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 1 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 27 21
Rank change year-on-year +4 -6 +23
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,102 1,537 1,994
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.29% 7.96% 9.58%
As % of the Qualifications category 21.11% 29.76% 34.46%
Number of salaries quoted 693 898 1,384
10th Percentile £41,932 £40,525 £38,856
25th Percentile £50,000 £50,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -

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 5,220 5,165 5,786
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.54% 26.76% 27.79%
Number of salaries quoted 2,408 2,628 4,320
10th Percentile £29,750 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £45,688 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +0.67%
75th Percentile £78,312 £76,250 £76,250
90th Percentile £93,225 £88,825 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,033 £57,500
% change year-on-year -5.23% +0.93% +0.88%

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 1 December 2025.

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 27 (2.45%) SharePoint
2 11 (1.00%) Confluence
3 9 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
4 4 (0.36%) Apache Spark
5 3 (0.27%) ArcGIS
5 3 (0.27%) GeoServer
5 3 (0.27%) Oracle Spatial
5 3 (0.27%) Tomcat
5 3 (0.27%) WebLogic
5 3 (0.27%) WebLogic Portal
5 3 (0.27%) WordPress
6 2 (0.18%) Apache
7 1 (0.091%) Camunda
7 1 (0.091%) IIS
Applications
1 35 (3.18%) Microsoft Office
2 24 (2.18%) Adobe XD
3 17 (1.54%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.36%) Revit
6 3 (0.27%) AutoCAD
6 3 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.27%) Simulink
7 2 (0.18%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.18%) Navisworks
8 1 (0.091%) Civil 3D
8 1 (0.091%) EPLAN
Business Applications
1 34 (3.09%) SAP S/4HANA
2 27 (2.45%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 17 (1.54%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (0.64%) SAP PP
5 6 (0.54%) SAP SCM
6 4 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.36%) Primavera
6 4 (0.36%) SAP CO
6 4 (0.36%) SAP FI
6 4 (0.36%) SAP FI/CO
7 3 (0.27%) SAP BPC
7 3 (0.27%) SAP PM
8 2 (0.18%) Remedy ITSM
8 2 (0.18%) SAP APO
8 2 (0.18%) SAP EWM
8 2 (0.18%) SAP IBP
8 2 (0.18%) SAP MM
8 2 (0.18%) SAP QM
9 1 (0.091%) Q-Pulse
9 1 (0.091%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 210 (19.06%) Azure
2 178 (16.15%) AWS
3 75 (6.81%) Microsoft 365
4 48 (4.36%) Power Platform
5 43 (3.90%) GCP
6 37 (3.36%) Entra ID
7 36 (3.27%) AWS CloudFormation
8 31 (2.81%) Azure DevOps
9 30 (2.72%) PowerApps
10 28 (2.54%) Dynamics 365
11 27 (2.45%) Power Automate
12 26 (2.36%) Figma
12 26 (2.36%) Serverless
13 25 (2.27%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 25 (2.27%) Amazon EKS
13 25 (2.27%) GitHub
14 24 (2.18%) Amazon ECS
15 19 (1.72%) AWS Lambda
15 19 (1.72%) IaaS
15 19 (1.72%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 37 (3.36%) Firewall
1 37 (3.36%) Network Security
2 28 (2.54%) VPN
3 19 (1.72%) Wireless
4 18 (1.63%) Software-Defined Radio
5 17 (1.54%) LAN
5 17 (1.54%) TCP/IP
6 14 (1.27%) WAN
7 10 (0.91%) Ethernet
7 10 (0.91%) Wi-Fi
8 8 (0.73%) DNS
8 8 (0.73%) Junos
8 8 (0.73%) SAN
9 7 (0.64%) BGP
9 7 (0.64%) MPLS
9 7 (0.64%) SD-WAN
10 6 (0.54%) IPsec
11 5 (0.45%) Wireshark
12 4 (0.36%) Cisco IOS
12 4 (0.36%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (3.27%) PostgreSQL
2 34 (3.09%) Power BI
3 18 (1.63%) NoSQL
4 17 (1.54%) Amazon RDS
5 16 (1.45%) MongoDB
6 13 (1.18%) MySQL
7 12 (1.09%) Relational Database
7 12 (1.09%) SQL Server
8 10 (0.91%) Elasticsearch
9 8 (0.73%) Redis
10 7 (0.64%) Metadata
11 6 (0.54%) GIS
11 6 (0.54%) SAP HANA
11 6 (0.54%) Tableau
12 5 (0.45%) Big Data
13 4 (0.36%) Amazon Redshift
13 4 (0.36%) Data Warehouse
14 3 (0.27%) DB2
14 3 (0.27%) Oracle Discoverer
14 3 (0.27%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 29 (2.63%) Jenkins
2 28 (2.54%) Git
3 27 (2.45%) Balsamiq
4 24 (2.18%) Axure RP
5 20 (1.81%) JIRA
6 13 (1.18%) Selenium
7 12 (1.09%) GitLab
8 11 (1.00%) Cypress.io
9 8 (0.73%) WebDriver
10 5 (0.45%) Babel
10 5 (0.45%) Burp Suite
10 5 (0.45%) Metasploit
10 5 (0.45%) TeamCity
10 5 (0.45%) webpack
11 4 (0.36%) MLflow
11 4 (0.36%) Robot Framework
11 4 (0.36%) SonarQube
12 3 (0.27%) Oracle APEX
12 3 (0.27%) Oracle Forms
12 3 (0.27%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 276 (25.05%) Social Skills
2 250 (22.69%) Public Sector
3 224 (20.33%) Finance
4 170 (15.43%) Analytical Skills
5 98 (8.89%) Manufacturing
6 92 (8.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 92 (8.35%) Law
7 89 (8.08%) Electronics
8 82 (7.44%) Telecoms
9 77 (6.99%) Marketing
10 30 (2.72%) Presentation Skills
11 26 (2.36%) Aerospace
11 26 (2.36%) Military
12 23 (2.09%) Back Office
13 15 (1.36%) Organisational Skills
14 12 (1.09%) Retail
15 11 (1.00%) Documentation Skills
15 11 (1.00%) Legal
16 8 (0.73%) Aviation
17 7 (0.64%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 137 (12.43%) Consultant
1 137 (12.43%) Senior
2 123 (11.16%) Systems Engineer
3 113 (10.25%) Architect
4 87 (7.89%) Developer
5 73 (6.62%) Lead
6 65 (5.90%) Analyst
7 62 (5.63%) Security Consultant
8 58 (5.26%) Software Engineer
9 49 (4.45%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 46 (4.17%) Administrator
11 36 (3.27%) Systems Administrator
12 34 (3.09%) Designer
13 30 (2.72%) Solutions Architect
14 29 (2.63%) Cybersecurity Consultant
15 28 (2.54%) Support Engineer
16 27 (2.45%) Senior Developer
17 26 (2.36%) Embedded Engineer
18 25 (2.27%) DevOps Engineer
18 25 (2.27%) Embedded Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (4.08%) React
2 38 (3.45%) OLE
3 27 (2.45%) .NET
4 25 (2.27%) Node.js
5 24 (2.18%) HTML
5 24 (2.18%) SAP CAF
6 23 (2.09%) CSS
7 19 (1.72%) Spring
8 18 (1.63%) Django
9 17 (1.54%) SAP Fiori
9 17 (1.54%) Spring Boot
10 16 (1.45%) HTML5 Canvas
11 13 (1.18%) AngularJS
11 13 (1.18%) REST
12 10 (0.91%) Elastic Stack
12 10 (0.91%) Kafka
13 9 (0.82%) Lightning Web Components
13 9 (0.82%) Middleware
13 9 (0.82%) Web Services
14 8 (0.73%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 108 (9.80%) e-Learning
2 58 (5.26%) Cloud Native
3 45 (4.08%) Product Ownership
4 39 (3.54%) Data Centre
4 39 (3.54%) Self-Motivation
5 38 (3.45%) Analytical Mindset
6 23 (2.09%) Management Information System
6 23 (2.09%) Onboarding
7 22 (2.00%) Security Posture
8 20 (1.81%) Hybrid Cloud
9 18 (1.63%) Driving Licence
9 18 (1.63%) Embedded Systems
10 17 (1.54%) Algorithms
10 17 (1.54%) MicroBlaze
10 17 (1.54%) RISC-V
11 15 (1.36%) Private Cloud
12 12 (1.09%) PKI
13 11 (1.00%) Virtual Team
14 9 (0.82%) Distributed Systems
14 9 (0.82%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 139 (12.61%) Linux
2 84 (7.62%) Windows
3 49 (4.45%) Unix
4 24 (2.18%) Windows 10
5 17 (1.54%) Embedded Linux
5 17 (1.54%) Windows Server
6 10 (0.91%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 8 (0.73%) Rocky
7 8 (0.73%) Windows Server 2019
8 7 (0.64%) CentOS
8 7 (0.64%) Solaris
8 7 (0.64%) Ubuntu
9 5 (0.45%) Debian
9 5 (0.45%) Mac OS X
10 4 (0.36%) Android
11 3 (0.27%) VMS
12 2 (0.18%) HPUX
12 2 (0.18%) Kali Linux
12 2 (0.18%) Oracle Linux
13 1 (0.091%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 240 (21.78%) Agile
2 185 (16.79%) Problem-Solving
3 148 (13.43%) Cybersecurity
4 147 (13.34%) Software Engineering
5 135 (12.25%) Innovative Thinking
6 119 (10.80%) Continuous Improvement
6 119 (10.80%) DevOps
7 110 (9.98%) Business Intelligence
8 106 (9.62%) CI/CD
9 98 (8.89%) Mentoring
10 90 (8.17%) Analytics
11 76 (6.90%) Computer Science
12 74 (6.72%) Collaborative Culture
12 74 (6.72%) Community of Practice
13 71 (6.44%) Infrastructure as Code
14 69 (6.26%) Digital Marketing
14 69 (6.26%) Technology Strategy
15 68 (6.17%) Programme Management
15 68 (6.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 67 (6.08%) AI
Programming Languages
1 130 (11.80%) Python
2 84 (7.62%) JavaScript
3 78 (7.08%) Java
4 46 (4.17%) SQL
5 43 (3.90%) C#
6 39 (3.54%) PowerShell
7 38 (3.45%) C
8 37 (3.36%) C++
9 33 (2.99%) Bash
10 26 (2.36%) TypeScript
11 22 (2.00%) Bicep
12 14 (1.27%) Go
13 11 (1.00%) MATLAB
14 9 (0.82%) Apex Code
15 8 (0.73%) ABAP
15 8 (0.73%) Ada
15 8 (0.73%) Kotlin
16 6 (0.54%) Scala
16 6 (0.54%) VBA
17 5 (0.45%) R
Qualifications
1 725 (65.79%) SC Cleared
2 267 (24.23%) Degree
3 241 (21.87%) DV Cleared
4 77 (6.99%) CISSP
5 75 (6.81%) BPSS Clearance
6 67 (6.08%) Cisco Certification
7 55 (4.99%) Computer Science Degree
8 49 (4.45%) CCNP
9 47 (4.26%) CISM
10 43 (3.90%) Azure Certification
11 41 (3.72%) Microsoft Certification
12 40 (3.63%) CCNA
13 35 (3.18%) CompTIA Security+
14 33 (2.99%) AWS Certification
15 32 (2.90%) CEH
16 29 (2.63%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
17 23 (2.09%) CTC Cleared
18 20 (1.81%) SAP Certification
19 17 (1.54%) Master's Degree
20 11 (1.00%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (8.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 83 (7.53%) NIST
3 48 (4.36%) Accessibility
4 42 (3.81%) GRC
5 38 (3.45%) QA
6 33 (2.99%) GDPR
7 31 (2.81%) PCI DSS
7 31 (2.81%) SLA
8 26 (2.36%) WCAG
9 12 (1.09%) NCSC
10 11 (1.00%) JSP 440
11 10 (0.91%) Data Quality
12 7 (0.64%) ISO 9001
13 6 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 5 (0.45%) NIST 800
15 4 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials
16 3 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
16 3 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 3 (0.27%) ISO 14001
16 3 (0.27%) ISO 19650
System Software
1 57 (5.17%) Docker
2 33 (2.99%) Firmware
3 32 (2.90%) Active Directory
4 27 (2.45%) VMware Infrastructure
5 17 (1.54%) Embedded Firmware
6 16 (1.45%) Hyper-V
7 14 (1.27%) Virtual Machines
8 6 (0.54%) vSphere
9 4 (0.36%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.27%) IAG
11 2 (0.18%) pfSense
12 1 (0.091%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 1 (0.091%) vCloud
12 1 (0.091%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 75 (6.81%) Kubernetes
2 69 (6.26%) Terraform
3 42 (3.81%) Ansible
4 30 (2.72%) Grafana
5 7 (0.64%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.54%) SCOM
7 5 (0.45%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (0.36%) Kibana
8 4 (0.36%) Nmap
8 4 (0.36%) SCCM
8 4 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.27%) Argo
9 3 (0.27%) Docker Swarm
9 3 (0.27%) Endace
9 3 (0.27%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.27%) Nessus
9 3 (0.27%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 2 (0.18%) Nagios
10 2 (0.18%) WSUS
10 2 (0.18%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 132 (11.98%) Microsoft
2 115 (10.44%) SAP
3 88 (7.99%) Cisco
4 39 (3.54%) Google
5 38 (3.45%) VMware
6 34 (3.09%) Salesforce
7 27 (2.45%) Sparx
8 24 (2.18%) Adobe
9 19 (1.72%) Oracle
10 17 (1.54%) Red Hat
11 15 (1.36%) Juniper
11 15 (1.36%) ServiceNow
12 11 (1.00%) Splunk
13 10 (0.91%) Dell
14 7 (0.64%) MuleSoft
15 6 (0.54%) Databricks
15 6 (0.54%) Fortinet
16 5 (0.45%) CheckPoint
16 5 (0.45%) F5
16 5 (0.45%) NetApp