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

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 43 25
Rank change year-on-year +26 -18 +2
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,616 765 2,561
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 9.32% 5.88% 8.09%
As % of the Qualifications category 38.44% 19.75% 30.58%
Number of salaries quoted 1,137 560 1,748
10th Percentile £47,300 £46,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £53,750 £53,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £92,625 £86,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% +4.35% -0.56%

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 4,204 3,874 8,376
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 24.26% 29.77% 26.44%
Number of salaries quoted 2,796 2,484 5,969
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,750 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,100 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.17% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £57,553 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.09% +4.55% -4.35%

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 11 April 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 (2.23%) SharePoint
2 16 (0.99%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (0.87%) Apache Airflow
4 13 (0.80%) Apache
5 8 (0.50%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.25%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.25%) Confluence
6 4 (0.25%) GeoServer
6 4 (0.25%) Oracle Spatial
7 3 (0.19%) Camunda
7 3 (0.19%) SAS
7 3 (0.19%) Tomcat
7 3 (0.19%) WebLogic
7 3 (0.19%) WebLogic Portal
8 2 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.062%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.062%) Appian
9 1 (0.062%) IIS
9 1 (0.062%) NetWeaver
9 1 (0.062%) nginx
Applications
1 77 (4.76%) Microsoft Office
2 28 (1.73%) Adobe XD
3 13 (0.80%) Microsoft Excel
4 7 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.31%) InVision
5 5 (0.31%) Sketch
6 2 (0.12%) Weka
7 1 (0.062%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.062%) CATIA
7 1 (0.062%) EngageOne
7 1 (0.062%) EPLAN
7 1 (0.062%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.062%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.062%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 26 (1.61%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (0.43%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.37%) Oracle ERP
4 4 (0.25%) Primavera
4 4 (0.25%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.25%) SAP CO
4 4 (0.25%) SAP FI
4 4 (0.25%) SAP FI/CO
4 4 (0.25%) SAP FSCM
5 3 (0.19%) Elite 3E
5 3 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.19%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.19%) SAP HCM
6 2 (0.12%) SAP Payroll
6 2 (0.12%) SAP SCM
7 1 (0.062%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.062%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.062%) SAP PM
7 1 (0.062%) SAP PP
7 1 (0.062%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 271 (16.77%) Azure
2 233 (14.42%) AWS
3 116 (7.18%) Microsoft 365
4 88 (5.45%) GCP
5 53 (3.28%) Entra ID
6 51 (3.16%) Power Platform
7 36 (2.23%) AWS CloudFormation
8 29 (1.79%) Figma
9 26 (1.61%) PowerApps
10 24 (1.49%) Serverless
11 23 (1.42%) Azure DevOps
11 23 (1.42%) Dynamics 365
12 22 (1.36%) Power Automate
13 20 (1.24%) Amazon ECS
14 19 (1.18%) Amazon EKS
14 19 (1.18%) GitHub
14 19 (1.18%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 19 (1.18%) Salesforce Service Cloud
15 18 (1.11%) Google Analytics
16 15 (0.93%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 40 (2.48%) Firewall
2 27 (1.67%) VPN
2 27 (1.67%) WAN
3 26 (1.61%) Network Security
4 22 (1.36%) DNS
5 20 (1.24%) TCP/IP
6 19 (1.18%) DHCP
6 19 (1.18%) LAN
7 16 (0.99%) BGP
8 13 (0.80%) MPLS
8 13 (0.80%) Wi-Fi
9 10 (0.62%) SMTP
10 8 (0.50%) HTTP
11 7 (0.43%) Intrusion Detection
11 7 (0.43%) SNMP
12 6 (0.37%) Cisco ASA
12 6 (0.37%) Cisco Firepower
12 6 (0.37%) DMZ
12 6 (0.37%) VoIP
13 5 (0.31%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (2.54%) Power BI
2 39 (2.41%) PostgreSQL
3 23 (1.42%) NoSQL
4 18 (1.11%) MongoDB
5 17 (1.05%) Amazon RDS
5 17 (1.05%) Metadata
6 16 (0.99%) Elasticsearch
7 15 (0.93%) Redis
7 15 (0.93%) SQL Server
8 10 (0.62%) MySQL
8 10 (0.62%) Relational Database
9 9 (0.56%) DynamoDB
9 9 (0.56%) Tableau
10 8 (0.50%) Data Warehouse
10 8 (0.50%) SAP HANA
11 6 (0.37%) BigQuery
11 6 (0.37%) Oracle Database
12 5 (0.31%) Amazon Redshift
13 4 (0.25%) Oracle Reports
13 4 (0.25%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 50 (3.09%) Git
2 33 (2.04%) Jenkins
3 26 (1.61%) Balsamiq
4 24 (1.49%) Axure RP
4 24 (1.49%) GitLab
5 17 (1.05%) JIRA
6 11 (0.68%) Selenium
7 8 (0.50%) SonarQube
8 7 (0.43%) Burp Suite
8 7 (0.43%) JMeter
8 7 (0.43%) Metasploit
9 6 (0.37%) Babel
9 6 (0.37%) webpack
10 5 (0.31%) Cypress.io
10 5 (0.31%) Robot Framework
11 4 (0.25%) JUnit
11 4 (0.25%) WebDriver
12 3 (0.19%) Eclipse
12 3 (0.19%) Maven
12 3 (0.19%) Oracle Forms
General
1 401 (24.81%) Social Skills
2 342 (21.16%) Public Sector
3 191 (11.82%) Finance
4 158 (9.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 144 (8.91%) Analytical Skills
6 125 (7.74%) Law
7 66 (4.08%) Manufacturing
8 63 (3.90%) Back Office
9 60 (3.71%) Telecoms
10 49 (3.03%) Legal
11 35 (2.17%) Electronics
12 34 (2.10%) Presentation Skills
13 33 (2.04%) Marketing
14 28 (1.73%) Retail
15 27 (1.67%) Military
16 24 (1.49%) Influencing Skills
17 20 (1.24%) Organisational Skills
18 18 (1.11%) Aerospace
19 10 (0.62%) Banking
20 7 (0.43%) Police
Job Titles
1 260 (16.09%) Senior
2 169 (10.46%) Architect
3 149 (9.22%) Analyst
4 147 (9.10%) Consultant
5 140 (8.66%) Systems Engineer
6 117 (7.24%) Lead
7 101 (6.25%) Business Analyst
8 99 (6.13%) Developer
9 90 (5.57%) Software Engineer
10 78 (4.83%) Support Engineer
11 65 (4.02%) Solutions Architect
12 64 (3.96%) Site Engineer
13 60 (3.71%) Desktop Engineer
13 60 (3.71%) Desktop Support
13 60 (3.71%) Desktop Support Engineer
14 52 (3.22%) Senior Manager
15 49 (3.03%) Data Engineer
16 43 (2.66%) Security Consultant
17 41 (2.54%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 41 (2.54%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (2.72%) .NET
2 40 (2.48%) REST
3 34 (2.10%) React
4 32 (1.98%) CSS
4 32 (1.98%) HTML
4 32 (1.98%) Spring
5 23 (1.42%) Lightning Web Components
5 23 (1.42%) SOAP
6 22 (1.36%) Middleware
7 20 (1.24%) Kafka
8 19 (1.18%) Visualforce
9 17 (1.05%) Django
9 17 (1.05%) Spring Boot
10 14 (0.87%) AngularJS
10 14 (0.87%) SAML
11 13 (0.80%) ASP.NET
11 13 (0.80%) SAP CAF
12 12 (0.74%) HTML5 Canvas
13 11 (0.68%) OLE
13 11 (0.68%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 79 (4.89%) Product Ownership
2 66 (4.08%) Cloud Native
3 54 (3.34%) Security Posture
4 44 (2.72%) Onboarding
5 41 (2.54%) Data Centre
6 38 (2.35%) Management Information System
7 34 (2.10%) Self-Motivation
8 23 (1.42%) Legacy Systems
8 23 (1.42%) PKI
9 20 (1.24%) Blog
10 17 (1.05%) Driving Licence
10 17 (1.05%) Low-Code
11 15 (0.93%) Security Operations Centre
12 14 (0.87%) Cyber Threat
13 13 (0.80%) Distributed Systems
14 12 (0.74%) Data Structures
15 11 (0.68%) Analytical Mindset
15 11 (0.68%) Cyber Security Posture
15 11 (0.68%) Cyberattack
15 11 (0.68%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 132 (8.17%) Windows
2 106 (6.56%) Linux
3 67 (4.15%) Windows 10
4 33 (2.04%) Unix
5 23 (1.42%) Windows Server
6 10 (0.62%) Ubuntu
7 7 (0.43%) CentOS
8 6 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.19%) Android
9 3 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.062%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.062%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.062%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 314 (19.43%) Agile
2 199 (12.31%) Continuous Improvement
3 191 (11.82%) Cybersecurity
4 178 (11.01%) Problem-Solving
5 168 (10.40%) DevOps
6 146 (9.03%) Software Engineering
7 142 (8.79%) Analytics
8 132 (8.17%) Mentoring
9 127 (7.86%) ITIL
10 123 (7.61%) Community of Practice
11 114 (7.05%) CI/CD
12 111 (6.87%) Technology Strategy
13 100 (6.19%) Collaborative Culture
14 95 (5.88%) Stakeholder Management
15 89 (5.51%) Risk Management
16 82 (5.07%) Project Delivery
17 79 (4.89%) Infrastructure as Code
18 78 (4.83%) Validation
19 75 (4.64%) Coaching
19 75 (4.64%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 132 (8.17%) Python
2 116 (7.18%) Java
3 84 (5.20%) JavaScript
4 70 (4.33%) SQL
5 62 (3.84%) C#
6 34 (2.10%) PowerShell
7 28 (1.73%) TypeScript
8 23 (1.42%) Apex Code
9 21 (1.30%) Bash
10 19 (1.18%) C++
11 10 (0.62%) C
11 10 (0.62%) Go
12 9 (0.56%) Ada
13 7 (0.43%) Groovy
13 7 (0.43%) Rust
14 6 (0.37%) PL/SQL
14 6 (0.37%) VBA
15 5 (0.31%) ABAP
15 5 (0.31%) Bicep
16 4 (0.25%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 995 (61.57%) SC Cleared
2 316 (19.55%) Degree
3 291 (18.01%) DV Cleared
4 76 (4.70%) CISSP
5 66 (4.08%) CTC Cleared
6 59 (3.65%) BPSS Clearance
7 55 (3.40%) Computer Science Degree
8 48 (2.97%) Microsoft Certification
9 45 (2.78%) CISM
10 26 (1.61%) Azure Certification
11 24 (1.49%) Cisco Certification
12 20 (1.24%) CREST Certified
13 19 (1.18%) AWS Certification
14 14 (0.87%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 14 (0.87%) TOGAF Certification
15 13 (0.80%) HNC
15 13 (0.80%) Master's Degree
16 12 (0.74%) GIAC
16 12 (0.74%) OSCP
17 11 (0.68%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (6.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 69 (4.27%) SLA
3 66 (4.08%) NIST
4 53 (3.28%) Accessibility
5 49 (3.03%) GDPR
6 46 (2.85%) QA
7 39 (2.41%) GRC
8 27 (1.67%) WCAG
9 26 (1.61%) Data Quality
10 20 (1.24%) NCSC
10 20 (1.24%) PCI DSS
11 13 (0.80%) JSP 440
12 12 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials
13 9 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 9 (0.56%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 8 (0.50%) Actionable Recommendations
14 8 (0.50%) PMO
15 7 (0.43%) Government Security Classifications
15 7 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 42001
16 4 (0.25%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 82 (5.07%) Docker
2 38 (2.35%) Active Directory
3 15 (0.93%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (0.74%) VMware NSX
5 7 (0.43%) Firmware
6 6 (0.37%) Hyper-V
7 5 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
7 5 (0.31%) VMware ESXi
7 5 (0.31%) vSphere
8 2 (0.12%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 2 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.062%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.062%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.062%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.062%) vCloud
9 1 (0.062%) Xen
Systems Management
1 92 (5.69%) Terraform
2 74 (4.58%) Kubernetes
3 56 (3.47%) Ansible
4 19 (1.18%) Grafana
5 15 (0.93%) Microsoft Intune
5 15 (0.93%) Prometheus
6 9 (0.56%) Puppet
7 7 (0.43%) Nmap
8 6 (0.37%) Endace
8 6 (0.37%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 5 (0.31%) AWS Copilot
9 5 (0.31%) Kibana
9 5 (0.31%) vCenter Server
10 4 (0.25%) Packer
10 4 (0.25%) Progress Chef
10 4 (0.25%) SCCM
10 4 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.25%) WSUS
10 4 (0.25%) ZABBIX
11 3 (0.19%) QRadar
Vendors
1 190 (11.76%) Microsoft
2 105 (6.50%) Cisco
3 66 (4.08%) Google
4 61 (3.77%) SAP
5 42 (2.60%) Oracle
5 42 (2.60%) Salesforce
6 28 (1.73%) Adobe
7 27 (1.67%) VMware
8 19 (1.18%) ServiceNow
8 19 (1.18%) Splunk
9 18 (1.11%) MuleSoft
10 17 (1.05%) Red Hat
11 12 (0.74%) Databricks
12 11 (0.68%) CyberArk
13 9 (0.56%) Juniper
13 9 (0.56%) Meraki
14 8 (0.50%) F5
14 8 (0.50%) Okta
15 6 (0.37%) CheckPoint
15 6 (0.37%) Dell