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

6 months to
16 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 100 58
Rank change year-on-year +63 -42 -7
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 1,206 577 1,335
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.65% 3.50% 4.20%
As % of the Qualifications category 27.22% 10.39% 15.50%
Number of salaries quoted 957 375 1,024
10th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,300 £88,785
UK median annual salary £69,403 £61,500 £57,000
% change year-on-year +12.85% +7.89% -8.80%

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 4,430 5,554 8,612
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.74% 33.65% 27.08%
Number of salaries quoted 3,020 2,497 5,510
10th Percentile £33,250 £29,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £56,825
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +5.59% -5.29%
75th Percentile £78,750 £73,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £93,500 £90,000 £85,000
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 16 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 30 (2.49%) SharePoint
2 18 (1.49%) Apache
2 18 (1.49%) Apache Spark
3 14 (1.16%) Apache Airflow
4 12 (1.00%) Microsoft Exchange
5 9 (0.75%) Anypoint
5 9 (0.75%) Mule
6 7 (0.58%) Jupyter
7 3 (0.25%) Apache Solr
7 3 (0.25%) Camunda
7 3 (0.25%) Confluence
7 3 (0.25%) nginx
7 3 (0.25%) SAS
8 2 (0.17%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.17%) GeoServer
8 2 (0.17%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.17%) Oracle Spatial
9 1 (0.083%) CMS
9 1 (0.083%) WordPress
Applications
1 25 (2.07%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (1.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.58%) Adobe XD
5 4 (0.33%) Windchill
6 3 (0.25%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.17%) InVision
7 2 (0.17%) Sketch
8 1 (0.083%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.083%) CATIA
8 1 (0.083%) Houdini
8 1 (0.083%) NUKE
8 1 (0.083%) Siemens NX
8 1 (0.083%) Simulink
8 1 (0.083%) Weka
Business Applications
1 7 (0.58%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.41%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.33%) Remedy ITSM
4 2 (0.17%) SAP ERP
4 2 (0.17%) SAP QM
4 2 (0.17%) Workday HCM
5 1 (0.083%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.083%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.083%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.083%) SAP FSCM
5 1 (0.083%) SAP GRC
5 1 (0.083%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.083%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 335 (27.78%) Azure
2 295 (24.46%) AWS
3 92 (7.63%) GCP
4 91 (7.55%) Microsoft 365
5 60 (4.98%) Entra ID
6 53 (4.39%) Power Platform
7 30 (2.49%) dbt
8 24 (1.99%) GitHub
9 21 (1.74%) Serverless
10 20 (1.66%) AWS CloudFormation
10 20 (1.66%) SaaS
11 19 (1.58%) Azure DevOps
11 19 (1.58%) Microsoft Purview
12 18 (1.49%) Dynamics 365
12 18 (1.49%) PaaS
13 17 (1.41%) Amazon S3
13 17 (1.41%) Azure Sentinel
13 17 (1.41%) Google Analytics
14 15 (1.24%) Amazon EC2
14 15 (1.24%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 40 (3.32%) Network Security
2 32 (2.65%) Firewall
3 24 (1.99%) WAN
4 22 (1.82%) DNS
5 20 (1.66%) TCP/IP
6 19 (1.58%) VPN
7 15 (1.24%) LAN
8 13 (1.08%) DHCP
9 12 (1.00%) BGP
9 12 (1.00%) MPLS
9 12 (1.00%) SSL
10 10 (0.83%) ATM
10 10 (0.83%) Wi-Fi
11 9 (0.75%) SMTP
12 7 (0.58%) Intrusion Detection
12 7 (0.58%) SNMP
13 6 (0.50%) HTTP
13 6 (0.50%) Wireless
14 5 (0.41%) Cisco Firepower
15 4 (0.33%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (3.48%) Power BI
2 33 (2.74%) PostgreSQL
3 17 (1.41%) Big Data
4 15 (1.24%) Data Warehouse
5 13 (1.08%) Amazon Athena
6 12 (1.00%) Metadata
7 11 (0.91%) Redis
8 10 (0.83%) DynamoDB
9 9 (0.75%) Elasticsearch
10 7 (0.58%) MongoDB
10 7 (0.58%) NoSQL
11 6 (0.50%) Amazon RDS
11 6 (0.50%) Data Lake
11 6 (0.50%) Tableau
12 5 (0.41%) SQL Server
12 5 (0.41%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 4 (0.33%) OLAP
13 4 (0.33%) Relational Database
13 4 (0.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 4 (0.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 43 (3.57%) Git
2 33 (2.74%) GitLab
3 22 (1.82%) Jenkins
4 12 (1.00%) JUnit
5 11 (0.91%) JIRA
6 9 (0.75%) Selenium
7 7 (0.58%) Burp Suite
7 7 (0.58%) Maven
7 7 (0.58%) Metasploit
7 7 (0.58%) Mockito
8 5 (0.41%) Axure RP
8 5 (0.41%) Balsamiq
8 5 (0.41%) Cucumber
9 3 (0.25%) Cypress.io
9 3 (0.25%) Postman
10 2 (0.17%) Babel
10 2 (0.17%) Gatling
10 2 (0.17%) Gradle
10 2 (0.17%) MSTest
10 2 (0.17%) SonarQube
General
1 368 (30.51%) Social Skills
2 300 (24.88%) Public Sector
3 197 (16.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 124 (10.28%) Analytical Skills
4 124 (10.28%) Finance
5 113 (9.37%) Law
6 44 (3.65%) Legal
7 42 (3.48%) Presentation Skills
8 32 (2.65%) Telecoms
9 29 (2.40%) Aerospace
10 27 (2.24%) Retail
11 25 (2.07%) Manufacturing
12 24 (1.99%) Organisational Skills
13 22 (1.82%) Back Office
14 16 (1.33%) Influencing Skills
15 14 (1.16%) Military
16 11 (0.91%) Aviation
17 10 (0.83%) Police
18 9 (0.75%) Automotive
18 9 (0.75%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 231 (19.15%) Architect
2 223 (18.49%) Senior
3 123 (10.20%) Consultant
4 105 (8.71%) Developer
5 103 (8.54%) Lead
6 100 (8.29%) Solutions Architect
7 84 (6.97%) Software Engineer
8 82 (6.80%) Analyst
9 51 (4.23%) Security Consultant
10 46 (3.81%) Cloud Engineer
10 46 (3.81%) Senior Manager
11 43 (3.57%) Security Architect
12 41 (3.40%) Data Engineer
13 40 (3.32%) DevOps Engineer
14 39 (3.23%) Java Developer
15 38 (3.15%) Cloud Architect
16 37 (3.07%) Senior Analyst
17 36 (2.99%) Senior Developer
18 34 (2.82%) Support Engineer
19 33 (2.74%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (2.99%) REST
2 31 (2.57%) Spring
3 23 (1.91%) React
4 21 (1.74%) .NET
5 18 (1.49%) Kafka
6 15 (1.24%) Spring Boot
7 14 (1.16%) PySpark
8 13 (1.08%) Middleware
8 13 (1.08%) SOAP
9 12 (1.00%) CSS
9 12 (1.00%) HTML
10 11 (0.91%) Playwright
11 10 (0.83%) JWT
11 10 (0.83%) Lightning Web Components
11 10 (0.83%) OAuth
11 10 (0.83%) OAuth2
11 10 (0.83%) Visualforce
12 9 (0.75%) RAML
12 9 (0.75%) RESTful
12 9 (0.75%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 96 (7.96%) Cloud Native
2 49 (4.06%) Product Ownership
3 48 (3.98%) Management Information System
4 41 (3.40%) Onboarding
5 34 (2.82%) Security Posture
6 32 (2.65%) Data Centre
7 24 (1.99%) Driving Licence
8 22 (1.82%) Legacy Systems
9 17 (1.41%) Blog
9 17 (1.41%) PKI
10 16 (1.33%) Security Operations Centre
11 14 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
12 10 (0.83%) Public Cloud
13 9 (0.75%) Cyber Threat
14 8 (0.66%) Data Structures
14 8 (0.66%) Distributed Systems
14 8 (0.66%) Low-Code
15 7 (0.58%) AI Agents
15 7 (0.58%) Hybrid Cloud
15 7 (0.58%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 91 (7.55%) Windows
2 83 (6.88%) Linux
3 31 (2.57%) Windows Server
4 25 (2.07%) Windows 10
5 20 (1.66%) Unix
6 5 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.25%) Kali Linux
8 2 (0.17%) Android
8 2 (0.17%) Ubuntu
8 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.083%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.083%) CentOS
9 1 (0.083%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.083%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 298 (24.71%) Agile
2 205 (17.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 196 (16.25%) Cybersecurity
4 171 (14.18%) Mentoring
5 155 (12.85%) Problem-Solving
6 151 (12.52%) CI/CD
7 149 (12.35%) DevOps
7 149 (12.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 124 (10.28%) Software Engineering
9 112 (9.29%) Community of Practice
9 112 (9.29%) Stakeholder Management
10 102 (8.46%) Analytics
11 101 (8.37%) Technology Strategy
12 98 (8.13%) ITIL
13 95 (7.88%) Infrastructure as Code
14 86 (7.13%) AI
14 86 (7.13%) Cloud Security
14 86 (7.13%) Project Delivery
15 84 (6.97%) Decision-Making
15 84 (6.97%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 142 (11.77%) Python
2 117 (9.70%) Java
3 72 (5.97%) SQL
4 62 (5.14%) JavaScript
5 35 (2.90%) C++
6 30 (2.49%) Bash
6 30 (2.49%) PowerShell
7 28 (2.32%) C#
8 20 (1.66%) TypeScript
9 13 (1.08%) C
10 11 (0.91%) Rust
11 10 (0.83%) Apex Code
12 9 (0.75%) Ada
12 9 (0.75%) DataWeave
13 7 (0.58%) VBA
14 6 (0.50%) Kusto Query Language
14 6 (0.50%) PL/SQL
14 6 (0.50%) Ruby
14 6 (0.50%) Scala
15 5 (0.41%) Go
Qualifications
1 1,206 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 216 (17.91%) Degree
3 171 (14.18%) DV Cleared
4 71 (5.89%) BPSS Clearance
5 65 (5.39%) CISSP
6 52 (4.31%) CISM
7 42 (3.48%) Computer Science Degree
8 33 (2.74%) Azure Certification
9 31 (2.57%) Microsoft Certification
10 20 (1.66%) AWS Certification
11 19 (1.58%) CTC Cleared
12 16 (1.33%) CRISC
13 14 (1.16%) Cisco Certification
13 14 (1.16%) CREST Certified
13 14 (1.16%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 13 (1.08%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 13 (1.08%) Master's Degree
14 13 (1.08%) TOGAF Certification
15 8 (0.66%) HNC
15 8 (0.66%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 119 (9.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 65 (5.39%) NIST
3 43 (3.57%) NCSC
4 39 (3.23%) QA
5 36 (2.99%) GDPR
6 35 (2.90%) SLA
7 31 (2.57%) Accessibility
8 27 (2.24%) Cyber Essentials
8 27 (2.24%) GRC
9 23 (1.91%) Data Quality
10 20 (1.66%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 20 (1.66%) PCI DSS
11 13 (1.08%) JSP 440
12 11 (0.91%) Actionable Recommendations
12 11 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 11 (0.91%) WCAG
13 10 (0.83%) Def Stans
14 7 (0.58%) Government Security Classifications
15 5 (0.41%) NEBOSH
15 5 (0.41%) NIST 800
System Software
1 62 (5.14%) Docker
2 46 (3.81%) Active Directory
3 25 (2.07%) Hyper-V
4 21 (1.74%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (0.75%) VMware ESXi
6 8 (0.66%) Firmware
7 6 (0.50%) VMware NSX
7 6 (0.50%) vSphere
8 5 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
9 3 (0.25%) Squid
10 1 (0.083%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 1 (0.083%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.083%) IAG
10 1 (0.083%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.083%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.083%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.083%) Xen
Systems Management
1 81 (6.72%) Terraform
2 71 (5.89%) Kubernetes
3 36 (2.99%) Microsoft Intune
4 35 (2.90%) Ansible
5 19 (1.58%) Prometheus
6 17 (1.41%) Grafana
7 10 (0.83%) Argo
8 9 (0.75%) CloudHub
9 7 (0.58%) Nmap
10 6 (0.50%) Kustomize
10 6 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
11 5 (0.41%) AWS Copilot
11 5 (0.41%) Endace
11 5 (0.41%) Istio
11 5 (0.41%) Progress Chef
11 5 (0.41%) Puppet
11 5 (0.41%) vCenter Server
12 4 (0.33%) Kibana
12 4 (0.33%) Packer
13 3 (0.25%) Check_MK
Vendors
1 198 (16.42%) Microsoft
2 47 (3.90%) Google
3 44 (3.65%) Cisco
4 34 (2.82%) Oracle
5 32 (2.65%) ServiceNow
6 31 (2.57%) VMware
7 23 (1.91%) Salesforce
8 20 (1.66%) MuleSoft
8 20 (1.66%) SAP
9 18 (1.49%) Red Hat
10 16 (1.33%) OpenAI
11 13 (1.08%) CyberArk
12 9 (0.75%) Databricks
13 8 (0.66%) Adobe
14 7 (0.58%) Meraki
14 7 (0.58%) Splunk
15 6 (0.50%) F5
15 6 (0.50%) Juniper
16 5 (0.41%) Fortinet
16 5 (0.41%) Informatica