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

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 74 48
Rank change year-on-year +41 -26 -3
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 1,501 728 1,140
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.13% 4.47% 4.88%
As % of the Qualifications category 29.52% 12.77% 17.97%
Number of salaries quoted 1,022 430 764
10th Percentile £46,500 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £56,250 £51,250 £49,706
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,991 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.19% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £83,750 £80,938 £77,500
90th Percentile £99,875 £90,000 £90,000
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 5,084 5,702 6,343
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.78% 35.05% 27.13%
Number of salaries quoted 3,195 2,325 3,053
10th Percentile £33,350 £31,100 £34,381
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,780 £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 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -1.79% -4.27%

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 20 September 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 (1.87%) Apache Spark
2 25 (1.67%) SharePoint
3 22 (1.47%) Apache
4 13 (0.87%) Anypoint
4 13 (0.87%) Mule
5 12 (0.80%) Confluence
6 10 (0.67%) Apache Airflow
6 10 (0.67%) Oracle Workflow
7 8 (0.53%) Jupyter
7 8 (0.53%) nginx
7 8 (0.53%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 7 (0.47%) Camunda
9 4 (0.27%) ArcGIS
9 4 (0.27%) GeoServer
9 4 (0.27%) Oracle Spatial
10 3 (0.20%) Apache Solr
11 1 (0.067%) CMS
11 1 (0.067%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.067%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.067%) WordPress
Applications
1 29 (1.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (1.13%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (1.13%) Simulink
3 15 (1.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (0.73%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (0.47%) Adobe XD
6 6 (0.40%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.27%) Mathcad
7 4 (0.27%) Windchill
8 2 (0.13%) InDesign
8 2 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.067%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.067%) Houdini
9 1 (0.067%) InVision
9 1 (0.067%) NUKE
9 1 (0.067%) Sketch
9 1 (0.067%) SOLIDWORKS
9 1 (0.067%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 11 (0.73%) Primavera
2 7 (0.47%) Oracle EBS
3 6 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.40%) Workday HCM
4 5 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.33%) Teamcenter
5 3 (0.20%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 3 (0.20%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.13%) SAP PSCD
6 2 (0.13%) SAP QM
6 2 (0.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.067%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
7 1 (0.067%) Maximo
7 1 (0.067%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.067%) Oracle EBS R12
7 1 (0.067%) SAP BPC
7 1 (0.067%) SAP EWM
7 1 (0.067%) SAP GRC
7 1 (0.067%) SAP HCM
7 1 (0.067%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 373 (24.85%) Azure
2 352 (23.45%) AWS
3 113 (7.53%) GCP
4 73 (4.86%) Microsoft 365
5 70 (4.66%) Power Platform
6 56 (3.73%) Entra ID
7 38 (2.53%) dbt
8 37 (2.47%) AWS CloudFormation
9 34 (2.27%) GitHub
10 33 (2.20%) Serverless
11 32 (2.13%) Amazon S3
12 25 (1.67%) Azure DevOps
13 23 (1.53%) AWS Lambda
13 23 (1.53%) OpenShift
14 21 (1.40%) Microsoft Purview
15 19 (1.27%) Azure Sentinel
15 19 (1.27%) Google Analytics
16 18 (1.20%) Amazon EC2
17 16 (1.07%) Slack
18 15 (1.00%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 43 (2.86%) Network Security
2 32 (2.13%) Firewall
3 29 (1.93%) TCP/IP
4 23 (1.53%) DNS
5 16 (1.07%) SSL
6 11 (0.73%) VPN
7 10 (0.67%) ATM
7 10 (0.67%) Wireless
8 9 (0.60%) Ethernet
9 8 (0.53%) WAN
10 7 (0.47%) DHCP
11 6 (0.40%) BGP
12 5 (0.33%) Unified Communications
12 5 (0.33%) VLAN
13 4 (0.27%) MPLS
14 3 (0.20%) 3GPP
14 3 (0.20%) LAN
14 3 (0.20%) SAN
14 3 (0.20%) TETRA
14 3 (0.20%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (3.93%) Power BI
2 42 (2.80%) PostgreSQL
3 26 (1.73%) Data Warehouse
4 23 (1.53%) Big Data
5 21 (1.40%) Amazon Athena
6 18 (1.20%) SQL Server
7 17 (1.13%) Data Lake
8 16 (1.07%) Relational Database
8 16 (1.07%) Tableau
9 15 (1.00%) DynamoDB
9 15 (1.00%) Metadata
10 13 (0.87%) MySQL
11 10 (0.67%) Hadoop
12 7 (0.47%) Amazon Redshift
12 7 (0.47%) NoSQL
13 6 (0.40%) Elasticsearch
13 6 (0.40%) GIS
13 6 (0.40%) Parquet
13 6 (0.40%) Redis
14 5 (0.33%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 66 (4.40%) Git
2 34 (2.27%) GitLab
3 28 (1.87%) Jenkins
4 26 (1.73%) JIRA
5 22 (1.47%) JUnit
5 22 (1.47%) Rational DOORS
6 15 (1.00%) Selenium
7 13 (0.87%) Mockito
8 11 (0.73%) Maven
9 10 (0.67%) Burp Suite
9 10 (0.67%) Metasploit
10 9 (0.60%) Cucumber
10 9 (0.60%) Postman
11 8 (0.53%) Balsamiq
12 7 (0.47%) Cypress.io
13 6 (0.40%) Axure RP
13 6 (0.40%) Gatling
13 6 (0.40%) LabVIEW
14 3 (0.20%) Snyk
14 3 (0.20%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 430 (28.65%) Social Skills
2 349 (23.25%) Public Sector
3 336 (22.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 287 (19.12%) Finance
5 180 (11.99%) Analytical Skills
6 164 (10.93%) Aerospace
7 145 (9.66%) Law
8 58 (3.86%) Legal
9 50 (3.33%) Electronics
9 50 (3.33%) Military
9 50 (3.33%) Presentation Skills
10 49 (3.26%) Retail
11 41 (2.73%) Organisational Skills
12 40 (2.66%) Influencing Skills
13 33 (2.20%) Manufacturing
13 33 (2.20%) Police
14 21 (1.40%) Telecoms
15 14 (0.93%) Local Government
16 13 (0.87%) Aviation
17 11 (0.73%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 293 (19.52%) Senior
2 246 (16.39%) Architect
3 138 (9.19%) Consultant
3 138 (9.19%) Lead
3 138 (9.19%) Software Engineer
4 122 (8.13%) Developer
5 112 (7.46%) Analyst
6 82 (5.46%) Solutions Architect
7 70 (4.66%) Data Engineer
8 65 (4.33%) Principal Engineer
9 55 (3.66%) Security Consultant
10 53 (3.53%) Senior Manager
11 51 (3.40%) DevOps Engineer
12 49 (3.26%) Cloud Engineer
13 45 (3.00%) Security Architect
14 42 (2.80%) Business Analyst
14 42 (2.80%) Senior Analyst
14 42 (2.80%) Senior Developer
15 39 (2.60%) Cloud Architect
16 38 (2.53%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 102 (6.80%) Terraform
2 52 (3.46%) React
3 37 (2.47%) Spring
4 36 (2.40%) .NET
5 32 (2.13%) REST
6 27 (1.80%) CSS
7 23 (1.53%) HTML
7 23 (1.53%) PySpark
8 21 (1.40%) Node.js
8 21 (1.40%) Playwright
9 20 (1.33%) .NET Core
10 19 (1.27%) AngularJS
10 19 (1.27%) Kafka
11 17 (1.13%) OAuth
12 15 (1.00%) JSON
12 15 (1.00%) Spring Boot
13 14 (0.93%) Entity Framework
13 14 (0.93%) OAuth2
14 13 (0.87%) JWT
14 13 (0.87%) RAML
Miscellaneous
1 110 (7.33%) Cloud Native
2 52 (3.46%) Management Information System
3 51 (3.40%) Product Ownership
4 43 (2.86%) Onboarding
5 36 (2.40%) Self-Motivation
6 29 (1.93%) Security Posture
7 28 (1.87%) Driving Licence
8 27 (1.80%) Blog
8 27 (1.80%) Data Centre
9 26 (1.73%) Legacy Systems
10 23 (1.53%) Distributed Systems
11 22 (1.47%) FPGA
12 20 (1.33%) Cyber Threat
13 18 (1.20%) Security Operations Centre
14 15 (1.00%) Algorithms
14 15 (1.00%) Public Cloud
15 14 (0.93%) AI Agents
15 14 (0.93%) Hybrid Cloud
16 12 (0.80%) PKI
17 11 (0.73%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 111 (7.40%) Linux
2 94 (6.26%) Windows
3 41 (2.73%) Windows Server
4 33 (2.20%) Unix
5 13 (0.87%) Windows 10
6 6 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (0.33%) VxWorks
8 4 (0.27%) Kali Linux
8 4 (0.27%) Solaris
8 4 (0.27%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.20%) Android
10 2 (0.13%) AIX
10 2 (0.13%) FreeRTOS
10 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.067%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.067%) Embedded Linux
11 1 (0.067%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 413 (27.51%) Agile
2 289 (19.25%) Continuous Improvement
3 260 (17.32%) Mentoring
4 223 (14.86%) Software Engineering
5 220 (14.66%) Problem-Solving
6 219 (14.59%) Cybersecurity
7 213 (14.19%) CI/CD
8 197 (13.12%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 192 (12.79%) DevOps
10 176 (11.73%) AI
11 157 (10.46%) Stakeholder Management
12 155 (10.33%) Decision-Making
13 150 (9.99%) Analytics
14 145 (9.66%) Coaching
15 142 (9.46%) Community of Practice
16 132 (8.79%) Technology Strategy
17 131 (8.73%) Technical Leadership
18 127 (8.46%) Project Delivery
19 119 (7.93%) Infrastructure as Code
19 119 (7.93%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 182 (12.13%) Python
2 137 (9.13%) Java
3 111 (7.40%) SQL
4 89 (5.93%) JavaScript
5 53 (3.53%) C#
5 53 (3.53%) C++
6 43 (2.86%) Bash
7 39 (2.60%) PowerShell
8 28 (1.87%) TypeScript
9 23 (1.53%) MATLAB
10 19 (1.27%) Ada
10 19 (1.27%) C
11 15 (1.00%) PL/SQL
12 13 (0.87%) DataWeave
12 13 (0.87%) Kusto Query Language
13 12 (0.80%) Ruby
14 8 (0.53%) Go
14 8 (0.53%) Rust
14 8 (0.53%) VBA
15 7 (0.47%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 1,501 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 280 (18.65%) DV Cleared
3 274 (18.25%) Degree
4 184 (12.26%) BPSS Clearance
5 72 (4.80%) CISSP
6 57 (3.80%) CISM
7 45 (3.00%) Computer Science Degree
8 42 (2.80%) Azure Certification
9 36 (2.40%) AWS Certification
10 30 (2.00%) Master's Degree
11 22 (1.47%) Microsoft Certification
12 20 (1.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 18 (1.20%) Chartered Engineer
13 18 (1.20%) PhD
14 16 (1.07%) Cisco Certification
14 16 (1.07%) CRISC
15 15 (1.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 12 (0.80%) CHECK Team Member
16 12 (0.80%) CREST Certified
17 11 (0.73%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 152 (10.13%) Accessibility
2 129 (8.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 78 (5.20%) NIST
4 61 (4.06%) NCSC
5 48 (3.20%) QA
6 41 (2.73%) Data Quality
7 34 (2.27%) GRC
8 30 (2.00%) GDPR
9 25 (1.67%) Cyber Essentials
10 21 (1.40%) SLA
11 19 (1.27%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 19 (1.27%) PCI DSS
12 18 (1.20%) WCAG
13 15 (1.00%) Def Stans
14 14 (0.93%) Actionable Recommendations
15 11 (0.73%) JSP 440
16 7 (0.47%) NIST 800
17 6 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 6 (0.40%) PMO
18 5 (0.33%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 93 (6.20%) Docker
2 47 (3.13%) Active Directory
3 34 (2.27%) Firmware
4 31 (2.07%) VMware Infrastructure
5 20 (1.33%) Hyper-V
6 15 (1.00%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (0.40%) Squid
7 6 (0.40%) vSphere
8 4 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
9 3 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
9 3 (0.20%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.067%) Embedded Firmware
11 1 (0.067%) IAG
11 1 (0.067%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.067%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 97 (6.46%) Kubernetes
2 38 (2.53%) Microsoft Intune
3 32 (2.13%) Ansible
4 16 (1.07%) Prometheus
5 15 (1.00%) Grafana
6 13 (0.87%) CloudHub
7 11 (0.73%) Argo
8 10 (0.67%) Nmap
9 7 (0.47%) Kustomize
9 7 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
10 6 (0.40%) Istio
11 5 (0.33%) Packer
12 4 (0.27%) Kibana
12 4 (0.27%) Progress Chef
12 4 (0.27%) vCenter Server
13 3 (0.20%) SCCM
14 2 (0.13%) Check_MK
14 2 (0.13%) Graylog
14 2 (0.13%) Nagios
14 2 (0.13%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 212 (14.12%) Microsoft
2 62 (4.13%) ServiceNow
3 55 (3.66%) Google
4 54 (3.60%) Oracle
5 44 (2.93%) VMware
6 38 (2.53%) SAP
7 21 (1.40%) Red Hat
8 19 (1.27%) Salesforce
9 17 (1.13%) Cisco
9 17 (1.13%) Databricks
10 16 (1.07%) OpenAI
11 15 (1.00%) MuleSoft
11 15 (1.00%) Workday
12 14 (0.93%) Veeam
13 13 (0.87%) Thales
13 13 (0.87%) YouTube
14 12 (0.80%) Adobe
14 12 (0.80%) CyberArk
15 11 (0.73%) Siemens
16 10 (0.67%) Okta