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

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 38 23
Rank change year-on-year +12 -15 +4
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,549 1,107 2,390
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.21% 6.74% 7.80%
As % of the Qualifications category 34.63% 19.98% 28.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,166 558 1,633
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,608 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,000 £48,000
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 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +12.00% +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 4,473 5,540 8,265
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.82% 33.72% 26.99%
Number of salaries quoted 3,051 2,484 5,220
10th Percentile £33,350 £29,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,969 £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 £73,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £93,500 £90,000 £86,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,700
% change year-on-year +9.09% +0.55% -8.83%

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 18 July 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 37 (2.39%) SharePoint
2 31 (2.00%) Apache
3 21 (1.36%) Apache Spark
4 14 (0.90%) Apache Airflow
5 12 (0.77%) Microsoft Exchange
6 11 (0.71%) Anypoint
6 11 (0.71%) Mule
7 7 (0.45%) Jupyter
8 5 (0.32%) Confluence
8 5 (0.32%) IIS
8 5 (0.32%) nginx
9 3 (0.19%) Apache Solr
9 3 (0.19%) Camunda
9 3 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 3 (0.19%) SAS
10 2 (0.13%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.13%) GeoServer
10 2 (0.13%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.13%) Oracle Spatial
10 2 (0.13%) WordPress
Applications
1 29 (1.87%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (1.36%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.45%) Adobe XD
5 6 (0.39%) Simulink
6 4 (0.26%) Windchill
7 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.19%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.13%) InVision
8 2 (0.13%) Sketch
9 1 (0.065%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.065%) CATIA
9 1 (0.065%) FrameMaker
9 1 (0.065%) Houdini
9 1 (0.065%) Mathcad
9 1 (0.065%) NUKE
9 1 (0.065%) Siemens NX
9 1 (0.065%) Weka
Business Applications
1 28 (1.81%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (0.45%) SAP ERP
3 5 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
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
6 2 (0.13%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.065%) Magento
7 1 (0.065%) SAP BPC
7 1 (0.065%) SAP EWM
7 1 (0.065%) SAP GRC
7 1 (0.065%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 408 (26.34%) Azure
2 356 (22.98%) AWS
3 112 (7.23%) GCP
4 98 (6.33%) Microsoft 365
5 79 (5.10%) Entra ID
6 65 (4.20%) Power Platform
7 32 (2.07%) SaaS
8 31 (2.00%) GitHub
9 30 (1.94%) dbt
10 27 (1.74%) Serverless
11 26 (1.68%) AWS CloudFormation
12 25 (1.61%) Azure DevOps
12 25 (1.61%) PaaS
13 20 (1.29%) Azure Sentinel
14 19 (1.23%) Amazon EC2
14 19 (1.23%) Microsoft Purview
15 18 (1.16%) Amazon S3
15 18 (1.16%) Dynamics 365
16 17 (1.10%) Google Analytics
16 17 (1.10%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 48 (3.10%) Firewall
2 46 (2.97%) Network Security
3 31 (2.00%) DNS
3 31 (2.00%) WAN
4 28 (1.81%) TCP/IP
5 22 (1.42%) VPN
6 20 (1.29%) LAN
7 19 (1.23%) DHCP
8 15 (0.97%) BGP
9 14 (0.90%) MPLS
9 14 (0.90%) SSL
10 13 (0.84%) SMTP
11 10 (0.65%) ATM
11 10 (0.65%) HTTP
11 10 (0.65%) Wi-Fi
12 7 (0.45%) Intrusion Detection
12 7 (0.45%) SNMP
13 6 (0.39%) Wireless
14 5 (0.32%) DMZ
14 5 (0.32%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (3.16%) Power BI
2 38 (2.45%) PostgreSQL
3 21 (1.36%) Big Data
4 18 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
4 18 (1.16%) NoSQL
5 14 (0.90%) Metadata
5 14 (0.90%) MongoDB
6 13 (0.84%) Amazon Athena
6 13 (0.84%) SQL Server
7 12 (0.77%) Redis
8 10 (0.65%) DynamoDB
9 9 (0.58%) Elasticsearch
9 9 (0.58%) Tableau
10 7 (0.45%) Amazon RDS
10 7 (0.45%) Data Lake
11 6 (0.39%) Relational Database
11 6 (0.39%) SAP HANA
12 5 (0.32%) MySQL
12 5 (0.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 4 (0.26%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 52 (3.36%) Git
2 35 (2.26%) Jenkins
3 34 (2.19%) GitLab
4 15 (0.97%) JIRA
4 15 (0.97%) JUnit
5 11 (0.71%) Selenium
6 9 (0.58%) Maven
6 9 (0.58%) Mockito
7 7 (0.45%) Burp Suite
7 7 (0.45%) Cucumber
7 7 (0.45%) Metasploit
8 5 (0.32%) Axure RP
8 5 (0.32%) Balsamiq
8 5 (0.32%) Rational DOORS
9 4 (0.26%) Cypress.io
9 4 (0.26%) Gatling
9 4 (0.26%) Postman
10 3 (0.19%) JMeter
10 3 (0.19%) SonarQube
11 2 (0.13%) LabVIEW
General
1 451 (29.12%) Social Skills
2 350 (22.60%) Public Sector
3 225 (14.53%) Finance
4 209 (13.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 167 (10.78%) Analytical Skills
6 135 (8.72%) Law
7 59 (3.81%) Legal
8 45 (2.91%) Presentation Skills
9 39 (2.52%) Aerospace
10 35 (2.26%) Telecoms
11 32 (2.07%) Manufacturing
12 30 (1.94%) Retail
13 27 (1.74%) Organisational Skills
14 23 (1.48%) Influencing Skills
15 22 (1.42%) Back Office
16 17 (1.10%) Military
17 13 (0.84%) Aviation
17 13 (0.84%) Electronics
18 10 (0.65%) Documentation Skills
18 10 (0.65%) Police
Job Titles
1 286 (18.46%) Senior
2 277 (17.88%) Architect
3 184 (11.88%) Consultant
4 129 (8.33%) Lead
5 121 (7.81%) Developer
5 121 (7.81%) Solutions Architect
6 100 (6.46%) Analyst
7 99 (6.39%) Software Engineer
8 60 (3.87%) Data Engineer
9 59 (3.81%) Senior Manager
10 56 (3.62%) Cloud Engineer
10 56 (3.62%) Security Consultant
11 51 (3.29%) Senior Consultant
12 46 (2.97%) Java Developer
12 46 (2.97%) Security Architect
13 44 (2.84%) DevOps Engineer
14 43 (2.78%) Senior Developer
15 41 (2.65%) Business Analyst
16 40 (2.58%) Support Engineer
17 38 (2.45%) Cloud Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (3.49%) REST
2 38 (2.45%) Spring
3 33 (2.13%) React
4 28 (1.81%) Kafka
5 27 (1.74%) SOAP
6 24 (1.55%) .NET
7 22 (1.42%) OAuth
8 20 (1.29%) Spring Boot
9 19 (1.23%) Middleware
10 17 (1.10%) SAML
11 16 (1.03%) RESTful
12 15 (0.97%) PySpark
13 14 (0.90%) CSS
13 14 (0.90%) HTML
13 14 (0.90%) JWT
13 14 (0.90%) OAuth2
13 14 (0.90%) Playwright
14 13 (0.84%) AngularJS
15 12 (0.77%) SAP Fiori
16 11 (0.71%) RAML
Miscellaneous
1 123 (7.94%) Cloud Native
2 59 (3.81%) Product Ownership
3 53 (3.42%) Security Posture
4 52 (3.36%) Management Information System
5 50 (3.23%) Onboarding
6 40 (2.58%) Self-Motivation
7 33 (2.13%) Data Centre
8 30 (1.94%) Driving Licence
9 29 (1.87%) Legacy Systems
10 28 (1.81%) PKI
11 22 (1.42%) Blog
12 21 (1.36%) Security Operations Centre
13 18 (1.16%) Cyber Threat
14 16 (1.03%) CMDB
15 14 (0.90%) Enterprise Software
16 13 (0.84%) Data Structures
16 13 (0.84%) Public Cloud
17 12 (0.77%) Cyber Defence
17 12 (0.77%) Distributed Systems
17 12 (0.77%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 107 (6.91%) Windows
2 106 (6.84%) Linux
3 35 (2.26%) Windows Server
4 29 (1.87%) Windows 10
5 20 (1.29%) Unix
6 5 (0.32%) Android
6 5 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.19%) Kali Linux
8 2 (0.13%) CentOS
8 2 (0.13%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.065%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.065%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.065%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 381 (24.60%) Agile
2 246 (15.88%) Cybersecurity
3 245 (15.82%) Continuous Improvement
4 211 (13.62%) Problem-Solving
5 206 (13.30%) Mentoring
6 191 (12.33%) DevOps
7 187 (12.07%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 180 (11.62%) CI/CD
9 155 (10.01%) Software Engineering
10 150 (9.68%) Stakeholder Management
11 131 (8.46%) AI
12 129 (8.33%) ITIL
13 119 (7.68%) Analytics
13 119 (7.68%) Community of Practice
14 116 (7.49%) Risk Management
15 114 (7.36%) Technical Leadership
16 112 (7.23%) Collaborative Culture
17 110 (7.10%) Decision-Making
18 109 (7.04%) Project Delivery
19 106 (6.84%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 177 (11.43%) Python
2 141 (9.10%) Java
3 99 (6.39%) SQL
4 71 (4.58%) JavaScript
5 43 (2.78%) C++
6 37 (2.39%) C#
7 34 (2.19%) PowerShell
8 33 (2.13%) Bash
9 25 (1.61%) C
9 25 (1.61%) TypeScript
10 14 (0.90%) Groovy
11 11 (0.71%) Apex Code
11 11 (0.71%) DataWeave
11 11 (0.71%) Rust
12 9 (0.58%) Ada
13 7 (0.45%) Go
13 7 (0.45%) PL/SQL
13 7 (0.45%) Scala
13 7 (0.45%) VBA
14 6 (0.39%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 1,214 (78.37%) SC Cleared
2 297 (19.17%) DV Cleared
3 261 (16.85%) Degree
4 109 (7.04%) BPSS Clearance
5 86 (5.55%) CISSP
6 55 (3.55%) CISM
7 46 (2.97%) Computer Science Degree
8 39 (2.52%) Azure Certification
9 35 (2.26%) Microsoft Certification
10 25 (1.61%) CTC Cleared
11 24 (1.55%) AWS Certification
12 17 (1.10%) CREST Certified
12 17 (1.10%) CRISC
13 16 (1.03%) Cisco Certification
13 16 (1.03%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 15 (0.97%) Master's Degree
15 14 (0.90%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 14 (0.90%) TOGAF Certification
16 13 (0.84%) HNC
17 10 (0.65%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 145 (9.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 81 (5.23%) NIST
3 53 (3.42%) QA
4 52 (3.36%) NCSC
5 50 (3.23%) GDPR
6 40 (2.58%) Accessibility
6 40 (2.58%) SLA
7 38 (2.45%) GRC
8 32 (2.07%) Data Quality
9 28 (1.81%) Cyber Essentials
9 28 (1.81%) PCI DSS
10 21 (1.36%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 18 (1.16%) JSP 440
12 14 (0.90%) WCAG
13 11 (0.71%) Actionable Recommendations
13 11 (0.71%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 10 (0.65%) Def Stans
15 7 (0.45%) Government Security Classifications
16 6 (0.39%) PMO
16 6 (0.39%) SOC 2
System Software
1 79 (5.10%) Docker
2 67 (4.33%) Active Directory
3 25 (1.61%) Hyper-V
4 23 (1.48%) VMware Infrastructure
5 15 (0.97%) Firmware
6 10 (0.65%) VMware ESXi
7 7 (0.45%) vSphere
8 6 (0.39%) VMware NSX
9 5 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
9 5 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
10 4 (0.26%) Squid
11 1 (0.065%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.065%) Embedded Firmware
11 1 (0.065%) IAG
11 1 (0.065%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.065%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.065%) Xen
Systems Management
1 93 (6.00%) Terraform
2 91 (5.87%) Kubernetes
3 45 (2.91%) Ansible
4 37 (2.39%) Microsoft Intune
5 19 (1.23%) Prometheus
6 18 (1.16%) Grafana
7 11 (0.71%) CloudHub
8 10 (0.65%) Argo
9 9 (0.58%) Progress Chef
10 7 (0.45%) Nmap
10 7 (0.45%) Puppet
10 7 (0.45%) QRadar
11 6 (0.39%) Kustomize
11 6 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
12 5 (0.32%) AWS Copilot
12 5 (0.32%) Endace
12 5 (0.32%) Istio
12 5 (0.32%) Packer
12 5 (0.32%) vCenter Server
13 4 (0.26%) Kibana
Vendors
1 239 (15.43%) Microsoft
2 56 (3.62%) ServiceNow
3 54 (3.49%) Google
4 51 (3.29%) SAP
5 50 (3.23%) Cisco
6 49 (3.16%) Oracle
7 33 (2.13%) VMware
8 32 (2.07%) Salesforce
9 24 (1.55%) MuleSoft
10 21 (1.36%) Red Hat
11 18 (1.16%) OpenAI
12 16 (1.03%) CyberArk
12 16 (1.03%) Databricks
13 15 (0.97%) Splunk
14 12 (0.77%) Okta
15 9 (0.58%) Adobe
15 9 (0.58%) Juniper
15 9 (0.58%) Meraki
16 7 (0.45%) Dell
17 6 (0.39%) Ariba