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

6 months to
13 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 105 71
Rank change year-on-year +72 -34 -10
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 1,073 492 1,284
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.85% 3.38% 3.96%
As % of the Qualifications category 25.54% 10.97% 14.59%
Number of salaries quoted 819 364 945
10th Percentile £46,150 £46,250 £40,300
25th Percentile £53,750 £52,375 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £64,627 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.58% +7.71% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £90,921 £96,250 £88,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% +4.35% -6.81%

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 4,202 4,485 8,800
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 22.91% 30.86% 27.11%
Number of salaries quoted 2,857 2,404 5,895
10th Percentile £32,500 £27,825 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £54,296
% change year-on-year +9.09% +1.30% -8.79%

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 May 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 (2.61%) SharePoint
2 15 (1.40%) Apache Airflow
3 14 (1.30%) Microsoft Exchange
4 10 (0.93%) Apache Spark
5 9 (0.84%) Apache
6 4 (0.37%) ArcGIS
6 4 (0.37%) GeoServer
6 4 (0.37%) Oracle Spatial
7 3 (0.28%) Apache Solr
7 3 (0.28%) Jupyter
7 3 (0.28%) SAS
8 2 (0.19%) Camunda
8 2 (0.19%) Confluence
9 1 (0.093%) Appian
9 1 (0.093%) OpenStack
9 1 (0.093%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.093%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 61 (5.68%) Microsoft Office
2 21 (1.96%) Adobe XD
3 9 (0.84%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (0.47%) InVision
4 5 (0.47%) Sketch
5 3 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 2 (0.19%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.19%) Weka
6 2 (0.19%) Windchill
7 1 (0.093%) CATIA
7 1 (0.093%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 8 (0.75%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.37%) Remedy ITSM
3 2 (0.19%) SAP SCM
4 1 (0.093%) SAP BPC
4 1 (0.093%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.093%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.093%) SAP FSCM
4 1 (0.093%) SAP GRC
4 1 (0.093%) SAP HCM
4 1 (0.093%) SAP QM
4 1 (0.093%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 252 (23.49%) Azure
2 219 (20.41%) AWS
3 100 (9.32%) Microsoft 365
4 76 (7.08%) GCP
5 53 (4.94%) Entra ID
6 34 (3.17%) Power Platform
7 21 (1.96%) Figma
8 19 (1.77%) Google Analytics
8 19 (1.77%) Serverless
9 17 (1.58%) PowerApps
10 16 (1.49%) Azure Sentinel
10 16 (1.49%) Dynamics 365
10 16 (1.49%) GitHub
11 15 (1.40%) Amazon S3
11 15 (1.40%) Power Automate
11 15 (1.40%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 15 (1.40%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 14 (1.30%) AWS CloudFormation
12 14 (1.30%) SaaS
13 11 (1.03%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 29 (2.70%) Firewall
2 25 (2.33%) VPN
2 25 (2.33%) WAN
3 24 (2.24%) Network Security
4 18 (1.68%) LAN
5 17 (1.58%) DNS
6 16 (1.49%) BGP
7 13 (1.21%) DHCP
8 12 (1.12%) MPLS
8 12 (1.12%) Wi-Fi
9 9 (0.84%) SMTP
9 9 (0.84%) TCP/IP
10 7 (0.65%) Intrusion Detection
10 7 (0.65%) SNMP
11 6 (0.56%) Cisco ASA
11 6 (0.56%) Cisco Firepower
11 6 (0.56%) VoIP
12 5 (0.47%) HTTP
13 4 (0.37%) MQTT
13 4 (0.37%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (2.80%) PostgreSQL
2 29 (2.70%) Power BI
3 17 (1.58%) Metadata
4 12 (1.12%) NoSQL
5 10 (0.93%) DynamoDB
6 9 (0.84%) Elasticsearch
6 9 (0.84%) MongoDB
7 8 (0.75%) Redis
7 8 (0.75%) Relational Database
8 7 (0.65%) Amazon Athena
9 6 (0.56%) Amazon RDS
9 6 (0.56%) BigQuery
9 6 (0.56%) SQL Server
10 5 (0.47%) Amazon Redshift
10 5 (0.47%) Data Warehouse
11 4 (0.37%) GIS
11 4 (0.37%) QGIS
12 3 (0.28%) Flink
12 3 (0.28%) MySQL
12 3 (0.28%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 43 (4.01%) Git
2 22 (2.05%) GitLab
3 21 (1.96%) Jenkins
4 17 (1.58%) Axure RP
5 16 (1.49%) Balsamiq
6 12 (1.12%) Selenium
7 9 (0.84%) JIRA
8 8 (0.75%) JUnit
9 6 (0.56%) Maven
10 5 (0.47%) Mockito
11 4 (0.37%) Babel
11 4 (0.37%) Burp Suite
11 4 (0.37%) JMeter
11 4 (0.37%) Metasploit
11 4 (0.37%) webpack
12 3 (0.28%) Cypress.io
12 3 (0.28%) Postman
12 3 (0.28%) SoapUI
12 3 (0.28%) SonarQube
13 2 (0.19%) SpecFlow
General
1 302 (28.15%) Social Skills
2 292 (27.21%) Public Sector
3 161 (15.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 108 (10.07%) Finance
5 103 (9.60%) Law
6 98 (9.13%) Analytical Skills
7 53 (4.94%) Back Office
8 40 (3.73%) Legal
8 40 (3.73%) Telecoms
9 34 (3.17%) Presentation Skills
10 31 (2.89%) Manufacturing
11 21 (1.96%) Influencing Skills
11 21 (1.96%) Organisational Skills
12 19 (1.77%) Aerospace
12 19 (1.77%) Retail
13 16 (1.49%) Marketing
14 11 (1.03%) Military
15 9 (0.84%) Electronics
16 8 (0.75%) Aviation
17 7 (0.65%) Police
Job Titles
1 209 (19.48%) Senior
2 152 (14.17%) Architect
3 121 (11.28%) Consultant
4 96 (8.95%) Developer
5 88 (8.20%) Analyst
6 76 (7.08%) Lead
7 71 (6.62%) Solutions Architect
8 65 (6.06%) Software Engineer
9 64 (5.96%) Support Engineer
10 52 (4.85%) Site Engineer
11 50 (4.66%) Desktop Engineer
11 50 (4.66%) Desktop Support
11 50 (4.66%) Desktop Support Engineer
12 47 (4.38%) Business Analyst
13 41 (3.82%) Cloud Engineer
14 39 (3.63%) Security Consultant
15 38 (3.54%) Senior Manager
16 37 (3.45%) Data Engineer
16 37 (3.45%) Java Developer
17 36 (3.36%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (3.82%) REST
2 35 (3.26%) .NET
3 31 (2.89%) Spring
4 25 (2.33%) React
5 23 (2.14%) CSS
5 23 (2.14%) HTML
6 21 (1.96%) SOAP
7 18 (1.68%) Middleware
8 16 (1.49%) Spring Boot
9 15 (1.40%) Lightning Web Components
9 15 (1.40%) Visualforce
10 13 (1.21%) Kafka
11 11 (1.03%) Playwright
12 10 (0.93%) ASP.NET
12 10 (0.93%) Django
12 10 (0.93%) HTML5 Canvas
13 9 (0.84%) RESTful
13 9 (0.84%) SAML
14 8 (0.75%) Node.js
15 7 (0.65%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 62 (5.78%) Product Ownership
2 59 (5.50%) Cloud Native
3 42 (3.91%) Onboarding
4 38 (3.54%) Data Centre
5 37 (3.45%) Management Information System
6 29 (2.70%) Security Posture
7 19 (1.77%) Legacy Systems
7 19 (1.77%) PKI
8 14 (1.30%) Blog
8 14 (1.30%) Driving Licence
9 12 (1.12%) Security Operations Centre
10 11 (1.03%) Low-Code
11 8 (0.75%) AI Agents
11 8 (0.75%) Analytical Mindset
11 8 (0.75%) Data Structures
12 6 (0.56%) Cyber Threat
12 6 (0.56%) Enterprise Cloud
12 6 (0.56%) Enterprise Software
12 6 (0.56%) Hybrid Cloud
12 6 (0.56%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 108 (10.07%) Windows
2 65 (6.06%) Linux
3 55 (5.13%) Windows 10
4 22 (2.05%) Windows Server
5 18 (1.68%) Unix
6 7 (0.65%) Ubuntu
7 5 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.28%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.19%) Android
9 2 (0.19%) CentOS
10 1 (0.093%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.093%) Embedded Linux
10 1 (0.093%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 231 (21.53%) Agile
2 173 (16.12%) Continuous Improvement
3 162 (15.10%) Cybersecurity
4 124 (11.56%) DevOps
5 123 (11.46%) Mentoring
6 113 (10.53%) Analytics
6 113 (10.53%) Community of Practice
7 108 (10.07%) ITIL
8 105 (9.79%) Technology Strategy
9 104 (9.69%) CI/CD
9 104 (9.69%) Problem-Solving
10 99 (9.23%) Software Engineering
11 82 (7.64%) Stakeholder Management
12 71 (6.62%) Infrastructure as Code
12 71 (6.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 66 (6.15%) Collaborative Culture
13 66 (6.15%) Scrum
14 65 (6.06%) Risk Management
15 62 (5.78%) Customer Service
15 62 (5.78%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 108 (10.07%) Java
2 102 (9.51%) Python
3 72 (6.71%) JavaScript
4 52 (4.85%) SQL
5 33 (3.08%) C#
6 24 (2.24%) TypeScript
7 22 (2.05%) C++
7 22 (2.05%) PowerShell
8 16 (1.49%) Bash
9 15 (1.40%) Apex Code
10 9 (0.84%) Rust
11 6 (0.56%) C
11 6 (0.56%) Scala
12 4 (0.37%) Groovy
12 4 (0.37%) PL/SQL
12 4 (0.37%) VBA
13 3 (0.28%) Pascal
13 3 (0.28%) Perl
13 3 (0.28%) Ruby
13 3 (0.28%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 1,073 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 240 (22.37%) Degree
3 187 (17.43%) DV Cleared
4 51 (4.75%) BPSS Clearance
5 50 (4.66%) CTC Cleared
6 47 (4.38%) CISSP
7 45 (4.19%) Computer Science Degree
8 39 (3.63%) Microsoft Certification
9 36 (3.36%) CISM
10 22 (2.05%) Azure Certification
11 18 (1.68%) AWS Certification
12 15 (1.40%) Cisco Certification
13 14 (1.30%) TOGAF Certification
14 11 (1.03%) CREST Certified
15 10 (0.93%) HNC
16 8 (0.75%) CCIE
16 8 (0.75%) CCNA
16 8 (0.75%) CRISC
16 8 (0.75%) Master's Degree
17 7 (0.65%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (6.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 55 (5.13%) SLA
3 46 (4.29%) NIST
4 45 (4.19%) Accessibility
5 38 (3.54%) QA
6 33 (3.08%) GDPR
7 19 (1.77%) WCAG
8 18 (1.68%) GRC
8 18 (1.68%) NCSC
9 17 (1.58%) Data Quality
10 14 (1.30%) PCI DSS
11 12 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials
11 12 (1.12%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 8 (0.75%) Actionable Recommendations
12 8 (0.75%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 8 (0.75%) JSP 440
13 7 (0.65%) Government Security Classifications
14 5 (0.47%) NEBOSH
15 3 (0.28%) Def Stans
15 3 (0.28%) PMO
System Software
1 55 (5.13%) Docker
2 30 (2.80%) Active Directory
3 17 (1.58%) VMware Infrastructure
4 11 (1.03%) VMware NSX
5 8 (0.75%) Hyper-V
6 5 (0.47%) Firmware
6 5 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.37%) VMware ESXi
7 4 (0.37%) vSphere
8 2 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.093%) Citrix Hypervisor
9 1 (0.093%) Embedded Firmware
9 1 (0.093%) IAG
9 1 (0.093%) Oracle RAC
9 1 (0.093%) Slurm Workload Manager
9 1 (0.093%) Xen
Systems Management
1 73 (6.80%) Terraform
2 59 (5.50%) Kubernetes
3 41 (3.82%) Ansible
4 18 (1.68%) Microsoft Intune
5 15 (1.40%) Prometheus
6 14 (1.30%) Grafana
7 6 (0.56%) Endace
7 6 (0.56%) Puppet
8 5 (0.47%) Argo
8 5 (0.47%) AWS Copilot
8 5 (0.47%) Packer
9 4 (0.37%) Istio
9 4 (0.37%) Kustomize
9 4 (0.37%) Nmap
9 4 (0.37%) Progress Chef
9 4 (0.37%) SCCM
9 4 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
9 4 (0.37%) vCenter Server
9 4 (0.37%) WSUS
10 3 (0.28%) Nessus
Vendors
1 162 (15.10%) Microsoft
2 87 (8.11%) Cisco
3 48 (4.47%) Google
4 29 (2.70%) Oracle
5 27 (2.52%) VMware
6 24 (2.24%) Salesforce
7 21 (1.96%) Adobe
7 21 (1.96%) SAP
8 18 (1.68%) Red Hat
9 15 (1.40%) MuleSoft
10 12 (1.12%) CyberArk
11 9 (0.84%) Meraki
11 9 (0.84%) ServiceNow
12 8 (0.75%) Databricks
12 8 (0.75%) F5
12 8 (0.75%) Juniper
13 7 (0.65%) Splunk
14 6 (0.56%) CheckPoint
15 5 (0.47%) Remedy
16 4 (0.37%) BMC