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

6 months to
26 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 34 23
Rank change year-on-year +16 -11 +12
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,394 1,186 2,287
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.94% 7.27% 8.93%
As % of the Qualifications category 27.58% 25.52% 33.12%
Number of salaries quoted 923 693 1,550
10th Percentile £44,259 £42,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £52,500 £49,299
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £79,600 £74,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,650 £88,750
UK median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +8.70% -

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 5,054 4,647 6,906
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 32.40% 28.48% 26.96%
Number of salaries quoted 2,543 2,400 5,047
10th Percentile £30,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £44,630 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,312 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £92,900 £90,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -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 26 January 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 27 (1.94%) SharePoint
2 11 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (0.57%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (0.36%) Apache
4 5 (0.36%) Apache Spark
4 5 (0.36%) Confluence
5 4 (0.29%) ArcGIS
5 4 (0.29%) GeoServer
5 4 (0.29%) Oracle Spatial
6 3 (0.22%) Tomcat
6 3 (0.22%) WebLogic
6 3 (0.22%) WebLogic Portal
6 3 (0.22%) WordPress
7 2 (0.14%) Camunda
8 1 (0.072%) IIS
Applications
1 82 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
2 27 (1.94%) Adobe XD
3 15 (1.08%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.22%) AutoCAD
5 3 (0.22%) InVision
5 3 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.22%) Simulink
5 3 (0.22%) Sketch
6 2 (0.14%) Weka
7 1 (0.072%) EngageOne
7 1 (0.072%) EPLAN
7 1 (0.072%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.072%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.072%) Revit
7 1 (0.072%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 23 (1.65%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (1.22%) Dynamics CRM
3 12 (0.86%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 4 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.29%) Primavera
4 4 (0.29%) SAP PP
5 3 (0.22%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.22%) SAP CO
5 3 (0.22%) SAP FI
5 3 (0.22%) SAP FI/CO
5 3 (0.22%) SAP PM
6 2 (0.14%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.14%) SAP SCM
7 1 (0.072%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.072%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.072%) SAP HCM
7 1 (0.072%) SAP HR
7 1 (0.072%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.072%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.072%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 209 (14.99%) Azure
2 190 (13.63%) AWS
3 120 (8.61%) Microsoft 365
4 52 (3.73%) Entra ID
4 52 (3.73%) Power Platform
5 49 (3.52%) GCP
6 38 (2.73%) AWS CloudFormation
7 32 (2.30%) PowerApps
8 31 (2.22%) Azure DevOps
9 29 (2.08%) Figma
10 27 (1.94%) Amazon EKS
10 27 (1.94%) Dynamics 365
10 27 (1.94%) Power Automate
11 26 (1.87%) GitHub
12 24 (1.72%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 24 (1.72%) Serverless
13 22 (1.58%) Amazon ECS
14 18 (1.29%) AWS Lambda
15 17 (1.22%) Amazon S3
16 16 (1.15%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 41 (2.94%) Firewall
2 26 (1.87%) VPN
3 19 (1.36%) Network Security
4 17 (1.22%) LAN
5 15 (1.08%) DNS
6 14 (1.00%) TCP/IP
6 14 (1.00%) WAN
7 11 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
8 10 (0.72%) BGP
9 8 (0.57%) DHCP
9 8 (0.57%) Ethernet
10 7 (0.50%) DMZ
10 7 (0.50%) MPLS
10 7 (0.50%) Wireless
11 6 (0.43%) SAN
11 6 (0.43%) SD-WAN
11 6 (0.43%) Software-Defined Radio
11 6 (0.43%) VoIP
12 5 (0.36%) Cisco ASA
12 5 (0.36%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (2.73%) Power BI
2 31 (2.22%) PostgreSQL
3 23 (1.65%) NoSQL
4 17 (1.22%) MongoDB
4 17 (1.22%) SQL Server
5 14 (1.00%) Amazon RDS
5 14 (1.00%) MySQL
6 13 (0.93%) Metadata
6 13 (0.93%) Relational Database
7 11 (0.79%) Elasticsearch
8 8 (0.57%) Redis
8 8 (0.57%) Tableau
9 7 (0.50%) Data Warehouse
10 6 (0.43%) GIS
11 5 (0.36%) Big Data
11 5 (0.36%) BigQuery
11 5 (0.36%) DynamoDB
11 5 (0.36%) SAP HANA
12 4 (0.29%) Amazon Redshift
12 4 (0.29%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 34 (2.44%) Git
1 34 (2.44%) Jenkins
2 27 (1.94%) Balsamiq
3 25 (1.79%) Axure RP
4 18 (1.29%) Selenium
5 17 (1.22%) JIRA
6 14 (1.00%) GitLab
7 11 (0.79%) Cypress.io
8 9 (0.65%) WebDriver
9 7 (0.50%) Burp Suite
9 7 (0.50%) Metasploit
10 6 (0.43%) JMeter
10 6 (0.43%) SonarQube
11 5 (0.36%) Robot Framework
12 4 (0.29%) Babel
12 4 (0.29%) MLflow
12 4 (0.29%) webpack
13 3 (0.22%) Bitbucket
13 3 (0.22%) Oracle Forms
13 3 (0.22%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 335 (24.03%) Social Skills
2 275 (19.73%) Public Sector
3 181 (12.98%) Finance
4 141 (10.11%) Analytical Skills
5 108 (7.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 100 (7.17%) Law
7 84 (6.03%) Manufacturing
8 63 (4.52%) Back Office
9 58 (4.16%) Telecoms
10 55 (3.95%) Electronics
11 54 (3.87%) Marketing
12 32 (2.30%) Military
13 24 (1.72%) Aerospace
14 23 (1.65%) Presentation Skills
15 21 (1.51%) Retail
16 16 (1.15%) Organisational Skills
17 15 (1.08%) Legal
18 14 (1.00%) Influencing Skills
19 9 (0.65%) Banking
19 9 (0.65%) Games
Job Titles
1 178 (12.77%) Senior
2 163 (11.69%) Systems Engineer
3 130 (9.33%) Analyst
4 126 (9.04%) Architect
5 125 (8.97%) Consultant
6 88 (6.31%) Lead
7 87 (6.24%) Developer
8 83 (5.95%) Business Analyst
9 80 (5.74%) Support Engineer
10 74 (5.31%) Software Engineer
11 64 (4.59%) Site Engineer
12 61 (4.38%) Desktop Engineer
13 60 (4.30%) Desktop Support
13 60 (4.30%) Desktop Support Engineer
14 44 (3.16%) Security Consultant
15 39 (2.80%) Solutions Architect
16 37 (2.65%) Data Engineer
17 35 (2.51%) Designer
18 33 (2.37%) Cloud Engineer
19 32 (2.30%) Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (3.44%) React
2 39 (2.80%) .NET
3 28 (2.01%) HTML
4 27 (1.94%) CSS
5 26 (1.87%) Spring
6 25 (1.79%) REST
7 24 (1.72%) SAP CAF
8 20 (1.43%) Spring Boot
9 18 (1.29%) Django
10 17 (1.22%) Node.js
10 17 (1.22%) SOAP
11 16 (1.15%) AngularJS
11 16 (1.15%) Lightning Web Components
12 15 (1.08%) HTML5 Canvas
12 15 (1.08%) Middleware
13 14 (1.00%) Kafka
14 13 (0.93%) ASP.NET
15 12 (0.86%) Visualforce
16 11 (0.79%) JSON
16 11 (0.79%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 63 (4.52%) Cloud Native
2 57 (4.09%) e-Learning
3 55 (3.95%) Product Ownership
4 45 (3.23%) Security Posture
5 40 (2.87%) Self-Motivation
6 29 (2.08%) Data Centre
7 25 (1.79%) Management Information System
8 24 (1.72%) Onboarding
9 17 (1.22%) PKI
10 15 (1.08%) Algorithms
10 15 (1.08%) Analytical Mindset
11 14 (1.00%) Driving Licence
12 12 (0.86%) Distributed Systems
13 11 (0.79%) Cyber Security Posture
14 10 (0.72%) Hybrid Cloud
14 10 (0.72%) Legacy Systems
14 10 (0.72%) Low-Code
14 10 (0.72%) Private Cloud
15 9 (0.65%) AI Agents
16 8 (0.57%) Cyber Kill Chain
Operating Systems
1 121 (8.68%) Windows
2 117 (8.39%) Linux
3 66 (4.73%) Windows 10
4 41 (2.94%) Unix
5 17 (1.22%) Windows Server
6 10 (0.72%) Ubuntu
7 9 (0.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (0.43%) CentOS
9 5 (0.36%) Debian
9 5 (0.36%) Embedded Linux
9 5 (0.36%) Solaris
10 3 (0.22%) VMS
11 1 (0.072%) Android
11 1 (0.072%) Mac OS X
11 1 (0.072%) Rocky
11 1 (0.072%) Windows Server 2012
11 1 (0.072%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.072%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 261 (18.72%) Agile
2 190 (13.63%) Problem-Solving
3 171 (12.27%) Cybersecurity
4 170 (12.20%) Continuous Improvement
5 163 (11.69%) Software Engineering
6 144 (10.33%) DevOps
7 137 (9.83%) Analytics
8 111 (7.96%) CI/CD
9 110 (7.89%) ITIL
10 92 (6.60%) Collaborative Culture
11 90 (6.46%) Business Intelligence
12 86 (6.17%) Innovative Thinking
13 84 (6.03%) Community of Practice
13 84 (6.03%) Technology Strategy
14 80 (5.74%) Mentoring
15 78 (5.60%) AI
16 75 (5.38%) Infrastructure as Code
17 70 (5.02%) Validation
18 69 (4.95%) Computer Science
18 69 (4.95%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 153 (10.98%) Python
2 98 (7.03%) Java
3 81 (5.81%) JavaScript
4 61 (4.38%) C#
4 61 (4.38%) SQL
5 43 (3.08%) PowerShell
6 35 (2.51%) Bash
7 28 (2.01%) TypeScript
8 26 (1.87%) C
8 26 (1.87%) C++
9 22 (1.58%) Bicep
10 16 (1.15%) Apex Code
11 15 (1.08%) Go
12 11 (0.79%) MATLAB
13 9 (0.65%) Ada
14 6 (0.43%) ABAP
14 6 (0.43%) VBA
15 5 (0.36%) Google Apps Script
15 5 (0.36%) PL/SQL
15 5 (0.36%) R
Qualifications
1 848 (60.83%) SC Cleared
2 311 (22.31%) Degree
3 249 (17.86%) DV Cleared
4 71 (5.09%) BPSS Clearance
4 71 (5.09%) CISSP
5 63 (4.52%) CTC Cleared
6 50 (3.59%) Cisco Certification
7 49 (3.52%) CISM
7 49 (3.52%) Computer Science Degree
7 49 (3.52%) Microsoft Certification
8 40 (2.87%) Azure Certification
9 31 (2.22%) CCNA
10 29 (2.08%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
11 28 (2.01%) AWS Certification
12 27 (1.94%) CCNP
13 15 (1.08%) Master's Degree
14 13 (0.93%) CREST Certified
15 12 (0.86%) OSCP
16 11 (0.79%) CEH
16 11 (0.79%) CISMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (6.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 70 (5.02%) SLA
3 66 (4.73%) NIST
4 56 (4.02%) Accessibility
5 46 (3.30%) GDPR
5 46 (3.30%) GRC
6 43 (3.08%) QA
7 27 (1.94%) WCAG
8 21 (1.51%) Data Quality
9 18 (1.29%) NCSC
10 15 (1.08%) JSP 440
10 15 (1.08%) PCI DSS
11 9 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials
11 9 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 42001
12 7 (0.50%) Actionable Recommendations
13 6 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 5 (0.36%) ISO 9001
14 5 (0.36%) NIST 800
15 3 (0.22%) ISO 14001
15 3 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 17025
System Software
1 66 (4.73%) Docker
2 26 (1.87%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (1.72%) Active Directory
4 12 (0.86%) Firmware
5 10 (0.72%) VMware NSX
6 9 (0.65%) Hyper-V
6 9 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.36%) Embedded Firmware
8 4 (0.29%) vSphere
9 1 (0.072%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.072%) vCloud
9 1 (0.072%) Virtual Desktop
9 1 (0.072%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 82 (5.88%) Terraform
2 77 (5.52%) Kubernetes
3 48 (3.44%) Ansible
4 30 (2.15%) Grafana
5 9 (0.65%) Microsoft Intune
5 9 (0.65%) Prometheus
6 7 (0.50%) Nmap
7 6 (0.43%) SCOM
8 5 (0.36%) SCCM
9 4 (0.29%) Kibana
9 4 (0.29%) WSUS
9 4 (0.29%) ZABBIX
10 3 (0.22%) Docker Swarm
10 3 (0.22%) Endace
10 3 (0.22%) FortiGate
10 3 (0.22%) Nagios
10 3 (0.22%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 3 (0.22%) Puppet
10 3 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
11 2 (0.14%) Packer
Vendors
1 166 (11.91%) Microsoft
2 120 (8.61%) Cisco
3 79 (5.67%) SAP
4 47 (3.37%) Google
5 44 (3.16%) Salesforce
6 34 (2.44%) VMware
7 27 (1.94%) Adobe
7 27 (1.94%) Oracle
8 17 (1.22%) ServiceNow
9 16 (1.15%) Red Hat
10 13 (0.93%) Splunk
11 12 (0.86%) Sparx
12 10 (0.72%) CheckPoint
12 10 (0.72%) Juniper
12 10 (0.72%) MuleSoft
13 8 (0.57%) Databricks
14 7 (0.50%) F5
15 5 (0.36%) Meraki
15 5 (0.36%) NetApp
16 4 (0.29%) Palo Alto