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

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 89 51
Rank change year-on-year +55 -38 -2
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 1,376 646 1,138
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.03% 3.89% 4.62%
As % of the Qualifications category 29.12% 11.32% 17.51%
Number of salaries quoted 965 389 872
10th Percentile £46,500 £45,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £56,250 £52,000 £47,886
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 £73,849
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,650 £90,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £58,157
% change year-on-year +16.67% +3.17% -6.95%

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 4,725 5,706 6,498
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.71% 34.36% 26.39%
Number of salaries quoted 3,072 2,445 3,728
10th Percentile £33,500 £29,750 £33,250
25th Percentile £46,500 £41,074 £43,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £57,638
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -0.24% -3.94%
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 17 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 30 (2.18%) SharePoint
2 27 (1.96%) 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 3 (0.22%) Apache Solr
9 3 (0.22%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.22%) GeoServer
9 3 (0.22%) Oracle Spatial
10 2 (0.15%) Microsoft Exchange
10 2 (0.15%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.073%) Appian
11 1 (0.073%) SAS
11 1 (0.073%) WordPress
Applications
1 24 (1.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (1.24%) Simulink
3 12 (0.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (0.65%) Adobe XD
4 9 (0.65%) Microsoft Office
5 7 (0.51%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
7 4 (0.29%) Mathcad
7 4 (0.29%) Windchill
8 2 (0.15%) InDesign
9 1 (0.073%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.073%) CATIA
9 1 (0.073%) Houdini
9 1 (0.073%) InVision
9 1 (0.073%) NUKE
9 1 (0.073%) Sketch
9 1 (0.073%) SOLIDWORKS
9 1 (0.073%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.073%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 10 (0.73%) Primavera
2 6 (0.44%) Workday HCM
3 5 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
3 5 (0.36%) Teamcenter
4 4 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
5 3 (0.22%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.15%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.15%) SAP QM
7 1 (0.073%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.073%) SAP BPC
7 1 (0.073%) SAP EWM
7 1 (0.073%) SAP GRC
7 1 (0.073%) SAP HCM
7 1 (0.073%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 377 (27.40%) Azure
2 355 (25.80%) AWS
3 116 (8.43%) GCP
4 75 (5.45%) Microsoft 365
5 67 (4.87%) Power Platform
6 49 (3.56%) Entra ID
7 38 (2.76%) AWS CloudFormation
7 38 (2.76%) dbt
8 34 (2.47%) GitHub
9 25 (1.82%) Serverless
10 23 (1.67%) Azure DevOps
11 21 (1.53%) Google Analytics
12 20 (1.45%) Azure Sentinel
12 20 (1.45%) Dynamics 365
12 20 (1.45%) Microsoft Purview
12 20 (1.45%) PowerApps
13 19 (1.38%) Amazon S3
14 18 (1.31%) OpenShift
15 17 (1.24%) Slack
16 15 (1.09%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 43 (3.13%) Network Security
2 33 (2.40%) Firewall
3 32 (2.33%) TCP/IP
4 24 (1.74%) DNS
5 16 (1.16%) SSL
6 15 (1.09%) WAN
7 13 (0.94%) VPN
8 12 (0.87%) ATM
9 9 (0.65%) BGP
9 9 (0.65%) Ethernet
9 9 (0.65%) LAN
10 8 (0.58%) DHCP
10 8 (0.58%) MPLS
11 7 (0.51%) Wireless
12 5 (0.36%) Intrusion Detection
12 5 (0.36%) VLAN
13 3 (0.22%) TETRA
13 3 (0.22%) Wi-Fi
13 3 (0.22%) Wireshark
13 3 (0.22%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (4.00%) Power BI
2 42 (3.05%) PostgreSQL
3 23 (1.67%) Data Warehouse
4 22 (1.60%) Big Data
5 17 (1.24%) SQL Server
6 16 (1.16%) Relational Database
7 14 (1.02%) 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 (0.44%) Elasticsearch
14 6 (0.44%) Redis
15 5 (0.36%) SQL Server Analysis Services
16 4 (0.29%) GIS
16 4 (0.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 60 (4.36%) Git
2 35 (2.54%) GitLab
3 27 (1.96%) Jenkins
4 24 (1.74%) JIRA
5 21 (1.53%) JUnit
5 21 (1.53%) Rational DOORS
6 15 (1.09%) Selenium
7 12 (0.87%) Mockito
8 11 (0.80%) Maven
9 10 (0.73%) 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 (0.44%) Cypress.io
13 6 (0.44%) Gatling
13 6 (0.44%) LabVIEW
14 3 (0.22%) CMake
14 3 (0.22%) SonarQube
General
1 433 (31.47%) Social Skills
2 345 (25.07%) Public Sector
3 321 (23.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 271 (19.69%) Finance
5 160 (11.63%) Analytical Skills
6 149 (10.83%) Law
7 143 (10.39%) Aerospace
8 68 (4.94%) Legal
9 48 (3.49%) Presentation Skills
10 43 (3.13%) Military
11 40 (2.91%) Electronics
12 38 (2.76%) Retail
13 35 (2.54%) Manufacturing
13 35 (2.54%) Organisational Skills
14 34 (2.47%) Influencing Skills
15 28 (2.03%) Telecoms
16 25 (1.82%) Police
17 15 (1.09%) Local Government
18 13 (0.94%) Aviation
19 12 (0.87%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 267 (19.40%) Senior
2 240 (17.44%) Architect
3 132 (9.59%) Lead
4 130 (9.45%) Consultant
5 119 (8.65%) Developer
6 118 (8.58%) Software Engineer
7 109 (7.92%) Analyst
8 92 (6.69%) Solutions Architect
9 54 (3.92%) Security Consultant
10 53 (3.85%) Cloud Engineer
10 53 (3.85%) DevOps Engineer
11 50 (3.63%) Senior Developer
12 48 (3.49%) Principal Engineer
13 47 (3.42%) Business Analyst
13 47 (3.42%) Senior Analyst
13 47 (3.42%) Senior Manager
14 42 (3.05%) Security Architect
15 41 (2.98%) Data Engineer
16 38 (2.76%) Cloud Architect
17 36 (2.62%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (3.63%) React
2 40 (2.91%) Spring
3 37 (2.69%) REST
4 36 (2.62%) .NET
5 29 (2.11%) CSS
6 25 (1.82%) HTML
7 21 (1.53%) Kafka
8 20 (1.45%) .NET Core
8 20 (1.45%) Playwright
9 19 (1.38%) AngularJS
10 17 (1.24%) OAuth
10 17 (1.24%) Spring Boot
11 16 (1.16%) Node.js
11 16 (1.16%) PySpark
12 14 (1.02%) Entity Framework
12 14 (1.02%) JWT
12 14 (1.02%) OAuth2
13 13 (0.94%) MUnit
13 13 (0.94%) RAML
14 11 (0.80%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 105 (7.63%) Cloud Native
2 57 (4.14%) Product Ownership
3 47 (3.42%) Management Information System
4 44 (3.20%) Onboarding
5 35 (2.54%) Blog
6 33 (2.40%) Legacy Systems
7 32 (2.33%) Security Posture
8 30 (2.18%) Self-Motivation
9 25 (1.82%) Driving Licence
10 23 (1.67%) Data Centre
10 23 (1.67%) Distributed Systems
11 22 (1.60%) FPGA
12 16 (1.16%) Public Cloud
13 15 (1.09%) Algorithms
13 15 (1.09%) Security Operations Centre
14 14 (1.02%) Cyber Threat
15 13 (0.94%) AI Agents
15 13 (0.94%) PKI
16 10 (0.73%) Data Structures
16 10 (0.73%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 109 (7.92%) Linux
2 87 (6.32%) Windows
3 38 (2.76%) Windows Server
4 33 (2.40%) Unix
5 11 (0.80%) Windows 10
6 6 (0.44%) 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 (0.15%) Android
9 2 (0.15%) Solaris
9 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.073%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.073%) CentOS
10 1 (0.073%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 398 (28.92%) Agile
2 257 (18.68%) Continuous Improvement
3 229 (16.64%) Mentoring
4 206 (14.97%) CI/CD
5 205 (14.90%) Cybersecurity
6 199 (14.46%) Software Engineering
7 198 (14.39%) Problem-Solving
8 193 (14.03%) DevOps
9 176 (12.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 147 (10.68%) Community of Practice
11 139 (10.10%) AI
12 125 (9.08%) Infrastructure as Code
12 125 (9.08%) Technology Strategy
13 121 (8.79%) Scrum
13 121 (8.79%) Stakeholder Management
14 118 (8.58%) Coaching
14 118 (8.58%) Decision-Making
14 118 (8.58%) Project Delivery
15 108 (7.85%) Analytics
16 105 (7.63%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 173 (12.57%) Python
2 132 (9.59%) Java
3 90 (6.54%) JavaScript
4 86 (6.25%) SQL
5 52 (3.78%) C#
6 48 (3.49%) C++
7 42 (3.05%) Bash
8 38 (2.76%) PowerShell
9 25 (1.82%) TypeScript
10 23 (1.67%) MATLAB
11 19 (1.38%) Ada
11 19 (1.38%) 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 9 (0.65%) Rust
15 9 (0.65%) VBA
16 8 (0.58%) Go
17 6 (0.44%) Scala
Qualifications
1 1,376 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 280 (20.35%) DV Cleared
3 278 (20.20%) Degree
4 183 (13.30%) BPSS Clearance
5 70 (5.09%) CISSP
6 54 (3.92%) CISM
6 54 (3.92%) Computer Science Degree
7 41 (2.98%) Azure Certification
8 33 (2.40%) AWS Certification
9 30 (2.18%) Master's Degree
10 26 (1.89%) Microsoft Certification
11 19 (1.38%) Cisco Certification
12 17 (1.24%) CRISC
12 17 (1.24%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 17 (1.24%) PhD
13 15 (1.09%) CREST Certified
13 15 (1.09%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 12 (0.87%) Chartered Engineer
15 11 (0.80%) TOGAF Certification
16 10 (0.73%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 150 (10.90%) Accessibility
2 122 (8.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 74 (5.38%) NIST
4 52 (3.78%) NCSC
5 48 (3.49%) QA
6 31 (2.25%) GRC
7 30 (2.18%) Data Quality
8 27 (1.96%) GDPR
9 22 (1.60%) Cyber Essentials
10 21 (1.53%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 20 (1.45%) WCAG
12 18 (1.31%) PCI DSS
13 17 (1.24%) SLA
14 13 (0.94%) JSP 440
15 12 (0.87%) Actionable Recommendations
16 11 (0.80%) Def Stans
17 5 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 5 (0.36%) Government Security Classifications
17 5 (0.36%) NEBOSH
17 5 (0.36%) NIST 800
System Software
1 90 (6.54%) Docker
2 53 (3.85%) Active Directory
3 35 (2.54%) Firmware
4 28 (2.03%) VMware Infrastructure
5 22 (1.60%) Hyper-V
6 15 (1.09%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (0.44%) Squid
7 6 (0.44%) vSphere
8 4 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.29%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.15%) Oracle RAC
9 2 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.073%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 1 (0.073%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.073%) IAG
10 1 (0.073%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.073%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 105 (7.63%) Terraform
2 97 (7.05%) Kubernetes
3 35 (2.54%) Ansible
3 35 (2.54%) Microsoft Intune
4 16 (1.16%) Prometheus
5 15 (1.09%) Grafana
6 13 (0.94%) CloudHub
7 10 (0.73%) Argo
8 7 (0.51%) Nmap
9 6 (0.44%) Kustomize
9 6 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
10 5 (0.36%) Istio
10 5 (0.36%) Packer
10 5 (0.36%) vCenter Server
11 4 (0.29%) Progress Chef
12 3 (0.22%) Check_MK
12 3 (0.22%) Kibana
13 2 (0.15%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 2 (0.15%) Graylog
13 2 (0.15%) SCCM
Vendors
1 193 (14.03%) Microsoft
2 62 (4.51%) Google
3 39 (2.83%) Oracle
3 39 (2.83%) ServiceNow
4 37 (2.69%) VMware
5 28 (2.03%) SAP
6 22 (1.60%) Salesforce
7 21 (1.53%) Cisco
7 21 (1.53%) Red Hat
8 19 (1.38%) MuleSoft
9 16 (1.16%) Databricks
9 16 (1.16%) OpenAI
10 12 (0.87%) Adobe
11 11 (0.80%) Siemens
12 10 (0.73%) CyberArk
13 9 (0.65%) Veeam
14 8 (0.58%) Atlassian
15 7 (0.51%) Fortinet
15 7 (0.51%) Splunk
15 7 (0.51%) Workday