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

6 months to
1 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 44 25
Rank change year-on-year +28 -19 +8
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,656 786 2,494
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 9.13% 5.84% 7.67%
As % of the Qualifications category 38.94% 19.13% 28.44%
Number of salaries quoted 1,175 532 1,737
10th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £39,166
25th Percentile £53,750 £52,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,313 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,614 £95,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £61,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +6.56% +6.09% -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 4,253 4,109 8,768
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 23.45% 30.54% 26.95%
Number of salaries quoted 2,865 2,465 5,938
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £60,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £78,790 £72,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £54,296
% change year-on-year +4.35% +5.90% -6.39%

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 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 16 (0.97%) Apache
2 16 (0.97%) Apache Airflow
3 15 (0.91%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (0.72%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.30%) ArcGIS
5 5 (0.30%) GeoServer
5 5 (0.30%) Oracle Spatial
6 3 (0.18%) Apache Solr
6 3 (0.18%) Confluence
6 3 (0.18%) SAS
7 2 (0.12%) Camunda
7 2 (0.12%) Jupyter
7 2 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.060%) Appian
8 1 (0.060%) Drupal
8 1 (0.060%) IIS
8 1 (0.060%) nginx
8 1 (0.060%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.060%) WordPress
Applications
1 76 (4.59%) Microsoft Office
2 26 (1.57%) 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 2 (0.12%) Weka
6 1 (0.060%) CATIA
6 1 (0.060%) EngageOne
6 1 (0.060%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.060%) Oracle Smart View
6 1 (0.060%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 27 (1.63%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.36%) Oracle ERP
3 5 (0.30%) SAP ERP
4 4 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.24%) SAP FSCM
5 3 (0.18%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.18%) Elite 3E
5 3 (0.18%) SAP CO
5 3 (0.18%) SAP FI
5 3 (0.18%) SAP FI/CO
5 3 (0.18%) SAP HCM
6 2 (0.12%) SAP Payroll
6 2 (0.12%) SAP SCM
7 1 (0.060%) Magento
7 1 (0.060%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.060%) Primavera
7 1 (0.060%) SAP GRC
7 1 (0.060%) SAP PSCD
7 1 (0.060%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.060%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 280 (16.91%) Azure
2 244 (14.73%) AWS
3 116 (7.00%) Microsoft 365
4 92 (5.56%) GCP
5 57 (3.44%) Entra ID
6 51 (3.08%) Power Platform
7 27 (1.63%) Figma
8 24 (1.45%) AWS CloudFormation
8 24 (1.45%) PowerApps
9 23 (1.39%) Serverless
10 21 (1.27%) Dynamics 365
11 20 (1.21%) Power Automate
12 19 (1.15%) Azure DevOps
12 19 (1.15%) Google Analytics
13 18 (1.09%) GitHub
13 18 (1.09%) SaaS
14 17 (1.03%) Amazon S3
14 17 (1.03%) Azure Sentinel
14 17 (1.03%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 17 (1.03%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 39 (2.36%) Firewall
2 30 (1.81%) WAN
3 29 (1.75%) Network Security
4 25 (1.51%) VPN
5 23 (1.39%) DNS
6 20 (1.21%) LAN
7 19 (1.15%) DHCP
8 18 (1.09%) BGP
9 15 (0.91%) MPLS
10 12 (0.72%) Wi-Fi
11 11 (0.66%) SMTP
11 11 (0.66%) TCP/IP
12 8 (0.48%) HTTP
13 7 (0.42%) Intrusion Detection
13 7 (0.42%) SD-WAN
13 7 (0.42%) SNMP
14 6 (0.36%) Cisco ASA
14 6 (0.36%) Cisco Firepower
14 6 (0.36%) DMZ
14 6 (0.36%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (2.48%) Power BI
2 35 (2.11%) PostgreSQL
3 23 (1.39%) NoSQL
4 19 (1.15%) Metadata
5 17 (1.03%) MongoDB
6 15 (0.91%) SQL Server
7 11 (0.66%) DynamoDB
8 10 (0.60%) Data Warehouse
8 10 (0.60%) Elasticsearch
9 9 (0.54%) Amazon RDS
9 9 (0.54%) MySQL
9 9 (0.54%) Redis
9 9 (0.54%) Relational Database
10 8 (0.48%) SAP HANA
10 8 (0.48%) Tableau
11 6 (0.36%) Amazon Athena
11 6 (0.36%) BigQuery
12 5 (0.30%) Amazon Redshift
12 5 (0.30%) GIS
12 5 (0.30%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 49 (2.96%) Git
2 30 (1.81%) Jenkins
3 25 (1.51%) GitLab
4 22 (1.33%) Axure RP
4 22 (1.33%) Balsamiq
5 16 (0.97%) JIRA
6 9 (0.54%) Selenium
7 6 (0.36%) JMeter
7 6 (0.36%) SonarQube
8 5 (0.30%) Babel
8 5 (0.30%) JUnit
8 5 (0.30%) webpack
9 4 (0.24%) Burp Suite
9 4 (0.24%) Metasploit
9 4 (0.24%) Robot Framework
10 3 (0.18%) Maven
10 3 (0.18%) MSTest
10 3 (0.18%) Postman
10 3 (0.18%) SoapUI
11 2 (0.12%) TestRail
General
1 386 (23.31%) Social Skills
2 338 (20.41%) Public Sector
3 189 (11.41%) Finance
4 167 (10.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 139 (8.39%) Analytical Skills
6 125 (7.55%) Law
7 63 (3.80%) Back Office
8 61 (3.68%) Manufacturing
9 56 (3.38%) Telecoms
10 54 (3.26%) Legal
11 36 (2.17%) Presentation Skills
12 27 (1.63%) Electronics
12 27 (1.63%) Marketing
13 26 (1.57%) Influencing Skills
14 25 (1.51%) Organisational Skills
15 22 (1.33%) Retail
16 21 (1.27%) Aerospace
16 21 (1.27%) Military
17 11 (0.66%) Banking
18 10 (0.60%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 258 (15.58%) Senior
2 189 (11.41%) Architect
3 161 (9.72%) Consultant
4 153 (9.24%) Analyst
5 126 (7.61%) Systems Engineer
6 123 (7.43%) Lead
7 103 (6.22%) Business Analyst
8 97 (5.86%) Developer
9 90 (5.43%) Software Engineer
10 78 (4.71%) Support Engineer
11 77 (4.65%) Solutions Architect
12 60 (3.62%) Desktop Engineer
12 60 (3.62%) Desktop Support
12 60 (3.62%) Desktop Support Engineer
12 60 (3.62%) Site Engineer
13 53 (3.20%) Data Engineer
14 52 (3.14%) Senior Manager
15 50 (3.02%) Cloud Engineer
16 44 (2.66%) Security Consultant
17 43 (2.60%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (2.48%) .NET
2 40 (2.42%) REST
3 32 (1.93%) Spring
4 29 (1.75%) CSS
4 29 (1.75%) HTML
5 27 (1.63%) React
6 22 (1.33%) SOAP
7 21 (1.27%) Lightning Web Components
7 21 (1.27%) Middleware
8 20 (1.21%) Kafka
9 17 (1.03%) Spring Boot
9 17 (1.03%) Visualforce
10 14 (0.85%) SAML
11 13 (0.79%) AngularJS
12 12 (0.72%) ASP.NET
13 11 (0.66%) OLE
13 11 (0.66%) RESTful
14 10 (0.60%) Django
14 10 (0.60%) HTML5 Canvas
14 10 (0.60%) SAP CAF
Miscellaneous
1 80 (4.83%) Product Ownership
2 71 (4.29%) Cloud Native
3 50 (3.02%) Security Posture
4 47 (2.84%) Onboarding
5 43 (2.60%) Data Centre
6 40 (2.42%) Management Information System
7 32 (1.93%) Self-Motivation
8 27 (1.63%) PKI
9 23 (1.39%) Legacy Systems
10 20 (1.21%) Blog
11 18 (1.09%) Low-Code
12 17 (1.03%) Driving Licence
13 16 (0.97%) Security Operations Centre
14 15 (0.91%) Data Structures
15 12 (0.72%) Cyber Threat
16 11 (0.66%) Analytical Mindset
16 11 (0.66%) Cyber Security Posture
16 11 (0.66%) Cyberattack
17 10 (0.60%) Cloud Security Posture
17 10 (0.60%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 134 (8.09%) Windows
2 92 (5.56%) Linux
3 68 (4.11%) Windows 10
4 24 (1.45%) Windows Server
5 20 (1.21%) Unix
6 9 (0.54%) Ubuntu
7 6 (0.36%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (0.30%) Android
8 5 (0.30%) CentOS
9 3 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.060%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.060%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.060%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 312 (18.84%) Agile
2 207 (12.50%) Cybersecurity
3 199 (12.02%) Continuous Improvement
4 159 (9.60%) DevOps
5 157 (9.48%) Problem-Solving
6 145 (8.76%) Analytics
7 141 (8.51%) Software Engineering
8 140 (8.45%) Mentoring
9 129 (7.79%) ITIL
10 124 (7.49%) Community of Practice
11 113 (6.82%) Technology Strategy
12 110 (6.64%) CI/CD
13 103 (6.22%) Stakeholder Management
14 100 (6.04%) Collaborative Culture
15 95 (5.74%) Risk Management
16 83 (5.01%) Project Delivery
17 81 (4.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 80 (4.83%) Infrastructure as Code
18 80 (4.83%) Roadmaps
18 80 (4.83%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 130 (7.85%) Python
2 120 (7.25%) Java
3 74 (4.47%) SQL
4 71 (4.29%) JavaScript
5 54 (3.26%) C#
6 32 (1.93%) PowerShell
7 25 (1.51%) TypeScript
8 23 (1.39%) C++
9 21 (1.27%) Apex Code
10 20 (1.21%) Bash
11 10 (0.60%) C
12 9 (0.54%) Rust
13 7 (0.42%) Ada
13 7 (0.42%) Go
13 7 (0.42%) Groovy
14 6 (0.36%) Scala
14 6 (0.36%) VBA
15 4 (0.24%) Bicep
15 4 (0.24%) T-SQL
16 3 (0.18%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 1,055 (63.71%) SC Cleared
2 301 (18.18%) DV Cleared
3 293 (17.69%) Degree
4 75 (4.53%) BPSS Clearance
5 68 (4.11%) CISSP
6 66 (3.99%) CTC Cleared
7 49 (2.96%) Computer Science Degree
8 43 (2.60%) Microsoft Certification
9 41 (2.48%) CISM
10 25 (1.51%) Azure Certification
11 18 (1.09%) AWS Certification
11 18 (1.09%) Cisco Certification
12 15 (0.91%) CREST Certified
12 15 (0.91%) HNC
13 13 (0.79%) TOGAF Certification
14 11 (0.66%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 11 (0.66%) Master's Degree
15 10 (0.60%) GIAC
15 10 (0.60%) PMI Certification
16 9 (0.54%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (5.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 69 (4.17%) SLA
3 61 (3.68%) NIST
4 48 (2.90%) Accessibility
5 47 (2.84%) GDPR
6 43 (2.60%) QA
7 35 (2.11%) GRC
8 30 (1.81%) Data Quality
9 25 (1.51%) WCAG
10 23 (1.39%) NCSC
11 20 (1.21%) PCI DSS
12 14 (0.85%) JSP 440
13 12 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials
14 11 (0.66%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 9 (0.54%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 7 (0.42%) Government Security Classifications
16 7 (0.42%) PMO
17 6 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
17 6 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 42001
18 5 (0.30%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 73 (4.41%) 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 76 (4.59%) Kubernetes
3 56 (3.38%) Ansible
4 19 (1.15%) Grafana
5 18 (1.09%) Microsoft Intune
6 17 (1.03%) Prometheus
7 9 (0.54%) Puppet
8 6 (0.36%) Argo
8 6 (0.36%) Endace
8 6 (0.36%) Packer
9 5 (0.30%) AWS Copilot
10 4 (0.24%) Istio
10 4 (0.24%) Kustomize
10 4 (0.24%) Nmap
10 4 (0.24%) Progress Chef
10 4 (0.24%) QRadar
10 4 (0.24%) SCCM
10 4 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.24%) vCenter Server
10 4 (0.24%) WSUS
Vendors
1 187 (11.29%) Microsoft
2 103 (6.22%) Cisco
3 58 (3.50%) Google
4 53 (3.20%) SAP
5 42 (2.54%) Oracle
6 34 (2.05%) Salesforce
7 28 (1.69%) VMware
8 26 (1.57%) Adobe
9 24 (1.45%) Red Hat
10 16 (0.97%) MuleSoft
10 16 (0.97%) Splunk
11 15 (0.91%) ServiceNow
12 13 (0.79%) Databricks
13 11 (0.66%) CyberArk
13 11 (0.66%) Juniper
13 11 (0.66%) Meraki
14 8 (0.48%) F5
15 7 (0.42%) Okta
16 6 (0.36%) Ariba
16 6 (0.36%) CheckPoint