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

6 months to
13 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 32 89 51
Rank change year-on-year +57 -38 -1
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 1,382 645 1,147
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.08% 3.88% 4.61%
As % of the Qualifications category 29.22% 11.19% 17.49%
Number of salaries quoted 973 391 877
10th Percentile £46,500 £45,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,875 £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 £81,250 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% +3.45% -7.20%

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 4,730 5,765 6,557
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.81% 34.70% 26.35%
Number of salaries quoted 3,080 2,447 3,789
10th Percentile £33,750 £29,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £46,743 £41,037 £43,227
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% - -4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £72,500
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 13 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 30 (2.17%) SharePoint
2 26 (1.88%) Apache Spark
3 23 (1.66%) Apache
4 13 (0.94%) Anypoint
4 13 (0.94%) Mule
5 11 (0.80%) Apache Airflow
6 10 (0.72%) Confluence
7 7 (0.51%) Camunda
7 7 (0.51%) Jupyter
7 7 (0.51%) nginx
7 7 (0.51%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 5 (0.36%) Microsoft Exchange
9 3 (0.22%) Apache Solr
9 3 (0.22%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.22%) GeoServer
9 3 (0.22%) Oracle Spatial
10 2 (0.14%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.072%) CMS
11 1 (0.072%) SAS
11 1 (0.072%) WordPress
Applications
1 25 (1.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (1.23%) Simulink
3 12 (0.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.72%) Microsoft Office
5 9 (0.65%) Adobe XD
6 7 (0.51%) MS Visio
7 5 (0.36%) Microsoft Project
8 4 (0.29%) Mathcad
8 4 (0.29%) Windchill
9 2 (0.14%) InDesign
10 1 (0.072%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.072%) CATIA
10 1 (0.072%) Houdini
10 1 (0.072%) InVision
10 1 (0.072%) NUKE
10 1 (0.072%) Sketch
10 1 (0.072%) SOLIDWORKS
10 1 (0.072%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.072%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 10 (0.72%) Primavera
2 6 (0.43%) Workday HCM
3 5 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
3 5 (0.36%) Teamcenter
4 4 (0.29%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.14%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.14%) Remedy ITSM
5 2 (0.14%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.14%) SAP QM
6 1 (0.072%) SAP BPC
6 1 (0.072%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.072%) SAP FSCM
6 1 (0.072%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.072%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.072%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 383 (27.71%) Azure
2 360 (26.05%) AWS
3 122 (8.83%) GCP
4 78 (5.64%) Microsoft 365
5 65 (4.70%) Power Platform
6 50 (3.62%) Entra ID
7 43 (3.11%) AWS CloudFormation
7 43 (3.11%) dbt
8 32 (2.32%) GitHub
9 25 (1.81%) Serverless
10 23 (1.66%) Azure DevOps
11 21 (1.52%) Google Analytics
12 20 (1.45%) Azure Sentinel
12 20 (1.45%) Microsoft Purview
13 18 (1.30%) Amazon S3
13 18 (1.30%) Dynamics 365
13 18 (1.30%) PowerApps
14 17 (1.23%) Slack
15 16 (1.16%) PaaS
16 15 (1.09%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 42 (3.04%) Network Security
2 37 (2.68%) TCP/IP
3 35 (2.53%) Firewall
4 26 (1.88%) DNS
5 18 (1.30%) WAN
6 16 (1.16%) SSL
6 16 (1.16%) VPN
7 12 (0.87%) ATM
8 11 (0.80%) LAN
9 10 (0.72%) BGP
9 10 (0.72%) DHCP
10 9 (0.65%) MPLS
11 8 (0.58%) Ethernet
12 7 (0.51%) Wireless
13 6 (0.43%) Intrusion Detection
14 5 (0.36%) VLAN
14 5 (0.36%) Wi-Fi
15 4 (0.29%) HTTP
15 4 (0.29%) SMTP
15 4 (0.29%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 53 (3.84%) Power BI
2 44 (3.18%) PostgreSQL
3 23 (1.66%) Data Warehouse
4 21 (1.52%) Big Data
5 16 (1.16%) SQL Server
6 13 (0.94%) Metadata
6 13 (0.94%) Relational Database
7 12 (0.87%) DynamoDB
7 12 (0.87%) MySQL
7 12 (0.87%) Tableau
8 11 (0.80%) Amazon Athena
8 11 (0.80%) Redis
9 10 (0.72%) Data Lake
9 10 (0.72%) Elasticsearch
10 9 (0.65%) Hadoop
11 8 (0.58%) NoSQL
12 7 (0.51%) MongoDB
13 6 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
14 5 (0.36%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 4 (0.29%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 60 (4.34%) Git
2 35 (2.53%) GitLab
3 26 (1.88%) Jenkins
4 22 (1.59%) JIRA
5 21 (1.52%) JUnit
6 20 (1.45%) Rational DOORS
7 15 (1.09%) Selenium
8 12 (0.87%) Mockito
9 11 (0.80%) Maven
10 10 (0.72%) Balsamiq
11 9 (0.65%) Postman
12 8 (0.58%) Axure RP
12 8 (0.58%) Cucumber
13 7 (0.51%) Burp Suite
13 7 (0.51%) Metasploit
14 6 (0.43%) Gatling
14 6 (0.43%) LabVIEW
15 5 (0.36%) Cypress.io
16 3 (0.22%) CMake
16 3 (0.22%) SonarQube
General
1 430 (31.11%) Social Skills
2 346 (25.04%) Public Sector
3 325 (23.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 272 (19.68%) Finance
5 151 (10.93%) Analytical Skills
6 145 (10.49%) Law
7 140 (10.13%) Aerospace
8 70 (5.07%) Legal
9 48 (3.47%) Presentation Skills
10 42 (3.04%) Military
11 40 (2.89%) Electronics
12 38 (2.75%) Retail
13 35 (2.53%) Manufacturing
13 35 (2.53%) Organisational Skills
14 33 (2.39%) Influencing Skills
15 28 (2.03%) Telecoms
16 25 (1.81%) Police
17 15 (1.09%) Local Government
18 12 (0.87%) Aviation
18 12 (0.87%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 273 (19.75%) Senior
2 241 (17.44%) Architect
3 134 (9.70%) Lead
4 133 (9.62%) Consultant
5 116 (8.39%) Developer
6 115 (8.32%) Software Engineer
7 106 (7.67%) Analyst
8 94 (6.80%) Solutions Architect
9 53 (3.84%) Cloud Engineer
9 53 (3.84%) Security Consultant
10 51 (3.69%) DevOps Engineer
11 49 (3.55%) Senior Developer
11 49 (3.55%) Senior Manager
12 47 (3.40%) Principal Engineer
13 46 (3.33%) Business Analyst
13 46 (3.33%) Senior Analyst
14 41 (2.97%) Data Engineer
14 41 (2.97%) Security Architect
15 38 (2.75%) Cloud Architect
16 37 (2.68%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (3.40%) React
2 39 (2.82%) REST
2 39 (2.82%) Spring
3 36 (2.60%) .NET
4 27 (1.95%) CSS
5 23 (1.66%) HTML
6 22 (1.59%) Kafka
7 20 (1.45%) Playwright
8 19 (1.37%) .NET Core
9 18 (1.30%) AngularJS
10 17 (1.23%) OAuth
11 16 (1.16%) Spring Boot
12 15 (1.09%) PySpark
13 14 (1.01%) JWT
13 14 (1.01%) Node.js
13 14 (1.01%) OAuth2
14 13 (0.94%) Entity Framework
14 13 (0.94%) MUnit
14 13 (0.94%) RAML
15 11 (0.80%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 104 (7.53%) Cloud Native
2 56 (4.05%) Product Ownership
3 51 (3.69%) Management Information System
4 44 (3.18%) Onboarding
5 36 (2.60%) Blog
6 33 (2.39%) Legacy Systems
6 33 (2.39%) Security Posture
7 29 (2.10%) Self-Motivation
8 27 (1.95%) Driving Licence
9 23 (1.66%) Data Centre
10 22 (1.59%) Distributed Systems
10 22 (1.59%) FPGA
11 16 (1.16%) Public Cloud
12 15 (1.09%) Algorithms
12 15 (1.09%) Security Operations Centre
13 14 (1.01%) PKI
14 13 (0.94%) AI Agents
14 13 (0.94%) Cyber Threat
15 10 (0.72%) Data Structures
15 10 (0.72%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 113 (8.18%) Linux
2 88 (6.37%) Windows
3 38 (2.75%) Windows Server
4 36 (2.60%) Unix
5 11 (0.80%) Windows 10
6 6 (0.43%) 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 (0.14%) Android
9 2 (0.14%) Solaris
9 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.072%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.072%) CentOS
10 1 (0.072%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 400 (28.94%) Agile
2 249 (18.02%) Continuous Improvement
3 231 (16.71%) Mentoring
4 209 (15.12%) CI/CD
4 209 (15.12%) Cybersecurity
5 197 (14.25%) DevOps
6 196 (14.18%) Problem-Solving
7 195 (14.11%) Software Engineering
8 174 (12.59%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 144 (10.42%) Community of Practice
10 135 (9.77%) AI
11 130 (9.41%) Infrastructure as Code
12 124 (8.97%) Stakeholder Management
13 121 (8.76%) Technology Strategy
14 119 (8.61%) Scrum
15 116 (8.39%) Coaching
15 116 (8.39%) Project Delivery
16 115 (8.32%) Decision-Making
17 107 (7.74%) Analytics
18 106 (7.67%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 176 (12.74%) Python
2 135 (9.77%) Java
3 85 (6.15%) JavaScript
3 85 (6.15%) SQL
4 50 (3.62%) C#
5 47 (3.40%) C++
6 41 (2.97%) Bash
7 38 (2.75%) PowerShell
8 23 (1.66%) MATLAB
8 23 (1.66%) TypeScript
9 18 (1.30%) Ada
9 18 (1.30%) C
10 13 (0.94%) DataWeave
11 12 (0.87%) PL/SQL
11 12 (0.87%) Ruby
12 11 (0.80%) Kusto Query Language
13 9 (0.65%) Rust
13 9 (0.65%) VBA
14 8 (0.58%) Go
15 6 (0.43%) Scala
Qualifications
1 1,382 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 280 (20.26%) DV Cleared
3 276 (19.97%) Degree
4 184 (13.31%) BPSS Clearance
5 70 (5.07%) CISSP
6 54 (3.91%) CISM
7 52 (3.76%) Computer Science Degree
8 41 (2.97%) Azure Certification
9 33 (2.39%) AWS Certification
10 30 (2.17%) Master's Degree
11 28 (2.03%) Microsoft Certification
12 18 (1.30%) CRISC
13 17 (1.23%) Cisco Certification
13 17 (1.23%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 17 (1.23%) PhD
14 16 (1.16%) CREST Certified
15 15 (1.09%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 12 (0.87%) Chartered Engineer
17 11 (0.80%) TOGAF Certification
18 9 (0.65%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 148 (10.71%) Accessibility
2 123 (8.90%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 72 (5.21%) NIST
4 50 (3.62%) NCSC
5 47 (3.40%) QA
6 31 (2.24%) GRC
7 30 (2.17%) Data Quality
7 30 (2.17%) GDPR
8 24 (1.74%) Cyber Essentials
9 21 (1.52%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 20 (1.45%) WCAG
11 18 (1.30%) PCI DSS
12 17 (1.23%) SLA
13 14 (1.01%) JSP 440
14 12 (0.87%) Actionable Recommendations
15 11 (0.80%) Def Stans
16 7 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 6 (0.43%) Government Security Classifications
18 5 (0.36%) NEBOSH
18 5 (0.36%) NIST 800
System Software
1 91 (6.58%) Docker
2 54 (3.91%) Active Directory
3 36 (2.60%) Firmware
4 28 (2.03%) VMware Infrastructure
5 23 (1.66%) Hyper-V
6 15 (1.09%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (0.43%) Squid
7 6 (0.43%) vSphere
8 4 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.29%) VMware NSX
9 3 (0.22%) Virtual Desktop
10 2 (0.14%) Oracle RAC
11 1 (0.072%) Citrix Hypervisor
11 1 (0.072%) Embedded Firmware
11 1 (0.072%) IAG
11 1 (0.072%) Slurm Workload Manager
Systems Management
1 109 (7.89%) Terraform
2 95 (6.87%) Kubernetes
3 37 (2.68%) Microsoft Intune
4 34 (2.46%) Ansible
5 17 (1.23%) Prometheus
6 16 (1.16%) Grafana
7 13 (0.94%) CloudHub
8 10 (0.72%) Argo
9 7 (0.51%) Nmap
10 6 (0.43%) Kustomize
10 6 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
11 5 (0.36%) AWS Copilot
11 5 (0.36%) Istio
11 5 (0.36%) Packer
11 5 (0.36%) vCenter Server
12 4 (0.29%) Progress Chef
13 3 (0.22%) Check_MK
13 3 (0.22%) Kibana
14 2 (0.14%) Endace
14 2 (0.14%) Graylog
Vendors
1 193 (13.97%) Microsoft
2 70 (5.07%) Google
3 40 (2.89%) Oracle
4 37 (2.68%) VMware
5 36 (2.60%) ServiceNow
6 29 (2.10%) SAP
7 24 (1.74%) Cisco
8 23 (1.66%) Salesforce
9 22 (1.59%) Red Hat
10 20 (1.45%) MuleSoft
11 16 (1.16%) Databricks
11 16 (1.16%) OpenAI
12 12 (0.87%) Adobe
12 12 (0.87%) CyberArk
13 11 (0.80%) Siemens
14 9 (0.65%) Veeam
15 8 (0.58%) Atlassian
16 7 (0.51%) Fortinet
16 7 (0.51%) Splunk
16 7 (0.51%) Workday