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

6 months to
12 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 104 64
Rank change year-on-year +71 -40 -5
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 1,142 533 1,378
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.80% 3.52% 4.02%
As % of the Qualifications category 26.74% 10.42% 15.12%
Number of salaries quoted 879 366 1,005
10th Percentile £46,150 £43,799 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £64,627 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.58% +7.71% -5.62%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,438 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,125 £90,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% +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 4,270 5,116 9,115
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 21.68% 33.82% 26.59%
Number of salaries quoted 2,929 2,346 5,915
10th Percentile £33,250 £27,418 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,300 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.83% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £88,333 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £53,924
% change year-on-year +9.09% +2.00% -10.13%

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 12 June 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 28 (2.45%) SharePoint
2 17 (1.49%) Apache Airflow
3 15 (1.31%) Apache
4 13 (1.14%) Microsoft Exchange
5 11 (0.96%) Apache Spark
6 7 (0.61%) Jupyter
7 3 (0.26%) Anypoint
7 3 (0.26%) Apache Solr
7 3 (0.26%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.26%) GeoServer
7 3 (0.26%) Mule
7 3 (0.26%) Oracle Spatial
7 3 (0.26%) SAS
8 2 (0.18%) Camunda
8 2 (0.18%) Confluence
8 2 (0.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.088%) Appian
9 1 (0.088%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.088%) Site Server
Applications
1 55 (4.82%) Microsoft Office
2 14 (1.23%) Adobe XD
3 11 (0.96%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.35%) InVision
5 4 (0.35%) Sketch
5 4 (0.35%) Windchill
6 3 (0.26%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.18%) Weka
8 1 (0.088%) CATIA
8 1 (0.088%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 6 (0.53%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.35%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.18%) SAP ERP
3 2 (0.18%) SAP QM
4 1 (0.088%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.088%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.088%) SAP FSCM
4 1 (0.088%) SAP GRC
4 1 (0.088%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.088%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 287 (25.13%) Azure
2 257 (22.50%) AWS
3 105 (9.19%) Microsoft 365
4 83 (7.27%) GCP
5 61 (5.34%) Entra ID
6 40 (3.50%) Power Platform
7 23 (2.01%) GitHub
8 20 (1.75%) AWS CloudFormation
8 20 (1.75%) Google Analytics
8 20 (1.75%) SaaS
8 20 (1.75%) Serverless
9 18 (1.58%) Amazon S3
10 16 (1.40%) Azure Sentinel
11 15 (1.31%) Amazon EC2
11 15 (1.31%) Dynamics 365
11 15 (1.31%) PaaS
12 14 (1.23%) Figma
13 13 (1.14%) PowerApps
13 13 (1.14%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
13 13 (1.14%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 33 (2.89%) Network Security
2 27 (2.36%) Firewall
3 24 (2.10%) WAN
4 23 (2.01%) VPN
5 16 (1.40%) BGP
5 16 (1.40%) DNS
5 16 (1.40%) LAN
5 16 (1.40%) TCP/IP
6 13 (1.14%) DHCP
7 12 (1.05%) MPLS
8 11 (0.96%) Wi-Fi
9 9 (0.79%) SMTP
10 7 (0.61%) Intrusion Detection
10 7 (0.61%) SNMP
11 5 (0.44%) Cisco ASA
11 5 (0.44%) Cisco Firepower
11 5 (0.44%) HTTP
11 5 (0.44%) SSL
11 5 (0.44%) VoIP
12 4 (0.35%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (3.06%) PostgreSQL
2 33 (2.89%) Power BI
3 17 (1.49%) Metadata
4 12 (1.05%) DynamoDB
4 12 (1.05%) NoSQL
5 11 (0.96%) Amazon Athena
5 11 (0.96%) Big Data
5 11 (0.96%) Redis
6 10 (0.88%) MongoDB
7 8 (0.70%) Data Warehouse
7 8 (0.70%) Elasticsearch
8 6 (0.53%) Amazon RDS
8 6 (0.53%) BigQuery
8 6 (0.53%) Relational Database
8 6 (0.53%) SQL Server
9 4 (0.35%) Amazon Redshift
9 4 (0.35%) Data Lake
9 4 (0.35%) Tableau
10 3 (0.26%) Flink
10 3 (0.26%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 42 (3.68%) Git
2 35 (3.06%) GitLab
3 25 (2.19%) Jenkins
4 13 (1.14%) JUnit
4 13 (1.14%) Selenium
5 10 (0.88%) Axure RP
5 10 (0.88%) Balsamiq
5 10 (0.88%) JIRA
6 8 (0.70%) Maven
7 7 (0.61%) Mockito
8 6 (0.53%) Burp Suite
8 6 (0.53%) Metasploit
9 5 (0.44%) Cucumber
9 5 (0.44%) Postman
10 4 (0.35%) JMeter
11 3 (0.26%) Cypress.io
11 3 (0.26%) SoapUI
11 3 (0.26%) SonarQube
12 2 (0.18%) Babel
12 2 (0.18%) webpack
General
1 319 (27.93%) Social Skills
2 310 (27.15%) Public Sector
3 164 (14.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 115 (10.07%) Analytical Skills
5 104 (9.11%) Finance
6 103 (9.02%) Law
7 51 (4.47%) Back Office
8 40 (3.50%) Legal
9 37 (3.24%) Presentation Skills
10 31 (2.71%) Telecoms
11 22 (1.93%) Manufacturing
11 22 (1.93%) Retail
12 21 (1.84%) Influencing Skills
13 20 (1.75%) Aerospace
13 20 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
14 11 (0.96%) Aviation
15 10 (0.88%) Military
16 8 (0.70%) Automotive
17 7 (0.61%) Marketing
17 7 (0.61%) Police
Job Titles
1 223 (19.53%) Senior
2 173 (15.15%) Architect
3 120 (10.51%) Consultant
4 100 (8.76%) Developer
5 88 (7.71%) Lead
6 85 (7.44%) Analyst
7 78 (6.83%) Solutions Architect
8 69 (6.04%) Software Engineer
9 62 (5.43%) Support Engineer
10 54 (4.73%) Site Engineer
11 49 (4.29%) Data Engineer
12 48 (4.20%) Desktop Engineer
12 48 (4.20%) Desktop Support
12 48 (4.20%) Desktop Support Engineer
13 45 (3.94%) Cloud Engineer
14 44 (3.85%) Security Consultant
15 42 (3.68%) Senior Manager
16 41 (3.59%) Business Analyst
17 40 (3.50%) Java Developer
18 37 (3.24%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (3.50%) REST
2 34 (2.98%) Spring
3 30 (2.63%) .NET
4 25 (2.19%) React
5 19 (1.66%) SOAP
6 17 (1.49%) Spring Boot
7 16 (1.40%) CSS
7 16 (1.40%) HTML
7 16 (1.40%) Middleware
8 15 (1.31%) Playwright
9 13 (1.14%) Lightning Web Components
9 13 (1.14%) Visualforce
10 11 (0.96%) Kafka
11 10 (0.88%) RESTful
12 9 (0.79%) Django
12 9 (0.79%) SAML
13 8 (0.70%) HTML5 Canvas
13 8 (0.70%) YAML
14 7 (0.61%) AngularJS
14 7 (0.61%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 78 (6.83%) Cloud Native
2 58 (5.08%) Product Ownership
3 40 (3.50%) Onboarding
4 37 (3.24%) Management Information System
4 37 (3.24%) Security Posture
5 35 (3.06%) Data Centre
6 22 (1.93%) Legacy Systems
7 20 (1.75%) PKI
8 14 (1.23%) Blog
8 14 (1.23%) Driving Licence
9 12 (1.05%) Security Operations Centre
10 10 (0.88%) Data Structures
10 10 (0.88%) Low-Code
10 10 (0.88%) Self-Motivation
11 8 (0.70%) AI Agents
12 7 (0.61%) Analytical Mindset
12 7 (0.61%) Distributed Systems
12 7 (0.61%) Hybrid Cloud
13 6 (0.53%) Cyber Threat
13 6 (0.53%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 107 (9.37%) Windows
2 70 (6.13%) Linux
3 52 (4.55%) Windows 10
4 26 (2.28%) Windows Server
5 20 (1.75%) Unix
6 5 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.35%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.18%) Android
9 2 (0.18%) CentOS
10 1 (0.088%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.088%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.088%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 253 (22.15%) Agile
2 201 (17.60%) Continuous Improvement
3 180 (15.76%) Cybersecurity
4 143 (12.52%) Mentoring
5 138 (12.08%) DevOps
6 135 (11.82%) CI/CD
7 123 (10.77%) Problem-Solving
8 120 (10.51%) Analytics
9 113 (9.89%) Community of Practice
10 112 (9.81%) ITIL
11 106 (9.28%) Technology Strategy
12 102 (8.93%) Software Engineering
13 101 (8.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 96 (8.41%) Infrastructure as Code
15 91 (7.97%) Stakeholder Management
16 73 (6.39%) Collaborative Culture
17 72 (6.30%) Scrum
18 71 (6.22%) Cloud Security
19 69 (6.04%) Decision-Making
19 69 (6.04%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 121 (10.60%) Python
2 114 (9.98%) Java
3 67 (5.87%) JavaScript
4 63 (5.52%) SQL
5 29 (2.54%) C#
6 28 (2.45%) Bash
7 26 (2.28%) C++
7 26 (2.28%) PowerShell
8 23 (2.01%) TypeScript
9 13 (1.14%) Apex Code
10 9 (0.79%) Rust
11 6 (0.53%) C
11 6 (0.53%) Groovy
11 6 (0.53%) PL/SQL
12 5 (0.44%) Scala
13 4 (0.35%) Go
13 4 (0.35%) VBA
14 3 (0.26%) Pascal
14 3 (0.26%) Perl
14 3 (0.26%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1,142 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 238 (20.84%) Degree
3 190 (16.64%) DV Cleared
4 65 (5.69%) BPSS Clearance
5 56 (4.90%) CISSP
6 48 (4.20%) CTC Cleared
7 41 (3.59%) CISM
8 40 (3.50%) Computer Science Degree
9 31 (2.71%) Microsoft Certification
10 21 (1.84%) AWS Certification
10 21 (1.84%) Azure Certification
11 15 (1.31%) Cisco Certification
12 14 (1.23%) TOGAF Certification
13 13 (1.14%) CREST Certified
13 13 (1.14%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 11 (0.96%) CRISC
15 10 (0.88%) HNC
16 8 (0.70%) CCIE
16 8 (0.70%) Master's Degree
17 7 (0.61%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (8.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 60 (5.25%) NIST
2 60 (5.25%) SLA
3 44 (3.85%) QA
4 39 (3.42%) Accessibility
5 37 (3.24%) GDPR
6 35 (3.06%) NCSC
7 22 (1.93%) Data Quality
8 19 (1.66%) Cyber Essentials
8 19 (1.66%) GRC
8 19 (1.66%) PCI DSS
9 16 (1.40%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 14 (1.23%) Actionable Recommendations
10 14 (1.23%) WCAG
11 12 (1.05%) JSP 440
12 10 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 10 (0.88%) Def Stans
13 7 (0.61%) Government Security Classifications
14 5 (0.44%) NEBOSH
14 5 (0.44%) NIST 800
System Software
1 64 (5.60%) Docker
2 34 (2.98%) Active Directory
3 17 (1.49%) VMware Infrastructure
4 13 (1.14%) Hyper-V
5 11 (0.96%) VMware NSX
6 5 (0.44%) Firmware
6 5 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (0.44%) vSphere
7 4 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.088%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 1 (0.088%) Embedded Firmware
8 1 (0.088%) IAG
8 1 (0.088%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.088%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.088%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.088%) Xen
Systems Management
1 88 (7.71%) Terraform
2 70 (6.13%) Kubernetes
3 39 (3.42%) Ansible
4 25 (2.19%) Microsoft Intune
5 21 (1.84%) Prometheus
6 19 (1.66%) Grafana
7 10 (0.88%) Argo
8 8 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
9 6 (0.53%) Kustomize
9 6 (0.53%) Nmap
9 6 (0.53%) Packer
9 6 (0.53%) Progress Chef
9 6 (0.53%) Puppet
10 5 (0.44%) AWS Copilot
10 5 (0.44%) Endace
10 5 (0.44%) Istio
10 5 (0.44%) vCenter Server
11 4 (0.35%) Kibana
11 4 (0.35%) Nagios
12 3 (0.26%) SCCM
Vendors
1 179 (15.67%) Microsoft
2 80 (7.01%) Cisco
3 47 (4.12%) Google
4 32 (2.80%) Oracle
5 28 (2.45%) VMware
6 23 (2.01%) Salesforce
7 18 (1.58%) Red Hat
7 18 (1.58%) ServiceNow
8 16 (1.40%) MuleSoft
9 14 (1.23%) Adobe
10 13 (1.14%) SAP
11 12 (1.05%) CyberArk
12 8 (0.70%) Meraki
12 8 (0.70%) Splunk
13 7 (0.61%) CheckPoint
13 7 (0.61%) Databricks
13 7 (0.61%) F5
13 7 (0.61%) Juniper
14 4 (0.35%) BMC
14 4 (0.35%) Remedy