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

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 32 24
Rank change year-on-year +10 -8 +2
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,730 1,176 1,916
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.62% 7.15% 7.68%
As % of the Qualifications category 36.68% 21.15% 29.15%
Number of salaries quoted 1,179 583 1,272
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £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 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £62,500 £58,800
% change year-on-year +12.00% +6.29% -2.00%

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 4,716 5,559 6,574
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.78% 33.81% 26.36%
Number of salaries quoted 3,092 2,440 3,805
10th Percentile £33,525 £29,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £46,750 £41,075 £43,227
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £79,010 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,750 £87,500
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 11 August 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 39 (2.25%) Apache
2 37 (2.14%) SharePoint
3 29 (1.68%) Apache Spark
4 13 (0.75%) Anypoint
4 13 (0.75%) Mule
5 12 (0.69%) Confluence
6 11 (0.64%) Apache Airflow
7 8 (0.46%) nginx
8 7 (0.40%) Camunda
8 7 (0.40%) Jupyter
8 7 (0.40%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 5 (0.29%) IIS
9 5 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
10 3 (0.17%) Apache Solr
11 2 (0.12%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.12%) GeoServer
11 2 (0.12%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.12%) Oracle Spatial
11 2 (0.12%) WordPress
12 1 (0.058%) Appian
Applications
1 29 (1.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 20 (1.16%) Simulink
3 14 (0.81%) Microsoft Office
4 12 (0.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (0.52%) Adobe XD
6 7 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
6 7 (0.40%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.23%) Mathcad
7 4 (0.23%) Windchill
8 2 (0.12%) InDesign
9 1 (0.058%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.058%) CATIA
9 1 (0.058%) FrameMaker
9 1 (0.058%) Houdini
9 1 (0.058%) InVision
9 1 (0.058%) NUKE
9 1 (0.058%) Sketch
9 1 (0.058%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.058%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 25 (1.45%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (0.75%) Primavera
3 7 (0.40%) Oracle ERP
3 7 (0.40%) SAP ERP
4 6 (0.35%) Workday HCM
5 5 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
5 5 (0.29%) Teamcenter
6 4 (0.23%) SAP FSCM
7 3 (0.17%) SAP CO
7 3 (0.17%) SAP FI
7 3 (0.17%) SAP FI/CO
7 3 (0.17%) SAP HCM
8 2 (0.12%) Dynamics CRM
8 2 (0.12%) Elite 3E
8 2 (0.12%) Remedy ITSM
8 2 (0.12%) SAP Payroll
8 2 (0.12%) SAP QM
9 1 (0.058%) C-CURE
9 1 (0.058%) SAP MDG
9 1 (0.058%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 459 (26.53%) Azure
2 423 (24.45%) AWS
3 139 (8.03%) GCP
4 84 (4.86%) Microsoft 365
5 76 (4.39%) Power Platform
6 73 (4.22%) Entra ID
7 46 (2.66%) AWS CloudFormation
8 43 (2.49%) dbt
9 38 (2.20%) GitHub
10 30 (1.73%) Serverless
11 28 (1.62%) Azure DevOps
11 28 (1.62%) SaaS
12 23 (1.33%) Azure Sentinel
12 23 (1.33%) PaaS
13 21 (1.21%) Google Analytics
14 20 (1.16%) Microsoft Purview
15 19 (1.10%) Amazon S3
16 18 (1.04%) Amazon EC2
16 18 (1.04%) Dynamics 365
16 18 (1.04%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 51 (2.95%) Firewall
2 47 (2.72%) Network Security
3 45 (2.60%) TCP/IP
4 33 (1.91%) DNS
5 27 (1.56%) WAN
6 19 (1.10%) VPN
7 18 (1.04%) LAN
8 16 (0.92%) SSL
9 15 (0.87%) BGP
9 15 (0.87%) DHCP
10 12 (0.69%) ATM
11 11 (0.64%) MPLS
12 8 (0.46%) HTTP
12 8 (0.46%) OSPF
12 8 (0.46%) SMTP
13 7 (0.40%) Ethernet
13 7 (0.40%) Wireless
14 6 (0.35%) Intrusion Detection
15 5 (0.29%) VLAN
15 5 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (3.41%) Power BI
2 47 (2.72%) PostgreSQL
3 28 (1.62%) Big Data
4 26 (1.50%) Data Warehouse
5 25 (1.45%) NoSQL
6 22 (1.27%) SQL Server
7 17 (0.98%) Metadata
8 16 (0.92%) MongoDB
9 15 (0.87%) Relational Database
9 15 (0.87%) Tableau
10 14 (0.81%) Amazon Athena
11 13 (0.75%) MySQL
12 12 (0.69%) DynamoDB
12 12 (0.69%) Redis
13 11 (0.64%) Data Lake
14 10 (0.58%) Elasticsearch
15 9 (0.52%) Hadoop
16 7 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
17 5 (0.29%) SAP HANA
17 5 (0.29%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 70 (4.05%) Git
2 39 (2.25%) Jenkins
3 37 (2.14%) GitLab
4 28 (1.62%) JIRA
5 22 (1.27%) JUnit
6 21 (1.21%) Rational DOORS
7 16 (0.92%) Selenium
8 13 (0.75%) Mockito
9 12 (0.69%) Maven
10 10 (0.58%) Balsamiq
11 9 (0.52%) Cucumber
11 9 (0.52%) Postman
12 8 (0.46%) Axure RP
13 7 (0.40%) Burp Suite
13 7 (0.40%) Gatling
13 7 (0.40%) Metasploit
14 6 (0.35%) Cypress.io
14 6 (0.35%) SonarQube
15 5 (0.29%) LabVIEW
16 3 (0.17%) JMeter
General
1 533 (30.81%) Social Skills
2 420 (24.28%) Public Sector
3 346 (20.00%) Finance
4 331 (19.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 197 (11.39%) Analytical Skills
6 167 (9.65%) Law
7 147 (8.50%) Aerospace
8 80 (4.62%) Legal
9 54 (3.12%) Presentation Skills
10 47 (2.72%) Electronics
11 45 (2.60%) Telecoms
12 44 (2.54%) Organisational Skills
13 42 (2.43%) Manufacturing
13 42 (2.43%) Military
14 41 (2.37%) Retail
15 37 (2.14%) Influencing Skills
16 26 (1.50%) Police
17 14 (0.81%) Automotive
17 14 (0.81%) Local Government
18 13 (0.75%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 327 (18.90%) Senior
2 289 (16.71%) Architect
3 201 (11.62%) Consultant
4 165 (9.54%) Lead
5 126 (7.28%) Software Engineer
6 124 (7.17%) Analyst
7 123 (7.11%) Developer
8 117 (6.76%) Solutions Architect
9 67 (3.87%) Data Engineer
10 63 (3.64%) Cloud Engineer
11 62 (3.58%) Security Consultant
12 55 (3.18%) Senior Manager
13 52 (3.01%) Business Analyst
13 52 (3.01%) Senior Consultant
13 52 (3.01%) Senior Developer
14 51 (2.95%) DevOps Engineer
15 49 (2.83%) Security Architect
16 48 (2.77%) Principal Engineer
17 46 (2.66%) Senior Analyst
18 40 (2.31%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 58 (3.35%) REST
2 54 (3.12%) React
3 46 (2.66%) Spring
4 39 (2.25%) .NET
5 33 (1.91%) Kafka
6 28 (1.62%) CSS
7 27 (1.56%) OAuth
8 26 (1.50%) SOAP
9 25 (1.45%) AngularJS
10 24 (1.39%) HTML
11 21 (1.21%) Playwright
11 21 (1.21%) Spring Boot
12 17 (0.98%) .NET Core
12 17 (0.98%) RESTful
13 16 (0.92%) JWT
13 16 (0.92%) OAuth2
13 16 (0.92%) PySpark
14 15 (0.87%) Web Services
15 14 (0.81%) Apache NiFi
15 14 (0.81%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 129 (7.46%) Cloud Native
2 64 (3.70%) Product Ownership
3 60 (3.47%) Management Information System
3 60 (3.47%) Onboarding
4 55 (3.18%) Self-Motivation
5 45 (2.60%) Security Posture
6 36 (2.08%) Blog
7 35 (2.02%) Legacy Systems
8 31 (1.79%) Driving Licence
9 29 (1.68%) FPGA
10 28 (1.62%) Data Centre
11 26 (1.50%) Distributed Systems
12 24 (1.39%) PKI
13 23 (1.33%) Cyber Threat
14 21 (1.21%) Cyber Defence
15 20 (1.16%) Algorithms
16 19 (1.10%) Security Operations Centre
17 18 (1.04%) CMDB
17 18 (1.04%) Public Cloud
18 17 (0.98%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 133 (7.69%) Linux
2 102 (5.90%) Windows
3 41 (2.37%) Windows Server
4 37 (2.14%) Unix
5 13 (0.75%) Windows 10
6 6 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (0.29%) Android
8 4 (0.23%) VxWorks
8 4 (0.23%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.17%) Kali Linux
10 2 (0.12%) Apple iOS
10 2 (0.12%) CentOS
10 2 (0.12%) Solaris
10 2 (0.12%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.058%) Embedded Linux
11 1 (0.058%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 488 (28.21%) Agile
2 299 (17.28%) Continuous Improvement
3 273 (15.78%) Cybersecurity
4 266 (15.38%) Mentoring
5 257 (14.86%) Problem-Solving
6 237 (13.70%) CI/CD
7 236 (13.64%) DevOps
8 220 (12.72%) Software Engineering
9 210 (12.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 186 (10.75%) AI
11 175 (10.12%) Stakeholder Management
12 144 (8.32%) Community of Practice
13 140 (8.09%) Infrastructure as Code
14 139 (8.03%) Collaborative Culture
14 139 (8.03%) Technical Leadership
15 137 (7.92%) Decision-Making
16 135 (7.80%) Scrum
17 134 (7.75%) Project Delivery
18 132 (7.63%) Analytics
18 132 (7.63%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 215 (12.43%) Python
2 162 (9.36%) Java
3 112 (6.47%) SQL
4 90 (5.20%) JavaScript
5 57 (3.29%) C++
6 54 (3.12%) C#
7 42 (2.43%) Bash
7 42 (2.43%) PowerShell
8 29 (1.68%) C
9 28 (1.62%) TypeScript
10 22 (1.27%) MATLAB
11 19 (1.10%) Ada
12 16 (0.92%) Groovy
13 13 (0.75%) DataWeave
14 12 (0.69%) PL/SQL
14 12 (0.69%) Rust
15 11 (0.64%) Ruby
16 10 (0.58%) Go
16 10 (0.58%) Kusto Query Language
17 9 (0.52%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 1,369 (79.13%) SC Cleared
2 397 (22.95%) DV Cleared
3 325 (18.79%) Degree
4 222 (12.83%) BPSS Clearance
5 79 (4.57%) CISSP
6 56 (3.24%) Computer Science Degree
7 55 (3.18%) CISM
8 45 (2.60%) Azure Certification
9 36 (2.08%) AWS Certification
10 32 (1.85%) Microsoft Certification
11 29 (1.68%) Master's Degree
12 21 (1.21%) Cisco Certification
12 21 (1.21%) CREST Certified
13 20 (1.16%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 19 (1.10%) CRISC
15 17 (0.98%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 16 (0.92%) PhD
17 12 (0.69%) HNC
17 12 (0.69%) TOGAF Certification
18 11 (0.64%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 141 (8.15%) Accessibility
2 137 (7.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 91 (5.26%) NIST
4 62 (3.58%) QA
5 59 (3.41%) NCSC
6 45 (2.60%) GRC
7 43 (2.49%) GDPR
8 39 (2.25%) Data Quality
9 24 (1.39%) Cyber Essentials
9 24 (1.39%) PCI DSS
10 23 (1.33%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 22 (1.27%) SLA
12 20 (1.16%) WCAG
13 17 (0.98%) JSP 440
14 12 (0.69%) Actionable Recommendations
15 11 (0.64%) Def Stans
16 9 (0.52%) NIST 800
17 7 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
18 6 (0.35%) Government Security Classifications
18 6 (0.35%) PMO
System Software
1 103 (5.95%) Docker
2 80 (4.62%) Active Directory
3 41 (2.37%) Firmware
4 31 (1.79%) VMware Infrastructure
5 23 (1.33%) Hyper-V
6 15 (0.87%) VMware ESXi
7 8 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
8 7 (0.40%) vSphere
9 6 (0.35%) Squid
9 6 (0.35%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
11 2 (0.12%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.058%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 1 (0.058%) Embedded Firmware
12 1 (0.058%) IAG
12 1 (0.058%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 120 (6.94%) Terraform
2 109 (6.30%) Kubernetes
3 44 (2.54%) Ansible
4 38 (2.20%) Microsoft Intune
5 17 (0.98%) Prometheus
6 16 (0.92%) Grafana
7 13 (0.75%) CloudHub
8 10 (0.58%) Argo
9 8 (0.46%) Progress Chef
9 8 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
10 7 (0.40%) Nmap
10 7 (0.40%) QRadar
11 6 (0.35%) Kustomize
11 6 (0.35%) Packer
12 5 (0.29%) AWS Copilot
12 5 (0.29%) Istio
12 5 (0.29%) vCenter Server
13 4 (0.23%) Oracle RMAN
13 4 (0.23%) Puppet
14 3 (0.17%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 237 (13.70%) Microsoft
2 79 (4.57%) Google
3 60 (3.47%) ServiceNow
4 57 (3.29%) SAP
5 51 (2.95%) Oracle
6 40 (2.31%) VMware
7 34 (1.97%) Cisco
8 30 (1.73%) Salesforce
9 24 (1.39%) Red Hat
10 23 (1.33%) Databricks
11 22 (1.27%) MuleSoft
12 19 (1.10%) OpenAI
13 17 (0.98%) Splunk
14 16 (0.92%) CyberArk
15 15 (0.87%) Okta
16 13 (0.75%) Adobe
17 10 (0.58%) Siemens
18 9 (0.52%) Veeam
19 8 (0.46%) Fortinet
19 8 (0.46%) Xilinx