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 5 June 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 106 64
Rank change year-on-year +74 -42 -7
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 1,141 517 1,362
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.92% 3.48% 4.05%
As % of the Qualifications category 26.87% 10.32% 15.15%
Number of salaries quoted 875 365 995
10th Percentile £46,250 £43,799 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £64,627 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.58% +7.71% -4.37%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £94,500 £91,500 £90,000
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 4,246 5,010 8,992
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 22.02% 33.70% 26.76%
Number of salaries quoted 2,901 2,313 5,890
10th Percentile £33,350 £27,336 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £88,750 £86,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.85% -10.00%

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 5 June 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 (2.45%) SharePoint
2 16 (1.40%) Apache Airflow
3 15 (1.31%) Apache
4 14 (1.23%) Microsoft Exchange
5 12 (1.05%) Apache Spark
6 7 (0.61%) Jupyter
7 3 (0.26%) Anypoint
7 3 (0.26%) Apache Solr
7 3 (0.26%) ArcGIS
7 3 (0.26%) GeoServer
7 3 (0.26%) Mule
7 3 (0.26%) Oracle Spatial
7 3 (0.26%) SAS
8 2 (0.18%) Camunda
8 2 (0.18%) Confluence
8 2 (0.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.088%) Appian
9 1 (0.088%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.088%) Site Server
Applications
1 57 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.31%) Adobe XD
3 11 (0.96%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (0.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (0.44%) InVision
5 5 (0.44%) Sketch
6 4 (0.35%) Windchill
7 3 (0.26%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.18%) Weka
9 1 (0.088%) CATIA
9 1 (0.088%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 6 (0.53%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.35%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.18%) SAP ERP
3 2 (0.18%) SAP QM
4 1 (0.088%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.088%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.088%) SAP FSCM
4 1 (0.088%) SAP GRC
4 1 (0.088%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.088%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 280 (24.54%) Azure
2 253 (22.17%) AWS
3 102 (8.94%) Microsoft 365
4 83 (7.27%) GCP
5 57 (5.00%) Entra ID
6 37 (3.24%) Power Platform
7 23 (2.02%) GitHub
8 20 (1.75%) AWS CloudFormation
8 20 (1.75%) Google Analytics
8 20 (1.75%) Serverless
9 19 (1.67%) SaaS
10 18 (1.58%) Amazon S3
11 16 (1.40%) Azure Sentinel
12 15 (1.31%) Amazon EC2
12 15 (1.31%) Figma
12 15 (1.31%) PaaS
13 14 (1.23%) Dynamics 365
13 14 (1.23%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
13 14 (1.23%) Salesforce Service Cloud
14 13 (1.14%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 32 (2.80%) Network Security
2 28 (2.45%) Firewall
3 25 (2.19%) VPN
3 25 (2.19%) WAN
4 18 (1.58%) DNS
5 17 (1.49%) BGP
5 17 (1.49%) LAN
6 14 (1.23%) DHCP
6 14 (1.23%) TCP/IP
7 12 (1.05%) MPLS
7 12 (1.05%) Wi-Fi
8 9 (0.79%) SMTP
9 7 (0.61%) Intrusion Detection
9 7 (0.61%) SNMP
10 6 (0.53%) Cisco ASA
10 6 (0.53%) Cisco Firepower
10 6 (0.53%) VoIP
11 5 (0.44%) HTTP
11 5 (0.44%) SSL
12 4 (0.35%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (2.98%) PostgreSQL
2 30 (2.63%) Power BI
3 16 (1.40%) Metadata
4 12 (1.05%) DynamoDB
5 11 (0.96%) Amazon Athena
5 11 (0.96%) Big Data
5 11 (0.96%) NoSQL
5 11 (0.96%) Redis
6 9 (0.79%) Data Warehouse
6 9 (0.79%) MongoDB
7 8 (0.70%) Elasticsearch
8 6 (0.53%) Amazon RDS
8 6 (0.53%) BigQuery
8 6 (0.53%) Relational Database
9 5 (0.44%) SQL Server
10 4 (0.35%) Amazon Redshift
10 4 (0.35%) Data Lake
11 3 (0.26%) Flink
11 3 (0.26%) QGIS
11 3 (0.26%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 47 (4.12%) Git
2 34 (2.98%) GitLab
3 25 (2.19%) Jenkins
4 13 (1.14%) JUnit
4 13 (1.14%) Selenium
5 11 (0.96%) Axure RP
6 10 (0.88%) Balsamiq
7 9 (0.79%) JIRA
8 8 (0.70%) Maven
9 7 (0.61%) Mockito
10 5 (0.44%) Burp Suite
10 5 (0.44%) Cucumber
10 5 (0.44%) Metasploit
10 5 (0.44%) Postman
11 4 (0.35%) JMeter
12 3 (0.26%) Babel
12 3 (0.26%) Cypress.io
12 3 (0.26%) SoapUI
12 3 (0.26%) SonarQube
12 3 (0.26%) webpack
General
1 314 (27.52%) Social Skills
2 313 (27.43%) Public Sector
3 167 (14.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 113 (9.90%) Analytical Skills
5 106 (9.29%) Law
6 103 (9.03%) Finance
7 51 (4.47%) Back Office
8 40 (3.51%) Legal
9 36 (3.16%) Presentation Skills
10 32 (2.80%) Telecoms
11 22 (1.93%) Manufacturing
12 21 (1.84%) Influencing Skills
13 20 (1.75%) Aerospace
13 20 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
13 20 (1.75%) Retail
14 11 (0.96%) Aviation
14 11 (0.96%) Military
15 8 (0.70%) Automotive
15 8 (0.70%) Marketing
16 7 (0.61%) Police
Job Titles
1 226 (19.81%) Senior
2 170 (14.90%) Architect
3 117 (10.25%) Consultant
4 105 (9.20%) Developer
5 91 (7.98%) Analyst
6 87 (7.62%) Lead
7 79 (6.92%) Solutions Architect
8 69 (6.05%) Software Engineer
9 62 (5.43%) Support Engineer
10 54 (4.73%) Site Engineer
11 48 (4.21%) Desktop Engineer
11 48 (4.21%) Desktop Support
11 48 (4.21%) Desktop Support Engineer
12 47 (4.12%) Data Engineer
13 46 (4.03%) Business Analyst
13 46 (4.03%) Cloud Engineer
14 42 (3.68%) Senior Manager
15 41 (3.59%) Security Consultant
16 40 (3.51%) Java Developer
17 38 (3.33%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (3.59%) REST
2 35 (3.07%) Spring
3 33 (2.89%) .NET
4 26 (2.28%) React
5 20 (1.75%) SOAP
6 18 (1.58%) CSS
6 18 (1.58%) HTML
7 17 (1.49%) Middleware
7 17 (1.49%) Spring Boot
8 15 (1.31%) Playwright
9 14 (1.23%) Lightning Web Components
9 14 (1.23%) Visualforce
10 11 (0.96%) Kafka
10 11 (0.96%) RESTful
11 9 (0.79%) Django
11 9 (0.79%) SAML
12 8 (0.70%) ASP.NET
12 8 (0.70%) HTML5 Canvas
12 8 (0.70%) Node.js
12 8 (0.70%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 76 (6.66%) Cloud Native
2 59 (5.17%) Product Ownership
3 41 (3.59%) Onboarding
4 37 (3.24%) Management Information System
5 36 (3.16%) Data Centre
6 35 (3.07%) Security Posture
7 22 (1.93%) Legacy Systems
8 20 (1.75%) PKI
9 15 (1.31%) Driving Licence
10 14 (1.23%) Blog
11 12 (1.05%) Security Operations Centre
12 11 (0.96%) Low-Code
13 10 (0.88%) Data Structures
14 9 (0.79%) Self-Motivation
15 8 (0.70%) AI Agents
15 8 (0.70%) Distributed Systems
16 7 (0.61%) Analytical Mindset
17 6 (0.53%) Enterprise Software
17 6 (0.53%) Greenfield Project
17 6 (0.53%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 106 (9.29%) Windows
2 71 (6.22%) Linux
3 53 (4.65%) Windows 10
4 23 (2.02%) Windows Server
5 20 (1.75%) Unix
6 5 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.44%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.18%) Android
8 2 (0.18%) CentOS
9 1 (0.088%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.088%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.088%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 256 (22.44%) Agile
2 195 (17.09%) Continuous Improvement
3 174 (15.25%) Cybersecurity
4 139 (12.18%) DevOps
5 137 (12.01%) Mentoring
6 134 (11.74%) CI/CD
7 122 (10.69%) Problem-Solving
8 117 (10.25%) Analytics
9 116 (10.17%) Community of Practice
10 109 (9.55%) ITIL
10 109 (9.55%) Technology Strategy
11 103 (9.03%) Software Engineering
12 96 (8.41%) Infrastructure as Code
13 95 (8.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 91 (7.98%) Stakeholder Management
15 74 (6.49%) Collaborative Culture
16 72 (6.31%) Scrum
17 69 (6.05%) Cloud Security
18 67 (5.87%) Risk Management
18 67 (5.87%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 121 (10.60%) Python
2 115 (10.08%) Java
3 71 (6.22%) JavaScript
4 65 (5.70%) SQL
5 31 (2.72%) C#
6 28 (2.45%) Bash
6 28 (2.45%) PowerShell
7 26 (2.28%) C++
8 25 (2.19%) TypeScript
9 14 (1.23%) Apex Code
10 9 (0.79%) Rust
11 6 (0.53%) C
11 6 (0.53%) Groovy
11 6 (0.53%) PL/SQL
11 6 (0.53%) Scala
12 4 (0.35%) VBA
13 3 (0.26%) Pascal
13 3 (0.26%) Perl
13 3 (0.26%) Ruby
13 3 (0.26%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1,141 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 242 (21.21%) Degree
3 197 (17.27%) DV Cleared
4 62 (5.43%) BPSS Clearance
5 53 (4.65%) CISSP
6 48 (4.21%) CTC Cleared
7 42 (3.68%) Computer Science Degree
8 38 (3.33%) CISM
9 34 (2.98%) Microsoft Certification
10 21 (1.84%) AWS Certification
10 21 (1.84%) Azure Certification
11 15 (1.31%) Cisco Certification
11 15 (1.31%) TOGAF Certification
12 13 (1.14%) CREST Certified
13 11 (0.96%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 10 (0.88%) CRISC
14 10 (0.88%) HNC
15 8 (0.70%) CCIE
15 8 (0.70%) Master's Degree
16 7 (0.61%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (7.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 57 (5.00%) SLA
3 56 (4.91%) NIST
4 44 (3.86%) QA
5 43 (3.77%) Accessibility
6 38 (3.33%) GDPR
7 32 (2.80%) NCSC
8 21 (1.84%) Data Quality
9 19 (1.67%) PCI DSS
10 17 (1.49%) GRC
11 16 (1.40%) Cyber Essentials
12 15 (1.31%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 15 (1.31%) WCAG
13 13 (1.14%) Actionable Recommendations
14 11 (0.96%) JSP 440
15 10 (0.88%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 9 (0.79%) Def Stans
17 7 (0.61%) Government Security Classifications
18 5 (0.44%) NEBOSH
19 4 (0.35%) ISO 9000
System Software
1 66 (5.78%) Docker
2 31 (2.72%) Active Directory
3 18 (1.58%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (0.96%) VMware NSX
5 9 (0.79%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.44%) Firmware
6 5 (0.44%) Virtual Desktop
6 5 (0.44%) vSphere
7 4 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.088%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.088%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.088%) IAG
9 1 (0.088%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.088%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.088%) Xen
Systems Management
1 90 (7.89%) Terraform
2 73 (6.40%) Kubernetes
3 41 (3.59%) Ansible
4 21 (1.84%) Microsoft Intune
5 20 (1.75%) Prometheus
6 19 (1.67%) Grafana
7 10 (0.88%) Argo
8 8 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
9 6 (0.53%) Kustomize
9 6 (0.53%) Packer
9 6 (0.53%) Progress Chef
9 6 (0.53%) Puppet
10 5 (0.44%) AWS Copilot
10 5 (0.44%) Endace
10 5 (0.44%) Istio
10 5 (0.44%) Nmap
10 5 (0.44%) vCenter Server
11 4 (0.35%) SCCM
12 3 (0.26%) CloudHub
12 3 (0.26%) Nagios
Vendors
1 171 (14.99%) Microsoft
2 83 (7.27%) Cisco
3 48 (4.21%) Google
4 31 (2.72%) Oracle
5 28 (2.45%) VMware
6 25 (2.19%) Salesforce
7 19 (1.67%) Red Hat
8 17 (1.49%) MuleSoft
9 15 (1.31%) Adobe
9 15 (1.31%) SAP
9 15 (1.31%) ServiceNow
10 12 (1.05%) CyberArk
11 9 (0.79%) Meraki
12 8 (0.70%) F5
13 7 (0.61%) CheckPoint
13 7 (0.61%) Databricks
13 7 (0.61%) Juniper
13 7 (0.61%) Splunk
14 4 (0.35%) BMC
14 4 (0.35%) Remedy