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

6 months to
19 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 42 25
Rank change year-on-year +25 -17 +6
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,497 835 2,511
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.88% 6.23% 8.36%
As % of the Qualifications category 31.97% 21.25% 31.23%
Number of salaries quoted 1,036 560 1,684
10th Percentile £45,421 £46,225 £39,166
25th Percentile £51,250 £53,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -
75th Percentile £78,800 £75,000 £76,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £87,050 £87,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% +4.35% -

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 4,682 3,929 8,041
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.77% 29.30% 26.78%
Number of salaries quoted 2,600 2,443 5,851
10th Percentile £30,987 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,104 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £88,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £55,500 £59,063 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.03% +7.39% -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 19 March 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 34 (2.27%) SharePoint
2 16 (1.07%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (0.87%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (0.67%) Apache
5 6 (0.40%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.27%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.27%) Confluence
6 4 (0.27%) GeoServer
6 4 (0.27%) Oracle Spatial
7 3 (0.20%) Camunda
7 3 (0.20%) SAS
7 3 (0.20%) Tomcat
7 3 (0.20%) WebLogic
7 3 (0.20%) WebLogic Portal
7 3 (0.20%) WordPress
8 2 (0.13%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.067%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 79 (5.28%) Microsoft Office
2 29 (1.94%) Adobe XD
3 10 (0.67%) Microsoft Excel
4 7 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.27%) InVision
5 4 (0.27%) Sketch
6 2 (0.13%) Weka
7 1 (0.067%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.067%) CATIA
7 1 (0.067%) EngageOne
7 1 (0.067%) EPLAN
7 1 (0.067%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.067%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.067%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 26 (1.74%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (1.00%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.40%) Oracle ERP
3 6 (0.40%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.27%) Primavera
4 4 (0.27%) SAP CO
4 4 (0.27%) SAP FI
4 4 (0.27%) SAP FI/CO
4 4 (0.27%) SAP FSCM
4 4 (0.27%) SAP PP
5 3 (0.20%) Elite 3E
5 3 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.20%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.20%) SAP HCM
5 3 (0.20%) SAP PM
6 2 (0.13%) SAP Payroll
6 2 (0.13%) SAP SCM
7 1 (0.067%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.067%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.067%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 257 (17.17%) Azure
2 220 (14.70%) AWS
3 116 (7.75%) Microsoft 365
4 77 (5.14%) GCP
5 50 (3.34%) Entra ID
6 47 (3.14%) Power Platform
7 38 (2.54%) AWS CloudFormation
8 31 (2.07%) Figma
9 29 (1.94%) PowerApps
10 27 (1.80%) Power Automate
11 26 (1.74%) Dynamics 365
12 23 (1.54%) Azure DevOps
12 23 (1.54%) Serverless
13 22 (1.47%) Amazon EKS
14 21 (1.40%) Amazon ECS
15 20 (1.34%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 20 (1.34%) Salesforce Service Cloud
16 18 (1.20%) GitHub
16 18 (1.20%) SaaS
17 15 (1.00%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 39 (2.61%) Firewall
2 23 (1.54%) VPN
2 23 (1.54%) WAN
3 22 (1.47%) Network Security
4 20 (1.34%) LAN
5 19 (1.27%) TCP/IP
6 16 (1.07%) DNS
6 16 (1.07%) Wi-Fi
7 14 (0.94%) DHCP
8 12 (0.80%) BGP
9 10 (0.67%) MPLS
10 9 (0.60%) SMTP
11 8 (0.53%) SNMP
12 7 (0.47%) HTTP
12 7 (0.47%) VoIP
13 6 (0.40%) Cisco Firepower
13 6 (0.40%) DMZ
13 6 (0.40%) Ethernet
13 6 (0.40%) Intrusion Detection
13 6 (0.40%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (2.81%) PostgreSQL
2 38 (2.54%) Power BI
3 23 (1.54%) NoSQL
4 17 (1.14%) Amazon RDS
4 17 (1.14%) SQL Server
5 16 (1.07%) MongoDB
6 15 (1.00%) Elasticsearch
6 15 (1.00%) Metadata
7 13 (0.87%) MySQL
7 13 (0.87%) Redis
8 12 (0.80%) Relational Database
9 9 (0.60%) Data Warehouse
10 8 (0.53%) DynamoDB
10 8 (0.53%) SAP HANA
10 8 (0.53%) Tableau
11 6 (0.40%) Amazon Redshift
12 5 (0.33%) Oracle Database
13 4 (0.27%) BigQuery
13 4 (0.27%) Oracle Reports
13 4 (0.27%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 46 (3.07%) Git
2 34 (2.27%) Jenkins
3 28 (1.87%) Balsamiq
4 26 (1.74%) Axure RP
5 19 (1.27%) GitLab
6 18 (1.20%) JIRA
7 11 (0.73%) Selenium
8 8 (0.53%) Cypress.io
9 7 (0.47%) Burp Suite
9 7 (0.47%) Metasploit
9 7 (0.47%) SonarQube
10 6 (0.40%) Babel
10 6 (0.40%) JMeter
10 6 (0.40%) webpack
11 5 (0.33%) Robot Framework
11 5 (0.33%) WebDriver
12 3 (0.20%) Bitbucket
12 3 (0.20%) JUnit
12 3 (0.20%) Oracle APEX
12 3 (0.20%) SoapUI
General
1 383 (25.58%) Social Skills
2 311 (20.77%) Public Sector
3 173 (11.56%) Finance
4 144 (9.62%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 140 (9.35%) Analytical Skills
6 112 (7.48%) Law
7 74 (4.94%) Manufacturing
8 63 (4.21%) Telecoms
9 62 (4.14%) Back Office
10 44 (2.94%) Legal
11 43 (2.87%) Electronics
11 43 (2.87%) Marketing
12 29 (1.94%) Military
13 28 (1.87%) Presentation Skills
14 23 (1.54%) Retail
15 19 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
16 15 (1.00%) Organisational Skills
17 10 (0.67%) Aerospace
17 10 (0.67%) Banking
18 6 (0.40%) Games
Job Titles
1 235 (15.70%) Senior
2 152 (10.15%) Architect
3 140 (9.35%) Analyst
4 139 (9.29%) Systems Engineer
5 133 (8.88%) Consultant
6 105 (7.01%) Lead
7 100 (6.68%) Developer
8 95 (6.35%) Business Analyst
9 78 (5.21%) Software Engineer
10 77 (5.14%) Support Engineer
11 64 (4.28%) Site Engineer
12 60 (4.01%) Desktop Engineer
12 60 (4.01%) Desktop Support
12 60 (4.01%) Desktop Support Engineer
13 53 (3.54%) Solutions Architect
14 45 (3.01%) Data Engineer
15 42 (2.81%) Security Consultant
15 42 (2.81%) Senior Manager
16 38 (2.54%) Senior Consultant
17 36 (2.40%) Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (3.01%) .NET
2 42 (2.81%) React
3 40 (2.67%) REST
4 35 (2.34%) HTML
5 34 (2.27%) CSS
6 29 (1.94%) Spring
7 24 (1.60%) Lightning Web Components
7 24 (1.60%) SOAP
8 23 (1.54%) Django
8 23 (1.54%) Middleware
9 20 (1.34%) Kafka
9 20 (1.34%) Visualforce
10 19 (1.27%) SAP CAF
10 19 (1.27%) Spring Boot
11 16 (1.07%) HTML5 Canvas
11 16 (1.07%) Node.js
12 15 (1.00%) AngularJS
13 13 (0.87%) ASP.NET
13 13 (0.87%) RESTful
13 13 (0.87%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 74 (4.94%) Product Ownership
2 66 (4.41%) Cloud Native
3 51 (3.41%) Security Posture
4 37 (2.47%) Data Centre
5 36 (2.40%) Onboarding
6 33 (2.20%) Self-Motivation
7 27 (1.80%) Management Information System
8 21 (1.40%) Legacy Systems
9 19 (1.27%) PKI
10 17 (1.14%) Blog
10 17 (1.14%) Driving Licence
11 12 (0.80%) Analytical Mindset
11 12 (0.80%) Distributed Systems
11 12 (0.80%) Security Operations Centre
12 11 (0.73%) Cyber Security Posture
12 11 (0.73%) Enterprise Software
12 11 (0.73%) Private Cloud
13 10 (0.67%) AI Agents
13 10 (0.67%) Low-Code
14 9 (0.60%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 127 (8.48%) Windows
2 96 (6.41%) Linux
3 67 (4.48%) Windows 10
4 28 (1.87%) Unix
5 17 (1.14%) Windows Server
6 10 (0.67%) Ubuntu
7 6 (0.40%) CentOS
8 4 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.13%) Android
9 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.067%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.067%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 294 (19.64%) Agile
2 193 (12.89%) Continuous Improvement
3 188 (12.56%) Problem-Solving
4 169 (11.29%) Cybersecurity
5 148 (9.89%) DevOps
6 139 (9.29%) Analytics
6 139 (9.29%) Software Engineering
7 119 (7.95%) Mentoring
8 117 (7.82%) ITIL
9 110 (7.35%) Community of Practice
10 106 (7.08%) CI/CD
11 99 (6.61%) Technology Strategy
12 95 (6.35%) Collaborative Culture
13 85 (5.68%) Stakeholder Management
14 76 (5.08%) Business Intelligence
14 76 (5.08%) Risk Management
15 75 (5.01%) Validation
16 74 (4.94%) Infrastructure as Code
17 73 (4.88%) User Experience
18 72 (4.81%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 131 (8.75%) Python
2 104 (6.95%) Java
3 96 (6.41%) JavaScript
4 67 (4.48%) C#
5 64 (4.28%) SQL
6 29 (1.94%) PowerShell
6 29 (1.94%) TypeScript
7 24 (1.60%) Apex Code
8 22 (1.47%) Bash
9 18 (1.20%) C++
10 12 (0.80%) C
11 9 (0.60%) Ada
11 9 (0.60%) Bicep
11 9 (0.60%) Go
12 8 (0.53%) ABAP
13 6 (0.40%) Rust
13 6 (0.40%) Scala
14 5 (0.33%) PL/SQL
15 4 (0.27%) Ruby
15 4 (0.27%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 896 (59.85%) SC Cleared
2 306 (20.44%) Degree
3 260 (17.37%) DV Cleared
4 75 (5.01%) CISSP
5 66 (4.41%) CTC Cleared
6 52 (3.47%) BPSS Clearance
7 50 (3.34%) Computer Science Degree
8 47 (3.14%) Microsoft Certification
9 46 (3.07%) CISM
10 29 (1.94%) Azure Certification
10 29 (1.94%) Cisco Certification
11 23 (1.54%) AWS Certification
12 19 (1.27%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 18 (1.20%) CREST Certified
14 15 (1.00%) CCNA
14 15 (1.00%) TOGAF Certification
15 13 (0.87%) HNC
16 12 (0.80%) Master's Degree
16 12 (0.80%) OSCP
17 11 (0.73%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (6.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 69 (4.61%) SLA
3 66 (4.41%) NIST
4 55 (3.67%) Accessibility
5 51 (3.41%) GDPR
6 42 (2.81%) QA
7 38 (2.54%) GRC
8 28 (1.87%) WCAG
9 25 (1.67%) Data Quality
10 19 (1.27%) NCSC
10 19 (1.27%) PCI DSS
11 13 (0.87%) JSP 440
12 12 (0.80%) Cyber Essentials
13 9 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 8 (0.53%) Actionable Recommendations
14 8 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 6 (0.40%) Government Security Classifications
15 6 (0.40%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 4 (0.27%) PMO
17 3 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 17025
System Software
1 72 (4.81%) Docker
2 31 (2.07%) Active Directory
3 9 (0.60%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (0.60%) VMware NSX
4 5 (0.33%) Hyper-V
4 5 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.20%) Firmware
6 2 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.067%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.067%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 1 (0.067%) vCloud
7 1 (0.067%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.067%) vSphere
7 1 (0.067%) Xen
Systems Management
1 83 (5.54%) Terraform
2 71 (4.74%) Kubernetes
3 45 (3.01%) Ansible
4 23 (1.54%) Grafana
5 14 (0.94%) Prometheus
6 12 (0.80%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (0.47%) Nmap
7 7 (0.47%) Puppet
8 6 (0.40%) Endace
8 6 (0.40%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 5 (0.33%) AWS Copilot
9 5 (0.33%) Kibana
10 4 (0.27%) SCCM
10 4 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.27%) WSUS
10 4 (0.27%) ZABBIX
11 3 (0.20%) Nagios
11 3 (0.20%) OpenView
11 3 (0.20%) Oracle RMAN
11 3 (0.20%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 175 (11.69%) Microsoft
2 108 (7.21%) Cisco
3 72 (4.81%) SAP
4 60 (4.01%) Google
5 53 (3.54%) Salesforce
6 34 (2.27%) Oracle
7 29 (1.94%) Adobe
8 19 (1.27%) MuleSoft
9 18 (1.20%) VMware
10 15 (1.00%) ServiceNow
11 14 (0.94%) Splunk
12 13 (0.87%) Red Hat
13 11 (0.73%) Databricks
14 10 (0.67%) CyberArk
14 10 (0.67%) F5
15 9 (0.60%) Juniper
15 9 (0.60%) Meraki
16 8 (0.53%) CheckPoint
17 7 (0.47%) Remedy
18 6 (0.40%) BMC