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

6 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 32 25
Rank change year-on-year +12 -7 -4
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,947 1,193 1,747
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.81% 7.10% 7.99%
As % of the Qualifications category 37.83% 18.70% 28.65%
Number of salaries quoted 1,232 605 988
10th Percentile £44,447 £41,658 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,375 £48,750 £48,000
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 £97,475 £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 5,147 6,380 6,097
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.64% 37.96% 27.89%
Number of salaries quoted 3,187 2,264 2,764
10th Percentile £32,750 £31,000 £34,404
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £45,500
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% -0.86%

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 7 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 33 (1.69%) Apache Spark
3 23 (1.18%) SharePoint
4 20 (1.03%) Confluence
5 13 (0.67%) Anypoint
5 13 (0.67%) Mule
6 11 (0.56%) Apache Airflow
7 10 (0.51%) 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 5 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
10 5 (0.26%) WebLogic
11 4 (0.21%) IIS
12 3 (0.15%) Apache Solr
12 3 (0.15%) ArcGIS
12 3 (0.15%) CMS
12 3 (0.15%) GeoServer
12 3 (0.15%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 30 (1.54%) Microsoft Excel
1 30 (1.54%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (1.18%) Simulink
3 17 (0.87%) 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 (0.051%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.051%) EPLAN
8 1 (0.051%) FrameMaker
8 1 (0.051%) Houdini
8 1 (0.051%) NUKE
8 1 (0.051%) Revit
8 1 (0.051%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.051%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 24 (1.23%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (0.82%) Primavera
3 10 (0.51%) 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%) Oracle EBS R12
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
Cloud Services
1 469 (24.09%) Azure
2 438 (22.50%) AWS
3 127 (6.52%) GCP
4 96 (4.93%) Entra ID
5 92 (4.73%) Microsoft 365
6 78 (4.01%) Power Platform
7 50 (2.57%) GitHub
8 46 (2.36%) Serverless
9 41 (2.11%) AWS CloudFormation
10 38 (1.95%) dbt
11 36 (1.85%) Azure DevOps
12 35 (1.80%) Amazon S3
13 32 (1.64%) SaaS
14 26 (1.34%) OpenShift
15 25 (1.28%) AWS Lambda
16 23 (1.18%) PaaS
17 22 (1.13%) Amazon EC2
17 22 (1.13%) Azure Monitor
17 22 (1.13%) Microsoft Purview
18 20 (1.03%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 58 (2.98%) Firewall
2 55 (2.82%) Network Security
3 40 (2.05%) TCP/IP
4 38 (1.95%) DNS
5 19 (0.98%) WAN
6 18 (0.92%) VPN
7 17 (0.87%) DHCP
8 16 (0.82%) SSL
9 14 (0.72%) Wi-Fi
9 14 (0.72%) Wireless
10 12 (0.62%) LAN
11 11 (0.56%) ATM
12 10 (0.51%) 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%) Unified Communications
17 5 (0.26%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (3.29%) Power BI
2 51 (2.62%) PostgreSQL
3 32 (1.64%) Big Data
4 31 (1.59%) Data Warehouse
5 29 (1.49%) NoSQL
6 24 (1.23%) SQL Server
7 23 (1.18%) Amazon Athena
7 23 (1.18%) Relational Database
8 22 (1.13%) Metadata
9 20 (1.03%) Tableau
10 18 (0.92%) Data Lake
11 15 (0.77%) MySQL
12 14 (0.72%) DynamoDB
13 10 (0.51%) Hadoop
13 10 (0.51%) MongoDB
14 9 (0.46%) Amazon RDS
14 9 (0.46%) Amazon Redshift
15 7 (0.36%) Elasticsearch
15 7 (0.36%) Redis
16 6 (0.31%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 77 (3.95%) Git
2 41 (2.11%) JIRA
3 40 (2.05%) GitLab
3 40 (2.05%) Jenkins
4 27 (1.39%) JUnit
5 24 (1.23%) Rational DOORS
6 18 (0.92%) Mockito
7 16 (0.82%) Selenium
8 12 (0.62%) Maven
9 11 (0.56%) Burp Suite
9 11 (0.56%) Cucumber
9 11 (0.56%) Metasploit
10 9 (0.46%) Cypress.io
10 9 (0.46%) Postman
11 8 (0.41%) Balsamiq
11 8 (0.41%) SonarQube
12 6 (0.31%) Axure RP
12 6 (0.31%) Gatling
12 6 (0.31%) LabVIEW
13 4 (0.21%) Snyk
General
1 556 (28.56%) Social Skills
2 471 (24.19%) Public Sector
3 391 (20.08%) Finance
4 370 (19.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 243 (12.48%) Analytical Skills
6 199 (10.22%) Aerospace
7 154 (7.91%) Law
8 77 (3.95%) Legal
9 62 (3.18%) Electronics
9 62 (3.18%) Presentation Skills
10 55 (2.82%) Influencing Skills
10 55 (2.82%) Military
11 54 (2.77%) Organisational Skills
12 50 (2.57%) Retail
13 48 (2.47%) Police
14 46 (2.36%) Manufacturing
15 38 (1.95%) Telecoms
16 15 (0.77%) Automotive
16 15 (0.77%) Local Government
17 13 (0.67%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 377 (19.36%) Senior
2 294 (15.10%) Architect
3 199 (10.22%) Consultant
4 170 (8.73%) Lead
5 169 (8.68%) Software Engineer
6 132 (6.78%) Analyst
7 128 (6.57%) Developer
8 107 (5.50%) Solutions Architect
9 101 (5.19%) Data Engineer
10 82 (4.21%) Principal Engineer
11 73 (3.75%) Senior Manager
12 61 (3.13%) DevOps Engineer
12 61 (3.13%) Security Consultant
13 60 (3.08%) Cloud Engineer
14 53 (2.72%) Security Architect
15 48 (2.47%) Java Engineer
16 47 (2.41%) Business Analyst
16 47 (2.41%) Senior Consultant
17 46 (2.36%) Senior Developer
18 45 (2.31%) Principal Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 129 (6.63%) Terraform
2 63 (3.24%) REST
3 62 (3.18%) React
4 44 (2.26%) Spring
5 42 (2.16%) .NET
6 33 (1.69%) CSS
7 32 (1.64%) Kafka
8 27 (1.39%) HTML
9 26 (1.34%) PySpark
10 25 (1.28%) OAuth
10 25 (1.28%) Spring Boot
11 24 (1.23%) Playwright
12 23 (1.18%) AngularJS
12 23 (1.18%) Node.js
13 22 (1.13%) RESTful
13 22 (1.13%) SOAP
14 20 (1.03%) .NET Core
14 20 (1.03%) JWT
15 19 (0.98%) JSON
16 18 (0.92%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 141 (7.24%) Cloud Native
2 70 (3.60%) Management Information System
3 62 (3.18%) Self-Motivation
4 59 (3.03%) Onboarding
4 59 (3.03%) Product Ownership
5 45 (2.31%) Security Posture
6 39 (2.00%) Driving Licence
7 36 (1.85%) Data Centre
8 32 (1.64%) Distributed Systems
9 31 (1.59%) FPGA
10 30 (1.54%) Blog
11 29 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
11 29 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
12 28 (1.44%) PKI
13 26 (1.34%) CMDB
14 23 (1.18%) Cyber Threat
15 21 (1.08%) Cyber Defence
16 20 (1.03%) Algorithms
17 19 (0.98%) Embedded Systems
18 18 (0.92%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 135 (6.93%) Linux
2 118 (6.06%) Windows
3 47 (2.41%) Windows Server
4 30 (1.54%) 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
1 535 (27.48%) Agile
2 371 (19.05%) Continuous Improvement
3 313 (16.08%) Problem-Solving
4 306 (15.72%) Mentoring
5 304 (15.61%) Cybersecurity
6 287 (14.74%) Software Engineering
7 279 (14.33%) CI/CD
8 273 (14.02%) AI
9 251 (12.89%) DevOps
10 238 (12.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 229 (11.76%) Stakeholder Management
12 192 (9.86%) Analytics
13 186 (9.55%) Decision-Making
13 186 (9.55%) Technical Leadership
14 177 (9.09%) Coaching
15 149 (7.65%) Infrastructure as Code
16 145 (7.45%) Community of Practice
17 144 (7.40%) Scrum
18 138 (7.09%) Collaborative Culture
19 135 (6.93%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 230 (11.81%) Python
2 167 (8.58%) Java
3 149 (7.65%) SQL
4 110 (5.65%) JavaScript
5 63 (3.24%) C++
6 61 (3.13%) C#
7 52 (2.67%) Bash
8 45 (2.31%) PowerShell
9 39 (2.00%) TypeScript
10 35 (1.80%) C
11 25 (1.28%) MATLAB
12 21 (1.08%) Ada
13 16 (0.82%) Go
13 16 (0.82%) Kusto Query Language
14 15 (0.77%) Bicep
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 1,546 (79.40%) SC Cleared
2 417 (21.42%) DV Cleared
3 322 (16.54%) Degree
4 228 (11.71%) BPSS Clearance
5 73 (3.75%) CISSP
6 55 (2.82%) CISM
7 54 (2.77%) Azure Certification
8 44 (2.26%) AWS Certification
9 43 (2.21%) 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 22 (1.13%) Microsoft Certification
13 20 (1.03%) PhD
13 20 (1.03%) TOGAF Certification
14 18 (0.92%) Chartered Engineer
15 17 (0.87%) CHECK Team Member
15 17 (0.87%) CRISC
16 16 (0.82%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 164 (8.42%) Accessibility
2 147 (7.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 93 (4.78%) NIST
4 73 (3.75%) NCSC
5 70 (3.60%) QA
6 57 (2.93%) Data Quality
7 51 (2.62%) GRC
8 48 (2.47%) GDPR
9 28 (1.44%) Cyber Essentials
10 26 (1.34%) PCI DSS
11 25 (1.28%) SLA
12 19 (0.98%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 18 (0.92%) Def Stans
14 17 (0.87%) WCAG
15 16 (0.82%) JSP 440
16 14 (0.72%) Actionable Recommendations
17 11 (0.56%) NIST 800
18 7 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
18 7 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 42001
19 6 (0.31%) PMO
System Software
1 117 (6.01%) Docker
2 84 (4.31%) Active Directory
3 42 (2.16%) Firmware
4 39 (2.00%) VMware Infrastructure
5 25 (1.28%) Hyper-V
6 16 (0.82%) VMware ESXi
7 11 (0.56%) 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 (0.051%) Embedded Firmware
13 1 (0.051%) IAG
13 1 (0.051%) Oracle RAC
13 1 (0.051%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 128 (6.57%) Kubernetes
2 46 (2.36%) Microsoft Intune
3 37 (1.90%) Ansible
4 29 (1.49%) Grafana
5 17 (0.87%) Prometheus
6 13 (0.67%) Argo
6 13 (0.67%) CloudHub
6 13 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
7 11 (0.56%) 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 5 (0.26%) Packer
12 4 (0.21%) Kibana
12 4 (0.21%) SCCM
13 3 (0.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 3 (0.15%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 275 (14.12%) Microsoft
2 91 (4.67%) ServiceNow
3 69 (3.54%) SAP
4 67 (3.44%) Oracle
5 59 (3.03%) Google
6 51 (2.62%) VMware
7 35 (1.80%) Cisco
8 28 (1.44%) Salesforce
9 26 (1.34%) YouTube
10 24 (1.23%) Databricks
11 21 (1.08%) Red Hat
11 21 (1.08%) Workday
12 18 (0.92%) CyberArk
12 18 (0.92%) MuleSoft
12 18 (0.92%) OpenAI
13 17 (0.87%) Okta
14 16 (0.82%) Splunk
14 16 (0.82%) Thales
15 15 (0.77%) Dynatrace
15 15 (0.77%) Veeam