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 21 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 45 25
Rank change year-on-year +29 -20 +8
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,648 995 2,491
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 8.78% 6.64% 7.65%
As % of the Qualifications category 38.70% 20.04% 28.26%
Number of salaries quoted 1,199 519 1,731
10th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -
75th Percentile £79,864 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,250 £85,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.84% +7.83% -4.17%

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 4,258 4,965 8,815
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 22.68% 33.13% 27.09%
Number of salaries quoted 2,869 2,389 5,895
10th Percentile £33,125 £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £48,165 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.85% -10.00%

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 21 May 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 35 (2.12%) SharePoint
2 17 (1.03%) Apache
3 14 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
4 13 (0.79%) Apache Airflow
5 11 (0.67%) Apache Spark
6 4 (0.24%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.24%) GeoServer
6 4 (0.24%) Oracle Spatial
7 3 (0.18%) Apache Solr
7 3 (0.18%) Confluence
7 3 (0.18%) Jupyter
7 3 (0.18%) SAS
8 2 (0.12%) Camunda
8 2 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.12%) Palantir Foundry
9 1 (0.061%) Anypoint
9 1 (0.061%) Appian
9 1 (0.061%) Drupal
9 1 (0.061%) nginx
9 1 (0.061%) WordPress
Applications
1 63 (3.82%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (1.15%) Adobe XD
3 13 (0.79%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.30%) InVision
4 5 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.30%) Microsoft Project
4 5 (0.30%) Sketch
5 3 (0.18%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.18%) Windchill
6 2 (0.12%) Weka
7 1 (0.061%) CATIA
7 1 (0.061%) EngageOne
7 1 (0.061%) Oracle Smart View
7 1 (0.061%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 28 (1.70%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.36%) Oracle ERP
2 6 (0.36%) SAP ERP
3 4 (0.24%) Primavera
3 4 (0.24%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (0.24%) SAP FSCM
4 3 (0.18%) Elite 3E
4 3 (0.18%) SAP CO
4 3 (0.18%) SAP FI
4 3 (0.18%) SAP FI/CO
4 3 (0.18%) SAP HCM
5 2 (0.12%) SAP Payroll
6 1 (0.061%) Magento
6 1 (0.061%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.061%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.061%) SAP PSCD
6 1 (0.061%) SAP QM
6 1 (0.061%) SAP SCM
6 1 (0.061%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.061%) TIBCO iProcess
Cloud Services
1 315 (19.11%) Azure
2 278 (16.87%) AWS
3 102 (6.19%) Microsoft 365
4 96 (5.83%) GCP
5 60 (3.64%) Entra ID
6 50 (3.03%) Power Platform
7 26 (1.58%) Serverless
8 23 (1.40%) GitHub
9 22 (1.33%) SaaS
10 20 (1.21%) AWS CloudFormation
10 20 (1.21%) Azure DevOps
10 20 (1.21%) Figma
10 20 (1.21%) Google Analytics
11 19 (1.15%) Dynamics 365
12 18 (1.09%) PaaS
12 18 (1.09%) PowerApps
13 17 (1.03%) Azure Sentinel
14 16 (0.97%) Amazon S3
14 16 (0.97%) Power Automate
15 15 (0.91%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 36 (2.18%) Firewall
2 31 (1.88%) Network Security
3 30 (1.82%) WAN
4 25 (1.52%) VPN
5 23 (1.40%) DNS
6 21 (1.27%) LAN
7 19 (1.15%) DHCP
8 18 (1.09%) BGP
9 14 (0.85%) MPLS
10 12 (0.73%) SMTP
10 12 (0.73%) TCP/IP
10 12 (0.73%) Wi-Fi
11 8 (0.49%) HTTP
12 7 (0.42%) Intrusion Detection
12 7 (0.42%) SNMP
13 6 (0.36%) Cisco ASA
13 6 (0.36%) Cisco Firepower
13 6 (0.36%) DMZ
13 6 (0.36%) SD-WAN
13 6 (0.36%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (2.37%) Power BI
2 34 (2.06%) PostgreSQL
3 19 (1.15%) NoSQL
4 18 (1.09%) Metadata
5 15 (0.91%) MongoDB
6 14 (0.85%) SQL Server
7 10 (0.61%) DynamoDB
7 10 (0.61%) Elasticsearch
7 10 (0.61%) Redis
8 9 (0.55%) Data Warehouse
9 7 (0.42%) Amazon Athena
9 7 (0.42%) Amazon RDS
9 7 (0.42%) Big Data
9 7 (0.42%) MySQL
9 7 (0.42%) Relational Database
9 7 (0.42%) SAP HANA
10 6 (0.36%) BigQuery
10 6 (0.36%) Tableau
11 5 (0.30%) Amazon Redshift
12 4 (0.24%) GIS
Development Applications
1 52 (3.16%) Git
2 31 (1.88%) Jenkins
3 24 (1.46%) GitLab
4 15 (0.91%) Axure RP
4 15 (0.91%) JIRA
5 14 (0.85%) Balsamiq
6 12 (0.73%) Selenium
7 10 (0.61%) JUnit
8 8 (0.49%) Maven
9 7 (0.42%) Mockito
10 6 (0.36%) JMeter
11 4 (0.24%) Burp Suite
11 4 (0.24%) Metasploit
11 4 (0.24%) SonarQube
12 3 (0.18%) Babel
12 3 (0.18%) Cypress.io
12 3 (0.18%) MSTest
12 3 (0.18%) Postman
12 3 (0.18%) SoapUI
12 3 (0.18%) webpack
General
1 370 (22.45%) Social Skills
2 356 (21.60%) Public Sector
3 187 (11.35%) Finance
4 168 (10.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 133 (8.07%) Analytical Skills
6 125 (7.58%) Law
7 51 (3.09%) Back Office
7 51 (3.09%) Legal
8 44 (2.67%) Manufacturing
9 39 (2.37%) Telecoms
10 38 (2.31%) Presentation Skills
11 29 (1.76%) Influencing Skills
12 26 (1.58%) Organisational Skills
13 22 (1.33%) Retail
14 21 (1.27%) Aerospace
15 18 (1.09%) Military
16 14 (0.85%) Marketing
17 13 (0.79%) Electronics
18 11 (0.67%) Aviation
19 10 (0.61%) Banking
Job Titles
1 276 (16.75%) Senior
2 208 (12.62%) Architect
3 159 (9.65%) Consultant
4 151 (9.16%) Analyst
5 124 (7.52%) Lead
6 113 (6.86%) Developer
7 107 (6.49%) Systems Engineer
8 101 (6.13%) Software Engineer
9 97 (5.89%) Business Analyst
10 95 (5.76%) Solutions Architect
11 66 (4.00%) Support Engineer
12 58 (3.52%) Cloud Engineer
13 53 (3.22%) Senior Manager
14 52 (3.16%) Data Engineer
14 52 (3.16%) Site Engineer
15 48 (2.91%) Desktop Engineer
15 48 (2.91%) Desktop Support
15 48 (2.91%) Desktop Support Engineer
16 46 (2.79%) Java Developer
17 42 (2.55%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (3.03%) REST
2 40 (2.43%) Spring
3 35 (2.12%) .NET
4 34 (2.06%) React
5 26 (1.58%) SOAP
6 21 (1.27%) CSS
6 21 (1.27%) HTML
6 21 (1.27%) Spring Boot
7 18 (1.09%) Lightning Web Components
7 18 (1.09%) Middleware
8 17 (1.03%) Kafka
9 15 (0.91%) Visualforce
10 14 (0.85%) SAML
11 13 (0.79%) AngularJS
12 12 (0.73%) Playwright
12 12 (0.73%) RESTful
12 12 (0.73%) SAP Fiori
13 10 (0.61%) ASP.NET
13 10 (0.61%) Django
13 10 (0.61%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 78 (4.73%) Cloud Native
2 72 (4.37%) Product Ownership
3 52 (3.16%) Security Posture
4 51 (3.09%) Onboarding
5 39 (2.37%) Data Centre
5 39 (2.37%) Management Information System
6 35 (2.12%) Self-Motivation
7 27 (1.64%) PKI
8 23 (1.40%) Legacy Systems
9 20 (1.21%) Blog
10 18 (1.09%) Driving Licence
10 18 (1.09%) Low-Code
11 16 (0.97%) Security Operations Centre
12 15 (0.91%) Data Structures
13 12 (0.73%) Cyber Threat
14 11 (0.67%) Analytical Mindset
14 11 (0.67%) CMDB
14 11 (0.67%) Cyber Security Posture
14 11 (0.67%) Cyberattack
15 10 (0.61%) Cloud Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 116 (7.04%) Windows
2 91 (5.52%) Linux
3 56 (3.40%) Windows 10
4 23 (1.40%) Windows Server
5 19 (1.15%) Unix
6 7 (0.42%) Ubuntu
7 5 (0.30%) Android
7 5 (0.30%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.18%) CentOS
8 3 (0.18%) Windows Server 2016
9 1 (0.061%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.061%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.061%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 321 (19.48%) Agile
2 210 (12.74%) Continuous Improvement
3 196 (11.89%) Cybersecurity
4 172 (10.44%) DevOps
5 161 (9.77%) Problem-Solving
6 155 (9.41%) Mentoring
7 151 (9.16%) Software Engineering
8 132 (8.01%) ITIL
9 130 (7.89%) Analytics
10 127 (7.71%) CI/CD
11 120 (7.28%) Community of Practice
12 113 (6.86%) Stakeholder Management
13 109 (6.61%) Technology Strategy
14 104 (6.31%) Collaborative Culture
15 102 (6.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 93 (5.64%) Risk Management
17 86 (5.22%) Infrastructure as Code
18 85 (5.16%) AI
19 84 (5.10%) Project Delivery
19 84 (5.10%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 130 (7.89%) Python
2 129 (7.83%) Java
3 82 (4.98%) SQL
4 76 (4.61%) JavaScript
5 50 (3.03%) C#
6 29 (1.76%) PowerShell
7 26 (1.58%) C++
7 26 (1.58%) TypeScript
8 22 (1.33%) Bash
9 18 (1.09%) Apex Code
10 10 (0.61%) Groovy
11 9 (0.55%) Rust
12 8 (0.49%) C
13 7 (0.42%) PL/SQL
14 6 (0.36%) Scala
15 5 (0.30%) Go
16 4 (0.24%) Ada
16 4 (0.24%) T-SQL
16 4 (0.24%) VBA
17 3 (0.18%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 1,094 (66.38%) SC Cleared
2 313 (18.99%) DV Cleared
3 272 (16.50%) Degree
4 80 (4.85%) BPSS Clearance
5 63 (3.82%) CISSP
6 53 (3.22%) CTC Cleared
7 46 (2.79%) Computer Science Degree
8 40 (2.43%) Microsoft Certification
9 36 (2.18%) CISM
10 24 (1.46%) Azure Certification
11 22 (1.33%) AWS Certification
12 16 (0.97%) Cisco Certification
13 15 (0.91%) CREST Certified
13 15 (0.91%) HNC
14 14 (0.85%) TOGAF Certification
15 12 (0.73%) PMI Certification
16 10 (0.61%) GIAC
17 9 (0.55%) Master's Degree
18 8 (0.49%) CompTIA Security+
18 8 (0.49%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (5.89%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 59 (3.58%) NIST
3 58 (3.52%) SLA
4 53 (3.22%) QA
5 45 (2.73%) Accessibility
5 45 (2.73%) GDPR
6 31 (1.88%) NCSC
7 28 (1.70%) Data Quality
8 27 (1.64%) GRC
9 20 (1.21%) PCI DSS
10 18 (1.09%) WCAG
11 14 (0.85%) JSP 440
12 13 (0.79%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 12 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials
14 10 (0.61%) Actionable Recommendations
15 8 (0.49%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 7 (0.42%) Government Security Classifications
17 6 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 42001
17 6 (0.36%) PMO
18 5 (0.30%) Def Stans
System Software
1 70 (4.25%) Docker
2 40 (2.43%) Active Directory
3 18 (1.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.67%) VMware NSX
5 8 (0.49%) Firmware
5 8 (0.49%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (0.30%) vSphere
7 4 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.061%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.061%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.061%) IAG
9 1 (0.061%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.061%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.061%) Xen
Systems Management
1 89 (5.40%) Terraform
2 78 (4.73%) Kubernetes
3 54 (3.28%) Ansible
4 18 (1.09%) Microsoft Intune
5 14 (0.85%) Grafana
5 14 (0.85%) Prometheus
6 8 (0.49%) Puppet
7 7 (0.42%) Progress Chef
8 6 (0.36%) Endace
8 6 (0.36%) Packer
9 5 (0.30%) AWS Copilot
9 5 (0.30%) QRadar
10 4 (0.24%) Argo
10 4 (0.24%) Istio
10 4 (0.24%) Kustomize
10 4 (0.24%) Nmap
10 4 (0.24%) SCCM
10 4 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.24%) vCenter Server
11 3 (0.18%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 197 (11.95%) Microsoft
2 89 (5.40%) Cisco
3 55 (3.34%) Google
4 46 (2.79%) SAP
5 45 (2.73%) Oracle
6 29 (1.76%) ServiceNow
7 28 (1.70%) Salesforce
7 28 (1.70%) VMware
8 20 (1.21%) Red Hat
9 19 (1.15%) Adobe
10 15 (0.91%) MuleSoft
11 14 (0.85%) Databricks
12 13 (0.79%) Splunk
13 12 (0.73%) CyberArk
14 11 (0.67%) Meraki
15 10 (0.61%) Juniper
16 8 (0.49%) F5
16 8 (0.49%) Okta
17 6 (0.36%) Ariba
17 6 (0.36%) CheckPoint