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

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 34 88 50
Rank change year-on-year +54 -38 -1
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 1,369 636 1,144
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.03% 3.87% 4.59%
As % of the Qualifications category 29.03% 11.44% 17.40%
Number of salaries quoted 979 386 874
10th Percentile £46,500 £45,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,125 £48,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £73,319
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,250 £90,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +16.67% +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 4,716 5,559 6,574
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.78% 33.81% 26.36%
Number of salaries quoted 3,092 2,440 3,805
10th Percentile £33,525 £29,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £46,750 £41,075 £43,227
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £79,010 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,750 £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 11 August 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 30 (2.19%) SharePoint
2 26 (1.90%) Apache Spark
3 23 (1.68%) Apache
4 13 (0.95%) Anypoint
4 13 (0.95%) Mule
5 11 (0.80%) Apache Airflow
6 9 (0.66%) Confluence
7 7 (0.51%) Camunda
7 7 (0.51%) Jupyter
7 7 (0.51%) nginx
7 7 (0.51%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 5 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
9 3 (0.22%) Apache Solr
10 2 (0.15%) ArcGIS
10 2 (0.15%) GeoServer
10 2 (0.15%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.15%) Oracle Spatial
11 1 (0.073%) Appian
11 1 (0.073%) CMS
11 1 (0.073%) SAS
Applications
1 25 (1.83%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (1.17%) Simulink
3 12 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.73%) Microsoft Office
5 9 (0.66%) Adobe XD
6 7 (0.51%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.37%) 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%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.073%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 8 (0.58%) Primavera
2 6 (0.44%) Workday HCM
3 5 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
3 5 (0.37%) Teamcenter
4 4 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.15%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.15%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.15%) SAP QM
6 1 (0.073%) SAP BPC
6 1 (0.073%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.073%) SAP FSCM
6 1 (0.073%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.073%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.073%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 386 (28.20%) Azure
2 360 (26.30%) AWS
3 120 (8.77%) GCP
4 78 (5.70%) Microsoft 365
5 65 (4.75%) Power Platform
6 50 (3.65%) Entra ID
7 43 (3.14%) dbt
8 41 (2.99%) AWS CloudFormation
9 31 (2.26%) GitHub
10 24 (1.75%) Serverless
11 23 (1.68%) Azure DevOps
12 21 (1.53%) Google Analytics
13 20 (1.46%) Azure Sentinel
13 20 (1.46%) Microsoft Purview
14 18 (1.31%) Amazon S3
14 18 (1.31%) Dynamics 365
14 18 (1.31%) PowerApps
15 16 (1.17%) PaaS
16 14 (1.02%) Amazon EC2
16 14 (1.02%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 42 (3.07%) Network Security
2 37 (2.70%) TCP/IP
3 35 (2.56%) Firewall
4 26 (1.90%) DNS
5 18 (1.31%) WAN
6 16 (1.17%) SSL
6 16 (1.17%) VPN
7 12 (0.88%) ATM
8 11 (0.80%) LAN
9 10 (0.73%) BGP
9 10 (0.73%) DHCP
10 9 (0.66%) MPLS
11 7 (0.51%) Ethernet
11 7 (0.51%) Wireless
12 6 (0.44%) Intrusion Detection
13 5 (0.37%) VLAN
13 5 (0.37%) Wi-Fi
14 4 (0.29%) HTTP
14 4 (0.29%) SMTP
14 4 (0.29%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (3.87%) Power BI
2 42 (3.07%) PostgreSQL
3 23 (1.68%) Data Warehouse
4 21 (1.53%) Big Data
5 14 (1.02%) Amazon Athena
5 14 (1.02%) SQL Server
6 13 (0.95%) Metadata
7 12 (0.88%) DynamoDB
7 12 (0.88%) Relational Database
7 12 (0.88%) Tableau
8 11 (0.80%) MySQL
8 11 (0.80%) Redis
9 10 (0.73%) Data Lake
9 10 (0.73%) Elasticsearch
10 9 (0.66%) Hadoop
11 8 (0.58%) NoSQL
12 7 (0.51%) MongoDB
13 6 (0.44%) Amazon RDS
14 5 (0.37%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 4 (0.29%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 59 (4.31%) Git
2 34 (2.48%) GitLab
3 25 (1.83%) Jenkins
4 21 (1.53%) JUnit
5 20 (1.46%) JIRA
6 19 (1.39%) Rational DOORS
7 15 (1.10%) Selenium
8 12 (0.88%) Mockito
9 11 (0.80%) Maven
10 10 (0.73%) Balsamiq
11 9 (0.66%) Postman
12 8 (0.58%) Axure RP
12 8 (0.58%) Cucumber
13 7 (0.51%) Burp Suite
13 7 (0.51%) Metasploit
14 6 (0.44%) Gatling
15 5 (0.37%) Cypress.io
15 5 (0.37%) LabVIEW
16 3 (0.22%) CMake
16 3 (0.22%) SonarQube
General
1 429 (31.34%) Social Skills
2 342 (24.98%) Public Sector
3 314 (22.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 260 (18.99%) Finance
5 150 (10.96%) Analytical Skills
6 144 (10.52%) Law
7 130 (9.50%) Aerospace
8 67 (4.89%) Legal
9 47 (3.43%) Presentation Skills
10 38 (2.78%) Retail
11 37 (2.70%) Electronics
11 37 (2.70%) Military
12 35 (2.56%) Manufacturing
12 35 (2.56%) Organisational Skills
13 34 (2.48%) Telecoms
14 30 (2.19%) Influencing Skills
15 23 (1.68%) Police
16 13 (0.95%) Local Government
17 12 (0.88%) Documentation Skills
18 11 (0.80%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 273 (19.94%) Senior
2 241 (17.60%) Architect
3 134 (9.79%) Lead
4 130 (9.50%) Consultant
5 114 (8.33%) Developer
6 111 (8.11%) Software Engineer
7 105 (7.67%) Analyst
8 97 (7.09%) Solutions Architect
9 53 (3.87%) Security Consultant
10 51 (3.73%) Cloud Engineer
11 48 (3.51%) DevOps Engineer
11 48 (3.51%) Senior Developer
12 47 (3.43%) Senior Manager
13 46 (3.36%) Principal Engineer
13 46 (3.36%) Senior Analyst
14 45 (3.29%) Business Analyst
15 41 (2.99%) Data Engineer
15 41 (2.99%) Security Architect
16 38 (2.78%) Cloud Architect
17 37 (2.70%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (3.29%) React
2 39 (2.85%) REST
2 39 (2.85%) Spring
3 33 (2.41%) .NET
4 25 (1.83%) CSS
5 22 (1.61%) HTML
6 21 (1.53%) Kafka
7 20 (1.46%) Playwright
8 17 (1.24%) .NET Core
8 17 (1.24%) AngularJS
8 17 (1.24%) OAuth
9 16 (1.17%) Spring Boot
10 15 (1.10%) PySpark
11 14 (1.02%) JWT
11 14 (1.02%) OAuth2
12 13 (0.95%) MUnit
12 13 (0.95%) RAML
13 12 (0.88%) Entity Framework
14 11 (0.80%) Node.js
14 11 (0.80%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 103 (7.52%) Cloud Native
2 56 (4.09%) Product Ownership
3 50 (3.65%) Management Information System
4 48 (3.51%) Onboarding
5 34 (2.48%) Security Posture
6 32 (2.34%) Blog
7 31 (2.26%) Legacy Systems
8 28 (2.05%) Self-Motivation
9 27 (1.97%) Data Centre
9 27 (1.97%) Driving Licence
10 22 (1.61%) Distributed Systems
11 20 (1.46%) FPGA
12 15 (1.10%) Algorithms
12 15 (1.10%) Public Cloud
12 15 (1.10%) Security Operations Centre
13 14 (1.02%) PKI
14 12 (0.88%) AI Agents
14 12 (0.88%) Cyber Threat
15 10 (0.73%) Hybrid Cloud
15 10 (0.73%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 110 (8.04%) Linux
2 87 (6.36%) Windows
3 38 (2.78%) Windows Server
4 36 (2.63%) 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%) VxWorks
9 2 (0.15%) Android
9 2 (0.15%) Solaris
9 2 (0.15%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.073%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.073%) CentOS
10 1 (0.073%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 392 (28.63%) Agile
2 248 (18.12%) Continuous Improvement
3 231 (16.87%) Mentoring
4 207 (15.12%) Cybersecurity
5 203 (14.83%) CI/CD
6 192 (14.02%) Problem-Solving
7 191 (13.95%) DevOps
8 187 (13.66%) Software Engineering
9 172 (12.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 140 (10.23%) Community of Practice
11 132 (9.64%) AI
12 130 (9.50%) Infrastructure as Code
13 125 (9.13%) Stakeholder Management
14 119 (8.69%) Technology Strategy
15 116 (8.47%) Coaching
16 115 (8.40%) Scrum
17 113 (8.25%) Project Delivery
18 112 (8.18%) Decision-Making
19 108 (7.89%) Analytics
20 104 (7.60%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 172 (12.56%) Python
2 134 (9.79%) Java
3 85 (6.21%) SQL
4 80 (5.84%) JavaScript
5 48 (3.51%) C#
6 46 (3.36%) C++
7 39 (2.85%) Bash
8 38 (2.78%) PowerShell
9 23 (1.68%) TypeScript
10 22 (1.61%) MATLAB
11 18 (1.31%) Ada
11 18 (1.31%) C
12 13 (0.95%) DataWeave
13 12 (0.88%) PL/SQL
14 11 (0.80%) Ruby
15 10 (0.73%) Kusto Query Language
16 9 (0.66%) Rust
16 9 (0.66%) VBA
17 7 (0.51%) Go
18 6 (0.44%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 1,369 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 269 (19.65%) DV Cleared
3 268 (19.58%) Degree
4 174 (12.71%) BPSS Clearance
5 68 (4.97%) CISSP
6 52 (3.80%) CISM
7 51 (3.73%) Computer Science Degree
8 41 (2.99%) Azure Certification
9 32 (2.34%) AWS Certification
10 28 (2.05%) Master's Degree
10 28 (2.05%) Microsoft Certification
11 17 (1.24%) Cisco Certification
11 17 (1.24%) CRISC
11 17 (1.24%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 16 (1.17%) CREST Certified
12 16 (1.17%) PhD
13 15 (1.10%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 11 (0.80%) TOGAF Certification
15 10 (0.73%) Chartered Engineer
16 9 (0.66%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 138 (10.08%) Accessibility
2 121 (8.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 71 (5.19%) NIST
4 48 (3.51%) NCSC
5 45 (3.29%) QA
6 31 (2.26%) GRC
7 30 (2.19%) Data Quality
7 30 (2.19%) GDPR
8 23 (1.68%) Cyber Essentials
9 21 (1.53%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 20 (1.46%) WCAG
11 18 (1.31%) PCI DSS
12 17 (1.24%) SLA
13 13 (0.95%) JSP 440
14 12 (0.88%) Actionable Recommendations
15 10 (0.73%) Def Stans
16 7 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 6 (0.44%) Government Security Classifications
18 5 (0.37%) NEBOSH
18 5 (0.37%) NIST 800
System Software
1 85 (6.21%) Docker
2 54 (3.94%) Active Directory
3 33 (2.41%) Firmware
4 28 (2.05%) VMware Infrastructure
5 23 (1.68%) Hyper-V
6 15 (1.10%) 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 3 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.15%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.073%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.073%) Embedded Firmware
11 1 (0.073%) IAG
11 1 (0.073%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 109 (7.96%) Terraform
2 89 (6.50%) Kubernetes
3 37 (2.70%) Microsoft Intune
4 33 (2.41%) Ansible
5 16 (1.17%) Prometheus
6 15 (1.10%) Grafana
7 13 (0.95%) CloudHub
8 10 (0.73%) Argo
9 7 (0.51%) Nmap
10 6 (0.44%) Kustomize
10 6 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
11 5 (0.37%) AWS Copilot
11 5 (0.37%) Istio
11 5 (0.37%) Packer
11 5 (0.37%) vCenter Server
12 4 (0.29%) Progress Chef
13 3 (0.22%) Check_MK
13 3 (0.22%) Kibana
14 2 (0.15%) Endace
14 2 (0.15%) Graylog
Vendors
1 196 (14.32%) Microsoft
2 69 (5.04%) Google
3 39 (2.85%) Oracle
4 37 (2.70%) VMware
5 35 (2.56%) ServiceNow
6 27 (1.97%) SAP
7 24 (1.75%) Cisco
8 23 (1.68%) Salesforce
9 21 (1.53%) Red Hat
10 20 (1.46%) MuleSoft
11 16 (1.17%) Databricks
11 16 (1.17%) OpenAI
12 12 (0.88%) Adobe
12 12 (0.88%) CyberArk
13 10 (0.73%) Siemens
14 9 (0.66%) Veeam
15 8 (0.58%) Atlassian
16 7 (0.51%) Fortinet
16 7 (0.51%) Splunk
16 7 (0.51%) Workday