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

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 75 49
Rank change year-on-year +42 -26 -6
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 1,532 740 1,066
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.16% 4.44% 4.92%
As % of the Qualifications category 29.94% 11.79% 17.80%
Number of salaries quoted 1,025 437 673
10th Percentile £46,250 £41,958 £40,000
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 £79,225
90th Percentile £98,750 £88,333 £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 5,117 6,275 5,990
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.59% 37.63% 27.67%
Number of salaries quoted 3,150 2,262 2,744
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 £76,250
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% -0.04%

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 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
6 8 (0.52%) WebLogic
7 5 (0.33%) Microsoft Exchange
8 4 (0.26%) ArcGIS
8 4 (0.26%) GeoServer
8 4 (0.26%) Oracle Spatial
9 2 (0.13%) Apache Solr
9 2 (0.13%) WebLogic Portal
10 1 (0.065%) WordPress
Applications
1 29 (1.89%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (1.37%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (1.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 17 (1.11%) 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 (0.72%) 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%) 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
1 383 (25.00%) Azure
2 359 (23.43%) AWS
3 108 (7.05%) GCP
4 76 (4.96%) Microsoft 365
5 70 (4.57%) Entra ID
6 69 (4.50%) Power Platform
7 45 (2.94%) GitHub
8 38 (2.48%) AWS CloudFormation
8 38 (2.48%) dbt
8 38 (2.48%) Serverless
9 34 (2.22%) Amazon S3
10 33 (2.15%) Azure DevOps
11 25 (1.63%) OpenShift
12 23 (1.50%) AWS Lambda
13 22 (1.44%) Microsoft Purview
14 21 (1.37%) Azure Monitor
15 19 (1.24%) Amazon EC2
16 18 (1.17%) SaaS
17 17 (1.11%) GitHub Actions
18 16 (1.04%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 44 (2.87%) Network Security
2 36 (2.35%) Firewall
3 29 (1.89%) TCP/IP
4 26 (1.70%) DNS
5 16 (1.04%) SSL
6 11 (0.72%) VPN
6 11 (0.72%) Wireless
7 10 (0.65%) ATM
8 9 (0.59%) Ethernet
8 9 (0.59%) WAN
9 8 (0.52%) DHCP
10 7 (0.46%) SAN
10 7 (0.46%) Wi-Fi
11 6 (0.39%) NAS
12 5 (0.33%) LAN
12 5 (0.33%) Unified Communications
12 5 (0.33%) VLAN
13 4 (0.26%) Internet
14 3 (0.20%) 3GPP
14 3 (0.20%) TETRA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (3.72%) Power BI
2 47 (3.07%) 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 (1.17%) Data Lake
7 18 (1.17%) Metadata
8 17 (1.11%) Relational Database
8 17 (1.11%) Tableau
9 14 (0.91%) DynamoDB
9 14 (0.91%) MySQL
10 10 (0.65%) Amazon RDS
10 10 (0.65%) Hadoop
11 9 (0.59%) Amazon Redshift
12 8 (0.52%) Azure SQL Database
12 8 (0.52%) NoSQL
13 6 (0.39%) GIS
13 6 (0.39%) Parquet
13 6 (0.39%) Redis
Development Applications
1 65 (4.24%) Git
2 34 (2.22%) GitLab
3 29 (1.89%) JIRA
4 28 (1.83%) JUnit
5 25 (1.63%) Jenkins
6 22 (1.44%) Rational DOORS
7 19 (1.24%) 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%) Snyk
15 3 (0.20%) Visual Studio
General
1 442 (28.85%) Social Skills
2 348 (22.72%) Public Sector
3 335 (21.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 296 (19.32%) Finance
5 192 (12.53%) Analytical Skills
6 166 (10.84%) Aerospace
7 132 (8.62%) Law
8 57 (3.72%) Legal
9 53 (3.46%) Electronics
10 52 (3.39%) Presentation Skills
11 50 (3.26%) Military
11 50 (3.26%) Retail
12 45 (2.94%) Influencing Skills
13 41 (2.68%) Police
14 39 (2.55%) Organisational Skills
15 35 (2.28%) Manufacturing
16 18 (1.17%) Telecoms
17 14 (0.91%) Local Government
18 11 (0.72%) Aviation
18 11 (0.72%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 310 (20.23%) Senior
2 243 (15.86%) Architect
3 141 (9.20%) Lead
3 141 (9.20%) Software Engineer
4 128 (8.36%) Consultant
5 114 (7.44%) Developer
6 106 (6.92%) Analyst
7 81 (5.29%) Solutions Architect
8 77 (5.03%) Principal Engineer
9 76 (4.96%) Data Engineer
10 64 (4.18%) Senior Manager
11 55 (3.59%) DevOps Engineer
12 52 (3.39%) Security Consultant
13 46 (3.00%) Java Engineer
14 45 (2.94%) Principal Software Engineer
15 41 (2.68%) Cloud Engineer
15 41 (2.68%) Senior Developer
16 40 (2.61%) Security Architect
17 39 (2.55%) Business Analyst
17 39 (2.55%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 113 (7.38%) Terraform
2 49 (3.20%) React
3 45 (2.94%) REST
4 40 (2.61%) .NET
5 39 (2.55%) Spring
6 27 (1.76%) CSS
7 25 (1.63%) PySpark
8 24 (1.57%) HTML
8 24 (1.57%) Kafka
9 22 (1.44%) Node.js
10 21 (1.37%) Spring Boot
11 20 (1.31%) .NET Core
12 19 (1.24%) OAuth
12 19 (1.24%) Playwright
13 18 (1.17%) JSON
14 16 (1.04%) AngularJS
14 16 (1.04%) JWT
14 16 (1.04%) OAuth2
15 15 (0.98%) RESTful
16 14 (0.91%) Entity Framework
Miscellaneous
1 116 (7.57%) Cloud Native
2 58 (3.79%) Management Information System
3 50 (3.26%) Product Ownership
4 39 (2.55%) Onboarding
5 36 (2.35%) Self-Motivation
6 33 (2.15%) Driving Licence
7 31 (2.02%) Security Posture
8 29 (1.89%) Data Centre
9 28 (1.83%) Legacy Systems
10 25 (1.63%) Blog
10 25 (1.63%) Distributed Systems
11 22 (1.44%) FPGA
12 19 (1.24%) Enterprise Software
13 18 (1.17%) Public Cloud
14 15 (0.98%) AI Agents
14 15 (0.98%) Algorithms
14 15 (0.98%) Cyber Threat
15 14 (0.91%) Hybrid Cloud
16 13 (0.85%) Security Operations Centre
17 11 (0.72%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 106 (6.92%) Linux
2 96 (6.27%) Windows
3 44 (2.87%) Windows Server
4 29 (1.89%) Unix
5 14 (0.91%) 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
1 432 (28.20%) Agile
2 305 (19.91%) Continuous Improvement
3 269 (17.56%) Mentoring
4 240 (15.67%) Software Engineering
5 238 (15.54%) Problem-Solving
6 236 (15.40%) CI/CD
7 221 (14.43%) Cybersecurity
8 207 (13.51%) DevOps
9 205 (13.38%) AI
10 198 (12.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 180 (11.75%) Stakeholder Management
12 166 (10.84%) Analytics
13 164 (10.70%) Decision-Making
14 155 (10.12%) Coaching
15 151 (9.86%) Technical Leadership
16 139 (9.07%) Community of Practice
17 136 (8.88%) Infrastructure as Code
18 126 (8.22%) Technology Strategy
19 123 (8.03%) Scrum
20 121 (7.90%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 180 (11.75%) Python
2 135 (8.81%) Java
3 118 (7.70%) SQL
4 89 (5.81%) JavaScript
5 58 (3.79%) C#
6 50 (3.26%) C++
7 44 (2.87%) Bash
8 36 (2.35%) PowerShell
9 26 (1.70%) 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 1,532 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 265 (17.30%) DV Cleared
3 255 (16.64%) Degree
4 184 (12.01%) BPSS Clearance
5 68 (4.44%) CISSP
6 54 (3.52%) CISM
7 51 (3.33%) Azure Certification
8 39 (2.55%) AWS Certification
9 38 (2.48%) Computer Science Degree
10 26 (1.70%) Master's Degree
11 21 (1.37%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
11 21 (1.37%) Microsoft Certification
12 18 (1.17%) Chartered Engineer
12 18 (1.17%) PhD
13 16 (1.04%) Cisco Certification
13 16 (1.04%) CRISC
13 16 (1.04%) TOGAF Certification
14 15 (0.98%) CHECK Team Member
14 15 (0.98%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 13 (0.85%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 158 (10.31%) Accessibility
2 125 (8.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 76 (4.96%) NIST
4 61 (3.98%) NCSC
5 47 (3.07%) Data Quality
6 46 (3.00%) QA
7 33 (2.15%) GDPR
8 30 (1.96%) GRC
9 27 (1.76%) Cyber Essentials
10 22 (1.44%) SLA
11 18 (1.17%) PCI DSS
12 17 (1.11%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 16 (1.04%) WCAG
14 15 (0.98%) Actionable Recommendations
14 15 (0.98%) Def Stans
15 11 (0.72%) JSP 440
16 8 (0.52%) NIST 800
17 6 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
18 5 (0.33%) PMO
19 4 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 99 (6.46%) Docker
2 51 (3.33%) Active Directory
3 32 (2.09%) Firmware
3 32 (2.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 24 (1.57%) Hyper-V
5 14 (0.91%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (0.39%) Squid
6 6 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
7 5 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.26%) vSphere
9 3 (0.20%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
11 1 (0.065%) IAG
11 1 (0.065%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 110 (7.18%) Kubernetes
2 37 (2.42%) Microsoft Intune
3 28 (1.83%) Grafana
4 24 (1.57%) Ansible
5 17 (1.11%) Prometheus
6 14 (0.91%) Argo
7 13 (0.85%) CloudHub
8 12 (0.78%) Nmap
9 9 (0.59%) Kustomize
10 8 (0.52%) Istio
10 8 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
11 6 (0.39%) SCCM
12 5 (0.33%) Packer
13 4 (0.26%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 3 (0.20%) Kibana
14 3 (0.20%) Oracle RMAN
14 3 (0.20%) Progress Chef
14 3 (0.20%) SCVMM
15 2 (0.13%) Graylog
15 2 (0.13%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 231 (15.08%) Microsoft
2 66 (4.31%) ServiceNow
3 61 (3.98%) Oracle
4 51 (3.33%) Google
5 46 (3.00%) SAP
6 43 (2.81%) VMware
7 24 (1.57%) YouTube
8 22 (1.44%) Cisco
9 21 (1.37%) Red Hat
9 21 (1.37%) Salesforce
9 21 (1.37%) Workday
10 20 (1.31%) Databricks
11 17 (1.11%) Thales
12 16 (1.04%) OpenAI
13 15 (0.98%) MuleSoft
13 15 (0.98%) Veeam
14 14 (0.91%) CyberArk
14 14 (0.91%) Dynatrace
15 12 (0.78%) Adobe
15 12 (0.78%) Okta