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

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 35 25
Rank change year-on-year +11 -10 +1
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,684 1,155 1,926
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.51% 7.00% 7.62%
As % of the Qualifications category 36.17% 20.67% 28.78%
Number of salaries quoted 1,184 570 1,276
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,450 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £47,500
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 £79,688 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,875 £85,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £62,500 £58,800
% change year-on-year +12.00% +6.29% -2.00%

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 4,656 5,587 6,693
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.76% 33.86% 26.47%
Number of salaries quoted 3,075 2,476 3,921
10th Percentile £33,350 £29,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £46,747 £40,976 £42,608
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 5 August 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 (2.26%) Apache
2 37 (2.20%) SharePoint
3 27 (1.60%) Apache Spark
4 13 (0.77%) Anypoint
4 13 (0.77%) Mule
5 12 (0.71%) Apache Airflow
6 10 (0.59%) Confluence
7 7 (0.42%) Camunda
7 7 (0.42%) Jupyter
7 7 (0.42%) Microsoft Exchange
7 7 (0.42%) nginx
7 7 (0.42%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 5 (0.30%) IIS
9 3 (0.18%) Apache Solr
10 2 (0.12%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.12%) GeoServer
10 2 (0.12%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.12%) Oracle Spatial
10 2 (0.12%) WordPress
11 1 (0.059%) Appian
Applications
1 25 (1.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 15 (0.89%) Simulink
3 14 (0.83%) Microsoft Office
4 11 (0.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (0.53%) Adobe XD
6 5 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.30%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.24%) Windchill
8 3 (0.18%) Mathcad
9 1 (0.059%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.059%) CATIA
9 1 (0.059%) FrameMaker
9 1 (0.059%) Houdini
9 1 (0.059%) InDesign
9 1 (0.059%) InVision
9 1 (0.059%) NUKE
9 1 (0.059%) Sketch
9 1 (0.059%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.059%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 28 (1.66%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (0.53%) Primavera
3 7 (0.42%) Oracle ERP
3 7 (0.42%) SAP ERP
4 6 (0.36%) Workday HCM
5 5 (0.30%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.24%) SAP FSCM
7 3 (0.18%) Elite 3E
7 3 (0.18%) Remedy ITSM
7 3 (0.18%) SAP CO
7 3 (0.18%) SAP FI
7 3 (0.18%) SAP FI/CO
7 3 (0.18%) SAP HCM
7 3 (0.18%) Teamcenter
8 2 (0.12%) SAP Payroll
8 2 (0.12%) SAP QM
9 1 (0.059%) Dynamics CRM
9 1 (0.059%) Magento
9 1 (0.059%) Oracle Applications
9 1 (0.059%) SAP GRC
Cloud Services
1 454 (26.96%) Azure
2 414 (24.58%) AWS
3 134 (7.96%) GCP
4 85 (5.05%) Microsoft 365
5 72 (4.28%) Power Platform
6 70 (4.16%) Entra ID
7 43 (2.55%) AWS CloudFormation
7 43 (2.55%) dbt
8 35 (2.08%) GitHub
9 30 (1.78%) Serverless
10 28 (1.66%) SaaS
11 27 (1.60%) Azure DevOps
12 25 (1.48%) PaaS
13 22 (1.31%) Azure Sentinel
14 21 (1.25%) Google Analytics
15 20 (1.19%) Microsoft Purview
16 19 (1.13%) Amazon EC2
17 18 (1.07%) Amazon S3
17 18 (1.07%) Dynamics 365
18 17 (1.01%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 49 (2.91%) Firewall
2 45 (2.67%) Network Security
3 43 (2.55%) TCP/IP
4 32 (1.90%) DNS
5 27 (1.60%) WAN
6 18 (1.07%) LAN
6 18 (1.07%) VPN
7 16 (0.95%) SSL
8 15 (0.89%) BGP
8 15 (0.89%) DHCP
9 12 (0.71%) ATM
9 12 (0.71%) MPLS
10 9 (0.53%) SMTP
11 8 (0.48%) HTTP
12 7 (0.42%) OSPF
13 6 (0.36%) Intrusion Detection
13 6 (0.36%) Wi-Fi
13 6 (0.36%) Wireless
14 5 (0.30%) SNMP
15 4 (0.24%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (3.33%) Power BI
2 44 (2.61%) PostgreSQL
3 27 (1.60%) Big Data
4 25 (1.48%) Data Warehouse
4 25 (1.48%) NoSQL
5 19 (1.13%) SQL Server
6 17 (1.01%) Metadata
7 16 (0.95%) MongoDB
8 13 (0.77%) Amazon Athena
9 12 (0.71%) DynamoDB
9 12 (0.71%) Redis
10 11 (0.65%) Relational Database
10 11 (0.65%) Tableau
11 10 (0.59%) Data Lake
11 10 (0.59%) MySQL
12 9 (0.53%) Elasticsearch
13 7 (0.42%) Amazon RDS
13 7 (0.42%) Hadoop
14 6 (0.36%) SAP HANA
15 5 (0.30%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 62 (3.68%) Git
2 39 (2.32%) Jenkins
3 38 (2.26%) GitLab
4 25 (1.48%) JIRA
5 22 (1.31%) JUnit
6 16 (0.95%) Rational DOORS
6 16 (0.95%) Selenium
7 13 (0.77%) Mockito
8 12 (0.71%) Maven
9 9 (0.53%) Balsamiq
9 9 (0.53%) Cucumber
9 9 (0.53%) Postman
10 8 (0.48%) Axure RP
11 7 (0.42%) Burp Suite
11 7 (0.42%) Gatling
11 7 (0.42%) Metasploit
12 6 (0.36%) Cypress.io
12 6 (0.36%) SonarQube
13 4 (0.24%) LabVIEW
14 3 (0.18%) JMeter
General
1 515 (30.58%) Social Skills
2 397 (23.57%) Public Sector
3 309 (18.35%) Finance
4 290 (17.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 192 (11.40%) Analytical Skills
6 161 (9.56%) Law
7 110 (6.53%) Aerospace
8 71 (4.22%) Legal
9 52 (3.09%) Presentation Skills
10 42 (2.49%) Organisational Skills
11 40 (2.38%) Retail
11 40 (2.38%) Telecoms
12 39 (2.32%) Manufacturing
13 34 (2.02%) Military
14 33 (1.96%) Electronics
15 31 (1.84%) Influencing Skills
16 21 (1.25%) Police
17 13 (0.77%) Documentation Skills
18 12 (0.71%) Automotive
18 12 (0.71%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 319 (18.94%) Senior
2 290 (17.22%) Architect
3 196 (11.64%) Consultant
4 156 (9.26%) Lead
5 123 (7.30%) Developer
6 122 (7.24%) Solutions Architect
7 119 (7.07%) Software Engineer
8 118 (7.01%) Analyst
9 67 (3.98%) Data Engineer
10 63 (3.74%) Cloud Engineer
11 57 (3.38%) Security Consultant
12 53 (3.15%) Senior Manager
13 52 (3.09%) Senior Consultant
13 52 (3.09%) Senior Developer
14 50 (2.97%) DevOps Engineer
15 49 (2.91%) Security Architect
16 48 (2.85%) Business Analyst
17 43 (2.55%) Senior Analyst
18 42 (2.49%) Java Developer
19 39 (2.32%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (3.50%) REST
2 52 (3.09%) React
3 45 (2.67%) Spring
4 33 (1.96%) .NET
4 33 (1.96%) Kafka
5 26 (1.54%) OAuth
5 26 (1.54%) SOAP
6 23 (1.37%) CSS
7 22 (1.31%) AngularJS
8 21 (1.25%) HTML
8 21 (1.25%) Playwright
8 21 (1.25%) Spring Boot
9 16 (0.95%) JWT
9 16 (0.95%) Middleware
9 16 (0.95%) OAuth2
9 16 (0.95%) PySpark
9 16 (0.95%) RESTful
10 14 (0.83%) Web Services
11 13 (0.77%) Node.js
11 13 (0.77%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 130 (7.72%) Cloud Native
2 59 (3.50%) Onboarding
2 59 (3.50%) Product Ownership
3 56 (3.33%) Management Information System
4 54 (3.21%) Self-Motivation
5 44 (2.61%) Security Posture
6 35 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
7 32 (1.90%) Driving Licence
8 30 (1.78%) Blog
8 30 (1.78%) Data Centre
9 26 (1.54%) Distributed Systems
10 24 (1.43%) PKI
11 23 (1.37%) Cyber Threat
12 22 (1.31%) FPGA
13 20 (1.19%) Cyber Defence
14 19 (1.13%) Security Operations Centre
15 17 (1.01%) CMDB
15 17 (1.01%) Public Cloud
16 16 (0.95%) Algorithms
16 16 (0.95%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 129 (7.66%) Linux
2 99 (5.88%) Windows
3 39 (2.32%) Windows Server
4 35 (2.08%) Unix
5 14 (0.83%) Windows 10
6 5 (0.30%) Android
6 5 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.24%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.18%) Kali Linux
8 3 (0.18%) VxWorks
9 2 (0.12%) Apple iOS
9 2 (0.12%) CentOS
9 2 (0.12%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.059%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.059%) Mac OS
10 1 (0.059%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 458 (27.20%) Agile
2 284 (16.86%) Continuous Improvement
3 259 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
4 257 (15.26%) Mentoring
5 241 (14.31%) Problem-Solving
6 233 (13.84%) CI/CD
7 229 (13.60%) DevOps
8 207 (12.29%) Software Engineering
9 206 (12.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 174 (10.33%) AI
11 168 (9.98%) Stakeholder Management
12 139 (8.25%) Collaborative Culture
13 135 (8.02%) Community of Practice
14 134 (7.96%) Infrastructure as Code
14 134 (7.96%) Technical Leadership
15 130 (7.72%) Decision-Making
16 125 (7.42%) Project Delivery
17 123 (7.30%) Analytics
18 122 (7.24%) Coaching
19 119 (7.07%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 216 (12.83%) Python
2 160 (9.50%) Java
3 112 (6.65%) SQL
4 92 (5.46%) JavaScript
5 51 (3.03%) C++
6 47 (2.79%) C#
7 40 (2.38%) Bash
8 39 (2.32%) PowerShell
9 30 (1.78%) TypeScript
10 27 (1.60%) C
11 17 (1.01%) Ada
12 16 (0.95%) Groovy
12 16 (0.95%) MATLAB
13 13 (0.77%) DataWeave
14 11 (0.65%) PL/SQL
14 11 (0.65%) Rust
15 9 (0.53%) Go
15 9 (0.53%) Kusto Query Language
15 9 (0.53%) Ruby
15 9 (0.53%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1,329 (78.92%) SC Cleared
2 368 (21.85%) DV Cleared
3 304 (18.05%) Degree
4 188 (11.16%) BPSS Clearance
5 75 (4.45%) CISSP
6 55 (3.27%) Computer Science Degree
7 53 (3.15%) CISM
8 41 (2.43%) Azure Certification
9 33 (1.96%) AWS Certification
9 33 (1.96%) Microsoft Certification
10 26 (1.54%) Master's Degree
11 19 (1.13%) Cisco Certification
11 19 (1.13%) CREST Certified
12 18 (1.07%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 17 (1.01%) CRISC
14 16 (0.95%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 13 (0.77%) TOGAF Certification
16 12 (0.71%) HNC
17 11 (0.65%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 11 (0.65%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 134 (7.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 112 (6.65%) Accessibility
3 88 (5.23%) NIST
4 58 (3.44%) QA
5 57 (3.38%) NCSC
6 43 (2.55%) GRC
7 42 (2.49%) GDPR
8 38 (2.26%) Data Quality
9 24 (1.43%) Cyber Essentials
9 24 (1.43%) PCI DSS
9 24 (1.43%) SLA
10 22 (1.31%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 20 (1.19%) WCAG
12 16 (0.95%) JSP 440
13 11 (0.65%) Actionable Recommendations
14 10 (0.59%) Def Stans
15 8 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 8 (0.48%) NIST 800
16 6 (0.36%) Government Security Classifications
16 6 (0.36%) PMO
System Software
1 98 (5.82%) Docker
2 76 (4.51%) Active Directory
3 32 (1.90%) Firmware
4 30 (1.78%) VMware Infrastructure
5 24 (1.43%) Hyper-V
6 13 (0.77%) VMware ESXi
7 7 (0.42%) vSphere
8 6 (0.36%) Squid
8 6 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
8 6 (0.36%) VMware NSX
9 3 (0.18%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.059%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 1 (0.059%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.059%) IAG
10 1 (0.059%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.059%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.059%) Xen
Systems Management
1 116 (6.89%) Terraform
2 108 (6.41%) Kubernetes
3 45 (2.67%) Ansible
4 38 (2.26%) Microsoft Intune
5 18 (1.07%) Prometheus
6 17 (1.01%) Grafana
7 13 (0.77%) CloudHub
8 10 (0.59%) Argo
9 8 (0.48%) Progress Chef
10 7 (0.42%) Nmap
10 7 (0.42%) QRadar
10 7 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
11 6 (0.36%) Kustomize
12 5 (0.30%) AWS Copilot
12 5 (0.30%) Istio
12 5 (0.30%) Packer
12 5 (0.30%) Puppet
12 5 (0.30%) vCenter Server
13 3 (0.18%) FortiGate
13 3 (0.18%) Kibana
Vendors
1 235 (13.95%) Microsoft
2 75 (4.45%) Google
3 60 (3.56%) ServiceNow
4 57 (3.38%) SAP
5 51 (3.03%) Oracle
6 39 (2.32%) VMware
7 34 (2.02%) Cisco
8 30 (1.78%) Salesforce
9 23 (1.37%) Databricks
9 23 (1.37%) MuleSoft
9 23 (1.37%) Red Hat
10 19 (1.13%) OpenAI
11 17 (1.01%) CyberArk
11 17 (1.01%) Splunk
12 15 (0.89%) Okta
13 12 (0.71%) Adobe
14 9 (0.53%) Juniper
15 8 (0.48%) Veeam
16 7 (0.42%) Fortinet
16 7 (0.42%) Siemens