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 23 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 33 22
Rank change year-on-year +15 -11 +13
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,388 1,197 2,158
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.93% 7.30% 8.85%
As % of the Qualifications category 27.45% 25.68% 32.95%
Number of salaries quoted 914 704 1,456
10th Percentile £44,045 £42,500 £38,734
25th Percentile £51,250 £52,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £79,600 £74,625
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,350 £88,750
UK median annual salary £62,500 £62,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +8.70% -

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 5,056 4,662 6,549
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 32.53% 28.44% 26.86%
Number of salaries quoted 2,549 2,400 4,763
10th Percentile £30,500 £34,404 £32,500
25th Percentile £44,196 £46,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -4.35%

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 23 January 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 27 (1.95%) SharePoint
2 11 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
3 8 (0.58%) Apache Airflow
4 5 (0.36%) Apache
4 5 (0.36%) Apache Spark
4 5 (0.36%) Confluence
5 4 (0.29%) ArcGIS
5 4 (0.29%) GeoServer
5 4 (0.29%) Oracle Spatial
6 3 (0.22%) Tomcat
6 3 (0.22%) WebLogic
6 3 (0.22%) WebLogic Portal
6 3 (0.22%) WordPress
7 2 (0.14%) Camunda
8 1 (0.072%) IIS
Applications
1 81 (5.84%) Microsoft Office
2 29 (2.09%) Adobe XD
3 14 (1.01%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.22%) AutoCAD
5 3 (0.22%) InVision
5 3 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (0.22%) Simulink
5 3 (0.22%) Sketch
6 2 (0.14%) Weka
7 1 (0.072%) EngageOne
7 1 (0.072%) EPLAN
7 1 (0.072%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.072%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.072%) Revit
7 1 (0.072%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 23 (1.66%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (1.22%) Dynamics CRM
3 13 (0.94%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 4 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.29%) Primavera
4 4 (0.29%) SAP PP
5 3 (0.22%) Oracle ERP
5 3 (0.22%) SAP CO
5 3 (0.22%) SAP FI
5 3 (0.22%) SAP FI/CO
5 3 (0.22%) SAP PM
6 2 (0.14%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.14%) SAP SCM
7 1 (0.072%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 1 (0.072%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.072%) SAP HCM
7 1 (0.072%) SAP HR
7 1 (0.072%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.072%) Teamcenter
7 1 (0.072%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 209 (15.06%) Azure
2 192 (13.83%) AWS
3 120 (8.65%) Microsoft 365
4 52 (3.75%) Entra ID
4 52 (3.75%) Power Platform
5 47 (3.39%) GCP
6 39 (2.81%) AWS CloudFormation
7 32 (2.31%) PowerApps
8 31 (2.23%) Azure DevOps
8 31 (2.23%) Figma
9 27 (1.95%) Amazon EKS
9 27 (1.95%) Dynamics 365
9 27 (1.95%) GitHub
9 27 (1.95%) Power Automate
10 26 (1.87%) Serverless
11 24 (1.73%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 22 (1.59%) Amazon ECS
13 20 (1.44%) AWS Lambda
14 19 (1.37%) Amazon S3
15 16 (1.15%) Azure AKS
Communications & Networking
1 41 (2.95%) Firewall
2 28 (2.02%) VPN
3 21 (1.51%) Network Security
4 16 (1.15%) LAN
5 15 (1.08%) DNS
5 15 (1.08%) TCP/IP
6 13 (0.94%) WAN
7 11 (0.79%) BGP
7 11 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
8 8 (0.58%) DHCP
8 8 (0.58%) Wireless
9 7 (0.50%) DMZ
9 7 (0.50%) Ethernet
9 7 (0.50%) MPLS
9 7 (0.50%) Software-Defined Radio
10 6 (0.43%) IPsec
10 6 (0.43%) SAN
10 6 (0.43%) VoIP
11 5 (0.36%) Cisco ASA
11 5 (0.36%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (2.74%) Power BI
2 31 (2.23%) PostgreSQL
3 23 (1.66%) NoSQL
4 17 (1.22%) MongoDB
4 17 (1.22%) SQL Server
5 16 (1.15%) Amazon RDS
6 15 (1.08%) Metadata
7 14 (1.01%) MySQL
8 13 (0.94%) Relational Database
9 11 (0.79%) Elasticsearch
10 8 (0.58%) Redis
10 8 (0.58%) Tableau
11 7 (0.50%) Data Warehouse
12 6 (0.43%) GIS
13 5 (0.36%) Amazon Redshift
13 5 (0.36%) Big Data
13 5 (0.36%) BigQuery
13 5 (0.36%) DynamoDB
13 5 (0.36%) SAP HANA
14 4 (0.29%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 35 (2.52%) Jenkins
2 34 (2.45%) Git
3 29 (2.09%) Balsamiq
4 27 (1.95%) Axure RP
5 18 (1.30%) JIRA
5 18 (1.30%) Selenium
6 15 (1.08%) GitLab
7 11 (0.79%) Cypress.io
8 9 (0.65%) WebDriver
9 7 (0.50%) Burp Suite
9 7 (0.50%) Metasploit
10 6 (0.43%) JMeter
10 6 (0.43%) SonarQube
11 5 (0.36%) Robot Framework
12 4 (0.29%) Babel
12 4 (0.29%) MLflow
12 4 (0.29%) webpack
13 3 (0.22%) Bitbucket
13 3 (0.22%) Rational Rhapsody
13 3 (0.22%) TeamCity
General
1 338 (24.35%) Social Skills
2 276 (19.88%) Public Sector
3 187 (13.47%) Finance
4 146 (10.52%) Analytical Skills
5 112 (8.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 103 (7.42%) Law
7 85 (6.12%) Manufacturing
8 63 (4.54%) Back Office
9 59 (4.25%) Telecoms
10 57 (4.11%) Electronics
11 55 (3.96%) Marketing
12 31 (2.23%) Military
13 24 (1.73%) Aerospace
13 24 (1.73%) Presentation Skills
14 21 (1.51%) Retail
15 17 (1.22%) Organisational Skills
16 15 (1.08%) Legal
17 14 (1.01%) Influencing Skills
18 10 (0.72%) Banking
19 9 (0.65%) Games
Job Titles
1 178 (12.82%) Senior
2 162 (11.67%) Systems Engineer
3 130 (9.37%) Analyst
4 127 (9.15%) Architect
5 123 (8.86%) Consultant
6 86 (6.20%) Lead
7 84 (6.05%) Developer
8 83 (5.98%) Business Analyst
9 80 (5.76%) Support Engineer
10 75 (5.40%) Software Engineer
11 64 (4.61%) Site Engineer
12 61 (4.39%) Desktop Engineer
13 60 (4.32%) Desktop Support
13 60 (4.32%) Desktop Support Engineer
14 42 (3.03%) Security Consultant
15 39 (2.81%) Solutions Architect
16 38 (2.74%) Designer
17 36 (2.59%) Data Engineer
18 33 (2.38%) Administrator
18 33 (2.38%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (3.46%) React
2 39 (2.81%) .NET
3 29 (2.09%) HTML
4 28 (2.02%) CSS
5 26 (1.87%) Spring
6 25 (1.80%) REST
7 24 (1.73%) SAP CAF
8 20 (1.44%) Spring Boot
9 18 (1.30%) Django
10 17 (1.22%) Node.js
10 17 (1.22%) SOAP
11 16 (1.15%) AngularJS
11 16 (1.15%) Lightning Web Components
12 15 (1.08%) HTML5 Canvas
12 15 (1.08%) Middleware
13 14 (1.01%) Kafka
14 13 (0.94%) ASP.NET
15 12 (0.86%) Visualforce
16 11 (0.79%) RESTful
16 11 (0.79%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 64 (4.61%) Cloud Native
2 61 (4.39%) e-Learning
3 56 (4.03%) Product Ownership
4 45 (3.24%) Security Posture
5 42 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
6 28 (2.02%) Data Centre
7 26 (1.87%) Management Information System
8 24 (1.73%) Onboarding
9 18 (1.30%) PKI
10 16 (1.15%) Algorithms
10 16 (1.15%) Analytical Mindset
11 15 (1.08%) Driving Licence
12 12 (0.86%) Distributed Systems
13 11 (0.79%) Cyber Security Posture
14 10 (0.72%) Hybrid Cloud
14 10 (0.72%) Legacy Systems
14 10 (0.72%) Private Cloud
15 9 (0.65%) AI Agents
15 9 (0.65%) Low-Code
16 8 (0.58%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 122 (8.79%) Windows
2 121 (8.72%) Linux
3 66 (4.76%) Windows 10
4 42 (3.03%) Unix
5 17 (1.22%) Windows Server
6 10 (0.72%) Ubuntu
7 9 (0.65%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (0.43%) CentOS
8 6 (0.43%) Embedded Linux
9 5 (0.36%) Debian
9 5 (0.36%) Solaris
10 3 (0.22%) VMS
11 2 (0.14%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.072%) Android
12 1 (0.072%) Rocky
12 1 (0.072%) Windows Server 2012
12 1 (0.072%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.072%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 264 (19.02%) Agile
2 195 (14.05%) Problem-Solving
3 174 (12.54%) Cybersecurity
4 169 (12.18%) Continuous Improvement
5 164 (11.82%) Software Engineering
6 144 (10.37%) DevOps
7 140 (10.09%) Analytics
8 113 (8.14%) CI/CD
9 111 (8.00%) ITIL
10 92 (6.63%) Collaborative Culture
11 91 (6.56%) Business Intelligence
12 90 (6.48%) Innovative Thinking
13 87 (6.27%) Community of Practice
14 86 (6.20%) Technology Strategy
15 83 (5.98%) Mentoring
16 79 (5.69%) AI
17 76 (5.48%) Infrastructure as Code
18 72 (5.19%) Computer Science
19 69 (4.97%) User Experience
19 69 (4.97%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 151 (10.88%) Python
2 97 (6.99%) Java
3 81 (5.84%) JavaScript
4 61 (4.39%) C#
4 61 (4.39%) SQL
5 43 (3.10%) PowerShell
6 35 (2.52%) Bash
7 28 (2.02%) TypeScript
8 27 (1.95%) C
8 27 (1.95%) C++
9 22 (1.59%) Bicep
10 16 (1.15%) Apex Code
11 15 (1.08%) Go
12 11 (0.79%) MATLAB
13 9 (0.65%) Ada
14 6 (0.43%) ABAP
14 6 (0.43%) VBA
15 5 (0.36%) Google Apps Script
15 5 (0.36%) Korn
15 5 (0.36%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 843 (60.73%) SC Cleared
2 318 (22.91%) Degree
3 248 (17.87%) DV Cleared
4 72 (5.19%) CISSP
5 71 (5.12%) BPSS Clearance
6 63 (4.54%) CTC Cleared
7 51 (3.67%) Cisco Certification
7 51 (3.67%) Computer Science Degree
8 50 (3.60%) Microsoft Certification
9 49 (3.53%) CISM
10 40 (2.88%) Azure Certification
11 32 (2.31%) CCNA
12 29 (2.09%) CCNP
12 29 (2.09%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 28 (2.02%) AWS Certification
14 15 (1.08%) Master's Degree
15 13 (0.94%) CREST Certified
16 12 (0.86%) CEH
16 12 (0.86%) CompTIA Security+
16 12 (0.86%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (6.70%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 70 (5.04%) SLA
3 67 (4.83%) NIST
4 58 (4.18%) Accessibility
5 46 (3.31%) GRC
6 45 (3.24%) GDPR
7 42 (3.03%) QA
8 29 (2.09%) WCAG
9 22 (1.59%) Data Quality
10 18 (1.30%) NCSC
11 15 (1.08%) JSP 440
11 15 (1.08%) PCI DSS
12 9 (0.65%) ISO/IEC 42001
13 8 (0.58%) Cyber Essentials
14 7 (0.50%) Actionable Recommendations
15 6 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 6 (0.43%) ISO 9001
16 5 (0.36%) NIST 800
17 3 (0.22%) ISO 14001
17 3 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 17025
System Software
1 67 (4.83%) Docker
2 27 (1.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 24 (1.73%) Active Directory
4 14 (1.01%) Firmware
5 9 (0.65%) Hyper-V
5 9 (0.65%) Virtual Machines
5 9 (0.65%) VMware NSX
6 6 (0.43%) Embedded Firmware
7 4 (0.29%) vSphere
8 1 (0.072%) pfSense
8 1 (0.072%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.072%) vCloud
8 1 (0.072%) Virtual Desktop
8 1 (0.072%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 82 (5.91%) Terraform
2 78 (5.62%) Kubernetes
3 48 (3.46%) Ansible
4 31 (2.23%) Grafana
5 10 (0.72%) Prometheus
6 9 (0.65%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (0.50%) Nmap
8 6 (0.43%) SCOM
9 5 (0.36%) SCCM
10 4 (0.29%) Kibana
10 4 (0.29%) WSUS
10 4 (0.29%) ZABBIX
11 3 (0.22%) Argo
11 3 (0.22%) Docker Swarm
11 3 (0.22%) Endace
11 3 (0.22%) Nagios
11 3 (0.22%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 3 (0.22%) Puppet
11 3 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
12 2 (0.14%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 168 (12.10%) Microsoft
2 121 (8.72%) Cisco
3 80 (5.76%) SAP
4 47 (3.39%) Google
5 43 (3.10%) Salesforce
6 34 (2.45%) VMware
7 29 (2.09%) Adobe
8 27 (1.95%) Oracle
9 17 (1.22%) ServiceNow
10 16 (1.15%) Red Hat
11 13 (0.94%) Sparx
11 13 (0.94%) Splunk
12 10 (0.72%) Juniper
12 10 (0.72%) MuleSoft
13 9 (0.65%) CheckPoint
14 8 (0.58%) Databricks
15 6 (0.43%) F5
16 5 (0.36%) Meraki
16 5 (0.36%) NetApp
17 4 (0.29%) ESRI