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

6 months to
24 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 34 23
Rank change year-on-year +16 -11 +12
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,392 1,192 2,187
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.92% 7.28% 8.78%
As % of the Qualifications category 27.48% 25.65% 32.73%
Number of salaries quoted 920 697 1,487
10th Percentile £43,750 £42,500 £38,744
25th Percentile £51,250 £52,500 £49,996
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £79,600 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,750 £88,750
UK median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +8.70% -

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 5,066 4,647 6,681
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 32.46% 28.38% 26.82%
Number of salaries quoted 2,555 2,389 4,880
10th Percentile £30,500 £34,404 £32,500
25th Percentile £44,227 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £90,000 £90,000
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 24 January 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 27 (1.94%) SharePoint
2 11 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (0.57%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (0.36%) Apache
4 5 (0.36%) Apache Spark
4 5 (0.36%) Confluence
5 4 (0.29%) ArcGIS
5 4 (0.29%) GeoServer
5 4 (0.29%) Oracle Spatial
6 3 (0.22%) Tomcat
6 3 (0.22%) WebLogic
6 3 (0.22%) WebLogic Portal
6 3 (0.22%) WordPress
7 2 (0.14%) Camunda
8 1 (0.072%) IIS
Applications
1 82 (5.89%) Microsoft Office
2 29 (2.08%) Adobe XD
3 15 (1.08%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.22%) AutoCAD
5 3 (0.22%) InVision
5 3 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.22%) Simulink
5 3 (0.22%) Sketch
6 2 (0.14%) Weka
7 1 (0.072%) EngageOne
7 1 (0.072%) EPLAN
7 1 (0.072%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.072%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.072%) Revit
7 1 (0.072%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 23 (1.65%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (1.22%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (0.86%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 4 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.29%) Primavera
4 4 (0.29%) SAP PP
5 3 (0.22%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.22%) SAP CO
5 3 (0.22%) SAP FI
5 3 (0.22%) SAP FI/CO
5 3 (0.22%) SAP PM
6 2 (0.14%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.14%) SAP SCM
7 1 (0.072%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.072%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.072%) SAP HCM
7 1 (0.072%) SAP HR
7 1 (0.072%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.072%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.072%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 211 (15.16%) Azure
2 192 (13.79%) AWS
3 120 (8.62%) Microsoft 365
4 52 (3.74%) Entra ID
4 52 (3.74%) Power Platform
5 49 (3.52%) GCP
6 38 (2.73%) AWS CloudFormation
7 32 (2.30%) PowerApps
8 31 (2.23%) Azure DevOps
8 31 (2.23%) Figma
9 27 (1.94%) Amazon EKS
9 27 (1.94%) Dynamics 365
9 27 (1.94%) Power Automate
10 26 (1.87%) GitHub
11 25 (1.80%) Serverless
12 24 (1.72%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 22 (1.58%) Amazon ECS
14 19 (1.36%) AWS Lambda
15 18 (1.29%) Amazon S3
16 16 (1.15%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 41 (2.95%) Firewall
2 27 (1.94%) VPN
3 19 (1.36%) Network Security
4 17 (1.22%) LAN
5 15 (1.08%) DNS
6 14 (1.01%) TCP/IP
6 14 (1.01%) WAN
7 11 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
8 10 (0.72%) BGP
9 8 (0.57%) DHCP
9 8 (0.57%) Ethernet
10 7 (0.50%) DMZ
10 7 (0.50%) MPLS
10 7 (0.50%) Wireless
11 6 (0.43%) SAN
11 6 (0.43%) SD-WAN
11 6 (0.43%) Software-Defined Radio
11 6 (0.43%) VoIP
12 5 (0.36%) Cisco ASA
12 5 (0.36%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (2.73%) Power BI
2 31 (2.23%) PostgreSQL
3 23 (1.65%) NoSQL
4 17 (1.22%) MongoDB
4 17 (1.22%) SQL Server
5 15 (1.08%) Amazon RDS
5 15 (1.08%) Metadata
6 14 (1.01%) MySQL
7 13 (0.93%) Relational Database
8 11 (0.79%) Elasticsearch
9 8 (0.57%) Redis
9 8 (0.57%) Tableau
10 7 (0.50%) Data Warehouse
11 6 (0.43%) GIS
12 5 (0.36%) Amazon Redshift
12 5 (0.36%) Big Data
12 5 (0.36%) BigQuery
12 5 (0.36%) DynamoDB
12 5 (0.36%) SAP HANA
13 4 (0.29%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 34 (2.44%) Git
1 34 (2.44%) Jenkins
2 29 (2.08%) Balsamiq
3 27 (1.94%) Axure RP
4 18 (1.29%) JIRA
4 18 (1.29%) Selenium
5 14 (1.01%) GitLab
6 11 (0.79%) Cypress.io
7 9 (0.65%) WebDriver
8 7 (0.50%) Burp Suite
8 7 (0.50%) Metasploit
9 6 (0.43%) JMeter
9 6 (0.43%) SonarQube
10 5 (0.36%) Robot Framework
11 4 (0.29%) Babel
11 4 (0.29%) MLflow
11 4 (0.29%) webpack
12 3 (0.22%) Bitbucket
12 3 (0.22%) Rational Rhapsody
12 3 (0.22%) TeamCity
General
1 339 (24.35%) Social Skills
2 276 (19.83%) Public Sector
3 182 (13.07%) Finance
4 146 (10.49%) Analytical Skills
5 112 (8.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 103 (7.40%) Law
7 84 (6.03%) Manufacturing
8 63 (4.53%) Back Office
9 58 (4.17%) Telecoms
10 55 (3.95%) Electronics
11 54 (3.88%) Marketing
12 32 (2.30%) Military
13 24 (1.72%) Aerospace
14 23 (1.65%) Presentation Skills
15 21 (1.51%) Retail
16 17 (1.22%) Organisational Skills
17 15 (1.08%) Legal
18 14 (1.01%) Influencing Skills
19 10 (0.72%) Banking
20 9 (0.65%) Games
Job Titles
1 177 (12.72%) Senior
2 162 (11.64%) Systems Engineer
3 131 (9.41%) Analyst
4 128 (9.20%) Architect
5 123 (8.84%) Consultant
6 87 (6.25%) Lead
7 86 (6.18%) Developer
8 84 (6.03%) Business Analyst
9 81 (5.82%) Support Engineer
10 74 (5.32%) Software Engineer
11 64 (4.60%) Site Engineer
12 61 (4.38%) Desktop Engineer
13 60 (4.31%) Desktop Support
13 60 (4.31%) Desktop Support Engineer
14 42 (3.02%) Security Consultant
15 39 (2.80%) Solutions Architect
16 38 (2.73%) Designer
17 36 (2.59%) Data Engineer
18 33 (2.37%) Cloud Engineer
19 32 (2.30%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (3.45%) React
2 39 (2.80%) .NET
3 29 (2.08%) HTML
4 28 (2.01%) CSS
5 26 (1.87%) Spring
6 25 (1.80%) REST
7 24 (1.72%) SAP CAF
8 20 (1.44%) Spring Boot
9 18 (1.29%) Django
10 17 (1.22%) Node.js
10 17 (1.22%) SOAP
11 16 (1.15%) AngularJS
11 16 (1.15%) Lightning Web Components
12 15 (1.08%) HTML5 Canvas
12 15 (1.08%) Middleware
13 14 (1.01%) Kafka
14 13 (0.93%) ASP.NET
15 12 (0.86%) Visualforce
16 11 (0.79%) RESTful
16 11 (0.79%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 63 (4.53%) Cloud Native
2 57 (4.09%) e-Learning
2 57 (4.09%) Product Ownership
3 45 (3.23%) Security Posture
4 42 (3.02%) Self-Motivation
5 29 (2.08%) Data Centre
6 26 (1.87%) Management Information System
7 24 (1.72%) Onboarding
8 17 (1.22%) PKI
9 16 (1.15%) Algorithms
10 15 (1.08%) Analytical Mindset
10 15 (1.08%) Driving Licence
11 12 (0.86%) Distributed Systems
12 11 (0.79%) Cyber Security Posture
13 10 (0.72%) Hybrid Cloud
13 10 (0.72%) Legacy Systems
13 10 (0.72%) Low-Code
13 10 (0.72%) Private Cloud
14 9 (0.65%) AI Agents
15 8 (0.57%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 122 (8.76%) Windows
2 118 (8.48%) Linux
3 66 (4.74%) Windows 10
4 41 (2.95%) Unix
5 17 (1.22%) Windows Server
6 10 (0.72%) Ubuntu
7 9 (0.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (0.43%) CentOS
9 5 (0.36%) Debian
9 5 (0.36%) Embedded Linux
9 5 (0.36%) Solaris
10 3 (0.22%) VMS
11 2 (0.14%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.072%) Android
12 1 (0.072%) Rocky
12 1 (0.072%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.072%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.072%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 264 (18.97%) Agile
2 194 (13.94%) Problem-Solving
3 173 (12.43%) Cybersecurity
4 170 (12.21%) Continuous Improvement
5 163 (11.71%) Software Engineering
6 144 (10.34%) DevOps
7 140 (10.06%) Analytics
8 112 (8.05%) CI/CD
9 111 (7.97%) ITIL
10 92 (6.61%) Collaborative Culture
11 90 (6.47%) Business Intelligence
12 87 (6.25%) Community of Practice
13 86 (6.18%) Innovative Thinking
13 86 (6.18%) Technology Strategy
14 82 (5.89%) Mentoring
15 79 (5.68%) AI
16 75 (5.39%) Infrastructure as Code
17 72 (5.17%) Computer Science
18 70 (5.03%) Validation
19 69 (4.96%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 153 (10.99%) Python
2 99 (7.11%) Java
3 82 (5.89%) JavaScript
4 62 (4.45%) SQL
5 61 (4.38%) C#
6 43 (3.09%) PowerShell
7 35 (2.51%) Bash
8 28 (2.01%) TypeScript
9 26 (1.87%) C
9 26 (1.87%) C++
10 22 (1.58%) Bicep
11 16 (1.15%) Apex Code
12 15 (1.08%) Go
13 11 (0.79%) MATLAB
14 9 (0.65%) Ada
15 6 (0.43%) ABAP
15 6 (0.43%) VBA
16 5 (0.36%) Google Apps Script
16 5 (0.36%) Korn
16 5 (0.36%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 847 (60.85%) SC Cleared
2 316 (22.70%) Degree
3 248 (17.82%) DV Cleared
4 72 (5.17%) CISSP
5 71 (5.10%) BPSS Clearance
6 63 (4.53%) CTC Cleared
7 51 (3.66%) Computer Science Degree
8 50 (3.59%) Cisco Certification
8 50 (3.59%) CISM
8 50 (3.59%) Microsoft Certification
9 40 (2.87%) Azure Certification
10 31 (2.23%) CCNA
11 29 (2.08%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
12 28 (2.01%) AWS Certification
13 27 (1.94%) CCNP
14 15 (1.08%) Master's Degree
15 13 (0.93%) CREST Certified
16 12 (0.86%) OSCP
17 11 (0.79%) CISMP
17 11 (0.79%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (6.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 70 (5.03%) SLA
3 67 (4.81%) NIST
4 58 (4.17%) Accessibility
5 46 (3.30%) GDPR
5 46 (3.30%) GRC
6 43 (3.09%) QA
7 29 (2.08%) WCAG
8 22 (1.58%) Data Quality
9 18 (1.29%) NCSC
10 15 (1.08%) JSP 440
10 15 (1.08%) PCI DSS
11 9 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
11 9 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 7 (0.50%) Actionable Recommendations
13 6 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 5 (0.36%) ISO 9001
14 5 (0.36%) NIST 800
15 3 (0.22%) ISO 14001
15 3 (0.22%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 66 (4.74%) Docker
2 27 (1.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (1.72%) Active Directory
4 12 (0.86%) Firmware
5 10 (0.72%) VMware NSX
6 9 (0.65%) Hyper-V
6 9 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.36%) Embedded Firmware
8 4 (0.29%) vSphere
9 1 (0.072%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.072%) vCloud
9 1 (0.072%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.072%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 82 (5.89%) Terraform
2 77 (5.53%) Kubernetes
3 48 (3.45%) Ansible
4 30 (2.16%) Grafana
5 9 (0.65%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (0.65%) Prometheus
6 7 (0.50%) Nmap
7 6 (0.43%) SCOM
8 5 (0.36%) SCCM
9 4 (0.29%) Kibana
9 4 (0.29%) WSUS
9 4 (0.29%) ZABBIX
10 3 (0.22%) Docker Swarm
10 3 (0.22%) Endace
10 3 (0.22%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.22%) Nagios
10 3 (0.22%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 3 (0.22%) Puppet
10 3 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.14%) Argo
Vendors
1 168 (12.07%) Microsoft
2 120 (8.62%) Cisco
3 79 (5.68%) SAP
4 48 (3.45%) Google
5 43 (3.09%) Salesforce
6 35 (2.51%) VMware
7 29 (2.08%) Adobe
8 27 (1.94%) Oracle
9 17 (1.22%) ServiceNow
10 16 (1.15%) Red Hat
11 13 (0.93%) Splunk
12 12 (0.86%) Sparx
13 10 (0.72%) CheckPoint
13 10 (0.72%) Juniper
13 10 (0.72%) MuleSoft
14 8 (0.57%) Databricks
15 7 (0.50%) F5
16 5 (0.36%) Meraki
16 5 (0.36%) NetApp
17 4 (0.29%) ESRI