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

6 months to
16 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 48 25
Rank change year-on-year +31 -23 +4
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,623 744 2,553
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 9.25% 5.64% 7.89%
As % of the Qualifications category 38.40% 19.07% 29.10%
Number of salaries quoted 1,141 534 1,750
10th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £53,750 £52,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £93,750 £86,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% +4.35% -0.86%

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 4,227 3,902 8,772
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 24.08% 29.58% 27.10%
Number of salaries quoted 2,814 2,457 5,972
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,100 £60,000 £57,291
Median % change year-on-year +0.17% +4.73% -4.52%
75th Percentile £78,797 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £58,000 £57,500 £54,500
% change year-on-year +0.87% +5.50% -5.22%

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 April 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 36 (2.22%) SharePoint
2 16 (0.99%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (0.86%) Apache Airflow
4 13 (0.80%) Apache
5 8 (0.49%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.25%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.25%) Confluence
6 4 (0.25%) GeoServer
6 4 (0.25%) Oracle Spatial
7 3 (0.18%) Camunda
7 3 (0.18%) SAS
8 2 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
8 2 (0.12%) Tomcat
8 2 (0.12%) WebLogic
8 2 (0.12%) WebLogic Portal
9 1 (0.062%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.062%) Appian
9 1 (0.062%) IIS
9 1 (0.062%) NetWeaver
9 1 (0.062%) nginx
Applications
1 77 (4.74%) Microsoft Office
2 28 (1.73%) Adobe XD
3 12 (0.74%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.31%) InVision
5 5 (0.31%) Sketch
6 2 (0.12%) Weka
7 1 (0.062%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.062%) CATIA
7 1 (0.062%) EngageOne
7 1 (0.062%) EPLAN
7 1 (0.062%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.062%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.062%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 27 (1.66%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.37%) Oracle ERP
3 4 (0.25%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (0.25%) SAP CO
3 4 (0.25%) SAP FI
3 4 (0.25%) SAP FI/CO
3 4 (0.25%) SAP FSCM
4 3 (0.18%) Elite 3E
4 3 (0.18%) Primavera
4 3 (0.18%) SAP ERP
4 3 (0.18%) SAP HCM
5 2 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.12%) SAP Payroll
5 2 (0.12%) SAP SCM
6 1 (0.062%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.062%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.062%) SAP PM
6 1 (0.062%) SAP PP
6 1 (0.062%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 270 (16.64%) Azure
2 230 (14.17%) AWS
3 114 (7.02%) Microsoft 365
4 88 (5.42%) GCP
5 53 (3.27%) Entra ID
6 50 (3.08%) Power Platform
7 33 (2.03%) AWS CloudFormation
8 29 (1.79%) Figma
9 25 (1.54%) PowerApps
10 22 (1.36%) Dynamics 365
10 22 (1.36%) Serverless
11 21 (1.29%) Azure DevOps
11 21 (1.29%) Power Automate
12 19 (1.17%) Amazon ECS
12 19 (1.17%) Amazon EKS
12 19 (1.17%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 19 (1.17%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 18 (1.11%) GitHub
13 18 (1.11%) Google Analytics
14 15 (0.92%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 38 (2.34%) Firewall
2 28 (1.73%) WAN
3 26 (1.60%) VPN
4 25 (1.54%) Network Security
5 22 (1.36%) DNS
6 20 (1.23%) LAN
6 20 (1.23%) TCP/IP
7 19 (1.17%) DHCP
8 16 (0.99%) BGP
9 13 (0.80%) MPLS
9 13 (0.80%) Wi-Fi
10 11 (0.68%) SMTP
11 9 (0.55%) HTTP
12 7 (0.43%) Intrusion Detection
12 7 (0.43%) SNMP
13 6 (0.37%) Cisco ASA
13 6 (0.37%) Cisco Firepower
13 6 (0.37%) VoIP
14 5 (0.31%) DMZ
14 5 (0.31%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (2.46%) PostgreSQL
2 39 (2.40%) Power BI
3 23 (1.42%) NoSQL
4 18 (1.11%) MongoDB
5 17 (1.05%) Metadata
6 16 (0.99%) Amazon RDS
7 15 (0.92%) Elasticsearch
8 14 (0.86%) Redis
8 14 (0.86%) SQL Server
9 10 (0.62%) MySQL
9 10 (0.62%) Relational Database
10 9 (0.55%) DynamoDB
10 9 (0.55%) Tableau
11 8 (0.49%) Data Warehouse
11 8 (0.49%) SAP HANA
12 6 (0.37%) BigQuery
13 5 (0.31%) Amazon Redshift
13 5 (0.31%) Oracle Database
14 4 (0.25%) InfluxDB
14 4 (0.25%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 51 (3.14%) Git
2 33 (2.03%) Jenkins
3 26 (1.60%) Balsamiq
4 24 (1.48%) Axure RP
5 23 (1.42%) GitLab
6 18 (1.11%) JIRA
7 11 (0.68%) Selenium
8 8 (0.49%) SonarQube
9 7 (0.43%) JMeter
10 6 (0.37%) Babel
10 6 (0.37%) Burp Suite
10 6 (0.37%) Metasploit
10 6 (0.37%) Robot Framework
10 6 (0.37%) webpack
11 5 (0.31%) Cypress.io
12 4 (0.25%) JUnit
12 4 (0.25%) WebDriver
13 3 (0.18%) Eclipse
13 3 (0.18%) Maven
13 3 (0.18%) MSTest
General
1 397 (24.46%) Social Skills
2 336 (20.70%) Public Sector
3 188 (11.58%) Finance
4 160 (9.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 141 (8.69%) Analytical Skills
6 125 (7.70%) Law
7 63 (3.88%) Back Office
7 63 (3.88%) Manufacturing
8 57 (3.51%) Telecoms
9 49 (3.02%) Legal
10 34 (2.09%) Presentation Skills
11 32 (1.97%) Electronics
12 30 (1.85%) Marketing
13 27 (1.66%) Military
13 27 (1.66%) Retail
14 25 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
15 21 (1.29%) Organisational Skills
16 20 (1.23%) Aerospace
17 10 (0.62%) Banking
18 8 (0.49%) Police
Job Titles
1 258 (15.90%) Senior
2 175 (10.78%) Architect
3 147 (9.06%) Analyst
3 147 (9.06%) Consultant
4 140 (8.63%) Systems Engineer
5 117 (7.21%) Lead
6 101 (6.22%) Business Analyst
7 97 (5.98%) Developer
8 93 (5.73%) Software Engineer
9 78 (4.81%) Support Engineer
10 67 (4.13%) Solutions Architect
11 65 (4.00%) Site Engineer
12 60 (3.70%) Desktop Engineer
12 60 (3.70%) Desktop Support
12 60 (3.70%) Desktop Support Engineer
13 52 (3.20%) Senior Manager
14 50 (3.08%) Data Engineer
15 42 (2.59%) Senior Consultant
16 41 (2.53%) Security Consultant
17 40 (2.46%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (2.71%) .NET
2 40 (2.46%) REST
3 32 (1.97%) CSS
3 32 (1.97%) HTML
3 32 (1.97%) React
3 32 (1.97%) Spring
4 23 (1.42%) Lightning Web Components
4 23 (1.42%) SOAP
5 22 (1.36%) Middleware
6 20 (1.23%) Kafka
7 19 (1.17%) Visualforce
8 17 (1.05%) Spring Boot
9 16 (0.99%) Django
10 14 (0.86%) AngularJS
10 14 (0.86%) SAML
11 13 (0.80%) ASP.NET
12 11 (0.68%) HTML5 Canvas
12 11 (0.68%) OLE
12 11 (0.68%) RESTful
12 11 (0.68%) SAP CAF
Miscellaneous
1 80 (4.93%) Product Ownership
2 66 (4.07%) Cloud Native
3 50 (3.08%) Security Posture
4 45 (2.77%) Onboarding
5 41 (2.53%) Data Centre
6 40 (2.46%) Management Information System
7 34 (2.09%) Self-Motivation
8 23 (1.42%) Legacy Systems
8 23 (1.42%) PKI
9 19 (1.17%) Blog
9 19 (1.17%) Low-Code
10 16 (0.99%) Driving Licence
11 15 (0.92%) Security Operations Centre
12 14 (0.86%) Cyber Threat
13 13 (0.80%) Data Structures
14 12 (0.74%) Analytical Mindset
14 12 (0.74%) Cyberattack
14 12 (0.74%) Distributed Systems
15 11 (0.68%) Cyber Security Posture
15 11 (0.68%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 131 (8.07%) Windows
2 104 (6.41%) Linux
3 67 (4.13%) Windows 10
4 30 (1.85%) Unix
5 22 (1.36%) Windows Server
6 9 (0.55%) Ubuntu
7 7 (0.43%) CentOS
8 5 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.18%) Android
9 3 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.062%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.062%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.062%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 315 (19.41%) Agile
2 197 (12.14%) Continuous Improvement
3 190 (11.71%) Cybersecurity
4 176 (10.84%) Problem-Solving
5 165 (10.17%) DevOps
6 146 (9.00%) Software Engineering
7 143 (8.81%) Analytics
8 133 (8.19%) Mentoring
9 126 (7.76%) ITIL
10 124 (7.64%) Community of Practice
11 116 (7.15%) CI/CD
12 111 (6.84%) Technology Strategy
13 100 (6.16%) Collaborative Culture
14 97 (5.98%) Stakeholder Management
15 88 (5.42%) Risk Management
16 81 (4.99%) Project Delivery
16 81 (4.99%) Validation
17 79 (4.87%) Infrastructure as Code
18 77 (4.74%) Roadmaps
18 77 (4.74%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 129 (7.95%) Python
2 116 (7.15%) Java
3 79 (4.87%) JavaScript
4 69 (4.25%) SQL
5 61 (3.76%) C#
6 34 (2.09%) PowerShell
7 27 (1.66%) TypeScript
8 23 (1.42%) Apex Code
9 22 (1.36%) Bash
10 21 (1.29%) C++
11 11 (0.68%) C
12 9 (0.55%) Ada
12 9 (0.55%) Go
13 8 (0.49%) Rust
14 7 (0.43%) Groovy
15 6 (0.37%) VBA
16 5 (0.31%) ABAP
16 5 (0.31%) PL/SQL
17 4 (0.25%) Scala
17 4 (0.25%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1,000 (61.61%) SC Cleared
2 313 (19.29%) Degree
3 299 (18.42%) DV Cleared
4 72 (4.44%) CISSP
5 66 (4.07%) CTC Cleared
6 60 (3.70%) BPSS Clearance
7 55 (3.39%) Computer Science Degree
8 46 (2.83%) Microsoft Certification
9 42 (2.59%) CISM
10 26 (1.60%) Azure Certification
11 22 (1.36%) Cisco Certification
12 19 (1.17%) AWS Certification
12 19 (1.17%) CREST Certified
13 14 (0.86%) TOGAF Certification
14 13 (0.80%) HNC
14 13 (0.80%) Master's Degree
15 12 (0.74%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 11 (0.68%) GIAC
16 11 (0.68%) OSCP
17 10 (0.62%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (5.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 69 (4.25%) SLA
3 60 (3.70%) NIST
4 53 (3.27%) Accessibility
5 47 (2.90%) GDPR
6 45 (2.77%) QA
7 34 (2.09%) GRC
8 27 (1.66%) WCAG
9 26 (1.60%) Data Quality
10 20 (1.23%) NCSC
11 19 (1.17%) PCI DSS
12 13 (0.80%) JSP 440
13 12 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials
14 9 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 9 (0.55%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 8 (0.49%) PMO
16 7 (0.43%) Actionable Recommendations
16 7 (0.43%) Government Security Classifications
17 6 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 42001
18 4 (0.25%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 82 (5.05%) Docker
2 36 (2.22%) Active Directory
3 15 (0.92%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.68%) VMware NSX
5 7 (0.43%) Firmware
6 6 (0.37%) Hyper-V
7 5 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (0.25%) vSphere
9 2 (0.12%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 2 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.062%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 1 (0.062%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.062%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.062%) vCloud
10 1 (0.062%) Xen
Systems Management
1 90 (5.55%) Terraform
2 77 (4.74%) Kubernetes
3 55 (3.39%) Ansible
4 21 (1.29%) Grafana
5 17 (1.05%) Prometheus
6 15 (0.92%) Microsoft Intune
7 9 (0.55%) Puppet
8 6 (0.37%) Endace
8 6 (0.37%) Nmap
9 5 (0.31%) AWS Copilot
9 5 (0.31%) Kibana
9 5 (0.31%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 4 (0.25%) Argo
10 4 (0.25%) Packer
10 4 (0.25%) Progress Chef
10 4 (0.25%) QRadar
10 4 (0.25%) SCCM
10 4 (0.25%) vCenter Server
10 4 (0.25%) WSUS
10 4 (0.25%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 190 (11.71%) Microsoft
2 103 (6.35%) Cisco
3 65 (4.00%) Google
4 58 (3.57%) SAP
5 40 (2.46%) Oracle
5 40 (2.46%) Salesforce
6 28 (1.73%) Adobe
7 27 (1.66%) VMware
8 20 (1.23%) Red Hat
8 20 (1.23%) Splunk
9 18 (1.11%) MuleSoft
10 16 (0.99%) ServiceNow
11 12 (0.74%) Databricks
12 11 (0.68%) CyberArk
13 9 (0.55%) Juniper
13 9 (0.55%) Meraki
14 8 (0.49%) F5
14 8 (0.49%) Okta
15 6 (0.37%) Ariba
15 6 (0.37%) CheckPoint