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

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 26 37 22
Rank change year-on-year +11 -15 +6
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,537 1,110 2,519
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.20% 6.72% 7.92%
As % of the Qualifications category 34.70% 19.99% 29.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1,166 564 1,735
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,801 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £48,000
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 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,375 £85,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +12.00% +8.70% -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 4,430 5,554 8,612
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.74% 33.65% 27.08%
Number of salaries quoted 3,020 2,497 5,510
10th Percentile £33,250 £29,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £56,825
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +5.59% -5.29%
75th Percentile £78,750 £73,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £93,500 £90,000 £85,000
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 16 July 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 37 (2.41%) SharePoint
2 30 (1.95%) Apache
3 21 (1.37%) Apache Spark
4 14 (0.91%) Apache Airflow
5 12 (0.78%) Microsoft Exchange
6 9 (0.59%) Anypoint
6 9 (0.59%) Mule
7 7 (0.46%) Jupyter
8 5 (0.33%) Confluence
8 5 (0.33%) IIS
9 4 (0.26%) nginx
10 3 (0.20%) Apache Solr
10 3 (0.20%) Camunda
10 3 (0.20%) SAS
11 2 (0.13%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.13%) GeoServer
11 2 (0.13%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 2 (0.13%) Oracle Spatial
11 2 (0.13%) WordPress
Applications
1 28 (1.82%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (1.30%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (0.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.46%) Adobe XD
5 5 (0.33%) Simulink
6 4 (0.26%) Windchill
7 3 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
7 3 (0.20%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.13%) InVision
8 2 (0.13%) Sketch
9 1 (0.065%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.065%) CATIA
9 1 (0.065%) FrameMaker
9 1 (0.065%) Houdini
9 1 (0.065%) NUKE
9 1 (0.065%) Siemens NX
9 1 (0.065%) Weka
Business Applications
1 28 (1.82%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (0.46%) SAP ERP
3 5 (0.33%) Oracle EBS
3 5 (0.33%) Primavera
4 4 (0.26%) Oracle ERP
4 4 (0.26%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.26%) SAP FSCM
5 3 (0.20%) Elite 3E
5 3 (0.20%) SAP CO
5 3 (0.20%) SAP FI
5 3 (0.20%) SAP FI/CO
5 3 (0.20%) SAP HCM
6 2 (0.13%) SAP Payroll
6 2 (0.13%) SAP QM
6 2 (0.13%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.065%) Magento
7 1 (0.065%) SAP BPC
7 1 (0.065%) SAP EWM
7 1 (0.065%) SAP GRC
7 1 (0.065%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 400 (26.02%) Azure
2 348 (22.64%) AWS
3 111 (7.22%) GCP
4 97 (6.31%) Microsoft 365
5 79 (5.14%) Entra ID
6 65 (4.23%) Power Platform
7 32 (2.08%) SaaS
8 31 (2.02%) GitHub
9 30 (1.95%) dbt
10 27 (1.76%) Serverless
11 26 (1.69%) AWS CloudFormation
12 25 (1.63%) Azure DevOps
12 25 (1.63%) PaaS
13 20 (1.30%) Azure Sentinel
14 19 (1.24%) Amazon EC2
14 19 (1.24%) Microsoft Purview
15 18 (1.17%) Amazon S3
15 18 (1.17%) Dynamics 365
16 17 (1.11%) Google Analytics
17 16 (1.04%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 47 (3.06%) Firewall
2 45 (2.93%) Network Security
3 31 (2.02%) WAN
4 30 (1.95%) DNS
5 28 (1.82%) TCP/IP
6 22 (1.43%) VPN
7 20 (1.30%) LAN
8 19 (1.24%) DHCP
9 15 (0.98%) BGP
10 14 (0.91%) MPLS
11 13 (0.85%) SMTP
12 12 (0.78%) SSL
13 10 (0.65%) ATM
13 10 (0.65%) HTTP
13 10 (0.65%) Wi-Fi
14 7 (0.46%) Intrusion Detection
14 7 (0.46%) SNMP
15 6 (0.39%) Wireless
16 5 (0.33%) DMZ
16 5 (0.33%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (3.19%) Power BI
2 38 (2.47%) PostgreSQL
3 21 (1.37%) Big Data
4 18 (1.17%) Data Warehouse
4 18 (1.17%) NoSQL
5 14 (0.91%) Metadata
5 14 (0.91%) MongoDB
6 13 (0.85%) Amazon Athena
6 13 (0.85%) SQL Server
7 12 (0.78%) Redis
8 10 (0.65%) DynamoDB
9 9 (0.59%) Elasticsearch
9 9 (0.59%) Tableau
10 7 (0.46%) Amazon RDS
10 7 (0.46%) Data Lake
11 6 (0.39%) Relational Database
11 6 (0.39%) SAP HANA
12 5 (0.33%) MySQL
12 5 (0.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 4 (0.26%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 51 (3.32%) Git
2 35 (2.28%) Jenkins
3 34 (2.21%) GitLab
4 16 (1.04%) JIRA
5 13 (0.85%) JUnit
6 10 (0.65%) Selenium
7 8 (0.52%) Maven
7 8 (0.52%) Mockito
8 7 (0.46%) Burp Suite
8 7 (0.46%) Metasploit
9 6 (0.39%) Cucumber
10 5 (0.33%) Axure RP
10 5 (0.33%) Balsamiq
11 4 (0.26%) Cypress.io
12 3 (0.20%) Gatling
12 3 (0.20%) JMeter
12 3 (0.20%) Postman
12 3 (0.20%) SonarQube
13 2 (0.13%) Babel
13 2 (0.13%) webpack
General
1 444 (28.89%) Social Skills
2 349 (22.71%) Public Sector
3 216 (14.05%) Finance
4 203 (13.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 166 (10.80%) Analytical Skills
6 133 (8.65%) Law
7 58 (3.77%) Legal
8 44 (2.86%) Presentation Skills
9 34 (2.21%) Aerospace
9 34 (2.21%) Telecoms
10 31 (2.02%) Manufacturing
11 30 (1.95%) Retail
12 27 (1.76%) Organisational Skills
13 22 (1.43%) Back Office
13 22 (1.43%) Influencing Skills
14 16 (1.04%) Military
15 13 (0.85%) Aviation
16 11 (0.72%) Electronics
17 10 (0.65%) Documentation Skills
17 10 (0.65%) Police
Job Titles
1 280 (18.22%) Senior
2 277 (18.02%) Architect
3 180 (11.71%) Consultant
4 126 (8.20%) Lead
5 121 (7.87%) Solutions Architect
6 116 (7.55%) Developer
7 102 (6.64%) Analyst
8 98 (6.38%) Software Engineer
9 61 (3.97%) Data Engineer
10 59 (3.84%) Senior Manager
11 56 (3.64%) Cloud Engineer
12 55 (3.58%) Security Consultant
13 48 (3.12%) Senior Consultant
14 46 (2.99%) Security Architect
15 45 (2.93%) Java Developer
16 43 (2.80%) DevOps Engineer
17 41 (2.67%) Business Analyst
18 40 (2.60%) Senior Developer
18 40 (2.60%) Support Engineer
19 38 (2.47%) Cloud Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (3.25%) REST
2 38 (2.47%) Spring
3 30 (1.95%) React
4 28 (1.82%) Kafka
5 26 (1.69%) SOAP
6 25 (1.63%) .NET
7 20 (1.30%) OAuth
7 20 (1.30%) Spring Boot
8 19 (1.24%) Middleware
9 17 (1.11%) SAML
10 15 (0.98%) PySpark
10 15 (0.98%) RESTful
11 13 (0.85%) AngularJS
11 13 (0.85%) CSS
11 13 (0.85%) HTML
12 12 (0.78%) JWT
12 12 (0.78%) OAuth2
12 12 (0.78%) Playwright
12 12 (0.78%) SAP Fiori
13 11 (0.72%) Lightning Web Components
Miscellaneous
1 123 (8.00%) Cloud Native
2 59 (3.84%) Product Ownership
3 54 (3.51%) Security Posture
4 51 (3.32%) Management Information System
5 49 (3.19%) Onboarding
6 38 (2.47%) Self-Motivation
7 33 (2.15%) Data Centre
8 29 (1.89%) Driving Licence
9 28 (1.82%) PKI
10 26 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
11 22 (1.43%) Blog
12 21 (1.37%) Security Operations Centre
13 18 (1.17%) Cyber Threat
14 16 (1.04%) CMDB
15 14 (0.91%) Enterprise Software
16 13 (0.85%) Data Structures
16 13 (0.85%) Public Cloud
17 12 (0.78%) Cyber Defence
17 12 (0.78%) Distributed Systems
17 12 (0.78%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 106 (6.90%) Windows
2 104 (6.77%) Linux
3 34 (2.21%) Windows Server
4 28 (1.82%) Windows 10
5 20 (1.30%) Unix
6 5 (0.33%) Android
6 5 (0.33%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.33%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.20%) Kali Linux
8 2 (0.13%) CentOS
8 2 (0.13%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.065%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.065%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.065%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 374 (24.33%) Agile
2 242 (15.74%) Continuous Improvement
3 241 (15.68%) Cybersecurity
4 207 (13.47%) Problem-Solving
5 198 (12.88%) Mentoring
6 188 (12.23%) DevOps
7 186 (12.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 174 (11.32%) CI/CD
9 152 (9.89%) Software Engineering
10 146 (9.50%) Stakeholder Management
11 128 (8.33%) AI
11 128 (8.33%) ITIL
12 120 (7.81%) Analytics
13 119 (7.74%) Community of Practice
14 115 (7.48%) Risk Management
15 112 (7.29%) Technical Leadership
16 110 (7.16%) Collaborative Culture
17 109 (7.09%) Project Delivery
18 108 (7.03%) Decision-Making
19 106 (6.90%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 175 (11.39%) Python
2 141 (9.17%) Java
3 98 (6.38%) SQL
4 68 (4.42%) JavaScript
5 41 (2.67%) C++
6 37 (2.41%) C#
7 34 (2.21%) PowerShell
8 32 (2.08%) Bash
9 23 (1.50%) C
9 23 (1.50%) TypeScript
10 14 (0.91%) Groovy
11 11 (0.72%) Apex Code
11 11 (0.72%) Rust
12 9 (0.59%) Ada
12 9 (0.59%) DataWeave
13 7 (0.46%) Go
13 7 (0.46%) Scala
13 7 (0.46%) VBA
14 6 (0.39%) PL/SQL
14 6 (0.39%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 1,206 (78.46%) SC Cleared
2 291 (18.93%) DV Cleared
3 254 (16.53%) Degree
4 102 (6.64%) BPSS Clearance
5 85 (5.53%) CISSP
6 54 (3.51%) CISM
7 46 (2.99%) Computer Science Degree
8 38 (2.47%) Azure Certification
9 35 (2.28%) Microsoft Certification
10 25 (1.63%) CTC Cleared
11 24 (1.56%) AWS Certification
12 16 (1.04%) Cisco Certification
12 16 (1.04%) CREST Certified
12 16 (1.04%) CRISC
13 15 (0.98%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 14 (0.91%) Master's Degree
14 14 (0.91%) TOGAF Certification
15 13 (0.85%) HNC
15 13 (0.85%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 10 (0.65%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 144 (9.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 79 (5.14%) NIST
3 52 (3.38%) QA
4 50 (3.25%) NCSC
5 49 (3.19%) GDPR
6 40 (2.60%) SLA
7 38 (2.47%) GRC
8 33 (2.15%) Accessibility
9 32 (2.08%) Data Quality
10 28 (1.82%) Cyber Essentials
11 27 (1.76%) PCI DSS
12 20 (1.30%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 18 (1.17%) JSP 440
14 12 (0.78%) WCAG
15 11 (0.72%) Actionable Recommendations
15 11 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 10 (0.65%) Def Stans
17 7 (0.46%) Government Security Classifications
18 6 (0.39%) PMO
18 6 (0.39%) SOC 2
System Software
1 76 (4.94%) Docker
2 67 (4.36%) Active Directory
3 25 (1.63%) Hyper-V
4 22 (1.43%) VMware Infrastructure
5 12 (0.78%) Firmware
6 9 (0.59%) VMware ESXi
7 7 (0.46%) vSphere
8 6 (0.39%) VMware NSX
9 5 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
9 5 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
10 3 (0.20%) Squid
11 1 (0.065%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.065%) Embedded Firmware
11 1 (0.065%) IAG
11 1 (0.065%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.065%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.065%) Xen
Systems Management
1 93 (6.05%) Terraform
2 88 (5.73%) Kubernetes
3 45 (2.93%) Ansible
4 36 (2.34%) Microsoft Intune
5 19 (1.24%) Prometheus
6 18 (1.17%) Grafana
7 10 (0.65%) Argo
8 9 (0.59%) CloudHub
8 9 (0.59%) Progress Chef
9 8 (0.52%) QRadar
10 7 (0.46%) Nmap
10 7 (0.46%) Puppet
11 6 (0.39%) Kustomize
11 6 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
12 5 (0.33%) AWS Copilot
12 5 (0.33%) Endace
12 5 (0.33%) Istio
12 5 (0.33%) Packer
12 5 (0.33%) vCenter Server
13 4 (0.26%) Kibana
Vendors
1 237 (15.42%) Microsoft
2 54 (3.51%) ServiceNow
3 53 (3.45%) Google
4 49 (3.19%) Cisco
4 49 (3.19%) SAP
5 47 (3.06%) Oracle
6 32 (2.08%) VMware
7 30 (1.95%) Salesforce
8 22 (1.43%) MuleSoft
9 21 (1.37%) Red Hat
10 18 (1.17%) OpenAI
11 16 (1.04%) CyberArk
11 16 (1.04%) Databricks
12 15 (0.98%) Splunk
13 12 (0.78%) Okta
14 9 (0.59%) Adobe
14 9 (0.59%) Juniper
14 9 (0.59%) Meraki
15 7 (0.46%) Dell
16 6 (0.39%) Ariba