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 5 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 22 24 74
Rank change year-on-year +2 +50 +10
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 3,252 3,621 3,657
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.30% 9.53% 4.89%
As % of the Qualifications category 33.34% 36.34% 21.09%
Number of salaries quoted 1,756 1,579 1,612
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £35,972
25th Percentile £48,750 £45,300 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
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 9,753 9,965 17,341
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.89% 26.22% 23.18%
Number of salaries quoted 5,884 6,020 8,899
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £53,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.83% +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

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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 5 June 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 (6.83%) ArcGIS
2 214 (6.58%) GeoServer
3 48 (1.48%) WebLogic
4 47 (1.45%) IIS
5 42 (1.29%) SharePoint
6 41 (1.26%) Apache
7 38 (1.17%) Microsoft Exchange
8 27 (0.83%) Tomcat
9 23 (0.71%) OpenStack
10 21 (0.65%) Confluence
11 13 (0.40%) CMS
12 7 (0.22%) JBoss
12 7 (0.22%) Red Hat Fuse
13 6 (0.18%) Apache Spark
13 6 (0.18%) Appian
14 4 (0.12%) nginx
15 2 (0.062%) Oracle Service Bus
15 2 (0.062%) Oracle Workflow
16 1 (0.031%) Drupal
16 1 (0.031%) WordPress
Applications
1 90 (2.77%) Simulink
2 57 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
3 28 (0.86%) Microsoft Excel
4 16 (0.49%) Microsoft Project
5 15 (0.46%) MS Visio
6 11 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 5 (0.15%) Windchill
8 4 (0.12%) AutoCAD
8 4 (0.12%) Photoshop
8 4 (0.12%) Stateflow
9 3 (0.092%) Spreadsheet
10 2 (0.062%) Fireworks
10 2 (0.062%) InDesign
11 1 (0.031%) 1Password
11 1 (0.031%) Acrobat
11 1 (0.031%) Adobe XD
11 1 (0.031%) Blender
Business Applications
1 55 (1.69%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 47 (1.45%) Remedy ITSM
3 31 (0.95%) NEC Housing
4 29 (0.89%) Primavera
5 13 (0.40%) Maximo
5 13 (0.40%) SAP HR
6 11 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
7 8 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
8 7 (0.22%) Dynamics CRM
9 6 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
10 5 (0.15%) SAP WM
10 5 (0.15%) Siebel CRM
11 3 (0.092%) PeopleSoft HCM
11 3 (0.092%) SAP EWM
12 2 (0.062%) Oracle Cash Management
12 2 (0.062%) Oracle EBS R12
12 2 (0.062%) SAP Business ByDesign
12 2 (0.062%) SAP CX
12 2 (0.062%) SAP GTS
12 2 (0.062%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 863 (26.54%) Azure
2 733 (22.54%) AWS
3 112 (3.44%) Dynamics 365
4 111 (3.41%) Microsoft 365
5 106 (3.26%) Power Platform
6 88 (2.71%) Azure DevOps
7 84 (2.58%) Amazon EKS
8 69 (2.12%) SaaS
9 65 (2.00%) Serverless
10 57 (1.75%) PaaS
11 51 (1.57%) PowerApps
12 49 (1.51%) Entra ID
13 47 (1.45%) Amazon SQS
14 45 (1.38%) GCP
15 43 (1.32%) Power Automate
16 40 (1.23%) GitHub
17 38 (1.17%) Cloud Computing
18 36 (1.11%) Azure Monitor
19 35 (1.08%) IaaS
20 32 (0.98%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 186 (5.72%) Firewall
2 125 (3.84%) DNS
3 88 (2.71%) WAN
4 85 (2.61%) TCP/IP
5 76 (2.34%) VPN
6 64 (1.97%) BGP
6 64 (1.97%) LAN
7 57 (1.75%) Network Security
8 50 (1.54%) SSL
9 49 (1.51%) Wireless
10 44 (1.35%) Internet
11 43 (1.32%) DHCP
12 35 (1.08%) SAN
13 33 (1.01%) SD-WAN
14 23 (0.71%) 5G
15 21 (0.65%) Ethernet
16 17 (0.52%) VSAN
17 16 (0.49%) VLAN
17 16 (0.49%) Wi-Fi
18 15 (0.46%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 252 (7.75%) PostgreSQL
2 218 (6.70%) GIS
3 214 (6.58%) QGIS
4 155 (4.77%) Relational Database
5 85 (2.61%) Oracle Database
6 72 (2.21%) Power BI
7 63 (1.94%) RDBMS
8 62 (1.91%) Amazon RDS
8 62 (1.91%) SQL Server
9 49 (1.51%) NoSQL
10 29 (0.89%) MySQL
11 18 (0.55%) Big Data
11 18 (0.55%) Data Warehouse
12 15 (0.46%) Tableau
13 14 (0.43%) MongoDB
14 12 (0.37%) Hadoop
15 10 (0.31%) Azure SQL Database
15 10 (0.31%) Data Lake
15 10 (0.31%) Elasticsearch
16 7 (0.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 136 (4.18%) JIRA
2 125 (3.84%) Git
3 97 (2.98%) GitLab
4 89 (2.74%) Jenkins
5 59 (1.81%) Rational DOORS
6 40 (1.23%) Selenium
7 38 (1.17%) Rational Rhapsody
8 24 (0.74%) Subversion
9 22 (0.68%) Vagrant
10 19 (0.58%) SonarQube
10 19 (0.58%) Visual Studio
11 16 (0.49%) JUnit
12 15 (0.46%) Rational Team Concert
13 14 (0.43%) CMake
13 14 (0.43%) Team Foundation Server
14 13 (0.40%) Cucumber
15 11 (0.34%) Bitbucket
15 11 (0.34%) JMeter
16 10 (0.31%) Trac
17 8 (0.25%) WebDriver
General
1 818 (25.15%) Social Skills
2 376 (11.56%) Public Sector
3 317 (9.75%) Finance
4 303 (9.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 249 (7.66%) Aerospace
6 183 (5.63%) Analytical Skills
7 124 (3.81%) Military
8 95 (2.92%) Police
9 78 (2.40%) Games
9 78 (2.40%) Manufacturing
9 78 (2.40%) Retail
10 63 (1.94%) Law
10 63 (1.94%) Telecoms
11 61 (1.88%) Influencing Skills
12 51 (1.57%) Electronics
13 47 (1.45%) Presentation Skills
14 43 (1.32%) Local Government
15 26 (0.80%) Marketing
16 21 (0.65%) French Language
17 17 (0.52%) Legal
Job Titles
1 679 (20.88%) Senior
2 497 (15.28%) Architect
3 485 (14.91%) Software Engineer
4 374 (11.50%) Lead
5 373 (11.47%) Developer
6 307 (9.44%) Senior Software Engineer
7 230 (7.07%) Systems Engineer
8 208 (6.40%) Solutions Architect
9 197 (6.06%) Analyst
10 157 (4.83%) Consultant
11 128 (3.94%) Project Manager
12 126 (3.87%) DevOps Engineer
13 95 (2.92%) Business Analyst
14 92 (2.83%) Presales Solution Architect
15 88 (2.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 85 (2.61%) Senior Developer
17 71 (2.18%) Lead Architect
18 70 (2.15%) Technical Architect
19 67 (2.06%) Full Stack Developer
19 67 (2.06%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 305 (9.38%) React
2 293 (9.01%) .NET
3 220 (6.77%) CSS
4 214 (6.58%) Leaflet
4 214 (6.58%) OpenLayers
4 214 (6.58%) PostGIS
5 187 (5.75%) .NET Core
6 129 (3.97%) Node.js
7 92 (2.83%) Web Services
8 87 (2.68%) AngularJS
9 84 (2.58%) HTML
10 79 (2.43%) Spring Boot
11 70 (2.15%) Django
12 67 (2.06%) REST
13 66 (2.03%) RESTful
13 66 (2.03%) Spring
14 55 (1.69%) XML
15 51 (1.57%) RabbitMQ
16 50 (1.54%) Express.js
17 42 (1.29%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 130 (4.00%) Management Information System
2 105 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
3 96 (2.95%) Public Cloud
4 94 (2.89%) Product Ownership
5 88 (2.71%) Private Cloud
6 85 (2.61%) Algorithms
7 80 (2.46%) Virtual Team
8 72 (2.21%) Data Centre
9 60 (1.85%) Onboarding
10 51 (1.57%) Enterprise Software
11 36 (1.11%) Operational Technology
12 33 (1.01%) PKI
13 28 (0.86%) IoT
14 24 (0.74%) Cyber Threat
14 24 (0.74%) Cyberattack
14 24 (0.74%) Distributed Systems
14 24 (0.74%) Driving Licence
14 24 (0.74%) Mainframe
15 21 (0.65%) Cloud Native
15 21 (0.65%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 577 (17.74%) Linux
2 293 (9.01%) Windows
3 113 (3.47%) Ubuntu
4 98 (3.01%) Windows Server
5 81 (2.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 80 (2.46%) Unix
7 74 (2.28%) Embedded Linux
8 51 (1.57%) VMS
9 33 (1.01%) Android
10 31 (0.95%) CentOS
10 31 (0.95%) Windows Server 2019
11 30 (0.92%) Solaris
11 30 (0.92%) Windows Server 2016
12 18 (0.55%) Windows 10
13 11 (0.34%) Windows Server 2012
14 10 (0.31%) zOS
15 5 (0.15%) Windows NT
16 4 (0.12%) AIX
16 4 (0.12%) Debian
16 4 (0.12%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,198 (36.84%) Agile
2 772 (23.74%) Software Engineering
3 751 (23.09%) Actionable Insight
4 729 (22.42%) DevOps
5 556 (17.10%) Problem-Solving
6 368 (11.32%) Project Management
7 322 (9.90%) Scrum
8 307 (9.44%) Mentoring
9 301 (9.26%) CI/CD
10 295 (9.07%) Systems Engineering
11 281 (8.64%) Cybersecurity
12 260 (8.00%) Continuous Integration
13 243 (7.47%) Collaborative Working
14 232 (7.13%) ITIL
15 228 (7.01%) Web Development
16 216 (6.64%) Stakeholder Management
17 213 (6.55%) Open Source
18 207 (6.37%) Kanban
19 196 (6.03%) Validation
20 194 (5.97%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 630 (19.37%) Python
2 493 (15.16%) JavaScript
3 348 (10.70%) Java
4 263 (8.09%) C#
5 160 (4.92%) C
6 154 (4.74%) SQL
7 134 (4.12%) C++
8 124 (3.81%) PowerShell
9 105 (3.23%) Bash
10 102 (3.14%) TypeScript
11 64 (1.97%) MATLAB
12 56 (1.72%) Rust
13 50 (1.54%) Embedded C
14 42 (1.29%) Shell Script
15 38 (1.17%) Go
16 32 (0.98%) Bicep
17 30 (0.92%) VB
18 29 (0.89%) Ada
19 24 (0.74%) VBScript
20 21 (0.65%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 1,939 (59.62%) SC Cleared
2 645 (19.83%) Degree
3 586 (18.02%) DV Cleared
4 360 (11.07%) BPSS Clearance
5 130 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 97 (2.98%) Azure Certification
7 96 (2.95%) AWS Certification
8 62 (1.91%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 56 (1.72%) CISSP
10 51 (1.57%) CISM
11 46 (1.41%) DBS Check
12 44 (1.35%) Microsoft Certification
13 41 (1.26%) Master's Degree
14 35 (1.08%) Cisco Certification
15 32 (0.98%) CRISC
16 31 (0.95%) CTC Cleared
17 27 (0.83%) CCNP
18 25 (0.77%) CCNA
19 22 (0.68%) CISA
19 22 (0.68%) NVQ Level 3
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 119 (3.66%) QA
2 80 (2.46%) Accessibility
3 55 (1.69%) NCSC
4 41 (1.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 36 (1.11%) NIST
6 32 (0.98%) COBIT
7 27 (0.83%) PMO
8 26 (0.80%) GDPR
8 26 (0.80%) SLA
9 25 (0.77%) JSP 440
10 18 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
10 18 (0.55%) Software Quality Assurance
11 17 (0.52%) GRC
12 16 (0.49%) Data Quality
12 16 (0.49%) NIST 800
12 16 (0.49%) RMADS
13 14 (0.43%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 11 (0.34%) MISRA
15 10 (0.31%) Def Stans
15 10 (0.31%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 209 (6.43%) Docker
2 175 (5.38%) Active Directory
3 62 (1.91%) VMware Infrastructure
4 61 (1.88%) Hyper-V
5 57 (1.75%) Firmware
6 36 (1.11%) Virtual Machines
7 22 (0.68%) vSphere
8 19 (0.58%) Virtual Desktop
9 18 (0.55%) Virtual Servers
10 16 (0.49%) pfSense
11 10 (0.31%) Embedded Firmware
11 10 (0.31%) NFS
12 9 (0.28%) Forefront TMG
12 9 (0.28%) VMware ESXi
12 9 (0.28%) VMware Workstation
13 7 (0.22%) Microsoft App-V
14 4 (0.12%) VMware NSX
15 2 (0.062%) Oracle RAC
16 1 (0.031%) Slurm Workload Manager
16 1 (0.031%) Snort
Systems Management
1 251 (7.72%) Ansible
2 241 (7.41%) Terraform
3 223 (6.86%) Kubernetes
4 63 (1.94%) SCCM
5 49 (1.51%) WSUS
6 43 (1.32%) SCOM
7 32 (0.98%) Grafana
7 32 (0.98%) OpenView
8 27 (0.83%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 27 (0.83%) Puppet
9 24 (0.74%) Microsoft Intune
10 18 (0.55%) vCenter Server
11 16 (0.49%) ZABBIX
12 15 (0.46%) Kibana
13 12 (0.37%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
13 12 (0.37%) Prometheus
14 11 (0.34%) Progress Chef
15 10 (0.31%) SCDPM
16 5 (0.15%) EMC NetWorker
16 5 (0.15%) Sysprep
Vendors
1 473 (14.54%) Microsoft
2 219 (6.73%) ESRI
3 154 (4.74%) Oracle
4 153 (4.70%) VMware
5 97 (2.98%) ServiceNow
6 94 (2.89%) Cisco
7 71 (2.18%) Juniper
8 55 (1.69%) Sparx
9 53 (1.63%) HP
9 53 (1.63%) IBM
10 52 (1.60%) Xilinx
11 47 (1.45%) Remedy
12 46 (1.41%) BMC
13 45 (1.38%) Fortinet
14 32 (0.98%) NEC
15 31 (0.95%) Red Hat
16 30 (0.92%) Thales
17 28 (0.86%) Palo Alto
17 28 (0.86%) SAP
18 26 (0.80%) Riverbed