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

6 months to
12 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 83 47
Rank change year-on-year +50 -36 -1
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 1,470 694 1,142
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.15% 4.28% 4.87%
As % of the Qualifications category 29.67% 12.44% 17.94%
Number of salaries quoted 1,005 416 791
10th Percentile £46,500 £45,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £56,250 £51,250 £49,775
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £71,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% +8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £91,875 £90,000
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 4,955 5,581 6,365
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.72% 34.38% 27.16%
Number of salaries quoted 3,131 2,345 3,172
10th Percentile £33,750 £30,750 £34,375
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -5.17%

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 12 September 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 29 (1.97%) SharePoint
2 28 (1.90%) Apache Spark
3 22 (1.50%) Apache
4 13 (0.88%) Anypoint
4 13 (0.88%) Mule
5 12 (0.82%) Confluence
6 10 (0.68%) Apache Airflow
7 8 (0.54%) Jupyter
8 7 (0.48%) nginx
8 7 (0.48%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 6 (0.41%) Camunda
10 4 (0.27%) ArcGIS
10 4 (0.27%) GeoServer
10 4 (0.27%) Oracle Spatial
10 4 (0.27%) Oracle Workflow
11 3 (0.20%) Apache Solr
12 2 (0.14%) OpenStack
13 1 (0.068%) CMS
13 1 (0.068%) Microsoft Exchange
13 1 (0.068%) WordPress
Applications
1 28 (1.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (1.16%) Microsoft Office
2 17 (1.16%) Simulink
3 14 (0.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (0.61%) Microsoft Project
5 8 (0.54%) Adobe XD
6 7 (0.48%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.27%) Mathcad
7 4 (0.27%) Windchill
8 2 (0.14%) InDesign
8 2 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.068%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 1 (0.068%) CATIA
9 1 (0.068%) Houdini
9 1 (0.068%) InVision
9 1 (0.068%) NUKE
9 1 (0.068%) Sketch
9 1 (0.068%) SOLIDWORKS
9 1 (0.068%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 11 (0.75%) Primavera
2 6 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.41%) Oracle EBS
2 6 (0.41%) Workday HCM
3 5 (0.34%) Teamcenter
4 4 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
5 3 (0.20%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.14%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 2 (0.14%) SAP QM
7 1 (0.068%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
7 1 (0.068%) Oracle Cash Management
7 1 (0.068%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.068%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
7 1 (0.068%) SAP BPC
7 1 (0.068%) SAP EWM
7 1 (0.068%) SAP GRC
7 1 (0.068%) SAP HCM
7 1 (0.068%) SAP Payroll
7 1 (0.068%) SAP PSCD
7 1 (0.068%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 376 (25.58%) Azure
2 352 (23.95%) AWS
3 111 (7.55%) GCP
4 76 (5.17%) Microsoft 365
5 71 (4.83%) Power Platform
6 55 (3.74%) Entra ID
7 38 (2.59%) dbt
8 36 (2.45%) AWS CloudFormation
9 33 (2.24%) GitHub
10 29 (1.97%) Serverless
11 27 (1.84%) Amazon S3
12 24 (1.63%) OpenShift
13 23 (1.56%) Azure DevOps
14 20 (1.36%) Google Analytics
14 20 (1.36%) Microsoft Purview
15 19 (1.29%) AWS Lambda
15 19 (1.29%) Azure Sentinel
16 18 (1.22%) PowerApps
17 16 (1.09%) Slack
18 15 (1.02%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 44 (2.99%) Network Security
2 31 (2.11%) Firewall
3 30 (2.04%) TCP/IP
4 24 (1.63%) DNS
5 16 (1.09%) SSL
6 11 (0.75%) VPN
6 11 (0.75%) WAN
7 10 (0.68%) ATM
8 9 (0.61%) Ethernet
8 9 (0.61%) Wireless
9 8 (0.54%) DHCP
10 7 (0.48%) BGP
11 5 (0.34%) LAN
11 5 (0.34%) MPLS
11 5 (0.34%) Unified Communications
11 5 (0.34%) VLAN
12 3 (0.20%) 3GPP
12 3 (0.20%) TETRA
13 2 (0.14%) Intrusion Detection
13 2 (0.14%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (4.01%) Power BI
2 42 (2.86%) PostgreSQL
3 26 (1.77%) Data Warehouse
4 23 (1.56%) Big Data
5 20 (1.36%) Amazon Athena
6 17 (1.16%) SQL Server
7 16 (1.09%) Data Lake
7 16 (1.09%) Relational Database
7 16 (1.09%) Tableau
8 15 (1.02%) DynamoDB
9 14 (0.95%) MySQL
10 12 (0.82%) Metadata
11 10 (0.68%) Hadoop
12 7 (0.48%) NoSQL
13 6 (0.41%) Amazon Redshift
13 6 (0.41%) Elasticsearch
13 6 (0.41%) GIS
13 6 (0.41%) MongoDB
13 6 (0.41%) Redis
14 5 (0.34%) Parquet
Development Applications
1 64 (4.35%) Git
2 32 (2.18%) GitLab
3 26 (1.77%) Jenkins
4 24 (1.63%) JIRA
5 21 (1.43%) JUnit
5 21 (1.43%) Rational DOORS
6 16 (1.09%) Selenium
7 12 (0.82%) Mockito
8 11 (0.75%) Maven
9 9 (0.61%) Balsamiq
9 9 (0.61%) Burp Suite
9 9 (0.61%) Cucumber
9 9 (0.61%) Metasploit
9 9 (0.61%) Postman
10 7 (0.48%) Axure RP
10 7 (0.48%) Cypress.io
11 6 (0.41%) Gatling
11 6 (0.41%) LabVIEW
12 3 (0.20%) Snyk
12 3 (0.20%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 433 (29.46%) Social Skills
2 346 (23.54%) Public Sector
3 332 (22.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 279 (18.98%) Finance
5 180 (12.24%) Analytical Skills
6 164 (11.16%) Aerospace
7 147 (10.00%) Law
8 59 (4.01%) Legal
9 49 (3.33%) Electronics
9 49 (3.33%) Military
10 48 (3.27%) Presentation Skills
11 47 (3.20%) Retail
12 43 (2.93%) Organisational Skills
13 38 (2.59%) Influencing Skills
14 37 (2.52%) Manufacturing
15 30 (2.04%) Police
16 21 (1.43%) Telecoms
17 14 (0.95%) Local Government
18 13 (0.88%) Aviation
18 13 (0.88%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 283 (19.25%) Senior
2 248 (16.87%) Architect
3 138 (9.39%) Consultant
4 132 (8.98%) Lead
5 131 (8.91%) Software Engineer
6 125 (8.50%) Developer
7 115 (7.82%) Analyst
8 85 (5.78%) Solutions Architect
9 60 (4.08%) Data Engineer
10 58 (3.95%) Principal Engineer
11 56 (3.81%) Security Consultant
12 51 (3.47%) DevOps Engineer
12 51 (3.47%) Senior Manager
13 49 (3.33%) Cloud Engineer
14 47 (3.20%) Security Architect
15 44 (2.99%) Business Analyst
15 44 (2.99%) Senior Analyst
15 44 (2.99%) Senior Developer
16 40 (2.72%) Cloud Architect
17 35 (2.38%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 99 (6.73%) Terraform
2 51 (3.47%) React
3 36 (2.45%) Spring
4 34 (2.31%) .NET
5 31 (2.11%) REST
6 28 (1.90%) CSS
7 24 (1.63%) HTML
8 22 (1.50%) PySpark
9 21 (1.43%) Node.js
10 20 (1.36%) .NET Core
10 20 (1.36%) Playwright
11 19 (1.29%) AngularJS
11 19 (1.29%) Kafka
12 17 (1.16%) OAuth
13 14 (0.95%) Entity Framework
13 14 (0.95%) JSON
13 14 (0.95%) OAuth2
13 14 (0.95%) Spring Boot
14 13 (0.88%) JWT
14 13 (0.88%) RAML
Miscellaneous
1 108 (7.35%) Cloud Native
2 52 (3.54%) Product Ownership
3 50 (3.40%) Management Information System
4 38 (2.59%) Onboarding
5 36 (2.45%) Self-Motivation
6 31 (2.11%) Legacy Systems
6 31 (2.11%) Security Posture
7 30 (2.04%) Blog
8 28 (1.90%) Driving Licence
9 24 (1.63%) Data Centre
10 23 (1.56%) Distributed Systems
11 22 (1.50%) FPGA
12 20 (1.36%) Cyber Threat
13 18 (1.22%) Security Operations Centre
14 15 (1.02%) Algorithms
14 15 (1.02%) Public Cloud
15 14 (0.95%) AI Agents
15 14 (0.95%) Hybrid Cloud
16 13 (0.88%) PKI
17 11 (0.75%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 114 (7.76%) Linux
2 90 (6.12%) Windows
3 38 (2.59%) Windows Server
4 33 (2.24%) Unix
5 12 (0.82%) Windows 10
6 6 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (0.34%) VxWorks
8 4 (0.27%) Kali Linux
8 4 (0.27%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.27%) Windows Server 2016
9 3 (0.20%) Android
9 3 (0.20%) Solaris
10 2 (0.14%) FreeRTOS
10 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.068%) AIX
11 1 (0.068%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.068%) CentOS
11 1 (0.068%) Embedded Linux
11 1 (0.068%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 407 (27.69%) Agile
2 276 (18.78%) Continuous Improvement
3 250 (17.01%) Mentoring
4 217 (14.76%) Problem-Solving
5 215 (14.63%) Cybersecurity
5 215 (14.63%) Software Engineering
6 208 (14.15%) CI/CD
7 193 (13.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 190 (12.93%) DevOps
9 165 (11.22%) AI
10 146 (9.93%) Stakeholder Management
11 145 (9.86%) Community of Practice
12 140 (9.52%) Decision-Making
13 137 (9.32%) Analytics
13 137 (9.32%) Coaching
14 132 (8.98%) Technology Strategy
15 129 (8.78%) Project Delivery
16 119 (8.10%) Technical Leadership
17 118 (8.03%) Scrum
18 116 (7.89%) Infrastructure as Code
Programming Languages
1 174 (11.84%) Python
2 133 (9.05%) Java
3 100 (6.80%) SQL
4 89 (6.05%) JavaScript
5 53 (3.61%) C++
6 51 (3.47%) C#
7 43 (2.93%) Bash
8 37 (2.52%) PowerShell
9 27 (1.84%) TypeScript
10 23 (1.56%) MATLAB
11 22 (1.50%) C
12 19 (1.29%) Ada
13 14 (0.95%) PL/SQL
14 13 (0.88%) DataWeave
14 13 (0.88%) Kusto Query Language
15 12 (0.82%) Ruby
16 9 (0.61%) VBA
17 8 (0.54%) Go
17 8 (0.54%) Rust
18 6 (0.41%) Scala
Qualifications
1 1,470 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 290 (19.73%) DV Cleared
3 278 (18.91%) Degree
4 185 (12.59%) BPSS Clearance
5 74 (5.03%) CISSP
6 59 (4.01%) CISM
7 48 (3.27%) Computer Science Degree
8 42 (2.86%) Azure Certification
9 36 (2.45%) AWS Certification
10 31 (2.11%) Master's Degree
11 24 (1.63%) Microsoft Certification
12 20 (1.36%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 18 (1.22%) PhD
14 17 (1.16%) Chartered Engineer
14 17 (1.16%) Cisco Certification
14 17 (1.16%) CRISC
15 15 (1.02%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 14 (0.95%) CREST Certified
17 11 (0.75%) CHECK Team Member
17 11 (0.75%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 152 (10.34%) Accessibility
2 130 (8.84%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 79 (5.37%) NIST
4 59 (4.01%) NCSC
5 48 (3.27%) QA
6 39 (2.65%) Data Quality
7 36 (2.45%) GRC
8 30 (2.04%) GDPR
9 24 (1.63%) Cyber Essentials
10 20 (1.36%) HMG Security Policy Framework
10 20 (1.36%) PCI DSS
10 20 (1.36%) SLA
11 19 (1.29%) WCAG
12 14 (0.95%) Actionable Recommendations
12 14 (0.95%) Def Stans
13 12 (0.82%) JSP 440
14 7 (0.48%) NIST 800
15 5 (0.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 5 (0.34%) NEBOSH
15 5 (0.34%) PMO
System Software
1 91 (6.19%) Docker
2 51 (3.47%) Active Directory
3 34 (2.31%) Firmware
4 30 (2.04%) VMware Infrastructure
5 21 (1.43%) Hyper-V
6 15 (1.02%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (0.41%) Squid
7 6 (0.41%) vSphere
8 4 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.27%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.068%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 1 (0.068%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.068%) IAG
10 1 (0.068%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.068%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.068%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 97 (6.60%) Kubernetes
2 36 (2.45%) Microsoft Intune
3 34 (2.31%) Ansible
4 16 (1.09%) Prometheus
5 15 (1.02%) Grafana
6 13 (0.88%) CloudHub
7 11 (0.75%) Argo
8 9 (0.61%) Nmap
9 7 (0.48%) Kustomize
9 7 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
10 6 (0.41%) Istio
11 5 (0.34%) Packer
11 5 (0.34%) vCenter Server
12 4 (0.27%) Progress Chef
13 3 (0.20%) Check_MK
13 3 (0.20%) Kibana
14 2 (0.14%) Active Directory Federation Services
14 2 (0.14%) CASB
14 2 (0.14%) Graylog
14 2 (0.14%) SCCM
Vendors
1 213 (14.49%) Microsoft
2 57 (3.88%) Google
3 56 (3.81%) ServiceNow
4 46 (3.13%) Oracle
5 44 (2.99%) VMware
6 35 (2.38%) SAP
7 22 (1.50%) Red Hat
8 17 (1.16%) Cisco
8 17 (1.16%) Salesforce
9 16 (1.09%) OpenAI
10 15 (1.02%) Databricks
10 15 (1.02%) MuleSoft
11 14 (0.95%) Veeam
12 13 (0.88%) Adobe
13 12 (0.82%) Thales
13 12 (0.82%) Workday
14 11 (0.75%) CyberArk
14 11 (0.75%) Siemens
14 11 (0.75%) YouTube
15 10 (0.68%) Okta