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

6 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 103 54
Rank change year-on-year +67 -49 -4
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 1,199 577 1,293
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.57% 3.49% 4.30%
As % of the Qualifications category 27.00% 10.37% 15.90%
Number of salaries quoted 956 368 989
10th Percentile £46,500 £45,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,938 £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 £80,313 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £91,100 £89,040
UK median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% +5.26% -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 4,441 5,566 8,134
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.63% 33.68% 27.03%
Number of salaries quoted 3,035 2,496 5,122
10th Percentile £33,350 £29,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £46,969 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £73,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £93,500 £90,000 £85,000
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 20 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 (2.42%) SharePoint
2 19 (1.58%) Apache
3 18 (1.50%) Apache Spark
4 14 (1.17%) Apache Airflow
5 11 (0.92%) Anypoint
5 11 (0.92%) Microsoft Exchange
5 11 (0.92%) Mule
6 7 (0.58%) Jupyter
7 4 (0.33%) Camunda
7 4 (0.33%) nginx
8 3 (0.25%) Apache Solr
8 3 (0.25%) Confluence
8 3 (0.25%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 3 (0.25%) SAS
9 2 (0.17%) ArcGIS
9 2 (0.17%) GeoServer
9 2 (0.17%) OpenStack
9 2 (0.17%) Oracle Spatial
10 1 (0.083%) Appian
10 1 (0.083%) WordPress
Applications
1 17 (1.42%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (0.83%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (0.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 7 (0.58%) Adobe XD
4 4 (0.33%) Windchill
5 3 (0.25%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.17%) InVision
6 2 (0.17%) Simulink
6 2 (0.17%) Sketch
7 1 (0.083%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.083%) CATIA
7 1 (0.083%) Houdini
7 1 (0.083%) Mathcad
7 1 (0.083%) NUKE
7 1 (0.083%) Siemens NX
7 1 (0.083%) Weka
Business Applications
1 7 (0.58%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.42%) 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
1 342 (28.52%) Azure
2 302 (25.19%) AWS
3 94 (7.84%) GCP
4 75 (6.26%) Microsoft 365
5 53 (4.42%) Power Platform
6 43 (3.59%) Entra ID
7 32 (2.67%) dbt
8 24 (2.00%) GitHub
9 22 (1.83%) AWS CloudFormation
10 21 (1.75%) Serverless
11 20 (1.67%) SaaS
12 19 (1.58%) Azure DevOps
12 19 (1.58%) Microsoft Purview
13 18 (1.50%) Dynamics 365
13 18 (1.50%) PaaS
14 17 (1.42%) Amazon S3
14 17 (1.42%) Azure Sentinel
14 17 (1.42%) Google Analytics
15 15 (1.25%) Amazon EC2
15 15 (1.25%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 41 (3.42%) Network Security
2 33 (2.75%) Firewall
3 23 (1.92%) WAN
4 22 (1.83%) DNS
4 22 (1.83%) TCP/IP
5 18 (1.50%) VPN
6 14 (1.17%) LAN
6 14 (1.17%) SSL
7 12 (1.00%) BGP
7 12 (1.00%) DHCP
7 12 (1.00%) MPLS
8 10 (0.83%) ATM
9 9 (0.75%) SMTP
9 9 (0.75%) Wi-Fi
10 7 (0.58%) Intrusion Detection
10 7 (0.58%) SNMP
11 6 (0.50%) HTTP
11 6 (0.50%) Wireless
12 5 (0.42%) Cisco Firepower
13 4 (0.33%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (3.50%) Power BI
2 33 (2.75%) PostgreSQL
3 17 (1.42%) Big Data
4 15 (1.25%) Data Warehouse
5 13 (1.08%) Amazon Athena
6 12 (1.00%) Metadata
7 11 (0.92%) Redis
8 10 (0.83%) DynamoDB
9 9 (0.75%) Elasticsearch
10 7 (0.58%) MongoDB
11 6 (0.50%) Amazon RDS
11 6 (0.50%) Data Lake
11 6 (0.50%) NoSQL
11 6 (0.50%) Tableau
12 5 (0.42%) SQL Server
12 5 (0.42%) 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 (3.59%) Git
2 33 (2.75%) GitLab
3 22 (1.83%) Jenkins
4 13 (1.08%) JUnit
5 10 (0.83%) JIRA
5 10 (0.83%) Selenium
6 8 (0.67%) Mockito
7 7 (0.58%) Burp Suite
7 7 (0.58%) Maven
7 7 (0.58%) Metasploit
8 6 (0.50%) Cucumber
9 5 (0.42%) Axure RP
9 5 (0.42%) Balsamiq
10 4 (0.33%) Postman
11 3 (0.25%) Cypress.io
11 3 (0.25%) Gatling
11 3 (0.25%) Rational DOORS
12 2 (0.17%) JMeter
12 2 (0.17%) LabVIEW
12 2 (0.17%) MSTest
General
1 355 (29.61%) Social Skills
2 299 (24.94%) Public Sector
3 200 (16.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 133 (11.09%) Finance
5 124 (10.34%) Analytical Skills
6 115 (9.59%) Law
7 44 (3.67%) Legal
8 42 (3.50%) Presentation Skills
9 33 (2.75%) Aerospace
10 32 (2.67%) Telecoms
11 27 (2.25%) Retail
12 25 (2.09%) Manufacturing
13 24 (2.00%) Organisational Skills
14 15 (1.25%) Influencing Skills
14 15 (1.25%) Military
15 11 (0.92%) Aviation
16 10 (0.83%) Police
17 9 (0.75%) Automotive
17 9 (0.75%) Documentation Skills
18 7 (0.58%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 230 (19.18%) Senior
2 229 (19.10%) Architect
3 123 (10.26%) Consultant
4 109 (9.09%) Developer
5 105 (8.76%) Lead
6 100 (8.34%) Solutions Architect
7 86 (7.17%) Software Engineer
8 80 (6.67%) Analyst
9 51 (4.25%) Security Consultant
10 46 (3.84%) Cloud Engineer
10 46 (3.84%) Senior Manager
11 42 (3.50%) DevOps Engineer
11 42 (3.50%) Security Architect
12 40 (3.34%) Data Engineer
13 39 (3.25%) Java Developer
13 39 (3.25%) Senior Developer
14 38 (3.17%) Cloud Architect
15 37 (3.09%) Senior Analyst
16 33 (2.75%) Business Analyst
17 32 (2.67%) AWS Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (3.17%) REST
2 30 (2.50%) Spring
3 26 (2.17%) React
4 20 (1.67%) .NET
5 18 (1.50%) Kafka
6 15 (1.25%) Spring Boot
7 14 (1.17%) PySpark
8 13 (1.08%) CSS
8 13 (1.08%) HTML
8 13 (1.08%) Middleware
8 13 (1.08%) Playwright
9 12 (1.00%) JWT
9 12 (1.00%) OAuth
9 12 (1.00%) OAuth2
9 12 (1.00%) SOAP
10 11 (0.92%) MUnit
10 11 (0.92%) RAML
11 10 (0.83%) Lightning Web Components
11 10 (0.83%) RESTful
11 10 (0.83%) Visualforce
Miscellaneous
1 96 (8.01%) Cloud Native
2 48 (4.00%) Management Information System
2 48 (4.00%) Product Ownership
3 41 (3.42%) Onboarding
4 34 (2.84%) Security Posture
5 32 (2.67%) Data Centre
6 24 (2.00%) Driving Licence
6 24 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
7 17 (1.42%) Blog
8 16 (1.33%) PKI
8 16 (1.33%) Security Operations Centre
9 15 (1.25%) Self-Motivation
10 10 (0.83%) Distributed Systems
10 10 (0.83%) Public Cloud
11 9 (0.75%) Cyber Threat
12 8 (0.67%) Data Structures
12 8 (0.67%) Low-Code
13 7 (0.58%) AI Agents
13 7 (0.58%) Linux Command Line
13 7 (0.58%) Operational Technology
Operating Systems
1 87 (7.26%) Linux
2 76 (6.34%) Windows
3 32 (2.67%) Windows Server
4 22 (1.83%) Unix
5 10 (0.83%) Windows 10
6 5 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (0.42%) 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
1 302 (25.19%) Agile
2 193 (16.10%) Continuous Improvement
3 181 (15.10%) Cybersecurity
4 179 (14.93%) Mentoring
5 158 (13.18%) CI/CD
6 157 (13.09%) Problem-Solving
7 154 (12.84%) DevOps
8 150 (12.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 130 (10.84%) Software Engineering
10 114 (9.51%) Stakeholder Management
11 112 (9.34%) Community of Practice
12 101 (8.42%) Technology Strategy
13 97 (8.09%) Infrastructure as Code
14 88 (7.34%) AI
15 86 (7.17%) Project Delivery
16 85 (7.09%) Decision-Making
16 85 (7.09%) Risk Management
16 85 (7.09%) Technical Leadership
17 84 (7.01%) Analytics
17 84 (7.01%) Cloud Security
Programming Languages
1 146 (12.18%) Python
2 118 (9.84%) Java
3 73 (6.09%) SQL
4 65 (5.42%) JavaScript
5 38 (3.17%) C++
6 31 (2.59%) Bash
7 30 (2.50%) PowerShell
8 28 (2.34%) C#
9 22 (1.83%) TypeScript
10 15 (1.25%) C
11 11 (0.92%) DataWeave
11 11 (0.92%) Rust
12 10 (0.83%) Apex Code
13 9 (0.75%) Ada
14 7 (0.58%) PL/SQL
14 7 (0.58%) VBA
15 6 (0.50%) Kusto Query Language
15 6 (0.50%) Ruby
15 6 (0.50%) Scala
16 5 (0.42%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 1,199 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 204 (17.01%) Degree
3 177 (14.76%) DV Cleared
4 77 (6.42%) BPSS Clearance
5 65 (5.42%) CISSP
6 52 (4.34%) CISM
7 42 (3.50%) Computer Science Degree
8 33 (2.75%) Azure Certification
9 30 (2.50%) Microsoft Certification
10 19 (1.58%) AWS Certification
11 17 (1.42%) CRISC
12 14 (1.17%) Cisco Certification
12 14 (1.17%) CREST Certified
12 14 (1.17%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
12 14 (1.17%) Master's Degree
13 13 (1.08%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 12 (1.00%) TOGAF Certification
15 8 (0.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 8 (0.67%) PMI Certification
16 7 (0.58%) GSEC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 118 (9.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 65 (5.42%) NIST
3 43 (3.59%) NCSC
4 40 (3.34%) QA
5 38 (3.17%) Accessibility
6 35 (2.92%) GDPR
7 27 (2.25%) GRC
8 26 (2.17%) Cyber Essentials
9 23 (1.92%) Data Quality
10 20 (1.67%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 20 (1.67%) PCI DSS
11 19 (1.58%) SLA
12 13 (1.08%) JSP 440
12 13 (1.08%) WCAG
13 11 (0.92%) Actionable Recommendations
14 10 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 10 (0.83%) Def Stans
15 7 (0.58%) Government Security Classifications
16 5 (0.42%) NEBOSH
16 5 (0.42%) NIST 800
System Software
1 65 (5.42%) Docker
2 46 (3.84%) Active Directory
3 25 (2.09%) Hyper-V
4 22 (1.83%) VMware Infrastructure
5 11 (0.92%) Firmware
6 10 (0.83%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (0.50%) VMware NSX
7 6 (0.50%) vSphere
8 5 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
9 4 (0.33%) 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 83 (6.92%) Terraform
2 74 (6.17%) Kubernetes
3 36 (3.00%) Microsoft Intune
4 35 (2.92%) Ansible
5 19 (1.58%) Prometheus
6 17 (1.42%) Grafana
7 11 (0.92%) CloudHub
8 10 (0.83%) Argo
9 7 (0.58%) Nmap
10 6 (0.50%) Kustomize
10 6 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
11 5 (0.42%) AWS Copilot
11 5 (0.42%) Endace
11 5 (0.42%) Istio
11 5 (0.42%) Progress Chef
11 5 (0.42%) Puppet
11 5 (0.42%) vCenter Server
12 4 (0.33%) Kibana
12 4 (0.33%) Packer
13 3 (0.25%) Check_MK
Vendors
1 182 (15.18%) Microsoft
2 50 (4.17%) Google
3 35 (2.92%) Oracle
4 34 (2.84%) ServiceNow
5 32 (2.67%) VMware
6 27 (2.25%) Cisco
7 25 (2.09%) Salesforce
8 22 (1.83%) MuleSoft
8 22 (1.83%) SAP
9 18 (1.50%) Red Hat
10 16 (1.33%) OpenAI
11 13 (1.08%) CyberArk
12 9 (0.75%) Databricks
13 8 (0.67%) Adobe
14 7 (0.58%) Splunk
15 6 (0.50%) F5
15 6 (0.50%) Juniper
15 6 (0.50%) Meraki
16 5 (0.42%) Fortinet
16 5 (0.42%) Informatica