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 14 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 24 20
Rank change year-on-year -4 -4 +29
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,068 1,617 2,178
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.79% 8.12% 10.02%
As % of the Qualifications category 18.23% 30.87% 35.73%
Number of salaries quoted 679 924 1,423
10th Percentile £41,816 £40,225 £38,856
25th Percentile £48,750 £50,000 £48,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £79,600 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £86,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% +0.88%

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 5,859 5,238 6,096
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.25% 26.31% 28.04%
Number of salaries quoted 2,448 2,598 4,462
10th Percentile £29,750 £35,000 £35,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +0.67%
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £76,250
90th Percentile £92,650 £87,500 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.17% +0.87% +2.68%

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 14 November 2025.

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 30 (2.81%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.12%) Confluence
3 10 (0.94%) Microsoft Exchange
4 6 (0.56%) Appian
5 4 (0.37%) WordPress
6 3 (0.28%) Tomcat
6 3 (0.28%) WebLogic
6 3 (0.28%) WebLogic Portal
7 2 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.19%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.19%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.19%) GeoServer
7 2 (0.19%) Oracle Spatial
8 1 (0.094%) Alfresco
8 1 (0.094%) Camunda
8 1 (0.094%) IIS
8 1 (0.094%) Moodle
Applications
1 32 (3.00%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (1.87%) Adobe XD
3 19 (1.78%) Microsoft Excel
4 8 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.47%) Revit
6 4 (0.37%) AutoCAD
6 4 (0.37%) Simulink
7 3 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.28%) MS Visio
7 3 (0.28%) Navisworks
8 2 (0.19%) Civil 3D
8 2 (0.19%) EPLAN
9 1 (0.094%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 36 (3.37%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 32 (3.00%) SAP S/4HANA
3 17 (1.59%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (0.66%) SAP PP
5 4 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.37%) Primavera
5 4 (0.37%) SAP CO
5 4 (0.37%) SAP FI
5 4 (0.37%) SAP FI/CO
5 4 (0.37%) SAP SCM
6 3 (0.28%) Q-Pulse
6 3 (0.28%) SAP BPC
6 3 (0.28%) SAP PM
7 2 (0.19%) Remedy ITSM
7 2 (0.19%) Sage 200
7 2 (0.19%) SAP APO
7 2 (0.19%) SAP EWM
7 2 (0.19%) SAP IBP
7 2 (0.19%) SAP MM
7 2 (0.19%) SAP QM
Cloud Services
1 213 (19.94%) Azure
2 186 (17.42%) AWS
3 77 (7.21%) Microsoft 365
4 49 (4.59%) Power Platform
5 43 (4.03%) GCP
6 41 (3.84%) Entra ID
7 40 (3.75%) AWS CloudFormation
8 32 (3.00%) Azure DevOps
9 31 (2.90%) Serverless
10 28 (2.62%) PowerApps
11 26 (2.43%) GitHub
12 25 (2.34%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 25 (2.34%) Dynamics 365
12 25 (2.34%) Power Automate
13 24 (2.25%) Amazon ECS
13 24 (2.25%) AWS Lambda
14 23 (2.15%) Amazon EKS
15 22 (2.06%) Figma
16 21 (1.97%) GitHub Actions
17 20 (1.87%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 43 (4.03%) Network Security
2 38 (3.56%) Firewall
3 37 (3.46%) VPN
4 29 (2.72%) Wireless
5 27 (2.53%) Software-Defined Radio
6 23 (2.15%) LAN
7 20 (1.87%) WAN
8 17 (1.59%) TCP/IP
9 16 (1.50%) Wi-Fi
10 14 (1.31%) Junos
11 12 (1.12%) DNS
12 10 (0.94%) Ethernet
13 9 (0.84%) SAN
14 8 (0.75%) SD-WAN
15 7 (0.66%) BGP
15 7 (0.66%) MPLS
16 6 (0.56%) IPsec
17 5 (0.47%) Wireshark
18 4 (0.37%) Cisco IOS
18 4 (0.37%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (3.37%) Power BI
2 33 (3.09%) PostgreSQL
3 20 (1.87%) Amazon RDS
4 17 (1.59%) NoSQL
5 16 (1.50%) MongoDB
6 13 (1.22%) SQL Server
7 12 (1.12%) MySQL
8 11 (1.03%) Elasticsearch
9 10 (0.94%) Relational Database
10 8 (0.75%) Redis
11 7 (0.66%) Metadata
12 6 (0.56%) GIS
13 5 (0.47%) Big Data
13 5 (0.47%) Tableau
14 4 (0.37%) SAP HANA
15 3 (0.28%) Amazon Redshift
15 3 (0.28%) DB2
15 3 (0.28%) Hadoop
15 3 (0.28%) Neo4j
15 3 (0.28%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 32 (3.00%) Git
2 31 (2.90%) Jenkins
3 23 (2.15%) Balsamiq
4 21 (1.97%) JIRA
5 20 (1.87%) Axure RP
6 14 (1.31%) GitLab
7 13 (1.22%) Selenium
8 12 (1.12%) Cypress.io
9 8 (0.75%) WebDriver
10 7 (0.66%) TeamCity
11 6 (0.56%) Babel
11 6 (0.56%) webpack
12 5 (0.47%) Burp Suite
12 5 (0.47%) Metasploit
13 4 (0.37%) MLflow
13 4 (0.37%) Robot Framework
13 4 (0.37%) SonarQube
14 3 (0.28%) Oracle APEX
14 3 (0.28%) Oracle Forms
14 3 (0.28%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 290 (27.15%) Social Skills
2 263 (24.63%) Finance
3 238 (22.28%) Public Sector
4 175 (16.39%) Analytical Skills
5 99 (9.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 83 (7.77%) Law
6 83 (7.77%) Manufacturing
7 80 (7.49%) Electronics
8 70 (6.55%) Telecoms
9 69 (6.46%) Marketing
10 31 (2.90%) Presentation Skills
11 28 (2.62%) Aerospace
12 24 (2.25%) Military
13 21 (1.97%) Back Office
14 15 (1.40%) Organisational Skills
15 12 (1.12%) Documentation Skills
15 12 (1.12%) Retail
16 11 (1.03%) Legal
17 10 (0.94%) Aviation
18 7 (0.66%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 152 (14.23%) Senior
2 126 (11.80%) Architect
3 123 (11.52%) Consultant
4 109 (10.21%) Systems Engineer
5 95 (8.90%) Developer
6 70 (6.55%) Lead
7 62 (5.81%) Analyst
8 56 (5.24%) Software Engineer
9 55 (5.15%) Security Consultant
10 52 (4.87%) Administrator
11 44 (4.12%) Infrastructure Engineer
12 43 (4.03%) Systems Administrator
13 33 (3.09%) Designer
14 31 (2.90%) Senior Developer
15 30 (2.81%) Embedded Engineer
15 30 (2.81%) Embedded Software Engineer
16 29 (2.72%) DevOps Engineer
17 28 (2.62%) Cybersecurity Consultant
17 28 (2.62%) Solutions Architect
18 27 (2.53%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (4.21%) React
2 32 (3.00%) OLE
3 29 (2.72%) Node.js
4 24 (2.25%) .NET
5 22 (2.06%) HTML
6 21 (1.97%) CSS
7 19 (1.78%) Spring
8 18 (1.69%) SAP CAF
9 17 (1.59%) Django
9 17 (1.59%) Spring Boot
10 15 (1.40%) SAP Fiori
11 14 (1.31%) HTML5 Canvas
12 13 (1.22%) AngularJS
13 12 (1.12%) REST
14 10 (0.94%) Elastic Stack
15 9 (0.84%) Kafka
15 9 (0.84%) RESTful
16 8 (0.75%) Middleware
16 8 (0.75%) SOAP
16 8 (0.75%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 149 (13.95%) e-Learning
2 56 (5.24%) Cloud Native
3 46 (4.31%) Data Centre
4 40 (3.75%) Product Ownership
5 39 (3.65%) Self-Motivation
6 37 (3.46%) Analytical Mindset
7 27 (2.53%) Embedded Systems
7 27 (2.53%) Management Information System
8 26 (2.43%) MicroBlaze
8 26 (2.43%) RISC-V
9 22 (2.06%) Hybrid Cloud
9 22 (2.06%) Onboarding
10 21 (1.97%) Driving Licence
11 19 (1.78%) Security Posture
12 18 (1.69%) Algorithms
13 15 (1.40%) Private Cloud
14 12 (1.12%) FPGA
14 12 (1.12%) Virtual Team
15 11 (1.03%) Distributed Systems
15 11 (1.03%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 156 (14.61%) Linux
2 80 (7.49%) Windows
3 51 (4.78%) Unix
4 26 (2.43%) Embedded Linux
5 23 (2.15%) Windows 10
6 16 (1.50%) Windows Server
7 12 (1.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 9 (0.84%) CentOS
8 9 (0.84%) Solaris
9 8 (0.75%) Rocky
9 8 (0.75%) Windows Server 2019
10 5 (0.47%) Debian
10 5 (0.47%) Mac OS X
10 5 (0.47%) Ubuntu
11 4 (0.37%) Android
11 4 (0.37%) HPUX
11 4 (0.37%) Oracle Linux
12 3 (0.28%) VMS
13 2 (0.19%) Kali Linux
14 1 (0.094%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 244 (22.85%) Agile
2 196 (18.35%) Problem-Solving
3 175 (16.39%) Innovative Thinking
4 151 (14.14%) Cybersecurity
5 141 (13.20%) Software Engineering
6 129 (12.08%) Continuous Improvement
7 123 (11.52%) DevOps
8 112 (10.49%) CI/CD
9 108 (10.11%) Mentoring
10 102 (9.55%) Business Intelligence
11 82 (7.68%) Analytics
11 82 (7.68%) Computer Science
12 76 (7.12%) Infrastructure as Code
13 69 (6.46%) Collaborative Culture
14 68 (6.37%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 67 (6.27%) High Availability
15 67 (6.27%) Technology Strategy
16 66 (6.18%) Community of Practice
17 64 (5.99%) AI
18 62 (5.81%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 133 (12.45%) Python
2 81 (7.58%) JavaScript
3 77 (7.21%) Java
4 48 (4.49%) SQL
5 45 (4.21%) C
6 44 (4.12%) C++
6 44 (4.12%) PowerShell
7 40 (3.75%) C#
8 37 (3.46%) Bash
9 30 (2.81%) TypeScript
10 22 (2.06%) Bicep
11 15 (1.40%) Go
12 12 (1.12%) MATLAB
13 8 (0.75%) ABAP
13 8 (0.75%) Apex Code
13 8 (0.75%) Kotlin
14 7 (0.66%) PL/SQL
14 7 (0.66%) VBA
15 5 (0.47%) Korn
15 5 (0.47%) Scala
Qualifications
1 776 (72.66%) SC Cleared
2 278 (26.03%) Degree
3 243 (22.75%) DV Cleared
4 81 (7.58%) Cisco Certification
5 74 (6.93%) BPSS Clearance
6 72 (6.74%) CISSP
7 64 (5.99%) CCNP
8 59 (5.52%) Computer Science Degree
9 45 (4.21%) CCNA
10 42 (3.93%) CISM
11 41 (3.84%) Azure Certification
12 37 (3.46%) Microsoft Certification
13 36 (3.37%) AWS Certification
13 36 (3.37%) CompTIA Security+
14 32 (3.00%) CEH
15 23 (2.15%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 20 (1.87%) SAP Certification
17 19 (1.78%) CTC Cleared
18 18 (1.69%) Master's Degree
18 18 (1.69%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (9.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 84 (7.87%) NIST
3 47 (4.40%) Accessibility
4 41 (3.84%) QA
5 34 (3.18%) GDPR
6 33 (3.09%) GRC
7 31 (2.90%) SLA
8 29 (2.72%) PCI DSS
9 23 (2.15%) WCAG
10 18 (1.69%) NCSC
11 9 (0.84%) Data Quality
11 9 (0.84%) JSP 440
12 8 (0.75%) ISO 9001
13 5 (0.47%) NIST 800
14 4 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
14 4 (0.37%) ISO 19650
14 4 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 3 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
15 3 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 3 (0.28%) SOC 2
System Software
1 57 (5.34%) Docker
2 43 (4.03%) Firmware
3 37 (3.46%) Active Directory
4 29 (2.72%) VMware Infrastructure
5 26 (2.43%) Embedded Firmware
6 17 (1.59%) Hyper-V
7 16 (1.50%) Virtual Machines
8 8 (0.75%) vSphere
9 4 (0.37%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.28%) IAG
11 2 (0.19%) pfSense
12 1 (0.094%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 1 (0.094%) vCloud
12 1 (0.094%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 76 (7.12%) Kubernetes
2 72 (6.74%) Terraform
3 44 (4.12%) Ansible
4 30 (2.81%) Grafana
5 8 (0.75%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.56%) Microsoft Intune
6 6 (0.56%) SCOM
7 5 (0.47%) Kibana
7 5 (0.47%) SCCM
8 4 (0.37%) Nmap
8 4 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.28%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.28%) Argo
9 3 (0.28%) Docker Swarm
9 3 (0.28%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.28%) Nagios
9 3 (0.28%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 2 (0.19%) Endace
10 2 (0.19%) Functional Safety
10 2 (0.19%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 130 (12.17%) Microsoft
2 103 (9.64%) SAP
3 100 (9.36%) Cisco
4 43 (4.03%) VMware
5 36 (3.37%) Google
5 36 (3.37%) Sparx
6 32 (3.00%) Salesforce
7 24 (2.25%) Red Hat
8 22 (2.06%) Adobe
9 20 (1.87%) Juniper
9 20 (1.87%) Oracle
10 15 (1.40%) ServiceNow
11 12 (1.12%) Splunk
12 10 (0.94%) Dell
13 7 (0.66%) Fortinet
14 6 (0.56%) Databricks
14 6 (0.56%) MuleSoft
15 5 (0.47%) F5
15 5 (0.47%) HubSpot
15 5 (0.47%) NetApp