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

6 months to
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 89 49
Rank change year-on-year +55 -40 -2
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 1,382 644 1,136
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.06% 3.89% 4.59%
As % of the Qualifications category 29.21% 11.29% 17.40%
Number of salaries quoted 970 387 868
10th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,250 £47,533
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 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,125 £90,800 £90,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% +3.45% -7.20%

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 4,731 5,706 6,528
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.74% 34.44% 26.40%
Number of salaries quoted 3,076 2,445 3,759
10th Percentile £33,425 £29,750 £33,250
25th Percentile £46,500 £40,903 £43,227
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,750 £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 15 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 31 (2.24%) SharePoint
2 27 (1.95%) Apache Spark
3 24 (1.74%) Apache
4 13 (0.94%) Anypoint
4 13 (0.94%) Mule
5 12 (0.87%) Apache Airflow
6 11 (0.80%) Confluence
7 8 (0.58%) Jupyter
8 7 (0.51%) Camunda
8 7 (0.51%) nginx
8 7 (0.51%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 4 (0.29%) Microsoft Exchange
10 3 (0.22%) Apache Solr
10 3 (0.22%) ArcGIS
10 3 (0.22%) GeoServer
10 3 (0.22%) Oracle Spatial
11 2 (0.14%) OpenStack
12 1 (0.072%) Appian
12 1 (0.072%) CMS
12 1 (0.072%) WordPress
Applications
1 25 (1.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (1.23%) Simulink
3 12 (0.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.72%) Microsoft Office
5 9 (0.65%) Adobe XD
6 7 (0.51%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
8 4 (0.29%) Mathcad
8 4 (0.29%) Windchill
9 2 (0.14%) InDesign
10 1 (0.072%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.072%) CATIA
10 1 (0.072%) Houdini
10 1 (0.072%) InVision
10 1 (0.072%) NUKE
10 1 (0.072%) Sketch
10 1 (0.072%) SOLIDWORKS
10 1 (0.072%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.072%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 10 (0.72%) Primavera
2 6 (0.43%) Workday HCM
3 5 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
3 5 (0.36%) Teamcenter
4 4 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.22%) Dynamics CRM
6 2 (0.14%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.14%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.14%) SAP QM
7 1 (0.072%) SAP BPC
7 1 (0.072%) SAP EWM
7 1 (0.072%) SAP FSCM
7 1 (0.072%) SAP GRC
7 1 (0.072%) SAP HCM
7 1 (0.072%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 379 (27.42%) Azure
2 356 (25.76%) AWS
3 117 (8.47%) GCP
4 77 (5.57%) Microsoft 365
5 66 (4.78%) Power Platform
6 51 (3.69%) Entra ID
7 38 (2.75%) AWS CloudFormation
7 38 (2.75%) dbt
8 34 (2.46%) GitHub
9 25 (1.81%) Serverless
10 23 (1.66%) Azure DevOps
11 21 (1.52%) Google Analytics
12 20 (1.45%) Azure Sentinel
12 20 (1.45%) Microsoft Purview
13 19 (1.37%) Amazon S3
13 19 (1.37%) Dynamics 365
13 19 (1.37%) PowerApps
14 17 (1.23%) OpenShift
14 17 (1.23%) Slack
15 15 (1.09%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 43 (3.11%) Network Security
2 33 (2.39%) Firewall
3 32 (2.32%) TCP/IP
4 26 (1.88%) DNS
5 17 (1.23%) WAN
6 16 (1.16%) SSL
7 15 (1.09%) VPN
8 12 (0.87%) ATM
9 11 (0.80%) LAN
10 10 (0.72%) DHCP
11 9 (0.65%) BGP
11 9 (0.65%) Ethernet
12 8 (0.58%) MPLS
13 7 (0.51%) Wireless
14 5 (0.36%) Intrusion Detection
14 5 (0.36%) VLAN
14 5 (0.36%) Wi-Fi
15 3 (0.22%) OSPF
15 3 (0.22%) TETRA
15 3 (0.22%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (3.91%) Power BI
2 42 (3.04%) PostgreSQL
3 23 (1.66%) Data Warehouse
4 22 (1.59%) Big Data
5 17 (1.23%) SQL Server
6 16 (1.16%) Relational Database
7 14 (1.01%) MySQL
8 13 (0.94%) DynamoDB
8 13 (0.94%) Metadata
9 12 (0.87%) Tableau
10 11 (0.80%) Amazon Athena
10 11 (0.80%) Data Lake
11 9 (0.65%) Hadoop
12 8 (0.58%) NoSQL
13 7 (0.51%) MongoDB
14 6 (0.43%) Elasticsearch
14 6 (0.43%) Redis
15 5 (0.36%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 4 (0.29%) BigQuery
16 4 (0.29%) Flink
Development Applications
1 61 (4.41%) Git
2 36 (2.60%) GitLab
3 27 (1.95%) Jenkins
4 24 (1.74%) JIRA
5 21 (1.52%) JUnit
5 21 (1.52%) Rational DOORS
6 15 (1.09%) Selenium
7 12 (0.87%) Mockito
8 11 (0.80%) Maven
9 10 (0.72%) Balsamiq
10 9 (0.65%) Postman
11 8 (0.58%) Axure RP
11 8 (0.58%) Cucumber
12 7 (0.51%) Burp Suite
12 7 (0.51%) Metasploit
13 6 (0.43%) Cypress.io
13 6 (0.43%) Gatling
13 6 (0.43%) LabVIEW
14 3 (0.22%) CMake
14 3 (0.22%) SonarQube
General
1 433 (31.33%) Social Skills
2 345 (24.96%) Public Sector
3 323 (23.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 271 (19.61%) Finance
5 158 (11.43%) Analytical Skills
6 149 (10.78%) Law
7 142 (10.27%) Aerospace
8 68 (4.92%) Legal
9 48 (3.47%) Presentation Skills
10 43 (3.11%) Military
11 40 (2.89%) Electronics
12 38 (2.75%) Retail
13 35 (2.53%) Manufacturing
13 35 (2.53%) Organisational Skills
14 33 (2.39%) Influencing Skills
15 28 (2.03%) Telecoms
16 25 (1.81%) Police
17 15 (1.09%) Local Government
18 13 (0.94%) Aviation
19 12 (0.87%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 266 (19.25%) Senior
2 239 (17.29%) Architect
3 134 (9.70%) Lead
4 131 (9.48%) Consultant
5 118 (8.54%) Software Engineer
6 117 (8.47%) Developer
7 110 (7.96%) Analyst
8 92 (6.66%) Solutions Architect
9 54 (3.91%) Security Consultant
10 53 (3.84%) Cloud Engineer
11 52 (3.76%) DevOps Engineer
12 50 (3.62%) Senior Developer
13 48 (3.47%) Business Analyst
13 48 (3.47%) Principal Engineer
14 47 (3.40%) Senior Analyst
14 47 (3.40%) Senior Manager
15 42 (3.04%) Security Architect
16 41 (2.97%) Data Engineer
17 38 (2.75%) Cloud Architect
18 37 (2.68%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (3.62%) React
2 40 (2.89%) Spring
3 37 (2.68%) REST
4 36 (2.60%) .NET
5 29 (2.10%) CSS
6 25 (1.81%) HTML
7 22 (1.59%) Kafka
8 20 (1.45%) .NET Core
8 20 (1.45%) Playwright
9 19 (1.37%) AngularJS
10 17 (1.23%) OAuth
10 17 (1.23%) Spring Boot
11 16 (1.16%) PySpark
12 15 (1.09%) Node.js
13 14 (1.01%) Entity Framework
13 14 (1.01%) JWT
13 14 (1.01%) OAuth2
14 13 (0.94%) MUnit
14 13 (0.94%) RAML
15 11 (0.80%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 105 (7.60%) Cloud Native
2 58 (4.20%) Product Ownership
3 48 (3.47%) Management Information System
4 44 (3.18%) Onboarding
5 35 (2.53%) Blog
6 34 (2.46%) Legacy Systems
7 32 (2.32%) Security Posture
8 30 (2.17%) Self-Motivation
9 27 (1.95%) Driving Licence
10 23 (1.66%) Data Centre
10 23 (1.66%) Distributed Systems
11 22 (1.59%) FPGA
12 16 (1.16%) Public Cloud
13 15 (1.09%) Algorithms
13 15 (1.09%) Security Operations Centre
14 13 (0.94%) AI Agents
14 13 (0.94%) Cyber Threat
14 13 (0.94%) PKI
15 10 (0.72%) Data Structures
15 10 (0.72%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 111 (8.03%) Linux
2 87 (6.30%) Windows
3 38 (2.75%) Windows Server
4 33 (2.39%) Unix
5 11 (0.80%) Windows 10
6 6 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.29%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.22%) Kali Linux
8 3 (0.22%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.22%) VxWorks
9 2 (0.14%) Android
9 2 (0.14%) Solaris
9 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.072%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.072%) CentOS
10 1 (0.072%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 399 (28.87%) Agile
2 255 (18.45%) Continuous Improvement
3 229 (16.57%) Mentoring
4 206 (14.91%) CI/CD
4 206 (14.91%) Cybersecurity
5 199 (14.40%) Problem-Solving
5 199 (14.40%) Software Engineering
6 192 (13.89%) DevOps
7 175 (12.66%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 147 (10.64%) Community of Practice
9 139 (10.06%) AI
10 126 (9.12%) Infrastructure as Code
11 125 (9.04%) Technology Strategy
12 122 (8.83%) Scrum
12 122 (8.83%) Stakeholder Management
13 118 (8.54%) Coaching
13 118 (8.54%) Decision-Making
13 118 (8.54%) Project Delivery
14 107 (7.74%) Analytics
15 104 (7.53%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 174 (12.59%) Python
2 133 (9.62%) Java
3 88 (6.37%) JavaScript
4 86 (6.22%) SQL
5 52 (3.76%) C#
6 48 (3.47%) C++
7 42 (3.04%) Bash
8 38 (2.75%) PowerShell
9 25 (1.81%) TypeScript
10 23 (1.66%) MATLAB
11 19 (1.37%) Ada
11 19 (1.37%) C
12 13 (0.94%) DataWeave
13 12 (0.87%) PL/SQL
13 12 (0.87%) Ruby
14 11 (0.80%) Kusto Query Language
15 10 (0.72%) Rust
16 9 (0.65%) VBA
17 8 (0.58%) Go
18 6 (0.43%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 1,382 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 281 (20.33%) DV Cleared
3 280 (20.26%) Degree
4 185 (13.39%) BPSS Clearance
5 69 (4.99%) CISSP
6 54 (3.91%) CISM
6 54 (3.91%) Computer Science Degree
7 41 (2.97%) Azure Certification
8 33 (2.39%) AWS Certification
9 30 (2.17%) Master's Degree
10 28 (2.03%) Microsoft Certification
11 18 (1.30%) Cisco Certification
12 17 (1.23%) CRISC
12 17 (1.23%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 17 (1.23%) PhD
13 16 (1.16%) CREST Certified
14 15 (1.09%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 12 (0.87%) Chartered Engineer
16 11 (0.80%) TOGAF Certification
17 9 (0.65%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 150 (10.85%) Accessibility
2 124 (8.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 73 (5.28%) NIST
4 51 (3.69%) NCSC
5 49 (3.55%) QA
6 31 (2.24%) GRC
7 30 (2.17%) Data Quality
8 28 (2.03%) GDPR
9 24 (1.74%) Cyber Essentials
10 21 (1.52%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 20 (1.45%) WCAG
12 18 (1.30%) PCI DSS
13 17 (1.23%) SLA
14 13 (0.94%) JSP 440
15 12 (0.87%) Actionable Recommendations
16 11 (0.80%) Def Stans
17 7 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
18 5 (0.36%) Government Security Classifications
18 5 (0.36%) NEBOSH
18 5 (0.36%) NIST 800
System Software
1 90 (6.51%) Docker
2 53 (3.84%) Active Directory
3 36 (2.60%) Firmware
4 28 (2.03%) VMware Infrastructure
5 22 (1.59%) Hyper-V
6 15 (1.09%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (0.43%) Squid
7 6 (0.43%) vSphere
8 4 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.29%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.14%) Oracle RAC
9 2 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.072%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 1 (0.072%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.072%) IAG
10 1 (0.072%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.072%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 106 (7.67%) Terraform
2 97 (7.02%) Kubernetes
3 37 (2.68%) Microsoft Intune
4 36 (2.60%) Ansible
5 17 (1.23%) Prometheus
6 16 (1.16%) Grafana
7 13 (0.94%) CloudHub
8 10 (0.72%) Argo
9 7 (0.51%) Nmap
10 6 (0.43%) Kustomize
10 6 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
11 5 (0.36%) Istio
11 5 (0.36%) Packer
11 5 (0.36%) vCenter Server
12 4 (0.29%) Progress Chef
13 3 (0.22%) Check_MK
13 3 (0.22%) Kibana
14 2 (0.14%) Graylog
14 2 (0.14%) Puppet
14 2 (0.14%) SCCM
Vendors
1 194 (14.04%) Microsoft
2 62 (4.49%) Google
3 39 (2.82%) Oracle
4 37 (2.68%) VMware
5 36 (2.60%) ServiceNow
6 29 (2.10%) SAP
7 24 (1.74%) Cisco
8 22 (1.59%) Red Hat
8 22 (1.59%) Salesforce
9 19 (1.37%) MuleSoft
10 16 (1.16%) Databricks
10 16 (1.16%) OpenAI
11 12 (0.87%) Adobe
12 11 (0.80%) Siemens
13 10 (0.72%) CyberArk
14 9 (0.65%) Veeam
15 8 (0.58%) Atlassian
16 7 (0.51%) Fortinet
16 7 (0.51%) Okta
16 7 (0.51%) Splunk