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 13 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 41 24
Rank change year-on-year +25 -17 +8
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,498 881 2,529
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.95% 6.37% 8.46%
As % of the Qualifications category 31.58% 21.75% 31.56%
Number of salaries quoted 1,031 568 1,686
10th Percentile £45,000 £43,799 £39,166
25th Percentile £51,250 £53,391 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -
75th Percentile £78,790 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,400 £87,500
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 4,743 4,051 8,014
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 28.32% 29.27% 26.81%
Number of salaries quoted 2,605 2,429 5,826
10th Percentile £30,987 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,500 £45,000 £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 £73,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £87,500 £88,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -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 13 March 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 31 (2.07%) SharePoint
2 17 (1.13%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (0.87%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (0.67%) Apache
5 6 (0.40%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.27%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.27%) Confluence
6 4 (0.27%) GeoServer
6 4 (0.27%) Oracle Spatial
7 3 (0.20%) Camunda
7 3 (0.20%) SAS
7 3 (0.20%) Tomcat
7 3 (0.20%) WebLogic
7 3 (0.20%) WebLogic Portal
7 3 (0.20%) WordPress
8 2 (0.13%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.067%) IIS
Applications
1 79 (5.27%) Microsoft Office
2 29 (1.94%) Adobe XD
3 10 (0.67%) Microsoft Excel
4 7 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.27%) InVision
5 4 (0.27%) Sketch
6 2 (0.13%) Weka
7 1 (0.067%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.067%) CATIA
7 1 (0.067%) EngageOne
7 1 (0.067%) EPLAN
7 1 (0.067%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.067%) Siemens NX
7 1 (0.067%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 27 (1.80%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (1.07%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.40%) Oracle ERP
3 6 (0.40%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.27%) Primavera
4 4 (0.27%) SAP CO
4 4 (0.27%) SAP FI
4 4 (0.27%) SAP FI/CO
4 4 (0.27%) SAP FSCM
4 4 (0.27%) SAP PP
5 3 (0.20%) Elite 3E
5 3 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.20%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.20%) SAP HCM
5 3 (0.20%) SAP PM
6 2 (0.13%) SAP Payroll
6 2 (0.13%) SAP SCM
7 1 (0.067%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.067%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.067%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 255 (17.02%) Azure
2 218 (14.55%) AWS
3 115 (7.68%) Microsoft 365
4 78 (5.21%) GCP
5 55 (3.67%) Entra ID
6 48 (3.20%) Power Platform
7 38 (2.54%) AWS CloudFormation
8 31 (2.07%) Figma
9 30 (2.00%) PowerApps
10 29 (1.94%) Dynamics 365
11 27 (1.80%) Power Automate
12 26 (1.74%) Azure DevOps
13 24 (1.60%) Serverless
14 22 (1.47%) Amazon ECS
14 22 (1.47%) Amazon EKS
15 20 (1.34%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 20 (1.34%) Salesforce Service Cloud
16 19 (1.27%) PaaS
16 19 (1.27%) SaaS
17 18 (1.20%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 43 (2.87%) Firewall
2 29 (1.94%) VPN
3 23 (1.54%) WAN
4 22 (1.47%) DNS
5 21 (1.40%) LAN
5 21 (1.40%) Network Security
6 19 (1.27%) TCP/IP
7 16 (1.07%) Wi-Fi
8 15 (1.00%) DHCP
9 13 (0.87%) BGP
10 11 (0.73%) MPLS
11 9 (0.60%) SMTP
12 8 (0.53%) HTTP
12 8 (0.53%) SNMP
13 7 (0.47%) VoIP
14 6 (0.40%) Cisco Firepower
14 6 (0.40%) DMZ
14 6 (0.40%) Ethernet
14 6 (0.40%) SD-WAN
15 5 (0.33%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (2.74%) PostgreSQL
2 36 (2.40%) Power BI
3 23 (1.54%) NoSQL
4 17 (1.13%) Amazon RDS
4 17 (1.13%) SQL Server
5 16 (1.07%) MongoDB
6 15 (1.00%) Elasticsearch
7 14 (0.93%) Metadata
7 14 (0.93%) MySQL
8 13 (0.87%) Redis
9 12 (0.80%) Relational Database
10 9 (0.60%) SAP HANA
11 8 (0.53%) Data Warehouse
11 8 (0.53%) DynamoDB
12 7 (0.47%) Tableau
13 6 (0.40%) Amazon Redshift
14 5 (0.33%) GIS
15 4 (0.27%) Oracle Database
15 4 (0.27%) Oracle Reports
15 4 (0.27%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 47 (3.14%) Git
2 34 (2.27%) Jenkins
3 28 (1.87%) Balsamiq
4 26 (1.74%) Axure RP
5 20 (1.34%) GitLab
6 18 (1.20%) JIRA
7 11 (0.73%) Selenium
8 8 (0.53%) Cypress.io
9 7 (0.47%) Burp Suite
9 7 (0.47%) Metasploit
9 7 (0.47%) SonarQube
10 6 (0.40%) Babel
10 6 (0.40%) WebDriver
10 6 (0.40%) webpack
11 5 (0.33%) JMeter
11 5 (0.33%) Robot Framework
12 3 (0.20%) Bitbucket
12 3 (0.20%) Eclipse
12 3 (0.20%) JUnit
12 3 (0.20%) Oracle Forms
General
1 383 (25.57%) Social Skills
2 312 (20.83%) Public Sector
3 183 (12.22%) Finance
4 146 (9.75%) Analytical Skills
5 141 (9.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 109 (7.28%) Law
7 74 (4.94%) Manufacturing
8 66 (4.41%) Telecoms
9 61 (4.07%) Back Office
10 45 (3.00%) Electronics
10 45 (3.00%) Marketing
11 44 (2.94%) Legal
12 30 (2.00%) Military
13 29 (1.94%) Presentation Skills
14 22 (1.47%) Retail
15 18 (1.20%) Influencing Skills
16 14 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
17 13 (0.87%) Aerospace
18 10 (0.67%) Banking
19 7 (0.47%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 232 (15.49%) Senior
2 146 (9.75%) Architect
3 141 (9.41%) Analyst
3 141 (9.41%) Systems Engineer
4 132 (8.81%) Consultant
5 104 (6.94%) Lead
6 99 (6.61%) Developer
7 93 (6.21%) Business Analyst
8 81 (5.41%) Support Engineer
9 79 (5.27%) Software Engineer
10 64 (4.27%) Site Engineer
11 60 (4.01%) Desktop Engineer
11 60 (4.01%) Desktop Support
11 60 (4.01%) Desktop Support Engineer
12 52 (3.47%) Solutions Architect
13 44 (2.94%) Data Engineer
14 41 (2.74%) Security Consultant
14 41 (2.74%) Senior Manager
15 38 (2.54%) Senior Consultant
16 35 (2.34%) Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (3.07%) .NET
2 45 (3.00%) React
3 41 (2.74%) REST
4 35 (2.34%) HTML
5 34 (2.27%) CSS
6 30 (2.00%) Spring
7 25 (1.67%) SOAP
8 24 (1.60%) Lightning Web Components
9 23 (1.54%) Django
9 23 (1.54%) Middleware
10 20 (1.34%) Kafka
10 20 (1.34%) SAP CAF
10 20 (1.34%) Spring Boot
10 20 (1.34%) Visualforce
11 16 (1.07%) AngularJS
11 16 (1.07%) Node.js
12 15 (1.00%) HTML5 Canvas
13 14 (0.93%) ASP.NET
14 13 (0.87%) RESTful
14 13 (0.87%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 72 (4.81%) Product Ownership
2 68 (4.54%) Cloud Native
3 49 (3.27%) Security Posture
4 42 (2.80%) Onboarding
5 37 (2.47%) Data Centre
6 36 (2.40%) Self-Motivation
7 26 (1.74%) Management Information System
8 19 (1.27%) PKI
9 18 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
10 16 (1.07%) Driving Licence
11 14 (0.93%) Blog
11 14 (0.93%) e-Learning
12 13 (0.87%) Analytical Mindset
12 13 (0.87%) Private Cloud
13 12 (0.80%) Distributed Systems
13 12 (0.80%) Low-Code
14 11 (0.73%) AI Agents
14 11 (0.73%) Cyber Security Posture
14 11 (0.73%) Security Operations Centre
15 10 (0.67%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 123 (8.21%) Windows
2 98 (6.54%) Linux
3 67 (4.47%) Windows 10
4 30 (2.00%) Unix
5 16 (1.07%) Windows Server
6 10 (0.67%) Ubuntu
7 6 (0.40%) CentOS
8 4 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.20%) VMS
10 2 (0.13%) Android
10 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.067%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 301 (20.09%) Agile
2 194 (12.95%) Continuous Improvement
3 192 (12.82%) Problem-Solving
4 167 (11.15%) Cybersecurity
5 153 (10.21%) DevOps
6 146 (9.75%) Software Engineering
7 145 (9.68%) Analytics
8 123 (8.21%) ITIL
9 122 (8.14%) Mentoring
10 108 (7.21%) CI/CD
11 107 (7.14%) Community of Practice
12 103 (6.88%) Collaborative Culture
13 96 (6.41%) Technology Strategy
14 83 (5.54%) Infrastructure as Code
14 83 (5.54%) Stakeholder Management
15 78 (5.21%) Business Intelligence
16 77 (5.14%) Validation
17 75 (5.01%) Risk Management
18 73 (4.87%) User Experience
19 72 (4.81%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 139 (9.28%) Python
2 110 (7.34%) Java
3 99 (6.61%) JavaScript
4 68 (4.54%) C#
5 63 (4.21%) SQL
6 38 (2.54%) PowerShell
7 30 (2.00%) TypeScript
8 24 (1.60%) Apex Code
9 22 (1.47%) Bash
9 22 (1.47%) C++
10 16 (1.07%) C
11 15 (1.00%) Bicep
12 9 (0.60%) Ada
12 9 (0.60%) Go
13 7 (0.47%) ABAP
14 6 (0.40%) Rust
14 6 (0.40%) Scala
15 5 (0.33%) PL/SQL
16 4 (0.27%) T-SQL
16 4 (0.27%) VBA
Qualifications
1 904 (60.35%) SC Cleared
2 311 (20.76%) Degree
3 254 (16.96%) DV Cleared
4 74 (4.94%) CISSP
5 66 (4.41%) CTC Cleared
6 62 (4.14%) BPSS Clearance
7 53 (3.54%) Microsoft Certification
8 49 (3.27%) Computer Science Degree
9 45 (3.00%) CISM
10 33 (2.20%) Azure Certification
10 33 (2.20%) Cisco Certification
11 22 (1.47%) AWS Certification
12 21 (1.40%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 19 (1.27%) CCNA
14 16 (1.07%) CREST Certified
15 14 (0.93%) TOGAF Certification
16 13 (0.87%) HNC
16 13 (0.87%) Master's Degree
17 12 (0.80%) OSCP
18 11 (0.73%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 91 (6.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 69 (4.61%) SLA
3 63 (4.21%) NIST
4 56 (3.74%) Accessibility
5 49 (3.27%) GDPR
6 40 (2.67%) QA
7 38 (2.54%) GRC
8 28 (1.87%) WCAG
9 24 (1.60%) Data Quality
10 18 (1.20%) NCSC
11 16 (1.07%) PCI DSS
12 13 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials
12 13 (0.87%) JSP 440
13 10 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 8 (0.53%) Actionable Recommendations
14 8 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 5 (0.33%) Government Security Classifications
15 5 (0.33%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 4 (0.27%) PMO
17 3 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 17025
System Software
1 73 (4.87%) Docker
2 33 (2.20%) Active Directory
3 16 (1.07%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.73%) Hyper-V
5 9 (0.60%) VMware NSX
6 6 (0.40%) Firmware
6 6 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.067%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.067%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.067%) vCloud
8 1 (0.067%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.067%) vSphere
8 1 (0.067%) Xen
Systems Management
1 90 (6.01%) Terraform
2 73 (4.87%) Kubernetes
3 45 (3.00%) Ansible
4 24 (1.60%) Grafana
5 14 (0.93%) Prometheus
6 12 (0.80%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (0.47%) Nmap
7 7 (0.47%) Puppet
8 6 (0.40%) Endace
9 5 (0.33%) AWS Copilot
9 5 (0.33%) Kibana
9 5 (0.33%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 5 (0.33%) SCOM
10 4 (0.27%) SCCM
10 4 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.27%) WSUS
10 4 (0.27%) ZABBIX
11 3 (0.20%) Nagios
11 3 (0.20%) OpenView
11 3 (0.20%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 173 (11.55%) Microsoft
2 112 (7.48%) Cisco
3 73 (4.87%) SAP
4 61 (4.07%) Google
5 54 (3.60%) Salesforce
6 33 (2.20%) Oracle
7 29 (1.94%) Adobe
8 24 (1.60%) VMware
9 19 (1.27%) MuleSoft
10 17 (1.13%) ServiceNow
11 14 (0.93%) Splunk
12 13 (0.87%) Red Hat
13 10 (0.67%) F5
13 10 (0.67%) Juniper
14 9 (0.60%) CyberArk
14 9 (0.60%) Databricks
14 9 (0.60%) Meraki
15 8 (0.53%) CheckPoint
16 7 (0.47%) Remedy
17 6 (0.40%) BMC