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

6 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 76 48
Rank change year-on-year +44 -28 -6
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 1,548 748 1,099
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.21% 4.43% 4.89%
As % of the Qualifications category 29.91% 11.69% 17.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1,046 443 695
10th Percentile £46,500 £42,016 £40,300
25th Percentile £56,250 £50,085 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £62,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +16.00% - -
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £79,600
90th Percentile £98,750 £90,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% - -

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 5,176 6,400 6,218
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.76% 37.94% 27.66%
Number of salaries quoted 3,216 2,287 2,846
10th Percentile £33,013 £31,000 £34,404
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,813
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -3.51% -1.72%

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 October 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 (1.87%) Apache Spark
2 24 (1.55%) SharePoint
3 22 (1.42%) Apache
4 13 (0.84%) Anypoint
4 13 (0.84%) Confluence
4 13 (0.84%) Mule
5 10 (0.65%) Apache Airflow
5 10 (0.65%) Oracle Workflow
6 9 (0.58%) nginx
6 9 (0.58%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 8 (0.52%) Camunda
7 8 (0.52%) Jupyter
8 5 (0.32%) WebLogic
9 4 (0.26%) ArcGIS
9 4 (0.26%) GeoServer
9 4 (0.26%) Oracle Spatial
10 3 (0.19%) Apache Solr
10 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Exchange
11 2 (0.13%) WebLogic Portal
12 1 (0.065%) Site Server
Applications
1 30 (1.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (1.36%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (1.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 17 (1.10%) Simulink
4 14 (0.90%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (0.39%) Adobe XD
5 6 (0.39%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.26%) Mathcad
6 4 (0.26%) Windchill
7 2 (0.13%) InDesign
7 2 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.065%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.065%) Houdini
8 1 (0.065%) NUKE
8 1 (0.065%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.065%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 11 (0.71%) Primavera
2 9 (0.58%) Oracle EBS
3 8 (0.52%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (0.45%) Workday HCM
5 5 (0.32%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 5 (0.32%) SAP PSCD
5 5 (0.32%) Teamcenter
6 3 (0.19%) SAP ERP
6 3 (0.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 2 (0.13%) Oracle Applications
7 2 (0.13%) Oracle EBS R12
7 2 (0.13%) SAP QM
8 1 (0.065%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
8 1 (0.065%) Maximo
8 1 (0.065%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.065%) SAP BPC
8 1 (0.065%) SAP GRC
8 1 (0.065%) SAP HCM
8 1 (0.065%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 385 (24.87%) Azure
2 363 (23.45%) AWS
3 114 (7.36%) GCP
4 76 (4.91%) Microsoft 365
5 73 (4.72%) Power Platform
6 66 (4.26%) Entra ID
7 40 (2.58%) GitHub
8 39 (2.52%) Serverless
9 38 (2.45%) dbt
10 37 (2.39%) AWS CloudFormation
11 35 (2.26%) Amazon S3
12 32 (2.07%) Azure DevOps
13 25 (1.61%) AWS Lambda
14 23 (1.49%) OpenShift
15 22 (1.42%) Microsoft Purview
16 20 (1.29%) Azure Monitor
17 19 (1.23%) Amazon EC2
17 19 (1.23%) Azure Sentinel
18 18 (1.16%) Google Analytics
19 16 (1.03%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 46 (2.97%) Network Security
2 33 (2.13%) Firewall
3 29 (1.87%) TCP/IP
4 24 (1.55%) DNS
5 16 (1.03%) SSL
6 13 (0.84%) VPN
7 11 (0.71%) Wireless
8 10 (0.65%) ATM
8 10 (0.65%) WAN
9 9 (0.58%) Ethernet
10 7 (0.45%) DHCP
10 7 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (0.32%) BGP
11 5 (0.32%) Unified Communications
11 5 (0.32%) VLAN
12 4 (0.26%) Internet
12 4 (0.26%) LAN
12 4 (0.26%) SAN
13 3 (0.19%) 3GPP
13 3 (0.19%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (3.94%) Power BI
2 44 (2.84%) PostgreSQL
3 28 (1.81%) Data Warehouse
4 24 (1.55%) Big Data
5 22 (1.42%) Amazon Athena
6 19 (1.23%) SQL Server
7 18 (1.16%) Data Lake
7 18 (1.16%) Metadata
7 18 (1.16%) Relational Database
8 16 (1.03%) Tableau
9 14 (0.90%) DynamoDB
10 13 (0.84%) MySQL
11 10 (0.65%) Hadoop
12 9 (0.58%) Amazon Redshift
13 8 (0.52%) NoSQL
14 7 (0.45%) Amazon RDS
14 7 (0.45%) Redis
15 6 (0.39%) Elasticsearch
15 6 (0.39%) GIS
15 6 (0.39%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 67 (4.33%) Git
2 35 (2.26%) GitLab
3 29 (1.87%) JIRA
4 28 (1.81%) Jenkins
5 25 (1.61%) JUnit
6 22 (1.42%) Rational DOORS
7 16 (1.03%) Mockito
8 14 (0.90%) Selenium
9 11 (0.71%) Burp Suite
9 11 (0.71%) Metasploit
10 10 (0.65%) Maven
11 9 (0.58%) Cucumber
11 9 (0.58%) Postman
12 8 (0.52%) Balsamiq
13 7 (0.45%) Cypress.io
14 6 (0.39%) Axure RP
14 6 (0.39%) Gatling
14 6 (0.39%) LabVIEW
15 3 (0.19%) Snyk
15 3 (0.19%) Visual Studio
General
1 445 (28.75%) Social Skills
2 363 (23.45%) Public Sector
3 344 (22.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 301 (19.44%) Finance
5 186 (12.02%) Analytical Skills
6 163 (10.53%) Aerospace
7 141 (9.11%) Law
8 59 (3.81%) Legal
9 54 (3.49%) Presentation Skills
10 51 (3.29%) Electronics
10 51 (3.29%) Retail
11 50 (3.23%) Military
12 45 (2.91%) Influencing Skills
13 43 (2.78%) Police
14 41 (2.65%) Organisational Skills
15 33 (2.13%) Manufacturing
16 21 (1.36%) Telecoms
17 14 (0.90%) Local Government
18 12 (0.78%) Aviation
19 10 (0.65%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 312 (20.16%) Senior
2 251 (16.21%) Architect
3 147 (9.50%) Software Engineer
4 141 (9.11%) Lead
5 130 (8.40%) Consultant
6 119 (7.69%) Developer
7 112 (7.24%) Analyst
8 86 (5.56%) Solutions Architect
9 77 (4.97%) Principal Engineer
10 73 (4.72%) Data Engineer
11 66 (4.26%) Senior Manager
12 52 (3.36%) Security Consultant
13 51 (3.29%) DevOps Engineer
14 46 (2.97%) Cloud Engineer
15 45 (2.91%) Security Architect
16 44 (2.84%) Principal Software Engineer
17 43 (2.78%) Java Engineer
18 40 (2.58%) Senior Analyst
18 40 (2.58%) Senior Developer
19 39 (2.52%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 113 (7.30%) Terraform
2 52 (3.36%) React
3 41 (2.65%) REST
3 41 (2.65%) Spring
4 36 (2.33%) .NET
5 26 (1.68%) CSS
6 24 (1.55%) PySpark
7 22 (1.42%) HTML
7 22 (1.42%) Kafka
8 21 (1.36%) Node.js
9 20 (1.29%) .NET Core
9 20 (1.29%) Playwright
10 19 (1.23%) Spring Boot
11 18 (1.16%) AngularJS
11 18 (1.16%) OAuth
12 17 (1.10%) JSON
13 15 (0.97%) JWT
13 15 (0.97%) OAuth2
14 14 (0.90%) Entity Framework
15 13 (0.84%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 111 (7.17%) Cloud Native
2 63 (4.07%) Management Information System
3 52 (3.36%) Product Ownership
4 44 (2.84%) Onboarding
5 36 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
6 33 (2.13%) Data Centre
7 31 (2.00%) Security Posture
8 29 (1.87%) Driving Licence
9 28 (1.81%) Legacy Systems
10 26 (1.68%) Distributed Systems
11 25 (1.61%) Blog
12 22 (1.42%) FPGA
13 17 (1.10%) Cyber Threat
13 17 (1.10%) Public Cloud
13 17 (1.10%) Security Operations Centre
14 16 (1.03%) Enterprise Software
15 15 (0.97%) Algorithms
16 14 (0.90%) AI Agents
16 14 (0.90%) Hybrid Cloud
17 11 (0.71%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 109 (7.04%) Linux
2 95 (6.14%) Windows
3 42 (2.71%) Windows Server
4 30 (1.94%) Unix
5 14 (0.90%) Windows 10
6 5 (0.32%) VxWorks
7 4 (0.26%) Kali Linux
7 4 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.26%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.19%) Android
8 3 (0.19%) Solaris
8 3 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.13%) AIX
9 2 (0.13%) FreeRTOS
9 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.065%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.065%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 424 (27.39%) Agile
2 304 (19.64%) Continuous Improvement
3 272 (17.57%) Mentoring
4 243 (15.70%) Software Engineering
5 234 (15.12%) Cybersecurity
6 229 (14.79%) Problem-Solving
7 227 (14.66%) CI/CD
8 203 (13.11%) AI
9 201 (12.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 200 (12.92%) DevOps
11 172 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
12 167 (10.79%) Analytics
13 161 (10.40%) Coaching
13 161 (10.40%) Decision-Making
14 144 (9.30%) Community of Practice
14 144 (9.30%) Technical Leadership
15 133 (8.59%) Infrastructure as Code
16 132 (8.53%) Technology Strategy
17 123 (7.95%) Project Delivery
18 121 (7.82%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 186 (12.02%) Python
2 140 (9.04%) Java
3 116 (7.49%) SQL
4 89 (5.75%) JavaScript
5 54 (3.49%) C#
6 51 (3.29%) C++
7 44 (2.84%) Bash
8 38 (2.45%) PowerShell
9 27 (1.74%) TypeScript
10 23 (1.49%) MATLAB
11 19 (1.23%) Ada
11 19 (1.23%) C
12 16 (1.03%) Kusto Query Language
12 16 (1.03%) PL/SQL
13 13 (0.84%) Bicep
13 13 (0.84%) DataWeave
14 12 (0.78%) Ruby
15 9 (0.58%) Go
16 7 (0.45%) Rust
16 7 (0.45%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1,548 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 274 (17.70%) DV Cleared
3 267 (17.25%) Degree
4 184 (11.89%) BPSS Clearance
5 70 (4.52%) CISSP
6 54 (3.49%) CISM
7 47 (3.04%) Azure Certification
8 42 (2.71%) Computer Science Degree
9 40 (2.58%) AWS Certification
10 29 (1.87%) Master's Degree
11 22 (1.42%) Microsoft Certification
12 20 (1.29%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 18 (1.16%) Chartered Engineer
13 18 (1.16%) PhD
14 16 (1.03%) Cisco Certification
15 15 (0.97%) CRISC
15 15 (0.97%) TOGAF Certification
16 14 (0.90%) CHECK Team Member
16 14 (0.90%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
17 13 (0.84%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 155 (10.01%) Accessibility
2 127 (8.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 77 (4.97%) NIST
4 61 (3.94%) NCSC
5 47 (3.04%) QA
6 45 (2.91%) Data Quality
7 33 (2.13%) GDPR
8 31 (2.00%) GRC
9 26 (1.68%) Cyber Essentials
10 22 (1.42%) SLA
11 19 (1.23%) PCI DSS
12 18 (1.16%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 17 (1.10%) WCAG
14 15 (0.97%) Def Stans
15 14 (0.90%) Actionable Recommendations
16 10 (0.65%) JSP 440
17 7 (0.45%) NIST 800
18 6 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
18 6 (0.39%) PMO
19 5 (0.32%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 97 (6.27%) Docker
2 49 (3.17%) Active Directory
3 33 (2.13%) Firmware
4 32 (2.07%) VMware Infrastructure
5 21 (1.36%) Hyper-V
6 15 (0.97%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (0.39%) Squid
7 6 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
7 6 (0.39%) vSphere
8 4 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
9 3 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 2 (0.13%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.065%) IAG
11 1 (0.065%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 106 (6.85%) Kubernetes
2 39 (2.52%) Microsoft Intune
3 28 (1.81%) Ansible
4 24 (1.55%) Grafana
5 15 (0.97%) Prometheus
6 13 (0.84%) CloudHub
7 12 (0.78%) Argo
8 11 (0.71%) Nmap
9 8 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
10 7 (0.45%) Kustomize
11 6 (0.39%) Istio
12 5 (0.32%) Packer
13 4 (0.26%) Kibana
14 3 (0.19%) Oracle RMAN
14 3 (0.19%) Progress Chef
14 3 (0.19%) SCCM
14 3 (0.19%) vCenter Server
15 2 (0.13%) CASB
15 2 (0.13%) Graylog
15 2 (0.13%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 232 (14.99%) Microsoft
2 65 (4.20%) ServiceNow
3 61 (3.94%) Oracle
4 54 (3.49%) Google
5 46 (2.97%) SAP
6 43 (2.78%) VMware
7 22 (1.42%) YouTube
8 21 (1.36%) Salesforce
8 21 (1.36%) Workday
9 20 (1.29%) Cisco
9 20 (1.29%) Databricks
10 19 (1.23%) Red Hat
11 16 (1.03%) OpenAI
12 15 (0.97%) MuleSoft
12 15 (0.97%) Thales
12 15 (0.97%) Veeam
13 13 (0.84%) CyberArk
14 12 (0.78%) Adobe
14 12 (0.78%) Dynatrace
15 11 (0.71%) Okta