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

6 months to
3 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 90 50
Rank change year-on-year +57 -40 -1
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 1,379 654 1,150
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.90% 4.00% 4.75%
As % of the Qualifications category 28.89% 11.65% 17.66%
Number of salaries quoted 965 392 817
10th Percentile £46,743 £45,050 £40,000
25th Percentile £56,250 £51,625 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £81,250 £75,250
90th Percentile £98,250 £93,625 £90,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £58,800
% change year-on-year +16.67% +2.04% -5.16%

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 4,774 5,614 6,513
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.43% 34.35% 26.91%
Number of salaries quoted 3,073 2,399 3,418
10th Percentile £33,750 £30,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £41,250 £44,027
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £58,800
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -2.21% -2.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £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 3 September 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 (2.03%) SharePoint
2 27 (1.96%) Apache Spark
3 22 (1.60%) Apache
4 13 (0.94%) Anypoint
4 13 (0.94%) Mule
5 11 (0.80%) Confluence
6 10 (0.73%) Apache Airflow
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%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.073%) CMS
11 1 (0.073%) Microsoft Exchange
11 1 (0.073%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.073%) WordPress
Applications
1 24 (1.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (1.23%) Simulink
3 12 (0.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.73%) Microsoft Office
5 8 (0.58%) Adobe XD
6 7 (0.51%) MS Visio
7 6 (0.44%) Microsoft Project
8 4 (0.29%) Mathcad
8 4 (0.29%) Windchill
9 2 (0.15%) InDesign
10 1 (0.073%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.073%) CATIA
10 1 (0.073%) Houdini
10 1 (0.073%) InVision
10 1 (0.073%) NUKE
10 1 (0.073%) Sketch
10 1 (0.073%) SOLIDWORKS
10 1 (0.073%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.073%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 11 (0.80%) Primavera
2 6 (0.44%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.44%) Workday HCM
3 5 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
3 5 (0.36%) Teamcenter
4 3 (0.22%) SAP ERP
4 3 (0.22%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.15%) SAP QM
6 1 (0.073%) SAP BPC
6 1 (0.073%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.073%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.073%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.073%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 366 (26.54%) Azure
2 347 (25.16%) AWS
3 111 (8.05%) GCP
4 70 (5.08%) Microsoft 365
5 68 (4.93%) Power Platform
6 52 (3.77%) Entra ID
7 38 (2.76%) AWS CloudFormation
7 38 (2.76%) dbt
8 33 (2.39%) GitHub
9 23 (1.67%) Azure DevOps
9 23 (1.67%) OpenShift
10 22 (1.60%) Serverless
11 20 (1.45%) Amazon S3
11 20 (1.45%) Google Analytics
11 20 (1.45%) Microsoft Purview
12 19 (1.38%) Azure Sentinel
13 18 (1.31%) PowerApps
14 16 (1.16%) Dynamics 365
14 16 (1.16%) Slack
15 13 (0.94%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 45 (3.26%) Network Security
2 31 (2.25%) Firewall
2 31 (2.25%) TCP/IP
3 24 (1.74%) DNS
4 16 (1.16%) SSL
5 12 (0.87%) WAN
6 11 (0.80%) ATM
6 11 (0.80%) VPN
7 9 (0.65%) Ethernet
8 8 (0.58%) DHCP
8 8 (0.58%) Wireless
9 7 (0.51%) BGP
10 6 (0.44%) LAN
10 6 (0.44%) MPLS
11 5 (0.36%) VLAN
12 4 (0.29%) Unified Communications
13 3 (0.22%) 3GPP
13 3 (0.22%) Intrusion Detection
13 3 (0.22%) TETRA
14 2 (0.15%) Bluetooth
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (4.06%) Power BI
2 40 (2.90%) PostgreSQL
3 25 (1.81%) Data Warehouse
4 22 (1.60%) Big Data
5 17 (1.23%) SQL Server
6 16 (1.16%) Relational Database
7 15 (1.09%) Tableau
8 14 (1.02%) Amazon Athena
8 14 (1.02%) DynamoDB
8 14 (1.02%) MySQL
9 11 (0.80%) Metadata
10 10 (0.73%) Data Lake
11 9 (0.65%) Hadoop
12 6 (0.44%) Elasticsearch
12 6 (0.44%) MongoDB
12 6 (0.44%) NoSQL
12 6 (0.44%) Redis
13 4 (0.29%) BigQuery
13 4 (0.29%) Flink
13 4 (0.29%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 58 (4.21%) Git
2 34 (2.47%) GitLab
3 26 (1.89%) Jenkins
4 23 (1.67%) 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 9 (0.65%) Balsamiq
9 9 (0.65%) Postman
10 8 (0.58%) Burp Suite
10 8 (0.58%) Cucumber
10 8 (0.58%) Metasploit
11 7 (0.51%) Axure RP
12 6 (0.44%) Cypress.io
12 6 (0.44%) Gatling
12 6 (0.44%) LabVIEW
13 3 (0.22%) CMake
13 3 (0.22%) Snyk
General
1 425 (30.82%) Social Skills
2 330 (23.93%) Public Sector
3 312 (22.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 262 (19.00%) Finance
5 169 (12.26%) Analytical Skills
6 148 (10.73%) Aerospace
7 145 (10.51%) Law
8 59 (4.28%) Legal
9 48 (3.48%) Presentation Skills
10 44 (3.19%) Military
11 41 (2.97%) Electronics
12 38 (2.76%) Retail
13 36 (2.61%) Manufacturing
13 36 (2.61%) Organisational Skills
14 35 (2.54%) Influencing Skills
15 25 (1.81%) Police
16 22 (1.60%) Telecoms
17 15 (1.09%) Local Government
18 13 (0.94%) Aviation
19 11 (0.80%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 255 (18.49%) Senior
2 238 (17.26%) Architect
3 132 (9.57%) Consultant
4 128 (9.28%) Lead
5 120 (8.70%) Software Engineer
6 119 (8.63%) Developer
7 111 (8.05%) Analyst
8 84 (6.09%) Solutions Architect
9 57 (4.13%) Security Consultant
10 55 (3.99%) DevOps Engineer
11 54 (3.92%) Principal Engineer
12 52 (3.77%) Cloud Engineer
13 46 (3.34%) Security Architect
14 45 (3.26%) Senior Manager
15 44 (3.19%) Senior Analyst
15 44 (3.19%) Senior Developer
16 43 (3.12%) Business Analyst
17 42 (3.05%) Data Engineer
18 39 (2.83%) Cloud Architect
19 36 (2.61%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 100 (7.25%) Terraform
2 51 (3.70%) React
3 37 (2.68%) Spring
4 33 (2.39%) .NET
5 31 (2.25%) REST
6 28 (2.03%) CSS
7 24 (1.74%) HTML
8 20 (1.45%) .NET Core
8 20 (1.45%) Kafka
8 20 (1.45%) Node.js
8 20 (1.45%) Playwright
9 19 (1.38%) AngularJS
10 17 (1.23%) OAuth
11 16 (1.16%) PySpark
12 14 (1.02%) Entity Framework
12 14 (1.02%) OAuth2
12 14 (1.02%) Spring Boot
13 13 (0.94%) JWT
13 13 (0.94%) MUnit
13 13 (0.94%) RAML
Miscellaneous
1 100 (7.25%) Cloud Native
2 50 (3.63%) Product Ownership
3 45 (3.26%) Management Information System
4 39 (2.83%) Onboarding
5 34 (2.47%) Self-Motivation
6 33 (2.39%) Blog
7 31 (2.25%) Legacy Systems
7 31 (2.25%) Security Posture
8 26 (1.89%) Driving Licence
9 23 (1.67%) Data Centre
9 23 (1.67%) Distributed Systems
10 22 (1.60%) FPGA
11 19 (1.38%) Cyber Threat
12 18 (1.31%) Security Operations Centre
13 15 (1.09%) Algorithms
14 14 (1.02%) Hybrid Cloud
14 14 (1.02%) Public Cloud
15 13 (0.94%) AI Agents
15 13 (0.94%) PKI
16 10 (0.73%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 112 (8.12%) Linux
2 89 (6.45%) Windows
3 38 (2.76%) Windows Server
4 34 (2.47%) 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%) CentOS
10 1 (0.073%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 392 (28.43%) Agile
2 261 (18.93%) Continuous Improvement
3 224 (16.24%) Mentoring
4 211 (15.30%) Cybersecurity
5 201 (14.58%) CI/CD
6 199 (14.43%) Problem-Solving
7 197 (14.29%) Software Engineering
8 185 (13.42%) DevOps
9 183 (13.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 144 (10.44%) AI
11 140 (10.15%) Community of Practice
12 127 (9.21%) Stakeholder Management
13 126 (9.14%) Decision-Making
13 126 (9.14%) Technology Strategy
14 124 (8.99%) Project Delivery
15 118 (8.56%) Infrastructure as Code
16 115 (8.34%) Coaching
17 114 (8.27%) Scrum
18 112 (8.12%) Analytics
19 106 (7.69%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 163 (11.82%) Python
2 128 (9.28%) Java
3 87 (6.31%) SQL
4 85 (6.16%) JavaScript
5 49 (3.55%) C#
6 48 (3.48%) C++
7 42 (3.05%) Bash
8 36 (2.61%) PowerShell
9 27 (1.96%) 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%) Kusto Query Language
13 12 (0.87%) PL/SQL
13 12 (0.87%) Ruby
14 9 (0.65%) VBA
15 8 (0.58%) Go
15 8 (0.58%) Rust
16 6 (0.44%) Scala
Qualifications
1 1,379 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 288 (20.88%) DV Cleared
3 267 (19.36%) Degree
4 185 (13.42%) BPSS Clearance
5 73 (5.29%) CISSP
6 59 (4.28%) CISM
7 48 (3.48%) Computer Science Degree
8 42 (3.05%) Azure Certification
9 35 (2.54%) AWS Certification
10 29 (2.10%) Master's Degree
11 23 (1.67%) Microsoft Certification
12 19 (1.38%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 18 (1.31%) CRISC
14 17 (1.23%) PhD
15 16 (1.16%) Cisco Certification
16 15 (1.09%) CREST Certified
16 15 (1.09%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
17 14 (1.02%) Chartered Engineer
18 11 (0.80%) TOGAF Certification
19 9 (0.65%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 146 (10.59%) Accessibility
2 130 (9.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 79 (5.73%) NIST
4 58 (4.21%) NCSC
5 47 (3.41%) QA
6 31 (2.25%) Data Quality
6 31 (2.25%) GRC
7 28 (2.03%) GDPR
8 24 (1.74%) Cyber Essentials
9 21 (1.52%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 21 (1.52%) PCI DSS
10 19 (1.38%) WCAG
11 18 (1.31%) SLA
12 13 (0.94%) Actionable Recommendations
12 13 (0.94%) JSP 440
13 12 (0.87%) Def Stans
14 7 (0.51%) NIST 800
15 5 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 5 (0.36%) NEBOSH
16 4 (0.29%) HIPAA
System Software
1 90 (6.53%) Docker
2 51 (3.70%) Active Directory
3 34 (2.47%) Firmware
4 27 (1.96%) VMware Infrastructure
5 21 (1.52%) 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
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 Desktop
10 1 (0.073%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 98 (7.11%) Kubernetes
2 35 (2.54%) Microsoft Intune
3 34 (2.47%) Ansible
4 16 (1.16%) Prometheus
5 15 (1.09%) Grafana
6 13 (0.94%) CloudHub
7 11 (0.80%) Argo
8 8 (0.58%) Nmap
9 7 (0.51%) Kustomize
9 7 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
10 6 (0.44%) 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 (0.15%) Graylog
14 2 (0.15%) Nagios
14 2 (0.15%) Oracle RMAN
14 2 (0.15%) SCCM
Vendors
1 200 (14.50%) Microsoft
2 56 (4.06%) Google
3 46 (3.34%) ServiceNow
4 40 (2.90%) VMware
5 37 (2.68%) Oracle
6 28 (2.03%) SAP
7 21 (1.52%) Red Hat
8 17 (1.23%) Cisco
8 17 (1.23%) Salesforce
9 16 (1.16%) OpenAI
10 15 (1.09%) MuleSoft
11 14 (1.02%) Databricks
12 13 (0.94%) Veeam
13 11 (0.80%) Adobe
13 11 (0.80%) Siemens
14 9 (0.65%) CyberArk
15 8 (0.58%) Atlassian
15 8 (0.58%) Okta
15 8 (0.58%) Splunk
15 8 (0.58%) YouTube