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

6 months to
24 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 107 71
Rank change year-on-year +74 -36 -11
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 1,109 488 1,298
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.86% 3.34% 3.97%
As % of the Qualifications category 25.94% 9.94% 14.70%
Number of salaries quoted 847 345 966
10th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £40,750
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £64,627 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.58% +7.71% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £93,750 £88,775
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% +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 4,275 4,911 8,828
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 22.59% 33.65% 26.99%
Number of salaries quoted 2,899 2,262 5,888
10th Percentile £33,250 £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £48,375 £42,500 £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 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,046
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.77% -9.92%

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 24 May 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 27 (2.43%) SharePoint
2 15 (1.35%) Apache Airflow
3 14 (1.26%) Microsoft Exchange
4 11 (0.99%) Apache
4 11 (0.99%) Apache Spark
5 5 (0.45%) Jupyter
6 4 (0.36%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.36%) GeoServer
6 4 (0.36%) Oracle Spatial
7 3 (0.27%) Apache Solr
7 3 (0.27%) SAS
8 2 (0.18%) Anypoint
8 2 (0.18%) Camunda
8 2 (0.18%) Confluence
8 2 (0.18%) Mule
8 2 (0.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.090%) Appian
9 1 (0.090%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.090%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 59 (5.32%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (1.62%) Adobe XD
3 10 (0.90%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.45%) InVision
4 5 (0.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.45%) Sketch
5 3 (0.27%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.27%) Windchill
6 2 (0.18%) Weka
7 1 (0.090%) CATIA
7 1 (0.090%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 6 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.36%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.090%) SAP BPC
3 1 (0.090%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.090%) SAP EWM
3 1 (0.090%) SAP FSCM
3 1 (0.090%) SAP GRC
3 1 (0.090%) SAP HCM
3 1 (0.090%) SAP QM
3 1 (0.090%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 271 (24.44%) Azure
2 243 (21.91%) AWS
3 97 (8.75%) Microsoft 365
4 80 (7.21%) GCP
5 53 (4.78%) Entra ID
6 36 (3.25%) Power Platform
7 20 (1.80%) Google Analytics
7 20 (1.80%) Serverless
8 19 (1.71%) AWS CloudFormation
9 18 (1.62%) Figma
9 18 (1.62%) GitHub
10 17 (1.53%) Amazon S3
11 16 (1.44%) Azure Sentinel
12 15 (1.35%) SaaS
13 14 (1.26%) Dynamics 365
13 14 (1.26%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
13 14 (1.26%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 13 (1.17%) PowerApps
15 12 (1.08%) Amazon EC2
15 12 (1.08%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 29 (2.61%) Network Security
2 27 (2.43%) Firewall
3 25 (2.25%) VPN
3 25 (2.25%) WAN
4 18 (1.62%) LAN
5 17 (1.53%) DNS
6 16 (1.44%) BGP
7 13 (1.17%) DHCP
8 12 (1.08%) MPLS
8 12 (1.08%) Wi-Fi
9 9 (0.81%) SMTP
9 9 (0.81%) TCP/IP
10 7 (0.63%) Intrusion Detection
10 7 (0.63%) SNMP
11 6 (0.54%) Cisco ASA
11 6 (0.54%) Cisco Firepower
11 6 (0.54%) VoIP
12 5 (0.45%) HTTP
13 4 (0.36%) MQTT
13 4 (0.36%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (2.89%) PostgreSQL
2 30 (2.71%) Power BI
3 17 (1.53%) Metadata
4 13 (1.17%) NoSQL
5 11 (0.99%) DynamoDB
6 10 (0.90%) MongoDB
7 9 (0.81%) Amazon Athena
7 9 (0.81%) Elasticsearch
7 9 (0.81%) Redis
8 6 (0.54%) Amazon RDS
8 6 (0.54%) BigQuery
8 6 (0.54%) Relational Database
8 6 (0.54%) SQL Server
9 5 (0.45%) Amazon Redshift
9 5 (0.45%) Big Data
9 5 (0.45%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (0.36%) GIS
10 4 (0.36%) MySQL
10 4 (0.36%) QGIS
10 4 (0.36%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 45 (4.06%) Git
2 29 (2.61%) GitLab
3 25 (2.25%) Jenkins
4 14 (1.26%) Axure RP
5 13 (1.17%) Balsamiq
6 12 (1.08%) Selenium
7 11 (0.99%) JUnit
8 9 (0.81%) JIRA
9 8 (0.72%) Maven
10 7 (0.63%) Mockito
11 4 (0.36%) Burp Suite
11 4 (0.36%) JMeter
11 4 (0.36%) Metasploit
12 3 (0.27%) Babel
12 3 (0.27%) Cucumber
12 3 (0.27%) Cypress.io
12 3 (0.27%) Postman
12 3 (0.27%) SoapUI
12 3 (0.27%) SonarQube
12 3 (0.27%) webpack
General
1 304 (27.41%) Public Sector
2 303 (27.32%) Social Skills
3 164 (14.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 105 (9.47%) Law
5 103 (9.29%) Finance
6 102 (9.20%) Analytical Skills
7 51 (4.60%) Back Office
8 40 (3.61%) Legal
9 36 (3.25%) Presentation Skills
10 34 (3.07%) Telecoms
11 24 (2.16%) Manufacturing
12 22 (1.98%) Influencing Skills
13 20 (1.80%) Organisational Skills
14 19 (1.71%) Retail
15 18 (1.62%) Aerospace
16 10 (0.90%) Marketing
16 10 (0.90%) Military
17 9 (0.81%) Aviation
18 7 (0.63%) Automotive
18 7 (0.63%) Police
Job Titles
1 217 (19.57%) Senior
2 167 (15.06%) Architect
3 114 (10.28%) Consultant
4 100 (9.02%) Developer
5 93 (8.39%) Analyst
6 80 (7.21%) Lead
7 78 (7.03%) Solutions Architect
8 68 (6.13%) Software Engineer
9 62 (5.59%) Support Engineer
10 52 (4.69%) Site Engineer
11 48 (4.33%) Business Analyst
11 48 (4.33%) Cloud Engineer
11 48 (4.33%) Desktop Engineer
11 48 (4.33%) Desktop Support
11 48 (4.33%) Desktop Support Engineer
12 40 (3.61%) Java Developer
13 39 (3.52%) Data Engineer
13 39 (3.52%) Security Consultant
13 39 (3.52%) Senior Manager
14 36 (3.25%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (3.79%) REST
2 35 (3.16%) Spring
3 34 (3.07%) .NET
4 26 (2.34%) React
5 20 (1.80%) SOAP
6 19 (1.71%) CSS
6 19 (1.71%) HTML
7 18 (1.62%) Spring Boot
8 17 (1.53%) Middleware
9 14 (1.26%) Lightning Web Components
9 14 (1.26%) Visualforce
10 12 (1.08%) Playwright
11 11 (0.99%) Kafka
12 10 (0.90%) Django
12 10 (0.90%) RESTful
13 9 (0.81%) ASP.NET
13 9 (0.81%) SAML
14 8 (0.72%) HTML5 Canvas
15 7 (0.63%) JSON
15 7 (0.63%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 64 (5.77%) Cloud Native
2 59 (5.32%) Product Ownership
3 42 (3.79%) Onboarding
4 38 (3.43%) Management Information System
5 37 (3.34%) Data Centre
6 31 (2.80%) Security Posture
7 21 (1.89%) Legacy Systems
8 19 (1.71%) PKI
9 15 (1.35%) Driving Licence
10 14 (1.26%) Blog
11 12 (1.08%) Security Operations Centre
12 11 (0.99%) Low-Code
13 9 (0.81%) Data Structures
14 7 (0.63%) AI Agents
14 7 (0.63%) Analytical Mindset
14 7 (0.63%) Distributed Systems
14 7 (0.63%) Self-Motivation
15 6 (0.54%) Enterprise Software
15 6 (0.54%) Greenfield Project
15 6 (0.54%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 104 (9.38%) Windows
2 67 (6.04%) Linux
3 53 (4.78%) Windows 10
4 20 (1.80%) Windows Server
5 18 (1.62%) Unix
6 7 (0.63%) Ubuntu
7 5 (0.45%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.18%) Android
9 2 (0.18%) CentOS
10 1 (0.090%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.090%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.090%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 249 (22.45%) Agile
2 182 (16.41%) Continuous Improvement
3 166 (14.97%) Cybersecurity
4 133 (11.99%) DevOps
5 128 (11.54%) Mentoring
6 120 (10.82%) CI/CD
7 115 (10.37%) Problem-Solving
8 114 (10.28%) Community of Practice
9 113 (10.19%) Analytics
10 108 (9.74%) ITIL
11 106 (9.56%) Technology Strategy
12 104 (9.38%) Software Engineering
13 86 (7.75%) Stakeholder Management
14 84 (7.57%) Infrastructure as Code
14 84 (7.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 71 (6.40%) Scrum
16 69 (6.22%) Collaborative Culture
17 65 (5.86%) Risk Management
18 61 (5.50%) Technical Leadership
18 61 (5.50%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 112 (10.10%) Java
2 109 (9.83%) Python
3 72 (6.49%) JavaScript
4 61 (5.50%) SQL
5 31 (2.80%) C#
6 27 (2.43%) PowerShell
7 24 (2.16%) Bash
7 24 (2.16%) C++
7 24 (2.16%) TypeScript
8 14 (1.26%) Apex Code
9 9 (0.81%) Rust
10 7 (0.63%) Scala
11 6 (0.54%) C
11 6 (0.54%) PL/SQL
12 5 (0.45%) Groovy
13 4 (0.36%) VBA
14 3 (0.27%) Pascal
14 3 (0.27%) Perl
14 3 (0.27%) Ruby
14 3 (0.27%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1,109 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 237 (21.37%) Degree
3 195 (17.58%) DV Cleared
4 58 (5.23%) BPSS Clearance
5 49 (4.42%) CISSP
6 48 (4.33%) CTC Cleared
7 41 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
8 35 (3.16%) CISM
8 35 (3.16%) Microsoft Certification
9 20 (1.80%) AWS Certification
9 20 (1.80%) Azure Certification
10 15 (1.35%) Cisco Certification
11 14 (1.26%) TOGAF Certification
12 12 (1.08%) CREST Certified
13 10 (0.90%) HNC
14 9 (0.81%) CRISC
14 9 (0.81%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
15 8 (0.72%) CCIE
15 8 (0.72%) CCNA
15 8 (0.72%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (6.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 53 (4.78%) SLA
3 51 (4.60%) NIST
4 44 (3.97%) Accessibility
5 43 (3.88%) QA
6 37 (3.34%) GDPR
7 26 (2.34%) NCSC
8 17 (1.53%) Data Quality
8 17 (1.53%) PCI DSS
9 16 (1.44%) WCAG
10 15 (1.35%) GRC
11 14 (1.26%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 12 (1.08%) Cyber Essentials
13 11 (0.99%) Actionable Recommendations
14 9 (0.81%) JSP 440
15 8 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 7 (0.63%) Government Security Classifications
17 6 (0.54%) Def Stans
18 5 (0.45%) NEBOSH
19 3 (0.27%) PMO
System Software
1 63 (5.68%) Docker
2 30 (2.71%) Active Directory
3 17 (1.53%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.99%) VMware NSX
5 8 (0.72%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.45%) Firmware
6 5 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.36%) vSphere
8 2 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.090%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.090%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.090%) IAG
9 1 (0.090%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.090%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.090%) Xen
Systems Management
1 83 (7.48%) Terraform
2 67 (6.04%) Kubernetes
3 42 (3.79%) Ansible
4 18 (1.62%) Microsoft Intune
4 18 (1.62%) Prometheus
5 17 (1.53%) Grafana
6 8 (0.72%) Argo
7 7 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
8 6 (0.54%) Endace
8 6 (0.54%) Puppet
9 5 (0.45%) AWS Copilot
9 5 (0.45%) Packer
9 5 (0.45%) Progress Chef
10 4 (0.36%) Istio
10 4 (0.36%) Kustomize
10 4 (0.36%) Nmap
10 4 (0.36%) SCCM
10 4 (0.36%) vCenter Server
11 3 (0.27%) Kibana
11 3 (0.27%) Nagios
Vendors
1 165 (14.88%) Microsoft
2 85 (7.66%) Cisco
3 49 (4.42%) Google
4 32 (2.89%) Oracle
5 27 (2.43%) VMware
6 25 (2.25%) Salesforce
7 18 (1.62%) Adobe
8 17 (1.53%) Red Hat
9 16 (1.44%) MuleSoft
10 15 (1.35%) SAP
11 12 (1.08%) CyberArk
11 12 (1.08%) ServiceNow
12 9 (0.81%) Meraki
13 8 (0.72%) Databricks
13 8 (0.72%) F5
13 8 (0.72%) Juniper
14 7 (0.63%) Splunk
15 6 (0.54%) CheckPoint
16 4 (0.36%) BMC
16 4 (0.36%) Dell