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

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 38 24
Rank change year-on-year +16 -14 +4
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,579 1,060 2,558
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.63% 6.71% 7.65%
As % of the Qualifications category 36.12% 19.81% 28.71%
Number of salaries quoted 1,203 535 1,739
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,608 £40,000
25th Percentile £54,609 £52,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +8.00% +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 4,372 5,352 8,911
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 21.14% 33.88% 26.65%
Number of salaries quoted 3,039 2,387 5,759
10th Percentile £33,250 £28,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £56,525
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +6.15% -5.79%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £93,500 £88,750 £86,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £52,945
% change year-on-year +9.09% +3.88% -11.76%

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 30 June 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 (2.41%) SharePoint
2 24 (1.52%) Apache
3 16 (1.01%) Apache Spark
4 15 (0.95%) Apache Airflow
5 12 (0.76%) Microsoft Exchange
6 7 (0.44%) Jupyter
7 6 (0.38%) Anypoint
7 6 (0.38%) Mule
8 5 (0.32%) IIS
9 4 (0.25%) Confluence
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%) nginx
11 2 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 2 (0.13%) Oracle Spatial
12 1 (0.063%) OpenStack
12 1 (0.063%) WordPress
Applications
1 45 (2.85%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (1.20%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (0.57%) Adobe XD
4 7 (0.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.25%) Windchill
6 3 (0.19%) InVision
6 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.19%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.19%) Simulink
6 3 (0.19%) Sketch
7 2 (0.13%) Weka
8 1 (0.063%) CATIA
8 1 (0.063%) EngageOne
8 1 (0.063%) FrameMaker
8 1 (0.063%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 28 (1.77%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (0.44%) SAP ERP
3 5 (0.32%) Primavera
4 4 (0.25%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
4 4 (0.25%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.25%) 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
7 1 (0.063%) Magento
7 1 (0.063%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.063%) SAP GRC
7 1 (0.063%) SAP PSCD
7 1 (0.063%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.063%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 367 (23.24%) Azure
2 324 (20.52%) AWS
3 110 (6.97%) Microsoft 365
4 108 (6.84%) GCP
5 88 (5.57%) Entra ID
6 63 (3.99%) Power Platform
7 33 (2.09%) GitHub
7 33 (2.09%) SaaS
8 28 (1.77%) AWS CloudFormation
9 27 (1.71%) Serverless
10 26 (1.65%) PaaS
11 24 (1.52%) Azure DevOps
12 19 (1.20%) Amazon EC2
12 19 (1.20%) Dynamics 365
13 18 (1.14%) Amazon S3
13 18 (1.14%) Azure Sentinel
13 18 (1.14%) Google Analytics
13 18 (1.14%) PowerApps
14 16 (1.01%) OCI
15 15 (0.95%) Microsoft Purview
Communications & Networking
1 44 (2.79%) Network Security
2 42 (2.66%) Firewall
3 30 (1.90%) WAN
4 25 (1.58%) TCP/IP
5 24 (1.52%) DNS
5 24 (1.52%) VPN
6 20 (1.27%) LAN
7 18 (1.14%) DHCP
8 17 (1.08%) BGP
9 14 (0.89%) MPLS
10 13 (0.82%) SMTP
11 10 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
12 9 (0.57%) HTTP
13 8 (0.51%) SSL
14 7 (0.44%) Intrusion Detection
14 7 (0.44%) SNMP
15 6 (0.38%) SD-WAN
16 5 (0.32%) Cisco Firepower
16 5 (0.32%) DMZ
16 5 (0.32%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (2.98%) Power BI
2 39 (2.47%) PostgreSQL
3 18 (1.14%) Data Warehouse
3 18 (1.14%) NoSQL
4 17 (1.08%) Metadata
5 16 (1.01%) Big Data
5 16 (1.01%) MongoDB
6 14 (0.89%) SQL Server
7 12 (0.76%) Amazon Athena
7 12 (0.76%) Redis
8 11 (0.70%) DynamoDB
9 9 (0.57%) Elasticsearch
10 8 (0.51%) Tableau
11 7 (0.44%) Amazon RDS
11 7 (0.44%) Data Lake
11 7 (0.44%) MySQL
11 7 (0.44%) Relational Database
12 6 (0.38%) SAP HANA
13 5 (0.32%) Amazon Redshift
13 5 (0.32%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 51 (3.23%) Git
2 39 (2.47%) Jenkins
3 36 (2.28%) GitLab
4 15 (0.95%) JIRA
5 14 (0.89%) JUnit
5 14 (0.89%) Selenium
6 9 (0.57%) Maven
7 8 (0.51%) Mockito
8 7 (0.44%) Burp Suite
8 7 (0.44%) Metasploit
9 6 (0.38%) Axure RP
9 6 (0.38%) Balsamiq
9 6 (0.38%) Cucumber
9 6 (0.38%) JMeter
10 5 (0.32%) Postman
10 5 (0.32%) SonarQube
11 4 (0.25%) Cypress.io
12 3 (0.19%) Gatling
12 3 (0.19%) SoapUI
13 2 (0.13%) Babel
General
1 410 (25.97%) Social Skills
2 368 (23.31%) Public Sector
3 210 (13.30%) Finance
4 164 (10.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 161 (10.20%) Analytical Skills
6 123 (7.79%) Law
7 58 (3.67%) Legal
8 42 (2.66%) Presentation Skills
9 38 (2.41%) Back Office
10 37 (2.34%) Manufacturing
11 33 (2.09%) Telecoms
12 31 (1.96%) Retail
13 27 (1.71%) Organisational Skills
14 26 (1.65%) Aerospace
15 25 (1.58%) Influencing Skills
16 14 (0.89%) Military
17 13 (0.82%) Aviation
18 10 (0.63%) Banking
18 10 (0.63%) Electronics
18 10 (0.63%) Police
Job Titles
1 300 (19.00%) Senior
2 232 (14.69%) Architect
3 179 (11.34%) Consultant
4 126 (7.98%) Analyst
5 123 (7.79%) Lead
6 115 (7.28%) Developer
7 103 (6.52%) Solutions Architect
8 96 (6.08%) Software Engineer
9 66 (4.18%) Business Analyst
10 65 (4.12%) Data Engineer
11 59 (3.74%) Senior Manager
12 58 (3.67%) Cloud Engineer
12 58 (3.67%) Support Engineer
13 56 (3.55%) Security Consultant
14 51 (3.23%) Senior Consultant
15 47 (2.98%) Java Developer
16 46 (2.91%) DevOps Engineer
17 44 (2.79%) Security Architect
18 40 (2.53%) Senior Analyst
18 40 (2.53%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (3.36%) REST
2 41 (2.60%) Spring
3 32 (2.03%) React
4 30 (1.90%) .NET
4 30 (1.90%) SOAP
5 22 (1.39%) Middleware
5 22 (1.39%) Spring Boot
6 19 (1.20%) Kafka
7 16 (1.01%) Playwright
8 15 (0.95%) AngularJS
8 15 (0.95%) RESTful
8 15 (0.95%) SAML
9 14 (0.89%) CSS
9 14 (0.89%) HTML
9 14 (0.89%) Lightning Web Components
9 14 (0.89%) OAuth
10 13 (0.82%) Visualforce
11 12 (0.76%) SAP Fiori
12 9 (0.57%) Node.js
12 9 (0.57%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 115 (7.28%) Cloud Native
2 65 (4.12%) Product Ownership
3 57 (3.61%) Security Posture
4 51 (3.23%) Onboarding
5 47 (2.98%) Management Information System
6 42 (2.66%) Self-Motivation
7 35 (2.22%) Data Centre
8 29 (1.84%) PKI
9 27 (1.71%) Legacy Systems
10 22 (1.39%) Blog
10 22 (1.39%) Driving Licence
11 17 (1.08%) CMDB
11 17 (1.08%) Security Operations Centre
12 16 (1.01%) Cyber Threat
13 15 (0.95%) Low-Code
14 14 (0.89%) Data Structures
14 14 (0.89%) Enterprise Software
15 13 (0.82%) Analytical Mindset
16 12 (0.76%) Public Cloud
17 11 (0.70%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 112 (7.09%) Windows
2 100 (6.33%) Linux
3 42 (2.66%) Windows 10
4 30 (1.90%) Windows Server
5 23 (1.46%) Unix
6 5 (0.32%) Android
6 5 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.19%) CentOS
7 3 (0.19%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.063%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.063%) Embedded Linux
8 1 (0.063%) Kali Linux
8 1 (0.063%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 351 (22.23%) Agile
2 248 (15.71%) Continuous Improvement
3 217 (13.74%) Cybersecurity
4 200 (12.67%) Problem-Solving
5 194 (12.29%) DevOps
6 190 (12.03%) Mentoring
7 172 (10.89%) CI/CD
8 149 (9.44%) Software Engineering
9 140 (8.87%) ITIL
9 140 (8.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 131 (8.30%) Stakeholder Management
11 127 (8.04%) Analytics
12 120 (7.60%) Community of Practice
13 111 (7.03%) Infrastructure as Code
14 110 (6.97%) Collaborative Culture
14 110 (6.97%) Risk Management
15 107 (6.78%) Technology Strategy
16 106 (6.71%) AI
17 103 (6.52%) Decision-Making
17 103 (6.52%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 166 (10.51%) Python
2 144 (9.12%) Java
3 94 (5.95%) SQL
4 69 (4.37%) JavaScript
5 47 (2.98%) C#
6 35 (2.22%) PowerShell
7 34 (2.15%) C++
8 33 (2.09%) Bash
9 27 (1.71%) TypeScript
10 14 (0.89%) Apex Code
10 14 (0.89%) C
11 13 (0.82%) Groovy
12 9 (0.57%) Rust
13 8 (0.51%) Go
14 7 (0.44%) VBA
15 6 (0.38%) DataWeave
15 6 (0.38%) PL/SQL
15 6 (0.38%) Ruby
15 6 (0.38%) Scala
16 3 (0.19%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 1,172 (74.22%) SC Cleared
2 296 (18.75%) DV Cleared
3 272 (17.23%) Degree
4 96 (6.08%) BPSS Clearance
5 84 (5.32%) CISSP
6 53 (3.36%) CISM
7 46 (2.91%) Computer Science Degree
8 41 (2.60%) CTC Cleared
9 35 (2.22%) Microsoft Certification
10 34 (2.15%) Azure Certification
11 24 (1.52%) AWS Certification
12 20 (1.27%) Cisco Certification
13 18 (1.14%) CREST Certified
14 16 (1.01%) CRISC
15 15 (0.95%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
15 15 (0.95%) PMI Certification
16 14 (0.89%) HNC
16 14 (0.89%) TOGAF Certification
17 13 (0.82%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
18 12 (0.76%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 138 (8.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 76 (4.81%) NIST
3 60 (3.80%) QA
4 55 (3.48%) SLA
5 52 (3.29%) GDPR
6 48 (3.04%) NCSC
7 35 (2.22%) GRC
8 34 (2.15%) Accessibility
8 34 (2.15%) Data Quality
9 27 (1.71%) Cyber Essentials
10 26 (1.65%) PCI DSS
11 18 (1.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 18 (1.14%) JSP 440
12 13 (0.82%) Actionable Recommendations
13 11 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 11 (0.70%) WCAG
14 10 (0.63%) Def Stans
15 7 (0.44%) Government Security Classifications
16 6 (0.38%) PMO
16 6 (0.38%) SOC 2
System Software
1 81 (5.13%) Docker
2 60 (3.80%) Active Directory
3 21 (1.33%) Hyper-V
4 17 (1.08%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (0.57%) VMware NSX
6 8 (0.51%) Firmware
7 6 (0.38%) vSphere
8 5 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
8 5 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
8 5 (0.32%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.063%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.063%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.063%) IAG
9 1 (0.063%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.063%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.063%) Squid
9 1 (0.063%) Xen
Systems Management
1 101 (6.40%) Terraform
2 89 (5.64%) Kubernetes
3 50 (3.17%) Ansible
4 31 (1.96%) Microsoft Intune
5 21 (1.33%) Prometheus
6 20 (1.27%) Grafana
7 10 (0.63%) Argo
7 10 (0.63%) Progress Chef
8 8 (0.51%) Puppet
8 8 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
9 7 (0.44%) Nmap
9 7 (0.44%) Packer
9 7 (0.44%) QRadar
10 6 (0.38%) CloudHub
10 6 (0.38%) Kustomize
11 5 (0.32%) AWS Copilot
11 5 (0.32%) Endace
11 5 (0.32%) Istio
11 5 (0.32%) vCenter Server
12 4 (0.25%) Kibana
Vendors
1 231 (14.63%) Microsoft
2 68 (4.31%) Cisco
3 55 (3.48%) Google
4 50 (3.17%) Oracle
5 47 (2.98%) ServiceNow
6 46 (2.91%) SAP
7 31 (1.96%) Salesforce
8 28 (1.77%) VMware
9 20 (1.27%) Red Hat
10 19 (1.20%) MuleSoft
11 16 (1.01%) Databricks
11 16 (1.01%) Splunk
12 14 (0.89%) CyberArk
13 10 (0.63%) Adobe
13 10 (0.63%) Juniper
13 10 (0.63%) Okta
14 9 (0.57%) Meraki
15 7 (0.44%) Dell
15 7 (0.44%) F5
15 7 (0.44%) OpenAI