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 3 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 37 23
Rank change year-on-year +21 -14 +10
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 1,527 962 2,457
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 9.25% 6.67% 8.60%
As % of the Qualifications category 31.65% 22.53% 31.95%
Number of salaries quoted 1,044 580 1,635
10th Percentile £45,000 £43,740 £38,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -
75th Percentile £78,800 £75,000 £76,125
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £65,000 £61,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +5.69% +6.96% -

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 4,824 4,269 7,690
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 29.23% 29.59% 26.91%
Number of salaries quoted 2,604 2,360 5,601
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +8.70% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £73,886 £73,750
90th Percentile £92,500 £88,875 £88,750
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 3 March 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 32 (2.10%) SharePoint
2 19 (1.24%) Microsoft Exchange
3 12 (0.79%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (0.52%) Apache
5 6 (0.39%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.33%) Confluence
7 4 (0.26%) ArcGIS
7 4 (0.26%) GeoServer
7 4 (0.26%) Oracle Spatial
8 3 (0.20%) SAS
8 3 (0.20%) Tomcat
8 3 (0.20%) WebLogic
8 3 (0.20%) WebLogic Portal
8 3 (0.20%) WordPress
9 2 (0.13%) Camunda
9 2 (0.13%) Palantir Foundry
10 1 (0.065%) IIS
Applications
1 81 (5.30%) Microsoft Office
2 27 (1.77%) Adobe XD
3 12 (0.79%) Microsoft Excel
4 7 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.26%) InVision
5 4 (0.26%) Sketch
6 3 (0.20%) Simulink
7 2 (0.13%) Weka
8 1 (0.065%) AutoCAD
8 1 (0.065%) EngageOne
8 1 (0.065%) EPLAN
8 1 (0.065%) Oracle Smart View
8 1 (0.065%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 30 (1.96%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (1.11%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.39%) Oracle ERP
3 6 (0.39%) Remedy ITSM
4 4 (0.26%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.26%) Primavera
4 4 (0.26%) SAP CO
4 4 (0.26%) SAP FI
4 4 (0.26%) SAP FI/CO
4 4 (0.26%) SAP FSCM
4 4 (0.26%) SAP PP
5 3 (0.20%) Elite 3E
5 3 (0.20%) SAP HCM
5 3 (0.20%) SAP PM
6 2 (0.13%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.13%) SAP Payroll
6 2 (0.13%) SAP SCM
7 1 (0.065%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.065%) SAP MM
7 1 (0.065%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 249 (16.31%) Azure
2 218 (14.28%) AWS
3 130 (8.51%) Microsoft 365
4 74 (4.85%) GCP
5 56 (3.67%) Entra ID
6 52 (3.41%) Power Platform
7 38 (2.49%) AWS CloudFormation
8 33 (2.16%) PowerApps
9 29 (1.90%) Figma
10 28 (1.83%) Power Automate
11 27 (1.77%) Azure DevOps
11 27 (1.77%) Dynamics 365
12 26 (1.70%) Serverless
13 25 (1.64%) Amazon ECS
14 23 (1.51%) Amazon EKS
15 21 (1.38%) SaaS
16 20 (1.31%) GitHub
16 20 (1.31%) PaaS
17 19 (1.24%) Amazon CloudWatch
17 19 (1.24%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 45 (2.95%) Firewall
2 32 (2.10%) VPN
3 22 (1.44%) DNS
3 22 (1.44%) Network Security
3 22 (1.44%) WAN
4 21 (1.38%) LAN
5 18 (1.18%) TCP/IP
6 16 (1.05%) Wi-Fi
7 15 (0.98%) BGP
7 15 (0.98%) DHCP
8 13 (0.85%) MPLS
9 9 (0.59%) SMTP
10 8 (0.52%) HTTP
11 7 (0.46%) DMZ
11 7 (0.46%) Ethernet
11 7 (0.46%) SNMP
11 7 (0.46%) VoIP
12 6 (0.39%) Cisco Firepower
12 6 (0.39%) SD-WAN
13 5 (0.33%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (2.62%) PostgreSQL
1 40 (2.62%) Power BI
2 24 (1.57%) NoSQL
3 18 (1.18%) Amazon RDS
3 18 (1.18%) MongoDB
4 17 (1.11%) SQL Server
5 15 (0.98%) Elasticsearch
6 14 (0.92%) MySQL
7 13 (0.85%) Metadata
7 13 (0.85%) Redis
8 12 (0.79%) Relational Database
9 11 (0.72%) SAP HANA
10 8 (0.52%) Data Warehouse
11 7 (0.46%) DynamoDB
11 7 (0.46%) Tableau
12 6 (0.39%) Big Data
13 5 (0.33%) Amazon Redshift
13 5 (0.33%) GIS
14 4 (0.26%) Oracle Reports
14 4 (0.26%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 49 (3.21%) Git
2 35 (2.29%) Jenkins
3 26 (1.70%) Balsamiq
4 24 (1.57%) Axure RP
5 20 (1.31%) GitLab
5 20 (1.31%) JIRA
6 16 (1.05%) Selenium
7 9 (0.59%) Cypress.io
8 7 (0.46%) Burp Suite
8 7 (0.46%) Metasploit
8 7 (0.46%) SonarQube
8 7 (0.46%) WebDriver
9 6 (0.39%) Babel
9 6 (0.39%) webpack
10 5 (0.33%) JMeter
10 5 (0.33%) Robot Framework
11 3 (0.20%) Bitbucket
11 3 (0.20%) Eclipse
11 3 (0.20%) JUnit
11 3 (0.20%) Oracle Forms
General
1 387 (25.34%) Social Skills
2 312 (20.43%) Public Sector
3 185 (12.12%) Finance
4 149 (9.76%) Analytical Skills
5 137 (8.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 107 (7.01%) Law
7 80 (5.24%) Manufacturing
8 70 (4.58%) Telecoms
9 61 (3.99%) Back Office
10 50 (3.27%) Electronics
11 49 (3.21%) Marketing
12 38 (2.49%) Legal
13 32 (2.10%) Military
14 28 (1.83%) Presentation Skills
15 21 (1.38%) Retail
16 20 (1.31%) Aerospace
17 17 (1.11%) Influencing Skills
18 15 (0.98%) Organisational Skills
19 10 (0.65%) Aviation
19 10 (0.65%) Games
Job Titles
1 238 (15.59%) Senior
2 148 (9.69%) Consultant
3 146 (9.56%) Architect
4 144 (9.43%) Systems Engineer
5 143 (9.36%) Analyst
6 114 (7.47%) Lead
7 104 (6.81%) Developer
8 93 (6.09%) Business Analyst
9 81 (5.30%) Software Engineer
9 81 (5.30%) Support Engineer
10 64 (4.19%) Site Engineer
11 60 (3.93%) Desktop Engineer
11 60 (3.93%) Desktop Support
11 60 (3.93%) Desktop Support Engineer
12 53 (3.47%) Solutions Architect
13 45 (2.95%) Security Consultant
14 43 (2.82%) Data Engineer
15 39 (2.55%) Senior Consultant
16 38 (2.49%) Senior Manager
17 35 (2.29%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (3.27%) React
2 45 (2.95%) .NET
3 39 (2.55%) REST
4 33 (2.16%) HTML
5 32 (2.10%) CSS
6 30 (1.96%) Spring
7 24 (1.57%) SOAP
8 23 (1.51%) Django
8 23 (1.51%) Lightning Web Components
8 23 (1.51%) SAP CAF
9 22 (1.44%) Middleware
9 22 (1.44%) Spring Boot
10 19 (1.24%) Kafka
10 19 (1.24%) Visualforce
11 17 (1.11%) Node.js
12 16 (1.05%) AngularJS
12 16 (1.05%) HTML5 Canvas
13 14 (0.92%) ASP.NET
14 13 (0.85%) RESTful
14 13 (0.85%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 70 (4.58%) Cloud Native
1 70 (4.58%) Product Ownership
2 49 (3.21%) Security Posture
3 41 (2.69%) Onboarding
4 38 (2.49%) Self-Motivation
5 37 (2.42%) Data Centre
6 26 (1.70%) Management Information System
7 22 (1.44%) e-Learning
7 22 (1.44%) PKI
8 18 (1.18%) Driving Licence
9 17 (1.11%) Legacy Systems
10 15 (0.98%) Analytical Mindset
11 13 (0.85%) Algorithms
11 13 (0.85%) Private Cloud
12 12 (0.79%) Distributed Systems
12 12 (0.79%) Low-Code
13 11 (0.72%) Blog
13 11 (0.72%) Cyber Security Posture
14 10 (0.65%) AI Agents
15 9 (0.59%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 122 (7.99%) Windows
2 101 (6.61%) Linux
3 67 (4.39%) Windows 10
4 32 (2.10%) Unix
5 16 (1.05%) Windows Server
6 10 (0.65%) Ubuntu
7 6 (0.39%) CentOS
8 4 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 3 (0.20%) VMS
10 2 (0.13%) Android
10 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.065%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.065%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 309 (20.24%) Agile
2 205 (13.43%) Problem-Solving
3 194 (12.70%) Continuous Improvement
4 180 (11.79%) Cybersecurity
5 165 (10.81%) Software Engineering
6 156 (10.22%) DevOps
7 149 (9.76%) Analytics
8 122 (7.99%) ITIL
9 117 (7.66%) CI/CD
10 114 (7.47%) Mentoring
11 101 (6.61%) Collaborative Culture
12 99 (6.48%) Community of Practice
13 91 (5.96%) Technology Strategy
14 86 (5.63%) Business Intelligence
15 84 (5.50%) Infrastructure as Code
16 82 (5.37%) Stakeholder Management
17 81 (5.30%) AI
18 78 (5.11%) Risk Management
19 77 (5.04%) Validation
20 76 (4.98%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 159 (10.41%) Python
2 120 (7.86%) Java
3 101 (6.61%) JavaScript
4 70 (4.58%) C#
5 65 (4.26%) SQL
6 38 (2.49%) PowerShell
7 33 (2.16%) TypeScript
8 27 (1.77%) C++
9 24 (1.57%) Bash
10 23 (1.51%) Apex Code
11 21 (1.38%) C
12 16 (1.05%) Bicep
13 13 (0.85%) Go
14 9 (0.59%) Ada
15 7 (0.46%) ABAP
16 6 (0.39%) Google Apps Script
16 6 (0.39%) MATLAB
16 6 (0.39%) Rust
16 6 (0.39%) Scala
16 6 (0.39%) VBA
Qualifications
1 942 (61.69%) SC Cleared
2 320 (20.96%) Degree
3 249 (16.31%) DV Cleared
4 80 (5.24%) CISSP
5 73 (4.78%) BPSS Clearance
6 66 (4.32%) CTC Cleared
7 54 (3.54%) Microsoft Certification
8 52 (3.41%) Computer Science Degree
9 51 (3.34%) CISM
10 39 (2.55%) Cisco Certification
11 35 (2.29%) Azure Certification
12 26 (1.70%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 24 (1.57%) AWS Certification
13 24 (1.57%) CCNA
14 15 (0.98%) CCNP
14 15 (0.98%) Master's Degree
15 14 (0.92%) CREST Certified
15 14 (0.92%) TOGAF Certification
16 12 (0.79%) HNC
16 12 (0.79%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (6.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 71 (4.65%) SLA
3 70 (4.58%) NIST
4 58 (3.80%) Accessibility
5 52 (3.41%) GDPR
6 45 (2.95%) QA
7 43 (2.82%) GRC
8 26 (1.70%) WCAG
9 22 (1.44%) Data Quality
10 19 (1.24%) NCSC
11 16 (1.05%) JSP 440
12 15 (0.98%) PCI DSS
13 13 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials
14 10 (0.65%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 9 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 42001
16 8 (0.52%) Actionable Recommendations
17 4 (0.26%) Government Security Classifications
17 4 (0.26%) HMG Security Policy Framework
17 4 (0.26%) NIST 800
17 4 (0.26%) PMO
System Software
1 79 (5.17%) Docker
2 32 (2.10%) Active Directory
3 18 (1.18%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (0.79%) Hyper-V
5 10 (0.65%) VMware NSX
6 8 (0.52%) Firmware
7 7 (0.46%) Virtual Machines
8 5 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
9 2 (0.13%) vSphere
10 1 (0.065%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.065%) vCloud
10 1 (0.065%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.065%) Xen
Systems Management
1 91 (5.96%) Terraform
2 77 (5.04%) Kubernetes
3 46 (3.01%) Ansible
4 29 (1.90%) Grafana
5 14 (0.92%) Prometheus
6 12 (0.79%) Microsoft Intune
7 7 (0.46%) Nmap
7 7 (0.46%) Puppet
8 6 (0.39%) Endace
8 6 (0.39%) SCOM
9 5 (0.33%) AWS Copilot
9 5 (0.33%) Kibana
10 4 (0.26%) Nagios
10 4 (0.26%) SCCM
10 4 (0.26%) Single Sign-On
10 4 (0.26%) WSUS
10 4 (0.26%) ZABBIX
11 3 (0.20%) FortiGate
11 3 (0.20%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
12 2 (0.13%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 184 (12.05%) Microsoft
2 119 (7.79%) Cisco
3 81 (5.30%) SAP
4 63 (4.13%) Google
5 54 (3.54%) Salesforce
6 35 (2.29%) Oracle
7 27 (1.77%) Adobe
7 27 (1.77%) VMware
8 18 (1.18%) MuleSoft
8 18 (1.18%) ServiceNow
9 14 (0.92%) Splunk
10 13 (0.85%) Juniper
10 13 (0.85%) Red Hat
11 12 (0.79%) F5
12 10 (0.65%) CheckPoint
13 9 (0.59%) CyberArk
13 9 (0.59%) Meraki
14 8 (0.52%) Databricks
15 7 (0.46%) Remedy
16 6 (0.39%) BMC