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

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 89 50
Rank change year-on-year +54 -39 -2
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 1,368 642 1,144
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.94% 3.88% 4.63%
As % of the Qualifications category 28.80% 11.26% 17.49%
Number of salaries quoted 961 382 865
10th Percentile £46,500 £45,575 £40,000
25th Percentile £56,250 £52,500 £48,000
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 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £91,175 £90,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £58,310
% change year-on-year +16.67% +2.90% -6.70%

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 4,750 5,703 6,542
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.64% 34.43% 26.50%
Number of salaries quoted 3,083 2,411 3,671
10th Percentile £33,750 £29,750 £33,000
25th Percentile £46,743 £40,903 £43,398
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -0.86% -3.33%
75th Percentile £79,688 £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 22 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 29 (2.12%) SharePoint
2 27 (1.97%) Apache Spark
3 24 (1.75%) Apache
4 13 (0.95%) Anypoint
4 13 (0.95%) Mule
5 12 (0.88%) Apache Airflow
6 11 (0.80%) Confluence
7 8 (0.58%) Jupyter
8 7 (0.51%) Camunda
8 7 (0.51%) nginx
8 7 (0.51%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 3 (0.22%) Apache Solr
9 3 (0.22%) ArcGIS
9 3 (0.22%) GeoServer
9 3 (0.22%) Oracle Spatial
10 2 (0.15%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.073%) CMS
11 1 (0.073%) Microsoft Exchange
11 1 (0.073%) Oracle HTTP Server
11 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%) Adobe XD
5 9 (0.66%) Microsoft Office
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 10 (0.73%) 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
1 372 (27.19%) Azure
2 354 (25.88%) AWS
3 115 (8.41%) GCP
4 72 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
5 68 (4.97%) Power Platform
6 50 (3.65%) Entra ID
7 38 (2.78%) AWS CloudFormation
7 38 (2.78%) dbt
8 34 (2.49%) GitHub
9 25 (1.83%) Serverless
10 23 (1.68%) Azure DevOps
11 22 (1.61%) Google Analytics
12 21 (1.54%) Amazon S3
13 20 (1.46%) Azure Sentinel
13 20 (1.46%) Microsoft Purview
14 19 (1.39%) Dynamics 365
14 19 (1.39%) PowerApps
15 18 (1.32%) OpenShift
16 17 (1.24%) Slack
17 15 (1.10%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 43 (3.14%) Network Security
2 31 (2.27%) Firewall
2 31 (2.27%) TCP/IP
3 24 (1.75%) DNS
4 16 (1.17%) SSL
5 13 (0.95%) WAN
6 12 (0.88%) VPN
7 11 (0.80%) ATM
8 9 (0.66%) Ethernet
9 8 (0.58%) BGP
9 8 (0.58%) DHCP
9 8 (0.58%) LAN
10 7 (0.51%) Wireless
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%) OSPF
13 3 (0.22%) TETRA
13 3 (0.22%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (4.09%) Power BI
2 42 (3.07%) PostgreSQL
3 23 (1.68%) 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
8 14 (1.02%) MySQL
8 14 (1.02%) Tableau
9 13 (0.95%) Amazon Athena
9 13 (0.95%) Metadata
10 11 (0.80%) Data Lake
11 9 (0.66%) Hadoop
12 7 (0.51%) MongoDB
12 7 (0.51%) NoSQL
13 6 (0.44%) Elasticsearch
13 6 (0.44%) Redis
14 5 (0.37%) SQL Server Analysis Services
15 4 (0.29%) GIS
15 4 (0.29%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 60 (4.39%) Git
2 36 (2.63%) GitLab
3 27 (1.97%) Jenkins
4 24 (1.75%) 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%) Balsamiq
8 11 (0.80%) Maven
9 9 (0.66%) Axure RP
9 9 (0.66%) Postman
10 8 (0.58%) Cucumber
11 7 (0.51%) Burp Suite
11 7 (0.51%) 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
1 431 (31.51%) Social Skills
2 341 (24.93%) Public Sector
3 321 (23.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 268 (19.59%) Finance
5 169 (12.35%) Analytical Skills
6 150 (10.96%) Law
7 145 (10.60%) Aerospace
8 62 (4.53%) Legal
9 50 (3.65%) Presentation Skills
10 43 (3.14%) Military
11 40 (2.92%) Electronics
12 39 (2.85%) Retail
13 36 (2.63%) Organisational Skills
14 35 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
14 35 (2.56%) Manufacturing
15 25 (1.83%) Police
15 25 (1.83%) Telecoms
16 15 (1.10%) Local Government
17 13 (0.95%) Aviation
18 11 (0.80%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 258 (18.86%) Senior
2 240 (17.54%) Architect
3 134 (9.80%) Lead
4 127 (9.28%) Consultant
5 119 (8.70%) Software Engineer
6 116 (8.48%) Developer
7 107 (7.82%) Analyst
8 89 (6.51%) Solutions Architect
9 55 (4.02%) Security Consultant
10 53 (3.87%) Cloud Engineer
10 53 (3.87%) DevOps Engineer
11 51 (3.73%) Principal Engineer
12 48 (3.51%) Senior Developer
13 45 (3.29%) Senior Manager
14 44 (3.22%) Security Architect
14 44 (3.22%) Senior Analyst
15 42 (3.07%) Business Analyst
16 40 (2.92%) Data Engineer
17 38 (2.78%) Cloud Architect
18 36 (2.63%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 105 (7.68%) Terraform
2 51 (3.73%) React
3 40 (2.92%) Spring
4 35 (2.56%) .NET
5 33 (2.41%) REST
6 30 (2.19%) CSS
7 26 (1.90%) HTML
8 21 (1.54%) Kafka
9 20 (1.46%) .NET Core
9 20 (1.46%) Playwright
10 19 (1.39%) AngularJS
11 17 (1.24%) OAuth
11 17 (1.24%) Spring Boot
12 16 (1.17%) Node.js
12 16 (1.17%) PySpark
13 14 (1.02%) Entity Framework
13 14 (1.02%) OAuth2
14 13 (0.95%) JWT
14 13 (0.95%) MUnit
14 13 (0.95%) RAML
Miscellaneous
1 104 (7.60%) Cloud Native
2 53 (3.87%) Product Ownership
3 43 (3.14%) Management Information System
4 41 (3.00%) Onboarding
5 33 (2.41%) Blog
5 33 (2.41%) Self-Motivation
6 32 (2.34%) Legacy Systems
7 31 (2.27%) Security Posture
8 25 (1.83%) Driving Licence
9 23 (1.68%) Distributed Systems
10 22 (1.61%) FPGA
11 20 (1.46%) Data Centre
12 17 (1.24%) Cyber Threat
12 17 (1.24%) Security Operations Centre
13 16 (1.17%) Public Cloud
14 15 (1.10%) Algorithms
15 13 (0.95%) AI Agents
16 12 (0.88%) PKI
17 10 (0.73%) Data Structures
17 10 (0.73%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 108 (7.89%) Linux
2 84 (6.14%) Windows
3 38 (2.78%) Windows Server
4 33 (2.41%) 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%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.073%) CentOS
10 1 (0.073%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 396 (28.95%) Agile
2 261 (19.08%) Continuous Improvement
3 229 (16.74%) Mentoring
4 205 (14.99%) Cybersecurity
5 204 (14.91%) CI/CD
6 202 (14.77%) Problem-Solving
7 197 (14.40%) Software Engineering
8 189 (13.82%) DevOps
9 180 (13.16%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 148 (10.82%) Community of Practice
11 141 (10.31%) AI
12 128 (9.36%) Technology Strategy
13 125 (9.14%) Infrastructure as Code
14 124 (9.06%) Stakeholder Management
15 122 (8.92%) Decision-Making
16 119 (8.70%) Project Delivery
17 117 (8.55%) Scrum
18 113 (8.26%) Coaching
19 109 (7.97%) Analytics
20 105 (7.68%) Collaborative Culture
Programming Languages
1 171 (12.50%) Python
2 132 (9.65%) Java
3 88 (6.43%) JavaScript
3 88 (6.43%) SQL
4 51 (3.73%) C#
5 47 (3.44%) C++
6 42 (3.07%) Bash
7 38 (2.78%) PowerShell
8 26 (1.90%) TypeScript
9 23 (1.68%) MATLAB
10 19 (1.39%) Ada
10 19 (1.39%) C
11 13 (0.95%) DataWeave
12 12 (0.88%) PL/SQL
12 12 (0.88%) Ruby
13 11 (0.80%) Kusto Query Language
14 9 (0.66%) Rust
14 9 (0.66%) VBA
15 8 (0.58%) Go
16 6 (0.44%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 1,368 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 281 (20.54%) DV Cleared
3 275 (20.10%) Degree
4 184 (13.45%) BPSS Clearance
5 69 (5.04%) CISSP
6 55 (4.02%) CISM
7 52 (3.80%) Computer Science Degree
8 42 (3.07%) Azure Certification
9 34 (2.49%) AWS Certification
10 30 (2.19%) Master's Degree
11 25 (1.83%) Microsoft Certification
12 18 (1.32%) Cisco Certification
12 18 (1.32%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 17 (1.24%) PhD
14 16 (1.17%) CRISC
15 15 (1.10%) CREST Certified
15 15 (1.10%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 13 (0.95%) Chartered Engineer
17 11 (0.80%) TOGAF Certification
18 10 (0.73%) (ISC)2 CCSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 151 (11.04%) Accessibility
2 123 (8.99%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 74 (5.41%) NIST
4 54 (3.95%) NCSC
5 49 (3.58%) QA
6 32 (2.34%) Data Quality
7 31 (2.27%) GRC
8 25 (1.83%) GDPR
9 23 (1.68%) Cyber Essentials
10 21 (1.54%) WCAG
11 20 (1.46%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 18 (1.32%) PCI DSS
13 17 (1.24%) SLA
14 13 (0.95%) Actionable Recommendations
15 12 (0.88%) JSP 440
16 11 (0.80%) Def Stans
17 6 (0.44%) NIST 800
18 5 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
18 5 (0.37%) NEBOSH
19 4 (0.29%) HIPAA
System Software
1 90 (6.58%) Docker
2 51 (3.73%) Active Directory
3 35 (2.56%) 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%) Ansible
2 35 (2.56%) Microsoft Intune
3 16 (1.17%) Prometheus
4 15 (1.10%) Grafana
5 13 (0.95%) CloudHub
6 10 (0.73%) Argo
7 7 (0.51%) Nmap
7 7 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
8 6 (0.44%) Kustomize
9 5 (0.37%) Istio
9 5 (0.37%) Packer
9 5 (0.37%) vCenter Server
10 4 (0.29%) Progress Chef
11 3 (0.22%) Check_MK
11 3 (0.22%) Kibana
12 2 (0.15%) Graylog
12 2 (0.15%) Nagios
12 2 (0.15%) Oracle RMAN
12 2 (0.15%) SCCM
Vendors
1 193 (14.11%) Microsoft
2 59 (4.31%) Google
3 39 (2.85%) ServiceNow
4 38 (2.78%) Oracle
5 37 (2.70%) VMware
6 28 (2.05%) SAP
7 21 (1.54%) Red Hat
8 20 (1.46%) Salesforce
9 19 (1.39%) Cisco
10 17 (1.24%) MuleSoft
11 16 (1.17%) Databricks
11 16 (1.17%) OpenAI
12 13 (0.95%) Adobe
13 11 (0.80%) Siemens
14 9 (0.66%) Veeam
15 8 (0.58%) Atlassian
15 8 (0.58%) CyberArk
16 7 (0.51%) Fortinet
16 7 (0.51%) Splunk
16 7 (0.51%) Workday