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 14 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 43 25
Rank change year-on-year +27 -18 +8
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,658 986 2,480
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.96% 6.78% 7.64%
As % of the Qualifications category 39.05% 21.98% 28.18%
Number of salaries quoted 1,202 521 1,724
10th Percentile £45,798 £46,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £53,929 £52,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -
75th Percentile £79,932 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £89,500 £95,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £61,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +5.69% +6.96% -4.17%

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 4,246 4,485 8,800
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 22.94% 30.86% 27.11%
Number of salaries quoted 2,875 2,404 5,895
10th Percentile £32,500 £27,825 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,296
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.30% -8.79%

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 14 May 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 (2.11%) SharePoint
2 18 (1.09%) Apache
3 15 (0.90%) Apache Airflow
4 14 (0.84%) Microsoft Exchange
5 12 (0.72%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.24%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.24%) GeoServer
6 4 (0.24%) Oracle Spatial
7 3 (0.18%) Apache Solr
7 3 (0.18%) Confluence
7 3 (0.18%) Jupyter
7 3 (0.18%) SAS
8 2 (0.12%) Camunda
8 2 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.060%) Appian
9 1 (0.060%) Drupal
9 1 (0.060%) IIS
9 1 (0.060%) NetWeaver
9 1 (0.060%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.060%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 66 (3.98%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (1.27%) Adobe XD
3 12 (0.72%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.30%) InVision
4 5 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (0.30%) Sketch
5 3 (0.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.12%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.12%) Weka
6 2 (0.12%) Windchill
7 1 (0.060%) CATIA
7 1 (0.060%) EngageOne
7 1 (0.060%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.060%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 29 (1.75%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.36%) Oracle ERP
2 6 (0.36%) SAP ERP
3 4 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (0.24%) SAP FSCM
4 3 (0.18%) Elite 3E
4 3 (0.18%) Primavera
4 3 (0.18%) SAP CO
4 3 (0.18%) SAP FI
4 3 (0.18%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (0.18%) SAP HCM
5 2 (0.12%) SAP Payroll
5 2 (0.12%) SAP SCM
6 1 (0.060%) C-CURE
6 1 (0.060%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.060%) SAP BPC
6 1 (0.060%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.060%) SAP MDG
6 1 (0.060%) SAP QM
6 1 (0.060%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 304 (18.34%) Azure
2 268 (16.16%) AWS
3 104 (6.27%) Microsoft 365
4 96 (5.79%) GCP
5 58 (3.50%) Entra ID
6 51 (3.08%) Power Platform
7 26 (1.57%) Serverless
8 22 (1.33%) Figma
8 22 (1.33%) SaaS
9 21 (1.27%) Dynamics 365
10 20 (1.21%) AWS CloudFormation
10 20 (1.21%) Azure DevOps
10 20 (1.21%) GitHub
10 20 (1.21%) PowerApps
11 19 (1.15%) Google Analytics
12 18 (1.09%) PaaS
12 18 (1.09%) Power Automate
13 17 (1.03%) Azure Sentinel
14 16 (0.97%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 16 (0.97%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 40 (2.41%) Firewall
2 32 (1.93%) Network Security
3 30 (1.81%) WAN
4 25 (1.51%) VPN
5 23 (1.39%) DNS
6 21 (1.27%) LAN
7 19 (1.15%) DHCP
8 18 (1.09%) BGP
9 14 (0.84%) MPLS
10 12 (0.72%) SMTP
10 12 (0.72%) TCP/IP
10 12 (0.72%) Wi-Fi
11 8 (0.48%) HTTP
12 7 (0.42%) DMZ
12 7 (0.42%) Intrusion Detection
12 7 (0.42%) SNMP
13 6 (0.36%) Cisco ASA
13 6 (0.36%) Cisco Firepower
13 6 (0.36%) SD-WAN
13 6 (0.36%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (2.41%) Power BI
2 35 (2.11%) PostgreSQL
3 20 (1.21%) NoSQL
4 19 (1.15%) Metadata
5 15 (0.90%) MongoDB
6 14 (0.84%) SQL Server
7 10 (0.60%) DynamoDB
7 10 (0.60%) Elasticsearch
7 10 (0.60%) Redis
8 9 (0.54%) Data Warehouse
8 9 (0.54%) Relational Database
9 8 (0.48%) SAP HANA
10 7 (0.42%) Amazon Athena
10 7 (0.42%) Amazon RDS
10 7 (0.42%) Big Data
10 7 (0.42%) MySQL
10 7 (0.42%) Tableau
11 6 (0.36%) BigQuery
12 5 (0.30%) Amazon Redshift
13 4 (0.24%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 51 (3.08%) Git
2 30 (1.81%) Jenkins
3 24 (1.45%) GitLab
4 17 (1.03%) Axure RP
5 16 (0.97%) Balsamiq
6 15 (0.90%) JIRA
7 12 (0.72%) Selenium
8 8 (0.48%) JUnit
9 6 (0.36%) JMeter
9 6 (0.36%) Maven
10 5 (0.30%) Mockito
11 4 (0.24%) Babel
11 4 (0.24%) Burp Suite
11 4 (0.24%) Metasploit
11 4 (0.24%) SonarQube
11 4 (0.24%) webpack
12 3 (0.18%) Cypress.io
12 3 (0.18%) MSTest
12 3 (0.18%) Postman
12 3 (0.18%) SoapUI
General
1 376 (22.68%) Social Skills
2 353 (21.29%) Public Sector
3 191 (11.52%) Finance
4 169 (10.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 138 (8.32%) Analytical Skills
6 125 (7.54%) Law
7 53 (3.20%) Back Office
7 53 (3.20%) Legal
8 51 (3.08%) Manufacturing
9 46 (2.77%) Telecoms
10 38 (2.29%) Presentation Skills
11 29 (1.75%) Influencing Skills
12 27 (1.63%) Organisational Skills
13 22 (1.33%) Retail
14 21 (1.27%) Aerospace
15 20 (1.21%) Marketing
16 19 (1.15%) Electronics
16 19 (1.15%) Military
17 11 (0.66%) Aviation
18 10 (0.60%) Banking
Job Titles
1 270 (16.28%) Senior
2 208 (12.55%) Architect
3 165 (9.95%) Consultant
4 151 (9.11%) Analyst
5 127 (7.66%) Lead
6 113 (6.82%) Systems Engineer
7 109 (6.57%) Developer
8 100 (6.03%) Software Engineer
9 98 (5.91%) Business Analyst
10 94 (5.67%) Solutions Architect
11 68 (4.10%) Support Engineer
12 54 (3.26%) Cloud Engineer
13 53 (3.20%) Data Engineer
14 52 (3.14%) Site Engineer
15 51 (3.08%) Senior Manager
16 50 (3.02%) Desktop Engineer
16 50 (3.02%) Desktop Support
16 50 (3.02%) Desktop Support Engineer
17 44 (2.65%) Java Developer
18 42 (2.53%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (2.96%) REST
2 37 (2.23%) .NET
3 36 (2.17%) Spring
4 32 (1.93%) React
5 27 (1.63%) SOAP
6 24 (1.45%) CSS
6 24 (1.45%) HTML
7 19 (1.15%) Lightning Web Components
7 19 (1.15%) Middleware
7 19 (1.15%) Spring Boot
8 18 (1.09%) Kafka
9 16 (0.97%) Visualforce
10 14 (0.84%) SAML
11 13 (0.78%) AngularJS
11 13 (0.78%) SAP Fiori
12 11 (0.66%) ASP.NET
12 11 (0.66%) Playwright
12 11 (0.66%) RESTful
13 10 (0.60%) HTML5 Canvas
13 10 (0.60%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 80 (4.83%) Cloud Native
2 75 (4.52%) Product Ownership
3 51 (3.08%) Onboarding
3 51 (3.08%) Security Posture
4 41 (2.47%) Data Centre
5 39 (2.35%) Management Information System
6 33 (1.99%) Self-Motivation
7 28 (1.69%) PKI
8 22 (1.33%) Legacy Systems
9 21 (1.27%) Blog
10 18 (1.09%) Low-Code
11 17 (1.03%) Driving Licence
12 16 (0.97%) Security Operations Centre
13 15 (0.90%) Data Structures
14 12 (0.72%) Analytical Mindset
14 12 (0.72%) Cyber Threat
15 11 (0.66%) Cloud Security Posture
15 11 (0.66%) Cyber Security Posture
15 11 (0.66%) Cyberattack
16 10 (0.60%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 122 (7.36%) Windows
2 93 (5.61%) Linux
3 58 (3.50%) Windows 10
4 25 (1.51%) Windows Server
5 20 (1.21%) Unix
6 7 (0.42%) Ubuntu
7 5 (0.30%) Android
7 5 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.18%) CentOS
8 3 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.060%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.060%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.060%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 321 (19.36%) Agile
2 205 (12.36%) Continuous Improvement
3 198 (11.94%) Cybersecurity
4 172 (10.37%) DevOps
5 164 (9.89%) Problem-Solving
6 152 (9.17%) Mentoring
7 151 (9.11%) Software Engineering
8 134 (8.08%) Analytics
9 133 (8.02%) ITIL
10 122 (7.36%) Community of Practice
11 121 (7.30%) CI/CD
12 111 (6.69%) Stakeholder Management
12 111 (6.69%) Technology Strategy
13 103 (6.21%) Collaborative Culture
14 97 (5.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 94 (5.67%) Risk Management
16 85 (5.13%) Project Delivery
17 84 (5.07%) Roadmaps
18 83 (5.01%) AI
19 82 (4.95%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 134 (8.08%) Python
2 127 (7.66%) Java
3 79 (4.76%) SQL
4 77 (4.64%) JavaScript
5 51 (3.08%) C#
6 29 (1.75%) PowerShell
7 26 (1.57%) C++
7 26 (1.57%) TypeScript
8 21 (1.27%) Bash
9 19 (1.15%) Apex Code
10 10 (0.60%) C
11 9 (0.54%) Groovy
11 9 (0.54%) Rust
12 6 (0.36%) Go
12 6 (0.36%) Scala
13 5 (0.30%) Ada
13 5 (0.30%) PL/SQL
14 4 (0.24%) T-SQL
14 4 (0.24%) VBA
15 3 (0.18%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 1,083 (65.32%) SC Cleared
2 314 (18.94%) DV Cleared
3 277 (16.71%) Degree
4 81 (4.89%) BPSS Clearance
5 65 (3.92%) CISSP
6 55 (3.32%) CTC Cleared
7 49 (2.96%) Computer Science Degree
8 43 (2.59%) Microsoft Certification
9 38 (2.29%) CISM
10 25 (1.51%) Azure Certification
11 20 (1.21%) AWS Certification
12 16 (0.97%) Cisco Certification
13 15 (0.90%) HNC
14 14 (0.84%) CREST Certified
14 14 (0.84%) TOGAF Certification
15 11 (0.66%) PMI Certification
16 10 (0.60%) GIAC
17 9 (0.54%) Master's Degree
18 8 (0.48%) BC Cleared
18 8 (0.48%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (5.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 61 (3.68%) NIST
3 60 (3.62%) SLA
4 52 (3.14%) QA
5 46 (2.77%) Accessibility
5 46 (2.77%) GDPR
6 30 (1.81%) Data Quality
6 30 (1.81%) GRC
7 27 (1.63%) NCSC
8 21 (1.27%) PCI DSS
9 20 (1.21%) WCAG
10 15 (0.90%) JSP 440
11 13 (0.78%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 12 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials
13 8 (0.48%) Actionable Recommendations
13 8 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 7 (0.42%) Government Security Classifications
14 7 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 6 (0.36%) PMO
16 5 (0.30%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 69 (4.16%) Docker
2 38 (2.29%) Active Directory
3 18 (1.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.66%) VMware NSX
5 8 (0.48%) Firmware
5 8 (0.48%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (0.30%) vSphere
7 4 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.060%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.060%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.060%) IAG
9 1 (0.060%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.060%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.060%) Xen
Systems Management
1 87 (5.25%) Terraform
2 75 (4.52%) Kubernetes
3 54 (3.26%) Ansible
4 18 (1.09%) Microsoft Intune
5 16 (0.97%) Grafana
6 15 (0.90%) Prometheus
7 8 (0.48%) Puppet
8 6 (0.36%) Endace
8 6 (0.36%) Packer
8 6 (0.36%) Progress Chef
9 5 (0.30%) Argo
9 5 (0.30%) AWS Copilot
9 5 (0.30%) QRadar
10 4 (0.24%) Istio
10 4 (0.24%) Kustomize
10 4 (0.24%) Nmap
10 4 (0.24%) SCCM
10 4 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.24%) vCenter Server
10 4 (0.24%) WSUS
Vendors
1 195 (11.76%) Microsoft
2 91 (5.49%) Cisco
3 54 (3.26%) Google
4 51 (3.08%) SAP
5 43 (2.59%) Oracle
6 28 (1.69%) Salesforce
6 28 (1.69%) VMware
7 26 (1.57%) ServiceNow
8 21 (1.27%) Adobe
8 21 (1.27%) Red Hat
9 15 (0.90%) MuleSoft
10 14 (0.84%) Databricks
11 13 (0.78%) Splunk
12 12 (0.72%) CyberArk
13 11 (0.66%) Meraki
14 10 (0.60%) Juniper
15 8 (0.48%) F5
15 8 (0.48%) Okta
16 6 (0.36%) Ariba
16 6 (0.36%) CheckPoint