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

6 months to
26 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 89 70
Rank change year-on-year +55 -19 -11
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 1,032 472 1,321
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.71% 3.50% 4.06%
As % of the Qualifications category 24.11% 11.57% 15.11%
Number of salaries quoted 793 376 974
10th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £53,500 £52,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.59% +4.58% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,563 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £95,625 £88,375
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 4,280 4,080 8,745
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 23.70% 30.24% 26.87%
Number of salaries quoted 2,869 2,463 5,932
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,288 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,100 £60,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.17% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £78,800 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £54,296
% change year-on-year +4.35% +5.90% -6.08%

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 26 April 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 (2.71%) SharePoint
2 16 (1.55%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (1.36%) Apache Airflow
4 8 (0.78%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.48%) Apache
5 5 (0.48%) ArcGIS
5 5 (0.48%) GeoServer
5 5 (0.48%) Oracle Spatial
6 3 (0.29%) Camunda
6 3 (0.29%) SAS
7 2 (0.19%) Apache Solr
7 2 (0.19%) Confluence
8 1 (0.097%) Appian
8 1 (0.097%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.097%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 71 (6.88%) Microsoft Office
2 27 (2.62%) Adobe XD
3 9 (0.87%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.48%) InVision
4 5 (0.48%) Sketch
5 2 (0.19%) Weka
6 1 (0.097%) CATIA
6 1 (0.097%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.097%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 8 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.39%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.19%) SAP HCM
3 2 (0.19%) SAP SCM
4 1 (0.097%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.097%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.097%) SAP FSCM
4 1 (0.097%) SAP GRC
4 1 (0.097%) SAP HR
4 1 (0.097%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 232 (22.48%) Azure
2 198 (19.19%) AWS
3 111 (10.76%) Microsoft 365
4 74 (7.17%) GCP
5 51 (4.94%) Entra ID
6 33 (3.20%) Power Platform
7 27 (2.62%) Figma
8 21 (2.03%) PowerApps
9 19 (1.84%) Google Analytics
10 18 (1.74%) Serverless
11 17 (1.65%) AWS CloudFormation
11 17 (1.65%) Power Automate
11 17 (1.65%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 17 (1.65%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 15 (1.45%) Azure Sentinel
12 15 (1.45%) Dynamics 365
13 14 (1.36%) GitHub
13 14 (1.36%) SaaS
14 13 (1.26%) Amazon S3
15 12 (1.16%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 29 (2.81%) Firewall
2 26 (2.52%) WAN
3 25 (2.42%) VPN
4 21 (2.03%) Network Security
5 18 (1.74%) LAN
6 17 (1.65%) DNS
7 16 (1.55%) BGP
8 13 (1.26%) DHCP
8 13 (1.26%) MPLS
9 12 (1.16%) Wi-Fi
10 9 (0.87%) SMTP
10 9 (0.87%) TCP/IP
11 7 (0.68%) Intrusion Detection
11 7 (0.68%) SNMP
12 6 (0.58%) Cisco ASA
12 6 (0.58%) Cisco Firepower
12 6 (0.58%) HTTP
12 6 (0.58%) VoIP
13 5 (0.48%) SD-WAN
14 4 (0.39%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (3.00%) PostgreSQL
2 30 (2.91%) Power BI
3 16 (1.55%) Metadata
4 14 (1.36%) NoSQL
5 10 (0.97%) MongoDB
6 8 (0.78%) DynamoDB
6 8 (0.78%) Elasticsearch
6 8 (0.78%) Relational Database
7 7 (0.68%) Amazon RDS
7 7 (0.68%) Redis
7 7 (0.68%) SQL Server
8 6 (0.58%) BigQuery
9 5 (0.48%) Amazon Redshift
9 5 (0.48%) Data Warehouse
9 5 (0.48%) GIS
9 5 (0.48%) QGIS
10 4 (0.39%) Amazon Athena
10 4 (0.39%) MySQL
10 4 (0.39%) Tableau
11 3 (0.29%) Amazon Aurora
Development Applications
1 41 (3.97%) Git
2 24 (2.33%) Balsamiq
3 23 (2.23%) Axure RP
4 20 (1.94%) GitLab
5 18 (1.74%) Jenkins
6 11 (1.07%) JIRA
7 9 (0.87%) Selenium
8 5 (0.48%) Babel
8 5 (0.48%) Burp Suite
8 5 (0.48%) JUnit
8 5 (0.48%) Metasploit
8 5 (0.48%) webpack
9 4 (0.39%) SonarQube
10 3 (0.29%) JMeter
10 3 (0.29%) Maven
10 3 (0.29%) Postman
10 3 (0.29%) SoapUI
11 2 (0.19%) MSTest
11 2 (0.19%) SpecFlow
11 2 (0.19%) WebDriver
General
1 320 (31.01%) Social Skills
2 279 (27.03%) Public Sector
3 157 (15.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 112 (10.85%) Law
5 110 (10.66%) Finance
6 97 (9.40%) Analytical Skills
7 63 (6.10%) Back Office
8 46 (4.46%) Telecoms
9 37 (3.59%) Legal
10 35 (3.39%) Manufacturing
11 31 (3.00%) Presentation Skills
12 21 (2.03%) Marketing
12 21 (2.03%) Retail
13 20 (1.94%) Influencing Skills
14 18 (1.74%) Aerospace
14 18 (1.74%) Organisational Skills
15 15 (1.45%) Electronics
16 11 (1.07%) Military
17 8 (0.78%) Police
18 7 (0.68%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 197 (19.09%) Senior
2 136 (13.18%) Architect
3 117 (11.34%) Consultant
4 89 (8.62%) Analyst
5 84 (8.14%) Developer
6 74 (7.17%) Support Engineer
7 68 (6.59%) Lead
8 60 (5.81%) Desktop Engineer
8 60 (5.81%) Desktop Support
8 60 (5.81%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 60 (5.81%) Site Engineer
9 57 (5.52%) Solutions Architect
10 54 (5.23%) Software Engineer
11 50 (4.84%) Business Analyst
12 40 (3.88%) Security Consultant
13 39 (3.78%) Senior Manager
14 36 (3.49%) Cloud Engineer
14 36 (3.49%) Data Engineer
15 33 (3.20%) Designer
16 32 (3.10%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (3.88%) .NET
2 39 (3.78%) REST
3 28 (2.71%) CSS
3 28 (2.71%) HTML
3 28 (2.71%) Spring
4 23 (2.23%) SOAP
5 22 (2.13%) React
6 21 (2.03%) Middleware
7 17 (1.65%) Lightning Web Components
7 17 (1.65%) Visualforce
8 14 (1.36%) Kafka
8 14 (1.36%) Spring Boot
9 12 (1.16%) ASP.NET
10 10 (0.97%) Django
10 10 (0.97%) HTML5 Canvas
10 10 (0.97%) SAP CAF
11 9 (0.87%) Node.js
11 9 (0.87%) SAML
12 8 (0.78%) AngularJS
13 7 (0.68%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 65 (6.30%) Product Ownership
2 50 (4.84%) Cloud Native
3 40 (3.88%) Data Centre
4 39 (3.78%) Management Information System
5 38 (3.68%) Onboarding
6 28 (2.71%) Security Posture
7 20 (1.94%) Legacy Systems
8 19 (1.84%) PKI
9 14 (1.36%) Blog
9 14 (1.36%) Driving Licence
10 12 (1.16%) Security Operations Centre
11 11 (1.07%) Low-Code
12 8 (0.78%) AI Agents
12 8 (0.78%) Data Structures
13 7 (0.68%) Analytical Mindset
13 7 (0.68%) Cyber Threat
14 6 (0.58%) Cyberattack
14 6 (0.58%) Enterprise Software
14 6 (0.58%) Hybrid Cloud
14 6 (0.58%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 115 (11.14%) Windows
2 65 (6.30%) Windows 10
3 62 (6.01%) Linux
4 19 (1.84%) Windows Server
5 18 (1.74%) Unix
6 9 (0.87%) Ubuntu
7 5 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.29%) CentOS
8 3 (0.29%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.19%) Android
10 1 (0.097%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.097%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.097%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 217 (21.03%) Agile
2 170 (16.47%) Continuous Improvement
3 169 (16.38%) Cybersecurity
4 128 (12.40%) Analytics
5 118 (11.43%) Community of Practice
6 114 (11.05%) ITIL
7 113 (10.95%) DevOps
7 113 (10.95%) Mentoring
8 109 (10.56%) Technology Strategy
9 102 (9.88%) Problem-Solving
10 91 (8.82%) CI/CD
11 88 (8.53%) Software Engineering
12 77 (7.46%) Stakeholder Management
13 71 (6.88%) Customer Service
14 70 (6.78%) User Experience
15 68 (6.59%) Risk Management
16 66 (6.40%) Infrastructure as Code
17 65 (6.30%) Collaborative Culture
17 65 (6.30%) Patch Management
18 61 (5.91%) Software Deployment
Programming Languages
1 100 (9.69%) Java
2 97 (9.40%) Python
3 66 (6.40%) JavaScript
4 45 (4.36%) SQL
5 37 (3.59%) C#
6 24 (2.33%) PowerShell
6 24 (2.33%) TypeScript
7 19 (1.84%) C++
8 17 (1.65%) Apex Code
9 13 (1.26%) Bash
10 9 (0.87%) Rust
11 6 (0.58%) C
11 6 (0.58%) VBA
12 5 (0.48%) Go
13 4 (0.39%) Scala
14 3 (0.29%) Google Apps Script
14 3 (0.29%) Kotlin
14 3 (0.29%) Pascal
14 3 (0.29%) Perl
14 3 (0.29%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1,032 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 266 (25.78%) Degree
3 167 (16.18%) DV Cleared
4 60 (5.81%) CTC Cleared
5 52 (5.04%) CISSP
6 46 (4.46%) Computer Science Degree
7 43 (4.17%) BPSS Clearance
8 39 (3.78%) CISM
8 39 (3.78%) Microsoft Certification
9 22 (2.13%) Azure Certification
10 19 (1.84%) Cisco Certification
11 17 (1.65%) AWS Certification
12 14 (1.36%) CREST Certified
13 13 (1.26%) TOGAF Certification
14 11 (1.07%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 10 (0.97%) HNC
15 10 (0.97%) Master's Degree
16 9 (0.87%) CCIE
16 9 (0.87%) CCNA
16 9 (0.87%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (6.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 64 (6.20%) SLA
3 48 (4.65%) Accessibility
3 48 (4.65%) NIST
4 36 (3.49%) GDPR
5 29 (2.81%) QA
6 25 (2.42%) WCAG
7 23 (2.23%) GRC
8 14 (1.36%) NCSC
8 14 (1.36%) PCI DSS
9 13 (1.26%) Data Quality
10 12 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials
11 10 (0.97%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 9 (0.87%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
13 8 (0.78%) JSP 440
14 7 (0.68%) Government Security Classifications
15 6 (0.58%) Actionable Recommendations
16 5 (0.48%) NEBOSH
17 4 (0.39%) PMO
18 3 (0.29%) HIPAA
System Software
1 57 (5.52%) Docker
2 30 (2.91%) Active Directory
3 16 (1.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (1.07%) VMware NSX
5 7 (0.68%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.48%) Firmware
6 5 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.39%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.39%) vSphere
8 2 (0.19%) Slurm Workload Manager
8 2 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.097%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.097%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.097%) IAG
9 1 (0.097%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.097%) Xen
Systems Management
1 70 (6.78%) Terraform
2 60 (5.81%) Kubernetes
3 40 (3.88%) Ansible
4 17 (1.65%) Microsoft Intune
4 17 (1.65%) Prometheus
5 16 (1.55%) Grafana
6 6 (0.58%) Argo
6 6 (0.58%) Endace
6 6 (0.58%) Puppet
7 5 (0.48%) AWS Copilot
7 5 (0.48%) Nmap
8 4 (0.39%) Istio
8 4 (0.39%) Kustomize
8 4 (0.39%) Packer
8 4 (0.39%) SCCM
8 4 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
8 4 (0.39%) vCenter Server
8 4 (0.39%) WSUS
8 4 (0.39%) ZABBIX
9 3 (0.29%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 160 (15.50%) Microsoft
2 100 (9.69%) Cisco
3 51 (4.94%) Google
4 32 (3.10%) Salesforce
5 27 (2.62%) Adobe
6 26 (2.52%) SAP
6 26 (2.52%) VMware
7 25 (2.42%) Oracle
8 19 (1.84%) Red Hat
9 17 (1.65%) MuleSoft
10 11 (1.07%) CyberArk
10 11 (1.07%) Splunk
11 9 (0.87%) Juniper
11 9 (0.87%) Meraki
12 8 (0.78%) Databricks
12 8 (0.78%) F5
12 8 (0.78%) ServiceNow
13 6 (0.58%) CheckPoint
14 5 (0.48%) ESRI
14 5 (0.48%) Remedy