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

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 27 35 22
Rank change year-on-year +8 -13 +5
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,569 1,134 2,257
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.23% 6.89% 7.98%
As % of the Qualifications category 34.91% 20.34% 29.45%
Number of salaries quoted 1,164 570 1,540
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 £57,763
% change year-on-year +12.00% +8.20% -3.73%

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 4,494 5,576 7,663
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.71% 33.86% 27.09%
Number of salaries quoted 3,037 2,493 4,725
10th Percentile £33,350 £29,550 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £59,400 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.22% +3.30% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £73,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £86,000
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 24 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 35 (2.23%) Apache
1 35 (2.23%) SharePoint
2 25 (1.59%) Apache Spark
3 14 (0.89%) Apache Airflow
4 11 (0.70%) Anypoint
4 11 (0.70%) Mule
5 9 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
6 7 (0.45%) Confluence
6 7 (0.45%) Jupyter
6 7 (0.45%) nginx
7 5 (0.32%) Camunda
7 5 (0.32%) IIS
8 3 (0.19%) Apache Solr
8 3 (0.19%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 3 (0.19%) SAS
9 2 (0.13%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.13%) GeoServer
9 2 (0.13%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.13%) Oracle Spatial
9 2 (0.13%) WordPress
Applications
1 22 (1.40%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (0.83%) Microsoft Office
3 10 (0.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (0.57%) Simulink
5 8 (0.51%) Adobe XD
6 4 (0.25%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.25%) Windchill
7 2 (0.13%) InVision
7 2 (0.13%) Mathcad
7 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
7 2 (0.13%) Sketch
8 1 (0.064%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.064%) CATIA
8 1 (0.064%) FrameMaker
8 1 (0.064%) Houdini
8 1 (0.064%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 28 (1.78%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (0.45%) 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 (0.064%) Dynamics CRM
8 1 (0.064%) SAP BPC
8 1 (0.064%) SAP EWM
8 1 (0.064%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 422 (26.90%) Azure
2 372 (23.71%) AWS
3 117 (7.46%) GCP
4 83 (5.29%) Microsoft 365
5 68 (4.33%) Power Platform
6 66 (4.21%) Entra ID
7 34 (2.17%) dbt
8 33 (2.10%) GitHub
9 32 (2.04%) SaaS
10 30 (1.91%) AWS CloudFormation
11 28 (1.78%) Serverless
12 27 (1.72%) Azure DevOps
13 25 (1.59%) PaaS
14 22 (1.40%) Azure Sentinel
15 20 (1.27%) Microsoft Purview
16 19 (1.21%) Amazon EC2
17 18 (1.15%) Amazon S3
17 18 (1.15%) Dynamics 365
17 18 (1.15%) Google Analytics
17 18 (1.15%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 49 (3.12%) Firewall
2 45 (2.87%) Network Security
3 34 (2.17%) TCP/IP
4 32 (2.04%) DNS
5 29 (1.85%) WAN
6 21 (1.34%) VPN
7 18 (1.15%) LAN
8 16 (1.02%) BGP
8 16 (1.02%) DHCP
9 14 (0.89%) MPLS
9 14 (0.89%) SSL
10 11 (0.70%) SMTP
11 10 (0.64%) ATM
11 10 (0.64%) HTTP
12 7 (0.45%) SNMP
12 7 (0.45%) 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 (3.31%) Power BI
2 41 (2.61%) PostgreSQL
3 23 (1.47%) Big Data
4 22 (1.40%) Data Warehouse
5 20 (1.27%) NoSQL
6 16 (1.02%) SQL Server
7 15 (0.96%) Metadata
7 15 (0.96%) MongoDB
8 13 (0.83%) Amazon Athena
9 12 (0.76%) Redis
10 10 (0.64%) DynamoDB
10 10 (0.64%) Tableau
11 9 (0.57%) Data Lake
11 9 (0.57%) Elasticsearch
11 9 (0.57%) Relational Database
12 7 (0.45%) Amazon RDS
12 7 (0.45%) MySQL
13 6 (0.38%) SAP HANA
14 5 (0.32%) Hadoop
14 5 (0.32%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 57 (3.63%) Git
2 36 (2.29%) GitLab
3 35 (2.23%) Jenkins
4 20 (1.27%) JIRA
5 16 (1.02%) JUnit
6 13 (0.83%) Selenium
7 9 (0.57%) Cucumber
7 9 (0.57%) Mockito
8 8 (0.51%) Maven
8 8 (0.51%) Rational DOORS
9 7 (0.45%) Balsamiq
9 7 (0.45%) Burp Suite
9 7 (0.45%) Metasploit
10 6 (0.38%) Axure RP
10 6 (0.38%) Gatling
10 6 (0.38%) Postman
11 4 (0.25%) Cypress.io
12 3 (0.19%) JMeter
12 3 (0.19%) LabVIEW
12 3 (0.19%) SonarQube
General
1 457 (29.13%) Social Skills
2 366 (23.33%) Public Sector
3 239 (15.23%) Finance
4 232 (14.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 174 (11.09%) Analytical Skills
6 143 (9.11%) Law
7 62 (3.95%) Legal
8 56 (3.57%) Aerospace
9 48 (3.06%) Presentation Skills
10 38 (2.42%) Telecoms
11 36 (2.29%) Retail
12 33 (2.10%) Manufacturing
13 31 (1.98%) Organisational Skills
14 26 (1.66%) Influencing Skills
15 20 (1.27%) Military
16 18 (1.15%) Electronics
17 15 (0.96%) Police
18 13 (0.83%) Aviation
19 11 (0.70%) Documentation Skills
20 9 (0.57%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 299 (19.06%) Senior
2 278 (17.72%) Architect
3 185 (11.79%) Consultant
4 140 (8.92%) Lead
5 120 (7.65%) Solutions Architect
6 117 (7.46%) Developer
7 106 (6.76%) Analyst
7 106 (6.76%) Software Engineer
8 64 (4.08%) Data Engineer
9 59 (3.76%) Cloud Engineer
10 57 (3.63%) Security Consultant
11 56 (3.57%) Senior Manager
12 49 (3.12%) Senior Consultant
13 48 (3.06%) DevOps Engineer
14 46 (2.93%) Security Architect
15 45 (2.87%) Business Analyst
15 45 (2.87%) Senior Developer
16 42 (2.68%) Java Developer
17 40 (2.55%) Senior Analyst
18 38 (2.42%) Cloud Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (3.25%) REST
2 38 (2.42%) Spring
3 37 (2.36%) React
4 30 (1.91%) Kafka
5 26 (1.66%) .NET
6 24 (1.53%) SOAP
7 23 (1.47%) OAuth
8 20 (1.27%) Spring Boot
9 17 (1.08%) AngularJS
9 17 (1.08%) CSS
9 17 (1.08%) Playwright
10 16 (1.02%) HTML
10 16 (1.02%) Middleware
10 16 (1.02%) PySpark
10 16 (1.02%) RESTful
11 15 (0.96%) SAML
12 14 (0.89%) JWT
12 14 (0.89%) OAuth2
12 14 (0.89%) Web Services
13 12 (0.76%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 124 (7.90%) Cloud Native
2 61 (3.89%) Product Ownership
3 52 (3.31%) Management Information System
3 52 (3.31%) Onboarding
4 43 (2.74%) Security Posture
5 41 (2.61%) Self-Motivation
6 31 (1.98%) Data Centre
7 29 (1.85%) Driving Licence
8 28 (1.78%) Legacy Systems
9 26 (1.66%) PKI
10 25 (1.59%) Blog
11 20 (1.27%) Cyber Threat
11 20 (1.27%) Security Operations Centre
12 17 (1.08%) CMDB
12 17 (1.08%) Distributed Systems
13 14 (0.89%) Data Structures
13 14 (0.89%) Enterprise Software
14 13 (0.83%) FPGA
14 13 (0.83%) Public Cloud
15 12 (0.76%) Cyber Defence
Operating Systems
1 112 (7.14%) Linux
2 95 (6.05%) Windows
3 39 (2.49%) Windows Server
4 25 (1.59%) Unix
5 14 (0.89%) 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%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.064%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.064%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.064%) Solaris
9 1 (0.064%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 414 (26.39%) Agile
2 247 (15.74%) Continuous Improvement
3 230 (14.66%) Cybersecurity
4 218 (13.89%) Mentoring
4 218 (13.89%) Problem-Solving
5 205 (13.07%) DevOps
6 197 (12.56%) CI/CD
7 194 (12.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 170 (10.83%) Software Engineering
9 156 (9.94%) Stakeholder Management
10 143 (9.11%) AI
11 129 (8.22%) Community of Practice
12 122 (7.78%) Collaborative Culture
13 120 (7.65%) Technical Leadership
14 118 (7.52%) Decision-Making
15 114 (7.27%) Infrastructure as Code
15 114 (7.27%) Project Delivery
16 112 (7.14%) ITIL
17 111 (7.07%) Analytics
17 111 (7.07%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 187 (11.92%) Python
2 145 (9.24%) Java
3 104 (6.63%) SQL
4 76 (4.84%) JavaScript
5 48 (3.06%) C++
6 40 (2.55%) C#
7 36 (2.29%) Bash
7 36 (2.29%) PowerShell
8 26 (1.66%) C
8 26 (1.66%) TypeScript
9 15 (0.96%) Groovy
10 11 (0.70%) DataWeave
10 11 (0.70%) Rust
11 10 (0.64%) Ada
12 8 (0.51%) Apex Code
12 8 (0.51%) Kusto Query Language
12 8 (0.51%) Scala
13 7 (0.45%) Go
13 7 (0.45%) SystemVerilog
13 7 (0.45%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1,242 (79.16%) SC Cleared
2 306 (19.50%) DV Cleared
3 261 (16.63%) Degree
4 130 (8.29%) BPSS Clearance
5 73 (4.65%) CISSP
6 52 (3.31%) CISM
6 52 (3.31%) Computer Science Degree
7 39 (2.49%) Azure Certification
8 34 (2.17%) Microsoft Certification
9 25 (1.59%) AWS Certification
10 19 (1.21%) CREST Certified
11 18 (1.15%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 17 (1.08%) Cisco Certification
12 17 (1.08%) Master's Degree
13 16 (1.02%) CRISC
13 16 (1.02%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 12 (0.76%) TOGAF Certification
15 10 (0.64%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 10 (0.64%) CompTIA CySA+
15 10 (0.64%) GIAC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 133 (8.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 81 (5.16%) NIST
3 62 (3.95%) Accessibility
4 55 (3.51%) QA
5 53 (3.38%) NCSC
6 42 (2.68%) GDPR
7 40 (2.55%) GRC
8 37 (2.36%) Data Quality
9 25 (1.59%) Cyber Essentials
10 24 (1.53%) PCI DSS
11 23 (1.47%) SLA
12 22 (1.40%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 17 (1.08%) WCAG
14 16 (1.02%) JSP 440
15 11 (0.70%) Actionable Recommendations
16 10 (0.64%) Def Stans
17 9 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
18 6 (0.38%) NIST 800
18 6 (0.38%) PMO
18 6 (0.38%) SOC 2
System Software
1 86 (5.48%) Docker
2 71 (4.53%) Active Directory
3 28 (1.78%) VMware Infrastructure
4 25 (1.59%) Hyper-V
5 18 (1.15%) Firmware
6 13 (0.83%) VMware ESXi
7 7 (0.45%) 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 (0.064%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.064%) Embedded Firmware
11 1 (0.064%) IAG
11 1 (0.064%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.064%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.064%) Xen
Systems Management
1 100 (6.37%) Terraform
2 97 (6.18%) Kubernetes
3 44 (2.80%) Ansible
4 38 (2.42%) Microsoft Intune
5 18 (1.15%) Prometheus
6 17 (1.08%) Grafana
7 11 (0.70%) CloudHub
8 10 (0.64%) Argo
9 8 (0.51%) Progress Chef
10 7 (0.45%) Nmap
10 7 (0.45%) QRadar
10 7 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
11 6 (0.38%) Kustomize
11 6 (0.38%) Puppet
12 5 (0.32%) AWS Copilot
12 5 (0.32%) Endace
12 5 (0.32%) Istio
12 5 (0.32%) Packer
12 5 (0.32%) vCenter Server
13 4 (0.25%) Kibana
Vendors
1 229 (14.60%) Microsoft
2 57 (3.63%) ServiceNow
3 56 (3.57%) Google
4 51 (3.25%) SAP
5 47 (3.00%) Oracle
6 37 (2.36%) VMware
7 34 (2.17%) Cisco
8 30 (1.91%) Salesforce
9 22 (1.40%) MuleSoft
10 21 (1.34%) Red Hat
11 20 (1.27%) Databricks
12 18 (1.15%) OpenAI
13 16 (1.02%) CyberArk
13 16 (1.02%) Splunk
14 13 (0.83%) Okta
15 10 (0.64%) Adobe
15 10 (0.64%) Juniper
16 8 (0.51%) Veeam
17 7 (0.45%) Dell
17 7 (0.45%) Fortinet