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

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 30 22
Rank change year-on-year +7 -8 +18
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,223 1,316 1,950
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.05% 7.70% 9.51%
As % of the Qualifications category 24.22% 27.49% 34.60%
Number of salaries quoted 771 799 1,301
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,350 £38,734
25th Percentile £51,250 £50,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £79,600 £74,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +4.35% -

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 5,049 4,787 5,636
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 33.23% 28.01% 27.48%
Number of salaries quoted 2,456 2,485 4,070
10th Percentile £30,500 £35,000 £35,483
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,000 £46,050
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +2.50% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £75,375
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £91,934
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,430 £57,500
% change year-on-year -7.45% +3.36% -

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 December 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 26 (2.13%) SharePoint
2 10 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.57%) Apache Airflow
3 7 (0.57%) Confluence
4 5 (0.41%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.33%) ArcGIS
5 4 (0.33%) GeoServer
5 4 (0.33%) Oracle Spatial
6 3 (0.25%) Apache
6 3 (0.25%) Tomcat
6 3 (0.25%) WebLogic
6 3 (0.25%) WebLogic Portal
6 3 (0.25%) WordPress
7 2 (0.16%) Camunda
8 1 (0.082%) IIS
Applications
1 49 (4.01%) Microsoft Office
2 27 (2.21%) Adobe XD
3 16 (1.31%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.41%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.25%) AutoCAD
5 3 (0.25%) Simulink
6 2 (0.16%) InVision
6 2 (0.16%) Sketch
7 1 (0.082%) EPLAN
7 1 (0.082%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.082%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.082%) Revit
Business Applications
1 26 (2.13%) SAP S/4HANA
2 22 (1.80%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 17 (1.39%) Dynamics CRM
4 4 (0.33%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.33%) Primavera
4 4 (0.33%) SAP CO
4 4 (0.33%) SAP FI
4 4 (0.33%) SAP FI/CO
4 4 (0.33%) SAP PP
5 3 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.25%) SAP PM
6 2 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.16%) SAP SCM
7 1 (0.082%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.082%) Q-Pulse
7 1 (0.082%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.082%) SAP HCM
7 1 (0.082%) SAP HR
7 1 (0.082%) SAP IBP
7 1 (0.082%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 208 (17.01%) Azure
2 173 (14.15%) AWS
3 85 (6.95%) Microsoft 365
4 50 (4.09%) Power Platform
5 42 (3.43%) GCP
6 36 (2.94%) AWS CloudFormation
7 32 (2.62%) Azure DevOps
8 31 (2.53%) PowerApps
9 29 (2.37%) Figma
10 27 (2.21%) Dynamics 365
10 27 (2.21%) Power Automate
11 26 (2.13%) Entra ID
11 26 (2.13%) GitHub
12 25 (2.04%) Amazon EKS
12 25 (2.04%) Serverless
13 23 (1.88%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 21 (1.72%) Amazon ECS
15 19 (1.55%) AWS Lambda
16 18 (1.47%) Amazon S3
16 18 (1.47%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 39 (3.19%) Firewall
1 39 (3.19%) Network Security
2 27 (2.21%) VPN
3 17 (1.39%) TCP/IP
4 15 (1.23%) Wireless
5 14 (1.14%) LAN
5 14 (1.14%) Software-Defined Radio
6 11 (0.90%) DNS
6 11 (0.90%) WAN
7 10 (0.82%) BGP
8 9 (0.74%) Ethernet
8 9 (0.74%) Wi-Fi
9 7 (0.57%) IPsec
9 7 (0.57%) MPLS
10 6 (0.49%) SAN
11 5 (0.41%) DMZ
11 5 (0.41%) SD-WAN
12 4 (0.33%) Cisco Firepower
12 4 (0.33%) DHCP
12 4 (0.33%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (2.94%) Power BI
2 32 (2.62%) PostgreSQL
3 18 (1.47%) NoSQL
4 16 (1.31%) Amazon RDS
5 15 (1.23%) SQL Server
6 13 (1.06%) Metadata
6 13 (1.06%) MongoDB
7 12 (0.98%) MySQL
7 12 (0.98%) Relational Database
8 10 (0.82%) Elasticsearch
9 8 (0.65%) Redis
9 8 (0.65%) Tableau
10 6 (0.49%) GIS
11 5 (0.41%) Big Data
11 5 (0.41%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (0.41%) SAP HANA
12 4 (0.33%) Amazon Redshift
12 4 (0.33%) BigQuery
12 4 (0.33%) QGIS
12 4 (0.33%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 30 (2.45%) Git
1 30 (2.45%) Jenkins
2 28 (2.29%) Balsamiq
3 26 (2.13%) Axure RP
4 16 (1.31%) JIRA
5 14 (1.14%) Selenium
6 12 (0.98%) GitLab
7 11 (0.90%) Cypress.io
8 9 (0.74%) WebDriver
9 6 (0.49%) Babel
9 6 (0.49%) webpack
10 5 (0.41%) Burp Suite
10 5 (0.41%) Metasploit
10 5 (0.41%) TeamCity
11 4 (0.33%) MLflow
11 4 (0.33%) Robot Framework
11 4 (0.33%) SonarQube
12 3 (0.25%) Oracle APEX
12 3 (0.25%) Oracle Forms
12 3 (0.25%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 293 (23.96%) Social Skills
2 259 (21.18%) Public Sector
3 213 (17.42%) Finance
4 176 (14.39%) Analytical Skills
5 104 (8.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 101 (8.26%) Law
7 100 (8.18%) Manufacturing
8 81 (6.62%) Electronics
9 79 (6.46%) Telecoms
10 76 (6.21%) Marketing
11 31 (2.53%) Back Office
12 29 (2.37%) Military
13 25 (2.04%) Aerospace
13 25 (2.04%) Presentation Skills
14 19 (1.55%) Organisational Skills
15 18 (1.47%) Retail
16 11 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
16 11 (0.90%) Legal
17 10 (0.82%) Influencing Skills
18 8 (0.65%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 157 (12.84%) Systems Engineer
2 144 (11.77%) Senior
3 129 (10.55%) Consultant
4 119 (9.73%) Architect
5 102 (8.34%) Analyst
6 83 (6.79%) Developer
7 79 (6.46%) Lead
8 64 (5.23%) Software Engineer
9 56 (4.58%) Security Consultant
10 55 (4.50%) Business Analyst
11 45 (3.68%) Support Engineer
12 43 (3.52%) Administrator
13 37 (3.03%) Designer
13 37 (3.03%) Solutions Architect
14 36 (2.94%) Infrastructure Engineer
15 32 (2.62%) Site Engineer
15 32 (2.62%) Systems Administrator
16 30 (2.45%) Desktop Engineer
17 29 (2.37%) Cloud Engineer
17 29 (2.37%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (3.84%) React
2 34 (2.78%) .NET
3 27 (2.21%) HTML
4 26 (2.13%) CSS
5 25 (2.04%) OLE
6 24 (1.96%) SAP CAF
7 22 (1.80%) Spring
8 21 (1.72%) Node.js
9 19 (1.55%) Spring Boot
10 18 (1.47%) Django
11 15 (1.23%) HTML5 Canvas
11 15 (1.23%) REST
12 14 (1.14%) AngularJS
13 12 (0.98%) Kafka
13 12 (0.98%) SAP Fiori
14 11 (0.90%) Lightning Web Components
15 10 (0.82%) Middleware
15 10 (0.82%) Web Services
16 9 (0.74%) Elastic Stack
16 9 (0.74%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 92 (7.52%) e-Learning
2 59 (4.82%) Cloud Native
3 46 (3.76%) Product Ownership
4 43 (3.52%) Self-Motivation
5 37 (3.03%) Data Centre
6 36 (2.94%) Analytical Mindset
7 26 (2.13%) Security Posture
8 22 (1.80%) Onboarding
9 20 (1.64%) Management Information System
10 16 (1.31%) Algorithms
10 16 (1.31%) Driving Licence
11 15 (1.23%) Hybrid Cloud
12 14 (1.14%) Embedded Systems
12 14 (1.14%) PKI
13 13 (1.06%) MicroBlaze
13 13 (1.06%) RISC-V
14 11 (0.90%) Distributed Systems
15 10 (0.82%) Private Cloud
16 9 (0.74%) AI Agents
17 8 (0.65%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 125 (10.22%) Linux
2 88 (7.20%) Windows
3 45 (3.68%) Unix
4 33 (2.70%) Windows 10
5 19 (1.55%) Windows Server
6 13 (1.06%) Embedded Linux
7 9 (0.74%) Ubuntu
8 8 (0.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 5 (0.41%) CentOS
9 5 (0.41%) Debian
9 5 (0.41%) Mac OS X
9 5 (0.41%) Rocky
9 5 (0.41%) Solaris
9 5 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
10 3 (0.25%) VMS
11 1 (0.082%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.082%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 243 (19.87%) Agile
2 188 (15.37%) Problem-Solving
3 152 (12.43%) Software Engineering
4 148 (12.10%) Cybersecurity
5 126 (10.30%) DevOps
6 121 (9.89%) Innovative Thinking
7 120 (9.81%) Continuous Improvement
8 111 (9.08%) Business Intelligence
9 106 (8.67%) CI/CD
10 102 (8.34%) Analytics
11 90 (7.36%) Mentoring
12 82 (6.70%) Community of Practice
13 80 (6.54%) Collaborative Culture
14 79 (6.46%) Technology Strategy
15 78 (6.38%) Computer Science
16 73 (5.97%) ITIL
17 72 (5.89%) AI
18 69 (5.64%) Digital Marketing
19 68 (5.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
20 67 (5.48%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 138 (11.28%) Python
2 84 (6.87%) JavaScript
3 82 (6.70%) Java
4 51 (4.17%) SQL
5 48 (3.92%) C#
6 38 (3.11%) PowerShell
7 34 (2.78%) C
8 33 (2.70%) Bash
8 33 (2.70%) C++
9 29 (2.37%) TypeScript
10 22 (1.80%) Bicep
11 13 (1.06%) Go
12 11 (0.90%) Apex Code
12 11 (0.90%) MATLAB
13 9 (0.74%) Ada
14 7 (0.57%) Scala
15 6 (0.49%) ABAP
15 6 (0.49%) VBA
16 5 (0.41%) Korn
16 5 (0.41%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 756 (61.82%) SC Cleared
2 281 (22.98%) Degree
3 240 (19.62%) DV Cleared
4 75 (6.13%) CISSP
5 72 (5.89%) BPSS Clearance
6 59 (4.82%) Computer Science Degree
7 56 (4.58%) Cisco Certification
8 46 (3.76%) CISM
8 46 (3.76%) Microsoft Certification
9 43 (3.52%) Azure Certification
10 39 (3.19%) CCNP
11 38 (3.11%) CCNA
12 32 (2.62%) CEH
13 31 (2.53%) CompTIA Security+
13 31 (2.53%) CTC Cleared
14 29 (2.37%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 28 (2.29%) AWS Certification
16 17 (1.39%) Master's Degree
17 12 (0.98%) SAP Certification
18 11 (0.90%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (8.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 84 (6.87%) NIST
3 55 (4.50%) Accessibility
4 42 (3.43%) GRC
5 38 (3.11%) QA
5 38 (3.11%) SLA
6 33 (2.70%) GDPR
7 32 (2.62%) PCI DSS
8 28 (2.29%) WCAG
9 17 (1.39%) Data Quality
10 12 (0.98%) JSP 440
10 12 (0.98%) NCSC
11 7 (0.57%) ISO 9001
11 7 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 5 (0.41%) Actionable Recommendations
12 5 (0.41%) Cyber Essentials
12 5 (0.41%) NIST 800
13 4 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 3 (0.25%) ISO 14001
14 3 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 58 (4.74%) Docker
2 30 (2.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 27 (2.21%) Active Directory
4 26 (2.13%) Firmware
5 13 (1.06%) Embedded Firmware
6 12 (0.98%) Hyper-V
7 11 (0.90%) Virtual Machines
8 6 (0.49%) VMware NSX
8 6 (0.49%) vSphere
9 2 (0.16%) pfSense
10 1 (0.082%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.082%) vCloud
10 1 (0.082%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 75 (6.13%) Kubernetes
2 72 (5.89%) Terraform
3 41 (3.35%) Ansible
4 28 (2.29%) Grafana
5 7 (0.57%) Microsoft Intune
5 7 (0.57%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.49%) SCOM
7 5 (0.41%) Nmap
8 4 (0.33%) Kibana
8 4 (0.33%) SCCM
9 3 (0.25%) Argo
9 3 (0.25%) Docker Swarm
9 3 (0.25%) Endace
9 3 (0.25%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.25%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 3 (0.25%) WSUS
10 2 (0.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 2 (0.16%) Nagios
10 2 (0.16%) Nessus
10 2 (0.16%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 132 (10.79%) Microsoft
2 106 (8.67%) SAP
3 94 (7.69%) Cisco
4 41 (3.35%) Google
5 37 (3.03%) Salesforce
6 36 (2.94%) VMware
7 27 (2.21%) Adobe
8 22 (1.80%) Sparx
9 19 (1.55%) Oracle
10 16 (1.31%) Red Hat
10 16 (1.31%) ServiceNow
11 11 (0.90%) Splunk
12 9 (0.74%) Juniper
13 8 (0.65%) MuleSoft
14 7 (0.57%) CheckPoint
14 7 (0.57%) Databricks
14 7 (0.57%) Dell
15 6 (0.49%) F5
15 6 (0.49%) Fortinet
16 5 (0.41%) NetApp