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

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 104 56
Rank change year-on-year +69 -48 -5
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 1,277 605 1,175
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.76% 3.67% 4.42%
As % of the Qualifications category 27.92% 10.87% 16.49%
Number of salaries quoted 973 375 903
10th Percentile £46,500 £45,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,250 £48,375
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 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £91,700 £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 4,574 5,565 7,125
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.65% 33.77% 26.79%
Number of salaries quoted 3,051 2,470 4,302
10th Percentile £33,250 £29,725 £33,750
25th Percentile £46,743 £41,250 £42,812
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £74,258 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,050 £86,250
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 31 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 29 (2.27%) SharePoint
2 22 (1.72%) Apache
2 22 (1.72%) Apache Spark
3 12 (0.94%) Anypoint
3 12 (0.94%) Apache Airflow
3 12 (0.94%) Mule
4 8 (0.63%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (0.55%) Jupyter
6 6 (0.47%) Camunda
6 6 (0.47%) Confluence
6 6 (0.47%) nginx
7 5 (0.39%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 3 (0.23%) Apache Solr
9 2 (0.16%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.16%) GeoServer
9 2 (0.16%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.16%) Oracle Spatial
10 1 (0.078%) Appian
10 1 (0.078%) CMS
10 1 (0.078%) SAS
Applications
1 20 (1.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (0.86%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 10 (0.78%) Microsoft Office
4 9 (0.70%) Adobe XD
5 8 (0.63%) Simulink
6 5 (0.39%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.31%) Windchill
8 3 (0.23%) Mathcad
9 2 (0.16%) Microsoft Project
10 1 (0.078%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.078%) CATIA
10 1 (0.078%) Houdini
10 1 (0.078%) InDesign
10 1 (0.078%) InVision
10 1 (0.078%) NUKE
10 1 (0.078%) Sketch
10 1 (0.078%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 7 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.39%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.31%) Remedy ITSM
3 4 (0.31%) Workday HCM
4 2 (0.16%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.16%) SAP QM
4 2 (0.16%) Teamcenter
5 1 (0.078%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.078%) Primavera
5 1 (0.078%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.078%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.078%) SAP FSCM
5 1 (0.078%) SAP GRC
5 1 (0.078%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 372 (29.13%) Azure
2 337 (26.39%) AWS
3 109 (8.54%) GCP
4 79 (6.19%) Microsoft 365
5 58 (4.54%) Power Platform
6 49 (3.84%) Entra ID
7 39 (3.05%) dbt
8 32 (2.51%) AWS CloudFormation
9 27 (2.11%) GitHub
10 24 (1.88%) Serverless
11 22 (1.72%) Azure DevOps
12 21 (1.64%) Google Analytics
13 20 (1.57%) Microsoft Purview
14 19 (1.49%) Azure Sentinel
15 18 (1.41%) Dynamics 365
15 18 (1.41%) PaaS
16 17 (1.33%) Amazon S3
17 16 (1.25%) PowerApps
17 16 (1.25%) SaaS
18 15 (1.17%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 41 (3.21%) Network Security
2 33 (2.58%) Firewall
3 31 (2.43%) TCP/IP
4 25 (1.96%) DNS
5 19 (1.49%) WAN
6 16 (1.25%) VPN
7 15 (1.17%) SSL
8 12 (0.94%) LAN
9 11 (0.86%) ATM
9 11 (0.86%) DHCP
10 10 (0.78%) BGP
10 10 (0.78%) MPLS
11 7 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
12 6 (0.47%) Intrusion Detection
12 6 (0.47%) Wireless
13 5 (0.39%) SMTP
13 5 (0.39%) SNMP
14 4 (0.31%) HTTP
14 4 (0.31%) VLAN
15 3 (0.23%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (3.68%) Power BI
2 37 (2.90%) PostgreSQL
3 20 (1.57%) Data Warehouse
4 19 (1.49%) Big Data
5 13 (1.02%) Amazon Athena
5 13 (1.02%) Metadata
6 11 (0.86%) DynamoDB
6 11 (0.86%) Redis
7 9 (0.70%) Elasticsearch
7 9 (0.70%) SQL Server
8 8 (0.63%) Data Lake
8 8 (0.63%) Relational Database
8 8 (0.63%) Tableau
9 7 (0.55%) MongoDB
9 7 (0.55%) NoSQL
10 6 (0.47%) Amazon RDS
10 6 (0.47%) MySQL
11 5 (0.39%) Hadoop
11 5 (0.39%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 4 (0.31%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 51 (3.99%) Git
2 36 (2.82%) GitLab
3 25 (1.96%) Jenkins
4 18 (1.41%) JUnit
5 14 (1.10%) JIRA
5 14 (1.10%) Selenium
6 11 (0.86%) Rational DOORS
7 10 (0.78%) Mockito
8 9 (0.70%) Balsamiq
8 9 (0.70%) Maven
9 8 (0.63%) Axure RP
9 8 (0.63%) Cucumber
9 8 (0.63%) Postman
10 7 (0.55%) Burp Suite
10 7 (0.55%) Metasploit
11 6 (0.47%) Gatling
12 4 (0.31%) Cypress.io
12 4 (0.31%) LabVIEW
13 3 (0.23%) SonarQube
14 2 (0.16%) webpack
General
1 394 (30.85%) Social Skills
2 313 (24.51%) Public Sector
3 247 (19.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 184 (14.41%) Finance
5 139 (10.88%) Analytical Skills
6 133 (10.42%) Law
7 70 (5.48%) Aerospace
8 53 (4.15%) Legal
9 47 (3.68%) Presentation Skills
10 35 (2.74%) Retail
11 34 (2.66%) Telecoms
12 30 (2.35%) Manufacturing
13 28 (2.19%) Organisational Skills
14 24 (1.88%) Military
15 22 (1.72%) Influencing Skills
16 18 (1.41%) Electronics
17 17 (1.33%) Police
18 11 (0.86%) Aviation
18 11 (0.86%) Documentation Skills
19 10 (0.78%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 251 (19.66%) Senior
2 237 (18.56%) Architect
3 125 (9.79%) Consultant
4 119 (9.32%) Lead
5 107 (8.38%) Developer
6 100 (7.83%) Solutions Architect
7 96 (7.52%) Software Engineer
8 90 (7.05%) Analyst
9 51 (3.99%) Security Consultant
10 50 (3.92%) Cloud Engineer
11 47 (3.68%) DevOps Engineer
12 45 (3.52%) Senior Manager
13 43 (3.37%) Senior Developer
14 41 (3.21%) Security Architect
14 41 (3.21%) Senior Analyst
15 39 (3.05%) Data Engineer
16 38 (2.98%) Business Analyst
16 38 (2.98%) Cloud Architect
17 36 (2.82%) Java Developer
18 33 (2.58%) AWS Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (2.82%) React
2 35 (2.74%) REST
2 35 (2.74%) Spring
3 24 (1.88%) .NET
4 19 (1.49%) CSS
4 19 (1.49%) Kafka
5 18 (1.41%) HTML
5 18 (1.41%) Playwright
6 15 (1.17%) PySpark
6 15 (1.17%) Spring Boot
7 14 (1.10%) OAuth
8 13 (1.02%) JWT
8 13 (1.02%) OAuth2
9 12 (0.94%) MUnit
9 12 (0.94%) RAML
10 11 (0.86%) AngularJS
11 10 (0.78%) Node.js
11 10 (0.78%) Web Services
12 9 (0.70%) Middleware
12 9 (0.70%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 103 (8.07%) Cloud Native
2 51 (3.99%) Product Ownership
3 48 (3.76%) Management Information System
4 44 (3.45%) Onboarding
5 34 (2.66%) Security Posture
6 30 (2.35%) Data Centre
7 28 (2.19%) Driving Licence
8 27 (2.11%) Legacy Systems
9 22 (1.72%) Blog
10 19 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
11 18 (1.41%) Distributed Systems
12 15 (1.17%) Security Operations Centre
13 14 (1.10%) PKI
14 12 (0.94%) Public Cloud
15 11 (0.86%) Cyber Threat
16 10 (0.78%) Data Structures
17 9 (0.70%) AI Agents
17 9 (0.70%) Operational Technology
18 8 (0.63%) Greenfield Project
18 8 (0.63%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 101 (7.91%) Linux
2 82 (6.42%) Windows
3 37 (2.90%) Windows Server
4 31 (2.43%) Unix
5 12 (0.94%) Windows 10
6 5 (0.39%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.39%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.23%) Kali Linux
8 2 (0.16%) Android
8 2 (0.16%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.078%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.078%) CentOS
9 1 (0.078%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.078%) Solaris
9 1 (0.078%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 342 (26.78%) Agile
2 222 (17.38%) Continuous Improvement
3 204 (15.97%) Mentoring
4 193 (15.11%) Cybersecurity
5 183 (14.33%) CI/CD
6 173 (13.55%) DevOps
7 169 (13.23%) Problem-Solving
8 164 (12.84%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 156 (12.22%) Software Engineering
10 125 (9.79%) Community of Practice
11 121 (9.48%) Stakeholder Management
12 113 (8.85%) Infrastructure as Code
13 111 (8.69%) Technology Strategy
14 110 (8.61%) AI
15 98 (7.67%) Analytics
15 98 (7.67%) Decision-Making
15 98 (7.67%) Project Delivery
16 97 (7.60%) Coaching
17 95 (7.44%) Scrum
18 92 (7.20%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 162 (12.69%) Python
2 125 (9.79%) Java
3 78 (6.11%) SQL
4 75 (5.87%) JavaScript
5 41 (3.21%) C++
6 38 (2.98%) C#
7 35 (2.74%) Bash
7 35 (2.74%) PowerShell
8 24 (1.88%) TypeScript
9 16 (1.25%) C
10 13 (1.02%) Ada
11 12 (0.94%) DataWeave
12 11 (0.86%) MATLAB
12 11 (0.86%) Rust
13 9 (0.70%) PL/SQL
14 8 (0.63%) Kusto Query Language
14 8 (0.63%) Ruby
14 8 (0.63%) VBA
15 7 (0.55%) Go
16 6 (0.47%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 1,277 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 233 (18.25%) Degree
3 210 (16.44%) DV Cleared
4 115 (9.01%) BPSS Clearance
5 64 (5.01%) CISSP
6 50 (3.92%) CISM
7 48 (3.76%) Computer Science Degree
8 36 (2.82%) Azure Certification
9 30 (2.35%) Microsoft Certification
10 24 (1.88%) AWS Certification
11 19 (1.49%) Master's Degree
12 16 (1.25%) CRISC
13 15 (1.17%) Cisco Certification
13 15 (1.17%) CREST Certified
13 15 (1.17%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 14 (1.10%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 12 (0.94%) TOGAF Certification
16 9 (0.70%) (ISC)2 CCSP
17 8 (0.63%) PhD
17 8 (0.63%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 120 (9.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 80 (6.26%) Accessibility
3 68 (5.32%) NIST
4 45 (3.52%) NCSC
5 39 (3.05%) QA
6 30 (2.35%) GDPR
6 30 (2.35%) GRC
7 28 (2.19%) Data Quality
8 24 (1.88%) Cyber Essentials
9 20 (1.57%) HMG Security Policy Framework
9 20 (1.57%) WCAG
10 18 (1.41%) PCI DSS
11 17 (1.33%) SLA
12 12 (0.94%) JSP 440
13 11 (0.86%) Actionable Recommendations
14 10 (0.78%) Def Stans
15 9 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 6 (0.47%) Government Security Classifications
17 5 (0.39%) NEBOSH
17 5 (0.39%) NIST 800
System Software
1 78 (6.11%) Docker
2 49 (3.84%) Active Directory
3 26 (2.04%) VMware Infrastructure
4 24 (1.88%) Hyper-V
5 18 (1.41%) Firmware
6 13 (1.02%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (0.47%) Squid
7 6 (0.47%) vSphere
8 4 (0.31%) VMware NSX
9 3 (0.23%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
11 1 (0.078%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.078%) Embedded Firmware
11 1 (0.078%) IAG
11 1 (0.078%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.078%) Slurm Workload Manager
11 1 (0.078%) Xen
Systems Management
1 97 (7.60%) Terraform
2 85 (6.66%) Kubernetes
3 38 (2.98%) Microsoft Intune
4 34 (2.66%) Ansible
5 18 (1.41%) Prometheus
6 16 (1.25%) Grafana
7 12 (0.94%) CloudHub
8 10 (0.78%) Argo
9 7 (0.55%) Nmap
10 6 (0.47%) Kustomize
10 6 (0.47%) Single Sign-On
11 5 (0.39%) AWS Copilot
11 5 (0.39%) Istio
11 5 (0.39%) vCenter Server
12 4 (0.31%) Kibana
12 4 (0.31%) Packer
12 4 (0.31%) Progress Chef
12 4 (0.31%) Puppet
13 3 (0.23%) Check_MK
13 3 (0.23%) Endace
Vendors
1 193 (15.11%) Microsoft
2 61 (4.78%) Google
3 36 (2.82%) VMware
4 34 (2.66%) Oracle
4 34 (2.66%) ServiceNow
5 25 (1.96%) Cisco
6 24 (1.88%) SAP
7 21 (1.64%) Salesforce
8 20 (1.57%) MuleSoft
9 19 (1.49%) Red Hat
10 16 (1.25%) OpenAI
11 15 (1.17%) Databricks
12 13 (1.02%) CyberArk
13 11 (0.86%) Adobe
14 8 (0.63%) Splunk
14 8 (0.63%) Veeam
15 7 (0.55%) Okta
16 6 (0.47%) BeyondTrust
16 6 (0.47%) Fortinet
17 5 (0.39%) Siemens