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 3 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 33 25
Rank change year-on-year +9 -8 -1
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,747 1,141 1,875
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.48% 6.98% 7.75%
As % of the Qualifications category 36.59% 20.32% 28.79%
Number of salaries quoted 1,163 591 1,195
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,250 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% -1.64%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £79,225
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +12.00% +4.17% -

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 4,774 5,614 6,513
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.43% 34.35% 26.91%
Number of salaries quoted 3,073 2,399 3,418
10th Percentile £33,750 £30,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £41,250 £44,027
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £58,800
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -2.21% -2.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 3 September 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 38 (2.18%) Apache
2 33 (1.89%) SharePoint
3 29 (1.66%) Apache Spark
4 15 (0.86%) Confluence
5 13 (0.74%) Anypoint
5 13 (0.74%) Mule
6 10 (0.57%) Apache Airflow
7 8 (0.46%) Jupyter
7 8 (0.46%) nginx
8 7 (0.40%) Camunda
8 7 (0.40%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 5 (0.29%) IIS
10 3 (0.17%) Apache Solr
10 3 (0.17%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.17%) GeoServer
10 3 (0.17%) Oracle Spatial
11 2 (0.11%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.11%) WordPress
12 1 (0.057%) CMS
12 1 (0.057%) Drupal
Applications
1 27 (1.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (1.20%) Simulink
3 15 (0.86%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 8 (0.46%) Adobe XD
6 7 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
6 7 (0.40%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.23%) Mathcad
7 4 (0.23%) Windchill
8 2 (0.11%) InDesign
9 1 (0.057%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.057%) CATIA
9 1 (0.057%) FrameMaker
9 1 (0.057%) Houdini
9 1 (0.057%) InVision
9 1 (0.057%) NUKE
9 1 (0.057%) Sketch
9 1 (0.057%) SOLIDWORKS
9 1 (0.057%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.057%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 16 (0.92%) Primavera
2 15 (0.86%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.34%) Workday HCM
4 5 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
4 5 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
4 5 (0.29%) SAP ERP
4 5 (0.29%) Teamcenter
5 2 (0.11%) SAP QM
6 1 (0.057%) Magento
6 1 (0.057%) SAP BPC
6 1 (0.057%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.057%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.057%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.057%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.057%) SAP PSCD
6 1 (0.057%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 442 (25.30%) Azure
2 417 (23.87%) AWS
3 128 (7.33%) GCP
4 78 (4.46%) Power Platform
5 76 (4.35%) Microsoft 365
6 72 (4.12%) Entra ID
7 43 (2.46%) AWS CloudFormation
8 41 (2.35%) GitHub
9 38 (2.18%) dbt
10 28 (1.60%) Serverless
11 27 (1.55%) Azure DevOps
12 25 (1.43%) OpenShift
13 24 (1.37%) SaaS
14 22 (1.26%) Azure Sentinel
15 21 (1.20%) Amazon S3
16 20 (1.14%) Google Analytics
16 20 (1.14%) Microsoft Purview
17 19 (1.09%) GitHub Actions
18 18 (1.03%) PowerApps
19 17 (0.97%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 51 (2.92%) Network Security
2 50 (2.86%) Firewall
3 42 (2.40%) TCP/IP
4 32 (1.83%) DNS
5 22 (1.26%) WAN
6 16 (0.92%) SSL
6 16 (0.92%) VPN
7 14 (0.80%) LAN
8 13 (0.74%) BGP
8 13 (0.74%) DHCP
9 11 (0.63%) ATM
10 9 (0.52%) Ethernet
10 9 (0.52%) Wireless
11 8 (0.46%) MPLS
11 8 (0.46%) OSPF
12 6 (0.34%) HTTP
13 5 (0.29%) DMZ
13 5 (0.29%) VLAN
14 4 (0.23%) Internet
14 4 (0.23%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (3.55%) Power BI
2 45 (2.58%) PostgreSQL
3 28 (1.60%) Big Data
3 28 (1.60%) Data Warehouse
4 25 (1.43%) SQL Server
5 23 (1.32%) NoSQL
6 20 (1.14%) Relational Database
7 18 (1.03%) Tableau
8 15 (0.86%) Metadata
8 15 (0.86%) MongoDB
8 15 (0.86%) MySQL
9 14 (0.80%) Amazon Athena
9 14 (0.80%) DynamoDB
10 11 (0.63%) Data Lake
11 9 (0.52%) Hadoop
12 7 (0.40%) Redis
13 6 (0.34%) Elasticsearch
14 4 (0.23%) BigQuery
14 4 (0.23%) InfluxDB
14 4 (0.23%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 68 (3.89%) Git
2 39 (2.23%) Jenkins
3 38 (2.18%) GitLab
4 31 (1.77%) JIRA
5 23 (1.32%) Rational DOORS
6 22 (1.26%) JUnit
7 16 (0.92%) Selenium
8 13 (0.74%) Mockito
9 12 (0.69%) Maven
10 9 (0.52%) Balsamiq
10 9 (0.52%) Cucumber
10 9 (0.52%) Postman
11 8 (0.46%) Burp Suite
11 8 (0.46%) Metasploit
12 7 (0.40%) Axure RP
12 7 (0.40%) Cypress.io
12 7 (0.40%) Gatling
12 7 (0.40%) SonarQube
13 6 (0.34%) LabVIEW
14 3 (0.17%) JMeter
General
1 535 (30.62%) Social Skills
2 412 (23.58%) Public Sector
3 343 (19.63%) Finance
4 330 (18.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 222 (12.71%) Analytical Skills
6 170 (9.73%) Aerospace
7 165 (9.44%) Law
8 69 (3.95%) Legal
9 57 (3.26%) Presentation Skills
10 50 (2.86%) Electronics
10 50 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
11 49 (2.80%) Military
12 46 (2.63%) Influencing Skills
13 40 (2.29%) Manufacturing
13 40 (2.29%) Retail
14 34 (1.95%) Telecoms
15 29 (1.66%) Police
16 16 (0.92%) Automotive
16 16 (0.92%) Aviation
16 16 (0.92%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 305 (17.46%) Senior
2 286 (16.37%) Architect
3 196 (11.22%) Consultant
4 160 (9.16%) Lead
5 141 (8.07%) Software Engineer
6 131 (7.50%) Developer
7 127 (7.27%) Analyst
8 105 (6.01%) Solutions Architect
9 66 (3.78%) Data Engineer
9 66 (3.78%) Security Consultant
10 65 (3.72%) Cloud Engineer
11 58 (3.32%) DevOps Engineer
12 57 (3.26%) Principal Engineer
13 54 (3.09%) Security Architect
14 49 (2.80%) Senior Developer
14 49 (2.80%) Senior Manager
15 48 (2.75%) Business Analyst
16 47 (2.69%) Senior Consultant
17 44 (2.52%) Senior Analyst
18 40 (2.29%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 115 (6.58%) Terraform
2 64 (3.66%) React
3 52 (2.98%) REST
4 44 (2.52%) Spring
5 41 (2.35%) .NET
6 34 (1.95%) CSS
7 31 (1.77%) Kafka
8 28 (1.60%) AngularJS
8 28 (1.60%) HTML
9 24 (1.37%) OAuth
10 23 (1.32%) Playwright
11 21 (1.20%) Node.js
11 21 (1.20%) SOAP
12 20 (1.14%) .NET Core
13 19 (1.09%) RESTful
13 19 (1.09%) Spring Boot
14 17 (0.97%) JWT
14 17 (0.97%) PySpark
14 17 (0.97%) Web Services
15 16 (0.92%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 127 (7.27%) Cloud Native
2 64 (3.66%) Self-Motivation
3 58 (3.32%) Product Ownership
4 55 (3.15%) Management Information System
5 50 (2.86%) Onboarding
6 43 (2.46%) Security Posture
7 38 (2.18%) Blog
8 32 (1.83%) Legacy Systems
9 30 (1.72%) Distributed Systems
9 30 (1.72%) Driving Licence
10 29 (1.66%) Cyber Threat
11 28 (1.60%) FPGA
12 27 (1.55%) PKI
13 24 (1.37%) Cyber Defence
13 24 (1.37%) Data Centre
14 22 (1.26%) CMDB
14 22 (1.26%) Enterprise Software
15 21 (1.20%) Algorithms
15 21 (1.20%) Security Operations Centre
16 19 (1.09%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 138 (7.90%) Linux
2 105 (6.01%) Windows
3 41 (2.35%) Windows Server
4 35 (2.00%) Unix
5 12 (0.69%) Windows 10
6 6 (0.34%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (0.29%) VxWorks
8 4 (0.23%) Android
8 4 (0.23%) Embedded Linux
8 4 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.17%) CentOS
9 3 (0.17%) Kali Linux
9 3 (0.17%) OpenWrt
9 3 (0.17%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.11%) Solaris
10 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.057%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.057%) Debian
11 1 (0.057%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 496 (28.39%) Agile
2 320 (18.32%) Continuous Improvement
3 284 (16.26%) Cybersecurity
4 271 (15.51%) Problem-Solving
5 256 (14.65%) Mentoring
6 242 (13.85%) CI/CD
7 241 (13.80%) Software Engineering
8 228 (13.05%) DevOps
9 223 (12.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 205 (11.73%) AI
11 174 (9.96%) Stakeholder Management
12 155 (8.87%) Decision-Making
13 144 (8.24%) Collaborative Culture
14 143 (8.19%) Technical Leadership
15 142 (8.13%) Community of Practice
16 140 (8.01%) Project Delivery
17 137 (7.84%) Scrum
18 136 (7.78%) Analytics
19 133 (7.61%) Coaching
20 130 (7.44%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 209 (11.96%) Python
2 160 (9.16%) Java
3 116 (6.64%) SQL
4 102 (5.84%) JavaScript
5 60 (3.43%) C++
6 57 (3.26%) C#
7 47 (2.69%) Bash
8 42 (2.40%) PowerShell
9 37 (2.12%) TypeScript
10 32 (1.83%) C
11 23 (1.32%) MATLAB
12 21 (1.20%) Ada
13 16 (0.92%) Groovy
14 15 (0.86%) Go
15 14 (0.80%) Rust
16 13 (0.74%) DataWeave
17 12 (0.69%) Kusto Query Language
17 12 (0.69%) PL/SQL
17 12 (0.69%) Ruby
18 9 (0.52%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1,379 (78.94%) SC Cleared
2 419 (23.98%) DV Cleared
3 324 (18.55%) Degree
4 234 (13.39%) BPSS Clearance
5 81 (4.64%) CISSP
6 62 (3.55%) CISM
7 52 (2.98%) Computer Science Degree
8 46 (2.63%) Azure Certification
9 39 (2.23%) AWS Certification
10 30 (1.72%) Master's Degree
11 26 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
12 22 (1.26%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 21 (1.20%) Cisco Certification
14 20 (1.14%) CREST Certified
14 20 (1.14%) CRISC
15 17 (0.97%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 17 (0.97%) PhD
16 14 (0.80%) Chartered Engineer
17 13 (0.74%) TOGAF Certification
18 11 (0.63%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 152 (8.70%) Accessibility
2 147 (8.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 97 (5.55%) NIST
4 70 (4.01%) NCSC
5 69 (3.95%) QA
6 48 (2.75%) GRC
7 42 (2.40%) Data Quality
7 42 (2.40%) GDPR
8 28 (1.60%) PCI DSS
9 25 (1.43%) Cyber Essentials
10 23 (1.32%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 21 (1.20%) SLA
12 19 (1.09%) WCAG
13 18 (1.03%) JSP 440
14 15 (0.86%) Def Stans
15 13 (0.74%) Actionable Recommendations
16 11 (0.63%) NIST 800
17 7 (0.40%) PMO
18 6 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 42001
18 6 (0.34%) SOC 2
System Software
1 112 (6.41%) Docker
2 78 (4.46%) Active Directory
3 45 (2.58%) Firmware
4 32 (1.83%) VMware Infrastructure
5 22 (1.26%) Hyper-V
6 15 (0.86%) VMware ESXi
7 8 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
8 7 (0.40%) VMware NSX
8 7 (0.40%) vSphere
9 6 (0.34%) Squid
10 2 (0.11%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.057%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.057%) Embedded Firmware
11 1 (0.057%) IAG
11 1 (0.057%) QEMU
11 1 (0.057%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.057%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.057%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 120 (6.87%) Kubernetes
2 45 (2.58%) Ansible
3 36 (2.06%) Microsoft Intune
4 17 (0.97%) Grafana
4 17 (0.97%) Prometheus
5 13 (0.74%) CloudHub
6 12 (0.69%) Single Sign-On
7 11 (0.63%) Argo
8 8 (0.46%) Nmap
8 8 (0.46%) Progress Chef
9 7 (0.40%) Kustomize
9 7 (0.40%) QRadar
10 6 (0.34%) Istio
10 6 (0.34%) Packer
11 5 (0.29%) vCenter Server
12 4 (0.23%) FortiGate
12 4 (0.23%) Oracle RMAN
13 3 (0.17%) Check_MK
13 3 (0.17%) Kibana
13 3 (0.17%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 237 (13.57%) Microsoft
2 72 (4.12%) ServiceNow
3 64 (3.66%) Google
4 49 (2.80%) SAP
5 47 (2.69%) Oracle
6 46 (2.63%) VMware
7 29 (1.66%) Cisco
8 25 (1.43%) Red Hat
9 24 (1.37%) Salesforce
10 20 (1.14%) Splunk
11 19 (1.09%) Databricks
11 19 (1.09%) OpenAI
12 17 (0.97%) MuleSoft
13 14 (0.80%) CyberArk
14 13 (0.74%) Okta
14 13 (0.74%) Veeam
15 12 (0.69%) Adobe
15 12 (0.69%) YouTube
16 11 (0.63%) EMC
16 11 (0.63%) Siemens