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 21 February 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 36 24
Rank change year-on-year +20 -12 +9
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,512 1,081 2,377
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 9.22% 7.03% 8.55%
As % of the Qualifications category 31.01% 23.83% 31.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1,039 611 1,630
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,608 £38,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £53,688 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,290 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.09% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £78,800 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,250 £87,500
UK median annual salary £64,290 £61,644 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.29% +7.21% -

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 4,876 4,537 7,516
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 29.74% 29.52% 27.04%
Number of salaries quoted 2,631 2,426 5,513
10th Percentile £30,750 £32,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,778 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £74,144 £73,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £89,375 £88,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +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 21 February 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 33 (2.18%) SharePoint
2 19 (1.26%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (0.73%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (0.46%) Apache
5 6 (0.40%) Apache Spark
5 6 (0.40%) Confluence
6 4 (0.26%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.26%) GeoServer
6 4 (0.26%) Oracle Spatial
7 3 (0.20%) SAS
7 3 (0.20%) Tomcat
7 3 (0.20%) WebLogic
7 3 (0.20%) WebLogic Portal
7 3 (0.20%) WordPress
8 2 (0.13%) Camunda
8 2 (0.13%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.066%) IIS
Applications
1 82 (5.42%) Microsoft Office
2 27 (1.79%) Adobe XD
3 15 (0.99%) Microsoft Excel
4 8 (0.53%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.26%) InVision
5 4 (0.26%) Sketch
6 3 (0.20%) Simulink
7 2 (0.13%) AutoCAD
7 2 (0.13%) Weka
8 1 (0.066%) EngageOne
8 1 (0.066%) EPLAN
8 1 (0.066%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 1 (0.066%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.066%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.066%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 31 (2.05%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (1.12%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.40%) Remedy ITSM
4 5 (0.33%) Oracle ERP
5 4 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.26%) Primavera
5 4 (0.26%) SAP CO
5 4 (0.26%) SAP FI
5 4 (0.26%) SAP FI/CO
5 4 (0.26%) SAP PP
6 3 (0.20%) SAP FSCM
6 3 (0.20%) SAP PM
6 3 (0.20%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 2 (0.13%) Elite 3E
7 2 (0.13%) SAP HCM
7 2 (0.13%) SAP SCM
8 1 (0.066%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.066%) SAP HR
8 1 (0.066%) SAP MM
8 1 (0.066%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 250 (16.53%) Azure
2 220 (14.55%) AWS
3 131 (8.66%) Microsoft 365
4 70 (4.63%) GCP
5 55 (3.64%) Entra ID
6 53 (3.51%) Power Platform
7 40 (2.65%) AWS CloudFormation
8 34 (2.25%) PowerApps
9 29 (1.92%) Azure DevOps
9 29 (1.92%) Figma
9 29 (1.92%) Power Automate
10 28 (1.85%) Dynamics 365
11 27 (1.79%) Amazon ECS
12 26 (1.72%) Serverless
13 25 (1.65%) Amazon EKS
14 22 (1.46%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 22 (1.46%) GitHub
15 21 (1.39%) SaaS
16 19 (1.26%) PaaS
17 18 (1.19%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 43 (2.84%) Firewall
2 30 (1.98%) VPN
3 21 (1.39%) DNS
3 21 (1.39%) Network Security
3 21 (1.39%) WAN
4 20 (1.32%) LAN
5 18 (1.19%) TCP/IP
6 15 (0.99%) Wi-Fi
7 14 (0.93%) DHCP
8 13 (0.86%) BGP
9 12 (0.79%) MPLS
10 9 (0.60%) SMTP
11 7 (0.46%) DMZ
11 7 (0.46%) Ethernet
11 7 (0.46%) HTTP
11 7 (0.46%) VoIP
12 6 (0.40%) SD-WAN
12 6 (0.40%) SNMP
13 5 (0.33%) Cisco Firepower
13 5 (0.33%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (2.71%) Power BI
2 38 (2.51%) PostgreSQL
3 23 (1.52%) NoSQL
4 18 (1.19%) Amazon RDS
5 17 (1.12%) MongoDB
5 17 (1.12%) SQL Server
6 15 (0.99%) Elasticsearch
7 14 (0.93%) MySQL
8 13 (0.86%) Redis
9 12 (0.79%) Metadata
9 12 (0.79%) Relational Database
10 9 (0.60%) SAP HANA
11 8 (0.53%) Data Warehouse
11 8 (0.53%) Tableau
12 6 (0.40%) Big Data
12 6 (0.40%) DynamoDB
13 5 (0.33%) BigQuery
13 5 (0.33%) GIS
14 4 (0.26%) Oracle Reports
14 4 (0.26%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 45 (2.98%) Git
2 36 (2.38%) Jenkins
3 26 (1.72%) Balsamiq
4 24 (1.59%) Axure RP
5 20 (1.32%) JIRA
6 19 (1.26%) GitLab
7 16 (1.06%) Selenium
8 9 (0.60%) Cypress.io
9 7 (0.46%) Burp Suite
9 7 (0.46%) Metasploit
9 7 (0.46%) SonarQube
9 7 (0.46%) WebDriver
10 5 (0.33%) Babel
10 5 (0.33%) JMeter
10 5 (0.33%) Robot Framework
10 5 (0.33%) webpack
11 3 (0.20%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.20%) Eclipse
11 3 (0.20%) JUnit
11 3 (0.20%) Oracle Forms
General
1 381 (25.20%) Social Skills
2 306 (20.24%) Public Sector
3 180 (11.90%) Finance
4 143 (9.46%) Analytical Skills
5 132 (8.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 104 (6.88%) Law
7 83 (5.49%) Manufacturing
8 68 (4.50%) Telecoms
9 61 (4.03%) Back Office
10 51 (3.37%) Electronics
11 50 (3.31%) Marketing
12 33 (2.18%) Legal
13 32 (2.12%) Military
14 28 (1.85%) Presentation Skills
15 21 (1.39%) Retail
16 20 (1.32%) Aerospace
17 16 (1.06%) Influencing Skills
18 14 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
19 10 (0.66%) Aviation
19 10 (0.66%) Games
Job Titles
1 231 (15.28%) Senior
2 148 (9.79%) Consultant
3 146 (9.66%) Systems Engineer
4 143 (9.46%) Analyst
5 140 (9.26%) Architect
6 108 (7.14%) Lead
7 104 (6.88%) Developer
8 93 (6.15%) Business Analyst
9 81 (5.36%) Support Engineer
10 79 (5.22%) Software Engineer
11 64 (4.23%) Site Engineer
12 60 (3.97%) Desktop Engineer
12 60 (3.97%) Desktop Support
12 60 (3.97%) Desktop Support Engineer
13 53 (3.51%) Solutions Architect
14 47 (3.11%) Security Consultant
15 42 (2.78%) Data Engineer
16 36 (2.38%) Senior Consultant
17 35 (2.31%) Senior Manager
18 34 (2.25%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 52 (3.44%) React
2 44 (2.91%) .NET
3 38 (2.51%) REST
4 31 (2.05%) HTML
5 30 (1.98%) CSS
6 29 (1.92%) Spring
7 24 (1.59%) SAP CAF
8 23 (1.52%) Django
8 23 (1.52%) SOAP
9 22 (1.46%) Lightning Web Components
10 21 (1.39%) Middleware
10 21 (1.39%) Spring Boot
11 18 (1.19%) Kafka
11 18 (1.19%) Visualforce
12 17 (1.12%) HTML5 Canvas
13 16 (1.06%) AngularJS
13 16 (1.06%) Node.js
14 14 (0.93%) ASP.NET
15 13 (0.86%) RESTful
16 12 (0.79%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 72 (4.76%) Cloud Native
2 69 (4.56%) Product Ownership
3 47 (3.11%) Security Posture
4 38 (2.51%) Self-Motivation
5 36 (2.38%) Onboarding
6 33 (2.18%) Data Centre
7 27 (1.79%) Management Information System
8 24 (1.59%) e-Learning
9 21 (1.39%) PKI
10 18 (1.19%) Driving Licence
11 15 (0.99%) Analytical Mindset
11 15 (0.99%) Legacy Systems
12 14 (0.93%) Algorithms
13 13 (0.86%) Private Cloud
14 12 (0.79%) Distributed Systems
14 12 (0.79%) Low-Code
15 11 (0.73%) Cyber Security Posture
16 10 (0.66%) AI Agents
16 10 (0.66%) Blog
17 9 (0.60%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 124 (8.20%) Windows
2 103 (6.81%) Linux
3 67 (4.43%) Windows 10
4 33 (2.18%) Unix
5 16 (1.06%) Windows Server
6 10 (0.66%) Ubuntu
7 6 (0.40%) CentOS
8 5 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.20%) VMS
10 2 (0.13%) Android
10 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.066%) Debian
11 1 (0.066%) Solaris
11 1 (0.066%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 309 (20.44%) Agile
2 199 (13.16%) Problem-Solving
3 187 (12.37%) Continuous Improvement
4 181 (11.97%) Cybersecurity
5 168 (11.11%) Software Engineering
6 161 (10.65%) DevOps
7 152 (10.05%) Analytics
8 123 (8.13%) CI/CD
9 121 (8.00%) ITIL
10 110 (7.28%) Mentoring
11 102 (6.75%) Collaborative Culture
12 97 (6.42%) Community of Practice
13 88 (5.82%) Business Intelligence
13 88 (5.82%) Technology Strategy
14 84 (5.56%) AI
14 84 (5.56%) Infrastructure as Code
15 77 (5.09%) Validation
16 76 (5.03%) Coaching
16 76 (5.03%) Stakeholder Management
17 74 (4.89%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 164 (10.85%) Python
2 118 (7.80%) Java
3 97 (6.42%) JavaScript
4 70 (4.63%) C#
5 62 (4.10%) SQL
6 39 (2.58%) PowerShell
7 32 (2.12%) TypeScript
8 27 (1.79%) Bash
8 27 (1.79%) C++
9 22 (1.46%) Apex Code
9 22 (1.46%) C
10 18 (1.19%) Bicep
11 14 (0.93%) Go
12 9 (0.60%) Ada
13 8 (0.53%) MATLAB
14 7 (0.46%) ABAP
15 6 (0.40%) Scala
15 6 (0.40%) VBA
16 5 (0.33%) Google Apps Script
16 5 (0.33%) Rust
Qualifications
1 931 (61.57%) SC Cleared
2 319 (21.10%) Degree
3 245 (16.20%) DV Cleared
4 79 (5.22%) CISSP
5 73 (4.83%) BPSS Clearance
6 65 (4.30%) CTC Cleared
7 55 (3.64%) Microsoft Certification
8 51 (3.37%) CISM
8 51 (3.37%) Computer Science Degree
9 39 (2.58%) Cisco Certification
10 37 (2.45%) Azure Certification
11 28 (1.85%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 26 (1.72%) AWS Certification
13 24 (1.59%) CCNA
14 16 (1.06%) CCNP
14 16 (1.06%) Master's Degree
15 14 (0.93%) CREST Certified
15 14 (0.93%) TOGAF Certification
16 12 (0.79%) HNC
16 12 (0.79%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (6.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 71 (4.70%) SLA
3 70 (4.63%) NIST
4 56 (3.70%) Accessibility
5 52 (3.44%) GDPR
6 45 (2.98%) GRC
7 42 (2.78%) QA
8 26 (1.72%) WCAG
9 21 (1.39%) Data Quality
10 19 (1.26%) NCSC
11 16 (1.06%) JSP 440
12 15 (0.99%) PCI DSS
13 13 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials
14 10 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 9 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 42001
16 7 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
17 5 (0.33%) NIST 800
18 3 (0.20%) HMG Security Policy Framework
18 3 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 17025
18 3 (0.20%) PMO
System Software
1 77 (5.09%) Docker
2 32 (2.12%) Active Directory
3 20 (1.32%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (0.79%) Hyper-V
5 10 (0.66%) VMware NSX
6 8 (0.53%) Firmware
6 8 (0.53%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
8 3 (0.20%) vSphere
9 1 (0.066%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.066%) vCloud
9 1 (0.066%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.066%) Xen
Systems Management
1 92 (6.08%) Terraform
2 81 (5.36%) Kubernetes
3 48 (3.17%) Ansible
4 32 (2.12%) Grafana
5 14 (0.93%) Prometheus
6 12 (0.79%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (0.46%) Nmap
8 6 (0.40%) Puppet
8 6 (0.40%) SCOM
9 5 (0.33%) AWS Copilot
9 5 (0.33%) Endace
9 5 (0.33%) Kibana
10 4 (0.26%) Nagios
10 4 (0.26%) SCCM
10 4 (0.26%) WSUS
10 4 (0.26%) ZABBIX
11 3 (0.20%) FortiGate
11 3 (0.20%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 3 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.13%) Docker Swarm
Vendors
1 185 (12.24%) Microsoft
2 117 (7.74%) Cisco
3 83 (5.49%) SAP
4 61 (4.03%) Google
5 52 (3.44%) Salesforce
6 33 (2.18%) Oracle
7 29 (1.92%) VMware
8 27 (1.79%) Adobe
9 18 (1.19%) ServiceNow
10 17 (1.12%) MuleSoft
11 14 (0.93%) Splunk
12 13 (0.86%) Red Hat
13 12 (0.79%) Juniper
14 11 (0.73%) F5
15 10 (0.66%) CheckPoint
16 9 (0.60%) CyberArk
16 9 (0.60%) Meraki
17 8 (0.53%) Databricks
18 7 (0.46%) Remedy
19 6 (0.40%) BMC