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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 76 49
Rank change year-on-year +45 -27 -7
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 1,545 740 1,082
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.21% 4.41% 4.94%
As % of the Qualifications category 30.05% 11.63% 17.72%
Number of salaries quoted 1,037 436 680
10th Percentile £46,250 £42,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £56,250 £48,750 £49,944
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 £79,225
90th Percentile £98,750 £90,000 £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 5,142 6,362 6,105
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.66% 37.95% 27.89%
Number of salaries quoted 3,181 2,260 2,768
10th Percentile £32,750 £31,000 £34,404
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £45,393
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -0.86%

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 6 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 30 (1.94%) Apache Spark
2 23 (1.49%) Apache
2 23 (1.49%) SharePoint
3 13 (0.84%) Anypoint
3 13 (0.84%) Confluence
3 13 (0.84%) Mule
4 11 (0.71%) Apache Airflow
5 10 (0.65%) Oracle Workflow
6 9 (0.58%) Jupyter
6 9 (0.58%) nginx
6 9 (0.58%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 8 (0.52%) Camunda
8 5 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
8 5 (0.32%) WebLogic
9 3 (0.19%) Apache Solr
9 3 (0.19%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.19%) GeoServer
9 3 (0.19%) Oracle Spatial
10 2 (0.13%) WebLogic Portal
11 1 (0.065%) Site Server
Applications
1 30 (1.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (1.36%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (1.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 17 (1.10%) Simulink
4 14 (0.91%) 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 (0.71%) Primavera
2 9 (0.58%) Oracle EBS
3 8 (0.52%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (0.45%) Workday HCM
5 5 (0.32%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 5 (0.32%) SAP PSCD
5 5 (0.32%) Teamcenter
6 3 (0.19%) SAP ERP
6 3 (0.19%) 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%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
8 1 (0.065%) Maximo
8 1 (0.065%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.065%) SAP EWM
8 1 (0.065%) SAP GRC
8 1 (0.065%) SAP HCM
8 1 (0.065%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 381 (24.66%) Azure
2 362 (23.43%) AWS
3 111 (7.18%) GCP
4 76 (4.92%) Microsoft 365
5 71 (4.60%) Power Platform
6 68 (4.40%) Entra ID
7 42 (2.72%) GitHub
8 39 (2.52%) Serverless
9 38 (2.46%) AWS CloudFormation
9 38 (2.46%) dbt
10 35 (2.27%) Amazon S3
11 34 (2.20%) Azure DevOps
12 24 (1.55%) AWS Lambda
13 23 (1.49%) OpenShift
14 22 (1.42%) Azure Monitor
14 22 (1.42%) Microsoft Purview
15 19 (1.23%) Amazon EC2
16 17 (1.10%) SaaS
17 16 (1.04%) GitHub Actions
17 16 (1.04%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 46 (2.98%) Network Security
2 33 (2.14%) Firewall
3 29 (1.88%) TCP/IP
4 25 (1.62%) DNS
5 16 (1.04%) SSL
6 13 (0.84%) VPN
7 11 (0.71%) Wireless
8 10 (0.65%) ATM
8 10 (0.65%) WAN
9 9 (0.58%) Ethernet
10 7 (0.45%) DHCP
10 7 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (0.32%) Unified Communications
11 5 (0.32%) VLAN
12 4 (0.26%) BGP
12 4 (0.26%) Internet
12 4 (0.26%) LAN
12 4 (0.26%) SAN
13 3 (0.19%) 3GPP
13 3 (0.19%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (3.82%) Power BI
2 45 (2.91%) PostgreSQL
3 28 (1.81%) Data Warehouse
4 24 (1.55%) Big Data
5 23 (1.49%) Amazon Athena
6 19 (1.23%) SQL Server
7 18 (1.17%) Data Lake
7 18 (1.17%) Metadata
7 18 (1.17%) Relational Database
8 17 (1.10%) Tableau
9 14 (0.91%) DynamoDB
9 14 (0.91%) MySQL
10 10 (0.65%) Hadoop
11 9 (0.58%) Amazon RDS
11 9 (0.58%) Amazon Redshift
12 8 (0.52%) NoSQL
13 7 (0.45%) Redis
14 6 (0.39%) Azure SQL Database
14 6 (0.39%) Elasticsearch
14 6 (0.39%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 65 (4.21%) Git
2 35 (2.27%) GitLab
3 29 (1.88%) JIRA
4 26 (1.68%) Jenkins
5 25 (1.62%) JUnit
6 22 (1.42%) Rational DOORS
7 16 (1.04%) Mockito
8 14 (0.91%) Selenium
9 11 (0.71%) Burp Suite
9 11 (0.71%) Metasploit
10 10 (0.65%) Maven
11 9 (0.58%) Cucumber
11 9 (0.58%) Postman
12 8 (0.52%) Balsamiq
13 7 (0.45%) Cypress.io
14 6 (0.39%) Axure RP
14 6 (0.39%) Gatling
14 6 (0.39%) LabVIEW
15 3 (0.19%) Snyk
15 3 (0.19%) Visual Studio
General
1 440 (28.48%) Social Skills
2 363 (23.50%) Public Sector
3 339 (21.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 303 (19.61%) Finance
5 187 (12.10%) Analytical Skills
6 164 (10.61%) Aerospace
7 137 (8.87%) Law
8 59 (3.82%) Legal
9 52 (3.37%) Presentation Skills
10 51 (3.30%) Electronics
11 50 (3.24%) Military
12 49 (3.17%) Retail
13 44 (2.85%) Influencing Skills
14 42 (2.72%) Police
15 41 (2.65%) Organisational Skills
16 33 (2.14%) Manufacturing
17 21 (1.36%) Telecoms
18 14 (0.91%) Local Government
19 12 (0.78%) Aviation
20 10 (0.65%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 313 (20.26%) Senior
2 245 (15.86%) Architect
3 146 (9.45%) Software Engineer
4 139 (9.00%) Lead
5 128 (8.28%) Consultant
6 116 (7.51%) Developer
7 109 (7.06%) Analyst
8 86 (5.57%) Solutions Architect
9 78 (5.05%) Principal Engineer
10 76 (4.92%) Data Engineer
11 68 (4.40%) Senior Manager
12 54 (3.50%) DevOps Engineer
13 51 (3.30%) Security Consultant
14 46 (2.98%) Cloud Engineer
15 45 (2.91%) Principal Software Engineer
16 44 (2.85%) Java Engineer
17 42 (2.72%) Security Architect
18 40 (2.59%) Cloud Architect
18 40 (2.59%) Senior Developer
19 39 (2.52%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 114 (7.38%) Terraform
2 50 (3.24%) React
3 41 (2.65%) REST
4 37 (2.39%) Spring
5 35 (2.27%) .NET
6 27 (1.75%) CSS
7 25 (1.62%) PySpark
8 23 (1.49%) HTML
9 22 (1.42%) Kafka
9 22 (1.42%) Node.js
10 20 (1.29%) .NET Core
10 20 (1.29%) Playwright
11 19 (1.23%) OAuth
12 18 (1.17%) JSON
12 18 (1.17%) Spring Boot
13 16 (1.04%) AngularJS
13 16 (1.04%) JWT
13 16 (1.04%) OAuth2
14 14 (0.91%) Entity Framework
15 13 (0.84%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 112 (7.25%) Cloud Native
2 60 (3.88%) Management Information System
3 51 (3.30%) Product Ownership
4 42 (2.72%) Onboarding
5 36 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
6 32 (2.07%) Data Centre
6 32 (2.07%) Security Posture
7 29 (1.88%) Driving Licence
8 28 (1.81%) Legacy Systems
9 25 (1.62%) Blog
9 25 (1.62%) Distributed Systems
10 22 (1.42%) FPGA
11 17 (1.10%) Cyber Threat
11 17 (1.10%) Public Cloud
12 16 (1.04%) Enterprise Software
13 15 (0.97%) Algorithms
14 14 (0.91%) AI Agents
14 14 (0.91%) Hybrid Cloud
14 14 (0.91%) Security Operations Centre
15 11 (0.71%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 107 (6.93%) Linux
2 96 (6.21%) Windows
3 43 (2.78%) Windows Server
4 30 (1.94%) Unix
5 14 (0.91%) Windows 10
6 5 (0.32%) VxWorks
7 4 (0.26%) Kali Linux
7 4 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.19%) Android
8 3 (0.19%) Solaris
8 3 (0.19%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.19%) 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
1 427 (27.64%) Agile
2 307 (19.87%) Continuous Improvement
3 267 (17.28%) Mentoring
4 244 (15.79%) Software Engineering
5 230 (14.89%) CI/CD
5 230 (14.89%) Problem-Solving
6 226 (14.63%) Cybersecurity
7 205 (13.27%) AI
8 204 (13.20%) DevOps
9 197 (12.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 176 (11.39%) Stakeholder Management
11 169 (10.94%) Analytics
12 161 (10.42%) Decision-Making
13 156 (10.10%) Coaching
14 144 (9.32%) Technical Leadership
15 143 (9.26%) Community of Practice
16 135 (8.74%) Infrastructure as Code
17 130 (8.41%) Technology Strategy
18 121 (7.83%) Project Delivery
19 118 (7.64%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 184 (11.91%) Python
2 138 (8.93%) Java
3 117 (7.57%) SQL
4 90 (5.83%) JavaScript
5 54 (3.50%) C#
6 50 (3.24%) C++
7 44 (2.85%) Bash
8 36 (2.33%) PowerShell
9 27 (1.75%) TypeScript
10 23 (1.49%) MATLAB
11 19 (1.23%) Ada
11 19 (1.23%) C
12 16 (1.04%) Kusto Query Language
13 15 (0.97%) Bicep
13 15 (0.97%) PL/SQL
14 13 (0.84%) DataWeave
15 12 (0.78%) Ruby
16 9 (0.58%) Go
17 7 (0.45%) Rust
17 7 (0.45%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1,545 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 273 (17.67%) DV Cleared
3 261 (16.89%) Degree
4 182 (11.78%) BPSS Clearance
5 66 (4.27%) CISSP
6 52 (3.37%) CISM
7 49 (3.17%) Azure Certification
8 41 (2.65%) Computer Science Degree
9 40 (2.59%) AWS Certification
10 27 (1.75%) Master's Degree
11 20 (1.29%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 20 (1.29%) Microsoft Certification
12 18 (1.17%) Chartered Engineer
12 18 (1.17%) PhD
13 17 (1.10%) TOGAF Certification
14 16 (1.04%) Cisco Certification
15 15 (0.97%) CHECK Team Member
15 15 (0.97%) CRISC
16 14 (0.91%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
17 13 (0.84%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 157 (10.16%) Accessibility
2 125 (8.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 75 (4.85%) NIST
4 60 (3.88%) NCSC
5 47 (3.04%) Data Quality
5 47 (3.04%) QA
6 33 (2.14%) GDPR
7 29 (1.88%) GRC
8 26 (1.68%) Cyber Essentials
9 22 (1.42%) SLA
10 19 (1.23%) PCI DSS
11 17 (1.10%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 17 (1.10%) WCAG
12 15 (0.97%) Def Stans
13 14 (0.91%) Actionable Recommendations
14 10 (0.65%) JSP 440
15 7 (0.45%) NIST 800
16 6 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 5 (0.32%) NEBOSH
17 5 (0.32%) PMO
System Software
1 96 (6.21%) Docker
2 50 (3.24%) Active Directory
3 33 (2.14%) VMware Infrastructure
4 32 (2.07%) Firmware
5 21 (1.36%) Hyper-V
6 15 (0.97%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (0.39%) Squid
7 6 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
7 6 (0.39%) vSphere
8 5 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
9 3 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 2 (0.13%) VMware NSX
11 1 (0.065%) IAG
11 1 (0.065%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 104 (6.73%) Kubernetes
2 39 (2.52%) Microsoft Intune
3 26 (1.68%) Grafana
4 25 (1.62%) Ansible
5 15 (0.97%) Prometheus
6 13 (0.84%) CloudHub
7 12 (0.78%) Argo
8 11 (0.71%) Nmap
9 8 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
10 7 (0.45%) Kustomize
11 6 (0.39%) Istio
12 5 (0.32%) Packer
13 3 (0.19%) Kibana
13 3 (0.19%) Oracle RMAN
13 3 (0.19%) Progress Chef
13 3 (0.19%) SCCM
13 3 (0.19%) vCenter Server
14 2 (0.13%) CASB
14 2 (0.13%) Graylog
14 2 (0.13%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 231 (14.95%) Microsoft
2 66 (4.27%) ServiceNow
3 58 (3.75%) Oracle
4 52 (3.37%) Google
5 46 (2.98%) SAP
6 44 (2.85%) VMware
7 22 (1.42%) YouTube
8 21 (1.36%) Salesforce
8 21 (1.36%) Workday
9 20 (1.29%) Databricks
10 19 (1.23%) Cisco
11 18 (1.17%) Red Hat
12 16 (1.04%) OpenAI
12 16 (1.04%) Thales
13 15 (0.97%) MuleSoft
13 15 (0.97%) Veeam
14 14 (0.91%) Dynatrace
15 13 (0.84%) CyberArk
16 12 (0.78%) Adobe
17 11 (0.71%) Siemens