Hybrid/Remote SC Cleared Job Trends

Security Check (SC) Clearance
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid work with a requirement for SC Cleared qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 26 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 110 70
Rank change year-on-year +77 -40 -9
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 1,112 491 1,309
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.87% 3.37% 3.98%
As % of the Qualifications category 26.04% 10.03% 14.78%
Number of salaries quoted 851 344 964
10th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £40,225
25th Percentile £54,875 £52,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £64,627 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.58% +7.71% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £93,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% +4.35% -8.00%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Work from Home

SC 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 4,271 4,895 8,855
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 22.55% 33.64% 26.94%
Number of salaries quoted 2,893 2,248 5,899
10th Percentile £33,350 £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £48,250 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £88,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,043
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.77% -9.93%

SC Cleared
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SC Cleared and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

SC Cleared job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

SC Cleared
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing SC Cleared.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing SC Cleared

SC Cleared
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing SC Cleared over the 6 months to 26 May 2026.

SC Cleared salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

SC 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 27 (2.43%) SharePoint
2 15 (1.35%) Apache Airflow
3 14 (1.26%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (0.99%) Apache
5 10 (0.90%) Apache Spark
6 5 (0.45%) Jupyter
7 4 (0.36%) ArcGIS
7 4 (0.36%) GeoServer
7 4 (0.36%) Oracle Spatial
8 3 (0.27%) Apache Solr
8 3 (0.27%) SAS
9 2 (0.18%) Anypoint
9 2 (0.18%) Camunda
9 2 (0.18%) Confluence
9 2 (0.18%) Mule
9 2 (0.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 1 (0.090%) Appian
10 1 (0.090%) OpenStack
Applications
1 58 (5.22%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (1.62%) Adobe XD
3 11 (0.99%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (0.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.45%) InVision
5 5 (0.45%) Sketch
6 4 (0.36%) Windchill
7 3 (0.27%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.18%) Weka
9 1 (0.090%) CATIA
9 1 (0.090%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 6 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.36%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.18%) SAP ERP
3 2 (0.18%) SAP QM
4 1 (0.090%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.090%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.090%) SAP FSCM
4 1 (0.090%) SAP GRC
4 1 (0.090%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.090%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 270 (24.28%) Azure
2 242 (21.76%) AWS
3 96 (8.63%) Microsoft 365
4 79 (7.10%) GCP
5 52 (4.68%) Entra ID
6 35 (3.15%) Power Platform
7 20 (1.80%) Google Analytics
7 20 (1.80%) Serverless
8 19 (1.71%) AWS CloudFormation
8 19 (1.71%) GitHub
9 18 (1.62%) Figma
10 17 (1.53%) Amazon S3
11 16 (1.44%) Azure Sentinel
11 16 (1.44%) SaaS
12 14 (1.26%) Dynamics 365
12 14 (1.26%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 14 (1.26%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 13 (1.17%) PowerApps
14 12 (1.08%) Amazon EC2
14 12 (1.08%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 30 (2.70%) Network Security
2 26 (2.34%) Firewall
3 24 (2.16%) VPN
3 24 (2.16%) WAN
4 17 (1.53%) DNS
4 17 (1.53%) LAN
5 16 (1.44%) BGP
6 13 (1.17%) DHCP
7 12 (1.08%) MPLS
7 12 (1.08%) Wi-Fi
8 9 (0.81%) SMTP
8 9 (0.81%) TCP/IP
9 7 (0.63%) Intrusion Detection
9 7 (0.63%) SNMP
10 6 (0.54%) Cisco ASA
10 6 (0.54%) Cisco Firepower
10 6 (0.54%) VoIP
11 5 (0.45%) HTTP
12 4 (0.36%) MQTT
12 4 (0.36%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (2.88%) PostgreSQL
2 29 (2.61%) Power BI
3 17 (1.53%) Metadata
4 13 (1.17%) NoSQL
5 11 (0.99%) DynamoDB
6 10 (0.90%) MongoDB
7 9 (0.81%) Amazon Athena
7 9 (0.81%) Elasticsearch
7 9 (0.81%) Redis
8 8 (0.72%) Big Data
9 7 (0.63%) Data Warehouse
10 6 (0.54%) Amazon RDS
10 6 (0.54%) BigQuery
10 6 (0.54%) Relational Database
10 6 (0.54%) SQL Server
11 5 (0.45%) Amazon Redshift
12 4 (0.36%) GIS
12 4 (0.36%) QGIS
13 3 (0.27%) Flink
13 3 (0.27%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 44 (3.96%) Git
2 29 (2.61%) GitLab
3 24 (2.16%) Jenkins
4 14 (1.26%) Axure RP
5 13 (1.17%) Balsamiq
6 11 (0.99%) JUnit
6 11 (0.99%) Selenium
7 9 (0.81%) JIRA
8 8 (0.72%) Maven
9 7 (0.63%) Mockito
10 4 (0.36%) Burp Suite
10 4 (0.36%) JMeter
10 4 (0.36%) Metasploit
11 3 (0.27%) Babel
11 3 (0.27%) Cucumber
11 3 (0.27%) Cypress.io
11 3 (0.27%) Postman
11 3 (0.27%) SoapUI
11 3 (0.27%) SonarQube
11 3 (0.27%) webpack
General
1 307 (27.61%) Public Sector
2 303 (27.25%) Social Skills
3 163 (14.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 105 (9.44%) Analytical Skills
4 105 (9.44%) Law
5 102 (9.17%) Finance
6 51 (4.59%) Back Office
7 40 (3.60%) Legal
8 34 (3.06%) Presentation Skills
8 34 (3.06%) Telecoms
9 24 (2.16%) Manufacturing
10 21 (1.89%) Influencing Skills
11 20 (1.80%) Organisational Skills
12 19 (1.71%) Aerospace
12 19 (1.71%) Retail
13 11 (0.99%) Military
14 10 (0.90%) Marketing
15 9 (0.81%) Aviation
16 8 (0.72%) Police
17 7 (0.63%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 218 (19.60%) Senior
2 166 (14.93%) Architect
3 116 (10.43%) Consultant
4 100 (8.99%) Developer
5 91 (8.18%) Analyst
6 81 (7.28%) Lead
7 78 (7.01%) Solutions Architect
8 69 (6.21%) Software Engineer
9 62 (5.58%) Support Engineer
10 52 (4.68%) Site Engineer
11 48 (4.32%) Cloud Engineer
11 48 (4.32%) Desktop Engineer
11 48 (4.32%) Desktop Support
11 48 (4.32%) Desktop Support Engineer
12 46 (4.14%) Business Analyst
13 42 (3.78%) Data Engineer
14 41 (3.69%) Security Consultant
15 40 (3.60%) Java Developer
15 40 (3.60%) Senior Manager
16 36 (3.24%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (3.69%) REST
2 35 (3.15%) .NET
2 35 (3.15%) Spring
3 26 (2.34%) React
4 20 (1.80%) SOAP
5 19 (1.71%) CSS
5 19 (1.71%) HTML
6 18 (1.62%) Spring Boot
7 17 (1.53%) Middleware
8 14 (1.26%) Lightning Web Components
8 14 (1.26%) Visualforce
9 12 (1.08%) Playwright
10 11 (0.99%) RESTful
11 10 (0.90%) Django
11 10 (0.90%) Kafka
12 9 (0.81%) ASP.NET
12 9 (0.81%) SAML
13 8 (0.72%) HTML5 Canvas
14 7 (0.63%) AngularJS
14 7 (0.63%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 63 (5.67%) Cloud Native
2 59 (5.31%) Product Ownership
3 42 (3.78%) Onboarding
4 37 (3.33%) Management Information System
5 36 (3.24%) Data Centre
6 32 (2.88%) Security Posture
7 21 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
8 19 (1.71%) PKI
9 15 (1.35%) Driving Licence
10 14 (1.26%) Blog
11 12 (1.08%) Security Operations Centre
12 11 (0.99%) Low-Code
13 9 (0.81%) Data Structures
14 7 (0.63%) AI Agents
14 7 (0.63%) Analytical Mindset
14 7 (0.63%) Distributed Systems
14 7 (0.63%) Self-Motivation
15 6 (0.54%) Enterprise Software
15 6 (0.54%) Greenfield Project
15 6 (0.54%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 103 (9.26%) Windows
2 66 (5.94%) Linux
3 53 (4.77%) Windows 10
4 20 (1.80%) Windows Server
5 18 (1.62%) Unix
6 6 (0.54%) Ubuntu
7 5 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.18%) Android
9 2 (0.18%) CentOS
10 1 (0.090%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.090%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.090%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 248 (22.30%) Agile
2 185 (16.64%) Continuous Improvement
3 169 (15.20%) Cybersecurity
4 131 (11.78%) DevOps
5 128 (11.51%) Mentoring
6 120 (10.79%) CI/CD
7 116 (10.43%) Analytics
7 116 (10.43%) Problem-Solving
8 113 (10.16%) Community of Practice
9 109 (9.80%) ITIL
10 106 (9.53%) Software Engineering
11 105 (9.44%) Technology Strategy
12 88 (7.91%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 87 (7.82%) Stakeholder Management
14 84 (7.55%) Infrastructure as Code
15 72 (6.47%) Collaborative Culture
16 70 (6.29%) Scrum
17 66 (5.94%) Risk Management
18 63 (5.67%) Technical Leadership
19 61 (5.49%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 113 (10.16%) Java
2 111 (9.98%) Python
3 73 (6.56%) JavaScript
4 61 (5.49%) SQL
5 32 (2.88%) C#
6 26 (2.34%) PowerShell
7 24 (2.16%) Bash
7 24 (2.16%) C++
7 24 (2.16%) TypeScript
8 14 (1.26%) Apex Code
9 9 (0.81%) Rust
10 6 (0.54%) C
10 6 (0.54%) PL/SQL
10 6 (0.54%) Scala
11 5 (0.45%) Groovy
12 4 (0.36%) VBA
13 3 (0.27%) Pascal
13 3 (0.27%) Perl
13 3 (0.27%) Ruby
13 3 (0.27%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1,112 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 236 (21.22%) Degree
3 199 (17.90%) DV Cleared
4 57 (5.13%) BPSS Clearance
5 50 (4.50%) CISSP
6 48 (4.32%) CTC Cleared
7 41 (3.69%) Computer Science Degree
8 35 (3.15%) CISM
9 34 (3.06%) Microsoft Certification
10 20 (1.80%) AWS Certification
11 19 (1.71%) Azure Certification
12 14 (1.26%) Cisco Certification
12 14 (1.26%) TOGAF Certification
13 12 (1.08%) CREST Certified
14 10 (0.90%) HNC
14 10 (0.90%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
15 9 (0.81%) CRISC
16 8 (0.72%) CCIE
16 8 (0.72%) Master's Degree
17 7 (0.63%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (6.92%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 53 (4.77%) SLA
3 52 (4.68%) NIST
4 44 (3.96%) Accessibility
4 44 (3.96%) QA
5 37 (3.33%) GDPR
6 27 (2.43%) NCSC
7 19 (1.71%) Data Quality
8 18 (1.62%) PCI DSS
9 16 (1.44%) WCAG
10 15 (1.35%) GRC
11 14 (1.26%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 12 (1.08%) Actionable Recommendations
12 12 (1.08%) Cyber Essentials
13 9 (0.81%) JSP 440
14 8 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 7 (0.63%) Def Stans
15 7 (0.63%) Government Security Classifications
16 5 (0.45%) NEBOSH
17 4 (0.36%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 63 (5.67%) Docker
2 30 (2.70%) Active Directory
3 17 (1.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.99%) VMware NSX
5 8 (0.72%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.45%) Firmware
6 5 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.36%) vSphere
8 2 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.090%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.090%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.090%) IAG
9 1 (0.090%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.090%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.090%) Xen
Systems Management
1 83 (7.46%) Terraform
2 66 (5.94%) Kubernetes
3 41 (3.69%) Ansible
4 18 (1.62%) Prometheus
5 17 (1.53%) Grafana
5 17 (1.53%) Microsoft Intune
6 8 (0.72%) Argo
6 8 (0.72%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (0.54%) Puppet
8 5 (0.45%) AWS Copilot
8 5 (0.45%) Endace
8 5 (0.45%) Packer
8 5 (0.45%) Progress Chef
9 4 (0.36%) Istio
9 4 (0.36%) Kustomize
9 4 (0.36%) Nmap
9 4 (0.36%) SCCM
9 4 (0.36%) vCenter Server
10 3 (0.27%) Kibana
10 3 (0.27%) Nagios
Vendors
1 164 (14.75%) Microsoft
2 83 (7.46%) Cisco
3 49 (4.41%) Google
4 32 (2.88%) Oracle
5 27 (2.43%) VMware
6 25 (2.25%) Salesforce
7 18 (1.62%) Adobe
8 17 (1.53%) Red Hat
9 16 (1.44%) MuleSoft
9 16 (1.44%) SAP
10 12 (1.08%) CyberArk
10 12 (1.08%) ServiceNow
11 9 (0.81%) Meraki
12 8 (0.72%) F5
13 7 (0.63%) Databricks
13 7 (0.63%) Juniper
13 7 (0.63%) Splunk
14 6 (0.54%) CheckPoint
15 4 (0.36%) BMC
15 4 (0.36%) Dell