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

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 100 64
Rank change year-on-year +66 -36 -6
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 1,143 548 1,376
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.67% 3.54% 3.96%
As % of the Qualifications category 26.59% 10.33% 15.05%
Number of salaries quoted 898 373 1,009
10th Percentile £46,250 £43,799 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £64,627 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.45% +7.71% -7.69%
75th Percentile £81,250 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,100 £90,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +12.50% +4.35% -8.00%

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 4,298 5,304 9,144
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 21.34% 34.27% 26.33%
Number of salaries quoted 2,968 2,359 5,901
10th Percentile £33,250 £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £88,750 £86,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +3.77% -11.67%

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 June 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 29 (2.54%) SharePoint
2 16 (1.40%) Apache
2 16 (1.40%) Apache Airflow
3 13 (1.14%) Apache Spark
4 12 (1.05%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (0.61%) Jupyter
6 4 (0.35%) Anypoint
6 4 (0.35%) Mule
7 3 (0.26%) Apache Solr
7 3 (0.26%) Camunda
7 3 (0.26%) SAS
8 2 (0.17%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.17%) Confluence
8 2 (0.17%) GeoServer
8 2 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.17%) Oracle Spatial
9 1 (0.087%) Appian
9 1 (0.087%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.087%) Site Server
Applications
1 39 (3.41%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (1.05%) Microsoft Excel
3 11 (0.96%) Adobe XD
4 6 (0.52%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.35%) InVision
5 4 (0.35%) Sketch
5 4 (0.35%) Windchill
6 3 (0.26%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.17%) Weka
8 1 (0.087%) CATIA
8 1 (0.087%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 7 (0.61%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.35%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.17%) SAP ERP
3 2 (0.17%) SAP QM
4 1 (0.087%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.087%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.087%) SAP FSCM
4 1 (0.087%) SAP GRC
4 1 (0.087%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.087%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 298 (26.07%) Azure
2 264 (23.10%) AWS
3 95 (8.31%) Microsoft 365
4 86 (7.52%) GCP
5 65 (5.69%) Entra ID
6 45 (3.94%) Power Platform
7 23 (2.01%) GitHub
8 21 (1.84%) AWS CloudFormation
8 21 (1.84%) SaaS
9 20 (1.75%) Serverless
10 19 (1.66%) Google Analytics
11 18 (1.57%) Amazon S3
12 17 (1.49%) Dynamics 365
13 16 (1.40%) Azure Sentinel
14 15 (1.31%) Amazon EC2
14 15 (1.31%) Azure DevOps
14 15 (1.31%) PaaS
14 15 (1.31%) PowerApps
15 13 (1.14%) Amazon CloudWatch
15 13 (1.14%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 37 (3.24%) Network Security
2 27 (2.36%) Firewall
3 23 (2.01%) WAN
4 22 (1.92%) VPN
5 17 (1.49%) TCP/IP
6 15 (1.31%) DNS
6 15 (1.31%) LAN
7 14 (1.22%) BGP
8 12 (1.05%) DHCP
8 12 (1.05%) MPLS
9 10 (0.87%) Wi-Fi
10 9 (0.79%) SMTP
11 7 (0.61%) Intrusion Detection
11 7 (0.61%) SNMP
12 6 (0.52%) SSL
13 5 (0.44%) Cisco Firepower
13 5 (0.44%) HTTP
14 4 (0.35%) MQTT
14 4 (0.35%) SD-WAN
14 4 (0.35%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (3.06%) Power BI
2 34 (2.97%) PostgreSQL
3 18 (1.57%) Metadata
4 13 (1.14%) NoSQL
5 12 (1.05%) Amazon Athena
5 12 (1.05%) Big Data
5 12 (1.05%) Data Warehouse
5 12 (1.05%) DynamoDB
6 11 (0.96%) Redis
7 10 (0.87%) MongoDB
8 8 (0.70%) Elasticsearch
9 6 (0.52%) Amazon RDS
9 6 (0.52%) BigQuery
9 6 (0.52%) Data Lake
9 6 (0.52%) Relational Database
10 5 (0.44%) Amazon Redshift
10 5 (0.44%) SQL Server
10 5 (0.44%) Tableau
11 3 (0.26%) Flink
11 3 (0.26%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 43 (3.76%) Git
2 35 (3.06%) GitLab
3 25 (2.19%) Jenkins
4 13 (1.14%) JUnit
4 13 (1.14%) Selenium
5 10 (0.87%) JIRA
6 8 (0.70%) Burp Suite
6 8 (0.70%) Maven
6 8 (0.70%) Metasploit
7 7 (0.61%) Axure RP
7 7 (0.61%) Balsamiq
7 7 (0.61%) Mockito
8 5 (0.44%) Cucumber
8 5 (0.44%) Postman
9 4 (0.35%) JMeter
10 3 (0.26%) Cypress.io
10 3 (0.26%) SoapUI
10 3 (0.26%) SonarQube
11 2 (0.17%) Babel
11 2 (0.17%) webpack
General
1 315 (27.56%) Social Skills
2 307 (26.86%) Public Sector
3 158 (13.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 118 (10.32%) Analytical Skills
5 110 (9.62%) Finance
6 100 (8.75%) Law
7 40 (3.50%) Legal
8 39 (3.41%) Presentation Skills
9 36 (3.15%) Back Office
10 30 (2.62%) Telecoms
11 25 (2.19%) Manufacturing
11 25 (2.19%) Retail
12 21 (1.84%) Aerospace
12 21 (1.84%) Influencing Skills
13 20 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
14 11 (0.96%) Aviation
14 11 (0.96%) Military
15 8 (0.70%) Automotive
15 8 (0.70%) Police
16 6 (0.52%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 231 (20.21%) Senior
2 179 (15.66%) Architect
3 125 (10.94%) Consultant
4 100 (8.75%) Developer
5 89 (7.79%) Lead
6 83 (7.26%) Analyst
7 81 (7.09%) Solutions Architect
8 70 (6.12%) Software Engineer
9 50 (4.37%) Data Engineer
10 49 (4.29%) Security Consultant
11 47 (4.11%) Support Engineer
12 46 (4.02%) Senior Manager
13 44 (3.85%) Cloud Engineer
14 40 (3.50%) Java Developer
15 39 (3.41%) Security Architect
16 38 (3.32%) Business Analyst
16 38 (3.32%) Site Engineer
17 37 (3.24%) DevOps Engineer
18 36 (3.15%) Senior Analyst
19 35 (3.06%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (3.50%) REST
2 34 (2.97%) Spring
3 29 (2.54%) .NET
4 25 (2.19%) React
5 19 (1.66%) SOAP
6 17 (1.49%) Spring Boot
7 16 (1.40%) Middleware
8 15 (1.31%) CSS
8 15 (1.31%) HTML
8 15 (1.31%) Playwright
9 13 (1.14%) Lightning Web Components
9 13 (1.14%) Visualforce
10 12 (1.05%) Kafka
11 10 (0.87%) RESTful
12 9 (0.79%) SAML
13 8 (0.70%) Django
13 8 (0.70%) HTML5 Canvas
13 8 (0.70%) YAML
14 7 (0.61%) AngularJS
14 7 (0.61%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 81 (7.09%) Cloud Native
2 55 (4.81%) Product Ownership
3 40 (3.50%) Onboarding
4 39 (3.41%) Management Information System
5 37 (3.24%) Security Posture
6 33 (2.89%) Data Centre
7 22 (1.92%) Legacy Systems
8 19 (1.66%) PKI
9 14 (1.22%) Blog
9 14 (1.22%) Driving Licence
10 13 (1.14%) Self-Motivation
11 12 (1.05%) Security Operations Centre
12 10 (0.87%) Data Structures
12 10 (0.87%) Low-Code
13 8 (0.70%) AI Agents
14 7 (0.61%) Analytical Mindset
14 7 (0.61%) Cyber Threat
14 7 (0.61%) Distributed Systems
14 7 (0.61%) Hybrid Cloud
14 7 (0.61%) Insider Threat
Operating Systems
1 93 (8.14%) Windows
2 71 (6.21%) Linux
3 36 (3.15%) Windows 10
4 27 (2.36%) Windows Server
5 20 (1.75%) Unix
6 5 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.26%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.17%) Android
8 2 (0.17%) CentOS
9 1 (0.087%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.087%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.087%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.087%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 257 (22.48%) Agile
2 191 (16.71%) Continuous Improvement
3 173 (15.14%) Cybersecurity
4 149 (13.04%) Mentoring
5 143 (12.51%) DevOps
6 142 (12.42%) CI/CD
7 128 (11.20%) Problem-Solving
8 109 (9.54%) Community of Practice
9 106 (9.27%) Analytics
10 104 (9.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 103 (9.01%) Software Engineering
12 102 (8.92%) Technology Strategy
13 101 (8.84%) ITIL
14 95 (8.31%) Infrastructure as Code
15 92 (8.05%) Stakeholder Management
16 77 (6.74%) Cloud Security
17 76 (6.65%) Decision-Making
18 75 (6.56%) Risk Management
19 72 (6.30%) Scrum
19 72 (6.30%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 126 (11.02%) Python
2 115 (10.06%) Java
3 66 (5.77%) JavaScript
4 65 (5.69%) SQL
5 30 (2.62%) C#
6 28 (2.45%) Bash
6 28 (2.45%) PowerShell
7 27 (2.36%) C++
8 23 (2.01%) TypeScript
9 13 (1.14%) Apex Code
10 9 (0.79%) Rust
11 6 (0.52%) C
11 6 (0.52%) Groovy
11 6 (0.52%) PL/SQL
12 5 (0.44%) Scala
12 5 (0.44%) VBA
13 4 (0.35%) DataWeave
13 4 (0.35%) Go
14 3 (0.26%) Google Apps Script
14 3 (0.26%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 1,143 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 222 (19.42%) Degree
3 183 (16.01%) DV Cleared
4 65 (5.69%) BPSS Clearance
5 61 (5.34%) CISSP
6 47 (4.11%) CISM
7 41 (3.59%) Computer Science Degree
8 33 (2.89%) CTC Cleared
9 30 (2.62%) Microsoft Certification
10 24 (2.10%) Azure Certification
11 22 (1.92%) AWS Certification
12 17 (1.49%) Cisco Certification
13 15 (1.31%) CREST Certified
14 14 (1.22%) CRISC
14 14 (1.22%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
15 13 (1.14%) TOGAF Certification
16 11 (0.96%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
17 10 (0.87%) HNC
18 9 (0.79%) Master's Degree
19 8 (0.70%) CCIE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 106 (9.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 64 (5.60%) NIST
3 46 (4.02%) SLA
4 45 (3.94%) QA
5 40 (3.50%) NCSC
6 39 (3.41%) GDPR
7 34 (2.97%) Accessibility
8 24 (2.10%) Data Quality
9 23 (2.01%) Cyber Essentials
9 23 (2.01%) GRC
10 20 (1.75%) PCI DSS
11 17 (1.49%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 14 (1.22%) Actionable Recommendations
13 13 (1.14%) JSP 440
14 11 (0.96%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 11 (0.96%) WCAG
15 10 (0.87%) Def Stans
16 7 (0.61%) Government Security Classifications
17 5 (0.44%) NEBOSH
17 5 (0.44%) NIST 800
System Software
1 65 (5.69%) Docker
2 38 (3.32%) Active Directory
3 16 (1.40%) Hyper-V
4 15 (1.31%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (0.79%) VMware NSX
6 5 (0.44%) Firmware
6 5 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (0.44%) vSphere
7 4 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.087%) Citrix Hypervisor
8 1 (0.087%) Embedded Firmware
8 1 (0.087%) IAG
8 1 (0.087%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.087%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 1 (0.087%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.087%) Xen
Systems Management
1 90 (7.87%) Terraform
2 71 (6.21%) Kubernetes
3 38 (3.32%) Ansible
4 27 (2.36%) Microsoft Intune
5 21 (1.84%) Prometheus
6 19 (1.66%) Grafana
7 10 (0.87%) Argo
8 8 (0.70%) Nmap
8 8 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
9 6 (0.52%) Kustomize
9 6 (0.52%) Packer
9 6 (0.52%) Progress Chef
9 6 (0.52%) Puppet
10 5 (0.44%) AWS Copilot
10 5 (0.44%) Endace
10 5 (0.44%) Istio
10 5 (0.44%) vCenter Server
11 4 (0.35%) CloudHub
11 4 (0.35%) Kibana
11 4 (0.35%) Nagios
Vendors
1 183 (16.01%) Microsoft
2 62 (5.42%) Cisco
3 48 (4.20%) Google
4 31 (2.71%) Oracle
5 26 (2.27%) VMware
6 23 (2.01%) Salesforce
7 20 (1.75%) ServiceNow
8 17 (1.49%) MuleSoft
8 17 (1.49%) Red Hat
9 15 (1.31%) SAP
10 12 (1.05%) CyberArk
11 11 (0.96%) Adobe
12 9 (0.79%) Databricks
13 8 (0.70%) Splunk
14 7 (0.61%) F5
14 7 (0.61%) Juniper
14 7 (0.61%) Meraki
15 5 (0.44%) CheckPoint
15 5 (0.44%) Fortinet
15 5 (0.44%) OpenAI