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

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 31 24
Rank change year-on-year +11 -7 -3
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,911 1,206 1,810
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.73% 7.32% 7.86%
As % of the Qualifications category 37.30% 20.30% 28.76%
Number of salaries quoted 1,232 620 1,080
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,458 £40,000
25th Percentile £56,250 £48,750 £47,772
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £62,500 £62,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.00% +0.81% +1.64%
75th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £79,600
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,625 £87,500
UK median annual salary £70,000 £60,750 £60,000
% change year-on-year +15.23% +1.25% -

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 5,124 5,940 6,293
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.74% 36.03% 27.32%
Number of salaries quoted 3,206 2,316 2,968
10th Percentile £33,375 £31,125 £34,404
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £56,517
% change year-on-year +9.09% -2.68% -3.39%

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 25 September 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 38 (1.99%) Apache
2 31 (1.62%) Apache Spark
3 28 (1.47%) SharePoint
4 19 (0.99%) Confluence
5 13 (0.68%) Anypoint
5 13 (0.68%) Mule
6 10 (0.52%) Apache Airflow
6 10 (0.52%) Oracle Workflow
7 8 (0.42%) Jupyter
7 8 (0.42%) nginx
7 8 (0.42%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 7 (0.37%) Camunda
9 4 (0.21%) ArcGIS
9 4 (0.21%) GeoServer
9 4 (0.21%) IIS
9 4 (0.21%) Oracle Spatial
10 3 (0.16%) Apache Solr
10 3 (0.16%) Microsoft Exchange
11 2 (0.10%) CMS
12 1 (0.052%) WordPress
Applications
1 30 (1.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (1.41%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (1.20%) Simulink
4 15 (0.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 13 (0.68%) Microsoft Project
6 7 (0.37%) Adobe XD
7 6 (0.31%) MS Visio
8 4 (0.21%) Mathcad
8 4 (0.21%) Windchill
9 2 (0.10%) AutoCAD
9 2 (0.10%) InDesign
9 2 (0.10%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.052%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.052%) EPLAN
10 1 (0.052%) FrameMaker
10 1 (0.052%) Houdini
10 1 (0.052%) InVision
10 1 (0.052%) Revit
10 1 (0.052%) SOLIDWORKS
10 1 (0.052%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 17 (0.89%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (0.84%) Primavera
3 8 (0.42%) Oracle EBS
4 7 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (0.37%) Workday HCM
5 5 (0.26%) Oracle ERP
5 5 (0.26%) SAP ERP
5 5 (0.26%) Teamcenter
6 4 (0.21%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 3 (0.16%) SAP PSCD
7 3 (0.16%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 2 (0.10%) SAP QM
9 1 (0.052%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
9 1 (0.052%) Oracle Cash Management
9 1 (0.052%) Oracle EBS R12
9 1 (0.052%) Oracle Payables
9 1 (0.052%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 1 (0.052%) SAP BPC
9 1 (0.052%) SAP EWM
9 1 (0.052%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 470 (24.59%) Azure
2 429 (22.45%) AWS
3 129 (6.75%) GCP
4 90 (4.71%) Entra ID
5 87 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
6 83 (4.34%) Power Platform
7 51 (2.67%) GitHub
8 43 (2.25%) Serverless
9 39 (2.04%) AWS CloudFormation
10 38 (1.99%) dbt
11 35 (1.83%) Azure DevOps
12 33 (1.73%) Amazon S3
13 31 (1.62%) SaaS
14 25 (1.31%) OpenShift
15 23 (1.20%) AWS Lambda
16 22 (1.15%) Azure Sentinel
16 22 (1.15%) Microsoft Purview
17 21 (1.10%) Amazon EC2
17 21 (1.10%) PaaS
18 20 (1.05%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 56 (2.93%) Firewall
2 52 (2.72%) Network Security
3 41 (2.15%) TCP/IP
4 36 (1.88%) DNS
5 20 (1.05%) WAN
6 18 (0.94%) VPN
7 16 (0.84%) DHCP
7 16 (0.84%) SSL
8 14 (0.73%) Wireless
9 13 (0.68%) LAN
10 12 (0.63%) BGP
11 11 (0.58%) ATM
12 10 (0.52%) Ethernet
13 9 (0.47%) Wi-Fi
14 8 (0.42%) OSPF
15 7 (0.37%) Internet
16 6 (0.31%) DMZ
16 6 (0.31%) HTTP
16 6 (0.31%) MPLS
17 5 (0.26%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (3.51%) Power BI
2 48 (2.51%) PostgreSQL
3 29 (1.52%) Big Data
3 29 (1.52%) Data Warehouse
4 26 (1.36%) NoSQL
5 24 (1.26%) SQL Server
6 23 (1.20%) Relational Database
7 21 (1.10%) Amazon Athena
7 21 (1.10%) Metadata
8 18 (0.94%) Tableau
9 17 (0.89%) Data Lake
10 15 (0.78%) DynamoDB
11 14 (0.73%) MySQL
12 11 (0.58%) MongoDB
13 10 (0.52%) Hadoop
14 7 (0.37%) Amazon Redshift
14 7 (0.37%) Elasticsearch
14 7 (0.37%) Redis
15 6 (0.31%) Parquet
15 6 (0.31%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 79 (4.13%) Git
2 42 (2.20%) Jenkins
3 39 (2.04%) JIRA
4 37 (1.94%) GitLab
5 24 (1.26%) JUnit
5 24 (1.26%) Rational DOORS
6 17 (0.89%) Selenium
7 15 (0.78%) Mockito
8 13 (0.68%) Maven
9 11 (0.58%) Cucumber
10 10 (0.52%) Burp Suite
10 10 (0.52%) Metasploit
11 9 (0.47%) Cypress.io
11 9 (0.47%) Postman
12 8 (0.42%) Balsamiq
12 8 (0.42%) SonarQube
13 6 (0.31%) Axure RP
13 6 (0.31%) Gatling
13 6 (0.31%) LabVIEW
14 3 (0.16%) Snyk
General
1 558 (29.20%) Social Skills
2 459 (24.02%) Public Sector
3 384 (20.09%) Finance
4 370 (19.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 235 (12.30%) Analytical Skills
6 194 (10.15%) Aerospace
7 162 (8.48%) Law
8 70 (3.66%) Legal
9 62 (3.24%) Presentation Skills
10 59 (3.09%) Electronics
11 57 (2.98%) Organisational Skills
12 55 (2.88%) Military
13 54 (2.83%) Influencing Skills
14 51 (2.67%) Retail
15 47 (2.46%) Police
16 40 (2.09%) Manufacturing
17 36 (1.88%) Telecoms
18 15 (0.78%) Automotive
18 15 (0.78%) Aviation
18 15 (0.78%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 356 (18.63%) Senior
2 303 (15.86%) Architect
3 201 (10.52%) Consultant
4 169 (8.84%) Lead
5 167 (8.74%) Software Engineer
6 134 (7.01%) Analyst
6 134 (7.01%) Developer
7 108 (5.65%) Solutions Architect
8 94 (4.92%) Data Engineer
9 74 (3.87%) Principal Engineer
10 63 (3.30%) Security Consultant
11 61 (3.19%) Cloud Engineer
12 56 (2.93%) Senior Manager
13 54 (2.83%) Security Architect
14 51 (2.67%) DevOps Engineer
15 48 (2.51%) Senior Consultant
16 47 (2.46%) Business Analyst
16 47 (2.46%) Senior Developer
17 45 (2.35%) Java Engineer
18 43 (2.25%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 124 (6.49%) Terraform
2 65 (3.40%) React
3 59 (3.09%) REST
4 45 (2.35%) Spring
5 43 (2.25%) .NET
6 33 (1.73%) CSS
7 29 (1.52%) Kafka
8 27 (1.41%) AngularJS
8 27 (1.41%) HTML
9 25 (1.31%) OAuth
9 25 (1.31%) Playwright
10 24 (1.26%) PySpark
11 22 (1.15%) Node.js
11 22 (1.15%) SOAP
11 22 (1.15%) Spring Boot
12 21 (1.10%) RESTful
13 20 (1.05%) .NET Core
14 19 (0.99%) JWT
15 18 (0.94%) OAuth2
15 18 (0.94%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 137 (7.17%) Cloud Native
2 72 (3.77%) Management Information System
3 63 (3.30%) Self-Motivation
4 59 (3.09%) Onboarding
4 59 (3.09%) Product Ownership
5 42 (2.20%) Security Posture
6 36 (1.88%) Driving Licence
7 34 (1.78%) Data Centre
8 33 (1.73%) Distributed Systems
9 32 (1.67%) Blog
10 30 (1.57%) FPGA
10 30 (1.57%) PKI
11 29 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
12 28 (1.47%) Enterprise Software
13 26 (1.36%) Cyber Threat
14 25 (1.31%) CMDB
15 22 (1.15%) Cyber Defence
16 21 (1.10%) Algorithms
17 20 (1.05%) Embedded Systems
18 19 (0.99%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 138 (7.22%) Linux
2 113 (5.91%) Windows
3 43 (2.25%) Windows Server
4 33 (1.73%) Unix
5 15 (0.78%) Windows 10
6 7 (0.37%) VxWorks
7 6 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 5 (0.26%) Android
8 5 (0.26%) Embedded Linux
9 4 (0.21%) Kali Linux
9 4 (0.21%) Solaris
9 4 (0.21%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.21%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.16%) OpenWrt
11 2 (0.10%) AIX
11 2 (0.10%) Apple iOS
11 2 (0.10%) CentOS
11 2 (0.10%) FreeRTOS
11 2 (0.10%) Mac OS
11 2 (0.10%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 532 (27.84%) Agile
2 359 (18.79%) Continuous Improvement
3 304 (15.91%) Mentoring
4 301 (15.75%) Cybersecurity
5 297 (15.54%) Problem-Solving
6 282 (14.76%) Software Engineering
7 265 (13.87%) CI/CD
8 254 (13.29%) AI
9 243 (12.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 237 (12.40%) DevOps
11 222 (11.62%) Stakeholder Management
12 186 (9.73%) Analytics
12 186 (9.73%) Decision-Making
13 177 (9.26%) Technical Leadership
14 172 (9.00%) Coaching
15 151 (7.90%) Community of Practice
16 145 (7.59%) Collaborative Culture
17 144 (7.54%) Scrum
18 141 (7.38%) Infrastructure as Code
19 139 (7.27%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 230 (12.04%) Python
2 171 (8.95%) Java
3 142 (7.43%) SQL
4 109 (5.70%) JavaScript
5 66 (3.45%) C++
6 62 (3.24%) C#
7 50 (2.62%) Bash
8 47 (2.46%) PowerShell
9 40 (2.09%) TypeScript
10 34 (1.78%) C
11 25 (1.31%) MATLAB
12 21 (1.10%) Ada
13 15 (0.78%) Go
13 15 (0.78%) Groovy
13 15 (0.78%) PL/SQL
14 14 (0.73%) Kusto Query Language
14 14 (0.73%) Rust
15 13 (0.68%) Bicep
15 13 (0.68%) DataWeave
16 12 (0.63%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 1,523 (79.70%) SC Cleared
2 413 (21.61%) DV Cleared
3 337 (17.63%) Degree
4 231 (12.09%) BPSS Clearance
5 78 (4.08%) CISSP
6 59 (3.09%) CISM
7 51 (2.67%) Azure Certification
8 49 (2.56%) Computer Science Degree
9 41 (2.15%) AWS Certification
10 31 (1.62%) Master's Degree
11 24 (1.26%) Microsoft Certification
12 23 (1.20%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 22 (1.15%) Cisco Certification
14 19 (0.99%) PhD
15 18 (0.94%) Chartered Engineer
15 18 (0.94%) TOGAF Certification
16 17 (0.89%) CREST Certified
16 17 (0.89%) CRISC
16 17 (0.89%) DBS Check
16 17 (0.89%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 162 (8.48%) Accessibility
2 149 (7.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 95 (4.97%) NIST
4 74 (3.87%) NCSC
4 74 (3.87%) QA
5 52 (2.72%) Data Quality
5 52 (2.72%) GRC
6 47 (2.46%) GDPR
7 27 (1.41%) PCI DSS
8 26 (1.36%) Cyber Essentials
9 25 (1.31%) SLA
10 20 (1.05%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 18 (0.94%) Def Stans
11 18 (0.94%) WCAG
12 16 (0.84%) JSP 440
13 14 (0.73%) Actionable Recommendations
14 11 (0.58%) NIST 800
15 8 (0.42%) PMO
16 7 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 42001
17 6 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 115 (6.02%) Docker
2 82 (4.29%) Active Directory
3 44 (2.30%) Firmware
4 38 (1.99%) VMware Infrastructure
5 22 (1.15%) Hyper-V
6 16 (0.84%) VMware ESXi
7 8 (0.42%) Virtual Machines
7 8 (0.42%) vSphere
8 6 (0.31%) Squid
8 6 (0.31%) VMware NSX
9 5 (0.26%) Virtual Desktop
10 4 (0.21%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.10%) Embedded Firmware
11 2 (0.10%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.052%) IAG
12 1 (0.052%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.052%) QEMU
Systems Management
1 123 (6.44%) Kubernetes
2 44 (2.30%) Microsoft Intune
3 43 (2.25%) Ansible
4 25 (1.31%) Grafana
5 17 (0.89%) Prometheus
6 13 (0.68%) CloudHub
6 13 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
7 12 (0.63%) Argo
8 10 (0.52%) Nmap
9 7 (0.37%) Kustomize
9 7 (0.37%) Progress Chef
9 7 (0.37%) QRadar
10 6 (0.31%) FortiGate
10 6 (0.31%) Istio
11 5 (0.26%) Kibana
11 5 (0.26%) Packer
12 4 (0.21%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
12 4 (0.21%) vCenter Server
13 3 (0.16%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 3 (0.16%) SCCM
Vendors
1 269 (14.08%) Microsoft
2 91 (4.76%) ServiceNow
3 66 (3.45%) Oracle
4 61 (3.19%) Google
4 61 (3.19%) SAP
5 51 (2.67%) VMware
6 34 (1.78%) Cisco
7 27 (1.41%) Salesforce
8 23 (1.20%) Red Hat
9 22 (1.15%) Databricks
10 20 (1.05%) Splunk
10 20 (1.05%) YouTube
11 19 (0.99%) CyberArk
11 19 (0.99%) OpenAI
11 19 (0.99%) Workday
12 18 (0.94%) Okta
13 17 (0.89%) MuleSoft
14 14 (0.73%) Adobe
14 14 (0.73%) Veeam
15 13 (0.68%) EMC