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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 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 3,144 3,619 3,511
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.29% 8.96% 4.99%
As % of the Qualifications category 32.92% 34.99% 21.71%
Number of salaries quoted 1,725 1,595 1,586
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £48,750 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
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 9,550 10,344 16,175
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 28.21% 25.60% 23.00%
Number of salaries quoted 5,898 6,296 8,686
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 £92,750
UK median annual salary £54,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.00% +9.09% -

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

Security Cleared
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 18 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 (7.06%) ArcGIS
2 214 (6.81%) GeoServer
3 48 (1.53%) WebLogic
4 46 (1.46%) IIS
5 41 (1.30%) Apache
6 39 (1.24%) SharePoint
7 33 (1.05%) Microsoft Exchange
8 31 (0.99%) Confluence
9 27 (0.86%) Tomcat
10 25 (0.80%) OpenStack
11 16 (0.51%) CMS
12 7 (0.22%) Apache Spark
12 7 (0.22%) JBoss
12 7 (0.22%) Red Hat Fuse
13 5 (0.16%) nginx
14 4 (0.13%) Appian
15 2 (0.064%) Oracle Service Bus
15 2 (0.064%) Oracle Workflow
16 1 (0.032%) Drupal
16 1 (0.032%) WordPress
Applications
1 80 (2.54%) Simulink
2 51 (1.62%) Microsoft Office
3 27 (0.86%) Microsoft Excel
4 16 (0.51%) 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 (0.064%) Fireworks
8 2 (0.064%) 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 (1.78%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 46 (1.46%) Remedy ITSM
3 31 (0.99%) NEC Housing
4 29 (0.92%) Primavera
5 13 (0.41%) SAP HR
6 11 (0.35%) Maximo
7 9 (0.29%) Oracle EBS
7 9 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
8 8 (0.25%) Siebel CRM
9 6 (0.19%) SAP WM
10 4 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
11 3 (0.095%) Dynamics CRM
11 3 (0.095%) SAP CRM
11 3 (0.095%) SAP CX
11 3 (0.095%) SAP EWM
11 3 (0.095%) SAP GTS
11 3 (0.095%) SAP SD
12 2 (0.064%) Oracle Cash Management
12 2 (0.064%) SAP Business ByDesign
12 2 (0.064%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 846 (26.91%) Azure
2 711 (22.61%) AWS
3 108 (3.44%) Dynamics 365
4 98 (3.12%) Microsoft 365
4 98 (3.12%) Power Platform
5 96 (3.05%) Azure DevOps
6 90 (2.86%) Amazon EKS
7 73 (2.32%) SaaS
8 70 (2.23%) Serverless
9 62 (1.97%) PaaS
10 47 (1.49%) Amazon SQS
10 47 (1.49%) GCP
10 47 (1.49%) PowerApps
11 45 (1.43%) Entra ID
12 42 (1.34%) GitHub
13 39 (1.24%) Power Automate
14 37 (1.18%) Cloud Computing
15 36 (1.15%) IaaS
16 35 (1.11%) Amazon ECS
17 31 (0.99%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 171 (5.44%) Firewall
2 114 (3.63%) DNS
3 83 (2.64%) TCP/IP
4 81 (2.58%) WAN
5 76 (2.42%) VPN
6 61 (1.94%) BGP
7 60 (1.91%) Network Security
8 58 (1.84%) LAN
9 52 (1.65%) SSL
10 48 (1.53%) Wireless
11 40 (1.27%) Internet
12 37 (1.18%) DHCP
13 35 (1.11%) SAN
14 31 (0.99%) SD-WAN
15 25 (0.80%) 5G
16 21 (0.67%) Ethernet
17 17 (0.54%) VSAN
18 16 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
19 14 (0.45%) MPLS
20 11 (0.35%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 252 (8.02%) PostgreSQL
2 218 (6.93%) GIS
3 214 (6.81%) QGIS
4 158 (5.03%) Relational Database
5 87 (2.77%) Oracle Database
6 68 (2.16%) Power BI
7 63 (2.00%) RDBMS
8 61 (1.94%) Amazon RDS
8 61 (1.94%) SQL Server
9 45 (1.43%) NoSQL
10 29 (0.92%) MySQL
11 16 (0.51%) Big Data
11 16 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
12 12 (0.38%) MongoDB
12 12 (0.38%) Tableau
13 11 (0.35%) Hadoop
14 10 (0.32%) Azure SQL Database
14 10 (0.32%) Elasticsearch
14 10 (0.32%) Metadata
15 9 (0.29%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 142 (4.52%) JIRA
2 140 (4.45%) Git
3 108 (3.44%) Jenkins
4 99 (3.15%) GitLab
5 58 (1.84%) Rational DOORS
6 38 (1.21%) Rational Rhapsody
6 38 (1.21%) Selenium
7 25 (0.80%) Subversion
8 18 (0.57%) Vagrant
8 18 (0.57%) Visual Studio
9 17 (0.54%) SonarQube
10 15 (0.48%) CMake
10 15 (0.48%) JUnit
11 14 (0.45%) Cucumber
12 13 (0.41%) Rational Team Concert
12 13 (0.41%) Team Foundation Server
13 12 (0.38%) Bitbucket
13 12 (0.38%) JMeter
14 10 (0.32%) Trac
15 7 (0.22%) CircleCI
General
1 780 (24.81%) Social Skills
2 382 (12.15%) Public Sector
3 289 (9.19%) Finance
4 285 (9.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 240 (7.63%) Aerospace
6 177 (5.63%) Analytical Skills
7 126 (4.01%) Military
8 109 (3.47%) Police
9 78 (2.48%) Games
10 74 (2.35%) Retail
11 73 (2.32%) Manufacturing
12 63 (2.00%) Law
13 61 (1.94%) Influencing Skills
14 60 (1.91%) Telecoms
15 53 (1.69%) Presentation Skills
16 48 (1.53%) Electronics
17 45 (1.43%) Local Government
18 32 (1.02%) Marketing
19 22 (0.70%) French Language
20 18 (0.57%) Legal
Job Titles
1 653 (20.77%) Senior
2 490 (15.59%) Architect
3 466 (14.82%) Software Engineer
4 379 (12.05%) Developer
5 356 (11.32%) Lead
6 297 (9.45%) Senior Software Engineer
7 214 (6.81%) Systems Engineer
8 213 (6.77%) Solutions Architect
9 194 (6.17%) Analyst
10 151 (4.80%) Consultant
11 126 (4.01%) DevOps Engineer
12 122 (3.88%) Project Manager
13 98 (3.12%) Senior Developer
14 96 (3.05%) Business Analyst
15 92 (2.93%) Presales Solution Architect
16 82 (2.61%) Infrastructure Engineer
17 65 (2.07%) Lead Architect
18 63 (2.00%) Full Stack Developer
19 59 (1.88%) Embedded Engineer
20 57 (1.81%) Embedded Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 289 (9.19%) React
2 288 (9.16%) .NET
3 226 (7.19%) CSS
4 214 (6.81%) Leaflet
4 214 (6.81%) OpenLayers
4 214 (6.81%) PostGIS
5 187 (5.95%) .NET Core
6 122 (3.88%) Node.js
7 96 (3.05%) Web Services
8 91 (2.89%) HTML
9 89 (2.83%) AngularJS
10 83 (2.64%) Spring Boot
11 79 (2.51%) RESTful
11 79 (2.51%) Spring
12 69 (2.19%) REST
13 63 (2.00%) Django
14 60 (1.91%) XML
15 51 (1.62%) RabbitMQ
16 49 (1.56%) Express.js
17 43 (1.37%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 127 (4.04%) Management Information System
2 99 (3.15%) Self-Motivation
3 95 (3.02%) Product Ownership
4 94 (2.99%) Public Cloud
5 86 (2.74%) Private Cloud
6 85 (2.70%) Algorithms
7 83 (2.64%) Virtual Team
8 75 (2.39%) Data Centre
9 64 (2.04%) Onboarding
10 49 (1.56%) Enterprise Software
11 39 (1.24%) Operational Technology
12 30 (0.95%) PKI
13 29 (0.92%) Mainframe
14 28 (0.89%) IoT
15 25 (0.80%) Distributed Systems
16 24 (0.76%) Cloud Native
17 23 (0.73%) Cyber Threat
17 23 (0.73%) Driving Licence
17 23 (0.73%) Satnav
18 22 (0.70%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 553 (17.59%) Linux
2 287 (9.13%) Windows
3 106 (3.37%) Ubuntu
4 98 (3.12%) Windows Server
5 79 (2.51%) Unix
6 75 (2.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 70 (2.23%) Embedded Linux
8 49 (1.56%) VMS
9 30 (0.95%) Windows Server 2019
10 29 (0.92%) Solaris
10 29 (0.92%) Windows Server 2016
11 27 (0.86%) CentOS
12 25 (0.80%) Android
13 19 (0.60%) Windows 10
14 13 (0.41%) Windows Server 2012
15 10 (0.32%) zOS
16 8 (0.25%) Windows NT
17 4 (0.13%) AIX
17 4 (0.13%) Windows 7
18 3 (0.095%) CoreOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,175 (37.37%) Agile
2 771 (24.52%) Actionable Insight
3 740 (23.54%) Software Engineering
4 706 (22.46%) DevOps
5 563 (17.91%) Problem-Solving
6 359 (11.42%) Project Management
7 323 (10.27%) Scrum
8 288 (9.16%) Systems Engineering
9 281 (8.94%) Mentoring
10 279 (8.87%) CI/CD
11 273 (8.68%) Cybersecurity
12 244 (7.76%) Continuous Integration
13 240 (7.63%) ITIL
14 234 (7.44%) Collaborative Working
15 233 (7.41%) Web Development
16 205 (6.52%) Kanban
17 200 (6.36%) Open Source
17 200 (6.36%) Stakeholder Management
18 192 (6.11%) Presales
19 186 (5.92%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 597 (18.99%) Python
2 485 (15.43%) JavaScript
3 343 (10.91%) Java
4 248 (7.89%) C#
5 158 (5.03%) C
6 156 (4.96%) SQL
7 123 (3.91%) C++
8 116 (3.69%) PowerShell
9 102 (3.24%) Bash
10 82 (2.61%) TypeScript
11 61 (1.94%) MATLAB
12 56 (1.78%) Rust
13 50 (1.59%) Embedded C
14 44 (1.40%) Shell Script
15 39 (1.24%) Go
16 29 (0.92%) Ada
17 27 (0.86%) Bicep
17 27 (0.86%) VB
18 20 (0.64%) VBScript
19 19 (0.60%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 1,871 (59.51%) SC Cleared
2 605 (19.24%) Degree
3 528 (16.79%) DV Cleared
4 359 (11.42%) BPSS Clearance
5 118 (3.75%) Computer Science Degree
6 92 (2.93%) Azure Certification
7 89 (2.83%) AWS Certification
8 59 (1.88%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 59 (1.88%) CISSP
9 55 (1.75%) CISM
10 45 (1.43%) Microsoft Certification
11 44 (1.40%) DBS Check
12 40 (1.27%) CTC Cleared
13 39 (1.24%) Master's Degree
14 35 (1.11%) Cisco Certification
15 32 (1.02%) CRISC
16 29 (0.92%) NVQ Level 3
17 28 (0.89%) CCNA
18 27 (0.86%) CCNP
19 23 (0.73%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 112 (3.56%) QA
2 76 (2.42%) Accessibility
3 52 (1.65%) NCSC
4 46 (1.46%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 37 (1.18%) NIST
6 32 (1.02%) COBIT
7 28 (0.89%) PMO
8 26 (0.83%) JSP 440
9 25 (0.80%) SLA
10 22 (0.70%) GDPR
11 21 (0.67%) Software Quality Assurance
12 19 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials
13 18 (0.57%) GRC
14 17 (0.54%) Data Quality
14 17 (0.54%) RMADS
15 16 (0.51%) NIST 800
16 14 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 11 (0.35%) Def Stans
17 11 (0.35%) MISRA
18 10 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 206 (6.55%) Docker
2 176 (5.60%) Active Directory
3 62 (1.97%) VMware Infrastructure
4 61 (1.94%) Hyper-V
5 58 (1.84%) Firmware
6 34 (1.08%) Virtual Machines
7 23 (0.73%) vSphere
8 16 (0.51%) pfSense
9 15 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
9 15 (0.48%) Virtual Servers
10 14 (0.45%) 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 2 (0.064%) Oracle RAC
14 2 (0.064%) VMware NSX
15 1 (0.032%) Lustre
15 1 (0.032%) Snort
Systems Management
1 242 (7.70%) Ansible
2 231 (7.35%) Terraform
3 207 (6.58%) Kubernetes
4 63 (2.00%) SCCM
5 49 (1.56%) WSUS
6 40 (1.27%) SCOM
7 32 (1.02%) Grafana
7 32 (1.02%) OpenView
8 26 (0.83%) Puppet
9 25 (0.80%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 22 (0.70%) vCenter Server
11 20 (0.64%) Microsoft Intune
12 16 (0.51%) Kibana
12 16 (0.51%) ZABBIX
13 12 (0.38%) Prometheus
14 11 (0.35%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
14 11 (0.35%) Progress Chef
15 10 (0.32%) SCDPM
16 8 (0.25%) Sysprep
17 5 (0.16%) HP UCMDB
Vendors
1 468 (14.89%) Microsoft
2 219 (6.97%) ESRI
3 158 (5.03%) Oracle
4 152 (4.83%) VMware
5 92 (2.93%) Cisco
5 92 (2.93%) ServiceNow
6 70 (2.23%) Juniper
7 56 (1.78%) Sparx
8 55 (1.75%) HP
9 52 (1.65%) IBM
10 46 (1.46%) Remedy
11 45 (1.43%) BMC
11 45 (1.43%) Fortinet
12 44 (1.40%) Xilinx
13 32 (1.02%) NEC
14 30 (0.95%) Thales
15 29 (0.92%) Red Hat
15 29 (0.92%) SAP
16 28 (0.89%) Palo Alto
16 28 (0.89%) Riverbed