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 7 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 23 39 22
Rank change year-on-year +16 -17 +6
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,576 1,097 2,539
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.47% 6.76% 7.71%
As % of the Qualifications category 35.47% 20.11% 28.88%
Number of salaries quoted 1,198 561 1,729
10th Percentile £45,000 £45,608 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% +8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £93,634 £93,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £69,305 £62,500 £58,000
% change year-on-year +10.89% +7.76% -3.33%

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 4,443 5,454 8,793
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 21.07% 33.59% 26.70%
Number of salaries quoted 3,058 2,455 5,655
10th Percentile £33,250 £28,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £56,525
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +6.15% -5.79%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £93,500 £88,750 £86,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% +2.80% -10.83%

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 7 July 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 (2.41%) SharePoint
2 29 (1.84%) Apache
3 16 (1.02%) Apache Spark
4 14 (0.89%) Apache Airflow
5 12 (0.76%) Microsoft Exchange
6 7 (0.44%) Anypoint
6 7 (0.44%) Jupyter
6 7 (0.44%) Mule
7 5 (0.32%) Confluence
7 5 (0.32%) IIS
8 4 (0.25%) nginx
9 3 (0.19%) Apache Solr
9 3 (0.19%) Camunda
9 3 (0.19%) SAS
10 2 (0.13%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.13%) GeoServer
10 2 (0.13%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.13%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.13%) Oracle Spatial
11 1 (0.063%) Drupal
Applications
1 45 (2.86%) Microsoft Office
2 20 (1.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.44%) Adobe XD
5 4 (0.25%) Simulink
5 4 (0.25%) Windchill
6 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.19%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.13%) InVision
7 2 (0.13%) Sketch
7 2 (0.13%) Weka
8 1 (0.063%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.063%) CATIA
8 1 (0.063%) EngageOne
8 1 (0.063%) FrameMaker
8 1 (0.063%) Houdini
8 1 (0.063%) NUKE
8 1 (0.063%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 28 (1.78%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (0.44%) SAP ERP
3 5 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
3 5 (0.32%) Primavera
4 4 (0.25%) Oracle ERP
4 4 (0.25%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.25%) SAP FSCM
5 3 (0.19%) Elite 3E
5 3 (0.19%) SAP CO
5 3 (0.19%) SAP FI
5 3 (0.19%) SAP FI/CO
5 3 (0.19%) SAP HCM
6 2 (0.13%) SAP Payroll
6 2 (0.13%) SAP QM
6 2 (0.13%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.063%) C-CURE
7 1 (0.063%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.063%) SAP BPC
7 1 (0.063%) SAP EWM
7 1 (0.063%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 378 (23.98%) Azure
2 331 (21.00%) AWS
3 112 (7.11%) Microsoft 365
4 109 (6.92%) GCP
5 92 (5.84%) Entra ID
6 63 (4.00%) Power Platform
7 33 (2.09%) GitHub
7 33 (2.09%) SaaS
8 28 (1.78%) AWS CloudFormation
8 28 (1.78%) Serverless
9 26 (1.65%) PaaS
10 24 (1.52%) Azure DevOps
11 19 (1.21%) Amazon EC2
11 19 (1.21%) Azure Sentinel
11 19 (1.21%) Dynamics 365
12 17 (1.08%) Amazon S3
12 17 (1.08%) Google Analytics
12 17 (1.08%) Microsoft Purview
13 16 (1.02%) dbt
13 16 (1.02%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 44 (2.79%) Firewall
2 43 (2.73%) Network Security
3 30 (1.90%) WAN
4 27 (1.71%) DNS
4 27 (1.71%) TCP/IP
5 23 (1.46%) VPN
6 19 (1.21%) DHCP
6 19 (1.21%) LAN
7 17 (1.08%) BGP
8 14 (0.89%) MPLS
9 13 (0.82%) SMTP
10 11 (0.70%) Wi-Fi
11 10 (0.63%) HTTP
11 10 (0.63%) SSL
12 7 (0.44%) ATM
12 7 (0.44%) Intrusion Detection
12 7 (0.44%) SNMP
13 6 (0.38%) SD-WAN
14 5 (0.32%) Cisco Firepower
14 5 (0.32%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 46 (2.92%) Power BI
2 38 (2.41%) PostgreSQL
3 19 (1.21%) Data Warehouse
4 18 (1.14%) NoSQL
5 17 (1.08%) MongoDB
6 16 (1.02%) Big Data
7 15 (0.95%) Metadata
8 12 (0.76%) Amazon Athena
8 12 (0.76%) Redis
8 12 (0.76%) SQL Server
9 10 (0.63%) DynamoDB
9 10 (0.63%) Elasticsearch
10 8 (0.51%) Tableau
11 7 (0.44%) Amazon RDS
11 7 (0.44%) Data Lake
11 7 (0.44%) MySQL
12 6 (0.38%) Relational Database
12 6 (0.38%) SAP HANA
13 5 (0.32%) Amazon Redshift
14 4 (0.25%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 53 (3.36%) Git
2 38 (2.41%) Jenkins
3 35 (2.22%) GitLab
4 17 (1.08%) JIRA
5 14 (0.89%) JUnit
5 14 (0.89%) Selenium
6 9 (0.57%) Maven
7 8 (0.51%) Mockito
8 7 (0.44%) Burp Suite
8 7 (0.44%) Metasploit
9 6 (0.38%) Cucumber
9 6 (0.38%) JMeter
10 5 (0.32%) Axure RP
10 5 (0.32%) Balsamiq
10 5 (0.32%) Postman
10 5 (0.32%) SonarQube
11 4 (0.25%) Cypress.io
12 3 (0.19%) Gatling
12 3 (0.19%) SoapUI
13 2 (0.13%) Babel
General
1 435 (27.60%) Social Skills
2 368 (23.35%) Public Sector
3 215 (13.64%) Finance
4 181 (11.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 164 (10.41%) Analytical Skills
6 131 (8.31%) Law
7 58 (3.68%) Legal
8 43 (2.73%) Presentation Skills
9 38 (2.41%) Back Office
10 36 (2.28%) Manufacturing
11 35 (2.22%) Telecoms
12 33 (2.09%) Retail
13 29 (1.84%) Aerospace
14 28 (1.78%) Organisational Skills
15 23 (1.46%) Influencing Skills
16 14 (0.89%) Military
17 13 (0.82%) Aviation
18 11 (0.70%) Electronics
19 10 (0.63%) Banking
19 10 (0.63%) Police
Job Titles
1 298 (18.91%) Senior
2 249 (15.80%) Architect
3 178 (11.29%) Consultant
4 121 (7.68%) Analyst
4 121 (7.68%) Lead
5 118 (7.49%) Developer
6 112 (7.11%) Solutions Architect
7 100 (6.35%) Software Engineer
8 67 (4.25%) Data Engineer
9 61 (3.87%) Business Analyst
10 59 (3.74%) Senior Manager
11 57 (3.62%) Cloud Engineer
11 57 (3.62%) Support Engineer
12 56 (3.55%) Security Consultant
13 48 (3.05%) Senior Consultant
14 47 (2.98%) Java Developer
15 46 (2.92%) DevOps Engineer
16 44 (2.79%) Security Architect
17 42 (2.66%) Senior Developer
18 41 (2.60%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (3.36%) REST
2 40 (2.54%) Spring
3 31 (1.97%) React
4 30 (1.90%) SOAP
5 28 (1.78%) .NET
6 22 (1.40%) Kafka
6 22 (1.40%) Middleware
7 21 (1.33%) Spring Boot
8 16 (1.02%) OAuth
8 16 (1.02%) Playwright
8 16 (1.02%) SAML
9 15 (0.95%) AngularJS
9 15 (0.95%) RESTful
10 14 (0.89%) Lightning Web Components
11 13 (0.82%) Visualforce
12 12 (0.76%) CSS
12 12 (0.76%) HTML
12 12 (0.76%) SAP Fiori
13 11 (0.70%) Web Services
14 9 (0.57%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 118 (7.49%) Cloud Native
2 64 (4.06%) Product Ownership
3 57 (3.62%) Security Posture
4 51 (3.24%) Onboarding
5 50 (3.17%) Management Information System
6 43 (2.73%) Self-Motivation
7 34 (2.16%) Data Centre
8 28 (1.78%) PKI
9 27 (1.71%) Legacy Systems
10 25 (1.59%) Driving Licence
11 22 (1.40%) Blog
12 18 (1.14%) Security Operations Centre
13 17 (1.08%) Cyber Threat
14 16 (1.02%) CMDB
15 14 (0.89%) Enterprise Software
16 13 (0.82%) Analytical Mindset
16 13 (0.82%) Data Structures
16 13 (0.82%) Low-Code
16 13 (0.82%) Public Cloud
17 11 (0.70%) Cyber Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 116 (7.36%) Windows
2 111 (7.04%) Linux
3 43 (2.73%) Windows 10
4 32 (2.03%) Windows Server
5 23 (1.46%) Unix
6 5 (0.32%) Android
6 5 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.19%) CentOS
7 3 (0.19%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.13%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.063%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.063%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.063%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 360 (22.84%) Agile
2 252 (15.99%) Continuous Improvement
3 232 (14.72%) Cybersecurity
4 202 (12.82%) Problem-Solving
5 196 (12.44%) DevOps
6 193 (12.25%) Mentoring
7 174 (11.04%) CI/CD
8 158 (10.03%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 156 (9.90%) Software Engineering
10 140 (8.88%) ITIL
11 137 (8.69%) Stakeholder Management
12 128 (8.12%) Analytics
13 122 (7.74%) Community of Practice
14 118 (7.49%) AI
15 114 (7.23%) Collaborative Culture
16 111 (7.04%) Infrastructure as Code
16 111 (7.04%) Risk Management
17 108 (6.85%) Technology Strategy
18 107 (6.79%) Technical Leadership
19 105 (6.66%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 172 (10.91%) Python
2 147 (9.33%) Java
3 94 (5.96%) SQL
4 69 (4.38%) JavaScript
5 43 (2.73%) C#
6 39 (2.47%) C++
7 33 (2.09%) Bash
7 33 (2.09%) PowerShell
8 27 (1.71%) TypeScript
9 23 (1.46%) C
10 14 (0.89%) Apex Code
10 14 (0.89%) Groovy
11 11 (0.70%) Rust
12 8 (0.51%) Go
13 7 (0.44%) DataWeave
13 7 (0.44%) VBA
14 6 (0.38%) Ada
14 6 (0.38%) PL/SQL
14 6 (0.38%) Ruby
14 6 (0.38%) Scala
Qualifications
1 1,192 (75.63%) SC Cleared
2 305 (19.35%) DV Cleared
3 275 (17.45%) Degree
4 100 (6.35%) BPSS Clearance
5 83 (5.27%) CISSP
6 53 (3.36%) CISM
7 47 (2.98%) Computer Science Degree
8 41 (2.60%) CTC Cleared
9 38 (2.41%) Azure Certification
10 36 (2.28%) Microsoft Certification
11 24 (1.52%) AWS Certification
12 18 (1.14%) Cisco Certification
12 18 (1.14%) CREST Certified
13 16 (1.02%) CRISC
14 15 (0.95%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
15 14 (0.89%) HNC
16 13 (0.82%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 13 (0.82%) Master's Degree
16 13 (0.82%) TOGAF Certification
17 11 (0.70%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 141 (8.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 75 (4.76%) NIST
3 59 (3.74%) QA
4 57 (3.62%) SLA
5 52 (3.30%) GDPR
6 48 (3.05%) NCSC
7 36 (2.28%) GRC
8 32 (2.03%) Accessibility
8 32 (2.03%) Data Quality
9 28 (1.78%) Cyber Essentials
10 26 (1.65%) PCI DSS
11 19 (1.21%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 18 (1.14%) JSP 440
13 12 (0.76%) Actionable Recommendations
14 11 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 10 (0.63%) Def Stans
15 10 (0.63%) WCAG
16 7 (0.44%) Government Security Classifications
17 6 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 42001
17 6 (0.38%) PMO
System Software
1 81 (5.14%) Docker
2 63 (4.00%) Active Directory
3 23 (1.46%) Hyper-V
4 20 (1.27%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (0.57%) VMware NSX
6 8 (0.51%) Firmware
7 7 (0.44%) VMware ESXi
7 7 (0.44%) vSphere
8 5 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
8 5 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
9 3 (0.19%) Squid
10 1 (0.063%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 1 (0.063%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.063%) IAG
10 1 (0.063%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.063%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.063%) Xen
Systems Management
1 99 (6.28%) Terraform
2 89 (5.65%) Kubernetes
3 50 (3.17%) Ansible
4 35 (2.22%) Microsoft Intune
5 21 (1.33%) Prometheus
6 20 (1.27%) Grafana
7 10 (0.63%) Argo
7 10 (0.63%) Progress Chef
8 8 (0.51%) Puppet
8 8 (0.51%) QRadar
9 7 (0.44%) CloudHub
9 7 (0.44%) Nmap
9 7 (0.44%) Packer
9 7 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
10 6 (0.38%) Kustomize
11 5 (0.32%) AWS Copilot
11 5 (0.32%) Endace
11 5 (0.32%) Istio
11 5 (0.32%) vCenter Server
12 4 (0.25%) Kibana
Vendors
1 238 (15.10%) Microsoft
2 66 (4.19%) Cisco
3 53 (3.36%) Google
4 51 (3.24%) Oracle
5 50 (3.17%) ServiceNow
6 47 (2.98%) SAP
7 31 (1.97%) Salesforce
7 31 (1.97%) VMware
8 20 (1.27%) MuleSoft
8 20 (1.27%) Red Hat
9 17 (1.08%) Splunk
10 16 (1.02%) Databricks
11 15 (0.95%) CyberArk
12 12 (0.76%) OpenAI
13 11 (0.70%) Okta
14 10 (0.63%) Juniper
15 9 (0.57%) Adobe
15 9 (0.57%) Meraki
16 7 (0.44%) Dell
17 6 (0.38%) Ariba