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

6 months to
9 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 32 24
Rank change year-on-year +10 -8 +1
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,735 1,181 1,901
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.65% 7.14% 7.64%
As % of the Qualifications category 36.64% 21.06% 28.99%
Number of salaries quoted 1,183 588 1,268
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £47,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,750 £85,300
UK median annual salary £70,000 £62,500 £58,800
% change year-on-year +12.00% +6.29% -2.00%

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 4,735 5,608 6,558
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.89% 33.90% 26.35%
Number of salaries quoted 3,094 2,485 3,832
10th Percentile £33,575 £29,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,000 £43,170
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £79,578 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,300 £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 9 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 (2.25%) Apache
2 37 (2.13%) SharePoint
3 29 (1.67%) Apache Spark
4 13 (0.75%) Anypoint
4 13 (0.75%) Mule
5 12 (0.69%) Confluence
6 11 (0.63%) Apache Airflow
7 8 (0.46%) nginx
8 7 (0.40%) Camunda
8 7 (0.40%) Jupyter
8 7 (0.40%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 5 (0.29%) IIS
9 5 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
10 3 (0.17%) Apache Solr
11 2 (0.12%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.12%) GeoServer
11 2 (0.12%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.12%) Oracle Spatial
11 2 (0.12%) WordPress
12 1 (0.058%) CMS
Applications
1 28 (1.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (1.15%) Simulink
3 15 (0.86%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (0.52%) Adobe XD
6 7 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
6 7 (0.40%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.23%) Mathcad
7 4 (0.23%) Windchill
8 2 (0.12%) InDesign
9 1 (0.058%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.058%) CATIA
9 1 (0.058%) FrameMaker
9 1 (0.058%) Houdini
9 1 (0.058%) InVision
9 1 (0.058%) NUKE
9 1 (0.058%) Sketch
9 1 (0.058%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.058%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 28 (1.61%) SAP S/4HANA
2 11 (0.63%) Primavera
3 8 (0.46%) Oracle ERP
4 7 (0.40%) SAP ERP
5 6 (0.35%) Workday HCM
6 5 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
6 5 (0.29%) Teamcenter
7 4 (0.23%) SAP FSCM
8 3 (0.17%) Elite 3E
8 3 (0.17%) SAP CO
8 3 (0.17%) SAP FI
8 3 (0.17%) SAP FI/CO
8 3 (0.17%) SAP HCM
9 2 (0.12%) Dynamics CRM
9 2 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
9 2 (0.12%) SAP Payroll
9 2 (0.12%) SAP QM
10 1 (0.058%) SAP BPC
10 1 (0.058%) SAP EWM
10 1 (0.058%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 459 (26.46%) Azure
2 424 (24.44%) AWS
3 138 (7.95%) GCP
4 83 (4.78%) Microsoft 365
5 75 (4.32%) Power Platform
6 72 (4.15%) Entra ID
7 46 (2.65%) AWS CloudFormation
8 43 (2.48%) dbt
9 37 (2.13%) GitHub
10 32 (1.84%) Serverless
11 28 (1.61%) Azure DevOps
11 28 (1.61%) SaaS
12 25 (1.44%) PaaS
13 22 (1.27%) Azure Sentinel
14 21 (1.21%) Google Analytics
15 20 (1.15%) Microsoft Purview
16 19 (1.10%) Amazon S3
16 19 (1.10%) OCI
17 18 (1.04%) Amazon EC2
17 18 (1.04%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 49 (2.82%) Firewall
2 46 (2.65%) Network Security
3 44 (2.54%) TCP/IP
4 32 (1.84%) DNS
5 26 (1.50%) WAN
6 18 (1.04%) LAN
6 18 (1.04%) VPN
7 16 (0.92%) SSL
8 15 (0.86%) DHCP
9 14 (0.81%) BGP
10 12 (0.69%) ATM
11 11 (0.63%) MPLS
12 9 (0.52%) SMTP
13 8 (0.46%) HTTP
13 8 (0.46%) OSPF
14 7 (0.40%) Ethernet
14 7 (0.40%) Wireless
15 6 (0.35%) Intrusion Detection
16 5 (0.29%) VLAN
16 5 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (3.34%) Power BI
2 47 (2.71%) PostgreSQL
3 28 (1.61%) Big Data
4 27 (1.56%) Data Warehouse
5 25 (1.44%) NoSQL
6 22 (1.27%) SQL Server
7 17 (0.98%) Metadata
8 16 (0.92%) MongoDB
9 15 (0.86%) Relational Database
10 14 (0.81%) Amazon Athena
11 13 (0.75%) MySQL
11 13 (0.75%) Tableau
12 12 (0.69%) DynamoDB
12 12 (0.69%) Redis
13 11 (0.63%) Data Lake
14 10 (0.58%) Elasticsearch
15 9 (0.52%) Hadoop
16 7 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
17 6 (0.35%) SAP HANA
18 5 (0.29%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 71 (4.09%) Git
2 40 (2.31%) Jenkins
3 37 (2.13%) GitLab
4 28 (1.61%) JIRA
5 22 (1.27%) JUnit
6 20 (1.15%) Rational DOORS
7 16 (0.92%) Selenium
8 13 (0.75%) Mockito
9 12 (0.69%) Maven
10 10 (0.58%) 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%) Gatling
13 7 (0.40%) Metasploit
14 6 (0.35%) Cypress.io
14 6 (0.35%) SonarQube
15 5 (0.29%) LabVIEW
16 3 (0.17%) JMeter
General
1 534 (30.78%) Social Skills
2 416 (23.98%) Public Sector
3 346 (19.94%) Finance
4 328 (18.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 203 (11.70%) Analytical Skills
6 166 (9.57%) Law
7 142 (8.18%) Aerospace
8 79 (4.55%) Legal
9 54 (3.11%) Presentation Skills
10 46 (2.65%) Electronics
11 44 (2.54%) Organisational Skills
11 44 (2.54%) Telecoms
12 43 (2.48%) Manufacturing
13 41 (2.36%) Military
14 40 (2.31%) Retail
15 36 (2.07%) Influencing Skills
16 24 (1.38%) Police
17 14 (0.81%) Automotive
17 14 (0.81%) Local Government
18 13 (0.75%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 331 (19.08%) Senior
2 294 (16.95%) Architect
3 202 (11.64%) Consultant
4 165 (9.51%) Lead
5 127 (7.32%) Software Engineer
6 124 (7.15%) Developer
7 123 (7.09%) Analyst
7 123 (7.09%) Solutions Architect
8 67 (3.86%) Data Engineer
9 63 (3.63%) Cloud Engineer
10 61 (3.52%) Security Consultant
11 55 (3.17%) Senior Manager
12 54 (3.11%) Senior Consultant
12 54 (3.11%) Senior Developer
13 52 (3.00%) DevOps Engineer
14 51 (2.94%) Business Analyst
15 49 (2.82%) Security Architect
16 47 (2.71%) Principal Engineer
17 46 (2.65%) Senior Analyst
18 40 (2.31%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (3.40%) REST
2 58 (3.34%) React
3 47 (2.71%) Spring
4 39 (2.25%) .NET
5 33 (1.90%) Kafka
6 29 (1.67%) CSS
7 26 (1.50%) OAuth
7 26 (1.50%) SOAP
8 25 (1.44%) AngularJS
8 25 (1.44%) HTML
9 21 (1.21%) Playwright
9 21 (1.21%) Spring Boot
10 17 (0.98%) .NET Core
10 17 (0.98%) RESTful
11 16 (0.92%) JWT
11 16 (0.92%) OAuth2
11 16 (0.92%) PySpark
12 15 (0.86%) Web Services
13 14 (0.81%) Apache NiFi
13 14 (0.81%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 130 (7.49%) Cloud Native
2 63 (3.63%) Product Ownership
3 61 (3.52%) Onboarding
4 60 (3.46%) Management Information System
5 57 (3.29%) Self-Motivation
6 45 (2.59%) Security Posture
7 36 (2.07%) Blog
7 36 (2.07%) Legacy Systems
8 31 (1.79%) Driving Licence
9 30 (1.73%) Data Centre
10 28 (1.61%) FPGA
11 26 (1.50%) Distributed Systems
12 23 (1.33%) Cyber Threat
12 23 (1.33%) PKI
13 21 (1.21%) Cyber Defence
14 19 (1.10%) Algorithms
15 18 (1.04%) CMDB
15 18 (1.04%) Data Structures
15 18 (1.04%) Public Cloud
15 18 (1.04%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 132 (7.61%) Linux
2 101 (5.82%) Windows
3 41 (2.36%) Windows Server
4 36 (2.07%) Unix
5 13 (0.75%) Windows 10
6 6 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (0.29%) Android
8 4 (0.23%) VxWorks
8 4 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.17%) Kali Linux
10 2 (0.12%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.12%) CentOS
10 2 (0.12%) Solaris
10 2 (0.12%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.058%) Embedded Linux
11 1 (0.058%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 486 (28.01%) Agile
2 295 (17.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 269 (15.50%) Cybersecurity
4 264 (15.22%) Mentoring
5 258 (14.87%) Problem-Solving
6 239 (13.78%) DevOps
7 237 (13.66%) CI/CD
8 221 (12.74%) Software Engineering
9 210 (12.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 181 (10.43%) AI
11 176 (10.14%) Stakeholder Management
12 143 (8.24%) Community of Practice
13 140 (8.07%) Technical Leadership
14 139 (8.01%) Collaborative Culture
14 139 (8.01%) Infrastructure as Code
15 138 (7.95%) Decision-Making
16 131 (7.55%) Coaching
16 131 (7.55%) Project Delivery
17 130 (7.49%) Analytics
18 129 (7.44%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 215 (12.39%) Python
2 164 (9.45%) Java
3 113 (6.51%) SQL
4 94 (5.42%) JavaScript
5 57 (3.29%) C++
6 54 (3.11%) C#
7 41 (2.36%) Bash
8 40 (2.31%) PowerShell
9 31 (1.79%) TypeScript
10 29 (1.67%) C
11 21 (1.21%) MATLAB
12 19 (1.10%) Ada
13 16 (0.92%) Groovy
14 13 (0.75%) DataWeave
15 12 (0.69%) PL/SQL
16 11 (0.63%) Ruby
16 11 (0.63%) Rust
17 10 (0.58%) Go
18 9 (0.52%) SystemVerilog
18 9 (0.52%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1,370 (78.96%) SC Cleared
2 396 (22.82%) DV Cleared
3 327 (18.85%) Degree
4 217 (12.51%) BPSS Clearance
5 77 (4.44%) CISSP
6 58 (3.34%) Computer Science Degree
7 55 (3.17%) CISM
8 43 (2.48%) Azure Certification
9 35 (2.02%) AWS Certification
10 31 (1.79%) Microsoft Certification
11 29 (1.67%) Master's Degree
12 21 (1.21%) Cisco Certification
13 20 (1.15%) CREST Certified
14 19 (1.10%) CRISC
15 18 (1.04%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
16 16 (0.92%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 16 (0.92%) PhD
17 15 (0.86%) TOGAF Certification
18 13 (0.75%) HNC
19 11 (0.63%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 136 (7.84%) Accessibility
2 135 (7.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 90 (5.19%) NIST
4 60 (3.46%) QA
5 58 (3.34%) NCSC
6 44 (2.54%) GDPR
6 44 (2.54%) GRC
7 40 (2.31%) Data Quality
8 24 (1.38%) Cyber Essentials
8 24 (1.38%) PCI DSS
9 22 (1.27%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 22 (1.27%) SLA
10 20 (1.15%) WCAG
11 17 (0.98%) JSP 440
12 11 (0.63%) Actionable Recommendations
12 11 (0.63%) Def Stans
13 9 (0.52%) NIST 800
14 7 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 6 (0.35%) Government Security Classifications
15 6 (0.35%) PMO
System Software
1 104 (5.99%) Docker
2 79 (4.55%) Active Directory
3 40 (2.31%) Firmware
4 31 (1.79%) VMware Infrastructure
5 23 (1.33%) Hyper-V
6 15 (0.86%) VMware ESXi
7 7 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
7 7 (0.40%) vSphere
8 6 (0.35%) Squid
8 6 (0.35%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.12%) Oracle RAC
9 2 (0.12%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.058%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 1 (0.058%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.058%) IAG
10 1 (0.058%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 119 (6.86%) Terraform
2 110 (6.34%) Kubernetes
3 45 (2.59%) Ansible
4 37 (2.13%) Microsoft Intune
5 17 (0.98%) Prometheus
6 16 (0.92%) Grafana
7 13 (0.75%) CloudHub
8 10 (0.58%) Argo
9 8 (0.46%) Progress Chef
9 8 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
10 7 (0.40%) Nmap
10 7 (0.40%) QRadar
11 6 (0.35%) Kustomize
12 5 (0.29%) AWS Copilot
12 5 (0.29%) Istio
12 5 (0.29%) Packer
12 5 (0.29%) Puppet
12 5 (0.29%) vCenter Server
13 4 (0.23%) Oracle RMAN
14 3 (0.17%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 237 (13.66%) Microsoft
2 78 (4.50%) Google
3 60 (3.46%) ServiceNow
4 59 (3.40%) SAP
5 53 (3.05%) Oracle
6 40 (2.31%) VMware
7 34 (1.96%) Cisco
8 30 (1.73%) Salesforce
9 25 (1.44%) Red Hat
10 23 (1.33%) Databricks
11 22 (1.27%) MuleSoft
12 19 (1.10%) OpenAI
13 17 (0.98%) CyberArk
13 17 (0.98%) Splunk
14 15 (0.86%) Okta
15 13 (0.75%) Adobe
16 10 (0.58%) Siemens
17 9 (0.52%) Veeam
18 8 (0.46%) Juniper
18 8 (0.46%) Xilinx