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

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 44 25
Rank change year-on-year +27 -19 +3
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,542 746 2,537
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 9.21% 5.82% 8.17%
As % of the Qualifications category 37.91% 20.20% 30.85%
Number of salaries quoted 1,082 543 1,730
10th Percentile £47,050 £46,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,750 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -
75th Percentile £78,980 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £86,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,250 £57,500
% change year-on-year +7.88% +4.78% -

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 4,067 3,693 8,223
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 24.29% 28.83% 26.47%
Number of salaries quoted 2,694 2,449 5,948
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £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 £88,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.86% +5.45% -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 1 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 35 (2.27%) SharePoint
2 16 (1.04%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (0.84%) Apache Airflow
4 12 (0.78%) Apache
5 6 (0.39%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.26%) Confluence
7 3 (0.19%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.19%) Camunda
7 3 (0.19%) GeoServer
7 3 (0.19%) Oracle Spatial
7 3 (0.19%) SAS
7 3 (0.19%) Tomcat
7 3 (0.19%) WebLogic
7 3 (0.19%) WebLogic Portal
7 3 (0.19%) WordPress
8 2 (0.13%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.065%) Drupal
9 1 (0.065%) IIS
9 1 (0.065%) NetWeaver
9 1 (0.065%) nginx
Applications
1 79 (5.12%) Microsoft Office
2 29 (1.88%) Adobe XD
3 12 (0.78%) Microsoft Excel
4 7 (0.45%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.32%) InVision
5 5 (0.32%) Sketch
6 2 (0.13%) Weka
7 1 (0.065%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.065%) CATIA
7 1 (0.065%) EngageOne
7 1 (0.065%) EPLAN
7 1 (0.065%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.065%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.065%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 26 (1.69%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.39%) Oracle ERP
4 4 (0.26%) Primavera
4 4 (0.26%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.26%) SAP CO
4 4 (0.26%) SAP FI
4 4 (0.26%) SAP FI/CO
4 4 (0.26%) SAP FSCM
5 3 (0.19%) Elite 3E
5 3 (0.19%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.19%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.19%) SAP HCM
5 3 (0.19%) SAP PP
6 2 (0.13%) SAP Payroll
6 2 (0.13%) SAP PM
6 2 (0.13%) SAP SCM
7 1 (0.065%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.065%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.065%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 264 (17.12%) Azure
2 223 (14.46%) AWS
3 116 (7.52%) Microsoft 365
4 80 (5.19%) GCP
5 51 (3.31%) Entra ID
6 50 (3.24%) Power Platform
7 38 (2.46%) AWS CloudFormation
8 30 (1.95%) Figma
9 29 (1.88%) PowerApps
10 26 (1.69%) Dynamics 365
10 26 (1.69%) Power Automate
11 24 (1.56%) Azure DevOps
12 23 (1.49%) Serverless
13 21 (1.36%) Amazon ECS
13 21 (1.36%) Amazon EKS
13 21 (1.36%) GitHub
14 19 (1.23%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 19 (1.23%) Salesforce Service Cloud
15 17 (1.10%) SaaS
16 15 (0.97%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 39 (2.53%) Firewall
2 24 (1.56%) VPN
2 24 (1.56%) WAN
3 22 (1.43%) Network Security
4 20 (1.30%) DNS
5 19 (1.23%) TCP/IP
6 18 (1.17%) LAN
7 17 (1.10%) DHCP
8 15 (0.97%) Wi-Fi
9 13 (0.84%) BGP
10 10 (0.65%) MPLS
11 9 (0.58%) SMTP
12 7 (0.45%) HTTP
12 7 (0.45%) Intrusion Detection
12 7 (0.45%) SNMP
13 6 (0.39%) Cisco Firepower
13 6 (0.39%) DMZ
13 6 (0.39%) VoIP
14 5 (0.32%) Cisco ASA
14 5 (0.32%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (2.72%) PostgreSQL
2 40 (2.59%) Power BI
3 24 (1.56%) NoSQL
4 19 (1.23%) MongoDB
5 17 (1.10%) Amazon RDS
5 17 (1.10%) Metadata
5 17 (1.10%) SQL Server
6 15 (0.97%) Elasticsearch
7 14 (0.91%) MySQL
7 14 (0.91%) Redis
8 13 (0.84%) Relational Database
9 9 (0.58%) DynamoDB
9 9 (0.58%) Tableau
10 8 (0.52%) Data Warehouse
10 8 (0.52%) SAP HANA
11 5 (0.32%) Amazon Redshift
11 5 (0.32%) Oracle Database
12 4 (0.26%) BigQuery
12 4 (0.26%) Oracle Reports
12 4 (0.26%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 50 (3.24%) Git
2 34 (2.20%) Jenkins
3 27 (1.75%) Balsamiq
4 25 (1.62%) Axure RP
5 22 (1.43%) GitLab
6 17 (1.10%) JIRA
7 11 (0.71%) Selenium
8 7 (0.45%) Burp Suite
8 7 (0.45%) Cypress.io
8 7 (0.45%) JMeter
8 7 (0.45%) Metasploit
8 7 (0.45%) SonarQube
9 6 (0.39%) Babel
9 6 (0.39%) webpack
10 5 (0.32%) Robot Framework
10 5 (0.32%) WebDriver
11 3 (0.19%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.19%) JUnit
11 3 (0.19%) Oracle APEX
11 3 (0.19%) SoapUI
General
1 386 (25.03%) Social Skills
2 323 (20.95%) Public Sector
3 177 (11.48%) Finance
4 155 (10.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 144 (9.34%) Analytical Skills
6 119 (7.72%) Law
7 69 (4.47%) Manufacturing
8 63 (4.09%) Back Office
9 59 (3.83%) Telecoms
10 46 (2.98%) Legal
11 39 (2.53%) Electronics
12 38 (2.46%) Marketing
13 29 (1.88%) Presentation Skills
14 28 (1.82%) Military
15 24 (1.56%) Retail
16 20 (1.30%) Influencing Skills
17 17 (1.10%) Aerospace
17 17 (1.10%) Organisational Skills
18 10 (0.65%) Banking
19 7 (0.45%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 243 (15.76%) Senior
2 153 (9.92%) Architect
3 143 (9.27%) Analyst
3 143 (9.27%) Consultant
4 140 (9.08%) Systems Engineer
5 110 (7.13%) Lead
6 103 (6.68%) Developer
7 98 (6.36%) Business Analyst
8 82 (5.32%) Software Engineer
9 78 (5.06%) Support Engineer
10 64 (4.15%) Site Engineer
11 60 (3.89%) Desktop Engineer
11 60 (3.89%) Desktop Support
11 60 (3.89%) Desktop Support Engineer
12 56 (3.63%) Solutions Architect
13 47 (3.05%) Data Engineer
14 44 (2.85%) Senior Manager
15 42 (2.72%) Security Consultant
15 42 (2.72%) Senior Consultant
16 37 (2.40%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (2.92%) .NET
2 42 (2.72%) React
3 39 (2.53%) REST
4 36 (2.33%) HTML
5 35 (2.27%) CSS
6 30 (1.95%) Spring
7 23 (1.49%) Lightning Web Components
7 23 (1.49%) SOAP
8 22 (1.43%) Django
8 22 (1.43%) Middleware
9 20 (1.30%) Kafka
10 19 (1.23%) Spring Boot
10 19 (1.23%) Visualforce
11 17 (1.10%) AngularJS
12 16 (1.04%) Node.js
13 15 (0.97%) HTML5 Canvas
13 15 (0.97%) SAP CAF
14 14 (0.91%) SAML
15 13 (0.84%) ASP.NET
16 12 (0.78%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 76 (4.93%) Product Ownership
2 67 (4.35%) Cloud Native
3 51 (3.31%) Security Posture
4 37 (2.40%) Onboarding
5 36 (2.33%) Data Centre
6 33 (2.14%) Self-Motivation
7 30 (1.95%) Management Information System
8 22 (1.43%) Legacy Systems
9 21 (1.36%) PKI
10 19 (1.23%) Blog
11 17 (1.10%) Driving Licence
12 12 (0.78%) Data Structures
12 12 (0.78%) Distributed Systems
12 12 (0.78%) Security Operations Centre
13 11 (0.71%) Analytical Mindset
13 11 (0.71%) Cyber Security Posture
13 11 (0.71%) Cyber Threat
13 11 (0.71%) Enterprise Software
13 11 (0.71%) Low-Code
14 10 (0.65%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 130 (8.43%) Windows
2 103 (6.68%) Linux
3 67 (4.35%) Windows 10
4 31 (2.01%) Unix
5 21 (1.36%) Windows Server
6 9 (0.58%) Ubuntu
7 7 (0.45%) CentOS
8 6 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.13%) Android
11 1 (0.065%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.065%) Embedded Linux
11 1 (0.065%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 307 (19.91%) Agile
2 202 (13.10%) Continuous Improvement
3 185 (12.00%) Problem-Solving
4 170 (11.02%) Cybersecurity
5 162 (10.51%) DevOps
6 146 (9.47%) Software Engineering
7 138 (8.95%) Analytics
8 122 (7.91%) Mentoring
9 121 (7.85%) ITIL
10 117 (7.59%) Community of Practice
11 112 (7.26%) CI/CD
12 106 (6.87%) Technology Strategy
13 97 (6.29%) Collaborative Culture
14 90 (5.84%) Stakeholder Management
15 77 (4.99%) Infrastructure as Code
15 77 (4.99%) Risk Management
15 77 (4.99%) Validation
16 75 (4.86%) User Experience
17 74 (4.80%) Business Intelligence
18 73 (4.73%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 132 (8.56%) Python
2 112 (7.26%) Java
3 92 (5.97%) JavaScript
4 68 (4.41%) SQL
5 67 (4.35%) C#
6 30 (1.95%) PowerShell
7 29 (1.88%) TypeScript
8 23 (1.49%) Apex Code
8 23 (1.49%) Bash
9 20 (1.30%) C++
10 12 (0.78%) C
11 10 (0.65%) Go
12 9 (0.58%) Ada
13 7 (0.45%) ABAP
13 7 (0.45%) Bicep
13 7 (0.45%) Rust
14 6 (0.39%) Groovy
14 6 (0.39%) Scala
15 5 (0.32%) PL/SQL
16 4 (0.26%) VBA
Qualifications
1 930 (60.31%) SC Cleared
2 313 (20.30%) Degree
3 276 (17.90%) DV Cleared
4 72 (4.67%) CISSP
5 66 (4.28%) CTC Cleared
6 56 (3.63%) BPSS Clearance
7 55 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
8 47 (3.05%) Microsoft Certification
9 43 (2.79%) CISM
10 27 (1.75%) Azure Certification
11 24 (1.56%) Cisco Certification
12 20 (1.30%) AWS Certification
13 19 (1.23%) CREST Certified
14 16 (1.04%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 13 (0.84%) HNC
15 13 (0.84%) Master's Degree
15 13 (0.84%) TOGAF Certification
16 12 (0.78%) GIAC
16 12 (0.78%) OSCP
17 11 (0.71%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (6.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 69 (4.47%) SLA
3 63 (4.09%) NIST
4 54 (3.50%) Accessibility
5 50 (3.24%) GDPR
6 42 (2.72%) QA
7 38 (2.46%) GRC
8 27 (1.75%) WCAG
9 26 (1.69%) Data Quality
10 19 (1.23%) PCI DSS
11 18 (1.17%) NCSC
12 13 (0.84%) JSP 440
13 12 (0.78%) Cyber Essentials
14 9 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 8 (0.52%) Actionable Recommendations
16 7 (0.45%) Government Security Classifications
16 7 (0.45%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 7 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 42001
17 6 (0.39%) PMO
18 3 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 17025
System Software
1 78 (5.06%) Docker
2 35 (2.27%) Active Directory
3 13 (0.84%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (0.65%) VMware NSX
5 6 (0.39%) Firmware
5 6 (0.39%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
7 3 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (0.19%) vSphere
8 2 (0.13%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 2 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.065%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.065%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.065%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.065%) vCloud
9 1 (0.065%) Xen
Systems Management
1 88 (5.71%) Terraform
2 74 (4.80%) Kubernetes
3 53 (3.44%) Ansible
4 20 (1.30%) Grafana
5 15 (0.97%) Prometheus
6 12 (0.78%) Microsoft Intune
7 9 (0.58%) Puppet
8 7 (0.45%) Nmap
9 6 (0.39%) Endace
9 6 (0.39%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 5 (0.32%) AWS Copilot
10 5 (0.32%) Kibana
11 4 (0.26%) Progress Chef
11 4 (0.26%) SCCM
11 4 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
11 4 (0.26%) WSUS
11 4 (0.26%) ZABBIX
12 3 (0.19%) Check_MK
12 3 (0.19%) Nagios
12 3 (0.19%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 181 (11.74%) Microsoft
2 104 (6.74%) Cisco
3 66 (4.28%) SAP
4 63 (4.09%) Google
5 48 (3.11%) Salesforce
6 38 (2.46%) Oracle
7 29 (1.88%) Adobe
8 24 (1.56%) VMware
9 18 (1.17%) MuleSoft
10 16 (1.04%) Red Hat
10 16 (1.04%) ServiceNow
10 16 (1.04%) Splunk
11 11 (0.71%) CyberArk
11 11 (0.71%) Databricks
12 9 (0.58%) Juniper
12 9 (0.58%) Meraki
13 8 (0.52%) F5
13 8 (0.52%) Okta
14 6 (0.39%) CheckPoint
14 6 (0.39%) Dell