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

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 43 25
Rank change year-on-year +28 -18 +6
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,635 798 2,454
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 9.15% 5.97% 7.58%
As % of the Qualifications category 38.40% 19.68% 28.30%
Number of salaries quoted 1,158 540 1,718
10th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £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 £75,313 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £61,082 £57,500
% change year-on-year +6.41% +6.23% -1.71%

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 4,258 4,054 8,671
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 23.83% 30.33% 26.79%
Number of salaries quoted 2,850 2,483 5,909
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £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 £78,797 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £86,500
UK median annual salary £58,500 £57,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year +1.74% +6.48% -6.59%

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 22 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 35 (2.14%) SharePoint
2 16 (0.98%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (0.86%) Apache
3 14 (0.86%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (0.55%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.31%) ArcGIS
5 5 (0.31%) GeoServer
5 5 (0.31%) Oracle Spatial
6 3 (0.18%) Camunda
6 3 (0.18%) Confluence
6 3 (0.18%) SAS
7 2 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.061%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.061%) Appian
8 1 (0.061%) Drupal
8 1 (0.061%) NetWeaver
8 1 (0.061%) nginx
8 1 (0.061%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.061%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.061%) WordPress
Applications
1 76 (4.65%) Microsoft Office
2 28 (1.71%) Adobe XD
3 12 (0.73%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.31%) InVision
4 5 (0.31%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (0.31%) Sketch
5 2 (0.12%) Weka
6 1 (0.061%) CATIA
6 1 (0.061%) EngageOne
6 1 (0.061%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.061%) Oracle Smart View
6 1 (0.061%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 27 (1.65%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.37%) Oracle ERP
3 4 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (0.24%) SAP ERP
3 4 (0.24%) SAP FSCM
3 4 (0.24%) SAP HCM
4 3 (0.18%) Elite 3E
4 3 (0.18%) SAP CO
4 3 (0.18%) SAP FI
4 3 (0.18%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (0.12%) SAP Payroll
5 2 (0.12%) SAP SCM
6 1 (0.061%) Magento
6 1 (0.061%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.061%) SAP BPC
6 1 (0.061%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.061%) SAP PSCD
6 1 (0.061%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.061%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 274 (16.76%) Azure
2 236 (14.43%) AWS
3 115 (7.03%) Microsoft 365
4 91 (5.57%) GCP
5 54 (3.30%) Entra ID
6 51 (3.12%) Power Platform
7 30 (1.83%) AWS CloudFormation
8 29 (1.77%) Figma
9 24 (1.47%) PowerApps
10 21 (1.28%) Dynamics 365
10 21 (1.28%) Serverless
11 20 (1.22%) Power Automate
12 19 (1.16%) Azure DevOps
12 19 (1.16%) Google Analytics
13 18 (1.10%) Amazon ECS
13 18 (1.10%) GitHub
13 18 (1.10%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
13 18 (1.10%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 17 (1.04%) Amazon EKS
15 15 (0.92%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 38 (2.32%) Firewall
2 29 (1.77%) WAN
3 26 (1.59%) Network Security
4 25 (1.53%) VPN
5 20 (1.22%) DNS
5 20 (1.22%) LAN
6 18 (1.10%) DHCP
7 17 (1.04%) BGP
7 17 (1.04%) TCP/IP
8 14 (0.86%) MPLS
9 12 (0.73%) Wi-Fi
10 11 (0.67%) SMTP
11 8 (0.49%) HTTP
12 7 (0.43%) Intrusion Detection
12 7 (0.43%) SNMP
13 6 (0.37%) Cisco ASA
13 6 (0.37%) Cisco Firepower
13 6 (0.37%) SD-WAN
13 6 (0.37%) VoIP
14 5 (0.31%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (2.45%) PostgreSQL
1 40 (2.45%) Power BI
2 23 (1.41%) NoSQL
3 18 (1.10%) Metadata
4 17 (1.04%) MongoDB
5 15 (0.92%) Amazon RDS
6 14 (0.86%) Elasticsearch
6 14 (0.86%) SQL Server
7 13 (0.80%) Redis
8 9 (0.55%) Data Warehouse
8 9 (0.55%) DynamoDB
8 9 (0.55%) Relational Database
8 9 (0.55%) Tableau
9 8 (0.49%) MySQL
9 8 (0.49%) SAP HANA
10 6 (0.37%) BigQuery
11 5 (0.31%) Amazon Redshift
11 5 (0.31%) GIS
11 5 (0.31%) QGIS
12 4 (0.24%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 50 (3.06%) Git
2 29 (1.77%) Jenkins
3 25 (1.53%) Balsamiq
4 24 (1.47%) Axure RP
5 22 (1.35%) GitLab
6 17 (1.04%) JIRA
7 9 (0.55%) Selenium
8 6 (0.37%) Burp Suite
8 6 (0.37%) JMeter
8 6 (0.37%) Metasploit
8 6 (0.37%) SonarQube
9 5 (0.31%) Babel
9 5 (0.31%) JUnit
9 5 (0.31%) webpack
10 4 (0.24%) Robot Framework
11 3 (0.18%) Maven
11 3 (0.18%) MSTest
11 3 (0.18%) Postman
11 3 (0.18%) SoapUI
12 2 (0.12%) Mockito
General
1 393 (24.04%) Social Skills
2 330 (20.18%) Public Sector
3 191 (11.68%) Finance
4 160 (9.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 135 (8.26%) Analytical Skills
6 125 (7.65%) Law
7 63 (3.85%) Back Office
8 60 (3.67%) Manufacturing
9 57 (3.49%) Telecoms
10 51 (3.12%) Legal
11 34 (2.08%) Presentation Skills
12 29 (1.77%) Marketing
13 28 (1.71%) Electronics
14 27 (1.65%) Retail
15 26 (1.59%) Military
16 24 (1.47%) Influencing Skills
16 24 (1.47%) Organisational Skills
17 20 (1.22%) Aerospace
18 10 (0.61%) Aviation
18 10 (0.61%) Banking
Job Titles
1 259 (15.84%) Senior
2 177 (10.83%) Architect
3 150 (9.17%) Analyst
4 147 (8.99%) Consultant
5 136 (8.32%) Systems Engineer
6 117 (7.16%) Lead
7 102 (6.24%) Business Analyst
8 97 (5.93%) Software Engineer
9 95 (5.81%) Developer
10 78 (4.77%) Support Engineer
11 69 (4.22%) Solutions Architect
12 66 (4.04%) Site Engineer
13 60 (3.67%) Desktop Engineer
13 60 (3.67%) Desktop Support
13 60 (3.67%) Desktop Support Engineer
14 53 (3.24%) Senior Manager
15 51 (3.12%) Data Engineer
16 44 (2.69%) Cloud Engineer
17 43 (2.63%) Security Consultant
18 41 (2.51%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (2.63%) .NET
2 40 (2.45%) REST
3 31 (1.90%) Spring
4 30 (1.83%) CSS
4 30 (1.83%) HTML
4 30 (1.83%) React
5 22 (1.35%) Lightning Web Components
5 22 (1.35%) SOAP
6 21 (1.28%) Middleware
7 19 (1.16%) Kafka
8 18 (1.10%) Visualforce
9 16 (0.98%) Django
9 16 (0.98%) Spring Boot
10 14 (0.86%) AngularJS
10 14 (0.86%) SAML
11 13 (0.80%) ASP.NET
12 12 (0.73%) RESTful
13 11 (0.67%) OLE
13 11 (0.67%) SAP CAF
14 10 (0.61%) HTML5 Canvas
Miscellaneous
1 81 (4.95%) Product Ownership
2 65 (3.98%) Cloud Native
3 51 (3.12%) Security Posture
4 47 (2.87%) Onboarding
5 41 (2.51%) Data Centre
6 39 (2.39%) Management Information System
7 30 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
8 25 (1.53%) PKI
9 22 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
10 19 (1.16%) Blog
10 19 (1.16%) Low-Code
11 17 (1.04%) Driving Licence
12 14 (0.86%) Data Structures
12 14 (0.86%) Security Operations Centre
13 12 (0.73%) Cyber Threat
14 11 (0.67%) Cyber Security Posture
14 11 (0.67%) Cyberattack
14 11 (0.67%) Distributed Systems
14 11 (0.67%) Enterprise Software
15 10 (0.61%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 130 (7.95%) Windows
2 99 (6.06%) Linux
3 68 (4.16%) Windows 10
4 28 (1.71%) Unix
5 22 (1.35%) Windows Server
6 9 (0.55%) Ubuntu
7 5 (0.31%) Android
7 5 (0.31%) CentOS
7 5 (0.31%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.061%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.061%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.061%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 307 (18.78%) Agile
2 195 (11.93%) Continuous Improvement
2 195 (11.93%) Cybersecurity
3 161 (9.85%) DevOps
3 161 (9.85%) Problem-Solving
4 151 (9.24%) Software Engineering
5 145 (8.87%) Analytics
6 135 (8.26%) Mentoring
7 128 (7.83%) ITIL
8 124 (7.58%) Community of Practice
9 115 (7.03%) CI/CD
10 111 (6.79%) Technology Strategy
11 102 (6.24%) Stakeholder Management
12 96 (5.87%) Collaborative Culture
13 92 (5.63%) Risk Management
14 83 (5.08%) Project Delivery
15 78 (4.77%) Infrastructure as Code
15 78 (4.77%) User Experience
15 78 (4.77%) Validation
16 77 (4.71%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 127 (7.77%) Python
2 117 (7.16%) Java
3 73 (4.46%) JavaScript
4 70 (4.28%) SQL
5 56 (3.43%) C#
6 30 (1.83%) PowerShell
7 26 (1.59%) TypeScript
8 22 (1.35%) Apex Code
9 21 (1.28%) C++
10 20 (1.22%) Bash
11 9 (0.55%) Ada
11 9 (0.55%) C
11 9 (0.55%) Rust
12 8 (0.49%) Go
13 7 (0.43%) Groovy
14 6 (0.37%) VBA
15 4 (0.24%) Bicep
15 4 (0.24%) PL/SQL
15 4 (0.24%) Scala
15 4 (0.24%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1,019 (62.32%) SC Cleared
2 300 (18.35%) Degree
3 293 (17.92%) DV Cleared
4 73 (4.46%) CISSP
5 66 (4.04%) CTC Cleared
6 62 (3.79%) BPSS Clearance
7 51 (3.12%) Computer Science Degree
8 45 (2.75%) Microsoft Certification
9 43 (2.63%) CISM
10 26 (1.59%) Azure Certification
11 22 (1.35%) Cisco Certification
12 20 (1.22%) AWS Certification
13 17 (1.04%) CREST Certified
14 14 (0.86%) HNC
14 14 (0.86%) TOGAF Certification
15 12 (0.73%) GIAC
15 12 (0.73%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 11 (0.67%) Master's Degree
17 10 (0.61%) CompTIA Security+
17 10 (0.61%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (5.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 69 (4.22%) SLA
3 61 (3.73%) NIST
4 50 (3.06%) Accessibility
5 47 (2.87%) GDPR
6 43 (2.63%) QA
7 34 (2.08%) GRC
8 27 (1.65%) Data Quality
8 27 (1.65%) WCAG
9 21 (1.28%) NCSC
10 19 (1.16%) PCI DSS
11 13 (0.80%) JSP 440
12 12 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials
13 10 (0.61%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 9 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 7 (0.43%) Actionable Recommendations
15 7 (0.43%) Government Security Classifications
15 7 (0.43%) PMO
16 5 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 42001
16 5 (0.31%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 80 (4.89%) Docker
2 36 (2.20%) Active Directory
3 16 (0.98%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.67%) VMware NSX
5 7 (0.43%) Firmware
5 7 (0.43%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.24%) vSphere
8 2 (0.12%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 2 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.061%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.061%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.061%) IAG
9 1 (0.061%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.061%) Xen
Systems Management
1 87 (5.32%) Terraform
2 79 (4.83%) Kubernetes
3 54 (3.30%) Ansible
4 20 (1.22%) Grafana
5 17 (1.04%) Microsoft Intune
5 17 (1.04%) Prometheus
6 9 (0.55%) Puppet
7 6 (0.37%) Argo
7 6 (0.37%) Endace
7 6 (0.37%) Nmap
8 5 (0.31%) AWS Copilot
8 5 (0.31%) QRadar
9 4 (0.24%) Kibana
9 4 (0.24%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 4 (0.24%) Packer
9 4 (0.24%) Progress Chef
9 4 (0.24%) SCCM
9 4 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.24%) WSUS
9 4 (0.24%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 190 (11.62%) Microsoft
2 104 (6.36%) Cisco
3 64 (3.91%) Google
4 55 (3.36%) SAP
5 40 (2.45%) Oracle
6 37 (2.26%) Salesforce
7 29 (1.77%) VMware
8 28 (1.71%) Adobe
9 23 (1.41%) Red Hat
10 18 (1.10%) Splunk
11 17 (1.04%) MuleSoft
12 15 (0.92%) ServiceNow
13 13 (0.80%) Databricks
14 11 (0.67%) CyberArk
15 10 (0.61%) Juniper
15 10 (0.61%) Meraki
16 8 (0.49%) F5
17 7 (0.43%) Okta
18 6 (0.37%) Ariba
18 6 (0.37%) Dell