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

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 32 25
Rank change year-on-year +12 -7 -4
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,935 1,205 1,775
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.79% 7.28% 7.90%
As % of the Qualifications category 37.59% 19.51% 28.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1,242 617 1,025
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £56,250 £48,750 £48,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% - +2.46%
75th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,475 £92,500 £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 5,148 6,175 6,199
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.73% 37.30% 27.59%
Number of salaries quoted 3,217 2,284 2,840
10th Percentile £32,765 £31,000 £34,404
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -3.51% -2.56%

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 29 September 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 39 (2.02%) Apache
2 32 (1.65%) Apache Spark
3 26 (1.34%) SharePoint
4 19 (0.98%) 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%) nginx
7 9 (0.47%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 8 (0.41%) Camunda
8 8 (0.41%) Jupyter
9 4 (0.21%) ArcGIS
9 4 (0.21%) GeoServer
9 4 (0.21%) IIS
9 4 (0.21%) Oracle Spatial
10 3 (0.16%) Apache Solr
10 3 (0.16%) CMS
10 3 (0.16%) Microsoft Exchange
10 3 (0.16%) WebLogic
Applications
1 30 (1.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 29 (1.50%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (1.19%) Simulink
4 16 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 14 (0.72%) Microsoft Project
6 6 (0.31%) Adobe XD
6 6 (0.31%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.21%) Mathcad
7 4 (0.21%) Windchill
8 2 (0.10%) AutoCAD
8 2 (0.10%) InDesign
8 2 (0.10%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.052%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.052%) EPLAN
9 1 (0.052%) FrameMaker
9 1 (0.052%) Houdini
9 1 (0.052%) NUKE
9 1 (0.052%) Revit
9 1 (0.052%) SOLIDWORKS
9 1 (0.052%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 20 (1.03%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (0.83%) Primavera
3 9 (0.47%) Oracle EBS
4 7 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (0.36%) Workday HCM
5 5 (0.26%) Oracle ERP
5 5 (0.26%) SAP ERP
5 5 (0.26%) Teamcenter
6 4 (0.21%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 4 (0.21%) SAP PSCD
7 3 (0.16%) 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 PM
9 1 (0.052%) Maximo
9 1 (0.052%) SAP CO
9 1 (0.052%) SAP FI
9 1 (0.052%) SAP FI/CO
9 1 (0.052%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 471 (24.34%) Azure
2 436 (22.53%) AWS
3 129 (6.67%) GCP
4 92 (4.75%) Entra ID
5 90 (4.65%) Microsoft 365
6 83 (4.29%) Power Platform
7 50 (2.58%) GitHub
8 45 (2.33%) Serverless
9 40 (2.07%) AWS CloudFormation
10 38 (1.96%) dbt
11 35 (1.81%) Amazon S3
11 35 (1.81%) Azure DevOps
12 31 (1.60%) SaaS
13 25 (1.29%) AWS Lambda
13 25 (1.29%) OpenShift
14 23 (1.19%) Azure Sentinel
15 22 (1.14%) Amazon EC2
15 22 (1.14%) Microsoft Purview
16 21 (1.09%) PaaS
17 20 (1.03%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 56 (2.89%) Firewall
2 54 (2.79%) Network Security
3 41 (2.12%) TCP/IP
4 36 (1.86%) DNS
5 21 (1.09%) WAN
6 20 (1.03%) VPN
7 17 (0.88%) DHCP
8 16 (0.83%) SSL
9 14 (0.72%) Wireless
10 13 (0.67%) LAN
11 12 (0.62%) BGP
11 12 (0.62%) Wi-Fi
12 11 (0.57%) ATM
13 10 (0.52%) Ethernet
14 8 (0.41%) Internet
14 8 (0.41%) OSPF
15 6 (0.31%) DMZ
15 6 (0.31%) HTTP
15 6 (0.31%) MPLS
16 5 (0.26%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (3.51%) Power BI
2 50 (2.58%) PostgreSQL
3 31 (1.60%) Big Data
3 31 (1.60%) Data Warehouse
4 28 (1.45%) NoSQL
5 24 (1.24%) Relational Database
5 24 (1.24%) SQL Server
6 22 (1.14%) Amazon Athena
7 21 (1.09%) Metadata
8 19 (0.98%) Tableau
9 18 (0.93%) Data Lake
10 14 (0.72%) DynamoDB
10 14 (0.72%) MySQL
11 11 (0.57%) MongoDB
12 10 (0.52%) Hadoop
13 9 (0.47%) Amazon Redshift
14 7 (0.36%) Amazon RDS
14 7 (0.36%) Elasticsearch
14 7 (0.36%) Redis
15 6 (0.31%) GIS
Development Applications
1 81 (4.19%) Git
2 42 (2.17%) Jenkins
3 39 (2.02%) JIRA
4 38 (1.96%) GitLab
5 25 (1.29%) JUnit
6 24 (1.24%) Rational DOORS
7 17 (0.88%) Selenium
8 16 (0.83%) Mockito
9 12 (0.62%) Maven
10 11 (0.57%) Cucumber
11 10 (0.52%) Burp Suite
11 10 (0.52%) Metasploit
12 9 (0.47%) Cypress.io
12 9 (0.47%) Postman
13 8 (0.41%) Balsamiq
13 8 (0.41%) SonarQube
14 6 (0.31%) Axure RP
14 6 (0.31%) Gatling
14 6 (0.31%) LabVIEW
15 3 (0.16%) Visual Studio
General
1 559 (28.89%) Social Skills
2 466 (24.08%) Public Sector
3 392 (20.26%) Finance
4 373 (19.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 240 (12.40%) Analytical Skills
6 196 (10.13%) Aerospace
7 164 (8.48%) Law
8 74 (3.82%) Legal
9 62 (3.20%) Presentation Skills
10 61 (3.15%) Electronics
11 55 (2.84%) Military
11 55 (2.84%) Organisational Skills
12 54 (2.79%) Influencing Skills
13 52 (2.69%) Retail
14 50 (2.58%) Police
15 43 (2.22%) Manufacturing
16 38 (1.96%) Telecoms
17 15 (0.78%) Automotive
17 15 (0.78%) Local Government
18 14 (0.72%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 367 (18.97%) Senior
2 302 (15.61%) Architect
3 198 (10.23%) Consultant
4 169 (8.73%) Software Engineer
5 167 (8.63%) Lead
6 136 (7.03%) Analyst
7 132 (6.82%) Developer
8 109 (5.63%) Solutions Architect
9 97 (5.01%) Data Engineer
10 79 (4.08%) Principal Engineer
11 64 (3.31%) Senior Manager
12 62 (3.20%) Cloud Engineer
12 62 (3.20%) Security Consultant
13 54 (2.79%) Security Architect
14 52 (2.69%) DevOps Engineer
15 47 (2.43%) Business Analyst
15 47 (2.43%) Senior Consultant
15 47 (2.43%) Senior Developer
16 46 (2.38%) Java Engineer
17 44 (2.27%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 127 (6.56%) Terraform
2 65 (3.36%) React
3 61 (3.15%) REST
4 47 (2.43%) Spring
5 44 (2.27%) .NET
6 32 (1.65%) CSS
7 30 (1.55%) Kafka
8 26 (1.34%) AngularJS
8 26 (1.34%) HTML
9 25 (1.29%) Playwright
9 25 (1.29%) PySpark
9 25 (1.29%) Spring Boot
10 24 (1.24%) OAuth
11 22 (1.14%) Node.js
11 22 (1.14%) RESTful
11 22 (1.14%) SOAP
12 20 (1.03%) .NET Core
13 19 (0.98%) JWT
13 19 (0.98%) Web Services
14 18 (0.93%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 137 (7.08%) Cloud Native
2 73 (3.77%) Management Information System
3 63 (3.26%) Self-Motivation
4 62 (3.20%) Onboarding
5 59 (3.05%) Product Ownership
6 42 (2.17%) Security Posture
7 37 (1.91%) Driving Licence
8 34 (1.76%) Data Centre
9 33 (1.71%) Distributed Systems
10 31 (1.60%) Blog
10 31 (1.60%) FPGA
11 30 (1.55%) PKI
12 29 (1.50%) Legacy Systems
13 28 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
14 26 (1.34%) CMDB
15 25 (1.29%) Cyber Threat
16 22 (1.14%) Cyber Defence
17 20 (1.03%) Algorithms
18 19 (0.98%) Hybrid Cloud
18 19 (0.98%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 140 (7.24%) Linux
2 119 (6.15%) Windows
3 47 (2.43%) Windows Server
4 33 (1.71%) 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
1 538 (27.80%) Agile
2 368 (19.02%) Continuous Improvement
3 308 (15.92%) Mentoring
3 308 (15.92%) Problem-Solving
4 307 (15.87%) Cybersecurity
5 286 (14.78%) Software Engineering
6 273 (14.11%) CI/CD
7 263 (13.59%) AI
8 246 (12.71%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 244 (12.61%) DevOps
10 226 (11.68%) Stakeholder Management
11 190 (9.82%) Analytics
12 187 (9.66%) Decision-Making
13 183 (9.46%) Technical Leadership
14 176 (9.10%) Coaching
15 150 (7.75%) Community of Practice
16 146 (7.55%) Scrum
17 145 (7.49%) Infrastructure as Code
18 144 (7.44%) Collaborative Culture
19 139 (7.18%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 232 (11.99%) Python
2 172 (8.89%) Java
3 147 (7.60%) SQL
4 109 (5.63%) JavaScript
5 65 (3.36%) C++
6 63 (3.26%) C#
7 50 (2.58%) Bash
8 48 (2.48%) PowerShell
9 40 (2.07%) TypeScript
10 35 (1.81%) C
11 25 (1.29%) MATLAB
12 21 (1.09%) Ada
13 16 (0.83%) PL/SQL
14 15 (0.78%) Groovy
14 15 (0.78%) Kusto Query Language
15 14 (0.72%) Go
16 13 (0.67%) Bicep
16 13 (0.67%) DataWeave
16 13 (0.67%) Rust
17 12 (0.62%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 1,538 (79.48%) SC Cleared
2 418 (21.60%) DV Cleared
3 337 (17.42%) Degree
4 232 (11.99%) BPSS Clearance
5 77 (3.98%) CISSP
6 57 (2.95%) CISM
7 51 (2.64%) Azure Certification
8 47 (2.43%) Computer Science Degree
9 44 (2.27%) AWS Certification
10 30 (1.55%) Master's Degree
11 23 (1.19%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 23 (1.19%) Microsoft Certification
12 22 (1.14%) Cisco Certification
13 20 (1.03%) DBS Check
13 20 (1.03%) PhD
14 18 (0.93%) Chartered Engineer
14 18 (0.93%) TOGAF Certification
15 17 (0.88%) CRISC
16 16 (0.83%) CHECK Team Member
16 16 (0.83%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 162 (8.37%) Accessibility
2 148 (7.65%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 94 (4.86%) NIST
4 75 (3.88%) QA
5 74 (3.82%) NCSC
6 54 (2.79%) Data Quality
7 50 (2.58%) GRC
8 48 (2.48%) GDPR
9 27 (1.40%) Cyber Essentials
9 27 (1.40%) PCI DSS
10 25 (1.29%) SLA
11 20 (1.03%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 18 (0.93%) Def Stans
12 18 (0.93%) WCAG
13 16 (0.83%) JSP 440
14 14 (0.72%) Actionable Recommendations
15 11 (0.57%) NIST 800
16 7 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 42001
16 7 (0.36%) PMO
17 6 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 116 (5.99%) Docker
2 84 (4.34%) Active Directory
3 43 (2.22%) Firmware
4 39 (2.02%) VMware Infrastructure
5 24 (1.24%) Hyper-V
6 18 (0.93%) VMware ESXi
7 10 (0.52%) Virtual Machines
7 10 (0.52%) vSphere
8 6 (0.31%) Squid
8 6 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
8 6 (0.31%) VMware NSX
9 5 (0.26%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.10%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.052%) Embedded Firmware
11 1 (0.052%) IAG
11 1 (0.052%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.052%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 128 (6.61%) Kubernetes
2 45 (2.33%) Microsoft Intune
3 44 (2.27%) Ansible
4 26 (1.34%) Grafana
5 16 (0.83%) Prometheus
6 13 (0.67%) CloudHub
6 13 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
7 12 (0.62%) Argo
8 10 (0.52%) Nmap
9 7 (0.36%) Kustomize
9 7 (0.36%) QRadar
10 6 (0.31%) FortiGate
10 6 (0.31%) Istio
10 6 (0.31%) Progress Chef
11 5 (0.26%) Kibana
11 5 (0.26%) Packer
11 5 (0.26%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 4 (0.21%) vCenter Server
13 3 (0.16%) Oracle RMAN
13 3 (0.16%) SCCM
Vendors
1 276 (14.26%) Microsoft
2 93 (4.81%) ServiceNow
3 66 (3.41%) Oracle
4 63 (3.26%) SAP
5 61 (3.15%) Google
6 52 (2.69%) VMware
7 34 (1.76%) Cisco
8 27 (1.40%) Salesforce
9 24 (1.24%) Databricks
10 22 (1.14%) YouTube
11 21 (1.09%) Red Hat
12 19 (0.98%) CyberArk
12 19 (0.98%) OpenAI
12 19 (0.98%) Splunk
12 19 (0.98%) Workday
13 18 (0.93%) Okta
14 17 (0.88%) MuleSoft
15 15 (0.78%) Veeam
16 14 (0.72%) EMC
16 14 (0.72%) Thales