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 31 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 106 67
Rank change year-on-year +75 -39 -8
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 1,136 514 1,339
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.92% 3.44% 4.02%
As % of the Qualifications category 26.46% 10.22% 14.97%
Number of salaries quoted 870 358 983
10th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £40,750
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £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 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £92,613 £92,875 £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 4,293 5,031 8,946
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 22.37% 33.67% 26.87%
Number of salaries quoted 2,927 2,325 5,898
10th Percentile £33,310 £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £88,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £53,795
% change year-on-year +9.09% +2.24% -10.34%

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 31 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 28 (2.46%) SharePoint
2 17 (1.50%) Apache Airflow
3 14 (1.23%) Apache
3 14 (1.23%) Microsoft Exchange
4 12 (1.06%) Apache Spark
5 7 (0.62%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.26%) Anypoint
6 3 (0.26%) Apache Solr
6 3 (0.26%) ArcGIS
6 3 (0.26%) Camunda
6 3 (0.26%) GeoServer
6 3 (0.26%) Mule
6 3 (0.26%) Oracle Spatial
6 3 (0.26%) SAS
7 2 (0.18%) Confluence
7 2 (0.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.088%) Appian
8 1 (0.088%) OpenStack
Applications
1 58 (5.11%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (1.50%) Adobe XD
3 11 (0.97%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.44%) InVision
5 5 (0.44%) Sketch
6 4 (0.35%) Windchill
7 3 (0.26%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.18%) Weka
9 1 (0.088%) CATIA
9 1 (0.088%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 6 (0.53%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.35%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.18%) SAP ERP
3 2 (0.18%) SAP QM
4 1 (0.088%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.088%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.088%) SAP FSCM
4 1 (0.088%) SAP GRC
4 1 (0.088%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.088%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 280 (24.65%) Azure
2 252 (22.18%) AWS
3 99 (8.71%) Microsoft 365
4 83 (7.31%) GCP
5 54 (4.75%) Entra ID
6 37 (3.26%) Power Platform
7 21 (1.85%) Google Analytics
8 20 (1.76%) AWS CloudFormation
8 20 (1.76%) Serverless
9 19 (1.67%) Amazon S3
9 19 (1.67%) GitHub
10 17 (1.50%) Figma
10 17 (1.50%) SaaS
11 16 (1.41%) Azure Sentinel
12 14 (1.23%) Amazon EC2
12 14 (1.23%) Dynamics 365
12 14 (1.23%) PaaS
12 14 (1.23%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 14 (1.23%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 13 (1.14%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 32 (2.82%) Network Security
2 26 (2.29%) Firewall
3 24 (2.11%) VPN
3 24 (2.11%) WAN
4 17 (1.50%) DNS
4 17 (1.50%) LAN
5 16 (1.41%) BGP
6 13 (1.14%) DHCP
7 12 (1.06%) MPLS
7 12 (1.06%) TCP/IP
7 12 (1.06%) Wi-Fi
8 9 (0.79%) SMTP
9 7 (0.62%) Intrusion Detection
9 7 (0.62%) SNMP
10 6 (0.53%) Cisco ASA
10 6 (0.53%) Cisco Firepower
10 6 (0.53%) VoIP
11 5 (0.44%) HTTP
11 5 (0.44%) SSL
12 4 (0.35%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (2.90%) PostgreSQL
2 30 (2.64%) Power BI
3 17 (1.50%) Metadata
4 13 (1.14%) NoSQL
5 12 (1.06%) DynamoDB
6 11 (0.97%) Amazon Athena
6 11 (0.97%) Big Data
6 11 (0.97%) Redis
7 10 (0.88%) MongoDB
8 9 (0.79%) Data Warehouse
8 9 (0.79%) Elasticsearch
9 6 (0.53%) Amazon RDS
9 6 (0.53%) BigQuery
9 6 (0.53%) Relational Database
10 5 (0.44%) SQL Server
11 4 (0.35%) Amazon Redshift
11 4 (0.35%) Data Lake
12 3 (0.26%) Flink
12 3 (0.26%) QGIS
12 3 (0.26%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 47 (4.14%) Git
2 33 (2.90%) GitLab
3 24 (2.11%) Jenkins
4 13 (1.14%) Axure RP
4 13 (1.14%) JUnit
4 13 (1.14%) Selenium
5 12 (1.06%) Balsamiq
6 9 (0.79%) JIRA
7 8 (0.70%) Maven
8 7 (0.62%) Mockito
9 5 (0.44%) Burp Suite
9 5 (0.44%) Cucumber
9 5 (0.44%) Metasploit
9 5 (0.44%) Postman
10 4 (0.35%) JMeter
11 3 (0.26%) Babel
11 3 (0.26%) Cypress.io
11 3 (0.26%) SoapUI
11 3 (0.26%) SonarQube
11 3 (0.26%) webpack
General
1 313 (27.55%) Public Sector
2 311 (27.38%) Social Skills
3 167 (14.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 114 (10.04%) Analytical Skills
5 108 (9.51%) Law
6 104 (9.15%) Finance
7 51 (4.49%) Back Office
8 40 (3.52%) Legal
9 35 (3.08%) Presentation Skills
10 32 (2.82%) Telecoms
11 23 (2.02%) Manufacturing
12 21 (1.85%) Aerospace
12 21 (1.85%) Influencing Skills
12 21 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
12 21 (1.85%) Retail
13 11 (0.97%) Aviation
13 11 (0.97%) Military
14 8 (0.70%) Automotive
14 8 (0.70%) Marketing
14 8 (0.70%) Police
Job Titles
1 221 (19.45%) Senior
2 171 (15.05%) Architect
3 116 (10.21%) Consultant
4 103 (9.07%) Developer
5 93 (8.19%) Analyst
6 84 (7.39%) Lead
7 80 (7.04%) Solutions Architect
8 70 (6.16%) Software Engineer
9 62 (5.46%) Support Engineer
10 52 (4.58%) Site Engineer
11 48 (4.23%) Desktop Engineer
11 48 (4.23%) Desktop Support
11 48 (4.23%) Desktop Support Engineer
12 47 (4.14%) Business Analyst
13 46 (4.05%) Cloud Engineer
14 45 (3.96%) Data Engineer
15 41 (3.61%) Senior Manager
16 40 (3.52%) Java Developer
16 40 (3.52%) Security Consultant
17 37 (3.26%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (3.70%) REST
2 36 (3.17%) Spring
3 33 (2.90%) .NET
4 26 (2.29%) React
5 20 (1.76%) SOAP
6 19 (1.67%) CSS
6 19 (1.67%) HTML
7 18 (1.58%) Spring Boot
8 17 (1.50%) Middleware
9 14 (1.23%) Lightning Web Components
9 14 (1.23%) Playwright
9 14 (1.23%) Visualforce
10 11 (0.97%) Kafka
10 11 (0.97%) RESTful
11 9 (0.79%) Django
11 9 (0.79%) SAML
12 8 (0.70%) ASP.NET
12 8 (0.70%) HTML5 Canvas
12 8 (0.70%) YAML
13 7 (0.62%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 68 (5.99%) Cloud Native
2 59 (5.19%) Product Ownership
3 41 (3.61%) Onboarding
4 38 (3.35%) Management Information System
5 36 (3.17%) Data Centre
5 36 (3.17%) Security Posture
6 22 (1.94%) Legacy Systems
7 19 (1.67%) PKI
8 15 (1.32%) Driving Licence
9 14 (1.23%) Blog
10 12 (1.06%) Security Operations Centre
11 11 (0.97%) Low-Code
12 10 (0.88%) Data Structures
12 10 (0.88%) Self-Motivation
13 9 (0.79%) AI Agents
14 8 (0.70%) Distributed Systems
15 7 (0.62%) Analytical Mindset
16 6 (0.53%) Enterprise Software
16 6 (0.53%) Greenfield Project
16 6 (0.53%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 104 (9.15%) Windows
2 68 (5.99%) Linux
3 53 (4.67%) Windows 10
4 20 (1.76%) Windows Server
5 19 (1.67%) Unix
6 5 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.44%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.18%) Android
8 2 (0.18%) CentOS
9 1 (0.088%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.088%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.088%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 256 (22.54%) Agile
2 191 (16.81%) Continuous Improvement
3 173 (15.23%) Cybersecurity
4 138 (12.15%) DevOps
5 135 (11.88%) Mentoring
6 130 (11.44%) CI/CD
7 123 (10.83%) Problem-Solving
8 121 (10.65%) Analytics
9 116 (10.21%) Community of Practice
10 110 (9.68%) ITIL
11 108 (9.51%) Technology Strategy
12 106 (9.33%) Software Engineering
13 93 (8.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 91 (8.01%) Infrastructure as Code
15 88 (7.75%) Stakeholder Management
16 72 (6.34%) Collaborative Culture
17 71 (6.25%) Scrum
18 68 (5.99%) Risk Management
19 67 (5.90%) Cloud Security
20 65 (5.72%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 117 (10.30%) Python
2 114 (10.04%) Java
3 73 (6.43%) JavaScript
4 68 (5.99%) SQL
5 31 (2.73%) C#
6 28 (2.46%) PowerShell
7 27 (2.38%) Bash
8 26 (2.29%) C++
9 24 (2.11%) TypeScript
10 14 (1.23%) Apex Code
11 9 (0.79%) Rust
12 6 (0.53%) C
12 6 (0.53%) PL/SQL
12 6 (0.53%) Scala
13 5 (0.44%) Groovy
14 4 (0.35%) VBA
15 3 (0.26%) Pascal
15 3 (0.26%) Perl
15 3 (0.26%) Ruby
15 3 (0.26%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1,136 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 242 (21.30%) Degree
3 201 (17.69%) DV Cleared
4 60 (5.28%) BPSS Clearance
5 52 (4.58%) CISSP
6 48 (4.23%) CTC Cleared
7 42 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
8 37 (3.26%) CISM
9 34 (2.99%) Microsoft Certification
10 20 (1.76%) AWS Certification
11 19 (1.67%) Azure Certification
12 15 (1.32%) Cisco Certification
13 14 (1.23%) TOGAF Certification
14 13 (1.14%) CREST Certified
15 12 (1.06%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
16 10 (0.88%) CRISC
16 10 (0.88%) HNC
17 8 (0.70%) CCIE
17 8 (0.70%) Master's Degree
18 7 (0.62%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (7.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 55 (4.84%) NIST
2 55 (4.84%) SLA
3 45 (3.96%) Accessibility
3 45 (3.96%) QA
4 37 (3.26%) GDPR
5 31 (2.73%) NCSC
6 22 (1.94%) Data Quality
7 18 (1.58%) PCI DSS
8 17 (1.50%) WCAG
9 16 (1.41%) GRC
10 15 (1.32%) Cyber Essentials
10 15 (1.32%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 13 (1.14%) Actionable Recommendations
12 10 (0.88%) JSP 440
13 9 (0.79%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 9 (0.79%) Def Stans
14 7 (0.62%) Government Security Classifications
15 5 (0.44%) NEBOSH
16 4 (0.35%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 67 (5.90%) Docker
2 30 (2.64%) Active Directory
3 17 (1.50%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.97%) VMware NSX
5 8 (0.70%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.44%) Firmware
6 5 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.35%) vSphere
8 2 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.088%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.088%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.088%) IAG
9 1 (0.088%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.088%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.088%) Xen
Systems Management
1 87 (7.66%) Terraform
2 71 (6.25%) Kubernetes
3 40 (3.52%) Ansible
4 19 (1.67%) Microsoft Intune
5 18 (1.58%) Prometheus
6 17 (1.50%) Grafana
7 8 (0.70%) Argo
7 8 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
8 6 (0.53%) Puppet
9 5 (0.44%) AWS Copilot
9 5 (0.44%) Endace
9 5 (0.44%) Nmap
9 5 (0.44%) Packer
9 5 (0.44%) Progress Chef
10 4 (0.35%) Istio
10 4 (0.35%) Kustomize
10 4 (0.35%) SCCM
10 4 (0.35%) vCenter Server
11 3 (0.26%) CloudHub
11 3 (0.26%) Kibana
Vendors
1 170 (14.96%) Microsoft
2 83 (7.31%) Cisco
3 49 (4.31%) Google
4 31 (2.73%) Oracle
5 27 (2.38%) VMware
6 25 (2.20%) Salesforce
7 17 (1.50%) Adobe
7 17 (1.50%) MuleSoft
7 17 (1.50%) Red Hat
8 15 (1.32%) SAP
9 14 (1.23%) ServiceNow
10 12 (1.06%) CyberArk
11 9 (0.79%) Meraki
12 8 (0.70%) F5
13 7 (0.62%) Databricks
13 7 (0.62%) Juniper
13 7 (0.62%) Splunk
14 6 (0.53%) CheckPoint
15 4 (0.35%) BMC
15 4 (0.35%) Dell