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

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 37 22
Rank change year-on-year +11 -15 +5
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,534 1,119 2,304
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.08% 6.79% 7.92%
As % of the Qualifications category 34.35% 20.08% 29.31%
Number of salaries quoted 1,162 561 1,572
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,608 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £48,000
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 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,750 £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 4,466 5,573 7,861
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.61% 33.81% 27.01%
Number of salaries quoted 3,048 2,493 4,883
10th Percentile £33,350 £29,750 £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 £73,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £93,540 £90,000 £85,000
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 22 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 36 (2.35%) SharePoint
2 33 (2.15%) Apache
3 23 (1.50%) Apache Spark
4 14 (0.91%) Apache Airflow
5 11 (0.72%) Anypoint
5 11 (0.72%) Mule
6 10 (0.65%) Microsoft Exchange
7 7 (0.46%) Jupyter
8 6 (0.39%) nginx
9 5 (0.33%) Confluence
9 5 (0.33%) IIS
10 4 (0.26%) Camunda
11 3 (0.20%) Apache Solr
11 3 (0.20%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 3 (0.20%) SAS
12 2 (0.13%) ArcGIS
12 2 (0.13%) GeoServer
12 2 (0.13%) OpenStack
12 2 (0.13%) Oracle Spatial
12 2 (0.13%) WordPress
Applications
1 21 (1.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (0.85%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 8 (0.52%) Adobe XD
5 6 (0.39%) Simulink
6 4 (0.26%) Windchill
7 3 (0.20%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.13%) InVision
8 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.13%) Sketch
9 1 (0.065%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.065%) CATIA
9 1 (0.065%) FrameMaker
9 1 (0.065%) Houdini
9 1 (0.065%) Mathcad
9 1 (0.065%) NUKE
9 1 (0.065%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 28 (1.83%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (0.46%) SAP ERP
3 5 (0.33%) Oracle EBS
3 5 (0.33%) Oracle ERP
3 5 (0.33%) Primavera
4 4 (0.26%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.26%) SAP FSCM
5 3 (0.20%) Elite 3E
5 3 (0.20%) SAP CO
5 3 (0.20%) SAP FI
5 3 (0.20%) SAP FI/CO
5 3 (0.20%) SAP HCM
6 2 (0.13%) SAP Payroll
6 2 (0.13%) SAP QM
6 2 (0.13%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.065%) Magento
7 1 (0.065%) SAP BPC
7 1 (0.065%) SAP EWM
7 1 (0.065%) SAP GRC
7 1 (0.065%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 414 (26.99%) Azure
2 360 (23.47%) AWS
3 115 (7.50%) GCP
4 83 (5.41%) Microsoft 365
5 67 (4.37%) Entra ID
6 66 (4.30%) Power Platform
7 32 (2.09%) dbt
7 32 (2.09%) SaaS
8 31 (2.02%) GitHub
9 28 (1.83%) Serverless
10 27 (1.76%) AWS CloudFormation
11 26 (1.69%) Azure DevOps
12 25 (1.63%) PaaS
13 21 (1.37%) Azure Sentinel
14 20 (1.30%) Microsoft Purview
15 19 (1.24%) Amazon EC2
16 18 (1.17%) Amazon S3
16 18 (1.17%) Dynamics 365
16 18 (1.17%) Google Analytics
17 17 (1.11%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 47 (3.06%) Firewall
2 44 (2.87%) Network Security
3 32 (2.09%) DNS
4 31 (2.02%) TCP/IP
5 30 (1.96%) WAN
6 21 (1.37%) VPN
7 19 (1.24%) LAN
8 18 (1.17%) DHCP
9 15 (0.98%) BGP
10 14 (0.91%) MPLS
10 14 (0.91%) SSL
11 12 (0.78%) SMTP
12 10 (0.65%) ATM
12 10 (0.65%) HTTP
13 9 (0.59%) Wi-Fi
14 7 (0.46%) SNMP
15 6 (0.39%) Intrusion Detection
15 6 (0.39%) Wireless
16 5 (0.33%) Cisco Firepower
16 5 (0.33%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (3.26%) Power BI
2 38 (2.48%) PostgreSQL
3 22 (1.43%) Big Data
4 19 (1.24%) Data Warehouse
4 19 (1.24%) NoSQL
5 15 (0.98%) Metadata
5 15 (0.98%) MongoDB
6 13 (0.85%) Amazon Athena
6 13 (0.85%) SQL Server
7 12 (0.78%) Redis
8 10 (0.65%) DynamoDB
8 10 (0.65%) Tableau
9 9 (0.59%) Elasticsearch
10 7 (0.46%) Amazon RDS
10 7 (0.46%) Data Lake
10 7 (0.46%) Relational Database
11 6 (0.39%) SAP HANA
12 5 (0.33%) MySQL
12 5 (0.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 4 (0.26%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 53 (3.46%) Git
2 36 (2.35%) Jenkins
3 35 (2.28%) GitLab
4 16 (1.04%) JIRA
5 15 (0.98%) JUnit
6 12 (0.78%) Selenium
7 9 (0.59%) Mockito
8 8 (0.52%) Cucumber
8 8 (0.52%) Maven
9 7 (0.46%) Burp Suite
9 7 (0.46%) Metasploit
10 6 (0.39%) Axure RP
10 6 (0.39%) Balsamiq
11 5 (0.33%) Gatling
11 5 (0.33%) Postman
11 5 (0.33%) Rational DOORS
12 4 (0.26%) Cypress.io
13 3 (0.20%) JMeter
13 3 (0.20%) SonarQube
14 2 (0.13%) LabVIEW
General
1 438 (28.55%) Social Skills
2 350 (22.82%) Public Sector
3 217 (14.15%) Finance
4 209 (13.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 168 (10.95%) Analytical Skills
6 138 (9.00%) Law
7 57 (3.72%) Legal
8 46 (3.00%) Presentation Skills
9 40 (2.61%) Aerospace
10 36 (2.35%) Telecoms
11 33 (2.15%) Retail
12 31 (2.02%) Manufacturing
13 27 (1.76%) Organisational Skills
14 22 (1.43%) Influencing Skills
15 17 (1.11%) Military
16 13 (0.85%) Aviation
16 13 (0.85%) Electronics
17 10 (0.65%) Documentation Skills
17 10 (0.65%) Police
18 9 (0.59%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 290 (18.90%) Senior
2 279 (18.19%) Architect
3 181 (11.80%) Consultant
4 129 (8.41%) Lead
5 120 (7.82%) Solutions Architect
6 117 (7.63%) Developer
7 103 (6.71%) Analyst
8 101 (6.58%) Software Engineer
9 62 (4.04%) Data Engineer
10 58 (3.78%) Cloud Engineer
10 58 (3.78%) Senior Manager
11 55 (3.59%) Security Consultant
12 50 (3.26%) Senior Consultant
13 46 (3.00%) DevOps Engineer
13 46 (3.00%) Security Architect
14 44 (2.87%) Java Developer
15 43 (2.80%) Business Analyst
16 42 (2.74%) Senior Developer
17 39 (2.54%) Senior Analyst
18 38 (2.48%) Cloud Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (3.32%) REST
2 38 (2.48%) Spring
3 33 (2.15%) React
4 30 (1.96%) Kafka
5 24 (1.56%) .NET
5 24 (1.56%) SOAP
6 23 (1.50%) OAuth
7 20 (1.30%) Spring Boot
8 17 (1.11%) Middleware
8 17 (1.11%) SAML
9 16 (1.04%) PySpark
9 16 (1.04%) RESTful
10 15 (0.98%) Playwright
11 14 (0.91%) CSS
11 14 (0.91%) HTML
11 14 (0.91%) JWT
11 14 (0.91%) OAuth2
12 13 (0.85%) AngularJS
13 12 (0.78%) SAP Fiori
13 12 (0.78%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 125 (8.15%) Cloud Native
2 59 (3.85%) Product Ownership
3 49 (3.19%) Management Information System
3 49 (3.19%) Onboarding
4 42 (2.74%) Security Posture
5 39 (2.54%) Self-Motivation
6 33 (2.15%) Data Centre
7 29 (1.89%) Driving Licence
8 28 (1.83%) Legacy Systems
9 25 (1.63%) PKI
10 22 (1.43%) Security Operations Centre
11 20 (1.30%) Blog
12 19 (1.24%) Cyber Threat
13 16 (1.04%) CMDB
14 14 (0.91%) Distributed Systems
14 14 (0.91%) Enterprise Software
15 13 (0.85%) Data Structures
15 13 (0.85%) Public Cloud
16 12 (0.78%) FPGA
16 12 (0.78%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 109 (7.11%) Linux
2 93 (6.06%) Windows
3 37 (2.41%) Windows Server
4 22 (1.43%) Unix
5 13 (0.85%) Windows 10
6 5 (0.33%) Android
6 5 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.33%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.20%) Kali Linux
8 2 (0.13%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.13%) CentOS
8 2 (0.13%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.065%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.065%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.065%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 389 (25.36%) Agile
2 232 (15.12%) Continuous Improvement
3 219 (14.28%) Cybersecurity
4 209 (13.62%) Problem-Solving
5 208 (13.56%) Mentoring
6 195 (12.71%) DevOps
7 188 (12.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 184 (11.99%) CI/CD
9 158 (10.30%) Software Engineering
10 153 (9.97%) Stakeholder Management
11 133 (8.67%) AI
12 122 (7.95%) Community of Practice
13 114 (7.43%) Technical Leadership
14 113 (7.37%) Collaborative Culture
15 110 (7.17%) ITIL
15 110 (7.17%) Project Delivery
16 108 (7.04%) Decision-Making
16 108 (7.04%) Infrastructure as Code
17 107 (6.98%) Technology Strategy
18 106 (6.91%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 183 (11.93%) Python
2 144 (9.39%) Java
3 101 (6.58%) SQL
4 71 (4.63%) JavaScript
5 46 (3.00%) C++
6 38 (2.48%) C#
7 36 (2.35%) PowerShell
8 35 (2.28%) Bash
9 26 (1.69%) C
10 25 (1.63%) TypeScript
11 15 (0.98%) Groovy
12 11 (0.72%) DataWeave
12 11 (0.72%) Rust
13 9 (0.59%) Ada
13 9 (0.59%) Apex Code
14 8 (0.52%) Scala
15 7 (0.46%) Kusto Query Language
15 7 (0.46%) PL/SQL
15 7 (0.46%) VBA
16 6 (0.39%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 1,207 (78.68%) SC Cleared
2 289 (18.84%) DV Cleared
3 246 (16.04%) Degree
4 112 (7.30%) BPSS Clearance
5 73 (4.76%) CISSP
6 52 (3.39%) CISM
7 46 (3.00%) Computer Science Degree
8 39 (2.54%) Azure Certification
9 36 (2.35%) Microsoft Certification
10 22 (1.43%) AWS Certification
11 17 (1.11%) CREST Certified
12 16 (1.04%) Cisco Certification
12 16 (1.04%) CRISC
12 16 (1.04%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 15 (0.98%) Master's Degree
14 14 (0.91%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 12 (0.78%) TOGAF Certification
16 11 (0.72%) GIAC
16 11 (0.72%) HNC
17 10 (0.65%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 130 (8.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 78 (5.08%) NIST
3 52 (3.39%) QA
4 49 (3.19%) NCSC
5 44 (2.87%) GDPR
6 43 (2.80%) Accessibility
7 38 (2.48%) GRC
8 34 (2.22%) Data Quality
9 27 (1.76%) Cyber Essentials
10 25 (1.63%) PCI DSS
11 23 (1.50%) SLA
12 20 (1.30%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 16 (1.04%) JSP 440
13 16 (1.04%) WCAG
14 11 (0.72%) Actionable Recommendations
15 10 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 10 (0.65%) Def Stans
16 6 (0.39%) Government Security Classifications
16 6 (0.39%) PMO
16 6 (0.39%) SOC 2
System Software
1 83 (5.41%) Docker
2 70 (4.56%) Active Directory
3 24 (1.56%) Hyper-V
3 24 (1.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 15 (0.98%) Firmware
5 11 (0.72%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (0.46%) vSphere
7 5 (0.33%) Squid
7 5 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.33%) VMware NSX
8 4 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.065%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.065%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.065%) IAG
9 1 (0.065%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.065%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.065%) Xen
Systems Management
1 95 (6.19%) Terraform
2 94 (6.13%) Kubernetes
3 44 (2.87%) Ansible
4 38 (2.48%) Microsoft Intune
5 18 (1.17%) Prometheus
6 17 (1.11%) Grafana
7 11 (0.72%) CloudHub
8 10 (0.65%) Argo
9 8 (0.52%) Progress Chef
10 7 (0.46%) Nmap
10 7 (0.46%) QRadar
11 6 (0.39%) Kustomize
11 6 (0.39%) Puppet
11 6 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
12 5 (0.33%) AWS Copilot
12 5 (0.33%) Endace
12 5 (0.33%) Istio
12 5 (0.33%) Packer
12 5 (0.33%) vCenter Server
13 4 (0.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 227 (14.80%) Microsoft
2 57 (3.72%) Google
3 56 (3.65%) ServiceNow
4 51 (3.32%) SAP
5 47 (3.06%) Oracle
6 34 (2.22%) Cisco
7 33 (2.15%) VMware
8 30 (1.96%) Salesforce
9 23 (1.50%) MuleSoft
10 21 (1.37%) Red Hat
11 18 (1.17%) OpenAI
12 17 (1.11%) CyberArk
12 17 (1.11%) Databricks
13 16 (1.04%) Splunk
14 14 (0.91%) Okta
15 10 (0.65%) Adobe
16 9 (0.59%) Juniper
17 8 (0.52%) Meraki
18 7 (0.46%) Dell
18 7 (0.46%) Fortinet