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

6 months to
6 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 92 53
Rank change year-on-year +57 -39 -5
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 1,336 625 1,151
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.93% 3.79% 4.56%
As % of the Qualifications category 28.57% 11.17% 17.24%
Number of salaries quoted 987 379 874
10th Percentile £46,500 £45,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £56,250 £51,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £81,250 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,100 £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 4,677 5,594 6,678
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.75% 33.95% 26.45%
Number of salaries quoted 3,088 2,475 3,917
10th Percentile £33,350 £29,750 £33,780
25th Percentile £46,750 £41,250 £42,608
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,760 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,650 £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 6 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 29 (2.17%) SharePoint
2 24 (1.80%) Apache Spark
3 22 (1.65%) Apache
4 13 (0.97%) Anypoint
4 13 (0.97%) Mule
5 12 (0.90%) Apache Airflow
6 8 (0.60%) Confluence
7 7 (0.52%) Camunda
7 7 (0.52%) Jupyter
7 7 (0.52%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 6 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
8 6 (0.45%) nginx
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 (0.075%) Appian
11 1 (0.075%) CMS
11 1 (0.075%) SAS
Applications
1 21 (1.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (0.90%) Simulink
3 11 (0.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
5 9 (0.67%) Adobe XD
6 5 (0.37%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.30%) Windchill
8 3 (0.22%) Mathcad
8 3 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.075%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.075%) CATIA
9 1 (0.075%) Houdini
9 1 (0.075%) InDesign
9 1 (0.075%) InVision
9 1 (0.075%) NUKE
9 1 (0.075%) Sketch
9 1 (0.075%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.075%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 7 (0.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (0.45%) Workday HCM
3 5 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
4 4 (0.30%) Primavera
4 4 (0.30%) Teamcenter
5 3 (0.22%) Remedy ITSM
6 2 (0.15%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.15%) SAP QM
7 1 (0.075%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.075%) SAP BPC
7 1 (0.075%) SAP EWM
7 1 (0.075%) SAP FSCM
7 1 (0.075%) SAP GRC
7 1 (0.075%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 382 (28.59%) Azure
2 356 (26.65%) AWS
3 117 (8.76%) GCP
4 77 (5.76%) Microsoft 365
5 61 (4.57%) Power Platform
6 48 (3.59%) Entra ID
7 43 (3.22%) dbt
8 39 (2.92%) AWS CloudFormation
9 30 (2.25%) GitHub
10 25 (1.87%) Serverless
11 22 (1.65%) Azure DevOps
12 21 (1.57%) Google Analytics
13 20 (1.50%) Microsoft Purview
14 19 (1.42%) Azure Sentinel
15 18 (1.35%) Amazon S3
15 18 (1.35%) PaaS
16 17 (1.27%) Dynamics 365
16 17 (1.27%) PowerApps
17 15 (1.12%) Amazon EC2
18 14 (1.05%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 42 (3.14%) Network Security
2 36 (2.69%) TCP/IP
3 33 (2.47%) Firewall
4 25 (1.87%) DNS
5 17 (1.27%) WAN
6 16 (1.20%) SSL
7 15 (1.12%) VPN
8 12 (0.90%) ATM
9 10 (0.75%) BGP
9 10 (0.75%) DHCP
9 10 (0.75%) LAN
9 10 (0.75%) MPLS
10 6 (0.45%) Intrusion Detection
10 6 (0.45%) Wireless
11 5 (0.37%) Ethernet
11 5 (0.37%) SMTP
11 5 (0.37%) SNMP
11 5 (0.37%) VLAN
11 5 (0.37%) Wi-Fi
12 4 (0.30%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (3.67%) Power BI
2 41 (3.07%) PostgreSQL
3 22 (1.65%) Data Warehouse
4 21 (1.57%) Big Data
5 14 (1.05%) Amazon Athena
6 13 (0.97%) DynamoDB
6 13 (0.97%) Metadata
6 13 (0.97%) SQL Server
7 11 (0.82%) Redis
7 11 (0.82%) Relational Database
8 10 (0.75%) MySQL
9 9 (0.67%) Data Lake
9 9 (0.67%) Elasticsearch
9 9 (0.67%) Tableau
10 8 (0.60%) NoSQL
11 7 (0.52%) Hadoop
11 7 (0.52%) MongoDB
12 6 (0.45%) Amazon RDS
13 5 (0.37%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 4 (0.30%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 55 (4.12%) Git
2 35 (2.62%) GitLab
3 26 (1.95%) Jenkins
4 21 (1.57%) JUnit
5 18 (1.35%) JIRA
6 15 (1.12%) Rational DOORS
6 15 (1.12%) Selenium
7 12 (0.90%) Mockito
8 11 (0.82%) Maven
9 9 (0.67%) Balsamiq
9 9 (0.67%) Postman
10 8 (0.60%) Axure RP
10 8 (0.60%) Cucumber
11 7 (0.52%) Burp Suite
11 7 (0.52%) Metasploit
12 6 (0.45%) Gatling
13 5 (0.37%) Cypress.io
14 4 (0.30%) LabVIEW
15 3 (0.22%) Snyk
15 3 (0.22%) SonarQube
General
1 418 (31.29%) Social Skills
2 326 (24.40%) Public Sector
3 284 (21.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 231 (17.29%) Finance
5 150 (11.23%) Analytical Skills
6 140 (10.48%) Law
7 102 (7.63%) Aerospace
8 58 (4.34%) Legal
9 47 (3.52%) Presentation Skills
10 37 (2.77%) Retail
11 33 (2.47%) Manufacturing
11 33 (2.47%) Organisational Skills
12 32 (2.40%) Military
12 32 (2.40%) Telecoms
13 26 (1.95%) Electronics
14 23 (1.72%) Influencing Skills
15 18 (1.35%) Police
16 12 (0.90%) Documentation Skills
17 11 (0.82%) Automotive
17 11 (0.82%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 268 (20.06%) Senior
2 242 (18.11%) Architect
3 127 (9.51%) Consultant
4 126 (9.43%) Lead
5 116 (8.68%) Developer
6 107 (8.01%) Software Engineer
7 101 (7.56%) Solutions Architect
8 99 (7.41%) Analyst
9 50 (3.74%) Cloud Engineer
9 50 (3.74%) Security Consultant
10 49 (3.67%) Senior Developer
11 47 (3.52%) DevOps Engineer
12 46 (3.44%) Senior Manager
13 44 (3.29%) Senior Analyst
14 41 (3.07%) Data Engineer
14 41 (3.07%) Security Architect
15 40 (2.99%) Business Analyst
15 40 (2.99%) Principal Engineer
16 38 (2.84%) Cloud Architect
16 38 (2.84%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (3.52%) React
2 41 (3.07%) REST
3 38 (2.84%) Spring
4 30 (2.25%) .NET
5 24 (1.80%) CSS
6 22 (1.65%) HTML
7 21 (1.57%) Kafka
8 20 (1.50%) Playwright
9 16 (1.20%) AngularJS
9 16 (1.20%) OAuth
9 16 (1.20%) Spring Boot
10 15 (1.12%) PySpark
11 14 (1.05%) JWT
11 14 (1.05%) OAuth2
12 13 (0.97%) .NET Core
12 13 (0.97%) MUnit
12 13 (0.97%) RAML
13 12 (0.90%) Node.js
14 10 (0.75%) RESTful
14 10 (0.75%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 103 (7.71%) Cloud Native
2 51 (3.82%) Product Ownership
3 49 (3.67%) Management Information System
4 47 (3.52%) Onboarding
5 34 (2.54%) Security Posture
6 32 (2.40%) Legacy Systems
7 29 (2.17%) Data Centre
8 27 (2.02%) Blog
8 27 (2.02%) Driving Licence
9 24 (1.80%) Self-Motivation
10 22 (1.65%) Distributed Systems
11 15 (1.12%) Security Operations Centre
12 14 (1.05%) FPGA
12 14 (1.05%) PKI
12 14 (1.05%) Public Cloud
13 12 (0.90%) AI Agents
13 12 (0.90%) Algorithms
13 12 (0.90%) Cyber Threat
14 10 (0.75%) Data Structures
14 10 (0.75%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 109 (8.16%) Linux
2 85 (6.36%) Windows
3 37 (2.77%) Windows Server
4 36 (2.69%) Unix
5 11 (0.82%) Windows 10
6 5 (0.37%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.30%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.22%) Kali Linux
9 2 (0.15%) Android
9 2 (0.15%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.15%) VxWorks
9 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.075%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.075%) CentOS
10 1 (0.075%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.075%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 373 (27.92%) Agile
2 239 (17.89%) Continuous Improvement
3 226 (16.92%) Mentoring
4 202 (15.12%) CI/CD
5 197 (14.75%) Cybersecurity
6 187 (14.00%) DevOps
7 185 (13.85%) Problem-Solving
8 179 (13.40%) Software Engineering
9 168 (12.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 133 (9.96%) Community of Practice
11 126 (9.43%) Infrastructure as Code
12 123 (9.21%) AI
12 123 (9.21%) Stakeholder Management
13 116 (8.68%) Technology Strategy
14 107 (8.01%) Decision-Making
15 106 (7.93%) Coaching
15 106 (7.93%) Scrum
16 104 (7.78%) Project Delivery
17 102 (7.63%) Technical Leadership
18 101 (7.56%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 174 (13.02%) Python
2 134 (10.03%) Java
3 84 (6.29%) JavaScript
3 84 (6.29%) SQL
4 44 (3.29%) C#
4 44 (3.29%) C++
5 37 (2.77%) Bash
6 35 (2.62%) PowerShell
7 26 (1.95%) TypeScript
8 18 (1.35%) C
9 17 (1.27%) Ada
9 17 (1.27%) MATLAB
10 13 (0.97%) DataWeave
11 11 (0.82%) PL/SQL
11 11 (0.82%) Rust
12 10 (0.75%) Ruby
13 9 (0.67%) Kusto Query Language
13 9 (0.67%) VBA
14 7 (0.52%) Apex Code
14 7 (0.52%) Go
Qualifications
1 1,336 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 255 (19.09%) Degree
3 245 (18.34%) DV Cleared
4 144 (10.78%) BPSS Clearance
5 65 (4.87%) CISSP
6 51 (3.82%) CISM
6 51 (3.82%) Computer Science Degree
7 37 (2.77%) Azure Certification
8 29 (2.17%) AWS Certification
9 27 (2.02%) Microsoft Certification
10 26 (1.95%) Master's Degree
11 16 (1.20%) Cisco Certification
11 16 (1.20%) CRISC
12 15 (1.12%) CREST Certified
12 15 (1.12%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 14 (1.05%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 12 (0.90%) PhD
14 12 (0.90%) TOGAF Certification
15 9 (0.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
16 8 (0.60%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 118 (8.83%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 114 (8.53%) Accessibility
3 69 (5.16%) NIST
4 47 (3.52%) NCSC
5 43 (3.22%) QA
6 30 (2.25%) GDPR
6 30 (2.25%) GRC
7 29 (2.17%) Data Quality
8 22 (1.65%) Cyber Essentials
9 20 (1.50%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 20 (1.50%) WCAG
10 18 (1.35%) PCI DSS
10 18 (1.35%) SLA
11 12 (0.90%) JSP 440
12 11 (0.82%) Actionable Recommendations
13 10 (0.75%) Def Stans
14 7 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 6 (0.45%) Government Security Classifications
16 5 (0.37%) NEBOSH
16 5 (0.37%) NIST 800
System Software
1 82 (6.14%) Docker
2 52 (3.89%) Active Directory
3 28 (2.10%) VMware Infrastructure
4 26 (1.95%) Firmware
5 24 (1.80%) Hyper-V
6 14 (1.05%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (0.45%) Squid
7 6 (0.45%) vSphere
8 4 (0.30%) VMware NSX
9 3 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
9 3 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.075%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 1 (0.075%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.075%) IAG
10 1 (0.075%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.075%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.075%) Xen
Systems Management
1 106 (7.93%) Terraform
2 88 (6.59%) Kubernetes
3 36 (2.69%) Microsoft Intune
4 34 (2.54%) Ansible
5 17 (1.27%) Prometheus
6 16 (1.20%) Grafana
7 13 (0.97%) CloudHub
8 10 (0.75%) Argo
9 7 (0.52%) Nmap
10 6 (0.45%) Kustomize
10 6 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
11 5 (0.37%) AWS Copilot
11 5 (0.37%) Istio
11 5 (0.37%) vCenter Server
12 4 (0.30%) Packer
12 4 (0.30%) Progress Chef
13 3 (0.22%) Check_MK
13 3 (0.22%) Endace
13 3 (0.22%) Kibana
13 3 (0.22%) Puppet
Vendors
1 193 (14.45%) Microsoft
2 66 (4.94%) Google
3 37 (2.77%) Oracle
3 37 (2.77%) VMware
4 35 (2.62%) ServiceNow
5 27 (2.02%) SAP
6 24 (1.80%) Cisco
7 23 (1.72%) Salesforce
8 21 (1.57%) MuleSoft
9 20 (1.50%) Red Hat
10 16 (1.20%) Databricks
10 16 (1.20%) OpenAI
11 13 (0.97%) CyberArk
12 11 (0.82%) Adobe
13 9 (0.67%) Veeam
14 8 (0.60%) Siemens
15 7 (0.52%) Okta
15 7 (0.52%) Splunk
15 7 (0.52%) Workday
16 6 (0.45%) BeyondTrust