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

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 102 60
Rank change year-on-year +65 -42 -9
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 1,197 577 1,322
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.61% 3.50% 4.14%
As % of the Qualifications category 27.00% 10.41% 15.36%
Number of salaries quoted 950 376 1,010
10th Percentile £46,500 £45,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,375 £48,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £64,814 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.00% +8.02% -7.69%
75th Percentile £81,250 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £90,250 £88,920
UK median annual salary £69,986 £61,500 £57,000
% change year-on-year +13.80% +7.89% -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 4,433 5,545 8,607
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.76% 33.63% 26.96%
Number of salaries quoted 3,013 2,488 5,504
10th Percentile £33,250 £29,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £56,825
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +5.59% -5.29%
75th Percentile £78,750 £73,511 £72,444
90th Percentile £93,634 £90,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% +2.80% -10.83%

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 15 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 30 (2.51%) SharePoint
2 18 (1.50%) Apache
2 18 (1.50%) Apache Spark
3 14 (1.17%) Apache Airflow
4 12 (1.00%) Microsoft Exchange
5 9 (0.75%) Anypoint
5 9 (0.75%) Mule
6 7 (0.58%) Jupyter
7 3 (0.25%) Apache Solr
7 3 (0.25%) Camunda
7 3 (0.25%) Confluence
7 3 (0.25%) nginx
7 3 (0.25%) SAS
8 2 (0.17%) ArcGIS
8 2 (0.17%) GeoServer
8 2 (0.17%) OpenStack
8 2 (0.17%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 2 (0.17%) Oracle Spatial
9 1 (0.084%) Appian
9 1 (0.084%) CMS
Applications
1 25 (2.09%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (1.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.58%) Adobe XD
5 4 (0.33%) Windchill
6 3 (0.25%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.17%) InVision
7 2 (0.17%) Sketch
8 1 (0.084%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.084%) CATIA
8 1 (0.084%) Houdini
8 1 (0.084%) NUKE
8 1 (0.084%) Siemens NX
8 1 (0.084%) 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 (0.084%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.084%) SAP BPC
5 1 (0.084%) SAP EWM
5 1 (0.084%) SAP FSCM
5 1 (0.084%) SAP GRC
5 1 (0.084%) SAP HCM
5 1 (0.084%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 333 (27.82%) Azure
2 293 (24.48%) AWS
3 91 (7.60%) GCP
4 90 (7.52%) Microsoft 365
5 60 (5.01%) Entra ID
6 51 (4.26%) Power Platform
7 30 (2.51%) dbt
8 25 (2.09%) GitHub
9 21 (1.75%) AWS CloudFormation
9 21 (1.75%) SaaS
9 21 (1.75%) Serverless
10 19 (1.59%) Azure DevOps
10 19 (1.59%) Microsoft Purview
10 19 (1.59%) PaaS
11 18 (1.50%) Dynamics 365
12 17 (1.42%) Google Analytics
13 16 (1.34%) Amazon S3
13 16 (1.34%) Azure Sentinel
14 15 (1.25%) Amazon EC2
14 15 (1.25%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 39 (3.26%) Network Security
2 30 (2.51%) Firewall
3 24 (2.01%) WAN
4 20 (1.67%) DNS
5 19 (1.59%) TCP/IP
5 19 (1.59%) VPN
6 15 (1.25%) LAN
7 13 (1.09%) DHCP
8 12 (1.00%) BGP
8 12 (1.00%) MPLS
8 12 (1.00%) SSL
9 10 (0.84%) Wi-Fi
10 9 (0.75%) ATM
10 9 (0.75%) SMTP
11 7 (0.58%) Intrusion Detection
11 7 (0.58%) SNMP
12 6 (0.50%) HTTP
13 5 (0.42%) Cisco Firepower
13 5 (0.42%) Wireless
14 4 (0.33%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (3.34%) Power BI
2 33 (2.76%) PostgreSQL
3 17 (1.42%) Big Data
4 14 (1.17%) Data Warehouse
5 12 (1.00%) Amazon Athena
5 12 (1.00%) Metadata
6 11 (0.92%) Redis
7 9 (0.75%) DynamoDB
7 9 (0.75%) Elasticsearch
8 8 (0.67%) MongoDB
9 7 (0.58%) NoSQL
10 6 (0.50%) Amazon RDS
10 6 (0.50%) Data Lake
11 5 (0.42%) SQL Server
11 5 (0.42%) Tableau
12 4 (0.33%) Amazon Redshift
12 4 (0.33%) BigQuery
12 4 (0.33%) Relational Database
12 4 (0.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 3 (0.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 44 (3.68%) Git
2 34 (2.84%) GitLab
3 23 (1.92%) Jenkins
4 13 (1.09%) JUnit
5 11 (0.92%) JIRA
5 11 (0.92%) Selenium
6 8 (0.67%) Maven
7 7 (0.58%) Mockito
8 6 (0.50%) Burp Suite
8 6 (0.50%) Metasploit
9 5 (0.42%) Axure RP
9 5 (0.42%) Balsamiq
9 5 (0.42%) Cucumber
10 4 (0.33%) Postman
11 3 (0.25%) Cypress.io
11 3 (0.25%) JMeter
11 3 (0.25%) SonarQube
12 2 (0.17%) Babel
12 2 (0.17%) MSTest
12 2 (0.17%) webpack
General
1 367 (30.66%) Social Skills
2 296 (24.73%) Public Sector
3 196 (16.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 122 (10.19%) Analytical Skills
4 122 (10.19%) Finance
5 112 (9.36%) Law
6 44 (3.68%) Legal
7 42 (3.51%) Presentation Skills
8 32 (2.67%) Telecoms
9 27 (2.26%) Aerospace
9 27 (2.26%) Retail
10 25 (2.09%) Manufacturing
11 24 (2.01%) Organisational Skills
12 22 (1.84%) Back Office
13 16 (1.34%) Influencing Skills
14 15 (1.25%) Military
15 11 (0.92%) Aviation
16 10 (0.84%) Police
17 9 (0.75%) Automotive
17 9 (0.75%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 230 (19.21%) Architect
2 224 (18.71%) Senior
3 123 (10.28%) Consultant
4 106 (8.86%) Developer
5 101 (8.44%) Lead
6 100 (8.35%) Solutions Architect
7 83 (6.93%) Software Engineer
8 80 (6.68%) Analyst
9 50 (4.18%) Security Consultant
10 46 (3.84%) Cloud Engineer
10 46 (3.84%) Senior Manager
11 43 (3.59%) Security Architect
12 41 (3.43%) Data Engineer
12 41 (3.43%) DevOps Engineer
13 40 (3.34%) Java Developer
14 38 (3.17%) Cloud Architect
15 36 (3.01%) Senior Analyst
15 36 (3.01%) Senior Developer
16 33 (2.76%) Business Analyst
16 33 (2.76%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (3.09%) REST
2 32 (2.67%) Spring
3 23 (1.92%) React
4 21 (1.75%) .NET
5 18 (1.50%) Kafka
6 15 (1.25%) SOAP
6 15 (1.25%) Spring Boot
7 13 (1.09%) Middleware
7 13 (1.09%) Playwright
7 13 (1.09%) PySpark
8 12 (1.00%) CSS
8 12 (1.00%) HTML
9 10 (0.84%) JWT
9 10 (0.84%) Lightning Web Components
9 10 (0.84%) OAuth
9 10 (0.84%) OAuth2
9 10 (0.84%) Visualforce
10 9 (0.75%) MUnit
10 9 (0.75%) RAML
10 9 (0.75%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 95 (7.94%) Cloud Native
2 50 (4.18%) Product Ownership
3 47 (3.93%) Management Information System
4 40 (3.34%) Onboarding
5 32 (2.67%) Data Centre
5 32 (2.67%) Security Posture
6 24 (2.01%) Legacy Systems
7 23 (1.92%) Driving Licence
8 17 (1.42%) Blog
8 17 (1.42%) PKI
9 14 (1.17%) Security Operations Centre
9 14 (1.17%) Self-Motivation
10 9 (0.75%) Public Cloud
11 8 (0.67%) Cyber Threat
11 8 (0.67%) Data Structures
11 8 (0.67%) Distributed Systems
11 8 (0.67%) Low-Code
12 7 (0.58%) AI Agents
12 7 (0.58%) Linux Command Line
13 6 (0.50%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 86 (7.18%) Windows
2 82 (6.85%) Linux
3 31 (2.59%) Windows Server
4 23 (1.92%) Windows 10
5 21 (1.75%) Unix
6 6 (0.50%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (0.42%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.25%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.17%) Android
9 2 (0.17%) CentOS
9 2 (0.17%) Kali Linux
9 2 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.084%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.084%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.084%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 296 (24.73%) Agile
2 204 (17.04%) Continuous Improvement
3 191 (15.96%) Cybersecurity
4 169 (14.12%) Mentoring
5 151 (12.61%) CI/CD
5 151 (12.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 150 (12.53%) DevOps
7 149 (12.45%) Problem-Solving
8 122 (10.19%) Software Engineering
9 112 (9.36%) Community of Practice
10 107 (8.94%) Stakeholder Management
11 101 (8.44%) Technology Strategy
12 99 (8.27%) Analytics
13 97 (8.10%) ITIL
14 96 (8.02%) Infrastructure as Code
15 85 (7.10%) AI
16 84 (7.02%) Cloud Security
16 84 (7.02%) Technical Leadership
17 83 (6.93%) Project Delivery
18 82 (6.85%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 140 (11.70%) Python
2 119 (9.94%) Java
3 70 (5.85%) SQL
4 62 (5.18%) JavaScript
5 35 (2.92%) C++
6 29 (2.42%) Bash
7 28 (2.34%) PowerShell
8 27 (2.26%) C#
9 22 (1.84%) TypeScript
10 13 (1.09%) C
11 11 (0.92%) Rust
12 10 (0.84%) Apex Code
13 9 (0.75%) DataWeave
14 8 (0.67%) Ada
15 7 (0.58%) VBA
16 6 (0.50%) PL/SQL
16 6 (0.50%) Ruby
16 6 (0.50%) Scala
17 5 (0.42%) Go
17 5 (0.42%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 1,197 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 214 (17.88%) Degree
3 172 (14.37%) DV Cleared
4 69 (5.76%) BPSS Clearance
5 64 (5.35%) CISSP
6 52 (4.34%) CISM
7 42 (3.51%) Computer Science Degree
8 32 (2.67%) Azure Certification
9 31 (2.59%) Microsoft Certification
10 19 (1.59%) AWS Certification
10 19 (1.59%) CTC Cleared
11 16 (1.34%) Cisco Certification
11 16 (1.34%) CRISC
12 14 (1.17%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 13 (1.09%) CREST Certified
13 13 (1.09%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
13 13 (1.09%) TOGAF Certification
14 12 (1.00%) Master's Degree
15 8 (0.67%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 8 (0.67%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 116 (9.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 64 (5.35%) NIST
3 42 (3.51%) NCSC
4 40 (3.34%) QA
5 35 (2.92%) GDPR
5 35 (2.92%) SLA
6 30 (2.51%) Accessibility
7 27 (2.26%) Cyber Essentials
8 25 (2.09%) GRC
9 22 (1.84%) Data Quality
10 20 (1.67%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 19 (1.59%) PCI DSS
12 13 (1.09%) JSP 440
13 11 (0.92%) Actionable Recommendations
13 11 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 10 (0.84%) Def Stans
14 10 (0.84%) WCAG
15 7 (0.58%) Government Security Classifications
16 5 (0.42%) NEBOSH
16 5 (0.42%) NIST 800
System Software
1 65 (5.43%) Docker
2 45 (3.76%) Active Directory
3 25 (2.09%) Hyper-V
4 20 (1.67%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (0.75%) VMware ESXi
6 7 (0.58%) Firmware
7 6 (0.50%) VMware NSX
7 6 (0.50%) vSphere
8 5 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
9 3 (0.25%) Squid
10 1 (0.084%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 1 (0.084%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.084%) IAG
10 1 (0.084%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.084%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.084%) Virtual Machines
10 1 (0.084%) Xen
Systems Management
1 83 (6.93%) Terraform
2 72 (6.02%) Kubernetes
3 36 (3.01%) Ansible
3 36 (3.01%) Microsoft Intune
4 20 (1.67%) Prometheus
5 18 (1.50%) Grafana
6 10 (0.84%) Argo
7 9 (0.75%) CloudHub
8 6 (0.50%) Kustomize
8 6 (0.50%) Nmap
8 6 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
9 5 (0.42%) AWS Copilot
9 5 (0.42%) Endace
9 5 (0.42%) Istio
9 5 (0.42%) Packer
9 5 (0.42%) Progress Chef
9 5 (0.42%) Puppet
9 5 (0.42%) vCenter Server
10 4 (0.33%) Kibana
11 3 (0.25%) Check_MK
Vendors
1 194 (16.21%) Microsoft
2 46 (3.84%) Google
3 43 (3.59%) Cisco
4 35 (2.92%) Oracle
5 31 (2.59%) ServiceNow
6 30 (2.51%) VMware
7 23 (1.92%) Salesforce
8 20 (1.67%) MuleSoft
8 20 (1.67%) SAP
9 18 (1.50%) Red Hat
10 16 (1.34%) OpenAI
11 13 (1.09%) CyberArk
12 9 (0.75%) Databricks
13 8 (0.67%) Adobe
13 8 (0.67%) Splunk
14 7 (0.58%) Meraki
15 6 (0.50%) F5
15 6 (0.50%) Juniper
16 5 (0.42%) Informatica
17 4 (0.33%) BMC