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

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 25 36 22
Rank change year-on-year +11 -14 +5
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,601 1,146 2,098
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.31% 6.96% 7.75%
As % of the Qualifications category 35.32% 20.63% 28.89%
Number of salaries quoted 1,169 576 1,427
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,608 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £47,500
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 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,125 £85,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £62,500 £58,000
% change year-on-year +12.00% +7.76% -3.33%

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 4,533 5,554 7,262
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.69% 33.75% 26.83%
Number of salaries quoted 3,040 2,461 4,417
10th Percentile £33,340 £29,250 £33,650
25th Percentile £46,984 £41,250 £42,608
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £74,258 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £86,250
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 28 July 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 37 (2.31%) Apache
2 36 (2.25%) SharePoint
3 25 (1.56%) Apache Spark
4 14 (0.87%) Apache Airflow
5 12 (0.75%) Anypoint
5 12 (0.75%) Mule
6 9 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
7 8 (0.50%) Confluence
8 7 (0.44%) Jupyter
8 7 (0.44%) nginx
9 6 (0.37%) Camunda
10 5 (0.31%) IIS
10 5 (0.31%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 3 (0.19%) Apache Solr
11 3 (0.19%) SAS
12 2 (0.12%) ArcGIS
12 2 (0.12%) GeoServer
12 2 (0.12%) OpenStack
12 2 (0.12%) Oracle Spatial
12 2 (0.12%) WordPress
Applications
1 23 (1.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (0.81%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (0.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (0.62%) Simulink
4 8 (0.50%) Adobe XD
5 4 (0.25%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.25%) Windchill
6 2 (0.12%) InVision
6 2 (0.12%) Mathcad
6 2 (0.12%) Sketch
7 1 (0.062%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.062%) CATIA
7 1 (0.062%) FrameMaker
7 1 (0.062%) Houdini
7 1 (0.062%) InDesign
7 1 (0.062%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.062%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 28 (1.75%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (0.44%) SAP ERP
3 6 (0.37%) Oracle ERP
4 5 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
4 5 (0.31%) Primavera
5 4 (0.25%) Remedy ITSM
5 4 (0.25%) SAP FSCM
5 4 (0.25%) Workday HCM
6 3 (0.19%) Elite 3E
6 3 (0.19%) SAP CO
6 3 (0.19%) SAP FI
6 3 (0.19%) SAP FI/CO
6 3 (0.19%) SAP HCM
7 2 (0.12%) SAP Payroll
7 2 (0.12%) SAP QM
7 2 (0.12%) Teamcenter
8 1 (0.062%) Dynamics CRM
8 1 (0.062%) Magento
8 1 (0.062%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.062%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 435 (27.17%) Azure
2 387 (24.17%) AWS
3 123 (7.68%) GCP
4 84 (5.25%) Microsoft 365
5 70 (4.37%) Power Platform
6 68 (4.25%) Entra ID
7 36 (2.25%) dbt
8 34 (2.12%) AWS CloudFormation
8 34 (2.12%) GitHub
9 30 (1.87%) Serverless
10 29 (1.81%) SaaS
11 27 (1.69%) Azure DevOps
12 25 (1.56%) PaaS
13 22 (1.37%) Azure Sentinel
14 20 (1.25%) Microsoft Purview
15 19 (1.19%) Amazon EC2
16 18 (1.12%) Amazon S3
16 18 (1.12%) Dynamics 365
16 18 (1.12%) Google Analytics
16 18 (1.12%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 49 (3.06%) Firewall
2 45 (2.81%) Network Security
3 36 (2.25%) TCP/IP
4 32 (2.00%) DNS
5 28 (1.75%) WAN
6 20 (1.25%) VPN
7 18 (1.12%) LAN
8 16 (1.00%) DHCP
9 15 (0.94%) BGP
9 15 (0.94%) SSL
10 13 (0.81%) MPLS
11 11 (0.69%) ATM
12 9 (0.56%) HTTP
12 9 (0.56%) SMTP
13 7 (0.44%) Wi-Fi
14 6 (0.37%) Intrusion Detection
14 6 (0.37%) OSPF
14 6 (0.37%) SNMP
14 6 (0.37%) Wireless
15 4 (0.25%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (3.37%) Power BI
2 43 (2.69%) PostgreSQL
3 24 (1.50%) Big Data
4 23 (1.44%) Data Warehouse
4 23 (1.44%) NoSQL
5 17 (1.06%) Metadata
5 17 (1.06%) SQL Server
6 16 (1.00%) MongoDB
7 13 (0.81%) Amazon Athena
8 12 (0.75%) Redis
9 11 (0.69%) DynamoDB
9 11 (0.69%) Tableau
10 10 (0.62%) Relational Database
11 9 (0.56%) Data Lake
11 9 (0.56%) Elasticsearch
12 8 (0.50%) MySQL
13 7 (0.44%) Amazon RDS
14 6 (0.37%) SAP HANA
15 5 (0.31%) Hadoop
15 5 (0.31%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 59 (3.69%) Git
2 38 (2.37%) GitLab
3 37 (2.31%) Jenkins
4 20 (1.25%) JIRA
5 19 (1.19%) JUnit
6 14 (0.87%) Selenium
7 11 (0.69%) Mockito
7 11 (0.69%) Rational DOORS
8 10 (0.62%) Maven
9 9 (0.56%) Cucumber
10 7 (0.44%) Balsamiq
10 7 (0.44%) Burp Suite
10 7 (0.44%) Metasploit
10 7 (0.44%) Postman
11 6 (0.37%) Axure RP
11 6 (0.37%) Gatling
12 5 (0.31%) Cypress.io
12 5 (0.31%) SonarQube
13 3 (0.19%) JMeter
13 3 (0.19%) LabVIEW
General
1 469 (29.29%) Social Skills
2 378 (23.61%) Public Sector
3 255 (15.93%) Finance
4 247 (15.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 177 (11.06%) Analytical Skills
6 150 (9.37%) Law
7 70 (4.37%) Aerospace
8 66 (4.12%) Legal
9 50 (3.12%) Presentation Skills
10 37 (2.31%) Telecoms
11 36 (2.25%) Retail
12 34 (2.12%) Manufacturing
13 33 (2.06%) Organisational Skills
14 28 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
15 23 (1.44%) Military
16 20 (1.25%) Electronics
17 17 (1.06%) Police
18 13 (0.81%) Aviation
19 12 (0.75%) Documentation Skills
20 10 (0.62%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 306 (19.11%) Senior
2 281 (17.55%) Architect
3 189 (11.81%) Consultant
4 141 (8.81%) Lead
5 122 (7.62%) Developer
6 120 (7.50%) Solutions Architect
7 113 (7.06%) Software Engineer
8 108 (6.75%) Analyst
9 65 (4.06%) Data Engineer
10 61 (3.81%) Cloud Engineer
11 57 (3.56%) Security Consultant
12 56 (3.50%) Senior Manager
13 51 (3.19%) Senior Consultant
14 49 (3.06%) DevOps Engineer
15 48 (3.00%) Senior Developer
16 47 (2.94%) Security Architect
17 46 (2.87%) Business Analyst
18 43 (2.69%) Java Developer
19 41 (2.56%) Senior Analyst
20 38 (2.37%) Cloud Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (3.37%) REST
2 44 (2.75%) React
3 42 (2.62%) Spring
4 32 (2.00%) Kafka
5 31 (1.94%) .NET
6 25 (1.56%) SOAP
7 24 (1.50%) OAuth
8 21 (1.31%) Spring Boot
9 19 (1.19%) AngularJS
9 19 (1.19%) CSS
10 18 (1.12%) Playwright
11 17 (1.06%) HTML
11 17 (1.06%) Middleware
11 17 (1.06%) RESTful
12 16 (1.00%) PySpark
13 15 (0.94%) JWT
13 15 (0.94%) OAuth2
14 14 (0.87%) Web Services
15 13 (0.81%) SAML
16 12 (0.75%) MUnit
Miscellaneous
1 127 (7.93%) Cloud Native
2 60 (3.75%) Product Ownership
3 55 (3.44%) Onboarding
4 53 (3.31%) Management Information System
5 46 (2.87%) Self-Motivation
6 43 (2.69%) Security Posture
7 31 (1.94%) Data Centre
7 31 (1.94%) Driving Licence
7 31 (1.94%) Legacy Systems
8 26 (1.62%) Blog
9 25 (1.56%) PKI
10 20 (1.25%) Cyber Threat
10 20 (1.25%) Security Operations Centre
11 19 (1.19%) Distributed Systems
12 17 (1.06%) CMDB
12 17 (1.06%) Cyber Defence
13 15 (0.94%) Data Structures
13 15 (0.94%) Public Cloud
14 14 (0.87%) Enterprise Software
15 13 (0.81%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 118 (7.37%) Linux
2 94 (5.87%) Windows
3 39 (2.44%) Windows Server
4 28 (1.75%) Unix
5 14 (0.87%) Windows 10
6 5 (0.31%) Android
6 5 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.31%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.19%) Kali Linux
8 2 (0.12%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.12%) CentOS
8 2 (0.12%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.12%) VxWorks
8 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.062%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.062%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.062%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 429 (26.80%) Agile
2 256 (15.99%) Continuous Improvement
3 239 (14.93%) Cybersecurity
4 234 (14.62%) Mentoring
5 223 (13.93%) Problem-Solving
6 214 (13.37%) DevOps
7 212 (13.24%) CI/CD
8 197 (12.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 184 (11.49%) Software Engineering
10 154 (9.62%) AI
11 153 (9.56%) Stakeholder Management
12 133 (8.31%) Community of Practice
13 125 (7.81%) Collaborative Culture
14 121 (7.56%) Technical Leadership
15 120 (7.50%) Infrastructure as Code
16 119 (7.43%) Decision-Making
17 116 (7.25%) Project Delivery
18 115 (7.18%) Scrum
18 115 (7.18%) Technology Strategy
19 114 (7.12%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 200 (12.49%) Python
2 155 (9.68%) Java
3 108 (6.75%) SQL
4 83 (5.18%) JavaScript
5 50 (3.12%) C++
6 45 (2.81%) C#
7 38 (2.37%) Bash
8 37 (2.31%) PowerShell
9 28 (1.75%) TypeScript
10 27 (1.69%) C
11 16 (1.00%) Groovy
12 14 (0.87%) Ada
13 12 (0.75%) DataWeave
13 12 (0.75%) Rust
14 9 (0.56%) Apex Code
14 9 (0.56%) MATLAB
14 9 (0.56%) PL/SQL
15 8 (0.50%) Ruby
15 8 (0.50%) Scala
15 8 (0.50%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1,263 (78.89%) SC Cleared
2 319 (19.93%) DV Cleared
3 273 (17.05%) Degree
4 144 (8.99%) BPSS Clearance
5 73 (4.56%) CISSP
6 53 (3.31%) Computer Science Degree
7 52 (3.25%) CISM
8 40 (2.50%) Azure Certification
9 35 (2.19%) Microsoft Certification
10 27 (1.69%) AWS Certification
11 19 (1.19%) CREST Certified
11 19 (1.19%) Master's Degree
12 18 (1.12%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 17 (1.06%) Cisco Certification
14 16 (1.00%) CRISC
14 16 (1.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 12 (0.75%) TOGAF Certification
16 10 (0.62%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 10 (0.62%) CompTIA CySA+
16 10 (0.62%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 133 (8.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 82 (5.12%) NIST
3 71 (4.43%) Accessibility
4 55 (3.44%) QA
5 53 (3.31%) NCSC
6 42 (2.62%) GDPR
7 41 (2.56%) GRC
8 38 (2.37%) Data Quality
9 25 (1.56%) Cyber Essentials
10 24 (1.50%) PCI DSS
11 23 (1.44%) SLA
12 22 (1.37%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 16 (1.00%) JSP 440
13 16 (1.00%) WCAG
14 11 (0.69%) Actionable Recommendations
15 10 (0.62%) Def Stans
16 9 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 7 (0.44%) NIST 800
18 6 (0.37%) Government Security Classifications
18 6 (0.37%) SOC 2
System Software
1 91 (5.68%) Docker
2 70 (4.37%) Active Directory
3 28 (1.75%) VMware Infrastructure
4 25 (1.56%) Hyper-V
5 21 (1.31%) Firmware
6 13 (0.81%) VMware ESXi
7 7 (0.44%) vSphere
8 6 (0.37%) Squid
9 5 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
9 5 (0.31%) VMware NSX
10 4 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.062%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.062%) Embedded Firmware
11 1 (0.062%) IAG
11 1 (0.062%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.062%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.062%) Xen
Systems Management
1 105 (6.56%) Terraform
2 103 (6.43%) Kubernetes
3 45 (2.81%) Ansible
4 39 (2.44%) Microsoft Intune
5 20 (1.25%) Prometheus
6 18 (1.12%) Grafana
7 12 (0.75%) CloudHub
8 10 (0.62%) Argo
9 8 (0.50%) Progress Chef
10 7 (0.44%) Nmap
10 7 (0.44%) QRadar
10 7 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
11 6 (0.37%) Kustomize
11 6 (0.37%) Puppet
12 5 (0.31%) AWS Copilot
12 5 (0.31%) Istio
12 5 (0.31%) Packer
12 5 (0.31%) vCenter Server
13 4 (0.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 4 (0.25%) Endace
Vendors
1 229 (14.30%) Microsoft
2 61 (3.81%) Google
3 56 (3.50%) ServiceNow
4 52 (3.25%) SAP
5 49 (3.06%) Oracle
6 37 (2.31%) VMware
7 33 (2.06%) Cisco
8 31 (1.94%) Salesforce
9 24 (1.50%) MuleSoft
10 22 (1.37%) Databricks
10 22 (1.37%) Red Hat
11 18 (1.12%) OpenAI
12 16 (1.00%) Splunk
13 14 (0.87%) CyberArk
14 13 (0.81%) Okta
15 11 (0.69%) Adobe
16 9 (0.56%) Juniper
17 8 (0.50%) Veeam
18 7 (0.44%) Dell
18 7 (0.44%) Fortinet