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

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 24 27 21
Rank change year-on-year +3 -6 +20
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,133 1,502 1,963
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 7.39% 7.92% 9.55%
As % of the Qualifications category 21.46% 29.32% 34.36%
Number of salaries quoted 714 881 1,356
10th Percentile £43,573 £41,250 £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 £79,697 £79,600 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £87,000 £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 5,279 5,122 5,713
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 34.41% 27.01% 27.79%
Number of salaries quoted 2,452 2,625 4,253
10th Percentile £29,750 £35,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,796 £45,750 £45,847
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +0.80%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £76,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £89,600 £92,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,125 £57,500
% change year-on-year -6.98% +2.83% +0.20%

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 6 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 (2.38%) SharePoint
2 9 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
3 7 (0.62%) Confluence
4 5 (0.44%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.35%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.26%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.26%) GeoServer
6 3 (0.26%) Oracle Spatial
6 3 (0.26%) Tomcat
6 3 (0.26%) WebLogic
6 3 (0.26%) WebLogic Portal
6 3 (0.26%) WordPress
7 2 (0.18%) Apache
7 2 (0.18%) Camunda
8 1 (0.088%) IIS
Applications
1 36 (3.18%) Microsoft Office
2 25 (2.21%) Adobe XD
3 17 (1.50%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
6 4 (0.35%) Revit
7 3 (0.26%) AutoCAD
7 3 (0.26%) Simulink
8 2 (0.18%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.18%) Navisworks
9 1 (0.088%) Civil 3D
9 1 (0.088%) EPLAN
9 1 (0.088%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 35 (3.09%) SAP S/4HANA
2 27 (2.38%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 17 (1.50%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (0.62%) SAP PP
5 6 (0.53%) SAP SCM
6 4 (0.35%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.35%) Primavera
6 4 (0.35%) SAP CO
6 4 (0.35%) SAP FI
6 4 (0.35%) SAP FI/CO
7 3 (0.26%) SAP BPC
7 3 (0.26%) SAP PM
8 2 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
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 (0.088%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 215 (18.98%) Azure
2 182 (16.06%) AWS
3 75 (6.62%) Microsoft 365
4 48 (4.24%) Power Platform
5 46 (4.06%) GCP
6 36 (3.18%) AWS CloudFormation
6 36 (3.18%) Entra ID
7 34 (3.00%) Azure DevOps
8 30 (2.65%) PowerApps
9 28 (2.47%) Dynamics 365
10 27 (2.38%) Figma
10 27 (2.38%) Power Automate
11 26 (2.29%) GitHub
11 26 (2.29%) Serverless
12 25 (2.21%) Amazon EKS
13 24 (2.12%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 24 (2.12%) Amazon ECS
14 20 (1.77%) SaaS
15 19 (1.68%) AWS Lambda
15 19 (1.68%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 38 (3.35%) Network Security
2 36 (3.18%) Firewall
3 28 (2.47%) VPN
4 19 (1.68%) Wireless
5 18 (1.59%) Software-Defined Radio
6 17 (1.50%) LAN
6 17 (1.50%) TCP/IP
7 14 (1.24%) WAN
8 10 (0.88%) Ethernet
8 10 (0.88%) Wi-Fi
9 8 (0.71%) DNS
9 8 (0.71%) Junos
9 8 (0.71%) SAN
10 7 (0.62%) BGP
10 7 (0.62%) MPLS
10 7 (0.62%) SD-WAN
11 6 (0.53%) IPsec
12 5 (0.44%) Wireshark
13 4 (0.35%) Cisco IOS
13 4 (0.35%) DMZ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (3.18%) PostgreSQL
2 34 (3.00%) Power BI
3 19 (1.68%) NoSQL
4 17 (1.50%) Amazon RDS
5 16 (1.41%) MongoDB
6 13 (1.15%) MySQL
6 13 (1.15%) SQL Server
7 12 (1.06%) Relational Database
8 10 (0.88%) Elasticsearch
9 8 (0.71%) Metadata
9 8 (0.71%) Redis
10 6 (0.53%) GIS
10 6 (0.53%) SAP HANA
10 6 (0.53%) Tableau
11 5 (0.44%) Big Data
11 5 (0.44%) Data Warehouse
12 4 (0.35%) Amazon Redshift
12 4 (0.35%) Oracle Reports
13 3 (0.26%) DB2
13 3 (0.26%) Oracle Discoverer
Development Applications
1 29 (2.56%) Jenkins
2 28 (2.47%) Balsamiq
3 25 (2.21%) Axure RP
3 25 (2.21%) Git
4 18 (1.59%) JIRA
5 14 (1.24%) Selenium
6 12 (1.06%) GitLab
7 11 (0.97%) Cypress.io
8 9 (0.79%) WebDriver
9 5 (0.44%) Babel
9 5 (0.44%) Burp Suite
9 5 (0.44%) Metasploit
9 5 (0.44%) TeamCity
9 5 (0.44%) webpack
10 4 (0.35%) MLflow
10 4 (0.35%) Robot Framework
10 4 (0.35%) SonarQube
11 3 (0.26%) Oracle APEX
11 3 (0.26%) Oracle Forms
11 3 (0.26%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 285 (25.15%) Social Skills
2 253 (22.33%) Public Sector
3 228 (20.12%) Finance
4 174 (15.36%) Analytical Skills
5 99 (8.74%) Manufacturing
6 97 (8.56%) Law
7 95 (8.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 89 (7.86%) Electronics
9 82 (7.24%) Telecoms
10 76 (6.71%) Marketing
11 29 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
12 27 (2.38%) Aerospace
13 26 (2.29%) Military
14 23 (2.03%) Back Office
15 16 (1.41%) Organisational Skills
16 13 (1.15%) Retail
17 11 (0.97%) Documentation Skills
17 11 (0.97%) Legal
18 8 (0.71%) Aviation
18 8 (0.71%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 138 (12.18%) Consultant
1 138 (12.18%) Senior
2 126 (11.12%) Systems Engineer
3 118 (10.41%) Architect
4 82 (7.24%) Developer
5 75 (6.62%) Analyst
6 74 (6.53%) Lead
7 62 (5.47%) Security Consultant
8 60 (5.30%) Software Engineer
9 48 (4.24%) Infrastructure Engineer
10 46 (4.06%) Administrator
11 36 (3.18%) Systems Administrator
12 35 (3.09%) Designer
13 32 (2.82%) Solutions Architect
14 30 (2.65%) Business Analyst
15 29 (2.56%) Cybersecurity Consultant
16 28 (2.47%) Support Engineer
17 27 (2.38%) Senior Developer
18 26 (2.29%) Embedded Engineer
19 25 (2.21%) Embedded Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (4.06%) React
2 38 (3.35%) OLE
3 28 (2.47%) .NET
4 25 (2.21%) HTML
5 24 (2.12%) CSS
5 24 (2.12%) Node.js
5 24 (2.12%) SAP CAF
6 20 (1.77%) Spring
7 18 (1.59%) Django
7 18 (1.59%) Spring Boot
8 17 (1.50%) SAP Fiori
9 16 (1.41%) HTML5 Canvas
10 14 (1.24%) REST
11 13 (1.15%) AngularJS
12 11 (0.97%) Web Services
13 10 (0.88%) Kafka
14 9 (0.79%) Elastic Stack
14 9 (0.79%) Lightning Web Components
14 9 (0.79%) Middleware
15 8 (0.71%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 108 (9.53%) e-Learning
2 58 (5.12%) Cloud Native
3 46 (4.06%) Product Ownership
4 40 (3.53%) Self-Motivation
5 38 (3.35%) Analytical Mindset
5 38 (3.35%) Data Centre
6 23 (2.03%) Management Information System
6 23 (2.03%) Onboarding
6 23 (2.03%) Security Posture
7 19 (1.68%) Hybrid Cloud
8 18 (1.59%) Driving Licence
8 18 (1.59%) Embedded Systems
9 17 (1.50%) Algorithms
9 17 (1.50%) MicroBlaze
9 17 (1.50%) RISC-V
10 15 (1.32%) Private Cloud
11 12 (1.06%) PKI
12 11 (0.97%) Virtual Team
13 10 (0.88%) Distributed Systems
14 9 (0.79%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 137 (12.09%) Linux
2 85 (7.50%) Windows
3 48 (4.24%) Unix
4 24 (2.12%) Windows 10
5 17 (1.50%) Embedded Linux
5 17 (1.50%) Windows Server
6 10 (0.88%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 7 (0.62%) CentOS
7 7 (0.62%) Rocky
7 7 (0.62%) Solaris
7 7 (0.62%) Ubuntu
7 7 (0.62%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (0.44%) Debian
8 5 (0.44%) Mac OS X
9 3 (0.26%) VMS
10 2 (0.18%) HPUX
10 2 (0.18%) Kali Linux
10 2 (0.18%) Oracle Linux
11 1 (0.088%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 243 (21.45%) Agile
2 187 (16.50%) Problem-Solving
3 151 (13.33%) Software Engineering
4 149 (13.15%) Cybersecurity
5 135 (11.92%) Innovative Thinking
6 124 (10.94%) DevOps
7 121 (10.68%) Continuous Improvement
8 111 (9.80%) Business Intelligence
9 107 (9.44%) CI/CD
10 98 (8.65%) Mentoring
11 94 (8.30%) Analytics
12 78 (6.88%) Computer Science
13 76 (6.71%) Community of Practice
14 75 (6.62%) Collaborative Culture
15 73 (6.44%) AI
16 72 (6.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 71 (6.27%) Infrastructure as Code
17 71 (6.27%) Technology Strategy
18 69 (6.09%) Digital Marketing
19 68 (6.00%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 132 (11.65%) Python
2 84 (7.41%) JavaScript
3 78 (6.88%) Java
4 50 (4.41%) SQL
5 44 (3.88%) C#
6 39 (3.44%) PowerShell
7 38 (3.35%) C
8 37 (3.27%) C++
9 33 (2.91%) Bash
10 27 (2.38%) TypeScript
11 22 (1.94%) Bicep
12 13 (1.15%) Go
13 11 (0.97%) MATLAB
14 9 (0.79%) Apex Code
15 8 (0.71%) ABAP
15 8 (0.71%) Ada
16 6 (0.53%) PL/SQL
16 6 (0.53%) Scala
16 6 (0.53%) VBA
17 5 (0.44%) R
Qualifications
1 735 (64.87%) SC Cleared
2 271 (23.92%) Degree
3 246 (21.71%) DV Cleared
4 77 (6.80%) CISSP
5 75 (6.62%) BPSS Clearance
6 67 (5.91%) Cisco Certification
7 57 (5.03%) Computer Science Degree
8 49 (4.32%) CCNP
9 48 (4.24%) CISM
10 42 (3.71%) Azure Certification
11 41 (3.62%) Microsoft Certification
12 40 (3.53%) CCNA
13 35 (3.09%) CompTIA Security+
14 33 (2.91%) AWS Certification
15 32 (2.82%) CEH
16 29 (2.56%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
17 23 (2.03%) CTC Cleared
18 20 (1.77%) SAP Certification
19 17 (1.50%) Master's Degree
20 11 (0.97%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (8.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 84 (7.41%) NIST
3 49 (4.32%) Accessibility
4 43 (3.80%) GRC
5 39 (3.44%) QA
6 34 (3.00%) GDPR
7 31 (2.74%) PCI DSS
8 30 (2.65%) SLA
9 27 (2.38%) WCAG
10 12 (1.06%) Data Quality
11 11 (0.97%) JSP 440
11 11 (0.97%) NCSC
12 7 (0.62%) ISO 9001
13 6 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 42001
14 5 (0.44%) NIST 800
15 4 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
16 3 (0.26%) Actionable Recommendations
16 3 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 3 (0.26%) ISO 14001
16 3 (0.26%) ISO 19650
System Software
1 58 (5.12%) Docker
2 33 (2.91%) Firmware
3 32 (2.82%) Active Directory
4 27 (2.38%) VMware Infrastructure
5 17 (1.50%) Embedded Firmware
6 15 (1.32%) Hyper-V
7 14 (1.24%) Virtual Machines
8 6 (0.53%) vSphere
9 4 (0.35%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.26%) IAG
11 2 (0.18%) pfSense
12 1 (0.088%) Slurm Workload Manager
12 1 (0.088%) vCloud
12 1 (0.088%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 75 (6.62%) Kubernetes
2 70 (6.18%) Terraform
3 41 (3.62%) Ansible
4 29 (2.56%) Grafana
5 7 (0.62%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.53%) SCOM
7 5 (0.44%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (0.35%) Kibana
8 4 (0.35%) Nmap
8 4 (0.35%) SCCM
8 4 (0.35%) Single Sign-On
9 3 (0.26%) Argo
9 3 (0.26%) Docker Swarm
9 3 (0.26%) Endace
9 3 (0.26%) FortiGate
9 3 (0.26%) Nessus
9 3 (0.26%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 2 (0.18%) Nagios
10 2 (0.18%) WSUS
10 2 (0.18%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 137 (12.09%) Microsoft
2 116 (10.24%) SAP
3 88 (7.77%) Cisco
4 40 (3.53%) Google
5 38 (3.35%) VMware
6 34 (3.00%) Salesforce
7 27 (2.38%) Sparx
8 25 (2.21%) Adobe
9 21 (1.85%) Oracle
10 17 (1.50%) Red Hat
10 17 (1.50%) ServiceNow
11 15 (1.32%) Juniper
12 11 (0.97%) Splunk
13 9 (0.79%) Dell
14 7 (0.62%) MuleSoft
15 6 (0.53%) Databricks
15 6 (0.53%) Fortinet
16 5 (0.44%) CheckPoint
16 5 (0.44%) F5
16 5 (0.44%) NetApp