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

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 105 59
Rank change year-on-year +69 -46 -7
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 1,201 571 1,341
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.66% 3.47% 4.15%
As % of the Qualifications category 26.98% 10.33% 15.44%
Number of salaries quoted 940 377 1,020
10th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,000 £49,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,500 £64,627 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.99% +7.71% -7.69%
75th Percentile £81,250 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,200 £88,920
UK median annual salary £68,500 £61,500 £57,000
% change year-on-year +11.38% +7.89% -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 4,452 5,528 8,687
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.98% 33.57% 26.87%
Number of salaries quoted 3,041 2,474 5,572
10th Percentile £33,250 £29,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £56,825
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +5.59% -5.29%
75th Percentile £78,750 £73,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £93,634 £90,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% +2.80% -10.83%

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 10 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 31 (2.58%) SharePoint
2 19 (1.58%) Apache
3 14 (1.17%) Apache Airflow
3 14 (1.17%) Apache Spark
4 12 (1.00%) Microsoft Exchange
5 8 (0.67%) Anypoint
5 8 (0.67%) Mule
6 7 (0.58%) Jupyter
7 3 (0.25%) Apache Solr
7 3 (0.25%) Camunda
7 3 (0.25%) Confluence
7 3 (0.25%) nginx
7 3 (0.25%) SAS
8 2 (0.17%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.17%) GeoServer
8 2 (0.17%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.17%) Oracle Spatial
9 1 (0.083%) Appian
9 1 (0.083%) Site Server
Applications
1 42 (3.50%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (1.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.58%) Adobe XD
5 4 (0.33%) Windchill
6 3 (0.25%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.17%) InVision
7 2 (0.17%) Sketch
7 2 (0.17%) Weka
8 1 (0.083%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.083%) CATIA
8 1 (0.083%) Houdini
8 1 (0.083%) NUKE
8 1 (0.083%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 7 (0.58%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.42%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.33%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.17%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.17%) SAP QM
4 2 (0.17%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.083%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.083%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.083%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.083%) SAP FSCM
5 1 (0.083%) SAP GRC
5 1 (0.083%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.083%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 325 (27.06%) Azure
2 285 (23.73%) AWS
3 109 (9.08%) Microsoft 365
4 89 (7.41%) GCP
5 76 (6.33%) Entra ID
6 53 (4.41%) Power Platform
7 26 (2.16%) GitHub
8 22 (1.83%) SaaS
8 22 (1.83%) Serverless
9 21 (1.75%) AWS CloudFormation
10 20 (1.67%) dbt
11 19 (1.58%) Azure DevOps
11 19 (1.58%) Dynamics 365
11 19 (1.58%) Microsoft Purview
11 19 (1.58%) PaaS
12 17 (1.42%) Google Analytics
13 16 (1.33%) Amazon S3
13 16 (1.33%) Azure Sentinel
13 16 (1.33%) PowerApps
14 15 (1.25%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 38 (3.16%) Network Security
2 32 (2.66%) Firewall
3 25 (2.08%) WAN
4 20 (1.67%) DNS
4 20 (1.67%) VPN
5 19 (1.58%) TCP/IP
6 16 (1.33%) LAN
7 14 (1.17%) BGP
8 13 (1.08%) DHCP
9 12 (1.00%) MPLS
10 11 (0.92%) SSL
10 11 (0.92%) Wi-Fi
11 9 (0.75%) SMTP
12 8 (0.67%) ATM
13 7 (0.58%) Intrusion Detection
13 7 (0.58%) SNMP
14 6 (0.50%) HTTP
15 5 (0.42%) Cisco Firepower
15 5 (0.42%) Wireless
16 4 (0.33%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (3.41%) Power BI
2 33 (2.75%) PostgreSQL
3 15 (1.25%) Data Warehouse
4 13 (1.08%) Big Data
5 12 (1.00%) Amazon Athena
5 12 (1.00%) Metadata
6 11 (0.92%) Redis
7 10 (0.83%) DynamoDB
7 10 (0.83%) MongoDB
8 9 (0.75%) Elasticsearch
9 8 (0.67%) NoSQL
10 6 (0.50%) Amazon RDS
10 6 (0.50%) Data Lake
11 5 (0.42%) Amazon Redshift
11 5 (0.42%) SQL Server
11 5 (0.42%) Tableau
12 4 (0.33%) BigQuery
12 4 (0.33%) Relational Database
12 4 (0.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 3 (0.25%) Flink
Development Applications
1 45 (3.75%) Git
2 34 (2.83%) GitLab
3 24 (2.00%) Jenkins
4 13 (1.08%) JIRA
4 13 (1.08%) JUnit
4 13 (1.08%) Selenium
5 8 (0.67%) Maven
6 7 (0.58%) Mockito
7 6 (0.50%) Burp Suite
7 6 (0.50%) Metasploit
8 5 (0.42%) Axure RP
8 5 (0.42%) Balsamiq
8 5 (0.42%) Cucumber
8 5 (0.42%) Postman
9 4 (0.33%) JMeter
10 3 (0.25%) Cypress.io
10 3 (0.25%) SoapUI
10 3 (0.25%) SonarQube
11 2 (0.17%) Gradle
11 2 (0.17%) MSTest
General
1 371 (30.89%) Social Skills
2 297 (24.73%) Public Sector
3 184 (15.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 124 (10.32%) Analytical Skills
5 121 (10.07%) Finance
6 112 (9.33%) Law
7 44 (3.66%) Legal
8 41 (3.41%) Presentation Skills
9 38 (3.16%) Back Office
10 34 (2.83%) Telecoms
11 29 (2.41%) Retail
12 27 (2.25%) Manufacturing
13 26 (2.16%) Aerospace
14 23 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
15 16 (1.33%) Influencing Skills
16 15 (1.25%) Military
17 11 (0.92%) Aviation
18 10 (0.83%) Police
19 9 (0.75%) Automotive
19 9 (0.75%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 225 (18.73%) Senior
2 215 (17.90%) Architect
3 125 (10.41%) Consultant
4 107 (8.91%) Developer
5 100 (8.33%) Lead
6 97 (8.08%) Solutions Architect
7 83 (6.91%) Software Engineer
8 80 (6.66%) Analyst
9 52 (4.33%) Security Consultant
10 51 (4.25%) Support Engineer
11 46 (3.83%) Cloud Engineer
11 46 (3.83%) Senior Manager
12 42 (3.50%) Security Architect
13 40 (3.33%) DevOps Engineer
13 40 (3.33%) Java Developer
14 39 (3.25%) Site Engineer
15 38 (3.16%) Data Engineer
16 37 (3.08%) Senior Developer
17 36 (3.00%) Senior Analyst
18 35 (2.91%) Desktop Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (3.33%) REST
2 33 (2.75%) Spring
3 24 (2.00%) .NET
3 24 (2.00%) React
4 18 (1.50%) SOAP
5 16 (1.33%) Spring Boot
6 15 (1.25%) Kafka
6 15 (1.25%) Middleware
6 15 (1.25%) Playwright
7 12 (1.00%) CSS
7 12 (1.00%) HTML
7 12 (1.00%) Lightning Web Components
7 12 (1.00%) Visualforce
8 10 (0.83%) RESTful
9 9 (0.75%) JWT
9 9 (0.75%) OAuth
9 9 (0.75%) OAuth2
9 9 (0.75%) PySpark
9 9 (0.75%) SAML
10 8 (0.67%) RAML
Miscellaneous
1 95 (7.91%) Cloud Native
2 53 (4.41%) Product Ownership
3 47 (3.91%) Management Information System
4 42 (3.50%) Onboarding
5 34 (2.83%) Security Posture
6 33 (2.75%) Data Centre
7 23 (1.92%) Driving Licence
7 23 (1.92%) Legacy Systems
8 17 (1.42%) Blog
8 17 (1.42%) PKI
9 14 (1.17%) Security Operations Centre
9 14 (1.17%) Self-Motivation
10 9 (0.75%) Distributed Systems
10 9 (0.75%) Low-Code
10 9 (0.75%) Public Cloud
11 8 (0.67%) Cyber Threat
11 8 (0.67%) Data Structures
12 7 (0.58%) Analytical Mindset
12 7 (0.58%) Hybrid Cloud
12 7 (0.58%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 104 (8.66%) Windows
2 82 (6.83%) Linux
3 40 (3.33%) Windows 10
4 31 (2.58%) Windows Server
5 22 (1.83%) Unix
6 5 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.42%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.25%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.17%) Android
8 2 (0.17%) CentOS
8 2 (0.17%) Kali Linux
8 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.083%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.083%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.083%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 288 (23.98%) Agile
2 216 (17.99%) Continuous Improvement
3 199 (16.57%) Cybersecurity
4 166 (13.82%) Mentoring
5 153 (12.74%) CI/CD
6 152 (12.66%) DevOps
7 151 (12.57%) Problem-Solving
8 135 (11.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 123 (10.24%) Software Engineering
10 114 (9.49%) Community of Practice
10 114 (9.49%) ITIL
11 112 (9.33%) Analytics
12 110 (9.16%) Stakeholder Management
13 103 (8.58%) Technology Strategy
14 100 (8.33%) Infrastructure as Code
15 84 (6.99%) Cloud Security
16 83 (6.91%) Decision-Making
17 82 (6.83%) Risk Management
17 82 (6.83%) Technical Leadership
18 81 (6.74%) AI
Programming Languages
1 140 (11.66%) Python
2 123 (10.24%) Java
3 68 (5.66%) SQL
4 64 (5.33%) JavaScript
5 34 (2.83%) C++
6 30 (2.50%) C#
7 29 (2.41%) Bash
7 29 (2.41%) PowerShell
8 24 (2.00%) TypeScript
9 13 (1.08%) C
10 12 (1.00%) Apex Code
11 11 (0.92%) Rust
12 8 (0.67%) DataWeave
13 7 (0.58%) Ada
13 7 (0.58%) VBA
14 6 (0.50%) Groovy
14 6 (0.50%) PL/SQL
14 6 (0.50%) Ruby
14 6 (0.50%) Scala
15 5 (0.42%) Go
Qualifications
1 1,201 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 235 (19.57%) Degree
3 176 (14.65%) DV Cleared
4 70 (5.83%) BPSS Clearance
5 62 (5.16%) CISSP
6 51 (4.25%) CISM
7 43 (3.58%) Computer Science Degree
8 35 (2.91%) CTC Cleared
9 33 (2.75%) Azure Certification
10 32 (2.66%) Microsoft Certification
11 20 (1.67%) AWS Certification
12 16 (1.33%) Cisco Certification
12 16 (1.33%) CRISC
13 14 (1.17%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 13 (1.08%) CREST Certified
14 13 (1.08%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 13 (1.08%) TOGAF Certification
15 12 (1.00%) Master's Degree
16 10 (0.83%) HNC
17 8 (0.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 116 (9.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 62 (5.16%) NIST
3 52 (4.33%) SLA
4 44 (3.66%) QA
5 42 (3.50%) NCSC
6 37 (3.08%) GDPR
7 31 (2.58%) Accessibility
8 27 (2.25%) Cyber Essentials
9 25 (2.08%) GRC
10 22 (1.83%) Data Quality
11 19 (1.58%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 19 (1.58%) PCI DSS
12 13 (1.08%) JSP 440
13 11 (0.92%) Actionable Recommendations
13 11 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 10 (0.83%) Def Stans
15 9 (0.75%) WCAG
16 7 (0.58%) Government Security Classifications
17 5 (0.42%) NEBOSH
17 5 (0.42%) NIST 800
System Software
1 66 (5.50%) Docker
2 45 (3.75%) Active Directory
3 25 (2.08%) Hyper-V
4 22 (1.83%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (0.75%) VMware ESXi
5 9 (0.75%) VMware NSX
6 7 (0.58%) Firmware
7 6 (0.50%) vSphere
8 5 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
9 3 (0.25%) Squid
10 1 (0.083%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 1 (0.083%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.083%) IAG
10 1 (0.083%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.083%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.083%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.083%) Xen
Systems Management
1 86 (7.16%) Terraform
2 71 (5.91%) Kubernetes
3 37 (3.08%) Ansible
4 36 (3.00%) Microsoft Intune
5 21 (1.75%) Prometheus
6 19 (1.58%) Grafana
7 10 (0.83%) Argo
8 8 (0.67%) CloudHub
9 7 (0.58%) Single Sign-On
10 6 (0.50%) Kustomize
10 6 (0.50%) Nmap
10 6 (0.50%) Packer
10 6 (0.50%) Progress Chef
10 6 (0.50%) Puppet
11 5 (0.42%) AWS Copilot
11 5 (0.42%) Endace
11 5 (0.42%) Istio
11 5 (0.42%) vCenter Server
12 4 (0.33%) Kibana
13 3 (0.25%) Check_MK
Vendors
1 208 (17.32%) Microsoft
2 62 (5.16%) Cisco
3 47 (3.91%) Google
4 36 (3.00%) Oracle
5 33 (2.75%) VMware
6 29 (2.41%) ServiceNow
7 25 (2.08%) Salesforce
8 20 (1.67%) MuleSoft
9 19 (1.58%) SAP
10 17 (1.42%) Red Hat
11 13 (1.08%) CyberArk
12 11 (0.92%) OpenAI
13 9 (0.75%) Databricks
14 8 (0.67%) Adobe
14 8 (0.67%) Splunk
15 7 (0.58%) Juniper
15 7 (0.58%) Meraki
16 6 (0.50%) F5
17 4 (0.33%) BeyondTrust
17 4 (0.33%) Yahoo!