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

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 76 48
Rank change year-on-year +43 -28 -3
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 1,505 729 1,148
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.14% 4.47% 4.89%
As % of the Qualifications category 29.56% 12.74% 18.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1,026 430 769
10th Percentile £46,500 £42,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £56,250 £51,250 £49,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,991 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.19% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £84,688 £80,938 £77,500
90th Percentile £99,375 £90,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% - -

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 5,092 5,720 6,377
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.78% 35.06% 27.19%
Number of salaries quoted 3,205 2,338 3,073
10th Percentile £33,250 £31,000 £34,375
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,881
% change year-on-year +9.09% -1.58% -4.48%

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 19 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 (1.86%) Apache Spark
2 25 (1.66%) SharePoint
3 22 (1.46%) Apache
4 13 (0.86%) Anypoint
4 13 (0.86%) Mule
5 12 (0.80%) Confluence
6 10 (0.66%) Apache Airflow
6 10 (0.66%) Oracle Workflow
7 8 (0.53%) Jupyter
7 8 (0.53%) nginx
7 8 (0.53%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 6 (0.40%) Camunda
9 4 (0.27%) ArcGIS
9 4 (0.27%) GeoServer
9 4 (0.27%) Oracle Spatial
10 3 (0.20%) Apache Solr
11 2 (0.13%) OpenStack
12 1 (0.066%) Appian
12 1 (0.066%) CMS
12 1 (0.066%) WordPress
Applications
1 29 (1.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (1.13%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (1.13%) Simulink
3 15 (1.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (0.73%) Microsoft Project
5 7 (0.47%) Adobe XD
6 6 (0.40%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.27%) Mathcad
7 4 (0.27%) Windchill
8 2 (0.13%) InDesign
8 2 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.066%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.066%) Houdini
9 1 (0.066%) InVision
9 1 (0.066%) NUKE
9 1 (0.066%) Sketch
9 1 (0.066%) SOLIDWORKS
9 1 (0.066%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 11 (0.73%) Primavera
2 7 (0.47%) Oracle EBS
3 6 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (0.40%) Workday HCM
4 5 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.33%) Teamcenter
5 3 (0.20%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 3 (0.20%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.13%) SAP PSCD
6 2 (0.13%) SAP QM
6 2 (0.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 1 (0.066%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
7 1 (0.066%) Oracle Cash Management
7 1 (0.066%) Oracle EBS R12
7 1 (0.066%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.066%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 1 (0.066%) SAP BPC
7 1 (0.066%) SAP EWM
7 1 (0.066%) SAP GRC
7 1 (0.066%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 372 (24.72%) Azure
2 351 (23.32%) AWS
3 113 (7.51%) GCP
4 72 (4.78%) Microsoft 365
5 70 (4.65%) Power Platform
6 55 (3.65%) Entra ID
7 38 (2.52%) dbt
8 37 (2.46%) AWS CloudFormation
9 34 (2.26%) GitHub
10 32 (2.13%) Serverless
11 31 (2.06%) Amazon S3
12 25 (1.66%) Azure DevOps
13 24 (1.59%) OpenShift
14 22 (1.46%) AWS Lambda
15 21 (1.40%) Microsoft Purview
16 19 (1.26%) Azure Sentinel
16 19 (1.26%) Google Analytics
17 18 (1.20%) Amazon EC2
18 16 (1.06%) Slack
19 15 (1.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 43 (2.86%) Network Security
2 32 (2.13%) Firewall
3 30 (1.99%) TCP/IP
4 24 (1.59%) DNS
5 16 (1.06%) SSL
6 12 (0.80%) VPN
7 10 (0.66%) ATM
7 10 (0.66%) WAN
7 10 (0.66%) Wireless
8 9 (0.60%) Ethernet
9 8 (0.53%) DHCP
10 7 (0.47%) BGP
11 5 (0.33%) MPLS
11 5 (0.33%) Unified Communications
11 5 (0.33%) VLAN
12 4 (0.27%) LAN
13 3 (0.20%) 3GPP
13 3 (0.20%) SAN
13 3 (0.20%) TETRA
13 3 (0.20%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (3.92%) Power BI
2 43 (2.86%) PostgreSQL
3 26 (1.73%) Data Warehouse
4 23 (1.53%) Big Data
5 21 (1.40%) Amazon Athena
6 18 (1.20%) SQL Server
7 17 (1.13%) Data Lake
8 16 (1.06%) Relational Database
8 16 (1.06%) Tableau
9 15 (1.00%) DynamoDB
9 15 (1.00%) Metadata
10 14 (0.93%) MySQL
11 10 (0.66%) Hadoop
12 7 (0.47%) Amazon Redshift
12 7 (0.47%) NoSQL
13 6 (0.40%) Elasticsearch
13 6 (0.40%) GIS
13 6 (0.40%) Parquet
13 6 (0.40%) Redis
14 5 (0.33%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 66 (4.39%) Git
2 34 (2.26%) GitLab
3 28 (1.86%) Jenkins
4 26 (1.73%) JIRA
5 22 (1.46%) Rational DOORS
6 21 (1.40%) JUnit
7 15 (1.00%) Selenium
8 12 (0.80%) Mockito
9 11 (0.73%) Maven
10 10 (0.66%) Burp Suite
10 10 (0.66%) Metasploit
11 9 (0.60%) Cucumber
11 9 (0.60%) Postman
12 8 (0.53%) Balsamiq
13 7 (0.47%) Cypress.io
14 6 (0.40%) Axure RP
14 6 (0.40%) Gatling
14 6 (0.40%) LabVIEW
15 3 (0.20%) Snyk
15 3 (0.20%) SonarQube
General
1 431 (28.64%) Social Skills
2 352 (23.39%) Public Sector
3 336 (22.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 288 (19.14%) Finance
5 180 (11.96%) Analytical Skills
6 165 (10.96%) Aerospace
7 145 (9.63%) Law
8 58 (3.85%) Legal
9 50 (3.32%) Electronics
9 50 (3.32%) Military
9 50 (3.32%) Presentation Skills
10 49 (3.26%) Retail
11 41 (2.72%) Organisational Skills
12 40 (2.66%) Influencing Skills
13 34 (2.26%) Manufacturing
14 32 (2.13%) Police
15 21 (1.40%) Telecoms
16 14 (0.93%) Local Government
17 13 (0.86%) Aviation
18 11 (0.73%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 295 (19.60%) Senior
2 248 (16.48%) Architect
3 139 (9.24%) Lead
4 138 (9.17%) Consultant
5 137 (9.10%) Software Engineer
6 124 (8.24%) Developer
7 112 (7.44%) Analyst
8 83 (5.51%) Solutions Architect
9 70 (4.65%) Data Engineer
10 64 (4.25%) Principal Engineer
11 55 (3.65%) Security Consultant
12 53 (3.52%) Senior Manager
13 51 (3.39%) DevOps Engineer
14 48 (3.19%) Cloud Engineer
15 46 (3.06%) Security Architect
16 43 (2.86%) Senior Developer
17 42 (2.79%) Business Analyst
17 42 (2.79%) Senior Analyst
18 40 (2.66%) Cloud Architect
19 38 (2.52%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 101 (6.71%) Terraform
2 52 (3.46%) React
3 36 (2.39%) .NET
3 36 (2.39%) Spring
4 32 (2.13%) REST
5 27 (1.79%) CSS
6 23 (1.53%) HTML
6 23 (1.53%) PySpark
7 21 (1.40%) Node.js
7 21 (1.40%) Playwright
8 20 (1.33%) .NET Core
9 19 (1.26%) AngularJS
9 19 (1.26%) Kafka
10 17 (1.13%) OAuth
11 15 (1.00%) JSON
12 14 (0.93%) Entity Framework
12 14 (0.93%) OAuth2
12 14 (0.93%) Spring Boot
13 13 (0.86%) JWT
13 13 (0.86%) RAML
Miscellaneous
1 110 (7.31%) Cloud Native
2 52 (3.46%) Management Information System
3 51 (3.39%) Product Ownership
4 42 (2.79%) Onboarding
5 36 (2.39%) Self-Motivation
6 29 (1.93%) Security Posture
7 28 (1.86%) Driving Licence
8 27 (1.79%) Blog
8 27 (1.79%) Data Centre
8 27 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
9 23 (1.53%) Distributed Systems
10 22 (1.46%) FPGA
11 21 (1.40%) Cyber Threat
12 18 (1.20%) Security Operations Centre
13 15 (1.00%) Algorithms
13 15 (1.00%) Public Cloud
14 14 (0.93%) AI Agents
14 14 (0.93%) Hybrid Cloud
15 13 (0.86%) PKI
16 11 (0.73%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 114 (7.57%) Linux
2 94 (6.25%) Windows
3 41 (2.72%) Windows Server
4 34 (2.26%) Unix
5 13 (0.86%) Windows 10
6 6 (0.40%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (0.33%) VxWorks
8 4 (0.27%) Kali Linux
8 4 (0.27%) Solaris
8 4 (0.27%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.20%) Android
10 2 (0.13%) AIX
10 2 (0.13%) FreeRTOS
10 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.066%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.066%) CentOS
11 1 (0.066%) Embedded Linux
11 1 (0.066%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 412 (27.38%) Agile
2 288 (19.14%) Continuous Improvement
3 262 (17.41%) Mentoring
4 222 (14.75%) Software Engineering
5 221 (14.68%) Problem-Solving
6 218 (14.49%) Cybersecurity
7 212 (14.09%) CI/CD
8 197 (13.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 193 (12.82%) DevOps
10 176 (11.69%) AI
11 157 (10.43%) Stakeholder Management
12 155 (10.30%) Decision-Making
13 150 (9.97%) Analytics
14 146 (9.70%) Coaching
15 142 (9.44%) Community of Practice
16 132 (8.77%) Technology Strategy
17 130 (8.64%) Technical Leadership
18 127 (8.44%) Project Delivery
19 119 (7.91%) Scrum
20 118 (7.84%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 182 (12.09%) Python
2 137 (9.10%) Java
3 111 (7.38%) SQL
4 89 (5.91%) JavaScript
5 53 (3.52%) C#
5 53 (3.52%) C++
6 43 (2.86%) Bash
7 39 (2.59%) PowerShell
8 28 (1.86%) TypeScript
9 23 (1.53%) MATLAB
10 20 (1.33%) C
11 19 (1.26%) Ada
12 15 (1.00%) PL/SQL
13 13 (0.86%) DataWeave
13 13 (0.86%) Kusto Query Language
14 12 (0.80%) Ruby
15 8 (0.53%) Go
15 8 (0.53%) Rust
15 8 (0.53%) VBA
16 6 (0.40%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 1,505 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 284 (18.87%) DV Cleared
3 276 (18.34%) Degree
4 185 (12.29%) BPSS Clearance
5 72 (4.78%) CISSP
6 57 (3.79%) CISM
7 46 (3.06%) Computer Science Degree
8 42 (2.79%) Azure Certification
9 36 (2.39%) AWS Certification
10 30 (1.99%) Master's Degree
11 22 (1.46%) Microsoft Certification
12 20 (1.33%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 18 (1.20%) Chartered Engineer
13 18 (1.20%) PhD
14 16 (1.06%) Cisco Certification
14 16 (1.06%) CRISC
15 15 (1.00%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 12 (0.80%) CHECK Team Member
16 12 (0.80%) CREST Certified
17 11 (0.73%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 152 (10.10%) Accessibility
2 129 (8.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 78 (5.18%) NIST
4 61 (4.05%) NCSC
5 48 (3.19%) QA
6 41 (2.72%) Data Quality
7 35 (2.33%) GRC
8 31 (2.06%) GDPR
9 25 (1.66%) Cyber Essentials
10 21 (1.40%) SLA
11 19 (1.26%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 19 (1.26%) PCI DSS
12 18 (1.20%) WCAG
13 15 (1.00%) Def Stans
14 14 (0.93%) Actionable Recommendations
15 11 (0.73%) JSP 440
16 7 (0.47%) NIST 800
17 6 (0.40%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 6 (0.40%) PMO
18 5 (0.33%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 92 (6.11%) Docker
2 47 (3.12%) Active Directory
3 34 (2.26%) Firmware
4 33 (2.19%) VMware Infrastructure
5 21 (1.40%) Hyper-V
6 16 (1.06%) VMware ESXi
7 7 (0.47%) vSphere
8 6 (0.40%) Squid
9 4 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
9 4 (0.27%) VMware NSX
10 3 (0.20%) Virtual Machines
11 2 (0.13%) Virtual Servers
12 1 (0.066%) Citrix Hypervisor
12 1 (0.066%) Embedded Firmware
12 1 (0.066%) IAG
12 1 (0.066%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.066%) Oracle RAC
12 1 (0.066%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 97 (6.45%) Kubernetes
2 38 (2.52%) Microsoft Intune
3 34 (2.26%) Ansible
4 16 (1.06%) Prometheus
5 15 (1.00%) Grafana
6 13 (0.86%) CloudHub
7 11 (0.73%) Argo
8 10 (0.66%) Nmap
9 7 (0.47%) Kustomize
9 7 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
10 6 (0.40%) Istio
11 5 (0.33%) Packer
11 5 (0.33%) vCenter Server
12 4 (0.27%) Kibana
12 4 (0.27%) Progress Chef
13 3 (0.20%) SCCM
14 2 (0.13%) Check_MK
14 2 (0.13%) Graylog
14 2 (0.13%) Nagios
14 2 (0.13%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 212 (14.09%) Microsoft
2 62 (4.12%) ServiceNow
3 55 (3.65%) Google
3 55 (3.65%) Oracle
4 46 (3.06%) VMware
5 38 (2.52%) SAP
6 22 (1.46%) Red Hat
7 19 (1.26%) Salesforce
8 18 (1.20%) Cisco
9 17 (1.13%) Databricks
10 16 (1.06%) OpenAI
11 15 (1.00%) MuleSoft
11 15 (1.00%) Workday
12 14 (0.93%) Veeam
13 13 (0.86%) Thales
13 13 (0.86%) YouTube
14 12 (0.80%) Adobe
14 12 (0.80%) CyberArk
15 11 (0.73%) Siemens
16 10 (0.66%) Okta