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

6 months to
2 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 102 56
Rank change year-on-year +68 -46 -6
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 1,304 614 1,130
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.86% 3.70% 4.47%
As % of the Qualifications category 28.29% 10.96% 16.90%
Number of salaries quoted 979 379 865
10th Percentile £46,500 £45,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,875 £47,544
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 £73,299
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,900 £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 4,610 5,603 6,688
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.71% 33.78% 26.44%
Number of salaries quoted 3,055 2,495 3,944
10th Percentile £33,290 £29,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £46,743 £41,250 £42,591
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £74,258 £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 2 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 29 (2.22%) SharePoint
2 22 (1.69%) Apache
2 22 (1.69%) Apache Spark
3 12 (0.92%) Anypoint
3 12 (0.92%) Apache Airflow
3 12 (0.92%) Mule
4 8 (0.61%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (0.54%) Jupyter
6 6 (0.46%) Camunda
6 6 (0.46%) Confluence
6 6 (0.46%) nginx
6 6 (0.46%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 3 (0.23%) Apache Solr
8 2 (0.15%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.15%) GeoServer
8 2 (0.15%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.15%) Oracle Spatial
9 1 (0.077%) Appian
9 1 (0.077%) CMS
9 1 (0.077%) SAS
Applications
1 20 (1.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (0.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (0.77%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (0.69%) Adobe XD
4 9 (0.69%) Simulink
5 5 (0.38%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.31%) Windchill
7 3 (0.23%) Mathcad
8 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.077%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.077%) CATIA
9 1 (0.077%) Houdini
9 1 (0.077%) InDesign
9 1 (0.077%) InVision
9 1 (0.077%) NUKE
9 1 (0.077%) Sketch
9 1 (0.077%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 7 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.46%) Workday HCM
3 5 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (0.23%) Primavera
4 3 (0.23%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.23%) Teamcenter
5 2 (0.15%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.15%) SAP QM
6 1 (0.077%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.077%) SAP BPC
6 1 (0.077%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.077%) SAP FSCM
6 1 (0.077%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.077%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 379 (29.06%) Azure
2 345 (26.46%) AWS
3 114 (8.74%) GCP
4 79 (6.06%) Microsoft 365
5 58 (4.45%) Power Platform
6 49 (3.76%) Entra ID
7 41 (3.14%) dbt
8 35 (2.68%) AWS CloudFormation
9 27 (2.07%) GitHub
10 24 (1.84%) Serverless
11 22 (1.69%) Azure DevOps
12 21 (1.61%) Google Analytics
13 20 (1.53%) Microsoft Purview
14 19 (1.46%) Azure Sentinel
15 18 (1.38%) Dynamics 365
15 18 (1.38%) PaaS
16 17 (1.30%) Amazon S3
17 16 (1.23%) PowerApps
17 16 (1.23%) SaaS
18 15 (1.15%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 41 (3.14%) Network Security
2 33 (2.53%) Firewall
2 33 (2.53%) TCP/IP
3 25 (1.92%) DNS
4 19 (1.46%) WAN
5 16 (1.23%) VPN
6 15 (1.15%) SSL
7 12 (0.92%) ATM
7 12 (0.92%) LAN
8 11 (0.84%) DHCP
9 10 (0.77%) BGP
9 10 (0.77%) MPLS
10 7 (0.54%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (0.46%) Intrusion Detection
11 6 (0.46%) Wireless
12 5 (0.38%) SMTP
12 5 (0.38%) SNMP
13 4 (0.31%) HTTP
13 4 (0.31%) VLAN
14 3 (0.23%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (3.60%) Power BI
2 39 (2.99%) PostgreSQL
3 21 (1.61%) Data Warehouse
4 19 (1.46%) Big Data
5 13 (1.00%) Amazon Athena
5 13 (1.00%) Metadata
6 11 (0.84%) DynamoDB
6 11 (0.84%) Redis
6 11 (0.84%) SQL Server
7 10 (0.77%) Relational Database
8 9 (0.69%) Elasticsearch
9 8 (0.61%) Data Lake
9 8 (0.61%) MySQL
9 8 (0.61%) Tableau
10 7 (0.54%) MongoDB
10 7 (0.54%) NoSQL
11 6 (0.46%) Amazon RDS
12 5 (0.38%) Hadoop
12 5 (0.38%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 4 (0.31%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 53 (4.06%) Git
2 36 (2.76%) GitLab
3 25 (1.92%) Jenkins
4 19 (1.46%) JUnit
5 15 (1.15%) JIRA
6 14 (1.07%) Selenium
7 12 (0.92%) Rational DOORS
8 11 (0.84%) Mockito
9 10 (0.77%) Maven
10 9 (0.69%) Balsamiq
11 8 (0.61%) Axure RP
11 8 (0.61%) Cucumber
11 8 (0.61%) Postman
12 7 (0.54%) Burp Suite
12 7 (0.54%) Metasploit
13 6 (0.46%) Gatling
14 4 (0.31%) Cypress.io
14 4 (0.31%) LabVIEW
15 3 (0.23%) SonarQube
16 2 (0.15%) webpack
General
1 408 (31.29%) Social Skills
2 319 (24.46%) Public Sector
3 266 (20.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 204 (15.64%) Finance
5 145 (11.12%) Analytical Skills
6 137 (10.51%) Law
7 83 (6.37%) Aerospace
8 54 (4.14%) Legal
9 49 (3.76%) Presentation Skills
10 36 (2.76%) Retail
11 34 (2.61%) Telecoms
12 30 (2.30%) Manufacturing
12 30 (2.30%) Organisational Skills
13 26 (1.99%) Military
14 23 (1.76%) Influencing Skills
15 20 (1.53%) Electronics
16 17 (1.30%) Police
17 12 (0.92%) Documentation Skills
18 10 (0.77%) Automotive
18 10 (0.77%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 260 (19.94%) Senior
2 238 (18.25%) Architect
3 125 (9.59%) Consultant
3 125 (9.59%) Lead
4 112 (8.59%) Developer
5 101 (7.75%) Software Engineer
6 100 (7.67%) Solutions Architect
7 91 (6.98%) Analyst
8 52 (3.99%) Cloud Engineer
9 50 (3.83%) Security Consultant
10 48 (3.68%) DevOps Engineer
11 47 (3.60%) Senior Developer
12 46 (3.53%) Senior Manager
13 41 (3.14%) Security Architect
13 41 (3.14%) Senior Analyst
14 39 (2.99%) Data Engineer
15 38 (2.91%) Business Analyst
15 38 (2.91%) Cloud Architect
16 37 (2.84%) Java Developer
17 35 (2.68%) Principal Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (3.14%) React
2 39 (2.99%) REST
3 36 (2.76%) Spring
4 27 (2.07%) .NET
5 21 (1.61%) CSS
6 20 (1.53%) HTML
6 20 (1.53%) Kafka
6 20 (1.53%) Playwright
7 15 (1.15%) PySpark
7 15 (1.15%) Spring Boot
8 14 (1.07%) OAuth
9 13 (1.00%) AngularJS
9 13 (1.00%) JWT
9 13 (1.00%) OAuth2
10 12 (0.92%) MUnit
10 12 (0.92%) RAML
11 10 (0.77%) Middleware
11 10 (0.77%) Node.js
11 10 (0.77%) SOAP
11 10 (0.77%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 104 (7.98%) Cloud Native
2 51 (3.91%) Product Ownership
3 48 (3.68%) Management Information System
4 46 (3.53%) Onboarding
5 34 (2.61%) Security Posture
6 30 (2.30%) Data Centre
7 29 (2.22%) Legacy Systems
8 28 (2.15%) Driving Licence
9 23 (1.76%) Blog
10 22 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
11 20 (1.53%) Distributed Systems
12 15 (1.15%) Security Operations Centre
13 14 (1.07%) PKI
14 12 (0.92%) Public Cloud
15 11 (0.84%) Cyber Threat
16 10 (0.77%) Data Structures
16 10 (0.77%) FPGA
17 9 (0.69%) Algorithms
17 9 (0.69%) Greenfield Project
17 9 (0.69%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 106 (8.13%) Linux
2 83 (6.37%) Windows
3 37 (2.84%) Windows Server
4 33 (2.53%) Unix
5 12 (0.92%) Windows 10
6 5 (0.38%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.38%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.23%) Kali Linux
8 2 (0.15%) Android
8 2 (0.15%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.15%) VxWorks
8 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.077%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.077%) CentOS
9 1 (0.077%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.077%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 355 (27.22%) Agile
2 232 (17.79%) Continuous Improvement
3 214 (16.41%) Mentoring
4 194 (14.88%) Cybersecurity
5 191 (14.65%) CI/CD
6 181 (13.88%) DevOps
7 179 (13.73%) Problem-Solving
8 167 (12.81%) Software Engineering
9 165 (12.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 130 (9.97%) Community of Practice
11 121 (9.28%) Stakeholder Management
12 119 (9.13%) Infrastructure as Code
13 115 (8.82%) Technology Strategy
14 113 (8.67%) AI
15 102 (7.82%) Project Delivery
15 102 (7.82%) Scrum
16 101 (7.75%) Decision-Making
17 100 (7.67%) Coaching
18 98 (7.52%) Analytics
18 98 (7.52%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 166 (12.73%) Python
2 127 (9.74%) Java
3 81 (6.21%) JavaScript
4 79 (6.06%) SQL
5 43 (3.30%) C++
6 40 (3.07%) C#
7 37 (2.84%) Bash
8 35 (2.68%) PowerShell
9 25 (1.92%) TypeScript
10 16 (1.23%) C
11 15 (1.15%) Ada
12 12 (0.92%) DataWeave
12 12 (0.92%) MATLAB
13 11 (0.84%) Rust
14 10 (0.77%) PL/SQL
15 8 (0.61%) Kusto Query Language
15 8 (0.61%) Ruby
15 8 (0.61%) VBA
16 7 (0.54%) Apex Code
16 7 (0.54%) Go
Qualifications
1 1,304 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 243 (18.63%) Degree
3 223 (17.10%) DV Cleared
4 127 (9.74%) BPSS Clearance
5 64 (4.91%) CISSP
6 50 (3.83%) CISM
7 49 (3.76%) Computer Science Degree
8 36 (2.76%) Azure Certification
9 30 (2.30%) Microsoft Certification
10 26 (1.99%) AWS Certification
11 22 (1.69%) Master's Degree
12 16 (1.23%) CRISC
13 15 (1.15%) Cisco Certification
13 15 (1.15%) CREST Certified
13 15 (1.15%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 14 (1.07%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 12 (0.92%) TOGAF Certification
16 9 (0.69%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 9 (0.69%) PhD
17 8 (0.61%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 120 (9.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 94 (7.21%) Accessibility
3 68 (5.21%) NIST
4 46 (3.53%) NCSC
5 42 (3.22%) QA
6 30 (2.30%) GDPR
6 30 (2.30%) GRC
7 28 (2.15%) Data Quality
8 24 (1.84%) Cyber Essentials
9 20 (1.53%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 20 (1.53%) WCAG
10 18 (1.38%) PCI DSS
11 17 (1.30%) SLA
12 12 (0.92%) JSP 440
13 11 (0.84%) Actionable Recommendations
14 10 (0.77%) Def Stans
15 9 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 6 (0.46%) Government Security Classifications
17 5 (0.38%) NEBOSH
17 5 (0.38%) NIST 800
System Software
1 80 (6.13%) Docker
2 49 (3.76%) Active Directory
3 26 (1.99%) VMware Infrastructure
4 24 (1.84%) Hyper-V
5 23 (1.76%) Firmware
6 13 (1.00%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (0.46%) Squid
7 6 (0.46%) vSphere
8 4 (0.31%) VMware NSX
9 3 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
11 1 (0.077%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.077%) Embedded Firmware
11 1 (0.077%) IAG
11 1 (0.077%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.077%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.077%) Xen
Systems Management
1 101 (7.75%) Terraform
2 87 (6.67%) Kubernetes
3 38 (2.91%) Microsoft Intune
4 34 (2.61%) Ansible
5 18 (1.38%) Prometheus
6 16 (1.23%) Grafana
7 12 (0.92%) CloudHub
8 10 (0.77%) Argo
9 7 (0.54%) Nmap
10 6 (0.46%) Kustomize
10 6 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
11 5 (0.38%) AWS Copilot
11 5 (0.38%) Istio
11 5 (0.38%) vCenter Server
12 4 (0.31%) Kibana
12 4 (0.31%) Packer
12 4 (0.31%) Progress Chef
12 4 (0.31%) Puppet
13 3 (0.23%) Check_MK
13 3 (0.23%) Endace
Vendors
1 193 (14.80%) Microsoft
2 63 (4.83%) Google
3 36 (2.76%) Oracle
3 36 (2.76%) VMware
4 34 (2.61%) ServiceNow
5 25 (1.92%) Cisco
5 25 (1.92%) SAP
6 22 (1.69%) Salesforce
7 21 (1.61%) MuleSoft
8 19 (1.46%) Red Hat
9 16 (1.23%) OpenAI
10 15 (1.15%) Databricks
11 13 (1.00%) CyberArk
12 11 (0.84%) Adobe
13 8 (0.61%) Splunk
13 8 (0.61%) Veeam
14 7 (0.54%) Okta
14 7 (0.54%) Workday
15 6 (0.46%) BeyondTrust
15 6 (0.46%) Siemens