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

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 41 25
Rank change year-on-year +23 -16 +7
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,637 967 2,548
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.54% 6.60% 7.70%
As % of the Qualifications category 38.14% 19.60% 28.62%
Number of salaries quoted 1,212 479 1,744
10th Percentile £46,250 £45,400 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -0.10%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £92,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £61,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +5.69% +6.96% -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 4,292 4,933 8,902
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 22.39% 33.69% 26.89%
Number of salaries quoted 2,917 2,270 5,893
10th Percentile £33,310 £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £88,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.85% -10.00%

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 29 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 (2.14%) SharePoint
2 19 (1.16%) Apache
3 15 (0.92%) Apache Airflow
4 14 (0.86%) Microsoft Exchange
5 12 (0.73%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.31%) Jupyter
7 4 (0.24%) ArcGIS
7 4 (0.24%) GeoServer
7 4 (0.24%) Oracle Spatial
8 3 (0.18%) Apache Solr
8 3 (0.18%) Camunda
8 3 (0.18%) Confluence
8 3 (0.18%) SAS
9 2 (0.12%) Anypoint
9 2 (0.12%) IIS
9 2 (0.12%) Mule
9 2 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.061%) Appian
10 1 (0.061%) NetWeaver
10 1 (0.061%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 62 (3.79%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (1.04%) Adobe XD
3 14 (0.86%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (0.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.31%) InVision
5 5 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.31%) Sketch
6 4 (0.24%) Windchill
7 3 (0.18%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.12%) Weka
9 1 (0.061%) CATIA
9 1 (0.061%) EngageOne
9 1 (0.061%) Oracle Smart View
9 1 (0.061%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 28 (1.71%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (0.43%) SAP ERP
3 6 (0.37%) Oracle ERP
4 4 (0.24%) Primavera
4 4 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.24%) SAP FSCM
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 QM
7 1 (0.061%) Magento
7 1 (0.061%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.061%) SAP EWM
7 1 (0.061%) SAP GRC
7 1 (0.061%) SAP PSCD
7 1 (0.061%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.061%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 325 (19.85%) Azure
2 291 (17.78%) AWS
3 103 (6.29%) Microsoft 365
4 99 (6.05%) GCP
5 62 (3.79%) Entra ID
6 50 (3.05%) Power Platform
7 26 (1.59%) Serverless
8 25 (1.53%) AWS CloudFormation
8 25 (1.53%) SaaS
9 23 (1.41%) GitHub
10 20 (1.22%) Azure DevOps
10 20 (1.22%) Google Analytics
10 20 (1.22%) PaaS
11 18 (1.10%) Amazon S3
11 18 (1.10%) Figma
12 17 (1.04%) Azure Sentinel
12 17 (1.04%) Dynamics 365
13 16 (0.98%) PowerApps
14 15 (0.92%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 15 (0.92%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 37 (2.26%) Firewall
1 37 (2.26%) Network Security
2 30 (1.83%) WAN
3 25 (1.53%) VPN
4 23 (1.41%) DNS
5 21 (1.28%) LAN
6 19 (1.16%) BGP
6 19 (1.16%) DHCP
7 16 (0.98%) TCP/IP
8 14 (0.86%) MPLS
9 12 (0.73%) SMTP
9 12 (0.73%) Wi-Fi
10 8 (0.49%) HTTP
11 7 (0.43%) Intrusion Detection
11 7 (0.43%) SNMP
11 7 (0.43%) VoIP
12 6 (0.37%) Cisco ASA
12 6 (0.37%) Cisco Firepower
12 6 (0.37%) DMZ
12 6 (0.37%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (2.38%) Power BI
2 37 (2.26%) PostgreSQL
3 19 (1.16%) Metadata
3 19 (1.16%) NoSQL
4 16 (0.98%) MongoDB
5 15 (0.92%) SQL Server
6 13 (0.79%) Big Data
6 13 (0.79%) Data Warehouse
7 12 (0.73%) Redis
8 11 (0.67%) DynamoDB
9 10 (0.61%) Elasticsearch
10 9 (0.55%) Amazon Athena
11 7 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
11 7 (0.43%) MySQL
11 7 (0.43%) Relational Database
12 6 (0.37%) BigQuery
12 6 (0.37%) SAP HANA
12 6 (0.37%) Tableau
13 4 (0.24%) Amazon Redshift
13 4 (0.24%) GIS
Development Applications
1 55 (3.36%) Git
2 33 (2.02%) Jenkins
3 32 (1.95%) GitLab
4 15 (0.92%) JIRA
5 13 (0.79%) Axure RP
5 13 (0.79%) JUnit
5 13 (0.79%) Selenium
6 12 (0.73%) Balsamiq
7 8 (0.49%) Maven
8 7 (0.43%) Mockito
9 6 (0.37%) JMeter
10 5 (0.31%) Cucumber
10 5 (0.31%) Postman
11 4 (0.24%) Burp Suite
11 4 (0.24%) Metasploit
11 4 (0.24%) SonarQube
12 3 (0.18%) Cypress.io
12 3 (0.18%) MSTest
12 3 (0.18%) SoapUI
12 3 (0.18%) webpack
General
1 383 (23.40%) Social Skills
2 366 (22.36%) Public Sector
3 185 (11.30%) Finance
4 169 (10.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 144 (8.80%) Analytical Skills
6 126 (7.70%) Law
7 52 (3.18%) Legal
8 51 (3.12%) Back Office
9 37 (2.26%) Manufacturing
9 37 (2.26%) Presentation Skills
10 34 (2.08%) Telecoms
11 27 (1.65%) Influencing Skills
11 27 (1.65%) Organisational Skills
12 24 (1.47%) Aerospace
13 22 (1.34%) Retail
14 17 (1.04%) Military
15 13 (0.79%) Aviation
16 10 (0.61%) Banking
17 9 (0.55%) Electronics
17 9 (0.55%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 283 (17.29%) Senior
2 212 (12.95%) Architect
3 162 (9.90%) Consultant
4 151 (9.22%) Analyst
5 121 (7.39%) Lead
6 115 (7.03%) Developer
7 99 (6.05%) Software Engineer
8 97 (5.93%) Solutions Architect
9 96 (5.86%) Business Analyst
10 93 (5.68%) Systems Engineer
11 67 (4.09%) Support Engineer
12 60 (3.67%) Cloud Engineer
13 57 (3.48%) Data Engineer
14 55 (3.36%) Senior Manager
15 52 (3.18%) Site Engineer
16 48 (2.93%) Desktop Engineer
16 48 (2.93%) Desktop Support
16 48 (2.93%) Desktop Support Engineer
17 47 (2.87%) Java Developer
18 43 (2.63%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (3.24%) REST
2 42 (2.57%) Spring
3 38 (2.32%) .NET
4 34 (2.08%) React
5 28 (1.71%) SOAP
6 22 (1.34%) Spring Boot
7 21 (1.28%) Middleware
8 20 (1.22%) CSS
8 20 (1.22%) HTML
9 17 (1.04%) Lightning Web Components
10 16 (0.98%) Kafka
11 15 (0.92%) Visualforce
12 14 (0.86%) AngularJS
12 14 (0.86%) Playwright
12 14 (0.86%) SAML
13 13 (0.79%) RESTful
14 12 (0.73%) SAP Fiori
15 10 (0.61%) ASP.NET
15 10 (0.61%) Django
15 10 (0.61%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 85 (5.19%) Cloud Native
2 70 (4.28%) Product Ownership
3 54 (3.30%) Security Posture
4 51 (3.12%) Onboarding
5 37 (2.26%) Data Centre
5 37 (2.26%) Management Information System
6 36 (2.20%) Self-Motivation
7 28 (1.71%) PKI
8 25 (1.53%) Legacy Systems
9 20 (1.22%) Blog
10 18 (1.10%) Driving Licence
10 18 (1.10%) Low-Code
11 17 (1.04%) Security Operations Centre
12 16 (0.98%) Data Structures
13 14 (0.86%) CMDB
14 12 (0.73%) Analytical Mindset
14 12 (0.73%) Cyber Threat
15 11 (0.67%) Cyber Security Posture
15 11 (0.67%) Cyberattack
15 11 (0.67%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 114 (6.96%) Windows
2 92 (5.62%) Linux
3 56 (3.42%) Windows 10
4 23 (1.41%) Windows Server
5 20 (1.22%) Unix
6 6 (0.37%) Ubuntu
7 5 (0.31%) Android
7 5 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.18%) CentOS
8 3 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.061%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.061%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.061%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 334 (20.40%) Agile
2 224 (13.68%) Continuous Improvement
3 203 (12.40%) Cybersecurity
4 180 (11.00%) DevOps
5 173 (10.57%) Problem-Solving
6 163 (9.96%) Mentoring
7 146 (8.92%) Software Engineering
8 139 (8.49%) CI/CD
9 138 (8.43%) Analytics
9 138 (8.43%) ITIL
10 121 (7.39%) Community of Practice
11 118 (7.21%) Stakeholder Management
12 117 (7.15%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 110 (6.72%) Technology Strategy
14 106 (6.48%) Collaborative Culture
15 96 (5.86%) Risk Management
16 95 (5.80%) Infrastructure as Code
17 93 (5.68%) AI
18 84 (5.13%) Project Delivery
18 84 (5.13%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 143 (8.74%) Python
2 134 (8.19%) Java
3 89 (5.44%) SQL
4 77 (4.70%) JavaScript
5 49 (2.99%) C#
6 34 (2.08%) PowerShell
7 29 (1.77%) Bash
8 27 (1.65%) C++
9 26 (1.59%) TypeScript
10 17 (1.04%) Apex Code
11 10 (0.61%) Groovy
12 9 (0.55%) Rust
13 7 (0.43%) C
13 7 (0.43%) PL/SQL
14 6 (0.37%) Scala
15 5 (0.31%) Go
16 4 (0.24%) T-SQL
16 4 (0.24%) VBA
17 3 (0.18%) ABAP
17 3 (0.18%) Perl
Qualifications
1 1,126 (68.78%) SC Cleared
2 320 (19.55%) DV Cleared
3 275 (16.80%) Degree
4 84 (5.13%) BPSS Clearance
5 68 (4.15%) CISSP
6 52 (3.18%) CTC Cleared
7 46 (2.81%) Computer Science Degree
8 38 (2.32%) Microsoft Certification
9 37 (2.26%) CISM
10 22 (1.34%) AWS Certification
10 22 (1.34%) Azure Certification
11 16 (0.98%) Cisco Certification
11 16 (0.98%) CREST Certified
12 15 (0.92%) HNC
13 14 (0.86%) PMI Certification
13 14 (0.86%) TOGAF Certification
14 12 (0.73%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
15 10 (0.61%) CRISC
15 10 (0.61%) GIAC
16 9 (0.55%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 106 (6.48%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 65 (3.97%) NIST
3 60 (3.67%) SLA
4 58 (3.54%) QA
5 48 (2.93%) GDPR
6 46 (2.81%) Accessibility
7 36 (2.20%) NCSC
8 34 (2.08%) Data Quality
9 25 (1.53%) GRC
10 24 (1.47%) PCI DSS
11 18 (1.10%) WCAG
12 16 (0.98%) JSP 440
13 14 (0.86%) Cyber Essentials
13 14 (0.86%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 12 (0.73%) Actionable Recommendations
15 8 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 7 (0.43%) Def Stans
16 7 (0.43%) Government Security Classifications
17 6 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 42001
17 6 (0.37%) PMO
System Software
1 79 (4.83%) Docker
2 41 (2.50%) Active Directory
3 18 (1.10%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.67%) VMware NSX
5 8 (0.49%) Firmware
5 8 (0.49%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (0.31%) vSphere
7 4 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
8 3 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.061%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.061%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.061%) IAG
9 1 (0.061%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.061%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.061%) Xen
Systems Management
1 95 (5.80%) Terraform
2 85 (5.19%) Kubernetes
3 53 (3.24%) Ansible
4 19 (1.16%) Microsoft Intune
5 18 (1.10%) Grafana
5 18 (1.10%) Prometheus
6 8 (0.49%) Argo
6 8 (0.49%) Puppet
6 8 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
7 7 (0.43%) Progress Chef
8 6 (0.37%) Packer
9 5 (0.31%) AWS Copilot
9 5 (0.31%) Endace
9 5 (0.31%) QRadar
10 4 (0.24%) Istio
10 4 (0.24%) Kustomize
10 4 (0.24%) Nmap
10 4 (0.24%) SCCM
10 4 (0.24%) vCenter Server
11 3 (0.18%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 200 (12.22%) Microsoft
2 88 (5.38%) Cisco
3 54 (3.30%) Google
4 46 (2.81%) Oracle
5 44 (2.69%) SAP
6 34 (2.08%) ServiceNow
7 28 (1.71%) Salesforce
7 28 (1.71%) VMware
8 20 (1.22%) Red Hat
9 17 (1.04%) Adobe
10 16 (0.98%) MuleSoft
11 13 (0.79%) Databricks
11 13 (0.79%) Splunk
12 12 (0.73%) CyberArk
13 11 (0.67%) Meraki
14 10 (0.61%) Juniper
15 8 (0.49%) F5
15 8 (0.49%) Okta
16 7 (0.43%) Dell
17 6 (0.37%) Ariba