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 5 August 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 101 55
Rank change year-on-year +66 -46 -5
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 1,329 618 1,143
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.92% 3.75% 4.52%
As % of the Qualifications category 28.54% 11.06% 17.08%
Number of salaries quoted 985 376 867
10th Percentile £46,500 £45,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,625 £47,522
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £81,250 £80,000 £72,900
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,250 £90,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +16.67% +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 4,656 5,587 6,693
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.76% 33.86% 26.47%
Number of salaries quoted 3,075 2,476 3,921
10th Percentile £33,350 £29,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £46,747 £40,976 £42,608
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 5 August 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 30 (2.26%) SharePoint
2 24 (1.81%) Apache Spark
3 22 (1.66%) Apache
4 13 (0.98%) Anypoint
4 13 (0.98%) Mule
5 12 (0.90%) Apache Airflow
6 8 (0.60%) Confluence
7 7 (0.53%) Camunda
7 7 (0.53%) Jupyter
7 7 (0.53%) Microsoft Exchange
7 7 (0.53%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 6 (0.45%) nginx
9 3 (0.23%) Apache Solr
10 2 (0.15%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.15%) GeoServer
10 2 (0.15%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.15%) Oracle Spatial
11 1 (0.075%) CMS
11 1 (0.075%) SAS
11 1 (0.075%) WordPress
Applications
1 21 (1.58%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 11 (0.83%) Simulink
3 10 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (0.68%) Adobe XD
5 5 (0.38%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.30%) Windchill
7 3 (0.23%) Mathcad
7 3 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.075%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.075%) CATIA
8 1 (0.075%) Houdini
8 1 (0.075%) InDesign
8 1 (0.075%) InVision
8 1 (0.075%) NUKE
8 1 (0.075%) Sketch
8 1 (0.075%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.075%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 7 (0.53%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.45%) Workday HCM
3 5 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.30%) Primavera
5 3 (0.23%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (0.23%) Teamcenter
6 2 (0.15%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.15%) SAP QM
7 1 (0.075%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.075%) SAP BPC
7 1 (0.075%) SAP EWM
7 1 (0.075%) SAP FSCM
7 1 (0.075%) SAP GRC
7 1 (0.075%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 384 (28.89%) Azure
2 353 (26.56%) AWS
3 116 (8.73%) GCP
4 79 (5.94%) Microsoft 365
5 60 (4.51%) Power Platform
6 48 (3.61%) Entra ID
7 43 (3.24%) dbt
8 38 (2.86%) AWS CloudFormation
9 28 (2.11%) GitHub
10 24 (1.81%) Serverless
11 22 (1.66%) Azure DevOps
12 21 (1.58%) Google Analytics
13 20 (1.50%) Microsoft Purview
14 19 (1.43%) Azure Sentinel
15 18 (1.35%) Dynamics 365
15 18 (1.35%) PaaS
16 17 (1.28%) Amazon S3
16 17 (1.28%) PowerApps
17 15 (1.13%) Amazon EC2
18 14 (1.05%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 41 (3.09%) Network Security
2 35 (2.63%) TCP/IP
3 33 (2.48%) Firewall
4 25 (1.88%) DNS
5 18 (1.35%) WAN
6 16 (1.20%) SSL
7 15 (1.13%) VPN
8 12 (0.90%) ATM
9 11 (0.83%) LAN
10 10 (0.75%) BGP
10 10 (0.75%) DHCP
10 10 (0.75%) MPLS
11 6 (0.45%) Intrusion Detection
11 6 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (0.45%) Wireless
12 5 (0.38%) SMTP
12 5 (0.38%) SNMP
13 4 (0.30%) Ethernet
13 4 (0.30%) HTTP
13 4 (0.30%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (3.69%) Power BI
2 39 (2.93%) PostgreSQL
3 22 (1.66%) Data Warehouse
4 21 (1.58%) Big Data
5 13 (0.98%) Amazon Athena
5 13 (0.98%) Metadata
6 12 (0.90%) DynamoDB
7 11 (0.83%) Redis
7 11 (0.83%) SQL Server
8 9 (0.68%) Data Lake
8 9 (0.68%) Elasticsearch
8 9 (0.68%) Relational Database
9 8 (0.60%) MySQL
9 8 (0.60%) NoSQL
9 8 (0.60%) Tableau
10 7 (0.53%) Hadoop
10 7 (0.53%) MongoDB
11 6 (0.45%) Amazon RDS
12 5 (0.38%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 4 (0.30%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 52 (3.91%) Git
2 35 (2.63%) GitLab
3 25 (1.88%) Jenkins
4 21 (1.58%) JUnit
5 18 (1.35%) JIRA
6 15 (1.13%) Selenium
7 14 (1.05%) Rational DOORS
8 12 (0.90%) Mockito
9 11 (0.83%) Maven
10 9 (0.68%) Balsamiq
10 9 (0.68%) Postman
11 8 (0.60%) Axure RP
11 8 (0.60%) Cucumber
12 7 (0.53%) Burp Suite
12 7 (0.53%) Metasploit
13 6 (0.45%) Gatling
14 5 (0.38%) Cypress.io
15 4 (0.30%) LabVIEW
16 3 (0.23%) Snyk
16 3 (0.23%) SonarQube
General
1 419 (31.53%) Social Skills
2 324 (24.38%) Public Sector
3 279 (20.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 224 (16.85%) Finance
5 147 (11.06%) Analytical Skills
6 139 (10.46%) Law
7 98 (7.37%) Aerospace
8 57 (4.29%) Legal
9 46 (3.46%) Presentation Skills
10 37 (2.78%) Retail
11 33 (2.48%) Organisational Skills
12 32 (2.41%) Manufacturing
12 32 (2.41%) Telecoms
13 31 (2.33%) Military
14 25 (1.88%) Electronics
15 23 (1.73%) Influencing Skills
16 18 (1.35%) Police
17 12 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
18 11 (0.83%) Automotive
19 10 (0.75%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 265 (19.94%) Senior
2 241 (18.13%) Architect
3 126 (9.48%) Consultant
3 126 (9.48%) Lead
4 115 (8.65%) Developer
5 103 (7.75%) Software Engineer
6 101 (7.60%) Solutions Architect
7 98 (7.37%) Analyst
8 51 (3.84%) Cloud Engineer
9 49 (3.69%) Security Consultant
10 48 (3.61%) Senior Developer
11 47 (3.54%) DevOps Engineer
12 46 (3.46%) Senior Manager
13 43 (3.24%) Senior Analyst
14 41 (3.09%) Data Engineer
14 41 (3.09%) Security Architect
15 40 (3.01%) Business Analyst
16 38 (2.86%) Cloud Architect
16 38 (2.86%) Java Developer
16 38 (2.86%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (3.31%) React
2 41 (3.09%) REST
3 38 (2.86%) Spring
4 27 (2.03%) .NET
5 21 (1.58%) CSS
5 21 (1.58%) Kafka
6 20 (1.50%) HTML
6 20 (1.50%) Playwright
7 16 (1.20%) OAuth
7 16 (1.20%) Spring Boot
8 15 (1.13%) PySpark
9 14 (1.05%) AngularJS
9 14 (1.05%) JWT
9 14 (1.05%) OAuth2
10 13 (0.98%) MUnit
10 13 (0.98%) RAML
11 12 (0.90%) Node.js
12 10 (0.75%) .NET Core
12 10 (0.75%) Middleware
12 10 (0.75%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 104 (7.83%) Cloud Native
2 51 (3.84%) Product Ownership
3 48 (3.61%) Management Information System
4 47 (3.54%) Onboarding
5 34 (2.56%) Security Posture
6 31 (2.33%) Legacy Systems
7 29 (2.18%) Data Centre
8 28 (2.11%) Driving Licence
9 26 (1.96%) Blog
10 24 (1.81%) Self-Motivation
11 22 (1.66%) Distributed Systems
12 15 (1.13%) Security Operations Centre
13 14 (1.05%) PKI
13 14 (1.05%) Public Cloud
14 13 (0.98%) FPGA
15 12 (0.90%) Algorithms
15 12 (0.90%) Cyber Threat
16 11 (0.83%) AI Agents
17 10 (0.75%) Data Structures
17 10 (0.75%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 107 (8.05%) Linux
2 84 (6.32%) Windows
3 36 (2.71%) Windows Server
4 35 (2.63%) Unix
5 12 (0.90%) Windows 10
6 5 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.30%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.23%) Kali Linux
9 2 (0.15%) Android
9 2 (0.15%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.15%) VxWorks
9 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.075%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.075%) CentOS
10 1 (0.075%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.075%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 368 (27.69%) Agile
2 238 (17.91%) Continuous Improvement
3 225 (16.93%) Mentoring
4 201 (15.12%) CI/CD
5 196 (14.75%) Cybersecurity
6 186 (14.00%) DevOps
7 182 (13.69%) Problem-Solving
8 174 (13.09%) Software Engineering
9 168 (12.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 131 (9.86%) Community of Practice
11 124 (9.33%) Infrastructure as Code
12 122 (9.18%) Stakeholder Management
13 121 (9.10%) AI
14 115 (8.65%) Technology Strategy
15 106 (7.98%) Coaching
15 106 (7.98%) Decision-Making
16 104 (7.83%) Project Delivery
17 103 (7.75%) Scrum
18 102 (7.67%) Technical Leadership
19 100 (7.52%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 173 (13.02%) Python
2 132 (9.93%) Java
3 83 (6.25%) JavaScript
3 83 (6.25%) SQL
4 42 (3.16%) C++
5 40 (3.01%) C#
6 37 (2.78%) Bash
7 35 (2.63%) PowerShell
8 26 (1.96%) TypeScript
9 16 (1.20%) Ada
9 16 (1.20%) C
9 16 (1.20%) MATLAB
10 13 (0.98%) DataWeave
11 11 (0.83%) PL/SQL
12 10 (0.75%) Rust
13 9 (0.68%) Kusto Query Language
13 9 (0.68%) Ruby
13 9 (0.68%) VBA
14 7 (0.53%) Apex Code
14 7 (0.53%) Go
Qualifications
1 1,329 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 252 (18.96%) Degree
3 240 (18.06%) DV Cleared
4 142 (10.68%) BPSS Clearance
5 65 (4.89%) CISSP
6 51 (3.84%) CISM
6 51 (3.84%) Computer Science Degree
7 37 (2.78%) Azure Certification
8 29 (2.18%) AWS Certification
8 29 (2.18%) Microsoft Certification
9 25 (1.88%) Master's Degree
10 16 (1.20%) CRISC
11 15 (1.13%) Cisco Certification
11 15 (1.13%) CREST Certified
11 15 (1.13%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 14 (1.05%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 12 (0.90%) TOGAF Certification
14 11 (0.83%) PhD
15 9 (0.68%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 8 (0.60%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 119 (8.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 110 (8.28%) Accessibility
3 69 (5.19%) NIST
4 47 (3.54%) NCSC
5 43 (3.24%) QA
6 30 (2.26%) GDPR
6 30 (2.26%) GRC
7 28 (2.11%) Data Quality
8 23 (1.73%) Cyber Essentials
9 20 (1.50%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 20 (1.50%) WCAG
10 18 (1.35%) PCI DSS
10 18 (1.35%) SLA
11 12 (0.90%) JSP 440
12 11 (0.83%) Actionable Recommendations
13 10 (0.75%) Def Stans
14 8 (0.60%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 6 (0.45%) Government Security Classifications
16 5 (0.38%) NEBOSH
16 5 (0.38%) NIST 800
System Software
1 81 (6.09%) Docker
2 52 (3.91%) Active Directory
3 27 (2.03%) VMware Infrastructure
4 25 (1.88%) Firmware
5 24 (1.81%) Hyper-V
6 13 (0.98%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (0.45%) Squid
7 6 (0.45%) vSphere
8 4 (0.30%) VMware NSX
9 3 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
11 1 (0.075%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.075%) Embedded Firmware
11 1 (0.075%) IAG
11 1 (0.075%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.075%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.075%) Xen
Systems Management
1 105 (7.90%) Terraform
2 88 (6.62%) Kubernetes
3 37 (2.78%) Microsoft Intune
4 34 (2.56%) Ansible
5 17 (1.28%) Prometheus
6 16 (1.20%) Grafana
7 13 (0.98%) CloudHub
8 10 (0.75%) Argo
9 7 (0.53%) Nmap
10 6 (0.45%) Kustomize
10 6 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
11 5 (0.38%) AWS Copilot
11 5 (0.38%) Istio
11 5 (0.38%) vCenter Server
12 4 (0.30%) Packer
12 4 (0.30%) Progress Chef
13 3 (0.23%) Check_MK
13 3 (0.23%) Endace
13 3 (0.23%) Kibana
13 3 (0.23%) Puppet
Vendors
1 194 (14.60%) Microsoft
2 66 (4.97%) Google
3 37 (2.78%) Oracle
4 36 (2.71%) ServiceNow
4 36 (2.71%) VMware
5 27 (2.03%) SAP
6 24 (1.81%) Cisco
7 23 (1.73%) Salesforce
8 21 (1.58%) MuleSoft
9 20 (1.50%) Red Hat
10 16 (1.20%) Databricks
10 16 (1.20%) OpenAI
11 13 (0.98%) CyberArk
12 11 (0.83%) Adobe
13 8 (0.60%) Veeam
14 7 (0.53%) Okta
14 7 (0.53%) Siemens
14 7 (0.53%) Splunk
14 7 (0.53%) Workday
15 6 (0.45%) BeyondTrust