Security Cleared Jobs with Work from Home Options

Security Clearance
UK > Work from Home

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) with a requirement for Security Cleared qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 22 25 70
Rank change year-on-year +3 +45 +12
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 3,156 3,703 3,360
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.32% 8.74% 4.91%
As % of the Qualifications category 33.24% 34.41% 21.59%
Number of salaries quoted 1,729 1,645 1,559
10th Percentile £40,000 £35,375 £37,418
25th Percentile £48,750 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £88,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

Security Cleared is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a WFH option and a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 9,494 10,762 15,566
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 28.04% 25.39% 22.76%
Number of salaries quoted 5,921 6,582 8,639
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,715 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £93,150
UK median annual salary £54,000 £59,526 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.28% +8.23% -

Security Cleared
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Security Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Security Cleared trend for jobs with a WFH option

Security Cleared
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Security Cleared.

Security Cleared salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Security Cleared over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Security Cleared salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 222 (7.03%) ArcGIS
2 214 (6.78%) GeoServer
3 49 (1.55%) WebLogic
4 43 (1.36%) SharePoint
5 33 (1.05%) IIS
5 33 (1.05%) Microsoft Exchange
6 30 (0.95%) Confluence
7 29 (0.92%) Apache
8 25 (0.79%) OpenStack
9 17 (0.54%) CMS
10 14 (0.44%) Tomcat
11 8 (0.25%) JBoss
12 7 (0.22%) Apache Spark
12 7 (0.22%) Red Hat Fuse
13 6 (0.19%) nginx
14 4 (0.13%) Appian
15 3 (0.095%) Drupal
15 3 (0.095%) Oracle Service Bus
15 3 (0.095%) WordPress
16 2 (0.063%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 69 (2.19%) Simulink
2 51 (1.62%) Microsoft Office
3 27 (0.86%) Microsoft Excel
4 17 (0.54%) MS Visio
5 15 (0.48%) Microsoft Project
6 12 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 4 (0.13%) AutoCAD
7 4 (0.13%) Photoshop
7 4 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
7 4 (0.13%) Stateflow
7 4 (0.13%) Windchill
8 2 (0.063%) Fireworks
8 2 (0.063%) InDesign
9 1 (0.032%) 1Password
9 1 (0.032%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.032%) Adobe XD
9 1 (0.032%) Blender
Business Applications
1 56 (1.77%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 47 (1.49%) Remedy ITSM
3 29 (0.92%) Primavera
4 17 (0.54%) NEC Housing
5 13 (0.41%) SAP HR
6 11 (0.35%) SAP S/4HANA
7 10 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
8 8 (0.25%) Siebel CRM
9 7 (0.22%) Maximo
10 6 (0.19%) SAP WM
11 4 (0.13%) Dynamics CRM
11 4 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
12 3 (0.095%) SAP CRM
12 3 (0.095%) SAP CX
12 3 (0.095%) SAP EWM
12 3 (0.095%) SAP GTS
12 3 (0.095%) SAP SD
13 2 (0.063%) Oracle Applications
13 2 (0.063%) Oracle Cash Management
13 2 (0.063%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 851 (26.96%) Azure
2 711 (22.53%) AWS
3 114 (3.61%) Dynamics 365
4 110 (3.49%) Azure DevOps
5 104 (3.30%) Power Platform
6 97 (3.07%) Microsoft 365
7 92 (2.92%) Amazon EKS
8 76 (2.41%) SaaS
9 75 (2.38%) Serverless
10 61 (1.93%) PaaS
11 49 (1.55%) GCP
11 49 (1.55%) GitHub
12 47 (1.49%) Amazon SQS
12 47 (1.49%) PowerApps
13 43 (1.36%) Entra ID
14 37 (1.17%) Power Automate
15 36 (1.14%) Amazon ECS
15 36 (1.14%) Cloud Computing
16 35 (1.11%) IaaS
17 30 (0.95%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 173 (5.48%) Firewall
2 113 (3.58%) DNS
3 83 (2.63%) TCP/IP
4 82 (2.60%) VPN
4 82 (2.60%) WAN
5 64 (2.03%) BGP
6 60 (1.90%) LAN
7 59 (1.87%) Network Security
8 54 (1.71%) SSL
9 48 (1.52%) Wireless
10 40 (1.27%) Internet
11 38 (1.20%) SAN
12 37 (1.17%) DHCP
13 30 (0.95%) SD-WAN
14 25 (0.79%) 5G
15 22 (0.70%) Ethernet
16 17 (0.54%) VSAN
17 15 (0.48%) Wi-Fi
18 14 (0.44%) MPLS
19 10 (0.32%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 252 (7.98%) PostgreSQL
2 218 (6.91%) GIS
3 214 (6.78%) QGIS
4 154 (4.88%) Relational Database
5 76 (2.41%) Oracle Database
6 70 (2.22%) Power BI
7 63 (2.00%) RDBMS
8 61 (1.93%) Amazon RDS
8 61 (1.93%) SQL Server
9 41 (1.30%) NoSQL
10 28 (0.89%) MySQL
11 18 (0.57%) Data Warehouse
12 16 (0.51%) Big Data
13 14 (0.44%) Metadata
14 13 (0.41%) Tableau
15 11 (0.35%) Hadoop
16 10 (0.32%) Elasticsearch
16 10 (0.32%) MongoDB
17 9 (0.29%) Azure SQL Database
17 9 (0.29%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 145 (4.59%) JIRA
2 140 (4.44%) Git
3 113 (3.58%) Jenkins
4 101 (3.20%) GitLab
5 57 (1.81%) Rational DOORS
6 39 (1.24%) Selenium
7 38 (1.20%) Rational Rhapsody
8 26 (0.82%) Subversion
9 18 (0.57%) Visual Studio
10 17 (0.54%) Cucumber
11 16 (0.51%) CMake
11 16 (0.51%) JUnit
12 15 (0.48%) SonarQube
13 14 (0.44%) JMeter
13 14 (0.44%) Vagrant
14 13 (0.41%) Rational Team Concert
14 13 (0.41%) Team Foundation Server
15 12 (0.38%) Bitbucket
16 10 (0.32%) Trac
17 8 (0.25%) CircleCI
General
1 807 (25.57%) Social Skills
2 384 (12.17%) Public Sector
3 306 (9.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 288 (9.13%) Finance
5 228 (7.22%) Aerospace
6 184 (5.83%) Analytical Skills
7 125 (3.96%) Military
8 97 (3.07%) Police
9 79 (2.50%) Retail
10 78 (2.47%) Games
11 74 (2.34%) Law
11 74 (2.34%) Manufacturing
12 62 (1.96%) Influencing Skills
13 59 (1.87%) Presentation Skills
14 58 (1.84%) Telecoms
15 48 (1.52%) Electronics
16 39 (1.24%) Marketing
17 31 (0.98%) Local Government
18 23 (0.73%) French Language
19 20 (0.63%) Legal
Job Titles
1 652 (20.66%) Senior
2 525 (16.63%) Architect
3 441 (13.97%) Software Engineer
4 380 (12.04%) Developer
5 370 (11.72%) Lead
6 284 (9.00%) Senior Software Engineer
7 237 (7.51%) Solutions Architect
8 206 (6.53%) Systems Engineer
9 194 (6.15%) Analyst
10 163 (5.16%) Consultant
11 129 (4.09%) DevOps Engineer
12 122 (3.87%) Project Manager
13 116 (3.68%) Presales Solution Architect
14 97 (3.07%) Business Analyst
15 96 (3.04%) Senior Developer
16 79 (2.50%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 65 (2.06%) Lead Architect
18 61 (1.93%) Full Stack Developer
19 58 (1.84%) Embedded Engineer
20 57 (1.81%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 293 (9.28%) .NET
2 288 (9.13%) React
3 227 (7.19%) CSS
4 214 (6.78%) Leaflet
4 214 (6.78%) OpenLayers
4 214 (6.78%) PostGIS
5 188 (5.96%) .NET Core
6 119 (3.77%) Node.js
7 94 (2.98%) HTML
8 90 (2.85%) AngularJS
9 88 (2.79%) Web Services
10 83 (2.63%) RESTful
11 82 (2.60%) Spring Boot
12 78 (2.47%) Spring
13 69 (2.19%) REST
14 64 (2.03%) XML
15 63 (2.00%) Django
16 51 (1.62%) RabbitMQ
17 50 (1.58%) SOAP
18 48 (1.52%) Express.js
Miscellaneous
1 128 (4.06%) Management Information System
2 99 (3.14%) Self-Motivation
3 96 (3.04%) Product Ownership
4 87 (2.76%) Virtual Team
5 86 (2.72%) Private Cloud
6 85 (2.69%) Algorithms
7 80 (2.53%) Public Cloud
8 79 (2.50%) Data Centre
9 67 (2.12%) Onboarding
10 49 (1.55%) Enterprise Software
11 38 (1.20%) Operational Technology
12 33 (1.05%) PKI
13 29 (0.92%) Mainframe
14 28 (0.89%) Cyberattack
14 28 (0.89%) IoT
15 25 (0.79%) Distributed Systems
16 24 (0.76%) Cloud Native
16 24 (0.76%) CMDB
16 24 (0.76%) Driving Licence
17 23 (0.73%) Cyber Threat
Operating Systems
1 536 (16.98%) Linux
2 276 (8.75%) Windows
3 103 (3.26%) Windows Server
4 102 (3.23%) Ubuntu
5 69 (2.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 65 (2.06%) Embedded Linux
6 65 (2.06%) Unix
7 49 (1.55%) VMS
8 34 (1.08%) Windows Server 2016
9 32 (1.01%) Windows Server 2019
10 23 (0.73%) CentOS
11 20 (0.63%) Windows 10
12 18 (0.57%) Windows Server 2012
13 17 (0.54%) Android
13 17 (0.54%) Solaris
14 10 (0.32%) Windows NT
14 10 (0.32%) zOS
15 5 (0.16%) Windows 7
16 4 (0.13%) AIX
17 3 (0.095%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,196 (37.90%) Agile
2 815 (25.82%) Actionable Insight
3 717 (22.72%) Software Engineering
4 698 (22.12%) DevOps
5 583 (18.47%) Problem-Solving
6 358 (11.34%) Project Management
7 329 (10.42%) Scrum
8 288 (9.13%) CI/CD
9 286 (9.06%) Mentoring
10 285 (9.03%) Systems Engineering
11 278 (8.81%) Cybersecurity
12 244 (7.73%) ITIL
13 243 (7.70%) Continuous Integration
14 236 (7.48%) Web Development
15 222 (7.03%) Collaborative Working
16 220 (6.97%) Presales
17 212 (6.72%) Analytics
18 209 (6.62%) Stakeholder Management
19 207 (6.56%) Kanban
20 202 (6.40%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 585 (18.54%) Python
2 480 (15.21%) JavaScript
3 336 (10.65%) Java
4 246 (7.79%) C#
5 162 (5.13%) SQL
6 151 (4.78%) C
7 120 (3.80%) PowerShell
8 104 (3.30%) C++
9 100 (3.17%) Bash
10 71 (2.25%) TypeScript
11 58 (1.84%) MATLAB
12 56 (1.77%) Rust
13 50 (1.58%) Embedded C
14 40 (1.27%) Go
15 33 (1.05%) Shell Script
16 29 (0.92%) Ada
17 27 (0.86%) Bicep
17 27 (0.86%) VB
18 20 (0.63%) PL/SQL
18 20 (0.63%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 1,908 (60.46%) SC Cleared
2 585 (18.54%) Degree
3 514 (16.29%) DV Cleared
4 364 (11.53%) BPSS Clearance
5 105 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
6 89 (2.82%) Azure Certification
7 85 (2.69%) AWS Certification
8 61 (1.93%) CISSP
9 59 (1.87%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 56 (1.77%) CISM
11 46 (1.46%) Microsoft Certification
12 43 (1.36%) CTC Cleared
12 43 (1.36%) DBS Check
13 37 (1.17%) Master's Degree
14 36 (1.14%) Cisco Certification
15 33 (1.05%) CRISC
16 29 (0.92%) NVQ Level 3
17 28 (0.89%) CCNA
17 28 (0.89%) CCNP
18 23 (0.73%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 118 (3.74%) QA
2 72 (2.28%) Accessibility
3 52 (1.65%) NCSC
4 48 (1.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 38 (1.20%) NIST
6 32 (1.01%) COBIT
7 28 (0.89%) PMO
8 27 (0.86%) SLA
9 26 (0.82%) JSP 440
10 23 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials
11 22 (0.70%) GDPR
12 21 (0.67%) Data Quality
12 21 (0.67%) Software Quality Assurance
13 19 (0.60%) GRC
14 18 (0.57%) RMADS
15 16 (0.51%) NIST 800
16 14 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 11 (0.35%) Def Stans
18 10 (0.32%) HMG Security Policy Framework
18 10 (0.32%) MISRA
System Software
1 208 (6.59%) Docker
2 183 (5.80%) Active Directory
3 66 (2.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 63 (2.00%) Hyper-V
5 59 (1.87%) Firmware
6 35 (1.11%) Virtual Machines
7 25 (0.79%) vSphere
8 16 (0.51%) pfSense
9 15 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
9 15 (0.48%) Virtual Servers
10 14 (0.44%) VMware ESXi
11 10 (0.32%) Embedded Firmware
11 10 (0.32%) NFS
12 9 (0.29%) Forefront TMG
12 9 (0.29%) VMware Workstation
13 7 (0.22%) Microsoft App-V
14 5 (0.16%) VMware NSX
15 3 (0.095%) Oracle RAC
16 1 (0.032%) Slurm Workload Manager
16 1 (0.032%) Snort
Systems Management
1 239 (7.57%) Ansible
2 229 (7.26%) Terraform
3 198 (6.27%) Kubernetes
4 68 (2.15%) SCCM
5 51 (1.62%) WSUS
6 40 (1.27%) SCOM
7 32 (1.01%) Grafana
7 32 (1.01%) OpenView
8 25 (0.79%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 25 (0.79%) Puppet
9 22 (0.70%) vCenter Server
10 20 (0.63%) Microsoft Intune
11 16 (0.51%) Kibana
11 16 (0.51%) ZABBIX
12 14 (0.44%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
13 12 (0.38%) Prometheus
14 10 (0.32%) Progress Chef
14 10 (0.32%) SCDPM
14 10 (0.32%) Sysprep
15 7 (0.22%) HP UCMDB
Vendors
1 466 (14.77%) Microsoft
2 219 (6.94%) ESRI
3 154 (4.88%) VMware
4 150 (4.75%) Oracle
5 93 (2.95%) ServiceNow
6 91 (2.88%) Cisco
7 67 (2.12%) Juniper
8 57 (1.81%) HP
9 56 (1.77%) Sparx
10 52 (1.65%) IBM
11 47 (1.49%) Remedy
12 46 (1.46%) Fortinet
13 45 (1.43%) BMC
14 34 (1.08%) Xilinx
15 32 (1.01%) SAP
16 30 (0.95%) Thales
17 27 (0.86%) Palo Alto
17 27 (0.86%) Red Hat
17 27 (0.86%) Riverbed
18 25 (0.79%) NetApp