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 10 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 83 46
Rank change year-on-year +50 -37 +2
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 1,457 685 1,141
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.09% 4.22% 4.88%
As % of the Qualifications category 29.45% 12.25% 17.96%
Number of salaries quoted 1,005 415 793
10th Percentile £46,500 £45,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £56,250 £52,125 £49,775
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,150 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.92% +8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £81,875 £77,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £90,950 £90,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% - -1.64%

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 4,947 5,590 6,352
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.66% 34.46% 27.18%
Number of salaries quoted 3,146 2,360 3,159
10th Percentile £33,500 £30,500 £34,398
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £59,857 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.42% -0.24% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -5.25%

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 10 September 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 (1.92%) Apache Spark
1 28 (1.92%) SharePoint
2 22 (1.51%) Apache
3 13 (0.89%) Anypoint
3 13 (0.89%) Mule
4 12 (0.82%) Confluence
5 10 (0.69%) Apache Airflow
6 8 (0.55%) Jupyter
7 7 (0.48%) Camunda
7 7 (0.48%) nginx
7 7 (0.48%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 4 (0.27%) ArcGIS
8 4 (0.27%) GeoServer
8 4 (0.27%) Oracle Spatial
9 3 (0.21%) Apache Solr
10 2 (0.14%) OpenStack
10 2 (0.14%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.069%) CMS
11 1 (0.069%) Microsoft Exchange
11 1 (0.069%) Tomcat
Applications
1 27 (1.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (1.17%) Simulink
3 15 (1.03%) Microsoft Office
4 13 (0.89%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (0.62%) Microsoft Project
6 8 (0.55%) Adobe XD
7 7 (0.48%) MS Visio
8 4 (0.27%) Mathcad
8 4 (0.27%) Windchill
9 2 (0.14%) InDesign
9 2 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.069%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.069%) CATIA
10 1 (0.069%) Houdini
10 1 (0.069%) InVision
10 1 (0.069%) NUKE
10 1 (0.069%) Sketch
10 1 (0.069%) SOLIDWORKS
10 1 (0.069%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 11 (0.75%) Primavera
2 6 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.41%) Oracle EBS
2 6 (0.41%) Workday HCM
3 5 (0.34%) Teamcenter
4 3 (0.21%) SAP ERP
4 3 (0.21%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.14%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 2 (0.14%) SAP QM
6 1 (0.069%) Oracle Cash Management
6 1 (0.069%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.069%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.069%) SAP BPC
6 1 (0.069%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.069%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.069%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.069%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 376 (25.81%) Azure
2 356 (24.43%) AWS
3 112 (7.69%) GCP
4 75 (5.15%) Microsoft 365
5 71 (4.87%) Power Platform
6 55 (3.77%) Entra ID
7 38 (2.61%) AWS CloudFormation
7 38 (2.61%) dbt
8 33 (2.26%) GitHub
9 26 (1.78%) Serverless
10 24 (1.65%) Amazon S3
10 24 (1.65%) OpenShift
11 23 (1.58%) Azure DevOps
12 20 (1.37%) Google Analytics
12 20 (1.37%) Microsoft Purview
13 19 (1.30%) Azure Sentinel
14 18 (1.24%) PowerApps
15 16 (1.10%) AWS Lambda
15 16 (1.10%) Slack
16 15 (1.03%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 45 (3.09%) Network Security
2 32 (2.20%) Firewall
3 31 (2.13%) TCP/IP
4 24 (1.65%) DNS
5 16 (1.10%) SSL
6 12 (0.82%) WAN
7 11 (0.75%) ATM
7 11 (0.75%) VPN
8 9 (0.62%) Ethernet
8 9 (0.62%) Wireless
9 8 (0.55%) DHCP
10 7 (0.48%) BGP
11 6 (0.41%) LAN
11 6 (0.41%) MPLS
12 5 (0.34%) VLAN
13 4 (0.27%) Unified Communications
14 3 (0.21%) 3GPP
14 3 (0.21%) Intrusion Detection
14 3 (0.21%) TETRA
15 2 (0.14%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (4.05%) Power BI
2 42 (2.88%) PostgreSQL
3 25 (1.72%) Data Warehouse
4 22 (1.51%) Big Data
5 18 (1.24%) Amazon Athena
5 18 (1.24%) SQL Server
6 16 (1.10%) Relational Database
6 16 (1.10%) Tableau
7 15 (1.03%) DynamoDB
8 14 (0.96%) MySQL
9 13 (0.89%) Data Lake
10 11 (0.75%) Metadata
11 9 (0.62%) Hadoop
12 6 (0.41%) Elasticsearch
12 6 (0.41%) GIS
12 6 (0.41%) MongoDB
12 6 (0.41%) NoSQL
12 6 (0.41%) Redis
13 4 (0.27%) OLAP
13 4 (0.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 62 (4.26%) Git
2 34 (2.33%) GitLab
3 26 (1.78%) Jenkins
4 24 (1.65%) JIRA
5 21 (1.44%) JUnit
5 21 (1.44%) Rational DOORS
6 16 (1.10%) Selenium
7 12 (0.82%) Mockito
8 11 (0.75%) Maven
9 9 (0.62%) Balsamiq
9 9 (0.62%) Burp Suite
9 9 (0.62%) Cucumber
9 9 (0.62%) Metasploit
9 9 (0.62%) Postman
10 7 (0.48%) Axure RP
10 7 (0.48%) Cypress.io
11 6 (0.41%) Gatling
11 6 (0.41%) LabVIEW
12 3 (0.21%) Snyk
12 3 (0.21%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 431 (29.58%) Social Skills
2 347 (23.82%) Public Sector
3 329 (22.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 281 (19.29%) Finance
5 178 (12.22%) Analytical Skills
6 159 (10.91%) Aerospace
7 147 (10.09%) Law
8 59 (4.05%) Legal
9 48 (3.29%) Military
9 48 (3.29%) Presentation Skills
10 46 (3.16%) Electronics
11 44 (3.02%) Retail
12 43 (2.95%) Organisational Skills
13 38 (2.61%) Influencing Skills
14 36 (2.47%) Manufacturing
15 27 (1.85%) Police
16 21 (1.44%) Telecoms
17 14 (0.96%) Local Government
18 13 (0.89%) Aviation
19 12 (0.82%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 277 (19.01%) Senior
2 245 (16.82%) Architect
3 138 (9.47%) Consultant
4 131 (8.99%) Lead
5 128 (8.79%) Software Engineer
6 124 (8.51%) Developer
7 115 (7.89%) Analyst
8 85 (5.83%) Solutions Architect
9 59 (4.05%) Principal Engineer
10 58 (3.98%) Security Consultant
11 54 (3.71%) DevOps Engineer
12 53 (3.64%) Senior Manager
13 52 (3.57%) Cloud Engineer
14 51 (3.50%) Data Engineer
15 47 (3.23%) Security Architect
16 45 (3.09%) Business Analyst
16 45 (3.09%) Senior Analyst
17 44 (3.02%) Senior Developer
18 39 (2.68%) Cloud Architect
19 37 (2.54%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 101 (6.93%) Terraform
2 51 (3.50%) React
3 37 (2.54%) Spring
4 34 (2.33%) .NET
5 32 (2.20%) REST
6 28 (1.92%) CSS
7 24 (1.65%) HTML
8 21 (1.44%) Node.js
9 20 (1.37%) .NET Core
9 20 (1.37%) Kafka
9 20 (1.37%) Playwright
9 20 (1.37%) PySpark
10 19 (1.30%) AngularJS
11 17 (1.17%) OAuth
12 14 (0.96%) Entity Framework
12 14 (0.96%) OAuth2
12 14 (0.96%) Spring Boot
13 13 (0.89%) JWT
13 13 (0.89%) MUnit
13 13 (0.89%) RAML
Miscellaneous
1 105 (7.21%) Cloud Native
2 52 (3.57%) Product Ownership
3 48 (3.29%) Management Information System
4 38 (2.61%) Onboarding
5 35 (2.40%) Self-Motivation
6 33 (2.26%) Blog
7 32 (2.20%) Security Posture
8 31 (2.13%) Legacy Systems
9 27 (1.85%) Driving Licence
10 23 (1.58%) Data Centre
10 23 (1.58%) Distributed Systems
11 22 (1.51%) FPGA
12 20 (1.37%) Cyber Threat
13 18 (1.24%) Security Operations Centre
14 15 (1.03%) AI Agents
14 15 (1.03%) Algorithms
14 15 (1.03%) Hybrid Cloud
14 15 (1.03%) Public Cloud
15 13 (0.89%) PKI
16 11 (0.75%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 115 (7.89%) Linux
2 92 (6.31%) Windows
3 38 (2.61%) Windows Server
4 34 (2.33%) Unix
5 12 (0.82%) Windows 10
6 6 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.27%) Kali Linux
7 4 (0.27%) Ubuntu
7 4 (0.27%) VxWorks
7 4 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.21%) Android
8 3 (0.21%) Solaris
9 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.069%) AIX
10 1 (0.069%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.069%) CentOS
10 1 (0.069%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.069%) FreeRTOS
10 1 (0.069%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 405 (27.80%) Agile
2 275 (18.87%) Continuous Improvement
3 246 (16.88%) Mentoring
4 214 (14.69%) Cybersecurity
5 212 (14.55%) Problem-Solving
6 210 (14.41%) Software Engineering
7 209 (14.34%) CI/CD
8 190 (13.04%) DevOps
8 190 (13.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 162 (11.12%) AI
10 144 (9.88%) Community of Practice
11 143 (9.81%) Stakeholder Management
12 135 (9.27%) Decision-Making
13 133 (9.13%) Coaching
14 130 (8.92%) Technology Strategy
15 128 (8.79%) Project Delivery
16 126 (8.65%) Analytics
17 119 (8.17%) Infrastructure as Code
17 119 (8.17%) Scrum
18 115 (7.89%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 170 (11.67%) Python
2 133 (9.13%) Java
3 96 (6.59%) SQL
4 89 (6.11%) JavaScript
5 51 (3.50%) C#
5 51 (3.50%) C++
6 43 (2.95%) Bash
7 37 (2.54%) PowerShell
8 27 (1.85%) TypeScript
9 23 (1.58%) MATLAB
10 21 (1.44%) C
11 19 (1.30%) Ada
12 14 (0.96%) PL/SQL
13 13 (0.89%) DataWeave
13 13 (0.89%) Kusto Query Language
14 12 (0.82%) Ruby
15 9 (0.62%) VBA
16 8 (0.55%) Go
16 8 (0.55%) Rust
17 6 (0.41%) Scala
Qualifications
1 1,457 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 294 (20.18%) DV Cleared
3 274 (18.81%) Degree
4 185 (12.70%) BPSS Clearance
5 75 (5.15%) CISSP
6 60 (4.12%) CISM
7 50 (3.43%) Computer Science Degree
8 42 (2.88%) Azure Certification
9 36 (2.47%) AWS Certification
10 30 (2.06%) Master's Degree
11 23 (1.58%) Microsoft Certification
12 20 (1.37%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 18 (1.24%) CRISC
13 18 (1.24%) PhD
14 17 (1.17%) Cisco Certification
15 16 (1.10%) CREST Certified
16 15 (1.03%) Chartered Engineer
16 15 (1.03%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
17 11 (0.75%) CHECK Team Member
17 11 (0.75%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 149 (10.23%) Accessibility
2 133 (9.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 80 (5.49%) NIST
4 59 (4.05%) NCSC
5 48 (3.29%) QA
6 36 (2.47%) Data Quality
7 35 (2.40%) GRC
8 29 (1.99%) GDPR
9 24 (1.65%) Cyber Essentials
10 22 (1.51%) PCI DSS
11 21 (1.44%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 19 (1.30%) SLA
12 19 (1.30%) WCAG
13 14 (0.96%) Actionable Recommendations
14 13 (0.89%) Def Stans
14 13 (0.89%) JSP 440
15 7 (0.48%) NIST 800
16 5 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
16 5 (0.34%) NEBOSH
16 5 (0.34%) PMO
System Software
1 92 (6.31%) Docker
2 53 (3.64%) Active Directory
3 34 (2.33%) Firmware
4 30 (2.06%) VMware Infrastructure
5 21 (1.44%) Hyper-V
6 15 (1.03%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (0.41%) Squid
7 6 (0.41%) vSphere
8 4 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.27%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.14%) Oracle RAC
9 2 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.069%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 1 (0.069%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.069%) IAG
10 1 (0.069%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.069%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 100 (6.86%) Kubernetes
2 36 (2.47%) Ansible
2 36 (2.47%) Microsoft Intune
3 16 (1.10%) Prometheus
4 15 (1.03%) Grafana
5 13 (0.89%) CloudHub
6 11 (0.75%) Argo
7 9 (0.62%) Nmap
8 7 (0.48%) Kustomize
8 7 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
9 6 (0.41%) Istio
10 5 (0.34%) Packer
10 5 (0.34%) vCenter Server
11 4 (0.27%) Progress Chef
12 3 (0.21%) Check_MK
12 3 (0.21%) Kibana
13 2 (0.14%) Graylog
13 2 (0.14%) Nagios
13 2 (0.14%) Oracle RMAN
13 2 (0.14%) SCCM
Vendors
1 209 (14.34%) Microsoft
2 58 (3.98%) Google
3 55 (3.77%) ServiceNow
4 45 (3.09%) Oracle
5 43 (2.95%) VMware
6 33 (2.26%) SAP
7 22 (1.51%) Red Hat
8 18 (1.24%) Cisco
9 17 (1.17%) Salesforce
10 16 (1.10%) OpenAI
11 15 (1.03%) MuleSoft
12 14 (0.96%) Databricks
13 13 (0.89%) Adobe
13 13 (0.89%) Veeam
14 12 (0.82%) Workday
15 11 (0.75%) CyberArk
15 11 (0.75%) Siemens
16 10 (0.69%) Okta
17 9 (0.62%) EMC
17 9 (0.62%) YouTube