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

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 85 48
Rank change year-on-year +52 -37 +1
Permanent jobs citing SC Cleared 1,382 644 1,133
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 5.91% 4.01% 4.78%
As % of the Qualifications category 28.96% 11.67% 17.76%
Number of salaries quoted 969 386 802
10th Percentile £46,743 £45,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £56,250 £51,938 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% +8.33% -4.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £75,250
90th Percentile £97,750 £93,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £59,000
% change year-on-year +16.67% +1.69% -4.84%

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 4,772 5,517 6,380
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 20.41% 34.38% 26.93%
Number of salaries quoted 3,073 2,316 3,306
10th Percentile £33,750 £30,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £46,500 £41,250 £44,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -2.54% -1.67%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,375 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,500 £87,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -7.60%

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 4 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 28 (2.03%) SharePoint
2 27 (1.95%) Apache Spark
3 22 (1.59%) Apache
4 13 (0.94%) Anypoint
4 13 (0.94%) Mule
5 11 (0.80%) Confluence
6 10 (0.72%) Apache Airflow
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 (0.14%) OpenStack
11 1 (0.072%) CMS
11 1 (0.072%) Microsoft Exchange
11 1 (0.072%) Tomcat
11 1 (0.072%) WordPress
Applications
1 24 (1.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 17 (1.23%) Simulink
3 12 (0.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (0.72%) Microsoft Office
5 8 (0.58%) Adobe XD
6 7 (0.51%) MS Visio
7 6 (0.43%) Microsoft Project
8 4 (0.29%) Mathcad
8 4 (0.29%) Windchill
9 2 (0.14%) InDesign
10 1 (0.072%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 1 (0.072%) CATIA
10 1 (0.072%) Houdini
10 1 (0.072%) InVision
10 1 (0.072%) NUKE
10 1 (0.072%) Sketch
10 1 (0.072%) SOLIDWORKS
10 1 (0.072%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.072%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 11 (0.80%) Primavera
2 6 (0.43%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (0.43%) Workday HCM
3 5 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
3 5 (0.36%) Teamcenter
4 3 (0.22%) SAP ERP
4 3 (0.22%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.14%) SAP QM
6 1 (0.072%) SAP BPC
6 1 (0.072%) SAP EWM
6 1 (0.072%) SAP GRC
6 1 (0.072%) SAP HCM
6 1 (0.072%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 365 (26.41%) Azure
2 346 (25.04%) AWS
3 111 (8.03%) GCP
4 70 (5.07%) Microsoft 365
5 68 (4.92%) Power Platform
6 52 (3.76%) Entra ID
7 38 (2.75%) AWS CloudFormation
7 38 (2.75%) dbt
8 33 (2.39%) GitHub
9 24 (1.74%) OpenShift
10 23 (1.66%) Azure DevOps
11 22 (1.59%) Serverless
12 20 (1.45%) Amazon S3
12 20 (1.45%) Google Analytics
12 20 (1.45%) Microsoft Purview
13 19 (1.37%) Azure Sentinel
14 18 (1.30%) PowerApps
15 16 (1.16%) Slack
16 15 (1.09%) Dynamics 365
17 13 (0.94%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 45 (3.26%) Network Security
2 32 (2.32%) Firewall
3 31 (2.24%) TCP/IP
4 24 (1.74%) DNS
5 16 (1.16%) SSL
6 12 (0.87%) WAN
7 11 (0.80%) ATM
7 11 (0.80%) VPN
8 9 (0.65%) Ethernet
8 9 (0.65%) Wireless
9 8 (0.58%) DHCP
10 7 (0.51%) BGP
11 6 (0.43%) LAN
11 6 (0.43%) MPLS
12 5 (0.36%) VLAN
13 4 (0.29%) Unified Communications
14 3 (0.22%) 3GPP
14 3 (0.22%) Intrusion Detection
14 3 (0.22%) TETRA
15 2 (0.14%) Bluetooth
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (4.05%) Power BI
2 40 (2.89%) PostgreSQL
3 25 (1.81%) Data Warehouse
4 22 (1.59%) Big Data
5 17 (1.23%) SQL Server
6 16 (1.16%) Relational Database
7 15 (1.09%) Tableau
8 14 (1.01%) Amazon Athena
8 14 (1.01%) DynamoDB
8 14 (1.01%) MySQL
9 11 (0.80%) Metadata
10 10 (0.72%) Data Lake
11 9 (0.65%) Hadoop
12 6 (0.43%) Elasticsearch
12 6 (0.43%) MongoDB
12 6 (0.43%) NoSQL
12 6 (0.43%) Redis
13 4 (0.29%) BigQuery
13 4 (0.29%) Flink
13 4 (0.29%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 58 (4.20%) Git
2 34 (2.46%) GitLab
3 26 (1.88%) Jenkins
4 23 (1.66%) JIRA
5 21 (1.52%) JUnit
5 21 (1.52%) Rational DOORS
6 15 (1.09%) Selenium
7 12 (0.87%) Mockito
8 11 (0.80%) Maven
9 9 (0.65%) Balsamiq
9 9 (0.65%) Burp Suite
9 9 (0.65%) Metasploit
9 9 (0.65%) Postman
10 8 (0.58%) Cucumber
11 7 (0.51%) Axure RP
12 6 (0.43%) Cypress.io
12 6 (0.43%) Gatling
12 6 (0.43%) LabVIEW
13 3 (0.22%) CMake
13 3 (0.22%) Snyk
General
1 425 (30.75%) Social Skills
2 329 (23.81%) Public Sector
3 311 (22.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 261 (18.89%) Finance
5 169 (12.23%) Analytical Skills
6 148 (10.71%) Aerospace
7 145 (10.49%) Law
8 58 (4.20%) Legal
9 47 (3.40%) Presentation Skills
10 44 (3.18%) Military
11 41 (2.97%) Electronics
12 38 (2.75%) Retail
13 36 (2.60%) Manufacturing
13 36 (2.60%) Organisational Skills
14 34 (2.46%) Influencing Skills
15 25 (1.81%) Police
16 22 (1.59%) Telecoms
17 14 (1.01%) Local Government
18 13 (0.94%) Aviation
19 11 (0.80%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 255 (18.45%) Senior
2 237 (17.15%) Architect
3 133 (9.62%) Consultant
4 129 (9.33%) Lead
5 121 (8.76%) Software Engineer
6 120 (8.68%) Developer
7 111 (8.03%) Analyst
8 83 (6.01%) Solutions Architect
9 58 (4.20%) Security Consultant
10 55 (3.98%) DevOps Engineer
10 55 (3.98%) Principal Engineer
11 52 (3.76%) Cloud Engineer
12 47 (3.40%) Security Architect
13 46 (3.33%) Senior Manager
14 44 (3.18%) Senior Analyst
14 44 (3.18%) Senior Developer
15 43 (3.11%) Business Analyst
15 43 (3.11%) Data Engineer
16 39 (2.82%) Cloud Architect
17 37 (2.68%) Java Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 101 (7.31%) Terraform
2 51 (3.69%) React
3 37 (2.68%) Spring
4 33 (2.39%) .NET
5 31 (2.24%) REST
6 28 (2.03%) CSS
7 24 (1.74%) HTML
8 21 (1.52%) Node.js
9 20 (1.45%) .NET Core
9 20 (1.45%) Kafka
9 20 (1.45%) Playwright
10 19 (1.37%) AngularJS
11 17 (1.23%) OAuth
12 16 (1.16%) PySpark
13 14 (1.01%) Entity Framework
13 14 (1.01%) OAuth2
13 14 (1.01%) Spring Boot
14 13 (0.94%) JWT
14 13 (0.94%) MUnit
14 13 (0.94%) RAML
Miscellaneous
1 100 (7.24%) Cloud Native
2 50 (3.62%) Product Ownership
3 44 (3.18%) Management Information System
4 38 (2.75%) Onboarding
5 34 (2.46%) Self-Motivation
6 33 (2.39%) Blog
7 32 (2.32%) Security Posture
8 31 (2.24%) Legacy Systems
9 26 (1.88%) Driving Licence
10 23 (1.66%) Data Centre
10 23 (1.66%) Distributed Systems
11 22 (1.59%) FPGA
12 20 (1.45%) Cyber Threat
13 18 (1.30%) Security Operations Centre
14 15 (1.09%) Algorithms
15 14 (1.01%) Hybrid Cloud
15 14 (1.01%) Public Cloud
16 13 (0.94%) AI Agents
16 13 (0.94%) PKI
17 10 (0.72%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 113 (8.18%) Linux
2 90 (6.51%) Windows
3 38 (2.75%) Windows Server
4 34 (2.46%) Unix
5 11 (0.80%) Windows 10
6 6 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.29%) Kali Linux
7 4 (0.29%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.22%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.22%) VxWorks
9 2 (0.14%) Android
9 2 (0.14%) Solaris
9 2 (0.14%) Windows Server 2019
10 1 (0.072%) CentOS
10 1 (0.072%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 393 (28.44%) Agile
2 262 (18.96%) Continuous Improvement
3 223 (16.14%) Mentoring
4 212 (15.34%) Cybersecurity
5 202 (14.62%) CI/CD
6 199 (14.40%) Problem-Solving
7 198 (14.33%) Software Engineering
8 185 (13.39%) DevOps
9 183 (13.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 146 (10.56%) AI
11 138 (9.99%) Community of Practice
12 127 (9.19%) Stakeholder Management
13 126 (9.12%) Decision-Making
14 125 (9.04%) Technology Strategy
15 124 (8.97%) Project Delivery
16 118 (8.54%) Infrastructure as Code
17 115 (8.32%) Coaching
18 114 (8.25%) Scrum
19 113 (8.18%) Analytics
20 107 (7.74%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 165 (11.94%) Python
2 129 (9.33%) Java
3 87 (6.30%) SQL
4 86 (6.22%) JavaScript
5 49 (3.55%) C#
6 48 (3.47%) C++
7 42 (3.04%) Bash
8 37 (2.68%) PowerShell
9 27 (1.95%) TypeScript
10 23 (1.66%) MATLAB
11 19 (1.37%) Ada
11 19 (1.37%) C
12 13 (0.94%) DataWeave
13 12 (0.87%) Kusto Query Language
13 12 (0.87%) PL/SQL
13 12 (0.87%) Ruby
14 9 (0.65%) VBA
15 8 (0.58%) Go
15 8 (0.58%) Rust
16 6 (0.43%) Scala
Qualifications
1 1,382 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 289 (20.91%) DV Cleared
3 266 (19.25%) Degree
4 185 (13.39%) BPSS Clearance
5 74 (5.35%) CISSP
6 59 (4.27%) CISM
7 48 (3.47%) Computer Science Degree
8 42 (3.04%) Azure Certification
9 35 (2.53%) AWS Certification
10 29 (2.10%) Master's Degree
11 23 (1.66%) Microsoft Certification
12 20 (1.45%) ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
13 18 (1.30%) CRISC
14 17 (1.23%) Cisco Certification
14 17 (1.23%) PhD
15 16 (1.16%) CREST Certified
16 15 (1.09%) ISO 27001 Lead Implementer
17 14 (1.01%) Chartered Engineer
18 11 (0.80%) TOGAF Certification
19 10 (0.72%) CHECK Team Member
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 145 (10.49%) Accessibility
2 133 (9.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 80 (5.79%) NIST
4 59 (4.27%) NCSC
5 47 (3.40%) QA
6 31 (2.24%) Data Quality
6 31 (2.24%) GRC
7 29 (2.10%) GDPR
8 24 (1.74%) Cyber Essentials
9 22 (1.59%) PCI DSS
10 21 (1.52%) HMG Security Policy Framework
11 19 (1.37%) WCAG
12 18 (1.30%) SLA
13 14 (1.01%) Actionable Recommendations
14 13 (0.94%) JSP 440
15 12 (0.87%) Def Stans
16 7 (0.51%) NIST 800
17 5 (0.36%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
17 5 (0.36%) NEBOSH
18 4 (0.29%) HIPAA
System Software
1 91 (6.58%) Docker
2 51 (3.69%) Active Directory
3 34 (2.46%) Firmware
4 27 (1.95%) VMware Infrastructure
5 21 (1.52%) Hyper-V
6 15 (1.09%) VMware ESXi
7 6 (0.43%) Squid
7 6 (0.43%) vSphere
8 4 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.29%) VMware NSX
9 2 (0.14%) Oracle RAC
10 1 (0.072%) Citrix Hypervisor
10 1 (0.072%) Embedded Firmware
10 1 (0.072%) IAG
10 1 (0.072%) Slurm Workload Manager
10 1 (0.072%) Virtual Desktop
10 1 (0.072%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 99 (7.16%) Kubernetes
2 35 (2.53%) Ansible
2 35 (2.53%) Microsoft Intune
3 16 (1.16%) Prometheus
4 15 (1.09%) Grafana
5 13 (0.94%) CloudHub
6 11 (0.80%) Argo
7 9 (0.65%) Nmap
8 7 (0.51%) Kustomize
8 7 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
9 6 (0.43%) Istio
10 5 (0.36%) Packer
10 5 (0.36%) vCenter Server
11 4 (0.29%) Progress Chef
12 3 (0.22%) Check_MK
12 3 (0.22%) Kibana
13 2 (0.14%) Graylog
13 2 (0.14%) Nagios
13 2 (0.14%) Oracle RMAN
13 2 (0.14%) SCCM
Vendors
1 200 (14.47%) Microsoft
2 56 (4.05%) Google
3 46 (3.33%) ServiceNow
4 40 (2.89%) VMware
5 37 (2.68%) Oracle
6 28 (2.03%) SAP
7 21 (1.52%) Red Hat
8 18 (1.30%) Cisco
9 17 (1.23%) Salesforce
10 16 (1.16%) OpenAI
11 15 (1.09%) MuleSoft
12 14 (1.01%) Databricks
13 13 (0.94%) Veeam
14 11 (0.80%) Adobe
14 11 (0.80%) Siemens
15 9 (0.65%) CyberArk
16 8 (0.58%) Atlassian
16 8 (0.58%) Okta
16 8 (0.58%) Splunk
16 8 (0.58%) YouTube