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 3 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 103 63
Rank change year-on-year +67 -40 -7
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 1,170 575 1,360
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.62% 3.58% 4.07%
As % of the Qualifications category 26.62% 10.63% 15.30%
Number of salaries quoted 918 383 1,023
10th Percentile £46,250 £44,039 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £64,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.47% +6.67% -7.69%
75th Percentile £81,250 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,400 £88,790
UK median annual salary £67,500 £61,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.76% +6.96% -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 4,395 5,410 8,891
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 21.10% 33.69% 26.60%
Number of salaries quoted 3,032 2,428 5,750
10th Percentile £33,250 £28,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £56,650
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +5.91% -5.58%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £93,620 £88,750 £86,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £53,150
% change year-on-year +9.09% +3.48% -11.42%

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 3 July 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 31 (2.65%) SharePoint
2 18 (1.54%) Apache
3 14 (1.20%) Apache Airflow
4 13 (1.11%) Apache Spark
5 12 (1.03%) Microsoft Exchange
6 7 (0.60%) Jupyter
7 6 (0.51%) Anypoint
7 6 (0.51%) Mule
8 3 (0.26%) Apache Solr
8 3 (0.26%) Camunda
8 3 (0.26%) SAS
9 2 (0.17%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.17%) Confluence
9 2 (0.17%) GeoServer
9 2 (0.17%) nginx
9 2 (0.17%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.17%) Oracle Spatial
10 1 (0.085%) Appian
10 1 (0.085%) Site Server
Applications
1 41 (3.50%) Microsoft Office
2 15 (1.28%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (0.60%) Adobe XD
3 7 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.34%) Windchill
5 3 (0.26%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.17%) InVision
6 2 (0.17%) Sketch
6 2 (0.17%) Weka
7 1 (0.085%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.085%) CATIA
7 1 (0.085%) Houdini
7 1 (0.085%) NUKE
7 1 (0.085%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 7 (0.60%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.43%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.34%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.17%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.17%) SAP QM
4 2 (0.17%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.085%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.085%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.085%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.085%) SAP FSCM
5 1 (0.085%) SAP GRC
5 1 (0.085%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.085%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 305 (26.07%) Azure
2 269 (22.99%) AWS
3 105 (8.97%) Microsoft 365
4 88 (7.52%) GCP
5 73 (6.24%) Entra ID
6 51 (4.36%) Power Platform
7 25 (2.14%) GitHub
8 22 (1.88%) SaaS
8 22 (1.88%) Serverless
9 21 (1.79%) AWS CloudFormation
10 19 (1.62%) Dynamics 365
10 19 (1.62%) PaaS
11 17 (1.45%) Azure DevOps
11 17 (1.45%) Google Analytics
11 17 (1.45%) PowerApps
12 16 (1.37%) Amazon S3
12 16 (1.37%) Azure Sentinel
12 16 (1.37%) Microsoft Purview
13 15 (1.28%) Amazon EC2
14 13 (1.11%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 37 (3.16%) Network Security
2 28 (2.39%) Firewall
3 23 (1.97%) WAN
4 21 (1.79%) VPN
5 19 (1.62%) TCP/IP
6 18 (1.54%) DNS
7 15 (1.28%) LAN
8 14 (1.20%) BGP
9 13 (1.11%) DHCP
10 12 (1.03%) MPLS
11 10 (0.85%) Wi-Fi
12 9 (0.77%) SMTP
12 9 (0.77%) SSL
13 7 (0.60%) Intrusion Detection
13 7 (0.60%) SNMP
14 6 (0.51%) HTTP
15 5 (0.43%) ATM
15 5 (0.43%) Cisco Firepower
16 4 (0.34%) MQTT
16 4 (0.34%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (3.33%) Power BI
2 33 (2.82%) PostgreSQL
3 14 (1.20%) Data Warehouse
4 13 (1.11%) Metadata
5 12 (1.03%) Amazon Athena
5 12 (1.03%) Big Data
6 11 (0.94%) Redis
7 10 (0.85%) DynamoDB
7 10 (0.85%) MongoDB
8 9 (0.77%) Elasticsearch
8 9 (0.77%) NoSQL
9 6 (0.51%) Amazon RDS
9 6 (0.51%) Data Lake
10 5 (0.43%) Amazon Redshift
10 5 (0.43%) SQL Server
10 5 (0.43%) Tableau
11 4 (0.34%) BigQuery
11 4 (0.34%) Relational Database
12 3 (0.26%) Flink
12 3 (0.26%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 42 (3.59%) Git
2 34 (2.91%) GitLab
3 24 (2.05%) Jenkins
4 13 (1.11%) JUnit
4 13 (1.11%) Selenium
5 11 (0.94%) JIRA
6 8 (0.68%) Maven
7 7 (0.60%) Burp Suite
7 7 (0.60%) Metasploit
7 7 (0.60%) Mockito
8 5 (0.43%) Axure RP
8 5 (0.43%) Balsamiq
8 5 (0.43%) Cucumber
8 5 (0.43%) Postman
9 4 (0.34%) JMeter
10 3 (0.26%) Cypress.io
10 3 (0.26%) SoapUI
10 3 (0.26%) SonarQube
11 2 (0.17%) Gradle
11 2 (0.17%) webpack
General
1 339 (28.97%) Social Skills
2 308 (26.32%) Public Sector
3 158 (13.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 121 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
5 120 (10.26%) Finance
6 103 (8.80%) Law
7 44 (3.76%) Legal
8 41 (3.50%) Presentation Skills
9 38 (3.25%) Back Office
10 33 (2.82%) Telecoms
11 29 (2.48%) Retail
12 27 (2.31%) Manufacturing
13 23 (1.97%) Aerospace
13 23 (1.97%) Organisational Skills
14 19 (1.62%) Influencing Skills
15 12 (1.03%) Military
16 11 (0.94%) Aviation
17 10 (0.85%) Police
18 8 (0.68%) Automotive
19 7 (0.60%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 229 (19.57%) Senior
2 187 (15.98%) Architect
3 126 (10.77%) Consultant
4 101 (8.63%) Developer
5 96 (8.21%) Lead
6 85 (7.26%) Solutions Architect
7 83 (7.09%) Analyst
8 77 (6.58%) Software Engineer
9 53 (4.53%) Security Consultant
10 51 (4.36%) Support Engineer
11 49 (4.19%) Data Engineer
12 46 (3.93%) Senior Manager
13 43 (3.68%) Cloud Engineer
14 41 (3.50%) Security Architect
15 39 (3.33%) DevOps Engineer
15 39 (3.33%) Java Developer
15 39 (3.33%) Senior Analyst
15 39 (3.33%) Site Engineer
16 36 (3.08%) Business Analyst
17 35 (2.99%) Desktop Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (3.33%) REST
2 33 (2.82%) Spring
3 26 (2.22%) .NET
4 24 (2.05%) React
5 18 (1.54%) SOAP
6 16 (1.37%) Spring Boot
7 15 (1.28%) Middleware
7 15 (1.28%) Playwright
8 12 (1.03%) CSS
8 12 (1.03%) HTML
8 12 (1.03%) Kafka
8 12 (1.03%) Lightning Web Components
8 12 (1.03%) Visualforce
9 10 (0.85%) RESTful
10 9 (0.77%) SAML
11 8 (0.68%) Django
11 8 (0.68%) HTML5 Canvas
11 8 (0.68%) Node.js
11 8 (0.68%) YAML
12 7 (0.60%) JWT
Miscellaneous
1 92 (7.86%) Cloud Native
2 53 (4.53%) Product Ownership
3 46 (3.93%) Management Information System
4 41 (3.50%) Onboarding
5 35 (2.99%) Security Posture
6 33 (2.82%) Data Centre
7 23 (1.97%) Legacy Systems
8 19 (1.62%) Driving Licence
9 18 (1.54%) PKI
10 17 (1.45%) Blog
11 14 (1.20%) Self-Motivation
12 12 (1.03%) Security Operations Centre
13 10 (0.85%) Low-Code
14 9 (0.77%) Public Cloud
15 8 (0.68%) Cyber Threat
15 8 (0.68%) Data Structures
15 8 (0.68%) Distributed Systems
16 7 (0.60%) AI Agents
16 7 (0.60%) Analytical Mindset
16 7 (0.60%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 100 (8.55%) Windows
2 77 (6.58%) Linux
3 39 (3.33%) Windows 10
4 28 (2.39%) Windows Server
5 22 (1.88%) Unix
6 5 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.26%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.26%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.17%) Android
8 2 (0.17%) CentOS
8 2 (0.17%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.085%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.085%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.085%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 267 (22.82%) Agile
2 208 (17.78%) Continuous Improvement
3 178 (15.21%) Cybersecurity
4 161 (13.76%) Mentoring
5 150 (12.82%) CI/CD
6 149 (12.74%) DevOps
7 146 (12.48%) Problem-Solving
8 115 (9.83%) Software Engineering
9 112 (9.57%) Community of Practice
10 111 (9.49%) ITIL
11 109 (9.32%) Analytics
11 109 (9.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 103 (8.80%) Technology Strategy
13 102 (8.72%) Stakeholder Management
14 99 (8.46%) Infrastructure as Code
15 82 (7.01%) Cloud Security
15 82 (7.01%) Decision-Making
16 81 (6.92%) Technical Leadership
17 80 (6.84%) Risk Management
18 76 (6.50%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 135 (11.54%) Python
2 120 (10.26%) Java
3 67 (5.73%) SQL
4 64 (5.47%) JavaScript
5 31 (2.65%) C#
6 30 (2.56%) C++
6 30 (2.56%) PowerShell
7 29 (2.48%) Bash
8 24 (2.05%) TypeScript
9 12 (1.03%) Apex Code
10 9 (0.77%) Rust
11 8 (0.68%) C
12 7 (0.60%) VBA
13 6 (0.51%) DataWeave
13 6 (0.51%) Groovy
13 6 (0.51%) PL/SQL
13 6 (0.51%) Ruby
14 5 (0.43%) Go
14 5 (0.43%) Scala
15 3 (0.26%) Google Apps Script
Qualifications
1 1,170 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 228 (19.49%) Degree
3 178 (15.21%) DV Cleared
4 69 (5.90%) BPSS Clearance
5 63 (5.38%) CISSP
6 51 (4.36%) CISM
7 42 (3.59%) Computer Science Degree
8 35 (2.99%) CTC Cleared
9 32 (2.74%) Azure Certification
10 31 (2.65%) Microsoft Certification
11 21 (1.79%) AWS Certification
12 16 (1.37%) Cisco Certification
12 16 (1.37%) CRISC
13 14 (1.20%) CREST Certified
13 14 (1.20%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 14 (1.20%) TOGAF Certification
14 13 (1.11%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 12 (1.03%) Master's Degree
16 9 (0.77%) HNC
17 8 (0.68%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 112 (9.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 62 (5.30%) NIST
3 52 (4.44%) SLA
4 44 (3.76%) QA
5 42 (3.59%) NCSC
6 38 (3.25%) GDPR
7 31 (2.65%) Accessibility
8 26 (2.22%) Cyber Essentials
9 23 (1.97%) GRC
10 22 (1.88%) Data Quality
11 20 (1.71%) PCI DSS
12 18 (1.54%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 13 (1.11%) JSP 440
14 12 (1.03%) Actionable Recommendations
15 11 (0.94%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 10 (0.85%) Def Stans
17 9 (0.77%) WCAG
18 7 (0.60%) Government Security Classifications
19 5 (0.43%) NEBOSH
19 5 (0.43%) NIST 800
System Software
1 65 (5.56%) Docker
2 42 (3.59%) Active Directory
3 22 (1.88%) Hyper-V
4 18 (1.54%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (0.77%) VMware NSX
6 6 (0.51%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (0.51%) vSphere
7 5 (0.43%) Firmware
7 5 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.17%) Squid
9 1 (0.085%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.085%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.085%) IAG
9 1 (0.085%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.085%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.085%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.085%) Xen
Systems Management
1 85 (7.26%) Terraform
2 70 (5.98%) Kubernetes
3 37 (3.16%) Ansible
4 33 (2.82%) Microsoft Intune
5 21 (1.79%) Prometheus
6 19 (1.62%) Grafana
7 10 (0.85%) Argo
8 8 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
9 7 (0.60%) Nmap
10 6 (0.51%) CloudHub
10 6 (0.51%) Kustomize
10 6 (0.51%) Packer
10 6 (0.51%) Progress Chef
10 6 (0.51%) Puppet
11 5 (0.43%) AWS Copilot
11 5 (0.43%) Endace
11 5 (0.43%) Istio
11 5 (0.43%) vCenter Server
12 4 (0.34%) Kibana
13 3 (0.26%) Check_MK
Vendors
1 193 (16.50%) Microsoft
2 61 (5.21%) Cisco
3 48 (4.10%) Google
4 36 (3.08%) Oracle
5 29 (2.48%) VMware
6 25 (2.14%) ServiceNow
7 24 (2.05%) Salesforce
8 18 (1.54%) MuleSoft
9 17 (1.45%) Red Hat
9 17 (1.45%) SAP
10 13 (1.11%) CyberArk
11 9 (0.77%) Databricks
12 8 (0.68%) Adobe
12 8 (0.68%) Splunk
13 7 (0.60%) Juniper
13 7 (0.60%) Meraki
14 6 (0.51%) F5
15 5 (0.43%) OpenAI
16 4 (0.34%) BeyondTrust
16 4 (0.34%) Okta