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

6 months to
25 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 36 22
Rank change year-on-year +10 -14 +4
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,585 1,135 2,201
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.29% 6.90% 7.94%
As % of the Qualifications category 35.13% 20.36% 29.31%
Number of salaries quoted 1,168 570 1,500
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 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,750 £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 4,512 5,576 7,510
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.75% 33.90% 27.09%
Number of salaries quoted 3,046 2,493 4,605
10th Percentile £33,350 £29,550 £33,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £59,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.93% +2.61% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £73,750 £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 25 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 36 (2.27%) Apache
2 35 (2.21%) SharePoint
3 25 (1.58%) Apache Spark
4 14 (0.88%) Apache Airflow
5 11 (0.69%) Anypoint
5 11 (0.69%) Mule
6 9 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
7 7 (0.44%) Confluence
7 7 (0.44%) Jupyter
7 7 (0.44%) nginx
8 5 (0.32%) Camunda
8 5 (0.32%) IIS
9 4 (0.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 3 (0.19%) Apache Solr
10 3 (0.19%) SAS
11 2 (0.13%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.13%) GeoServer
11 2 (0.13%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.13%) Oracle Spatial
11 2 (0.13%) WordPress
Applications
1 22 (1.39%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (0.82%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (0.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (0.63%) Simulink
4 8 (0.50%) Adobe XD
5 4 (0.25%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.25%) Windchill
6 2 (0.13%) InVision
6 2 (0.13%) Mathcad
6 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.13%) Sketch
7 1 (0.063%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.063%) CATIA
7 1 (0.063%) FrameMaker
7 1 (0.063%) Houdini
7 1 (0.063%) InDesign
7 1 (0.063%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 28 (1.77%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (0.44%) SAP ERP
3 6 (0.38%) Oracle ERP
4 5 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
4 5 (0.32%) 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 (0.13%) SAP Payroll
7 2 (0.13%) SAP QM
7 2 (0.13%) Teamcenter
8 1 (0.063%) Dynamics CRM
8 1 (0.063%) Magento
8 1 (0.063%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.063%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 428 (27.00%) Azure
2 378 (23.85%) AWS
3 119 (7.51%) GCP
4 84 (5.30%) Microsoft 365
5 68 (4.29%) Power Platform
6 67 (4.23%) Entra ID
7 34 (2.15%) dbt
7 34 (2.15%) GitHub
8 32 (2.02%) SaaS
9 31 (1.96%) AWS CloudFormation
10 28 (1.77%) Azure DevOps
10 28 (1.77%) Serverless
11 25 (1.58%) PaaS
12 22 (1.39%) Azure Sentinel
13 20 (1.26%) Microsoft Purview
14 19 (1.20%) Amazon EC2
15 18 (1.14%) Amazon S3
15 18 (1.14%) Dynamics 365
15 18 (1.14%) Google Analytics
15 18 (1.14%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 49 (3.09%) Firewall
2 45 (2.84%) Network Security
3 34 (2.15%) TCP/IP
4 32 (2.02%) DNS
5 29 (1.83%) WAN
6 21 (1.32%) VPN
7 18 (1.14%) LAN
8 16 (1.01%) BGP
8 16 (1.01%) DHCP
9 14 (0.88%) MPLS
9 14 (0.88%) SSL
10 11 (0.69%) SMTP
11 10 (0.63%) ATM
11 10 (0.63%) HTTP
12 7 (0.44%) SNMP
12 7 (0.44%) Wi-Fi
13 6 (0.38%) Intrusion Detection
13 6 (0.38%) OSPF
13 6 (0.38%) Wireless
14 5 (0.32%) Cisco Firepower
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (3.28%) Power BI
2 42 (2.65%) PostgreSQL
3 23 (1.45%) Big Data
3 23 (1.45%) Data Warehouse
4 21 (1.32%) NoSQL
5 17 (1.07%) SQL Server
6 15 (0.95%) Metadata
6 15 (0.95%) MongoDB
7 13 (0.82%) Amazon Athena
8 12 (0.76%) Redis
9 10 (0.63%) DynamoDB
9 10 (0.63%) Relational Database
9 10 (0.63%) Tableau
10 9 (0.57%) Data Lake
10 9 (0.57%) Elasticsearch
11 8 (0.50%) MySQL
12 7 (0.44%) Amazon RDS
13 6 (0.38%) SAP HANA
14 5 (0.32%) Hadoop
14 5 (0.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 59 (3.72%) Git
2 37 (2.33%) GitLab
2 37 (2.33%) Jenkins
3 20 (1.26%) JIRA
4 18 (1.14%) JUnit
5 14 (0.88%) Selenium
6 10 (0.63%) Mockito
7 9 (0.57%) Cucumber
7 9 (0.57%) Maven
7 9 (0.57%) Rational DOORS
8 7 (0.44%) Balsamiq
8 7 (0.44%) Burp Suite
8 7 (0.44%) Metasploit
8 7 (0.44%) Postman
9 6 (0.38%) Axure RP
9 6 (0.38%) Gatling
10 5 (0.32%) Cypress.io
10 5 (0.32%) SonarQube
11 3 (0.19%) JMeter
11 3 (0.19%) LabVIEW
General
1 464 (29.27%) Social Skills
2 372 (23.47%) Public Sector
3 247 (15.58%) Finance
4 240 (15.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 176 (11.10%) Analytical Skills
6 149 (9.40%) Law
7 65 (4.10%) Legal
8 61 (3.85%) Aerospace
9 49 (3.09%) Presentation Skills
10 40 (2.52%) Telecoms
11 36 (2.27%) Retail
12 34 (2.15%) Manufacturing
13 31 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
14 28 (1.77%) Influencing Skills
15 21 (1.32%) Military
16 19 (1.20%) Electronics
17 17 (1.07%) Police
18 13 (0.82%) Aviation
19 12 (0.76%) Documentation Skills
20 9 (0.57%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 307 (19.37%) Senior
2 278 (17.54%) Architect
3 192 (12.11%) Consultant
4 142 (8.96%) Lead
5 121 (7.63%) Developer
6 120 (7.57%) Solutions Architect
7 108 (6.81%) Software Engineer
8 107 (6.75%) Analyst
9 63 (3.97%) Data Engineer
10 60 (3.79%) Security Consultant
11 59 (3.72%) Cloud Engineer
12 58 (3.66%) Senior Manager
13 51 (3.22%) Senior Consultant
14 48 (3.03%) DevOps Engineer
14 48 (3.03%) Senior Developer
15 46 (2.90%) Business Analyst
15 46 (2.90%) Security Architect
16 43 (2.71%) Java Developer
17 40 (2.52%) Senior Analyst
18 38 (2.40%) Cloud Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 54 (3.41%) REST
2 41 (2.59%) React
3 39 (2.46%) Spring
4 30 (1.89%) .NET
4 30 (1.89%) Kafka
5 25 (1.58%) SOAP
6 23 (1.45%) OAuth
7 20 (1.26%) Spring Boot
8 19 (1.20%) AngularJS
9 18 (1.14%) CSS
9 18 (1.14%) Playwright
10 17 (1.07%) HTML
10 17 (1.07%) Middleware
10 17 (1.07%) RESTful
11 16 (1.01%) PySpark
12 15 (0.95%) SAML
13 14 (0.88%) JWT
13 14 (0.88%) OAuth2
13 14 (0.88%) Web Services
14 12 (0.76%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 126 (7.95%) Cloud Native
2 62 (3.91%) Product Ownership
3 53 (3.34%) Management Information System
3 53 (3.34%) Onboarding
4 44 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
5 43 (2.71%) Security Posture
6 31 (1.96%) Data Centre
7 30 (1.89%) Driving Licence
8 29 (1.83%) Legacy Systems
9 26 (1.64%) Blog
9 26 (1.64%) PKI
10 20 (1.26%) Cyber Threat
10 20 (1.26%) Security Operations Centre
11 17 (1.07%) CMDB
11 17 (1.07%) Distributed Systems
12 14 (0.88%) Data Structures
12 14 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
12 14 (0.88%) Public Cloud
13 13 (0.82%) Cyber Defence
13 13 (0.82%) FPGA
Operating Systems
1 114 (7.19%) Linux
2 96 (6.06%) Windows
3 39 (2.46%) Windows Server
4 25 (1.58%) Unix
5 14 (0.88%) Windows 10
6 5 (0.32%) Android
6 5 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.32%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.19%) Kali Linux
8 2 (0.13%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.13%) CentOS
8 2 (0.13%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.13%) VxWorks
8 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.063%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.063%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.063%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 427 (26.94%) Agile
2 252 (15.90%) Continuous Improvement
3 236 (14.89%) Cybersecurity
4 225 (14.20%) Mentoring
5 222 (14.01%) Problem-Solving
6 210 (13.25%) DevOps
7 203 (12.81%) CI/CD
8 195 (12.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 175 (11.04%) Software Engineering
10 158 (9.97%) Stakeholder Management
11 148 (9.34%) AI
12 133 (8.39%) Community of Practice
13 124 (7.82%) Collaborative Culture
14 121 (7.63%) Technical Leadership
15 119 (7.51%) Decision-Making
16 117 (7.38%) Project Delivery
17 116 (7.32%) Infrastructure as Code
18 115 (7.26%) Technology Strategy
19 113 (7.13%) Analytics
19 113 (7.13%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 190 (11.99%) Python
2 149 (9.40%) Java
3 106 (6.69%) SQL
4 82 (5.17%) JavaScript
5 49 (3.09%) C++
6 41 (2.59%) C#
7 37 (2.33%) Bash
7 37 (2.33%) PowerShell
8 27 (1.70%) TypeScript
9 26 (1.64%) C
10 15 (0.95%) Groovy
11 11 (0.69%) Ada
11 11 (0.69%) DataWeave
11 11 (0.69%) Rust
12 9 (0.57%) Apex Code
13 8 (0.50%) Go
13 8 (0.50%) Kusto Query Language
13 8 (0.50%) PL/SQL
13 8 (0.50%) Scala
14 7 (0.44%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 1,254 (79.12%) SC Cleared
2 310 (19.56%) DV Cleared
3 270 (17.03%) Degree
4 134 (8.45%) BPSS Clearance
5 73 (4.61%) CISSP
6 53 (3.34%) Computer Science Degree
7 52 (3.28%) CISM
8 40 (2.52%) Azure Certification
9 35 (2.21%) Microsoft Certification
10 26 (1.64%) AWS Certification
11 19 (1.20%) CREST Certified
12 18 (1.14%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 18 (1.14%) Master's Degree
13 17 (1.07%) Cisco Certification
14 16 (1.01%) CRISC
14 16 (1.01%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 12 (0.76%) TOGAF Certification
16 10 (0.63%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 10 (0.63%) CompTIA CySA+
16 10 (0.63%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 133 (8.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 83 (5.24%) NIST
3 66 (4.16%) Accessibility
4 56 (3.53%) QA
5 54 (3.41%) NCSC
6 42 (2.65%) GDPR
7 40 (2.52%) GRC
8 37 (2.33%) Data Quality
9 25 (1.58%) Cyber Essentials
10 24 (1.51%) PCI DSS
11 23 (1.45%) SLA
12 22 (1.39%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 17 (1.07%) WCAG
14 16 (1.01%) JSP 440
15 11 (0.69%) Actionable Recommendations
16 10 (0.63%) Def Stans
17 9 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
18 7 (0.44%) NIST 800
19 6 (0.38%) PMO
19 6 (0.38%) SOC 2
System Software
1 89 (5.62%) Docker
2 71 (4.48%) Active Directory
3 28 (1.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 25 (1.58%) Hyper-V
5 20 (1.26%) Firmware
6 13 (0.82%) VMware ESXi
7 7 (0.44%) vSphere
8 6 (0.38%) Squid
9 5 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
9 5 (0.32%) VMware NSX
10 4 (0.25%) Virtual Desktop
11 1 (0.063%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.063%) Embedded Firmware
11 1 (0.063%) IAG
11 1 (0.063%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.063%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.063%) Xen
Systems Management
1 101 (6.37%) Kubernetes
1 101 (6.37%) Terraform
2 45 (2.84%) Ansible
3 39 (2.46%) Microsoft Intune
4 20 (1.26%) Prometheus
5 18 (1.14%) Grafana
6 11 (0.69%) CloudHub
7 10 (0.63%) Argo
8 8 (0.50%) Progress Chef
9 7 (0.44%) Nmap
9 7 (0.44%) QRadar
9 7 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
10 6 (0.38%) Kustomize
10 6 (0.38%) Puppet
11 5 (0.32%) AWS Copilot
11 5 (0.32%) Endace
11 5 (0.32%) Istio
11 5 (0.32%) Packer
11 5 (0.32%) vCenter Server
12 4 (0.25%) Active Directory Federation Services
Vendors
1 230 (14.51%) Microsoft
2 58 (3.66%) Google
3 57 (3.60%) ServiceNow
4 51 (3.22%) SAP
5 48 (3.03%) Oracle
6 37 (2.33%) VMware
7 34 (2.15%) Cisco
8 30 (1.89%) Salesforce
9 23 (1.45%) MuleSoft
10 22 (1.39%) Red Hat
11 20 (1.26%) Databricks
12 18 (1.14%) OpenAI
13 16 (1.01%) CyberArk
13 16 (1.01%) Splunk
14 13 (0.82%) Okta
15 11 (0.69%) Adobe
16 10 (0.63%) Juniper
17 8 (0.50%) Veeam
18 7 (0.44%) Dell
18 7 (0.44%) Fortinet