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

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 43 25
Rank change year-on-year +26 -18 +4
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,515 806 2,495
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.92% 6.18% 8.16%
As % of the Qualifications category 32.92% 21.11% 30.68%
Number of salaries quoted 1,054 551 1,686
10th Percentile £45,725 £46,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £51,875 £53,750 £48,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -
75th Percentile £78,800 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £86,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £61,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +5.69% +6.96% -

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 4,602 3,818 8,132
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.08% 29.26% 26.59%
Number of salaries quoted 2,634 2,435 5,893
10th Percentile £30,750 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £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 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £88,250 £87,500
UK median annual salary £56,500 £58,033 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.64% +5.51% -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 24 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 33 (2.18%) SharePoint
2 16 (1.06%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (0.86%) Apache Airflow
4 12 (0.79%) Apache
5 6 (0.40%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.33%) Confluence
7 4 (0.26%) ArcGIS
7 4 (0.26%) GeoServer
7 4 (0.26%) Oracle Spatial
7 4 (0.26%) WordPress
8 3 (0.20%) Camunda
8 3 (0.20%) SAS
8 3 (0.20%) Tomcat
8 3 (0.20%) WebLogic
8 3 (0.20%) WebLogic Portal
9 2 (0.13%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.066%) Drupal
10 1 (0.066%) NetWeaver
10 1 (0.066%) nginx
10 1 (0.066%) OpenStack
Applications
1 79 (5.21%) Microsoft Office
2 29 (1.91%) Adobe XD
3 10 (0.66%) Microsoft Excel
4 7 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.26%) InVision
5 4 (0.26%) Sketch
6 2 (0.13%) Weka
7 1 (0.066%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.066%) CATIA
7 1 (0.066%) EngageOne
7 1 (0.066%) EPLAN
7 1 (0.066%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.066%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.066%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 26 (1.72%) SAP S/4HANA
2 14 (0.92%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.40%) Oracle ERP
3 6 (0.40%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.26%) Primavera
4 4 (0.26%) SAP CO
4 4 (0.26%) SAP FI
4 4 (0.26%) SAP FI/CO
4 4 (0.26%) SAP FSCM
4 4 (0.26%) 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 (0.066%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.066%) SAP PSCD
7 1 (0.066%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 260 (17.16%) Azure
2 221 (14.59%) AWS
3 115 (7.59%) Microsoft 365
4 80 (5.28%) GCP
5 51 (3.37%) Entra ID
6 46 (3.04%) Power Platform
7 38 (2.51%) AWS CloudFormation
8 31 (2.05%) Figma
9 28 (1.85%) PowerApps
10 26 (1.72%) Power Automate
11 25 (1.65%) Dynamics 365
12 23 (1.52%) Azure DevOps
12 23 (1.52%) Serverless
13 21 (1.39%) Amazon ECS
13 21 (1.39%) Amazon EKS
14 20 (1.32%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
14 20 (1.32%) Salesforce Service Cloud
15 18 (1.19%) GitHub
15 18 (1.19%) SaaS
16 15 (0.99%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 39 (2.57%) Firewall
2 25 (1.65%) WAN
3 23 (1.52%) VPN
4 22 (1.45%) Network Security
5 20 (1.32%) LAN
5 20 (1.32%) TCP/IP
6 18 (1.19%) DNS
7 16 (1.06%) DHCP
7 16 (1.06%) Wi-Fi
8 12 (0.79%) BGP
9 10 (0.66%) MPLS
10 9 (0.59%) SMTP
11 8 (0.53%) SNMP
12 7 (0.46%) HTTP
12 7 (0.46%) Intrusion Detection
12 7 (0.46%) VoIP
13 6 (0.40%) Cisco Firepower
13 6 (0.40%) DMZ
13 6 (0.40%) Ethernet
13 6 (0.40%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (2.77%) PostgreSQL
2 37 (2.44%) Power BI
3 24 (1.58%) NoSQL
4 18 (1.19%) Amazon RDS
4 18 (1.19%) MongoDB
4 18 (1.19%) SQL Server
5 16 (1.06%) Metadata
6 15 (0.99%) Elasticsearch
7 14 (0.92%) MySQL
7 14 (0.92%) Redis
8 12 (0.79%) Relational Database
9 9 (0.59%) 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%) Oracle Database
13 4 (0.26%) Amazon Athena
13 4 (0.26%) QGIS
13 4 (0.26%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 47 (3.10%) Git
2 33 (2.18%) Jenkins
3 28 (1.85%) Balsamiq
4 26 (1.72%) Axure RP
5 20 (1.32%) GitLab
6 18 (1.19%) JIRA
7 10 (0.66%) Selenium
8 7 (0.46%) Burp Suite
8 7 (0.46%) Cypress.io
8 7 (0.46%) JMeter
8 7 (0.46%) Metasploit
8 7 (0.46%) SonarQube
9 6 (0.40%) Babel
9 6 (0.40%) webpack
10 5 (0.33%) Robot Framework
10 5 (0.33%) WebDriver
11 3 (0.20%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.20%) Oracle APEX
11 3 (0.20%) Postman
11 3 (0.20%) SoapUI
General
1 383 (25.28%) Social Skills
2 314 (20.73%) Public Sector
3 176 (11.62%) Finance
4 145 (9.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 141 (9.31%) Analytical Skills
6 111 (7.33%) Law
7 73 (4.82%) Manufacturing
8 63 (4.16%) Back Office
9 62 (4.09%) Telecoms
10 46 (3.04%) Legal
11 43 (2.84%) Electronics
12 42 (2.77%) Marketing
13 28 (1.85%) Military
14 27 (1.78%) Presentation Skills
15 23 (1.52%) Retail
16 19 (1.25%) Influencing Skills
17 15 (0.99%) Organisational Skills
18 12 (0.79%) Aerospace
19 10 (0.66%) Banking
20 6 (0.40%) Games
Job Titles
1 239 (15.78%) Senior
2 156 (10.30%) Architect
3 141 (9.31%) Analyst
4 139 (9.17%) Systems Engineer
5 138 (9.11%) Consultant
6 105 (6.93%) Lead
7 102 (6.73%) Developer
8 96 (6.34%) Business Analyst
9 78 (5.15%) Software Engineer
10 77 (5.08%) Support Engineer
11 64 (4.22%) Site Engineer
12 60 (3.96%) Desktop Engineer
12 60 (3.96%) Desktop Support
12 60 (3.96%) Desktop Support Engineer
13 56 (3.70%) Solutions Architect
14 46 (3.04%) Data Engineer
15 45 (2.97%) Senior Manager
16 43 (2.84%) Security Consultant
17 41 (2.71%) Senior Consultant
18 37 (2.44%) Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (3.04%) .NET
2 40 (2.64%) React
2 40 (2.64%) REST
3 35 (2.31%) HTML
4 34 (2.24%) CSS
5 28 (1.85%) Spring
6 24 (1.58%) Lightning Web Components
6 24 (1.58%) SOAP
7 23 (1.52%) Django
7 23 (1.52%) Middleware
8 20 (1.32%) Kafka
8 20 (1.32%) Visualforce
9 18 (1.19%) SAP CAF
9 18 (1.19%) Spring Boot
10 16 (1.06%) Node.js
11 15 (0.99%) AngularJS
11 15 (0.99%) HTML5 Canvas
12 14 (0.92%) SAML
13 13 (0.86%) ASP.NET
14 12 (0.79%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 75 (4.95%) Product Ownership
2 67 (4.42%) Cloud Native
3 51 (3.37%) Security Posture
4 36 (2.38%) Data Centre
5 35 (2.31%) Onboarding
6 32 (2.11%) Self-Motivation
7 28 (1.85%) Management Information System
8 22 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
9 20 (1.32%) PKI
10 18 (1.19%) Blog
11 17 (1.12%) Driving Licence
12 12 (0.79%) Analytical Mindset
12 12 (0.79%) Distributed Systems
12 12 (0.79%) Security Operations Centre
13 11 (0.73%) Cyber Security Posture
13 11 (0.73%) Enterprise Software
13 11 (0.73%) Private Cloud
14 10 (0.66%) AI Agents
14 10 (0.66%) Cyber Threat
14 10 (0.66%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 128 (8.45%) Windows
2 100 (6.60%) Linux
3 67 (4.42%) Windows 10
4 29 (1.91%) Unix
5 19 (1.25%) Windows Server
6 10 (0.66%) Ubuntu
7 7 (0.46%) CentOS
8 4 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.13%) Android
9 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.066%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.066%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 297 (19.60%) Agile
2 194 (12.81%) Continuous Improvement
3 189 (12.48%) Problem-Solving
4 169 (11.16%) Cybersecurity
5 156 (10.30%) DevOps
6 140 (9.24%) Analytics
6 140 (9.24%) Software Engineering
7 122 (8.05%) Mentoring
8 120 (7.92%) ITIL
9 110 (7.26%) Community of Practice
10 106 (7.00%) CI/CD
11 99 (6.53%) Technology Strategy
12 93 (6.14%) Collaborative Culture
13 86 (5.68%) Stakeholder Management
14 77 (5.08%) Validation
15 76 (5.02%) Risk Management
16 75 (4.95%) Business Intelligence
16 75 (4.95%) Infrastructure as Code
17 74 (4.88%) User Experience
18 72 (4.75%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 130 (8.58%) Python
2 107 (7.06%) Java
3 94 (6.20%) JavaScript
4 66 (4.36%) C#
5 65 (4.29%) SQL
6 29 (1.91%) PowerShell
7 28 (1.85%) TypeScript
8 24 (1.58%) Apex Code
9 21 (1.39%) Bash
10 19 (1.25%) C++
11 13 (0.86%) C
12 9 (0.59%) Ada
12 9 (0.59%) Go
13 8 (0.53%) ABAP
13 8 (0.53%) Bicep
14 6 (0.40%) Rust
14 6 (0.40%) Scala
15 5 (0.33%) Groovy
15 5 (0.33%) PL/SQL
16 4 (0.26%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 911 (60.13%) SC Cleared
2 308 (20.33%) Degree
3 266 (17.56%) DV Cleared
4 75 (4.95%) CISSP
5 66 (4.36%) CTC Cleared
6 54 (3.56%) BPSS Clearance
7 51 (3.37%) Computer Science Degree
8 47 (3.10%) Microsoft Certification
9 45 (2.97%) CISM
10 28 (1.85%) Azure Certification
11 26 (1.72%) Cisco Certification
12 22 (1.45%) AWS Certification
13 18 (1.19%) CREST Certified
13 18 (1.19%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 14 (0.92%) TOGAF Certification
15 13 (0.86%) CCNA
15 13 (0.86%) HNC
16 12 (0.79%) GIAC
16 12 (0.79%) Master's Degree
16 12 (0.79%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (6.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 69 (4.55%) SLA
3 66 (4.36%) NIST
4 54 (3.56%) Accessibility
5 51 (3.37%) GDPR
6 42 (2.77%) QA
7 39 (2.57%) GRC
8 28 (1.85%) WCAG
9 26 (1.72%) Data Quality
10 19 (1.25%) NCSC
10 19 (1.25%) PCI DSS
11 13 (0.86%) JSP 440
12 12 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials
13 9 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 8 (0.53%) Actionable Recommendations
15 7 (0.46%) Government Security Classifications
15 7 (0.46%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 7 (0.46%) ISO/IEC 42001
16 4 (0.26%) PMO
17 3 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 17025
System Software
1 75 (4.95%) Docker
2 34 (2.24%) Active Directory
3 11 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (0.66%) VMware NSX
5 6 (0.40%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.33%) Firmware
6 5 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
7 2 (0.13%) Slurm Workload Manager
7 2 (0.13%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.13%) vSphere
8 1 (0.066%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 1 (0.066%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.066%) vCloud
8 1 (0.066%) Xen
Systems Management
1 85 (5.61%) Terraform
2 73 (4.82%) Kubernetes
3 50 (3.30%) Ansible
4 21 (1.39%) Grafana
5 14 (0.92%) Prometheus
6 12 (0.79%) Microsoft Intune
7 9 (0.59%) Puppet
8 7 (0.46%) Nmap
9 6 (0.40%) Endace
9 6 (0.40%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 5 (0.33%) AWS Copilot
11 4 (0.26%) Kibana
11 4 (0.26%) SCCM
11 4 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
11 4 (0.26%) WSUS
11 4 (0.26%) ZABBIX
12 3 (0.20%) OpenView
12 3 (0.20%) Oracle RMAN
12 3 (0.20%) Progress Chef
12 3 (0.20%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 177 (11.68%) Microsoft
2 107 (7.06%) Cisco
3 70 (4.62%) SAP
4 63 (4.16%) Google
5 52 (3.43%) Salesforce
6 36 (2.38%) Oracle
7 29 (1.91%) Adobe
8 21 (1.39%) VMware
9 19 (1.25%) MuleSoft
10 15 (0.99%) Red Hat
10 15 (0.99%) ServiceNow
11 14 (0.92%) Splunk
12 11 (0.73%) Databricks
13 10 (0.66%) CyberArk
14 9 (0.59%) F5
14 9 (0.59%) Juniper
14 9 (0.59%) Meraki
15 7 (0.46%) CheckPoint
15 7 (0.46%) Okta
15 7 (0.46%) Remedy