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

6 months to
28 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 88 50
Rank change year-on-year +55 -38 -2
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 1,368 642 1,157
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.88% 3.88% 4.66%
As % of the Qualifications category 28.72% 11.31% 17.54%
Number of salaries quoted 956 382 846
10th Percentile £46,743 £45,575 £40,000
25th Percentile £56,250 £52,500 £47,658
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% -4.74%
75th Percentile £81,957 £80,938 £75,188
90th Percentile £97,500 £93,625 £90,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £58,750
% change year-on-year +16.67% +2.13% -6.00%

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 4,763 5,678 6,595
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.47% 34.35% 26.58%
Number of salaries quoted 3,073 2,422 3,613
10th Percentile £33,750 £29,750 £32,996
25th Percentile £46,500 £40,903 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £58,700
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -2.04% -2.17%
75th Percentile £79,800 £75,900 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,750 £87,500
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 28 August 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 (2.05%) SharePoint
2 27 (1.97%) Apache Spark
3 23 (1.68%) Apache
4 13 (0.95%) Anypoint
4 13 (0.95%) Mule
5 11 (0.80%) Apache Airflow
5 11 (0.80%) Confluence
6 8 (0.58%) Jupyter
7 7 (0.51%) Camunda
7 7 (0.51%) nginx
7 7 (0.51%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 3 (0.22%) Apache Solr
8 3 (0.22%) ArcGIS
8 3 (0.22%) GeoServer
8 3 (0.22%) Oracle Spatial
9 2 (0.15%) OpenStack
10 1 (0.073%) CMS
10 1 (0.073%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.073%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.073%) WordPress
Applications
1 24 (1.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (1.24%) Simulink
3 12 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.73%) Microsoft Office
5 9 (0.66%) Adobe XD
6 7 (0.51%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.37%) Microsoft Project
8 4 (0.29%) Mathcad
8 4 (0.29%) Windchill
9 2 (0.15%) InDesign
10 1 (0.073%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.073%) CATIA
10 1 (0.073%) Houdini
10 1 (0.073%) InVision
10 1 (0.073%) NUKE
10 1 (0.073%) Sketch
10 1 (0.073%) SOLIDWORKS
10 1 (0.073%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.073%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 11 (0.80%) Primavera
2 6 (0.44%) Workday HCM
3 5 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
3 5 (0.37%) Teamcenter
4 3 (0.22%) SAP ERP
4 3 (0.22%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.15%) SAP QM
6 1 (0.073%) SAP BPC
6 1 (0.073%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.073%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.073%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.073%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 366 (26.75%) Azure
2 348 (25.44%) AWS
3 110 (8.04%) GCP
4 70 (5.12%) Microsoft 365
5 68 (4.97%) Power Platform
6 51 (3.73%) Entra ID
7 38 (2.78%) AWS CloudFormation
7 38 (2.78%) dbt
8 33 (2.41%) GitHub
9 23 (1.68%) Azure DevOps
9 23 (1.68%) Serverless
10 21 (1.54%) Amazon S3
10 21 (1.54%) Google Analytics
10 21 (1.54%) OpenShift
11 20 (1.46%) Azure Sentinel
11 20 (1.46%) Microsoft Purview
12 18 (1.32%) Dynamics 365
12 18 (1.32%) PowerApps
13 16 (1.17%) Slack
14 14 (1.02%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 44 (3.22%) Network Security
2 32 (2.34%) Firewall
3 31 (2.27%) TCP/IP
4 24 (1.75%) DNS
5 16 (1.17%) SSL
6 13 (0.95%) WAN
7 11 (0.80%) ATM
7 11 (0.80%) VPN
8 9 (0.66%) Ethernet
9 8 (0.58%) DHCP
9 8 (0.58%) Wireless
10 7 (0.51%) BGP
10 7 (0.51%) LAN
11 6 (0.44%) MPLS
12 5 (0.37%) VLAN
13 3 (0.22%) 3GPP
13 3 (0.22%) Intrusion Detection
13 3 (0.22%) TETRA
13 3 (0.22%) WLAN
14 2 (0.15%) Bluetooth
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (4.09%) Power BI
2 40 (2.92%) PostgreSQL
3 25 (1.83%) Data Warehouse
4 22 (1.61%) Big Data
5 17 (1.24%) SQL Server
6 16 (1.17%) Relational Database
7 15 (1.10%) DynamoDB
7 15 (1.10%) Tableau
8 14 (1.02%) Amazon Athena
8 14 (1.02%) MySQL
9 12 (0.88%) Metadata
10 10 (0.73%) Data Lake
11 9 (0.66%) Hadoop
12 6 (0.44%) Elasticsearch
12 6 (0.44%) MongoDB
12 6 (0.44%) NoSQL
12 6 (0.44%) Redis
13 4 (0.29%) BigQuery
13 4 (0.29%) Flink
13 4 (0.29%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 57 (4.17%) Git
2 34 (2.49%) GitLab
3 26 (1.90%) Jenkins
4 23 (1.68%) JIRA
5 21 (1.54%) JUnit
5 21 (1.54%) Rational DOORS
6 15 (1.10%) Selenium
7 12 (0.88%) Mockito
8 11 (0.80%) Maven
9 10 (0.73%) Balsamiq
10 9 (0.66%) Postman
11 8 (0.58%) Axure RP
11 8 (0.58%) Burp Suite
11 8 (0.58%) Cucumber
11 8 (0.58%) Metasploit
12 6 (0.44%) Cypress.io
12 6 (0.44%) Gatling
12 6 (0.44%) LabVIEW
13 3 (0.22%) CMake
13 3 (0.22%) SonarQube
General
1 426 (31.14%) Social Skills
2 332 (24.27%) Public Sector
3 316 (23.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 262 (19.15%) Finance
5 169 (12.35%) Analytical Skills
6 147 (10.75%) Law
7 146 (10.67%) Aerospace
8 59 (4.31%) Legal
9 49 (3.58%) Presentation Skills
10 43 (3.14%) Military
11 40 (2.92%) Electronics
12 38 (2.78%) Retail
13 36 (2.63%) Influencing Skills
13 36 (2.63%) Organisational Skills
14 35 (2.56%) Manufacturing
15 25 (1.83%) Police
16 22 (1.61%) Telecoms
17 15 (1.10%) Local Government
18 13 (0.95%) Aviation
19 11 (0.80%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 255 (18.64%) Senior
2 239 (17.47%) Architect
3 129 (9.43%) Consultant
3 129 (9.43%) Lead
4 118 (8.63%) Software Engineer
5 117 (8.55%) Developer
6 110 (8.04%) Analyst
7 86 (6.29%) Solutions Architect
8 56 (4.09%) Security Consultant
9 54 (3.95%) DevOps Engineer
10 53 (3.87%) Cloud Engineer
11 52 (3.80%) Principal Engineer
12 45 (3.29%) Security Architect
12 45 (3.29%) Senior Analyst
12 45 (3.29%) Senior Developer
13 44 (3.22%) Senior Manager
14 43 (3.14%) Business Analyst
15 41 (3.00%) Data Engineer
16 38 (2.78%) Cloud Architect
17 35 (2.56%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 102 (7.46%) Terraform
2 50 (3.65%) React
3 37 (2.70%) Spring
4 34 (2.49%) .NET
5 32 (2.34%) REST
6 28 (2.05%) CSS
7 24 (1.75%) HTML
8 20 (1.46%) .NET Core
8 20 (1.46%) Kafka
8 20 (1.46%) Playwright
9 19 (1.39%) AngularJS
10 18 (1.32%) Node.js
11 17 (1.24%) OAuth
12 16 (1.17%) PySpark
13 14 (1.02%) Entity Framework
13 14 (1.02%) OAuth2
13 14 (1.02%) Spring Boot
14 13 (0.95%) JWT
14 13 (0.95%) MUnit
14 13 (0.95%) RAML
Miscellaneous
1 101 (7.38%) Cloud Native
2 51 (3.73%) Product Ownership
3 44 (3.22%) Management Information System
4 38 (2.78%) Onboarding
5 34 (2.49%) Self-Motivation
6 33 (2.41%) Blog
7 31 (2.27%) Legacy Systems
7 31 (2.27%) Security Posture
8 26 (1.90%) Driving Licence
9 23 (1.68%) Distributed Systems
10 22 (1.61%) FPGA
11 19 (1.39%) Cyber Threat
11 19 (1.39%) Data Centre
12 18 (1.32%) Security Operations Centre
13 15 (1.10%) Algorithms
13 15 (1.10%) Public Cloud
14 13 (0.95%) AI Agents
14 13 (0.95%) PKI
15 12 (0.88%) Hybrid Cloud
16 10 (0.73%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 110 (8.04%) Linux
2 87 (6.36%) Windows
3 38 (2.78%) Windows Server
4 34 (2.49%) Unix
5 11 (0.80%) Windows 10
6 6 (0.44%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.29%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.22%) Kali Linux
8 3 (0.22%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.22%) VxWorks
9 2 (0.15%) Android
9 2 (0.15%) Solaris
9 2 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.073%) CentOS
10 1 (0.073%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 390 (28.51%) Agile
2 259 (18.93%) Continuous Improvement
3 228 (16.67%) Mentoring
4 209 (15.28%) Cybersecurity
5 201 (14.69%) CI/CD
6 198 (14.47%) Problem-Solving
7 195 (14.25%) Software Engineering
8 186 (13.60%) DevOps
9 183 (13.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 143 (10.45%) Community of Practice
11 142 (10.38%) AI
12 126 (9.21%) Decision-Making
12 126 (9.21%) Technology Strategy
13 125 (9.14%) Stakeholder Management
14 123 (8.99%) Project Delivery
15 120 (8.77%) Infrastructure as Code
16 114 (8.33%) Coaching
16 114 (8.33%) Scrum
17 109 (7.97%) Analytics
18 106 (7.75%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 166 (12.13%) Python
2 128 (9.36%) Java
3 87 (6.36%) SQL
4 86 (6.29%) JavaScript
5 49 (3.58%) C#
6 48 (3.51%) C++
7 42 (3.07%) Bash
8 37 (2.70%) PowerShell
9 25 (1.83%) TypeScript
10 23 (1.68%) MATLAB
11 19 (1.39%) Ada
11 19 (1.39%) C
12 13 (0.95%) DataWeave
13 12 (0.88%) Kusto Query Language
13 12 (0.88%) PL/SQL
13 12 (0.88%) Ruby
14 9 (0.66%) VBA
15 8 (0.58%) Go
15 8 (0.58%) Rust
16 6 (0.44%) Scala
Qualifications
1 1,368 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 289 (21.13%) DV Cleared
3 267 (19.52%) Degree
4 185 (13.52%) BPSS Clearance
5 71 (5.19%) CISSP
6 57 (4.17%) CISM
7 49 (3.58%) Computer Science Degree
8 43 (3.14%) Azure Certification
9 35 (2.56%) AWS Certification
10 29 (2.12%) Master's Degree
11 24 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
12 19 (1.39%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 17 (1.24%) Cisco Certification
13 17 (1.24%) CRISC
13 17 (1.24%) PhD
14 15 (1.10%) CREST Certified
14 15 (1.10%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
15 13 (0.95%) Chartered Engineer
16 11 (0.80%) TOGAF Certification
17 9 (0.66%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 147 (10.75%) Accessibility
2 128 (9.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 77 (5.63%) NIST
4 56 (4.09%) NCSC
5 47 (3.44%) QA
6 32 (2.34%) Data Quality
7 31 (2.27%) GRC
8 27 (1.97%) GDPR
9 24 (1.75%) Cyber Essentials
10 20 (1.46%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 20 (1.46%) PCI DSS
10 20 (1.46%) WCAG
11 18 (1.32%) SLA
12 13 (0.95%) Actionable Recommendations
12 13 (0.95%) JSP 440
13 11 (0.80%) Def Stans
14 7 (0.51%) NIST 800
15 5 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 5 (0.37%) NEBOSH
16 4 (0.29%) HIPAA
System Software
1 89 (6.51%) Docker
2 51 (3.73%) Active Directory
3 34 (2.49%) Firmware
4 28 (2.05%) VMware Infrastructure
5 21 (1.54%) Hyper-V
6 15 (1.10%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (0.44%) Squid
7 6 (0.44%) vSphere
8 4 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.29%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.15%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.073%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 1 (0.073%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.073%) IAG
10 1 (0.073%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.073%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.073%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 97 (7.09%) Kubernetes
2 35 (2.56%) Microsoft Intune
3 34 (2.49%) Ansible
4 15 (1.10%) Prometheus
5 14 (1.02%) Grafana
6 13 (0.95%) CloudHub
7 10 (0.73%) Argo
8 8 (0.58%) Nmap
9 7 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
10 6 (0.44%) Kustomize
11 5 (0.37%) Istio
11 5 (0.37%) Packer
11 5 (0.37%) vCenter Server
12 4 (0.29%) Progress Chef
13 3 (0.22%) Check_MK
13 3 (0.22%) Kibana
14 2 (0.15%) Graylog
14 2 (0.15%) Nagios
14 2 (0.15%) Oracle RMAN
14 2 (0.15%) SCCM
Vendors
1 195 (14.25%) Microsoft
2 56 (4.09%) Google
3 42 (3.07%) ServiceNow
4 39 (2.85%) VMware
5 38 (2.78%) Oracle
6 28 (2.05%) SAP
7 20 (1.46%) Red Hat
8 18 (1.32%) Salesforce
9 17 (1.24%) Cisco
10 16 (1.17%) MuleSoft
10 16 (1.17%) OpenAI
11 15 (1.10%) Databricks
12 12 (0.88%) Adobe
13 11 (0.80%) Siemens
13 11 (0.80%) Veeam
14 8 (0.58%) Atlassian
14 8 (0.58%) CyberArk
15 7 (0.51%) Fortinet
15 7 (0.51%) Splunk
15 7 (0.51%) YouTube