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 23 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 30 24 19
Rank change year-on-year -6 -5 +40
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,170 1,706 2,272
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.17% 8.45% 9.92%
As % of the Qualifications category 19.16% 31.59% 35.39%
Number of salaries quoted 626 977 1,476
10th Percentile £41,500 £40,893 £38,856
25th Percentile £48,750 £49,775 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £64,500 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.10% +5.74% +1.67%
75th Percentile £78,790 £79,600 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £86,750 £86,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - +8.11%

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 6,107 5,401 6,420
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 37.43% 26.74% 28.02%
Number of salaries quoted 2,313 2,654 4,667
10th Percentile £30,500 £34,750 £36,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
75th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £87,500 £93,600
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,560 £57,500
% change year-on-year -4.45% +0.10% +4.55%

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 23 October 2025.

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 31 (2.65%) SharePoint
2 14 (1.20%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (1.03%) Confluence
4 6 (0.51%) Appian
5 5 (0.43%) WordPress
6 2 (0.17%) Skype for Business
6 2 (0.17%) Tomcat
6 2 (0.17%) WebLogic
6 2 (0.17%) WebLogic Portal
7 1 (0.085%) Alfresco
7 1 (0.085%) ArcGIS
7 1 (0.085%) Drupal
7 1 (0.085%) GeoServer
7 1 (0.085%) IIS
7 1 (0.085%) Moodle
7 1 (0.085%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 31 (2.65%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (1.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 15 (1.28%) Adobe XD
4 8 (0.68%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (0.51%) AutoCAD
6 5 (0.43%) Revit
7 4 (0.34%) EPLAN
7 4 (0.34%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.34%) Simulink
8 3 (0.26%) Microsoft Project
8 3 (0.26%) Navisworks
9 2 (0.17%) Civil 3D
10 1 (0.085%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 46 (3.93%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 28 (2.39%) SAP S/4HANA
3 13 (1.11%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (0.60%) SAP PP
5 4 (0.34%) Q-Pulse
5 4 (0.34%) SAP CO
5 4 (0.34%) SAP FI
5 4 (0.34%) SAP FI/CO
5 4 (0.34%) SAP SCM
6 3 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.26%) Primavera
6 3 (0.26%) SAP BPC
6 3 (0.26%) SAP PM
7 2 (0.17%) Remedy ITSM
7 2 (0.17%) Sage 200
7 2 (0.17%) SAP APO
7 2 (0.17%) SAP EWM
7 2 (0.17%) SAP QM
8 1 (0.085%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.085%) SAP IBP
Cloud Services
1 381 (32.56%) Azure
2 349 (29.83%) AWS
3 216 (18.46%) GCP
4 76 (6.50%) Microsoft 365
5 49 (4.19%) Entra ID
6 43 (3.68%) Power Platform
7 34 (2.91%) AWS CloudFormation
8 33 (2.82%) Azure DevOps
9 27 (2.31%) Serverless
10 26 (2.22%) Dynamics 365
11 24 (2.05%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 23 (1.97%) PowerApps
13 22 (1.88%) Amazon ECS
13 22 (1.88%) GitHub
13 22 (1.88%) Power Automate
14 21 (1.79%) AWS Lambda
15 20 (1.71%) Azure Monitor
15 20 (1.71%) GitHub Actions
15 20 (1.71%) IaaS
15 20 (1.71%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 49 (4.19%) Network Security
2 43 (3.68%) Firewall
3 40 (3.42%) Wireless
4 39 (3.33%) Software-Defined Radio
4 39 (3.33%) VPN
5 23 (1.97%) LAN
6 22 (1.88%) TCP/IP
7 19 (1.62%) WAN
8 18 (1.54%) DNS
9 16 (1.37%) Wi-Fi
10 14 (1.20%) Junos
11 12 (1.03%) SAN
12 10 (0.85%) Ethernet
13 9 (0.77%) DHCP
14 7 (0.60%) BGP
14 7 (0.60%) SD-WAN
15 6 (0.51%) IPsec
15 6 (0.51%) MPLS
16 5 (0.43%) Wireshark
17 4 (0.34%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (2.65%) Power BI
2 30 (2.56%) PostgreSQL
3 20 (1.71%) SQL Server
4 19 (1.62%) Amazon RDS
4 19 (1.62%) MongoDB
5 15 (1.28%) NoSQL
6 12 (1.03%) Elasticsearch
7 10 (0.85%) MySQL
7 10 (0.85%) Relational Database
8 8 (0.68%) Redis
9 7 (0.60%) Metadata
10 5 (0.43%) Big Data
10 5 (0.43%) GIS
11 4 (0.34%) SAP HANA
12 3 (0.26%) Amazon Aurora
12 3 (0.26%) Amazon Redshift
12 3 (0.26%) DB2
12 3 (0.26%) Hadoop
12 3 (0.26%) Neo4j
13 2 (0.17%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 31 (2.65%) Git
2 27 (2.31%) Jenkins
3 19 (1.62%) JIRA
4 16 (1.37%) Balsamiq
5 15 (1.28%) Axure RP
6 13 (1.11%) Cypress.io
6 13 (1.11%) Selenium
7 12 (1.03%) GitLab
8 8 (0.68%) WebDriver
9 7 (0.60%) TeamCity
10 5 (0.43%) Babel
10 5 (0.43%) webpack
11 4 (0.34%) Burp Suite
11 4 (0.34%) Metasploit
11 4 (0.34%) MLflow
12 3 (0.26%) Rational Rhapsody
12 3 (0.26%) SonarQube
13 2 (0.17%) ER Studio
13 2 (0.17%) IDA Disassembler
13 2 (0.17%) Robot Framework
General
1 293 (25.04%) Finance
2 282 (24.10%) Social Skills
3 271 (23.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 227 (19.40%) Public Sector
5 172 (14.70%) Analytical Skills
6 77 (6.58%) Law
7 72 (6.15%) Electronics
8 71 (6.07%) Manufacturing
9 65 (5.56%) Marketing
10 60 (5.13%) Telecoms
11 31 (2.65%) Aerospace
12 30 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
13 20 (1.71%) Military
14 19 (1.62%) Back Office
15 16 (1.37%) Legal
16 13 (1.11%) Organisational Skills
17 11 (0.94%) Aviation
17 11 (0.94%) Documentation Skills
17 11 (0.94%) Influencing Skills
18 10 (0.85%) Retail
Job Titles
1 316 (27.01%) Senior
2 239 (20.43%) Software Engineer
3 178 (15.21%) Senior Software Engineer
4 124 (10.60%) Architect
5 109 (9.32%) Consultant
6 99 (8.46%) Systems Engineer
7 93 (7.95%) Developer
8 61 (5.21%) Lead
9 57 (4.87%) Administrator
10 51 (4.36%) Analyst
10 51 (4.36%) Security Consultant
11 49 (4.19%) Systems Administrator
12 42 (3.59%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 39 (3.33%) Embedded Engineer
13 39 (3.33%) Embedded Software Engineer
14 31 (2.65%) Senior Developer
15 28 (2.39%) Cybersecurity Consultant
15 28 (2.39%) DevOps Engineer
15 28 (2.39%) Security Architect
16 27 (2.31%) Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 207 (17.69%) Node.js
2 198 (16.92%) .NET
3 40 (3.42%) React
4 27 (2.31%) OLE
5 17 (1.45%) HTML
5 17 (1.45%) Spring
5 17 (1.45%) Spring Boot
6 16 (1.37%) CSS
6 16 (1.37%) Django
7 15 (1.28%) SAP Fiori
8 14 (1.20%) SAP CAF
9 13 (1.11%) HTML5 Canvas
10 12 (1.03%) Kafka
11 11 (0.94%) AngularJS
12 10 (0.85%) Elastic Stack
12 10 (0.85%) REST
13 9 (0.77%) RESTful
14 8 (0.68%) Playwright
14 8 (0.68%) Web Services
15 7 (0.60%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 215 (18.38%) Self-Motivation
2 182 (15.56%) Linux Command Line
3 181 (15.47%) e-Learning
4 180 (15.38%) Cyberattack
5 52 (4.44%) Cloud Native
6 46 (3.93%) Data Centre
7 40 (3.42%) Embedded Systems
8 38 (3.25%) MicroBlaze
8 38 (3.25%) RISC-V
9 34 (2.91%) Analytical Mindset
9 34 (2.91%) Product Ownership
10 29 (2.48%) Management Information System
11 22 (1.88%) Hybrid Cloud
12 21 (1.79%) Onboarding
13 19 (1.62%) Driving Licence
14 18 (1.54%) Algorithms
15 16 (1.37%) FPGA
15 16 (1.37%) Security Posture
16 13 (1.11%) Private Cloud
17 11 (0.94%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 348 (29.74%) Linux
2 84 (7.18%) Windows
3 50 (4.27%) Unix
4 38 (3.25%) Embedded Linux
5 28 (2.39%) Windows Server
6 23 (1.97%) Windows 10
7 13 (1.11%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 12 (1.03%) Windows Server 2019
9 9 (0.77%) Solaris
10 8 (0.68%) Rocky
11 7 (0.60%) CentOS
12 5 (0.43%) Debian
12 5 (0.43%) Mac OS X
13 4 (0.34%) Android
13 4 (0.34%) HPUX
13 4 (0.34%) Oracle Linux
14 3 (0.26%) Ubuntu
14 3 (0.26%) VMS
15 2 (0.17%) Kali Linux
15 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 409 (34.96%) Agile
2 317 (27.09%) Software Engineering
3 284 (24.27%) Mentoring
4 224 (19.15%) User Experience
5 211 (18.03%) Microservices
5 211 (18.03%) Scrum
6 208 (17.78%) Innovative Thinking
7 206 (17.61%) Machine Learning
8 203 (17.35%) Cloud Security
9 191 (16.32%) Site Reliability Engineering
10 190 (16.24%) Data Engineering
11 187 (15.98%) Problem-Solving
12 163 (13.93%) Cybersecurity
13 120 (10.26%) Continuous Improvement
14 116 (9.91%) DevOps
15 108 (9.23%) CI/CD
16 90 (7.69%) Business Intelligence
17 83 (7.09%) Computer Science
18 76 (6.50%) High Availability
19 75 (6.41%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 309 (26.41%) Python
2 252 (21.54%) JavaScript
3 247 (21.11%) Java
4 236 (20.17%) C++
5 191 (16.32%) Go
6 178 (15.21%) Rust
7 58 (4.96%) C
8 51 (4.36%) SQL
9 43 (3.68%) PowerShell
10 34 (2.91%) Bash
10 34 (2.91%) C#
11 31 (2.65%) TypeScript
12 21 (1.79%) Bicep
13 12 (1.03%) MATLAB
14 8 (0.68%) ABAP
14 8 (0.68%) Kotlin
15 7 (0.60%) PL/SQL
16 6 (0.51%) Apex Code
17 5 (0.43%) Korn
17 5 (0.43%) R
Qualifications
1 767 (65.56%) SC Cleared
2 411 (35.13%) DV Cleared
3 257 (21.97%) Degree
4 214 (18.29%) AWS Certification
5 183 (15.64%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 178 (15.21%) AWS Certified Developer
7 86 (7.35%) Cisco Certification
8 72 (6.15%) CCNP
9 70 (5.98%) BPSS Clearance
10 67 (5.73%) CISSP
11 60 (5.13%) Computer Science Degree
12 47 (4.02%) CCNA
13 41 (3.50%) Azure Certification
14 39 (3.33%) Microsoft Certification
15 35 (2.99%) CISM
16 34 (2.91%) CompTIA Security+
17 31 (2.65%) CEH
18 24 (2.05%) RHCSA
19 20 (1.71%) SAP Certification
20 19 (1.62%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 99 (8.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 85 (7.26%) NIST
3 48 (4.10%) QA
4 39 (3.33%) Accessibility
5 32 (2.74%) SLA
6 30 (2.56%) GDPR
7 29 (2.48%) PCI DSS
8 25 (2.14%) GRC
9 23 (1.97%) NCSC
10 18 (1.54%) WCAG
11 10 (0.85%) JSP 440
12 8 (0.68%) Data Quality
12 8 (0.68%) ISO 9001
13 5 (0.43%) NIST 800
14 4 (0.34%) HIPAA
14 4 (0.34%) ISO 19650
14 4 (0.34%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 4 (0.34%) SOC 2
15 3 (0.26%) Def Stans
15 3 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 55 (4.70%) Firmware
2 50 (4.27%) Docker
3 43 (3.68%) Active Directory
4 38 (3.25%) Embedded Firmware
4 38 (3.25%) VMware Infrastructure
5 19 (1.62%) Hyper-V
6 16 (1.37%) Virtual Machines
7 11 (0.94%) vSphere
8 4 (0.34%) VMware NSX
9 3 (0.26%) IAG
9 3 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
10 2 (0.17%) pfSense
10 2 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.085%) vCloud
Systems Management
1 68 (5.81%) Kubernetes
1 68 (5.81%) Terraform
2 43 (3.68%) Ansible
3 29 (2.48%) Grafana
4 10 (0.85%) SCOM
5 8 (0.68%) Microsoft Intune
5 8 (0.68%) Prometheus
6 7 (0.60%) SCCM
7 6 (0.51%) Kibana
8 4 (0.34%) Functional Safety
8 4 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.26%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.26%) Nagios
9 3 (0.26%) Nmap
9 3 (0.26%) vCenter Server
10 2 (0.17%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
10 2 (0.17%) Endace
10 2 (0.17%) Failover Clustering
10 2 (0.17%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 131 (11.20%) Microsoft
2 106 (9.06%) Cisco
3 91 (7.78%) SAP
4 52 (4.44%) VMware
5 46 (3.93%) Sparx
6 29 (2.48%) Red Hat
7 28 (2.39%) Google
8 24 (2.05%) Salesforce
9 21 (1.79%) Juniper
10 18 (1.54%) Oracle
10 18 (1.54%) ServiceNow
11 17 (1.45%) Adobe
12 11 (0.94%) Splunk
13 10 (0.85%) Dell
14 9 (0.77%) Fortinet
15 7 (0.60%) NetApp
16 5 (0.43%) CheckPoint
16 5 (0.43%) Databricks
16 5 (0.43%) F5
16 5 (0.43%) HubSpot