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

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 22 24 74
Rank change year-on-year +2 +50 +12
Permanent jobs citing Security Cleared 3,248 3,658 3,626
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 9.33% 9.49% 4.87%
As % of the Qualifications category 33.42% 36.26% 21.03%
Number of salaries quoted 1,771 1,595 1,603
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £35,969
25th Percentile £48,750 £45,300 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.64% +1.67% -
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 9,718 10,088 17,243
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.93% 26.18% 23.15%
Number of salaries quoted 5,904 6,114 8,887
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 £53,818 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.30% +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

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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 2 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 (6.59%) GeoServer
3 48 (1.48%) WebLogic
4 47 (1.45%) IIS
5 41 (1.26%) Apache
5 41 (1.26%) SharePoint
6 36 (1.11%) Microsoft Exchange
7 27 (0.83%) Tomcat
8 23 (0.71%) OpenStack
9 21 (0.65%) Confluence
10 15 (0.46%) CMS
11 7 (0.22%) JBoss
11 7 (0.22%) Red Hat Fuse
12 6 (0.18%) Apache Spark
12 6 (0.18%) Appian
13 4 (0.12%) nginx
14 2 (0.062%) Oracle Service Bus
14 2 (0.062%) Oracle Workflow
15 1 (0.031%) Drupal
15 1 (0.031%) WordPress
Applications
1 90 (2.77%) Simulink
2 56 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
3 27 (0.83%) Microsoft Excel
4 15 (0.46%) Microsoft Project
4 15 (0.46%) MS Visio
5 11 (0.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (0.12%) AutoCAD
6 4 (0.12%) Photoshop
6 4 (0.12%) Stateflow
6 4 (0.12%) Windchill
7 3 (0.092%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.062%) Fireworks
8 2 (0.062%) InDesign
9 1 (0.031%) 1Password
9 1 (0.031%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.031%) Adobe XD
9 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 14 (0.43%) SAP HR
6 13 (0.40%) Maximo
7 11 (0.34%) Oracle EBS
8 8 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
9 6 (0.18%) Oracle ERP
10 5 (0.15%) Dynamics CRM
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
1 861 (26.51%) Azure
2 732 (22.54%) AWS
3 110 (3.39%) Dynamics 365
4 107 (3.29%) Microsoft 365
5 101 (3.11%) Power Platform
6 91 (2.80%) Azure DevOps
7 86 (2.65%) Amazon EKS
8 69 (2.12%) SaaS
9 66 (2.03%) Serverless
10 58 (1.79%) PaaS
11 50 (1.54%) PowerApps
12 49 (1.51%) Entra ID
13 47 (1.45%) Amazon SQS
14 45 (1.39%) GCP
15 42 (1.29%) GitHub
15 42 (1.29%) Power Automate
16 38 (1.17%) Cloud Computing
17 35 (1.08%) Azure Monitor
17 35 (1.08%) IaaS
18 32 (0.99%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 187 (5.76%) Firewall
2 122 (3.76%) DNS
3 89 (2.74%) WAN
4 85 (2.62%) TCP/IP
5 75 (2.31%) VPN
6 64 (1.97%) LAN
7 62 (1.91%) BGP
8 59 (1.82%) Network Security
9 50 (1.54%) SSL
9 50 (1.54%) Wireless
10 44 (1.35%) Internet
11 42 (1.29%) DHCP
12 36 (1.11%) SAN
13 34 (1.05%) SD-WAN
14 25 (0.77%) 5G
15 21 (0.65%) Ethernet
16 17 (0.52%) VSAN
17 16 (0.49%) Wi-Fi
18 15 (0.46%) MPLS
18 15 (0.46%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 252 (7.76%) PostgreSQL
2 218 (6.71%) GIS
3 214 (6.59%) QGIS
4 156 (4.80%) Relational Database
5 85 (2.62%) Oracle Database
6 69 (2.12%) Power BI
7 63 (1.94%) RDBMS
7 63 (1.94%) SQL Server
8 62 (1.91%) Amazon RDS
9 49 (1.51%) NoSQL
10 28 (0.86%) MySQL
11 17 (0.52%) Big Data
11 17 (0.52%) Data Warehouse
12 14 (0.43%) Tableau
13 13 (0.40%) MongoDB
14 11 (0.34%) Hadoop
15 10 (0.31%) Azure SQL Database
15 10 (0.31%) Elasticsearch
16 9 (0.28%) Data Lake
17 7 (0.22%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 137 (4.22%) JIRA
2 127 (3.91%) Git
3 98 (3.02%) GitLab
4 93 (2.86%) Jenkins
5 57 (1.75%) Rational DOORS
6 39 (1.20%) 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 14 (0.43%) CMake
12 14 (0.43%) Cucumber
12 14 (0.43%) Team Foundation Server
13 13 (0.40%) Rational Team Concert
14 12 (0.37%) Bitbucket
14 12 (0.37%) JMeter
15 10 (0.31%) Trac
16 7 (0.22%) Eclipse
General
1 809 (24.91%) Social Skills
2 376 (11.58%) Public Sector
3 316 (9.73%) Finance
4 299 (9.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 248 (7.64%) Aerospace
6 180 (5.54%) Analytical Skills
7 126 (3.88%) Military
8 96 (2.96%) Police
9 78 (2.40%) Games
9 78 (2.40%) Retail
10 77 (2.37%) Manufacturing
11 62 (1.91%) Telecoms
12 61 (1.88%) Influencing Skills
12 61 (1.88%) Law
13 49 (1.51%) Electronics
14 47 (1.45%) Presentation Skills
15 43 (1.32%) Local Government
16 28 (0.86%) Marketing
17 22 (0.68%) French Language
18 17 (0.52%) Legal
Job Titles
1 679 (20.91%) Senior
2 493 (15.18%) Architect
3 484 (14.90%) Software Engineer
4 375 (11.55%) Developer
5 372 (11.45%) Lead
6 306 (9.42%) Senior Software Engineer
7 227 (6.99%) Systems Engineer
8 208 (6.40%) Solutions Architect
9 203 (6.25%) Analyst
10 157 (4.83%) Consultant
11 128 (3.94%) DevOps Engineer
12 126 (3.88%) Project Manager
13 96 (2.96%) Business Analyst
14 92 (2.83%) Presales Solution Architect
15 88 (2.71%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 86 (2.65%) Senior Developer
17 71 (2.19%) Lead Architect
18 67 (2.06%) Full Stack Developer
18 67 (2.06%) Technical Architect
19 66 (2.03%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 303 (9.33%) React
2 291 (8.96%) .NET
3 222 (6.83%) CSS
4 214 (6.59%) Leaflet
4 214 (6.59%) OpenLayers
4 214 (6.59%) PostGIS
5 187 (5.76%) .NET Core
6 129 (3.97%) Node.js
7 93 (2.86%) Web Services
8 87 (2.68%) AngularJS
9 86 (2.65%) HTML
10 80 (2.46%) Spring Boot
11 70 (2.16%) Django
12 68 (2.09%) RESTful
13 67 (2.06%) REST
13 67 (2.06%) Spring
14 55 (1.69%) XML
15 51 (1.57%) RabbitMQ
16 50 (1.54%) Express.js
17 42 (1.29%) ARM Templates
Miscellaneous
1 131 (4.03%) Management Information System
2 102 (3.14%) Self-Motivation
3 97 (2.99%) Product Ownership
4 96 (2.96%) Public Cloud
5 88 (2.71%) Private Cloud
6 84 (2.59%) Algorithms
7 81 (2.49%) Virtual Team
8 73 (2.25%) Data Centre
9 64 (1.97%) Onboarding
10 51 (1.57%) Enterprise Software
11 38 (1.17%) Operational Technology
12 33 (1.02%) PKI
13 28 (0.86%) IoT
14 25 (0.77%) Mainframe
15 24 (0.74%) Cyber Threat
15 24 (0.74%) Cyberattack
15 24 (0.74%) Distributed Systems
15 24 (0.74%) Driving Licence
16 21 (0.65%) Cloud Native
16 21 (0.65%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 577 (17.76%) Linux
2 294 (9.05%) Windows
3 113 (3.48%) Ubuntu
4 100 (3.08%) 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 (1.02%) 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 19 (0.58%) Windows 10
13 12 (0.37%) Windows Server 2012
14 10 (0.31%) zOS
15 6 (0.18%) Windows NT
16 4 (0.12%) AIX
16 4 (0.12%) Debian
16 4 (0.12%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,198 (36.88%) Agile
2 767 (23.61%) Software Engineering
3 751 (23.12%) Actionable Insight
4 734 (22.60%) DevOps
5 558 (17.18%) Problem-Solving
6 367 (11.30%) Project Management
7 324 (9.98%) Scrum
8 305 (9.39%) CI/CD
9 304 (9.36%) Mentoring
10 290 (8.93%) Systems Engineering
11 277 (8.53%) Cybersecurity
12 262 (8.07%) Continuous Integration
13 246 (7.57%) Collaborative Working
14 242 (7.45%) ITIL
15 230 (7.08%) Web Development
16 212 (6.53%) Open Source
16 212 (6.53%) Stakeholder Management
17 208 (6.40%) Kanban
18 196 (6.03%) Presales
19 194 (5.97%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 626 (19.27%) Python
2 493 (15.18%) JavaScript
3 345 (10.62%) Java
4 258 (7.94%) C#
5 160 (4.93%) C
6 158 (4.86%) SQL
7 132 (4.06%) C++
8 123 (3.79%) PowerShell
9 103 (3.17%) Bash
10 99 (3.05%) TypeScript
11 63 (1.94%) MATLAB
12 56 (1.72%) Rust
13 50 (1.54%) Embedded C
14 43 (1.32%) Shell Script
15 39 (1.20%) Go
16 31 (0.95%) Bicep
17 29 (0.89%) Ada
17 29 (0.89%) VB
18 23 (0.71%) VBScript
19 21 (0.65%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 1,935 (59.58%) SC Cleared
2 630 (19.40%) Degree
3 590 (18.17%) DV Cleared
4 361 (11.11%) BPSS Clearance
5 127 (3.91%) Computer Science Degree
6 97 (2.99%) AWS Certification
6 97 (2.99%) Azure Certification
7 62 (1.91%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 57 (1.75%) CISSP
9 52 (1.60%) CISM
10 46 (1.42%) DBS Check
11 43 (1.32%) Microsoft Certification
12 38 (1.17%) Master's Degree
13 35 (1.08%) Cisco Certification
14 34 (1.05%) CTC Cleared
15 32 (0.99%) CRISC
16 29 (0.89%) NVQ Level 3
17 27 (0.83%) CCNP
18 26 (0.80%) CCNA
19 22 (0.68%) CISA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 116 (3.57%) QA
2 79 (2.43%) Accessibility
3 56 (1.72%) NCSC
4 41 (1.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 37 (1.14%) NIST
6 32 (0.99%) COBIT
7 27 (0.83%) PMO
8 26 (0.80%) JSP 440
9 25 (0.77%) GDPR
9 25 (0.77%) SLA
10 18 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
10 18 (0.55%) Software Quality Assurance
11 17 (0.52%) GRC
11 17 (0.52%) RMADS
12 16 (0.49%) Data Quality
12 16 (0.49%) NIST 800
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
1 210 (6.47%) Docker
2 177 (5.45%) Active Directory
3 62 (1.91%) Hyper-V
4 61 (1.88%) VMware Infrastructure
5 55 (1.69%) Firmware
6 35 (1.08%) Virtual Machines
7 22 (0.68%) vSphere
8 18 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
9 17 (0.52%) 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%) Lustre
16 1 (0.031%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 252 (7.76%) Ansible
2 242 (7.45%) Terraform
3 224 (6.90%) Kubernetes
4 63 (1.94%) SCCM
5 49 (1.51%) WSUS
6 44 (1.35%) SCOM
7 32 (0.99%) Grafana
7 32 (0.99%) OpenView
8 27 (0.83%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 26 (0.80%) Puppet
10 23 (0.71%) Microsoft Intune
11 18 (0.55%) vCenter Server
12 16 (0.49%) ZABBIX
13 15 (0.46%) Kibana
14 12 (0.37%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
14 12 (0.37%) Prometheus
15 11 (0.34%) Progress Chef
16 10 (0.31%) SCDPM
17 6 (0.18%) Sysprep
18 5 (0.15%) EMC NetWorker
Vendors
1 476 (14.66%) Microsoft
2 219 (6.74%) ESRI
3 155 (4.77%) Oracle
4 153 (4.71%) VMware
5 99 (3.05%) ServiceNow
6 95 (2.92%) Cisco
7 73 (2.25%) Juniper
8 55 (1.69%) HP
8 55 (1.69%) Sparx
9 52 (1.60%) IBM
9 52 (1.60%) Xilinx
10 47 (1.45%) Fortinet
10 47 (1.45%) Remedy
11 46 (1.42%) BMC
12 32 (0.99%) NEC
13 31 (0.95%) Red Hat
14 30 (0.92%) Thales
15 29 (0.89%) SAP
16 28 (0.86%) Palo Alto
16 28 (0.86%) Riverbed