FPGA
10 30 (1.55%) Blog
11 29 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
12 28 (1.44%) PKI
13 26 (1.34%) CMDB
14 22 (1.13%) Cyber Threat
15 21 (1.08%) Cyber Defence
16 20 (1.03%) Algorithms
17 19 (0.98%) Embedded Systems
18 18 (0.93%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 135 (6.96%) Linux
2 117 (6.03%) Windows
3 47 (2.42%) Windows Server
4 30 (1.55%) Unix
5 15 (0.77%) Windows 10
6 7 (0.36%) VxWorks
7 6 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (0.26%) Android
9 4 (0.21%) Embedded Linux
9 4 (0.21%) Kali Linux
10 3 (0.15%) OpenWrt
10 3 (0.15%) Solaris
10 3 (0.15%) Ubuntu
10 3 (0.15%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.10%) AIX
11 2 (0.10%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.10%) CentOS
11 2 (0.10%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.10%) Rocky
11 2 (0.10%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 537 (27.67%) Agile
2 369 (19.01%) Continuous Improvement
3 316 (16.28%) Problem-Solving
4 309 (15.92%) Mentoring
5 304 (15.66%) Cybersecurity
6 287 (14.79%) Software Engineering
7 279 (14.37%) CI/CD
8 275 (14.17%) AI
9 249 (12.83%) DevOps
10 237 (12.21%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 229 (11.80%) Stakeholder Management
12 191 (9.84%) Analytics
13 188 (9.69%) Technical Leadership
14 185 (9.53%) Decision-Making
15 177 (9.12%) Coaching
16 148 (7.62%) Infrastructure as Code
17 146 (7.52%) Scrum
18 144 (7.42%) Community of Practice
19 138 (7.11%) Collaborative Culture
20 134 (6.90%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 229 (11.80%) Python
2 166 (8.55%) Java
3 148 (7.62%) SQL
4 110 (5.67%) JavaScript
5 63 (3.25%) C++
6 60 (3.09%) C#
7 52 (2.68%) Bash
8 45 (2.32%) PowerShell
9 39 (2.01%) TypeScript
10 35 (1.80%) C
11 25 (1.29%) MATLAB
12 21 (1.08%) Ada
13 16 (0.82%) Go
14 15 (0.77%) Bicep
14 15 (0.77%) Kusto Query Language
14 15 (0.77%) PL/SQL
15 14 (0.72%) Groovy
16 13 (0.67%) DataWeave
16 13 (0.67%) Rust
17 12 (0.62%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 1,541 (79.39%) SC Cleared
2 417 (21.48%) DV Cleared
3 322 (16.59%) Degree
4 226 (11.64%) BPSS Clearance
5 74 (3.81%) CISSP
6 56 (2.89%) CISM
7 54 (2.78%) Azure Certification
8 44 (2.27%) AWS Certification
9 43 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
10 27 (1.39%) Master's Degree
11 23 (1.18%) Cisco Certification
11 23 (1.18%) DBS Check
11 23 (1.18%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 21 (1.08%) Microsoft Certification
13 20 (1.03%) PhD
13 20 (1.03%) TOGAF Certification
14 18 (0.93%) Chartered Engineer
15 17 (0.88%) CHECK Team Member
15 17 (0.88%) CRISC
16 16 (0.82%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 163 (8.40%) Accessibility
2 148 (7.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 94 (4.84%) NIST
4 74 (3.81%) NCSC
5 69 (3.55%) QA
6 58 (2.99%) Data Quality
7 51 (2.63%) GRC
8 48 (2.47%) GDPR
9 28 (1.44%) Cyber Essentials
10 26 (1.34%) PCI DSS
11 25 (1.29%) SLA
12 19 (0.98%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 18 (0.93%) Def Stans
14 16 (0.82%) JSP 440
14 16 (0.82%) WCAG
15 15 (0.77%) Actionable Recommendations
16 12 (0.62%) NIST 800
17 7 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 7 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 42001
18 6 (0.31%) SOC 2
System Software
1 118 (6.08%) Docker
2 84 (4.33%) Active Directory
3 42 (2.16%) Firmware
4 39 (2.01%) VMware Infrastructure
5 25 (1.29%) Hyper-V
6 16 (0.82%) VMware ESXi
7 11 (0.57%) Virtual Machines
8 8 (0.41%) vSphere
9 6 (0.31%) Squid
9 6 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
10 5 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
11 4 (0.21%) VMware NSX
12 2 (0.10%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 1 (0.052%) Embedded Firmware
13 1 (0.052%) IAG
13 1 (0.052%) Oracle RAC
13 1 (0.052%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 130 (6.70%) Kubernetes
2 45 (2.32%) Microsoft Intune
3 36 (1.85%) Ansible
4 28 (1.44%) Grafana
5 17 (0.88%) Prometheus
6 13 (0.67%) Argo
6 13 (0.67%) CloudHub
6 13 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
7 12 (0.62%) Nmap
8 8 (0.41%) Kustomize
9 7 (0.36%) FortiGate
9 7 (0.36%) Istio
9 7 (0.36%) QRadar
10 6 (0.31%) Progress Chef
10 6 (0.31%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 4 (0.21%) Kibana
11 4 (0.21%) Packer
11 4 (0.21%) SCCM
12 3 (0.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 3 (0.15%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 273 (14.06%) Microsoft
2 91 (4.69%) ServiceNow
3 68 (3.50%) Oracle
3 68 (3.50%) SAP
4 58 (2.99%) Google
5 51 (2.63%) VMware
6 35 (1.80%) Cisco
7 28 (1.44%) Salesforce
8 26 (1.34%) YouTube
9 25 (1.29%) Databricks
10 21 (1.08%) Red Hat
10 21 (1.08%) Workday
11 19 (0.98%) MuleSoft
12 18 (0.93%) CyberArk
12 18 (0.93%) OpenAI
13 17 (0.88%) Okta
14 16 (0.82%) Splunk
14 16 (0.82%) Thales
15 15 (0.77%) EMC
15 15 (0.77%) Veeam