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

6 months to
6 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 103 71
Rank change year-on-year +71 -32 -10
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 1,067 466 1,298
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.82% 3.30% 4.00%
As % of the Qualifications category 24.92% 10.99% 14.82%
Number of salaries quoted 815 371 954
10th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £53,750 £52,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £64,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.56% +6.67% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,875 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,921 £96,250 £88,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

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 4,281 4,240 8,757
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 23.36% 30.01% 26.96%
Number of salaries quoted 2,894 2,475 5,908
10th Percentile £31,750 £29,563 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,500 £60,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £71,622 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £56,500 £54,296
% change year-on-year +6.19% +4.06% -7.97%

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 6 May 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 27 (2.53%) SharePoint
2 16 (1.50%) Apache Airflow
3 14 (1.31%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (1.03%) Apache Spark
5 7 (0.66%) Apache
6 5 (0.47%) ArcGIS
6 5 (0.47%) GeoServer
6 5 (0.47%) Oracle Spatial
7 3 (0.28%) Apache Solr
7 3 (0.28%) SAS
8 2 (0.19%) Camunda
8 2 (0.19%) Confluence
8 2 (0.19%) Jupyter
9 1 (0.094%) Appian
9 1 (0.094%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.094%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 70 (6.56%) Microsoft Office
2 24 (2.25%) Adobe XD
3 9 (0.84%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.47%) InVision
4 5 (0.47%) Sketch
5 2 (0.19%) Weka
6 1 (0.094%) CATIA
6 1 (0.094%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.094%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.094%) Siemens NX
6 1 (0.094%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 8 (0.75%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.37%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.19%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.19%) SAP SCM
4 1 (0.094%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.094%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.094%) SAP FSCM
4 1 (0.094%) SAP GRC
4 1 (0.094%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.094%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 245 (22.96%) Azure
2 215 (20.15%) AWS
3 109 (10.22%) Microsoft 365
4 79 (7.40%) GCP
5 52 (4.87%) Entra ID
6 33 (3.09%) Power Platform
7 24 (2.25%) Figma
8 20 (1.87%) Serverless
9 19 (1.78%) Google Analytics
9 19 (1.78%) PowerApps
10 18 (1.69%) AWS CloudFormation
11 16 (1.50%) Azure Sentinel
11 16 (1.50%) GitHub
11 16 (1.50%) Power Automate
11 16 (1.50%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 16 (1.50%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 15 (1.41%) Amazon S3
12 15 (1.41%) Dynamics 365
13 14 (1.31%) SaaS
14 13 (1.22%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 29 (2.72%) Firewall
2 26 (2.44%) WAN
3 25 (2.34%) Network Security
3 25 (2.34%) VPN
4 18 (1.69%) LAN
5 17 (1.59%) DNS
6 16 (1.50%) BGP
7 13 (1.22%) DHCP
7 13 (1.22%) MPLS
8 12 (1.12%) Wi-Fi
9 9 (0.84%) SMTP
9 9 (0.84%) TCP/IP
10 7 (0.66%) Intrusion Detection
10 7 (0.66%) SNMP
11 6 (0.56%) Cisco ASA
11 6 (0.56%) Cisco Firepower
11 6 (0.56%) HTTP
11 6 (0.56%) VoIP
12 5 (0.47%) SD-WAN
13 4 (0.37%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (3.09%) PostgreSQL
2 30 (2.81%) Power BI
3 17 (1.59%) Metadata
4 14 (1.31%) NoSQL
5 10 (0.94%) DynamoDB
5 10 (0.94%) MongoDB
6 9 (0.84%) Elasticsearch
6 9 (0.84%) Relational Database
7 8 (0.75%) Redis
8 7 (0.66%) Amazon RDS
8 7 (0.66%) SQL Server
9 6 (0.56%) Amazon Athena
9 6 (0.56%) BigQuery
9 6 (0.56%) Data Warehouse
10 5 (0.47%) Amazon Redshift
10 5 (0.47%) GIS
10 5 (0.47%) QGIS
11 4 (0.37%) MySQL
11 4 (0.37%) Tableau
12 3 (0.28%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 41 (3.84%) Git
2 23 (2.16%) GitLab
3 21 (1.97%) Jenkins
4 20 (1.87%) Axure RP
4 20 (1.87%) Balsamiq
5 10 (0.94%) JIRA
6 9 (0.84%) Selenium
7 5 (0.47%) JUnit
8 4 (0.37%) Babel
8 4 (0.37%) Burp Suite
8 4 (0.37%) Metasploit
8 4 (0.37%) SonarQube
8 4 (0.37%) webpack
9 3 (0.28%) JMeter
9 3 (0.28%) Maven
9 3 (0.28%) Postman
9 3 (0.28%) SoapUI
10 2 (0.19%) Gradle
10 2 (0.19%) SpecFlow
10 2 (0.19%) WebDriver
General
1 316 (29.62%) Social Skills
2 290 (27.18%) Public Sector
3 163 (15.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 110 (10.31%) Finance
4 110 (10.31%) Law
5 98 (9.18%) Analytical Skills
6 62 (5.81%) Back Office
7 45 (4.22%) Telecoms
8 41 (3.84%) Legal
9 36 (3.37%) Manufacturing
10 32 (3.00%) Presentation Skills
11 21 (1.97%) Influencing Skills
11 21 (1.97%) Marketing
12 19 (1.78%) Aerospace
12 19 (1.78%) Retail
13 18 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
14 14 (1.31%) Electronics
15 11 (1.03%) Military
16 8 (0.75%) Aviation
16 8 (0.75%) Police
Job Titles
1 204 (19.12%) Senior
2 152 (14.25%) Architect
3 125 (11.72%) Consultant
4 88 (8.25%) Analyst
5 87 (8.15%) Developer
6 73 (6.84%) Support Engineer
7 69 (6.47%) Lead
8 67 (6.28%) Solutions Architect
9 60 (5.62%) Site Engineer
10 59 (5.53%) Desktop Engineer
10 59 (5.53%) Desktop Support
10 59 (5.53%) Desktop Support Engineer
11 55 (5.15%) Software Engineer
12 49 (4.59%) Business Analyst
13 43 (4.03%) Security Consultant
14 40 (3.75%) Cloud Engineer
14 40 (3.75%) Senior Manager
15 37 (3.47%) Data Engineer
16 34 (3.19%) Java Developer
17 33 (3.09%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (3.75%) REST
2 39 (3.66%) .NET
3 29 (2.72%) Spring
4 26 (2.44%) CSS
4 26 (2.44%) HTML
5 22 (2.06%) SOAP
6 20 (1.87%) Middleware
6 20 (1.87%) React
7 16 (1.50%) Lightning Web Components
7 16 (1.50%) Spring Boot
7 16 (1.50%) Visualforce
8 15 (1.41%) Kafka
9 11 (1.03%) ASP.NET
10 10 (0.94%) Django
10 10 (0.94%) HTML5 Canvas
10 10 (0.94%) Node.js
10 10 (0.94%) SAP CAF
11 9 (0.84%) SAML
12 8 (0.75%) AngularJS
12 8 (0.75%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 63 (5.90%) Product Ownership
2 56 (5.25%) Cloud Native
3 39 (3.66%) Onboarding
4 38 (3.56%) Data Centre
5 37 (3.47%) Management Information System
6 28 (2.62%) Security Posture
7 20 (1.87%) Legacy Systems
8 19 (1.78%) PKI
9 14 (1.31%) Blog
9 14 (1.31%) Driving Licence
10 12 (1.12%) Security Operations Centre
11 11 (1.03%) Low-Code
12 8 (0.75%) Data Structures
13 7 (0.66%) AI Agents
13 7 (0.66%) Analytical Mindset
13 7 (0.66%) Cyber Threat
14 6 (0.56%) Cyberattack
14 6 (0.56%) Distributed Systems
14 6 (0.56%) Enterprise Cloud
14 6 (0.56%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 116 (10.87%) Windows
2 64 (6.00%) Linux
2 64 (6.00%) Windows 10
3 21 (1.97%) Windows Server
4 18 (1.69%) Unix
5 9 (0.84%) Ubuntu
6 6 (0.56%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.28%) CentOS
7 3 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.19%) Android
9 1 (0.094%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.094%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.094%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 224 (20.99%) Agile
2 176 (16.49%) Cybersecurity
3 173 (16.21%) Continuous Improvement
4 126 (11.81%) Analytics
5 120 (11.25%) DevOps
6 117 (10.97%) Community of Practice
7 115 (10.78%) Mentoring
8 114 (10.68%) ITIL
9 110 (10.31%) Technology Strategy
10 98 (9.18%) Problem-Solving
11 96 (9.00%) CI/CD
12 90 (8.43%) Software Engineering
13 80 (7.50%) Stakeholder Management
14 73 (6.84%) Infrastructure as Code
15 71 (6.65%) Customer Service
16 70 (6.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 69 (6.47%) Risk Management
18 68 (6.37%) Collaborative Culture
19 64 (6.00%) Patch Management
19 64 (6.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 103 (9.65%) Java
1 103 (9.65%) Python
2 66 (6.19%) JavaScript
3 51 (4.78%) SQL
4 36 (3.37%) C#
5 23 (2.16%) PowerShell
5 23 (2.16%) TypeScript
6 21 (1.97%) C++
7 16 (1.50%) Apex Code
8 14 (1.31%) Bash
9 9 (0.84%) Rust
10 7 (0.66%) Scala
11 6 (0.56%) C
12 5 (0.47%) VBA
13 4 (0.37%) Go
13 4 (0.37%) Groovy
14 3 (0.28%) Bicep
14 3 (0.28%) Google Apps Script
14 3 (0.28%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.28%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 1,067 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 255 (23.90%) Degree
3 173 (16.21%) DV Cleared
4 59 (5.53%) CTC Cleared
5 53 (4.97%) CISSP
6 50 (4.69%) BPSS Clearance
7 44 (4.12%) Computer Science Degree
8 42 (3.94%) CISM
9 39 (3.66%) Microsoft Certification
10 22 (2.06%) Azure Certification
11 16 (1.50%) AWS Certification
11 16 (1.50%) Cisco Certification
12 13 (1.22%) TOGAF Certification
13 12 (1.12%) CREST Certified
14 11 (1.03%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 10 (0.94%) HNC
16 9 (0.84%) CCIE
16 9 (0.84%) CRISC
16 9 (0.84%) Master's Degree
17 8 (0.75%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (6.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 64 (6.00%) SLA
3 51 (4.78%) NIST
4 44 (4.12%) Accessibility
5 36 (3.37%) GDPR
6 33 (3.09%) QA
7 24 (2.25%) GRC
8 22 (2.06%) WCAG
9 18 (1.69%) Data Quality
9 18 (1.69%) NCSC
10 14 (1.31%) PCI DSS
11 12 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials
11 12 (1.12%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 9 (0.84%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 8 (0.75%) JSP 440
14 7 (0.66%) Actionable Recommendations
14 7 (0.66%) Government Security Classifications
15 5 (0.47%) NEBOSH
16 3 (0.28%) HIPAA
16 3 (0.28%) PMO
System Software
1 58 (5.44%) Docker
2 30 (2.81%) Active Directory
3 17 (1.59%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (1.03%) VMware NSX
5 8 (0.75%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.47%) Firmware
6 5 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.37%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.37%) vSphere
8 2 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.094%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.094%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.094%) IAG
9 1 (0.094%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.094%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.094%) Xen
Systems Management
1 75 (7.03%) Terraform
2 60 (5.62%) Kubernetes
3 42 (3.94%) Ansible
4 18 (1.69%) Microsoft Intune
5 17 (1.59%) Prometheus
6 16 (1.50%) Grafana
7 6 (0.56%) Argo
7 6 (0.56%) Endace
7 6 (0.56%) Puppet
8 5 (0.47%) AWS Copilot
8 5 (0.47%) Packer
9 4 (0.37%) Istio
9 4 (0.37%) Kustomize
9 4 (0.37%) Nmap
9 4 (0.37%) Progress Chef
9 4 (0.37%) SCCM
9 4 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.37%) vCenter Server
9 4 (0.37%) WSUS
10 3 (0.28%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 160 (15.00%) Microsoft
2 97 (9.09%) Cisco
3 49 (4.59%) Google
4 28 (2.62%) Salesforce
5 27 (2.53%) Oracle
5 27 (2.53%) VMware
6 25 (2.34%) SAP
7 24 (2.25%) Adobe
8 20 (1.87%) Red Hat
9 16 (1.50%) MuleSoft
10 11 (1.03%) CyberArk
11 9 (0.84%) Databricks
11 9 (0.84%) Juniper
11 9 (0.84%) Meraki
11 9 (0.84%) Splunk
12 8 (0.75%) F5
12 8 (0.75%) ServiceNow
13 6 (0.56%) CheckPoint
14 5 (0.47%) ESRI
14 5 (0.47%) Remedy