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

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 75 48
Rank change year-on-year +44 -27 -6
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 1,541 736 1,083
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 6.21% 4.38% 4.95%
As % of the Qualifications category 30.10% 11.55% 17.90%
Number of salaries quoted 1,036 432 681
10th Percentile £46,250 £42,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £56,250 £48,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +20.83% -4.00% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £79,225
90th Percentile £98,750 £90,000 £91,250
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 5,119 6,371 6,050
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.64% 37.93% 27.67%
Number of salaries quoted 3,167 2,256 2,775
10th Percentile £33,060 £30,956 £34,404
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% - -
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,750 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -0.38%

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 8 October 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 (1.88%) Apache Spark
2 23 (1.49%) Apache
3 22 (1.43%) SharePoint
4 13 (0.84%) Anypoint
4 13 (0.84%) Confluence
4 13 (0.84%) Mule
5 11 (0.71%) Apache Airflow
6 10 (0.65%) Oracle Workflow
7 9 (0.58%) Jupyter
7 9 (0.58%) nginx
7 9 (0.58%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 8 (0.52%) Camunda
9 7 (0.45%) WebLogic
10 5 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
11 3 (0.19%) ArcGIS
11 3 (0.19%) GeoServer
11 3 (0.19%) Oracle Spatial
12 2 (0.13%) Apache Solr
12 2 (0.13%) WebLogic Portal
13 1 (0.065%) WordPress
Applications
1 29 (1.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 21 (1.36%) Microsoft Office
3 17 (1.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 17 (1.10%) Simulink
4 14 (0.91%) Microsoft Project
5 6 (0.39%) Adobe XD
5 6 (0.39%) MS Visio
6 4 (0.26%) Mathcad
6 4 (0.26%) Windchill
7 2 (0.13%) InDesign
7 2 (0.13%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.065%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.065%) Houdini
8 1 (0.065%) NUKE
8 1 (0.065%) SOLIDWORKS
8 1 (0.065%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 11 (0.71%) Primavera
2 9 (0.58%) Oracle EBS
3 8 (0.52%) SAP S/4HANA
4 7 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (0.45%) Workday HCM
5 5 (0.32%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 5 (0.32%) SAP PSCD
5 5 (0.32%) Teamcenter
6 3 (0.19%) SAP ERP
6 3 (0.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
7 2 (0.13%) Oracle Applications
7 2 (0.13%) Oracle EBS R12
7 2 (0.13%) SAP QM
8 1 (0.065%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
8 1 (0.065%) Maximo
8 1 (0.065%) Remedy ITSM
8 1 (0.065%) SAP EWM
8 1 (0.065%) SAP GRC
8 1 (0.065%) SAP HCM
8 1 (0.065%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 379 (24.59%) Azure
2 362 (23.49%) AWS
3 110 (7.14%) GCP
4 75 (4.87%) Microsoft 365
5 69 (4.48%) Power Platform
6 68 (4.41%) Entra ID
7 42 (2.73%) GitHub
8 38 (2.47%) AWS CloudFormation
8 38 (2.47%) dbt
8 38 (2.47%) Serverless
9 34 (2.21%) Amazon S3
10 33 (2.14%) Azure DevOps
11 24 (1.56%) OpenShift
12 23 (1.49%) AWS Lambda
13 22 (1.43%) Microsoft Purview
14 21 (1.36%) Azure Monitor
15 19 (1.23%) Amazon EC2
16 17 (1.10%) SaaS
17 16 (1.04%) GitHub Actions
17 16 (1.04%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 46 (2.99%) Network Security
2 34 (2.21%) Firewall
3 29 (1.88%) TCP/IP
4 25 (1.62%) DNS
5 16 (1.04%) SSL
6 12 (0.78%) VPN
7 11 (0.71%) Wireless
8 10 (0.65%) ATM
9 9 (0.58%) Ethernet
9 9 (0.58%) WAN
10 7 (0.45%) DHCP
10 7 (0.45%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (0.32%) SAN
11 5 (0.32%) Unified Communications
11 5 (0.32%) VLAN
12 4 (0.26%) Internet
12 4 (0.26%) LAN
12 4 (0.26%) NAS
13 3 (0.19%) 3GPP
13 3 (0.19%) BGP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (3.70%) Power BI
2 44 (2.86%) PostgreSQL
3 28 (1.82%) Data Warehouse
4 24 (1.56%) Big Data
5 23 (1.49%) Amazon Athena
6 19 (1.23%) SQL Server
7 18 (1.17%) Data Lake
7 18 (1.17%) Metadata
8 17 (1.10%) Relational Database
8 17 (1.10%) Tableau
9 14 (0.91%) DynamoDB
9 14 (0.91%) MySQL
10 10 (0.65%) Hadoop
11 9 (0.58%) Amazon RDS
11 9 (0.58%) Amazon Redshift
12 8 (0.52%) NoSQL
13 6 (0.39%) Azure SQL Database
13 6 (0.39%) Parquet
13 6 (0.39%) Redis
14 5 (0.32%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 64 (4.15%) Git
2 35 (2.27%) GitLab
3 29 (1.88%) JIRA
4 27 (1.75%) JUnit
5 25 (1.62%) Jenkins
6 22 (1.43%) Rational DOORS
7 18 (1.17%) Mockito
8 13 (0.84%) Selenium
9 12 (0.78%) Burp Suite
9 12 (0.78%) Metasploit
10 10 (0.65%) Maven
11 9 (0.58%) Cucumber
11 9 (0.58%) Postman
12 8 (0.52%) Balsamiq
13 7 (0.45%) Cypress.io
14 6 (0.39%) Axure RP
14 6 (0.39%) Gatling
14 6 (0.39%) LabVIEW
15 3 (0.19%) Snyk
15 3 (0.19%) Visual Studio
General
1 439 (28.49%) Social Skills
2 357 (23.17%) Public Sector
3 338 (21.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 302 (19.60%) Finance
5 188 (12.20%) Analytical Skills
6 164 (10.64%) Aerospace
7 136 (8.83%) Law
8 60 (3.89%) Legal
9 53 (3.44%) Electronics
9 53 (3.44%) Presentation Skills
10 50 (3.24%) Military
10 50 (3.24%) Retail
11 44 (2.86%) Influencing Skills
12 42 (2.73%) Police
13 41 (2.66%) Organisational Skills
14 34 (2.21%) Manufacturing
15 21 (1.36%) Telecoms
16 14 (0.91%) Local Government
17 11 (0.71%) Aviation
17 11 (0.71%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 315 (20.44%) Senior
2 243 (15.77%) Architect
3 145 (9.41%) Software Engineer
4 137 (8.89%) Lead
5 126 (8.18%) Consultant
6 114 (7.40%) Developer
7 108 (7.01%) Analyst
8 84 (5.45%) Solutions Architect
9 78 (5.06%) Principal Engineer
10 75 (4.87%) Data Engineer
11 68 (4.41%) Senior Manager
12 55 (3.57%) DevOps Engineer
13 51 (3.31%) Security Consultant
14 45 (2.92%) Java Engineer
14 45 (2.92%) Principal Software Engineer
15 44 (2.86%) Cloud Engineer
16 42 (2.73%) Security Architect
17 40 (2.60%) Business Analyst
18 39 (2.53%) Cloud Architect
18 39 (2.53%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 112 (7.27%) Terraform
2 50 (3.24%) React
3 43 (2.79%) REST
4 38 (2.47%) Spring
5 34 (2.21%) .NET
6 27 (1.75%) CSS
7 25 (1.62%) PySpark
8 23 (1.49%) HTML
8 23 (1.49%) Kafka
9 22 (1.43%) Node.js
10 20 (1.30%) .NET Core
11 19 (1.23%) OAuth
11 19 (1.23%) Playwright
11 19 (1.23%) Spring Boot
12 18 (1.17%) JSON
13 16 (1.04%) AngularJS
13 16 (1.04%) JWT
13 16 (1.04%) OAuth2
14 14 (0.91%) Entity Framework
15 13 (0.84%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 114 (7.40%) Cloud Native
2 60 (3.89%) Management Information System
3 51 (3.31%) Product Ownership
4 42 (2.73%) Onboarding
5 36 (2.34%) Self-Motivation
6 33 (2.14%) Security Posture
7 32 (2.08%) Data Centre
8 31 (2.01%) Driving Licence
9 28 (1.82%) Legacy Systems
10 25 (1.62%) Distributed Systems
11 24 (1.56%) Blog
12 22 (1.43%) FPGA
13 17 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
13 17 (1.10%) Public Cloud
14 15 (0.97%) AI Agents
14 15 (0.97%) Algorithms
14 15 (0.97%) Cyber Threat
15 14 (0.91%) Hybrid Cloud
15 14 (0.91%) Security Operations Centre
16 11 (0.71%) Enterprise Cloud
Operating Systems
1 105 (6.81%) Linux
2 95 (6.16%) Windows
3 43 (2.79%) Windows Server
4 29 (1.88%) Unix
5 14 (0.91%) Windows 10
6 5 (0.32%) VxWorks
7 4 (0.26%) Kali Linux
7 4 (0.26%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 3 (0.19%) Android
8 3 (0.19%) Solaris
8 3 (0.19%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.19%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.13%) AIX
9 2 (0.13%) FreeRTOS
9 2 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.065%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.065%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 427 (27.71%) Agile
2 305 (19.79%) Continuous Improvement
3 270 (17.52%) Mentoring
4 244 (15.83%) Software Engineering
5 234 (15.18%) Problem-Solving
6 231 (14.99%) CI/CD
7 226 (14.67%) Cybersecurity
8 207 (13.43%) AI
9 204 (13.24%) DevOps
10 196 (12.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 176 (11.42%) Stakeholder Management
12 167 (10.84%) Analytics
13 160 (10.38%) Decision-Making
14 156 (10.12%) Coaching
15 147 (9.54%) Technical Leadership
16 142 (9.21%) Community of Practice
17 135 (8.76%) Infrastructure as Code
18 129 (8.37%) Technology Strategy
19 122 (7.92%) Project Delivery
20 120 (7.79%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 182 (11.81%) Python
2 136 (8.83%) Java
3 116 (7.53%) SQL
4 90 (5.84%) JavaScript
5 53 (3.44%) C#
6 50 (3.24%) C++
7 44 (2.86%) Bash
8 36 (2.34%) PowerShell
9 27 (1.75%) TypeScript
10 23 (1.49%) MATLAB
11 19 (1.23%) Ada
11 19 (1.23%) C
12 15 (0.97%) Bicep
12 15 (0.97%) Kusto Query Language
12 15 (0.97%) PL/SQL
13 13 (0.84%) DataWeave
14 12 (0.78%) Ruby
15 9 (0.58%) Go
16 7 (0.45%) Rust
17 6 (0.39%) Scala
Qualifications
1 1,541 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 272 (17.65%) DV Cleared
3 259 (16.81%) Degree
4 181 (11.75%) BPSS Clearance
5 67 (4.35%) CISSP
6 53 (3.44%) CISM
7 49 (3.18%) Azure Certification
8 40 (2.60%) AWS Certification
8 40 (2.60%) Computer Science Degree
9 26 (1.69%) Master's Degree
10 20 (1.30%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
10 20 (1.30%) Microsoft Certification
11 18 (1.17%) Chartered Engineer
11 18 (1.17%) PhD
12 17 (1.10%) TOGAF Certification
13 16 (1.04%) Cisco Certification
14 15 (0.97%) CHECK Team Member
14 15 (0.97%) CRISC
15 14 (0.91%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
16 13 (0.84%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 156 (10.12%) Accessibility
2 125 (8.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 76 (4.93%) NIST
4 61 (3.96%) NCSC
5 47 (3.05%) Data Quality
6 46 (2.99%) QA
7 33 (2.14%) GDPR
8 29 (1.88%) GRC
9 26 (1.69%) Cyber Essentials
10 22 (1.43%) SLA
11 18 (1.17%) PCI DSS
12 17 (1.10%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 16 (1.04%) WCAG
14 15 (0.97%) Actionable Recommendations
14 15 (0.97%) Def Stans
15 10 (0.65%) JSP 440
16 8 (0.52%) NIST 800
17 6 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
18 5 (0.32%) NEBOSH
18 5 (0.32%) PMO
System Software
1 97 (6.29%) Docker
2 49 (3.18%) Active Directory
3 32 (2.08%) Firmware
3 32 (2.08%) VMware Infrastructure
4 22 (1.43%) Hyper-V
5 14 (0.91%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (0.39%) Squid
6 6 (0.39%) Virtual Desktop
7 5 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
7 5 (0.32%) vSphere
8 3 (0.19%) Virtual Servers
9 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Virtual Server
10 1 (0.065%) IAG
10 1 (0.065%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.065%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 107 (6.94%) Kubernetes
2 38 (2.47%) Microsoft Intune
3 26 (1.69%) Grafana
4 23 (1.49%) Ansible
5 16 (1.04%) Prometheus
6 13 (0.84%) Argo
6 13 (0.84%) CloudHub
7 12 (0.78%) Nmap
8 8 (0.52%) Kustomize
8 8 (0.52%) Single Sign-On
9 7 (0.45%) Istio
10 4 (0.26%) Packer
10 4 (0.26%) SCCM
11 3 (0.19%) Kibana
11 3 (0.19%) Oracle RMAN
11 3 (0.19%) Progress Chef
12 2 (0.13%) Active Directory Federation Services
12 2 (0.13%) CASB
12 2 (0.13%) Graylog
12 2 (0.13%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 228 (14.80%) Microsoft
2 66 (4.28%) ServiceNow
3 59 (3.83%) Oracle
4 51 (3.31%) Google
5 46 (2.99%) SAP
6 43 (2.79%) VMware
7 22 (1.43%) YouTube
8 21 (1.36%) Salesforce
8 21 (1.36%) Workday
9 20 (1.30%) Cisco
9 20 (1.30%) Databricks
10 19 (1.23%) Red Hat
11 16 (1.04%) OpenAI
11 16 (1.04%) Thales
12 15 (0.97%) MuleSoft
12 15 (0.97%) Veeam
13 14 (0.91%) Dynatrace
14 13 (0.84%) CyberArk
15 12 (0.78%) Adobe
16 11 (0.71%) Siemens