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

6 months to
16 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 36 24
Rank change year-on-year +14 -12 0
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,748 1,139 1,910
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.65% 6.87% 7.74%
As % of the Qualifications category 36.92% 19.96% 29.34%
Number of salaries quoted 1,169 585 1,267
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,250 £85,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £62,500 £59,000
% change year-on-year +12.00% +5.93% -1.67%

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 4,735 5,705 6,510
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.73% 34.40% 26.38%
Number of salaries quoted 3,078 2,442 3,746
10th Percentile £33,455 £29,750 £33,250
25th Percentile £46,500 £41,074 £43,227
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,938 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,750 £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 16 August 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 (2.29%) Apache
2 39 (2.23%) SharePoint
3 30 (1.72%) Apache Spark
4 14 (0.80%) Confluence
5 13 (0.74%) Anypoint
5 13 (0.74%) Mule
6 12 (0.69%) 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 4 (0.23%) Microsoft Exchange
11 3 (0.17%) Apache Solr
11 3 (0.17%) ArcGIS
11 3 (0.17%) GeoServer
11 3 (0.17%) Oracle Spatial
12 2 (0.11%) OpenStack
12 2 (0.11%) WordPress
13 1 (0.057%) Drupal
Applications
1 29 (1.66%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (1.20%) Simulink
3 14 (0.80%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (0.51%) Adobe XD
6 7 (0.40%) MS Visio
7 6 (0.34%) Microsoft Project
8 4 (0.23%) Mathcad
8 4 (0.23%) Windchill
9 2 (0.11%) InDesign
10 1 (0.057%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.057%) CATIA
10 1 (0.057%) FrameMaker
10 1 (0.057%) Houdini
10 1 (0.057%) InVision
10 1 (0.057%) NUKE
10 1 (0.057%) Sketch
10 1 (0.057%) SOLIDWORKS
10 1 (0.057%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.057%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 23 (1.32%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (0.86%) Primavera
3 7 (0.40%) SAP ERP
4 6 (0.34%) Oracle ERP
4 6 (0.34%) Workday HCM
5 5 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
5 5 (0.29%) Teamcenter
6 4 (0.23%) Dynamics CRM
7 3 (0.17%) SAP FSCM
7 3 (0.17%) SAP HCM
8 2 (0.11%) SAP CO
8 2 (0.11%) SAP FI
8 2 (0.11%) SAP FI/CO
8 2 (0.11%) SAP Payroll
8 2 (0.11%) SAP QM
9 1 (0.057%) Magento
9 1 (0.057%) Remedy ITSM
9 1 (0.057%) SAP BPC
9 1 (0.057%) SAP GRC
9 1 (0.057%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 451 (25.80%) Azure
2 422 (24.14%) AWS
3 135 (7.72%) GCP
4 82 (4.69%) Microsoft 365
5 78 (4.46%) Power Platform
6 73 (4.18%) Entra ID
7 43 (2.46%) AWS CloudFormation
8 41 (2.35%) GitHub
9 38 (2.17%) dbt
10 31 (1.77%) Serverless
11 27 (1.54%) Azure DevOps
12 26 (1.49%) SaaS
13 23 (1.32%) Azure Sentinel
14 21 (1.20%) Google Analytics
15 20 (1.14%) Amazon S3
15 20 (1.14%) Dynamics 365
15 20 (1.14%) Microsoft Purview
15 20 (1.14%) PowerApps
16 19 (1.09%) Amazon EC2
16 19 (1.09%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 50 (2.86%) Firewall
2 48 (2.75%) Network Security
3 40 (2.29%) TCP/IP
4 32 (1.83%) DNS
5 27 (1.54%) WAN
6 19 (1.09%) LAN
7 18 (1.03%) VPN
8 16 (0.92%) SSL
9 15 (0.86%) BGP
10 14 (0.80%) DHCP
11 12 (0.69%) ATM
12 10 (0.57%) MPLS
13 9 (0.51%) Ethernet
13 9 (0.51%) OSPF
14 7 (0.40%) HTTP
14 7 (0.40%) Wireless
15 6 (0.34%) SMTP
16 5 (0.29%) Intrusion Detection
16 5 (0.29%) VLAN
16 5 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (3.49%) Power BI
2 47 (2.69%) PostgreSQL
3 29 (1.66%) Big Data
4 26 (1.49%) Data Warehouse
5 25 (1.43%) NoSQL
5 25 (1.43%) SQL Server
6 19 (1.09%) Relational Database
7 17 (0.97%) Metadata
7 17 (0.97%) MongoDB
8 16 (0.92%) MySQL
9 15 (0.86%) Tableau
10 13 (0.74%) DynamoDB
11 12 (0.69%) Data Lake
12 11 (0.63%) Amazon Athena
13 9 (0.51%) Hadoop
14 7 (0.40%) Redis
15 6 (0.34%) Elasticsearch
16 5 (0.29%) SQL Server Analysis Services
17 4 (0.23%) OLAP
17 4 (0.23%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 72 (4.12%) Git
2 41 (2.35%) Jenkins
3 39 (2.23%) 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 10 (0.57%) Balsamiq
11 9 (0.51%) Cucumber
11 9 (0.51%) Postman
12 8 (0.46%) Axure RP
13 7 (0.40%) Burp Suite
13 7 (0.40%) Cypress.io
13 7 (0.40%) Gatling
13 7 (0.40%) Metasploit
13 7 (0.40%) SonarQube
14 6 (0.34%) LabVIEW
15 3 (0.17%) JMeter
General
1 542 (31.01%) Social Skills
2 428 (24.49%) Public Sector
3 356 (20.37%) Finance
4 341 (19.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 210 (12.01%) Analytical Skills
6 171 (9.78%) Law
7 160 (9.15%) Aerospace
8 79 (4.52%) Legal
9 56 (3.20%) Presentation Skills
10 49 (2.80%) Electronics
11 48 (2.75%) Military
12 47 (2.69%) Organisational Skills
13 42 (2.40%) Manufacturing
14 41 (2.35%) Influencing Skills
14 41 (2.35%) Retail
15 40 (2.29%) Telecoms
16 29 (1.66%) Police
17 16 (0.92%) Local Government
18 15 (0.86%) Aviation
19 14 (0.80%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 319 (18.25%) Senior
2 287 (16.42%) Architect
3 199 (11.38%) Consultant
4 165 (9.44%) Lead
5 135 (7.72%) Software Engineer
6 128 (7.32%) Developer
7 127 (7.27%) Analyst
8 111 (6.35%) Solutions Architect
9 66 (3.78%) Data Engineer
10 65 (3.72%) Cloud Engineer
11 63 (3.60%) Security Consultant
12 56 (3.20%) DevOps Engineer
13 55 (3.15%) Senior Developer
14 54 (3.09%) Business Analyst
15 53 (3.03%) Senior Manager
16 50 (2.86%) Principal Engineer
16 50 (2.86%) Security Architect
16 50 (2.86%) Senior Consultant
17 47 (2.69%) Senior Analyst
18 41 (2.35%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (3.38%) React
2 56 (3.20%) REST
3 47 (2.69%) Spring
4 44 (2.52%) .NET
5 34 (1.95%) Kafka
6 32 (1.83%) CSS
7 27 (1.54%) AngularJS
7 27 (1.54%) HTML
8 26 (1.49%) OAuth
9 25 (1.43%) SOAP
10 22 (1.26%) Playwright
10 22 (1.26%) Spring Boot
11 20 (1.14%) .NET Core
12 17 (0.97%) Node.js
12 17 (0.97%) PySpark
12 17 (0.97%) RESTful
13 16 (0.92%) JWT
13 16 (0.92%) OAuth2
14 15 (0.86%) Web Services
15 14 (0.80%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 131 (7.49%) Cloud Native
2 66 (3.78%) Product Ownership
3 60 (3.43%) Self-Motivation
4 58 (3.32%) Management Information System
5 57 (3.26%) Onboarding
6 43 (2.46%) Security Posture
7 39 (2.23%) Blog
8 37 (2.12%) Legacy Systems
9 30 (1.72%) Driving Licence
9 30 (1.72%) FPGA
10 27 (1.54%) Distributed Systems
11 24 (1.37%) Cyber Threat
11 24 (1.37%) Data Centre
12 23 (1.32%) Cyber Defence
12 23 (1.32%) PKI
13 20 (1.14%) Algorithms
14 19 (1.09%) CMDB
14 19 (1.09%) Security Operations Centre
15 18 (1.03%) Enterprise Software
15 18 (1.03%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 134 (7.67%) Linux
2 101 (5.78%) Windows
3 41 (2.35%) Windows Server
4 34 (1.95%) 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%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.17%) Kali Linux
9 3 (0.17%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.11%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.11%) CentOS
10 2 (0.11%) Solaris
10 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.057%) Embedded Linux
11 1 (0.057%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 500 (28.60%) Agile
2 313 (17.91%) Continuous Improvement
3 277 (15.85%) Cybersecurity
4 270 (15.45%) Problem-Solving
5 264 (15.10%) Mentoring
6 242 (13.84%) CI/CD
7 238 (13.62%) DevOps
8 237 (13.56%) Software Engineering
9 214 (12.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 195 (11.16%) AI
11 172 (9.84%) Stakeholder Management
12 150 (8.58%) Community of Practice
13 144 (8.24%) Decision-Making
13 144 (8.24%) Scrum
14 143 (8.18%) Collaborative Culture
15 140 (8.01%) Technical Leadership
16 138 (7.89%) Project Delivery
17 136 (7.78%) Infrastructure as Code
18 135 (7.72%) Coaching
19 131 (7.49%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 217 (12.41%) Python
2 161 (9.21%) Java
3 113 (6.46%) SQL
4 102 (5.84%) JavaScript
5 59 (3.38%) C#
5 59 (3.38%) C++
6 45 (2.57%) Bash
7 42 (2.40%) PowerShell
8 32 (1.83%) TypeScript
9 30 (1.72%) C
10 23 (1.32%) MATLAB
11 21 (1.20%) Ada
12 16 (0.92%) Groovy
13 13 (0.74%) DataWeave
13 13 (0.74%) Rust
14 12 (0.69%) PL/SQL
14 12 (0.69%) Ruby
15 11 (0.63%) Go
15 11 (0.63%) Kusto Query Language
16 9 (0.51%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 1,384 (79.18%) SC Cleared
2 414 (23.68%) DV Cleared
3 338 (19.34%) Degree
4 236 (13.50%) BPSS Clearance
5 79 (4.52%) CISSP
6 59 (3.38%) Computer Science Degree
7 57 (3.26%) CISM
8 45 (2.57%) Azure Certification
9 37 (2.12%) AWS Certification
10 32 (1.83%) Microsoft Certification
11 31 (1.77%) Master's Degree
12 23 (1.32%) Cisco Certification
13 21 (1.20%) CREST Certified
14 20 (1.14%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
15 19 (1.09%) CRISC
16 17 (0.97%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 17 (0.97%) PhD
17 12 (0.69%) Chartered Engineer
17 12 (0.69%) HNC
17 12 (0.69%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 155 (8.87%) Accessibility
2 139 (7.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 92 (5.26%) NIST
4 68 (3.89%) QA
5 62 (3.55%) NCSC
6 46 (2.63%) GRC
7 41 (2.35%) GDPR
8 40 (2.29%) Data Quality
9 25 (1.43%) Cyber Essentials
10 24 (1.37%) PCI DSS
11 23 (1.32%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 22 (1.26%) SLA
13 20 (1.14%) WCAG
14 17 (0.97%) JSP 440
15 12 (0.69%) Actionable Recommendations
15 12 (0.69%) Def Stans
16 9 (0.51%) NIST 800
17 7 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 7 (0.40%) PMO
18 6 (0.34%) SOC 2
System Software
1 109 (6.24%) Docker
2 79 (4.52%) Active Directory
3 45 (2.57%) 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
10 2 (0.11%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.057%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.057%) Embedded Firmware
11 1 (0.057%) IAG
11 1 (0.057%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.057%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 119 (6.81%) Kubernetes
2 117 (6.69%) Terraform
3 47 (2.69%) Ansible
4 38 (2.17%) Microsoft Intune
5 18 (1.03%) Prometheus
6 17 (0.97%) Grafana
7 13 (0.74%) CloudHub
8 10 (0.57%) Argo
9 9 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
10 8 (0.46%) Progress Chef
11 7 (0.40%) Nmap
11 7 (0.40%) QRadar
12 6 (0.34%) Kustomize
12 6 (0.34%) Packer
13 5 (0.29%) Istio
13 5 (0.29%) vCenter Server
14 4 (0.23%) FortiGate
14 4 (0.23%) Oracle RMAN
14 4 (0.23%) Puppet
15 3 (0.17%) Kibana
Vendors
1 234 (13.39%) Microsoft
2 72 (4.12%) Google
3 64 (3.66%) ServiceNow
4 57 (3.26%) SAP
5 50 (2.86%) Oracle
6 42 (2.40%) VMware
7 36 (2.06%) Cisco
8 29 (1.66%) Salesforce
9 25 (1.43%) Red Hat
10 21 (1.20%) Databricks
10 21 (1.20%) MuleSoft
11 19 (1.09%) OpenAI
12 18 (1.03%) Splunk
13 14 (0.80%) CyberArk
13 14 (0.80%) Okta
14 13 (0.74%) Adobe
15 11 (0.63%) Siemens
16 9 (0.51%) Veeam
17 8 (0.46%) Fortinet
17 8 (0.46%) Xilinx