SC Cleared Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

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 1 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 126 46 33
Rank change year-on-year -80 -13 +75
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 559 1,805 2,589
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 2.77% 5.23% 7.19%
As % of the Qualifications category 7.50% 18.96% 26.92%
Number of salaries quoted 375 1,001 1,208
10th Percentile £44,279 £40,000 £38,600
25th Percentile £52,000 £50,000 £46,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,627 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.71% -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £79,750
90th Percentile £91,700 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £61,500 £57,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +6.96% -8.00% +10.96%

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 7,455 9,519 9,617
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 36.92% 27.60% 26.71%
Number of salaries quoted 3,022 5,756 5,886
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,292 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £56,650 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.50% -5.58% +2.64%
75th Percentile £70,600 £72,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £86,250 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,629 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.50% -12.28% +9.09%

SC Cleared
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing SC Cleared as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

SC Cleared trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

SC Cleared
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing SC Cleared.

SC Cleared salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

SC Cleared
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing SC Cleared over the 6 months to 1 July 2025.

SC Cleared salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

SC Cleared
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 10 (1.79%) SharePoint
2 6 (1.07%) Appian
3 5 (0.89%) Confluence
3 5 (0.89%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.36%) nginx
4 2 (0.36%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.18%) Apache Spark
5 1 (0.18%) Drupal
5 1 (0.18%) WordPress
Applications
1 17 (3.04%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.43%) Adobe XD
3 5 (0.89%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.72%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.54%) Simulink
6 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.36%) Oracle Smart View
6 2 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.18%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.18%) InVision
7 1 (0.18%) Revit
7 1 (0.18%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 23 (4.11%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 12 (2.15%) SAP S/4HANA
3 4 (0.72%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (0.54%) SAP BPC
5 2 (0.36%) Oracle Assets
5 2 (0.36%) Oracle Cash Management
5 2 (0.36%) Oracle Financials
5 2 (0.36%) Oracle General Ledger
5 2 (0.36%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.36%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.36%) Sage 200
5 2 (0.36%) SAP CO
5 2 (0.36%) SAP FI
5 2 (0.36%) SAP FI/CO
6 1 (0.18%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.18%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.18%) SAP LE
6 1 (0.18%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.18%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 1 (0.18%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 120 (21.47%) AWS
2 118 (21.11%) Azure
3 38 (6.80%) Microsoft 365
4 33 (5.90%) GCP
5 32 (5.72%) Entra ID
6 30 (5.37%) AWS CloudFormation
7 29 (5.19%) Power Platform
8 26 (4.65%) Azure DevOps
9 23 (4.11%) Serverless
10 20 (3.58%) AWS Lambda
11 18 (3.22%) Dynamics 365
12 16 (2.86%) Amazon ECS
13 12 (2.15%) dbt
14 11 (1.97%) Amazon ECR
14 11 (1.97%) Amazon ElastiCache
14 11 (1.97%) Amazon OpenSearch
14 11 (1.97%) AWS CodeBuild
14 11 (1.97%) Cloud Computing
14 11 (1.97%) Pulumi
15 10 (1.79%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 35 (6.26%) Network Security
2 32 (5.72%) Wireless
3 29 (5.19%) Firewall
4 28 (5.01%) Software-Defined Radio
4 28 (5.01%) VPN
5 24 (4.29%) TCP/IP
6 23 (4.11%) WAN
7 20 (3.58%) LAN
8 14 (2.50%) DNS
9 13 (2.33%) BGP
9 13 (2.33%) Junos
9 13 (2.33%) Wi-Fi
10 11 (1.97%) OSPF
11 9 (1.61%) VLAN
12 7 (1.25%) Cisco ASA
12 7 (1.25%) DHCP
12 7 (1.25%) IPsec
12 7 (1.25%) SD-WAN
13 6 (1.07%) Internet
14 5 (0.89%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (4.83%) PostgreSQL
2 20 (3.58%) Power BI
3 18 (3.22%) MongoDB
4 16 (2.86%) Amazon RDS
5 13 (2.33%) Redis
6 12 (2.15%) Elasticsearch
7 9 (1.61%) MySQL
8 8 (1.43%) SQL Server
9 7 (1.25%) NoSQL
10 5 (0.89%) Relational Database
11 3 (0.54%) Big Data
11 3 (0.54%) Data Warehouse
11 3 (0.54%) Metadata
11 3 (0.54%) Pentaho
12 2 (0.36%) Amazon Aurora
12 2 (0.36%) DB2
12 2 (0.36%) Metadata Repository
12 2 (0.36%) Oracle Exadata
12 2 (0.36%) Triplestore
13 1 (0.18%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 30 (5.37%) Git
2 16 (2.86%) Jenkins
3 13 (2.33%) GitLab
4 8 (1.43%) JIRA
4 8 (1.43%) Selenium
5 7 (1.25%) Axure RP
5 7 (1.25%) Balsamiq
5 7 (1.25%) JMeter
6 5 (0.89%) Cypress.io
6 5 (0.89%) JUnit
7 4 (0.72%) Mockito
7 4 (0.72%) Subversion
8 3 (0.54%) Gatling
8 3 (0.54%) LabVIEW
8 3 (0.54%) Locust
8 3 (0.54%) Postman
9 2 (0.36%) Babel
9 2 (0.36%) REST Assured
9 2 (0.36%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.36%) WebDriver
General
1 161 (28.80%) Social Skills
2 152 (27.19%) Finance
3 98 (17.53%) Public Sector
4 63 (11.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 59 (10.55%) Analytical Skills
6 20 (3.58%) Law
7 18 (3.22%) Presentation Skills
7 18 (3.22%) Retail
8 17 (3.04%) Back Office
9 15 (2.68%) Marketing
10 13 (2.33%) Influencing Skills
11 10 (1.79%) Manufacturing
12 9 (1.61%) Aerospace
12 9 (1.61%) Electronics
12 9 (1.61%) Legal
13 8 (1.43%) Telecoms
14 6 (1.07%) Military
14 6 (1.07%) Tech for Good
15 5 (0.89%) Local Government
16 4 (0.72%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 97 (17.35%) Architect
2 91 (16.28%) Senior
3 59 (10.55%) Developer
4 50 (8.94%) Systems Engineer
5 46 (8.23%) Consultant
6 45 (8.05%) Lead
7 42 (7.51%) Software Engineer
8 31 (5.55%) Embedded Engineer
9 27 (4.83%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 27 (4.83%) Solutions Architect
10 23 (4.11%) Senior Developer
11 22 (3.94%) Senior Consultant
12 21 (3.76%) Security Architect
13 19 (3.40%) Administrator
13 19 (3.40%) Systems Administrator
14 18 (3.22%) Analyst
15 16 (2.86%) Desktop Support
15 16 (2.86%) Desktop Support Technician
15 16 (2.86%) Desktop Technician
15 16 (2.86%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (4.29%) Kafka
2 21 (3.76%) React
3 17 (3.04%) Node.js
4 15 (2.68%) Django
4 15 (2.68%) Elastic Stack
4 15 (2.68%) RESTful
5 13 (2.33%) HTML
6 10 (1.79%) CSS
7 9 (1.61%) .NET
7 9 (1.61%) AngularJS
7 9 (1.61%) SAP Fiori
8 8 (1.43%) Spring
9 6 (1.07%) PySpark
9 6 (1.07%) REST
9 6 (1.07%) Ruby on Rails
9 6 (1.07%) SOAP
9 6 (1.07%) Spring Boot
10 5 (0.89%) .NET Framework
11 4 (0.72%) Retrofit
11 4 (0.72%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 92 (16.46%) e-Learning
2 30 (5.37%) Data Centre
3 29 (5.19%) MicroBlaze
4 27 (4.83%) Embedded Systems
5 26 (4.65%) Management Information System
6 25 (4.47%) RISC-V
7 18 (3.22%) Cloud Native
8 17 (3.04%) Product Ownership
9 16 (2.86%) FPGA
9 16 (2.86%) Security Posture
10 13 (2.33%) Algorithms
11 12 (2.15%) Hybrid Cloud
12 11 (1.97%) NHS
13 10 (1.79%) Distributed Systems
14 9 (1.61%) Self-Motivation
15 8 (1.43%) Housing Association
15 8 (1.43%) Onboarding
16 7 (1.25%) Security Operations Centre
17 5 (0.89%) Driving Licence
17 5 (0.89%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 100 (17.89%) Linux
2 55 (9.84%) Windows
3 29 (5.19%) Unix
4 25 (4.47%) Embedded Linux
5 18 (3.22%) Windows 10
6 17 (3.04%) Windows Server
7 8 (1.43%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (0.89%) Android
8 5 (0.89%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 4 (0.72%) CentOS
9 4 (0.72%) HPUX
9 4 (0.72%) Oracle Linux
9 4 (0.72%) Rocky
9 4 (0.72%) Solaris
10 3 (0.54%) Windows Server 2016
11 1 (0.18%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 137 (24.51%) Agile
2 93 (16.64%) Innovative Thinking
3 90 (16.10%) DevOps
4 81 (14.49%) Cybersecurity
5 80 (14.31%) Software Engineering
6 70 (12.52%) CI/CD
7 64 (11.45%) Problem-Solving
8 63 (11.27%) Mentoring
9 57 (10.20%) Continuous Improvement
10 50 (8.94%) Analytics
11 47 (8.41%) Technical Leadership
12 46 (8.23%) Computer Science
13 40 (7.16%) High Availability
14 38 (6.80%) SDLC
15 37 (6.62%) Systems Engineering
15 37 (6.62%) TOGAF
16 36 (6.44%) Software Testing
17 35 (6.26%) Containerisation
18 34 (6.08%) Cloud Security
19 33 (5.90%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 64 (11.45%) Python
2 47 (8.41%) Java
3 43 (7.69%) JavaScript
4 39 (6.98%) C
4 39 (6.98%) C++
5 37 (6.62%) SQL
6 24 (4.29%) C#
7 18 (3.22%) TypeScript
8 17 (3.04%) Bash
9 13 (2.33%) PowerShell
10 8 (1.43%) Ruby
11 7 (1.25%) Fortran
12 5 (0.89%) Go
13 4 (0.72%) Kotlin
13 4 (0.72%) MATLAB
13 4 (0.72%) X++
14 3 (0.54%) R
14 3 (0.54%) Shell Script
14 3 (0.54%) SPARQL
15 2 (0.36%) VBA
Qualifications
1 559 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 127 (22.72%) Degree
3 83 (14.85%) DV Cleared
4 49 (8.77%) Cisco Certification
5 41 (7.33%) AWS Certification
6 39 (6.98%) CCNP
7 29 (5.19%) Computer Science Degree
8 24 (4.29%) CISSP
9 21 (3.76%) CCNA
10 18 (3.22%) CTC Cleared
10 18 (3.22%) RHCSA
11 16 (2.86%) CISM
12 15 (2.68%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 15 (2.68%) TOGAF Certification
13 14 (2.50%) BPSS Clearance
14 13 (2.33%) Azure Certification
15 11 (1.97%) Master's Degree
16 9 (1.61%) JNCIA
16 9 (1.61%) Microsoft Certification
17 8 (1.43%) CompTIA Security+
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (5.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 26 (4.65%) NIST
2 26 (4.65%) QA
3 25 (4.47%) NCSC
4 22 (3.94%) GDPR
5 20 (3.58%) SLA
6 16 (2.86%) Accessibility
7 11 (1.97%) HIPAA
8 8 (1.43%) Def Stans
8 8 (1.43%) WCAG
9 7 (1.25%) JSP 440
10 5 (0.89%) GRC
11 4 (0.72%) RMADS
12 3 (0.54%) ISO 9001
13 2 (0.36%) AQAP
13 2 (0.36%) Dublin Core
13 2 (0.36%) ISO 22301
13 2 (0.36%) Software Quality Assurance
14 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
14 1 (0.18%) GPG13
System Software
1 51 (9.12%) Docker
2 33 (5.90%) Firmware
3 29 (5.19%) Embedded Firmware
4 19 (3.40%) Active Directory
5 10 (1.79%) VMware Infrastructure
6 8 (1.43%) Hyper-V
7 3 (0.54%) IAG
7 3 (0.54%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.54%) vSphere
8 2 (0.36%) Virtual Desktop
8 2 (0.36%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.18%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 49 (8.77%) Terraform
2 44 (7.87%) Kubernetes
3 20 (3.58%) Ansible
4 17 (3.04%) Grafana
5 16 (2.86%) Prometheus
6 11 (1.97%) AWS Copilot
7 5 (0.89%) Microsoft Intune
8 4 (0.72%) Argo
8 4 (0.72%) FortiGate
8 4 (0.72%) Kibana
9 3 (0.54%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 3 (0.54%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
9 3 (0.54%) Nagios
9 3 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.36%) Failover Clustering
10 2 (0.36%) HAProxy
10 2 (0.36%) Iperf
10 2 (0.36%) Nessus
10 2 (0.36%) SCCM
10 2 (0.36%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 69 (12.34%) Microsoft
2 61 (10.91%) Cisco
3 30 (5.37%) VMware
4 24 (4.29%) Sparx
5 21 (3.76%) Google
6 20 (3.58%) SAP
7 19 (3.40%) Red Hat
8 18 (3.22%) Juniper
9 16 (2.86%) Oracle
10 13 (2.33%) ServiceNow
11 8 (1.43%) Adobe
12 7 (1.25%) Fortinet
13 6 (1.07%) Splunk
14 5 (0.89%) CheckPoint
15 4 (0.72%) Dell
15 4 (0.72%) Palo Alto
15 4 (0.72%) Samsung
15 4 (0.72%) SolarWinds
15 4 (0.72%) Tenable
16 3 (0.54%) Thales