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 9 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 79 49
Rank change year-on-year +46 -30 -6
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 1,530 740 1,068
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.17% 4.41% 4.93%
As % of the Qualifications category 30.00% 11.65% 17.76%
Number of salaries quoted 1,027 437 677
10th Percentile £46,250 £42,000 £40,450
25th Percentile £56,250 £48,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.83% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £79,600
90th Percentile £98,750 £89,000 £91,250
UK median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% - -

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 5,100 6,350 6,014
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.58% 37.82% 27.75%
Number of salaries quoted 3,141 2,261 2,762
10th Percentile £32,750 £30,956 £34,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,813
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -

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 9 October 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 (1.83%) Apache Spark
2 22 (1.44%) Apache
2 22 (1.44%) SharePoint
3 13 (0.85%) Anypoint
3 13 (0.85%) Confluence
3 13 (0.85%) Mule
4 10 (0.65%) Apache Airflow
4 10 (0.65%) Oracle Workflow
5 9 (0.59%) Jupyter
5 9 (0.59%) nginx
5 9 (0.59%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 8 (0.52%) Camunda
7 7 (0.46%) WebLogic
8 5 (0.33%) Microsoft Exchange
9 4 (0.26%) ArcGIS
9 4 (0.26%) GeoServer
9 4 (0.26%) Oracle Spatial
10 2 (0.13%) Apache Solr
10 2 (0.13%) WebLogic Portal
11 1 (0.065%) WordPress
Applications
1 29 (1.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (1.37%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (1.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 17 (1.11%) Simulink
4 14 (0.92%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (0.39%) Adobe XD
5 6 (0.39%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.26%) Mathcad
6 4 (0.26%) Windchill
7 2 (0.13%) InDesign
7 2 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.065%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.065%) Houdini
8 1 (0.065%) NUKE
8 1 (0.065%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.065%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 11 (0.72%) Primavera
2 9 (0.59%) Oracle EBS
3 8 (0.52%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.46%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (0.46%) Workday HCM
5 5 (0.33%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 5 (0.33%) SAP PSCD
5 5 (0.33%) Teamcenter
6 3 (0.20%) SAP ERP
6 3 (0.20%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 2 (0.13%) Oracle Applications
7 2 (0.13%) Oracle EBS R12
7 2 (0.13%) SAP QM
8 1 (0.065%) Maximo
8 1 (0.065%) Oracle Cash Management
8 1 (0.065%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.065%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
8 1 (0.065%) SAP BPC
8 1 (0.065%) SAP EWM
8 1 (0.065%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 376 (24.58%) Azure
2 360 (23.53%) AWS
3 108 (7.06%) GCP
4 75 (4.90%) Microsoft 365
5 69 (4.51%) Power Platform
6 68 (4.44%) Entra ID
7 43 (2.81%) GitHub
8 38 (2.48%) AWS CloudFormation
8 38 (2.48%) dbt
9 37 (2.42%) Serverless
10 34 (2.22%) Amazon S3
11 33 (2.16%) Azure DevOps
12 24 (1.57%) OpenShift
13 23 (1.50%) AWS Lambda
14 22 (1.44%) Microsoft Purview
15 21 (1.37%) Azure Monitor
16 19 (1.24%) Amazon EC2
17 17 (1.11%) GitHub Actions
17 17 (1.11%) SaaS
18 16 (1.05%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 44 (2.88%) Network Security
2 35 (2.29%) Firewall
3 29 (1.90%) TCP/IP
4 25 (1.63%) DNS
5 16 (1.05%) SSL
6 11 (0.72%) VPN
6 11 (0.72%) Wireless
7 10 (0.65%) ATM
8 9 (0.59%) Ethernet
9 8 (0.52%) WAN
10 7 (0.46%) DHCP
10 7 (0.46%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (0.39%) SAN
12 5 (0.33%) NAS
12 5 (0.33%) Unified Communications
12 5 (0.33%) VLAN
13 4 (0.26%) Internet
13 4 (0.26%) LAN
14 3 (0.20%) 3GPP
14 3 (0.20%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (3.73%) Power BI
2 46 (3.01%) PostgreSQL
3 28 (1.83%) Data Warehouse
4 24 (1.57%) Big Data
5 23 (1.50%) Amazon Athena
6 20 (1.31%) SQL Server
7 18 (1.18%) Data Lake
7 18 (1.18%) Metadata
8 17 (1.11%) Relational Database
8 17 (1.11%) Tableau
9 14 (0.92%) DynamoDB
9 14 (0.92%) MySQL
10 10 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
10 10 (0.65%) Hadoop
11 9 (0.59%) Amazon Redshift
12 8 (0.52%) NoSQL
13 6 (0.39%) Azure SQL Database
13 6 (0.39%) GIS
13 6 (0.39%) Parquet
13 6 (0.39%) Redis
Development Applications
1 65 (4.25%) Git
2 34 (2.22%) GitLab
3 29 (1.90%) JIRA
4 27 (1.76%) JUnit
5 25 (1.63%) Jenkins
6 22 (1.44%) Rational DOORS
7 18 (1.18%) Mockito
8 13 (0.85%) Selenium
9 12 (0.78%) Burp Suite
9 12 (0.78%) Metasploit
10 10 (0.65%) Maven
11 9 (0.59%) Cucumber
11 9 (0.59%) Postman
12 8 (0.52%) Balsamiq
13 7 (0.46%) Cypress.io
14 6 (0.39%) Axure RP
14 6 (0.39%) Gatling
14 6 (0.39%) LabVIEW
15 3 (0.20%) CMake
15 3 (0.20%) Snyk
General
1 434 (28.37%) Social Skills
2 354 (23.14%) Public Sector
3 338 (22.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 299 (19.54%) Finance
5 190 (12.42%) Analytical Skills
6 165 (10.78%) Aerospace
7 136 (8.89%) Law
8 57 (3.73%) Legal
9 53 (3.46%) Electronics
10 52 (3.40%) Presentation Skills
11 51 (3.33%) Retail
12 50 (3.27%) Military
13 43 (2.81%) Influencing Skills
14 42 (2.75%) Police
15 40 (2.61%) Organisational Skills
16 34 (2.22%) Manufacturing
17 18 (1.18%) Telecoms
18 14 (0.92%) Local Government
19 11 (0.72%) Aviation
19 11 (0.72%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 313 (20.46%) Senior
2 238 (15.56%) Architect
3 143 (9.35%) Software Engineer
4 140 (9.15%) Lead
5 126 (8.24%) Consultant
6 113 (7.39%) Developer
7 107 (6.99%) Analyst
8 81 (5.29%) Solutions Architect
9 78 (5.10%) Principal Engineer
10 75 (4.90%) Data Engineer
11 68 (4.44%) Senior Manager
12 56 (3.66%) DevOps Engineer
13 51 (3.33%) Security Consultant
14 45 (2.94%) Java Engineer
14 45 (2.94%) Principal Software Engineer
15 43 (2.81%) Cloud Engineer
16 40 (2.61%) Business Analyst
16 40 (2.61%) Security Architect
17 39 (2.55%) Senior Developer
18 36 (2.35%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 113 (7.39%) Terraform
2 50 (3.27%) React
3 44 (2.88%) REST
4 38 (2.48%) Spring
5 34 (2.22%) .NET
6 27 (1.76%) CSS
7 25 (1.63%) PySpark
8 24 (1.57%) HTML
9 23 (1.50%) Kafka
10 22 (1.44%) Node.js
11 20 (1.31%) .NET Core
11 20 (1.31%) Spring Boot
12 19 (1.24%) OAuth
12 19 (1.24%) Playwright
13 18 (1.18%) JSON
14 16 (1.05%) AngularJS
14 16 (1.05%) JWT
14 16 (1.05%) OAuth2
15 14 (0.92%) Entity Framework
16 13 (0.85%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 114 (7.45%) Cloud Native
2 59 (3.86%) Management Information System
3 51 (3.33%) Product Ownership
4 39 (2.55%) Onboarding
5 36 (2.35%) Self-Motivation
6 32 (2.09%) Driving Licence
7 31 (2.03%) Security Posture
8 29 (1.90%) Data Centre
8 29 (1.90%) Legacy Systems
9 25 (1.63%) Blog
9 25 (1.63%) Distributed Systems
10 22 (1.44%) FPGA
11 17 (1.11%) Enterprise Software
11 17 (1.11%) Public Cloud
12 15 (0.98%) AI Agents
12 15 (0.98%) Algorithms
12 15 (0.98%) Cyber Threat
13 14 (0.92%) Hybrid Cloud
13 14 (0.92%) Security Operations Centre
14 11 (0.72%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 106 (6.93%) Linux
2 95 (6.21%) Windows
3 43 (2.81%) Windows Server
4 29 (1.90%) Unix
5 14 (0.92%) Windows 10
6 5 (0.33%) VxWorks
7 4 (0.26%) Kali Linux
7 4 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.26%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.20%) Android
8 3 (0.20%) Solaris
8 3 (0.20%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.13%) AIX
9 2 (0.13%) FreeRTOS
9 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.065%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.065%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 429 (28.04%) Agile
2 302 (19.74%) Continuous Improvement
3 271 (17.71%) Mentoring
4 242 (15.82%) Software Engineering
5 234 (15.29%) Problem-Solving
6 232 (15.16%) CI/CD
7 224 (14.64%) Cybersecurity
8 206 (13.46%) AI
9 204 (13.33%) DevOps
10 197 (12.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 178 (11.63%) Stakeholder Management
12 166 (10.85%) Analytics
13 158 (10.33%) Coaching
13 158 (10.33%) Decision-Making
14 147 (9.61%) Technical Leadership
15 142 (9.28%) Community of Practice
16 135 (8.82%) Infrastructure as Code
17 128 (8.37%) Technology Strategy
18 123 (8.04%) Project Delivery
19 122 (7.97%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 182 (11.90%) Python
2 135 (8.82%) Java
3 116 (7.58%) SQL
4 90 (5.88%) JavaScript
5 52 (3.40%) C#
6 50 (3.27%) C++
7 44 (2.88%) Bash
8 36 (2.35%) PowerShell
9 27 (1.76%) TypeScript
10 23 (1.50%) MATLAB
11 19 (1.24%) Ada
11 19 (1.24%) C
12 15 (0.98%) Bicep
12 15 (0.98%) Kusto Query Language
12 15 (0.98%) PL/SQL
13 13 (0.85%) DataWeave
14 12 (0.78%) Ruby
15 9 (0.59%) Go
16 7 (0.46%) Rust
17 6 (0.39%) Scala
Qualifications
1 1,530 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 267 (17.45%) DV Cleared
3 258 (16.86%) Degree
4 181 (11.83%) BPSS Clearance
5 67 (4.38%) CISSP
6 53 (3.46%) CISM
7 50 (3.27%) Azure Certification
8 39 (2.55%) AWS Certification
8 39 (2.55%) Computer Science Degree
9 26 (1.70%) Master's Degree
10 20 (1.31%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 20 (1.31%) Microsoft Certification
11 18 (1.18%) Chartered Engineer
11 18 (1.18%) PhD
12 16 (1.05%) Cisco Certification
12 16 (1.05%) TOGAF Certification
13 15 (0.98%) CHECK Team Member
13 15 (0.98%) CRISC
14 14 (0.92%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 13 (0.85%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 157 (10.26%) Accessibility
2 124 (8.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 75 (4.90%) NIST
4 61 (3.99%) NCSC
5 47 (3.07%) Data Quality
6 45 (2.94%) QA
7 33 (2.16%) GDPR
8 29 (1.90%) GRC
9 26 (1.70%) Cyber Essentials
10 22 (1.44%) SLA
11 18 (1.18%) PCI DSS
12 17 (1.11%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 16 (1.05%) WCAG
14 15 (0.98%) Actionable Recommendations
14 15 (0.98%) Def Stans
15 10 (0.65%) JSP 440
16 8 (0.52%) NIST 800
17 6 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
18 5 (0.33%) NEBOSH
18 5 (0.33%) PMO
System Software
1 98 (6.41%) Docker
2 49 (3.20%) Active Directory
3 32 (2.09%) Firmware
4 31 (2.03%) VMware Infrastructure
5 23 (1.50%) Hyper-V
6 13 (0.85%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (0.39%) Squid
7 6 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
8 5 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
9 4 (0.26%) vSphere
10 3 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
11 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
12 1 (0.065%) IAG
12 1 (0.065%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 108 (7.06%) Kubernetes
2 37 (2.42%) Microsoft Intune
3 27 (1.76%) Grafana
4 24 (1.57%) Ansible
5 16 (1.05%) Prometheus
6 13 (0.85%) Argo
6 13 (0.85%) CloudHub
7 12 (0.78%) Nmap
8 8 (0.52%) Kustomize
8 8 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
9 7 (0.46%) Istio
10 5 (0.33%) Packer
10 5 (0.33%) SCCM
11 3 (0.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 3 (0.20%) Kibana
11 3 (0.20%) Oracle RMAN
11 3 (0.20%) Progress Chef
12 2 (0.13%) CASB
12 2 (0.13%) Graylog
12 2 (0.13%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 224 (14.64%) Microsoft
2 66 (4.31%) ServiceNow
3 60 (3.92%) Oracle
4 51 (3.33%) Google
5 46 (3.01%) SAP
6 42 (2.75%) VMware
7 23 (1.50%) YouTube
8 21 (1.37%) Cisco
8 21 (1.37%) Salesforce
8 21 (1.37%) Workday
9 20 (1.31%) Databricks
9 20 (1.31%) Red Hat
10 17 (1.11%) Thales
11 16 (1.05%) OpenAI
12 15 (0.98%) MuleSoft
12 15 (0.98%) Veeam
13 14 (0.92%) Dynatrace
14 13 (0.85%) CyberArk
15 12 (0.78%) Adobe
16 11 (0.72%) Siemens