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

6 months to
7 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 36 101 59
Rank change year-on-year +65 -42 -6
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 1,192 571 1,356
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.65% 3.52% 4.12%
As % of the Qualifications category 26.83% 10.47% 15.42%
Number of salaries quoted 936 378 1,023
10th Percentile £46,250 £44,640 £40,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £64,314 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.95% +7.19% -7.69%
75th Percentile £81,250 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £91,100 £88,750
UK median annual salary £67,500 £61,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.76% +6.96% -8.00%

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 4,443 5,454 8,793
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 21.07% 33.59% 26.70%
Number of salaries quoted 3,058 2,455 5,655
10th Percentile £33,250 £28,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £56,525
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +6.15% -5.79%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £93,500 £88,750 £86,250
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 7 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 31 (2.60%) SharePoint
2 19 (1.59%) Apache
3 14 (1.17%) Apache Airflow
4 13 (1.09%) Apache Spark
5 12 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
6 7 (0.59%) Anypoint
6 7 (0.59%) Jupyter
6 7 (0.59%) Mule
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%) Site Server
Applications
1 42 (3.52%) Microsoft Office
2 16 (1.34%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.59%) Adobe XD
5 4 (0.34%) Windchill
6 3 (0.25%) MS Visio
7 2 (0.17%) InVision
7 2 (0.17%) Sketch
7 2 (0.17%) Weka
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
Business Applications
1 7 (0.59%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (0.42%) Oracle EBS
3 4 (0.34%) 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
1 313 (26.26%) Azure
2 276 (23.15%) AWS
3 106 (8.89%) Microsoft 365
4 89 (7.47%) GCP
5 74 (6.21%) Entra ID
6 51 (4.28%) Power Platform
7 26 (2.18%) GitHub
8 22 (1.85%) SaaS
8 22 (1.85%) Serverless
9 21 (1.76%) AWS CloudFormation
10 19 (1.59%) Dynamics 365
10 19 (1.59%) PaaS
11 17 (1.43%) Azure DevOps
11 17 (1.43%) Google Analytics
11 17 (1.43%) Microsoft Purview
12 16 (1.34%) Amazon S3
12 16 (1.34%) Azure Sentinel
12 16 (1.34%) dbt
12 16 (1.34%) PowerApps
13 15 (1.26%) Amazon EC2
Communications & Networking
1 38 (3.19%) Network Security
2 29 (2.43%) Firewall
3 23 (1.93%) WAN
4 20 (1.68%) VPN
5 19 (1.59%) DNS
5 19 (1.59%) TCP/IP
6 14 (1.17%) BGP
6 14 (1.17%) LAN
7 13 (1.09%) DHCP
8 12 (1.01%) MPLS
9 11 (0.92%) Wi-Fi
10 10 (0.84%) SSL
11 9 (0.76%) SMTP
12 7 (0.59%) ATM
12 7 (0.59%) Intrusion Detection
12 7 (0.59%) SNMP
13 6 (0.50%) HTTP
14 5 (0.42%) Cisco Firepower
14 5 (0.42%) Wireless
15 4 (0.34%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (3.27%) Power BI
2 33 (2.77%) PostgreSQL
3 15 (1.26%) Data Warehouse
4 13 (1.09%) Metadata
5 12 (1.01%) Amazon Athena
5 12 (1.01%) Big Data
6 11 (0.92%) Redis
7 10 (0.84%) DynamoDB
7 10 (0.84%) MongoDB
8 9 (0.76%) Elasticsearch
9 8 (0.67%) NoSQL
10 6 (0.50%) Amazon RDS
10 6 (0.50%) Data Lake
11 5 (0.42%) Amazon Redshift
11 5 (0.42%) Tableau
12 4 (0.34%) BigQuery
12 4 (0.34%) Relational Database
12 4 (0.34%) SQL Server
12 4 (0.34%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 3 (0.25%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 45 (3.78%) Git
2 34 (2.85%) GitLab
3 24 (2.01%) Jenkins
4 13 (1.09%) JUnit
4 13 (1.09%) Selenium
5 12 (1.01%) JIRA
6 8 (0.67%) Maven
7 7 (0.59%) Burp Suite
7 7 (0.59%) Metasploit
7 7 (0.59%) Mockito
8 5 (0.42%) Axure RP
8 5 (0.42%) Balsamiq
8 5 (0.42%) Cucumber
8 5 (0.42%) Postman
9 4 (0.34%) JMeter
10 3 (0.25%) Cypress.io
10 3 (0.25%) SoapUI
10 3 (0.25%) SonarQube
11 2 (0.17%) Babel
11 2 (0.17%) webpack
General
1 357 (29.95%) Social Skills
2 308 (25.84%) Public Sector
3 176 (14.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 123 (10.32%) Analytical Skills
5 122 (10.23%) Finance
6 111 (9.31%) Law
7 44 (3.69%) Legal
8 42 (3.52%) Presentation Skills
9 38 (3.19%) Back Office
10 34 (2.85%) Telecoms
11 30 (2.52%) Retail
12 28 (2.35%) Manufacturing
13 25 (2.10%) Aerospace
14 23 (1.93%) Organisational Skills
15 17 (1.43%) Influencing Skills
16 13 (1.09%) Military
17 11 (0.92%) Aviation
18 10 (0.84%) Police
19 9 (0.76%) Automotive
20 8 (0.67%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 231 (19.38%) Senior
2 202 (16.95%) Architect
3 125 (10.49%) Consultant
4 105 (8.81%) Developer
5 97 (8.14%) Lead
6 91 (7.63%) Solutions Architect
7 84 (7.05%) Analyst
8 81 (6.80%) Software Engineer
9 52 (4.36%) Security Consultant
10 50 (4.19%) Support Engineer
11 49 (4.11%) Data Engineer
12 46 (3.86%) Senior Manager
13 43 (3.61%) Cloud Engineer
14 41 (3.44%) Security Architect
15 40 (3.36%) Java Developer
15 40 (3.36%) Senior Analyst
16 39 (3.27%) DevOps Engineer
16 39 (3.27%) Site Engineer
17 37 (3.10%) Business Analyst
17 37 (3.10%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (3.27%) REST
2 33 (2.77%) Spring
3 25 (2.10%) .NET
4 24 (2.01%) React
5 18 (1.51%) SOAP
6 16 (1.34%) Spring Boot
7 15 (1.26%) Middleware
7 15 (1.26%) Playwright
8 14 (1.17%) Kafka
9 12 (1.01%) CSS
9 12 (1.01%) HTML
9 12 (1.01%) Lightning Web Components
9 12 (1.01%) Visualforce
10 10 (0.84%) RESTful
11 9 (0.76%) SAML
12 8 (0.67%) Django
12 8 (0.67%) Node.js
12 8 (0.67%) OAuth
12 8 (0.67%) PySpark
12 8 (0.67%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 92 (7.72%) Cloud Native
2 53 (4.45%) Product Ownership
3 47 (3.94%) Management Information System
4 41 (3.44%) Onboarding
5 35 (2.94%) Security Posture
6 33 (2.77%) Data Centre
7 23 (1.93%) Legacy Systems
8 21 (1.76%) Driving Licence
9 17 (1.43%) Blog
9 17 (1.43%) PKI
10 14 (1.17%) Self-Motivation
11 13 (1.09%) Security Operations Centre
12 9 (0.76%) Distributed Systems
12 9 (0.76%) Low-Code
12 9 (0.76%) Public Cloud
13 8 (0.67%) Cyber Threat
13 8 (0.67%) Data Structures
14 7 (0.59%) AI Agents
14 7 (0.59%) Hybrid Cloud
14 7 (0.59%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 100 (8.39%) Windows
2 82 (6.88%) Linux
3 40 (3.36%) Windows 10
4 29 (2.43%) Windows Server
5 22 (1.85%) Unix
6 5 (0.42%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (0.25%) Ubuntu
7 3 (0.25%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.17%) Android
8 2 (0.17%) CentOS
8 2 (0.17%) Kali Linux
9 1 (0.084%) Apple iOS
9 1 (0.084%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.084%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 281 (23.57%) Agile
2 212 (17.79%) Continuous Improvement
3 190 (15.94%) Cybersecurity
4 163 (13.67%) Mentoring
5 151 (12.67%) CI/CD
6 149 (12.50%) DevOps
7 148 (12.42%) Problem-Solving
8 126 (10.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 121 (10.15%) Software Engineering
10 115 (9.65%) Community of Practice
11 112 (9.40%) ITIL
12 110 (9.23%) Analytics
13 105 (8.81%) Technology Strategy
14 104 (8.72%) Stakeholder Management
15 99 (8.31%) Infrastructure as Code
16 82 (6.88%) Cloud Security
16 82 (6.88%) Decision-Making
17 81 (6.80%) Risk Management
18 80 (6.71%) Scrum
18 80 (6.71%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 138 (11.58%) Python
2 122 (10.23%) Java
3 67 (5.62%) SQL
4 64 (5.37%) JavaScript
5 33 (2.77%) C++
6 31 (2.60%) C#
7 29 (2.43%) Bash
8 28 (2.35%) PowerShell
9 24 (2.01%) TypeScript
10 13 (1.09%) C
11 12 (1.01%) Apex Code
12 11 (0.92%) Rust
13 7 (0.59%) DataWeave
13 7 (0.59%) VBA
14 6 (0.50%) Ada
14 6 (0.50%) Groovy
14 6 (0.50%) PL/SQL
14 6 (0.50%) Ruby
15 5 (0.42%) Go
15 5 (0.42%) Scala
Qualifications
1 1,192 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 234 (19.63%) Degree
3 180 (15.10%) DV Cleared
4 70 (5.87%) BPSS Clearance
5 63 (5.29%) CISSP
6 51 (4.28%) CISM
7 43 (3.61%) Computer Science Degree
8 35 (2.94%) CTC Cleared
9 33 (2.77%) Azure Certification
10 32 (2.68%) Microsoft Certification
11 20 (1.68%) AWS Certification
12 16 (1.34%) Cisco Certification
12 16 (1.34%) CRISC
13 14 (1.17%) CREST Certified
13 14 (1.17%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
14 13 (1.09%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
14 13 (1.09%) TOGAF Certification
15 12 (1.01%) Master's Degree
16 9 (0.76%) HNC
17 8 (0.67%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 114 (9.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 62 (5.20%) NIST
3 52 (4.36%) SLA
4 44 (3.69%) QA
5 42 (3.52%) NCSC
6 37 (3.10%) GDPR
7 31 (2.60%) Accessibility
8 27 (2.27%) Cyber Essentials
9 24 (2.01%) GRC
10 22 (1.85%) Data Quality
11 19 (1.59%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 19 (1.59%) PCI DSS
12 13 (1.09%) JSP 440
13 12 (1.01%) Actionable Recommendations
14 11 (0.92%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
15 10 (0.84%) Def Stans
16 9 (0.76%) WCAG
17 7 (0.59%) Government Security Classifications
18 5 (0.42%) NEBOSH
18 5 (0.42%) NIST 800
System Software
1 65 (5.45%) Docker
2 43 (3.61%) Active Directory
3 23 (1.93%) Hyper-V
4 19 (1.59%) VMware Infrastructure
5 9 (0.76%) VMware NSX
6 7 (0.59%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (0.50%) vSphere
8 5 (0.42%) Firmware
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 85 (7.13%) Terraform
2 70 (5.87%) Kubernetes
3 37 (3.10%) Ansible
4 35 (2.94%) Microsoft Intune
5 21 (1.76%) Prometheus
6 19 (1.59%) Grafana
7 10 (0.84%) Argo
8 7 (0.59%) CloudHub
8 7 (0.59%) Nmap
8 7 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
9 6 (0.50%) Kustomize
9 6 (0.50%) Packer
9 6 (0.50%) Progress Chef
9 6 (0.50%) Puppet
10 5 (0.42%) AWS Copilot
10 5 (0.42%) Endace
10 5 (0.42%) Istio
10 5 (0.42%) vCenter Server
11 4 (0.34%) Kibana
12 3 (0.25%) Nagios
Vendors
1 200 (16.78%) Microsoft
2 61 (5.12%) Cisco
3 47 (3.94%) Google
4 36 (3.02%) Oracle
5 30 (2.52%) VMware
6 27 (2.27%) ServiceNow
7 24 (2.01%) Salesforce
8 19 (1.59%) MuleSoft
9 18 (1.51%) SAP
10 17 (1.43%) Red Hat
11 13 (1.09%) CyberArk
12 10 (0.84%) OpenAI
13 9 (0.76%) Databricks
14 8 (0.67%) Adobe
14 8 (0.67%) Splunk
15 7 (0.59%) Juniper
15 7 (0.59%) Meraki
16 6 (0.50%) F5
17 4 (0.34%) BeyondTrust
17 4 (0.34%) Yahoo!