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 9 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 32 25
Rank change year-on-year +12 -7 -4
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,930 1,189 1,724
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.79% 7.08% 7.95%
As % of the Qualifications category 37.84% 18.72% 28.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1,219 605 985
10th Percentile £44,207 £41,937 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £48,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,991 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.19% - +2.46%
75th Percentile £82,500 £78,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,300 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% - -

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 5,100 6,350 6,014
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.58% 37.82% 27.75%
Number of salaries quoted 3,141 2,261 2,762
10th Percentile £32,750 £30,956 £34,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,813
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -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 9 October 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 40 (2.07%) Apache
2 31 (1.61%) Apache Spark
3 24 (1.24%) SharePoint
4 20 (1.04%) Confluence
5 13 (0.67%) Anypoint
5 13 (0.67%) Mule
6 10 (0.52%) Apache Airflow
6 10 (0.52%) Oracle Workflow
7 9 (0.47%) Jupyter
7 9 (0.47%) nginx
7 9 (0.47%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 8 (0.41%) Camunda
9 7 (0.36%) WebLogic
10 5 (0.26%) Microsoft Exchange
11 4 (0.21%) ArcGIS
11 4 (0.21%) GeoServer
11 4 (0.21%) IIS
11 4 (0.21%) Oracle Spatial
12 3 (0.16%) CMS
13 2 (0.10%) WebLogic Portal
Applications
1 30 (1.55%) Microsoft Excel
1 30 (1.55%) Microsoft Office
2 23 (1.19%) Simulink
3 17 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 15 (0.78%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (0.31%) Adobe XD
5 6 (0.31%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.21%) Mathcad
6 4 (0.21%) Windchill
7 2 (0.10%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.10%) InDesign
7 2 (0.10%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.052%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.052%) EPLAN
8 1 (0.052%) FrameMaker
8 1 (0.052%) Houdini
8 1 (0.052%) NUKE
8 1 (0.052%) Revit
8 1 (0.052%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.052%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 23 (1.19%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (0.83%) Primavera
3 10 (0.52%) Oracle EBS
4 7 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (0.36%) Workday HCM
5 5 (0.26%) Oracle ERP
5 5 (0.26%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 5 (0.26%) SAP ERP
5 5 (0.26%) SAP PSCD
5 5 (0.26%) Teamcenter
6 4 (0.21%) SAP PM
6 4 (0.21%) SAP QM
7 3 (0.16%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 2 (0.10%) Oracle Applications
8 2 (0.10%) Oracle EBS R12
8 2 (0.10%) SAP CO
8 2 (0.10%) SAP FI
8 2 (0.10%) SAP FI/CO
8 2 (0.10%) SAP MM
8 2 (0.10%) SAP PP
Cloud Services
1 465 (24.09%) Azure
2 436 (22.59%) AWS
3 124 (6.42%) GCP
4 95 (4.92%) Entra ID
5 91 (4.72%) Microsoft 365
6 79 (4.09%) Power Platform
7 51 (2.64%) GitHub
8 44 (2.28%) Serverless
9 41 (2.12%) AWS CloudFormation
10 38 (1.97%) dbt
11 35 (1.81%) Azure DevOps
12 34 (1.76%) Amazon S3
13 32 (1.66%) SaaS
14 26 (1.35%) OpenShift
15 24 (1.24%) AWS Lambda
16 22 (1.14%) Amazon EC2
16 22 (1.14%) Microsoft Purview
16 22 (1.14%) PaaS
17 21 (1.09%) Azure Monitor
17 21 (1.09%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 59 (3.06%) Firewall
2 53 (2.75%) Network Security
3 40 (2.07%) TCP/IP
4 38 (1.97%) DNS
5 18 (0.93%) WAN
6 17 (0.88%) DHCP
6 17 (0.88%) VPN
7 16 (0.83%) SSL
8 14 (0.73%) Wi-Fi
8 14 (0.73%) Wireless
9 12 (0.62%) LAN
10 11 (0.57%) ATM
11 10 (0.52%) Ethernet
12 8 (0.41%) BGP
12 8 (0.41%) OSPF
13 7 (0.36%) Internet
14 6 (0.31%) DMZ
14 6 (0.31%) SAN
15 5 (0.26%) HTTP
15 5 (0.26%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (3.32%) Power BI
2 51 (2.64%) PostgreSQL
3 32 (1.66%) Big Data
4 31 (1.61%) Data Warehouse
5 29 (1.50%) NoSQL
6 25 (1.30%) SQL Server
7 23 (1.19%) Amazon Athena
7 23 (1.19%) Metadata
8 22 (1.14%) Relational Database
9 20 (1.04%) Tableau
10 18 (0.93%) Data Lake
11 15 (0.78%) MySQL
12 14 (0.73%) DynamoDB
13 10 (0.52%) Amazon RDS
13 10 (0.52%) Hadoop
13 10 (0.52%) MongoDB
14 9 (0.47%) Amazon Redshift
15 6 (0.31%) Azure SQL Database
15 6 (0.31%) Elasticsearch
15 6 (0.31%) Redis
Development Applications
1 77 (3.99%) Git
2 41 (2.12%) JIRA
3 39 (2.02%) GitLab
3 39 (2.02%) Jenkins
4 29 (1.50%) JUnit
5 24 (1.24%) Rational DOORS
6 20 (1.04%) Mockito
7 15 (0.78%) Selenium
8 12 (0.62%) Burp Suite
8 12 (0.62%) Maven
8 12 (0.62%) Metasploit
9 11 (0.57%) Cucumber
10 9 (0.47%) Cypress.io
10 9 (0.47%) Postman
11 8 (0.41%) Balsamiq
11 8 (0.41%) SonarQube
12 6 (0.31%) Axure RP
12 6 (0.31%) Gatling
12 6 (0.31%) LabVIEW
13 4 (0.21%) Snyk
General
1 550 (28.50%) Social Skills
2 464 (24.04%) Public Sector
3 389 (20.16%) Finance
4 369 (19.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 245 (12.69%) Analytical Skills
6 200 (10.36%) Aerospace
7 153 (7.93%) Law
8 75 (3.89%) Legal
9 64 (3.32%) Electronics
10 62 (3.21%) Presentation Skills
11 55 (2.85%) Military
12 54 (2.80%) Influencing Skills
12 54 (2.80%) Organisational Skills
13 52 (2.69%) Retail
14 48 (2.49%) Police
15 47 (2.44%) Manufacturing
16 35 (1.81%) Telecoms
17 16 (0.83%) Automotive
18 15 (0.78%) Local Government
19 14 (0.73%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 376 (19.48%) Senior
2 289 (14.97%) Architect
3 198 (10.26%) Consultant
4 171 (8.86%) Lead
5 166 (8.60%) Software Engineer
6 130 (6.74%) Analyst
7 126 (6.53%) Developer
8 103 (5.34%) Solutions Architect
9 100 (5.18%) Data Engineer
10 82 (4.25%) Principal Engineer
11 72 (3.73%) Senior Manager
12 62 (3.21%) Security Consultant
13 61 (3.16%) DevOps Engineer
14 57 (2.95%) Cloud Engineer
15 51 (2.64%) Security Architect
16 49 (2.54%) Java Engineer
17 48 (2.49%) Senior Consultant
18 47 (2.44%) Business Analyst
19 45 (2.33%) Principal Software Engineer
19 45 (2.33%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 128 (6.63%) Terraform
2 66 (3.42%) REST
3 62 (3.21%) React
4 45 (2.33%) Spring
5 41 (2.12%) .NET
6 33 (1.71%) CSS
6 33 (1.71%) Kafka
7 28 (1.45%) HTML
8 27 (1.40%) Spring Boot
9 26 (1.35%) PySpark
10 25 (1.30%) OAuth
11 23 (1.19%) AngularJS
11 23 (1.19%) Node.js
11 23 (1.19%) Playwright
12 22 (1.14%) RESTful
12 22 (1.14%) SOAP
13 20 (1.04%) .NET Core
13 20 (1.04%) JWT
14 19 (0.98%) JSON
15 18 (0.93%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 143 (7.41%) Cloud Native
2 69 (3.58%) Management Information System
3 62 (3.21%) Self-Motivation
4 59 (3.06%) Product Ownership
5 56 (2.90%) Onboarding
6 44 (2.28%) Security Posture
7 41 (2.12%) Driving Licence
8 33 (1.71%) Data Centre
9 32 (1.66%) Distributed Systems
10 31 (1.61%) Blog
10 31 (1.61%) Enterprise Software
10 31 (1.61%) FPGA
11 30 (1.55%) Legacy Systems
12 27 (1.40%) PKI
13 26 (1.35%) CMDB
14 22 (1.14%) Cyber Threat
15 21 (1.09%) Cyber Defence
16 20 (1.04%) Algorithms
17 19 (0.98%) Embedded Systems
18 18 (0.93%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 136 (7.05%) Linux
2 117 (6.06%) Windows
3 47 (2.44%) Windows Server
4 30 (1.55%) Unix
5 15 (0.78%) Windows 10
6 7 (0.36%) VxWorks
7 6 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (0.26%) Android
9 4 (0.21%) Embedded Linux
9 4 (0.21%) Kali Linux
9 4 (0.21%) Ubuntu
10 3 (0.16%) OpenWrt
10 3 (0.16%) Solaris
10 3 (0.16%) Windows Server 2016
11 2 (0.10%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.10%) CentOS
11 2 (0.10%) FreeRTOS
11 2 (0.10%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.10%) Rocky
11 2 (0.10%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 539 (27.93%) Agile
2 366 (18.96%) Continuous Improvement
3 316 (16.37%) Problem-Solving
4 310 (16.06%) Mentoring
5 302 (15.65%) Cybersecurity
6 285 (14.77%) Software Engineering
7 280 (14.51%) CI/CD
8 275 (14.25%) AI
9 249 (12.90%) DevOps
10 238 (12.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 231 (11.97%) Stakeholder Management
12 191 (9.90%) Analytics
13 188 (9.74%) Technical Leadership
14 184 (9.53%) Decision-Making
15 179 (9.27%) Coaching
16 148 (7.67%) Infrastructure as Code
16 148 (7.67%) Scrum
17 144 (7.46%) Community of Practice
18 138 (7.15%) Collaborative Culture
19 134 (6.94%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 229 (11.87%) Python
2 165 (8.55%) Java
3 148 (7.67%) SQL
4 110 (5.70%) JavaScript
5 63 (3.26%) C++
6 59 (3.06%) C#
7 52 (2.69%) Bash
8 45 (2.33%) PowerShell
9 39 (2.02%) TypeScript
10 35 (1.81%) C
11 25 (1.30%) MATLAB
12 21 (1.09%) Ada
13 16 (0.83%) Go
14 15 (0.78%) Bicep
14 15 (0.78%) Kusto Query Language
14 15 (0.78%) PL/SQL
15 14 (0.73%) Groovy
16 13 (0.67%) DataWeave
16 13 (0.67%) Rust
17 12 (0.62%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 1,530 (79.27%) SC Cleared
2 412 (21.35%) DV Cleared
3 321 (16.63%) Degree
4 226 (11.71%) BPSS Clearance
5 74 (3.83%) CISSP
6 56 (2.90%) CISM
7 55 (2.85%) Azure Certification
8 43 (2.23%) AWS Certification
9 42 (2.18%) Computer Science Degree
10 27 (1.40%) Master's Degree
11 23 (1.19%) Cisco Certification
11 23 (1.19%) DBS Check
11 23 (1.19%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 21 (1.09%) Microsoft Certification
13 20 (1.04%) PhD
14 19 (0.98%) TOGAF Certification
15 18 (0.93%) Chartered Engineer
16 17 (0.88%) CHECK Team Member
16 17 (0.88%) CRISC
17 16 (0.83%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 164 (8.50%) Accessibility
2 147 (7.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 93 (4.82%) NIST
4 74 (3.83%) NCSC
5 68 (3.52%) QA
6 58 (3.01%) Data Quality
7 51 (2.64%) GRC
8 48 (2.49%) GDPR
9 28 (1.45%) Cyber Essentials
10 26 (1.35%) PCI DSS
11 25 (1.30%) SLA
12 19 (0.98%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 18 (0.93%) Def Stans
14 16 (0.83%) JSP 440
14 16 (0.83%) WCAG
15 15 (0.78%) Actionable Recommendations
16 12 (0.62%) NIST 800
17 7 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 7 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 42001
18 6 (0.31%) SOC 2
System Software
1 119 (6.17%) Docker
2 84 (4.35%) Active Directory
3 42 (2.18%) Firmware
4 38 (1.97%) VMware Infrastructure
5 26 (1.35%) Hyper-V
6 15 (0.78%) VMware ESXi
7 11 (0.57%) Virtual Machines
8 7 (0.36%) vSphere
9 6 (0.31%) Squid
9 6 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
10 5 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
11 3 (0.16%) VMware NSX
12 2 (0.10%) Microsoft Virtual Server
13 1 (0.052%) Embedded Firmware
13 1 (0.052%) IAG
13 1 (0.052%) Oracle RAC
13 1 (0.052%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 131 (6.79%) Kubernetes
2 44 (2.28%) Microsoft Intune
3 37 (1.92%) Ansible
4 29 (1.50%) Grafana
5 17 (0.88%) Prometheus
6 13 (0.67%) Argo
6 13 (0.67%) CloudHub
6 13 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
7 12 (0.62%) Nmap
8 8 (0.41%) Kustomize
9 7 (0.36%) FortiGate
9 7 (0.36%) Istio
9 7 (0.36%) QRadar
10 6 (0.31%) Progress Chef
10 6 (0.31%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 5 (0.26%) Packer
11 5 (0.26%) SCCM
12 4 (0.21%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 4 (0.21%) Kibana
13 3 (0.16%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 269 (13.94%) Microsoft
2 91 (4.72%) ServiceNow
3 69 (3.58%) Oracle
4 68 (3.52%) SAP
5 58 (3.01%) Google
6 50 (2.59%) VMware
7 36 (1.87%) Cisco
8 28 (1.45%) Salesforce
9 27 (1.40%) YouTube
10 25 (1.30%) Databricks
11 22 (1.14%) Red Hat
12 21 (1.09%) Workday
13 19 (0.98%) MuleSoft
13 19 (0.98%) OpenAI
14 18 (0.93%) CyberArk
15 17 (0.88%) Okta
15 17 (0.88%) Thales
16 16 (0.83%) Splunk
17 15 (0.78%) EMC
17 15 (0.78%) Veeam