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

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 26 21
Rank change year-on-year -1 -5 +22
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,104 1,568 2,016
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.23% 7.98% 9.63%
As % of the Qualifications category 20.83% 29.85% 34.67%
Number of salaries quoted 701 917 1,393
10th Percentile £41,895 £41,050 £38,856
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £87,250
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +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 5,300 5,253 5,815
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.70% 26.72% 27.77%
Number of salaries quoted 2,456 2,671 4,332
10th Percentile £29,750 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,806 £45,575
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £76,063
90th Percentile £92,750 £89,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,033 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.23% +0.93% +0.77%

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 29 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 28 (2.54%) SharePoint
2 12 (1.09%) Confluence
3 9 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.45%) Appian
5 4 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.36%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.27%) Tomcat
6 3 (0.27%) WebLogic
6 3 (0.27%) WebLogic Portal
6 3 (0.27%) WordPress
7 2 (0.18%) Apache
7 2 (0.18%) ArcGIS
7 2 (0.18%) GeoServer
7 2 (0.18%) Oracle Spatial
8 1 (0.091%) Camunda
8 1 (0.091%) IIS
Applications
1 35 (3.17%) Microsoft Office
2 24 (2.17%) Adobe XD
3 17 (1.54%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.36%) Revit
6 3 (0.27%) AutoCAD
6 3 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.27%) Simulink
7 2 (0.18%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.18%) Navisworks
8 1 (0.091%) Civil 3D
8 1 (0.091%) EPLAN
Business Applications
1 34 (3.08%) SAP S/4HANA
2 28 (2.54%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 17 (1.54%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (0.63%) SAP PP
5 6 (0.54%) SAP SCM
6 4 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.36%) Primavera
6 4 (0.36%) SAP CO
6 4 (0.36%) SAP FI
6 4 (0.36%) SAP FI/CO
7 3 (0.27%) SAP BPC
7 3 (0.27%) SAP PM
8 2 (0.18%) Remedy ITSM
8 2 (0.18%) SAP APO
8 2 (0.18%) SAP EWM
8 2 (0.18%) SAP IBP
8 2 (0.18%) SAP MM
8 2 (0.18%) SAP QM
9 1 (0.091%) Q-Pulse
9 1 (0.091%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 212 (19.20%) Azure
2 182 (16.49%) AWS
3 76 (6.88%) Microsoft 365
4 50 (4.53%) Power Platform
5 44 (3.99%) GCP
6 37 (3.35%) Entra ID
7 36 (3.26%) AWS CloudFormation
8 31 (2.81%) Azure DevOps
8 31 (2.81%) PowerApps
9 28 (2.54%) Dynamics 365
9 28 (2.54%) Power Automate
10 27 (2.45%) GitHub
11 26 (2.36%) Figma
11 26 (2.36%) Serverless
12 25 (2.26%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 25 (2.26%) Amazon EKS
13 24 (2.17%) Amazon ECS
14 20 (1.81%) GitHub Actions
14 20 (1.81%) SaaS
15 19 (1.72%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 37 (3.35%) Firewall
1 37 (3.35%) Network Security
2 29 (2.63%) VPN
3 20 (1.81%) Wireless
4 19 (1.72%) Software-Defined Radio
5 18 (1.63%) LAN
6 17 (1.54%) TCP/IP
7 15 (1.36%) WAN
8 11 (1.00%) Wi-Fi
9 10 (0.91%) Ethernet
10 9 (0.82%) Junos
11 8 (0.72%) DNS
11 8 (0.72%) SAN
12 7 (0.63%) BGP
12 7 (0.63%) MPLS
12 7 (0.63%) SD-WAN
13 6 (0.54%) IPsec
14 5 (0.45%) Wireshark
15 4 (0.36%) Cisco IOS
15 4 (0.36%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (3.17%) PostgreSQL
1 35 (3.17%) Power BI
2 18 (1.63%) NoSQL
3 17 (1.54%) Amazon RDS
4 16 (1.45%) MongoDB
5 13 (1.18%) MySQL
6 12 (1.09%) Relational Database
6 12 (1.09%) SQL Server
7 10 (0.91%) Elasticsearch
8 8 (0.72%) Redis
9 7 (0.63%) Metadata
9 7 (0.63%) Tableau
10 6 (0.54%) SAP HANA
11 5 (0.45%) Big Data
11 5 (0.45%) GIS
12 4 (0.36%) Amazon Redshift
12 4 (0.36%) Data Warehouse
13 3 (0.27%) Neo4j
13 3 (0.27%) Oracle Database
13 3 (0.27%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 31 (2.81%) Git
2 29 (2.63%) Jenkins
3 27 (2.45%) Balsamiq
4 24 (2.17%) Axure RP
5 20 (1.81%) JIRA
6 13 (1.18%) Selenium
7 12 (1.09%) GitLab
8 11 (1.00%) Cypress.io
9 8 (0.72%) WebDriver
10 6 (0.54%) Babel
10 6 (0.54%) TeamCity
10 6 (0.54%) webpack
11 5 (0.45%) Burp Suite
11 5 (0.45%) Metasploit
12 4 (0.36%) MLflow
12 4 (0.36%) Robot Framework
12 4 (0.36%) SonarQube
13 3 (0.27%) Oracle APEX
13 3 (0.27%) Oracle Forms
13 3 (0.27%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 282 (25.54%) Social Skills
2 252 (22.83%) Public Sector
3 231 (20.92%) Finance
4 174 (15.76%) Analytical Skills
5 98 (8.88%) Manufacturing
6 93 (8.42%) Law
7 92 (8.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 90 (8.15%) Electronics
9 82 (7.43%) Telecoms
10 78 (7.07%) Marketing
11 32 (2.90%) Presentation Skills
12 26 (2.36%) Aerospace
13 25 (2.26%) Military
14 23 (2.08%) Back Office
15 15 (1.36%) Organisational Skills
16 12 (1.09%) Legal
16 12 (1.09%) Retail
17 11 (1.00%) Documentation Skills
18 8 (0.72%) Aviation
19 7 (0.63%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 144 (13.04%) Senior
2 139 (12.59%) Consultant
3 114 (10.33%) Architect
4 112 (10.14%) Systems Engineer
5 97 (8.79%) Developer
6 71 (6.43%) Lead
7 65 (5.89%) Analyst
8 62 (5.62%) Security Consultant
9 55 (4.98%) Software Engineer
10 48 (4.35%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 47 (4.26%) Administrator
12 37 (3.35%) Systems Administrator
13 35 (3.17%) Designer
14 32 (2.90%) Senior Developer
15 30 (2.72%) Solutions Architect
16 29 (2.63%) Cybersecurity Consultant
17 28 (2.54%) Support Engineer
18 26 (2.36%) DevOps Engineer
18 26 (2.36%) Embedded Engineer
19 25 (2.26%) Embedded Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (4.17%) React
2 38 (3.44%) OLE
3 27 (2.45%) Node.js
4 26 (2.36%) .NET
5 25 (2.26%) HTML
6 24 (2.17%) CSS
6 24 (2.17%) SAP CAF
7 19 (1.72%) Spring
8 17 (1.54%) Django
8 17 (1.54%) SAP Fiori
8 17 (1.54%) Spring Boot
9 16 (1.45%) HTML5 Canvas
10 14 (1.27%) AngularJS
10 14 (1.27%) REST
11 10 (0.91%) Elastic Stack
11 10 (0.91%) Kafka
12 9 (0.82%) Lightning Web Components
12 9 (0.82%) Middleware
12 9 (0.82%) RESTful
12 9 (0.82%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 112 (10.14%) e-Learning
2 60 (5.43%) Cloud Native
3 46 (4.17%) Product Ownership
4 44 (3.99%) Data Centre
5 38 (3.44%) Analytical Mindset
5 38 (3.44%) Self-Motivation
6 26 (2.36%) Management Information System
7 23 (2.08%) Onboarding
8 22 (1.99%) Security Posture
9 21 (1.90%) Hybrid Cloud
10 19 (1.72%) Embedded Systems
11 18 (1.63%) Driving Licence
11 18 (1.63%) MicroBlaze
11 18 (1.63%) RISC-V
12 17 (1.54%) Algorithms
13 15 (1.36%) Private Cloud
14 12 (1.09%) PKI
15 11 (1.00%) Virtual Team
16 10 (0.91%) Distributed Systems
17 9 (0.82%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 141 (12.77%) Linux
2 84 (7.61%) Windows
3 50 (4.53%) Unix
4 24 (2.17%) Windows 10
5 18 (1.63%) Embedded Linux
6 17 (1.54%) Windows Server
7 11 (1.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 8 (0.72%) CentOS
8 8 (0.72%) Rocky
8 8 (0.72%) Solaris
8 8 (0.72%) Windows Server 2019
9 6 (0.54%) Ubuntu
10 5 (0.45%) Debian
10 5 (0.45%) Mac OS X
11 4 (0.36%) Android
12 3 (0.27%) HPUX
12 3 (0.27%) Oracle Linux
12 3 (0.27%) VMS
13 2 (0.18%) Kali Linux
14 1 (0.091%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 249 (22.55%) Agile
2 189 (17.12%) Problem-Solving
3 151 (13.68%) Cybersecurity
4 146 (13.22%) Software Engineering
5 139 (12.59%) Innovative Thinking
6 125 (11.32%) Continuous Improvement
7 121 (10.96%) DevOps
8 110 (9.96%) Business Intelligence
9 109 (9.87%) CI/CD
10 100 (9.06%) Mentoring
11 90 (8.15%) Analytics
12 80 (7.25%) Computer Science
13 75 (6.79%) Collaborative Culture
14 74 (6.70%) Community of Practice
15 72 (6.52%) Infrastructure as Code
16 69 (6.25%) Digital Marketing
16 69 (6.25%) Programme Management
16 69 (6.25%) Technology Strategy
17 68 (6.16%) AI
17 68 (6.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 131 (11.87%) Python
2 87 (7.88%) JavaScript
3 77 (6.97%) Java
4 47 (4.26%) SQL
5 43 (3.89%) C#
6 40 (3.62%) PowerShell
7 39 (3.53%) C
8 38 (3.44%) C++
9 33 (2.99%) Bash
10 29 (2.63%) TypeScript
11 22 (1.99%) Bicep
12 14 (1.27%) Go
13 11 (1.00%) MATLAB
14 9 (0.82%) Apex Code
15 8 (0.72%) ABAP
15 8 (0.72%) Kotlin
16 7 (0.63%) Ada
17 6 (0.54%) Scala
17 6 (0.54%) VBA
18 5 (0.45%) R
Qualifications
1 742 (67.21%) SC Cleared
2 275 (24.91%) Degree
3 244 (22.10%) DV Cleared
4 77 (6.97%) CISSP
5 74 (6.70%) BPSS Clearance
6 69 (6.25%) Cisco Certification
7 59 (5.34%) Computer Science Degree
8 51 (4.62%) CCNP
9 47 (4.26%) CISM
10 44 (3.99%) Azure Certification
11 41 (3.71%) CCNA
11 41 (3.71%) Microsoft Certification
12 35 (3.17%) CompTIA Security+
13 34 (3.08%) AWS Certification
14 32 (2.90%) CEH
15 29 (2.63%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 23 (2.08%) CTC Cleared
17 20 (1.81%) SAP Certification
18 17 (1.54%) Master's Degree
19 11 (1.00%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (8.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 83 (7.52%) NIST
3 49 (4.44%) Accessibility
4 42 (3.80%) GRC
5 39 (3.53%) QA
6 34 (3.08%) GDPR
7 32 (2.90%) SLA
8 31 (2.81%) PCI DSS
9 26 (2.36%) WCAG
10 12 (1.09%) NCSC
11 11 (1.00%) JSP 440
12 10 (0.91%) Data Quality
13 7 (0.63%) ISO 9001
14 6 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 5 (0.45%) NIST 800
16 4 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
17 3 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
17 3 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 3 (0.27%) ISO 14001
17 3 (0.27%) ISO 19650
System Software
1 57 (5.16%) Docker
2 35 (3.17%) Firmware
3 32 (2.90%) Active Directory
4 28 (2.54%) VMware Infrastructure
5 18 (1.63%) Embedded Firmware
6 16 (1.45%) Hyper-V
7 15 (1.36%) Virtual Machines
8 7 (0.63%) vSphere
9 4 (0.36%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.27%) IAG
11 2 (0.18%) pfSense
12 1 (0.091%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 1 (0.091%) vCloud
12 1 (0.091%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 74 (6.70%) Kubernetes
2 69 (6.25%) Terraform
3 41 (3.71%) Ansible
4 30 (2.72%) Grafana
5 7 (0.63%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.54%) SCOM
7 5 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (0.36%) Kibana
8 4 (0.36%) Nmap
8 4 (0.36%) SCCM
8 4 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.27%) Argo
9 3 (0.27%) Docker Swarm
9 3 (0.27%) Endace
9 3 (0.27%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.27%) Nessus
9 3 (0.27%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 2 (0.18%) Nagios
10 2 (0.18%) WSUS
10 2 (0.18%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 135 (12.23%) Microsoft
2 115 (10.42%) SAP
3 90 (8.15%) Cisco
4 40 (3.62%) VMware
5 39 (3.53%) Google
6 34 (3.08%) Salesforce
7 28 (2.54%) Sparx
8 24 (2.17%) Adobe
9 19 (1.72%) Oracle
10 17 (1.54%) Red Hat
11 16 (1.45%) Juniper
12 15 (1.36%) ServiceNow
13 11 (1.00%) Splunk
14 10 (0.91%) Dell
15 7 (0.63%) MuleSoft
16 6 (0.54%) Databricks
16 6 (0.54%) Fortinet
17 5 (0.45%) CheckPoint
17 5 (0.45%) F5
17 5 (0.45%) NetApp