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

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 33 24
Rank change year-on-year +11 -9 +2
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,733 1,167 1,901
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.65% 7.08% 7.63%
As % of the Qualifications category 36.49% 20.84% 28.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,186 579 1,262
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,400 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £47,262
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 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,750 £85,900
UK median annual salary £70,000 £62,500 £58,800
% change year-on-year +12.00% +6.29% -2.00%

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 4,749 5,601 6,573
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.96% 33.97% 26.39%
Number of salaries quoted 3,108 2,482 3,840
10th Percentile £33,455 £29,750 £33,795
25th Percentile £46,984 £41,118 £43,170
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £79,359 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £87,500
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 8 August 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 39 (2.25%) Apache
2 37 (2.14%) SharePoint
3 29 (1.67%) Apache Spark
4 13 (0.75%) Anypoint
4 13 (0.75%) Mule
5 12 (0.69%) Confluence
6 11 (0.63%) Apache Airflow
7 8 (0.46%) nginx
8 7 (0.40%) Camunda
8 7 (0.40%) Jupyter
8 7 (0.40%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 5 (0.29%) IIS
9 5 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
10 3 (0.17%) Apache Solr
11 2 (0.12%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.12%) GeoServer
11 2 (0.12%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.12%) Oracle Spatial
11 2 (0.12%) WordPress
12 1 (0.058%) Appian
Applications
1 28 (1.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (1.15%) Simulink
3 15 (0.87%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (0.52%) Adobe XD
6 7 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
6 7 (0.40%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.23%) Mathcad
7 4 (0.23%) Windchill
8 2 (0.12%) InDesign
9 1 (0.058%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.058%) CATIA
9 1 (0.058%) FrameMaker
9 1 (0.058%) Houdini
9 1 (0.058%) InVision
9 1 (0.058%) NUKE
9 1 (0.058%) Sketch
9 1 (0.058%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.058%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 28 (1.62%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (0.63%) Primavera
3 8 (0.46%) Oracle ERP
4 7 (0.40%) SAP ERP
5 6 (0.35%) Workday HCM
6 5 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
6 5 (0.29%) Teamcenter
7 4 (0.23%) SAP FSCM
8 3 (0.17%) Elite 3E
8 3 (0.17%) SAP CO
8 3 (0.17%) SAP FI
8 3 (0.17%) SAP FI/CO
8 3 (0.17%) SAP HCM
9 2 (0.12%) Dynamics CRM
9 2 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
9 2 (0.12%) SAP Payroll
9 2 (0.12%) SAP QM
10 1 (0.058%) Magento
10 1 (0.058%) SAP GRC
10 1 (0.058%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 459 (26.49%) Azure
2 424 (24.47%) AWS
3 139 (8.02%) GCP
4 83 (4.79%) Microsoft 365
5 75 (4.33%) Power Platform
6 72 (4.15%) Entra ID
7 46 (2.65%) AWS CloudFormation
8 43 (2.48%) dbt
9 37 (2.14%) GitHub
10 32 (1.85%) Serverless
11 28 (1.62%) Azure DevOps
11 28 (1.62%) SaaS
12 25 (1.44%) PaaS
13 22 (1.27%) Azure Sentinel
14 21 (1.21%) Google Analytics
15 20 (1.15%) Microsoft Purview
16 19 (1.10%) Amazon S3
16 19 (1.10%) OCI
17 18 (1.04%) Amazon EC2
17 18 (1.04%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 49 (2.83%) Firewall
2 46 (2.65%) Network Security
3 44 (2.54%) TCP/IP
4 32 (1.85%) DNS
5 26 (1.50%) WAN
6 18 (1.04%) LAN
6 18 (1.04%) VPN
7 16 (0.92%) SSL
8 15 (0.87%) DHCP
9 14 (0.81%) BGP
10 12 (0.69%) ATM
11 11 (0.63%) MPLS
12 9 (0.52%) SMTP
13 8 (0.46%) HTTP
13 8 (0.46%) OSPF
14 7 (0.40%) Wireless
15 6 (0.35%) Ethernet
15 6 (0.35%) Intrusion Detection
16 5 (0.29%) VLAN
16 5 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (3.35%) Power BI
2 46 (2.65%) PostgreSQL
3 28 (1.62%) Big Data
4 27 (1.56%) Data Warehouse
5 25 (1.44%) NoSQL
6 21 (1.21%) SQL Server
7 17 (0.98%) Metadata
8 16 (0.92%) MongoDB
9 14 (0.81%) Amazon Athena
10 13 (0.75%) Relational Database
10 13 (0.75%) Tableau
11 12 (0.69%) DynamoDB
11 12 (0.69%) MySQL
11 12 (0.69%) Redis
12 11 (0.63%) Data Lake
13 10 (0.58%) Elasticsearch
14 9 (0.52%) Hadoop
15 7 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
16 6 (0.35%) SAP HANA
17 5 (0.29%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 70 (4.04%) Git
2 40 (2.31%) Jenkins
3 38 (2.19%) GitLab
4 28 (1.62%) JIRA
5 22 (1.27%) JUnit
6 20 (1.15%) Rational DOORS
7 16 (0.92%) Selenium
8 13 (0.75%) Mockito
9 12 (0.69%) Maven
10 10 (0.58%) Balsamiq
11 9 (0.52%) Cucumber
11 9 (0.52%) Postman
12 8 (0.46%) Axure RP
13 7 (0.40%) Burp Suite
13 7 (0.40%) Gatling
13 7 (0.40%) Metasploit
14 6 (0.35%) Cypress.io
14 6 (0.35%) SonarQube
15 5 (0.29%) LabVIEW
16 3 (0.17%) JMeter
General
1 531 (30.64%) Social Skills
2 414 (23.89%) Public Sector
3 342 (19.73%) Finance
4 323 (18.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 200 (11.54%) Analytical Skills
6 165 (9.52%) Law
7 139 (8.02%) Aerospace
8 78 (4.50%) Legal
9 54 (3.12%) Presentation Skills
10 44 (2.54%) Telecoms
11 43 (2.48%) Electronics
11 43 (2.48%) Manufacturing
11 43 (2.48%) Organisational Skills
12 41 (2.37%) Military
13 40 (2.31%) Retail
14 35 (2.02%) Influencing Skills
15 23 (1.33%) Police
16 14 (0.81%) Automotive
16 14 (0.81%) Local Government
17 13 (0.75%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 330 (19.04%) Senior
2 295 (17.02%) Architect
3 201 (11.60%) Consultant
4 165 (9.52%) Lead
5 126 (7.27%) Software Engineer
6 124 (7.16%) Developer
7 123 (7.10%) Analyst
7 123 (7.10%) Solutions Architect
8 67 (3.87%) Data Engineer
9 63 (3.64%) Cloud Engineer
10 61 (3.52%) Security Consultant
11 55 (3.17%) Senior Manager
12 54 (3.12%) Senior Consultant
13 53 (3.06%) Senior Developer
14 52 (3.00%) DevOps Engineer
15 51 (2.94%) Business Analyst
16 49 (2.83%) Security Architect
17 46 (2.65%) Principal Engineer
17 46 (2.65%) Senior Analyst
18 42 (2.42%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (3.40%) REST
2 56 (3.23%) React
3 47 (2.71%) Spring
4 38 (2.19%) .NET
5 34 (1.96%) Kafka
6 27 (1.56%) CSS
7 26 (1.50%) OAuth
7 26 (1.50%) SOAP
8 24 (1.38%) AngularJS
9 23 (1.33%) HTML
10 21 (1.21%) Playwright
10 21 (1.21%) Spring Boot
11 17 (0.98%) RESTful
12 16 (0.92%) .NET Core
12 16 (0.92%) JWT
12 16 (0.92%) OAuth2
12 16 (0.92%) PySpark
13 14 (0.81%) Apache NiFi
13 14 (0.81%) Middleware
13 14 (0.81%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 130 (7.50%) Cloud Native
2 64 (3.69%) Product Ownership
3 61 (3.52%) Onboarding
4 60 (3.46%) Management Information System
5 57 (3.29%) Self-Motivation
6 45 (2.60%) Security Posture
7 36 (2.08%) Blog
7 36 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
8 31 (1.79%) Driving Licence
9 30 (1.73%) Data Centre
10 26 (1.50%) Distributed Systems
11 25 (1.44%) FPGA
12 23 (1.33%) Cyber Threat
12 23 (1.33%) PKI
13 21 (1.21%) Cyber Defence
14 18 (1.04%) Algorithms
14 18 (1.04%) Public Cloud
14 18 (1.04%) Security Operations Centre
15 17 (0.98%) CMDB
15 17 (0.98%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 132 (7.62%) Linux
2 101 (5.83%) Windows
3 41 (2.37%) Windows Server
4 36 (2.08%) Unix
5 13 (0.75%) Windows 10
6 6 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (0.29%) Android
8 4 (0.23%) VxWorks
8 4 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.17%) Kali Linux
10 2 (0.12%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.12%) CentOS
10 2 (0.12%) Solaris
10 2 (0.12%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.058%) Embedded Linux
11 1 (0.058%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 484 (27.93%) Agile
2 294 (16.96%) Continuous Improvement
3 268 (15.46%) Cybersecurity
4 264 (15.23%) Mentoring
5 254 (14.66%) Problem-Solving
6 239 (13.79%) DevOps
7 237 (13.68%) CI/CD
8 219 (12.64%) Software Engineering
9 209 (12.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 180 (10.39%) AI
11 176 (10.16%) Stakeholder Management
12 142 (8.19%) Community of Practice
13 139 (8.02%) Collaborative Culture
13 139 (8.02%) Infrastructure as Code
13 139 (8.02%) Technical Leadership
14 136 (7.85%) Decision-Making
15 131 (7.56%) Coaching
16 130 (7.50%) Project Delivery
17 129 (7.44%) Analytics
18 128 (7.39%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 215 (12.41%) Python
2 165 (9.52%) Java
3 113 (6.52%) SQL
4 91 (5.25%) JavaScript
5 56 (3.23%) C++
6 52 (3.00%) C#
7 41 (2.37%) Bash
8 40 (2.31%) PowerShell
9 30 (1.73%) TypeScript
10 29 (1.67%) C
11 21 (1.21%) MATLAB
12 19 (1.10%) Ada
13 16 (0.92%) Groovy
14 13 (0.75%) DataWeave
15 12 (0.69%) PL/SQL
16 11 (0.63%) Ruby
16 11 (0.63%) Rust
17 9 (0.52%) Kusto Query Language
17 9 (0.52%) SystemVerilog
17 9 (0.52%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1,367 (78.88%) SC Cleared
2 395 (22.79%) DV Cleared
3 325 (18.75%) Degree
4 216 (12.46%) BPSS Clearance
5 77 (4.44%) CISSP
6 58 (3.35%) Computer Science Degree
7 55 (3.17%) CISM
8 43 (2.48%) Azure Certification
9 35 (2.02%) AWS Certification
10 31 (1.79%) Microsoft Certification
11 27 (1.56%) Master's Degree
12 21 (1.21%) Cisco Certification
13 20 (1.15%) CREST Certified
14 19 (1.10%) CRISC
15 18 (1.04%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
16 16 (0.92%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
17 15 (0.87%) PhD
17 15 (0.87%) TOGAF Certification
18 12 (0.69%) HNC
19 11 (0.63%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 135 (7.79%) Accessibility
1 135 (7.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 90 (5.19%) NIST
3 61 (3.52%) QA
4 58 (3.35%) NCSC
5 44 (2.54%) GDPR
5 44 (2.54%) GRC
6 40 (2.31%) Data Quality
7 24 (1.38%) Cyber Essentials
7 24 (1.38%) PCI DSS
8 22 (1.27%) HMG Security Policy Framework
8 22 (1.27%) SLA
9 20 (1.15%) WCAG
10 17 (0.98%) JSP 440
11 11 (0.63%) Actionable Recommendations
11 11 (0.63%) Def Stans
12 9 (0.52%) NIST 800
13 7 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 6 (0.35%) Government Security Classifications
14 6 (0.35%) PMO
System Software
1 104 (6.00%) Docker
2 78 (4.50%) Active Directory
3 39 (2.25%) Firmware
4 31 (1.79%) VMware Infrastructure
5 23 (1.33%) Hyper-V
6 15 (0.87%) VMware ESXi
7 7 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
7 7 (0.40%) vSphere
8 6 (0.35%) Squid
8 6 (0.35%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.12%) Oracle RAC
9 2 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.058%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 1 (0.058%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.058%) IAG
10 1 (0.058%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 120 (6.92%) Terraform
2 111 (6.41%) Kubernetes
3 46 (2.65%) Ansible
4 37 (2.14%) Microsoft Intune
5 18 (1.04%) Prometheus
6 17 (0.98%) Grafana
7 13 (0.75%) CloudHub
8 10 (0.58%) Argo
9 8 (0.46%) Progress Chef
10 7 (0.40%) Nmap
10 7 (0.40%) QRadar
10 7 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
11 6 (0.35%) Kustomize
12 5 (0.29%) AWS Copilot
12 5 (0.29%) Istio
12 5 (0.29%) Packer
12 5 (0.29%) Puppet
12 5 (0.29%) vCenter Server
13 4 (0.23%) Oracle RMAN
14 3 (0.17%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 237 (13.68%) Microsoft
2 78 (4.50%) Google
3 59 (3.40%) SAP
3 59 (3.40%) ServiceNow
4 53 (3.06%) Oracle
5 40 (2.31%) VMware
6 34 (1.96%) Cisco
7 30 (1.73%) Salesforce
8 25 (1.44%) Red Hat
9 23 (1.33%) Databricks
10 22 (1.27%) MuleSoft
11 19 (1.10%) OpenAI
12 17 (0.98%) CyberArk
12 17 (0.98%) Splunk
13 15 (0.87%) Okta
14 13 (0.75%) Adobe
15 10 (0.58%) Siemens
16 9 (0.52%) Veeam
17 8 (0.46%) Juniper
17 8 (0.46%) Xilinx