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

6 months to
16 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 43 25
Rank change year-on-year +26 -18 +7
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,499 844 2,524
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.89% 6.18% 8.41%
As % of the Qualifications category 31.89% 21.22% 31.39%
Number of salaries quoted 1,042 563 1,684
10th Percentile £45,000 £46,050 £39,547
25th Percentile £51,250 £53,688 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -
75th Percentile £78,790 £75,000 £76,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £87,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,250 £57,500
% change year-on-year +7.88% +4.78% -

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 4,701 3,977 8,041
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.88% 29.14% 26.80%
Number of salaries quoted 2,620 2,453 5,838
10th Percentile £30,987 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,750 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £73,036
90th Percentile £92,500 £87,500 £87,800
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,430 £55,000
% change year-on-year -7.45% +8.05% -4.35%

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 16 March 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 32 (2.13%) SharePoint
2 16 (1.07%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (0.87%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (0.67%) Apache
5 6 (0.40%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.27%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.27%) Confluence
6 4 (0.27%) GeoServer
6 4 (0.27%) Oracle Spatial
7 3 (0.20%) Camunda
7 3 (0.20%) SAS
7 3 (0.20%) Tomcat
7 3 (0.20%) WebLogic
7 3 (0.20%) WebLogic Portal
7 3 (0.20%) WordPress
8 2 (0.13%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.067%) IIS
Applications
1 79 (5.27%) Microsoft Office
2 29 (1.93%) Adobe XD
3 10 (0.67%) Microsoft Excel
4 7 (0.47%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.27%) InVision
5 4 (0.27%) Sketch
6 2 (0.13%) Weka
7 1 (0.067%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.067%) CATIA
7 1 (0.067%) EngageOne
7 1 (0.067%) EPLAN
7 1 (0.067%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.067%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 26 (1.73%) SAP S/4HANA
2 16 (1.07%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.40%) Oracle ERP
3 6 (0.40%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.27%) Primavera
4 4 (0.27%) SAP CO
4 4 (0.27%) SAP FI
4 4 (0.27%) SAP FI/CO
4 4 (0.27%) SAP FSCM
4 4 (0.27%) SAP PP
5 3 (0.20%) Elite 3E
5 3 (0.20%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.20%) SAP ERP
5 3 (0.20%) SAP HCM
5 3 (0.20%) SAP PM
6 2 (0.13%) SAP Payroll
6 2 (0.13%) SAP SCM
7 1 (0.067%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.067%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.067%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 260 (17.34%) Azure
2 218 (14.54%) AWS
3 116 (7.74%) Microsoft 365
4 78 (5.20%) GCP
5 55 (3.67%) Entra ID
6 50 (3.34%) Power Platform
7 38 (2.54%) AWS CloudFormation
8 31 (2.07%) Figma
8 31 (2.07%) PowerApps
9 30 (2.00%) Dynamics 365
10 28 (1.87%) Power Automate
11 26 (1.73%) Azure DevOps
12 23 (1.53%) Serverless
13 22 (1.47%) Amazon EKS
14 21 (1.40%) Amazon ECS
15 20 (1.33%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
15 20 (1.33%) Salesforce Service Cloud
16 19 (1.27%) PaaS
16 19 (1.27%) SaaS
17 18 (1.20%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 43 (2.87%) Firewall
2 28 (1.87%) VPN
3 23 (1.53%) WAN
4 22 (1.47%) DNS
5 21 (1.40%) Network Security
6 20 (1.33%) LAN
7 19 (1.27%) TCP/IP
8 16 (1.07%) Wi-Fi
9 15 (1.00%) DHCP
10 12 (0.80%) BGP
11 10 (0.67%) MPLS
12 9 (0.60%) SMTP
13 8 (0.53%) HTTP
13 8 (0.53%) SNMP
14 7 (0.47%) VoIP
15 6 (0.40%) Cisco Firepower
15 6 (0.40%) DMZ
15 6 (0.40%) Ethernet
15 6 (0.40%) SD-WAN
16 5 (0.33%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (2.74%) PostgreSQL
2 38 (2.54%) Power BI
3 23 (1.53%) NoSQL
4 17 (1.13%) Amazon RDS
4 17 (1.13%) MongoDB
4 17 (1.13%) SQL Server
5 15 (1.00%) Elasticsearch
6 14 (0.93%) Metadata
6 14 (0.93%) MySQL
7 13 (0.87%) Redis
8 12 (0.80%) Relational Database
9 9 (0.60%) Data Warehouse
10 8 (0.53%) DynamoDB
10 8 (0.53%) SAP HANA
10 8 (0.53%) Tableau
11 6 (0.40%) Amazon Redshift
12 5 (0.33%) GIS
13 4 (0.27%) BigQuery
13 4 (0.27%) Oracle Reports
13 4 (0.27%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 46 (3.07%) Git
2 34 (2.27%) Jenkins
3 28 (1.87%) Balsamiq
4 26 (1.73%) Axure RP
5 19 (1.27%) GitLab
6 18 (1.20%) JIRA
7 11 (0.73%) Selenium
8 8 (0.53%) Cypress.io
9 7 (0.47%) Burp Suite
9 7 (0.47%) Metasploit
9 7 (0.47%) SonarQube
10 6 (0.40%) Babel
10 6 (0.40%) WebDriver
10 6 (0.40%) webpack
11 5 (0.33%) JMeter
11 5 (0.33%) Robot Framework
12 3 (0.20%) Eclipse
12 3 (0.20%) JUnit
12 3 (0.20%) Oracle APEX
12 3 (0.20%) Oracle Forms
General
1 382 (25.48%) Social Skills
2 317 (21.15%) Public Sector
3 180 (12.01%) Finance
4 145 (9.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 144 (9.61%) Analytical Skills
6 111 (7.40%) Law
7 74 (4.94%) Manufacturing
8 64 (4.27%) Telecoms
9 62 (4.14%) Back Office
10 45 (3.00%) Marketing
11 44 (2.94%) Electronics
11 44 (2.94%) Legal
12 29 (1.93%) Military
13 28 (1.87%) Presentation Skills
14 22 (1.47%) Retail
15 19 (1.27%) Influencing Skills
16 14 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
17 10 (0.67%) Aerospace
17 10 (0.67%) Banking
18 6 (0.40%) Games
Job Titles
1 233 (15.54%) Senior
2 150 (10.01%) Architect
3 142 (9.47%) Analyst
4 140 (9.34%) Systems Engineer
5 134 (8.94%) Consultant
6 105 (7.00%) Lead
7 100 (6.67%) Developer
8 93 (6.20%) Business Analyst
9 81 (5.40%) Support Engineer
10 78 (5.20%) Software Engineer
11 64 (4.27%) Site Engineer
12 60 (4.00%) Desktop Engineer
12 60 (4.00%) Desktop Support
12 60 (4.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
13 55 (3.67%) Solutions Architect
14 45 (3.00%) Data Engineer
15 42 (2.80%) Security Consultant
16 41 (2.74%) Senior Manager
17 38 (2.54%) Senior Consultant
18 36 (2.40%) Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (3.07%) .NET
2 44 (2.94%) React
3 41 (2.74%) REST
4 35 (2.33%) HTML
5 34 (2.27%) CSS
6 29 (1.93%) Spring
7 25 (1.67%) SOAP
8 24 (1.60%) Lightning Web Components
9 23 (1.53%) Django
9 23 (1.53%) Middleware
10 20 (1.33%) Kafka
10 20 (1.33%) SAP CAF
10 20 (1.33%) Visualforce
11 19 (1.27%) Spring Boot
12 16 (1.07%) HTML5 Canvas
12 16 (1.07%) Node.js
13 15 (1.00%) AngularJS
14 14 (0.93%) ASP.NET
15 13 (0.87%) RESTful
15 13 (0.87%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 73 (4.87%) Product Ownership
2 68 (4.54%) Cloud Native
3 49 (3.27%) Security Posture
4 41 (2.74%) Onboarding
5 37 (2.47%) Data Centre
6 35 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
7 26 (1.73%) Management Information System
8 18 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
8 18 (1.20%) PKI
9 15 (1.00%) Blog
9 15 (1.00%) Driving Licence
10 13 (0.87%) Private Cloud
11 12 (0.80%) Analytical Mindset
11 12 (0.80%) Distributed Systems
11 12 (0.80%) Low-Code
12 11 (0.73%) AI Agents
12 11 (0.73%) Cyber Security Posture
12 11 (0.73%) e-Learning
12 11 (0.73%) Security Operations Centre
13 10 (0.67%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 125 (8.34%) Windows
2 98 (6.54%) Linux
3 67 (4.47%) Windows 10
4 30 (2.00%) Unix
5 16 (1.07%) Windows Server
6 10 (0.67%) Ubuntu
7 6 (0.40%) CentOS
8 4 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.20%) VMS
10 2 (0.13%) Android
10 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.067%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 300 (20.01%) Agile
2 193 (12.88%) Continuous Improvement
3 189 (12.61%) Problem-Solving
4 166 (11.07%) Cybersecurity
5 152 (10.14%) DevOps
6 144 (9.61%) Analytics
7 142 (9.47%) Software Engineering
8 124 (8.27%) ITIL
9 122 (8.14%) Mentoring
10 110 (7.34%) Community of Practice
11 107 (7.14%) CI/CD
12 103 (6.87%) Collaborative Culture
13 99 (6.60%) Technology Strategy
14 84 (5.60%) Stakeholder Management
15 83 (5.54%) Infrastructure as Code
16 80 (5.34%) Business Intelligence
17 75 (5.00%) Risk Management
18 74 (4.94%) User Experience
18 74 (4.94%) Validation
19 72 (4.80%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 133 (8.87%) Python
2 107 (7.14%) Java
3 98 (6.54%) JavaScript
4 69 (4.60%) C#
5 64 (4.27%) SQL
6 38 (2.54%) PowerShell
7 29 (1.93%) TypeScript
8 24 (1.60%) Apex Code
9 22 (1.47%) Bash
10 19 (1.27%) C++
11 15 (1.00%) Bicep
12 12 (0.80%) C
13 9 (0.60%) Ada
13 9 (0.60%) Go
14 7 (0.47%) ABAP
15 6 (0.40%) Rust
15 6 (0.40%) Scala
16 5 (0.33%) PL/SQL
17 4 (0.27%) Groovy
17 4 (0.27%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 901 (60.11%) SC Cleared
2 306 (20.41%) Degree
3 257 (17.14%) DV Cleared
4 74 (4.94%) CISSP
5 66 (4.40%) CTC Cleared
6 55 (3.67%) BPSS Clearance
7 54 (3.60%) Microsoft Certification
8 50 (3.34%) Computer Science Degree
9 45 (3.00%) CISM
10 33 (2.20%) Azure Certification
11 31 (2.07%) Cisco Certification
12 22 (1.47%) AWS Certification
13 21 (1.40%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 17 (1.13%) CCNA
14 17 (1.13%) CREST Certified
15 14 (0.93%) TOGAF Certification
16 13 (0.87%) HNC
16 13 (0.87%) Master's Degree
17 12 (0.80%) OSCP
18 11 (0.73%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (6.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 69 (4.60%) SLA
3 63 (4.20%) NIST
4 56 (3.74%) Accessibility
5 48 (3.20%) GDPR
6 40 (2.67%) QA
7 38 (2.54%) GRC
8 28 (1.87%) WCAG
9 24 (1.60%) Data Quality
10 18 (1.20%) NCSC
11 17 (1.13%) PCI DSS
12 13 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials
12 13 (0.87%) JSP 440
13 10 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 8 (0.53%) Actionable Recommendations
14 8 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 42001
15 5 (0.33%) Government Security Classifications
15 5 (0.33%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 4 (0.27%) PMO
17 3 (0.20%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 73 (4.87%) Docker
2 34 (2.27%) Active Directory
3 15 (1.00%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.73%) Hyper-V
5 9 (0.60%) VMware NSX
6 6 (0.40%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (0.27%) Firmware
9 1 (0.067%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.067%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.067%) vCloud
9 1 (0.067%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.067%) vSphere
9 1 (0.067%) Xen
Systems Management
1 90 (6.00%) Terraform
2 72 (4.80%) Kubernetes
3 45 (3.00%) Ansible
4 24 (1.60%) Grafana
5 14 (0.93%) Prometheus
6 12 (0.80%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (0.47%) Nmap
7 7 (0.47%) Puppet
8 6 (0.40%) Endace
9 5 (0.33%) AWS Copilot
9 5 (0.33%) Kibana
9 5 (0.33%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 5 (0.33%) SCOM
10 4 (0.27%) SCCM
10 4 (0.27%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.27%) WSUS
10 4 (0.27%) ZABBIX
11 3 (0.20%) Nagios
11 3 (0.20%) OpenView
11 3 (0.20%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 177 (11.81%) Microsoft
2 110 (7.34%) Cisco
3 72 (4.80%) SAP
4 59 (3.94%) Google
5 54 (3.60%) Salesforce
6 33 (2.20%) Oracle
7 29 (1.93%) Adobe
8 24 (1.60%) VMware
9 19 (1.27%) MuleSoft
10 17 (1.13%) ServiceNow
11 14 (0.93%) Splunk
12 13 (0.87%) Red Hat
13 10 (0.67%) Databricks
13 10 (0.67%) F5
14 9 (0.60%) CyberArk
14 9 (0.60%) Juniper
14 9 (0.60%) Meraki
15 8 (0.53%) CheckPoint
16 7 (0.47%) Remedy
17 6 (0.40%) BMC