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

6 months to
17 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 46 25
Rank change year-on-year +29 -21 +4
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,623 753 2,507
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 9.21% 5.69% 7.70%
As % of the Qualifications category 38.22% 19.15% 28.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1,139 542 1,745
10th Percentile £47,400 £46,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £53,750 £52,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £93,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% +4.35% -0.86%

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 4,246 3,932 8,757
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 24.09% 29.73% 26.88%
Number of salaries quoted 2,826 2,477 5,976
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,813 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,100 £60,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.17% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £78,790 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £58,000 £57,500 £54,196
% change year-on-year +0.87% +6.10% -5.75%

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 17 April 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 36 (2.22%) SharePoint
2 16 (0.99%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (0.86%) Apache
3 14 (0.86%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (0.55%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.25%) ArcGIS
5 4 (0.25%) Confluence
5 4 (0.25%) GeoServer
5 4 (0.25%) Oracle Spatial
6 3 (0.18%) Camunda
6 3 (0.18%) SAS
7 2 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
7 2 (0.12%) Tomcat
7 2 (0.12%) WebLogic
7 2 (0.12%) WebLogic Portal
8 1 (0.062%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.062%) Appian
8 1 (0.062%) IIS
8 1 (0.062%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.062%) nginx
Applications
1 77 (4.74%) Microsoft Office
2 28 (1.73%) Adobe XD
3 12 (0.74%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
5 5 (0.31%) InVision
5 5 (0.31%) Sketch
6 2 (0.12%) Weka
7 1 (0.062%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.062%) CATIA
7 1 (0.062%) EngageOne
7 1 (0.062%) EPLAN
7 1 (0.062%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.062%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.062%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 27 (1.66%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.37%) Oracle ERP
3 4 (0.25%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (0.25%) SAP CO
3 4 (0.25%) SAP FI
3 4 (0.25%) SAP FI/CO
3 4 (0.25%) SAP FSCM
4 3 (0.18%) Elite 3E
4 3 (0.18%) Primavera
4 3 (0.18%) SAP ERP
4 3 (0.18%) SAP HCM
5 2 (0.12%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.12%) SAP Payroll
5 2 (0.12%) SAP SCM
6 1 (0.062%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.062%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.062%) SAP PM
6 1 (0.062%) SAP PP
6 1 (0.062%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 269 (16.57%) Azure
2 229 (14.11%) AWS
3 115 (7.09%) Microsoft 365
4 87 (5.36%) GCP
5 53 (3.27%) Entra ID
6 52 (3.20%) Power Platform
7 32 (1.97%) AWS CloudFormation
8 29 (1.79%) Figma
9 25 (1.54%) PowerApps
10 22 (1.36%) Dynamics 365
11 21 (1.29%) Azure DevOps
11 21 (1.29%) Power Automate
11 21 (1.29%) Serverless
12 19 (1.17%) Google Analytics
12 19 (1.17%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 19 (1.17%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 18 (1.11%) Amazon ECS
13 18 (1.11%) Amazon EKS
13 18 (1.11%) GitHub
14 15 (0.92%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 38 (2.34%) Firewall
2 28 (1.73%) WAN
3 26 (1.60%) VPN
4 25 (1.54%) Network Security
5 22 (1.36%) DNS
6 20 (1.23%) LAN
7 19 (1.17%) DHCP
7 19 (1.17%) TCP/IP
8 16 (0.99%) BGP
9 13 (0.80%) MPLS
10 12 (0.74%) Wi-Fi
11 11 (0.68%) SMTP
12 9 (0.55%) HTTP
13 7 (0.43%) Intrusion Detection
13 7 (0.43%) SNMP
14 6 (0.37%) Cisco ASA
14 6 (0.37%) Cisco Firepower
14 6 (0.37%) VoIP
15 5 (0.31%) DMZ
15 5 (0.31%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (2.53%) Power BI
2 38 (2.34%) PostgreSQL
3 23 (1.42%) NoSQL
4 18 (1.11%) Metadata
4 18 (1.11%) MongoDB
5 15 (0.92%) Amazon RDS
6 14 (0.86%) Elasticsearch
6 14 (0.86%) SQL Server
7 13 (0.80%) Redis
8 10 (0.62%) MySQL
8 10 (0.62%) Relational Database
9 9 (0.55%) Data Warehouse
9 9 (0.55%) DynamoDB
9 9 (0.55%) Tableau
10 8 (0.49%) SAP HANA
11 6 (0.37%) BigQuery
12 5 (0.31%) Amazon Redshift
12 5 (0.31%) Oracle Database
13 4 (0.25%) InfluxDB
13 4 (0.25%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 51 (3.14%) Git
2 32 (1.97%) Jenkins
3 26 (1.60%) Balsamiq
4 24 (1.48%) Axure RP
5 23 (1.42%) GitLab
6 18 (1.11%) JIRA
7 9 (0.55%) Selenium
8 8 (0.49%) SonarQube
9 7 (0.43%) JMeter
10 6 (0.37%) Babel
10 6 (0.37%) Burp Suite
10 6 (0.37%) Metasploit
10 6 (0.37%) Robot Framework
10 6 (0.37%) webpack
11 4 (0.25%) JUnit
12 3 (0.18%) Bitbucket
12 3 (0.18%) Eclipse
12 3 (0.18%) Maven
12 3 (0.18%) MSTest
12 3 (0.18%) SoapUI
General
1 395 (24.34%) Social Skills
2 331 (20.39%) Public Sector
3 190 (11.71%) Finance
4 159 (9.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 139 (8.56%) Analytical Skills
6 124 (7.64%) Law
7 63 (3.88%) Back Office
7 63 (3.88%) Manufacturing
8 58 (3.57%) Telecoms
9 50 (3.08%) Legal
10 34 (2.09%) Presentation Skills
11 31 (1.91%) Electronics
12 30 (1.85%) Marketing
13 27 (1.66%) Military
13 27 (1.66%) Retail
14 25 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
15 22 (1.36%) Organisational Skills
16 20 (1.23%) Aerospace
17 10 (0.62%) Banking
18 8 (0.49%) Police
Job Titles
1 257 (15.83%) Senior
2 175 (10.78%) Architect
3 148 (9.12%) Analyst
4 147 (9.06%) Consultant
5 140 (8.63%) Systems Engineer
6 116 (7.15%) Lead
7 101 (6.22%) Business Analyst
8 95 (5.85%) Developer
9 92 (5.67%) Software Engineer
10 78 (4.81%) Support Engineer
11 67 (4.13%) Solutions Architect
12 64 (3.94%) Site Engineer
13 60 (3.70%) Desktop Engineer
13 60 (3.70%) Desktop Support
13 60 (3.70%) Desktop Support Engineer
14 53 (3.27%) Senior Manager
15 51 (3.14%) Data Engineer
16 42 (2.59%) Senior Consultant
17 41 (2.53%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 41 (2.53%) Security Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (2.71%) .NET
2 40 (2.46%) REST
3 32 (1.97%) CSS
3 32 (1.97%) HTML
4 31 (1.91%) React
4 31 (1.91%) Spring
5 23 (1.42%) Lightning Web Components
5 23 (1.42%) SOAP
6 22 (1.36%) Middleware
7 19 (1.17%) Kafka
7 19 (1.17%) Visualforce
8 16 (0.99%) Spring Boot
9 15 (0.92%) Django
10 14 (0.86%) AngularJS
10 14 (0.86%) SAML
11 13 (0.80%) ASP.NET
12 11 (0.68%) HTML5 Canvas
12 11 (0.68%) OLE
12 11 (0.68%) SAP CAF
13 10 (0.62%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 80 (4.93%) Product Ownership
2 63 (3.88%) Cloud Native
3 51 (3.14%) Security Posture
4 46 (2.83%) Onboarding
5 42 (2.59%) Data Centre
6 40 (2.46%) Management Information System
7 32 (1.97%) Self-Motivation
8 23 (1.42%) Legacy Systems
8 23 (1.42%) PKI
9 19 (1.17%) Blog
9 19 (1.17%) Low-Code
10 17 (1.05%) Driving Licence
11 15 (0.92%) Security Operations Centre
12 14 (0.86%) Cyber Threat
13 13 (0.80%) Data Structures
14 12 (0.74%) Cyberattack
15 11 (0.68%) Analytical Mindset
15 11 (0.68%) Cyber Security Posture
15 11 (0.68%) Distributed Systems
15 11 (0.68%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 132 (8.13%) Windows
2 103 (6.35%) Linux
3 68 (4.19%) Windows 10
4 29 (1.79%) Unix
5 22 (1.36%) Windows Server
6 9 (0.55%) Ubuntu
7 7 (0.43%) CentOS
8 5 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.25%) Android
10 3 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.062%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.062%) Embedded Linux
11 1 (0.062%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 310 (19.10%) Agile
2 196 (12.08%) Continuous Improvement
3 189 (11.65%) Cybersecurity
4 174 (10.72%) Problem-Solving
5 164 (10.10%) DevOps
6 145 (8.93%) Analytics
6 145 (8.93%) Software Engineering
7 132 (8.13%) Mentoring
8 127 (7.83%) ITIL
9 123 (7.58%) Community of Practice
10 114 (7.02%) CI/CD
11 110 (6.78%) Technology Strategy
12 100 (6.16%) Collaborative Culture
13 97 (5.98%) Stakeholder Management
14 89 (5.48%) Risk Management
15 81 (4.99%) Project Delivery
15 81 (4.99%) Validation
16 79 (4.87%) Infrastructure as Code
17 78 (4.81%) User Experience
18 77 (4.74%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 128 (7.89%) Python
2 113 (6.96%) Java
3 78 (4.81%) JavaScript
4 71 (4.37%) SQL
5 59 (3.64%) C#
6 34 (2.09%) PowerShell
7 26 (1.60%) TypeScript
8 23 (1.42%) Apex Code
9 22 (1.36%) Bash
10 20 (1.23%) C++
11 10 (0.62%) C
12 9 (0.55%) Ada
12 9 (0.55%) Go
13 8 (0.49%) Rust
14 7 (0.43%) Groovy
15 6 (0.37%) VBA
16 5 (0.31%) ABAP
16 5 (0.31%) PL/SQL
17 4 (0.25%) Scala
17 4 (0.25%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 999 (61.55%) SC Cleared
2 311 (19.16%) Degree
3 299 (18.42%) DV Cleared
4 72 (4.44%) CISSP
5 66 (4.07%) CTC Cleared
6 59 (3.64%) BPSS Clearance
7 54 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
8 46 (2.83%) Microsoft Certification
9 42 (2.59%) CISM
10 26 (1.60%) Azure Certification
11 22 (1.36%) Cisco Certification
12 19 (1.17%) AWS Certification
12 19 (1.17%) CREST Certified
13 14 (0.86%) Master's Degree
13 14 (0.86%) TOGAF Certification
14 13 (0.80%) HNC
15 12 (0.74%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 11 (0.68%) GIAC
16 11 (0.68%) OSCP
17 10 (0.62%) CRISC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (5.73%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 69 (4.25%) SLA
3 61 (3.76%) NIST
4 51 (3.14%) Accessibility
5 46 (2.83%) GDPR
6 43 (2.65%) QA
7 34 (2.09%) GRC
8 27 (1.66%) Data Quality
8 27 (1.66%) WCAG
9 20 (1.23%) NCSC
10 19 (1.17%) PCI DSS
11 13 (0.80%) JSP 440
12 12 (0.74%) Cyber Essentials
13 9 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 9 (0.55%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 7 (0.43%) Actionable Recommendations
14 7 (0.43%) Government Security Classifications
14 7 (0.43%) PMO
15 5 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 42001
16 4 (0.25%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 81 (4.99%) Docker
2 36 (2.22%) Active Directory
3 15 (0.92%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.68%) VMware NSX
5 7 (0.43%) Firmware
6 6 (0.37%) Hyper-V
7 5 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (0.25%) VMware ESXi
8 4 (0.25%) vSphere
9 2 (0.12%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 2 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.062%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 1 (0.062%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.062%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.062%) vCloud
10 1 (0.062%) Xen
Systems Management
1 90 (5.55%) Terraform
2 77 (4.74%) Kubernetes
3 55 (3.39%) Ansible
4 21 (1.29%) Grafana
5 17 (1.05%) Prometheus
6 15 (0.92%) Microsoft Intune
7 9 (0.55%) Puppet
8 6 (0.37%) Endace
8 6 (0.37%) Nmap
9 5 (0.31%) AWS Copilot
9 5 (0.31%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 4 (0.25%) Argo
10 4 (0.25%) Kibana
10 4 (0.25%) Packer
10 4 (0.25%) Progress Chef
10 4 (0.25%) QRadar
10 4 (0.25%) SCCM
10 4 (0.25%) vCenter Server
10 4 (0.25%) WSUS
10 4 (0.25%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 191 (11.77%) Microsoft
2 103 (6.35%) Cisco
3 65 (4.00%) Google
4 58 (3.57%) SAP
5 40 (2.46%) Oracle
5 40 (2.46%) Salesforce
6 28 (1.73%) Adobe
7 27 (1.66%) VMware
8 20 (1.23%) Red Hat
8 20 (1.23%) Splunk
9 18 (1.11%) MuleSoft
10 15 (0.92%) ServiceNow
11 12 (0.74%) Databricks
12 11 (0.68%) CyberArk
13 9 (0.55%) Juniper
13 9 (0.55%) Meraki
14 8 (0.49%) F5
14 8 (0.49%) Okta
15 6 (0.37%) Ariba
15 6 (0.37%) CheckPoint