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

6 months to
4 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 38 22
Rank change year-on-year +16 -16 +6
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,566 1,096 2,554
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.52% 6.78% 7.70%
As % of the Qualifications category 35.61% 20.20% 28.88%
Number of salaries quoted 1,192 561 1,742
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,608 £40,000
25th Percentile £54,750 £52,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% +8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £93,520 £93,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +8.00% +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 4,398 5,425 8,844
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 21.11% 33.56% 26.68%
Number of salaries quoted 3,039 2,436 5,707
10th Percentile £33,250 £28,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £93,527 £88,750 £86,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% +2.80% -10.83%

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 4 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 38 (2.43%) SharePoint
2 26 (1.66%) Apache
3 16 (1.02%) Apache Spark
4 14 (0.89%) Apache Airflow
5 12 (0.77%) Microsoft Exchange
6 7 (0.45%) Anypoint
6 7 (0.45%) Jupyter
6 7 (0.45%) Mule
7 5 (0.32%) IIS
8 4 (0.26%) Confluence
9 3 (0.19%) Apache Solr
9 3 (0.19%) Camunda
9 3 (0.19%) nginx
9 3 (0.19%) SAS
10 2 (0.13%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.13%) GeoServer
10 2 (0.13%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.13%) Oracle Spatial
11 1 (0.064%) WordPress
Applications
1 44 (2.81%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (1.21%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.45%) Adobe XD
3 7 (0.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.26%) Windchill
5 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.19%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.19%) Simulink
6 2 (0.13%) InVision
6 2 (0.13%) Sketch
6 2 (0.13%) Weka
7 1 (0.064%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.064%) CATIA
7 1 (0.064%) EngageOne
7 1 (0.064%) FrameMaker
7 1 (0.064%) Houdini
7 1 (0.064%) NUKE
7 1 (0.064%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 28 (1.79%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (0.45%) SAP ERP
3 5 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
3 5 (0.32%) Primavera
4 4 (0.26%) Oracle ERP
4 4 (0.26%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.26%) SAP FSCM
5 3 (0.19%) Elite 3E
5 3 (0.19%) SAP CO
5 3 (0.19%) SAP FI
5 3 (0.19%) SAP FI/CO
5 3 (0.19%) SAP HCM
6 2 (0.13%) SAP Payroll
6 2 (0.13%) SAP QM
6 2 (0.13%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.064%) Magento
7 1 (0.064%) SAP EWM
7 1 (0.064%) SAP GRC
7 1 (0.064%) SAP PSCD
7 1 (0.064%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 373 (23.82%) Azure
2 327 (20.88%) AWS
3 112 (7.15%) Microsoft 365
4 107 (6.83%) GCP
5 91 (5.81%) Entra ID
6 63 (4.02%) Power Platform
7 33 (2.11%) GitHub
7 33 (2.11%) SaaS
8 28 (1.79%) AWS CloudFormation
8 28 (1.79%) Serverless
9 26 (1.66%) PaaS
10 24 (1.53%) Azure DevOps
11 19 (1.21%) Amazon EC2
11 19 (1.21%) Azure Sentinel
11 19 (1.21%) Dynamics 365
12 17 (1.09%) Amazon S3
12 17 (1.09%) Google Analytics
12 17 (1.09%) PowerApps
13 16 (1.02%) Microsoft Purview
13 16 (1.02%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 43 (2.75%) Firewall
2 42 (2.68%) Network Security
3 30 (1.92%) WAN
4 27 (1.72%) TCP/IP
5 26 (1.66%) DNS
6 24 (1.53%) VPN
7 20 (1.28%) LAN
8 19 (1.21%) DHCP
9 17 (1.09%) BGP
10 14 (0.89%) MPLS
11 13 (0.83%) SMTP
12 10 (0.64%) HTTP
12 10 (0.64%) SSL
12 10 (0.64%) Wi-Fi
13 7 (0.45%) Intrusion Detection
13 7 (0.45%) SNMP
14 6 (0.38%) SD-WAN
15 5 (0.32%) ATM
15 5 (0.32%) Cisco Firepower
15 5 (0.32%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (2.94%) Power BI
2 38 (2.43%) PostgreSQL
3 18 (1.15%) Data Warehouse
4 16 (1.02%) Big Data
4 16 (1.02%) MongoDB
4 16 (1.02%) NoSQL
5 15 (0.96%) Metadata
6 13 (0.83%) SQL Server
7 12 (0.77%) Amazon Athena
7 12 (0.77%) Redis
8 10 (0.64%) DynamoDB
8 10 (0.64%) Elasticsearch
9 8 (0.51%) Tableau
10 7 (0.45%) Amazon RDS
10 7 (0.45%) Data Lake
10 7 (0.45%) MySQL
11 6 (0.38%) Relational Database
11 6 (0.38%) SAP HANA
12 5 (0.32%) Amazon Redshift
13 4 (0.26%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 51 (3.26%) Git
2 38 (2.43%) Jenkins
3 35 (2.23%) GitLab
4 17 (1.09%) JIRA
5 14 (0.89%) JUnit
5 14 (0.89%) Selenium
6 9 (0.57%) Maven
7 8 (0.51%) Mockito
8 7 (0.45%) Burp Suite
8 7 (0.45%) Metasploit
9 6 (0.38%) Cucumber
9 6 (0.38%) JMeter
10 5 (0.32%) Axure RP
10 5 (0.32%) Balsamiq
10 5 (0.32%) Postman
10 5 (0.32%) SonarQube
11 4 (0.26%) Cypress.io
12 3 (0.19%) Gatling
12 3 (0.19%) SoapUI
13 2 (0.13%) Babel
General
1 423 (27.01%) Social Skills
2 369 (23.56%) Public Sector
3 213 (13.60%) Finance
4 171 (10.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 162 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
6 125 (7.98%) Law
7 58 (3.70%) Legal
8 42 (2.68%) Presentation Skills
9 38 (2.43%) Back Office
10 36 (2.30%) Manufacturing
11 35 (2.23%) Telecoms
12 32 (2.04%) Retail
13 28 (1.79%) Aerospace
13 28 (1.79%) Organisational Skills
14 24 (1.53%) Influencing Skills
15 13 (0.83%) Aviation
15 13 (0.83%) Military
16 11 (0.70%) Electronics
17 10 (0.64%) Banking
17 10 (0.64%) Games
Job Titles
1 296 (18.90%) Senior
2 239 (15.26%) Architect
3 179 (11.43%) Consultant
4 121 (7.73%) Analyst
4 121 (7.73%) Lead
5 115 (7.34%) Developer
6 107 (6.83%) Solutions Architect
7 97 (6.19%) Software Engineer
8 65 (4.15%) Data Engineer
9 61 (3.90%) Business Analyst
10 58 (3.70%) Senior Manager
10 58 (3.70%) Support Engineer
11 57 (3.64%) Cloud Engineer
11 57 (3.64%) Security Consultant
12 48 (3.07%) Senior Consultant
13 46 (2.94%) DevOps Engineer
13 46 (2.94%) Java Developer
14 43 (2.75%) Security Architect
15 41 (2.62%) Senior Analyst
16 40 (2.55%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (3.38%) REST
2 40 (2.55%) Spring
3 31 (1.98%) React
4 30 (1.92%) SOAP
5 28 (1.79%) .NET
6 22 (1.40%) Middleware
7 21 (1.34%) Spring Boot
8 19 (1.21%) Kafka
9 16 (1.02%) OAuth
9 16 (1.02%) Playwright
9 16 (1.02%) SAML
10 15 (0.96%) AngularJS
10 15 (0.96%) RESTful
11 14 (0.89%) Lightning Web Components
12 13 (0.83%) Visualforce
13 12 (0.77%) CSS
13 12 (0.77%) HTML
13 12 (0.77%) SAP Fiori
14 10 (0.64%) Web Services
15 9 (0.57%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 118 (7.54%) Cloud Native
2 64 (4.09%) Product Ownership
3 57 (3.64%) Security Posture
4 51 (3.26%) Onboarding
5 49 (3.13%) Management Information System
6 43 (2.75%) Self-Motivation
7 34 (2.17%) Data Centre
8 28 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
8 28 (1.79%) PKI
9 23 (1.47%) Driving Licence
10 22 (1.40%) Blog
11 17 (1.09%) Cyber Threat
11 17 (1.09%) Security Operations Centre
12 16 (1.02%) CMDB
13 14 (0.89%) Enterprise Software
13 14 (0.89%) Low-Code
14 13 (0.83%) Analytical Mindset
14 13 (0.83%) Data Structures
14 13 (0.83%) Public Cloud
15 11 (0.70%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 116 (7.41%) Windows
2 107 (6.83%) Linux
3 42 (2.68%) Windows 10
4 31 (1.98%) Windows Server
5 23 (1.47%) Unix
6 5 (0.32%) Android
6 5 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.19%) CentOS
7 3 (0.19%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.13%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.064%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.064%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.064%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 352 (22.48%) Agile
2 248 (15.84%) Continuous Improvement
3 225 (14.37%) Cybersecurity
4 200 (12.77%) Problem-Solving
5 195 (12.45%) DevOps
6 191 (12.20%) Mentoring
7 174 (11.11%) CI/CD
8 151 (9.64%) Software Engineering
9 148 (9.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 139 (8.88%) ITIL
11 134 (8.56%) Stakeholder Management
12 126 (8.05%) Analytics
13 120 (7.66%) Community of Practice
14 111 (7.09%) Infrastructure as Code
15 110 (7.02%) AI
15 110 (7.02%) Collaborative Culture
15 110 (7.02%) Risk Management
16 108 (6.90%) Technical Leadership
16 108 (6.90%) Technology Strategy
17 104 (6.64%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 169 (10.79%) Python
2 144 (9.20%) Java
3 92 (5.87%) SQL
4 69 (4.41%) JavaScript
5 43 (2.75%) C#
6 37 (2.36%) C++
7 35 (2.23%) PowerShell
8 33 (2.11%) Bash
9 27 (1.72%) TypeScript
10 18 (1.15%) C
11 14 (0.89%) Apex Code
12 13 (0.83%) Groovy
13 9 (0.57%) Rust
14 8 (0.51%) Go
15 7 (0.45%) DataWeave
15 7 (0.45%) VBA
16 6 (0.38%) PL/SQL
16 6 (0.38%) Ruby
16 6 (0.38%) Scala
17 4 (0.26%) Ada
Qualifications
1 1,176 (75.10%) SC Cleared
2 299 (19.09%) DV Cleared
3 270 (17.24%) Degree
4 98 (6.26%) BPSS Clearance
5 82 (5.24%) CISSP
6 52 (3.32%) CISM
7 47 (3.00%) Computer Science Degree
8 41 (2.62%) CTC Cleared
9 36 (2.30%) Azure Certification
10 35 (2.23%) Microsoft Certification
11 24 (1.53%) AWS Certification
12 18 (1.15%) Cisco Certification
12 18 (1.15%) CREST Certified
13 16 (1.02%) CRISC
14 15 (0.96%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
15 14 (0.89%) HNC
16 13 (0.83%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 13 (0.83%) Master's Degree
16 13 (0.83%) TOGAF Certification
17 11 (0.70%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 138 (8.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 74 (4.73%) NIST
3 60 (3.83%) QA
4 57 (3.64%) SLA
5 52 (3.32%) GDPR
6 47 (3.00%) NCSC
7 35 (2.23%) GRC
8 32 (2.04%) Accessibility
8 32 (2.04%) Data Quality
9 27 (1.72%) Cyber Essentials
10 26 (1.66%) PCI DSS
11 18 (1.15%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 18 (1.15%) JSP 440
12 12 (0.77%) Actionable Recommendations
13 11 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 10 (0.64%) Def Stans
14 10 (0.64%) WCAG
15 7 (0.45%) Government Security Classifications
16 6 (0.38%) PMO
16 6 (0.38%) SOC 2
System Software
1 81 (5.17%) Docker
2 62 (3.96%) Active Directory
3 22 (1.40%) Hyper-V
4 19 (1.21%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (0.57%) VMware NSX
6 8 (0.51%) Firmware
7 7 (0.45%) vSphere
8 6 (0.38%) VMware ESXi
9 5 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
9 5 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
10 2 (0.13%) Squid
11 1 (0.064%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.064%) Embedded Firmware
11 1 (0.064%) IAG
11 1 (0.064%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.064%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.064%) Xen
Systems Management
1 99 (6.32%) Terraform
2 89 (5.68%) Kubernetes
3 50 (3.19%) Ansible
4 33 (2.11%) Microsoft Intune
5 21 (1.34%) Prometheus
6 20 (1.28%) Grafana
7 10 (0.64%) Argo
7 10 (0.64%) Progress Chef
8 8 (0.51%) Puppet
8 8 (0.51%) QRadar
8 8 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
9 7 (0.45%) CloudHub
9 7 (0.45%) Nmap
9 7 (0.45%) Packer
10 6 (0.38%) Kustomize
11 5 (0.32%) AWS Copilot
11 5 (0.32%) Endace
11 5 (0.32%) Istio
11 5 (0.32%) vCenter Server
12 4 (0.26%) Kibana
Vendors
1 234 (14.94%) Microsoft
2 66 (4.21%) Cisco
3 54 (3.45%) Google
4 51 (3.26%) Oracle
5 49 (3.13%) ServiceNow
6 47 (3.00%) SAP
7 32 (2.04%) Salesforce
8 30 (1.92%) VMware
9 20 (1.28%) MuleSoft
9 20 (1.28%) Red Hat
10 17 (1.09%) Splunk
11 16 (1.02%) Databricks
12 15 (0.96%) CyberArk
13 11 (0.70%) Okta
14 10 (0.64%) Juniper
15 9 (0.57%) Adobe
15 9 (0.57%) Meraki
15 9 (0.57%) OpenAI
16 7 (0.45%) Dell
17 6 (0.38%) Ariba