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 16 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 40 24
Rank change year-on-year +19 -16 +6
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,563 1,032 2,631
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.85% 6.73% 7.62%
As % of the Qualifications category 36.75% 19.55% 28.75%
Number of salaries quoted 1,187 520 1,773
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,597 £40,000
25th Percentile £54,468 £52,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £76,250
90th Percentile £90,368 £92,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +8.00% +8.70% -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 4,253 5,278 9,150
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 21.36% 34.43% 26.50%
Number of salaries quoted 2,938 2,363 5,898
10th Percentile £33,350 £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £88,667 £86,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% +2.80% -10.83%

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 16 June 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 36 (2.30%) SharePoint
2 23 (1.47%) Apache
3 17 (1.09%) Apache Airflow
4 14 (0.90%) Apache Spark
5 13 (0.83%) Microsoft Exchange
6 7 (0.45%) Jupyter
7 4 (0.26%) IIS
8 3 (0.19%) Anypoint
8 3 (0.19%) Apache Solr
8 3 (0.19%) Confluence
8 3 (0.19%) Mule
8 3 (0.19%) SAS
9 2 (0.13%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.13%) Camunda
9 2 (0.13%) GeoServer
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle Spatial
10 1 (0.064%) NetWeaver
10 1 (0.064%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.064%) Site Server
Applications
1 43 (2.75%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (1.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (0.83%) Adobe XD
4 6 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.26%) InVision
5 4 (0.26%) Sketch
5 4 (0.26%) Windchill
6 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.19%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.13%) Weka
8 1 (0.064%) CATIA
8 1 (0.064%) EngageOne
8 1 (0.064%) Siemens NX
8 1 (0.064%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 28 (1.79%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (0.45%) SAP ERP
3 5 (0.32%) Oracle ERP
3 5 (0.32%) Primavera
4 4 (0.26%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.26%) SAP FSCM
5 3 (0.19%) Elite 3E
5 3 (0.19%) SAP CO
5 3 (0.19%) SAP FI
5 3 (0.19%) SAP FI/CO
5 3 (0.19%) SAP HCM
6 2 (0.13%) SAP Payroll
6 2 (0.13%) SAP QM
7 1 (0.064%) Magento
7 1 (0.064%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.064%) SAP BPC
7 1 (0.064%) SAP GRC
7 1 (0.064%) SAP PSCD
7 1 (0.064%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.064%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 345 (22.07%) Azure
2 309 (19.77%) AWS
3 104 (6.65%) GCP
4 97 (6.21%) Microsoft 365
5 75 (4.80%) Entra ID
6 55 (3.52%) Power Platform
7 28 (1.79%) SaaS
8 26 (1.66%) AWS CloudFormation
8 26 (1.66%) GitHub
8 26 (1.66%) Serverless
9 21 (1.34%) PaaS
10 20 (1.28%) Amazon S3
10 20 (1.28%) Azure DevOps
10 20 (1.28%) Google Analytics
11 18 (1.15%) Azure Sentinel
11 18 (1.15%) Dynamics 365
12 17 (1.09%) Amazon EC2
13 16 (1.02%) PowerApps
14 14 (0.90%) Figma
14 14 (0.90%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 41 (2.62%) Firewall
1 41 (2.62%) Network Security
2 31 (1.98%) WAN
3 24 (1.54%) VPN
4 23 (1.47%) TCP/IP
5 22 (1.41%) DNS
6 21 (1.34%) LAN
7 19 (1.22%) BGP
7 19 (1.22%) DHCP
8 14 (0.90%) MPLS
9 13 (0.83%) SMTP
10 11 (0.70%) Wi-Fi
11 9 (0.58%) HTTP
12 7 (0.45%) Intrusion Detection
12 7 (0.45%) SNMP
13 6 (0.38%) DMZ
13 6 (0.38%) SD-WAN
13 6 (0.38%) VoIP
14 5 (0.32%) Cisco Firepower
14 5 (0.32%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (2.75%) Power BI
2 37 (2.37%) PostgreSQL
3 21 (1.34%) Metadata
4 20 (1.28%) NoSQL
5 17 (1.09%) MongoDB
6 14 (0.90%) Big Data
6 14 (0.90%) SQL Server
7 13 (0.83%) Data Warehouse
8 12 (0.77%) Amazon Athena
8 12 (0.77%) DynamoDB
8 12 (0.77%) Redis
9 9 (0.58%) Elasticsearch
10 7 (0.45%) Amazon RDS
10 7 (0.45%) MySQL
10 7 (0.45%) Relational Database
10 7 (0.45%) Tableau
11 6 (0.38%) BigQuery
11 6 (0.38%) Data Lake
11 6 (0.38%) SAP HANA
12 5 (0.32%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 50 (3.20%) Git
2 36 (2.30%) GitLab
3 34 (2.18%) Jenkins
4 14 (0.90%) JIRA
5 13 (0.83%) JUnit
5 13 (0.83%) Selenium
6 9 (0.58%) Axure RP
6 9 (0.58%) Balsamiq
7 8 (0.51%) Maven
8 7 (0.45%) Burp Suite
8 7 (0.45%) Metasploit
8 7 (0.45%) Mockito
9 6 (0.38%) JMeter
10 5 (0.32%) Cucumber
10 5 (0.32%) Postman
11 4 (0.26%) SonarQube
12 3 (0.19%) Cypress.io
12 3 (0.19%) Gatling
12 3 (0.19%) SoapUI
13 2 (0.13%) Babel
General
1 380 (24.31%) Social Skills
2 369 (23.61%) Public Sector
3 189 (12.09%) Finance
4 169 (10.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 156 (9.98%) Analytical Skills
6 124 (7.93%) Law
7 52 (3.33%) Legal
8 40 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
9 36 (2.30%) Back Office
10 35 (2.24%) Manufacturing
11 33 (2.11%) Telecoms
12 28 (1.79%) Influencing Skills
12 28 (1.79%) Retail
13 26 (1.66%) Organisational Skills
14 23 (1.47%) Aerospace
15 13 (0.83%) Aviation
15 13 (0.83%) Military
16 11 (0.70%) Banking
17 8 (0.51%) Automotive
18 7 (0.45%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 291 (18.62%) Senior
2 219 (14.01%) Architect
3 169 (10.81%) Consultant
4 131 (8.38%) Analyst
5 118 (7.55%) Lead
6 111 (7.10%) Developer
7 98 (6.27%) Solutions Architect
8 92 (5.89%) Software Engineer
9 74 (4.73%) Business Analyst
10 65 (4.16%) Data Engineer
11 57 (3.65%) Cloud Engineer
11 57 (3.65%) Senior Manager
11 57 (3.65%) Systems Engineer
12 53 (3.39%) Support Engineer
13 49 (3.13%) Security Consultant
14 48 (3.07%) Senior Consultant
15 47 (3.01%) Java Developer
16 44 (2.82%) DevOps Engineer
17 39 (2.50%) Security Architect
17 39 (2.50%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (3.33%) REST
2 41 (2.62%) Spring
3 32 (2.05%) .NET
3 32 (2.05%) React
4 28 (1.79%) SOAP
5 22 (1.41%) Middleware
5 22 (1.41%) Spring Boot
6 18 (1.15%) Kafka
7 16 (1.02%) CSS
7 16 (1.02%) HTML
8 15 (0.96%) Lightning Web Components
8 15 (0.96%) Playwright
9 14 (0.90%) AngularJS
9 14 (0.90%) SAML
9 14 (0.90%) Visualforce
10 13 (0.83%) RESTful
11 12 (0.77%) SAP Fiori
12 9 (0.58%) JSON
12 9 (0.58%) OAuth
12 9 (0.58%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 100 (6.40%) Cloud Native
2 66 (4.22%) Product Ownership
3 58 (3.71%) Security Posture
4 50 (3.20%) Onboarding
5 39 (2.50%) Management Information System
6 38 (2.43%) Self-Motivation
7 36 (2.30%) Data Centre
8 31 (1.98%) PKI
9 26 (1.66%) Legacy Systems
10 20 (1.28%) Blog
11 17 (1.09%) Driving Licence
11 17 (1.09%) Security Operations Centre
12 16 (1.02%) Low-Code
13 15 (0.96%) CMDB
13 15 (0.96%) Data Structures
14 13 (0.83%) Analytical Mindset
14 13 (0.83%) Cyber Threat
15 11 (0.70%) Cyber Security Posture
15 11 (0.70%) Cyberattack
15 11 (0.70%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 104 (6.65%) Windows
2 94 (6.01%) Linux
3 40 (2.56%) Windows 10
4 28 (1.79%) Windows Server
5 21 (1.34%) Unix
6 5 (0.32%) Android
6 5 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.19%) CentOS
7 3 (0.19%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
8 1 (0.064%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.064%) Embedded Linux
8 1 (0.064%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 334 (21.37%) Agile
2 225 (14.40%) Continuous Improvement
3 204 (13.05%) Cybersecurity
4 182 (11.64%) Problem-Solving
5 181 (11.58%) DevOps
6 176 (11.26%) Mentoring
7 152 (9.72%) CI/CD
8 136 (8.70%) Software Engineering
9 127 (8.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 125 (8.00%) ITIL
11 124 (7.93%) Analytics
12 121 (7.74%) Community of Practice
12 121 (7.74%) Stakeholder Management
13 111 (7.10%) Technology Strategy
14 106 (6.78%) Collaborative Culture
15 104 (6.65%) Infrastructure as Code
16 103 (6.59%) Risk Management
17 95 (6.08%) Decision-Making
18 94 (6.01%) AI
19 91 (5.82%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 150 (9.60%) Python
2 135 (8.64%) Java
3 89 (5.69%) SQL
4 70 (4.48%) JavaScript
5 45 (2.88%) C#
6 31 (1.98%) Bash
6 31 (1.98%) PowerShell
7 28 (1.79%) C++
8 24 (1.54%) TypeScript
9 15 (0.96%) Apex Code
10 12 (0.77%) Groovy
11 9 (0.58%) C
11 9 (0.58%) Rust
12 6 (0.38%) Go
12 6 (0.38%) PL/SQL
13 5 (0.32%) Scala
13 5 (0.32%) VBA
14 3 (0.19%) ABAP
14 3 (0.19%) Perl
14 3 (0.19%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1,133 (72.49%) SC Cleared
2 305 (19.51%) DV Cleared
3 264 (16.89%) Degree
4 89 (5.69%) BPSS Clearance
5 78 (4.99%) CISSP
6 47 (3.01%) CISM
7 45 (2.88%) Computer Science Degree
8 37 (2.37%) CTC Cleared
9 35 (2.24%) Microsoft Certification
10 27 (1.73%) Azure Certification
11 25 (1.60%) AWS Certification
12 19 (1.22%) Cisco Certification
13 16 (1.02%) CREST Certified
14 15 (0.96%) HNC
14 15 (0.96%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 15 (0.96%) PMI Certification
15 14 (0.90%) TOGAF Certification
16 13 (0.83%) CRISC
17 11 (0.70%) GIAC
18 10 (0.64%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 126 (8.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 74 (4.73%) NIST
3 58 (3.71%) QA
4 50 (3.20%) SLA
5 49 (3.13%) GDPR
6 46 (2.94%) NCSC
7 38 (2.43%) Accessibility
8 36 (2.30%) Data Quality
9 30 (1.92%) GRC
10 26 (1.66%) PCI DSS
11 22 (1.41%) Cyber Essentials
12 18 (1.15%) JSP 440
13 17 (1.09%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 15 (0.96%) Actionable Recommendations
15 14 (0.90%) WCAG
16 11 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 10 (0.64%) Def Stans
18 7 (0.45%) Government Security Classifications
19 6 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 42001
19 6 (0.38%) PMO
System Software
1 77 (4.93%) Docker
2 51 (3.26%) Active Directory
3 18 (1.15%) VMware Infrastructure
4 14 (0.90%) Hyper-V
5 11 (0.70%) VMware NSX
6 8 (0.51%) Firmware
7 6 (0.38%) vSphere
8 5 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
9 4 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.064%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 1 (0.064%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.064%) IAG
10 1 (0.064%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.064%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.064%) Xen
Systems Management
1 99 (6.33%) Terraform
2 84 (5.37%) Kubernetes
3 50 (3.20%) Ansible
4 26 (1.66%) Microsoft Intune
5 21 (1.34%) Prometheus
6 20 (1.28%) Grafana
7 10 (0.64%) Argo
8 8 (0.51%) Progress Chef
8 8 (0.51%) Puppet
8 8 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
9 7 (0.45%) Nmap
9 7 (0.45%) Packer
9 7 (0.45%) QRadar
10 6 (0.38%) Kustomize
11 5 (0.32%) AWS Copilot
11 5 (0.32%) Endace
11 5 (0.32%) Istio
11 5 (0.32%) vCenter Server
12 4 (0.26%) Kibana
12 4 (0.26%) Nagios
Vendors
1 215 (13.76%) Microsoft
2 70 (4.48%) Cisco
3 54 (3.45%) Google
4 45 (2.88%) Oracle
5 43 (2.75%) SAP
6 39 (2.50%) ServiceNow
7 29 (1.86%) VMware
8 27 (1.73%) Salesforce
9 20 (1.28%) Red Hat
10 16 (1.02%) MuleSoft
10 16 (1.02%) Splunk
11 14 (0.90%) Databricks
12 13 (0.83%) Adobe
13 12 (0.77%) CyberArk
14 10 (0.64%) Juniper
14 10 (0.64%) Meraki
15 8 (0.51%) Okta
16 7 (0.45%) CheckPoint
16 7 (0.45%) Dell
16 7 (0.45%) F5