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 22 May 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 108 74
Rank change year-on-year +75 -34 -13
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 1,092 487 1,296
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.81% 3.33% 3.98%
As % of the Qualifications category 25.68% 9.89% 14.69%
Number of salaries quoted 830 344 959
10th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £40,600
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% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £92,625 £89,040
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% +4.35% -7.26%

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 4,253 4,923 8,821
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 22.62% 33.69% 27.10%
Number of salaries quoted 2,876 2,287 5,894
10th Percentile £33,125 £27,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £48,165 £42,500 £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 £72,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £88,750 £87,500
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 22 May 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 27 (2.47%) SharePoint
2 14 (1.28%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (1.19%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (0.82%) Apache
4 9 (0.82%) Apache Spark
5 4 (0.37%) ArcGIS
5 4 (0.37%) GeoServer
5 4 (0.37%) Oracle Spatial
6 3 (0.27%) Apache Solr
6 3 (0.27%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.27%) SAS
7 2 (0.18%) Camunda
7 2 (0.18%) Confluence
7 2 (0.18%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.092%) Anypoint
8 1 (0.092%) Appian
8 1 (0.092%) Mule
8 1 (0.092%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.092%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 59 (5.40%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (1.65%) Adobe XD
3 10 (0.92%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.46%) InVision
4 5 (0.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 5 (0.46%) Sketch
5 3 (0.27%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.27%) Windchill
6 2 (0.18%) Weka
7 1 (0.092%) CATIA
7 1 (0.092%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 6 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.37%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.092%) SAP BPC
3 1 (0.092%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.092%) SAP EWM
3 1 (0.092%) SAP FSCM
3 1 (0.092%) SAP GRC
3 1 (0.092%) SAP HCM
3 1 (0.092%) SAP QM
3 1 (0.092%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 268 (24.54%) Azure
2 236 (21.61%) AWS
3 97 (8.88%) Microsoft 365
4 80 (7.33%) GCP
5 53 (4.85%) Entra ID
6 35 (3.21%) Power Platform
7 20 (1.83%) Serverless
8 19 (1.74%) Google Analytics
9 18 (1.65%) Figma
9 18 (1.65%) GitHub
10 16 (1.47%) Azure Sentinel
11 15 (1.37%) Amazon S3
11 15 (1.37%) AWS CloudFormation
11 15 (1.37%) SaaS
12 14 (1.28%) Dynamics 365
12 14 (1.28%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 14 (1.28%) Salesforce Service Cloud
13 13 (1.19%) PowerApps
14 12 (1.10%) PaaS
15 11 (1.01%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 27 (2.47%) Firewall
2 26 (2.38%) Network Security
3 25 (2.29%) VPN
3 25 (2.29%) WAN
4 18 (1.65%) LAN
5 17 (1.56%) DNS
6 16 (1.47%) BGP
7 13 (1.19%) DHCP
8 12 (1.10%) MPLS
8 12 (1.10%) Wi-Fi
9 9 (0.82%) SMTP
9 9 (0.82%) TCP/IP
10 7 (0.64%) Intrusion Detection
10 7 (0.64%) SNMP
11 6 (0.55%) Cisco ASA
11 6 (0.55%) Cisco Firepower
11 6 (0.55%) VoIP
12 5 (0.46%) HTTP
13 4 (0.37%) MQTT
13 4 (0.37%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (2.93%) PostgreSQL
2 29 (2.66%) Power BI
3 17 (1.56%) Metadata
4 13 (1.19%) NoSQL
5 10 (0.92%) DynamoDB
5 10 (0.92%) MongoDB
6 9 (0.82%) Elasticsearch
6 9 (0.82%) Redis
7 7 (0.64%) Amazon Athena
8 6 (0.55%) Amazon RDS
8 6 (0.55%) BigQuery
8 6 (0.55%) Relational Database
8 6 (0.55%) SQL Server
9 5 (0.46%) Amazon Redshift
9 5 (0.46%) Data Warehouse
10 4 (0.37%) Big Data
10 4 (0.37%) GIS
10 4 (0.37%) MySQL
10 4 (0.37%) QGIS
10 4 (0.37%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 44 (4.03%) Git
2 23 (2.11%) GitLab
3 22 (2.01%) Jenkins
4 14 (1.28%) Axure RP
5 13 (1.19%) Balsamiq
6 12 (1.10%) Selenium
7 10 (0.92%) JUnit
8 9 (0.82%) JIRA
9 8 (0.73%) Maven
10 7 (0.64%) Mockito
11 4 (0.37%) Burp Suite
11 4 (0.37%) JMeter
11 4 (0.37%) Metasploit
12 3 (0.27%) Babel
12 3 (0.27%) Cypress.io
12 3 (0.27%) Postman
12 3 (0.27%) SoapUI
12 3 (0.27%) SonarQube
12 3 (0.27%) webpack
13 2 (0.18%) SpecFlow
General
1 300 (27.47%) Social Skills
2 297 (27.20%) Public Sector
3 163 (14.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 103 (9.43%) Finance
4 103 (9.43%) Law
5 99 (9.07%) Analytical Skills
6 51 (4.67%) Back Office
7 40 (3.66%) Legal
8 36 (3.30%) Presentation Skills
9 34 (3.11%) Telecoms
10 24 (2.20%) Manufacturing
11 22 (2.01%) Influencing Skills
12 20 (1.83%) Organisational Skills
13 19 (1.74%) Retail
14 18 (1.65%) Aerospace
15 10 (0.92%) Marketing
15 10 (0.92%) Military
16 9 (0.82%) Aviation
17 7 (0.64%) Automotive
17 7 (0.64%) Police
Job Titles
1 215 (19.69%) Senior
2 165 (15.11%) Architect
3 111 (10.16%) Consultant
4 98 (8.97%) Developer
5 92 (8.42%) Analyst
6 78 (7.14%) Lead
7 77 (7.05%) Solutions Architect
8 68 (6.23%) Software Engineer
9 62 (5.68%) Support Engineer
10 52 (4.76%) Site Engineer
11 48 (4.40%) Business Analyst
11 48 (4.40%) Desktop Engineer
11 48 (4.40%) Desktop Support
11 48 (4.40%) Desktop Support Engineer
12 44 (4.03%) Cloud Engineer
13 39 (3.57%) Java Developer
13 39 (3.57%) Senior Manager
14 37 (3.39%) Data Engineer
15 36 (3.30%) Security Consultant
16 35 (3.21%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (3.85%) REST
2 34 (3.11%) Spring
3 33 (3.02%) .NET
4 26 (2.38%) React
5 20 (1.83%) SOAP
6 19 (1.74%) CSS
6 19 (1.74%) HTML
7 17 (1.56%) Middleware
7 17 (1.56%) Spring Boot
8 14 (1.28%) Lightning Web Components
8 14 (1.28%) Visualforce
9 12 (1.10%) Kafka
9 12 (1.10%) Playwright
10 10 (0.92%) Django
10 10 (0.92%) RESTful
11 9 (0.82%) ASP.NET
11 9 (0.82%) SAML
12 8 (0.73%) HTML5 Canvas
13 7 (0.64%) JSON
13 7 (0.64%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 59 (5.40%) Product Ownership
2 56 (5.13%) Cloud Native
3 42 (3.85%) Onboarding
4 38 (3.48%) Management Information System
5 37 (3.39%) Data Centre
6 31 (2.84%) Security Posture
7 20 (1.83%) Legacy Systems
8 19 (1.74%) PKI
9 15 (1.37%) Driving Licence
10 14 (1.28%) Blog
11 12 (1.10%) Security Operations Centre
12 11 (1.01%) Low-Code
13 8 (0.73%) Data Structures
14 7 (0.64%) AI Agents
14 7 (0.64%) Analytical Mindset
14 7 (0.64%) Self-Motivation
15 6 (0.55%) Cyber Threat
15 6 (0.55%) Cyberattack
15 6 (0.55%) Distributed Systems
15 6 (0.55%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 104 (9.52%) Windows
2 67 (6.14%) Linux
3 53 (4.85%) Windows 10
4 20 (1.83%) Windows Server
5 18 (1.65%) Unix
6 7 (0.64%) Ubuntu
7 5 (0.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.18%) Android
9 2 (0.18%) CentOS
10 1 (0.092%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.092%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.092%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 237 (21.70%) Agile
2 178 (16.30%) Continuous Improvement
3 162 (14.84%) Cybersecurity
4 127 (11.63%) DevOps
5 124 (11.36%) Mentoring
6 113 (10.35%) CI/CD
7 112 (10.26%) Community of Practice
8 111 (10.16%) Problem-Solving
9 110 (10.07%) Analytics
10 107 (9.80%) ITIL
11 105 (9.62%) Technology Strategy
12 103 (9.43%) Software Engineering
13 85 (7.78%) Stakeholder Management
14 82 (7.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 78 (7.14%) Infrastructure as Code
16 70 (6.41%) Scrum
17 66 (6.04%) Collaborative Culture
18 61 (5.59%) Risk Management
19 60 (5.49%) Customer Service
19 60 (5.49%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 109 (9.98%) Java
2 102 (9.34%) Python
3 70 (6.41%) JavaScript
4 58 (5.31%) SQL
5 31 (2.84%) C#
6 24 (2.20%) C++
6 24 (2.20%) TypeScript
7 23 (2.11%) PowerShell
8 19 (1.74%) Bash
9 14 (1.28%) Apex Code
10 9 (0.82%) Rust
11 6 (0.55%) C
11 6 (0.55%) PL/SQL
11 6 (0.55%) Scala
12 5 (0.46%) Groovy
13 4 (0.37%) VBA
14 3 (0.27%) Pascal
14 3 (0.27%) Perl
14 3 (0.27%) Ruby
14 3 (0.27%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1,092 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 236 (21.61%) Degree
3 191 (17.49%) DV Cleared
4 54 (4.95%) BPSS Clearance
5 48 (4.40%) CTC Cleared
6 46 (4.21%) CISSP
7 41 (3.75%) Computer Science Degree
8 35 (3.21%) CISM
8 35 (3.21%) Microsoft Certification
9 20 (1.83%) AWS Certification
9 20 (1.83%) Azure Certification
10 15 (1.37%) Cisco Certification
11 14 (1.28%) TOGAF Certification
12 12 (1.10%) CREST Certified
13 10 (0.92%) HNC
14 9 (0.82%) CRISC
15 8 (0.73%) CCIE
15 8 (0.73%) CCNA
15 8 (0.73%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
15 8 (0.73%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (6.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 53 (4.85%) SLA
3 48 (4.40%) NIST
4 43 (3.94%) Accessibility
5 40 (3.66%) QA
6 34 (3.11%) GDPR
7 25 (2.29%) NCSC
8 16 (1.47%) Data Quality
8 16 (1.47%) WCAG
9 15 (1.37%) GRC
10 14 (1.28%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 14 (1.28%) PCI DSS
11 12 (1.10%) Cyber Essentials
12 10 (0.92%) Actionable Recommendations
13 9 (0.82%) JSP 440
14 8 (0.73%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 7 (0.64%) Government Security Classifications
16 6 (0.55%) Def Stans
17 5 (0.46%) NEBOSH
18 3 (0.27%) PMO
System Software
1 57 (5.22%) Docker
2 30 (2.75%) Active Directory
3 17 (1.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (1.01%) VMware NSX
5 8 (0.73%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.46%) Firmware
6 5 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.37%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.37%) vSphere
8 2 (0.18%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.092%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.092%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.092%) IAG
9 1 (0.092%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.092%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.092%) Xen
Systems Management
1 78 (7.14%) Terraform
2 64 (5.86%) Kubernetes
3 42 (3.85%) Ansible
4 18 (1.65%) Microsoft Intune
5 14 (1.28%) Prometheus
6 13 (1.19%) Grafana
7 6 (0.55%) Endace
7 6 (0.55%) Puppet
8 5 (0.46%) AWS Copilot
8 5 (0.46%) Packer
8 5 (0.46%) Progress Chef
9 4 (0.37%) Argo
9 4 (0.37%) Istio
9 4 (0.37%) Kustomize
9 4 (0.37%) Nmap
9 4 (0.37%) SCCM
9 4 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.37%) vCenter Server
10 3 (0.27%) Kibana
10 3 (0.27%) Nagios
Vendors
1 163 (14.93%) Microsoft
2 85 (7.78%) Cisco
3 48 (4.40%) Google
4 32 (2.93%) Oracle
5 27 (2.47%) VMware
6 24 (2.20%) Salesforce
7 18 (1.65%) Adobe
8 17 (1.56%) Red Hat
9 15 (1.37%) MuleSoft
10 14 (1.28%) SAP
11 12 (1.10%) CyberArk
12 11 (1.01%) ServiceNow
13 9 (0.82%) Meraki
14 8 (0.73%) Databricks
14 8 (0.73%) F5
14 8 (0.73%) Juniper
15 7 (0.64%) Splunk
16 6 (0.55%) CheckPoint
17 4 (0.37%) BMC
17 4 (0.37%) Dell