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 8 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 102 60
Rank change year-on-year +65 -42 -8
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 1,193 574 1,355
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.65% 3.53% 4.14%
As % of the Qualifications category 26.85% 10.52% 15.44%
Number of salaries quoted 936 381 1,021
10th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,288 £64,627 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.66% +7.71% -7.69%
75th Percentile £81,250 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,500 £88,750
UK median annual salary £68,076 £61,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +10.69% +6.96% -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 4,443 5,457 8,775
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 21.03% 33.57% 26.83%
Number of salaries quoted 3,044 2,457 5,642
10th Percentile £33,250 £28,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £56,517
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +6.16% -5.81%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £93,593 £89,250 £86,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £53,206
% change year-on-year +9.09% +3.37% -11.32%

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 8 July 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 (2.60%) SharePoint
2 19 (1.59%) Apache
3 14 (1.17%) Apache Airflow
4 13 (1.09%) Apache Spark
5 12 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
6 7 (0.59%) Anypoint
6 7 (0.59%) Jupyter
6 7 (0.59%) Mule
7 3 (0.25%) Apache Solr
7 3 (0.25%) Camunda
7 3 (0.25%) Confluence
7 3 (0.25%) nginx
7 3 (0.25%) SAS
8 2 (0.17%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.17%) GeoServer
8 2 (0.17%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.17%) Oracle Spatial
9 1 (0.084%) Appian
9 1 (0.084%) Site Server
Applications
1 42 (3.52%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (1.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.59%) Adobe XD
5 4 (0.34%) Windchill
6 3 (0.25%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.17%) InVision
7 2 (0.17%) Sketch
7 2 (0.17%) Weka
8 1 (0.084%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.084%) CATIA
8 1 (0.084%) Houdini
8 1 (0.084%) NUKE
8 1 (0.084%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 7 (0.59%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.42%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.34%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.17%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.17%) SAP QM
4 2 (0.17%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.084%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.084%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.084%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.084%) SAP FSCM
5 1 (0.084%) SAP GRC
5 1 (0.084%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.084%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 317 (26.57%) Azure
2 278 (23.30%) AWS
3 107 (8.97%) Microsoft 365
4 89 (7.46%) GCP
5 75 (6.29%) Entra ID
6 52 (4.36%) Power Platform
7 26 (2.18%) GitHub
8 22 (1.84%) SaaS
8 22 (1.84%) Serverless
9 21 (1.76%) AWS CloudFormation
10 19 (1.59%) Dynamics 365
10 19 (1.59%) PaaS
11 18 (1.51%) Azure DevOps
11 18 (1.51%) dbt
11 18 (1.51%) Microsoft Purview
12 17 (1.42%) Google Analytics
13 16 (1.34%) Amazon S3
13 16 (1.34%) Azure Sentinel
13 16 (1.34%) PowerApps
14 15 (1.26%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 38 (3.19%) Network Security
2 29 (2.43%) Firewall
3 23 (1.93%) WAN
4 20 (1.68%) DNS
4 20 (1.68%) VPN
5 19 (1.59%) TCP/IP
6 14 (1.17%) BGP
6 14 (1.17%) LAN
7 13 (1.09%) DHCP
8 12 (1.01%) MPLS
9 11 (0.92%) Wi-Fi
10 10 (0.84%) SSL
11 9 (0.75%) SMTP
12 7 (0.59%) ATM
12 7 (0.59%) Intrusion Detection
12 7 (0.59%) SNMP
13 6 (0.50%) HTTP
14 5 (0.42%) Cisco Firepower
14 5 (0.42%) Wireless
15 4 (0.34%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (3.35%) Power BI
2 33 (2.77%) PostgreSQL
3 15 (1.26%) Data Warehouse
4 13 (1.09%) Metadata
5 12 (1.01%) Amazon Athena
5 12 (1.01%) Big Data
6 11 (0.92%) Redis
7 10 (0.84%) DynamoDB
7 10 (0.84%) MongoDB
8 9 (0.75%) Elasticsearch
9 8 (0.67%) NoSQL
10 6 (0.50%) Amazon RDS
10 6 (0.50%) Data Lake
11 5 (0.42%) Amazon Redshift
11 5 (0.42%) SQL Server
11 5 (0.42%) Tableau
12 4 (0.34%) BigQuery
12 4 (0.34%) Relational Database
12 4 (0.34%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 3 (0.25%) Flink
Development Applications
1 45 (3.77%) Git
2 34 (2.85%) GitLab
3 24 (2.01%) Jenkins
4 13 (1.09%) JUnit
4 13 (1.09%) Selenium
5 12 (1.01%) JIRA
6 8 (0.67%) Maven
7 7 (0.59%) Mockito
8 6 (0.50%) Burp Suite
8 6 (0.50%) Metasploit
9 5 (0.42%) Axure RP
9 5 (0.42%) Balsamiq
9 5 (0.42%) Cucumber
9 5 (0.42%) Postman
10 4 (0.34%) JMeter
11 3 (0.25%) Cypress.io
11 3 (0.25%) SoapUI
11 3 (0.25%) SonarQube
12 2 (0.17%) Gatling
12 2 (0.17%) webpack
General
1 364 (30.51%) Social Skills
2 300 (25.15%) Public Sector
3 180 (15.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 124 (10.39%) Analytical Skills
5 122 (10.23%) Finance
6 112 (9.39%) Law
7 44 (3.69%) Legal
8 42 (3.52%) Presentation Skills
9 38 (3.19%) Back Office
10 34 (2.85%) Telecoms
11 29 (2.43%) Retail
12 28 (2.35%) Manufacturing
13 25 (2.10%) Aerospace
14 23 (1.93%) Organisational Skills
15 17 (1.42%) Influencing Skills
16 13 (1.09%) Military
17 11 (0.92%) Aviation
18 10 (0.84%) Police
19 9 (0.75%) Automotive
19 9 (0.75%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 231 (19.36%) Senior
2 209 (17.52%) Architect
3 126 (10.56%) Consultant
4 105 (8.80%) Developer
5 99 (8.30%) Lead
6 94 (7.88%) Solutions Architect
7 84 (7.04%) Analyst
8 80 (6.71%) Software Engineer
9 52 (4.36%) Security Consultant
10 51 (4.27%) Support Engineer
11 46 (3.86%) Senior Manager
12 45 (3.77%) Cloud Engineer
13 42 (3.52%) Security Architect
14 41 (3.44%) Data Engineer
15 40 (3.35%) DevOps Engineer
15 40 (3.35%) Java Developer
15 40 (3.35%) Senior Analyst
16 39 (3.27%) Site Engineer
17 37 (3.10%) Business Analyst
17 37 (3.10%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (3.27%) REST
2 33 (2.77%) Spring
3 24 (2.01%) .NET
3 24 (2.01%) React
4 18 (1.51%) SOAP
5 16 (1.34%) Spring Boot
6 15 (1.26%) Middleware
6 15 (1.26%) Playwright
7 14 (1.17%) Kafka
8 12 (1.01%) CSS
8 12 (1.01%) HTML
8 12 (1.01%) Lightning Web Components
8 12 (1.01%) Visualforce
9 10 (0.84%) RESTful
10 9 (0.75%) SAML
11 8 (0.67%) Django
11 8 (0.67%) Node.js
11 8 (0.67%) OAuth
11 8 (0.67%) OAuth2
11 8 (0.67%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 95 (7.96%) Cloud Native
2 53 (4.44%) Product Ownership
3 47 (3.94%) Management Information System
4 41 (3.44%) Onboarding
5 34 (2.85%) Security Posture
6 33 (2.77%) Data Centre
7 23 (1.93%) Legacy Systems
8 21 (1.76%) Driving Licence
9 17 (1.42%) Blog
9 17 (1.42%) PKI
10 14 (1.17%) Self-Motivation
11 13 (1.09%) Security Operations Centre
12 9 (0.75%) Distributed Systems
12 9 (0.75%) Low-Code
12 9 (0.75%) Public Cloud
13 8 (0.67%) Cyber Threat
13 8 (0.67%) Data Structures
14 7 (0.59%) AI Agents
14 7 (0.59%) Analytical Mindset
14 7 (0.59%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 101 (8.47%) Windows
2 82 (6.87%) Linux
3 40 (3.35%) Windows 10
4 29 (2.43%) Windows Server
5 22 (1.84%) Unix
6 5 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.25%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.17%) Android
8 2 (0.17%) CentOS
8 2 (0.17%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.084%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.084%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.084%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 285 (23.89%) Agile
2 212 (17.77%) Continuous Improvement
3 194 (16.26%) Cybersecurity
4 164 (13.75%) Mentoring
5 152 (12.74%) CI/CD
6 151 (12.66%) DevOps
7 149 (12.49%) Problem-Solving
8 130 (10.90%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 120 (10.06%) Software Engineering
10 115 (9.64%) Community of Practice
11 113 (9.47%) ITIL
12 110 (9.22%) Analytics
13 107 (8.97%) Stakeholder Management
14 105 (8.80%) Technology Strategy
15 100 (8.38%) Infrastructure as Code
16 84 (7.04%) Cloud Security
17 82 (6.87%) Decision-Making
18 81 (6.79%) Risk Management
18 81 (6.79%) Scrum
18 81 (6.79%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 139 (11.65%) Python
2 122 (10.23%) Java
3 67 (5.62%) SQL
4 64 (5.36%) JavaScript
5 33 (2.77%) C++
6 30 (2.51%) C#
7 29 (2.43%) Bash
7 29 (2.43%) PowerShell
8 24 (2.01%) TypeScript
9 13 (1.09%) C
10 12 (1.01%) Apex Code
11 11 (0.92%) Rust
12 7 (0.59%) DataWeave
12 7 (0.59%) VBA
13 6 (0.50%) Ada
13 6 (0.50%) Groovy
13 6 (0.50%) PL/SQL
13 6 (0.50%) Ruby
14 5 (0.42%) Go
14 5 (0.42%) Scala
Qualifications
1 1,193 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 234 (19.61%) Degree
3 180 (15.09%) DV Cleared
4 70 (5.87%) BPSS Clearance
5 62 (5.20%) CISSP
6 51 (4.27%) CISM
7 43 (3.60%) Computer Science Degree
8 35 (2.93%) CTC Cleared
9 33 (2.77%) Azure Certification
10 32 (2.68%) Microsoft Certification
11 20 (1.68%) AWS Certification
12 16 (1.34%) CRISC
13 15 (1.26%) Cisco Certification
14 14 (1.17%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
15 13 (1.09%) CREST Certified
15 13 (1.09%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 13 (1.09%) TOGAF Certification
16 12 (1.01%) Master's Degree
17 9 (0.75%) HNC
18 8 (0.67%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 114 (9.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 62 (5.20%) NIST
3 52 (4.36%) SLA
4 44 (3.69%) QA
5 42 (3.52%) NCSC
6 38 (3.19%) GDPR
7 31 (2.60%) Accessibility
8 27 (2.26%) Cyber Essentials
9 24 (2.01%) GRC
10 22 (1.84%) Data Quality
11 19 (1.59%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 19 (1.59%) PCI DSS
12 13 (1.09%) JSP 440
13 11 (0.92%) Actionable Recommendations
13 11 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 10 (0.84%) Def Stans
15 9 (0.75%) WCAG
16 7 (0.59%) Government Security Classifications
17 5 (0.42%) NEBOSH
17 5 (0.42%) NIST 800
System Software
1 66 (5.53%) Docker
2 44 (3.69%) Active Directory
3 23 (1.93%) Hyper-V
4 20 (1.68%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (0.75%) VMware NSX
6 7 (0.59%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (0.50%) vSphere
8 5 (0.42%) Firmware
8 5 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
9 3 (0.25%) Squid
10 1 (0.084%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 1 (0.084%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.084%) IAG
10 1 (0.084%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.084%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.084%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.084%) Xen
Systems Management
1 86 (7.21%) Terraform
2 71 (5.95%) Kubernetes
3 37 (3.10%) Ansible
4 35 (2.93%) Microsoft Intune
5 21 (1.76%) Prometheus
6 19 (1.59%) Grafana
7 10 (0.84%) Argo
8 7 (0.59%) CloudHub
8 7 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
9 6 (0.50%) Kustomize
9 6 (0.50%) Nmap
9 6 (0.50%) Packer
9 6 (0.50%) Progress Chef
9 6 (0.50%) Puppet
10 5 (0.42%) AWS Copilot
10 5 (0.42%) Endace
10 5 (0.42%) Istio
10 5 (0.42%) vCenter Server
11 4 (0.34%) Kibana
12 3 (0.25%) Check_MK
Vendors
1 203 (17.02%) Microsoft
2 60 (5.03%) Cisco
3 47 (3.94%) Google
4 36 (3.02%) Oracle
5 31 (2.60%) VMware
6 28 (2.35%) ServiceNow
7 24 (2.01%) Salesforce
8 19 (1.59%) MuleSoft
9 18 (1.51%) SAP
10 17 (1.42%) Red Hat
11 13 (1.09%) CyberArk
12 11 (0.92%) OpenAI
13 9 (0.75%) Databricks
14 8 (0.67%) Adobe
14 8 (0.67%) Splunk
15 7 (0.59%) Juniper
15 7 (0.59%) Meraki
16 6 (0.50%) F5
17 4 (0.34%) BMC
17 4 (0.34%) Dell