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

6 months to
25 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 95 56
Rank change year-on-year +59 -39 -6
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 1,254 594 1,211
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.77% 3.61% 4.37%
As % of the Qualifications category 27.79% 10.65% 16.13%
Number of salaries quoted 973 372 928
10th Percentile £46,500 £45,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,625 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £64,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.53% +7.50% -7.69%
75th Percentile £81,250 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,450 £90,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% +5.26% -8.80%

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 4,512 5,576 7,510
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.75% 33.90% 27.09%
Number of salaries quoted 3,046 2,493 4,605
10th Percentile £33,350 £29,550 £33,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £59,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.93% +2.61% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £73,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £86,250
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 25 July 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 (2.23%) SharePoint
2 22 (1.75%) Apache
2 22 (1.75%) Apache Spark
3 14 (1.12%) Apache Airflow
4 11 (0.88%) Anypoint
4 11 (0.88%) Mule
5 9 (0.72%) Microsoft Exchange
6 7 (0.56%) Jupyter
7 6 (0.48%) nginx
8 5 (0.40%) Camunda
8 5 (0.40%) Confluence
9 4 (0.32%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 3 (0.24%) Apache Solr
10 3 (0.24%) SAS
11 2 (0.16%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.16%) GeoServer
11 2 (0.16%) OpenStack
11 2 (0.16%) Oracle Spatial
12 1 (0.080%) Appian
12 1 (0.080%) WordPress
Applications
1 18 (1.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (0.80%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (0.80%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (0.64%) Adobe XD
4 6 (0.48%) Simulink
5 4 (0.32%) MS Visio
5 4 (0.32%) Windchill
6 2 (0.16%) InVision
6 2 (0.16%) Mathcad
6 2 (0.16%) Sketch
7 1 (0.080%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.080%) CATIA
7 1 (0.080%) Houdini
7 1 (0.080%) InDesign
7 1 (0.080%) NUKE
Business Applications
1 7 (0.56%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.40%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.32%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (0.32%) Workday HCM
4 2 (0.16%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.16%) SAP QM
4 2 (0.16%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.080%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.080%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.080%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.080%) SAP FSCM
5 1 (0.080%) SAP GRC
5 1 (0.080%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 360 (28.71%) Azure
2 324 (25.84%) AWS
3 101 (8.05%) GCP
4 78 (6.22%) Microsoft 365
5 56 (4.47%) Power Platform
6 46 (3.67%) Entra ID
7 34 (2.71%) dbt
8 27 (2.15%) GitHub
9 26 (2.07%) AWS CloudFormation
10 22 (1.75%) Azure DevOps
10 22 (1.75%) Serverless
11 20 (1.59%) Microsoft Purview
11 20 (1.59%) SaaS
12 19 (1.52%) Azure Sentinel
13 18 (1.44%) Dynamics 365
13 18 (1.44%) Google Analytics
13 18 (1.44%) PaaS
14 17 (1.36%) Amazon S3
15 15 (1.20%) Amazon EC2
15 15 (1.20%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 41 (3.27%) Network Security
2 34 (2.71%) Firewall
3 26 (2.07%) TCP/IP
4 25 (1.99%) DNS
5 21 (1.67%) WAN
6 18 (1.44%) VPN
7 14 (1.12%) SSL
8 12 (0.96%) BGP
8 12 (0.96%) LAN
8 12 (0.96%) MPLS
9 11 (0.88%) DHCP
10 10 (0.80%) ATM
11 7 (0.56%) SMTP
11 7 (0.56%) SNMP
11 7 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
12 6 (0.48%) HTTP
12 6 (0.48%) Intrusion Detection
12 6 (0.48%) Wireless
13 5 (0.40%) Cisco Firepower
14 4 (0.32%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (3.59%) Power BI
2 37 (2.95%) PostgreSQL
3 20 (1.59%) Data Warehouse
4 19 (1.52%) Big Data
5 13 (1.04%) Amazon Athena
5 13 (1.04%) Metadata
6 11 (0.88%) Redis
7 10 (0.80%) DynamoDB
8 9 (0.72%) Elasticsearch
8 9 (0.72%) SQL Server
9 8 (0.64%) Data Lake
9 8 (0.64%) NoSQL
9 8 (0.64%) Relational Database
10 7 (0.56%) MongoDB
10 7 (0.56%) Tableau
11 6 (0.48%) Amazon RDS
11 6 (0.48%) MySQL
12 5 (0.40%) Hadoop
12 5 (0.40%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 4 (0.32%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 51 (4.07%) Git
2 36 (2.87%) GitLab
3 24 (1.91%) Jenkins
4 17 (1.36%) JUnit
5 14 (1.12%) JIRA
6 13 (1.04%) Selenium
7 9 (0.72%) Mockito
8 8 (0.64%) Cucumber
8 8 (0.64%) Maven
9 7 (0.56%) Balsamiq
9 7 (0.56%) Burp Suite
9 7 (0.56%) Metasploit
9 7 (0.56%) Postman
9 7 (0.56%) Rational DOORS
10 6 (0.48%) Axure RP
11 5 (0.40%) Gatling
12 4 (0.32%) Cypress.io
13 3 (0.24%) LabVIEW
13 3 (0.24%) SonarQube
14 2 (0.16%) JMeter
General
1 377 (30.06%) Social Skills
2 318 (25.36%) Public Sector
3 231 (18.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 167 (13.32%) Finance
5 133 (10.61%) Analytical Skills
6 129 (10.29%) Law
7 54 (4.31%) Aerospace
8 51 (4.07%) Legal
9 45 (3.59%) Presentation Skills
10 35 (2.79%) Telecoms
11 33 (2.63%) Retail
12 28 (2.23%) Manufacturing
13 25 (1.99%) Organisational Skills
14 20 (1.59%) Influencing Skills
15 19 (1.52%) Military
16 15 (1.20%) Police
17 13 (1.04%) Electronics
18 11 (0.88%) Aviation
18 11 (0.88%) Documentation Skills
19 9 (0.72%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 248 (19.78%) Senior
2 231 (18.42%) Architect
3 127 (10.13%) Consultant
4 118 (9.41%) Lead
5 111 (8.85%) Developer
6 99 (7.89%) Solutions Architect
7 92 (7.34%) Software Engineer
8 87 (6.94%) Analyst
9 53 (4.23%) Security Consultant
10 49 (3.91%) Cloud Engineer
11 46 (3.67%) Senior Manager
12 45 (3.59%) DevOps Engineer
13 44 (3.51%) Senior Developer
14 41 (3.27%) Data Engineer
14 41 (3.27%) Security Architect
15 40 (3.19%) Senior Analyst
16 38 (3.03%) Business Analyst
16 38 (3.03%) Cloud Architect
16 38 (3.03%) Java Developer
17 33 (2.63%) AWS Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (2.95%) REST
2 34 (2.71%) React
3 32 (2.55%) Spring
4 25 (1.99%) .NET
5 19 (1.52%) Kafka
6 17 (1.36%) Playwright
7 16 (1.28%) CSS
7 16 (1.28%) HTML
8 15 (1.20%) PySpark
8 15 (1.20%) Spring Boot
9 13 (1.04%) OAuth
10 12 (0.96%) JWT
10 12 (0.96%) OAuth2
11 11 (0.88%) AngularJS
11 11 (0.88%) Middleware
11 11 (0.88%) MUnit
11 11 (0.88%) RAML
11 11 (0.88%) RESTful
12 10 (0.80%) SOAP
12 10 (0.80%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 101 (8.05%) Cloud Native
2 52 (4.15%) Product Ownership
3 48 (3.83%) Management Information System
4 43 (3.43%) Onboarding
5 34 (2.71%) Security Posture
6 30 (2.39%) Data Centre
7 26 (2.07%) Driving Licence
8 25 (1.99%) Legacy Systems
9 22 (1.75%) Blog
10 18 (1.44%) Self-Motivation
11 16 (1.28%) PKI
12 15 (1.20%) Security Operations Centre
13 13 (1.04%) Distributed Systems
14 11 (0.88%) Public Cloud
15 10 (0.80%) Cyber Threat
16 9 (0.72%) Data Structures
17 8 (0.64%) AI Agents
17 8 (0.64%) Hybrid Cloud
17 8 (0.64%) Low-Code
17 8 (0.64%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 92 (7.34%) Linux
2 81 (6.46%) Windows
3 36 (2.87%) Windows Server
4 25 (1.99%) Unix
5 12 (0.96%) Windows 10
6 5 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.40%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.24%) Kali Linux
8 2 (0.16%) Android
8 2 (0.16%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.080%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.080%) CentOS
9 1 (0.080%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.080%) Solaris
9 1 (0.080%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 341 (27.19%) Agile
2 213 (16.99%) Continuous Improvement
3 195 (15.55%) Mentoring
4 189 (15.07%) Cybersecurity
5 177 (14.11%) CI/CD
6 168 (13.40%) DevOps
6 168 (13.40%) Problem-Solving
7 158 (12.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 146 (11.64%) Software Engineering
9 126 (10.05%) Community of Practice
10 121 (9.65%) Stakeholder Management
11 112 (8.93%) Technology Strategy
12 106 (8.45%) Infrastructure as Code
13 104 (8.29%) AI
14 99 (7.89%) Scrum
15 96 (7.66%) Project Delivery
16 95 (7.58%) Analytics
16 95 (7.58%) Decision-Making
17 91 (7.26%) Technical Leadership
18 89 (7.10%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 155 (12.36%) Python
2 123 (9.81%) Java
3 79 (6.30%) SQL
4 75 (5.98%) JavaScript
5 41 (3.27%) C++
6 34 (2.71%) Bash
7 33 (2.63%) C#
7 33 (2.63%) PowerShell
8 24 (1.91%) TypeScript
9 15 (1.20%) C
10 11 (0.88%) DataWeave
10 11 (0.88%) Rust
11 10 (0.80%) Ada
12 8 (0.64%) Apex Code
12 8 (0.64%) Kusto Query Language
12 8 (0.64%) PL/SQL
13 7 (0.56%) Go
13 7 (0.56%) MATLAB
13 7 (0.56%) Scala
13 7 (0.56%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1,254 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 225 (17.94%) Degree
3 192 (15.31%) DV Cleared
4 99 (7.89%) BPSS Clearance
5 63 (5.02%) CISSP
6 50 (3.99%) CISM
7 49 (3.91%) Computer Science Degree
8 35 (2.79%) Azure Certification
9 30 (2.39%) Microsoft Certification
10 22 (1.75%) AWS Certification
11 17 (1.36%) Master's Degree
12 16 (1.28%) CRISC
13 15 (1.20%) CREST Certified
13 15 (1.20%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 14 (1.12%) Cisco Certification
14 14 (1.12%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 11 (0.88%) TOGAF Certification
16 8 (0.64%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 8 (0.64%) PMI Certification
17 7 (0.56%) CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 118 (9.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 67 (5.34%) NIST
3 63 (5.02%) Accessibility
4 45 (3.59%) NCSC
5 42 (3.35%) QA
6 30 (2.39%) GDPR
7 29 (2.31%) GRC
8 27 (2.15%) Data Quality
9 24 (1.91%) Cyber Essentials
10 20 (1.59%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 18 (1.44%) PCI DSS
11 18 (1.44%) SLA
12 16 (1.28%) WCAG
13 12 (0.96%) JSP 440
14 11 (0.88%) Actionable Recommendations
15 10 (0.80%) Def Stans
16 9 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 6 (0.48%) Government Security Classifications
18 5 (0.40%) NEBOSH
18 5 (0.40%) NIST 800
System Software
1 75 (5.98%) Docker
2 48 (3.83%) Active Directory
3 26 (2.07%) VMware Infrastructure
4 25 (1.99%) Hyper-V
5 14 (1.12%) Firmware
6 13 (1.04%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (0.48%) Squid
7 6 (0.48%) vSphere
8 4 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
8 4 (0.32%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.080%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.080%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.080%) IAG
9 1 (0.080%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.080%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.080%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.080%) Xen
Systems Management
1 90 (7.18%) Terraform
2 83 (6.62%) Kubernetes
3 38 (3.03%) Microsoft Intune
4 35 (2.79%) Ansible
5 19 (1.52%) Prometheus
6 17 (1.36%) Grafana
7 11 (0.88%) CloudHub
8 10 (0.80%) Argo
9 7 (0.56%) Nmap
10 6 (0.48%) Kustomize
10 6 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
11 5 (0.40%) AWS Copilot
11 5 (0.40%) Endace
11 5 (0.40%) Istio
11 5 (0.40%) vCenter Server
12 4 (0.32%) Kibana
12 4 (0.32%) Packer
12 4 (0.32%) Progress Chef
12 4 (0.32%) Puppet
13 3 (0.24%) Check_MK
Vendors
1 188 (14.99%) Microsoft
2 51 (4.07%) Google
3 35 (2.79%) VMware
4 34 (2.71%) ServiceNow
5 33 (2.63%) Oracle
6 26 (2.07%) Cisco
7 23 (1.83%) Salesforce
8 22 (1.75%) SAP
9 21 (1.67%) MuleSoft
10 19 (1.52%) Red Hat
11 16 (1.28%) OpenAI
12 13 (1.04%) Databricks
13 12 (0.96%) CyberArk
14 10 (0.80%) Adobe
15 8 (0.64%) Veeam
16 7 (0.56%) Splunk
17 6 (0.48%) Fortinet
17 6 (0.48%) Juniper
18 5 (0.40%) F5
18 5 (0.40%) Informatica