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 9 April 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 85 64
Rank change year-on-year +51 -21 -8
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 977 490 1,369
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.67% 3.79% 4.31%
As % of the Qualifications category 23.37% 13.06% 16.33%
Number of salaries quoted 744 391 1,010
10th Percentile £45,725 £45,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,750 £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 £90,000 £95,000 £88,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

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 4,181 3,752 8,382
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 24.27% 29.02% 26.41%
Number of salaries quoted 2,780 2,480 5,995
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -4.35%

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 9 April 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 31 (3.17%) SharePoint
2 16 (1.64%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (1.43%) Apache Airflow
4 7 (0.72%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.51%) Apache
6 4 (0.41%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.41%) GeoServer
6 4 (0.41%) Oracle Spatial
7 3 (0.31%) Camunda
7 3 (0.31%) Confluence
7 3 (0.31%) SAS
7 3 (0.31%) Tomcat
7 3 (0.31%) WebLogic
7 3 (0.31%) WebLogic Portal
8 1 (0.10%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.10%) Appian
8 1 (0.10%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.10%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 71 (7.27%) Microsoft Office
2 28 (2.87%) Adobe XD
3 10 (1.02%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.51%) InVision
4 5 (0.51%) Sketch
5 2 (0.20%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (0.20%) Weka
6 1 (0.10%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.10%) CATIA
6 1 (0.10%) EPLAN
6 1 (0.10%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.10%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 9 (0.92%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (0.82%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.41%) Primavera
3 4 (0.41%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.31%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.20%) SAP SCM
6 1 (0.10%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.10%) SAP FSCM
6 1 (0.10%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.10%) SAP HR
6 1 (0.10%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.10%) SAP PM
6 1 (0.10%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 232 (23.75%) Azure
2 198 (20.27%) AWS
3 114 (11.67%) Microsoft 365
4 77 (7.88%) GCP
5 48 (4.91%) Entra ID
6 36 (3.68%) Power Platform
7 28 (2.87%) AWS CloudFormation
7 28 (2.87%) Figma
8 24 (2.46%) PowerApps
9 22 (2.25%) Serverless
10 20 (2.05%) Power Automate
11 19 (1.94%) Amazon ECS
12 18 (1.84%) Dynamics 365
12 18 (1.84%) Google Analytics
12 18 (1.84%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 18 (1.84%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 17 (1.74%) Amazon EKS
14 16 (1.64%) GitHub
15 15 (1.54%) dbt
16 14 (1.43%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 31 (3.17%) Firewall
2 26 (2.66%) VPN
2 26 (2.66%) WAN
3 19 (1.94%) Network Security
4 18 (1.84%) LAN
4 18 (1.84%) TCP/IP
5 16 (1.64%) BGP
5 16 (1.64%) DNS
6 14 (1.43%) DHCP
6 14 (1.43%) Wi-Fi
7 13 (1.33%) MPLS
8 9 (0.92%) SMTP
9 7 (0.72%) Intrusion Detection
9 7 (0.72%) SNMP
10 6 (0.61%) Cisco ASA
10 6 (0.61%) Cisco Firepower
10 6 (0.61%) HTTP
10 6 (0.61%) VoIP
11 5 (0.51%) SD-WAN
12 4 (0.41%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (3.89%) PostgreSQL
2 32 (3.28%) Power BI
3 16 (1.64%) Metadata
4 15 (1.54%) Amazon RDS
4 15 (1.54%) Elasticsearch
5 14 (1.43%) NoSQL
5 14 (1.43%) Redis
6 11 (1.13%) Relational Database
7 10 (1.02%) MongoDB
8 9 (0.92%) SQL Server
9 8 (0.82%) DynamoDB
10 6 (0.61%) BigQuery
10 6 (0.61%) MySQL
11 5 (0.51%) Amazon Redshift
11 5 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
12 4 (0.41%) Amazon Athena
12 4 (0.41%) GIS
12 4 (0.41%) Oracle Database
12 4 (0.41%) QGIS
12 4 (0.41%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 41 (4.20%) Git
2 26 (2.66%) Balsamiq
3 24 (2.46%) Axure RP
4 21 (2.15%) GitLab
4 21 (2.15%) Jenkins
5 12 (1.23%) JIRA
6 11 (1.13%) Selenium
7 7 (0.72%) Burp Suite
7 7 (0.72%) Metasploit
8 6 (0.61%) Babel
8 6 (0.61%) webpack
9 5 (0.51%) Cypress.io
9 5 (0.51%) SonarQube
10 4 (0.41%) WebDriver
11 3 (0.31%) JMeter
11 3 (0.31%) JUnit
11 3 (0.31%) Maven
11 3 (0.31%) Oracle APEX
11 3 (0.31%) Oracle Forms
11 3 (0.31%) SoapUI
General
1 322 (32.96%) Social Skills
2 281 (28.76%) Public Sector
3 148 (15.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 107 (10.95%) Finance
4 107 (10.95%) Law
5 106 (10.85%) Analytical Skills
6 63 (6.45%) Back Office
7 49 (5.02%) Telecoms
8 41 (4.20%) Manufacturing
9 34 (3.48%) Legal
10 26 (2.66%) Marketing
10 26 (2.66%) Presentation Skills
11 24 (2.46%) Electronics
12 23 (2.35%) Retail
13 18 (1.84%) Influencing Skills
14 16 (1.64%) Aerospace
15 13 (1.33%) Organisational Skills
16 12 (1.23%) Military
17 6 (0.61%) Banking
17 6 (0.61%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 193 (19.75%) Senior
2 121 (12.38%) Architect
3 110 (11.26%) Consultant
4 89 (9.11%) Developer
5 84 (8.60%) Analyst
6 74 (7.57%) Support Engineer
7 64 (6.55%) Site Engineer
8 63 (6.45%) Lead
9 60 (6.14%) Desktop Engineer
9 60 (6.14%) Desktop Support
9 60 (6.14%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 49 (5.02%) Solutions Architect
11 46 (4.71%) Business Analyst
12 42 (4.30%) Software Engineer
13 39 (3.99%) Security Consultant
14 35 (3.58%) Data Engineer
15 33 (3.38%) Senior Developer
16 31 (3.17%) Designer
16 31 (3.17%) Senior Manager
17 30 (3.07%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (4.40%) .NET
2 38 (3.89%) REST
3 32 (3.28%) CSS
3 32 (3.28%) HTML
4 29 (2.97%) Spring
5 28 (2.87%) React
6 23 (2.35%) SOAP
7 21 (2.15%) Middleware
8 18 (1.84%) Lightning Web Components
8 18 (1.84%) Visualforce
9 17 (1.74%) Django
10 16 (1.64%) Spring Boot
11 15 (1.54%) Kafka
12 13 (1.33%) HTML5 Canvas
12 13 (1.33%) SAP CAF
13 12 (1.23%) ASP.NET
14 11 (1.13%) AngularJS
15 10 (1.02%) Node.js
16 9 (0.92%) SAML
17 8 (0.82%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 61 (6.24%) Product Ownership
2 52 (5.32%) Cloud Native
3 39 (3.99%) Data Centre
4 35 (3.58%) Management Information System
5 33 (3.38%) Onboarding
6 31 (3.17%) Security Posture
7 19 (1.94%) Legacy Systems
8 17 (1.74%) PKI
9 15 (1.54%) Driving Licence
10 14 (1.43%) Blog
11 13 (1.33%) Distributed Systems
12 10 (1.02%) Analytical Mindset
12 10 (1.02%) Low-Code
12 10 (1.02%) Security Operations Centre
13 9 (0.92%) AI Agents
14 8 (0.82%) Cyber Threat
15 7 (0.72%) Enterprise Software
15 7 (0.72%) Insider Threat
16 6 (0.61%) Data Structures
16 6 (0.61%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 116 (11.87%) Windows
2 72 (7.37%) Linux
3 65 (6.65%) Windows 10
4 30 (3.07%) Unix
5 18 (1.84%) Windows Server
6 9 (0.92%) Ubuntu
7 5 (0.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 4 (0.41%) CentOS
9 3 (0.31%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.10%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.10%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.10%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 215 (22.01%) Agile
2 165 (16.89%) Continuous Improvement
3 154 (15.76%) Cybersecurity
4 125 (12.79%) Analytics
4 125 (12.79%) DevOps
5 115 (11.77%) Problem-Solving
6 113 (11.57%) ITIL
7 112 (11.46%) Community of Practice
8 102 (10.44%) Mentoring
8 102 (10.44%) Technology Strategy
9 97 (9.93%) CI/CD
10 80 (8.19%) Software Engineering
11 68 (6.96%) Infrastructure as Code
11 68 (6.96%) Stakeholder Management
12 67 (6.86%) Customer Service
13 66 (6.76%) User Experience
14 65 (6.65%) Patch Management
15 61 (6.24%) Customer Experience
15 61 (6.24%) Software Deployment
16 60 (6.14%) Customer Acquisition
Programming Languages
1 101 (10.34%) Python
2 98 (10.03%) Java
3 80 (8.19%) JavaScript
4 46 (4.71%) C#
4 46 (4.71%) SQL
5 26 (2.66%) TypeScript
6 24 (2.46%) PowerShell
7 18 (1.84%) Apex Code
8 15 (1.54%) C++
9 12 (1.23%) Bash
10 7 (0.72%) Rust
11 6 (0.61%) C
11 6 (0.61%) Go
11 6 (0.61%) VBA
12 5 (0.51%) Bicep
13 4 (0.41%) PL/SQL
13 4 (0.41%) Scala
14 3 (0.31%) Google Apps Script
14 3 (0.31%) Pascal
14 3 (0.31%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 977 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 280 (28.66%) Degree
3 151 (15.46%) DV Cleared
4 60 (6.14%) CTC Cleared
5 57 (5.83%) CISSP
6 51 (5.22%) Computer Science Degree
7 45 (4.61%) Microsoft Certification
8 42 (4.30%) CISM
9 34 (3.48%) BPSS Clearance
10 25 (2.56%) Azure Certification
11 23 (2.35%) Cisco Certification
12 19 (1.94%) AWS Certification
13 18 (1.84%) CREST Certified
14 14 (1.43%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 14 (1.43%) Master's Degree
14 14 (1.43%) TOGAF Certification
15 11 (1.13%) CCNA
15 11 (1.13%) CompTIA Security+
15 11 (1.13%) CRISC
16 10 (1.02%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (7.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 64 (6.55%) SLA
3 52 (5.32%) Accessibility
4 50 (5.12%) NIST
5 38 (3.89%) GDPR
6 32 (3.28%) QA
7 26 (2.66%) GRC
7 26 (2.66%) WCAG
8 14 (1.43%) PCI DSS
9 13 (1.33%) Data Quality
10 12 (1.23%) Cyber Essentials
11 11 (1.13%) NCSC
12 9 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 8 (0.82%) Actionable Recommendations
13 8 (0.82%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 7 (0.72%) Government Security Classifications
14 7 (0.72%) JSP 440
15 4 (0.41%) PMO
16 3 (0.31%) ISO 9001
16 3 (0.31%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 64 (6.55%) Docker
2 31 (3.17%) Active Directory
3 13 (1.33%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (1.13%) VMware NSX
5 6 (0.61%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.51%) Firmware
6 5 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.41%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.41%) vSphere
8 2 (0.20%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 2 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.10%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.10%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.10%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.10%) Xen
Systems Management
1 78 (7.98%) Terraform
2 57 (5.83%) Kubernetes
3 41 (4.20%) Ansible
4 15 (1.54%) Grafana
5 14 (1.43%) Microsoft Intune
5 14 (1.43%) Prometheus
6 7 (0.72%) Nmap
7 6 (0.61%) Endace
7 6 (0.61%) Puppet
8 5 (0.51%) AWS Copilot
8 5 (0.51%) Kibana
9 4 (0.41%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 4 (0.41%) SCCM
9 4 (0.41%) vCenter Server
9 4 (0.41%) WSUS
9 4 (0.41%) ZABBIX
10 3 (0.31%) Check_MK
10 3 (0.31%) Nagios
10 3 (0.31%) Packer
10 3 (0.31%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 159 (16.27%) Microsoft
2 102 (10.44%) Cisco
3 59 (6.04%) Google
4 38 (3.89%) Salesforce
5 32 (3.28%) SAP
6 28 (2.87%) Adobe
7 26 (2.66%) Oracle
8 21 (2.15%) VMware
9 18 (1.84%) MuleSoft
10 13 (1.33%) Red Hat
10 13 (1.33%) Splunk
11 11 (1.13%) CyberArk
12 9 (0.92%) Juniper
12 9 (0.92%) Meraki
12 9 (0.92%) ServiceNow
13 8 (0.82%) F5
14 6 (0.61%) CheckPoint
14 6 (0.61%) Databricks
15 5 (0.51%) Remedy
16 4 (0.41%) BMC