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

6 months to
27 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 33 24
Rank change year-on-year +10 -9 0
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,744 1,134 1,918
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.50% 6.85% 7.73%
As % of the Qualifications category 36.58% 20.02% 29.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1,159 581 1,246
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% -2.44%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £79,225
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £86,875
UK median annual salary £70,000 £62,500 £59,500
% change year-on-year +12.00% +5.04% -0.83%

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 4,768 5,665 6,582
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.51% 34.23% 26.51%
Number of salaries quoted 3,074 2,431 3,621
10th Percentile £33,750 £29,750 £32,996
25th Percentile £46,500 £40,886 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £58,700
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -2.04% -2.17%
75th Percentile £79,772 £75,900 £73,750
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 27 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 39 (2.24%) Apache
2 35 (2.01%) SharePoint
3 29 (1.66%) Apache Spark
4 15 (0.86%) Confluence
5 13 (0.75%) Anypoint
5 13 (0.75%) Mule
6 11 (0.63%) 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 3 (0.17%) Apache Solr
10 3 (0.17%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.17%) GeoServer
10 3 (0.17%) Oracle Spatial
11 2 (0.11%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.11%) WordPress
12 1 (0.057%) Appian
12 1 (0.057%) Drupal
Applications
1 28 (1.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (1.20%) Simulink
3 15 (0.86%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (0.52%) 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 17 (0.97%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (0.92%) Primavera
3 6 (0.34%) SAP ERP
3 6 (0.34%) Workday HCM
4 5 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
4 5 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
4 5 (0.29%) Oracle ERP
4 5 (0.29%) Teamcenter
5 2 (0.11%) SAP QM
6 1 (0.057%) Magento
6 1 (0.057%) SAP BPC
6 1 (0.057%) SAP CO
6 1 (0.057%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.057%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.057%) SAP FSCM
6 1 (0.057%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.057%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.057%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.057%) SAP PSCD
6 1 (0.057%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 441 (25.29%) Azure
2 417 (23.91%) AWS
3 126 (7.22%) GCP
4 80 (4.59%) Power Platform
5 75 (4.30%) Microsoft 365
6 71 (4.07%) Entra ID
7 43 (2.47%) AWS CloudFormation
8 41 (2.35%) GitHub
9 38 (2.18%) dbt
10 29 (1.66%) Serverless
11 27 (1.55%) Azure DevOps
12 24 (1.38%) SaaS
13 23 (1.32%) Azure Sentinel
13 23 (1.32%) OpenShift
14 22 (1.26%) Amazon S3
15 21 (1.20%) Google Analytics
16 20 (1.15%) Microsoft Purview
17 19 (1.09%) GitHub Actions
18 18 (1.03%) Amazon EC2
18 18 (1.03%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 50 (2.87%) Firewall
1 50 (2.87%) Network Security
2 42 (2.41%) TCP/IP
3 32 (1.83%) DNS
4 23 (1.32%) WAN
5 16 (0.92%) SSL
5 16 (0.92%) VPN
6 15 (0.86%) LAN
7 13 (0.75%) BGP
7 13 (0.75%) DHCP
8 11 (0.63%) ATM
9 9 (0.52%) Ethernet
10 8 (0.46%) MPLS
10 8 (0.46%) OSPF
10 8 (0.46%) Wireless
11 6 (0.34%) HTTP
12 5 (0.29%) DMZ
12 5 (0.29%) VLAN
13 4 (0.23%) Internet
13 4 (0.23%) X.509
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (3.61%) Power BI
2 45 (2.58%) PostgreSQL
3 28 (1.61%) Big Data
3 28 (1.61%) Data Warehouse
4 25 (1.43%) SQL Server
5 23 (1.32%) NoSQL
6 20 (1.15%) Relational Database
7 18 (1.03%) Tableau
8 16 (0.92%) Metadata
9 15 (0.86%) DynamoDB
9 15 (0.86%) MongoDB
9 15 (0.86%) MySQL
10 14 (0.80%) Amazon Athena
11 12 (0.69%) Data Lake
12 9 (0.52%) Hadoop
13 7 (0.40%) Redis
14 6 (0.34%) Elasticsearch
15 5 (0.29%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 4 (0.23%) GIS
16 4 (0.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 67 (3.84%) Git
2 39 (2.24%) Jenkins
3 38 (2.18%) GitLab
4 31 (1.78%) JIRA
5 23 (1.32%) Rational DOORS
6 22 (1.26%) JUnit
7 16 (0.92%) Selenium
8 13 (0.75%) Mockito
9 12 (0.69%) Maven
10 10 (0.57%) Balsamiq
11 9 (0.52%) Cucumber
11 9 (0.52%) 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
1 538 (30.85%) Social Skills
2 417 (23.91%) Public Sector
3 344 (19.72%) Finance
4 335 (19.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 223 (12.79%) Analytical Skills
6 168 (9.63%) Aerospace
6 168 (9.63%) Law
7 72 (4.13%) Legal
8 57 (3.27%) Presentation Skills
9 50 (2.87%) Electronics
10 49 (2.81%) Organisational Skills
11 48 (2.75%) Military
12 46 (2.64%) Influencing Skills
13 41 (2.35%) Retail
14 40 (2.29%) Manufacturing
15 37 (2.12%) Telecoms
16 29 (1.66%) Police
17 16 (0.92%) Automotive
17 16 (0.92%) Local Government
18 15 (0.86%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 304 (17.43%) Senior
2 287 (16.46%) Architect
3 193 (11.07%) Consultant
4 163 (9.35%) Lead
5 140 (8.03%) Software Engineer
6 129 (7.40%) Developer
7 126 (7.22%) Analyst
8 106 (6.08%) Solutions Architect
9 66 (3.78%) Data Engineer
10 65 (3.73%) Cloud Engineer
11 64 (3.67%) Security Consultant
12 57 (3.27%) DevOps Engineer
13 55 (3.15%) Principal Engineer
14 53 (3.04%) Security Architect
15 50 (2.87%) Senior Developer
16 48 (2.75%) Business Analyst
16 48 (2.75%) Senior Manager
17 47 (2.69%) Senior Consultant
18 45 (2.58%) Senior Analyst
19 41 (2.35%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 117 (6.71%) Terraform
2 62 (3.56%) React
3 53 (3.04%) REST
4 44 (2.52%) Spring
5 42 (2.41%) .NET
6 34 (1.95%) CSS
7 31 (1.78%) Kafka
8 28 (1.61%) HTML
9 27 (1.55%) AngularJS
10 24 (1.38%) OAuth
11 23 (1.32%) Playwright
12 22 (1.26%) SOAP
13 20 (1.15%) .NET Core
14 19 (1.09%) Node.js
14 19 (1.09%) Spring Boot
15 18 (1.03%) RESTful
16 17 (0.97%) JWT
16 17 (0.97%) PySpark
16 17 (0.97%) Web Services
17 16 (0.92%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 127 (7.28%) Cloud Native
2 64 (3.67%) Self-Motivation
3 59 (3.38%) Product Ownership
4 54 (3.10%) Management Information System
5 52 (2.98%) Onboarding
6 43 (2.47%) Security Posture
7 38 (2.18%) Blog
8 33 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
9 30 (1.72%) Cyber Threat
9 30 (1.72%) Distributed Systems
10 29 (1.66%) Driving Licence
10 29 (1.66%) FPGA
11 27 (1.55%) PKI
12 25 (1.43%) Cyber Defence
13 23 (1.32%) Data Centre
14 22 (1.26%) Enterprise Software
14 22 (1.26%) Security Operations Centre
15 21 (1.20%) Algorithms
15 21 (1.20%) CMDB
16 19 (1.09%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 135 (7.74%) Linux
2 102 (5.85%) 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%) Embedded Linux
8 4 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.17%) CentOS
9 3 (0.17%) Kali Linux
9 3 (0.17%) OpenWrt
9 3 (0.17%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.11%) Solaris
10 2 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.057%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.057%) Debian
11 1 (0.057%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 492 (28.21%) Agile
2 319 (18.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 280 (16.06%) Cybersecurity
4 270 (15.48%) Problem-Solving
5 260 (14.91%) Mentoring
6 241 (13.82%) CI/CD
7 240 (13.76%) Software Engineering
8 229 (13.13%) DevOps
9 223 (12.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 201 (11.53%) AI
11 171 (9.81%) Stakeholder Management
12 154 (8.83%) Decision-Making
13 146 (8.37%) Community of Practice
14 145 (8.31%) Collaborative Culture
15 143 (8.20%) Technical Leadership
16 140 (8.03%) Project Delivery
17 137 (7.86%) Scrum
18 134 (7.68%) Analytics
19 132 (7.57%) Coaching
20 131 (7.51%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 211 (12.10%) Python
2 159 (9.12%) Java
3 117 (6.71%) SQL
4 103 (5.91%) JavaScript
5 61 (3.50%) C++
6 57 (3.27%) C#
7 47 (2.69%) Bash
8 43 (2.47%) PowerShell
9 34 (1.95%) TypeScript
10 32 (1.83%) C
11 23 (1.32%) MATLAB
12 21 (1.20%) Ada
13 16 (0.92%) Groovy
14 15 (0.86%) Go
15 14 (0.80%) Rust
16 13 (0.75%) DataWeave
17 12 (0.69%) Kusto Query Language
17 12 (0.69%) PL/SQL
17 12 (0.69%) Ruby
18 9 (0.52%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1,372 (78.67%) SC Cleared
2 424 (24.31%) DV Cleared
3 325 (18.64%) Degree
4 235 (13.47%) BPSS Clearance
5 78 (4.47%) CISSP
6 59 (3.38%) CISM
7 54 (3.10%) Computer Science Degree
8 47 (2.69%) Azure Certification
9 39 (2.24%) AWS Certification
10 30 (1.72%) Master's Degree
11 28 (1.61%) Microsoft Certification
12 22 (1.26%) Cisco Certification
12 22 (1.26%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 20 (1.15%) CREST Certified
14 18 (1.03%) CRISC
15 17 (0.97%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 17 (0.97%) PhD
16 13 (0.75%) Chartered Engineer
17 12 (0.69%) TOGAF Certification
18 11 (0.63%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 153 (8.77%) Accessibility
2 142 (8.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 94 (5.39%) NIST
4 68 (3.90%) NCSC
5 67 (3.84%) QA
6 48 (2.75%) GRC
7 42 (2.41%) Data Quality
8 40 (2.29%) GDPR
9 26 (1.49%) PCI DSS
10 24 (1.38%) Cyber Essentials
11 22 (1.26%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 22 (1.26%) SLA
12 20 (1.15%) WCAG
13 17 (0.97%) JSP 440
14 14 (0.80%) Def Stans
15 13 (0.75%) Actionable Recommendations
16 11 (0.63%) NIST 800
17 7 (0.40%) PMO
18 6 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 42001
18 6 (0.34%) SOC 2
System Software
1 110 (6.31%) Docker
2 78 (4.47%) Active Directory
3 45 (2.58%) Firmware
4 33 (1.89%) 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
11 1 (0.057%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.057%) Embedded Firmware
11 1 (0.057%) IAG
11 1 (0.057%) QEMU
11 1 (0.057%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.057%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.057%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 118 (6.77%) Kubernetes
2 45 (2.58%) Ansible
3 36 (2.06%) Microsoft Intune
4 16 (0.92%) Grafana
4 16 (0.92%) Prometheus
5 13 (0.75%) CloudHub
6 12 (0.69%) Single Sign-On
7 10 (0.57%) Argo
8 8 (0.46%) Progress Chef
9 7 (0.40%) Nmap
9 7 (0.40%) QRadar
10 6 (0.34%) Kustomize
10 6 (0.34%) Packer
11 5 (0.29%) Istio
11 5 (0.29%) vCenter Server
12 4 (0.23%) FortiGate
12 4 (0.23%) Oracle RMAN
13 3 (0.17%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 3 (0.17%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
13 3 (0.17%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 233 (13.36%) Microsoft
2 68 (3.90%) ServiceNow
3 64 (3.67%) Google
4 51 (2.92%) SAP
5 48 (2.75%) Oracle
6 45 (2.58%) VMware
7 29 (1.66%) Cisco
8 25 (1.43%) Salesforce
9 24 (1.38%) Red Hat
10 20 (1.15%) Databricks
11 19 (1.09%) OpenAI
11 19 (1.09%) Splunk
12 18 (1.03%) MuleSoft
13 13 (0.75%) Adobe
13 13 (0.75%) CyberArk
14 12 (0.69%) Okta
15 11 (0.63%) Siemens
15 11 (0.63%) Veeam
15 11 (0.63%) YouTube
16 9 (0.52%) EMC