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 15 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 72 45
Rank change year-on-year +39 -27 -4
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 1,560 750 1,087
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.20% 4.54% 5.22%
As % of the Qualifications category 29.91% 12.11% 19.62%
Number of salaries quoted 1,035 446 696
10th Percentile £46,500 £41,500 £40,375
25th Percentile £56,250 £48,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.83% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £79,225
90th Percentile £99,500 £88,333 £91,250
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 5,216 6,191 5,541
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.75% 37.45% 26.61%
Number of salaries quoted 3,193 2,279 2,738
10th Percentile £33,550 £30,915 £34,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £76,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -

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 15 October 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 (1.79%) Apache Spark
2 23 (1.47%) SharePoint
3 22 (1.41%) Apache
4 13 (0.83%) Anypoint
4 13 (0.83%) Confluence
4 13 (0.83%) Mule
5 10 (0.64%) Apache Airflow
5 10 (0.64%) nginx
5 10 (0.64%) Oracle Workflow
6 9 (0.58%) Jupyter
6 9 (0.58%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 9 (0.58%) WebLogic
7 8 (0.51%) Camunda
8 5 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
9 4 (0.26%) ArcGIS
9 4 (0.26%) GeoServer
9 4 (0.26%) Oracle Spatial
10 2 (0.13%) Apache Solr
10 2 (0.13%) WebLogic Portal
11 1 (0.064%) WordPress
Applications
1 29 (1.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (1.35%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (1.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 17 (1.09%) Simulink
4 14 (0.90%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (0.38%) Adobe XD
5 6 (0.38%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.26%) Mathcad
6 4 (0.26%) Windchill
7 2 (0.13%) InDesign
7 2 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.064%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.064%) Houdini
8 1 (0.064%) NUKE
8 1 (0.064%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.064%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 12 (0.77%) Primavera
2 9 (0.58%) Oracle EBS
3 8 (0.51%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (0.45%) Workday HCM
5 5 (0.32%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 5 (0.32%) SAP PSCD
5 5 (0.32%) Teamcenter
6 3 (0.19%) SAP ERP
6 3 (0.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 2 (0.13%) Oracle Applications
7 2 (0.13%) Oracle EBS R12
7 2 (0.13%) SAP QM
8 1 (0.064%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
8 1 (0.064%) Maximo
8 1 (0.064%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.064%) SAP EWM
8 1 (0.064%) SAP GRC
8 1 (0.064%) SAP HCM
8 1 (0.064%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 390 (25.00%) Azure
2 363 (23.27%) AWS
3 108 (6.92%) GCP
4 76 (4.87%) Microsoft 365
5 71 (4.55%) Entra ID
6 69 (4.42%) Power Platform
7 47 (3.01%) GitHub
8 38 (2.44%) AWS CloudFormation
8 38 (2.44%) dbt
8 38 (2.44%) Serverless
9 35 (2.24%) Amazon S3
9 35 (2.24%) Azure DevOps
10 26 (1.67%) OpenShift
11 23 (1.47%) AWS Lambda
12 22 (1.41%) Microsoft Purview
13 21 (1.35%) Azure Monitor
14 20 (1.28%) Amazon EC2
15 19 (1.22%) SaaS
16 18 (1.15%) GitHub Actions
17 17 (1.09%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 44 (2.82%) Network Security
2 37 (2.37%) Firewall
3 29 (1.86%) TCP/IP
4 26 (1.67%) DNS
5 16 (1.03%) SSL
6 13 (0.83%) VPN
7 11 (0.71%) Wireless
8 10 (0.64%) ATM
9 9 (0.58%) Ethernet
9 9 (0.58%) WAN
10 8 (0.51%) DHCP
11 7 (0.45%) SAN
11 7 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
12 6 (0.38%) NAS
13 5 (0.32%) LAN
13 5 (0.32%) Unified Communications
13 5 (0.32%) VLAN
14 4 (0.26%) Internet
15 3 (0.19%) 3GPP
15 3 (0.19%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (3.65%) Power BI
2 50 (3.21%) PostgreSQL
3 28 (1.79%) Data Warehouse
4 24 (1.54%) Big Data
5 23 (1.47%) Amazon Athena
6 20 (1.28%) SQL Server
7 18 (1.15%) Data Lake
7 18 (1.15%) Metadata
8 17 (1.09%) Relational Database
8 17 (1.09%) Tableau
9 14 (0.90%) DynamoDB
9 14 (0.90%) MySQL
10 12 (0.77%) Amazon RDS
11 10 (0.64%) Hadoop
12 9 (0.58%) Amazon Redshift
12 9 (0.58%) Azure SQL Database
12 9 (0.58%) NoSQL
13 6 (0.38%) Elasticsearch
13 6 (0.38%) GIS
13 6 (0.38%) Redis
Development Applications
1 63 (4.04%) Git
2 36 (2.31%) GitLab
3 29 (1.86%) JIRA
4 28 (1.79%) JUnit
5 26 (1.67%) Jenkins
6 23 (1.47%) Rational DOORS
7 19 (1.22%) Mockito
8 13 (0.83%) Burp Suite
8 13 (0.83%) Metasploit
8 13 (0.83%) Selenium
9 10 (0.64%) Maven
10 9 (0.58%) Cucumber
10 9 (0.58%) Postman
11 8 (0.51%) Balsamiq
12 7 (0.45%) Cypress.io
13 6 (0.38%) Axure RP
13 6 (0.38%) Gatling
13 6 (0.38%) LabVIEW
14 3 (0.19%) Snyk
14 3 (0.19%) Visual Studio
General
1 446 (28.59%) Social Skills
2 356 (22.82%) Public Sector
3 336 (21.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 298 (19.10%) Finance
5 198 (12.69%) Analytical Skills
6 170 (10.90%) Aerospace
7 134 (8.59%) Law
8 57 (3.65%) Legal
9 55 (3.53%) Electronics
10 52 (3.33%) Retail
11 51 (3.27%) Military
11 51 (3.27%) Presentation Skills
12 44 (2.82%) Influencing Skills
13 42 (2.69%) Police
14 38 (2.44%) Organisational Skills
15 37 (2.37%) Manufacturing
16 18 (1.15%) Telecoms
17 14 (0.90%) Local Government
18 12 (0.77%) Documentation Skills
19 11 (0.71%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 321 (20.58%) Senior
2 246 (15.77%) Architect
3 146 (9.36%) Lead
4 141 (9.04%) Software Engineer
5 126 (8.08%) Consultant
6 115 (7.37%) Developer
7 108 (6.92%) Analyst
8 80 (5.13%) Principal Engineer
9 79 (5.06%) Solutions Architect
10 78 (5.00%) Data Engineer
11 66 (4.23%) Senior Manager
12 59 (3.78%) DevOps Engineer
13 51 (3.27%) Security Consultant
14 47 (3.01%) Principal Software Engineer
15 46 (2.95%) Java Engineer
16 44 (2.82%) Technical Architect
17 42 (2.69%) Senior Developer
18 41 (2.63%) Business Analyst
18 41 (2.63%) Security Architect
19 40 (2.56%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 116 (7.44%) Terraform
2 50 (3.21%) React
3 47 (3.01%) .NET
4 46 (2.95%) REST
5 41 (2.63%) Spring
6 27 (1.73%) CSS
7 25 (1.60%) Kafka
7 25 (1.60%) PySpark
8 24 (1.54%) HTML
9 23 (1.47%) Node.js
9 23 (1.47%) Spring Boot
10 20 (1.28%) .NET Core
10 20 (1.28%) OAuth
11 19 (1.22%) Playwright
12 18 (1.15%) JSON
13 17 (1.09%) OAuth2
14 16 (1.03%) AngularJS
14 16 (1.03%) JWT
14 16 (1.03%) RESTful
15 14 (0.90%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 118 (7.56%) Cloud Native
2 60 (3.85%) Management Information System
3 50 (3.21%) Product Ownership
4 39 (2.50%) Onboarding
5 37 (2.37%) Self-Motivation
6 33 (2.12%) Driving Licence
7 32 (2.05%) Security Posture
8 29 (1.86%) Data Centre
9 28 (1.79%) Legacy Systems
10 26 (1.67%) Distributed Systems
11 25 (1.60%) Blog
12 22 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
12 22 (1.41%) FPGA
13 18 (1.15%) Public Cloud
14 17 (1.09%) AI Agents
15 15 (0.96%) Cyber Threat
16 14 (0.90%) Algorithms
17 13 (0.83%) Enterprise Cloud
17 13 (0.83%) Hybrid Cloud
17 13 (0.83%) Security Operations Centre
Operating Systems
1 109 (6.99%) Linux
2 97 (6.22%) Windows
3 44 (2.82%) Windows Server
4 29 (1.86%) Unix
5 14 (0.90%) Windows 10
6 6 (0.38%) VxWorks
7 4 (0.26%) Kali Linux
7 4 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.26%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.19%) FreeRTOS
8 3 (0.19%) Solaris
8 3 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.13%) AIX
9 2 (0.13%) Android
9 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.064%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.064%) macOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 441 (28.27%) Agile
2 311 (19.94%) Continuous Improvement
3 273 (17.50%) Mentoring
4 245 (15.71%) Problem-Solving
5 244 (15.64%) CI/CD
5 244 (15.64%) Software Engineering
6 224 (14.36%) Cybersecurity
7 215 (13.78%) DevOps
8 212 (13.59%) AI
9 196 (12.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 191 (12.24%) Stakeholder Management
11 172 (11.03%) Decision-Making
12 166 (10.64%) Analytics
13 163 (10.45%) Technical Leadership
14 155 (9.94%) Coaching
15 140 (8.97%) Community of Practice
15 140 (8.97%) Infrastructure as Code
16 127 (8.14%) Technology Strategy
17 124 (7.95%) Scrum
18 121 (7.76%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 185 (11.86%) Python
2 135 (8.65%) Java
3 120 (7.69%) SQL
4 90 (5.77%) JavaScript
5 65 (4.17%) C#
6 49 (3.14%) C++
7 46 (2.95%) Bash
8 36 (2.31%) PowerShell
9 27 (1.73%) TypeScript
10 23 (1.47%) MATLAB
11 20 (1.28%) C
12 19 (1.22%) Ada
13 15 (0.96%) Bicep
13 15 (0.96%) Kusto Query Language
13 15 (0.96%) PL/SQL
14 13 (0.83%) DataWeave
15 12 (0.77%) Ruby
16 10 (0.64%) Go
17 6 (0.38%) Rust
17 6 (0.38%) Scala
Qualifications
1 1,560 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 259 (16.60%) Degree
2 259 (16.60%) DV Cleared
3 184 (11.79%) BPSS Clearance
4 66 (4.23%) CISSP
5 53 (3.40%) Azure Certification
6 52 (3.33%) CISM
7 39 (2.50%) AWS Certification
8 38 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
9 27 (1.73%) Master's Degree
10 21 (1.35%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 21 (1.35%) Microsoft Certification
11 19 (1.22%) PhD
12 18 (1.15%) Chartered Engineer
13 16 (1.03%) Cisco Certification
13 16 (1.03%) CRISC
13 16 (1.03%) TOGAF Certification
14 15 (0.96%) CHECK Team Member
14 15 (0.96%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 13 (0.83%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 158 (10.13%) Accessibility
2 125 (8.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 76 (4.87%) NIST
4 61 (3.91%) NCSC
5 47 (3.01%) Data Quality
5 47 (3.01%) QA
6 33 (2.12%) GDPR
7 29 (1.86%) GRC
8 28 (1.79%) Cyber Essentials
9 22 (1.41%) SLA
10 18 (1.15%) PCI DSS
11 16 (1.03%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 16 (1.03%) WCAG
12 15 (0.96%) Actionable Recommendations
12 15 (0.96%) Def Stans
13 11 (0.71%) JSP 440
14 8 (0.51%) NIST 800
15 6 (0.38%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 5 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 15288
16 5 (0.32%) PMO
System Software
1 103 (6.60%) Docker
2 52 (3.33%) Active Directory
3 32 (2.05%) Firmware
4 31 (1.99%) VMware Infrastructure
5 24 (1.54%) Hyper-V
6 14 (0.90%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (0.38%) Squid
7 6 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
8 5 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (0.26%) vSphere
10 3 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.064%) IAG
12 1 (0.064%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 112 (7.18%) Kubernetes
2 36 (2.31%) Microsoft Intune
3 30 (1.92%) Grafana
4 24 (1.54%) Ansible
5 18 (1.15%) Prometheus
6 16 (1.03%) Argo
7 13 (0.83%) CloudHub
7 13 (0.83%) Nmap
8 10 (0.64%) Kustomize
9 9 (0.58%) Istio
10 8 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
11 6 (0.38%) SCCM
12 5 (0.32%) Packer
13 4 (0.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
13 4 (0.26%) Kibana
14 3 (0.19%) Oracle RMAN
14 3 (0.19%) Progress Chef
14 3 (0.19%) SCVMM
15 2 (0.13%) NetBackup
15 2 (0.13%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 237 (15.19%) Microsoft
2 67 (4.29%) ServiceNow
3 62 (3.97%) Oracle
4 51 (3.27%) Google
5 46 (2.95%) SAP
6 41 (2.63%) VMware
7 25 (1.60%) YouTube
8 22 (1.41%) Cisco
8 22 (1.41%) Red Hat
9 21 (1.35%) Salesforce
9 21 (1.35%) Workday
10 19 (1.22%) Databricks
10 19 (1.22%) Thales
11 16 (1.03%) OpenAI
12 15 (0.96%) MuleSoft
12 15 (0.96%) Veeam
13 14 (0.90%) CyberArk
13 14 (0.90%) Dynatrace
14 12 (0.77%) Adobe
14 12 (0.77%) Okta